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a Japanese Exeeution.

The following account of an exocu-
ton in Japan is given by a eorTespon-
dent II went to see an execution at
Yoddo. ont of vile curiosity. re-
ventad of IL. but still IL was most ex-
traordinary spectacle, and impressed
me very much. The culprits were eight
in number, one being a woman. They
we're all beheaded with sword. Iho
operation was performed with wonder
fIl dexterity and GOODNESS, and not one
of them, even the woman, showed the
slightest symptom Of fear. There Wss
a space Of ground roped on insioe
were three holes dug IN the ground
With A little mound behind each, on
hitch was gpread a mat for the criminal
to kneel on. On one side OF the en-
closure were two japanese officials IN
chairs. to see the thing properly con
ducted. ] had q place directly IN front
~ the mounds, az about SIX feet dis
tanoe The criminals were placed IN
~ ON one side of the enclosure, blind
f,lded with pieces Of paper fthoy use
DaDer for everything there. What
styueb me most was the horEid cooiness
of the executioner's assistant 8ood
looking lad Of about eighteen he went
up 70 each poor wretch 70 his turn gave
him a tap on the shoulder, led him up
n the mound, ana ul1tltt nm AA.seA -
the mat he then stripped his should
ers. made hlm stretch ont his neck, said
sTFRaf will do and in a fash the man y
head was in the hole IN front q HIM,
and his bleeding neck wass a. Il were
sfaYiney me in the face. The assistant
tin with the same pleasant smile,
picked the head up, threw some water
over the face b. wash Of the blood and
mud. and presented it 70 the japanese
ofjoials. Who nodded and signed 70 go
on with ths next; the'assistent then gave
fE.s ,eorpee a blow between She shoulders
10 exrei the blood, and finally threw the
carcas aside Ike q log Of wood. He
then repeated the same pleasant pro
Qrnmme with the next / never thought
a mans head could come on 70 easily )
Il was ike ebopping eabbages, only ae-
oompanied with = peculiar and most
borrid sound-that Of cutting meat, IN
fact. There vas dense crowd Of Japa-
nese present, intending many Women
and even children these people never
/ ceased 20 eat, smoke and chatter the
whole time, making remarks on the per
formance, and even occasionally laugh
| Ing. just as II they were 81 . theatre
The execationer poured water on ms
sword between each decapitation, IS one
wels q knife in order TO eut indiA ruu-
ber."
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The Azores.

Perhaps q quarter OF q million of IN
habitants live on these islands, where
the temperature is never above so de-
grees of Fahrenheit in summer or be-
low 20 degrees in winter, a climate far
better in this respect than that of Ma
deri, with its hot hill-sides, and better
than the Canary islands, parched in the
roasting sun and with only camels to
ride. In a month of close observation,
I saw not one drunken man, not a blow
struck In anger, not a rude deed of any
kind. Strangers are never insulted,
but family feuds once a foot are set
deep in rut for years. Barons exist
here, TOO, and the wretehed " division
Of property system forces the Eiz sons
of man with $500 year to each of
them q a gentleman" or 500 per an
mum. Then each of such will hold to
his tablecloth bit of land, and try to
build his mansion, and for this will
even carry the stones on his back and
lie on the hard floor for bed, and so by
hook or crock In years of penury he
will "pig it" at home, where no fire Is
needed in the coldest night. Here
lands a reverend father famed for his
preaching, and rockets and squibs
crackle In mid-noon to greet the favor
ite monk, while tendereyes look through
the lattices in the convent windows
(very wide indeed their lattice is, } and
in the market-place prisoners look
through lattice, too, but it is iron on
the prison ground floor, and they are
craving a cigar from the public on the
pavement and always ready for gossip
with any one disposed to g interview.
Fountains of good water abound in the
streets, and men carry casks of it on
their backs, singing "Aqua," while
huge butt of wine is smoothly borne by
four donkeys in a frame, and knife
grinder whistles on "Paris pipe, to
attract his customers. A turkey costs
2s. Sd. here, a duck or fat fowl, 10d.
mutton is 4d. per pound; potatoes, Id.
3 pound Fine bread is dear, and su-
gar, with prohibitOry duty, II pound.
Art is entirely at a discount, and the
scrolls, pillars, frinzes of old buildings
are almost amusing in absurd drollery;
but the plainer dwellings, made solid in
black lava, remind one at once of the
ruined cities of Basham. They sadly
want bank, for the rich folks have to
hoard tons of huge dollars, each in his
cellar, and money is gyman, for they
wait years for a British-man-of war,
that the chaplain may baptize their
children and marry the young ladies,
who are brides at twelve summers in
this precocious cline, andso it was that,
when her maiesty's ship Challenger
called here lalely, as mentioned in the
Times, the babies could walk to the
front and brides in pianafOres were at
the alter. Governesses have here har-
vest on their own terms, asyet unreaped.
All " illustrated" or a copy of your
paper is handed abouttill it is illegible
and, while the palate revels in luxury
and the hocks of canaries and black
birds chatter in the fields, the food for
brains is at famine price, and nobody
seems to undertake the noble duty of
carrying ncitner Light commerce and
religion. London Times.
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PRIVATE LIFE N COUNTRY VILLAGES.
The little villages that nestle down
among the Massachusetts, hills are
charming retreats, but do not know
that I should care to spend more than
five years of life at time N any one of
them. And as for being retreats, I'm
not sure Of that, since I come to think
about it. You stand out in pretty bold
relief if you are a resident, still more
50 if you are q visitor. For instance,
there was an engaged couple in VIII
liansburg. not natives to the manner
born, but city swells, on visit to rel
atives. Very few of the villagers were
ignorant of what was going on. When
the young man walked out with his
sweetheart, It must have been partio-
uIarly gratifying for him to see him
self pointed out by one urchin to an
other with 81 say, Bill, you see that
fellow without no hinge in his back
he's goin' 70 mary thsf there gal.
When the thing first began there was
later sitting up than usual, naturali =.
And one Of the old lsdies stepped in,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-13
AUTUMN

-Iis the golden gieam Of an autumn day.
win the foft rain raining a. II in play.
And tender touch upon everything
As II autumn remembered the days Of spring.
In the listening woods there IA not breatb
To shake their gold 10 the sWlard beneath
And glow as II sunshine upon them lies
1houBh the sun is hid in the shadowed skies.
The cocks clear crow from the farnyard coreq.
The mufhed bell from the belfry booma,
And faint and dim, from far away,
Oome the voices Of children in happy play.
Der the mountains the white rain draws its veil
ana ana the black rocks, cawing, across them sail
Mhue nearer the sWoopiug swallows skim
ger the steel-gray rivers irctted brim.
NO sorrow upon the landscape we fplfs
NO grief FOR the vanCuished summer days
But sense Of peaceful and calm repose,
Like that which age in it, autumn knows
The spring-time longiags are past and gone
Inc passions of SUNNI er no longer are known
Ihe harvest IL gathered, and autumn stands
Serenely thoughtful, with folded hauds.
over All is thrown memorial hue,
glory ideal The real ne'er knew = -
For memory shifts from the past it's pain,
And suffers its beauty alone to remain.
With half a smile aud with half a sigh
II ponders the past that has hurried by;
Sc H. and feels II, and loves g all,
Content q has vanished beyond recall.
glorious autumn thus serene,
Thus living and loving all that has been
Thus calm and oOutented let me be
When the autumn Of age shall come 70 me.
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MEATs-When a joint Of meat comes
from the market, it is we'll TO cut it up
at once. Seperate your roasting piece.
Cut up the part for steaks, and put
away in your coolest place what is left,
20 cook afterward. Take out the bones
you mean to make soup Of, and bod
them soon, as they viii not keep as web
as the meat. It is impossible 70 say
how long meat must be cooked, much
depends on the FIRE; ; coal gives out more
heat than wood besides, persons differ
in regard to what meat we'll done means
Redmeat. ike beef, must be cooked
rsrer than white meat, ~ pork. a
good way 10 find bow much done It is is
10 sticA a skewoT IN near the bone; Il
blood follows it IT is not done Gray5
for roast meat is made BY putting some
Drowned -four IN, also salt and peppei
and boiling water. In frying meat
lard is better than butter. Mutttoe
and beef suet are good :Svhen the lard
seems bot tTy it bY throwing IN . nits
OF. bread. :. = When boiling meat or.poul-
Try, skim Il often, or ihe meat viii Be
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-13
Ben Franklin and John Adams in
Bed Together.


One bed could be procured, while
travelling as a committee for Congress
in I776, out at New Brunswick, n. J.,
for Mr.. Adams and DR.. Franklin, in q
chamber but little larger than the bed,
without chimney, and. with only one
small window. The window was open,
and Mr.. Adams, who was an invalid and
afraid of the night air, shut it close.
ooh" said Franklin, don't shut the
window. We shall be suffOcated.
Mr.. Adams said he was afraid Of the
evening air. Franklin replied "The
air within the chamber soon will be, and
indeed Is now, worse than that without
doors. Come, open the window and
come to bed and I viii convince you.
I believe YOU are not acquainted with
nv theory Of colds. Opening the
vipdow."-Mr. Adams writes" and
leaping into bed, said had read his
letters to DIR. Cooper, in which he had
advanced that nobody ever got cold by
going into q cold church, or any other
cold air, and the theory was 50 little
consistent with my exPt rience that L
thought 1t a paradox. However, 1 had
so much curiosity to see his reasons,
that I would run the risk Of cold.
The doctor then began an harangue up
on air and cold and respiration and per-
spiration, with which I was so much
amused shat I soon fell asleep nd left
him and his philosophy together, but ]
believe they were equally sound and in
sensible within few minutes after me,
for the last words I heard were pro
nounced as if he were more than hall
asleep"
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LookI

The pencil marks YOU see around tAis
paragraph (thusl mean that your sub
seripsion IS out or unpaid, and that
you sre requested TO pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure IN extend
ing credit to our friends snd patrons.
but cash alone VIII pay expenses, and
we are forSed TO adhere to strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and sFyprseiate the necessity of each q
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
EG We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
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NUMBER rs.

dark; keep 1t boiling. Put fresh meat
into boiling water, salt meat into cold
allow one quarter of an hour to every
pound Of meat. In roasting poultry or
birds be careful to bsste and turn often.
The back, having little flesh requires
little cooking.
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one mornings smiling suspiciously, 81
say, there amt no one sick in this here
house OF nothin'. Is the. ee I seen a
light burnin' nigh onto II o'clock, last
night, but I don't smell no campfire
nor nothin' round.-lohn Pad.
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q WI - % ao p
? Certainly, If you desire it.
. [ do esnecinlly desire il. "

Wv Nel'CoAU4iN NtoiAt IL
took out my note book and entered
memorandum '' Promised to paint
the portrait of lady from memory,
this 20sh night of January, Is" She
watched me make this entry. and re-
suming her bonnet aud veil she fell in.
TO silence.
As Fat opposite Tins beautiful Stat
uosquo woman, strange sensation
stole over me. Underneath that con-
oealing veil there was still, white face,
With stricken eyes, that haunted me and
sent chill 30 my heart God help her,
1 thought, for life has been cruel to
her. Then mused on the singular
promise j had come under-to paint her
portrait from memory.
Would she come and claim the pic
tureg Was / to send it to her? And
whereg I must come to some finding
before we part. Meantime, in the first
gray dawn, the train stopped at Berlin,
where we changed carriages. For a
moment 1 turned to gather together my
impediments when resumed my po-
sition / was the sole occupant Of the
compartment. Hoping to encounter my
sometime companion in the crowded
station, 1 made haste to get out. My
efforts we're in vain. I was locked in.
Presently the guard came with his key
and let me ont There is tTickery
here" said, in some heat. "A lady
turned the handle Of your locked door
easily enough, and has been my travel
ing companion since midnight
Impossible ]" and the guard shrug
ged his shoulders inoredulously The
key had been in his pocket all the time
l shook my head, but there was not time
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-13

Perhaps Il was not amusing 70 aee
John. the other night, ainslng content
edIv 70 himself. aDd crula.sli-.s tte-.s,
into 3 bowl % starch Wiiica aia tiIs - -
pIncsd IL the pantry, and sayitss - -
there vas nothing ike bsead ana iiilA'
after all
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-13
How Memphis Looks.

Some parts of the city are nearly alb
soluteIy abandoned. You can walk
square after square, day and night,
without finding a soul to talk to,
without finding an open door, or seeing
a light or any other signs Of life.
Death and fright have carried or driven
the peopIe all away. An owner OF
property in what is called the "intected
district" directed his agent, as matter
of charity, not to call on his tenants for
pay on the usual day, and sometime al
ter. when going through the neighbor'
hood, it was found that all his houses
were empty. Those who had not been
taken by the plague had been driven on
hv terror. Business is at a perfect
standstiII, when, had it not been for
the,epiiemic, Memphis would now be in
the flush of trade and commercial ae-
tivity. A large proportion of the pri-
vste residences are closed, giving those
a funereal appearance which even have
had no such sad occaion of mourning
within their walls. Most of them,
however, are associated In the minds OF
the citizens with scenes Of disease and
death. Very few ladies are met on tho
streets, save those wearing the badge OF
some charitable society, or the weeds
of mourning. The street cars are never
crowded, generally having but one or
two passengers. and are scarcely more
numerous than hearses. Theaters, 81
course, are all closed, and 50, too. are
more than two-thirds of the bar-rooms.
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a WaahinRtou inventor - = Nofk
on q model foF s Gos that can run aiong
t6s toD a. 4 fence. he expects 70
,-raai dsstruetion on the oata, and bo-
ceras wealshier than the RothsehiidA,
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IS Galloway large crags are met with
having ancient writing on them. One
on the farm of KnOckleby has cut deep
on the upper side, Lift me up and III
tell you more" A number of people
gathered 70 this crag and suceeeaed in
lifting e mp. in hopes Of beng well re-
paid. Instead Of finding any gold, they
found written on it, Lay me down As /
was before.
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FRENc4 OPrs1oN. Monsieur de Cham
bord VIII probably wait some time be
fore he signs himself king. The other
evening. in his " Free Religious" ad-
dress, Mr.. buckingham, eloqAsntly
summarizing the guarantees of Ameri-
can republicanism. especially noted the
self-assertion of our people. A little
demonstration at a Paris theater not
long ago seemed indicative Of a like
Guarantee on the part of democratic
France. Victor Hugo's drama OF
90 Marie Tudor being represented,
went on calmly enough until it reached
the dialogue between the queen and her
counselor. when, hearing in the dis
tance the confusion Of revolt, she de-
uounoes the insurgents as "rabbie,
and hears for reply: g You may, mad
am. still call them rsbble in an hours
time Won will be obliged TO say, the Peo-
p1e - OF course, at this Hugoesque
sentence the audience applauded, rather
to the disgust Of divers diLetia'ltf IN the
orchestra. who Immediately attempted
70 ridioule the applause Inspired
bv this Philistine opposition, the
democratic element Asserted" itself 20
energetically that II rose to the height
Of a striking popular demonstration.
This is a straw that does something to
show the course Of the wind IN France.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-13

-Theiury IN the Tichborne easo have
been smbalmed by = new PTocess,ssapd
vii sit il out. g 49, = *
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"JoBE," said stingy old hunk to
his hired man, as he was taking dinner,
"do you know how many pancakes you
have eaten p - No. Well, you've
eaten fourteen" well" said John,
q YOU count and III eat
The sun., 1873-07-02
Tricky Politics,

Following the lead OF Ohio. the Republic
can Conventions of Maine and Iowa have
passed resolutions substantially identical.
protesting to condemn the Credit Mobilier
corruption and the back-pay steal. This
bold attempt at deception is consistent
with the character Of the trading dema-
gogIes who have had the effrontery to
put themselves forward as the cham
pions Of reform. II is known to all the
world that two Of the most prominent
Republicans of Ohio, GARFIELD and BING-
HAM, were connected with the Credit Mo-
hlier, and yet the resolutions of that state
were not only framed to screen them from
notice but to whitewash their infamy by
charging a crime upon all parties which is
almost exclusively fastened upon one.
The record shows that the Republican
members from Ohio, Maine, and Iowa, with
two exceptions only, voted uniformly 10
prevent any real punishment Of the guilty
members who had enriched themselves
with the Credit Mobilier iobbery. They
entered into the conspiracy which was
manly manipulated by Speaker BLAINE
10 defeat even tie mild report of the com
mittec of investigations and to sustain the
sham which EfFIGY SARGENT was put
forward 10 engineer through the House.
IL is now well known that that oontri-
vance was cOncocteh by the influence of
the railroad lobby, seconded by other in-
terests nearly as powerful, which had oc-
casion 10 dread inquiry in any serious
form. Hence combination was made on
the last day which crushed out every hope
Of stern Justice.
Az coon as AMEs and Brooks Were saved
from expulsion, the rest OF the farce fol-
lowed. so thai the test resolution to CEN
sure KELLEY, whom the committee had
morally charged with perjury, failed by
q large majority. And the Republican
representatives of these three States voted
nearly solid TO bring about that result. It
--os not aaniIiant hut design which gGV-
The sun., 1873-07-02

During the political campaign I'm Ne
brsska last fall tho Omaha H,r1h repeatedly
charged RunrRr ". FURNAs the Credit Mo-
bilier candidate for Governor with having ac-
cepted br.bc OF $3.Wn for his vote on a bill to
prevent the removal of the capital from Omaha
while a member of the Territorial Council in
1851. itbeoame necessary under these clrcum-
stances to try the virtue 81 game Of blun IN
order 20 influence the minds II the electors, and
the law Of libel was employed a. an instrument
for the accomplishment of this purpose. 4 suit
for 10000 damages was entered against the If,r-
oil by fCRNAs, who stouuy protested his iuno-
cence, and aided 10y the moral support derived
from his being In fuu fellowship with tue Chris
tlan statesmen who at that time lent d gnity to
his party with their pocket, full Of Credit Mo-
biiier shares, he succeeded In securing his elec-
tion and gaining another victory for GRANT.
The libel suit has just been tried ia Omaha. ami
has resulted in 'eilclting some very interes ding
evidence, JANIS II. JACKSON, one Of the
founders Of Opaha testified to being a con-
tr1tn,or to the fond u $500 raised to bribe
tURNAs; and he swNre that NJ The time the
money was deposited M n bank 20 the order of
that eminent iiHiit In the 4 administration party.
the latter casually remarked hat his constitu-
ents "would make IL mighty hos for him. or
words To that effect. The teller Of ihe bahk IN
which the s30Jp was deposited swore that the
money was placed in the bank subject ia the
order Of FCENAs on condition that he VotSd .'Hr
the retention Of the capital At Omaha, and that
he paid over tho money. lie did not recullert
whether the money was given into the hands Of
FCRNAs or ~ II. p. RNNKGN, the two men being
together when the package was taken away;
hut he underst pod It was for the and bene-
Al Of FCRNAs. RANKS, when brought TO the
stand, found that he had no recollection on the
subject to speak Of and could give no informa-
tion In regard to the matter whatever, The
Governor failed to get a verdict. the Jury stand
ing te Tor the defendant to two for the plnin-
tiff but he has succeeded IN eGectu lily destroy
Ing his own reputation, The law of libel IA
sometimes like the old fashioned Queen ANNE
muskets occasionally found in the backwoods
districts. These are apt to do more damage 10
the man who pulls the trigger than to the OBJ
ject aimed at.
The sun., 1873-07-02

Mr. JESSE II. GRANT, who died IA few days
ago ut CovingtOn, Kentucky, and was
buried yesterday, though not man Of
education was not wanting nimagination,
and if he had enjoyed early advantages
might have distinguished himself in litela-
ture.
lie once wrote a serial story by no means
destitute of merit.
He had natural aptitude for rhyming,
which manifested Itself when he was a
young man.
Soon after he started in business as tan
ncr he had an apprentice named BOWLER
The father Of Bowler was a rhymeras well
as GRANT, and he sent n communication TO
IA paper in the neighborhood called the
CastigdtOr. intimating that he wanted
leather for n pair OF boots, with broad
soles. mot such Us dandies wore" Old