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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09
THE NEW HORSE.
Making Two Hundred and Sixty-one
Miles in Eighteen Hours.
New York Times.l


Il was very interesting to learn by
Weston's help that man can travel
$50 miles in IA hours, but it is not
less wonderful, and it may be far
more useful, to learn that a man,
using no other motive power than
nature has given him, can cover
more than twice the distance in
considerably less time. The fact
was demonstrated at the recent BIZ
cycle match in London. when the
winner in six days of eighteen hours
each, covered the enormous distance
of l ,404 miles, and the second man
made only fourteen miles less.
Scores of 200 miles a day were
made so often, and by so many men,
as to be scarcely worth mentioning,
but the winners 261 miles in a sin
gle period of eighteen hours, or at
the rate of nearly fifteen miles an
hour, makes the future and the past
possibilities of personal rapid tran
sit, so to speak, compare very much
as the creeping of child contrasts
with his stride as a man. If these
men had kept up their travelling for
two days more, only the lack of a
solid road bed would have prevent
ed their keeping company with the
swiftest steamer across the Atlantic,
and they actually did cover within
those los hours the distance of a..
crows flight between London and
Constantinople. With the aid of
this new iron horse" a man may
make the Ground trip" over twice
the extreme length of the British
Island in less than a week, or trans
lated into distances familiar to US,
it would be child's play to go on a
bicycle to Coney Island and back
by road in an afternoon, or to
along the beautiful banks
of the Hudson, in a day. That |
such comparisons as these are not !
mere flights of fancy will easily be
believed when it is learned that the |
machine is regarded in England |
more as a useful tool than as curl |
osity or a toy, that country doctors
and postmen use them on their |
rounds, and that no less than 10000 !
have been made and sold. On such |
a basis of experience as these facts
give, it is asserted that the use of
the machine does not cause disease,
as was once thought, and that any
one, even the weakest or the most
timid, may use them, as, with a little
this novel mode of
becomes as easy and natu-
raj as walking, with the pleasant ad-
lition of a delightful exhilaration
caused by the sense of power and
he rapid rush through the air,
During the match above noticed,
'or instance, the contestants hs btu
lly ate and drank while in motion,
and sometimes seemed to dose
out it may be doubted whether this
vas when going at the rate of
nile in four minutes. In Boston
md San Francisco bicycle riders
ire not infrequent, but in this city
hey are very scarce, and probably
will be so as long as the park au-
horities, with a possibly wise eau
ion, absolutely forbid their use.
But If the powers that be would per- .
nit bicycle riding within certain
limits, they would soon learn how
auch restraint is necessary to insure
public safety without too far deny
ng al Innocent relaxation to class
which would probably soon become ,
ute large.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09
A Good Prayer.

A gentleman, after a brief adj
dress at the close of a Sunday
school session, raised his hands,
and devoutly saying,"Let US pray"
looking up to heaven he uttered
these words: Lord, this afternoon
forgive and bless every boy and
girl in this school, for the sake Of
Jesus, our Savior. Amen" One
of the boys, In the fullness of his
heart, exclaimed loud enough to- be
heard by several: "That's the best
prayer l ever heard p You see it
was well aimed and hit the mark.
To much of a good thing badly ad
ministered may surfeit and disgust.
Let us have our public prayers
shorter and more of them, and
there will be more to join and more
to appreciate them. More than
one Sunday school and social meet
ing has been depleted in numbers
by long, spiritless and meaningless
prayers The Helper.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09
What Re Thinks Of the Niger.

Colored people contemplating
emigration from the South should
steer clear of Iowa, or at least that
part of the State where the Lemars
Sentinel, red hot Radical sheet, is
printed and patronized. Here is a
specimen of its opinion of the ne
gro:
while the amiable idiocy that
prevailed in Congress during the
reconstruction days was at its
height, the negro was enfranchised.
He was invested with the ballot on
the petty theory that he was man
and a brother, with an infusion of
sand in his makeup. 1t was given
him on the school girl notion that
affection for the party that gave
him his freedom, would make him
its perpetual instrument. But the
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

We have received the Phrenolog
ical Journal and Science of Health
for October, and find 1t filed with
material at once lively, entertain
ing, crisp, instructive and seasona
BILE. The Journal is now published
at the low price of 50 year, with a
valuable book premium worth $1.50
and the balance of this year (three
months) free to new subscribers.
A single number is 20 cents, but 1t
is offered to new subscribers, ION
trial." three months, including DC
tober number, for only % cents
Every reader of this paper should
send % cents at once and see for
themselves the peculiar merits and
fascinating nature of this magazine.
Letters should be addressed to s..
r. Wells & Co., Publishers, 1877
Broadway, New Pork.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09
An Invention for the Ladies.

The language of postage stamps,
instead of flowers, has just been IN
vented. Thus, when a postage
stamp is placed upside down on the
left corner of the envelope it means
81 love you," in the same place,
crosswise, "My heart is another's;"
straight up and down, Goodbye,
sweetheart, goodbye" upside down
in the right hand corner, "Wrlte no
more;" in the centre at the top,
YES" opposite at the bottom,
"No:" on the right hand corner at
a right angle, 'Do you love meP
in the left hand corner, 81 hate
You;" top corner on the right, al
wish your friendship" bottom cor
ner on the left, 81 seek your &C
quaintance;; ''on a line with the sur
name, accept my love-" the same
upside down, 81 am engaged" at
right angles in the same place, 81
long to see you;" in the middle at
the right hand edge, "Write to me
immediately"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

81 do not think" said Alex. III.
Stephens the other day to an inter.
viewer, "there is enough of data on
the Presidential question for n sen
sible man to form a rational specu-
latioh. The witty Judge Dooly, of
Georgia, said: "If there is any
thing God does not foreknow, it is
The verdict of a petit jury" and 1
can speak the same terms of Presi-
dental candidates. Who thought
of Mr.. Hayes two days before he
was nominated2 No one. could
better tell you after the nominations
we're made who would be elected.
Indeed, for thirty years have never
missed in my prophecy. i began
with Polk, although / was a Clay
man. Ringsters and political thin
bic Triggers set up the nominations,
but it is the vote Of the people
which decides the great question in
the end. John Sherman is certain
ly candidate, but of Grant / would
not speak. / have my personal
opinion Of him, which is a very high
one, but do not care TO speak OF
him as a candidate. / do not know
that he is willing to be one. In
fact, all talk about candidates is
and must be for while the vaguest
and widest speculation. 1t would
be folly for the leaders to put up a
man now, to be shot at for year,
during which time he would certain
ly be hit greater or less number OF
times. really have nothing 10 say
OF the Presidential campaign. do
not know whether Mr.. Tilden will
come into the field again or not
should say he is not as strong now
as he was before. or course | have
views on this subject, and very de-
decided ones, too; but IL would be
Of no advantage TO the party or TO
the country for me to set them forth
now"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

An English physician relates that
on the 18th of February his wife,
after mixing some meal for feeding
the fowls, missed her wedding ring
from her finger, and after fruitless
search gave it up for lost. On the
0th of April, while eating an egg
for breakfast she felt the eggspoon
CRATE against something hard at the
bottom of the egg below the yelk,
and on furtherinvestigation found
the lost ring firmly fixed by mem
branous adhesion to the bottom Of
the egg. The egg was of extra
large size, and was laid the day be
fore.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09
Neuralgia.

For this distressing malady there
is a very simple and efficient RENE
dy. We have tried IL with uniform
success, but we have rarely found a
sufferer who would make a thor.
ough use of it. 1t is so simple that
most people prefer to suffer than to
properly try it. 1t is this: Get u
piece of the common sal-ammonlac,
and every hour or so bite off piece
as big as a pea and swallow il. II.
more convenient, wash it down
with water; or dissolve half a
drachm OF the sal-amoniac In an
ounce of water and take a table
spoonful every three minutes or
80. An overdose can do no harm,
nor is the substance especially dis
agreeable TO take. In from one 70
three hours relief will be obtained
in four-ffths of the cases. Why
people won't try this simple rem
edy, after being told OF 1t by one
who has tried it, is TO US a wonder;
but so it is.-[Vox Populi.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

The repudiatiDg papers are seem
ingly rejoiced over the death of the
Woodbury. Press, which they style
a "high tax organ" The leading
cause of that papers demise is per
haps found in the fact that the edi
tor in 1873 ventured to assail Col.
John H. Savage for his vote in 1857
to increase the pay of the congress
men from IS per day to $4,000 per
annum. John Savage is nightly
to paying the State debt,
but he is always good on accepting
a ST., 900 retainer and increasing sal
aries when in Office himself, but it
is dangerous for singh tax organs"
to impugn the motives of the saint
ly repudiator, If sanity may be ap-
piled to a leading spirit of deprav
ity.-[ GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

Imitation meershaum pipes are
now manufactured from potatoes
in France. A peeled potato is
placed in sulphuric acid and water,
in the proportion of eight parts of
the former to 100 of the latter. 1t
remains in this liquid thirty six
hours to blacken, is dried with blot
ting paper and submitted to a Ger
tain pressure, when it becomes a
material that can &c readily carved.
The counterfeit is said to be excel
lent. An imitation ivory, sufficient
ly hard for billiard balls, can be
made by still greater pressure. A
resemblance of coral is obtained by
treating carrots in the same
manner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

A new patent, secured IN Eng
land, involves the mixing of paints
and varnishes with phosphorescent
salt, or a mixture of lime and sui
phur. This composition is to store
up daylight and give it out at night.
Practically the patentee applies it
to clock faces, SO that at night the
hands may be seen distinctly; but
his patent claims its use for all
kinds of lighting purposes. Rooms
may be painted with it, and streets
so coated as to become self lumi-
nous; and ships, buoys and the 9th
er objects used in the signal
service.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

There is in Sandersville, Ca,
a blind negro man who is profes
sional well-digger. He not only
digs and cleans out wells, but can
rive boards and shingles, and nail
hem on a house in as straight
line as though he had perfect sight.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

A man named Phelps, in Cumber-
land county, KY, has named his
children as follows: Robert Cod
erich Charming De Aubrey Phelps,
Ouitman Fremont Iturbide Cadwal
lader Phelps, Belchis Zenobia Semi
ramis Phelps, James Richard Angus
tus Phelps, Bohemia PAMELA Mel
yina Phelps, Esau Mahurshal AL
lashbar Phelps, Dionysius Edric
Robert Turner Phelps, Thompson
Baker. Samson Boanergss Phslps.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

The pencil marks you SEQ around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your subs
scription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. Wa
would take great pleasure in extendIag
credit to our friends and patrons, buf
cash alone will yay our expenses, ana
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such
course, and renew your su scription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
EE- We enter no new names on our
books without the money In advance
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

The faith of the religious man is
great and beautiful to witness, but
we can't help thinking those muir
derers who announce from the scat
fold that they are ''going right
straight to Jesus" would be willing
to swap of their dead-head pass
for a pardon from the Governor
I Athens Post.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09
Since the creation it is estimated

Since the creation it is estimated
that 27,OOO,OOO,OOO,O 10000 100000 peo-
pie have lived on the earth. This
sum divided by 1864, 900, the mum
Der of square miles, gives 1874
5I2,0S6 to a square rod, and 5 to a
square foot. Suppose a square rod
be divided into IL graves, each
grave would contain 100 persons.
But this is speculation, and Of no
benefit to the I,OOO,OOO,OOO people
that now exist, 5O0,0O0,000 of whom
are invalids, 33,OOO,0OO dying each
wear.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

The largest sum ever paid for a
horse in England was $4,000, given
for Doncaster by the Duke of
Westminster.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

Better bare feet and contentment
Herewith than patent leather boots
and q corn on each toe.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-09

When alone watch your thoughts;
in your family, your temper; in
company, your tongue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-27
NOTABLE PICTURE SALE.

JOHN LA FARGE's OIL PAIN IINGs, wATER-coLORs
AND ENGRAvINGs DISPOSED OF At AUCTION
BOSTON, Dec. 25.-An event OF 10 small in
tercsI last week in TINS city the sale OF John La
Farges drawings water cOlors and oil paintings
lection comprising all The available works remaining
BE- the studio of the artist who proposes TO devote him
@ iexcGsyey TO decoration the future Some ~ the
,ir' s date back far 1857. and the whole pre-
.nLed continuous series OF Mr. Ii Farges work They
I'd. re on exhibition LeOnard's Gallery Bromfed-
49, days before the sale and attracted many
visitors The sale took place on the evenings OF Thurs
day aud Friday; bidding spirited aud the prices
ou the whole good The paintings forty
eight In number, One of the largest. The Three Wise
Men," sold for Sl450 represents the wise travel
hug their journey. while one dsmounts 20 consult
his as'roloOe reckoning the place Of ne star IN the
Easi. Arfhcr OF the same sizt 32x4o brought 500.
Fuu- pretty Autumn Scenes sod FOR S4O0 S4O5. 5000,
500. The fOrty-elght bTouRhi s7.7I5 Iher.
twenyOne wltercOlJrs, of which merely
les; the snai 81 Of these sold readily $50 to
80. and four flower pieces brought c2lJ, 1900 1913
aud $3.50. TIE wgoe selling for S2,22O The drawings.
twenty gAt In number sold Tor So3l, Two bringing
$40 each. six drawings Oh glass, framed 20 be nung
agDs the lgAt sold for $3.50. They are illustrations
o. ROOrr. BiOwung's poems ana the oiignais OF
&c. 81 photographs known 10 tie public The entire pro
ceeds vi the sale were mvle than Sl1 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-27
EsTIuArEs OF me GRAIN SUPPLY.

+. Ii. Walker. statstician of the Produce Tx
change, In ms weekly report yesterday calls atten-
ton 10 the wide variations IN the estimates Of the
stock Of wheat aflOat In New-YoTk, the estimates
showing difference of between 100000 and
1000 900 bushels at different times since October
/. and asks the question: WHO can comprehend
tine purpose for which the stock heat anoat IN
New-York has been watered nearly 900, 600 BUSH
els p
Mr.. Walker calls attention 10 the fact that the
stocks reported weekly the bulletins OF the Pro-
duce Exchange beng store include all gram IN
grain warehouses IN New-York and Brooklyn, as
well all the grain held by the railroads in lighters,
for which certificates Issued by each OF the roads
the grain beng inspected in cue lighters. there
fore the floating stock includes only the gram IN
cnual boats. The estimates made bv outside per-
SOUS II the wheat ahoat December 20 was
5S0O,0O0 basoels, while the actual stock ahoat was
Onlv /. 9s2. 066 bushels. and the stocks IN store
7,s46.U52 bushels.
The .. 500 900 bushels of wheat. Mr.. Walker says.
would make ul caTgocs for US canal boats, wnile
II positively asserted that there are noi bali That
number altogether in and around New York. ana %
good many Of these are laden with gram othet thah
wheat. The tOta, visible supply OF gram IN gtah-
AIRY nc tue principal points of accumulation at axe
and seaDoard ports and IA transit by lake ana raul
December 20 was Wheat. 27,s57.0s9 busheisi
corn o. :}O7 $50 bushels oats, 2.012, 100 bushels
barley 4, 6ds 554 bushels; rye. l.l27s54 bushels
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-27
THE NEW ISTHM US RAILROAD.

Martin Van BroecklIn, ex-chiei engineer OF tho
Metrop Titan 4evated Railway. William j. Meal
pine and Mr.. Scott. Of the engineers, who arc to
supcrntond the construction Of the inter0ceanc
railway from the Atlantic to tire Pacific, 1t the
Isthmus OF Tehuantepeo will sail to-day on the new
Havana steamship City OF Alexandria. Upon reach
ing Vera Cruz they will take a eoastwlse steamer
Tor Minitulan, The Gnatzcoalas RIVER and expect
to find on their arrIya! fore already at work near
the mouth If the river. The length of the road
from ocean TO ocean will be about $50 miles. the
Atlantic terminus to be- IA about Latitude 1872 mort h.
The first 100 miles from the Atlantic SIDE will he
through an nDdulating county. well watered and
wooded, and free from al tropical tevers. With
the exception OF about twenty-five miIes ON the Pa
cIic side there Will be- no engineering difficulties to
encounter No turnelhng will be required.
b. the terms Of the contract the fIst Iorty miles
of The road are to he completed by October next,
and Ii is expected that three years VIII before
the entire road il IN operation. The labor will he
mostly performed by negroes brought from Jamaica
and New-OrleaDs, but native and Chinese labor
will be utilized far as possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-27
LIE sHoorINe ~ AEW.yAasAr.

WAvERLY, n. j., Dee 26.-In pigeon
shooting matcn to-day between Charles Height and
L. Bltior at nifty birds each twenty-five yards rise,
egh ysrds bOuudaIy, Height Won the m ttch. score,
Al t. 80.
WEST END, n. j., Dee 26.-The New-Jersey
Gun Clab ,ho. the Columbia tro.hy nee to-day. Inc
Conditions ten birds. eight, yard. boundary. Eng
lish rulcs rhe follows: Slnmis, % yards,
biI ds; Goth. 80 yards o Fulton. ~ yards, D (;
Wheeler 20 yards ! Chisholm 20 yaris ) Prince, -
Yards, z uutDerIe, 81 rus z. he ue between the
fret tnree shol on bud about, the trophy going
hanInir. VITA tOtaloi II birds killed
AMBoY, N. j., Dec. 36.-The shooting of the
Amboy Kiae Club Tor Remington rife took place mere
to-day. The conditions ten shots at 100 yards,
standing position. The winner OF the ride was r. 4.
Hayerly, who had uf 40 out Of possible 90. Tue
best the were j. Hawes, IL ID. Wadron,
Al W. Johns. 40: q. Holmes. 49, ana IA. Walling 80
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-27
AREASON FOR POOR BUTTER.

To the EdifOr Of The Tribune.
SIR: suggestion may be offered TO sup
plemenf your excellent and nuch-needed editorial in
saturdays issue That ia extremely difficult, indeed
almost impossible. for get good butter at this sea
OF the every must admit That this state Of
things should exist In "A great Ike New-York IL
strange enough. That should prevail IN the midst NJ
a beautiful farming country thirty miles nway from
New-York Influences and demands Ia marvellous. Yet
this the fact Onr best TWO grocers on Saturday ac-
uowedged thar they had good bnter and could not
got Il. One said he had sent great distance and
would have some few days and this is Christmas
time when butter should be good. " Nothing
he palmer that there Is for this. Undoub
odiy the fret reason, YOU say Is want or Intelligent
superntendence OF the butter making. Behind tins Is
another reason; the TO which is, supply suf-
GENTLY powerful incentive 10 farmers wives aud Gaugh
ters and what we desire will be accomplished. In the
country glOcers generally do not discriminate 10 quail
itY allow the farmers In trade TO bring their butter
good. bad and Ind erent, paying the same price for
THIS cevoral good butterma.ers have told me and be-
lieve IT, Ttey what encouragement Is there 10
make good butter when you get the price for
pOorp The grOcers charge the consumer a uniform
price, which, needless add, Is the highest price
The grocrrs' only plea extenuaIion OF this OF
action s that II they did not take this bad butter they
would not get anything eiso In payment; also. that
people buy IT, Now is not plain that Just here thu
pervades our community to greater degree than we
would at frst sight allow. Mechanics sswng-womeu.
bOrers OfeyeTy trade and occupation expect uniform
price, whatever tarr qualifications may be- Charitable
societies organized to support supply through the
Winter, idle and worthless families WIN Will not work
MAKE hay when the snlnes-iamihes that Will be
taught thrift by other process tnan suffering. The
industrious and selfrespectng look on and say: "What
be t,keu OFF, F rlners' wives IN Ike manner,
argue, WHAT "a the list or spending time over OF
milk and butter when do not, shall ~ equally we'll
on l. it not folly TO labor when dleness IS at pre-
KorrisOrn, ". j.. Dec. %, 1879.