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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-03-25
Mourning for the Emperor of China

The emperor of China being dead,
says the London Weekly Dispatch, ali
his subjects, according to their rank,
will be required to mourn his deeease.
On the proclamation of the governor of
the province, the mandarins under him
not only put on mourning, but paint
out the decorations on their house walls,
and wrap their Fedan chairs in black
cloth. The common people have to
shave their heads, and also perform
certain ceremonies prescribed especial
ly for them; but as for the mandarins
and local gentry, on a second proclama-
ton from the governor of the province,
they meet together on certain appointed
days, in a particular temple, to Z" lift
up their lamentations" for the departed
monarch whom most of these msurners
never once beheld- The mode of their
proceedings is in this wise The man
darins, gentry, and others entitled to
take part in the ceremonial, having
mustered inside the temple, slowly and
silently take up each one the position
prescribed for him, according to his
rank, on a raised platform previously
prepared. This done, a professor of
ceremony appears upon the scene. Ev-
erything being ready, the professor,
amid profound silence, calls out in a
commanding tone, " Kneel down" I'm
mediately one hundred individuals,
more or less, being the highest in rank
and power in the province, simultane-
ously fall PROSTATE. Then the next
order comes: Knock your heads once
on the ground" which the company
Immediately do. Again and again
the fOreheads tap the floor, and yet a
third time they are required to kneel
and knock. The professor, while they
are still on their hands and knees, now
commands them to begin their lamen-
tations;" RhereupOn these adult, ration
al beings commence to moan and weep
in a wimpering, subdued tone of voice.
This having been kept up for minute
or SO, all are ordered to " stop their
crying, rise up" and " dispense from
their places" which, by this time, they
seem not unwilling to do. Thus ends
the ceremony of "three boWings and
nine knOckings," The funniest thing
connected with the whole business is,
that until the emperor's death has been
officially announced from Pekin, nobody
Is supposed to be sorry. A steamer
commonly brings the news down to
province long before the governors
official despatch arrives, and thus,
though the emperor's decease is perfect
ly well known, everybody surprisingly
commands his feelings, and goes about
his business as usual. It Is only when
the governor sends forth his public an
that the land Is convulsed
with sudden and universal sorrow.
Happy is the monarch whom his people
delight to honor.
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surine Fashions.

Lucy Hooper has taken an early look
at some specimens of rev and beauti-
full fabric Just designed for spring wear.
In her last letter from Paris she tells
all about it. Il consists of light-col-
ored silk brocade, with a raised ara
beeque rattern in velvet Of a shade
darker than the hue Ct the ground
work. This sounds rather heavy and
unspriug- like, says Lucy, but the tints
are so delicate and the patterns so
light and open In effect that the mate
vial looks thoroughly suited to the sea-
son. Two shades of green OZARK velvet
on light green silk, two of pale cafe
au-lait, and lace-lIke pattern in black
on a white silk ground, were among the
styles looked at. A very new and eff
fec'ive material for epring caps is COM
posed f black cashmere, cut out in
flower like patterns and applique on
strong black silk net, the edges of the
flowers and leaves being foished off
with a narrow silk braid. The net of
the ground work is specially manufsc-
tured for this purpose, and is remark
ably solid and capable of enduring
much wear. The garments are finished
off W. h black tape fringe laid over an
other fringe of seWing-silk. Dolman's,
saeques, sleeveless jackets, and apron
oveIskifts are to be made of this mate
risl, which is rich-looking, effective,
durable, and not specially costly. It is
thus far the great novelty of the season.
a new material for evening dresses is
also inst out it is a silvery-looking
white gauze, with a surface crinkled
like that of Canton Grape it is soft in
tex ure, and has been brought out to
replace the ever. popular crepe de Chine.
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Cuban Affairs.

The Havana correspondent OF the
New York Times, in a recent letter to
that paper, says:
The present state of affairs IN the
island, the raid of the insurgents in the
CincO Villas, and their destruction of
valuable plantations unmolested and
unhindered by the Spanish forces the
very unsatisfactory state of the fnan-
ciai question the efforts of the govern
ment 10 enforce the payment of taxes
due on previous DEGREES the knoWl-
edge that Captain General COncha's
resignation has been accepted by the
home government, and that Valmaseda
is to replace him, and the dispiriting
accounts of the military operations of
the Spaniards against the insurgents,
who are at present so actively engaged
in this half of the island-all these
circumstances give rise to a most alarm
ing and deplorable state OF things.
The Voz de Cuba shows the unsatis-
factory outlook in the following plain
language
Gold and exchange have risen, but
this time We can to certain degree ex-
plain the rise. The call to arms of
20, 600 men IN Spain, as announced to
us by the associated press telegram,
cannot, however, be considered salts
factory. And it is difficult to arrive at
a favorable solution in Cuba, when the
chief authority changes every sixmOnths,
and above all when these changes obey
the oscillations of politics on the
Peninsula. The intelligence, also
furnished by the associated press, that
10, 900 men would be sent to this island,
cannot either be considered satisfactory
until we receive full particulars. How
and under what circumstances viii
those 15, 600 men come VIII they be
drawn from the ranks of the army,
taken from the $1,000 men called to
arms? OF the two sources, the latter
appears most likely TO be chosen, al
though part may come from the racks
of the army. Again. how and when
viii these $4,000 men reach Cubs
Unless 5000 are sent at once, to arrive
at the latest by the last of next
month, and take advantage of the
months OF April and May, the last of
what is known here as the winter cam
paigD, it is like doing nothing at all.
Other accounts IN the same strain
follow. The Official Gazette says:
"The column commanded by the
chief In command of the Cumansyra-
qua Zone, composed of forces of foot
artillery, and part of the Cardenas bat
TALON, Cumanayragua Guerrilla, Guines
cavalry, volunteers from SRgus, and
CamaIrones Guerrils, in all a force OF
365 men, encountered the insurgents
(sbOut the I'd inst, at the Quinone5
cattle farm, near Manacas. The rebels
numbered 400 mounted men, COM
manded by Gonzales, and an infantry
force after an energetic resistance.
made by the artillery, the Cardenas
and Cumanayragua- Guerrilla, during
which the column lost $50 men, the
commanding officer was obliged to
order a retreat, although it is believed
that on account of the severity of the
encounter the enemy must also have
suffered considerably. The enemy, di
vided at times into small parties, have
set fire to the cane-felds of several
estates, causing considerable damage,
but owing to the activity of the col
umns in their pursuit, have been un-
able to fully carry out their work of
destruction"
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Farmers Wives.

A very sensible remark it was, that was
made lately by an old man, that many a
farmers wife is literally worked to death
in an inRdvertent manner from want of
reflection or consideration on the part
of her husband. None can understand
better than he, in blowing or sowing, or
harvest time, that if q horse gets sick,
or runs away, or is stolen, another must
be procured that very day, or the work
will inevitably go behindhand He
does not carry the same practical sense
into the kitchen, when the hired help
leaves without warning, or becomes
disabled, although he knows as well as
any man can know that % the hands"
will expect their meals with the same
regularity, with the same promptness.
and with the same proper mode of pre-
psratiOn but, instead of procuring
other Fl" help" on the instant, he allows
himself to be persuaded, if the help"
is sick, she VIII get well In a day or two,
or In week at faIthest, and that it is
hsr6ly worth while to get another for SO
short time.
Meanwhile the wife is expected not
only to attend to her ordinary duties as
usual, but somehow or other to spare
the time to do all that the cook or
washerwOman was accustomed to do.
that is, TO do the full work of two per-
sons, each of whom had already quite
as much labor to perform as she could
possibly attend TO. The wife attempts
it. By herculean efforts all goes on
well. The farmer perceives no jar, no
hitch in the working of the machinery,
and because no complaint is uttered,
thinks that everything is going on with
out an effort. Meanwhile, time passes,
and (ininite shame on some of them)
they begin to calculate how much has
been saved from servants wages, and
how much less food has been eaten,
and, because still no complaint is made,
the resolution quietly forms in the mind
to DO nothing until she does complain;
but, before that takes place, she falls
victim to her over exertiOns, in having
laid the foundation for weeks and
months of illness, If not of premature
decline aud death. Sincerely il Is be-
heved that these statements ought to be
written in large letters above the man.
tells of half the farmers In the country,
and, if over the other half also, it would
not be labor lost in favor of many a
heroic and accomplishing but outraged
farmers wife and daughter.-Des
MoiRes Register.
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g True Story of George washington.

About $50 yesrs ago he was a little
boy and used to go round hunting for
waaps' nests. It was the experience he
gained when the wasps used to go
hunting around for him, that enabled
George to endure without finching the
ha. dships of his future life. He was
born OF rich parents, snd the fact has
commonly been supposed to account for
his possession of hatehet, but the
truth Is that his father kept hardware
store. It was the detection of George,
in the act of choppiDg watermelon
vines with this Ratchet, that laid the
foundation OF all his subsequent great
cess, Convinced that it would be use
less to attempt to prove an alibi, George
id:
Father you know you stole those
vines-theY never grew there of their
OWL accord.
Biushing deeply, his parent replied ::
George, if You won't say q word about
it to your mother, III forgive you"
George held up his right hand, and,
catching upon his pale high brow the
last rays of the setting sun, reclaimed,
father, cannot tell lie, but for your
sake I viii not tell the truth. Here
after NUNS the word"
ThereupOn they both knelt down
upon the long wet grass, ana solemnly
dedicated to their country their 4" lives,
their fortunes and their sacred houOr."
Then George arose, cut off the claws of
the British lion with one stroke of his
sword, and expired, at an advanced
age, of fatal attack of diphtheria.
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The Abuse of Annetits

The appetite is one of the least APP
preciated of natures gifts to man. 1t
Is generally regarded in this work-a-day
world as something to be either starved
or stufed-to be got rid of at all events
with the least inconvenience possible
There are people who are not only glad
that they have been endowed with
sound, healthy bodies, for which nature
demands refreshment and replenish-
ment, but they are actually ashamed to
have it known that they are sustained
in the usual manner. The reason Of
this we are at loss to conceive.
Everybody admires beauty. and there
can be no true beauty without good
health and no good health without a
regular and Unvarying appetite. We
ara disinclined to let appetite take any
responsibility on itself If we happen
to consider Is too delicate we try to
coax il, perhaps stimulate it with highly
seasoned or fancifully prepared food.
There are times when this may seem
necessary, as in the case Of a person so
debilitated as to depend for daily
strength on what he eats. Bat usually
the cajoiing process Is a mistake. II
the appetite of an individual in fair
bodily condition be occas 'onally slen-
der, Il is no cause for alarm, and It
should be allowed to regulate itself
IL may safely be considered natures
protest against some trausgTession, and
4; Is wise not TO attempt coercion.
At certain seasons, as IN the spring
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An Odd Old Danca.

In book called 90 The Dancing Mas
ter" published in 1928, appears the fol-
lowing description OF a dance called
" LOneways." to be danced by ''as many
as will" Note-Each strain 10 be
played twice over. The first wo. (short
for woman) holds her handkerchief on
her face, and goes on tho outside below
the third wo., and comes up the middle
to her face first man follows her Cat
the same time pointing and smiling at
herr up to his place. First man do the
same, only beckons his wo. to him.
First wo. makes a motion of drying
first one eye, then the other, and clasps
her hands one sitter another on her
sides (the first man looking supposedly
at her at the same time) and turn her
partner First ca. Couple y move with
t 30 slow steps down the middle and
back again. The first Gu. sett and cast
eff" Most men would now look " sur
prisedly at any Two" doing this odd
figure, without receiving any order to
do SO from Z" The Dancing Master"
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A MYSTERY
~ JOHN .. wH1rrIEH.


The river, hemmed with leaning trees,
Wound through its meadows green:
A low, blue line OF mountains showed
The open pines between.
One sharp, tallPeak above them all
Clear into sunlight sprang;
! saw the river OF nv dreams.
The mountains that ] sang!
No clue of memory led me Oh,
But well the ways knew;
A feeling OF familiar things
With every footstep grew.
Not otherwise above its crag
Could lean the bias ed pine;
Not otherwise the maple hold
Al0ft its red ensign,
So mp the long and shern foothills
The mountain road should creep;
SO. green and low. tho meadow fold
Its red-hRired kline asleep.
The liver wound as it should wind
Their place the mountains took;
The white, torn fringss OF their clouds
Wore no unwonted look.
Yet ne'er before that rivers rim
Was pressed by feet OF mine;
Never before NINE eyes had crossed
That broken mountain Line
A presence, strange at once and known,
Wake with mo as'my guide:
The skirts OF some forgotten life
Trailed noiseless at my side.
Was it dim-remembered dream2
Or glimpse through eons old
The secret which the mountains kept,
The river never told.
But from the vision. ere It PASSED,
A tender hope I drew,
And, pleasant az a dawn of Spring,
The thought within me grew
That love would temper every change,
Aud soften all surprise,
And. misty with the dreams OF earth,
The hills OF heaven arise.
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NIL DEsPERAEDUM.-A real healthy
man or woman, is q rarity and what
sender? when we realize that it is the
custom to overload the stomach, and
then produce chronic disease by the use
Of spirituous liquors, " toDics, "appe-
Tiers, +" restoratives, etc. Having
first produced disease by indiscretion,
the victim wonders why &c nothing does
him good" Just so /: and the reason is
that they all, or nearly all. find basis
in alcOhol-or poison. To all thus dis
eouraged, We can cOnscientiously say,
90 make one more trial" discard spir-
ituous medicines, and give nature
chance, aiding her in the struggle by
using one of her own pure and unadul-
terated herb remedies, ia the shape of
Vinegar Bittars. The discoverer, DIR. J.
Walker. OF CslifornIa, is DO pretender,
but an honorable practicipg physician,
and his discovery is the result of years
of labor and study. The wonderful
cures effected by them OF dyspepsia,
fevers. rheumatism, and many other
terrible diseases, are almost incredible.
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contained ], 037 monks and SOIL nuns.
In the diocese Of Cologne the numbers
increased b stween 1850 aud 1872 from
228 TO ]. ass IN Posen, from 10 to 337 !;
and IN Kuhn. from TO 19I. The pro-
portion of foreigners is not inconsider-
able, but cannot be precisely asceT-
tanned The programme sketehed by
Prof. Busch, of Frieburg, twenty-five
years ago, has thus been acted upon
when he said {: We viii collect the
scattered Catholics IN the remotest
North German districts aud give pc
euniary support, so that they may main
tain Catholicism aud become its pi-
oneers. We viii surround the Oh
Protestant flock with a net from east TO
west, rivet these bonds with a multitude
of cloisters, and thereby suppress Prot
estantism. y
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PosTPoNRMENr OF THR TExAs h!

POsTPoNEMENT OF TIE TEXAS REAL
ESTATE DRAwINe.-Owing to the invarsble
custom Of pOstponing drawings, the public
will not believe they will take place. Although
literally patronized, we have not disposed of
quite all the tickets. Owing to the above
cause. together with the unprecedented rains
and floods throughout the entire South, as
we'll as Texas and as We are determined to
have full drawing, thereby insuriug entire
satisfaction to ali ticket-bolders. We have
postponed our drawing TO May 13th-about
sixty days, when every prizs shall be paid in
full amounting to over 60, 900 acres OF choice
land centrally located, near railroads, II
Houses, 2.325 Gold Coin prizes, amOrg them
one OF $4,000, and one of IS. 600. Our en-
terprise is Endorsed by the CitE Council. Re
liable agents wanted. Send for Circulars;
they will convince you, we are both reliable
and responsible. Tickets REDUCED to 81.
Eleven for $40. and % for $40. No connection
With any other similar enterprise.
J. E. FosTzR,
HOnaf0n Tavaa
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and summer, the appetite of even the
robust is apt to fail, and the relish for
meats and heavy food to wane. This is
all right enough, for animal diet In
warm weather heats the blood, tends to
headaches and is generally unwhole-
some, unless sparingly used. On the
other hand, fresh vegetables, berries,
fruit AID bread are cooling, corrective,
and what the palate most Graves. Don't
be afraid to go without meat a month
or SO; and if You like, live purely on
a vegetable regimen. We viii warrant
that you viii lose no more strength
than is common to the time, and that
you viii not suffer from protracted
heat as when dining on the regulation
toast-GOod Health
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LU1NesroNE's tombstone in Westmin-
ster Abbey is black marble, inscribed
with golden characters-as may DO the
heroes in the book of life. The in
scription reads Brought by faithful
hsnds over land and see, here rests
David Livingstone, missionary, traveller,
phllanthropist. Born, March 10, 1913,
at Blantyre. Lannrkshire. Died, May
l. 1878, ut Chittambo's Village, Ulals.
For thirty years his life was spent in
unwearied efforts TO evsngelize the M
secrets. and abolish the ubiquitous slave
trade of Central Africa Where, with
his last words, he wrote Al I can
do Ia my solitude is 10 pray, may
heavens rich blessings come upon every
one-Amerioan, English or Turk, who
will help 60 heal this open sore Of the
world.
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Died sndaenlv OF Reart DIssnss.

How common is the announcement. Thou
sands are suddenly swept into eternity by this
fatal malady. T is disease generally has its
origin in impure blood filed with irritating.
poisonous materials, which, circulating through
the heart. irritate its delicate tissues. Though
the irritation NAV at first be only slight, pro-
ducing g little pRlpitatioD or irregular action,
or dull, heavy, or sharp darling pains, vet by
and Y the disease becomes firmly seated, and
Inflammation. or hypertrophy, or thickening
of the lining membrane or of the valves. is
produced. How wise to give early attention
to case of this kind. Unnatural throbbing
or pain in the region of the heart should ad-
monish one that all is not right, and il yoH
would preserve it from further disease, you
must help it to beat rightly by the use of such
a remedy as viii remove the cause OF the
trouble. Use DR.. Piercess Golden Medical
Discovery before the disease has become too
seated, and it will, by it's great blood purifying
and wonderful regulating properties, effect
Perfect cure. It contains medicinal properties
which act specifically upon the tissues of the
heart. bringing about healthy action. Sold
" all fra4-rlaEa dFf1orofatz
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An Old Family.

One must accept the words of a
Presbyterian minister as good evidence.
So We do not hesitate TO believe that
the Rev. John II. Thompson, a Scotch
minister. tells the truth when he SAYS.
in book entitled 'sThe Martyr Graves
of Scotland" that he has found a
farmhouse in LOckgoin over the door of
which is an inscription bearing the
date of ITS, and th6t the present &C.
cupaut OF the farm is the thirty eighth
of his name that has held the farm
the family having dselt there for
thirty eight generations. that is, ever
since the eighth century The name of
the family IS Howies. Talk of your
old families after thisi There is an
English peer whose pedigree dates
back to the twelfth century, but he Is a
mere parveBu compared with this
Scotch farmer. The only way in which
one can prevent a feeling of infeIiority
in the presence of such an autocrst IS
to remember that after all, you and he
are alike descended from Adam
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Cattle Trade between Texas and
London.

There viii soon be live cattle trade
between Galveston and London. A
company has recently been formed in
the great English capital, of which Sir
Howard Epperson is president Col r.
M. Graham proposes to represent it in
Galveston. According to the News, of
that city, the plans of this company
ere based on a capital OF five MULLEN
pounds, and contemplate the establish
ment of a regular line of steamers be.
tween Galveston and London, especially
to the business of carrying live cattle to
England and bring immigrants to Texas
Col. Graham informs the News that the
chief popularity of these vessels will
be the application of Relph's patent
for securing cattle on voyages by a
series of connected hammocks. It is
asserted that with the use of this patent
as many as 1900 cattle can be safely
transported in direct trip of about
sixteen days The company also de-
signs to establish a stud farm in the in
terror of Texas for the improvement OF
stock. A pioneer steamer, the Finis-
telre, chartered by the company, has
left Glasgow and her arrival is daily
looked for In Galveston.
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WHEN THE PRESIDENT ." FoDDERRD -
Many years age, when David Crockett
was a member OF congress, and had re-
turned 70 his constituents sitter The
first session, a nation of them sur
rounded him one day and began to
interrogate him about Washington.
Sc What time do they dine at Washing
ton, colonel ?" asked one. 81 Why, F"
said he, common people, such as you
here, get their dinners at one O'Clock,
but the gentry and big uns dine at
three. As for the representatives, we
dine at four and the aristocracy and
the senate, they don't get their vietuals
till FIVE. Well, when does the pres
ident fodder?' asked another. Old
Hickory?" exclaimed the colonel, a.
tempting to appoint time IN Accord
sRca with the dignity of the station
" Old Hickory? Well, he don't dine
till next day.