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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16
Oeeupafon.

What a glorious thing is occupG-
tion for the human heart! Those
who work hard seldom yield to fan
cied or real sorrow. When grief sits
down, folds its hands, and mourn
fully feeds upon It's own tears, wea-
wing the dim shadows that a little
exertion might sweep away, into a
funeral paH, the strong spirit is rob
bed of its might, and sorrow entire
" subdues us When troubles aow
in upon you dark aud heavy, toilnot
with the wares, wrestle not with the
torrent; rather seek, by occupation
to divert the dark waters that seem
likely to overwhelm sou. Grief af-
ter all, is but a selfish feeling, and
most selfish is the man who yields
himself to the Indulgence Of any
passion which brings no JOY to his
fellow-mcn.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16
SHIRES
PuLAskI, Feb. s, l87.

EDIToR CITIZEN Allow me to
ask through your columns two ques-
tions Of some of your theological
readers, based upon the Bible as
sertion that 'Dust thou art and un-
to dust shalt thou return" -
Is it not fair to presume that
when all the dust of which the earth
is composed is made into human
beings, the end viii come?
Is it not fair to presume that the
end viii not come until all the ma
terial for human formation is ex-
hausted?
Let these questions be answered
and, if admitted, let some one make
the calculation to. see what proper
ton the weight of the people who
have lived in the world bears to the
weight of the world itself; then, as
the weight Of the nations is to the
weight Of the world, so is the pres
ent age of the world to its age when
the end comes. .
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16
CO7g'esB0glde7lce.
For the CIrrzrx.I


MOtHeEs
There is magic in the name. The
mere mention of it calls up the most
hallowed memories ofehndhood.-
There is perhaps no word in the
English language dearer to the hu-
man heart. What is swecter or
stronger than a mothers love?-
That love which kindled on earth
shall lift its pure, changeless flame
amid the stars and before the throne
of God burn through eternity, Her
children may forget and forsake
her, yet her love is still the same.
Hers is the only love on earth which
asks no return of the passion
Washington, when called to the de-
fense Of his country, felt the powers
of that love when he wept upon his
mothers bosom. It's her privilege
to mould the character and shape
the souls of the Adamses and Jef-
fersons Of our country, The i'm
pressions which she makes upon
the mind other child are indelible.
Long years after the mother has
been laid beneath the sod her infu-
ence will be felt; her prayers, her
tears, her kind admonit;ons, viii
ever be fresh in memory's vase.
The hills may tower, the waves may rise,
And roll between my homo and mo
Yet shall my quenchless memories
Turn with undying love TO thee.
Curprc
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16
No Hanle.


There are thousands who know
nothing of the blessed inluen ces
of comfortable homes, merely for
the want Of thrift or from dissipat-
cd habits. Youth spent in frivo-
lous amusemonts and demoralizing
associations, leaving them atmiddle
age, when the physical and intel
lectual man should be in its. great
est vigor, eneryated, and without
one laudable ambition. Friends
long since lost, confidence gone,
and nothing to look to in old age
but a mere liberation in the com
munity where they should be or
namentsa No home to fly to when
wearied with the struggles incident
to life; no wife to cheer them in
their dependency; no children to
amuse them, and no virtuous house
hold to give zest to the joys oflife.
All is blank, and there is no hope
/. or suecor except that which is given
out by the hands of private or pub
lie charities. When the family of
an industrious citizen gather
around the cheerful fire of a wintry
day, the homeless man is seeking
shelter in the cells of the station
house, or begging for a nights rest
in the outbuilding ofone who start
ed in life at the same time with no
greater advantages; but honesty
and industry built up that home,
while dissipation destroyed the
other
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16
Editorial Paragraphs.


A Washington correspondent OF
a New York paper says Airs. Pres.
GRANT is getting very stout. Let
the country soon look out for
squalls.
The Tennessee Tribune claims to
be the organ Of the Radical party in
this State. We suppose so. 1t is
evidently edited by that necessary
accompaniment of an organ--a
monkey.
The Rochester, n. Y, Union says
the Radical party is going to the
dogs. Lord, how the sheep viii
suffer when the dogs find this out.
The Courier journal says that
Europe pays ten million dollars a
year for leeches. What an cnor-
nous price Grants relatives would
bring over there.
Negroes and white people were
baptised in the same pool, at the
same time, in indianapolis, Indiana,
recent tly.-E.rehange.
Verify, verify, VIC say unto you,
indianapolis fellows, that if these
things go on and continue among
the elect who are aspiring unto q
place in Heaven, the fewer noses
that go there the better.
The Shelbyville Commercial pub
fishes each week a column Of prose
called Temperance items" We're
afraid they win have different Of
feet from that intended. They are
so dry that each item viii provoke
at least two drinks.
Miss VNNIE ReAM has finished
her statue Of President LIxcoLS and
now presents her little bin Of $I0,-
600 for payment, whereupon the n.
Y. Tribune and other Radical jour
nails proceed to give Miss REAM and
her statue particular fits. They
don't think ''the dear defunct' looks
well in marble, at an expense of
$4,000 It's astonishing how rap
idly the affection Of these radicals
for their martyr" oozos out at
their finger tips when the martyrs
aforesaid cost money.
On one farm in Scotland of SEQ
acres there were over 400 miles Of
drains and the work was not then
regarded as complete.-Er.
That's n0thingl We had a friend
once who Boughta farm in Arkan-
sas which he had never seen. He
went there to look at il. His deed
called for $50 acres. He climbed a
tree and found on his $50 acres
over 400 acres Of water, and he did
not regard the work as complete ei-
ther.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16
GroWing Beanhfnl.

Persons may outgrow disease
and become healthy by proper at
tention to the laws of their physical
constitution. BY moderate and DAT
~ exercise, men may beaome active
and strong in limb and muscle. But
to grow beautiful? Age dims the
luster ofthe eve, and paIes the roses
os beauty's checks; while crow feet
and burrows, wrinkles and lost teeth,
and gray hairs, and bald head, and
tottering limbs, and limping, most
sadly mar the human form divine.
But dim as the eye IS. pallid and
sunken as may be the face of beau
ty, and frail and feeble that once
strong, erect and manly body, the
immortal soul, just Hedging its wing
for its home in heaven, may look
out through those faded windows
as beautiful as the dew-drop of a
summers morning, as melting as
the tears that glisten in affections
eye-by growing kindly, by culti-
waiting sympathy with ali human
kind, by cherishing forbearance to
wards the follies and foibles of our
race, and feeding, day by day, on
that love for God and man which
lifts US from the brute and makes
US akin to the angels.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16

SELF RELIAScE.-The success of
individuals in life is greater owing
to their early learning to depend
upon their own resources. Money,
or the expectation Of it by inherit
ance, has ruined more men than the
want Of it ever did. Teach young
men to rely upon their own efforts,
to be frugal and industrious, and
you have furnished them with a
productive capital which no man
can ever wrest from.
TIA hole made in a wall by a can
non ball is called a breach, would
two such holes make a pair of-oh,
go6d graciousl
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16


One of the pcsterings to which
the good natured business men,
bankers and lawyers are subjected
is the persistence with which lady
canyassers with new books urge the
purchase Of their works. One Of
these peripatetic ladies, having
oyertaxcd the patience of a gentle
man was efectually disposed OF as
per dialogue following
"Aiadame, the partnership of
which I am a member has lately
been so fmprudent as to issue a new
work Of their own, which, in conse-
quence Of the enormous expense at
tending its illustrations, embellish-
inents, etc, has completely crippled
us"
.'1'hen perhaps, replied the lady
eanvasser, "we could procure you
some lady subscribers; what do you
cali your worIsg
We'll, We have not yet determin-
ed; but ! guess I'll letmy wife have
her own way, and call it after me-
Charles Henry"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16


A wonderful printing machine is
in progress, if not completed, in
this city. The invention is design
ed to make one hundred types of
any font answer, to indent and
make a mold, from which a stereo-
typed cast can be obtained from a
form of type set in the usual way.
The types (of two alphabets, figu-
res, punctuation marks and combi-
nation works, J are placed in a type
head, in a ma chine operated by
keys, and made to imprint and in
dent a mould one hundred impress
sions per minute, from which ster-
eotype cast can be obtained in five
minutes, uniform thickness, ready
for the press, or they can beprinted
with ink on paper and transferred
to zinc plate, and printed by a re
Gently invented photographic press
25OO Impressions an hour. Every
style Of type, borders, ornamental
ton, and also music, can be produc-
ed. Justification and corrections
can be made without the loss Of
any more time than the same
amount of matter would take in the
usual way, and as many as fifty DIFF
ferent styles of type can be used
by the compositor without rising
nrom his seat ut the machine The
machine dispenses with fonts of
type and cases, setting, distributing
and seven-eights Of the labor Of the
composing-room. The machine is
driven like a sewing-machine, and
occupies no more space. It can be
manufactured for not over 5000;
and the typc-heads for SO each.-N
7. Express.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16

If YOU wish to be respected as an
upright, reliable man, always be
punctRal in doing that which You
promises
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16

a timely thought-The difference
between the imported and the Amer
lean watch is that the former owes
its success to faiA and the latter to
good gorks.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16

i. II. Mans, col, under indict-
meHt for outraging the daughter OF
G. Counters, Of New Orleans, was
shot and killed lgy tile father of tho
girl the other night while proving
around Counter s house.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16

An Irish member OF ParliaIaent3
speaking of certain inister's
well-known love Of money, said :-
LET not the honorable member exs
press a contempt tor money; for, if
there is any office that glitters IN
the eyes of the honorable member
it is that Of purse-bearer-a pension
to him IS a compendium Of all the
cardinal virtues. All his states
manship is eomprchended in the art
oftaxing; and for good, better and
best, in the scale of human nature,
he invariably reads pence, shillings
and pounds. ] verify believe" ex-
claimed the orator, rising to the
height of his conception, shat If
the honorable gentleman were an
undertaken, it would be the delight
of his heart to see ali mankind seiz
ed with q common mortality, that
he might have the benefit of the
general burial, and provide scarfs
and hat-bands for the survivors -
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16

MrsIc.-To music we are indebe-
ed for one Of the purest aud most
refined pleasures that the bounty
of heaven has permitted to cheer
the heart ofman. As it softly steals
ever our ear it lulls to rest all the
passions that invade ourbosom. ar-
restour rowing fancy, Or, ia louder
strains, excites the soul to rage
Often wren wrapped IN melancholy
the sweet voice OF music charms
away our cares and restores our
droopina spirits.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16

" ny 20 0dcks dip their heads
under water. To nqnidate their
bills.
A bachelor arithmetician says a
girl is a sum when she canses one
to sigh for her.
Ifa man toasts the girl Of his
heart, is that a reason why heshould
be debared from any but herr
Perkins says he has eaten so ma
ny sausages in his day that he *
afraid to look dog in the face.
What is home without a mother
aslthe young lady said when she
sent the old lady to chop wood, .
Ayoung lady says the reason why.
tall men best succeed in matrimonv
is because all sensible women favor
Hymea oh
Archbishop Whateley, describing
commonplace preachers, said, "Iu
their sermons they aim at nothing,
and hit.
Down East they call finger-posts
ministers, 2 because they point the
way to other people, but don't 60
themselves.
LovE.-Fontenelle describes a
lover as nam who, in his anxietl'
to obtain possession Of another, los
es possession of himself
DO you like fish balls, Mr.. Wig
ginsT Mr. Wiggins, hesitatingly
81 really don't know, Miss Jane;
l never recolIeet attending one
An old maid says a woman isn't
fit to have baby who doesn't know
how to hold It; and this is as trao
ola tongue as a baby, adds an old
bachelor.
An exchange says that "a chilf
was run over in the street by a wag-
on three years old and cross-eyed,
with pantalets on which never spoke
afterwards
'Isn't there an awfalig strong
smell Of pigs in the air?'' Smith said
to Jones. @Yes; that's because the
wind is from the sou-west.
Can you stear the mainmast
down the forecastle stairsy' asked
a sea-captain of new recruit
Yes, sir, I can, il you will stand
below and coil it up
An honest old dHrEscy says "Dey
tole us dar was purvisions in &c
Constitution for we cuiled folks,
but dat's a lie! dem puiyisions nuv-
er did come. Dis nigger amt seed
dc fust mou'fal.''
When Sheridan kept school he
had in one of his classes a boy who
always read partridges for patri-
archs. "Stop," exclaimed the wag
Of teacher, 'you shall not m; Ike
game of the patriarchs.n
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16

An Irish gentleman hearing Of a
friend having q stone coffin made
for himself, exclaimed: ssBy my
sowl, an that's a good idea! Sure
an a stoae. .colln nd last q man his
lifetimeP'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16
III anil Huna01.

Why do ducks dip their heads
under water. To liqnidate their
kills
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16

bride,
a graceful and buxom and beautiful miss /;
nd when ut the alter he stood by her side,
it seemed the last drop IN his full cup Of
bliss.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-16

And the old lady went through
the splendid house, lonely enough
without the girls laughing voice.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-11
THE POWER OF SUSPENSION.

We need not call the attention of our
readers to the decision of Judge Emerson
in the Bovee case. It will be read with
interest by all classes of the people. The
learned judge sustains his judgment in
an opinion of remarkable clearness and
great ability. It will be seen that the
court fully sustains the action Of the Gov
ernor in suspending the Secretary Of
State, on the ground that, as the law
clearly allows such suspension, and has
not specifically named the branch of the
government to exercise it, such duty de-
wolves upon the Governor as a conse-
quence of his being clothed with the
supreme executive power"
We record it as our judgment that this
decision of Judge Emerson will stand as
the settled jurisprudence Of this State. It is
in accordance with the dictates of COM
mon sense, and more especially in that it
concentrates the responsibility for official
duty in the hands of a responsible officer.
Were subordinate officers permitted to
assume such responsibility, each in his
own case, with no check upon them when
the Legislature is not in session, the State
would be liable to suffer from the acts
Of such men as Wickliffe. Confusion
would ensue, and no adequate penalties
could ever be enforced to make good the
losses to the State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-11
JOHN sLIDELL AND TIE DELTA.

John Maginnis was true man to his
friends, and his enemies say he had a very
stubborn way of sticking to them. It
would be an interesting study to see him
sitting behind the counter Of the True
Delta, if such scene could be realized at
present., reading the denial of the Times
that John Slidell had anything to do with
the Delta, which he invariably designated
as the ''sixteen thousand dollar hypothe-
cation. Aparagraph of the sternest and
shortest sort would go up stairs correcting
the statement, and it would appear next
morning in double-leaded nonpareil type,
under the editorial head. How his erav
whiskers would curl as he condemned the
Misrepresentation. 1t makes us feel good
to think of such picture Of honest indig-
nation.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-11
QUARANTINE.
PROCLAMATION BY THE (,OvERxop.

SfAT1 OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department
New Orleans, May u.s. 1871.
whereas An act Of the Legislature approved
March Is, 1855, entitled IAN act to estah,i.h mo.
anime for the protection Of the State" p,ovides
1nat the Governor Of the State shall sse hin nroc
!amat1on upon the advice of the Board of Health
declaring any place where there shat be reason to
pestlent, contagious or infectious disease
70 % an Injected place, and stating the mum.
oef W Gays OF Quarantine to be performed by the
vessels their Passengers, officers and crevs com
ing from such place or places.
"o"' therefore, IN pursuance of the provisions Of
.ne act aforesaid, Tissue this my proclamation. and
oeeiare the places hereafter named to be infected
Places and that all vessels together with od,eer.
crews passengers and cargoes arriving from snch
piaces OF having touched stopped ct any Of them
Shall oe subject to quarantine Of not less than
Ten days, or for longer period a. may be cops;a.
efed necessary by the Board of Health. IN tai.
enect nom and after the FIRST DAY OF JUNE
loH' any violation OF the quarantine laws a here
proclaimed will be severely punished.
The places which are hereby declarAa ;,fac+.a
- AFORESAID are the following, to Wit: Havana
Matanzas. Trinidad, Cardenas, st. Jaeo n, a. n.
Island Of Cuba; Port Royal and ninte.e rsv =,
the lsland Of Jamaica: Jacmel and PORT an py;,s.
On the Island Of San Domingo the ;slands a. n
Thomas, Martinique and Guadeloupe; Campeschv !.
IN iucatan; Belize in Honduras; Vera Crus. Az
s so Iamp'co' Aatanoras and Tuxpan, in Mexico
S.n Juan, n Aicafagaas Chagres Aspanwau "a
rsrfo Seuo In Central America, Maracsiho : 1
senezueia Laguayra, Island Of Triniaaa. -.
.sneio, fafs Cayenne. Buenos Ayres. in so.th ]
A@el1cA and Nassau, New Providence -
asen under my hand AMI the ssal Of ria e.... d
;nSs.s.s aay cf Nay, = .. lezl, end o. 81
b the Governor a1sn'
b. G. wARHoTH.
G.cas, = Row, .. aeyosn@Af IouassaaA 4
my36 - 80 - 8 49, - $3.50
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-11
on CARONDEI.ET STREET.

The stock market was decidedly flat
There were neither sales nor purchases. O.
the many who bought Levee stock, ant
who could afford to wait for dividend
there were none willing to sell yesterday
when the bears, coming up at an opportunt
moment, tried to ''break the market BY
rendering shares at lower rate than quo
tations would justify. We heard the stock
quoted at IS 90, SC IS, Sc 624 and Sc 37h
but were able to authenticate but single
sale Of 100 shares at Sc Is, the same being
disposed of by an outsider who needed
money. Now an order for the purchase OF
thousand shares is spoken of, and being
necessary to fill the order at as low a rate
| as possible, to this is attributed the bearing
down. Every day sees one more stitch in
the garment that is to clothe the river banks
with protection to our agriculture and in
dustries. The cutting out and basting has
long ago been done; the mere mechanism
of finishing the job is but slight, inasmuch
as the cash has been provided and the un-
derstrapers have already begun operations
in Mississippi mud.
Pneumatic stock is quoted at s2a2 25,
and very dull at that.
Waterworks is in its last agonies of
fifteen cents share.
Southwestern railroad stock is doubtful
one side saying it is worth 81 so, the other
that it may not be had for $40.
Slaughterhouse can be purchased for
s23 share, when it is to be had at all.
But all stock is in a chaotic condition.
and nothing probable enough to bet upon
is visible.
The money market, feeling keenly the
scarcity Of currency, is still stringent, and
at present valves all softening influences.
The Chicago news, which was at the end of
every tongue. had no other influence but
to make call loans and commercial accom-
mediation all the more difficult. Among
the nominations upon the late disaster were
it's effect upon insurance of New York and
English houses, its results on the stock of
prominent railways, whose paper figures
largely in all speculations of the kind, and
it's effect upon grain, certificates of which
formed a great medium of barter. It ia no
wonder that the news came of panicky
feeling in New York, and also the report of
an almost entire suspension of business.
Viewed in its influence upon the financial
world, the late calamity looks even more
asting than in the practical world. The
uncertainty Of the losses, the unknown
'fices that lose, the absence of all accurate
Information, and the prevalence Of exagger.
tied reports, all tend, united, to produce
he result of quelling the spirit of money
perations. Such were the topics on the
treet yesterday, and many operations we're
until the whole truth could be
nown, and the scales should fall from the
yes.
Gold il on slight decline, and ruled yes.
erday at about ia, this being tho average. !
he sales made were Of the ordinary kind,
nd nothing extraordinary il to be oh.
rived.
Foreign exchange is firm, and sterling
ieks + itaqld Agpre - allowing 40 Jlis
'sittoa to aettlodown,. s sssssss.s
'Dosaestie szsAanee = Aeasy,saad s sifh-
i y 49, s -
Il iisSa5 Is 81 ~ prsvailing imp iiS
= e1eseestfSsd for money igsNipe J
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-11
TIE BOOK PEDDLIyG NUISANCE

We copy the following communication
from the Picayune. 1t is matter of re.
greet that the greater portion of the eriev.
ances complained of are notorious, and
their existence can not be denied. To
such an extent has this book peddline
nuisance spread that it has become very
serious burden upon the people. A poor
man, with four or five children attending
school, is met with demand for a new
set OF books for each child, which requires
more money to supply than he can spare
nom his savings. Hence, we find many
compelled to withdraw their little ones
from school.
Il is unfortunate that the School Board
has permitted the introduction Of prac-
ices that threaten to deprive our public
schools Of even the limited favor they en-
joyed when the present directors were Il.
stalled They Az expected topreserye, not
destroy. TIE usefulusss Of the educational
system: 81 ! &. - 81 .e 81 s.
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