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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-28
The q sIandsrn style.

A Paris fashion writer says "AfteT
more than ten years struggle against
bad taste we have at last arrived az
something pleasant to the eye of taste.
Grecian draperies are ali the vogue now,
and woman, when dressed according 30
the best acknowledged fashion of the
day, ,resemblesa beautiful marble statue,
chiselled by q master hand No more
puffs, no more cTinolines; the folds Of
the dress, falling over the figure, are its
sole ornaments. 1t is nature il is art
in all its suhlimitv. But stout fingers
must beware, their reign is overland
they had reigned long enough. With
them the waist had entirely disappeared.
and women began 60 look like bags Of
hour, tied IN the middle. In q word.
they looked like bundles Of fat dressed
up in showy rags, ike prize meat st
Christmas time. But they were the
fashion, and fashion called them plum !
It is only very, very lately thst slim
figures have Teassumed their Oncs su-
premacy, and English and American
girls may claim the merit OF THE. Their
supple, reed-like figures could not long
remain unnotieed and the elegance Of
their lithesOme EaistH became the envy
OF their plump PaFisisn cousins. The
ParisienDe herself saw this. and saw
also that she could not longer contend
with those sylph-iike nymphs Of ostere-
Bler. We, too, will be slim IS we
were wont to be, they said. The result
was the abolition of puffs, which dis
guised the shape, and she Teintroduction
Of plain skirts, Shich alone show Of the
serPentiBe lines OF = well-mads figure,
and the Parisienne, with her easy grace
and matchiess figure, is once morn be-
J fore as in al her pristine glory"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-28

for near objects. Short-sighted people
that Is, all who cannot see objects
distinctly beyond ten inches-should at
once procure glasses enabling them to
see at sixteen or eighteen inches. They
should look off at intervals towsrd the
distance, and never work In q STOPPING
posture.
But s' a tool may become a weapon
In a careless or improper hand, and
spectacles worn before they are needed,
either through affectatioa or foppery,
viii seriously iniure even a vigorous
eye. Some people imagine they impart
to them wise and learned look. Opti-
clans in such cases would do we'll to
follow the example of the celebrated
Ramsden, who invariably supplied this
class of his customers with common
glass, assuring them in the blandest
accents that they were peculiarly
fitted for their case ;" and he usually
found them received with perfect salts
faction or delight.
There are also very frequent epidem-
les Of affected weak sight, when no
belle OF fop considers the toilet com
plete without an eye-glass. Certainly,
II not required, it is a very suitable in
sigeia of folly, for they get nothing for
it but present self-conceit and future
unavailing regrets.
The novice in the speotacles must not
expect that a glass suitable for reading
viii also enable him to see clearly at a
distance. For this purpose they must
be removed, or else, if it be necessary
to raise the eyes frequently, forensic
spectacles may be used. These specta
cles-so called because invented for
the benefit of lawyers in court who
must look from their notes to the jury
and judge-are also excellent for stu
dents. They have the upper circle
pared to straight line; the eye can,
therefore, in pauses of thought, look
over the glasses. It thus gets cooled
and refreshed, without interrupting the
mental operation by removing them.
Speotacles have added greatly TO the
pleasure and independence of human
life. They have heightened many a
useful career by prolonging its useful
ness there is, indeed, no computing
the benefit and pleasures they have con-
ferred. DR.. johnson was amaz d that
their inventor was regarded with 81
much indifference, and had found DO
biographer. But we are not even GER
tain to whom the merit rightly belongs.
Friar Bacon, about the middle of the
thirteenth century, in his Opus 1fGjltS,
describes a plano-convex glass or seq
ment of sphere, and says " it is useful
to old men and to those who have weak
eyes, for they may see the smallest let
ters magniied." However, Alexander
di Spina, Florentine monk, seems to
have first reduced Bacon's theory to
practice, about the year A. D. 1913; so
that if Spina was indebted to Bacon for
the hint, the world is indebted to Spina
for the spectacles. And truly it is a
wonderful and happy invention that
keeps the curtain from falling till the
great drama of life is over.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-28
Some More Mind-Reading.

The other night, when twenty or
thirty persons were assembled at q
residence on Lafayette avenue, il was
proposed to test the theory OF mind
reading. There was q pale, solemn
looking young man present, having
accompanied his widowed mother from
the Fifth ward, and he was selected as
the most likely to make the experiment
a success. He submitted TO be blind
folded, and it was determine q to see If
he could tell what any one vas thinking
about. A corpulent widower ciasped
hands with the young man, laid his
other hand on the mind-reader's fore
head, and after a moment of other
preparation there was a dead silence
The Widower closed his eyes, and the
it from side 10 side.
Z" What's he thinking of ?" whispered
several persons.
"Of how he kicked his wife ont of
bed and caused her death {" was the
answer.
The widower tried to laugh with the
rest, but he made poor work of is, and
| explained that be was thinking of the
city hall. He slid back and sat down,
and a single lady, about 80 years Of age,
| took his place. After a moment the
| mind reader was told to speak heE
| thoughts, and he announced
Shed give all her old shoes to catch
| a husband" I"
The lady tried to laugh, and sat down
| In a corner, while q bad headed mar
ried man, who was q firm believer IN
mind-reading, took her place as a vic
tim. He fixes his thoughts on ehremO
! hanging on the wall, and held them so
| firmly there that the perspirstion started
/ out on his neck. After two long min
utes of silence the mind-reader whis-
pered
lyon are thinking Of 3 little blue
/ eyed widow woman IN the Sixth ward
wondering if she got your letter the
| other day"
"Eo. sir-no, sir Z" exclaimed the
man, "I wss thinking of that ehromo T.
81 Can't help il, replied the mind
reader, "I saw her and her house 50
| plainly before me that I'll bet ten dol
/ lara can take you right 10 the door =
The bald headed man pretended 70 be
| tickled almost to death, but sat down
| looking very red IN the face, and very
| anxioHsiy toward his wife.
The young man declared his readiness
! to read the thoughts Of others. but no
one elee came forward. Finally, 20 spin
out the exhibition. q man stepped mp,
! something hidden in particular pocket,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-28

Among the many wonders of the deep
to be seen at the Brighton Aquarium
is O most exquisite and rare British fish,
the boar. fish (CdpTOs aq0er), originally
ciassed as only having been found in
the Mediterranean. This fish obtains
it's name from the shape of its snout,
which is turned up and capable of being
greatly protruded. The spines of its
first dorsal fin are stiff and long, like
bristles, added to which it exudes a
strong and unpleasant smell. If the
boar-fish mentioned by Pliny as being
found in the river Achelous Ice the same,
it will probably be found to utter a
grunting sound, all of which peculiari-
ties were supposed to point out sufi-
cient resemblance to boar to warrant
the appellation. The length of the fish
is about four inches. The color of the
eye is bright yellow and silvery white /;
the body a fine crimson, delicately
bright, fading into yellow, and thence
TO silvery white as it approaches the
belly. 1t is the only specimen that has
ever been exhibited alive in England.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-28
A Whale.

A Halifax newspaper spins an inter
esting yarn about whale. It is related
that on the 23d of November the Amer
lean fishing schooner Sultan, while
riding at anchor on the Grand Banks,
with $50 fathoms of cable out, was taken
in tow by a whale which had become
entangled in the cable. After whirling
through the water at the clipping rate
of twelve knots an hour for nearly two
hours, the cable was cut, and the
monarch of the salted sea dived into
the depth with his harness on his back.
To the Yankee mind the incident Is
pregnant with suggestiveness. If man
can cause the elephant In his glory to
become the humble minister to his
pleasures, if the fierce grizzly of the
Rocky Mountains can be made to turn a
spit, and the wild zebra Of the desert to
haul a cart; aye, if he can tame the
livid lightnings to do his bidding, why
should he not put bit IN the mouth Of
a whale? Surely it would furnish a
nobler career for the animal than life
with no higher destiny than to wallow
in lsziness year by year, and at last 20
be harpooned for his oil. That whale
transit may yet be the means of inter.
continental communication, who vii
dare gainsay2
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-28

A writer in the Boston Globe, chat.
ting of trip to town from a suburban
place, gives the following glimpse into
the possibiliti6s of feminine emulation !:
One day on the trip up, when reading
a magazine, my attention was attracted
by the glitter of gold bracelet, which,
look where would, flashed before my
eyes, and further scrutiny revealed the
fact that the young lady who wore il
was particularly anxious that / should
be attracted by it, and, to further her
design, began cutting the leaves of her
magazine with a silver fruit knife. For
the purpose of showing her that I was
not particularly dazzled, in fact that
there was another such In the world, ]
took gold pencil from nv pocket and
marked a passage in my book, for my
bracelet was equal to hers. Observing
that fact she drew off her left glove and
carefully arranged her veil, that / might
not fail to see the heavily chased ring
which encircled her finger. 6 / could
go her ore better or so taking off my
gleve, I drew down the blind, flashing
a rare topaz and a solitaire diamond be-
fore her appTeciative eyes. She saw,
and, quickly pulling off her other glove,
displayed q splendid cluster diamond
and gigantic amethyst. I was slightly
nonplused, but, as she wore no earrings,
felt that, after all, / was even with
her. At that instant she drew an ele-
giant little watch from her belt, which
she studied attentively two whole min
utes, holding it up in full view, then
turned to me as if to say, 'Wsll, go
on had done my best, and could not
answer her challenge, but Thought
mOunrfully of my poor little locket in a
drawer at home, with one side jammed
in. When, at last, the aggTay ating
creature took a jewel-case from her
satcbeI, and held mp a lovely coral set,
turning it this way and that to exhibit
all its beauties, surtively glsncing at
me to be sure that 1 observed, was
utterly vanquished, completely routed,
and so greatly absorbed in my book
IA y,nk q
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-28
TIE FAIRY WEDDING.

little brown mother-hird sat in her nest,
With four Sleepy brdlinEs tucked under Ter breast,
And her querulous chirrup fell cesseless and low
While the wind rocked the haetree nest to and fro
Lie still little nesslingsi lie stiH while tell,
For lullaby stsry, a thing that befel
Your plain little mother one midsummer nnorns
A month ago, birdies-before you were born.
ara been doing and dreaming the long summer
TIL the dawn flushed its pink through the waning
When wish you could hear it opOet-falntly
All around 1Ilf me me, the silvery sound Of bell.
.sThen chorus of bellsi So, with just half an eye
peeped from the nest, and those hlacs close by,
With threads of s cobweb were swung 70 and tfo
By three little roIlicking midgets below.
Then the air was astir as with humming-birds'
wings
TIst ever one dreamed of, came hustering where
A cluster of trumpet-howers swayed in the air.
"As sat all a-trernble, my heart in my BILL
Il will stav by the nest thought I, happen what
So I saw with these eyes by that trumpet-yine
A whole fairy bridal train poised in the air.
{. Such bit of q bride Such marvel Of graeet
In a simmer of rainbow ana 9ossaE-er lace;
No wonder the groom dropped NA diamona-dust
Which a little elf-usher just caught with his wing.
20 Then into the trumpet-Hower glided the train,
And I thought (for dimness crept over my
what sight for a plain little mother like me :"
-Marp 4. Lathbtry, IN st. Nicholas.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-28
The Cattle Interest of the United
States.

oldJCSs
Increase in aptitude to fatten and in
average weight has been continuous and
marked during the last half century.
Since 1877 there have been imported
into North America nearly, If not quite,
one thousand well-bred animals for
stock Improvement, mainly the beef
yielding short horn but also many of
the best specimens of the Ayrshire for
quantity of milk, the Jersey and its
conReners of the Coannel islands, for
richness of cream AID quality of butter;
the black and white Dutch, DeVons,
Herefords, and other breeds, not ex-
eepting the fat COW of Brittany. So
great has been the snccess of this
attempted improvements, that the
cattle of the central portions of the
west have become high grade shor'-
horns of increased size and superiority
of flesh, with a far smaller proportion
of offal. Instead of degenerating, the
thoroughbreds have been improved by
the skill and care of our wide-awake
breeders. until one family of short
horns, the Botss stock, has been for
years exported to England at prices
commencing at 50 600 to 50, 900 each,
| advancing ia a year or two to 81, ,0O0, as
appreciation abroad wss intensified,
and eliminated last season at the mag
nifoent figure of $40, 600 for an elderly
COW, amid the excitemento of competition
between the most skillful breeders Of
| two contineBts.
The average weight of importations
two and half centuries aRo probably
did not exceed 800 pounds; in ITO the
average in tbs London market had been
/ reported at $40 pounds; at the begin
ming of the present century the London
/ average had advanced 70 about 500
pounds, and now the official average is
/ 600 pounds for British and 500 for i'm
| ported beeves. The stock Of this
/ country, not including that OF Spanish
blood, is now nearly up TO the British
standard of weight.
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and asked the miOd-reader to tell what
it was. Hands were clasped, there was
pause, and then the mind-reader said:
It's a bill from q jewelers. for
sixty dollar lady's chain The bill says
that the account is two years. old, and
viii be sued after this week 20
See how he is mistaken I" replied
the young man, pulling a nickel from
his pocket, but he coaldn't laugh to
save his Ii i'e, although he tried very
hard.
The young man had become greatly
Interested by this time, but the crowd
held back strangely seeming to be
afraid of him, while nearly every one
declared that they thought mind-read.
ing a great humbug. The young man
moved his arms about, commanded
silence, and, after moment, cried out
81 caa see as plainly as any of you
whose eyes are not bsndaged T.
What do you see ?" inquired one of
the men.
have holes in the heels Of their stock
ings - replied the mind-reader.
There was a small laugh, and several
hints were thrown ont that the audi
ence would take up some other amuse-
ment.
There are two men here who owe
for their boots +" continued the mind
reader.
'I guess we will remove the bandage
now, said one of the men, rising up.
"And there's lady here who'd give
a hundred dollars to have the freckles
removed from her nose" exclaimed the
young man.
"The theory of mind-readiDg, said
the man as he worked at the knot in
the handkerchief, els as"
"And there are six women here whe
have cold feet" interrupted the mind
esder.
They lifted the bandsge, run the
mind reader off to q chair in the bay
window, and although the hour was still
early a great share of the company an.
nounced that they must be going, as the
children had hard colds.-Detroit Free
Press.
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Peculiar characteristics.

The man who grunts aud gasps as he
gobbles up the soup. and at every other
nouthful seems threatened with q
choking fit.
The man whe. having by an accident
been thrown once IN your company,
makes bold to bragl your name out.
and to shake your hand profuseiy when
you pass him In the street.
The man who aTtfully proyokes you
10 play q game Of billiards with him,
and, though he feigns 20 be a novice,
produce his own chalk.
The man who cant sit At your table
on any set occasion without getting on
his legs TO propose some stupid toast.
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Az INsASE IAlPERIALIsT.-In Paris, the
other night, a young and we'll dressed
Young man was arrested by the police
for trying 70 break into the Louvre.
he was striving TO open ore Of the side
doors when detected. On being taken
20 the station-house and questioned ks
declared that be was in quest OF his
promised bride, the Emp ess Eusenie,
whom be vas about ~ e0pduct 70 the
altar, where Gambetia Wsa ewaitiug
them. The poor youDg fellow, who be
longs TO q very respectable family, vas
raving mad.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-28
Deceived the Dog.

If We may believe our foreign critics
and commentators, Americans are fair
game for artist and artisan, and very
easily brought down. The latest joke
against us comes from Paris by way of
England, and is after the style of
ZeHxis, his cheat. A French animal
painter, poor in every sense of the
word, cast about him desperately for a
patron, and after total failure, happened
to recall the story of the clever z. he
Immediately began a de ply pathetic
and tragic picture. "The Death of the
Poodle" and every morning took his
dog into the studio, and, placing the
unhappy creature before the painting,
administered a stout whipping. Pic
ture finished-rich American invited TO
studio-dog comes in-sees "Death OF
Poodle"-remembers stripes-howls tn
muItuously-rich American strikes atti-
tude-" Ha deceived dog-bow true,
how beautiful l''-buys picture at 8
gorgeous prioe-is happy. Artist Is
happy Dog is happy
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-28

LOBSTER FARsG.-A lobster-farm has
been successfully established in Boston.
On the seaward side it Is iDclosed by
banks having matches or siuiees, so as
TO admit of the flow and ebb of the
tide. Forty thousand Holsters, of all
sizes. we're planted here IN the summer
of 1873, and IN the winter following,
Is, 600 were sold.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-28

-ss Amateur gentlemen, % says an cid
lady, '' is q pretty good descri ption of a
certain class Of young men.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-28

Lord Lyons, the English ambassa-
dor in Paris, is declared TO be the best
dinner giver IN the Ftench capital. he
introduced the English fashion of Civ
ing music during dinner-a fashion that
is now copied by the best dinner givers
In Paris.
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MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT GRANT ON
LOUISIANA AFFAIRS.
Congress Declared to be Largely
Responsible.
The dOptIOn Of a Definite Policy Earn
estIy Urged.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The following is the
fun text Of the presidents message on Louis
lana affairs
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-19

picture by Ryuuga lucrecm IL
llalp 90 ps Wnulhpr blt uf dgll-htmI
'norapio about lbe mmm, Peter.
klN' mml'y, wd Mary A llslirk
contributes % story, md % large ID
lus!ratlon dWHn Ia chat beautiful
1Wls Va which sho is surpassed by
no artist In the country
That February is tho month ol
valenllnes has not been lulgnllon.
ana the number cnnlnins yaiun
tine story by Susan Coolidge, and
an article, by Alexander VAIN
wright describing tho manufacture
ana tho different styles OF those
dainty little mlssiyes, together with
u lew hints for making them In an
easy and economical way,
Another practical sketch, en-,
Titled GLOW Dolls are Made" IL
written by Olive Thorne, aud sets
forth In detail the various changos
and experiences IN the lilu ofa wax
doll, which is really an oyenllul
one while W, IL, Ridelng's NO,
count Of oChimnoy,sweops, Past
aud Present." aud John Lewce's
sketch of tho great traveller, Van,
berry, arc admirable descriptive
articles,
Among tho poems there are two
which are quito Mneful "pho
Coal Imp" by O, +, Cranch, and
"fhc Fairy Wedding" by Mary A
LOthbury, each accompanied by
an illustration designed by It's
author,
st, Nicholas also gives in this
number tho "lce.Boat Song" from
CLANS Brlnkcr" set to fine music
by George j, lluss,
The serials by Louisa NJ, Alcott
and J. Il, Trowbridgo progress ia
vorably, and tho fortunes Of "Ilosc'
among her Eight Cousins" and of
"Jack' among the western settlers,
are likely to prove eqsally interest
ing.