The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-12-07
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All iowa court HIS NSCiAOu NHSeO
a woman can sue her husband for
money borrowed Of her.
Thomas n. Norwood, United
States Senator from Georgia, was
shoemaker.
a prominent Journalist who is per
fectly bald, has offered a reward of
one thousand dollars for 4 tale that
will make his hair stand on end.
A sick man was told that his wife
would probably marry again. "All
right" said he, there will be one
man to lament my death.
It is said that a green tarlatan
dress contains arsnic enough to
kill man, and yet men do not seem
to be afraid of green tarlatan dres-
ses.
It's observed that Joaquin Mil
| Ter, in his 'Kit Carson Ride" makes
Kit dash away on a bare back horse
and afterwards rise up in his stir
rups.
An Iowa lady hits the nail on the
head when in writing upon the wo-
man suffrage question, she says:
You may look at this matter in
whatever light you will; but sim
mer it down, and it is but a quar-
rel with the Almighty that we are
not all men.
John Ruskin, in his last Address
to the workingmen of Great Brit
ian, says of his boyhood training
My mother forced me, by steady
daily toll, to learn long chapters of
of the Bible by heart, as well as to
read every syllable through from
Genesis to the apocalypse about
once a year; and to that discipline
1 owe not only a knowledge of the
book, which I find occasionally SER
yieeable, but much Of my general
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power of taking pains, and the best
part ofmy taste in literature.
A letter from Bonn tells a story
Of a German general who, on in
speeding his troops, not long ago,
addressed them thus: Now my
! children we can once more get
seriously to work. The pastime of
war is at an end, and drill must go
on regularly as heretofore.
The first edition of Mr.. Bryant $
poems was printed in 1921, just ff-
] ty years before the appearance of
the last; and still the veteran poet
pays attention to the muses., and is
still at work on the fourth volume
Of his translation of Homer.
The first and most important fea-
ture in garment cutting is to learn
the principles involved. Until this
is understood there can be no Ger.
tain success. When the cause Of
defect is known the remedy is cas-
lily applied.
High-healed and narrow-toed
boots destroy the shape of the toes
destroy the contour of the ankle
and spoil the walk. Slippers retai1
their popularity for the house
Some even of these have very high
heels and pointed toes, while they
are cut low in front.
The Tuscaloosa Monitor classi
fes the papers of Alabama as fol
lows: There are "A newspaper
published in Alabama. OF these
are downright radical; 10 neuter, o
non committal; half and half; L
expediency schreechers, and the re
mainder-36-sound democratic.
Some time since a young gentle
, man, well known about town, wen
to consult a legal gentleman abou
carrying off an heiress. You can
not do it without danger, said tn
/. lawyer; but let her mount horse
f and hold the bride and whip, d
you then get up behind her, and b
| run away with by her, in this cas-
, you are safe. Next day the laWye
: found his daughter had run ava
l in the aforesaid manner with hi
! client.
S The subject of impression at frs
= sight was being talked over at til
t tea-table, when the lady whose dut
= it was to preside, said, she Away
D formed an idea of a person at frs
e sight, and generally found it to b
r. correct. Mamma, said her young
7 est son, in a voice, that could b
s heard byalI present. Well, my dea
5 what is it2 replied the good mothe
5 What was your opinion when 80
Y firstsaw me? The question gave
D sudden turn to tn. conversation.
) We think that ladies general
= do not sufficiently study the effe'
t of colors in dress; where really III
l. greatest success lies, If one is su,
e cessful at all in dressing in goo
e taste. Many ladies leave this
s their miIliners and mantua maker
L and themselves pay SO little attel
/ ton to the effect of eOlors, that the
r are always at the mercy of the pc
ems alluded to. Think of this, ladie
give little attention to this plea
Il ing study and you will be amply r