The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-04-02


S3YISGS AND D8fNGs
vEnT blonde hair is known SIS The
" light fantastic scw,"
THE hornet IS beautifully defined to
be the red-hot child Of nature,
sTHR spirit-world is sixty milliuus Of
miles from the earth. some spirits tell
az who have come back.
X China two. people Of the same
name dare not marry. The Smith fam
ily would suffer in that sQuntry.
SPELL murder backward, and you
have It's cause. Spell ats oanse in she
same manner, and yon have its etiect.
MARROW railways have now
I. .354 miles IN operation IN this country
and Canada, and over 8, ,000 more are
now Contemplated. tA4
WHEx shs ta6 him be was a Cat,
Jones said it was her fauls, because she
would nos have him round. Jones
thinks he got square on her. art
"A NEw York Arm have in tlleir store
a piece Of lace IKE yards long. worth
81 400 a varJl, which > man cnuia crowd
into bis watch fob or pockee~book.
A wzTc1fsfAs who leagea IN tho boil
er-room of n factory WHs asked Il he
syasn't afraid of being blown mp, aud
answered, With siekly smile, 8 No; Tn
= married man,
ASnRKw JACKsoN was accused Of bad
Spelling, bat John. Randolph defended
him by declaring shat . g man must be
fool who could not spell q word more
ways than one.
ASD now here comes a cleaning light
through the midnight darkness. Rev.
Meekam, of Green Bay, ssys that it is
his belief that most Of the editorial
fraternity viii eventually be saved,
A PRAEER ron ,Jpsr1cs.--,. s-
E - o thou God Of truth aud insticei
-r- Seated on Thy -gloisouf thrQne ~
: Hear The picafipgs of thf people,
And thy rnfshtv power make known.
God OF Israel
Send as swift deliyerance down.
II. the slain q aIoloch strcwinF,
Like the sand thh ocean slfofe
Hark the draHkard's dcath-kuoll wsiling,
i WailinE DER rs eTar1nor1l
God of mercy,
Hast thon lost thine aReient Pewerl
Shall the widos b pitoous crying
Waste itself in wild sespairg
Shall the orphaF's bitter sighing
~ Die unheeded on the air iI
s.-- ~. God OF Judgment
All thy majesty declare
IT IS not 50 mueh poverty shat makes
men dFuakRrds, as drunkenness that
neles men poor. No scripturai truth
was ever more apparent than the PROV
erb that the drunkard shall come to
poverty.
IS one Of George Sands stories she
makes a man saw. g In enc short hour
1 suffered deatl a thousand times over. "
But what was that 90 having q young
mans paper-collsr bust on him at an
evening party ?
THERE is an old story that ST. Peter,
when Fevisiting tho earth, was obliged,
amid the multitudinous changes on
every hand, TO have q guide through
most OF Earope, but on entering Spain
be dismissed him for here, said the
saint, everything is just as / left 1t.
ApASr's apple is the name given to
the protuberance in the fore part Of the
throat, occasioned by the thyroid cartil-
age of the laTynx. This name origi-
mated from q kuperstitiOuR tradition,
that n niece Of Che forbidden fruit,
which Adam ate, stuck in his throat,
and occasioned the swelling.
"PATRIck, dear, eoaae, in and 60 to
bed, list, " said the wife Of a jolly son
of Erin, who had just returned from
the fair ia a decidedly how-come-you-
so state" - You must be dreadful
tired, wid yer long walk. =, 8 Arrah
git away wild yer nonsense," said Pat.
q It wasn't the length az the way that
fatigued nae. Twas the breadth Rv il.
4, THE report OF the growth of the Pat
roas of HusbandfY shows that J. 1855
grGnges hRge been organized since the
middle of December. The whole num-
ber of oranges is now l1.O00. The
largest increase took place IN the former
slave states, whore 565 new oranges
were formed, against $50 IN the Western
states. The national membership OF
the oranges now numbers $4,000.
A PUB15sHER in Yeddo, Japan, has
Just issued a life OF Washington ia for
ty-four volumes. printed 10 japanese
characters, and illustrnted with numeT-
ous enqravinqs. On the froutispiecs is
the portrait. OF the first president Of the
United States, ia the costume Of the
present day, wearing heavy mustaehe,
n cane in his hand, and es-
oorted by q terrier dog.
The tehciier of an infant school had
der attention eallGd 10 one little fellow
who was listening 20 what she said.
She had been teaching her class the
elements OF English history, and wish
ing to see il he knew what ahe bad been
talking about, she suddenly asked /:
. johnny, who killed King Rufus 2
With surprised look, he replied,
st Why, didn't know be was dead J.
A VIRarS1A railroad was made 10 pay
sos for killing a rooater. The engineer
said he spoke 10 the gentleman With the
whistle as kindly as possible. but when
the fellow dropped one wing on tho
afonnd, raised his good eye hBeven-
Ward. and commented wkestine his
spur on the rail, forbearnnse ceased 20
be a virtue aud he lit into him with
thirteen freight cars, aud forwarded
him 70 bis happy scratching-gr
by lightning express.
The New Orleans PicayuRs says that
on the Cd instant one Of the railroad
CORPORATIONS of its city threw into the
aIiesissippi river forty-Eeyou thopfand
counterfeit niekela. All Of which had
been reoeivsd by It's lines n payment OF
fares during tils year. The spurious
coins, it says, are manufactured ~ New
Orleans, but the makers have not been
discovered. Tho railroad companies
offer 3 reward Of one thousand dollars
for the discovery II the counterieiters.
Yfrs game called . abados-show IL
thus played A sheet is suspended
tightly across darkened room, q can
die fnever a keros enc lamp lighted and
placed upon the floor few feet behind
It. and the selected players are ranged
behind the candle. All bsiag ready Tor
tie show, the players, dressed IN any
comic way, may perform what funny
nantomine they choose between candle
and sheet. and their shadows viii be
protested upon the latter 70 the uD-
roarious amusement OF the audienc0 on
lhe other side. BY jumping over the
ezadle, frem before It, the iumPer is
made to disappesz very langhably and
Surprisingly in the air.
Railroads IN India.
The first RAILROAD in India was compile.
ted aHa the frss train Of cars started in