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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09
A War Incident.
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Lexington ANaglhia9 GaNetteI
An order was sent from Gettysburg
to a "post" commissary about Wood
stock or Mt. jackson, in the valley, to
collect rations for four or five thousand
prisoners. A bright idea struck thee 4.
@. s." He had been refusing to hay
the bulls offered by the farmers, though
below etheaprice Of beef He immedi-
stely, sent runners to bFing in the bulls
@"good enough for Yankees to eat. 4"
In few days his "sergeants" had
bought one hundred and fifty bulls,
g assorted sizes. 8FfFAi - p
y Hezhadz never tbeught how such .
eolIeetion pf cattle Gould be driven TO
Winehestef, thepoint Of delivery Now,
one big bulliwith a halter on, and
deep base voice. walking with slow and
solemn dignity IN front by the side of
his keeper, never fails to bring up the
TdroYe of, steers, eoWs.and heifers in reg
ular order in fact, is a necessity to
every .scattle man" in the country. But
Roae lFndred and fifty leglis ana 30 plain
stock behind them was entirely ''un-
professional disgrace to the cattle
tRtde6.eI .sbodU VTl
Now the bulls had been gathered and
penned IN tYos and threes. These scnf-
fed little during the night in their
primary meetings, but got used to
..each other" by daylight. Early in
the. morning they we e. al driven into
the turnpike at once and an effort made
to "staFt" thsm. Instead of moving on,
not a bull budgedg Every one squared
himself IN the road witli-his horns
loReFed and hisihoofs busily defining
his position. = Each covered himself
with cloud of dust, and no one knew
where he stood" until some ''member"
accidentally s'trampled on his toes, !"
which, was followed by "lunge,7 the
signal for a general fight. The hundred
and fifty announced with a loud snort
they had "accepted the ISSUE" One
hundFed and fifty tails, flashed in the air.
Three hundred horns=Iong and short
met in fierce collision. The dnst
rose in vast fegs, -as-fFom- an army 10
motion with cannon and cavalry. The
mountains on either hand beloved
back che deep and deafening Eoar of the
combat Fences were splnntered. Trees
torn nps Crops peBsAed, The earth
shook.
The sun rose as they joined in battle,
and reached its zenith when the fight
Z r a.
few battered bulls staggering along
the last of the living "rations." Hoofs,
tails, hair, horns and hide marked the
distance of that days "drive"-iust a
half mile
As-thesun setaad tlre-sH' detailed men"
returned with only the stumI,s of their
whips left the commissary opened his
mouth in a wise saying: "There were
too many bulls for safe trip, boys"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09
The Bottom of the Sea.


TOne of the discoveries made by the
deep-sea soundings of the challenger
expedition, which arrived recently at
Bermuda from the Azores, is a noun
tain ridge that extends from Greenland
to the mouth of the Amazon, on the
coast of South America, and includes
the whole volcanic region of the Azores.
This ridge is nowhere more than two
miles below the ocean level. Toward
the east it is divided between Europe
and Africa by an immense valley from
two and a half to three miles IN depth.
iFhs valley reaches north 81 the equator
rs, faE as the ffty-secoid degree of lati-
tude,4 IF this valley were not under
water 1t would present a view of whose
magnifcence no conception can be
formed, for in the north it extends TO
the. gigantic mountains of cape Verde
and the Canary islands, the latter Of
which, with the peak Of Tenerife,
would be 26, 900 feet in height, Madeira
would comaaand ihIs1rh a ieisHt of 90
600 feet, a view of this valley and an
other stretching toward the Meditef-
ranean. On the western side of the
ridge Is a vast undulating plain, wllieh
extends at an average depth of two and
three-quarter miles to the American
coast BsFmada, which rises now only
poe test abeye tlis ocean le4el, is, in
fact, an isolated column 1900 feet
high, which would overlook an amphi-
theater of at least 500 miles in radius.
Between she West Indies and America,
and in sthe vicinity OF the Azores;- -tlae
water is of uniform depth and warmth
There was not much animal life found
in the great depths. The blind crus-
tacea appear to belong to the western
hemisphere in this part these animals
require many eyes. A sea-garnel was
caught which, singular TO relate, had
fourseyess tEorof which we're In the
frOns knse-ioiHsa. Al
EXCESSIVE UsE OF wATER. the
manufactures of all kinds, water (Tery
often ieed) is placed within easy reach
Of every person, male or female, and the
effect Of this constant invitation is seen
in the drinking Of what the physicians
mast rekard s unreasonable amounts.
The food IS thereby diluted, and The
stomach is oftensimes chilled below the
Temperature Of the blood, and by re-
pSased drafts may De kept - this c0ndt
ton. The process d digestion IS In this
way seriously interfered with A GER
tain amount GO to 100 ouEces) Of watsr
is required daily for the nutrition Of an
.rwEss aplta asi a total re
sl - 30 $50 sls-lsss- AEl e0ntained
in the so-eAlled solid food, leaving about
sixty ousees 70 besipphes1in some ss1Ea
Of liquid, as tea. coffee, and water. II
this amount Is greatly exceeded, itforeos
additional and needless work on the or
gans of excretion. - E.rcia0ssge.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09
How Paris is Painted.

It would astonish some of our old
house, painters of Baltimore if they
eonld witness. the manner IN which the
painters Of Paris climb over the fronts
Of those six and seven-story houses, and
paint them from roof to door sill with
out the USE of ladder, scafold Or any
other wooden1 c6ntrivance either for
themselves or their paint pots. One
man, without any assistance, can paint
the entire frontaOf aone=0fz ztbeaeztall-
houses in two or three days. Directly
opposite our quarters a six-story build
ing, fronting about eight feel, IS under
going a complete renovation, arld4the
painting of the entire walls has been
accomplished by two youths, apparently
not over nineteen years of age. They
are each provided with a rope about an
inch in diameter, extending from the
apex of the roof to the pavement, on
which knots, one foot apart, are made
throughout its entire length. By means
of an apparatus with straps, clamps. and
hooks. tosvlnch is appended a board on
which they sit, and stirrups to rest The
feet IN, which are strapped to their legs,
they move up and down the rope with
great rapidity and apparent ease. q They
move the clamps from knot to knot, and
without changing the position of the
rope, are enabled to paint about six.fest.
ON either side Of them. TheiF smaller
/ brsaslles are stucizin little loops appended
to the seak, and the paint-lsot is suspen-
aed BY a smaller rope, on which it is
fastened by a spring OF some kind, and
is raised or lowered with ease as they
may desire it. Long practice has given
them great agility, and they seen, to
move up and down and pirouette and
oscillate along the front with a great
deal more ease than. if they were on
ladders They use l5rtlsligs for1ndst Of
them painting nearly double the size of
those used in America, and make rapid
progress with the work. House-paint-
| ing in Paris is D very exteusive business,
as periodical renovation of the houses
is rendered imperative by law, no one
being SLOWED 10 dishRdge neighbdsE
bood bg preserting stained and disiis-
ured walls. The houses being all OF a
soft cream-colored sandstone, many of
the finer structures, instead of being
painted, are redressed blythe stone7cut7
ter, and come out, after Undergoing the
process of scraping and scrubbing as if
fresh from the quarry. -IR-alluding to
the amount Of work these lads perform
in day, it should be understood that
they commence work, IS six o'clock, in
the morning and stop at seven o'clock
in the evening, twelve hours being a
days work among the mechanics in
/ raris. = cor. BaittEaore AsssTscd,s.
THE construction Of the breakwater
at Alexandria involves the labor of over
two thousand Arabs, assisted by a dozen
locomotives, several hundred trucks,
forty other steam engines, both stationa-
~ and moving, a dozen lighters, six
steamers, aud an immshae. Hoaaing
steam-derrick. The breakwater is com
/ posed Of blocks of concrete, each Of
which weighs twenty tons, and it VIII
cOnsEhe in ali ,abobt IS, ,o0a hf tbese
- f.Essa=ss=-s 49,
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A Novel Phage Of the show:Busineaa.


In the days when Louis Philippe was
doing all he 9uld to secure, popularity,
there used TO be story of a Partisan
gamin who offered for a trihe to show
the king to aparty of travelling English,
and to get him to sing the s'Marseil-
laise." The young citizen accomplished,
his purpose by bringing his party under
the windows of the Tuileries and shout-
ing " V5ve Ee ROi, whereupon a little
crowd soon assembled; the king came
on the balcony to acknowledge the 10y
atty of his subjects the gamin then
struck up the s. 'Marsaillaise, the crowd
Joined, and finally the king himself in
toned a verse. Mr.. Cook, if what we
read be true, is happy enough to be able
to turn the pope to good account in
much the same way. A party of Eng
lish tourists under Mr.. Cooks charge
lately, it is said, visited Rome, and
among other interesting ruins were en-
abled to see the pope. An audiance of
his holiness was procured for the exeur-
sionists leach person was spoken to gra.
ciously, and the whole party were
blessed in common and in latin. This
Is quite a new development of the sys-
TEN of tourists tickets. IL we can have
for a moderate sum so many days Of
foreign travel, including hotel charges
and an interview with the pope, or with
the temporal sovereign Of couHtry,
the temptation to all of us who love the
great viii become irresistible. One is
curious to know how the system would
work in case of rivalry. Suppose
competitor who could sell tickets in
eiuding an interview with King Victor
Emanuel; which would prove the more
attractive, pope or king We may eau
ton our readers who are planning
visit to the Philadelphia exhibition not
to pay any additional charge for inter
views with President Grant. These
should go for nothing in the price Of
the ticket. On certain days of each
week the president is &c free;" there is
no charge for seeing and speaking to
him. But kings aud popes are differ
ent, and ought to count in the value Of
a tourists ticket. London Nei0s.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09

HoPE-A strong mind always hopes,
because it knows the mutability of hu=
man affairs, and how slight a eircstIH-
stance may change the whole course OF
events. Such a spirit, too rests upon
itself It IS not confined to particular
objects, and If, at last, ali should be
lost, it has saved itself its own integEiiF.
and worth. Hope awaksns oourass.
while despondeney il che last Of al
evils it Is the abondpnment Of good
the giving up Of the battle Of life with
dead nothingness. He who can implant
courage in the human soul, Is its best
physician.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09
BEGINNING Right.

The Richmond Wing recites this Incl
dent of the late war
After breakfast, struggled to a camp
FIRE Just in time TO hear Charles B. say !:
- Uncle Pleasant, you are the only man
in the company who got a box and ! T.
ter yesterday, and you have a good wife,
and no mistake. Uncle Pleasant, who
was aged sixty, aud the company COM
nissary repiied. " Yes, We have lived
together nigh forty years, and she Is
about as good a. the best Of 'en. There
ain't no trouble IN having q good wife
II you Jest start right. It's al in the
start. boy. You see, j married what
was called a putty gal, and 50 she was.
and I took her tony new log house, where
/ had already plenty Of meat and bacon,
and such other things as poor man
ought to have. Next day went to get
shingles, and when / come home she
hadn't got no dinner. / didn't say any
thing, but got dinner for her and me,
and she eat Jest as hearty as il she had
been working. The next day i was the
same thing, and while my dander got
up, / didn't say nothing, and again she
eat heartily, as If she liked my cooking
nightly. The third day came home
monstrous tired. and I said TO her,
Where's my dinnerY She said, Look
here, Pleasant Bailzins, amt gvine 70
b cook for no man, and If you want
your dinner, you mnst cook Il yourself ;
Here the pint was reached, as T0u VII
see. / cooked dinner without saying
anything, and after abe and ne est ]
went across the road and eut three
'ciiinkerpin' switches. and went back,
and II ever Won seed q gal get o larrup-
ing. gave her one then and thar. She
went straight 20 her mothers, IS i ez-
pscted ahe would, and next morniHg i
vent after her with long switch She
said she wonidn't 60 home 70 save me,
bnt told her she would. When she
sau / VS. IN earnest, and was, she
went akead Of me, and that dag she
cooked me as good dinner - any poor
man sszEts % Sc dosn - and from
that laour 70 this. me ard Sukey ain't
had No nore trouble. II you ever get
married. boys, be sure and start right .
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09

A1soza It's wholesale reform Of ous-
toms. japan has been oysrhaaiing iis
criminal coae. and subs4isuting impria-
onment .oz life n numerous instances
zhera death has hitherto been ths pen
altv.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09

THE king Of Dahomey died last
month. The deceased monarch was not
loved by his subjects hence there we're
no vain regrets at his death. Con-
aequenfiy Only twenty-fonF women were
immolats on bis grave, instead Of the
several thousand that are usually re-
CURED on such occasions
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09

A vnsrEsx pzper asgs Of the AIR. IN
It's rsiaficn . man. that q il kisses him
and blssses him. but viii not obey him. +"
Poor Dobbs nays that description suits
itia wife exactly.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09

IL Is proposed to hold 3 eonventioa
az the ssslass snd pabliahass e Florida
newspapers IN jacksonville on lbs 18Th
Of 0ss0iss, q eEgaaiss a state press
aaaac.nlsoa.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09
the achievement IN rhyme:
q with one sole pen 7 wrote this bool
Made Of gray goosa qHili:
A uen it Ezs when I Il took
A pen I leave It STILL"

TX view OF The present high price of
nickel, DR.. Percy, the eminent metallur-
gist, proposes to substitute manganese
for it in the preparation Of German
silver, and maintains that it is impossi-
BILE for the most experienced manipula-
tor to determine the difference, except
chemically. A further article on this
subject, in the Chemical News, indicates
the best method Of obtaining manganese
sufficiently pure for the purpose, as also
for refining It and it is there suggested
that there is nothing 70 prevent Ture
metal being obtained in large quantity
and at a comparatively low price.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09
UUV WRECKS.

The clouds hang low this rnOrning,-gray, soft
81 And tears tirip from the leaves, and tears
Are in my eyes and weighing down my soul
A Hood Of ssrEiEer waters that SFiIIroll
The stone from on the grave Of bsried years.
And menorys tide is rising, and the waves sweep u
A waste or waters sweeping to my feet
And wreckers are there, my God how many baFE.
Freightet. with hopes went down into the dark
Freighted with hopes Al me those hopes were
sweet.
4 savz tts1n thrown upon tke breakers.enss By one
steoa 81 With aching heat szd pallta Las
sa y tliAra ssIl where might Almost tolioh ffF
And then go down, my own kope-laden ships
A cruel eunken rock or which they struck
o cruel waves that gleam ny treasures Ger;
o restless sea that ever cries for more, -
Tapping with hungry lips the rugged shore;
ss7 I have, no more to give; you have ny boarded
store.
.Soyl have it all Fold, fold away
N vOur ffarsc cav .-relentless sea.
The Joys that would have made my life so grana
Ana hidsi iwithin your nest O. love your broken
IsllsIi iavsfsnl hush heart it is enough for me.
Garnet b. FreeG4ua.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09

A Youxe man vas discharged from
Auburn prison on Saturday morning
Who had earned 500 by ovsrvork, dur
ing his four and haif years Of eouisne-
Iaent. BE was q akiIful workman en-
gagged IN the tool shop.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09

A ST. Paul Washerwonian attending
church offered 10 cali it squaFf II the
deacon who passed round the eoatrisu-
tion box would pHt in The amount Of hts
bill
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09

That yon can't get s barber to shave
Won without his boring you 70 buy
something - llim- gIf yoH don't he
enfa ronl.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09

THE engineers on some Of the Penn
sylvania railroads amuse themselves by
carrying tame trout in hauEater,tanks
e elslf lfsolI,d Sss, sEhsEe tlls4 IRE
motion TO which they are Subjected,
k-tsA 4, l. .-sEsss 'ess.-ss=s sst33Nlcs
PHILADELPEIA's BeE ocean steamship
company, the Atlantic Mail, isgOing to
compete, next winter. for the ocean mail
contract.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-09

GEoRoE cooPRH-
Gold and red and purple leaves
Flutter down the wind
With the snow Of thistle-doHn
All the lanes lined
Clear and keenly blue the sky,
Hurrying birds are flying high,
Singing: " Summer, sweet, ROOd-byi
Summer, sweet, goOd-by ~
sheaves are nodding in-the-sun,
As II passed along,
In a gay, fantastic rout,
- Summers fairy throng,
where the fading willow swings,
u AKA Where the nest deserted, clings,
'. '... 'a Listen to the brook, that singB: /:
q Summer. sweet, good-by %
Woodlands whisper sad farewells;
Squirrels friak and spring
Patter, patter rain the nuts
For their harvesting
Fiocks OF merry birds 90 by,
Meath the hearts unclOuded sky,
Hopeful, trustfui, while we sigh:
.FE Summer. sweet, good-lyy -
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
Sir Edwin Landseer.

A special despatch from London an
nounces the death of the celebrated
painter, Sir Edwin Landseer, at the age
of seventy-one years. Sir Edwin was
the third and youngest son of the late
John Landseer, A. R. A. and F. s. A, ,
born in London in 1902. He excelled
In painting animals while a boy, and
became student of the Royal Academy
In 1916. He began to exhibit his pic
lures when but little over fourteen years
OF age, End his earliest productions at.
tractsu attention and gave great prom.
lse of future excellence.
The majority of his compositions
have become popular engravings. His
bronze figure of the "Stag at Bay "
was in the Royal Academy Exhibition
of 1866, and the four lions in bronze
for the base of the Nelson column,
Trafalgar square; for which he received
the commission from the British gov
ernment in 1859, were placed on the
pedestals and uncovered January 81,
1867.
He became an associate of the Royal
Academy in 1927; became a Royal
Academican in 1880. He was knighted
by the Queen of Great Britain in 1850.
AS a member of the Atheneum Club he
was greatly sought after, being of @
cheerful and communicative dispo-
sition,
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
Lessons of Life.

Of the lessons that humanity has to
learn, the hardest is to learn to wait.
Not to wait with folded hands that
claim lfe's prizes without previous
efforts, but have struggled and crowded
the slow years with trial, see no result
as efforts seem to .warrant-nay, per-
haps, disaster instead. To stand firm
at such crisis of existence, to preserve
ones se)f-poise and self-respect, not to
lose, hold or relax effort, this is great
ness, whether achieved by man or wo-
man whether the eye of the world
notes it, or it is recorded in the book,
which the light of eternity shall alone
make clear to vision. Those who stand
on the high places of the earth under
stand not what necessity, what suffer
ing means. They know not what it is
to noble mind to be obliged, like the
worms, to crawl upon the earth for
nourishment, because it has not the
strength to endure famine. Life moves
around them with so much grace, ,splen-
dor and beauty they drink life's
sweetest wine, and dance to charming
intoxiaation. They find nothing with
in them which can enable them to un-
derstand the real suffering Of. the poor ;
they love only themselves, and look at
mankind only in their own narrow
circle.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
A Frightful Fall.

An accident, which took place at Wa
pello, Iowa, resulted in death, under
circumstances of unexampled horror.
professor j. W. Bailey ascended
from the Fair grounds at that place in
balloon inflated with hot air. The
mishap followed which so often occurs
with this specie of balloon. AS it left
the ground, the mouth of the bag was
seen to be on fire, but this was appar-
emily not observed by the aeronaut
until he had reached too great q height
to drop with safety. Higher and higher
he assembled, clinging to horizontal
bar, which formed his sole support, and
which he had designed to make the
scene of the gymnastic tumbings and
turuings usual in such exhibitions. 1t
NAV we'll be conceived that his mind
during that awful flight was set upon
other things than acrobatic posturings; !;
but no stretch of imagination can pic
ture the feelings of the doomed wretch
as he was thus waited helplessly and
hopelessly upward, further and further
away from life and safety, clinging, or
rather bound fast, as it were, to the
skirts of inevitable death. In most sit
uations of the sort there is a chance,
however slight and desperate, of event,
ual escape. Here, from the very first
almost, there could have been none. To
the crowd below, watching in an agony
of apprehension for the final moment,
the contrast between the spangled and
tawdry splendor of the poor tumbler
and his terrible fate must have been ex-
quisitely painful. One after another
the ropes that upheld the frail support
of the miserable man burned away, and,
at last, when he was quarter of q mile
high, he fell,-striking the ground with
such force that his body was driven
into it up to the knees. OF course he
was instantly killed, if, as one prefers
to hope, he was not already dead from
suffocation or terror before reaching
| the eartn.