The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-17
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.


A CANNIBAL's epitaph--Write me as
one who loves his fellow-msn.
A THIEF running away is a scamp
but the policeman's chase after him is a
scamper.
A BACKWARD spring-That of a man
who thought he could get out without
stopping the omnibus, and-sat down In
the mud.
"YoU do not black your boots in
/ Plttsburg," says traveller. Z" You hang
them out Of the window at night, and
they are black enough in the morning. -
An Irishman, in writing a letter to
his sweetheart, asking whether she
| would accept of his love or not, writes
thus " If You don't love me, PLACE
send back the letter without breaking
the SEAL"
TEMPERANCE is encouraged in the
British navy by giving the men who do
not want grog its equivalent in tea and
sugar or in money. Nearly all the strict
ly temperate men in the navy wear q
good conduct stripe
THE Georgia system of farming con-
| victs does not work well. Middle.
Smith & Co., who hired ore hundred,
having lost seventeen, have been order
|
| remainder to the state
SEPTEMBER.
| A whispering silence broods DER all around.
| As in cathedral when the praise and prayer
Are lingering pulses on the waves of sound,
And naught disturbs but mufled heart-throbs
| there.
Yet alll.is bright-the san scarce past the
And stealing ont from dusky, darkling wood.
Comes forth matr5n shod with messy shoon.
/ From on her eyes she lays the binding snood
When 10! her chestnut locks float on the
breeze
Like silkeu algm on cerulean seas.
The flowers have hung their heads but all
| That buzzing fit, on busy, gauzy wings.
/ To chant her beauties, gracefully remember,
And hail our princess, timid, grave September.
ONE evening, after a long and weary
march over the desert, Mahomet and
his followers pitched their tents for the
night. Said one of the tired men, 81
will loose my camel and commit it to
God. His master overheard it and
said, "Friend, tie thy camel, ard com.
NIT it to God"
2 BARON RoTHsCHILD, Just dead at
| Vienna, leaves no part of his fortune to
his daughters, though each was already
rich. Baron Nathaniel Rothschild, the
eldest SON.. fares far better than his
brothers but the greater part of the
fortune is left fixed as the capital of the
bank in which Ma haniel, Ferdinand
and Albert are partners.
IT IS greatly in favor of the use of
| heavy petroleum and coal oils as Iubri-
cants, that according to some of the
best authorities, these oils are incapa-
BILE of producing combustion in contact
with wooden materials. Vegetable oils,
such as olive oil. are on the contrary
very liable to such combustion when
mixed with wool, sawdust, and similar
material. ..
In the French penal code it is pro-
vided that any person or persons who
shall combine to raise or depress the
price of articles of food above or below
what it would be in the natural state
of trade ut the time, hall suffer two
months imprisonment, and pay a fine
of not less than 5000 nor more than
! $500. They propose to operate with
this against men who are making
"corners " on grain.
HORSES that are kept in the stable
du ing the summer should be given
! daily the luxury of roll on the earth.
| Rolling is the means given by nature
! for the animal to rid itself of vermin
/ eALANA 9hAA tAAoNeAoOoS anu IL lCulb 10 mike
| the animal healthy. Some owners OBJ
| ject to allowing a horse to roll On the
! bare earth, because it gets dirt in the
! hair and makes extra work to keep the
animal clean, but the extra work paws
if rightfully understood.
THE pride of mankind is great. A
| night or two ago a family in New York
was awakened by unusual noises in the
| house, and, on turning out, saw the
eldest hopeful rushing about brandish-
ing a new Wesson, and shouting,
There's q man in the house r' A
! long search failed to show any founda-
| ton for the young mans warlike de-
monstration, when he mildly informed
the breathless and exhausted tribe that
it was his birthday. He was twenty
one.
The salary of the governor of Louis
iania is SS. 600, that of his private sec
rotary $500, of his clerk 81, 800, of
two messengers 81, 200 each, of his cor
responding secretary 81, 800. Includ-
ing contingent expenses, the governors
Office costs about $25, 900 annually.
The salaries of the secretary of state
and his assistants foot NJ 50, 760, and
of the attorney generals Office S10,-
600. The auditor and his assistants
receive in all So, 500, and the treasu.
rer and his aids $1,000 The state
printer gets about $50 600. and the
other official journals about So, 600.
DURING the last session of congress 6
bill was passed directing aazgold medal
to be struck and preset ! to Johr
Horn, ir., of Detroit, in + eguition .ol
his services in saving PERSONS frsn
drowning. he has saved at least ON
hundred persons from watefy grave
and has given the names and circum,
stances attending their rescue. In eev.
eral cases he came near losing his OWL
life by struggling with his Victims, and
was repeatedly confined to his bed by
| sickness resulting from his efforts. The
medal is soon TO be struck at the Phila.
delphia mint, andWill be- presented il
due form.
NORTHERN papers suggest that if en-
ployers would initiate the example OF
some of the English merchants and
manufacturers in changing their pay
day from Friday or Saturday to, say, the
beginning or middle of the week. the
habits of our working men would be
considerably improved. "The tempta-
tions, says q contemporary, to a man
who has money in his pocket Saturday
night are very great, and there can be no
doubt if the change indicated were
made we should have less drunkenness,
lighter police calendars and happier
homes. The experiment in England has
been a great success"
CALIFORNIA will soon be a competitor
of the Spanish and italian peninsulas
in the American raisin market. White
Muscat grapes are grown for this pur-
pose, and a large quantity of this years
crop will be converted into raisins, and
they make such good article that they
are expected to command an equal
price with the best that are imported.
The Peruvian Huasco variety is also
coming into favor IN California, and
viii soon be extensively grown for raj
sins. The crop was never in a more
promising condition, both as regards
quantity and quality, than it is this
season, the vintage being placed at ten
million gallons, against a yield of four
millions in 1873 and two million five
hundred thousand in 1872.