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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12
How Texas is Protected.

General Sherman was again before
the house military committee and spoke
of the army In connection with Indian
affairs. He pointed out on the map
region of country in Texas two hun
dred miles long by one hundred broad,
composing half a dozen organized
counties which, when he passed through
two years ago, was entirely depopu-
lated, the inhabitants having aban-
doned their homes on account of con-
slant incursions by Indians. He said
he had been led to believe these In
dians were Camanches, but it was pretty
we'll understood now they were Kiowas,
Cheyennes and ArpahOes, who raided
from the Fort Sill reservation eighty
miles off, penetrating through forests
and helping themselves to the horses
and stock of their Texan friends, which
they preferred doing rather than be at
the trouble of raising them themselves.
He gave.a graphic account of his in
terview with Santanta at Fort Sill,
when he had Santanta, Sautuck and
Big Tree arrested, double ironed and
sent back to Texas to be tried for an
attack upon a wagon train and the muir
der of twelve out of seventeen team
sters, one of whom " as bound to a
wagon wheel and burned. Sautuck
was killed in an attempt to escape, but
Tie other two were tried, convicted and
sentenced to be hanged. But the in
huence OF the humanitarians who re-
garded murder on the palt Of Indians
as a mere exhibition Of moral insanity,
had induced Gov. Davis, of Texas, who
ought to have known better, TO COM
mute the sentence of Santanta and Big
Tree; and the same influence at Wash
ington had finally restored them to
freedom, and they were now on the
reservation ready to start on more muir
derous raids. If they should scalp
Gov. Davis next time, Gen. Sherman
intimated it would serve him right.
he reviewed more difficulties and
gave it as his opinion that Gen. Candy
had been n victim Of the temporisiDg
Quaker policy applied to the Indians.
He favored q transfer OF the Indians
from control of the interior department
% that of the war department, and ex-
pressed his conviction that the army
vas more kindly disposed to the In
dians than the the citizens generally
were, and that If the country demanded
are extremely charitable treatment Of
the Indians it could be accomplished
by and through the agency of those
/ persons who professed more charity
than soldiers, but who did not practice
/ Il 50 much.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12
The Girl Next Door That sings.


We moved lately. Before we were
many days in our new quarters We
learned, among other neigbborhood
gossip, that " next door to as lives the
widow DeLany Shades of st. PatrickD
and her daughter Maria, q beautiful
singer" soon had an opportunity to
Judge of her abilities. Our gas was
out for the night, and I was just enter
ing dream Hand, lingering in that semi
unconscious condition one enjoys SO
much before falling asleep, when a wall
so long, unearthly and agonizing broke
upon the stiffness, it seemed as If some
misused tomcat. despairing of all hap
piness In this world, had given vent to
one last heart-rending cry. Do you
hear those cats 2' / exclaimed, giving
my better-haH poke In the ribs by
way of emphasis. g Faint cats, she
snappishly answered, " they're blowing
of steam at the elevatorl Bot was
not satisfied 80 getting out of bed, ]
seized one of ny boots and softly raised
the window, in time to hear more
plainly one last, frightful intermingling
of a groan and yell, and some one say:
- Bully for you, Mariar Heavens I
&c was Maria singing to her sweetheart.
Crestfallen, sole back to bed, to
dream, when the small hours found me
asleep, Of tsmcats and steam engines
Detroit Free Press.
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Grand total..........-67.sT4.O 4.I9O.9


The table published by the Chronicle
shows that the entire railroad extension
of 1873 was only about one-sixteenth as
much as in 1872, and IN the Nestern
states 1t was only about one-twentieth
as much. 1t is apparent that the great
game of building railroads with the
proceeds of the sale of bonds, and Gre
ating vast amount of stock which cost
the first holders of It nothing, but still
serves to keep control Of the property.
has been played out IF Justice were
done, at least two-thirds of the stock
created in 1872 on the 81, 900 miles of
railroads built IN that year. should be
wiped out, and the railroads handed
over to the bOnd-holders and the towns,
counties and cities that have donated
money to aid in the construction. These
are, in fact, the only parties who have
put any considerable amount of capital
into the roads,
The full extent, however, of the re-
vulsion in railroad building, has evi-
IDENTIFY not been experienced yet. Many
of the railroads-and even some of those
whose stock is even yet salable in the
market-have gone on piliDg debt upon
debt, by the issue of more and more
bonds, until it is apparent that many of
them must go into bankruptcy, that the
capital stock, the possession of which
puts the property in the control of those
who never put dollar into the con-
struction of the roads, must be wiped
out, and the property handed over to
the frst-mortRage bond-holderS. When
this process begins, as it undoubtedly
will with some of the heavily-indebted
roads in the western states before next
spring, it may unsettle the whole mar
ket for railroad stocks, to greater ex-
tent than the panic.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12
DARTNG HIGHWATMEE.

Adams Express and the United states
HAN RtHed.
A most daring and successful rob
berry was committed last week. on the
Iron mountain railroad. As the train
came in sight of Gadshill station. 4
hundred and twenty miles below ST.
Louis, it was signalled to stop. The
switch was turned and The train run on
a side track. as the train stopped,
conductor Afford stepped off to ascer-
tain what the matter was, when he was
confronted by man IN mask, a pistol
placed to his head, and marched of un-
der guard. The engineer, fireman,
mail agent, express messenger and
other train men were then seized by
i've masked men, heavily armed, and
also placed under guard. The robbers
then went through the entire train, and
took from the passengers about two
thousand dollars, a large amount of
jewelry, from the Adams express mes
senger over a Thousand dollars, and
rified the mail. The robbers then left
IN southerly direction, and after the
release of the train men, the train
started southwark. The robbers left a
note on board the trai3, Of which the
following is a copy, the original of
which is now in possession Of conductor
Afford
g TIE MosF DARING RoBBERY on Re-
coRD,-The south bound train on the
Iron mountain railroad was robbed here
this evening 10y five h avily armed men
and robbed of-dollars. The robbers
arrived at the station a few minutes
before the arrival of the train and ar
rested the agent, put him under guard,
then threw the train on the switch.
The robbers we're all large men-uone
ef them under six feet tall. They
we're all masked and started in a south
efly direction after they had robbed the
train, all mounted on fine blooded
horses. There is a he'll of excitement
in this part of the country.
IRA MERRILL.
The robbers offered no violence 70
any one on the train, and did no harm
to the trainmen.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12

bic village of Blllyvaughan evidently
had lost sight of the historical facts Of
the last half century, and from the reg
ular nd heavy firing supposed that the
formidable BonaParte was landing his
army. with the idea OF freeing Ireland
from English rule. The words of the
old song:
The French are on the say.
Saws the Shan Van Vocht
The French are on the saw
They'll be here without delav
And the Orange VIII DELAY,
SAYS the Shan Van Vocht,
we're still fresh in cur minds.
After long address / succeeded in
reassuriDg AIihRurs female relatives
that Napoleon was not landing on the
coast, but was dead and buried in st.
Helena His appearance raised the
siege in the other cabins, and We had
soon strong force on hand. The ship
proved TO be one of her maiessy's gun
boats, and although she went to pi ces
IN a few hours, the men we're ell rescued.
without the loss of single life. The
Joke OF the landing Of Bonaparte is stilI
told with gusto ct the dime II many a
gentl man on the west coast Of Glare.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12

AEEsTHETgos. If the force Of stsiis-
ties be Of any value. ether appears. be-
yond question, 10 BE- the safest anms-
tileiie. By combieing American and
British data relating to this question,
the result shows conclGsiFeiy that
chioEcform Is eight times as dangerous
as ether, twice as dangerous ss 3 mix
ture Of chloroloTm and ether, and, o.
far as experience goes. IL - more dan
ger0us than bichloride Of methyiene.
The report Of The London chloFoform
eommiffee. appointed 70 investigate
this subject. states that not only i
ether Iess dangerous than chloroform,
bat that with every care. and the mcss
exsrs diiufion Of ths ehlon0form vepoi
by the most skiiifHl hands, the sta.s ol
inssnaitilily may pass in a few moments
into one Of imminent death.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12
CHE BABES IN THE WOODS"
tBIG PINE FIAT. 1917
BY BBEr HARTK.

Bx BREr HARTK.
81 sonaething oharacteristie.n chi
enuLslphl 4 reckon you mean by ihat,
something that happened ia youF way
s,, mere AZ the crossin' Of p g Pine Fiat.
Times aren't now as they used to be-
Mheh Bold was hush and the boys were frisky
Aud man would pull ont his battery
Hor an sthins-naybet the price Of whisky.
Nothing Of that sort, eh? That's strange.
WY, thought you might be diverted,
he1ring how Jones Of Red Rock Range,
DfaHed his . Hint 10 the Unconverted.'
ana saying. 4" " har viii you have it9n shot
~ SheFokee Bob at the last DsbatnRi
What was the question: 1 forgot
But Jones didn't Ike BJbIs way Of stating
Nothing Of that Kind, eh9 Yoa mean
Something milder2 Let's see-Oh, Joe!
Tel 70 the stranger that little scene
Ont Of the q" Babes in the Wo 2dE." You know,
Babes was the name that we gave en-, sir,
Two lean lads in their teens, and green T
Than even the belt OF spruce and fir
Where they built their nest, aud each day grew
leaner
No one knew where they came from. None
Cared 20 ask IL they had a mother
hunaSay schoolboys, maybe. One
Tan and dark As spruce the other
Blue and gold in the eyes and hair.
Soft and low in his speech, bat rarely
Iaikiug with us aud we didn't care
TO get a. their secret at ali unfairly.
For they were 20 quiet, 90 sad and shy,
Content 10 trust each other solely
That somehow we'd always shut one eye,
As they passed to their work. Twas Worhout
claim.
Aud itpaid them grub. They could live without
For the boys had way Of leaving game
In their tent, aud forgetting all about it,
Yet no one ashed for their secret. Dumb
IL lay in their big eyes heavy houows
IL was understood that no one should come
10 their tent unawares, save the bees and sEa,-
lows.
50 they lived alone. Until one warm night
was sitting here at the tentzdOor, so, sir,
When out Of the sunsets rosy light
Up rose the sheriff Of AIariposa
i knew at once there was something wrong,
For his hand and voice shcok just a little,
Aud there isn't much you can fetch along
TO make the HineWa OF Jack Hill brittle.
" GO warn the Babes !" he whispered hoarse;
: Tell EN- IN coTninR-to get and scurry,
For I've got story that's bad, and worse,
I've got q warrant: Cd d-n It. hurry
TOO late they had seen him cross the hill:
rau to their tent and fouEd them lying
Dead in each others arms, and still
Clasplng the drug they had taken flying.
And there lay their secret cold and bare,
Their life. their trial-the old, old story
For the sweet blue eyeF, aud the golden hair,
Was trO1iGHs shame and q aromdR's glCry.
81 Who were they7" Ask no more, or ask
The sun that visits their grave 80 lightly
Ask OF the whispering reeds, or ask
The mourning crickets that ehlrrup nightly
All of their life but fts Love forgot,
Everything tender aud soft and mystic
These are our Babes In the Woods, you've got
Well-Human Nature-thats characteristic.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12
LooKI !


The pencil marks yOu see around his
paragraph Cthus) mean that youF sab
scnption Is ont or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up st once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit 10 our friends and patrons,
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
We are forced 70 adhere to strict cash
rule. We hope you VII comprehend
and appEeciats the necessity Of s2eh .
course, and renew your suDseri Ptloa
without delay. We solicit your faVoE-
- We enter 10 new names OF Cur
books without The money IN advance.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12

--Iobacco has been prescribed by she
medical authorities nf tie English ar
nav for the use ok the soldiers in the
Ashsntee war. It is nceordinRly fur
nished by the government 10 BE- served
out . Che tro0ps as . regulaE ratlon.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12

New Freaks in the German.


"The German" says a Washington
correspondent, " continues to be the
favorite dance. A few notifications
have crept in, such as calling it 'eotii-
Ion, after the French fashion, and It's
being led by a gentleman alonc, who
has the privilege OF selecting from the
ladies dancing a different partner for
each figure. A new figure from Paris
leaves the lady seated iR the middle OF
the room, while two gentlemen, with
one foot each on cushions, start toward
her. They push themselves along with
the free foot, and whosvar reaches her
FIRST dances with her. it is a sort Of
modified tub-race. In another, also
French, two gentlemen vie in their dex-
terity in trying on cooking apron. II
would perhaps be good practice for the
girls 70 have the conditions OF this fig-
ure reversed. A new German COM
mandment is that no partners shall be
engaged beforehand, for If the engage
meut is made a week or so ahead a bou-
quet is considered an imperative Offering
from the gentleman. Now, when Ger
mans come of every night, and bouquets
60 up every day, the gift becomes a
dreadful toll on the young men. Hence
this last decision. And to the girls
credit be Il said, they established IT. ="
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12

A LkTE number Of the Phsrmaceuti-
cal Journal gives three cases Of poison
ing by = homeopathic preparation known
as g concentrated solution Of cam
phor." Though IN each ease the pa
iient wss made fearfally III, no death
occurred, but months afterward the ef-
fecis Of the drug were still apparent.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12
LoUIsIAsA FARM Bora smar

LOUISIANA FARM BOYS "A smart
Louisiana boy Of eighteen, named Gay
den, rented n farm Of fourteen acres,
cotton and two hundred bushels Of
corn, and pccketed S607. 80 net profits.
A still younger boy in the same town,
NorEood by name, on a rented farm Of
thirty acres. made 81 ,106S5 above his
expenses. Here are the figures as given
by the Clinton 1la.) Patriot
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12

4, ONIY one eclipse will be visible from
nus continent in 1874, of the moon,
.-y.In1i-m'dnight -.n October 24.25. There
"lli oe one other eclipse OF the moon,
partial, aud two of the sun, during the
frSlAr, but these will not visible here.
- Ae great astronomical event OF the
M wlu be the transit of We us. on
Oee. 8, across the face Of the sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12

A SHARP TRAEsACTToN. "A Professions
al betting man made good thing Of it
on the Occasion os Q tre which lately
broke cut at the cotion-ssmplinc offce
of fira Ia Liverpool. While tlsa con
fagratioa vas at its height aud the
burning cotton vas beng thrown ont OF
the windows upon the ffsgs belou. =
number Of brokers stood Ia The street.
discussing the sum which the -Snste
would realize. Our friend off9Fed to
bet q guinea that the barned cotton
would fetch eI5. and as this was appar-
emily lar beyond its value hefouati no
difficulty in finding persons wiling 70
take the bet. THIS be did INIT tsgenty
people had accepted the wager Tor 4
guinea each. he afterWard went to the
sale and bought the cotton for SIC.
which he then sold fer &l2, sustaining
loss Of "a upon she purchase. bur
pocke ing sixteen guIneas ss his net
profits upon the transaction
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12
Orange Culture.

The culture of oranges in Florida is
beginning to attract considerable atben-
tion. A correspondent writes from
there that he has just visited one
orchard OF fifteen acres for which the
owner had refused SO, 600, and another
Of eighteen acres for which there is a
standing offer Of 500, coo IN gold. The
latter produced last year a gross in
come of S40,O There is, however,
this to be considered it takes SIX years
for a grove to begin to bear and eight
or ten more before it becomes prolta-
bic. An orange tree ten years old is ex-
pected to produce from one 70 three
thousand oranges, and these are sold on
the trees from one to three cents each.
There are usually 100 trees to the acre,
and counting an average Of E,o00
oranges 10 the tree this Weld at Il
cents each would give 81 500 per acre.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12

TIE amount Of gold dug IN Ca'ifor-
MIA since 1913 Is 81 $50, 7O0, coo, Of
which So, 900, 600 WIS rained in 1858.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12

"Do just as suits thyself, child, we
shall be rich enough not to care about
the shop"
While talking he consulted his large
silver watch, which, for antiquity and
8 ze, might have been the patriarch OF
the entire race of watches.
shall be bask before nina, Polly;
and perhaps Tom Bartlett may drop in
and spend an hour with yOu"
hope not, for don't want to see
him."
" An that's the p arverse way of girls +;
but never mind, I dare say thou wilt
look much higher than Tom now :" aud
be chuckled as he kissed her round,
dimpled cheek, leaving her 10 take care
OF the feathered songsters and herself.
the brightest thing that the place could
show.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-12

not harm my grandfather and I would
not take Tom Bartlett's word against q
dog"
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-08-13
BITTER,

EHLrRs TO his PATRoSs, AND THE
GENERAL PUBLIC, GREETIsG.-I very
respectfully solicit a Continuance Of the
iAvor OF my patrons and invite the pat
ronags Of the public, but / wish old
,pssrons and transient patrons 10 distinctly
snAdsrstand that ] work for money and
not because Of . philanthropic desire 20
shoe and boot my fellow men withou,
money and without price, and that, there
fore, II any old patron or new patron,
desiring shoes or boots, has not the pecu.
sisfy ability 70 pay for the work ordered
when done, he 10 requested TO pass on ,c
some other shoemaker. j want no old
patrons or Few patrons who will not pay
Those who are willing TO pay will find il
70 their interest 10 pAtronizs me, because
i keep on hand The be.. of stock, do the
beat OF work, give the best Of fits and
york for the lowest Of prices.
3w EHLERs,
w.sHsissh Street, between Poplar and
.on Avenue.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-08-13

Sin isvery much the offspring Of phys
ieai ill-heaith and feeble stemAchs. Dur
ing one-third OF our time the processes Of
digsstions must 90 on in our bodies, and
II the stomach and bowels are not well
nothing is we'll. To be dyspep,ic is the
fouudssion Of fsvers and diseases Of the
blood, liver, skim and kidneys. Dyspep-
sis invsrssbly yealds to the virtues of the
vegetable ingredients contained that gres.
purifier ofthe blood and restorer Of health,
DR WALKERS CALIFORNIA VIsEoAE
BIrrERs. so-7-l5-lyw&d
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-08-13


THE GAS COMPANY AND THE CTY.-
A SUGGESTION IN REFERENCE TO THE
SCRIP QUEsTIoN.--The misunderstanding
between the gas company and tho city
council has caused as much regret on the
part of the citizens rs indignation. Not
few applaud the course of the council,
because they believe Mr.. Gerould has
acted in discourteous manner and has
made unreasonable demands. Mr.. Ger
ould, on his part claims tina, he has done
all no was authorized to do by tho COM
pany, and has made the propositions he
has sent to the council under direction of
its executive committee We believe
Mr.. Gerould has acted as he says he has,
and that the gas company had some rea-
son to believe it would be justified in de-
manding higher price this year for
lighting the city than 1t obtained last
year. Last year the company was paid
- interest bearing scrip. Tho council
repealed the ordinance putting interest on
scrip. Tho gas company at
once jumped to the conclusion tina, the
new issue of scrip would not b, as value
able as the DID, that the price ols scrip
would run down greatly, and that thoro.
fore the city ought to give tho cOmpaHy
moro of the non-iEterest bearing than 1t
had asked TO receive Of the interest bear
ing scrip. We believe there was no good
ground for this demand. The new scrip,
although it bears no interest, will surel $
bemore valuabl than tho iHterest-bear.
ing, IL the council! and city officers do
their duty. A certain sum has been ap-
propriated to pay for gas during the cur
rent fiscal year. Tha. fund WHOM raised
canno. be used for any other purpose ian
to pay for gas used this year. No
| order issued TO pay for gas
used last year can b. paid out of this
fund ana the collector cannot, when no
is collecting taxes, receive IN payment Of
the tax levied to pay this fund scrip here
tofore Issued for other purposes. lie must
collect the money, and this money can
be used for no other purpose than the spo-
cisc purpose for which it was collected
We know it has been the practice to re-
ceivc in payment OF taxes city scrip but
the collector must receive scrip at his
peril and tho treasurer will, at his peril,
pay out any OF the money received to pay
for gas burned during the present fiscal
year in cashing orders Issued
to pay for 6. burned In any
fsrmor year. Each fund in tho city
treasury must DO kept sacred for tho pur-
pose for which il was collected. lfthis IS
true, and wesrs sure it is correct po-
sit'on, the gas company will, after tho
taxes have been collected, receive cash
for all the gas it will furnish upon the
order Of the city council. We suggest to
Gsrould that he ponder over those sug.
gestions and drop cent or two on tho
price OF his burning "hnid."
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-08-13

Private BoARpINa.-Ars. j. w. Car.
michael having taken the large house a,
the corner Of Sixth street and Washing.
ton avenue, is prepared to
furnish private boarding to q
limited number Of either ladies and gen
usmsn, or 10 gentlemen aud their wives
The house 10 very pleasantly located and
eonrsrisnt to the business par. OF the city
The rooms are large, airy and well
lighted. For further information inquire
e The house.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-08-13

HIGHWAY RoBBEKY,-Mr. L. Hoge, q
citizen OF Unity precinct, was coming to
the city yesterday morning, between 8 and
4 o'clock. When about half way between
Unity and the city he was attacked BY
two negroes and q white man. The white
man stopped the team and caugh. hold OF
tho brides Of the horses, and one OF
tho negroes presented pistol at his head
while tho other robbed him Of silver
watch and SI2 cash. ~