The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-04-01
TIMELY TOPICS.

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TIMELY TOPICS.
MEMBRBs of the British parliament
receive nothing for their services, that
as. the country pays them nothing d.
Eectly; on the contrary, it costs a neat
little fortune to get in. Official statistics
oof the late general election in the king
dom show the charges incurred by the
successful and defeated candidates. In
NORTH Durham, for instance, the ex-
PeIses of the two successful candidates
were Ell, 7,601 of the losers, e10, ,6O2.
Thirty-two successful candidates in
seventeen districts paid an average of
f3, ,645 for a seat, their rivals expending
on an average 81, ,SO3 each. The de-
feated candidates in eight districts paid
81, 755 each, while the seats were won
at-an average cost of only E2,s23 each.
Two losing candidates in West York
paid e10,984, their rivals coming in at
an expense Of but e9,O29.
The railroad war is spreading, the
Michigan Central and Michigan South
ern having begun to cut passenger fares
m order to catch some of the spring
travel now about opening. The Indi-
annapolis and st. Louis road also has
reduced its fare TO New York. VII.
Wanderbilt, being interviewed a few
days since on the subject, is reported
pc aovir,or AI,of I,s,.s ero,.a ,vo--, e. -,
sengers travelling at the present season,
and the roads were, like Kilkenny cats,
tearing each other to pieces for the
purpose of securing them. When the
passenger business became brisk he
predicted this kind of conflict would
cease, and the rates become firm again,
as had been the case during former
sessons of railroad strife.
SAILING vessels have been decreasing
in number for the last four years. In
1870 the total number of registered
sailing vessels in the world was 6,5I8.
In 1874 the number had decreased to
56,289. At the same time the av e.caoe
size Of the ships had also d>4creauef
from 27O tons to 258 tons. The de.
crease in both cases has taken ,lsce
principally in the Aeetz of America.
England, France, and Germany. where
steamers are rapidly supplanting sail.
ing ships, a. Ad this decrease has been
sufficient to- more than counterbaIance
the lncr' lase Of Ehe number of sailing
ships fIelonging to Greece, Portugal,
and -toTway.
In the post-ofice department were an
institution gotten up expressly for the
annoyance of the public, it could hardly
ibe more efficient as a nuisance than il
is. The repeated changes in the rates
of postage on printed matter are enough
to distract statesmen themselves, LEI
alone ordinary men, and it is no wonder
that the public, always stupid in mat
ters that most concern it, should fail tC
keep informed of all the little posta
revolutions that take place in the cours,
OF a year. BY the recent change in
postal rates probably half the news
papers mailed by individuals will b,
held for postage and sold for wrappin,
paper.
MAN named Merritt, from Troy, N
Y, has been prowling around the islani
of Dominica, in the West Indies, an,
has discovered something which YER
nearly resembles the Bible description
OF hell. It is a bottomless lake of red
hot water boiling savagely, half mil
wide and two miles in circumference
In the center the seething mass shoot
far into the air, and the arid, desolat
shore is laved by steam. The water
heavily charged with sulphur. Merit
is the only American who has visite
the horrible place. An English con
pany is going to manufacture sulphu
at the burning lake.
A LETTER from Florence, Arizona, t
the San Diego Union, gives a detaile
interview with Bender, the Kansa
murderer. He eonfesses that he
John Bender, but states that he did No
commit the murders, but that John an
Kate, his son and daughter, did. Il
declines to state the whereabouts of h
family. He says they went from Kans'
to Texas, and there separated, he con
ing to New Mexico aud subsequent
TO Arizona. He left John and Ka
with the old woman. A requisitio
from the governor of Kansas is dali
expected. when he will be taken ther
In space OF ten years not much le
than two millions of British subiec
have left their native land. Some wei
TO Australia, some to Canada, and mo
came to the United States. Unt
lately the Irish emigrauts we're in c
cess of the English and Scotch. Sin
1869, however, the respective ratio,
are reversed. During that year Gre
Britain sent forth eighteen thousal
more emigrants than ireland, and
1872 this excess was ever more marke
DRs. BEAM and Wagner, the Germ
statisticians, estimate the total popu
ton Of the globe at 1891, ,032, 900 sou,
Asia contains over 81 per cent; Euro
less than % Africa less than 10, a
America barely 6 per cent. The natl
of China alone embraces 425, 800, ,O(
or nearly one-third of the whole worl
Hindoostan is credited with $40, 90
600, so that these two countries cont,
nearly half of the human race.
DIR. DEKovEN, a High Churchm'
has been rejected, and DR.. Jaggers
Low Churchman, whose indorsem'
of Bishop Oheney's position before
seeded created considerable exciteme
has received votes enough to make
confirmation as bishop of South,
Ohio certain beyond any doubt. ]
result in these two eases settles
status of the laity as between Hi
Church and Low Church