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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-05-27
A GRAssHoPPER STORY.
The misfOrtunes of Kansas Woman
Who Put a Painful OF Dirt under The
Stove.

The mIstOrtunes of a Kansas Woman
Who Put a PAINFUL OF Dirt under The
stove.
A gentleman who has Just returned
from Cherokee county, Kansas, is full
with remarkable "reminiscences of the
grasshOppers infesting that vicinity.
He will stand around for an hour. re-
citing the hair breadth 'scapes of the
people whom the hoppers have com
pletely Overrun, and who are leaving
their homes and fleeing from the fearful
scourge. The traveller is inclined to
think that many of the crimes agtrib-
uted to the James boys are to be traced
to the more hardened and dissolute
grasshOppers, many of whom, he says,
are arming with shot guns and organiz-
ing a sort of home guard for offensive
and defensive purposes.
One of his most credible stories is to
the effect that, a few weeks ago, q wo-
man dug up a painful of dirt in which
to plant some flower seed. She put the
pan under the stove, and vent ont 10
see a neighbor. Upon her return, after
an hours absence, she found seven
thousand bushels of grasshoppers gen
Grated by the heat, literally eating her
out of house and home. They first at
tackled the green shades on the windows.
and then green-painted dust pan. A
green Irish servant girl, asleep in one
of the rooms, was the next victim, and
not vestige of her was left. Tue stove
and stOve-pipe followed, and then the
house was torn down SO they could get
at the chimney. Boards, joists, beams,
plastering, clothing, nails, hinges, door
knobs, plates, tin-ware, everything, in
fact, the house contained, was eaten up,
| and when she arrived within a mile OF
the place, she saw two of the largest
hOppers sitting mp on end and playing
mumble-peg with a carving knife, foI
which should have the cellar.
The way the matter leaked out was OIL
a suit brought against the insurance
company, which refused to pay the poll.
cy on the ground that the building was
not destroyed by fire; but the court
rendered verdict for the plaintiff, a:
she had proven that the grasshoppers
were generated by fire in the stove.
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that by following out the teachings Of
social science mortality can be much
reduced. The province of the social
science reformer is to study statistics,
compare results and draw indubitsble
conclusions and for this work society
owes him a greater debt than 1t owes
the successful fnancier or statesman.
The teachings of soma European re-
formers, that property Is theft, seem
absurd in America. Law cannot reg
ulate the acquisition and division OF
property. As well attempt to provide
by statute that all men shall be born
with an equal ply steal and mental ca
pacity for production.
Mr.. Wells proceeded at considerable
length to spply the division principle
| to American productions and acquisi-
tons, and, to show the absurdity and
/ impracticability of II, he said it is prop
er and right for the workman of the
| United States to demand and strive, Ii
he will, for the largest possible share
| of the joint products of labor and cap
| ital, for it is the natural right of every
one to seek to Obtain the largest price
| for that which he has to sell but if, IL
so doing he restricts production, anC
so diminishes abundance, he does it al
his peril for, by law far above any
| legislative control or influence, what
ever increases scarcity not only in
creases the necessity, but diminishei
! the rewards of labor.
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of sowing, and the yield from one ton
70 tso or more tons per acre, according
to the strength of the land. It may be
cut ana cured just as we treat a crop of
clover and timothy. We might fear
when loading it, from its excessive
weight, that it is not yet dry enough
for the NOW. But this ponderosity be
longs to it, and perhaps goes to explain
it's uncommon nutritious qualities.
Either as well cured hay, or as pasture,
if we choose to let our cattle help them
selves from the field, it is highly relish
ed by stock, and whether for fattening
or dairy purposes, it has hardly supe-
rior among the grasses now in use. If
seed be wanted it should stand until
the seed is maturel. But even then
the plants are rot dry or dead, like II
pen d wheat Ct imothy. Thecrop shows
a sea of well crowded heads, with pro
fusion of leaves, still green, rising above
them. So that after the ed Cfifteen OF
twenty b shells per acre) has been
| threshed the straw remains a hay oil
| considerable value.
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THE DEATH OF GEN. POLK.
sherman Tells How the Fatal Shot
Was Fired.

sherman Tells How the Fatal Shot
Was Fired.
A writer for the New York Herald
reviewing the Memoirs" of Gen.
Sherman has the following to say rela-
tive to the deaths of Gen. Polk, of the
confederate army:
Sherman kept pushing his way down
toward Atlanta. 1t was in this cam
psign that the rebel General IIeonidas
Polk, who had been bishop of the
Southern Episcopal church, lost his
life. The story of his death is one of
the dramatic incidents of the war. re-
ninding US of the death of the famous
French General, Moreau, who was killed
bya shot from a battery which mad been
hr I'd by thespecial order of Napoleon. On
June IA Gen. Sherman, in conversation
with Gen. Howard, observed, at a dis
tInce Of SJOyards, a group of confederate
officers, evidently watching the federal
troops through glasses. Sherman called
Gen. Towards attention to this group
and ordered him to compel it to keep
behind its cover. Howard answered
that his orders from Gen. Thomas were
to spare artillery ammunition. "That
was right according to the general pol
icy" says Sherman. 81 explained to
him that we must keep up the morale
OF the bold offensive that he must use
his artillery to force the enemy to re-
main on the timid defensive. and Or
dered him to cause a battery close by
to fire three vOlleys." One of these
vOlleys killed Gen. Polk, Gen. Johnston
afterward explained to Gen. Sherman
the exact manner of Gen. Folks death,
He had ridden to Pine mountain, ac-
cOmPanied by Gems. Hardee and Polk.
He noticed the preparation at Sherman's
battery to fire and caused the soldiers
to scatter. ''Ihey did So" SAYS John
stOn, ''and he likewise hurried behind
the parapet, from which he had an
equally good view of the position, but
Gen. Polk, who was dignitied and cor
pulent, walked slowly, not wishing to
a pear too hurried or cautious in the
presence of his men, and was struck
across the breast by an unexpIoded
shell, which killed HIM instantly cit
has been charged, says Sherman. s'that
fired the shot which killed Gen. Polk,
and that L knew it was directed against
that general. The fact is, that at that
distance we could not even tell that the
group were officers at all. 1 was on
horseback a couple of hundreds yalds
off before my orders to fire were execu-
ted, and had no idea that our shot had
taken effect"
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More whisky Frauds Unearthed.

The whisky frauds are still receiving
attention by the treasury department,
and Solicitor Wilson is continually I'M
earthing new frauds. Further record
evidence has been discovered against the
Union Copper distillery at Chicago, and
$50 barrels of spirits seized at their
works. Three hundred barrels were
also seized belonging to Bevis & Fraser,
in st. Louis, fresh proof having been
obtained against them.
Photographic copies of the internal
revenue returns are being made at the
treasury department and forwarded to
the officers in the different cities to aid
them in substantiating their charges.
Among those made was one from Anger
at Cincinnati, certifying that a certain
number of barrels of spirits had been
emptied and the stamps destroyed in
accordance with the law, and upon fur
Their search the same lot of spirits was
found in Chicago in the original pack
ages, thus cOncIusively showing the
collision of the gauger with the distil-
leTs. On April 80, Mr. Wetson called
upon the collectors of internal revenue
in different localities to furnish infor-
nation concerning transactions in their
districts, but Gp to last night very few
of them had responded, and to day the
secretary OF the treasury called upon
them for an explanation of their non
compliance, and for an immediate reply.
He is determined that all orders of this
nature stall be Obeyed, or the collectors
must take the consequences.
A large number of communications
have been received from different sec
tions from parties offering to furnish
proof of fraud, end the secretary has
directed all such to furnish the proof
to the proper officers, and if found val
uable and used, the parties furnishing
it will be remunerated.
Information has been received at
Washington that the distilIers in Mil
waukee have called upon those of
st. Louis to combine with them in pro-
curing the services of Hon. Matt. Car
penter to obtain their release. In re-
spouse to it, Secretary Bristow sent
dispatches to the supervisors at Chi
cagO, st. Louis and Milwaukee, inform
ing them that the best legal assistance
Will be furnished them in their efforts
to convict those under arrest, and the
government is confident of establishing
the guilt of the parties.
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steel, cut from the end of the bar, was
welded fast to it sglin, the heating and
Welding occupying eight minutes. On
the reverse side of the bar a piece of
fine cast steel was welded in six minutes.
Further along the bar piece of blister
steel was welded In eight minutes. The
same steel cannot be welded with borax,
as the high temperature needed with
that huX makes it as brittle as cast iron
under the hammer. Opposite this a
piece of wrought iron was welded in six
minutes, and further along on the bar
piece of cast iron was welded in three
minutes. This was a piece of the mold
board of a pillow. The bar, with its
additions, was then ground aud pol
ished on the edgA, so as to show the
points at which the welded metals came
into contact. No weld was visible on
either of them, and the difference in the
metal could only be told by the color
after polishing. This solves a great
many important problems in iron man
ufacture, among Others the welding OF
| Bessemer scrap.
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Prospective Revival of the Iron
Trade.

1t Is poor consolation in adversely to
know that we are not alone in our mis-
cry such as it is, however, our iron
manufacturers may take it to them
selves. The depression of the iron
trade is general throughout the world.
This state of things is partly the result
of an unfavOrable condition of the gem
eral industry Of the manufacturing ma
tons, causing a diminished demand for
whatever involves a consumption of
iron, and more expressly it is the con-
sequence of a severe check upon rail
road construction and the building of
iron vessels. AS the iron trade is de-
pendent upon a thousand other indus
tries and subsists upon supplying the
instruments of industry and commerce,
its present condition is the most ex-
presslve commentary possible upon the
state of business among the cOmmeIc ial
nations generally. The only cheering
fact discOverable in this unsatisfactory
aspect of things is that the iron trade
of England begins to show distinctly
defined beginnings OF a recovery. The
reduction in the price of iron is grad
Ually increasing the demand for it and
now the cheif obstacle to steady re-
covery appears to lie in the stubborn re-
fusal of the workmen to accept the
wages that employers consider the
changed state of things calls for. This
Is difficulty which, from the necessi-
ties of the case, cannot be prolonged
much further and its settlement must
be in favor of the manufacturers Ne1C
York Bulletin.
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Eo,-+uuate Accidents.

The cracking of a picture II the sun
shine set Van Eyck experimenting to
produce a varnish that would dry IN
the shade. He found what he sought,
and found besides that by mixing it with
his own colors they acquired greater
force and brilliancy, and required no
subsequent vanishing F.; and so came
about the discovery, or rediscOvery OF
the art of painting IN oil. Mezzotinto
owed its invention by Prince Rupert to
the simple accident of a sentry's gun
barrel being rusted in the dew. Henry
Schanward, a Nuremberg glass cutter,
happened to let some aquafortis fall
upon his spectscles, and noticed the
glass was cOrroded and softened where
the aquafortis had touched it. TAX
ing the hint, he made a liquid accord
ingly; he drew some figures upon q
piece of glass, covered them with
varnish, and applied his ocrrodiDg
| fluid, cut away the glass around his
| drawing 80 that when he removed the
varnish the figures appeared raised
upon dark ground, and etching upon
! glass was added to the ornamental
| arts, Alois Senefelder, playwright and
actor, thinking it possible to etch upon
stone in lieu of copper, polished a slab
/ for the purpose. He was disturbed by
his mother coming into his small labra-
/ tory with the request that he would iot
down her list of things for the wash, as
the woman was waiting to take the
basket away. There being no paper or
ink handy, Senefelder scrubbed the
items on his stone with his etching
! preparation, that he might copy them
at his leisure. Some time afterward,
when about to clean the stone, he
thought he might as we'll see what
would be the effect of biting the stone
with aquafortis, and in a few moments
saw tbs writing stand out in relief.
Taking up a pelt- ball charged with
printing ink, he linked the stone, took
off a few impressions upon paper, and
had invented lithography. The pelt-
ball used by Senefelder was long in
dispensible in a printing Office. a
Salophian printer, in a hurry to get
on with job, could not find his ball,
and linked the form with piece OF soft
glue that had fallen out of the glue
pot, and with such excellent results
| that he henceforth discarded the pelt
ball altogether, and by adding treacle
to the glue, to keep it from hardening,
hit upon the composition of which
printers rollers have been made ever
since.
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singular IMITATION Of Fish Motion.

It is nov proposed to propel a ship
by a set ef machinery initiating the
movements of the dorsal fin of the sea
horse (Hippocampus). Mr.. Holds
worth remarks that ''they generally
maintain a nearly erect attitude, sup
porting themselves in the water by a
peculiar undulating movement of the
dorsal fin" and the late DIR. Gray also
remarked of them that "they swim with
facility, but not very rapidly and they
seem to move chiefly by the action of
the dorsal and pectOral fins. The
former is fully expanded when they
move, and in very rapid motion, the
action being kind of wave commencing
at the front end and continued through
its whole length continually repeated,
SO as TO form a kind of screw propeller. 8"
This undulatory motion of the fin is
produced by the lateral movement, In a
given constant order, of the spines
which go to compose it; the movement
being at right angles to the long axis of
| the body, and consequently at right
angles to the direction in which the fish
! travels. A delicate membrane intervenes
| between each two spines, which partici-
pates in their changes in position, and
! forms the inclined planes above spoken
! of. Mr.. @ Becker, of London, has con-
structed for the royal institution boat
beneath the keel of which IS arranged q
series of rods, to which an undulatory
movement similar to that of the dorsal
fin of the hippocampus is communicated
by means of clockwOrk. The rods wave
! backwards and forwards, beginning al
! the first and continuing to the last al
right angles to the length of the boat,
and propeI it along by slow motion as
IN the case of the fish.
"A young pretty actress, now
| playing in Baltimore, made startling
experiment a few weeks ago. She was
DESTROYS of changing the color of hel
! hair, but she thought she would try
| the effect first on her brother. Ac.
cordlngly she persuaded that trusting
schoolbOy to offer up his locks as 8
sacrifice on the alter of feminine vanity.
| At latest accounts his hair was an awful
and unnatural red, and its growing
/ lengths presented a combination o.
brown and vermillion dreadful to wit
ness. He went out to play marbles
/ the other day, was prosecuted by hi
] fellows, and came home in tears. His
mother an actress of renown ~ aE
! highly indignant. You may do what
you will yourself" she said tragicalIy
to her daughter, =" but you shall MOI
mutilate my boy"
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OLD TINES.

Aeere.s a bSN1tiful song On 80 sINhaberoUs air
. mat drifts through the alloy Of dreams;
incomes from a cliiae ", IRE the ros were
Ald iunefOl hart and bright brown tar
Ahat wavos Ia tho morning beans.
SOFT eyes OF azure, and eyes OF brown
and snO,r-wlite foreheads are there
\ Rnmmer ring cross and a glttterinp crown
A thorny bed aud a coucl OF down
Lost hopes aud leaflets OF prayer
A rosy leaf aud dimpled hand
ring aud piighted vow;
shree golden rngs on a broken hand,
A iiny track on tn snow-whlte Blnd
tear ana sinless brow.
there's tincture or grief In the beautiful song
Ihat sobs on the summer air;
And lonelintS ~, felt in the festive thronp
olnks down IN the soul as Il t-emblfs a oug
From cline where tho roses are
We heard II frat II the dawn Of day.
Aud II mipE'ee with main chimfF.
But years have q stauccd the BEAUTIFUL Law
And its melody flow ID 20 swiftly away
Iha' We cali it now, " Old Times"
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A CoEsUMPTIvE CURED.-When dea'h was hourly
expected from Consumption, all remedies hsv ng
failed, accident lsd 10 discovery whereby DR.. II.
James cured his only child with pre- OsFat!On OF an
ndbis IRdic0. He gives recipe free receipt of
two stamps to pay expenses. There is not a gle
symptom Of consumption that It does not d'ssipate
Nisht Sweas, Irritation Of the Nerv,s Difficult EI-
oratOn sharp Pains in the Lungs, Nausea at he
Stomach, nactiOn of the and Wa ting of he
Muscles. Address CRADDOCK & CO., 1882 Race
sire Z, Philadelphia, Pa, givir Of this paper
Delays are Dangerous. Don't eglec
your Cough. It may get beyond control DR.. Tutt'-
Expectorant is prompt, reliable remedy.
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NEW ORLEANS
Cor. ANp 1FT Us REAsoN ToGETHE

CONE, AND LET Us REASON TOGETHER.
To the afflicted IN body, we offer q
few words of plain, practical reasoning.
No matter under what form of sickness
you labor there is one great truth you
should ever keep in mind, viz; All dis
ease originates in an impure condition
of the blood. Purify that, and the dis
ease must depart, for it has nothing to
feed on; but you cannot purify the
blood by the use of poisonous drugs,
and exhaustive stimulants: the relief
which these afford is temporary and de
ceptIve. lesving Won worse of st every
interval. The best Blood Purifier ever
discovered - DIR. WALKERS FAMOUS
VINEGAR BITTERs, compounded of sim
ple herbs. No matter how hopeless
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Let The People SPEAK.

MANHATTAN, kan.
r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y;
Dear S.r-Your FavOrite Prescription has
done my wife q world of good She has taken
nearly two bottles and has fe,t bt tier the past
two weeks than at any tune in the past two
years. No more periodical pains; none OF that
aching back or dragging sensation in her stom-
che has been accustomed to for several years.
have so much cofdence in it that I would be
perfectly willing to warrant to certain Gus
toners Of ours who would be glad TO get relief
at any expense. have tried maRy Patent
Medicines. but never had any occasion to extol
one before. Very truly yours,
GEO. B. WHITING
Mrs. E. r. DAILY, Metropolis III. writes:
''Dr. r. Y. Pierce-dy sister is using the
Favorite Prescription with great benefit"
MARY ANN FRIsBIE. Lehman. Pa. writes:
''Dr. r. V. Pierce-What have taken OF
your medicine has been Of more benefit to me
than all others and hundTe Is of doctors bills
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is sold by
dealers in medicines generally.
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Save MoNEY-It is we'll worth saving,

SAVE MONEY.-l6 l6 we'll worm saving,
and YOU can save it in buying q sewing
machine, and get one of the best and most
perfect machines in existence. The Wilson
shuttle sewing machine has reached point OF
excellence and perfeetness equaled bv no ma
chine in use, and the constantly and rapidly
increasing demand, which is almost beyond
their manufacturing capacity to supply is con-
vincing evidence that the merits of this ma
chine are appreciated. Machines will be de-
livered at Ruy railroad station in this county,
free of transportation charges, il ordered
through the coDPsny's branch house at 1S9
Canal street, New Orleans, La They send an
elegant catalogue and chrome circular free on
application. This company want few more
agents
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Southern Cattle for England.

Three English steamers are at Gal
weston loading with cattle for England.
This is new outlet, and may become
one of immense Importance to the
South. When Georgia and South Car
olina were British colonies cattle and
beef were sent from Savannah and
Charleston to London. In recent times,
king cotton has ruined the stock rails
ing business temporarily in the best
climate on the continent for that indus
try-a mistake that will be remedied
some Of these days, for two dollars will
come to the landholder as easily from
grass that needs no tillsge, producing
meSt, horses and wool, as one dollar
from any cultivated crop. There are
six hundred million acres south of Ma
son and Dixon's line adapted by nature
to grass. The idea of keeping cattle
on a thousand mills, and having hun
dreds of miles of verdant meadows
along such rivers as the Tennessee and
Cumberland TO supply any number of
steamships with all the beeves they can
take away now seems Ethiopian to many,
I'm: IL viii wia in the end -NTs5UiHe
union ana 4WericUa
Elephants live for two hundred.
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your case may seem, try the VINEGAR
B1rrERs, and few draughts will con-
vince you of their value. DIR. Walker,
the discoverer of this priceless remedy,
had been given up to die by the Physi-
clans. and is now a sound and healthy
man from their use.
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THERE are several kinds of worms
which trouble horses; tie pin-worms Cpointed
at both ends) are the most common and most
dangerous. Sheridan's Cavalry Condition
Powders will IN few days eject the worms,
and the horse Will begin to thrive
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FACTORIES and machine shops should
not be allowed to run a dsy without Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment. In case OF a sudden acct
dent, an immediate use OF it may save weeks
OF suffe ring, and perhaps limb. or even life.