The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-10-29
SAYINGS AND DOlNGs.

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lishment in Virginia City. They put
mp the ashes in yeast boxes, to aid the
resurrection.
RAzRoAD employees in Nevada, from
the conductor TO the fireman. carry hTe-
arms, for the purpose of putting gam
! blers and other thieves of the trains.
TuE James Lick monument in honor
| Of Francis S. Key. author of the Star
| Spangled Banner, will cost $3.50, ,O00. Il
| will be of bronze, and located IL one of
San Francisco's parks.
HARRY, after looking on while his
new little sister cried at being washed
and dressed the other day, turned away,
saving, s'If she screamed ike that IN
heaven, don't wonder they sent her
off,"
TWENTY. ONE girls of Kenosha have
" resolved, that if the young men won't
cone and see us, we viii go and see
them" Didn't somebody say that the
race of revolutionary patriots wasn't yet
extinct?
THE railroad commissioners of Mas
sachusetts have held a hearing on the
subject of steam-whistles on railroads,
and have recommended that they should
be restricted in use to ceases of danger
and the necessary management OF
freight-trains."
The grape crop of California was
never in a more promising condition,
both as regards quantity and quality,
than at present the vintage being
placed at 10000. 900 gallons, against
yield of 4, GOO 600 gallons in 1873 and
2, 500, 900 in 1872.
SrAuNToN, Va, has a man who eats
glass, not only without injury, but to
the apparent benefit of his digestion.
He expresses q preference for wat' h
crystals, as they are more easily ohewed,
but viii eat window-glass or even thick
tumblers on a small wager. There Is no
accounting for tastes.
SEVERAL years ago a hopeful young
minister left the shores for the Cannt-
bal islands as a missionary. On arriv-
ing at the end of his journey the ma
tives weighed him and cut a silver on
his leg as a sample. he came home by
the next boat, and is now tho travelling
agent of a circus.
TIE experiment of lighting railway
cars with gas has been brought to a
more successful solution in Prussia than
even in this more rapidly progressive
country. On one of the railways the
experiment has been so successful that
there is little doubt of the ultimate ex-
clusion of all kinds of oil lamps on the
railways of Germany.
A WoRD FOR THE MoTHER.-
Send the children to bed with kiss and
smile;
And soon they Will pass from the portals OF
The wilderness ways of their life-work to roam.
Yes. tuck them in bed with gentle :. good
The mantle Of shadows is yelling the light 3;
And maybe-God knows-on this sweet little
face,
May fan deeper shadows in life's weary race.
Yes, say it "God bless my dear children,
prhyl"
It may be the last you viii say it for ayel
The night may be long ore you sse thom again!
And motherless children may call you in vaini
Drop sweet benedicticn on each little head,
And fold thern in prayer As they nestle in bed;
guard OF bright angels around them invite,
The spirit may slip from the mooTing tonight.
AT the National Science Congress in
Breslau on September %, trial was
made of DIR. Reelain's apparatus for the
cremation OF the human body. The re-
suit was that half an hour after the
corpse was placed in the furnace the
soft parts of the body were thoroughly
consumed, and in one hour the bones
were reduced to fne white ash.
a COHItkAPOkDIENf uGhCIlDGh n new
kind of table decoration that he Wit
messed in the house of a Russian lady
in London. The table was entirely COW
cred with moss, and the only evidence
of a white tablecloth was seen in that
portion which hangs at the sides Of the
table. Flowers we're prOfusely intro
duced, and the effect, of course, was
unique.
LET not sleep fall upon You eyes till
you have thrice reviewed the transao-
tions of the past day. Where have 1
turned aside from Fectitude2 ? What
have I been doing? What have left
und one which I ought TO have done
Begin thus from the first act, and pro-
ceed and, in conclusion, at the III
which you have done, be troubled, ana
rejoice for the good.
HOME is not name, nor form, nor
a routine. 1t is a spirit, & presence, q
principle. Material and method viii
not, and cannot make it. It must get
its light and sweetness from those who
inhabit It, from flowers and sunshine,
from the sympathetic natures which, IN
their exercise of sympathy, can lay aside
the tyranny of the broom, and the awful
duty of endless serubbiBg.
Ina great city like London there are
always houses which, from some acci-
dental cause, pass away from any re-
sponsible ownership. Sometimes they
are occupied by tenants who, in the first
instance, pay no rents, and then gradu-
ally assume the rights Of landlords. 1t
is said there is q company in London
Organized solely 10 make a profit by
taking possession of such property and
either holding it or finding owners.
TX view Of the fact that Watts hymns
have been translated into the Ohootaw
language, and have b. come favorites of
the braves, an admirer of the noble red
men says IL is very affecting to think of
q noble red man sitting upon fence and
singing, "How doth the little busy
bee, while he watches his wife carrying
home q couple OF bushels OF potatoes
upon each shoulder, and wondering If
he couldn't swap that squaw for 3 jug
of robust rum
THE late Hon. Sam. Galloway, of 90
lumbus, Ohio, was a remarkably home
" man. On one occasion, whilo dining
with a personal and political friend IA
Chillicothe. the six or seven year cid
daughter Of his host, who had been in
tentfy studying GalloWay's face, said,
loud enough to be heard by oil at the
table Z" Ma, didn't that mans mamma
love children mighty well ?" why 50,
nv dear p asked hsT mother. "Oh,
Just cause she raised him :"
Mas. THoAfPsoS, Of Mohawk, New
York, loves ehivalrous men. She want
ed one for a son-in-laW. She had some
doubts abOut the young man who was
engaged to her daughter, so she dressed
in mems clothes and picked q quarrel
with him. The prospective son-in-laW
took OF his coat, iamned the old lsdy'B
hat down over her eyes, tore her collar
OF, broke her nose, and was abOnt to
make cafpet-rags of her pautaloons,
when he discovered that he was fighting
g woman. Mrs. Thompson thinks he
will do.
WE thought that everything il was
possible 70 say about " hash" had been
said, but here is another contribution
A certain hostess, whose table Is noted
for It's uniformity Of dishes, has brisk
daughter who electrihes her mas board
ers with the following parody sung 20
an accompaniment on new hity-doliar
piano while beefsteak and venison
cost lots of cash, be it ever 30 gTialy,
fbere's nothing like hesh F; the seiaPinss
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