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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-26
GraY Eyes.

The gray eye is peculiar to the eye OF
women. And here we meet with va
riety enough to puzzle Solomon him
self. We will pass over in silence the
sharp, the shrewdish, tho spiteful, the
cold and the wild gray eye every ono
has seen them-toO often, perhaps.
But then, again, there are Others beau
tiful enough to drive one wild. and it iH
only them which We mean. There rs
the dark, sleepy, almond-shRped gray
eye, with long black lasbe8-it goes
with the rarest face on earth-thst
Sultana-like beauty of jet black hair,
and a complexion that is neither dark
nor fair-almost a cream color, If the
truth must be told-and soft and rich as
the leaf OF the Gala Ethiopian itself.
Directly opposite to this Is the ealm'
clean, gray eye-the eye that reasons,
when this only feels. IL looks you
quietly in the face it views You kindly,
but, alas disaPpointedly passion rare
" lights it, and love takes the steady
blaze Of friendship, when he tries TO
hide within. The owner Of that eye iH
upright, conscientious, and pitying his
fellow-rnen, even while at loss TO un-
derstand their vBgaries. 10 is the eye
for a kind and corsiderate physician,
and for a conscientious lawyer Gf such
q man there be-, for a worthy village
pastor, for a friend as faithful as any
human being can be.
Last Of the gray eyes comes the most
rnischievous; q soft eye with a large
pupil, that contracts and dilates with
word, a thought, or n fash Of feeling (;
an eve that laughs, that sighs almost,
that has it's sunlight, its moonbeams,
and its storms wonderful eye, that
wins you whether you would or not, and
holds you even after II has cast You on.
No matter whether the face be fair or
not. no matter II the features are irreg-
Mar and complexion varying, the eye
holds you captive, and then laughs at
-or,r cLofun
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Origin of Moss-Aeates.

A correspondent of the Chicago Inter
Ocean, writing from the plains, says
that Professor Nudge, of Kansas, has
found where "moss-agates" come from,
and knows Just how to get at them. As
they are usually discovered in the lOoBe
plains gravel, they have been supposed
TO owe their present deposit to 4" drift,
their original home having been In the
north. Professor Nudge has found,
however surprising as 1t seems, that
they originated in the pliocene deposits
of Kansas. In some localities this PHI
ocene consists of a sedimentary silici-
Gus deposit formed of material varying
from coarse flint quartz to chalcedony.
Oxide of m8ganese, more or less crys-
talized in minute moss-lke sprigs, ex-
tends through the whole strata, which is
often eight feet thick. The "agates
are mainly found in the upper six
inches, and some OF them are remarka-
bly, beautiful. The whole mass is very
interesting to the mineralogist, as
showing the so-called "mOss-Rgate
through the whole process of its
formation. The lower portion indi-
Gates an imperfect solution of the
silica and oxide of manganese, but
the upper few inches, where the best
specimens are found, evince the deposit
in high state of chemical develop
ment. The "moss-agate deposit
forms the cap-rock of all the hills in
the vicinity of Sheridan, on the Kansas
Pacific railway, and also about Fort
Wallace. In one instance Professor
Nudge found bones and portions of the
tusk of a mastodon, which in progress
of fossilizatiOn had changed to nearly
pure silica, and IN the change had be-
come infused with fine, sprig-like crys-
tails of black oxide of manganese, thus
presenting The strange phenomenon Of
ivory actually converted into "moss-
agate" Some of the specimens cannot
be detected in appearance from the
real gem. Professor Nudge thinks
that the agencies which produce this
singular freak of nature must have
been similar to the action of the "hOt
springs" " of Iceland and Yellowstone
Park, the only known natural agency
that will make silica out of organic
substances. The fact is a curious Oneat
any rate; and while it may overstock
the "moss-a agate market, it furnishes
the scientist a revelation of rare inter
est and value. Professor Marsh, of
Yale, is already giving it critical exam
inatiOn, and specimens have been fur
nished to other prominent gentlemen
in his line of business.
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Electricity for TOOthache.

A Paris journal states that DR.. Bou-
chard, of that city, finds the use of cleo
tricity very efficient In cases of severe
toothache, a perfect cure, even where
the teeth are greatly decayed, being
not unfrequently obtained, and tempo
rary relief almost invariably ensuing.
In numerous instances, where allevia-
ton at first was OF short duration, the
effect became more and more marked,
and lasted longer as the treatment was
repeated. The method pursued by DR..
Bouchard in applying the electricity is
to place the positive pole Of the current
on the cheek opposite the diseased
tooth and the negative upon the sntero-
lateral portion of the neck, and TO avoid
alterations the electrodes are made very
large. and their place frequently
changed. The application is continued
about half an hour, although relief il
frequently experienced in ten TO fifteer
minutes. A battery OF about ten ele
ments is used.
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Spectra of the Planets.

The German scientist, Herr Voqel.
has been making a series of very inter
esting researches in regard to the spec
ira of the planets. He says Mer-
curry he finds TO give a spectrum most
in accordance with that of the sun, and
that some bands which are produced by
the action of our atmosphere belong to
that planet. Venus likewise Shows
bands like those of our atmosphere.
In Uranus numerous lines of the solar
spectrum are recognizable, but in the
least refraugible parts are a few bands
which are like the absorption bands of
oul atmosphere, and which indicate the
presence of water vapor in considerable
quantity. In the red of the Mars spec
trum, between lines O and B, are bands
apparently Occasioned by the planets
atmosphere, but which are too faint to
be measured with accuracy. The plane
told Vesta gave a weak spectrum, with
a line identified with Fraunhofer's line
T, and two bands, one corresponding
with position of Cline of solar spec
trum and the other with a telluric
group. So far as an opinion may be
formed of an object so difficult, Vesta
may be presumed to be surrounded with
its atmosphere. Flora gave a weak con-
| tlnuOus spectrum, In which the colors
| could scarcely be distinguished. Jupi.
ter's spectrum lines correspond for the
most part with those of the sun, butshow
certain special bands, particularly in
the most refrangible parts a dark band
IL the red being very noticeable. There
are also lines and bands like those of
the earth's atmosphere. The gaseous
| envelope of Jupiter acts on the sun
light like our atmosphere, and the pres
ence of water vapor may be concluded.
The band in red indicates the presence
of something not in our atmosphere, or
perhaps a different mixture, but with
the different pressure and temperature
belonging to Jupiter, different absorp-
tive spectrum would be obtained. The
dark parts of Jupiter do not give dis
tict spectrum, but indicate greater in
| fiuence, as if they were situated deep in
! the planets atmosphere. Saturn, be-
| sides showing a certain correspondence
with the solar spectrum, exhibits special
/ bands in the red and orange, which cor
/ respond with our telluric bands, except
| one intense band where the wave
| length is 61S.2 mill. Nm. The blue
/ and violet rays suffer similar absorption
/ in passing through the Saturnian atmos-
! phere, which is especially noticeable in
| the spectrum of the dark equatorial
belts. The Saturn spectrum CORES
ponds most completely with that of Ju-
piter the ring spectrum is faint, and
the characteristic band In the red is
wanting, or feebly seen, from which it
would appear that the ring has either
no atmosphere or one of small height
and destiny. The spectrum of Uranus
was found too weak for easy recognition
of FraunhOfer's lines, but Herr Vogel
gives several wave lengths as indicating
the position of banks, and considers the
presence of an atmosphere to be estab-
lished. One band (wave length 61s
mill. Nm fairly comedies with similar
bands in Jupiter and Saturn. The
faint spectrum obtained from Neptune
with the spectrum of Uranus"
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Subterranean Fishes.


In boring artesian wells IN the desert
OF Sahara very small fishes, resembling
the white-bait, not unfrequently occur,
which inhabit the waters of the subter-
ranean bed of the desert. They are
identical with q species from the waters
of Biskra. The male differs from the
female in being traRsversely barred, go
that some authors have regarded it as
distinct species. The ewes are we'll
formed, although these fishes live 3 part
of the time In Obscurity. It seems that
as far back as 1S49 the governor of the
osses of Thebes and Gable, in Egypt,
stated that an artesian we'll, about 105
feet deep, which he bad cleaned out,
furnished for his table fishes which
probably came from tho Nile as the
sand which he had brought mp from this
artesian well was identical with that OF
this river. In the Sahara, as in Egypt,
these fishes were carried awsy by the
waters, which filtered awsy into the
soil down to the subterraDean sheet into
which the srtesian wells open. GeFvais
claims TO have established the fact that
these subteTranean fishes are essentially
huviatile, and that some like them are
found in the rivers Of Senegal and NO
zambique. cf Syria and Egypt, of the
Iberian peninsula, and even America.
Theirfossl representatives, are not found
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DARING ROBBERY.
A safe Full of Money stolen Before the
WRtehman's Eyes,

Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov. 1e.
One of the boldest and most impudent
robberries OF these times of brazen' crime
was perpetI ated at the office OF the
American express company IN this city
yesterday afternoon, in the full blaze of
day, and IN part right under the eyes
of the unsuspecting day watchman of
that Office. During the afternoon man
by the name of James Manroe, an ex-
ness niger of the American express COM
pany, was in the Office conyersing with
the day watehman. During this time
stranger of good address, who seemed
to know the messenger, came IN and en-
gagged in conversation. He took a
" shine to the watchman, and soon en-
gagged him in marking for cigars, in the
meantime engaging him in conversation
in short, entertaining and amusing
him more than strangers are wont to
do. He grew upon the day watchman,
and in marking for the cigars enjoyed
run of luck that was remarkable. The
fates were against the wstehman, but
the pleasant company of the stranger
compensated for his i'll run of luck.
After a considerable season of enjey-
ment their amusement was Uninterrupted by
the arrival of an express wagon containing
two men, who alighted and brought IN
a trunk, which they said they wanted to
send off by express. The watchmRn
ceased marking for cigars and attended
to the trunk. This done, the pleasant
stranger proposed that the watchman
should go across the street and get he
cigars. He assented and went, leaving
the agreeable stranger, the express mes
seDger and the two newly arrived men
in the Office.
L. II,
he did not, of course, see but it be-
came very apparent before the time for
the Chicago train to start out last even
ing. WHAT they did was to transfer the
messengers iron safe, filled and locked
for the Chicago run, containing from
$40, 600 to $50, 1000, into the old trunks
and shut it up.
When the watchman returned he
found that the ex-messenger had left,
and that his friend who blandly took
his cigars and the two other strangers
were waiting. The two proprietors of
the trunk told him that they had made
a mistake, that the American was not
the Office they wanted, it was the Ad-
ans, and Immediately picked up the
trunk, lugged it into the express and
drove away, the winner of the cigars
taking his departure at the same time.
When the time to gather up for the
Chicago run came around there was
commotion in that Office. The whole
thing became as luminous as the foun-
tain of light to the troubled and cha
grined watchman. The officers of the
company gathered up all the detectives
in the city, and sent them out to throw,
if possible, the tolls around the robbers.
George Black, one of the MEN who
! Al l. e
lawyer in this city, has been arrested.
The trunk that contained the chest was
carried out right before the Office watch
man and two of the Metropolitan police
who happened to be in the Office at the
time. It is now stated on good author
ity that this same trick was attempted
in that Office without success.
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The Shah on the Enelish

The Hornet says "The great inter
est awakened by our extracts from the
shah's diary induces us to make further
references to that most remarkable
work. The Persian monarch seems to
have been much impressed with our
prediction for black, a color which he
says we lose no opportunity of display
ing, even In the costumes worn by us.
He was of opinion that the habit had
its rise in some ancient superstition, for
he waa assured that in cases of disputes
respecting the meaning of the law, the
wise men of the land invariably con.
suited black stone, kept expressly for
that purpose. He also noticed that our
finest statues were always blackened,
and that some of our most famous
singers, known as the 'Moorhre and
Burghess Mhinstreels,' had their fea-
lures treated in q similar manner, from
which he inferred that in England the
customary mode of showing honor and
resrect to an individual was to biaeken
him we'll. This supposition was con-
frmed by his being told that two dis
tinguished men, whose acquaintance he
had made, we're great blackguards.
He thinks that they belonged to the
guards in which so many Rristocratic
young men were officers. The shah
was much pleased by his visit to Nine.
Tussaud's, and wanted to buy the en-
tire collection to take with him TO Tehe-
ran. He was very much puzzled at
first, and mistook some of the visitors
for wax figures. In one instance, the
supposed effigy of Mrs. Cotton, the
poisoner, turned ont to be a live
duchess and in another, he found him
akN H..
of an earl's daughter, under the i'm
preston that she was representation
of Constance Kent. The national love
of gloom displayed itself, he said, in
the Chamber of Heroes'-which, he
says, the English pronounce horrors
where he found a large number of life
like resemblances of the most famous
men and women England had produced,
and whose biographies were full of
sound and wholesome instruction. He
thought the ladies looked beautiful.
They appeared much handsomer than
the live ones. When he left Baker
street, he was asked how he relished his
visit, on which he explained that be
had not required the art of relishing
anything. but was quite willing to learn.
He wanted to know what was meant by
relish, and, by way of a reply, was pre-
sented with a small bottle, inscribed
with the words 'Goodall's Yorkshire
Relish. He drank a glassful, and
thought it rather strong but was after
wards informed that it WAS to be used
only with cooked fish, flesh, or fowl.
This, he says, is what the English mean
by relishing a thing. They use it for
every conceivable purpose, and never
appear tired of it. In fact he OBJ
serves, the English are most extraor-
dinary people, and the more see of
them the less I understand them So it
appears"
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THE NiOTHER,s CALL.
by MRS. coRNIE Laws ST. JOHN


An ased mother, sitting in tlae twilight Of an An
tumn evening, weeps at the thought fbst b AZ ti An
dren, who have gone out from her boros 49,. IN ~
busy world can return 10 her no more Iu tlle 49,
ness purity and beauty OF youth. '"ee'
Come back to my arms little cbildrent
Rack through the fields brow n and sfiu
Where your footsteps won't ont in life's rnornfng.
To the great world far over the mn -''i5l
Come back DER the fields living sodden
And dim, in the chill autumn rain.
For my starving heart waiteth TO foId vo,,
To my bosom again aud again.
The mist from tho Iowlauds upriseth
To the sad, starless fields of the sl-v.
COmei for the pathway is fading
and the evening shades fast multiply.
But bring your pure hearts of the mornfna
Lay down your dark burden of yenrs o.
And come TO me, only as children
With your chAd-hymns, and laughter, and tears
Come back from the world, straying childrenl
With the hand Of your Maker yet on you,
And the May flowers under your feet
Ny arms to the dim faded rneadovp
For your forms stretch in hupgerinQ ouest
Return, Ike the swallows Of summer
Again TO your desolate nest.
Come back in your robes white and guiltlesg.
Your dimple2, and soft shining hair
o, come In that marvellous beauty
Which only the innocent wear
Dear circle Of evanished faces
THgn back through the twilight OF wears
Aud EladdeL, -sitn ole tliss.itl .rIc-g.ent
TICse heavy eyes laden with tears
My empty arms fold but your shadows
And the path which your sinless feet wore.
That cleft the sweet heart of the meadoWs
Dies out in the mist Of the moor
Ny u0therhood's crown drops its Jewels
My bosom l. aching and bare
or vour childhood hold bit one token,
One trCss Of your bright baby-hair
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The Perils of Using. Paris Green.

| In q paper read before the American
/ Academy of Science, last week, Prof. LIE
Conte expressed the following rather
/ startling views:
/ call attention to the extensive use Of
/ Paris or Schweinfurth green for destroy
/ ing insects injurious to agriculture.
| Paris green is a mixture of arsenite and
/ acetate of copper, and in the result Of
certain empirical experiments has been
recommended as destructive to the Col
oradO potato beetle, and, in fact, as a
universal remedy against injurious in
/ sects which appear IN masses, Now
1 arsenic and copper are pOisons which
/ act with equal energy upon plants and
animals. The material, though diffused
/ upon the leaves of the pla' IS to be pro-
/ tected, which are incapable of absorb
| ing it, is speedily carried into the soil,
| and if used annually it is merely mat
| ter of time how m ny years will elapse
| before the soil is poisoned so as to pre-
vent the growth of all vegetation. The
chemical possibilities which may result
| in the poisoning of the vegetation raised
| from the soil will leave 70 be developed
! by my colleagues. 1 solemnly protest
4 against the loose manner In which, on
/ the recommendation of persons who
! have observed only the effects of these
/ poisons upon the insect pests to which
| their attention has been directed, most
/ dangerous material has been placed in
/ the hands of a large mass of uneducated
men. The manufacture of this poison
/ has increased to a fearful extent. a
! friend, residing in one of the great agri-
/ cultural centers of the west, writes that
| the druggists of his town order It by
the ton. The ravages of the Colorado
/ potato beetle, which has been the chief
! cause of the use of Paris green in agri-
culture, commenced in the west many
years ago, and its extension at regular
rate was predicted by entomoiogists.
The prediction has been verified almost
to a year. Now, it was within the
power of the government, through q
properly organized scientific bureau
for the protection of agriculture, tC
have the subject investigated by a com
mission and recommend proper meas
ures to be adopted. The use of metallic
poisons would not be one of them, but
human labor, properly compensated and
intelligently employed, might have beer
one of the agents employed to avert {
national calamity such as has come
upon us.
An interesting discussion followed th'
reading of this paper. All the members
who took part in It approved Dr.. L
| C0nte's views as 10 the danger Of using
Paris green. Prof. Silliman had hearC
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The Boys in Bed.

Whoever has lifted the curtains OF
boys alcoves, soon after their inmates
have gone to bed, and has looked low
ingly in, has seen a pretty sight. Cen
orally their faces are laying most rest
fully, with hand under cheek, and in
many cases look strangely younger
than when awake, and often very infan-
tile, as il some trick Of older expression,
which they had been taught to wear by
day, had been dropped the moment the
young ambitious viii has lost control.
The lids lie shut over bright, busy eyes;
the air is gently and evenly famed by
coming and going breaths there is a
little crooked mound in the bed along
the beds foot, or on a chair beside, are
the day clothes, sometimes neatly
folded, sometimes huddled of in
hurry bnlging with balls, or, in the
lesser fellows, marbles stained with
the earth of many fields where wood
chuck have been trapped, or perhaps
torn with the roughness of trees on
which squirrels have been sought per
baps wet and mired with the smooth
black or gray mud from marshes, or
the oozy banks Of streams, where musk
rats have been tracked. Under the beds
foot lies the shoes-one on its side -
with the gray and white socks, now
creased and soiled, thrown across them /;
and there, in their little cells, squared
in the great mass Of night, needless
how the earth whirls away with them
or how the world goes, who is thinking
Of them or what is doing at home, the
busiest people in the world are resting
for the morrOW.-LotuelFs " AnatOp1g
Rln1le" Z"
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of several instances of loss of human
life from carelessness In its use for kill
ing eockroaches. Prof. Alexander said
that there were well-established cases
where its employment as a coloring
matter, for wall paper, had resulted in
poisoning persons who were affected
after only half an hour spent in the
rooms hung with such paper. DR..
Mitchell referred to number of cases
of poisoning by this substance. 1t
might be that the soil in which it was
strewn impaired q poisoning influence
to plants before refusing to yield its
product, and that the plants so affected
acted iniuriously upon the human sys-
tenn. DIR. lie Conte sharply criticised
the agricultural bureau at Washington
for failing to investigate this subject
The use Jf strychnine in fields to kill
crows was referred to by another mem
Der, who thought that this most indie
scrutible of poisons might affect the
vegetation.
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The Transit of Venus Expedition.

The question may be asked why so
much pains should be taken to measure
the distance of the sun, and whether it
makes any difference to mankind what
orbit Venus describes. Scientific in
vestigators never inquire of what use
knowledge is they leave its practical
application to others. But a very little
consideration will show that astronomy
has. in a merely utilitariRn way, paid
the world manifold for all the labor
spent in learning it. Did it never oc-
cur to the reader that it is to Kelper,
Newton, and their successors that we
owe the means of navigating the ocean
in safety? When q ship Is out Of
sight of land there is no way OF de-
termining her position except by Obser-
vations of the heavenly bodies. But
observations could not be used for this
purpose unless the laws of motion of
those bodies had been discovered and
taurbt by mathematiciaDs and astTono-
mers. A striking example of this is
fresh in the memory of all. year
and a half ago the spendid steamer City
of Washington sailed on her usual voy-
age across the ocean, but constant
cloudy weather prevented observations
TO determine her position. In conse-
ouence, she was wrecked on the coast OF
Nova Scotia, and the loss of more
property than would pay for all the
expenses of observing the transit Of
Venus paid the forfeit for failure to
make the necessary observations. a
| LARGE norton of the 1abors of astrOno-
meTs is devoted 10 fixing the positions
1 of the stars and planets with eontinu
/ allv increasing accuracy, and the oh
/ servations we have been describing are
/ one step in this work, -RaTPeT'S.