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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18
A French Marriage.

It is the luck of some people to see
every thing is rather my case. Ten
days ago was present at a great Rus
sian wedding, and at first-class French
one yesterday; and have been first
witness" use the word tenso5p for
this as for the other and more dangerous
duel--at a wedding of the people. IF
it takes Frenchman and Frenchwoman
as long to get separated as it does to get
coupled, then, indeed, is single life a
blessing, and separate maintenance a
luxury only within reach of the very
idle and rather rich. I am persuaded
that all the coachmen and all the cooks
had given themselves rendezvous to be
married that day in that special Marie.
1t is a dron ceremony. Row after row
of brides, bedecked with so many
orange-fowers that look for oranges at
six sous each next year, were waiting to
catch the eye of the mayor, a mild man
with a most evident wig and decided
smell of stuff, with which he sprinlzIed
the bridal wreaths and dresses most
handsomely, causing one bride, two best
men, and one heavy father, to sneeze
awfully. Now it is, if not indecent, at
least indecorous, to sneeze on such oc-
casions. "Will you, Jean, marry this
Jeanne % and the answer a sneeze I
But accidents viii happen. 1t must be
great thing to be married at a
mayors court, " if,I may so render a
A" Marie" I had to wait there for
happy couple, one of whom was about
to give to the other, which I did with
great pleasure, as neither of them be-
longed to me. You can first of all see
the names Of your friends who are
'persons about to marry" then the
number of your aequaintances who are
removed or have been appropriated =
then you can buy land to build on, or
ready-built house for those children
who may drop in later. IF you are
bankrupt, you have only to run over to
the other side of the court and state the
fact to the proper authority and, final
ly, read, belew the chalky bust of the
emperor and the well-bewigged head of
the mayor, the address of a house where
you can be vaccinated for next to no
thing. OF the religious ceremony, 1
think the less said the better. We
went to the Madeleine, where another
very snuffy gentleman, backed up by a
small boy in dirty surplice-suggest-
ing the painful idea that the clean
clothes were given out only on Sundays
was kind enough to whisper the cere-
mony aud while he was blessing the
bride, the little beadle came and drew
of the groom his fee Social Lite IN
France.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

HIsH MOUNTAINS. The highest noun
tain on the North American continent is
Mount ST. Elias, IN Alaska, whose eleva-
ton is 1890 feet. Next TO it comes
the volcano Of RopocataPeti, in Mexico,
II, ,sS4 feet and Orizaba, also IN Mexico,
1873 feet If the newly-discovered
peak Of the Holy Cross. IN the Yellow
stone region, found by the Hayden ex-
ploring party, be really 1900 feet
high as they estimate, it viii be the
fourth peak in elevation on the oonti-
tent of North America, and the highest
mountain in the United States exclud-
ing Alaska. Heretofore the highest
peak in this country was supposed to be
Big Hern mountain, which is elevated
1900 feet.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

A NEW manner of catching rats is ex-
citing great interest among the return
ing house-holders. A barrel is filed
half full of water. Alayer of powdered
cork is laid on its surface, and over this
layer of corn meal is sifted. A chair
and box or two are placed unobtru-
sively in the neighborhood, whereby the
rat gains the edge CT the barrel He
sees nothing but the meal. He has no
innate ideas which teach him to beware
of the treacherous foundation on which
hat tempting surface rests. He shifts,
he leaps, and goes gently down through
meal and cork to his watery grave. If
any of his friends see him disappear
from the edge of the barrel, they hasten
after him to get their share of the pro-
bable plunder, and are in turn taken in
by hospitable death. The plan seems
effective as against the rats, bat is cal
culated to destroy their confidence in
human nature
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

A MAN may conceal his name, his
age, the circumstances Of his life, but
nos his character. That is his spiritual
atmosphere, and Is ~ inseperable from
him Is the fragrance Of a rose from the
rose itself. In the glance Of the eye. In
the tones Of the voice, in mien and ges-
ture, character discloses itself. All the
company may be equally well dressed,
but NOT even a child shall mistake Blue
Beard for Saint Eicholas nor Gree fog
Diana-Ce1sa Bisrieigh
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18
HAPPY THOUGHTS.

jury, said a western judge, you
KIN &c out and ind a verdict. If Jon
can't find one Of your own, get the one
the last Jury used The jury returned
verdict Of suicide in the ninth degree.
ENTHUSIASTIC PEDESTRIAN. Am j
on the right road for Stratford, Shaks-
peare's town, You know, my mar.
You've often heard OF Shakespeare -
Rustic. Ees. Be You heP ~ Ps1lcli-
"WHES there Is not breath of ala
stirring, and you are in danger of sti-
fling, attempt to light cigar out doors.
and you will be surprised at the bresEe
that win start mp. We have seen a man
try this experiment in dead calm. and
by the time he had scratched thirteen
matches it was really 50 windy as to be
uncomfortable.
"THE little girls are keeping house
now and inviting other little girls to
take tea with them. The tea consists
mostly Of warm water served in minia-
ture wooden dishes, and slice of green
apple with q worm in it. The little
girls drink the tea and chew the apple
with proper solemnity. Then they, ]
shan't = You're just as mean as you
can be 4 shall go right home, now
and kick each other on the legs. and
disperse.
An indianapolis reporter interviewed
q Rush county man about the spiritual
manifestations ii that county, and
elected the following statement we
all of us sot round a table and put our
hands On to il, and pretty soonthe thing
began TO move, and we all began to feel
queer. It was hot as biazes in the
room, and dark as pitch. I tell you IT
was the funniest place I was ever in.
The medium was from Cincinnati, and
when the table began to move. he said
Now, if there be any sperits present,
let them signify 1t by two slight corrc-
lops on the table, and, by CAD, they
corrolioped." "
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18
The Graves of the Virginian Presi-
dents.

Monroe and Tyler are buried in Hol
lywood cemetery in Richmond. The
plainest, of cenotaphs covers the grave
of the former, and rust is eaten off the
dismal-colored paint that once protected
the iron. Tyler's grave is entirely un-
marked, and rank weeds and tall grass
luxuriate around it and obscure it from
sight. The Legislature begged his fam
lily to allow his remains to be inferred
here, and promised to erect over them a
suitable monument, but the treasury
has been SO empty and legislators so
engaged with other matter that no step
has yet been taken in that direction.
Thanks to the ladies of the Mount Yer
non association, the tomb of Washing
ton at Mount Vernon, in Westmoreland
county, is well cared for, and is still
visited by people from all parts of the
world who revere the memory of q The
Father of his Country" Jefferson is
buried on his own estate. Monticello,
near Charlottesville. The simple shaft
that covers the grave has been pecked
and chopped by relic-hunters, and grass
and weeds are allowed to grow about it
undisturbed. Madison sleeps at Mont
pelier, in Madison county, and nothing
but a simple monument of cheap kind
and poor design points the curious
traveller 60 his resting-place. The Vir-
ginians. while holding in dear remem-
brsnca the distino-uisbed sa,vicas ,,,d
virtues of these great men, have been
unaccountably negligent and Indifferent
in the way of building monuments over
their graves. That duty, if ever done,
viii probably have to be performed by
the nation. Virginia is now too poor to
spare money from her treasury for any
other purpose than to carry on the
necessary expenses of government and
pay the interest on her huge public
debt, contracted in building railroads
before the war Richmond letter
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

A oEETLEllAH vas once riding in
Scotland by bleaehing ground, where
a poor woman was at work watering her
webs of linen cloth. He asked her
where she vent to church. what she had
heard On the preceding dsy, and how
much she remembered. She could not
even tell the text Of the last sermon
And what good can the preaching do
you, said he, "if you forget 4 all -
81 All, sir, replied the poor woman.
eft you VIII look at this web ca the
grass. you viii zee as fast as ever I put
the wstsr on e the sun dries il all up.
and yet. SIP, see Is gels whiser and
,4fiter -
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18
Corsets Defended.

We know perfectly we'll that some
persons lace themselves too tight, al
though II is not at present fashionable
to do so. We know, too, that many
women have riously injured their
health, while some have sacrificed life
itself on the shrine of a slender waist.
But the wearing OF the corset does not
necessarily, and, in fact, does not COM
monty, end in tight Iacing; whilelacing,
and that, too, of very hurtful sort,
may be, and frequently is, accomplished,
without the use of a corset at all. We
have seen mems clothes worn as tightly
as any corset ever was. The condemna-
ton of tight lacing is perfectly Just, of
course, as everybody having the small
est knowIedg of anatomy knows. But
many women who never lace wear cor
sets and derive great benefit from their
use It is certainly very absurd to de-
mand that these people shall fOrego a
comfort-giving article OF apparel merely
because they could turn 1t into an IN
strument of torture if they were fools.
They find that to put the entire weight
of their clothing upon their shoulders
is to give themselves pain, and in order
to divide it they let part of their appa-
rel depend upon the hips for support.
To do this without a corset it would be
Necessary to wear the garments altogeth-
er tighter about the waist than they
should be worn, and to bind them
around a single narrow zone, which
would be both uncomfortable and un-
wise. The corset, however, distributes
both the weight and the pressure over
the strong muscles of the hips, and as
it is less yielding than the flesh, it OBJ
viates the necessity of tight Wristbands
altogether. Tue corset, properly used,
in other words, furnishes the very best
remedy for tight lacing, particularly,
now that taper waists have gone outkof
fashion. .-Heartb and Home.
% UMBRELLAS UNDER FIRE. Sew
enty years ago, large umbrella was
usually kept hanging in the hall at good
| houses, to keep visitors dry as they
passed to and from their carriages.
| Coffee-hOuse keepers provided IN this
way for their frequenters; but men dis
dained to carry such a convenience
through the streets. It was held efem-
mate indeed to shirk wetting. Take
| that thing away, said Lord CORVALLIS
to the servant about to hold the house
umbrella over him. ''I am not sugar
or salt in a shower. 1t is hard to i'm
agine the guards under FIRE and nm
breiia at the same time. Such thing,
/ however, was seen once. During the
action at the mayors house, near Bay
| onne, IN 1913, the grenadiers, under
/ Col. Tynling, occupied an unfinished
redoubt near the high road. Yelling
ton, happening to ride that way, beheld
the household regiment protecting
] themselves from the pelting rain with
their umbrellas. This was too much
for the great chiefs equanimity, and he
instantly sent off Lord A. Hill, with the
/ the message. Lord Wellington does
not approve of the use of umbrellas un-
i der fire, and cannot allow the gentle
i mems sons to make themselves ridicu-
lous in the eyes Of the army. London
| H1ffer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

Hkvrs completed the exploration
Of the valley Of the TellcWgtone as faE As
the Mnscleshell river, the Stanley expe-
dition is on its return 1t has been
successful IN it's object. the discovery
Of = more favorable route for the North
ern Pacific railroad than has jet been
marked out, and the opinion that the
valley Of the Yellowstone offers superi-
os advantages is confirmed BY official
accounts from the expedition
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

SEoBs.-Ihe word does not exist IN
France. because they have aot fhe
thing. The snOb Is the child o. aFisto-
cratical societies perched On the step
Of ths long ladder. he respects the man
on the round above him, and despises
the man on the step below, without in-
quirins what they are worth. solely on
account Of their position; IN iis inner
NEST heart he finds it netgFal to kiss the
boots Of the first. and kick the second.
Tdfng.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

Osz would think that Che larger the
oompsny is in which ~eare engaged, the
greater Tarietyof thoughts and snbieets
would be started into dsacourse bnt
instead Of this. se Sad that converse
ton nevsr is 30 much straitened and
confined as in numerous assemblies.
Addison.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

Ar undertakes recently meeting IA
newspaper Office a 5ocior, q preacher
and mutual friend, remarked % tke
latter. ssNow I have been visiting =
good while Tor Jon e hand Ia yoar
chips. Better DO e now. Here are tlia
doctor 70 Kill yoH. the minister to
preach your sermon. the reporter -
write youT obiiusFg, Haseelf 70 baEy
YOU. the g devil to take You. Ee4fE-
improve your opportunity.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

-Oharleston 6. o. street cries :
''Shrimp gvine by, byas. Here's your
big, fat shrimp I'm trying 10 make a
honest living now, and ef / can't IN
have to go back to stealing Raw
shrimp gwine by, byas. Here's me.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

1t is a good and safe rule to seiourn
in every place as If you meant to spend
your life there, never emitting an OPP
porsunity Of doing a kindness, or speak
ing q true word, OF making q friend.
Seeds thus sown by the way-side often
bring forth an abundant harvest. You
might so spend your summer among the
people that they and their descendants
should be better and happier, through
time and eternity, for your works and
your example. IN order that people
may be hsppy Ia their work, these three
things are needed They must be fit
for # +: they must not do too much Of
1t and they must have a sense of sue
cess IN It, not a double sense, such as
needs some testimony of other people
for its confirmation, but n sure sense,
or rather knowledge, that SO much
work has been done vel, and fruitfully
done, whatever The world may say or
think about IL So that in order that a
man may be happy, II is necessary that
be should not only be capable of his
work, but a good judge Of his work.
keHsEie
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

THR FIRST sure symptom Of mind
in health is rest of heart and pleasure
felt az home Young.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

wuLIAH CU1nzS BRzAsr Is said 70
contemplate a voyage round taa world.
either during the coming autumn OF
next spring.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18
How John Paul would Keep a Hotel,


But there is some extravaganza at
Saratoga which I do condemn, and that
is in the housekeeping of these hotels.
The table expenses would cut down
materially. Instead of the present null
hilarious bill of fare, meandering through
which, in the attempt to find what one
wants, one gets hopelessly lost, I would
just give a good soup or two, some
seasonable fish (salt cod is always in
season. a joint or 50, bit of game,
when game is cheap, and a standard
dessert for those given to fiummeries-
I never waste my sweetness on the des-
sert air. Everything should be ex-
quisitely cooked. served smoking hot,
except the ice-eresm, and from day to
/ day the bills should be varied Under
the present system the polyphagous
/ persenage surrounds himself with dishes
up tc the chin, some of which he smells,
a few of which he tastes, but the ma
/ jority Of which he sends away simply
mussed and spoiled, for a man can't eei
everything on the bill. The same man
and his wife would order very different
/ " where they serve things q "a carte
II the Traditional idea of one plate Of
ice-cream with two spoons were mol
really carried out, an approach 10 ii
would be made by ordering zone Por
/ tion" Of each course and making il d
for both. Men of moderate stomachl
and requirements are put to immeRsl
and unfair expense by thislavish regime
some one has to pay for it ali, OF course
II might correct the evil somewhat {,
have the bill OF fare graded OF in inches
charging so much for eating down
Then one would have to pay only 90
each inch one eat And depend ont, I
good snany vouldn't travel 50 far OF s.
fast as they do al present.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18
voodOoism Among Virginia Negroes.


Though the negroes have been freed
and enfranchised and civil-righted, they
cling to the customs of their forefathers
in many respects, and are still "specu-
lar people" A few days ago a negro
woman was seen to go out upon bridge
leading from the Tredegar works to an
island IN the river and throw a kes or
box into the stream and make off AS
infanticide has been lamentably common
with them of late, boy who saw the
act supposed that another baby had
been murdered and disposed of, and at
once reported to a policeman what he
had seen, and the woman was arrested.
Finding that she was suspected of a
grave crime, the woman was forced to
tell the truth and establish her inno-
cence. On Friday her daughter was
taken suddenly Ill and rapidly grew
worse until Monday, when the mother
accidentally discovered that she had
been coniured. The old woman went
out to sweep the yard and was attracted
to a nail sticking up in the ground.
She attempted 10 draw it out, when it
burned her, and her right arm ''became
paralyzed." This satisfied her that the
evil One" was at work. She laid the
whloe matter before a solemn convoca-
ton of her neighbors, and they unani-
mously agreed upon sure plan for re-
moving the spell so with their advice
she procued a spade and succeeded in
unearthing the nail, with several others.
They were crossed upon one another,
forming a star, and the " devils nail''
the one first discovered-was point
ing toward the house. According to
advice, the old woman made a mixture
of coPperas, cayenne pepper, red onion
and fish brine, and poured it upon the
deviIish instruments, and then put
them In a keg and went to throw them
into a " swift running, never-failing
stream" The spell was thus broken
and her daughter instantly got well.
The police authorities after thorough
investigation ascertained that the
strange story of the old woman was
true according to her belief and re-
leased her from custody.-RichRsop
/ letter.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

a coon place Tor small change A
church oolleeting plate.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

a PETTsBuRe man who has paid $3.50
for his wife's molars, beins compli-
menbed On the $ psarly" hppearance Of
her teeth, growled, soriptually': I" Yes /:
pearls Of great price. 'A 4ss
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18

People who are always wanting
something new should Try neuralgis.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12
TIE CHLNEE.

As soon as q new discovery OF
invention is ,,eralded forth with q
blarc OF trumpets by descendants
Of the Wanted Aryan races, another
discovery follows, not 80 soothing
to the pride of our civilization. Il
is that the inhabitants of the Celes.
tial Empire have preceded us in al.
most every known invention, and
even our code Of morals has it,
counterpart there, antjdating our
own by a hundred centuries at least.
The ma"iaer's compass is said to
have been known in China long be-
fore the polarity Of the needle Was
accidentally discovered in Italy
Gun-powder had an existence there
before Friar Bacon gave it to the
outside barbaripns OF Europe. The
art Of printing even had its rude
counterpart in the Flowery King
dom long before Faust or Gutten-
burg electrified the world with their
movable wooden types. In pyro-
technics, European nations have
been only the feeble limitations of
the combus;iblc Chinese. Within
tn" last year or so our Government
has instituted the system Of compet-
tive examinations to decide on the
merits of applicants for official sta
ton, when 10. it is found the
heather Chinec" has practiced
from time imm0morial Il more pei
feet and less liable-to-abuse system
than ours. Cclestials meet us at
every point with the priority of
their morals and inventions, save
that we can ring the steam whistle
in their ears, and challenge them to
show Us a steamboat or II railroad.
or u telegraph wire, as one of their
antiquities.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12
The ATLANTIC mormon,

The toatiails Of Destiny seem TO
be regulated by some occnlt law.
the purposes Of which aro wisely
kept concealed from ~ b., the
Creator. We only ,hudder at each
OF these footsteps, then wonder, and
It all passes from our memories.
unless occasionally recalled by the
chronology Of the Past. The story
"'lh the above moral is this:
The Atlantic - Steamship laden
with over a thousand passengers.
was wrecked ON The Nova Srotiap
coast, and only about two hnndrci
saved. Between clght and ninc
hundred hearts were stillcd in that
terrible ten minutes Of ;imc. aal
The shuddering Of Thousands of
others followed as the news flashed
- on The wire to every hamlet in the
Land. There we're the visual exbi.
hitlons OF almost divine and devil
'ah humanity in the short scene thai
followed the wreck. There were
individual instances OF sublime he
roi>m, ana acts from which 4 demon
would Shrink appalled,. There were
those ~ho met their fate in attemp.
ting TO save Others, and there were
others saved who east Off with cur
c those who ching to them for
salvation. \ woman who was
thrown ashore was found, Dor 6na.
sr cut OF with Il sharp stone in or
der t" secure g gold ring she wore.
The darkness and the hight OF hu.
manly were then ii the very face
of dcath.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

tv "e joe tne religious
world Il drifting, if ii may so be
called, toward anew understanding
OF tn purpose and character Of the
Almighty. The old rreeIS written
on parchment, conued by rote, are
rapidly taking their place in the
musty archives otantiQuitv. Science
has rendered the old theologieS
more tolerant, and though the DIS.
tlnctive organizations OF sect still
hold to their rituals, and claim each
ITS precedence as the true church,
the severity of doctrine is toned
down, and thousands are nov with.
in the pale of the churches who
would privately disavow = belief in
even the cardinal points Of the old
original doctrines upon which they
were based. The subtle intellect
of Ne England has thrown off the
ineIastic spirit of CsIelnism, and in
its rebound almost approached and
embraced Atheism. This freedom
Of thought, while il emancipa,e>
the mind from the letters Of super.
stition, is in danger Of SCATTERING
The unity OF even II belief in immor
tali,!. Already, in one of the mos
orthodox Of churches, it is mooted
whether the wicked are not to be
destroyed in the true n of III,
word-that more than two.third,
OF mankind are 10 be deprived
Of immortality.
Could the churches decide, 1t
would he a grave question, and here
the freedom Of belief we have Al!u-
ded to will prevent to any exten,
the recognition Of any u dogma
as binding in all our religious dc
nominations.