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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-11

The weather is just cool enough
to cause a great waste in ones Goa
pile, without the fire feeling com
Portable.
Ii you want to save money and pc
Sood' honest goods, be sureI TO call OF
RosENAU 81 LovEMAN.
When the swallows homeward iv
AND the roses scattered lie,
Grub gets scarce and clothes grow thin
And rich folk shun their poorer kin.
EAAS.-Persons going to Texa,
4 and the West viii find the cheanest
facklng Trunks at the New York Store
Judge Richardson was up at Co.
lumbia last week, too, but we did
not hear of it through the papers
Why2
A. Sugar, by the barrel, III cents
cash, or pounds to the dollar. All
other Groceries very low.
aug30-tf GIBSON & GILBERT.
A little daughter of Mr.. VIM.
Kimbrough's. on Weakley creek,
died one day last week, aged about
A years.
A full line of Ladies' Cloaks, very
stylish and handsomely trimmed, and
very cheap at RosENAU & LovEMAN's.
Mrs. Burt. Graham returned last
Wednesday from Louisville. She
is opening up beautiful stock OF
millinery.
BOOTS and SHOES Bought di-
ID rectly from manufacturers and as
tonishingly cheap at L. Rosenau's on
the corner. sep27-4t
We ask attention to the card of
Dr.. j. B. Marshall in this issue
with reference to the one published
last week.
We WANT to sell goods; we MUST sell
goods, and we WILL sell goods, and in
order to do this, we WILL sell cheap.
You will find this out if you will only
come to see us. RosENAU 81 LovEMAN.
DI. Gordon White started yester-
day morning to attend dental lee
lures at Baltimore. He will be gone
six months.
We have again taken out wholesale
licensr for Whisky, and will be pleased
to see our old customers before buying.
oct4-4t GIBSON 81 GnBET.
Misses Bette and Rosabel Dick
erson, with their handsome cousin
Terry, have been visiting in Pulaski
several days.
Persons indebted to the estate of B.
r. Ezell, decd, are required to pay
without further notice, or they will
have to settle with an officer.
octll-2t f. SMITHsoN, Admir-.
Noble Smithson, Esq, has been
20 Nashville, Columbia, Lewlsburg
md Fayetteville during the past
week on business.
DOR SALE.-Two good Saddle
Il Horses. One Splendid Harness
Horse. A No. Family Harness Mare.
sep13-tf j. IL. KEELING:
The first frost of the season was
'ound last Friday morning, beating
Prof. Tice just one week. 1t did
10 material damage.
just Received
)ne dozen beautiful Chromos ready
very cheap. Call and see them
t the Furniture Store of
oct4-2t JAS. I. CAKES.
The roof has been put upon the
Bank building and the building will
'e ready for occupancy in forty
lays, it is thought
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n, n. c. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER g, rt877.,l

parent to her, and therefore 1 ask
your consent. ~ - =" E'd'
Ali, Arthur, Arthur! 1t was
we'll you could not read my heart
just then u" 't}|.< r.
With o mighty effort cRoked
down a convulsive sob aud replied
that he had my full, free permis.
sion, and added THAT I would send
Bertha to him directly.
left the room o sadder and q
wiser woman. e gsw ea1 I'D /
Bertie's love vas already given
to the handsome man, SO recently
a stranger and when the Christ
mas wreaths were fresh and green ,
she became his wife!.i so sisi NJ y
Edith was the~falr@and stately
brides maid, while l witnessed with
maternal complacency, the ceremo-
ny which united the destinies of
the only man / ever loved, and my
child-sister Bertha.
Peace and contentment were
my guardian angel that night, and
with serenity that was sincere
and unaffected l returned the kiss
which the bridegroom gave me, as
he said, tenderly and gently
"Sister Margaret p
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-11-08
A BIRD THAFGANT FL y

A bird, which stands absolutely
alone. without q relation in the
world, is the kakapo or ground
parrot, the largest of all the parro'
tribe, being upward of two feet in
length. It has much of the owl in
it's appearance and habits. The
small face is very owl-hke and it is
the only parrot which, like the.
owls, has q facial disk of, Feathers
It is strictly nocturnal in its habits.
and its beautifully mottled green
plumage &C perfectly harmonizes
with the green moses on which il
feeds that if it should be accident
ly surprised outside of the hollow
trees or burrows in which during
the day it secretes itself. it is i'm
possible to detect il. A coionist
told me that on one occasion, In,
the early morning, be heard the
note of the kakapo, and marked
the spot. He carefully quartered
the ground with his eye, for he Vas
certain the bird could not have est
capped from the little plot of grass.
He stood Watching FOR half an
hour, but, could not detect it, un-
til at length it incautinusly winked
its eye, aud he found the bird had
been all the while within two yards
If his feet. Even then, he said,
had he taken his eyes off for
moment. he should have lost trace
of it. The kakopo. like many oth'
er birds of New Zealand, has DO
power of fight, but unlike other
unfig ghtiess birds, has fully devel-
oped and we'll formed wings, with
good pinion feathers. How should
it have wings wtich, it cannot use?
On examining the muscles, it has
been found that, though fully de-
veloped, they are mere masses OF
fat, without amy strength or powers
Here we have clear instance OF
long continued disuse of an un-
necessary organ ending i'll inability
to use it. The MOSES cover the
ground. and the roots or trunks OF
prostra.e trees require o be sought
for on foot and TO a night feeding
bird in a country where there are
90 beasts OF prey flight was u SUI
FerhIous exertion. Aoatomicaliy
there is no reason why kakopo
should not be as good a flyer as
auy other parrot. 81
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-11-08

PRESIDENTIAL ANGLING.-The Gin
cinnati Gazette, Republican,, takes q
candid survey Of the Presidential out
look for 1880, and says:
''Denocrats consider the campaiga
of lSsealreatiy won. Theyexult over
q solittSouth and the addition of Ohio
as over kingdoms Of territory won.--
They are celebrating the conquest Of
Pennsylvania. New York and evca
MASSACHUSETTS in advance, with almost
as much confidence IS if the elections
there were won. Itrnnst be admitted,
too, that many Republicans do not
consider their BOOSTING vain. The
policy OF the Demoeraey seems to be
to approve the President-and stand
soliti. There are some Republican,
leaders who have even advanced their
plans beyond 1880. They coneede
Democratic victory then, and are
trying to draw the horoscope of 1885,.
This seems absurd, but il is~no- less
true. The hopes and the ambitions
of men, who imagine themselves near
tie top in our politics are limited by
life times, not BY years; The hopes
'ofstlIe Republicans, ,.even az tbs cary
day, appear to he mainly in the blum
ders of the Democrats, and the latter
are quietly qbeseechins each other to
tread tenderly. With all their bright
anticipasions,,. the most, sanguinee
among them seem to dread the mis-.
takes which the future may record"
r . y >
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-11-08

of accomplishments, and mentions
among other things in connection
with her personal history, that she
graduated but n short~-titne ago
from Salem Female College The
conductor, who certainly did the
thoughtful and kindly part from
first to last, has placed the cor
respondence ne we'll as the whole
case in the hands of the ladies of
the society spoken Of, and fhe sequel
to The story will be told in the re-
suit Of the correspondence.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-11-08
WASN'T THE MAN..

Il A man with weak eyes and green
spectacles came watering into the
office the other day, and wanted 10
TO head a subscription to build u =
monument over the grave of
Brigham Yonng. We declined.--
We fatty refused, saying that Mr..
Young's family was big enough and
rich enough to provide him with
enough monuments to reach from
the. grave half way to heaven.
$50 You won't put down dol
lar l'' asked the weak eyed man.
"Not a solitary DOLLAR" we said,
"not a nickel, not a single red cent.
"What," he replied in amaze
ment, "ard here-is the very place
expected to get the list headed. right
here at the literary centre of this
busy metropolis. You won't give
a paltry dollar in irredeeinable fiuct-
mating currency for monument
over the grave of the author OF
"Night Thoughts" won't you 2
You'll" etH 81,
But we assured him that Brigham
Young never wrote line of "Ni ght
Thoughts" and that the author of
that poem 9ied more than hun,
dred years ago.
"What I" exclaimed the weak
eyed man, "Brlgham Young diun't
write Night Thoughts!'"
"Not thonght," NC 8 I'D "ho
never thought after dark; he went
to Sleep
"Wcll, what did he write e. tha
monument canvasser asked.
"Never wrote anything" VIC told
him; she didn't know how to write;
signed his receipts for money with
an \, and preached all his sermons
off>hand, because he didn't know
how to make notes"
"Well, well, well," tho agent
said, nusingly, show this world is
given to lying. What die Brigham
Young do, if he never wrote poetry,
and couldn't write, aud never
thought any thing 2"
"Married," We said, "marricd.---
Didn't need to think to do that.
The less he thought the more he
married, ani when he died he had
SO many wives and children that his
funeral looked like a foundling
hospital and charity school picnic
procession"
The man rose wcarffy and started
for the door, pausing to ask
"Where is the public library o.
must read ap little on the public
men of our day. Strange, passing
strange, that should have got this
stranger named Brigham, of VIII IN
never heard before, SO badly
mixed mp with Edwin Young
RnyZfn0tf,,a HfackpUe.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-11-08
A SrArE GovERNrp BY WOMEN

A STATE GOVERNED BY W OMEN
Among the colonial possessions, or
moro correctly, dependencies of
Holland, there is a remarkable
little State which, in it's. constitu-
ton and the original customs of
It's Inhabitants, surpasses the bold
est dreams of the advocates of
women's 9 rights. In the Island of
Java, between the cities of Batavia
and Samarang, isaihei kingdom Of
CaDtam. which although tributary
to Holland, is an Independent
Stale, politically without impor-
tance, vet happy, rich, and, since
time immemoral, governed and de.
Tended by women, The sovereign
is indeed a man, but all the rest Of
the government belongs to the fair
sex. The king is entirely depend
ent upon his State council, com.
posed of three women. The high
est authorities, all State officers,
court functionaries, military COM
manders, and soldiers are, without
exception, of the female sex. The
men are agriculturists aud mer'
chants. The body'guard of the
king is formed of the elite. These
amazons ride in masculine style,
wearing sharp steel points instead
of spurs. They carry a pointed
lance, which they swing very grace
fully, and also q musket, which is
discharged at full gallop. The
THRONE is ipheritable by the eldest
SON, aud in case the king dies
without issue q hundred amazons
assemble, in order to choose q
successor, from among their sons.-
The chosen ous is then proclaimed
lawful king. The capital city of
this little State lies in one OF the
most picturesque parts of the
island, 10 a fruitful plain, and is
defended by two weh-kept fortress
ga
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-11-08

Petersburg, Va, has $50 Mpffet
registers, which show that that city
took between September % and DC.
tober re-, 34,354 alcoholic potations
fax, Ss59.s5 malt, Io.75f-tax,
&54.27.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-11-08
GERMAN MHLET.

The first season of experimental
culture OF this new Ito ns) forage
plant has passed, and We, believe
with thorough conviction OF its
great value oall who have tried IT.
We have seen two or three crops,
of which We can personally speak;
one in town, raised by DIR. Hooker,
which was sowed somewhat thinly,
but which attained a fine height,
aud was heavily headed. Mr.. w.
B. Gordon, had a piece of rather
more than one acre from which he
estimates that he cut fifteen thous-
and pounds. This may be an over
estimate; but we saw the Millet
standing in cocks after being cut
and the field looked as if all the
rorage of the neighboring farms
had heen dumped upon it. Mr.
- Harris who lives not far from
Mebanesville tells us that from a
little less than two acres, he cut
eleven loads, each one Of which he
believes weighed ton. This WAS
on land not specially prepared for
Millet. Last year it was in corn,
aid the yield Of the two acres was
five bushels.
The general testimony is uniform
as to its nutritivc qualities, and all
stock are excessively fond of it. In
reply to the question whether If is
an exhauster, all say that it is not
to on excessive extent. a crop
that yields so heavily must draw
upon the land. Bnt crop that
pays SO well is worth the trouble to
manure and prepare well. High
culture always pays well, and this
is the system that must be adopted
to make farming pay. A few acres
we'll cultivated pay better than q
large lumber neglected. Millet,
by the abundance of manure max.
ing substance, renders the work OF
restoring exhausted lands less diff.
cult.-UiHsboro Recorder.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-11-08


TUNNEL BENEArH TIE BRrrIsH
CHANNEL.-Operations connected
with the submarine tunnel have al
laready been commenced on the other
side of the channel, several pits hav-
ing been sunk to the depth of about
one hundred and ten yards. At the
same time the French and English
committee have definitely drawn up
the conditions of working for the
route. The property of the tunnel is
to be divided in half by the length
that is to say, each company will pos
sess half of the line, reckoning the
distance from coas: to coast at low
tide. Each company will cover the ex-
pense of Its portion. l-
The general work of excavation will
be done, on the one hand by the Great
Northern of France, and on the other
by the Chatham and Southeastern
companies, the two latter having each
q direct rout from London to Dover.
All the materials of the French and
English lines will pass through the
tunnel in order to prevent unnecessa-
ry expense and delay of transhipmen',
as in England and France railro d
companies Use each others lines, d
goods can pass from one line to, al
other without changing vans. 1t is
understood that an arrangement will
be established for a, similar exchange
OF lines between all the English and
Continental railway companies when
the tnnnel is-compict, is d. The tannet
will beloEg to it's founders, At the
expiration of thirty years the two Gov
ernments will be able to take posses
sion of the tunnel on certain condi-
tiuns. London DaiEy' Ne,os. 'l.rs 4.
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"Doaot ttinkner precipitate in
MY aHgctDH, Though tie acqnairits
ance hassbeeptsobrieb yet I cannct
be1nistakcn il nay feeings, and I
duly wait your spernission%to offer
my heart and hand to = youf pet
sister Bertha. - . 7t ,.a-''t
"You stand in the place of a
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-02
The Grain Market,

The Philadelphia Ledger Of Tuesday says
Tho great speculation IN brcadstuis, which
recently caused such rapid adynncesin prices
oyerreaehed itself There has lately been a
steady decline, and, under the influence OF
favorable crop reports n0w coming 10 hand
from the grain, growing districts, The decline
PROMISES 10 continue. There is no reason
why Americans should permit the war between
Turkey and Russia to inilict on consumers
hereabouis two or three dollars more Tor
barrel of flour, and nearly dollar morctor q
bushe of wheat aud the spectators who
caused these uuwarranted advances are now
having the penalty in losses caused by the
decline. Prices advanced at u much greater
ratio in the Atlantic ports than was warranted
by the European market, and there was not
the corresponding advance at San Fran cisco.
Hence, the CaliiOrnisns, finding they could
undersell the Atlantic market for European
export, began to avail themselves OF the op'
portunity, and the San Francisco wheat mar
ket, which had been almost dormant, sprang
into sudden activity week before last, with
large engagements for shipment to Europe,
Il is quite possible that the discovery OF this
may have accelerated the decline IN wheat
and -four here, but whatever may have been
the cause, il is none the less true that there IS
steady downward tendency now in bread
stuiFs prices everywhere, Not very long ago
there was almost phrenzy to ship bread,
stutls to Europe, all the vessels being engaged
that could be got hold OF, to carry cargoes
that were sent out on ventures, hoping that
future necessities would enable them TO be
sold at large profits. Il is probable that some
of the shippers OF these carAoes wish nov that
they had not done it, The grain growers will
not suffer by the decline, for they got none OF
the advance. II is gratifying to fud that the
prospect now is that our own people are not
to pay so much for wheat and flour, and that
if any future advance shall come about, the
farmers will share the benefit OF increased
prices.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-02

dispatch from Louisville, Ky. NAV 20
says The attendance at the races to da,
was the largest ever seen ON the course OF the
Louisville Jockey Club. In Ten Brock,
| race against the fastest two.mile time on
record St Louis and Necy Hale were hi,
| companions, the former in the first mile and
the latter in the second II was feared thai
the King Of the Turf could not equal Ne
Whittier time of yesterday, even though he
beat True Blues, the fastest previous time
Walker rode Ten Brock for all there is in
him, and the result was to make Ten Brock
record the grandest any horse ever achieved
lie made the distance in 3:27l, five second.
better than True Blue Blue s, and three
seconds quicker than McWhrter's run yes
terday The scene at the close Of the race
was one Of the widest enthusiasm.
Al recent trOttng match, near San Fran,
slsco, Goldsmith Maid trotted mile in two
minutes fourteen and Il half seconds, beating
her adversary, Rarus, by "half a neck" So
II IS reported IN the San Francisco PAPERS
and the same report says that during the trot
she covered half a mile in one minute and
seven seconds, one quarter of a mile in tAir.
ty'one and a half seconds, aud another quar-.
ter IN thirty one seconds. These quarter.
were at the rate Of a mile in two minutes and
six seconds, and two minutes and four sec.
onds respectively. "Rarus," it will be seen,
made a mile in the race in about the same
time that Goldsmith Maid got through, viz,
ia! for he was ouly "half neck" behind,
and it would puzzle the judges TO measure
that distance in time. There was time
when 30 was thought to be pace that
could not he beaten; then 81 got to be the
extreme measure, aud then 2.20, 2.l8, 2.ls,
Here we have III! by two horses; but was
it full honest mile d?
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-02
Law the Egis Of Nations,

If nations were governed by an inter-
national code administered by proper
tribunal, instead of being governed by
their own imperious wills, would the world
again witness such despoiling of nations
as that of Austria's oppression of Hunga-
ry; Russia's cruelty toward Poland; Eng
lands tyrannical misrule in ireland, aud
disgraceful robbery of the independence
of the weak and defeneeless Transvaal re.
public established by the Dutch in South
Africa? Would not hook be thus put
in the nostrils of these bullies and free
hooters among the nations? Is it utopian
to look to such n consummation ia the
march of events in this boosted age of civ.
ilization? Shall brute force ever lord it
over justice, truth, honor, equity and pro-
priety, in the affairs of nations? Is there
no earthly device but that of force to re-
strain governments as well as individuals,
when they would trample upon oil that
men hold dear? Win might never respect
the right? Why should not communities
of nations be subject to law as well as COM
munities of individuals Nations are bu:
individuals in the aggregate. What would
be wrong in an individual, would also be
wrong in the nation. Laws, properly ad-
ministered, should restrain both. When
an individual is guilty of an infraction of
the law of State, the power of the State
is invoked to punish him, that public order
may be maintained and the majesty of the
law indicated. When a nation violates
the rights Of another nation there ought to
be an international code and an interna-
tional tribunal to interpose between them,
and the power Of the whole ought to be
invoked to sustain the law and to uphold
the right between nations as between in
dividuals. When such tribunal is insti-
tuted and successfully maintained, the
world will have made long stride in the
progress of civilization. Then the san
culinary wars which have deluged the earth
with blood will be of less frequent occur
renee.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-02
The Newspaper.
renee.

"a newspaper is public property" the
wiseacres have discovered, and therefore
it must work for the public free of charge.
This is quite mistake. The newspaper
business is just like any other business,
prosecuted for the benefit Of him who en- i.
cages in it. The newspaper is a public
convenience and vehicle of communion
ton in the community where it is pub
lished, but its use must be paid for, Just
as the use Of any other property. The
post Office is public convenience and q
medium Of communication, but nobody
dreams Of using the postal facilities offered
through the post Office without paying for
them No other business under the sun
is expected or called upon to render so
much service to the public for nothing, as
the newspaper business. Every type set
costs money, and if those who use the
columns Of a newspaper do not help the
publisher to pay that cost, he must pay
for it himself His workmen have to be
paid weekly in cash Type, ink and paper,
cannot be had for nothing. Yet the
newspaper proprietor has constant demands
made upon his labor and capital to work
for nothing. He is asked and expected
to give his labor free to all temperance,
sunday school, aud moral reform associa-
tions, and especially TO all the churches,
aud he contributes, at the same time, out
Of his pocket, as much to the churches and
societies as other men. In the city dailies
you can publish nothing --neither deaths,
obituaries, church notices nor
my other thing, without paying for Il.
But the country press is expected to pub
ish everything except advertisements free,
md 70 be paid for nothing. None but
eols can entertain such notions. But the
assber Of such Is fightfalIy numerous. !
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-02
The Next Legislature.

The next Legislature selects a United
States Senator to succeed Hon. George r.
Dennis. That gentleman win be can
didate for reelection. The names Of
Hon. Philip Francis Thomas, of Talbot;
Hon. Il. X Wilson, of Worcester county;
Thomas ]. Heating, of Queen Anne's,
and Hon. Daniel Fields, Of Caroline, are
also mentioned in this connection. As
a matterbearing upon the election of
United States Senator by the next Legis-
lature, it may be stated that there are
fourteen vacancies to be filed in the Senate
at the next election, viz Couuties-Al-
legany, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorches-
ter, Garrett, Hartford, Montgomery, Prince
Georges, Talbot, Worcester, Calvert and
St. Mary's, and in the Second legislative
district Of Baltimore.
We beg leave to add to the list of gem
tlemen named above, the name Of Judge
Wickes, Of Chestertown.. We know Of no
gentleman in the State who would GIL the
position with more ability and dignity
than Judge Wickes. As to the talk
about repeating the act giving one of the
Senators to the Eastern Shore, in order to
to make room for a supposed aspirant from
the Western Shore, we think il is safe to
say that the people through their repre-
seutatives in that body viii not be found
willing to make the change.