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qhe va ship Of the Future

The London Times has the following:
@ The preparation of designs for the
war ships of the future is making con-
siderable progress, and the application
of the science of hydraulic to the ant of
gunnery will in these designs receive
considerable development, and prove in
practice of very great assistance in IA
cilitating the working and loading the
monster weapons with which the turrets
of the iron-clads will be armed. These
guns viii far surpass the most powerful
artillery at present IN existence-the
Woolwich Infants, of thirty-fve tons
weight, and a bore of twelve inches IN
diameter, and the great guns which
Krupp is now making for the Germans
being alike eclipsed by the new weapon,
which viii have bore of nearly fifteen
inches, and weigh sixty tons. These
guns Will be built upon the system
which originated and has now been in
such successful operation at the Royal
gun factories, Royal arsenal, WOOlwich,
for several years-by coil upon coil of
wrought iron and a steel tube; a system
which insures the greatest possible
strength and immunity from danger of
bursting, and practically imposes no
limit to the size of the guns. They
viii be fitted with movable breech-
loading arrangement. The Woolwich
Infant viii throw T0O-pound shos six
or seven miles; the new gun viii hurI a
proiectile weighing LOO pounds, half
ton, over a range which has yet to be
determined. As the antithesis Of this
enormous gun, the new steel mountain
gun has Just been placed IN the model
room of the Royal gun factories. This
gun weighs 200 pounds, but it can fire
she'll of seven pounds with good effect
mp to 5000 yards, and with its little
carriage is designed to be conveyed on
the backs of mules, for which pack
saddles are specially constructed 1t is
also admirably adapted for boat ser
vice.
TaLHEs Of corn, s msn out west says
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Labrador.
Fearful Ravnses of the Recent torn

Fearful RavHges of the Recent storm.
A gentleman who arrived direct from
Labrador gives the following fnforma-
ton about the effects of the recent
storm on that coast At Indian Tickle
six persons were killed by a falling
building There were six square rig
ged vessels in ana off this harbor, all of
which were lost with their crews. The
fishermen lost all their cod liver oil, Of
which they had accumulated a large and
rich quantity. OF all losses. except
that of life, none viii be felt more than
this. The loss of life on land as FAR a.
could be ascertained, was % women and
IA men and many children. The nun
Der of lives lost IN skiffs and boats near
shore, cOuid not be calculated Dis
cOnsolate women were rushing IA all
directions on the morning after the gale,
seeking news of their fathers, husbands
and brothers. Their cries were heart
rending and nearly ali of them we're
left without food, shelter or a change of
clothing. The few huts in low ground
which had outlived the storm were aet-
ually packed with men, women and
children seeking shelter from the cold
and pelting rain which prevailed on the
morning after the gale. The inhabi-
tants lost most of their provisions, and
should vessels which viii be sent to the
relief of these unfortunate creatures be
delayed through stress of weather or
other accidents, terrible famine must
bsthe next aftiiction to befali the nOw
previously afflicted fishermen and wo-
men OF that ruin stricken region.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25
Peculiaritieg Of the English Language.


The following exhibition of the pecu-
liarities of the English Ianguauge, as
given by Thomas Blaine, is, we think,
somewhat amusing. Its richness seems
to consist entirely in its truth 1t
must be a teasing puzzler to foreigners,
who essay to learn to speak as we do.
Here is the exhibition:
THE construction of the English
language must appear most formidable
to foreigners. One of them, looking at
a picture of number of vessels, said.
"See what flock of ships?" He was
told that a flock of ships was called a
fleet, and that Aeet of sheep was called
a flock. And 1t was added, for. his gui-
dance in mastering the intricacies of our
language, thab ga flock of girls is
called a bevy, and a bevy of wolves is
called a pack, and a pack of thieves is
called q gang, and a gang of angels is
called host, and host of porpoises is
called a shoal, and shoal of buffaloes
is called a herd, and herd of children
is called a troop, and a troop of par
Gridges is called a coyey, and a eoyey of
beauties Is called a galaxy, and gal
axy of ruffians is called IA horde, and a
horde of rubbish is called heap, and a
heap of oxen is called a drove, and a
drove of blackguards is called a mob,
and mod of whales is called a school,
and school of worshippers is called a
congregation, and a congregation of en-
gineers is called a corps, and corps of
robbers is called band, and band of
locusts is called a swan, and swan of
people is called a crowd.
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The pencil marks you see aroas5l this
paregragh (thus} mean that y9'ils sub
serlptlon ia out or unpaid. s1sde tssat
y9a ate requested to pay mp ut once
We would talze great pleasure jn extend
ing credit TO eur friends and patrous,
bat cash alone viii pas. expenses and
we are forced 70 Rdhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you VIII comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of-saeh a
course and renew your subscription
without delsv. We soHcit yonr favor.
rE We enter no new names ON oar
books without tiIe money IN advance.
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sHFETRPoRT.


iah tie Iss Sisss9ps DSsyr
The Picayune special from Shreye
port says it is almost impossible to ar
rive at any reliable information as tc
whether there is any abatement of the
fever. The sudden change in the
weather has proved fatal to the sick.
The Howard association is well organ
lied, and IS doing noble service, but
there is great need Of assistance il
nurses, as much as funds. The city be-
ing almost depopulated, it Is impossible
to obtain a sufficient number Of nurses
to attend the sick. There are three
physicians from New Orleans. 1t is es-
timated that three hundred persons are
down with fever. The deaths so far
amount to one hundred and forty-six.
a dispatch to the Howard association,
signed by Drs. Smith, Finney and
Reilly, says. "No report you may have
received from here can possibly ezag-
crate the condition of affairs. They
are indeed deplorable."
The superintendent of the Western
Union telegraph company at New Or
leans telegraphs as follows:
No telegraph transfer proper can be
made with Shreveport, as manager Rae
is dying and the operator who went
there from here has no money for thst
purpose. I have transferred money
however through clearinghouse with.
out cost and can transfer whatever may
offer unless rthe banking-house at
Shreveporb should be closed by the
sickness. The last messenger at Shreve-
port lay down sick this morning. No
report of the affiiction can possibly ex-
agerate the actual condition of the
town.
AID FROM CINCIENATI
CNeINNATr.-Private dispatches re-
ceived here by business men state that
there is much suffering at Shreveport,
La, on account of the yellow fever and
ask for assistance. The attention of
the chamber of commerce was called
to the subject, and one thousand dollars
were appropriated to be distributed
under direction of the president and
board of officers.
FROM BROOKLYN.
Mayor Havenlyer is receiving contri-
buttons for the relief of the suffering
people of Shreveport.
FROM ST. LOUIS.
Anothar thousand dollars have been
raised for the Shreveport sufferers.
THE LATEST.
Latest advices from Shreveport repre-
sent the yellow fever unabated and the
distress in the city indescribable. OF
six men in the telegraph Office five have
taken the fever and two are already
dead. The interments average thirty or.
forty daily in a population, perhaps, not
over 1000 Physicians and nurses are
worked down. The people Of the conn
try should know these terrible facts and
send aid to this suffering city.
LATER.-Fever still raging. Weather
unfavorable. Sixty per cent of those
die. Great suffering among ali
classes of society for want of nurses.
The surviving citizens are doing all in
their power to check the disease. The
Howard association is greatly in need
of assistance. The Southern Telegram
has suspended. The Times
still makes its appearance.
SHREvEPoRT-Ther report of the How
ard association for the twenty-four hours
ending six P. NJ of the 18th, gives the
names of 80 dead, all white, among
them the manager of the Western Union
telegraph. 1t is supposed the number
of new cases is decreasing for want of
subjects.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25
Evil of Interruption in intellectual
Work.


Few people realize the full evil of an
interruption, few people know all that
is implied by it. Florence Nightingale
says " If we consider as with sick as
with we'll, every thought decomposes
some nervous matter, that to obtrude
another thought upon the brain whilst
it is in the act of destroying nervous
matter by thinking, is calling upon it to
make u new exertion, we shall remem-
ber that we are doing positive injury by
interrupting. If the invalid is forced
10y his avocations to continue occupa-
tions reqiring much thinking, theinjury
is doubly great If you offer the brain
a thought, especially one requiring n
decision, abruptly, you do it a real, not
fanciful injury This rule applies to
the well quite as much as to the sick. I
have never known persons who exposed
themselves for years to constant inter-
ruption who did not muddle away their
intellects by it at last. The process,
with them, may be accomplished with
out pain. With the sick, pain gives
warning of the injury" Interruption
is an evil to the reader which must be esti-
mated very differently from ordinary
business Interruptions. The great ques-
ton about interruption is not whether
it compels you to divert your attention
to other facts, but whether it compels
You to tune your whole mind to another
diapason. Suppose a reader perfectly
absorbed in his author, an author be
longing very likely to another age and
another civilization entirely different
from ours. If you are reading in the
daytime in house where there women
and children, or where people can fas-
ten upon you for pottering details of
business, You may be sure that YOU will
not be able to get to the end of the pas
I sage without in some way or other being
! rudely awakened from your dream, and
suddenly brought back into the COM
mon world. The loss intellectually is
greater than any one who had not suf-
fered from il could imagine. People
think that an interruption is merely the
unlocking of an electric chain, and
that the current will flow, when the
chain is hooked on again, just as 1t did
before. TIE the intellectual and imagi-
native student an interruption is not
that il is the destruction of picture.
Philip Gjlbert HdnlortoR
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25

CoURAGEs-Heh has snotlearned the lesson
of life who does not every day surmount
fear. do not wish to put myself or any
man into q theatrical position, or urge
him to ape the courage of his comrades.
Have the courage not to adopt another's
courage. There Is scope and eause of
resistance enough for US IN our proper
work and circumstances. And there IS
no need Of an honest man, be he Chris
tian, Turk or gentoo, which does not
equally preach Il, If you have no faith
in the beneficent power above you, but
see only an adamantine fate coiling its
folds about nature and man. then reflect
that the best use of fate is to teach Us
courage, if only because baseness can
not change the appointed event. If you
accept your thoughts IS inspirations
from the supreme intelligence, obey
them when they prescribe difficult du-
ties, because they come only so long as
they are used or, if your skepticism
reaches to the last verge, and you have
no confidence in any foreign mind, then
be brave, because there is one good
opinion which must always be Of advan-
tage to you namely, your own.-Esn-
erson.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25

ALL the Prussian cavalry regiments
have had to report to the Emperor VIII
liam their experience of the French
horses which they captured and utilized
during the war. Though differing on
many points, the reports agree In gene
raj that the German military horses are
preferable IL nearly every respect tothe
French, and especially those Of the Arad
race. This confirms what was stated to
a correspondent of the Pail Mall Ca
zstte in September, 1870, at the camp Of
Berverloo, in Belgium, when he went to
see the French prisoners there, who had
a number Of their horses with them
The Belgian officers, as well IS the
Freneh cavalry sergeants there were no
French officers in the camp declared 10
him that the Arab horses, Of which there
were some fine specimens in the camp.
could be considered IN military point
Of view only as pretty toys
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25

Recent geological surveys Of the
new territories Of the far Wcst have re-
vaaied the very important fact that the
known coal depositsof the Rocky NOM
san region eTtend-sget an AREA 81 up
ward 81 two hundred ard fifty thou
from iige fn thirty. tive feet ia thick
mesa
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25

A VISITOR was examining a class IN. a
Sunday-school recently, and asked the
question: "-Why did Joseph detain
Simon in Egypt until the brethren
should return with Benjamin ?" A
teacher endesvosed to prompt one ofthe
boys, and whispered to him s'that he
vns detained as e hostage The boy,
not catching the exact sound, startled
the visitor by pippins out. 81 Please. sir.
he vas delsined for postage
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25
Queer Things About Bees.

The poppy-bee makes her nest in
the ground, burrowing down about
three inches. At the bottom, she
makes a large, round hole, and lines
it splendly with the scarlet leaves of
the poppy. She cuts and fits the pet
ty tapestry, till it is thick and soft and
warm, then partly fills the cell with
honey, lays an egg, folds down the red
blankets, and closes up the hole, 50
it cannot be distinguished aud there in
its rosy cradle, with food to eat, and
a safe nook to rest IN, she leaves her
baby bee to take care of itself. The
leaf cutting bee makes her cell of green
leaves, shaping them like thimbles.
These little jars she half fills with a
rose colored paste of honey aud pollen
from thistles, lays her eggs, and covers
the pots with round leaf-lids, that fit it
exactly. The mason bee makes her
nest of mud or mortar. It looks ike a
bit of dirt sticking to a wall, but has
little cells within. The mother bee
does all the work, sticking little grains
Of sand and earth together with her
glue.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25
The Power Of a Locomotive.

When the first locomotive was pat
ented, driving only one car, if lightly
loaded. it did very we'll but when the
load it drew was heavier than its own
weight, its wheels would not bite, that
is, they would turn rou ID and round
without advancing. Hence a cow-catcher
was needed behind to guard against cat
tie running into it in therear. It seemed
at first impossible to make a less weight
move greater on an up grade; and for
some years no one invented an engine
able to draw three times its own weight.
At the present day, however, locomo-
tives sweep along with trains more pom
derous by fifteen or twenty time than
they are themselves. One means of
gaining this vast increase Of power for
the locomotive, was by dividing the load.
1t was found, that an engine powerless
to stir Eve times its weight of freight
when concentrated in one car, could
readily draw it when distributed IN a
dozen cars loosely shackled together. It
was heavier than each single car and
it had overcome the inertia of each
one a monument before it encoun-
tered the inertia of another. It was
thus more than match for each car
taken singly; and, pulling them sue
cessively, it drew after it train as long
as a comet, and the farther it ran the
more strength It had to run further.
Here was the story of little David over
again. Ordinarily, the STRIPPING 8 weight,
as he told Goliah, was cne hundred and
twenty, but whenever he got mad he
weighed ton. Moreover, the engine
forced the momentum acquired by ev-
cry car It had started, to swell its own
potency in overcoming the resistance Of
all that remained still motionless.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25

-A close-fated New Highlander was
lately imporsuned for loan by q needy
and seedy Individual, but shus refused
10 accede 10 The demand =" Not q
copper II you are hard mp. why don't
Won advertise That's the Way ilaFnum
made an his money
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25

"A correspondent Of the County
Gentleman has discovered that. as law
of nature, every spotted dog has the end
of his tail white, and every spotted cat
the end OF his tail black. he says be
has examined many dogs and cats IL
France, England and America, and q
ways noticed the same result. Our lof-
mer minister TO Japan, Mr.. Harris, fira
mentioned the fact concerning the dog
IN letter published some years siaee.
de has looked at many paintings OF dogs
IN the galleries of Paris and elsewhere
IN regard to this. and found even there
the dogs spotted, always III order, PROV
ing to him that the artist bad invariably
copied after nature.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25

To rHE toast. woman-she Is a
link between heaven aud earth : p Prem
tioo once niplied $50 Sc a sausage
thrown up N the nr
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25

The skeleton of q mastodou, with
an Indian arrow-hoa5 imbedded IN one
OF the bones, having been discovered
near Stanislalts, Cal. cheerful quarreas
anzong the members If tbs debating 80
ciety AZ that place are anticipated.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25

HoueHroN has this new story of sgd
ney Smith: BE was good-natured and
tolerant; but when Lord Melbourne,
whom he had gone 60 see upon some
business, interlarded his conversation
with much oursing and swearing, he
quietly remarked, Let us assume that
everybody and everything are damned,
and proceed to the subject
TBE new forts around Paris, - in
number, ara 10 be begun. this month,
and when they are completed, Paris eS-
poets 10 be siege proof
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eRAvR AND cay.

How to rise in the werld-Go up IN 9
balloon.
ONE who always gets brsad when he
kneads it-A baker
A psuNKEx Toledo man wrote On the
wall Of his cell, {. jug not thet - be hot
jagged.
In msn# whora men eonasInn e 81
I ma = much q goodness g.
n men whom nea rro1onlie. q iglaei
] find soul1ch o sin e blot
hesitate 70 draw q line
Joaeais Asils-.
IT is said that the Digger Indians arc
never known to smile. They are grave
aiggers.
A LITTLE boy IN school gave one of
the best definitions ever given of econ
omy "Paring potatoes thin"
INrEREsTINe invalid Doctor,
want my husband to take me TO Paris.
Now, do tell me, what complaint ought
to hayege And that's what the bill
was for.
A wnsTEaN paper explains joaquin
Miller's frenzied style Of saying that
hd has had three wives. Some men
die under it, aud some so crazy and
write poetry.
A NEBRASKA man, on his dying bed.
remembered that his wife vas smoking
some hams, and he said Now. Hen
rietta, don't go to snufaing round and
forget them hams.
CALIFORNIA grape growers have found
cut that it pays % dry their fruit. One
hundred pounds of fresh grapes are
worth 81 when dried they are reduced
to twenty pounds. and are worth $3.50.
The force of habit is fully 1lustra-
ted in the case Of a retired milkman.
who says he never sees can. OF water
without having an almost irresistible
desire TO put some milk into it.
A STUDENT who had been afflicted with
sermon one hour aud half long
grumblingly says that these professors
study so much about eternity that they
have no conception of time
a CANADIAN editor announced that
:" he had a keen rspier 20 prick al fools
and lnaves." His contemporary over
the way said he hoped his friends would
Take It from him, for no might commit
suicide.
A NEAT. clean, fresh-aired, sweet.
cheerful, well-arranged house exerts n
moral influence over its inmates, and
makes the members of q family pence
able and eonsiderate of each others
feelings and happiness.
A FASHIONABLE woman. reading that
the Hoosac tunnel cost nine hundred
dollars a yard, declared, with emphasis,
that she'd 81 have dress pattern of
that piece If the old man didn't lay mp
cent for the next two yoara
4" THE following are the reasons why
a ship is called she They are useleas
without employment, they bring news
from abroad, they wear caps and bon
nets, they are put in stays, they are Of
ten painted, and a man never knows the
expense till he gets one.
ConnR1Dar says there are four kinds of
readers: the hour-glass, whose reading
runs in and cut aud leaves no trace Of
gain; the second, like the sponge, takes
everything; the third retains only refuse
that some would throw away; but the
fourth, like the miner among sgems,
keeps the pure and casts aside the clip
pings.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25

Ta1HIEs Of corn, s msn out west says
lac has two ears twenty inches long.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25

Forty Deaths a Day out OF Four Thou-
sunu-.E hTee Hundr Citizens Down
with the Bever-DePiOrahle Distress.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-28
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON, April 26 1871
co. Ssss asas sSs g. socs Ss
NEW ORLEANS, April %, 1873
eees 1859 bses gross STsa. sri Brit
last evening 's ing 100 stocf' is 'O' eAs'
Cotton spet and sas m,ang
s soet oiss gross Exports e0A'f"ss 10 Sales
EspersTo the consnen Eo Sales s 10 s SS.ss
one m,od,,ns Sss April
wM WI, n. G.. April 9s 1879
oP No. Crude S
pen.ine steady at s. $ for yellow dip 81 % 81 10
and SH sd in % css.n
q 8 MAY June
Isa has a%y
grade c Oats sir demand and md drm %i No. ssc no
hour sSfs %Se. Sh d.
sp Eat s9s .Ra y 's4d5 NJ
sdo sis rejected nemina cs1n in fair demand and
sssS rejected ssSls Soc kys Arm i'm and
nominal Mess porf lover GSast and weak 7 . for
and quiet; sales short rib mddles for May at ssK,
loose; for june 50 l2k % ~, loose Bacon steady.
Whisky steady at &c Receipts17 oo bbls -four 2 900
barley. shipmens-5,oO0 bills -four, $4,000 bushels
wheat 159,006do corn, 5000 do. oats 1000 do barley.
OswEGo N. Y, April 49, 1873
sns os sSs IS ~ nsr
&
700 bushels Western at Coo. Barley quiet uplake
Canada held at 81 TO- Corn meal sold at 81 30 for bo!ted
and 81 Is for unbolted per cwt Meed unchanged At
81 for shorts $H for shpstus and S2 for middlngs
per p ton Railroad ireghts-Four to philadelphia eoc
Receipts by lake-75,0O0 feet OF lumber.
BUFFALO, April 20, 1873
Imports for the week ending to-day Flour, $500
Dds wheat &C. 100 bushels; 1891 00 oats l6 I'll
49, rye l2O0 Exports for the week ending
Sepsy $500 corn iss ss7 bushels; oats IA
Wsty, rye SOg peas 050 Flour quiet; sales Of
smser a. ssrng s5 bakers IS a
sa se,; Gi White b Michigan Milwaukee
Siebsr a Sales 81 80 White Mic6isan, ii soa 81 Corn
2o DO a. sS 22so do at SSIc Oats steady sales OF
WU pusne western in store at Barley duiet sales
Of Canada at 95c. 81 No western, eoc esc two.
rowea ssate se &c four rowed State CSC Rye nomi
sll0a 81 Is for prime %iaier Western, 81 81 for
prime Canada. Rye malt M - y = v = -