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t<s''iS pt'iiS liz WV pONS ICtuONSu To
Alabama, and Mrs. Brown was left
alone with Mr.. and Mrs. Smith.
They lived in an elegant two-story
cottage in the suburbs of Blank. Ear
~ one morning, in the summer Of 1867.
Mr.. Smith was found lying at his front
door quite dead. The weather was ex-
ceedinglyAyarm at the time, and il was
supposed that he had seated himself in
the window of his room in the uppe,
story, that he had gone to sleep while
seated there, and had fallen to the
ground, and broke his neck.
Another period of two years went
the way of all the other years of the
life of this youlg. widow, still as beau.
1ful as ever, though saddenea . I'D sub
asesi BY the clouds which had swept
across her pathway. And then the
most singular event in this singular
story cane topass. Mr.. Jones. the frs
husband who had never ceased 10 love
sie woman from whom he had beer
separated by a decree of the law. re-
tnrned to Blank and proposed a seconf
marriage. The proposition was accen.
.ea, and some time last spripp III,
marriage took place, the divorced hus,
pand and wife reuttering with warme,
hearts and firmer faith those vows o
!ose aud constancy which once befor,
tiey mad uttered, and uttered in win
;, OK OF eight months after this cam,
me murder of the lady,s two brother
=. aiikhown assassins, thus eadin-
story than which very few in real Iif
fie more fonaati .ersmorc curious.
- 5x
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09
An Alarm Clock.

Au alarm clock not only tells the
time Of day, but it can also awaken
peOplein the morning. I have such a
clock in my chamber. Every morning
about five o'clock it sets up such a
Whizzing and ringing, that it wakes
me up. " What nice way to be rOus-
ed up :" some of my little readers will
say. Ees, it is very good way, If I
aLICdyS get up lrhCjI 1t eCdEcS me. But
last summer, one morning, instead of
getting up when my clock aroused me,
l lay still a little, and then went to
sleep again. The next morning I did
the same thing; and in the course of a
few days the clock, though it made as
loud a noise as ever, would not wake
me. Why ? how strange :" you will
say. Strange or not, yet IL is true; my
alarm would not wake me any longer
it would not do sO-because | did not
at once get out of bed those two or three
mornings.
Ihave often thought That my alarm.
clock Is very much like ones con-
science. Every person who knows
God will has such q clock in his own
breast; so that whenever he is going
to do wrong, it gives an alarm, saying,
That is not right; you must not do
that: God sees you" How important
it is to have a conscience that always
tells us when we do wrong, and that
checks us when we are in danger Of do
ing so.
But we must hcqr conscience when it
speaks. If we always stop when it
says "stOp," if we always do what it
tells us to do, then we shall always hear
it. But if we get into the habit of not
doing what it tells us, after awhile we
shall not hear it at all; our conscience
will become hardened, and we shall be
ready to commit any sin, however
great.
In the town in which / formerly liv-
ed, there was a boy put in gaol for
breaking into shop at night, and steal
ing money. This boy once went to a
Sabbath school, and bad as faithful q
conscience, perhaps, as any boy who
reads this page. But he commenced
doing wrong in little things. His con-
science used to say to him, Robert,
that is wrong; you ought not to do
that.n But he did not obey the warm
ing voice. He went on from bad to
worse, until, as l said, he was sent to
gaOl for stealing money.
Remember, whenever your con-
science tells you to do anything, do It,
and whenever it tells you TO stop, stop.
-CHiLd's Paper.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09
NO. 10.

OF the girls. He knew that they were
in the yard, having caught 8 glimpsS
of them as they rushed from the house
A few more bounds and he wOud be il
! their midst. For q moment modesty
OVercame fear, and he once more halt.
ed. The snake, evidently pleased with
his rapid transportation, manifested
his gratitude by attempting TO enfoId
the legs Of our hero within his embrace
With an explosive ''Oltch, >" and urged
forward by " circumstances over which
he had no control" ;" poor John bound
ed on. The next moment he was in
full view Of the girls, and as he turned
the corner of the barn, the snake came
round with a WhiZ something after the
fashion of coach whip.
Having reached the barn-yard, to his
dismay he found the bars up; but time
was too precious to be wasted III let
ting down bars. Gathering all his
strength, he bounded into the air
snake dittO-and as he alighted on the
other side, his snakeship's tail cracked
across the upper bar, swapping like an
Indian cracker.
Again John set forward, now utter
ly regardless Of the presence Of the girls,
for the extra tick Of the snakes tail as
he leaped the bars, banished all his
bashfulness and modesty, and again
he had the pleasure of finding the
snake in straight line, drawing stead
lily at the hem of his solitary garment.
The house now became the center of
attraction, and around it he revolved
with the speed Of thought. Four times
III each revolution as he turned the
corner, his snakeship came around with
a Whiz which was quite refreshing.
While describing the third circle, as
he came near the group of wOnderstruck
girls, without removing his gaze from
the snake, he n anaged to cry out:
"CALL 4 NAN ~
The next moment he whisked out of
peared on the other side of the house /:
"CALL 4 MAN -
And away he whirled again, turn
ing the corner SO rapidly that the whiz
Of the snake sounded halfway between
a whistle and the repeated prOnuncia-
ton of dOuble-e.
"CALL \ MANI
Away he flew but his strength was
rapidly failing. Nancy Clark was the
first to recover her presence Of mind,
and seiZing a hOOp-pole, she took Ler
station near the corner Of the house,
and as John reappeared, she brought it
down npOn the. snake with force that
broke his back and his hold upon Johns
neither garment at the same time.
John rushed into the house and to
his room, and at tea-time appeared in
his best Sunday suit, but little the worse
for the race, and to all appearance cur
ed of bashfulness. That night he walk
ed home with Nancy Clark. The New
Year, they were married, and now,
when John feels inclined to laugh at
his wife's hoop, or any other peculiari-
ty, she has only to say, Call a man."
when he instantly sobers down.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09
HUM0Rs OF THE DAT.

a big thing OH eyes-speetacles.
A feeting show-a travelling circus.
The way women drive their hus-
bands TO ruin-buy way.
Text for brewer-He brew XX.
\ bad debt-The owing of
grudge.
1t is not always he who has the
most nose, who knows the uost.
Oldest Western settler-The sun
| of course.
The man who would keep his head
cool shouldn't put a stove pipe on il.
When is a Chinese the most like
a vegetable? When a cue cumbers
his head.
"A young lady went into a music
store, and asked the clerk if he had
Loving Eyes, the song). He rcpIi-
ed I'm tCld so by the girls
A chap who was told by q cIer"v-
man to remember Lots wife, replied
that he had trouble enough with his
own, without remembering other
mems wives.
A proud and loving Missouri faith
er, i'll setting forth the accomplish
ueHlS OF MS daughter, sald she could
everlastingly bang ivory and howl.
and could paw a WashbOard like q
mule.
Thackeray speaks of place in Ire
land where the sense of elegance was
so keen that the servants brought up
the Goals for the CRATE on a clean
plate.
Victor Hugo, the great French nov
elists, has been much laughed at for
his bOmbastic proclamation to the
King of Prussia, ordering him to
leave the soil Of France, Had he pos
sessed any of the lacOnism of the an
cient Spartans he would simply have
sent the King his card thus: 'Vic
tor? You gOn
Elder sister Ito her brother of about
six summers(-'Oh, you wicked, bad
boy put down that pipe directly, sir,
or I'll box your ears tor YOU Junior
brother (who has been smOking)-
Box my cars ifyOu darel I'll go and
tell pa you let cousin Bob kiss, YOU
twice behind the door yesterday n.
B-A truce was agreed upon.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09
The Nose.

The nose acts like q custom-housc
officer to the system. 1t is highly SEN
sitive to the OdOr ofthe most poisonous
substances. 1t readily detects hemIock,
henbane, mOnk's-hood, and the plants
containing prUssic acid; it recogE ICES
the fetid smells OF drains, and warns
nose is so sensitive that it distinguishes
air containing the 200,O00th part of 4
grain of the otto Of rose, or the ID, 600, :
O0Oth part of grain of musk. 1t tells
US in the morning that our bedrooms
are impure, and catches the fragrance
of the morning air, and conveys to US
the invitation of the flowers to go forth
into the fields and inhale their sweet
breath. To be led by the nose has hith-
erto been used as phrase OF reproach;
but to have a good nose, and to follow
its guidance, is one of the shortest ways
to the enjoyment Of health.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09
THE LOVED.

They are going one By one,
From the altar and the hearth,
With the music of their tone,
And the sunlight of their miTth;
With the hopes their bosoms cherished.
With the joys their morning knew;
Hopes that IN their radlencc persisted,
Like fading flowers or carly dew. .
From their vallies broad and green,
From their mountains stern yet dear
From their rivers crystal sheen,
Silently they disappear;
All the visions of their dreaming
Fade away and are forgot,
And the brain, with wisdom tccmjuE.
Sinks to earth and rises not.
Mark the flow ret on the kOugb,
Fling its odorS on the air;
Look again upon it! now
slts Withered leaves are scattered there;
Death will soon all beauty Danish,
Waste away its sweet perfume
Bids youths buds of promise vanish,
Shroud its azure aky IN gloom.
On the hillside and the lea
Forms were sporting-WherC are thcy1
On the air were sounds Ofglce:
Listen they have passed away
Fades the soonest all that's rarest,
Hopes the brightest first decay;
Friends the trUCst-forms the falTc-t,
Melt like summer clouds away.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09
Sagacity or the Ug.

The following will be found interest
ing: "a fine Newfoundland dog, which
was kept at an inn in DOrsetshire, was
accustomed every morning, as heclock
struck eight, to take in his mouth q
basket placed for the purpose, and con-
tanning q few pence, and to carry 1t
across the street to a bakers, who took
out the money, and replaced 1t by q GER
tain number of rolls. With these Nep-
tune hastened back to the kitchen, and
safely deposited his trust; but what
was well worthy of remark, he never
attempted to take the basket on Sun
day mornings"
Every one who has travelled much
in Scotland, more especially in the
Highland districts, must have remark
ed the large attendance Of shepherds
dogs at church on Sundays. This pc
culiarity is very interesting to English
tourists, one of whom states that he
was told that many of the dogs were
more regular attendants than their mas
ters. This gentleman mentions that,
in one parish, the animals, perhaps de-
mOralized by q "black sheep" among
their number, became so quarrelsOme
and unmannerly in their behavior, that
the minister requested all who had
been in the habit Of bringing their dogs,
to confine them to the house before
leaving for church. This plan answer
ed exceedingly well for the first Sunday,
but, for the future, not single shep-
herd farmer or could find his dog on a
Sunday morning. They had no notion
Of being deprived of their accustomed
liberty, and, well knowing the hour of
service, set off to church without their
masters. An attempt was then made
to compromise matters, by erecting a
large kennel close to the church, where
the dogs were imprisoned during pub
fearful bowling, that the congregation
was seriously disturbed, and there was
no help for it but to restore them to
their 0rmer rights and privileges.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09
9nEtrW
- -
From the Atlantic NIUuthIy for December.
THE PRAYER.SEEILER.
BY JOHN G. wHITrIEI:

BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.
Along the aisle where prayer was made
A woman, all in black arrayed,
ClOse-veiled between the kneeling host,
With gliding motion OF q ghost,
Passed to the desk and laid thereon
A scroll which bore these words alone.
PRAY FOR NE!
Back from the place Of wOrshipp!ng
She glided like guilty thing;
The rustling OF her draperies, stirred
BY hurrying feet, alone was heard;
While, full Of awe, the preacher read,
As out into the dark she sped,
PRAY FOR ME-
Back to the night, whence She came.
To unimagined grief or shame!
Across the threshold OF that door
None knew the burden that she bore
Alone she LETT the written scroll,
The legend OF a troubled soul
FRAY FOR NE!
Glide on, poor ghost OF woe Or Sin!
Thou leaV'st common need within:
Each bears, like thee, some nameIesS weight
Some misery inarticulate,
Some secret sin, some shrOudcd dread,
Some household sorrow all unSGid,
PRAY FOR Is!
Pass on! The type of all thou ar,
Sad witness to the common heart!
With face II veil and seal on lip,
In an, mute and strange comP9n%ionshiP' P %
Dumbly tmploring as we go:
PRAY FOR Is!
All, who shall pray, since he who pleads
Our want, perchance hath greater needs?
Yet they who make their loss the gain
OF others, shall not ask in vain.
And Heaven bends low to hear the prayer
OflOve from lips of self-deSpair:
PRAY FOR Us!
In vain remorse and fear and hate
Beat with bruised hands against q fate,
Whose walls of iron only move,
And open TO the touch of love,
He only feels his burden fall
Who, taught by suffering, pitiCS all,
PRAY FOR Us!
He prayeth best who leaves ungucssed
The mysteries OF anOther's breast,
Why cheeks grow pale, why eyes O'ertiOW,
Oh heads are white, thou need st not know,
Enough to note by many a sign
That every heart hath needs like thine.
PRAY FOR Us!
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09

California is the only State that re-
ports an increased acreage in hops.
Eh0 6a ali if' the o otber hop gro%ng nSF reg
per cent,-WiscOhsin ten, Michigan
fifteen. The condition at date of re-
porting was generally five to fifteen
per cent, below all average.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09

That will was never disputed. The
next morning, too, I received check
for 81 600; and the next news heard
Of the widow was, that she herself had
seen that awful apparition, and had
left the mansion Immediately.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09
J. II. TAYLOR

HAVING removed TO his ew store house,
lust side Square, PulaSki, Icnn.,
INFORMS all his friends and the public
l generally that he is receiving Il large stock
nfucw dry Goods carefully selected, nice
uc Of Boots, Shoes, Hats, &C, Family Gro
ceries, Hard, Tin and uuecnswaTe. q good
~upPly of mechanics Tools OF every dCscriP-
ion. Returns thanks for the liberal pa
,rouage ofthe people Of Giles county, and So
ligits a continuance Of the same. Has also
IT nice lot Of Tcadv-mads Clothing which
he VIII sell At cost, and j. selling every
hing very low Tor cash; wants everybody
10 call Ind see for themselves. decl5-tf
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09

An Irish girl having been sent TO
the post-ofice for the mail came back
to inquire whether it was Indian
male or corn male that was wanted.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09

Il appears that the tea plant is now
successfully cultivated near Knox
Vile. Tenn. 1t has been raised there
for the last ten years, the original
plants having been obtained from the
Agricultural Department at Wash
ington IN 1865. The plant is ssid TO
be hardy, and needs no protection
from frosts. Good judges pronounce
it to be not inferior iii fragrance and
flavor 10 the imported Young Tyson.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-09

y Chicago boy being asked if he
had mother, said he didn't know, as
he hadn't been home since morning,
and when he left his father and moth
er were quaIreling, with odds i'll IA
yOr of his father, as he had the hatcL-
ct in his hand.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-01-07
ais 600.

It NAV excite the risible faculties OF our
tax payers to know that the Democrats and
Conservatives of Newbern are preferring
serious charges against the Radical ad-
ministrstion of that city because they
spent eighteen thousand dollars last year
However serious such an expense may
be to the citizens of Newbern, we can
hardly extend our sympathies in view OF
the fact that our municipal government
cost us just nine times as much. We sup
pose our Newborn friends do not support
so many policemen, street'sweeps, drivers
and mules. white washers; nor do their
city officials build SO many houses, own so
many horses and deer, and spend eight
and ten times their salaries every year.
Poor fellows, their bill of expenses
hardly entitle them to the dignity of a
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-01-07
Branch Railroads.

EDITORS JoURNA1:-The proposition to
build branch road from Wilson to Green
Vile has assumed a serious aspect from the
course of President Bridgers, in Offering
for the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
to guarantee the stockholders of the branch
an annual dividend Of six per cent.
B7 what authority is the offer made by
Mr.. Bridgers Not from the stockholders,
for they have not been consulted even, and
at their late general meeting in November
the subject of branch roads was referred,
with the reports of the President and Su-
perintendent, to committee, who declar-
ed in their report that, however desirable
to encourage the building of branch roads,
the financial condition of the railroad
precluded any idea of peceniary aid; and
in the face Of the declaration, the Presi-
dent offers them this full dividend.
The road is heavily in debt and strug-
Cling under many difficulties, and unable
to pay even the smallest dividend 10 its
| own stockholders.
There is already one branch road, which
the officers say pays better than any other
section of the road. Why not pay divi-
dend to that branch .? Why establish a
new set of preferred stockholders, to s"al-
! low up the earnings of the whole road,
and its branch too
Is it supposed that the new branch will
be sufficiently profitable to pay the ex-
penses and six per cent dividend How
ever glowing the accounts from interested
parties, experience teaches differently, and
is.the only reliable authority.
The Branch Road will be about 40 miles
through rich agricultural country. Now
make liberal allowance for all the trace
and freight that will come to the Road
through this proposed Branch. and then
you may safely say that more than halt, aye
. trO thirds of this custom or profit ALREADY
reaches the main Road at different points
though at additional cost to the owner,
but not to the Road; and then you are
called upon to pay this high premium fol
the small remainder.
It proposes gross injustice to the OLD
stakeholder to give any prefer ence to new
1 stockholders over the old. and will lead tt
3 serious difficulties.
: This leasing of railroads is new NOV
, in North Carolina, inaugurated by Gov
Holden in the North Carolina Railroad
where his proxy holds the control. And i
q seems to herald his advent to the Direc
tOrShlp OF the wilmington WeIuOn nall
= road. (the propriety of which appointment
the Press has been strangely silent, af
> ter denouncing him up to that time as al
t enemy to Wilmington and the Cape Fea
r section.)
J.. In the present embarrassments and de
preston of the Wilmington & Weldon
. Railroad, it will be impossible to carr
J. out any such proposition as Presiden
y Bridgers has offered the Wilson Branch
If attempted it will be met by many ur
- foreseen obstacles to impede it, besides tn
. pecuniary embarrassment so apparent.
IL The dependency which prevails anon
e the stockholders and their distrust of th
3 new management of the Road produce
much apathy about the whole Road, an
y accounts for their silence about this gro
le act of injustice proposed to be perpetrate
y on them.
N A STOCKHOLDERS.