The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-06-05
ofllng Harness.

Harness should never be used over
SIX months without oiIing. take my
harness apart, or unbuckle it as much
as convenient, and put it into the soap
suds of the last washing, giving 1t
good soaking, then take it out upon
bench of the proper height for conve-
nience, and remove all the dirt and
gumn1y substance with the assistance of
a stiff brush and the soap-suds. 1 then
find 1t Just the time to make necessary
repairs By this time the water has
dried from the surface, and I then APP
ply the oil and little lampblaek mix
ed, with a common paint brush, and
dry in the shade if frozen all the bet
ter. When dry wipe off with cloth /
and put together. It is my opinion,
founded upon forty years experience
and close observance, that harness
treated in this manner viii last twice as
long as 1t viii without proper oiling !
and care. The more leather is neg |
lected the darker it viii become, in
wardIy, and the darker the less life re-
mains, and the less good viii oil do
when applied to recuperate it. Am
menicaI fumes arising in the stable
have a strong tendency to seat up" the
oil in the harness, hence the Desirable
ty Of storing harness out of the reach
of this influence.
An old Superstition in Jerusalemv
On the Odd of April the church of the
Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem IS the
scene of a singular spectacle. Every
one has heard of the sacred fire, which
is supposed to come down from heaven
on that day at the beck and call of an
Orthodox bishop, who, for this reason,
is known by the cognomen of the fire
bishop. The fire bishop, IN company
with an Armenian bishop, or arch priest
enters the chapel of the Holy Sepulcher
with unlighted tapers, and, in the course
of a quarter of an hour or so, they pre-
sent them alight to the people through
two holes made for the purpose in the
wall of the chapel. The Greeks and
the Armenians both believe implicitly
in this miracle, and battle among them
| selves with equal violence for the honor
of lighting their tapers at the sacred
fire. The two holes are on different
sides of the chapel, the one on the left
for the Armenians, that on the right for
the Greeks. Many of the priests hold
that the whole affair is necessity, and
that, if it were discontinued, the people
would think that hitherto they had been
swindled. Others lay the fattering
JUNCTION to their soul by declaring that
they do not in any way attempt to per-
form miracle, and that, if the people
mistake the appearance of the sacred
Ere for such, ell bien, tant pts pour eux
But among the laity of the Orthodox
church there are none that doubt the
prodigy. The church of the Holy
Sepulcher is q little world In itself, for
besides the numberless chapels of which
it is composed, there are numerous
apartments for Coptic, Greek, Armen-
ian, and Latin monks. The church is
built somewhat in the style of the Pan
theon, but in other proportions being
relatively higher than it is wide. There
are three tiers of galleries for privileged
persons and for the Greek and Armenian
women, a wise precaution in the latter
case, for if they remained in the nave
of the church they would be infallibly
suffocated. The women in their tribunes
and the men in the body of church
are all provided with packet of thirty
three tapers to collect the sacred fire.
Round the chapel itself there is a COM
pact crowd surging to and fro like the
waves of the sea. Every hand is held
out with the hope of being able to
catch the fire from its original source,
and without the vicarious Intervention
of other peoples tapers. The weaker
go to the wall, and are trampled under
foot; the stronger reach the chapel only
to be beaten back by the soldiers, who
are stationed there apparently with the
intention of making confusion worse
COMPOUNDED. Cries and murmurs break
forth, and the tumuIt becomes so great
that a stranger would suppose that the
holy chapel was going to be taken by
storm. At last hymn is heard, and an
assistant placed close to a hole in the
chapel wall introduces his candle and
withdraws it alight The hubbub now
reaches its hight, every one struggling
to reach the hole in the chapel wall, in
order to obtain his light at first hand,
but for one who succeeds there are hun
dreds who are pushed back, or knocked
down and trampled upon. Bho sacred
fire soon spreads, every one in the COM
pact crowd having his bundle of candles,
except the Jews, Mussulmans and En-
glish, who, of course, form the minori-
ty. In few moments the whole church
is Illuminated from floor to roof, and
the chapel of the Holy Sepulche1
sparl1les with the light of 10000 tapers.
Cries of Joy are heard from the worship
ers, and the whole scene is quickly
shrouded in thin cloud of sweet
smelling incense. A procession is soon
formed, and a crowd of bishops wearing
golden miters and of priests in splend-
id vestmentt wind round the church,
chanting hymns appropriate to the oc
casion. Setting aside the stupidity OF
the priests, who make that pass for g
miracle which was only intended for q
symbol, the spectacle is a plendid one.
A YOUNG man at Oshkosh, Wis, bet
81 he could pull MIR. Bakers nose. Mr..
Baker was church deacon, but the young
mans doctors bill was S14.
Good worda