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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27
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It Is said os Thoreau, We believe,
that he could take up any given mum
Der Of lead pencils without counting
A celebrated trapPeF once assured as
that he could tell how many balls he
had IN his bullet pouch by placing his
hand on It, and without stopping to
count them, and added - can ten
the number Of bullets instantly, with
ont stopping, - you pronounce a word
without spelling It. SoutheE vas ae-
cussomed 70 take in the substance Of a
book ia turning the leaves ever con
tinuonsly. giancing down the pages.
Kondan, the magician. trained himself
to quichness oi perception, when boy,
by running past shop window AZ tuii
speed, and then trying 70 tell Whist was
in il. We once saw man ON canal
boat who was amusing himself By going
from passenger 70 passenger and telling
almost every one where hs had seen
+ him before, on such a trains IN such q
hotel. In such a street, giving date aud
place to people with whom he had
never exchanged word. ms training
Of the faculties IN particular directions
Is carried TO ma<Teious extreme by
baekwcodsnen. trappers. and men who
euess the weight of animals. Perhaps
the most remarkable instances are the
markers who leap from log to log at the
mouth OF a boom, standing on the log,
/ e,1 f-aoaf.tfs,e, ss,sterttf,- an old mari
into new one, remembering what
equivalent 10 give for each Of hun
dred. naarls. and ebopping = upon the
log in the time that il floats its length
I Il is said that Thoreau knew the reia-
tive order Of lowering Of all the plants
in the Concord woods. snd knew the
note Of every bird. and : thousand ont
of-the-way things besides.
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Purity of Speech.


Nothing so strongly indicates the man
OF pure and wholesome thought as hab-
itual purity of speech. BY his oonver-
sation, among his own kind, You may
always pretty accurately form an opin-
ion as to the moral worth of the man.
It is there. where no restraint is sup
posed to be placed upon his words, that
you discover his true nature. If he
be given to Iooseness Of discourse, or
his mind wanders to the discussion OF
subjects prescribed in mixed company
in respectable society, you may justly
mark him as one with whom association
is undesirable.
The individual whose month is ever
full Of indelicate illusions, OF whose
tongue is ever ready trippingly to give
a good round oath, is by no means a
person to be eourted as a companion or
valued as friend
If a man reflect after vomiting forth
an obscene expression OF disgusting
bIasphemy, he must feel his seif-respect
shocked, if habitual profanity or OBJ
scenity have not already destroyed it
entirely. An observing person cannot
fail to note with feelings akin to horror
the prevalence of the vice that We con-
denim among not only grown persons,
but the merest toddlersin our thorough
fares and on our street corners, often
within the hearing Of the most sensitive
and refined females, sometimes even
Ievelled at the ears Of young ladies and
Young girls on their way to and from
school and other places. These cigar
smoking and profane boys and adoles-
cont Youths acquire this habit from the
pernieious example OF their elders,
/ against whom the rigor Of the law
/ should IN eyerypossibie case be enforced
Another Of the causes, and = most po-
tent cause, of the growth and extent OF
this evil is the introduction IN magazine
articles or newspaper reports Of profani-
ty. and the careless habits Of authors
and actors IN stage plays. where they
aim to give strength OF emphasis 70 theil
/ intrinsiea1ly weak creations or rendi
4 tions by coarse or profane epithetss M
terieetions or illusions.
These violations Of decency and sense
added to the polluted pictorials that sr'
shamelessly displayed and sold from
every newsvender's shop or stell, sr'
exerting an influence on the thoughti
and passions OF oJsr people. youns ans
old, whose consequences are in tn
/ highest degree deleterious 70 the groEtl
of those qualities which make good me-
ard good women ia society rs weIl a
good citizens IA eivil life.
II A scHoeL-BoY's TOAST: The Girl
May they add charity to beauty. sub
tract envy from friendship, nultipl
genial affections. divide time by indu,
; try and recreation. reduce scandal to i
: lowest denominations, and raise virtu
4, a. - ,..g...-.,-
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The pencil marks ycu see aro,rad this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
seriptior is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested 10 pay up st once.
We would take great pleasure In extend
ing credit to our frisnds and patrons,
but cash alene win pay expenses, and
We are forced to adhere TO = strict oash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
coorse, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
q We enter no new names on our
books without the money IN ad.-s, &C.
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Selected MISCELLANY.
THE SILVER HARP.

There is 4 harp in each human breast
The strings Of which are never 1T rest
where music forever breathes ard fingers,
awakened BY thousands of yieEless fingers,
That play like the hum Of fairy wings,
Their notes on its thousand quiFering stringsf
This aeaven-born harp is q priceless boon,
In its mortal frame, with its strings in tune
But, whether tunes Of this living harp
Are gentle and tender, fat or skarp,
Where louder dirge depends always
On the ear that hears and the hand that plays.
How touchinRly tender is its moan
As 1t gives to sorrow its monotone;
When touched by the palsied haud Of fear
II vibrates quick the startled ear;
And its strong wrought frame in frenzy leaps
While passion its diapason sweeps.
But happier spirits are hovering near,
Ana the music they play love 70 hear;
They throng each heart with the grave and gay
And many note I've heard them play
So often too they playing the same,
That we know their touch, and call them by name
There is love who comes ON his futtering wing
And how It thrills when be touches the string
Fame thinks he is heard all over the Land
A. he strikes the chord with master hand
But to Faith and Hope is the mission given
To touch the notes that are heard in heaven.
They llnger stiH when the rest are gone
And left the frail harp broken and lionel
And when Death plays the last sad strain,
Breaking the chords he shall ne'er touch aBain,
They bear it away with joyous wing,
And string it anew where the angels sing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27
FROM FASIfINGTON

li' response 20 the House Beroiuton. can
rug l'r statement OF the amount paid the
~Hi'n racine haiirood Company FER army
transportation. and an estimate OF what said
transportation would cost il the railroad had
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4 NEW IsgvEsTIox N TELEoRAPIrT. =
When Sir William Thomson invented
his rejecting gaiyanometer, and showed
its usefulness for teiegraphic purposes,
he insured the srccess Of undsr-ssa
cables whatever their length. With
this instrument, the movements Of the
little reflector enable the clerk - read
of the message By careful watching
But recently Sir Miiiism Thomson has
invented an instruEnent-tiie patent
siphon rseorder-wlich, a. its name
indicates. writes or records the mes
sage, a. received. on 3 strip Of paper.
It Is an essential condition Of such an
instrument that i should be very light
ard the siphon, in this ease, made o.
I equal 70 phnlanx Of ordinary vines IL
! their best condition.
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not been constructed, the Secretary Of War
has transmitted a report Of the Quarternaa-
ter-General, showing that the Government had
paid the Union Pacific Company for such
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27

THE most bahfal girl We ever heard
OF was the Young lady who hlushed
wkea she vas asked II she had not been
cOurting sleep.
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A Gentleman.

Show us a man who can quit the So
ciety of the young, and take pleasure
in listening to the kindly voice IF age /;
show rs q man that is ever ready 20
pity and help the deformed show us
a man that covers the faults of others
with e mantle of charity show as a
man that bows as politely and gives the
street as freely to the poor sewing girl
as the millionaire who values virtue,
not clothes who shuns the company Of
such As eonqregate the fair sex, or make
unldnd remarks Of the passing poor
girl: show rs a man who abhors the
libertine: who scorns the ridiculer of
his mothers sex, and the exposure of
womanly reputation show us the man
who never forgets for an instant the
deiieaey and respect due a woman, as 3
woman. in any condition or cisss-snd
you show us true gentleman.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27

aIAST ladies in Washington hold their
receptions in the morning, when dan
eng is introduced. In fact. the late
hours are not quite fashionable There
are none to lose by this but the physi-
cians.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27
PALLADIUM.

CA protection. The liberty OF the
press is called the Palladium (the safe
ty) of the Republic. The Statue of
Pallas, another name for Minerva, the
Goddess of wisdom, was given to Troy
with the statement, that so long as this
Statue was preserved, it would keep the
city. Hence, Palladium was used to
mean that, which preserves anything.
The great Palladium OF our country is
1,irt41e and intelligence.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27

A scHoeL-BoY's TOAST: The Giris
May they add charity to beauty. sub
tract envy from friendship, multiply
genial affections. divide time by indus
try and recreation, reduce scandal to its
lowest denominations. and raise virtue
to It's highest power.
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vENI, vIDI, vICI.

''I came, I saw, conquered" Julius
Caesar gained an easy victory over Phar-
naces in Asia Minor, and transmitted to
Rome an account of it, in these short
words. 1t is a classical way of express
ing an easy victory.
OYER AND TERMINER.
A court of Oyer and Terminer is one
set apart to shear and determine, .
cases. Oyes is corruption of Oyez,
g to hears word three times repeated
by public criers before making procla-
nation. Dyes oyes 1! Dyes 1! means,
hear, hear, hear
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27

Originally the name Of an eUcentrie
preacher IN Scotland. who contracted
the habit of preaching in such whin-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27

ing tone, and slang dialect, as to be un-
derstood by none but his own congrega-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27
PAGAN.

Literally, village. The term pagan,
Cheathen) is derived from the Latin
word E1ageas a village. These villages
continued heather after the cities were
ohristianized. hence the inhabitants
were called pagans, j. e. heathens.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27

A severe, personal castigation. The
orations of Demosthenes, the brilliant
orator of Greece, .rousing the ndigna-
tions of the Attentions against Philip,
king of Macedon, were called Philip
pics. The term is used now, to denote
a bitter, sarcastic, speech against politi-
cal opponent.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27
NUMBER 8.
wonTANs World

When life looks lone and dreary,
What light can dispcl the gloem9
When Times swift wing Is weary
What charm can refresh his plumeg
iTis woman, whose sweetness beameth
On ali that we feel or see.
And II man OF Heaven eicr drSameih,
us when he thinks purely Of thee.
.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27

s' Oh : the strangeness Of the times ]
Oh I the laxity Of mems manners and
principles. This oft-quoted phrase is
taken from the -oration Of Cicero against
Catiline, the noted Roman conspirstor.
It was the indignant exclamation Of
Cicero at the boldness Of Catiline, who
while engaged IN the Infamous plot to
burn up Rome and murder its citizens,
came into the Senate-house and took
part in It's deliberations.
DULcE TT DEcoRpM KsT PRO PATE.IA ssoRI.
@It is sweet and glorious to die for
ones country" This patriotic maxim
is taken from the work of Horace, and
made memorable by being cited IN all
wars and in all ages.
oxUs FRoRAgDI
g The burden Of proving The o7alet
pr05aRdf hes on the person making th'
charge. He must prove what he asserts
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27
SUB-ROSA.


Ca rare bird, is a term used by Juvenal
to signify prodigy or something won
derful. To say of man that he is a
rara ,aUis, means that he is singular,
, 1873-09-03

Advices lately to hand from New York
respecting the wonderful development Of
the iron and hardware industries of the
United States are exciting serious appre-
hension in Birmingham and its neighbour
hood. The accuracy of these advlces is
to some extent confirmed by the serious
diminution of orders for certain classes of
hardware, the manufacturers of which
have hitherto found in the American mar
ket their principal customers. Nor does
it appear that our rivals in the States are
content with satisfying the requirements
of their own market, for their productions
are already supplanting English goods in
Canada, and to some extent IN Australia
and New Zealand. A correspondent, writ
inc from New York, says dit is a COM
mon boast that in a very short time the
superiority of Yankee skill and ingenuity
will force a market in England itself for
many articles of American hardware that
Yankee cutlery will appear on English
dinner tables, and Yankee saws, augers,
and chisels be preferred by the carpenters
of Birmingham and Sheffield" These
statements are to some extent c0rrobora-
ted by the advices now being received by
the merchants in Birmingham and Wolver-
hampton. There can be no doubt that the
American manufacturers have turned to
profitable account the recent course of
events in the English labOur market. For
some years the American manufacturers
have had TO contend with The Disadvantage
ofdear Iabour; but this very CT cumstance
has in the long run proved of benefit to
them, seeing that it has enforced the appil-
cation Of labour-saying machinery on a
much larger scale than has been attempted
in this country. The superiority of Anne
rican fine iron castings has long been &C
knowledged, and in the earlier years of
hardware manufacture in the States, the
dearnesa OF labour was larely compensated
for by the substitution of cast tor wrought
iron in almost all Kinds of produce. This
advantage was, however, obtained at the
expence of the quality of the goods for
strength and endurance, and the necessity
of increased mechanical appliances for the
saving of hand labour became apparent
some years since to the leading manufac-
turers of the States. The wonderful sys-
tenn of labour-saving machinery now ex-
listing 10 the result. Railway fastenings,
door-locks, springbars, c~urrycombs, tin
wares, and some descriptions of edge-tools,
are among the classes Of produce in which
American competition is beginning to be
seriously felt in Birmingham on the South
Stafordshire district. Last years produce
of iron rails in the States was nearly
100000 tons, of which Pennsylvania
alone yielded nearly one half. Other des-
criptions of finished iron are also being pro-
, 1873-09-03
NOTICE

WHE Public is hereby informed that
A until further notice the postage
weight for printed matters, samples of
merchandise and patterns to be forwarded
via ST. Thomas to Europe by the Steamers
Of the " Norddeutsohe Lloyd is fixed at
so grammes, instead Of the former weight
Of 40 grammes.
Prvsidency's Secretary's Office, St. Crojx
2Dd September 1878.
S. w. VAN BRAKLE.
, 1873-09-03

YIN celebration of the birthday of Her
a Majesty the Queen His ExceIIency the
Vice Governor will receive the civil and
military Officials and other Inhabitants Of
the Island at Governmenthouse on Sunday
the 9TH September this year, 2 o'clock p. m.
Presidency Sccretary's Office st. Croix
1st September 1898.
(signed) S. w. VAN BRAKLE.
, 1873-09-03
Acknowledgements

y Anledning at Hendes Majestat Dron-
A ningens hole F6dselsdag modtager Hans
H6ivelbaarenhed Vicegouverneuren Gems
civile og militaire Embedsm4nd SAINT
andre Jndvaanere i Gouvernementshuset
S6ndagen den 7de September d. A ri. ?
Eftermiddag.
Presidentskabs Secretariatet st. Croix
den 1ste September 1878.
S. w. VAN BRAKLE.
, 1873-09-03
NOTICE.

IA GREEABLE 10 order from the Gov
IN eminent OF the Danish Westindia Is
lands the aforementioned articles, required
in 1874 by the Military Depot in st. Croix
for the use of the Military Forces on the
Islands are hereby put up to pubic Iicita-
ton namely:
300 yards Brown for floor cIoth).
600 yards Stout for Shirts.
300 pairs Socks (Cotton).
80 pairs long IsIandic Socks,
% WooIlen Shirts.
300 dozen Pan AUTHORIZATIONS OF tin.
80 yards Cotton.
500 yards weIch Flannel.
1870 yards Rayenduck.
IS yards Buckram.
Written Tenders married.
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FssOM NEW YORk.

New ork, % The ship Edith Troop Of
St John, \. b., arrived to-day from Calcut-
Ia She reports that she took off the crew OF
the British ship Isle of Wight, which was
sinking, and landed them at Cape Town.
Ten thousand crates and baskets of peaches
reached here to-day from Delaware, via San
,iy Hook railroad and the boat route.
Mr.. Lancaster, the alleged smuggler Of
diamonds left here to-day tor Washington to
interview the secretary of the treasury as to
the legality of selling ancient precious
stones.
The recently burned government ware
house on Greenwich street will be again in
use tomorrow, having been repaired.
y case was adjourned to-day by Judge Dan
els till Saturday, on the ground that one of
the witnesses was not present through fear,
q gang OF thieves having while he was in the
district attorneys Office threatened to cnt his
heart ont.
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NEWS BY MAIL.

The teller and assistant teller Ut the Ex.
change Bank. Albany, are defaulters in the
sum of S40,S40.
1t is probable that the next Congress will
be called upon to provide more etticien
means for the enforcement Of the steamboat
law. ~s-s
The Troy iron workers have already los,
$3.50 600 wages by the strike, and there iss
prospect of its continuance for some time 10
come. w @ss@a@ wy
The Perry county, Arkansas, troubles still
wear threatening aspect More is reported
near Perryvills with force Of 80 men, and
military companies are being organized To
quell the disturbance.
The total receipts of the Government; for
the quarter ending June 80 were $40. 4l9, 3l9-,
81.
Postal cards are to be exchanged with New
| foundland the same as with Canada by affix-
ing an additional one cent stamp.
The Indians have made two attacks in
force on the Yellowstone expedition, one TAX
ing place on the 18th and another on the llth
instant. In both cases the Indians wore re-
pulsed and driven away with considerable
loss. One soldier was killed and twenty
wounded, and three stragglers were captured
and murdered by the Indians.
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The American Association
Closing Day.

| The business of til. American Association
| for the Advancement of Science for the
| ion of 1873, was completed to-day.
Section A met last evening and finished the
list of papers reported yesterday.
| The sub sections of section B mat this
morning at o'clock.
In the Sub-sections ON Zoology and Botany,
the following papers were read;
| BY B. G.. Wilder-Lateral Position Of the
Vent in Amphioxus, and in certain Batra-
Batrachian Larve.
| by the same-Present aspect of the ques-
ton of Intermembral Homologies.
| BY the STANDARDIZATION in the condition OF
the Sense Organs in Foetal Pigs of the same
litter.
| By Prof. A. Z. Verrill-Some remarks ON
the geological and Physical Explorations of
the New England Coast by the United States
Fish Commission.
BY B. G. Wilder-The need of | inform
Position for Anatomical Figures, with rec
ommendation that the Head be turned toward
the left.
| III '
of Portland with New York city.
| By VIM. North Rice-On the effects of GER
tain positions on Mollusks.
| In the sub section on Geology and Paa.
anthology, five papers were read.
By Prof. E. B. Andrews-Means OF deter
mining the Stratigraphical Order of Seams OF
Coal in Ohio, Kentucky, etc,
| BY Col. Charles Whiulesey--On the Otigin
| of Mountain Chains.
BY n. II. Winchell The Devo,ian Lime
stone in Ohio.
| BY Prof J. S. Newberry--On the Age and
| Structure of the Cincinnati Anticlinal.
| BY Edmund O. Hovey-The largest Tooth
of the Fossil Elephant yet described
| The completion of this work detained the
subsection until after the usual hour Cor
opening the general session.
| While the members who were disengsged
were waiting in Rossin Hall, Professor Hen
~ of the Smithsonian Institution was intro
duced to the assembly. He expressed his
qualification at the success of the meeting. \
number of new facts. he said, had been gath
cred each of which would lead to a series OF
new discoveries. Theory and speculation
often led to great results, but all scientific
progress come back after all to the collation.
of ascertsined facts.
This reminded Prof. Newberry TO ask that
the Darwinian theory be not harshly con-
demned. Professor Newberry is not Oar
winian, but he regards the theory of Darwin
as one of the greatest cancellations of the
age, and thinks it has done much for SCIENCE
The Association must take judicial position
and let the discussion work clear, holding
fast to the truth, whatever it may be, whei
finally established.
Professor Guyst spoke few words, fol
lowing out the same train of thought. ID
favors less theorizing and more thorough
study of the facts of nature.
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and until recently, the public have made use
Of the we'll in the High School House yard
for their animals, but as this we'll was pro-
vided by the Village District for the exclu-
sive use Of the schools, and as the large
amount of water drawn from it nearly ex-
hausted it, the tub has been removed, and no
chance is now afforded there for watering a
horse. 1t really seems as if the city should
provide some means by which water may be
obtained for the convenience Of the public.
Strangers come to town every day, and their
animals must almost necessarily suffer from
thirst before their return into the country
where watering place is sure to he found in
nearly every neighborhood.
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PORTLAND.
CONVENTION.

Portland, Me-, %. The Cumberland coua-
ty republican convention met here TO day.
Col. Fred n. Dow, chairman. One hundred
and thirty.one delegates were present. Two
towns were not represented. The following
were nominated as candidates: State Sena-
tors-H. Fl. Burgess of Portland, VIM. W
Cross of Bridgton, Samuel A. Holbrook of
Freeport, VIM. Gould of WIndham County
Attorney-Chas. F. Libbey of Portland :;
County Treasurer-Thos. Pennell of Harps-
we'll; County Commssioner-Wm Small of
Raymond.
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HAVANA.

Havana, 24-via Key West, 26. Rulhors
are again rife that disturbances are likely to
take place at an early day.
The republican and insurgent clubs hold
meetings nightly.
The insurgents, 300 strong, have burned a
small coffee estate in Brazo de Canto.
There has been very severe engagement
between the insurgents and troops near St
Jago, with heavy loss on both sides. Th'
Spaniards admit having lost GO killed.
1t is reported that the Spanish general Bur
| rell, former governor of Matanzas is killed