The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-02-04
FACTS AND FANo1Es.
THE BRIDGE

FACTS AND FANoIBs.
THE BRIDGE
NOT BV LoNaEELLow.
1 stood On "tho bridge" at midnight,
With feelings can't reveal,
And the moon rose over the ta1ran
Behind the man at the wheel
Il knew, on little reflection,
That man was laughing ct mel
Fer, approaching 30 rapid q climax,
Came the malady OF the SEA-
Far on in the hazy distance
OF that fearful night in june,
The whole horizon seemed upside down
And dancing round the moon.
And down in the deep black shadows
The hungering fishes played,
And seemed to be plsintiveiy seeking
Their supper 80 long delayed.
And The waters round me rushing
Served but 20 increase my pain,
And 8 horrible qualm came Ger me
As OF someshing-I couldR't contain
How often, oh, how often,
In the day that had gone by,
Had that fearful, ahominal feeling
Upset mel wonder Why.
How often. oh, how often,
wished that the streaming tide
Would cease its restless motion
And give comfort to my inside.
Fer nv head wes hot and feverish,
And my stomach was full OF bile,
That was much increased by the engines
With their horrible odor Of lie
But
But
Qnterval Of two minutes.)
But now it has fallen from NO,
It is buried in the sea,
And as for the sickness OF others-'
What the deuce does it matter to mo
Yet whenever I go by steamer,
II only for penny ride,
The oil from those beastly engines
Plays the dickens with nay inside.
And think how many thousands
or wretched billions men,
On crossing the English channel,
Have fed the fishes since then.
see tho long procession
Stream on in a CHASTITY line
Each bearing the fatal basin
As an outward visible sign.
And forever and forever,
As long as that steamer goes,
As long as a man has 'innards,"
With such agonizing throes,
Tho "bridge" Of tho Dover packet
Shall frequently appear
AS the sea sick mOrtafs haven
When he feels most awfully queer.
The Mexican congress has offered a
reward of $40, 900 TO the first mine
which shall have produced 600 TASKS of
quicksilver.
Think of that When you take
girl to spelling. school in Nevada you
have to ride twenty-fOur miles, and you
have to keep your arm around her sll
the time
Two additional " Morgues" have
been constructed of Paris, as the estab-
lishment behind Notre Dame was in
sufficient to accommodate the people
IS found in the river"
1t is reported that the Mexican
government is garrisoning small towns
on the Rio Grande, for the purpose of
assisting the authorities on this side IN
breaking mp cattle stealing.
Three Chicago girls are about open
ing a BARRIERS shop in that city. One
is to do the lathering, another the shaw
ing, while a third, beautiful blonde,
is TO sit on a sort of a throne, and play
on a harp and sing. The outfit of this
establishment, it is said, viii cost
S12, 600.
in regard TO a portion of "the
great West" it is a private opinion ex-
tensiveIy held that a country which is
eaten out by grasshoppers in the sum
mer, where the whisky freezes solid in
the winter, may be advantageOusly left
for the exclusive occupation of the
noble red man and the prairie dog.
One of the oldest sensations is said
to be that of being lowered fifteen
hundred feet into mine. The great
length of cable allows a spring of foot
or more upon the slightest movement
in the basket, and w. j. Florence, the
actor, who has just had the experience
in Nevada, says il feels like being ball
at the end Of a rubber string.
A AIoNARcH's" FLEsH.-A banquet
has lately taken place in Paris Of which
Firmin, the eminent Publisher, pre-
sented sirloin Of lion, a leg and heart
of the same animal, artistically cooked
that is, disguised. The flesh, though
firm and close grained, could not be
ranked higher than with that from the
horse, The heart was not at all ten
der" but rather tough. The meat was
not of a nature to Justify the opening Of
a special butchers shop, or the forma-
ton of a philanthropic joint stock so
ciety to encourage the consumption OF
the delicacy.
-AEBOEullK " Nng AAAAlAAA-tAn AAAa-AAtA-
faeEurer the six largest steamships in
the world are the Great Eastern, owned
bv the international telegraph construc-
tion and maintenance company, 674
feet long, n feet broad; the City Of
Peking, some months ago launched on
the Delaware river for the Pacific mail
steamship company, 5000 tons, 42S feet
long. 4S feet bioad the Liguria, 4, $40
tons. AGO feet long, 40 feet broad the
Brittapie. Of the white star line 4, 700
tons. 455 feet long, IS feet broad the
Cify of Richmond, of the Inman line,
{. 600 tons, 1881 feet long, 43 feet broad; ;
and the Bothnia, of the CunRrd lines
4, 500 tons, 425 feet long, 42i feet broad.
The high-toned California may
make mistakes, but he is ever ready TO
acknowledge them. A California Journal
tells this Not long since q German
was riding along SAMSON street, near
Sacramento, when he heard a pistol shot
behind him. heard the whizzing Of a
ball near him, and felt his hat shaken.
He turned and saw man with revolver
in his hand, and took of bis hat and
found q fresh bullet hole in It. Did
you shoot at me 2 asked the German.
Yes replied the party I; that's my
horse it was stolen from mo recently.
You must be mistaken said the Ger
man Il have owned the horse for
three wears sWell,' said the other,
when I come 30 look at him believe
am mistaken. Excuse me, sir won't
you take a drink 2 T"
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Books and Dogs as Propagators oi
Disease.
Among The many agents for the spread
of infesiious diseases are, il seems,