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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-10-22
An Aide-de-Scamp,

An amusing anecdote is told of a we'll
known French general, who played a
conspicuous part In cavalry charge.
This gallant warrior had been severely
wounded on his head and bullet in his
thigh. Such an allowance might have
satisfied a man of quiet tastes, but was
far from sufficient for the hre-eating
general. In relating the charge, which
he did at every dinner party, he was in
the habit of throwing in half a dozen
bayOnet thrusts and a couple of stray
splinters from q shell, and he invariably
appealed for cOrroboration of his narTa-
tive TO an aid-de-canp who had ridden
by his side. On one occasion, having
imbibed more than his usual allowance
of AT Chateau Yquem, he drew q more
than usually startling picture Of his
riddled and perforated condition. A
cannon ball had killed his horse, dozen
sabres had descended at once on his
head, a couple of lances had passed
through each Of his arms, and all the
bullets and bayonets of Germany
seemed to have given each other a rem.
devious in his body lyon remember
it we'll, don't your" he added, turning
to his aide-de-carap. The well-trained
subalttrn had suffered long in silence.
The bayonets, bullets, lances, ETC., he
had got used to by long practice, but
the cannon ball was the last straw that
broke the camel's back. "No, general,
7 don't remember it. How could you
expect me to? You know as we'll as
do that the very cannon ball that killed
your horse struck the breastplate Of g
cuiFassier behind rs, and then bounded
back end took my head of =
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Venetian Laces.

A writer in the Cincinnati Gazette
says: The history of some of the
Venetian laces is curious. Clement
VII. gave his neiee, Catherine de Meii-
cis, laces in relief of enormous value,
which afterwards became the property
of Mar Stuart. During the reign of
Louis XIV. the laces necessary for
geRtleman's costume cost $4,000. The
pOntifical dress worn by Pope Innocent
XL. is now exhibited at the exposition
at Milan, and also the magnificent laoes
of the Princess Margaret, presented to
her on her marriage 10y the ladies of
Venice. The collections of antiquaries
give the clearest idea which we can
have of the variety and peculiRrities of
these laces. 1t is interesting TO see the
admiration which these persons feel for
their treasures they touch them with
respect, and show them to an inexpert
with ecstacy. There is the point
d'Espagne, so named because the pattern
came from Spain point d'ivoire, imita-
ted from the designs of ivory cuttings !;
point de rose, rose pattern but all these
are made in Venice. Their texture is
marvellous, for all these stitches, 30 fine
that they are scarcely visible to the eye,
where made by the needle in q woman's
fingers. Happily, we may for these
things use the past tense, for the fabri-
cation of piece would often ocenpy
years, and sometimes a lifetime Their
price is as extraordinary as their work
manship. You may have for So 600 a
piece of lace four inches wide and long
enough to trim an overskirt, and an
other piece fer the bertha, which, al
though not the same pattern, viii yet
agree with it. For 2l00 you can have
an ugly, large collar of poiut de rose,
which no modern lady would care about
wearing"
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Doctors in Russia

a night medical service has Just been
organized AZ st. Petersburg by the med
ical men of that city an arrangement
which meets a real want OF the public
of the Russian capital, who, however,
bad hitherto not taken the necessary
steps 20 provide it. Russian medical
legislation does not allow liberty of
work to medical men, who, when re-
quired either by a sick person or any
one believing himself to be i'll, are not
permitted TO refuse help. Thephysician,
surgeon, accoucheur, midwife or assist.
ant who would either refuse to act when
called on or neglect TO do so is punished
by fine, on the first occasion OF from
five TO ten roubles (lSs. Sd. 20 35s) Oh
the second occasion of from ten to fif
teen, and the third time from 90 to 100
roubles while the physicians and sur
geOns who are in government EMPLOY
may be deprived of their ofiice. These
laws are Sanctioned by usage, and no
later than this year two Russian physi.
clans were tried for an infraotion of this
law, and one of them condemned for
having refused to afford assistance to ar
invalid during the night. The Courier
Medical Russo, whence we obtained our
information, insists on the necessity of
abolishIng these cOercive measures di-
rected against medical men the more
SO that at the present time everything
relating TO the public health in Russia
is regulated by municipalities in cities,
and by the territorial, cantonal and de-
partmental councils in the provinces.
The same journal also urges that in
England custom no longer sanctions CO.
Q, GIVE laws directed against medical
men, while in Prussia they were. erased
from the statute-book in 1869.
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Nickel.

We all know what nickels- are, in the
plural, for we are continually handling
the five-cent coin known by this name,
and our five senses may all take note Of
It: bat as to nickel IN the singular, it is
q singular fact that most people know
very little about It. 1t is only Of late
that it has come into general use, the
Swiss government being the first to use
Il Tor coinage, some thirty years ago.
Its recent discovery is, however, "a re-
discovery.
DIR. Flight, of the British museum, in
London, found three whitish coins
there, which had the appearance of
silver. But be had his deubts as 10
their genuinenesz, and subjec ed them
to tests, when they confessed them
selves TO be but nickel. As these coins
bore date two hundred years before the
Christian era, the learned doctor put TO
fight all idea OF the discovery of nickel
IN modern times.
Il is a curious circumstance that
the name nickel" vas originally aioE-
name.
The workmen In a German copper
mine found n reddish ore which was Of
no use to them, and which they, there
fore, imagined was put there by that
mythical parsonage, supposed to live N
German mountains, called " Old Nick, ="
in order 20 deceive or hinder them.
They, therefore, gave the ore the name
Of Kupfer- nickel, or copper-nickel.
When the metal came into use the min
er's nickname was adopted, and even
for scientific purposes turned into the
Latin word H8cOlISBl.
The same is the case with the ore
from which cobalt is made, ard vhich
Is often found In cODiunction with
nickel and copper. It vas called cobalt
from its supposed production by the
elves. who, according N German legend,
guard the treasE~ the mines, and
Who are known olds.
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A Modern PygmaliOn.


The Paris Droit relstes that a man
he's lust died in the Bicetre asylum
whose lunacy had a very singular origin.
His name was Justin, and he exhibited
wax work figures at Montrouge, his gal
lery consisting Of contemporary celebri-
ties and great criminals. On pedestal
in the centre was the picture of a Young
girl remarkable or her graceful figure
and perfect features, her hair falling IN
long curls over her naked shoulders.
Justin had named her Eliza, and was
so struck with her beauty that he passed
hours in contemplating her. She seem
ed to him to speak, and her blue eyes,
with their long eyelashes, seemed to re
spond to his passion. Under the lntiu-
ence Of this illusion he neglected his
business, and for want of Snowman TO
puff it people no longer visited the gal
ierv. Poverty succeeded easy circum-
stances the modern P.ygmalion could
not separate himself from Eliza. his
wife was obliged to sleep on bare mat
tress. and when she demonstrated he
ilI-srsated her. IrEitsted at the unjust
harshuess che one day destroy 4 the
wax figure. Justin was furic ze ii zee
ing the fragments, and seizin6 . TcoIn-
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A Disastrous Biunder.

The Memphis cotton exchange, from
numerous reports on the cotton crop in
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and
Arkansas, estimates that in these states,
from the blighting effects of the recent
severe drouth, the aggregate yield viii
be about forty-fve per cent. less than
that of last wear. This viii be a severe
loss 20 the states directly concerned /;
but there are still more discouTaging
facts in this Memphis report, viz: Hav-
ing realized advances to the extent Of
their interests, laboFeTs have abandoned
the picking Of the cotton IA many in
stances, and as, In addition to prices Of
cotton being very low, very little grain
or meat has been raised, there is much
foreboding as 70 the future. This de
yotion of their lands and their capital
exclusively to the cultivation Of cotton
has for many years proved a disastrous
blunder to our southern planters. They
have depended upon their cotton 20 sup
ply them, not only with ali their house
hold and farming utensils and imple-
ments, their clothing, furniture, etc,
but to supply them with provisions, to
a great extent, from the northwest,
when, for manufactures OF sll deseEip-
sions and for sll the articles of subsis-
tence of the temperate zone, our cotton
states offer facilities and advantages
which exist nowhere else in the world.
To these important matters Of southern
reconstructioR the attention Of southern
planters canDot be too earnestly direct
d.-N. y. Herald.
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Size OF the Whale.

The sperm whale attains very great
size. The measure Of a whale in vhaI-
ing parlanoe is indicated by the number
of barrels of oil it will make Ask any
old whaling captain of forty years ex-
perience how long is the longest sperm
whale and he Will strive TO answer the
question by estimating the known pro
portions Of his ship. Let me see.
From Just forraId Of the main swifteE,
we'll, say forty-five feet, and you have
his eye allow ohs-third for the head
and you have seventyltWo. Well, nov,
seventy-two feet is a loug whale but I
never measured one" The largest
whale we took made 10T barrels. It's
length was seventy feet from the
nose to the bunch of the neck, twenty
six feet thence TO tie hump, twenty
nine feet from hump to tail, seventeen
feet; length of tail, sixteen feet six
inches height at forehead, eleven feet;
width, nine feet siS inches at junction
of tail, Seven fea nine inches; lower
jaw, sixteen f long and fOrry-One
inches IN circun elence at thick part.
It had fiftYsene teeth, the heaviest
Weighing twenty-five ounces. Rlubber
on back, eighteen inches on side,
twelve to fifteen inches, and belly, nine
to ten inches. The hump WAS two feet
above the level. The case made nine
teen barrels body, seventy and half
barrels junk, fourteen and half bar
rels. Capt Sullivan, of the James Ar
mold, of New Bedford. off New Zea-
land took in one voyage eight whales
that made over 100 barrels each, the
largest yielding 1877 barrels. The head
of this made ffty-three barrels, and the
case baled twenty seven barrels. IL
vas ninety feet long the fukes eigh-
teen feet, Jaw eighteen feet, case twenty
two feet, and forehead thirteen and a
half feet high. During the same season
and on the same ground, Capt. Vincent,
ship Oneida, of New Bedford, took ten
sperm whales, which, slowed l, lao bar
rels. Capt. Norton, ship Monks, of
New Bedford, took on the off-shore
ground a sperm whale that slowed 145
barrels the dimensions OF this mon
ster were not taken. The proportions
of whales vary much with the sex and
age. The young bulls and the COWS are
slender; the cows are about oDe-third
the size of the bull, when measured by
the oil they yield.-COT. NJ Y o.
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SunIlght for the Sick.

Dr. Wm. II. Hammond, in discussing
the sanitary influence of light, observes
that the effects of deficient light upon
the inmates of hospital wards and sick
chambers have frequently come under
his special notice that most physicians
know how carefully the attendants upon
the sick endeavor to exclude every ray
of light from the apartment, and even
some members Of the profession are sin
gularly assiduous In this respect; but
that the practice, except II some cases
of actual disorder OF the brain and 9th
er parts of the nervous system, is per
nicicus, admits Of no question. During
the late civil war DR.. 81. visited camp
and hospital IN West Virginia, in conse-
quence Of information received that the
sickness and mortality there prevailing
were unaccountably great. and be made
a minute examination into all the cir
cumstanees connected with the situation
OF the camp, The food of the men, ese.
Among other peculiarities, he found the
sick crowded into a small room, from
which the light was excluded by blinds
OF india-rubber cloth. The patients
were as effectuaify biesched as is celery
by the earth being heaPed mp around
il; pale, blOodless, ghost-liks looking
forms, they seemed to be scarcely mortal.
Convaiescence was, under such clrcuna-
stances, according to DR.. Hammond,
almost impossible, and his belief was
that nsny OF the men had died, who,
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The Strength Of Metals.

The experiments of scientists have
demonstrated the following facts re-
specting the strength of certain mate
rails Gold may be hammered so that
it is only one three hundreds d-siItv-
thousandth of an inch thick. An iron
bar would support its own weight if
stretched out to q length of 81 miles.
A bar of steel was once made which
would support its own weight if extern
ded to q length of 49, miles. Bunker
Hill monument might be bnilf more
than g mile in height without crushing
the stone at its base. When bars Of
iron are stretched until they break,
those which are the strongest increase
in length less than the weaker Ones.a A
piece Of wood having the breadth and
thickness of three inches, and the
length of four feet, If supported at its
ends, would be bent one miilionth of an
inch by a a weight Of three pounds
placed In the center. and a weight Of
one-tenth of an ounce would bend it
one-seven- -millionth of an inch.
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The Late Earthquake at Antigua.

A correspondent writing from Antigua,
Guatamala, under date of the LIST, gives
an account of the earthquake there the
previous evening. On the Sd of Sep
tember, at $50 P. NJ, without previous
warning, a strong earthquake shook the
ground violently in the direction from
west to east. Wave-like undulations
on the surface rose and fell at least
foot. The first strong shock lasted from
twenty-five to thirty seconds, when the
eontenIs of a large water-tank in the
court yard of the hotel were thrown ont.
Wild screeches and screams continued
even after the early terror had some
what subsidized, and long after there was
the noise of walls falling more or less
distant, mingled with the sound of hun
dFeds of voices chanting hymns for mer-
cy. Many shocks followed during the
night, every one of which gave rise TO
new alarms and new impiorations. It
was intensely dark during the cOntinu-
ance of the shocks.
An inspection in the morning showed
chat about two dozen inhabited houses
were destroyed, causing loss of thirty
two lives. The number of houses dam
aged, and which viii have to be taken
down, is considerable. Many of the old
ruins of 1773 have suffered seriously.
During the confusion incident TO the
earthquake, several men appeared with
long knives for the purpose of stealing
and numbering, but the political chief
of Antigua soon repressed them. All
the squares and courts serve as tempo
rary abodes. 1T will take some time
before the pf ople of Antigua recover
serenity of mind enough to go to sleep
in their tot ering houses. At Gaatamala,
the capital, slight shocks were felt.
The Indians say that three villages at
the foot of the volcano Delfuego have
been DESTROYED.
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A Paradise for Broken Down Men.

A correspondent Of the San Francisco
Chronicle writing, from the Island of
Fahiti, says If a white man is tired of
civilization and wishes TO lay OF. then
he can come 20 the South Sea and fied
some romantic little nook where under
the bread-fruit trees, and cOcoanut
groves and banana-forests, he can loll 50
his hearts content. But such a man
must have lost his grip, lost his hopes,
and come to the conclusion that he is
weak and imbecile creature, unable to
var with the great seething cauldron
called civilization. I find such white
men on the islands Of THESE seas, bat
what wrecks they are. Utterly lost,
they lead an aimless life, vegetate rather
than live. They are most miserable
specimens OF the European race which
have conquered ard civilized the earth.
As compared with the natives Of the
South Seas they are inferior. mentally,
morally, and physically, When a white
man goes to wreck here the wreck Is 50
complete that there IS nothing left Of Il
but mere shadow.
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How to Make a Good Bed.

Perhaps some housekeepers would
like TO know how they can make an in
expensive, and at the same time a good
and durable bed, or mattress and
bolster. l have a bed that will with
good usage) last lifetime. 1t is mere
ly q tick, the same as for straw, or
husks, with openings in the upper side
to insert the hand for stirring, and filed
with cut paper. Now, reader, do not
throw aside the paper with disgust, but,
If for nothing but curiosity, finish the
article, it will do you no harm f; possibly
you may be induced to make one. The
work of cutting the paper is not such a
long job as you would think. Take any
kind of clean paper Except straw paper
and fold it, or roll, so that 1t can be cut
with one clip of the shears, and then
cut it you need not be particu ar a. to
the width, although the narrower it is
cut the better. These clippings are
like little curls or rings of paper, and
lie like feathers, and after using the bed
they will not grow fine and dusty, but
are clean, and can be stirred as light as
when first used. I have heard people
who have slept on them say " they were
the best beds they ever slept on" l
prefer them to feathers or common mat
tresses hair mattresses are nicer, OF
course, but few of us farm RS wives can
afford to buy them whereas the paper
bed we can have without cost, except
the work, and that the smallest child
you have who can use q pair of shears,
will help you, and ii not kept busy too
long at time, will think it but play.
The same material makes nice pillows
for lounges, chair cushions, cradle ticks,
etc. I have box to keep waste paper
in, which is out of the way, and at the
same time handler then the rsg-bag /;
and when it is full, I cut them up into
another box and put them into the tick.
[ use the same ticks that I have used
for straw wash them and sew up the
openings, so they are just large enough
for the hand to pass through readily /;
three openings are suficieut.-C Cor. Cf1a-
ciHndti Times.
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Texas Cattle Disease.

This mslady has appeared in the west,
and is exciting much dread among
farmers. John Wentworth, a large
breeder OF short horns. near Chicago,
writes 10 the Prairie Farmer: Farm
ers want no sueh cattle brought into
their neigbborhood when there is no
frost. I suffered much from the disease
in 1868. and could not arrest its raw
ages until heavy frost came, and snch
is the experience OF others. The trade
in such cattle Is very lucrative. and is
mOnOpolized by very few men, besides
the owners of stock yards and railTosda,
Rhording great temptation 70 Violate the
law during the term enversd by the pro-
hibition.
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Nickel is valuable chiefly on account
of its hardness, and its freedom from
Inability to rust. In many cases it takes
the place of silver, and when brightly
polished looks almost as we'll. In its
common form, it is mixed with large
proportion of copper. It is highly mag
netio, and serves for the needles Of com
passes, but for other needles the yer
dict is, mot sew we'll" T"
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Turkey Making an Arsenal of Herself.

People Will soon want to know what
Turkey intends to do with so much ex-
plosive material, such quantities of
deadly missiles, such engines of de
struction. But it is not in New York
alone that the ferocious Mussulman is
arming himself. The other day the
viceroy of Egypt gave the Turkish sui
tan an iron, clad, and now his majesty's
mother, the valide sultana, has kindly
told the grand vizier that she will her
self pay the cost of thirty feld-pieces,
gun carriages and all complete, for her
son. This present is in addition to
twenty other pieces of Krupp artillery,
which her highness a short time ago
good-naturedly gave for the troops.
The sultan is also treating himself to a
few guns, and the grand vizier has Just
signed a contract with the local repre-
sentative OF the Krupp foundry ct Eisen
foI 200 fieId-pieces for the Turkish army,
the cost of the order to be defrayed out
of the sultan's own privy purse. The
valide sultana has made it a condition
of her little order that the thirty cannon
shall be delivered within four months
time at the latest. If the design is to
use this waTlike material somebody is
likely to get hurt il not, the imperial
treasury Is burdened TO little purpose.
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stick he struck his wife, and would
have killed her had not her cries drawn
the neighbors to her assistance. Justin,
who had lost his reason, had to be Sc
cured, and was an inmate of Bicetre for
five years, living up to the last under
the charm of Eliza, whose image seemed
always before him.
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had they been subjected to the opera
tion of the simplest laws, Of nature,
would have reeovered.-M Y Tribune.