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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05

tinct conclusion on the subject. But I
know that Stericker's face wore, to nv
thinking, very remarkable expression
as quilted him. His smile was simply
awful. And strange to say-at least. I
think so, though it may not strike
others in that light never saw Ster
lcker again. He died shortly after
wads, as I read in the newspapers. the
vlctim of a street accident. He was
knocked down and run over in Hvde
Park, by pony ph@ton, driven by
lady. There was, of course, an inquest
upon his remains, the jury deciding.
however, that he met his death 4" bv
mlsadyenture. Some attempt had
been made to hold the lady responsible.
and to charge her with furious driving,
But nothing of the kind was sustained
before the coroner. Various witnesses
gave evidence, acquitting her of all
blame in the matter. Her conduct in
court was said to be most becoming.
And it was reported that, attired in
very deep mourning, she had followed
Sterickers body to its last resting place
IN Brompton cemetery. Now, was this
lady the Arabella of Stericker's story g?
She may have been. But have no GER
tain evidence of the fact. Nor, indeed.
have I anything further to communi-
cate touching the life and death of my
acquaintance Stericser.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05

A T, markable instance of the extent
TO which competition may be carried is
found in the wonderfully reduced rates
of translantic passage at the present
time. A steerage passage to Europe
NAV nov be obtained as low as so,
while the average prices are from SIS 20
SO. During the past summer, many
Irish and English emigrants have gone
hack to their native land to visit friends
and relatives, and they are now begin
ming TO return-7OO having arrived at
Castle Garden one cay last month.
The cheapness of the fare renders the
European trip really little more than a
Measure excursion. Notwithstanding
the lowness of the price, too, and that
the messenger is provided for twelve or
foDrteen davs with food and drink, yet
the fare is, upon the whole, good, plen-
tifuI and wholesome. The food consists
Of boiled beef and pork, salt fish, hot
bread crackers, rice and barley soup,
,otatoes. hard ships biscuit, porridge,
1oIasses and a poor grade OF coffee.
Tbo messengers have to provide their
own plates and table cutlery. They
slso proyide their own beds and blan-
kets. exit" consists of a set OF TIN
5isbes and a straw bed can be bought
of venders on the wharves for from
s.. so to 50. These, especially the beds,
are usually thrown away st the end OF
the voyage. Dining tables are provided
i'm the steerage, but most immigrants
prefer to have the food brought 20 tneir
berths by the ships steward, as they
usually have pickles, and other relishes
of their own, to add to their meals
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05
WOmen's Pail Hats.

Every year we are prone to declare the
new hats more unbecoming and ungainly
than ever before. But, hitherto, we
have misused our mother-toDgUe.
Though we know it not, superlatives,
ere this, have been wretchedly out of
place. Privately, am inclined to think
that some of the masculine hat-houses,
having had large stocks of felts left
over for q season or two past, must
have disposed of them cheaply 10 milli-
ners, who agreed to bring them out as
something novel for women. Certain it
is, that no shadow of difference can be
detected between a majority of the new
femme head-coverings and the soft sum-
mer felts worn by men. They are iden-
tical ven to the narrow repped ribbon
binding, and the band around the crown.
There are, of course, variations of the
high-crowned mannish style but that
prevails, and may well be considered
the style of the season. Indeed. GER
tain economical persons are trimming
and fires shening their husbands last
summer hats, thereby rendering them
selves modish end thriftful at the same
time. The bTims Of the hats are M
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05
Rachel's Avarice.

Mile. Rachel, the late great French
tragic actress, who, nineteen years ago,
visited this country on an artistic tour,
had a we'll deserved reputation for
shocking avarice In fact, she would
have cut a cent into four pieces. AS she
was at supper one night, in a reunion OF
artists and authors at Alexandra Dumas
fathers whose prodigalities and superb
disdain for money afforded a striking
contrast with the celebrated Jewess'
covetousness), the company indulged in
playing cards, and Rachel, taking out
of her pocketbook some money for the
game, let a silver piece of so centimes
40 cents) fall on the floor. Much
troubled by the incident, she immedi-
ately called for Dumas servant to bring
a candle and fetch the important trif1e.
% Let me do it, maliciously exclaimed
Dumas, sending back his servant. "Tn
find it for you, my love" And, taking
out of his pocket a bank note of 100
francs (S2O), he lighted it at the Iuster,
picked mp under the table the half
franc piece, and most graciously ten
dered It to Rachel, who carefully put it
In her portmOnnsie as she would have
done with a relic coming from her an
cestor Moses.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05
LawIess Texan RuIians,

For some time past the vicinity of
Kearney Junction, Neb., 200 miles west
of Omaha, has been infested with a
lawless set of Texan herders, who have
made periodical drunken raids into
town, firing revolvers, yelling, and de-
fYing the officials to arrest them. On
Thursday afternoon five of them made
another drunken raid into town. The
sheriff summoned a posse to arrest
them. The zufians resisted by firing
at their pursuers, The citizens re-
turned the fire, fatally wounding one
named Peeler, and wounding another
slightly. The latter with the three
others escaped. Peeler will die. Sat
urday afternoon the citizens were again
surprised by a repetition of Thursdays
disgraceful affair. Three Texan herd
ers came riding into town, firing pistols,
cursins and racing their horses through
the streets, threatening the lives of the
citizens. The latter Immediately armed
themselves and assembled to drive the
desper ldoes out of town. A sharp fight
ensued, in which one of the herdeTs
called ''Texas Spencer" was unhorsed,
being mortally wounded. Another had
an ear shot of. All but Spencer es-
capped. None of the citizens were hurt.
They have organized to rid the country
of this dangerous class, who come with
droves of cattle from Texas, and have
long been a terror to peaceable citizens
in and near Kearney.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05
Swimming Two Hundred Miles.

In the steamship Queen there was, as
one of the passengers, the noted Paul
Boynton, pearl diver, life saver, and
man-fish in general. He leaves on a
dangerous experiment, which is none
other than to make a sea voyage in a
life-saviug suit. It is his intention to
dop overheard not less than two hun
dred miles from land, either after leav-
lug New York or before leaving Liver
pool, when he aill be left 10 tho mercy
of the waves until he shall meet with a
passing vessel. Mr.. Boynton is conf
dent that he will come out all right in
the matter and prove the value of the
dress. This is a rubber suit or armor
of peculiar pattern, containing COM
parUments which, when inflated, 1t is
claimed, are to float a man OF any
weight in safety. The one taken by
Boynton will weigh fifteen pounds, and
ne carries with him, in q rubber bag,
two dozen signal lights, two pounds Of
cheese, six pounds of crackers, one piece
of bolonga sausage, one ak and one
bowie knife for sharks, signal flags,
rockets, an extra suit of clothes, and a
large double bladed paddle with which
to propeI himself. Mr.. Boynton is a
man of fine physique, and weighed yes
terday about one hundred and eighty
pounds. On the Jersey coast he claims
to have saved seventy-one lives. N J.
HCTOIT
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05
The Range of a Chlnaman's Appetite.

Tea is an indispensable requisite at
every Chinese board, but coffee is also
consumed to a moderate extent. The
popular supposition that the heathen
eschews the ardent is somewhat eirone-
ous. He rarely imbibes to the degree
of riotous hilarity, but he does relish
right heartily sam shoe, or rice brandy,
and consumes large quantities Of this
pernicious distillation. The sham shoe
is an article SURPRISING in the strength
and durability of its Intoxicating prop
critics the famous sheep heider's de-
light, and the heather faculty OF resist
ing its injurious effects demonstrates
the power of his physical temperament
and fortitude of his intellectual organi-
cation. The Cinnamon do not banker
after rats, as is commonly believed. but
among the poorer classes this vaTmint
is sometimes devoured of necessity. A
sleek and well-fed cat, however, is a
prize for the gods and is greatly es-
teemed by the heather epicure. For
this reason a pampered feline pet is
always in peril in the vicinity of the
Chinese quarter, and is liable at any
time TO be snatched from the rug of
luxury and ease and dropped into a pot
of boiling wateT.-Sdfl Franc o CGh
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05
Robber Ants.

The American Naturalist publishes
the following interesting anecdote of
''robber-anbs," communicated in a let
ter to the Smithsonian institution, and
published by permission of Prof. Hen
ry: "Once upon a time there dwelt in
my yard fourishing colony of the very
smallest species of black ant. The ser
wants about my cOok-house had spilled
a quantity of syrup, which ran through
the floor. The little ants had found it,
and seemingly the entire population
v ere out and busy packing it away to
their home. The microscope showed
that they carried the syrup in their alb
domen. But, before they had secured
all the syrup, 1 observed that there was
great excitement along their road. The
larger, black, erratic ants had discovered
them while carrying home che syrup,
and were taking it away from them. It
was really painful to observe the ruth
less manner in which they slaughtered
and robbed the helpless little ants of
their distended sacks of sweetness.
They grabbed up the heavily -burdened
little fellows, doubled them, and, biting
open the abdomen, drew out the full
sack and seemed to swallow 1t; then,
casting the larcerated carcass aside, they
furiously sprang upon another of the
panic-stricken crowd, and repeated the
horrid operation. Millions of these
heartless butchers were at work and
soon, on account of their wealth, that
pOpulous city vas exterminated.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05
IN THE FALL.

o, autumn, with thy dying smell.
So faint, 40 sad and Vet 40 svS,eet
Amid the streWinRs at my feet
By patterlng nut and broken shell
feel the secret Of thy spell.
The flying year IL fun retreat
Forever.
Esburnshed by the last weeks rat,s
The helds recall the green of surir
The hills describe a Eharper rir,s,.
The dews in diamonds drench the panes.
The leaves grow thinner in the lanes
lhe threads upon the hedgerows eIing-
In silver.
Pale, like the fading forest hair
The slautinR sunbeamR atrrggle fbro,,r,t .
The sky il Of a fearful blue Al >
A pcusive essence fills the air:
And, with pathetic sweetness fair
Inc wan world seems to wave adieu-
Forever.
The cattle browse along the lea.
The piping robin haunts the lanes
The yeIow-turning woodland wanes -
The apple tumbles from the tree:
Ana autumn, ranging through, links me
To nature.
pensive and poetic year,
What il the secret Of thy power9
whereby my poesy would flower
Between radiance and tear!
And yet hnd no radiance here
To paint what trembles to the hour
Within mel
Eden-world Of hill and green.
Aud distant CLEANS Of slumbering l,I,,o,
mud no lyric language true
To paint the shadowed and the seen.
o infinitely touching view.
In vain thy sp rit peeps betwsenI
The sublimities that lie in you
EVaQe
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scriptior is out or unpaid, and that
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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05
Cortez Chapel.

Says a writer at Key West, Florida
On Couzmel island are yet TO be seen
the walls of the first church ever built
on the continent of North America.
Cortez, before the conquest Of Mexico
say about three hundred years ago
built his first place of worship on this
beautiful island. The foundation and
walls are yet partially preserved each
side has an elevation Of some ten feet.
Tho altar is covered with an almost i'm
penetrable growth of chaparral, and AL
about and even inside these ruins are
ancient and modern tombs, where pa
triarchs rest. The wild flowers bloom
over them IN great profusion, and the
birds carol sweet songs morning and
evening. a paved walk extends several
hundred yards westward, but it is now
almost buried from sight in the sod.
Excavations are seen, where searchers
for hidden treasures have delved.
There is a fine field there for the curl
GUS to explore. But the natives of the
locality allow it to rest 50 quietly that
the dense strawberries almost cover it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05
Tough Goose.

A good many stories OF stammereTs
are told, but none better than the tol,
lowing of Platt Evans, of CINCINNATI II
was one of his pleasures to teach ms
friends how to purchase tender geese
though he could not always get then
in the market. One morning he sa"
lot. and inquired of the farmer nov
-S7o,,v there we're. ssAbout a dozen,
80 the reply. "W-w we'll, said he,
ssT k.k.keep b-boarding-house, and my
M. boarders are the biggest e-eaters
Won ever s.s.saw. Pp-pick out mn nine 5II
of the t-t-toughest you've & g-got:: Inc
FARMER complied, and laid aside the
ottar three bender ones. Platt picked
them up carefully, and putting them II, II
the basket, said, CT b-b-belleVe L Il
t-t-take these three.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05

wired, and, therefore, offer an irresisti-
BILE opportunity for jaunt, and pokes,
and dents, which is eagerly embraced
by the trimmers. Cor. CHICAGO T5-ib.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05

Water has to be obtained on deck. and
is generally much less plentiful than
food. There is generally q number of
musical instruments, and many musi-
clans. On the voyage they amuse them
selves with music, songs and dancing.
Every day those who are able to do so
are required to go on deck and get
the fresh air. Considerable difficulty is
often experienced in stormy weather in
carrying this regulation into effect.
Those who are not accustomed to the
sea are usually very sea-sick and can
not be persuaded to leave their berths.
Their tickets are not taken up until
they have been two or three days at
sea. Now that this era of cheap fares
to Europe hes been inaugurated in one
portion of the ship, it is morally GER
tain that, sooner or later, it must come
in the other. To be sure, it does not
cost so much to carry steerage as it
does to carry cabin passengers but,
with continually increasing competition,
it is very certain that reduction must
come in the higher class of fares, and
the profits of the steamship companies
be greatly cut down. The man who
twenty years ago would have spoken of
going to Europe for tex dollars would
h We been hooteS at. That has come to
pass, and it cannot be long, with the
fierce rivalry now waging, that even
greater wonders may be looked for
Ne1U York Express.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05

THE Princess Of Wales is said to be
land, but somehow or other the Duchess
OF Edinburgh got several days start of
her in the matter Of 6 new fall bonnet,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-05

IT Is getting the business down Pret-
" fine when a New York locomotive
cuts a man into forty. five pieces ana
turns his boots wrong side out,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-25

ATTEMPTED BANK BURGLARy.-The
Newbury National bank at Wells River,
of which George Leslie is cashier, WIS
visited by burglars Thursday night of
last week. They effected an entrance
early in the evening, and began opera.
tons by firing blast on the safe door.
This not being sufficient to force the
door the blast was repeated three times.
BY this time, however, the noise of the
reports had aroused some of the inhabit-
ants, who proceeded to investigate the
matter. The burglars had forced the
door. but when about to enter the main
vault, they were frightened away and in
consequence the money, OF which there
was large amount in the safe, was not
stolen. Information of the affair was
telegraphed every where, but no arrests
are as yet reported.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-25

SERIOUS Academia serious and
probably fatal accident occurred at Cas-
Teton on Tuesday morning. A. w.
Hyde, of Hydeville was driving across
the railroad track near Castleton depot,
at crossing, when he was struck by a
passing train, completely smashing the
wagon and instantly killing the horse.
Mr.. Hyde was thrown some thirty feet
and striking on his head was rendered
senseless. He was Immediately cared for,
and found to have terrible cut on the
head. He continuedin failing and uD-
conscious state, and it was thought would
not live through Tuesday night. Mr..
Hyde has long been known as promi-
nent business man in Rutland county
and is half brother of Hon. Pitt W.
Hyde. P. S. Mr.. Hyde died Wednes-
day afternoon.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-25
The Rockingham Temperance Jul
bilee

The third annual Jubilee Of the
Rockingham Temperance Union, is TO
be held at Rockingham Centre on Fri.
day Of next week. Arrangements are
being made to make it a thoroughly in
teresting occasion. Among the speakers
secured are Rev. Mr.. Vibbert of Massa-
chusetts, widely known as an eloquent
and effectual advocate of the temper
auce cause and also Col. John b. Meade
of Randolph, whose presence on this &C.
casion and at this particular time will
be of especial interest The committee
are also making efforts to secure speak
ers from abroad, besides from our own
aud adjoining towns. Mrs. Noble, the
accomplished and popular reader Of
Chester, has kindly consented TO give
some of her choicest selections on this
occasion. A poem is also expected from
Rev. Mr.. Chaffee of Chester There
will also be music both vocal and instru-
mental the latter by the Bellows Falls
Cornet Band. And this is not all of
the programme for the day. Our friends
at Rockingham mean to make the social
features not among the least of the pleas
ant and good things of the day, and we
hope the people in this and adjoining
towns will attend in large numbers and
thus encourage good cause.
The railroad between Chester and
Bellows Falls will carry for fare one
way.
The officers of the day are j. B. Di-
vol, president, Geo. G. Bidwell, chief
marshal. Executive Committee-E. H.
Reed, G. S. Tuttle, H. B. Davis.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-25

SAD ACCIDENT On Sunday evening,
George Williams, lad nearly fourteen
years of age, son of Mrs. Sarah ]. VIII.
liams, in company with another boy,
started after his cows, and found they
had crossed the river. The boys took
off their clothes and waded the river and
drove the COW across a ter which they
went into the water again. Getting into
too deep water, George was drowned.
1t was some distance from any house,
and perhaps fifteen minutes elapsed be-
fore the surviving boy could raise assis-
lance. When he was finally taken from
the water, by A. B. Stockwell, life was
extinct. The mother-a daughter of G.
w. Farrar, an old resident of Middlesex,
is widow, and lives with her mother,
also widow. The father of the lad,
Hiram Williams, died in the army in
1865.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-25

BARToNsvILLE.-A meeting is to be
held at Bartonsville on Saturday even
ing of this week, at 7 O'clock, for the
purpose of forming company for the
manufacture of the Columbian Washer
and other articles, in the buildings known
as the Lower Paper Mill Buildings. The
matter will be presented by |. S. Rich.
ardson, Esq, of Chicago, who we be-
lieve was formerly of Chester, and we'll
known in that section. The Columbian
Washer is said to be very useful article,
and the project of mandatory at Bar
louisville, will be received with favor at
that place, as once more re-establishing
in part, business lost there by the disas.
trous freshet of 1869. The Washer is a
Chicago invention, or at least is owned
there and the object is to secure manu-
factory here as base for supplying them
to this section of country.
A. E. Simmons will speak in the
Spiritualist Hall in Bartonsville, Sept.
9th.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-25

FELCHvILLE.-Edgar Coolidge has
bought out the stage line between Wind
sor and Proctorsville, owned and driven
for the last six or eight months by Hen
ry Fletcher.
The walking match between w. H.
Wilkins and Frank Amsden came off
at the appointed time. Quite a crowd
gathered to see the sport. Wilkins
walked his mile in nine minutes twenty
seconds, Amsden in eight minutes and
fifteen seconds.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-25
LOCAL MATTERS.

There was considerable frost on
Ay morning in this section, except
- river where the fog kept it off.
- Norman S, Brockway of this viii
hge tool the second prize at the recent
hooting match at Springfield, Mass, Of
" National Rifle club.
~ The Montpelier Journal appears in
Nv type and looking very nicely, anoth-
L consideration in connection with the
palliative Journal during the session.
- Rev. p. NJ. Frost of Proctoryille,
Bill preach in the Methodist church
|ext Sunday and deliver an address
b Temperance, in the evening, at six
Fclock.
- Our thanks are specially due to
|ir old friend, Geo. r. Barrett, and to
lis. Adams, for kindness and many
ntant courtesies, received at the Ches.
Flown Fair.
there will be Harvest Festival
Im@anuel Church, on Tuesday eve
Tor, dc Goth, at 7 o'clock. After the
rvice there will be a reception at the
ectory, TO which all the Parish are in
ted.
The Argus & Patriot announces a
lilly during the session, at 81 25, sin.
2 by mail, or $40 for 10 copies. The
oprietor says of you want a red
t daily from the capital be sure and
| / one"
- A couple of gentlemen are canvas
| liz this pIa ce with new kind of lamp
ok. Ia brief trial they certainly
pear very favorable, and the expert
o. ia other parties in this village is
nil4r.
= The New ORLEANS Minstrels give
4 Entertainment at Union Hall this
hrsday evening. They are not given
exclusively TO burnt cork as may be
erred, good portion of their enter
nment being devoted to excellent mu-
and always received with favor.
be fair of st. Charles Church
lsad on Wednesday evening and has
oved 4 Success, though we are not able
give the figures this Thursday morn
~ Considerable interest prevailed in
voting over the silver set, which was
arsied to Charles Barker by vote of
TO 1868 for f. A. George.
= The Bellows Falls Nine won the
smpien bat on the second day of the
at Chester, in game with the AL.
> Of Springfield, by score of q to
The bat may be seen at Towns no
and is beauty, being ingeniousIy
ie Of alternate pieces, in stripe, of
~ maple and rosewood and silver
anted.