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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-23
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/ A Watchworsi--Tiek.
slip knots-Divcrces.
| To keep dry-Live on eodGsh.
The poor mans ssory--Tlss gar
ret.
The Russian Bear is talking cf
dining on Turkey.
What has two horns and nothing
else? A dilemma,
The foreman Of the Jsnesville
(Wis. Gazette Is a woman.
The man who tried to arrange
his hair with an ice pick. got into a
nice pickle.
Advice to chillrcn-aIind your
mothers. Advice to mothers
Mind your children.
"Sambo, did you ever see the
Catskih Mountainsg'' No. sab; but
I've seen um XIII mice"
Tight boots are SO comfortable,
because they make a man forget
all his other troubles"
Carlyle says sarcasm 5 tie lans
guage Of the devil We'll Thornas
you know how it is yeurselE
~Millerism" Is alRoss 8 Forgot
ten notion. It has agone up. al
though none Of its aaherents hare.
An illiterate man is derided Cor
which in the man Of education is
applauded--making bis marx.
Several thousand spinstels, after
years Of wrathful observation, en-.
tirely dissent form the proverb.
MAN proposes"
The Pope, on being asked what
part of Rome his Holiness intend
cd keeping, replied, ''vat-I-can."
"a prudent man." says a witty
Frenehman, sis like a pin. His
head prevents him from going s0o
far"
Well, ifa haiteh hand a no hand
bar hand hess hand a hee don't
spell horse, then my name haint
'Enry III"
A Janesrille, Wis, schoolma'a1n
makes her pupils obedieht hy kiss
ing them. The big boys arc re-
ported so bad as torequire frequent
correction.
sYou are stupid, Thomas" said
a country teacher to a boy eight
years old. "You are a little don
key, and what do they do to cure
them of stupidityY'' "They feed
them better and kick them less,'
said the arch little urchin.
A darkey, left in charge of = tel
egraph office in New Orleans, while
the operator went to dinner, heard
some ono "eali' over the wire, and
began shouting at the instrument:
ODE operator isn't yer" The noise
ceased.
An eccentric wealthy gentlemen.
stuck up a board in a field Oh hie
estate, upon which was painted the
following: q viii give this aeid TO
any man who is contented lie
soon had an applicant. .'weIl. sir,
arc you contented manYv "Yes.
sir, very" "Then what do you
want with my feldT' The appli-
cant did not stop to reply.
Practical Piety-Two negroes load
ing goods into a cart. One of them
was disposed to shirk; the other
stopped, and looking sharp at the
lazy one, said; "Sam, do you ex-
pect to go to heavenE' sYes,n
"Then take hold and lift.p
Some editor says that the dcsti-
ny of the world hangs on the small
est trifies. A milf between Charles
Bonaparte and his love Letitia,
might have broken of a marriage
which gave birth TO Napoleon and
the battle Of Waterloo. To which
the Chicago Advertiser says: sYee.
that is q fact. Supposed little mir
had taken place between Adam ana
thcns
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-23
MINUTES.

We are but minutes, little thi lgs,
Each one furnished with sixty wings,
With which we 1y on our unseeD track,
And not inmate ever comes back.
We are but minutes, each one bears
a little burden OF joys and cares;
Take patiently the minutes Of psi,
The worst Of minutes cannot remain.
a few OF the drops from pleasures spring.
Taste their sweetness jet you may,
1t takes but a minute TO fy away.
We are but minutes, use rs we'll,
Fer how We are used we must one day tell
Who uses minutes has hours to use
Who loses minutes whole years must lose.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-23
noslir Gems.
FLY I'LL.

Oh, the Ayi the herrbie fi,l
Dabbing at nose. and mouth and eye.
Over the ceiling, over the meat,
Over all that people eat,
Buzzing,
Tickling.
Crawl ng about
Miserable insect, you get GU
Wading in paint On a Iadyas cheek.
Leaving behind a tortuOus stFeak,
Accursed ny rom the he'll below
Never came pest that Plagued Us So
Dancing.
Nibbling,
Fresh from the sty.
Ihe horrible sty, where the Porkers lie.
Even the dogs, with snarl and bound +,
snap at the insects that swarm around.
The air is biu with the oaths that try
To drown the hum Of the oj-s fly.
Y, " hen the weary pilgrim seeks repose,
There's a hoFu-pipe dance on the end Of
his nose
There's vigorous oath, and slam and
slap,
And that's ne end Of the uleeFer's nap
Singing,
Why, Oh, why,
We're you created, Pcstilent fly
once was pioua, but fell from grace
Played the knaFe open and ,oppered the
ace
Made ofmyseif terrible guy,
W hen the devil caught me out on & fly.
How arrange it is that women will trf
To kill with cobalt this villainous fy:
How strange it seems when a million are
slain,
To find the multitude doub,ed again.
Whisking,
Frisking,
With eiaTmy feat,
Hunting as out in quiet retreat.
II at the fly like Toby We swear,
And the angel recorder enters it there,
Give Us, then, the welcome doubt
That the tear Of mercy will blot it out.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-23
MARY HAS A GRECIAN BEND.

Mary has a Grecian bend
Which eroOks her like a low,
And looks when sticking up on end
Like hump Of buffalo.
It follows her behind all day,
When she goes forth to school
And makes the chi ldren laugh and play
To End her such a fool
The teacher, shocked, in silence turns,
Ills biHshing face he wells,
And Mary then how wicked learns
IL is 20 bear false tales.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-23

Many Christians who bear the
loss of a dear child, or Of all their
property, with the most heroic
Christian fortitude, are entirely
vanquished by the breaking of a
dish, or the blunder of a servant
.NeptoR.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-23

Bryant B. Terry. Of Carol com
ty, Iowa, shot himself and bis wife
Thursday morning. while under she
influence Of liquor Terry is dead
aud at last accounts his wife was
not expected 70 live.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-23
The I,adIe's Pearl

This Monthly for March IS fun
of the choicest articles in prose and
poetry. We have never yet seen
an immoral thought in the Pearl.
It object is to popuIarize the reli-
gious element in literature, and feed
the heart and miad on such things
as win enoble the reader and difTuse
around the home circle the charm
of literary culture. A Prize Story
begins IN the April number. II
should be in every family. Address,
JoHx S. WARD, Nashville, Tenn.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-23

No WRECK so shocking to behold
as that of a dissolute young man.
On the person of the debauehec or
inebriate infamy is written How
nature hangs labels over him to tes-
tify her disgust 1t his ezumple!-
How she looscns all his joints,
sends tremOrs along his muscles,
and bends forward his frame! the
wretch whose lifelong pleasure it
has been to debauch others, whose
heart has been spotted with sin so
that it is an offense to the unblem-
ishedg
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-23

There are some men in the world
and the number is not so limited
either-who are a disgrace to their
species.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-23

LErrERs.-Over 1900 letters were
mailed from this post Office during
last week.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-23
NUMBER 10
MisEsAmeaas.


There once lived in one of our
nothern towns an eccentric individ-
nal by the name of Fogg, whose
name as a story teller was known
! for miles around. Here is one:
Ny home was situated in a glen.
some six miles distant from the
stage read. Between CONWAY and
where ! live was a pond, six miles
in circumference. It SO happened,
one time early in the spring, that I
had been out late, and in coming
home I discovered a flock of geese
as they were just alighting in the
pond. Rising early the next morn
ing. I built my fire and taking down
the shooting iron, started for the
pond to try my luck. Arriving on
the shore, I found to my sorrow
that they we're out of gun-slot and
20 fire at that distance woald be
sheer folly. While I stood contem-
plating what TO do, a fox came down
to the waters edge and stood SNUFF
fing the air. MY first thought was
to shoot him, but on reflection /
concluded to see what he would do.
The fox in the meantime entered
the water and was swimming for
the geese, which were huddled to-
gether about half a mile from the
shore. After swimming within a
few yards Of them he suddenly dis
appeared and in a few moments a
goose was drawn under the water,
then Reynard returned on his home
ward passage, and returning again,
brought another, until finally he got
the whole flock; and when he land
cd the last one I shot him. When
I came to pick up the geese I found
/ had fifty nice ones, which I lug
ged homo, together with the fox
and my gun. The old Woman had
got breakfast quite ready then
"But, Mr.. Fogg, the fox to get the
geese had to swim a mile for each
goose; consequently the fox swan
fifty miles, and the geese averaged
six pounds apiece, making 500 lbs,
to say nothing of the fox and gun;
the thing was impossible" Elm
possible or not, every word of it is
truth, and I can prove it by dozen
of my neighbors, to each ofwhom I
sold feathers enough to Oil q bedr'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10
A Dream and q Conundrun,.

The following story from the Ma
chias (Maine) Union, we give as we find
it, Put in pinch of salt:
g. On the night of April (signiticant
date, Thomas Warren Beal Of Beal's
Island, Jonesport, Maine, aged seven
teen, and sailor, dreamed that at a.
certain spot on the island he could fnd
a brass kettle; that he must go next
day and get it, and that thirty days
after he must go to the same place and
he would find 81, 900 in gold. The first
part of the dream was literally fulfilled;
he found the kettle buried in the earth,
with one edge just visible. He removed
it from the ground readily, and carried
il home. In the kettle were five knives,
all of antique English make, BAD
ly corroded, and piece of human rib.
The kettle had been covered with q
heavy woolen blanket, which was so
deeayed that it was handled with diff
Guilty in the smallest pieces. Thomas,
being somewhat superstitlous, and fear
full Of the horrid fate that always over
takes money diggers, ran away to sea,
and could not be prevailed on to re-
main until the expiration Of the thirty
davs and verify the entire flllfllment
of the dream. Other parties dug for
money and found another Kettle, but 1t
vas empty. Of course there are ru-
mors that money was discovered, but
not much credence is given to the re-
ports. How came the kettles where
they were found, by whom were they
buried. and when, is a conundrum for
the historical societv.'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10
A Good Snake Story.

A novel affair recently took place in
Marion county, Ohio, being no less
than snake hunt on large scale. The
reptiles had become so numerous and
so fearless of people, that small children
were afraid to go to school; and they
even attacked some adults, several hav-
ing been bitten on their boots and 1t
had been q common thing for fifty or
hundred snakes to chase men, women
and children across the prairie. A
party was, therefore, organized for
their destruction, and the snakes were
surrounded and driven into a twenty
acre patch of prairie, and the outer
edges of the tail grass set fire to. The
grass burned well, the flames rolling up
ten feet high and as the line advanced
the snakes retreated into the centre
sometimes making desperate efforts to
spring through the flames; but the blaze
being too heavy, they were killed in the
attempt. One blue-racer was nine feet
four inches long, and seven inches in
circumference. This is the first snake
story of the season, and it is good one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10
The Chimney Swallows Idyl.


From where built the nest for my first young
In the high chimney of this ancient house
saw the household fires burn and go down,
And know what vas and is forever gone.
NY dusky. swift-winged fedgehngs, flying far
TO seek their mates in clustered caves aud towers,
Would iinger not to learn what have learned;
Soaring through air or steering over scar.
These single, solitary walls must fade
But return, jnhabiting my nest.
little simple bifd which still survives
The noble souls now banshed from this hearth;
And none are here besides but she who shares
NV life and pensive vigil holds with me.
No longer does she mourn she lives serene:
I see her mothers beauty in her face,
see her fathers quiet pride and power
The linked traits and traces of her race;
Her brothers dying, like strong sapljng trees
Covered with aged boUghs, decaying slow.
She muses. thus: Beauty once more abtdes
The rude alarm of death, its Wild amaze
is over now. The chance OF change has passed
No doubtful hopes are mine no restless dread.
No last word to be spoken kiss to give
And take in passions agony and end
They not come to me but in good time
/ shall reioin my silent company
And melt among them, as the sunset clouds
Melt IN gray spaces of the coming nigbf.n
So she holds dear as this tranquil spot
And all the flowers that blow. and maze of green
The meadows daisy-full, or brown and scar;
The shore which bounds the waves love to skim,
~ dash my purple wings against the breeze
" hen breaks the day twitter loud and long
To make her rise and watch the vigorous sun
Come from his sea-bed in the weitering deem.
And smell the dewy grass, still rank with sleep
j hover through the twilight round her caves
And dart above. before her, in her path,
I'll, with q smile. she gives me all her mind:
And in the deep of night lest she be sad
In sleepiess thought, stir me in my nest,
ana niilrnlur as murmur to my young;
She makes no answer, but [ know she hears,
And all the cherished pictures in her thoughts
Grow bright because of me, her swallow friend
Hdgpef's Magazine
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10
New Publication.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
A Lost Life By Emily Fl; Moore Carlton
& Co., New York.
"Mignonette," the author of this interesting
novel. has been a resident of this city for some
wears. and is well known to the reading public
as the writer of many excellent poems. Indeed,
she is SO well and favorably recognized as a
poet of fine taste and high order OF merit
that the public would be much better prepared
to hear Of her success in that department OF
literature than in the more crowded held OF
fiction But in our Judgment the work before
us is her best and greatest effort, and must
give her rank among the most accomplished
female writer's of the day. The leading char
acter her book is the wife of village doc
tor in quiet New England vlllage-where
everybody knows all about everybody's busl-
ness-where poverty is almost unknown and
industry and thrift common to all-where the
doctor, the parson, the lawyer, the school
teacher and their small circle of select friends
constitute the only representatives OF the So
called "higher classes s" From this uninviting
field. Mrs. Moore has CLEANED the material Tor
a most fascinating story, and she has told 1t In
that easy, graceful manner which Is character
istic of her best productions. Sho has drawn
a. picture of contented home life and affection
ate devotion to lifes duties which cannot be
read without profit by any, and 1t Will not fall
to prove most entertaining to all. The book Is
handsomely printed by Carlton q Co., and for
sale by the Wisconsin News Company. 10
those who are familiar with Mrs. Moores writ
ings, no recommendation is necessary. we
predict large sale for it In Wisconsin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10
The Life Rate.

Mr.. Alexander Delmar's paper onthe
Insurance. of women's lives reveals some
interesting facts not generally known.
It appears from trustworthy statistics
that women are not subject to greater
risk of death than men; in New York
city, for example, the mortuary record
shows that the percentage OF deaths OF
males in 1870 was 31.5; of females 26.o;
In the previous year the per centa9e OF
females was 25. 5 against 30.6 OF males.
The number of deaths Of males over
Is years of age, in the period from 1900
to 1870, was 1902; and OF females,
II, 267-a difference in favor OF females
amounting to 1, 755 for five Yeas, or an
average of 351 per year. The table OF
causes of death also show eonsidera-
ble per centage in favor OF women,
These are interesting results, especial.
ly in connection with the subject OF
life insurance-many of the insurance
companies discriminating against Wo-
men in the issue of policies on the
Ground Of increased risk. Mr.. Delmars
naper opens a field for discussion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10
The New Cotton Crop.

The statement we recently published,
showing the probability that the new
| crop of cotton would be the largest
in the course of fulfllment. A south
ern table gives the receipts at the ports
up to the latest mail accounts at 1892
807 bales, against 1887, 1896 bales for
the same period last year; from which
the writer infers that the crop will
reach between $3.50, 900 and 4, 1000, 600
bales. Ou1 own impression remains
firm that the crop VIII exceed
the highest OF these figures, as
long experience has satisfied us that
the estimates from the south are gener-
ally below the mark The telegraphic
advices of the-receipts of cotton at the
ports are to April 7, when the total for
the season was 1888, 091 bales, against
2,443, ,9S6 bales for the corresponding
period last season; SO that the receipts
are already nearly million bales in adj
vance of last year, or in exact figures,
939, ,OS1 bales. For the corresponding
period ending April5, 1860, the receipts
were 4.O49,847 bales. tt is believed
that the planters have i'll many places
WlUuu0lt t1lGlI COtbOu Hull UlttlhCb Oll
account of the low prices ruling.
The cotton trade Of Texas has in
creased considerably in importance, and
seems to command direct export chiefly
from Galveston, which port is fast ris-
ing in consequence in the commerce of
the Southwest. It is already entitled
to rank with Mobile and Charleston
The Tennessee cotton trade has been
by the home market afforded
b. the new cotton factories in the Val
ley of the Ohio and Upper Mississippi,
and throughout the Northwest. It
seems to be admitted that the efforts to
limit the planting of corn for next
crop have failed, and we have
now before US the prospect of a steady
annual increase Of the production III
all parts of the South.-P3siln1etphia
North american, Aprit IA.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10

ABOUT PEARLS. is curious that
the nearest cognate substance to the
pearl, is bezoar, a concretion of deep
Green color found IN the stomachs OF
goats, dogs, cows, and especially OF
ccameis. The bezoar used to be
valued talisman. The Chinese have
for centuries carried ON we'll organized
system of manufacturing pearls The
Invention was made early in the tkir-
teenth century, and they still honor the
inventor with a temple and acts OF
ceremonial worship. The tfehch
pearls, which excel al others II fal, s,lo
beauty of their imitation, are manutac-
tured in the first instance, out OF the
scales of tiny white fish, which abound
in the small tributaries Of the Seine
and. Marne. It takes from 1000 Il, to
19 600 fish to make one pound OF the
famous essence d'orient.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10
Important Decision by the Secretary OF
The Treasury.

The Secretary of the Treasury has
oyerruled the decision of March ID,
1871, which classified steel known as
circular saw steel and best cross-cuts as
saws partly manufactured, and by let
ter of April q, 1871, addressed to the
Collector of the port of New York, says
that these may be hereafter classified
as steel in sheets, and pay duty ac-
cording to value per pound This Is
regarded as very important ruling,
and one largely affecting the interests
of home manufacturers of saws.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10

THr latest story about Kossuth is
that he is solacing his sickness and
broken constitution by translating
Shakespeare into Hungarian. His physi-
clans have ordered him to rest; but he
saws he could not live six weeks unless
he kept at work, which he regards as
necessity of his nature.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10
I'LL.

1t was indeed the Czar, the great
Peter of Russia, and yet the same who
had passed SO much time in the little
Finland village to be near the woman
he loved, His frank and brave confes-
sion of his identity in the face of the
conspirators had the effect of turning
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10

An excellent substitute for natural
ivory has lately been discovered, the
component parts of which are gun-cot
ton, camphor aud castor oil.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10
Sec. p This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage
Approved March %, 1871.
lPubllshed April !, 1871 J
CHAPTER 20 G1,4r,s,r

CHAPTER 92-GENEnAL.
AN ACT to provide for the furnishing by hotel and
III nai-heepers OF means OF escaping of fire
The people of the state OF Wisconsin represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
| Section j. 1t shall be and is hereby made tbe
duty OF all hotel or 1n-keepers within this state to
| provide for and furnish every sleeping room or
apartment on and above the third floor OF such no
| tel or inn, with good and substantial rope or
chain ladder, and to keep the in some conven-
lent place within sllch room or apartment easy of
in of fire, in order to facilitate the means
of egress fro1a such room or apartment by the
pants thereof
Sec. . Any hotel or inu-k9epcr within This state
who shall neglect or efuse to comply with tho
qurements of the foregoing section. within three
months from and after the passage of this act shall
not be allowed to receive or recover any charge
whatever from any traveller, boarder any other
guest, occupying rooms ON above the third floor
of such hotel or nn so long the provisions of this
act are so uncomplied with.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be IN force
from and after its passage and publication
Approved March 16, 1871.
Published April 1, 1911
CHAPTER 70 GENERAL.
AN ACT to enable foreign guardian of the estate
OF an insane person to sue in the state or Wiscon-
sin
senate and assembly, do enact follows
Section l. When guardian shall be appointed in
any inssne or lnnstie not resident of this
state and no guardian thereon shall be appointed in
this state, such foreign guardian sha upon filing
,uthenlio copy OF his appointment in the probate
court OF any county TINS state, be authorized
bring and prosecute in tho proper courts
civil actions TO recover any property situate in this
state, and demands, debts claims belonging to
The estate of such unatic insane person, from any
person or persons IN possession of claiming such
property or owning sueh demands, debts claims:
ofortfed, that court In which such actions be
commenced may require such guardian to give securi
" for the costs therein.
Sec 2; Such FOREIGN guardian shall allege in the
complaint in such action that he has fled autber ii
,ated of his appointment in county in MS
tatc, specifying such county by and such lie
,ation shall be taken to be true and proof of lch
litigation shall be required unless the defer dant
hall BY ahdavit OF by allegation contained the
answer to such complaint verified in the manner now
equircd by law, deny such alteration.
Sec g. This act shall take effect and be in force
rom and after its passage.
Approved March II. 1861.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-10

A MERCHANT of New York city, named
Putnam, was assaulted in a street car,
on the evening of the 26th, by one
Foster, and fatally injured,-