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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-10-01
Fun i'm Police Court.

One of the features of this foundry
of justice is Biiah's singing. On such a
morning as this, when nature smiles
clear back to her ears, and the lark
breaks his neck trying gymnastics, it is
worth a brick house to stand IN the
door and. hear Bijah singing, as he
places the chairs around
OH can this breaking heart Of mine
Forget that widows face?
Oh can tear her image ont
And leave no scar or trace
And when one questions him about it
the kind-hearted old janitOr leans on
his broom, the mist gathers in his eyes,
and he tells how a widow refused him
because he wouldn't wear a cut-away
coat. part his hair in the middle and
put on big seal ring.
bis honor said it was hot as he came
in with his hat in his hand, the clerk
said it was hot, ali the officers said it
was hot, and business began. Singing
was heard from the corridor. 1t was a
female voice, and it warbled:
I'm lonely tonight love, without thee,
I'm sad and sigh and pine;
The locust won't sing-the grasshopper's i'll,
And the moon it refuses to shine.
Chow about your being drunk last
night?" asked his honor as Agnes
Philips was walked out.
She said there must be q mistake
somewhere, but the officer said that the
mistake was in not arresting her two
hours before, SO as TO save him draw
ing her down in a hand-cart. She
was an old resident, he saId-a resident
of dens and novels, and he was willing
to swear that her character for morality
and sobriety was as battered and rusted
as the tin-pail which came over with the
Pilgrim Fathers.
Won't you lemme go, judge p she
asked, smiling like sick camel.
Eyes, 1 will" he answered, "I'Il let
you go to the house of correction for
four months, and wouldn't mind prt-
ting two more on that, Agnes. You are
a bad woman It would take about six
houses of shelter to commence to re-
form You, and dozen more to finish
the Job. II you we're a mind to you
might be a good woman, have hus-
band, and be a-bottliDg tomato catsup
instead of standing here prisoner, but
as the case is can't feel any pity for
you"
When Bijah led her back she wanted
to know If the Black Maria in going to
the house of correction would pass any
where near a precipice, e yawniDg
cLasm from 300 10 1000 feet deep
where she could have a chance TO leap
over and commit suicide.-Detr0t Free
Press.
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Gossip Ahout Young Bonaparte.

The feelings of the Bonapartists-
sensitive souls-hRve been 50 much hunt
by reports about a certain young man
pursuing his studies in this country
that they have published formal state
ment Of what they call the facts. The
young mau in question is sometimes
spoken of as young Chiselhurst, some
times Chiselhurst w., sometimes the
Woolwich infant, and appears now TO be
! officially styled the prince imperial.
| The Morning Post, always a sort OF
semi-ofliciai organ of the Napoleonists
whether they happen 10 be conspiring
or enjoying the plunder accruing from
former conspiracies seems to make no
difference to this automatic Bheet-waB
selected as the medium for giving this
important intelligence TO the anxious
world. The prince stands, IL declares,
eleventh In q class OF 80 cadets. In ar
tillery he is fourth, in fortifcation
eighth, in mathematics and mechanics
tenth, and so on, down TO twenty first
in chemistry and physics. ! observe
with pain that in military history he is
only eleventh. Considering that he had
school books adapted expressly for him
in his early youth by obsequieus Duruy
and others. he ought 70 have done bet
ter in that branch. But it is just pos
sible that the authorities Of the royal
military academy at Woolwich do not
take the Napoleonio views of military
history. The visitor who scans the
long catalogue Of French victories cut
into the stone Of the arch OF triumph
which crowns the Champs Eiysees sin
Paris, cannot but remark some names
which in all military annals but the
French have passed for French defeats.
The day may come when Sedan viii be
added TO the list. Gravelotte has al
ready been explained away. However,
you will be delighted 70 hear that those
best qualified to judge Of the young
mans capacity and progress, beth abso-
lutte and relative gre entirely satisfied
in every respect. Those best qualified
70 Judge must be the priests into whose
hands his mother-perhaps the most
bigoted woman in Europe-eariy gave
him, together, with such philosophical
students of practical politics rs PIetrt
and the virtuous Rouher. Perhaps
should also include that model of chris
tisn peace makers, Mr.. Paul Cassagnac.
People who have seen something OF the
Young hope of French imperialism
speak Of him as sustaining with diff
Guilty the hot-house forcing system to
which he Is subjected e system which
threatens to overtask his body and
mind.-Bfr. SfsGlieg, IN ~ =. Tribune.
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A Resort for Pilgrims.

A correspondent of the Cleveland
Herald writes d" "Kerbella is a great
resort for pilgrims from Persia and In
dia. These Mahometans are all of the
Sheeak sect, who revere the memory Of
Ali almost as much as the prophet him
self. In this place are two very sacred
shrines of Abbas and of HaesseiD,
nephews or grandsons of Aahomet, who
are buried here and worshiped as
saints. Thousands of the deYOut come
here to die as the Hindoos resort to
Benares, their sacred city, TO drown
themselves in the GaDges. The two
mosques containing the ashes of these
saints are very beautiful. I could only
see the ouside, as no dog of an unbe-
lever is ever permitted TO enter the
sacred precincts. The mosque of Abbas
has an immense dome, and one of its
minarets entirely covered with plates OF
FURNISHED gold. The dome and nina
rets of the other mosque are beautifully y
ornRmented with glazed tiles of various
colors. arranged in arabesque designs,
and passages from the Koran. No
mosque IL Cairo, Damascus, or Con-
stantinople viii compare with these IN
richness of exterior decoration, From
the number of devotees buried at Ker-
bella the soil is full of human bones.
Pilgrims carry away as relics small
pieces of the 'clay Of the saints, upon
which they rest their foreheads in say
ing their prayers.
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The Danger of Wet Coal.

People who prefer wetting the win
ter's store Of coal to lay the dust on
DuttinR it in their cellars, do not, we
believe, generally know that they are
laying mp for themselves Il store of sore
throats and other evils consequent upon
the practice. But 50 It is said to be.
Even the fire-damp, which escapes from
coal mines, arises from the slow decom-
position of coal nt temperatures but
little above that Of the atmosphere, but
under augmented pressure. BY wetting
a mass OF freshly broken coal and hav-
ing It put In a warm cellar, the mass is
heated to such degree that earbureted
and suIphureted hydrogen are given on
for long periods Of time and perVRde
the whole house. The liability Of vet
coal 10 mischievous results under such
circumstances man be appreciated from
the circumstance that there are several
instances on record Of spontaneous com.
bustion of wet coal when slowed into
the bunkers or holds Of vessels. And
from this cause, doubtless, many miss
ing coal vessels have persisted. london
Medical Record.
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Dancing With a Fat Woman.

The new York Herald reporter has
been to "Fat Woman's Clam Bake, !"
in Pleasant Valley, n. Y, whereat
solid ladies of some three hundred
pounds attempted the light, agile and
graceful dance. He chose the smallest
partner he could find. Unfortunate
man ! There was band on the music
stand, which played quadrilles without
any dancers for some time, owing to the
known modesty of the fat people.
Through an unadvised sentiment L was
induced to dance a waltz with a fat wo-
man, who turned the scale at 1913
pounds. Now, let it be remembered
that the thermometer stood at IS de-
grees, and the floor was highly glazed.
After several bows had been delivered,
1 approached my female Behemoth and
grasped her madly around what was IN
tended for a waist, but which resembled
much more a sack of oats. The band
of eight pieces struck up waltz troll
temps. and in the words of Artemus we
" glode." After the first step or two,
I felt as if had been swinging Kehoe's
clubs for a week, and there was a sing
ing in my ears as vainly strove to glue
nvself to the floor. I looked over the
lady's shoulders and saw tears in the
ewes of some of the spectators, while
others were laughing outright at my
predicament. The lady grasped me
tighter, and the drum gave a rattle.
MY collar flew of, and a button was
heard audibly to rattle on the floor like
the sound of a pistol bullet that might
be dropped suddenly. She struggled
a moment rs we went whirling around
I mean as I went whirling around, for
she was moving with the specific grsv-
ity of a lumberyard on wheels-and
suddenly I was hurled into space
and lay on a bench, while the lady
dropped into a seat, and her bench shut
itself into a fan, under the terrible
weight of her person. Thus ended my
firsE and last waltz with a fat woman.
1 felt humiliated, and heard her telling
a lady friend shortly after that / didn't
amount to much-I was too light.
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MONKEYS.
The Connecting Link'' as a Household
Pet.

The Connecting LinIz'' as a Household
Pet.
There are people who like monkeys.
They it is who must be the true link be-
tween us and monkeys, Just as monkeys
make the link between them and lower
animals. In my opinion one must be,
as it were, a semi-simian to endure the
society or even the sight of monkeys.
I have, as said, no sympathy whatever
with them my dig nifty will not admit
of it. I feel as a staid Castilian might
feel in company with low comedian
from the Palais Royal. Their grimaces
make me uncomfortable, their half hu-
manity shocks me, their hideOus COM
nfUnity of feature with some of my
dearest friends is horrible to me. A
party of my fellow-creatures staring,
with faces expressive of various stages
of idiotic delight, at the antics of the
Gagged monkeys in the Geological gar
dens, is to me pitiful and painful spec
tacle; it is enough to persuade q man
of the truth of Darwinism. Mr.. Glad
stone, who, not long ago, deplOred the
fact that his special duties gave him no
leisure to read Darwin and Wallace, and
to make up his mind upon the doctrine
of evolution, might perhaps now find
time to spend an hour in front of the
monkey-house in the Geological gar
dens. He would, 1 am sure, come away
q strong believer in this fashionable
doctrine. Yet monkeys have many
pleasing qualities some of the species
are very gentle, and capable of con-
siderable affection toward human be-
ings. There is, however, that about
monkeys, in this country at least,
which should effectually stand in the
way of their becoming pets. They
have almost always, every one of them,
the seeds of a fatal consumption, their
lives are nearly always to be measured
by a few months, and their antics are
none the fewer that they are racked
every now and then by a dry hectic
cough. Their i'll health depresses them,
bnt nothing can deprive them of their
love of mischief, and this contrast of
buffoonery and depression is one reason
why a monkey makes one of the most
melancholy of pets. They are ghastly
humorists, they are drolls in season and
out, their gaiety is like that ascribed
to the Chinese, who laugh to see the
executioner fog or behead criminal.
A monkey's humor is of kind that
could never enter into. It is founded
on the doing of mischief. Let a man
who does not believe me watch mon
key playing with puppies or kittens,
and compare their innocent playfulness
with the cruel tricks the monkey will
put upon them. My own monkey pined
away, and in two months after he came
to me, do what would, was in the last
stage of consumption. 1t was cold,
shivery, winter weather. He crouched
near the fire, feeble and exhausted, look
ing at me, as sick animals will do, with
rerroachfuI eyes, as if 1 were RESPONSE
BILE for his suferings; but almost to the
last he would do mischief, pulling a
burning coal on the hearth-rug, or up
setting a cup of tea if it stood within
reach of him. Notwithstanding his
vickedness he was affectiOnate. And
was getting reconciled to him when
he died.-Ne1U Quarterly Magazine.
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over the nails to be used. The grease
viii penetrate the pores of the iron, and
cause the nails to last without rusting
for an indefinite period. Besides this
no difficulty viii then be experienced in
driving them into the hardest wood.
The reason is that the coating of grease
prevents contact by air, and conse.
duently oxidation. Oxygen is the de-
stroyer of iron, and moisture is the
inducing cause. Anything which is
kept from air is preserved indefinitely,
and if it is kept dry the effect is meas
urably the same. Paint upon buildings
prevents the contact of air and moist
ure. If the whole fence cannot be
painted, the heads at least of the nails
therein should be touched.
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detected. This may depend on the na-
ture Of the object, or on some abnormal
state of the atmosphere. The currents
OF air can have nothing to do with this
power, as the state of the mind does not
directly affect it +; the sense of hearing
has nothing to do with it, as when snow
lies thick on the ground objects are
more distinct, although the football can
not be heard. I seem to perceive OBJ
jects through the skin of my face, and
to have the impression directly trans
mitted to the brain. The only part of
my body possessing this power is my
face f; this 1 have ascertained by suita-
bic experiments. Stopping my ears
does not interfere with It, but covering
my face with thick veil destroys it al
together. None of the five senses have
anything to do with the existence of this
power, and the circumstances above
named induce me to call this unrecog-
nized sense by the name of Facial
Perceptiop ,"
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An Old Maid Badly FOIIed.

A Phmnixville maid, quite old, be-
coming anxious about her matrimonial
chances, recently concocted a plan to
deceive a young fellow as to her age.
This was the way she tried it The
old family Bible contained a fearful re-
cord of all births, marriages, and
deaths. This volume che maiden took
to her chamber, and selecting the birth
page, she managed by dint Of scratch
ing and writing to change the date Of
her birth to a period eleven years later
than what it had lePitimately been re-
corded. Then the Bible was placed on
the sitting table in a conspicuous
manner. That evening came along the
lover. He soon began to finger with
the Bible pages, and finally reached the
birth record, where and when he discov-
cred to his surprise, that his Angelina
was Just one year younger than he. BE
thought it strange, as she appeared
older. He kept his mouth shut and
continued to tumble over the pages.
Next he began reading the death list,
and made the very astonishing discov-
ery that the radiant maiden, according
to the Bible, had actually been born ton
years after the decease of her father.
The young man quietly arose and bid
Angelina good-by, and now swcars that
" eternal vigilance Is indeed the price
of liberty. Exchange.
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The FIrst Steamboat. i.

At Shepherdstown, in jefferson coun-
ty, West Virginia, the first steamboat
was built. General Washington and
Governor johnson, OF Maryland, were
the patrons of the enterprise. After
the war they procured together the In
corporation Of the Potomac company
by their respective states. And in 1885
Rumsey demonstrated 10 them on the
Potomac, above Shepherdstown, his
great discovery that a boat could be
propelled by steam mp stream agsinst
the current. The boiler and machinery
for Rumsey's steamboat were made 81
the Catoetin iron furnace, in Frederick
county, then owned by johnson and
some of his brothers. The gentlemen
Of the Potomac country then used 20 go
to the Baltimore (now Berkeley springs
to drink the waters, and this experiment
Of Runsey's, Of steam navigation, was
certified to have been q success by
washington, johnson, and other emi-
peut men then present. The FIRST steam
boat was propelled on the Potomac /;
the first boiler was made in Frederick
county, twenty years before Fulton per
fected the idea and applied Il on the
Hudson.
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Fishing WIN NitrO-GIyeerIne.

Residents of Boston and vicinity have
been excited by the operations Of man
who has been killing fish at Quincy
Point, Mass, by the explosion Of nitro
0lycerine. Large numbers of the sea
bass have of late appeared of the
GIades and the waters around Quincy
Point, and It was upon these that the
man made his experiments. His first
attempt was with a small bottle OF IL
ro-glycerine, the explosion of which
under water brought to the surface
only three or four dead bass. A second
trial, with an extra charge of the explO-
sive compound in a can, proved more
destructive, all the fish within a circle
of forty yards being shocked by the
concussion ard rising to the surface IN
great numbers. About one hundred
were found to have been instantly killed,
and were captured and sold. Many
Of the bass were quite large. one weigh
ing forty pounds, while one which was
but slightly shOeked--being beyond
the area affected by the explosion
made his escape, and was judged tC
weigh seventy pounds. It was estima'
ted that the dea' of nearly two hun
dred bass resulted from this expert
ment, as macy which were killed Ol
captured with gafrs were so seriously
| affected by the shock as 10 perish. 4
careful inspection Of the fish killed
| showed. in every instance, that the SEQ
/ chd or air bladder was rent and hllec
with blood. The fisherman has beer
warned against q repetition Of this eX
pertinent, which is punishable by fines
Henry ". went around TO the cities
as hIacMahon has done, and a Inayol
/ intended to infiict en- address. He be
gan ." Hannibal, on leaving for Car
thage-." At this point the kiDG
said When Hannibal left Tor Car
thage he had dined. Let us 90 and do
/ the same.
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Discoveries Near the North Pole.

According to accounts in late London
journals, the Austrian north pole expe-
dition was frozen in at the north point
of Nova Zembla III August, 1872, and
was driven in a northwesterly direction
with ice. The crew worked five months
in vain during the summer of 1873 to
free the ship. In the autumn of this
year, north o. the S0th degree of lati-
tude, an unknown land was discovered,
whose boundary line, north and west,
was not to be seen. A thin line was ex-
plored in sledges from the 9th of March
to the 4th of May, 1874, up to the SD
degree. In honor of the emperor of
Austria, this was named Franz Joseph
Land. There were were no signs of an
imal life. On the Goth of MAY, 1874,
the crew left the ship to get off in four
sledges, and after travelling ninety-six
days, reached Nova Zembla, where they
met with some Russian seamen and
were taken to Wardoe, IN Norway, after
undergoing indescribable sufferiDgs and
privations.
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What a Blind Man Sees.

Nature struggles hard to make up for
any defects in the senses, and she gives
to the blind a certain power to see
when the eyes give no help. \ blind
man says:
"Whether within the house, IN the
open air. whether walking or standing
still, I can tell, though quite blind,
when I am opposite an object, and can
perceive whether it be tall or snort,
slender or bulky. 1 can also detect
whether it be a solitary object or a con-
tinuous fence, whether it be a close
fence or composed of open rails, and
often whether it be a wooden fence.
brick or stone wall, or a quickest
hedge. ] cannot usually perceive Cd
ieets, If much lower than my shoulder,
but sometimes very low objects can De
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Using Nails.

Every farmer who has occasion TO
drive a nail into seasoned oak posts.
knows its liability to bend and break.
If the point be moistened in the mouth
IL will usually drive more kindly. Oh
is better, bat then it Is incOnvenient to
dip each nail separately into it. An
other point is that boards become loose
eventually from the rusting Of nails,
which, communicating IN the wood,
causes not only enlargement of the nsil
hole, but wearing away Of the nail il
self, rendering the fence or building
shakv or insecure. This may be pre-
vented by heating any rough grease
until it smokes, and then pouring it
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HERE are some proverbs which Al
phonse Karr says are Russian: If you
are q mushroom let them put you in
the basket. Debts are not noisy, but
they keep one awake. One is not loved
because be is handsome, but handsome
because he is loved. Make friends with
q bear, but keep hold of your hatchet.
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HAY-cAKEs, composed of hay and
straw, very finely cut, well mixed with
crushed oats or rye and moistened with a
solution of rape seed or Hnseed oil
cake, and then formed into tablets
under pressure, have been for some time
employed in France IS a convenient and
portable food for horses.