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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-04-22
The Dress-Pattarn Trade.

The New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal writes +" A great bust
ness has grown up apparently out of
nothing. The business is the making
of dress patterns out of fiimsY sort of
paper made for that purpose. The
amount of business done is simply mar
velOus. Through it ladies in the back
woods, in the country, and in the re-
hottest and sparsest districts can at the
cost of dime or so secure the latest
fashions for themselves and children.
One of these establishments sued a
house In New York on a note given for
goods delivered. The defense set up
was that there was no consideration. A
Quantity of goods were brought into
court and their dimsy textures exhibited
to the inspection of the intelligent Jury.
The jury gave a verdict for the defend
ant on the ground that there was no
property in such material. Yet the
dealings in this frail fabric are hardly
equaled by any other branch of trade.
One house does 500, 900 worth of trade
year. The paper is manufactured
expressly for the work, and is sent into
the city tons at time. A single order
exhausts 5000 reams. This house has
1000 agencies. They are in every part
of the United States, in Canada, and
across the seas. Orders for patterns
come in from S25 to 81, 900. The largest
establishments In New York, BROOKLYN.
Philadelphia, and Chicago buy $500
worth at a time. One hundred and
fifty hands are kept constantly at work
to meet the orders. And vet q New
Jersey jury affirms that there is no mar
ket value IN this business.
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A Medical Journal on the influence
of Religious Revivals.

The points of contact between re-
hgion and medicine vary according to
the side from which their relation is
regarded. Viewed from the side of re-
hgion they are many and various, as
our medical missionary societies testify.
Looked at, however, from a medical
point of view, they touch only at one or
two almost isolated places. Emotion
Is the motive power on which, for the
most part, our religious leaders have
relied to stir mems minds to effect what
is termed, with more or less Justice.
their conversion. To effect this much
force is needed, and in those whose
minds are in a condition of unstable
equilibrium the resulting perturbation
is sufficient to disturb the normal bal
ance of thought and feeling, and start
a series of consequences which Tnay
result in pronounced insanity. That
this is q frequent occurrence may be
doubted. Religious illusions are com
mon enough in the insane, but that
probably arises from the region of
thought anu feeling presenting the
most unobstructed field for excessive
action. 1t Is in periods of revivals when
religious emotion is stirred In dispro-
portionate degree that the danger of
such results is greatest, and this aspect
of a movement so extensive as that now
commenced in London comes fairly
within the range of the physicians con-
sideration. Judging, however, from
personal observations, we should say
that no movement of its extent could
well present less danger of excessive or
perverted emotional effects than that
of Messrs. Moody and Sankey. The
testimony OF most unprecedented OBJ
servers is to the same effect. The
services are singuiarly free from the
more Objectionable element of revival
meetings. Sympathetic, but not over
wrought music, and shrewd, rough
aptness-sometimes humor-of the
sermon are the characteristics which
mark the service from most ordinary
preaching of the same theological
school and there is nothing TO point to
artificial stimulation of the emotions
more than necessarily attends the ex-
temPore worship and earnest preaching
IN large concOurse. -LondOn Lancet.
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A Boiling Lake.

The Troy Times prints a letter from
a citizen of that place, at present So
journing in the island of Dominique.
West Indies, from which the following
is an extract:
1t Is barely a month since DR.. Free
land, in search of sulphur, in behalf of
an English company, accompanied by
DR.. Nichols. of this island, with few
servants, started on a tour of explora-
ton. At a distance from town IN an ar
line, of some eight or ten miles only,
yet by the necessarily eircuitous route
to reach it requiring days of severe
labor, struggling with precipices and
deepest vegetable enlaDglements, they
found an old volcano. IT'S height above
the sea is about ?, 400 feet. They de-
scended about 400 feet down the crater
of the lake-unheard of before, but
which is to rank among the wonders of
the world. 1t is literally lakeof boil
ing water. It is half a mile wide and
two miles IN circumference. In the
center the boiling, foamy water juts
upward IN a sort OF dome, several feet
higher than the surface, and where the
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-04-22
The Jananase.

The subioined translation from an
editorial in a leading Japanese journal
is full of practical good sense, worthy
of nation of much higher civiliza-
ton. The growing commerce between
Japan and our Pacific states and thus
with the Union, causes an increasing
interest In the progress of that peculiar
people. We quote:
Many among us are DESTROYS that our
civilization should take equal rank with
that of Europe and America. But. as
our country Is poor and the people are
Ignorant, we must first promote agri-
culture, so that the land should yield
more abundantly. We should promote
commerce. We should promote the ed
ucation of our children and compel
the indolent to be industrious and
when all this has been done it will be
tine to talk about rivalry with foreign
countries. But our scholars who desire
all these changes Immediately are like
those who wonld set a child to hard la
Dor, or who imagine that the poor
should abound IN luxury like the rich.
we DO not mean to say that we are in
the same condition that we were several
years ago. But, as we have said before.
the first and most important thing to
be done is to build schools. and TO Sc
cure the diffusion of useful knowledge
among the people; then to make an ad.
vance IN commerce and agriculture, so
as not to be decorating the outside only
and doing so much expensive work in
vain. Our scholars of European sci
ence ought to be assisting both the
government and the people. This is
the manner in which they will best show
their patriotism. And we entreat them,
too, to have little patience, and to
cool their ambition that all these
changes should occur at once. Let
them prepare the way for them, so that
when they come we may be ready for
them and they may be really to our
profit.
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Tobacco in Algeria.

The culture of tobacco may now be
looked upon as one of the principal
pursuits of Algeria. The tobacco crops
OF 1874 have been exceedingly abund-
ant, and the returns are double that of
the previous year-namely, 8, $50, 6OSf,
Since the year 1847 it has been calcu-
lated that the cultivation of tobacco has
realized 81, 600, 00Of. The government
is doing its best to encourage this
source of industry, and the planters are
zealously striving to improve their fields
and methods of cultivation, so as to
compete on a larger scale with other
countries. Public attention is also being
drawn to the mineral wealth of the
country. Throughout last year several
French, English, and American com
panies have been exploring various re
glons of the three provinces with view
to future enterprise but capital, roads,
and means of-transport are wanted. In
Constantine, mining operations are ae-
lively carried on. In 1873 the total
amount of mineral exports of Algeria
reached 400, 662 tons, two thirds of
which were supplied by Constantine.
Last year this quantity was exceeded /:
it is expected that the returns will be
490,O00 tons. The colony demands of
the government an extended survey of
mining districts, with a view to promote
a branch of industry SO important alike
to Algeria and France. At present the
number OF miners is only $500. the
greater part of these being EMPLOYED in
Constantine alone. Pail Mall Gazette.
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Snow Slides.
How AvaInnehes are Formed IN the
Rocky Mountains.

Rocky Mountains.
A Nevada paper speaking of the ava
lanches of snow which have been so
destructive of life and property this
winter, says The purely sliding ava
lRnche, or snoW-slides, are sHch as oc-
cur IN dry or mere moist snow, while
the rolling avalanches take place when
the snow is wet or sufficiently moist to
form into balls by rolling. The ava
lanehes that occurred in Virginia CITY
were OF the genuine rolling description,
the kind most dreaded and the kind
most destructive in the valleys of the
Alps. A very small beginning when
the snow is IN the proper condition
may end In destructive avalanche. A
ball of snow no larger than a mans
head, started high mp on the side of
Mount Davidson, might have swept
away several houses at the foot of the
mountain. The fearful force of the
avalanche was shown here when one
broke into a house and killed two men.
and another demolished two houses
and buried five persons, who were res
cued with much difficulty. A further
illustration of the terrible force and
destructive powers of the avalanche is
to be found In the fact that twenty
eight Cinnamon were killed by one that
fell near Genoa. AS we have said, a
small ball of snow started high up on
the slope of Mount Davidson would
result In a genuine avalanche. In roll
ing a distance of fifty yards in the
moist snow the small ball of snow
would become four or five feet in diam
eter, when it would burst, and each
piece of IL would an instant after form
a ball Of large size these in turn
would explode as soon as they acquired
a certain weight and velocity, and a
moment after there would be hundreds
and thousands of these balls in motion,
all bounding down the steep side of the
mountain.
While hundreds of these are explod-
ing or just forming, other hundreds are
OF fail size, and are picking mp rocks,
dirt, and all manner of rubbish, which
becomes involved in the grand down
ward rush. Toward the latter part of
their course the balls become SO nu-
merous that they bound and clash to-
gether so often that they are broken
before they acquire any great size, and
the whole avalanche is then plunging,
sliding mass of snow. The avalanche
which knocked two houses to pieces
anu uu1iSu I'VE persons started Out q
few hundred yards above where the
houses stood. 1t started at bunch of
rocks which projected fifteen or twenty
feet above the general surface of the
slope of the mountain. On these rocks
the snow had fallen and accumulated
to the depth of about three feet, hang
ing in places as snow is seen to do on
the caves of a house. From one of
these rocks fell a bunch of snow, which
began to roll down the hill, and the
result was a destructive avalanche.
Doubtless the avalanche which killed
two men started in much the same
Way
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-04-22
The Great Work.

A telegram from Nevada saws the
Sutro tunnel, which has reached a
length of 1900 feet, has approached
within one hundred feet of shaft No. 9.
which is filled with water TO a depth of
eight hundred and seventy-five feet.
From this point a diamond drill has
been started, successfully tapping this
great column of water, which It was
feared might drown every man in the
tunnel before it could have been posi-
bic to escape. The workmen can now
approach within twenty five feet OF the
column, when great number Of holes
will be bored to let the water of alto
gether. AS an additional means of
safety, bulkhead, suggested by an
officer of the United States engineer
corps, Is constructed, with a tunnel of
sufficient strength to Withstand 8 press
ure OF 2 600 tons, with a self-shutting
gate only sufficiently large to allow
cars to pass, which gate the approach
ing rush of water closes, giving the
workmen time to escape in the event of
sudden flood. The amount of water
flowing from the tunnel will be in
creased to about one hundred miners
inches. The connection with shaft No.
will insure good ventilation. The
tunnel at this point enters the mineral
belt in which the Comstoek lode is
situated.
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The Etiquette Of Court Presentation.


The Court Journal gives the follow
ing IL a review of the etiquette of the
court of st. James draWing-rooms !:
The lady wishing to be presented
must GFst find lady wiling to present
her, and also to attend the drawing
room at which she wishes to be pre-.
scented for, although it is byno means
necessary that the two ladies should
pass at the same time, or even that they
should meet, 1t is absolutely de rfglselsr
that lady who presents another should
attend the draW1ng-room. This pre-
hmlnary being arranged, the presenter
gives her friend note addressed to the
Lord Chamberlain, stating her inten-
ton of attending q certain drawing
room and of presenting Mrs. Jones.
This note Mrs. Jones leaves at the Lord
Chamberlain's Office, at least two clear
days before the drawing-room, accom-
panied by 3 large card, on which is
leglbly written Mrs. Jones, presented
by Lady Brown or, Mrs. Jones,
presented on her marriage by Lady
Brown. From the Lord ChamberIain's
office she receives on application two
pink presentation cards, on which Pres
entation' is printed in large let
tiers. These she takes 10 the palace
with her, giving one to the page
in-waiting at the corridor at the top
of the grand staircase, and reserving
the other TO be given up at the
door of the presence chamber, where It
is han led from one official to another
till 1T reaches the Lord Chamberlain.
who announces the name to the queen.
Care should be taken by the lady to
write her own name and also that of the
lady presenting her very legibly, so that
there may be no danger of mistakes.
In the case of the presentation of a
bride, it is usual for her to be present.
ed by her husbands mother, sister, or
some other member of his family, if
possible and convenient but this is a
matter Of taste, not of necessity"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-04-22
The Khedive's Halfway Munifcence.

The Fiteh-Sherman diamonds still
remain under lock and key in the vaults
of the New York custom house. It
may seem a little odd, but it is neverthe-
less true that the necklace has never
been appraised by the officials. Nor
do the owners evince any great curiosity
TO ascertain its real value. This is per-
haps attributable to discretion, says the
World, and calls to mind the famous
Portuguese rough diamond exhibited
in the palace at Lisbon. This diamond.
though it is as large as a hens egg and
weighs over eight hundred carats, has
never been subjected to the tests of
cutting and polishing, simply because
there is doubt about it. For there are
experts In the trade vino pronounce it
to be merely very fine piece of chrys-
olite. Half the charm of the Khe-
dives present would vanish if this eel
ebrated necklace were tested by the
appraisers art. The jewelers. Circu.
lar for March gives an excellent draw
ing of the necklace, and says of it ::
The estimates of the value of these
jewels haze been exaggerations beyond
all precedent, and $40, 900 really repre-
sents the most liberal valuation that
can be put upon them, the number and
size of the diamonds are so counter
balanced by their off-color." The Khe
dive has probably never seen the neck
lace; and he would hardly be pleased
to learn that those who were intrusted
with the order in Paris had an eye to
quantity rather than to quality in max
ing the purchase. This ornament con-
talns, 1t is said, about seven hundred
and seventy briliiants of all sizes, from
q nForfat 5kr -
small as One-twefth of q carat. The
aggregate weight of the diamonds is at
least 300 carats; but the quality is what
Is known as Cape Bywater-a quality
of diamonds technically described as
being of "off-color," and they are well
paid for at 800 per carat, cost of set
ting and all included. The duty at %
per cent. on the jewels would at the
utmost only be SIO. OO0. &
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at half tide. Il is taken then to the
beaches, where large beds are con-
structed by taking up all the large
rocks and leaving only a surface of
small pebble stones. These beds con-
tain from ten to three hundred barrels.
If there is no rain, sea water has to be
thrown on the moss, and the sun
bleaehes it from the dark green color,
first to a beautiful pink and then to a
clear white. It has to be turned occa-
sionally, and made the same as hay.
After It Is thoroughly dried it is packed
in barrels and shipped to Boston, where
il finds a ready sale at six cents a
pound. Immense quantities are used
by brewers in settling ale.
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MOHsooR PAcHA


Monsoon Paoha, Il IS pleasant 70 meet
h7re, IN the heart Of this treacheroua town
Where faith IL a peril and courtship cheat
1 @ose ialse % the touch than rose overblown-
M1nsoor Pacha, a. two gentlemen NAV.
NJ. iv snl e,ty-ored, Inns We our hands;
ours IA friendship whose apirit demanda
Inc scope OF the sky and the stretch Of the sands
Mon9qor Paoha, don your courtfer,s qsrb.
q, W save given 70 courtesy All Of its dues:
oprlh4 70 your throne the back OF your barb
snake 70 the ereezes your regal burnous, and
wave your lance-=ceptre wherever you chOOseI
Monsoon, my chlefi All, know yon At length
- King OF the desert your children are come
Or to strike, like young lions, for country and
home,
When your eyes are abIazo at the roll Of the
drum
Monsoor, my chief now one zailop to see
1he land that you have sworn that no despot shall
Though Hun-tanned and arid by Allah 'tis freef
IL crops are these lances these sons OF the wind
Our steeds are its locks "A grim harvest 10 bind.
Monsoon, my chiefi how We dash DER the sand,
hiehlng behind US like storm-driven snow
Eia-h tho long guns OF your Wild Arab band,
as bali winged, through the shrill-singinR
breezes goi
Monsoon, my chief send the horses away.
Inc sports OF Your tribe have seen with de-
Now let q watch while the ross-tinsed day
fadea from tins desert, and bearing night
Snakes the hrst gem Gu her brow IN our sight
Monsoor, my host ! 70, I enter your tent,
As brother b. brother. hands claspfp0 IA lad
sleep IKE 4 child IN q dream Haven sent:
For have I not eaten the salt and the bread9
And Monsoor viii answer for me with his head.
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The Tornado in Caldwell Parish.

We are indebted to friend In Colum
bis for the following interesting de
scription of the tornado at Rays Point
on the Ouaeh1ta
CoLU1BIA, La, March %, 1875.
Between 4 and 5 o'clock, p. m, on
/ the 18th inst, there occurred IN this
vicinity a cyclone, which in terrific
| grandeur and devastating horror sur
passed anything of the kind ever known
In this country. For more than two
hours previous to the out-burst of this
| tornado, we had heavy thunder and
sharp, vivid flashes of lightning, and i;
became so daJk about 4 O'Clock thai
lamps and candles were lighted in the
dwellings and business houses of the
village for purposes of reading, writing,
etc. A large and hourishing plantation
on the east bank of the Ouachita. four
miles above town, known as "Ray's
Point, and owned byJ. Levy, a commits
sion merchant of New Orleans, and L..
f. Redditt, Esq, the business manager
on the farm, was the chief scene of the
disaster, in this terrible tempest. A
large fOrceof farm laborers resided on
the premises, who, together with their
respective famili s, numbered consider
ably over one hundred souls. These
families were domiciled in small tene-
meut houses, scattered at convenient
distances over the farm. Every house
on the plantation except the gin, and
dwelling of Mr.. Redditt, was blown
down, and scattered in the widest con-
fusion, over an area of hundreds of
acres. The furniture, bedding, cloth
ing and everything in their houses were
scattered broadcast over the earth.
The fencing, out-houses, cribs, stables,
ETC., were all swept away as with a
bosom of destruction. Mr.. James
Adair, a worthy, industrious and intel
hgent mechanic, on the place, had one
of his children, q bright and promising
boy of five or six years, Instantly killed,
and his wife, an esteemed lady, so
severely injured that she died in great
agony a few hours after. A little negro
boy was instantly killed, and many
others, both white and colored, serious
~ bruised and disabled. The wind was
accompanied with such torrents of rain
as IN a few moments to submerge the
earth.
The writer arrived at the scene of
disaster and death some two hours after
the storm had passed. The terrible
spectacle presented beggars description.
With characteristics benevolence the
neighbors focked in from the surround
ing country, each eager to render what
aid they could to ameliorate the condi-
ton of the sufferers. The young men
and physicians of the village, as soon
as notified, repaired promptly to the
spot, and made a tender of their SER
vices, and early this morning a hand
some little purse was made up by the
voluntary contributions of the citizens
of the village, among the foremost of
whom was the ladies-for the benefit of
Mr.. Adair-the chief sufferer. It will
require immense labor and thousands
of dollars to reinstate the owners, for
the damage done in few brief moments
By this ruthless tempest. Oatachita
Telegraph.
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that he can spare out Of his wages without
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man dare for moment deny and pre-
eminent is the great California hero
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by DR.. j. Walker, q prominent physi-
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although called Bitte-s, is not to be
classed smong the vie fancy drinks -
recommended and sold over the bar By
rum-venders. but is q combination Of
pure herbaIstic extracts, known to
possess sterling medicinal qualities.
and is compounded without the use in
any shape of spirits. Its action upon
the internal system is not stimulating
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but It at once attacks blood-impurities,
and by removing the original cause de-
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returning health. Its action upon the
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