The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-23
BITS OF WISDOM.

ow IS deep.-Goethc.
NoBLE discomfort is the path to hsa
ven.- T. ". Higgiason.
A BOOK is letter to the unlnow
friends one has in the world.
THE ultimate tendency OF civilization
is toward barbarism.-I9are.
A SUPPRESSED resolve viii betrsy ITSELF
in the eyes. George Eliot.
THE secret Of fashion is to surprise.
never to disappoint 3itst0er.
ALMOST the best rule Of life is to be
worthy of ones self.-& p. HerToaa
PARTIAL culture runs to the ornate;
extreme culture 20 simplicity
SohTrUpE shows MS whatwe should be;
society shows rs what We are.-CeciL
GoETIR says Christ is himself the
one unanswerable proof Of christianity.
THAT is true plenty, no. to have, but
not to want, riches.-iSs. Chrvsostonl.
Do not speok Of your happiness TO
man less fortunate than yourself
Pltftarch.
CONTEST Is 70 the nind like moss to
a tree it bindeth il up so as to stop
Is growth.-Halgas.
A NINE-HorRs' bin will be introduced
into parliament, at its next session, by
Mr.. Mundslla. The employers Of fac
tory labor are already working vigorous
" against the measure.
THoUsHrs come into our minds by
avenues which We never left open. and
thoughts go out Of our minds through
avenues which We never voluntarily
opened. - Emerson.
Turn over new leaf Ah, those
new leaves If half Of them were turned
over that are talked about, what gi-
gantic volume would they form in. the
life Of every one of ms.
Princess LOUISE, mRrchioness of
Lorne and daughter ef Queen Victoria,
is q sculptress Of considerable merit,
is now engaged in designing busts for
the adornment Of her London residence.
TIE taste for emotion may become
dangerous taste we should be very
cautious how we attempt to squeeze
out of human life more ecstasy and par
oxysm than il can well afIord.-Sydneg
Smith.
How earthly old people become
moldy as the grave. Their wisdom
smacks of the earth there is no fore
taste of Immortality in it. They re-
mind one of earth-worms and mole
crickets.-T ThoreaU.
IT is only in exalted moments that
we remain faithful witnesses 10 the di-
vine moods Of nature. Only in certain
conditions do We interpret her voices
Alright, or read and retain aer lessons
as we ought.
TIE st. Joe and Denver railroad was
taken possession Of by a slliria, the
other day, in behalf Of its creditors,
and the ToleuV, Vv~t.ash aud Western.
being the heaviest, VIII pr0UEuly vVn-
troll.
IFwe once truly love, we love forever.
There is no time in real affections o.
far as this life Is concerned-it has no
existence-oE, it is an eternity, nothing
save the proved worthlessness Of the
object Of our regard can rend the bonds
Of affection.
IF we judge from history, Of what is
the book Of glory composed? Are not
its leaves dead mems skin-its letters
stamped in human bloOd-its golden
clasps the piIlage Of nations7 1t is illu-
minated with tears and broken hearts.
Douglas JerTOld.
THoUsH you be sprung in direct limo
from Hercules. II you show low-born
meanness, that long succession Of an
cestors whom yoE disgrace are 20 many
witnesses against you and this grand
display os their tarnished gloFy but
serves 10 make your ignominy moro
evident. BofieaH
In sculpture and architecture forms
are rendered visible By exterior light.
In painting, on the sontary, matter. OBJ
scure in itself, has within itself its in-
ternal element, its ideal-hght it
draws from itself both clearness and
obscurity. Now, unity, the Oonibina-
ton Of light and dark, Is color.--Hsgei.
TIE instincts Of the ant are very nm
important, considered Is the ants but
the moment ray Of relation Is seen 20
extend from It 10 man, and the little
drudge Is seen 70 be a monitor, lit
tie body with mighty heart, then sll
its habits, even that said 70 be recently
observed, that Il never sleeps, becomes
subiime.-E Emerson.
II is not merely the multiplicity Of
tints, the glaaness Of tone, OF the balm
mess of the air which delight IN the
sprinQ Il is the still consecrated spirit
OF hope, tho prospect of happy days yet
20 come the endless variety Of nature,
with presentinents Of eternal flowers
which never shall fade, sympathy with
blessodn9s Of the eyer-developing
world. -NoUalis.
How were friendship possibleS In
metal dsvotsdness 10 tbs good and true;
otherwise impossible, except as armed
neutrality or hollow commercial league.
A usan, be the heavens praised, is sun
cient for himself yet we're zen men,
united in love, capable Of being and cf
doing what ZEN thousand sinsly would
fail in. Infinite il the help msn can
yield 10 man. Carlyle.
HosfE Is not & name, nor forras nor
routine. Il is . spirit. presenoe,
principle. Material and method VIII
not. and cannot, make II. It must get
It's light AID sweetness from those Who
inhabit it. from flowers snd sasskine.
from the symPathetic natures ~iIieA, in
their exercise Of sympathy, can lay
aside the tyranny e the broom snd the
awini duty Of endless serpbbing.-Dz.
Hofzasid
NovrIrus n Jrvrlnr.-Anons the