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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-03
COMETS TAILS.
Novel Theory Regarding the Celes-
tiRl ROamers' CaudaI Appendages.

A Novel Theory Regarding the Celes-
tiaI RO0mers' CaudaI ApPendages.
Comets are supposed to consist of
thin vapors of gases, held together by
the mutual attraction of their particles.
Like all bodies so circumstanced, they
necessarily assume the spherical form
and therefore the common notion that
they consist of comparativelysman and
bright nucleus, and an immensely long
and Illuminated tail, evidently derived
from its appearance in the heavens, can
not for moment be entertained. That
their sperical form, as shown by the re-
fected light of the sun, would scarcely
be discernible at the distance of our
earth, even Though the comet were as
dense as the densest cloud of our at
mosphere, would not be surprising; but
If their attenuation, as described by
Sir John -Herschel, be considered, all
wonder ceases.
Sir J. Hersehel says that the most sub
stantial clouds which float In the
highest regions of our atmosphere, and
seem at sunset to be drenched IN light
and to glow throughout their whole
depth as If in actual ignition, without
any shadow or dark side, should be
looked upon as dense and massive
bodies, compared with the filmy and
all but spiritual texture of a comet.
Owing to this tenuity of matter the rays
of the suns light, as reflected by it,
are absolutely invisible to the inhabit-
ants of the earth; but other rays, pen
etrating into the center of the comet,
are refracted by this powerful wheel OF
1900, 600 of leagues diameter into the
focus which forms the nucleus of the
comet, where there is, perhaps, greater
concentration of light than anywhere
else. not in the body of the sun. Thence
this large body of concentrated light
streaming in a narrow path through
the remaining half of the comet, in
a direction opposite to the sun
forms that splendid appendRge called
tile tail. tt seems scarcely necessary to
point out that this mode of viewing a
comet accounts for the circumstance of
the tail being always in opposition to
the SUD, whether IN advancing or reced-
ing. Also for the wonderful CELEBRITY
shown by the tail in turning round the
sun when the comet is in perihelion,
and for the rapidity with which the
comet darts out its tail after the perihe-
lion passage, also, on the principle of
the alteration of light, the bend which
the tails of some comets have toward
the region they have left, also the alb
sence of a solid nucleus, and the nom
observation of the stars by the body of
the comet. If the conjecture be cor.
rect, that the nucleus of comet is near
the cen eT, and that the comet extends
in every direction round the nucleus to
as great a distance, at least, as the
length of the tail, then it follows that
at this present moment the sun is feast
ing on our comet, and that when it
energies from his embraces q few DAYS
hence it will have suffered some dimin-
ution of its size.-LOndOn Iron,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-03
Didn't Kiss Her.

A gentleman who has been recently
travelling in the lower counties of Texas
tells a San Antonio paper the following
amusing story: He was stopping over
night at house where the partition
walls were particularly thin. The ad-
joining DOM was occupied by a mother
and her daughter. After retiring the
mother began to rebuke the daughter
for an alleged Partially to somebody
named John, which soft impeachment
the daughter denied vigorously.
"But," said the mother, "f saw him
kissing you at the cow-pen yesterday
morning, Amanda"
"No, ma, he wasn't kissing me at
"Why did you have your head so
close mp to his for2 you deceivin'
critter." $685.
"Well, you see ma, I had been eating
pitallas (the fruit of a species of cac-
tus), and you see, ma, I got some of the
pickles in my ips-and-and-"
And what, you wicked, wicked,
critter."
Sand couldn't get them out myself
you know, and John pulled them out
with his teeth-but he did't kiss me
nary time"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-03
The Vesper Bell.

To the traveller In South America, the
striking of the vesper bell exercises a
potent charm. As the usage requires
every one to halt, no matter where he
may be, at the first stroke of the bell.
to interrupt his conversation, no matter
how important, and listen without stir
ring to the conclusion of the chime, the
singularity of a whole population sur
priced in a moment as it comes and
goes, held In a state of petrihcation,
and paralyzed as if by an encounter,
may be imagined. On every side YOU
see gestures interrupted, mouths half
open for the arrested remarks, smiles
lingering or passing into an expression
of prayer. You would fancy them ma
ton of statues. A town in South
America, at the Angelus, resembles the
city In the ''Arabian Nights, " whose in
habitants were turned into stones, The
magician here is the bell ringer. But
hardly has the vibration ceased when a
universal marmur arises from these
thousands of oppressed lungs. Hand
meets hand, questions seek answer, con-
versations resume their course; horses
feel the lOosened bride, and paw the
ground; dogs bark, and babies cry; the
mothers chatter. The accidental turns
thus given to conversation are many.
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Parsley for Sheep.

A correspondent of the Toronto Globe
reports a farmer as saying ST SOW
parsley all through my grass land, and
never lay down any clover land in the
spring but SOW parsley with it. It is
the best food for sheep there is-keeps
them healthy and fattens them with
wonderful rapidity. OF course, don't
SOW enough to smother the grass but
L take care there is some all through it,
and the sheep will find it out and never
leave a bit of it if they can help it.
The COWS and cattle are also very fond
of 1t, but it is the dttest for sheep, as it
does them the most good. The only
thing to be guarded against is to keep
the breeding ewes from getting too
much. They fatten SO fast that it stops
their breeding, which is, of course, a
loss. But I am careful to keep the
breeding ewes of it as much as I can.
It does we'll for lambs, however, and
for wethers and fattening ewes nothing
is equal to it. find that It does better
than grain. Tt also produces heavy
heeces of wool.
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Achievements of London Thieves.

A London correspondent thus writes
of noted swindle in that city: Bowie
says these fellows often steal whole
train loads and boat load of coal. and
the detectives can't get a clue TO them.
The statement appeared so ridiculous
that l thought my companion was
joking. He was, however, in earnest.
and he told me the way they did it
" In the first place." said he, ''you
know these chaps have a regular organ.
lied society for purposes of mutual as
slstance IN carrying out their plans of
assisting each other when they fall into
the hands of justice. Each man IS as
signed his district, and when he has
made haul there he is transferred to
another. They are all rich, and when
ever a large sum is needed to carry ont
their knavIsh plans, the money is not
wanting. For instance a train of coal
comes into the city for sale. One of
the gang disguised as a respectable coal
dealer, approaches the man who
has the coal in charge, and after some
talk, bargains for it. The same after
noOL he comes with perhaps hundred
coal carts, unloads the whole train.
whisks off the entire cargo IN two or
three hours, and the purchaser, taking
the precaution to be little late for
banking hours, gives check in payment,
which, of course, on presentation the
next morning, is found to be worthless.
The coal and purchaser are gone, and it
is as difficult to trace the one as the 9TH
er. The same thing is done with boat
loads of coal, for the thieves have their
own barges and employees on the river
as well as on the land. We have not
yet been able to break up this sWindle,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-03
Literary Style.

No man of power can do himself a
greater wrong than to make an attempt
to acquire the style of another man,
under the impression that that STYLE
will fit his thought. He might as well
have his clothes made to his neighbor's
measure. There is not one chance in a
thousand of a fit, unless it be a fit of
disappointment or disgust. The sensi-
tiveness of language to the impulses
and characteristics of the spirit that
sits behind and utters it, is one of the
marvels of the world Its hexibiIity in
sharing itself to every variety of
thought and every form of imagination,
its power to transmit an atmosphere or
an aroma which no analysis of word or
expression betrays, and the ease with
which it is made either puerile or males
tic, IN accordance with the spirit of its
maker, show that style, unborn of the
individual, is an utterly valueless at
tainment.
AS n fair illustration of the absolute
impossibility of one man writing in the
style of another, take the two great DO
cts of England now living, and let
Browning and Tennyson undertake to
acquire each the style of the other. It
would absolutely ruin both. All writ
ers who are good for anything have a
style of their own. It can no more be
transmitted or " attained" than the DOW
ers and qualities in which it had its
birth and n man who is so strongly
impressed, or magnetized, by the style
of another, that he finds himself trying
to work in his way, has his own weak
ness and lack of individuality demon
strated to him. 1t follows that most of
the criticisms of style are equally with
out common sense and common Justice
so far, at least, as they are made with
the idea that there is such thing as a
standard of style. There is abundant
wealth of literary style in the world
which has no characteristic similarity to
AddisOn's; and the young writer's who
fancy that they must shape their STYLE
upon some approved or popular model,
would do we'll to abandon the effort at
once. A good style is always the nat
ural offspring of a good literary mind.
1t is polished and chastened by self
criticism, and is a growth from the CEN
ter. A style thus formed is the only
legitimate representative of literary
man. No lack of heart, or brains, or
culture, or marked aud large individu-
allty, can be hidden by adopting an
other mans literary dress and present.
ment. If a man has no stvIe of his
own, he has no literary calling what
ever.-Dr. j. q. Holland
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How to Put Children to Bed.

Not with reproof for any of that
days sins of omission or commission,
take any other time but bedtime for
that. If you ever heard a little crea-
ture signing or sobbing in its sleep you
could never do this. Seal their closing
eyelids with kiss and blessing. The
time will come, all too soon, when they
will lay their heads upon their pillows
lacking both. Let them then at least
have the sweet memory of happy child
hood, of which no future sorrow or
trouble can rob them. Give them their
rosy youth. Nor need this involve
wild license. The judicious parent will
not mistake the meaning. If You have.
ever met the man, or woman, whose
-sSes have suddenly filled when a little
child has crept trustingly to its moth
er's breast, you may have seen one in
whose childhood home dignity and Sc
verify stood where love and pity should
have been. Too much indulgence has
ruined thousands of children too much
love not one.-FdnnQ Fern.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-03

The range OF disorders which yield to the infu-
ence of this medicine, and the number of defined
diseases which II never fails to cure, greater
than any other single medicine has hither o beef
even recommended for. by any other than the
prOprietOrs of some quack nostrum. These dis
eases scTofula and all eruptive diseases and
tumors, rheumatism CONT Neuralgia, and spinal
complaints. and all lnhammatory symptoms. VI
GERS, all syphilitic diseases. kidney and bladder
diseases, drOpsy, the whole train of painful dis
ordel $ which so generally afiiict American women
aud which carry annually thousand Of them 70
premature graves: dyspepsia. that unfvE q
OF American manhood heartburn. pills., cOnsli
patton, nervousness inability 70 sleep and Impure
: blood.
This is a formidable list Of human ailment, for
any single mediCine 10 successfully attack a q IL
Is not probable that any article be ore the pub
lie has the power to cure the quarter OF them eK
cepung the VIC ETIN T.. II laws the n the root
Of tie tree of disease by first eliminating ev, ~
tmpurily from the blood. promoting the seCretions
Op ming the pOres-the great escape valve of the
s. mountaineering the liver 20 its full and
tural action, cleansing the stomach and strength
e Ing digestion This much accOmpIs shed. the
sDeedy and the permanent cure Of not only th
dseas es have enumerated. but likewise the
v hole train OF chronic and Constitutional dis
orders Is certain 10 follow. This is precisely what
NEeETIHyE does. and Il does it quickly and so
easily, that IL Is an accomplished tact almost be
fore the patient is aware Of 1t nimseif.
VEGETINF, il sold ~ ALL ruvgfsfs
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-03

1t will be seen from this table as
clearly as from anything that could be
published, how rapidly the speed of
trotting stock is increasing, and this is
greatly due to the class of meetings in
augurRted in this city. The average
this year would have been much lower
had it not been fer exceptional circum-
stances. The number of heats trotted
was decidedly greater than ever before,
though there were no more races than
usual. This, of course, is because
comparatively few OF the events were
won in three consecutive heats, and the
horses becoming tired, slower time was
the consequence toward the close of
each race. In the stallion race, for in
stance, the second heat was trOtted in
2:20I, while Jefferson was able to win
the sixth in 2:284 and in the 2:26 race
thefourth heat was made in 2:41a. These
slow heats hurt the average, but it is
low enough to prove beyond a doubt
that the Buffalo track is the fastest in
theworld. The same horses made two
or three seconds better time overit than
they did at Cleveland.
An unusual number of performances
which became matters of record were
achieved at the meeting Just closed. The
AttobN9b anu y1oN AtAIC O4-4lNR AAGhlS. GFEE
trotted was the 2:20 race of Friday: the
fastest fifth heat ever made was the 2:21
of Red Cloud the fastest heat by a six
year old was the 2:20I of Fleety Gold
dust; the fastest stallion heat was the
2:20f of Smuggler; the fastest quarter
mile ever trotted by leading horse in
a race was the 324 of Red Cloud and,
more important than all, the fastest
mile ever trotted in the world was the
2:l54 of Goldsmith Maid. Five of these
events occurred on the last day, which
stands without a peer in the annals of
trotting.
The brilliant success of the meeting
of 1874 confirms Buffalo in its position
as the trotting centre of the country,
and will give an impetus to the sport,
the influence of which will long be felt,
for it was achieved through square con-
tests and Just ruling.
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The Tobacco Crop.

According to the Louisville Courier
Journal, which has reports from fifty
counties In Kentucky, the tobacco crop
IN that state will not exceed thirteen
per cent. of last years yield. Late es-
Inmates of the crop are that at the close
Of the planting season IT may be consid-
cred a settled fact that the acreage IN
der cultivation In Tennessee and south
ern Indiana is not equal to one-fourth
of an average. Missouri Is roughly es-
tlmated at wo-thirds, and late Virginia
reports put the acreage in this state at
one half an average. It is thought, &C
cordng to present information, il would
be liberal estimate to count on one
third of an average crop in the United
States, and taking last census year as an
average year for production, we shall
have about IS, 600 600 pounds of tobac-
co ont of the growing crop, instead of
225, 900, 600 pounds. This would make
the crop OF this year fall short two
thirds.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-03
How Druggists Used 10 Swear.


The apothecary's oath, In medieval
days, read thus, according TO the Med
icaI and Surgical Reporter: take to
witness, before all, God, the Creator of
the universe, in three persons, that dur
ing the whole of my life will observe
that which follows "I will live and
die in the christian faith. will honor
my parents. 1 Will honor the physi-
clans and master under whom I have
studied. will never say anything that
shall be injurious to the seniors of our
order, or to others. 1 will adorn with
my best the dignity of the art, and I
will not reveal its secrets. 1 viii do
nothing imprudently nor through hope
of gain. In acute sickness viii not
give purgstives without the order of the
physician. I will keep the secrets of
tho patients. I will administer no poi
son, neither will I allow it to be admin
isteIed, even to my enemies. Twill not
alter the prescriptions of physicians. I
will never substitute one remedy for
another without their knowledge. I
will discourage the fatal practice of en-
prizes. Irefuse to no person my legiti
mate assistance. I will not keep in my
pharmacy stale or badly prepared me-
dicaments. In making and observing
these rules, may God assist me. AinSi
soit-iL ," That is not such an antigua
ted oath but that we should like to see
it revived and respected.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-03

WINNING GOLDEN OPINIONS. Per
haps no man living has won more gold
en- opinions than DIR. Walker, as the
enormous and widely increasing sale of
his California Vinegar Bitters attests.
We never look into one of our exchanges
but there is panegyTic of the Bitters
staring us in the face. Our readers will
say that there must be a reason for all
this praise. They are right. The eff
cacy of this celebrated medicine is es-
tablished by evidence which it is impes-
sible to doubt Among the thousands
who have borne testimony to its excel
lence, there is not one dissentient voice.
In very many phases of inorganic dis
ease it sc ems to be unfailing. ALI dis
eases arising from a Yitiated state of
the blood are surely eradicated by it.
It is an effectual remedy for pulmonary
complaints, bilious, remittent and inter
mIttent fevers, rheumatism and dyspep-
STA. 1t purges the body of all unhealthy
humors, gives tone to the system, and
where the vital powers are enfeebled,
restores their functions to vigorous and
healthy action. All this it does the
more effectually because its operation is
not interfered with by the presence Of
alcohol. The Vinegar Bitters is per
fectly free from any such hurtful in
gredient. We have always believed
that plants contain the true remedies
for diseases, and all the remedies neces-
sary. DR.. Walker is on the line of real
progress, and we hope that he Will not
rest on his present discoveries.
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though the whole department has been

though the whole department has been
at work on it"
The story seemed so incredible to me
that took the next opportunity of ask
ing another detective about it. " Yes,
said he, that coal swindle is one of
the biggest things in London. We
can't get at the ring-leaders yet, but
we're laying our plans for a grand haul.
It may take two or three years to ma
ture them, for it is an exceedingly big
thing but we must thoroughly mature
our plans"
IS Good heavens 7" I exclaimed, isis
it possible you allow people in London
to be robbed like this for two years be-
fore you break up the gang of swind-
lers ?''
p eyes" said he, London is a big
town, and such things go slow, but, /
think, in about two years We shall
mature our plans and make a grand
haul %
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TROPIC MIDNIGHT.
ny WILL WALLACE nAnSET.

The rain floats OF the crescent moon
Holds IN its cup q round Of dusk,
Like palm-buds IN tho month OF June
Just breaking through the vernal husk.
notwithstanding agaves all the sheaf,
To catch the light distilled in showers,
TIL OVERLOOKING cup and leaf
It's cluster breaks IN midnight flowers.
A sensuous stiffness north and south
And east and west, and just as sweet
AZ seeds Of pomegranate In tue mouth,
Or kisses when Young lovers meet,
Breaks in a low, sweet under-tOne
Like brooks that breed in beds Of fern
As Il by curve and pebble-stone
The moon had spilled her silver urn.
Its airy current flIs and rfpes
The flower and fruit to wanton use:s
II blows the rushs slender pipes
And rounds the purple AZ with Juice
Like merchants breaking kids OF nard ..
Dc jArssof olives, desert born, sfft
Pine-apples lift their prickled shard,
And show the seeds Of fragrant corn.
Like Hebrew maids, the citrons hold
Their pitchers to the vapor spring,
And MI the hollow rinds Of gold
With uiueky nnidnight's havorinQ
30 once, think, earth knew her lord,
In lands like these Of palm and vine.
When midnight gave the sweet accord
That turned the water into wine.
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Kansas Grasshoppers.

A Kansas letter says of the great
American rival to the Louisville cock
roach "They are rightly named hop
pers, for they are hard to fill, and eve
rything is grist that comes to their mill.
Sorghum is the only thing that they
don't appear to know the use of, and
they let it alone. They will eat tobacco
and iimpson weed, and I have seen wal
nut trees as bare of leaves as in the mid
die of winter. The same Is true of ali
the apple trees in their path. They
don't eat the apples or walnuts, and it
Is an odd sight to see a tree laden with
fruit, and not a single green leaf to be
seen on its boughts. They don't meddle
much with peach leaves, but they eat
the peaches and leave the stones hang
ing on the trees. They ate all the leaves
off the grape vines the first few days
they were here, and now they are cut
ting the stems and letting the grapes
fall to the ground. The man who can
invent a process to exterminate them
from the country will more than double
discount St Patrick as a benefactor OF
his race"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-03

DIR. }. Walkers California Tin-
egar BitterS are a purely Vegeta NJ,
preparation, made chiefly from re No
tive herbs founo on the lower RANGES =
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Cslif,~
MIA, thu medicinal properties. of who's
are extracted therefrom without the nsa
of Alcohol, The question is almost
daily asked, "Wh&t is the cause of tbo
unparalleled success of VINEGAR RTT1
TERSP7 Cur answer is, that they ramo[,
the cause Of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the NM
blood purifier and n life giving prinerI
n perfect Renovation and Invirorato1
of the system. Never before i'm tho
history of the world has medicine 49,
compounded possessing the remarkabIa
qualities Of VINEGAR bITTERS in HEALING ~
sick of every disease man is heir TO. TbsT
are gentle Purgative as well as a Toni:
relieving Congestion or Inflammation ~
the Liver ard Yisceral Organs, In Billions
Diseases.
The properties of DR.. WArKER,s
VINEGAR BITEERs are Aperieut. Diaphoretir
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, biuretic
Sedative, Counter Irritant Sudorihc. AltfrE
tive. and Anti Bilious
II. II. MCDONALD * CO.
Druggists and Gen. Acts san Francisco Csrif,--l-
and coz. or Washington aud Charlton SIS n VH
Sosd by-sldi DTuSEfsts and Dealers.
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SPORTING NEWS.

some Time Statistics Worth Remem-
bering.
The Buffalo Courier furnishes its
readers with the time made by the fast
horses at each of the trotting meetings
at the Buffalo track, showing the i'm
provement made every year in the speed
of horses. As a matter of record, we
give a table showing the number of
miles trotted, and the average time made
each year since the Buffalo meetings
were inaugurated r.