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Courting in Siberia.

When once the young beau among
the KOra6as becomes Infatuated, he
makes known his passion to the "a
ther Of his "sllinity and expresses
his desire to strive for her hand. A
kind of contract is Immediately en-
tered into, by which the young man
binds himself to the father as q ser
want for a term of years, at the ex-
! piration of which time he can have
the pleasure of learning whether the
daughter will have hin. or not. In
this manner, if the father be the
| happy possessOr OF a beautiful
daughter, he may have half a dozea
men readY to 90 his bidding at one
time. When the term of seryitude
expires, one of the larger youths is
selected, and all the old women of
the place. armed sWith9 sticks and
pieces OF seal thongs, are stationed
in the pologs suspended around the
room. The daughter then appears,
thickly clad in skin garments, fol
lowed by her lover, when a race en-
sues around the lnclosure, the con
testants dhdging about among the
polOgs. To win his bride he must
overtake her, and Lave the print OF
his nail upon her person before she
can be rescued hy the old woman,
who, during the race, impede the
lover as much as possible by beat
ing him with sticks, and tripping
him by seizing his legs as he rushes
by them. Fhe advantage is all with
the girl, and if she does not wish to
become the wife of the pursuer, she
can avoid him without difficulty.
On the contrary, if she likes him,
she manages to stumble, or makes
known her wishes to the old woman,
who then only makes n show of i'm |
peding her pursuer. Sometimes the
lover is so desperately smitten, that
just after being foiled, he returns to |
the father and binds himself for an
other period of years for the privil- |
ege OF making another trial.
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NUMBER %.
Fermality.

We envy neither the men nor wo
men who cannot speak to a fellow
creature out of their own circle
nor to anybody without the formal
ity ofan introduction. There is no
computing the amount of profit as
well as pleasure such persons lose
by hedging themselves in with this
stupid fence of fastidiousness. We
have always found more of this feel
ing among persons who were touchy
on their social position. vhan among
those self-respecting persons who
thought nothing about it. A great
deal of Intelligence is fica.ine
round the world without heing Ia
beled, and those men or women who
have the good sense to recognize
tais fact and act upon it, not only
are educating themselves, but con.
ierring that pleasure which we arc
all bound by the common ties OF
humanity to exchange with each
other. 1t seems to us that it is only
the snOb and pretcnder who takes q
different view of this question.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-30
QuaFreIing.

If anything in the world will
make a man feel badly, except
pinching his fingers in the crack OF
u door, it is unqucstionably u quar-
rel. No man fails 10 think less of
himself after it than before L. de.
grades him in the eyes of others,
and what is worse, blunts his sensi-
bilities on the one hand, and in
creases the power of passionate ir-
ritability on the ether. The truth
is, the mere peaceabIy and quietly
We get on, the better for our neigh
bors, In nine cases out of ten the
better course is, ir man cheats you
cease to deal with him; if he is abu-
sive quit his company, and if he
slandcrs you take care to live 80
that nobody will believe him. No
matter who he is, or how he mis-
uses you, the wisest way is to let
him alone; for there is nothing bet
ter than this cool, calm and quiet
way Of dealing with the wron ys we
meet with.
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WhnIesnme,Law-

The sympathy expressed for the
"pOor drunkard" has been different
ly expressed BY a recent act OF the
Wisconsin Legislature, which pro
vides, among other things, that lit
shall be unlawful within this State
for any personEto become intoxiea-
ted" The punishment Of violatOrs
Of the law is Imprisonment from
one day to two months certain,
with q further contingent impris
oument ct the discretion OF the
court until the cost Of conviction is
betrayed. Further still, any person
found drunk may be taken in
charge by any person so disposed,
and held until sober, when the eX-
pense of his Keeping, together with
a fee or two dollars per diem, must
be paid This is a move in the
right direction. but il should be i'm
proved upon 10y chasing drunken
ness with insanity, and taking the
person to an asylum. A person
who will get drunk is only fit to
live in an asylum.
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strifes and hates which have nc
longer adequate motive or even
plausible pretext, into the etnUs
phere of peace, fraternity and mu-
tual good will. In vain do the
drill sergeants Of decaying organi-
cations flourish menacihgly their
Truncheons and ahgrily insist that
the files shall be closed and straight
ened; in vain do the whippers-in of
parties once vital, become routed
in the vital needs ef the hour, p:o
test ags::nst straying, and denounce
men nowise their interiors as trait
ors and renegades, and thre;.ten
them with infamy and ruin. / am
confident that the American people
have already made your cause their
own, and resolved that their brave
hearts and strong arms shall bear it
on to triumph.
Tn this faith and with distinct
understanding that if elected, I
shall be President not of a party,
but of the whole people, 1 accept
your nomination in the confident
trust that the masses of our coun-
trymen, North and South, shall ca
gerly clasp hands across the bloody
chasm which has too long divided
them, forgetting that they had been
and in joyful consciousness
that they are and remain brethren.
Yours fraternally,
Signed HORACE GREELEY.
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Not Enough.

How many toll on, disquiet and
harass themselves, as If desperately
struggling against poverty, at the
same time that they are surrounded
with abundance!- have not only
enough, but more than euough-far
more, n fact, than they actually en-
joy. Still, on they 80, worrying
themselves necessarily in the en-
deavor to acquire more property, as
if under thesiHdueuce OF some fatal
spell. To the tasks of labor there
are seasons Of interRission; but to
the tolls imposed by the vain en-
GeaYor to satisfy imaginary wants,
there are none. 1t would seem that
enough Is u nOnentity, a dream, u
chimera-sOmething conceived pos
sible to be met with, yet never
found. AS far, indeed, as our neigh
bOrs are concern ed, we can general
ly find very good and efficient reas-
ons why they ought % sit down per-
fectly satisfied and content with
what has fallen to their lot. But in
our own case-that is, in each mans
particular case-the argument be
comes altogether changed, aud every
one can find good reasons wherefore
he should be exempted from the
rule he lays down for others, and be
privileged to be disconnected. The
true policy is, if we cannot raise our
to the level of our de
sires, our endeavor must he to cut
down our desires and expectations
to the level of our circumstances
and we should then generally find
that we have quite enough, where
we now fancy we have too little.
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600. 1t was presented Aby Il resi-
Gent OF Lyons. The next picture
that attracts us by its grandeur, is
The Last Judgment" Would that
we could describe It'll Christ with
a halo around his brow, surrounded
with Cherubims appears In tlse
heavens. Above. two angels sound
the trumpet; below, the Virgin and
st. John kneel upon the ground,
from which rises the cross, on which
two angels are looking On the
left the elect, wearing crowns Of gold,
mount toward the sky under the
protection Of a pityin9 spirit; on
the right, the damned, covered with
blOcti, are delivered to the demons
by a minister of divine vengeance.
Jesus himself wears a terrible ex-
preston, bringing forcibly to our
mind the passage of scripture, "We
will call HpOn the rocks and hills to
hide us from his wrath."a
EsTELLE VEHsE.
At the close of last letter read,
May we not erPsot a change in the
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-30

Boys, did you ever think thai
this world with all its wealth anC
woe. with all its mines and noun
tains, oceans, seas and rivers; will
ali its steamboats,, railroads and tel
egraphs; with all its millions d
grasping men and all the sciene,
and progress or ages, will soon be
given over to the boys Of the present
age-boys like you? Believe il
and look abroad upon your inheri
tance, and get ready to enter upon
its possession. The presidents
empcrors, kings, governors states
men, philosophers, ministers, teach,
ers, men OF the future, all are boys
now.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-30
What Better Can Yen oFAr2

Wh.n you cast slur on religion
stop and think whether YOU hav,
anything better to offer the poo
wayfarer to guide. him through thi.
life in ways of peacesand respecti
bility.
Were YOU in house with fami
" of children, would you, while q
fierce storm ragged outside, tear it,
shelter from over their heads, be
cause it was not perfect in agchitec.
ture, il YOU had no other house OF
safety into which TO conduct your
family.
As a rule, it is not well to change
a faith in middle or mature life,
which has carried soul thus faI in
salty through vicissitudes and
temptations. To love God, be char
liable and tolerant to others opin-
ions and actions, guarding more our
own house than our neighbors, is
the chief thing-leaving quarcls and
disputes over crcels and dogmas to
die out in activity of usefulness.-
Elm Oriou.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-30

The Washington correspondent OF
the Boston Globe writes to that pa
per: To-day there walked to the
open space in front of the Vice Pres
ident a gentleman whom a sarcastic
Radical reporter in the gallery
above, characterized as ''the advance
guard Of the Confederate army"
1t was appropriately amended by the
suggestion that 1t was its rear
guard" EX-MajOr General Ran
dOlph, Of the Confederate army, was
sworn in as United States Senator
from the Old North State, and so
the vacant chair, originally made SO
by the Inauguration of a movement
for which so much Was sacrificed,
was filed by a man who was very
gallant and believing soldier in the
army which struggled to make these
vacancies a finality.
The associations were indeed pr
culiar. The special nature of all
represented in the presence Of that
very handsome and dignificd look
ing man came up in vivid and stri-
king memories. Se~ator Ransom
is the first man Who has entered the
Senate after such service. In the
House there are a number, and the
seat of Brooks as we'll as the home
of Calhoun is represented by the
Americaa negro.
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To the Big Devil Of the Citizen

Q, my devil, Don't care
Here are Strawberries rare.
'-u-led by the hand of a Fairy,
Which you may eat
With nectarine sweet,
Fresh from the lips Of your Mary.
Now, my dear Devil,
wish to be civil,
For love big Devil like you;
BY this years beheSt
make the request,
That, If you are addressed,
VIII you love, and marry me, too.
And II, my dear Devil,
You'll have a sweet girl,
In vain to quarrel we'll try;
Cherished VOWS when plighted,
VIII not once be blighted;
Where true hearts are united
They can live without a sigh.
But if, you ugly Devil,
You'll not have . fair girl,
Then may the Devil have YOU:
For 1 hate the selfish elf
Who lays his girl on the "shelf''
As l hate old Mic himself;
And the Devil hates him too.
The Girl Of The Period.
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Plan Of the New Publishing House.

John L. Smith, architect, has just
completed a design for the pro-
posed new Methodist Publishing
House. The building is TO be four
stories, with a Mansard roof, TWEEN
ty feet in height, neatly ornamented.
The front will be Of cut stone ~
feet IN height, Of massive but ele
giant appearance. The doors and
windows will he arched. 1t viii
have frontage Of III feet, and viii
embrace four stores, each II feet in
width in the clear and having the
great depth Uf 2l4 feet. Besides
the four regular stories, there will
Gc in the rear three full basement
stories which are to be set apart
chiefly for the machinery and press
es Of the Publishing House.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-30
HUMOROUS DRIFT.
Narrowing to the soul-Pegs.

Narrowing to the soul-Pegs.
Children on the blind school
Lovers.
A short trip-Slipping on piece
of lemon peal in the street.
Providence, it has not been inapt
ly said, provides for the pre- yident
What two colors are indiscerni
BILE? Invisible green and blind-mans
buff.
What belongs to yourself. and is
used by everybody more than your
self? Your name.
A photographer advcrtises: Ba
bics taken and finished in ten min
utes, which is hard on the babies.
Why is a horse the most curiou:
feeder in the world? Because he
eats best when he has not bit in
his mouth.
Why is a young lady just from 6
boarding school like a building
committee? Because she is ready tc
receive proposals.
A young lady went into a music
store and asked the clerk If he had
Loving Eyes" lie replied, Il am
told soby the girls"
According to punch" the postal
card system doesn't work as well as
was expected, the post man not be
ing so prompt as before, having so
many cards to read.
Some of the patriotic women OF
Rome propose to give Garibaldi the
pleasure Of viewing his owa mOnu-
ment.
In the course of a year the United
States Treasury Department and its
branches consume nearly fifty tons
of writing paper, six thousand gross
of pens and one thousand gross oil
pencils.
A spring poet finds a salty valve
for his atflatus thuslY;
"Come on, We frogs and birds,
Mosquitoes if you please;
This being frOze eight long months
Is worse than. killing feas."
An old batchelor at a wedding
feast had the heartlessness to offer
the following toast: "Marriage-the
gate through which the hsppy lover
leaves his enchanted regions and re
turns to earth. "
A collection of 275 specimens of
postage stamps was lately sold IN
London. realizing E252 lis Cd. a
five cent Confederate stamp, unused,
and very scarce, brought 60: and a
two-cent Memphis stamp the same
price.
Nearly fifty years ago 4 writer IN
the Lonfion Times began leading
article with the phrase, I'VE thun'
dered forth the other day" ETC.
Hence some of the Times contempt
raries called the paper the "Thun-
derer," and the title still cling to the
paper.
An Iowa husband, q few months
AGO, agreed to give his wife three
dollars a week to maintain compar-
alive silence, deducting one cent for
each superfiuous word she uttered
She now owes him nearly enough TO
pay the national debt.
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Why Men Ought to be brilliant

A full grown man carries pound
and three-fourth3 of phosphorus
about his body, enough to make four
thousand ordinary boxes Of friction
matches, provided he was supplied
with sulphur to match: but he has
not enough of this to strike fire,
though mrst men have magnetism
enough to make light which would
be seen twenty miles away. 1t is
wonderful how brilliant most men
might be, if there was any way Of
getting it out oil them. But 20 get
a scintillatinn OF vii or glinm,r Of
an idea out of most men is harder
work than to get blaze from rub
bing q bit OF shaving soap on Gle.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-30

A Law Of England enforced IN
18th century says: IAN women, OF
Thatever age, rank, profession OF
degree. whether virgins, wives or
widows, that shall, from and after
this act, impose upon, seduce, and
hetray into masrimoRy, any OF bis
majesty's male subjects, by scents,
paints, cosmetics, washes, artificial
teeth, false hair, Spanish wool, iron
stays, hoops, high heeled shoes Or
bolstered hips, shall incur the pen
atty OF the law in force against
witchcraft, soreery. ana the like. and
that the marriage, upon conviction,
skall stand Euil and void.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-30
The PeonIe's TreatY OF Peaee

Mr.. Grecley's letter Of acceptance
exceeds the Cincinnati platform in
pith and vigor. 1t is immensly clear
and strong; and there is also, under
lying its admirable cOnciseuess, It's
exceptional beauty of diction, and
its real eloquencc, a spirit of SINGER
ETY. rare enough in communications
of the kind TO be specially noticed.
The reader feels instinctiYely that
the writer means what he says; that
his words are characteristic; that
they spring from honest impulses;
that they point to something tangi-
BILE and good; that they represent
the needs Of the people; that they
fOretoken result.
The author OF this noble manifes-
to deserves TO be she next President
OF the United States Courier Jour.
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The English alphabet has 26 let
ters, the It@lian 20, Spanish p, Ger
man 20, SlaYonic ~, Russian 35,
LatiE %, Greek -. (l6 until 4O3
B. c., when the - Ionic characters
were introduced). }. the Hebrew -,
the Arabic %. Persian 80, Turkish
28, SanscTit A.
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A. s. Abel. Esq, editor and pro-
prietor of the baltimore sun, is
stated To have amassed a fortune OF
$I0,O00,0OO. lie commenced life as
jOurneyman printer, forty gears
ago, and is reputed 70 be the wealth
lest man in Baltimore.
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The pencil marks you ses arOaaa As
paragraph (thus) mean that yonr sHh-
1eription is out or unpaid, and thsi yos
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure In oztsRd.eR
credit to our fIiends and patrons. eus
cash alone viii pay expenses, end We
are forced to adhere 10 a strict sssA
rule. We hope you viii cemprshSad
and appreciate the necessity Of such Z
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your faver.
ssS- We enter no new names on our
books without the money ia advance.
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For the Citizen.
ACROSTIC.
worthy, raey, high toned and re.

Trustworthy, racy, high toned and re-
fined,
Useful knowledge, wit and humor con-
tanning.
Language of the purest and lofties,
kind,
And business advertisements gaining;
Subscribers learn from reading thy
pages,
knowledge, varied from poets to sa0es
Informing us of all things in these lat-
ter ages,
Crammed full of news to overhowing,
Items OF interest to all classes,
Ieachihg perseverance, and bestowing
Information to the reading masses,
Zealously striving to win a name, --.
EnshFined with the brightest jewels Of
fame;
Nature hath endowed thee with a right
aim. X
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-30

Gratz Brown is in part OF Israel
ite descent. ana il is sail that fc-
male relative Of bis family was the
original Of SCOTS Rebecea in Ivan
hoe
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-30

It is curieus fact that though
the rain keeps thousands away from
church on sunday, il does not deter
n single man from attending to his
business on week DAYS.
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The New York Commercial styles
Grant "the hero of Donelson and
Vicksburg," The idea Of calling
man the hero of Donelson merely be-
cause he happened to be somewhere
in the neighborhood when twelve
thousand worn-down, halfstarved,
bsifnaksd, half-frozen, half-aEmed
men and boys surrendered 70 AeeP
from being run over and crushed TO
death bv q splsndldly equipped ar
nv of ffty thousand men, is an ao-
snrditv the like of which Is never 70
he found outside of an American
newspaper Ceuy. Jour
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MEDTCAL GARD

DIX. J. +. GEAST. DR. Z. c. AEKzS tTHg,
Pulaski Tenn,
DRS. Grant & Abernathy have this
, day formed copartnersltip in. the
practice Of Medicine and Surgery.
OFFICE.-The one formerly Octoipiea
by them on 2nd. Main street near the
PRESBYTERIAN Church. DIR. Grant csn
be found at night at the residence oceu-
pied last year by David ;. Martin, on
lst. Main street. DIR. Abernaihy at HE
residence. Jan 4, lS72-ly
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rs w. EwANa
FRANK MATTHEW'S.

ind solicitor IN ChaSseerW.
PULASKI, TENNESSEE.
III practice in Giles, Lawrence and
Wayne counties; also the supreme
Court of the State. Special attention
given to all business entrusted 70 his
care. OfIics formerly occupied by MAJ.
W. G.. Bate, Ballentine Block, SOuth-
East corner Public Square, up stairs.
Jan IL, 1ST2-ly.
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Two very significant events have
occurred since the adjournment OF
the Cincinnati Convention. One Of
them was the election Of Ferry TO
the United States Senate over the
Radical candidate BY the combined
vote Of the Democrats and Liberals,
in the Connecticut Legislature, and
the other was the virtual instruction
for Greeley and Brown giveH by New
York Democrats to their delegates
70 the Baltimore Convention.
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=. d. TALTAFERRo,

Attorney s. Counsellor at Law
PULASKI, TENN.
WILL practice la G lies and adjoining
w counties, also in the Courts %
Bankruptcy, and In the Supreme AMP
Federal Courts at Nashville. Prompt
attention viii be given to al business
entrusted 90 him.
OPFICE. In the Court H0Hse, dosTa
stairs. Ii9-6A
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DIR. ]. @. ROBERTS.

4Ss Os ~e 1890 ~
HAVING permanently located In Pu-
4 / laski, will continue the practice Of
Medicine and Surgery. Twenty-Five
years practice at home and in the army
inspire confidence in, and ability te
serve generous Lablic with efficiency.
OFFICE: Bank Block, up stairs. j5tf
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To dispel darkness from about
YOU, make light Of your troubles.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-11-07

investigating the principles of their calling.
The merchant devotes all the energy Of his
soul in devising plans and schemes by which
he may be enabled to make his sales larger
and his profits greater. The manufacturer
does the same thing; but our planters are
content to just 60 along in the old way. If
there is any man who ought to be learned, it
is the man who tills the soil. This is not the
general impression. We need reformation
in this respect. We need men to till the soil
who are able to give reason for what they
do. How many men would be able to give
an intelligent answer if asked why they plow
Many would no doubt say they plowed corn to
kill grass and cut the roots of the corn. We
do not doubt that many who have plowed all
their lives never thought for one moment any
thing about the philosophy of plowing. The
whole operation to them is like talking with a
parrot. We need reformation in this coun.
try in this respect. Ignorance will prove our
ruin. Muscles, in their place, are good
things; but the muscles of an OK without an
enlightened head to direct them, will not ac-
complish much. The days of brute force are
numbered in this country, and the man who
depends wholly upon it will soon get hopeless
ly behind the age.