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\ CASE OF CoNsCIENCE.-We still
have lively recollection of the way i'm
which a South Sea Islander settled Il
case of conscience. The missionary
had rebuEed him for the sin of pOlyg-
amy, and he was much grieved. After
a day or two he returned, his face ra-
diant with Joy. "Me all right now.
One wife. Me very good Christian ~
What did you do with the other"
asked the missionary. L" Me eat her
I'M -
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The Use of Both Hands.

\ writer suggest; that it would be Il
good thing for men and women were
they taught in childhood to use their
left hand equally with their right. The
use Of the right hand only for certain
actions, such rs writing and working
with mechanical tools, is entirely con-
ventiOnal and there does not appear
to be any reason why people should not
be ambideXter in every kind of manual
work. Persons who have lost -their
right hand by accident frequently ac-
quire great facility with the left, after
some practice; but grown-up-persons
have not always the patience to betake
themselves to the Necessary practice.
BY children the thing would be ac-
quired insensibly if means We're taken
to lead them to the practice of it. Chill
dren living in houses where two lam
guages are spoken acquire both with
great facility; and what is true Of
tongues would be equally 80 Of hands.
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The Cipher Iuzzle.

The authenticity of Shakespeare
autograph being volubIy discussed bya
large and merry party assembled round
the freside of a cheerful country man
sion, a young lady present, rejoicing in
the bluest of blue eyes, and the sunni
est Of golden hair, was heard to remark
that, "OI all things, she enVied the
possessor of such treasure On re-
firing to rest, she discovered the fol-
lowing jcu d'csprH on her dressing ia
BILE;
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4 PANEsYRTC 0N WOMAN.


Read directly, then read first and third
and second and fourth lines of each verse,
and 10 the difference:
The bliss of him no tongue can tell,
Who in q woman doth confde,
& Who with q woman ScOTnS to dwell
~ Unnumbered evils will betide.
TheyEmake the daily path of life
A pleasant journey, strewed with flow
erS;
A dreary scene of painful strife,
They quietly change with matchless
powers.
Domestic joys will fast decay
Where female influence is unknown;
Where a woman holds the sway,
A man is in perfection shown.
She's never failing to display, -
Truth in It's native lOvelineSSs
A heart inclined to treachery
4 woman never did possess
That man true dignity viii ind
Who tries the matrimonial states
Who pourS contempt on WOmankil1d
aT1rn11 1f.f folk hon N1fa
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-04-29

Outstartlng of those eyes; 1t was rope
tightly twisted and dangling down to-
ward the floor. | StrOve to call to hin
again, but my tongue refused to do it!
office. After standing a few moment:
stationary, looking toward me, but ap
parently not seeing me, he commenced
to mOOve gradually, slowly forward
with cat-like pace; but though my
/ ears were strained to their utmost,
/ could hear no footsteps. 1 called again,
/ telling him that if he advanced an 9TH
| er step / would shoot, and leveled my
revolver SOFAS to fully cover him. He
appeared not to heed the appeal, for he
still advanced toward me. | could de-
lay no lOnger-I was too much excited.
[ pulled the tTigger-there was 40 re-
port, the pistol did not go off. But
where was the man? Not sign re-
manned of him, and / was in total dark
ness once more, and the storm had
broken out again with redOubled fury
For my life, l could not have stirred for
few moments, and then 1 fell heavi-
ly back on my pillow, and cold,
calmly chill crept up and down my
back, almost paralyzing me; if had
been asleep before, [ was wide enough
awake now, but ] could not stir. l
seemed overcome by a perfect proXysnS
of terror, for / now knew why I had
been struck with the familiarit2 Of Ae
appearance of the room.
While quite a bOy-I think l was
about fourteen years of age at the time
II had Il fearful dream, which for az
long time, held possession of my memo
ry, but [ at length almost forgot it.
| dreamt that ] woke up and found
myself in an apartment exactly SINH
lar to the room Iwas in on tina night.
How | came there | could not for the
life of me tell, but there l was and APP
parently wide awake; although in the
room, it seemed as if l was floating in
mid-air, the surroundings were exactly
the same except the bed where instead of
myself was a man quietly sleeping. /
saw all this in my dream although it
was as dark as at the present moment.
After a short space, it seemed that
heard footsteps ascending the stairs out
side; there were apparently two per-
sons, but they did not seem to alarm
the sleeper. On the landing, outside
the door, l heard them pause and
whisper for a short time, and then the
door opened softly, and an old man
and woman slowly and cautiously en-
tered the room. They bore a large boil
ster between them and crept stealthily
towards the bedside, on reaching which,
they sprang suddenly upon it and
pressed the bolster down on the face of
the sleeping man, and notwithstand-
ing his IlsFd struggles to free himself
AID. So is life they smothered him.
" heIi tnes, was quite dead, the man
20 - %sntern, and they exam
med tSoe clotI.Ss hd the saddle-bags of
In the latter they found
laoney 3hnd valuables, which they APP
prOpriatedS they then lifted the body in
the7sheet, and bearing it between them, !
taking the light also, left the room. 1
was in darkness, and my dream was
ended. / aroused every one in the .
house with my screams of terror, and I
father and mother had to remain up
a long time
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J, II, TAYLOR

HAVING removed to his ew store house,
East side Square. Pulaski, enn.,
INFORMS all his friends and the public
/ generally that he is receiving large stock
Of new dry Goods carefully selected, nice
ot of Boots, Shoes, Hats, SC. Family Gro
ceries, Hard, Tin and Queenswarc. q good
supply of mechanics Tools of every descrip-
tiGn. Returns thanks for the liberal pa
trousge ofthe people OF Giles county, and So
Iicits a continuance of the same. Has also
Il nice lot of Ieady-made Clothing which
he will sell at cost, and is selling every
thing very low for cash; wants everybody
TO call Iud see for themselves. declS-tf
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give you new sort Of
1ch will need little more
han the others. Example.
you going to rhyme with
Apon't a dozen of you tOgeth-
. " May y? 1t won't do for
ason that no hay is cut for
Aonth later. Pay" will
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-----s-- . - &. r
ID 10 the first of March, says the
Baton Rouge -1dUocate, We have ship
pee S6.9I0 bales of cotton, against 4,512
b;t tie same date last year, gain
rs. Fully 5000 bales of the
have been purchased here by
merchants, which, valued at 9ll5
4 bale. give the sum OF S575, 900
Ie grcater portion of which has been
spent IN Tie community. The pro-
portionatc increase in the sugar and
moIa-scs has been three 10 one, with
a promise Of tripling that increase in
case of a favorable season this year.
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At a Temperance Meeting held re-
Gently at Birmingham, England, one
of the speakers gave the following stat
istics in the large cities of England
In Liverpool, to every 10000 persons,
sos are hahitual drunkards, in Man
chester and Stafford S6, in Leeds IS, in
Rockdale 81, in Halifax -, and in Bir-
Oinmhanl 43
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tistellan9.
From the New York News.]
SLEEPING OR WAKING.
A Travelling AGENTS Ghost story.
BY E. II. KELLOGG.

Foul deeds will rise,
Though all the earth o'erWhelm them to
mems shakespeare.
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ID sescIoc,R
mem Of my dream
but the man was
person in appear
vision ghost or
please to call it, of
Sn' NOV how you
niIaf4ituatiOn, but
- words cannot de-
kaxa'whelmed me.
came over me,
could feel that
Aling upon. my
- {meg0f bTeaE e
ilo longer, my nerves
were completely Owe.
pe set in, andAf becaIs ar
When came to, the sun Was just
peeping iiA Trough the window, and
gave promise of a pleasant day. For a
few moments I could not recall the
events of the previous night, but they
gradually arranged themselves before
my mind, and although disturbing me
7 considerably, all that awful fear that l
+ had then experienced had passed away.
! [ arose, Wage1l and dressed myself.
/ On looking watch, l found it had
/ stopped o'ct0ck n1tdflt9ht!
/ / need not eXpatiate~ further; suffice
/ it to say, that / reached w lin good
time for the train and caIh New
/ York.
did not say anything to the 49,
/ lord about the occurrence; he wal IA
/ stranger to me and a gentleman, and l
/ did not wish to hurt his feelings or
cause him to think me Il lunatic.
made up my mind it must have been Il
/ dream, or some nervous phantasm of
the brain caused by my fatigue and
wetting of the previous day, and
4 thought little or nothing more about it
until / saw the paragraph you have just
read. I have never endeaVOred to ac-
count for it in any manner; | do not
do so now; it must, however, remain
/ to me one of those ineXpiicable mystic
ries which time and eternity can alone
umfathOm. / will say this much, how
ever, that IL ed tavern - men
toned c4e.cNl.@e sand the one
where l remained over night and had
that visitation, were the same. But
until I read that article ] never had
heard anything in regard 10 its prcyi-
Gus history.
The Western paper i'll which the para
graph appeared is welcome to the use
Of the above story, if it will further the
solution of the mystery Of the discove-
~ of the human remains near W.
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How TO BE HAPPY.-What does
happy mean? y little girl lately said,
II is to feel as il you wanted to give
all your things to yourlittle sister,
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The English Society for the Suppress
siOn Ct Ticc has destroyed 129, ,6SG indie
cents prints, Is, 22O illustrated books,
five tons of letter press of the same
sort, 6,OO5 sheets of songs, besides cop
perPlates,, printing presses, &c. The
funds of the society are contributed. by
private individuals, and each pros6cU-
ton cost $50.
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How much waSf do you put in
your milk? ~ asked Pittstield, NIassa-
man of a boy who delivers
milk on one of the milk routes. E" We
Toy. = What do you put in it, then ~
Ice ~ said the candid youth.
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That man tTIIe dignity viii ind
Who tries the matrimonial state;
Who pours contempt on WOmankilld
EWilI5mourn his folly when too late.
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Some Facts In the Cuban Tragedy-Mouey
to be made Of L..

{rom W.Its SItN or ne Tines.
The acquisition Of Cuba is TO be n bargain,
paid for in mercy. aud the present situation Of
affairs is to he maintained until that result can be
accomplished. That Is tie reason why the Presi.
dent TO return to a figure which we have used be
fore) lately heaved rock on the Cuban deck willie
the poor victim seemed 10 be rising from the waters,
by the mere lit OF the rapidly increasing sympathy
Of the American people. We learned the full dc.
tails OF this sreoulaou-or, II our readers please,
this polcy-last summer, While We were in Paris,
from no less an authority than Mr.. Burlingamc.
Prim first opened the matter to him In
The shape Of proposal through tho then
new Spanish Minister 20 China. Mr.. Bur
lingame consulted Mr.. Washburnc; aud Mr. u. then
gave a letter TO Paul X. Forbes, an American gen.
tleman Of note, TO 90 TO Madrid and talk TO prm
upon the subject. The project was for Spain to sell
Cuba to third party, and for that third party to
sell 1t to the United. States. Amer returning TO
Paris from his visit to Madrid, Mr.. Forbes des
patched to New York and on reaching Washington
a Cabinet Council was called Immediately by the
President to hear his story. The plan Of the pur-
chase OF Cuba wns eagerly entertained by the Presi
dent who, unfortunately, did not seem to know that
Cuba and all the islands in our neightorhood had
practically become American property on the day he
received Lees surrender under the apple tree at
AppOmattox. Mr.. Forbes was then sent
back TO Paris, and subsequently, directed
TO confer in the premises with sicAos
and also with Messrs. Burlingame and Wash
burne. !, was at this period that we were made &C
quanted with the state of aGars, and at the same
time informed OF the n smes Of the banking houses
Of London, Paris, and New York who were to he
tho brokers Of the enterprise. We were asked our
opinion of the project at the time, but spoke unfav
yorably olit aud subsequently declined TO take any
Of lal Of
the ring-lrst, because we thought Cuba must come
to the United States by natural means; and next,
because We did not wish to profit BY any operation
which our judgment condemned as injurious to the
country The public have now the fun secret Of the
Cuban position, and It rests with them TO say whe-
Their hey viii permit 1t to be any longer handled by
the Administration for the mere purposes OF ranic
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on his return he bore private credentials
from Mr.. FISH to Gen. PIMA Ring was
fully organized for the sale of Cula to third
parties, aud iis subsequent sale TO the United
States, and for the division among the mem
LeIs OF the Ring of sixteen millions of dollars
as commissions on the transaction, to lie taken
out of the purchase money before it should
reach the Spanish Treasury. The mem
bers of this Ring include SiDNEY
WEBSTER, Mr. Fisn's sonin-lOw, and
BANCROFT DAVIS, now Mr. FIsn's
Assistant Secretary Of State, who was once
bribcd with sixty thousand dollars to dcfraud
the Eric Railway Company. u Dds The poror
amt tie prospective profits Of his Ring elich
caanycd HAMILTON FISH from
zcdloVs Jriend Of Cuban Independence
IN august, into doadiy enemy Of CUBAN indie
pcndcnre IN September, 1862 1t was the six.
teen millions of dollars to be divided
between PRIM and FORBES, and we
know not who else In Madrid, between
the chief slave-traders- and the captains of
the ferocious volunteers in Havana between
gang Of heartless rpeculators in Paris
and London and SIDNEY WEBSTER,
BANCROFT DAVIS, and their partners
in the United States-it was this money
which reversed the determined policy Of this
great republic, and made it cover
at the feet Of Spain, and surrender
Cuba TO bloodshed and devastation. And
it was the power of this expected money,
secretly excrted through such creatures as
WEBSTER and DAVIS, and openly through
HAMILTON Fish, that finally brought Presi-
dent GRANT-after fortnight's struggle of
resstance-to sign his astonishing message
of the 18th of June last against
Cuba-nll to prevent action by Congress in
favor of Cuban freedom until this great con
spiracy against the honor of the United
States could be successfully contaminated,
and the money paid and pocketed
For all this HAMILTON FISH is responsible.
Yes, and for much more than this, that has
never been told Is it not time that Con
gress should take this matter in hand. and
by mcrciless and thorough investigation
drag all these dark and bloody intrigues into
the light of day2
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In the year 1854, one Of our most enterprising
and patriotic merchants built a steamship named
the Meteor She was planned for extraordinary
speed and capacity. The purpose Of her owners
was to offer her TO the Government to be used in
pursuit of the rebel cruiser Alabama. Before
she was finished the Alabama was DESTROYED in
action and the owners Of the vessel were about
to sell her TO some foreign Government, when,
early in 1865, she was seized by order OF the Sec
rotary Of State, and detained at New York for
great length OF time. The reason Of this seiz-
ure the owners were never able to ascertain; nor
has any indemnity ever been paid them for the
injury they suffered in consequence. 1t is now
proposed, however by the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations that the whole subject shall be
referred to the Court Of Claims, and that what
ever amount Of damage it shall appenr to that
tribunal las resulted from such wrongful seizure
and detention shall be pad without further egis-
lauon.
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Dicdrick Brummerschop has been seven years
on Tie police, and is now on the City Hall squad /;
BTummegschop has been very bitter against
TIE "bummor's Shoes" and few nights ago lie
took one Of the bummet's prisoner aud locked him
up this was at midnight a; 1918 he should have
reported for return roll call, bu, he did not appear
til $40, being absent for nearly three hours. His
defence was that when he WAS taking away hls pris
uner, another from the bummer's shop said he
voud " IL him before he went OF post: he soon
after had n towel or handkerchief pat To hi nose
aud mouth and he then lost al consciousucss and
remembered nOtlhn. more til he found himself NJ
tie station, minus his cap, coat, belt, unl club.
Mr., Bfcunin WIS inclned 70 believe him Mr..
Manierre believed he was under the influence OF
liquor, and remarked man VITO would allow any
one 10 put tow cl or handkerchief to his nose while
on duty, was not III 10 be on the police. The case
was referred to full Board.
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sEINDLING DETECTIJ =.
How the Hrytinu Minister was Imposed
upon by New York Detective What
the Minister thinks of The Detective,


A few weeks ago Gen. stephen Preston, tha
I. ytlan Minister, was Informs ! that la--e guam
'i,y Of counterfeit Hayuan papor currency mad
iounl it's way from the United States e. lipti llu
1t once secured tie services OF a detective, and
employed as he supposed, the mos, expert one in
the city. lie made oil Necessary arrangements with
the officer. and advanced him none on account.
The man proceeded TO Boston, whore q was said
tie couItcrieiers were lastly at WuIk.
In 4 short time tie detective returned to ti' city
with long stony, ~ tIt cd,ct tIat Dec la, closely
followed up the trick tie CoLn,crltIcr., and had
discovered the printer ENGAGED - Use l.u,it busi-
uess. FL added TIA, u large nuorlt % Nayuan
notes were being flbricli,l Benevrt TIE dctec-
tye's story Gen Preston took measures to have the
denquents arrested. To his very great surprise,
however. he found that the only guilty part, 10 tho
an3ir WAS tie detective himself, Wlo. In order To
turn the matter INTO profitable job. at made
arrangements with printing firm tO have cc' tin
nuuher OF notes taHTlca'cI IN imitation OF Hay IAN
twenty dollar note which he let with the printer
for his guidance. Gen. Preston, who b, ono oi tho
most kind.hoartel and genial OF men. r.,ll, tN-
cuscs the detective, upon the plea that lac ws not
gentleman.
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RowdyI-m In a police STATION pormi,orr.

Doormen Osborne and Edwards Of the Beokman
street station yesterday tried by Commissioner
Mrrlerrc, or complaint 81 Henry @, 1rass and the
members OF the rteond section, who accused them
OF not kctping the slcopnEroom Of the section In
proper state Of cleanliness, from the 2G.h June 10
nc 81 July. The cor plaininis swore that tie place
had not been swept during that time; that some Of
item had to sweep under their own beds with
wlisk broom. a?d that wnen 1rass demonstrated
with Edwards, lie told him (rrass) that II lie did no,
like 1t he might 90 into some other business. Per
coutIa-it vas shown that no complaint had been
made M 70 the 81 July, Wlcu the dCOrnCn reported
the platoon Tor carrying on rowdysm IN their room
tat thon TrI.s wrote out the complaint, ami got tho
others 90 sign 10, even awakla- them out Of their
slcen TO do 50: besides, all with tie exception OF
two smoked, and ackno wleiged that they violated
The rules by smoking In their sleeping room. and
finrng the butts OF their cigars about the floor Mr.
Monicrre dismissed the complaint, and directed the
ton for rOwdyism.
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threatens to be- aud we shall soon sec the
whole army of white shoemakers sup
planted, not slowly and gradually, but in
single night at IL were, by their Asiatc com
pctitors
This, then, is tho demand of our working.
men, that the laws OF trade and of humanity
be obcyod, not violated, and that this sud.
den inundation of Asiatics he restrained
within tho limits OF natural immigration.
Those who condemn them fer making the
demand arc neither good Americans, good
economists, good philanthroPisis, nor sensi-
bic men.
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Much Ado nhout Nothing.

All Europe is in q ferment about tie posi-.
bility of Teuton sitting on the throne of
FERDINAND and ISABELLA. All Europe
would probably be in blaze if PRIM's pro-
gramme were carried ont. But great as might
be the European conAagration. IL would
burn nowhere more fercely than in Spain
itself
Like members of family Spanards often
fight among themselves but when any one
ofthem is attacked by an outsider, they show
an immense power of cohesion. Spain would
probably fight--with or without Prussia
for the right to place anybody she pleases
upon the throne. But If that somebody were
once seated there, opposition-and armed
opposition-to PRIMs representative would
inevitably follow. Not only would every
pretender harass the soil of Spain not only
would modern commercial and material iu
terests clash there, probably in arms but
old landmarks, customs, traditions, and pro
vincial privileges would attempt to assert
themselves and the necessary result would
be the dismembcrmcnt Of Spain into its
original provinces. The principle Of State
rights was never so rooted in Virginia OF
South Carolina as are the old privileges
claimed by the Basques and Catalonians,
and other component provinces Of Spain.
But why argue the consequences of an i'm.
possibility? The passage of RoJo ARIAs's
bill settled the question. No majority Of the
whole Cortcs is possible in favor Of any
candidate for the throne. And Spain,
which has really made great strides of
late in all the elements of social progress.
notwithstanding that her exchequer has been
emptied in foolish and suicidal attempt to
reconguer Cuba, and notwithstanding tho
fact that her foreign affairs generally have
been as completely mismanaged as possible
should be grateful for the lucky hazard-for
it was little else-that saves her from the
illimitable evils that attend King
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A very simple process is in use in some
parts of New Jersey for procuring water. A
pointed steel tube perforated with holes which
pin could pass through, is xed to tho end Of
an ordinary gas pipe. and the whole is driven
into the ground to the depth of fifteen or twenty
feet, In some cases the water comes bubbins
up, and continues to aowi but it is generally nc.
cessary to adjust an ordinary pump to the pipe
The whole cost Of the apparatus need not exceed
fifteen or twenty dollars.