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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24
The EScuriel,

The Escurlel is The palace of the
Kings OF Spain, one OF the largest
and most magnificent in the world.
1t was begun by Philip II. in the
year 1862. and the first cost of it's
erection was 6,O0O,000 ducats. 1t
forms vast square of polished
stone, paved with marble. 1t may
give some notion OF the surprisin g
grandeur of this palace to say that,
according to tue computation oi
Francisco de los Santes, it would
take four days 10 20 through
all the rooms and apartments, the
length OF the way being reckoned
thirty-three Spanish leagues, which
is above l2O English miles. There
are 1900 doors and ll,000 win.
dows belonging to the edifice.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24
Takes the Cakes.

NJ dern Argo: Two young peo-
pie who have just contracted Il mar
riage engagement in Quincy. are
entitled to the cake for briefness.
The young gentleman had been pay
ing his attention to the maiden for
several months, and she felt that
the time drew near for him to ex
plode the momentous question.
He called on her last Saturday
evening, and they sat in their ac-
customed seat on the parlor sofa.
He took her hand and toyed with
il for a few minutes in silence, and
then raised his eyes to hers and
gazed lovingly into their liquid
depths, as if endeavorIng there to
read his tate. She knew the su-
preme moment had arrived With
out relaxing his steadfast gaze he
softly calculated:
"EhY'
She understood it, and foppir g
her head down upon his shoulder
softly and lovingly replied:
"Uh-huv'
And then a kiss that started half
a dozen shingles on the root sealed
the sacred compact.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24
The Distress in Ireland.

Phi ladslphia Times: An Irish
family in winter quarters is, in
everything but the picturesque, a
wigwam OF Indian squalOr, unre
deemed by the plenty that lightens
the hardships Of the red mans hi.
bernat:ons. If be have a COW or a
brood of geese or chickens. these
are depended upon to gain a penny
or two fcr the meal TO make his
porridge. Meat be never sees. Po-
tatoes in seasons Of plenty are the
staple or his wretched existence.
Nor ia this dreadful squallidness the
lowesL state of hish life under
Eogheh rule. There is n lower
deep-the bog trotter or day labor
er, who scours the country for al
odd job. He sleeps on the brown
lurf of the bog, under the hedge, il
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24

Galveston News; "DId you
have much luck, Uncle MoEeT
asked a gentleman Of an old Gal
weston fisherman
"Nebber seed de like. 1t was all
day long jerk! up comes q ave-
pound reddish; jerk agin, up comes
six pound trout; jerk sglD. mp
comes a seben pound sheepheAd.
1t nebber stopped one second"
"How did you catch fish chat fast
without stopping TO bait your hGok1
Come now, Mosew
"Bait de hook2 All dem hsh was
on de same hook. DE six-pGund
reddish swallowed the Eve pound
trout and the seben pound sheep
head just gobbled de ix-Pound
reddish, and jest kept on ontn
da was about ty flsb on dc
hook, and den | hauled 'em 10 and
put on fresh b ait. Has yer cotched
my meanin' p
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24
Foote and IemmY Wright.

Passing one day near the now
demolished Kings Bench prison.
Foote observed small bafber's
shop, the broken windows OF which
we're nended with paper bearing
the legend, "Shave for . penny"
Over the door were the lines:
"Hsrs lives Jenny Wright.
shavss we'll - any man In Engl1nd,
Almost--not quita."
AID thinking 70 Obtain seme fun
from the author OF the inscriptions,
whom be justly concluded TO De aD
odd fellow, he pulled of bis hat,
and thrusting has head through .
paper pane, called out, els Jenny
Wright at homer The barber i'm.
medlately thrust his head through
another pane and replied, ''No sir,
be has just popped out" Foote
laughed heartily, and gave the man
q guinea
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24
How the Burglars BurgIe.


The modern housebreaker is
however, far different person anc
plays far higher stake. He hai
probably been in prison, and learned
the tricks of the trade in the hour,
of combined labor while undergo
ing penal servitude at Dartmoor OF
Portland. 1t is here that he re
celves the first smattering of his
scientific education. He may have
been clerk or a discharged foot
man, or small shopman, or an er
rand lad-one who has embezzled
or purloined-and the discipline oi
his prison career has resulted in
nothing more than preparing him
for the exciting trade of a profes-
sional thief. Society, he argues,
has injured him by depriving him
OF his liberty, and he intends to be
revenged upon society. He be
CONES a companion of old thieves,
and he is elected brother in the
lreemasonry of crime. He is told
where property Can be found, how
1t eau be stolen, n,a-d where it can be
disposed of. Stories OF robbelies
and burglaries, and midnight All
ventures, SCUM rs fascinating MS
Cue yarns Of miners al the diggings.
Chabce may decree a long course
ot ceaseless work and 40 reward;
but when the turn up" does com
tue prize is worth the winni Y.
Thus educated theoretically in
thieves knowledge, the feloneous
comes out of prison TO be
n connecting link between tue lag
ged'' and the lucky" He knows
what policemen can be brlbbed,
" hat Information is necessary ful
his undertaking; what public houses
and other haunts are frequented b,
thieves, and what SHOULD be the
general plan OF the campaign Oh
which he has entered He does
not GO rashly TO work, but bides
his time, setting his traps and snares
with Lhe care of an old sportsman.
Unconsciously, domestic servants,
male and female, drift into this
world of roguery, and, before they
are aware of il, are led TO betray
The confidence OF their employers.
They are plausible fellows, these
modern burglars; they can tell a
good story and sing a good song;
they can hirt with the silly MAIDS,
and will walk out with them on
they bet a little and play
cards; and gradually they inmesh a
household by the agency of the in
door servants, who have not the
iaintest idea of the real object of
The crafty fellows who have made
themselves so agreeable. People
express themselves surprised at
the constant success of the conf
'ence trick, and all the devices in
which good acting and plauslbilIty
are opposed to selfishness and vani-
Uy; and yet they cannot realize the
fact that agents of the Intelligence
department" Of knavery are con
stantly on the alert London Tel.
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Work First. Then Play.

A man who is very rich now was
very poor when he was a boy.
When asked how be got his riches,
he replied: .'Mv father taught me
never To- play till my work was fin
ished, aud never /" spend money
iii l mad earned it. If l had but
ualf an-hour's work TO do in a day
] must 90 that the first thing, and
In hall an hour. After this was
done l was allowed to play. ear
formed the habit OF doing every
hing in It's time, and Ii soon hr
came perfectly easy to do So. II is
to this habit that | now owe my
ArnSneritN.n
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24
Value of Grants Popularity.

Philadelphia Record New York
Letter: 1t was discovered the 9th
er evening that the commercial val
ue oil Grants popularity in New
York commercial circles is SIS, 900
A meeting of seven hundred busl
ness men was called at Delmonico's
few evenings since to ratily
Grants appointment as President
OF the proposed Worlds Fair, an0
after many speeches and q great
flourish OF trumpets subscriptions
were called Tor, and three gentlemen
subscribed $4,000 each 1t was q
fiat iallute and must have been very
mortlfying to the ex President.
The funny part OF the performance
was that the invitations were is
sued to gentlemen to come and hear
Gen. Grants "vlews" upon the sub
jecL OF the International Exhibition,
and when they were all assembled
anu the reporters held their sharp
ened pencils IN suspense over their
note books the red faced Ulysses
arose and stammeringly said that
be knew nothing about it, and
should call upon those who were
better posted about it than him self.
Somebody had warned him about
committing himself to q scheme
which is more likely to prove a
failure than success. Eight
months ago the Commissioner be-
gan operations. They have Sc
cured an immense amount OF free
advertising in the interim; have
gained the influence of Grants
name, and have less Sthan $350OOO
subscribed up to this date. With II
site selected wholly as u real estate
speculation, and accessible to but a
single railroad line and With q shoai
of unknown adventurers associated
with the management, what better
could be expectedf Grant may
fad second Chicago here.
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How a Beautiful Hymn was
Written.

There is an interesting incident
mentioned IN the life OF Charles
Wesley, which led 10 the writing OF
one of his sweet hymns.
One day Mr.. Wesley was sitting
by an open window looking out
over the beautiful fields in tue
summer time Just then 8 hawk
came swooping down towards liz
tie bird. The poor thing, very
much frightened, was darting here
and there, trying To find some
place of refuge. La the bright, sun
ny air, in the leafy trees, or the
green fields. there was no hiding
place from the fierce grasp Of the
hawk But seeI & the open win
dow, and the man sitting by II, the
bird few in its terror toward IL, aud
with beating heart and quiVering
wing found a refuge 10 Mr.. Wes-
leyrs bosom. He sheltered it from
the threatened danger, add saved 1t
from a horrible death. Mr. Wesley
was at the time suffering severe trI-
ais, and was feeling the need Of G
refuge in his own time OF trouble as
much as the trembling little bird
did that nestled in his bosom.
so he took up his pen anG wrote
the hymn:
Jesus. SAVIOR Of my Soul,
Let me TO thy bosom fly,
While the waves Of trouble roll
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IncurabIes Not Taken .

"Mrs. TopnoodY," said Mr.. T.,
at breakfast, "if you don't stop
your everlatlng wrangle I'll go TO
the lunatic asylum"
"Oh. you will. will you" replied
Mrs Topnoody.
yes, l will, and that gladly"
"But you won't, all the same"
why wJn't IF'
"Why?"
Yes, say why?"
well, because they don't take
incurabIes, that's why"
Topnoody went down town with
out finishing his breakfast, and
wrote letter TO the authorities for
information res pecting qualfica
tion for admission to the asylum.
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An Old Table.

That is probably the oldest
piece Of furniture in England, "
said a collector of antique curios
tiles to a FRIEND, pointing to a ven
erable table as he spoke
"How old is it?" asked the friend.
Nearly 400 years
''Pshaw! that is nothing. have
an Arabic table over, 1000 years
old"
"Indeedw
eyes: the multiplication table. >
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24
Fine Weather,

Comparatively few people enjoy
fine weather for it's own sake. They
take a practical view of the matter.
The weather is good when the
housewife can dry her Mondays
washing; when the farmer can Sc
cure his hay or piow out his corn;
when my lady can go down town
without her waterproof; when the
excursion doesn't have to be post
poned. But weather that is good
simply to live in is little thought Of
We are too thoroughly accustomed
to the free gifts of nature To
value them as they should be valued
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24

A devoted Methodist. it is said,
asked John Wesley what he thought
as to his marrying a certain woman
we'll known to both. Wesley ad-
vised him not Co think of it.
why" SAID the other, "she is a
member of your church, isn't she?'
Yes" was the reply. Sand you
think she is truly a Christian Wo-
man?' eyes, said Wesley, 81 be-
lieve she is" "Well. then, why
not marry herr" Because" re
piled Wesley-"because, my trien d,
the Lord can live with n great
uuany people that you and l can't"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24

Washington Post: At her hotel
in New Orleans, and in fact, most
of the Western and Southern cities,
Mile. Bernhardt has been granted d
the distinction as well as the com
torts which attach TO the bridal
chambers. If the enterprising
sara could have been granted such
favor with its sual legitimate &C
cessories a number OF years ago.
she would have exchanged q large
stock OF unpleasant notoriety for 8
first rate quantity Of reputation.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24
Something Good in Che Fsllou.

An eminent public ma5 who shall
be nameless-R man of great intel.
lectual power, of real goodness OF
heart at bottom, but sadly broken
and demoralized by a long contin.
ued course OF wrong living and
much wrong-doing-was once told
nl boon companion how q certain
other public man had been abusing
him.
Never mind" said our eminent
lrlend, whose soul was really above
the level of petty scandal and NAL.
ice. "rhe fellow is only a dirty
blackguard, and l care not to know
what he says OF me-"
But, my dear sir, If he Is al
lowed to go on in that way he will
ruin your character; he will destroy
your credit; and perhaps injure
your prospects in the future"
Tut tut My charscter-what
there is of it's too tough for such
a man to injure it; my credit is q
phantom, at best; and as for my
prospects In the future, l doubt Il
if he can make them more dubious
than they now are"
WELL" persisted the friend, after
a little pause, show do you like the
dea Of his making tree with the
name of your wife"
The man was aroused on the in
slant.
"He! Does he dare2"
yes. He declares that your
wife is altogether too good for you"
"What! Does he say thAt2"
"Yes, he has said it repeatedly"
"Well, well-there's something
good in the fellow after all. Bless
him for the truth he tells-for, my
dear fellow, that is true---as true as
the gospel"
The great man sat for many min
utes, with his head bowed dowa
upon his hand, and when he next
looked up his face had grown won
drously soft and pathetic.
"Yes-he told the truth! Think
III go home aud have chat with
that woman. Who knows but that
she may help me2-Zounds! have
not thought OF her. Bless the ras-
cal for reminding me! Yes, sirl
He told the truth there"
And the worker for the Dati0n--
the politician, worn and weary-set
forth to find the one being of earth
in whom when all else should have
failed him, be felt he could trust.
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"We don't want all this, we don't
want it," said an attourney TO a
voluble cid lsdy On the witness
stand, sit Is irrelevant" But the
witness paid no heed, and talked
on, finishing with, There, you've
got it whether you want it or not,
and it isn't irreverent, either"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24

| my mdESLcT 10 Ou OS IISuS udu VI
God, close up to de throne. May
we all meet death wild as little fear
an may de angels be ez glad tel
see US all ez L knows dey has beer
ter make de heavenly acquaintance
oi Mars Louis GULL. Amen"
Dent fed to Texas, but was
brought back, and. by some techni
cality, acquitted. He left Tennes'
see immediately alter the trial,
and went no one knew or cared
where.
Several week ago, a tall man
stood on Superior street, IN Cleve-
land. His hair was almost as
white SIS the suoW at his feet. His
face wore a sad expression and his
eyes wandered as though tired OF
every object. An old colored man
came walking along. Seeing the
white-haired man, he stopped, gazed
intently for a moment, approached
the stranger and said:
"Is yer name Mr.. Dent?'
yes, that's my name!
Did da uster cali yer Mr.. Bad
Dent?"-
Yes. do you know me?''
81 does Ny name is Buck
GULL. 1 ulster belong to Mars
Louis Gull. Don't you recoiIect
meI"
why, yes, Buck, how is your
health" extending his hand.
No, sar; yer doesn't touch my
hand IN de grasp of friendship. l
wuz at de picnic, yer riccolieck,
when yer stobbed Mars Louis. He
died in my arms. Fore Le died he
made me promise Gat I'd kill you
in a far fight casen de law didn't
hang you. Now 1 poses to fight
yer wild barlow knives"
"DId Louis make you promise
this?"
yes, sab"
Then you must keep you prom
ise. Whatever Louis GULL said
must be done, aud shall be done. l
nave never refused to fight any
living man. Where shall the en-
counter take placer"
in de little orchard near de ole
farmhouse.
Nv hemp
"Jes ez SOON ez we ken go dar"
The two men boarded the next
train aud went to Nashville. En-
gaglng u private conveyance, they
went up into East Tennessee, and
stopped at roadside inn, near the
old Gull farmhouse. 1t was
agreed that there should be one
witness to the encounter, and after
engaging a man, Dent wrote an ex-
planatory letter and gave it to tOe
innkeeper. 1t was Sunday after
noon. The three men went through
an old orchard--orchard only in
memory, for nothing but the decay
ing trunks OF the trees remained
Buck led the way. He stopped at
y sunken grave. "Dls is Mars
Louis grabe," he said "Stan on
lie sudder side. Doan step ober
hit"
Dent, without uttering a word,
took position as directed. The
witness stood a few yards away,
and was to count three when ali
was ready. The two men, old men,
drew their knives, lone, two, three"
They grappled in deadly embrace.
A desperate struggle for old men.
Dent wrested his right arm: from
the grasp of Buck, and with a
sweeping stroke severed the black
mans head from his body. Buck
still h"l' D""t around the waist,
and as hs fell b edward, plunged
his kuI.v III I. Vie murderer's heart.
When the coroner came the two
men lay dead across the grave,
locked in a tight embrace. A
strange sight, the pale face OF
death and the ashen hue OF earthly
dissOiutIOns
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DO you pretend TO have as good
Judgment as nave?" exclaimed al
enraged wife TO her husband
well, no." he replied slowly: ''Our
choice of partners for life shows
that my judgment is not TO be com
pared to yours"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24

DR.. Chas. Jewett, while arguing
for prohibition, once said, "why not
pour whisky in the gutter? 1t is
destined for the gutter at last; why
why not pour it there at once, and
not strain it through a man and
spoil the strainer in the work.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24

1t took Sir Isaac Newton less
than three years to thoroughly di-
gest the principle of gravitation,
while an Indiana farmer has spent
eleven years in trying 10 find out
why a COW never kicks antIl the
pail is two-thirds full.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24

The only post-ofiice in the world
which continues to be respected by
piferers is the letter box In the Ma,
gellan Straits-a simple cask
chained to the rock. A passing
vessel sends boat, takes what let
ters there may be and deposits its
own. TIE Post Office is under the
protection of the navies of the civil
lzcd world, and, although it has
heen established tor many years, il
has never been robbed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24

A big, tat colored woman came
10 the Galveston Chief of Police
and told him that her step son had
run away and she wanted to know
where he was. ut bodders me to
know why he left. He had ebery
thing he needed To make him com
Portable. l done all l could for
him." she observed. HAS he any
marks ty which he may be recog-
nized?' We'll, l don't reckon all
de marks l made on him wild a bed
slat, while de ole man was holdin'
him, has faded out vet"
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cigarettes. The proudest monarch
in Europe was cooling his heels at
q weaver's cottage, waiting attend
ance on Prussian. Soon a troun
of cuirrasslers formed around the
cottage, Bismarck returned, and Ma
poleon was escorted to a ruined
house in Sedan. Won Moltke had
dispelled the obstinacy OF the
French commander by showing him
the German cannon, and the capt.
ulation had been signed. The Ger
man monarch came riding down
with head proudly erect to meet
the bent and broken Napoleon, who
came forward with handkerchief at
his eyes, while Williams face
worked strangely. In the shatter.
ed house an interview of twenty
minutes was held, then William
rode away among his troops, and
Napoleon spent the night in the
bedroom occupied by William the
night before. He passed the night
in reading, ami the book significant
ly was Bulwer Last OF the Ba-
rons' - Archibald Forbes.
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Why, Frankly" exclaimed a
mother, who was taking dinner at .
neighbor's, Il never knew you to
ask for a second piece OF pie at
homer "Cause l knew 'twant no
usei mumbled Frankly, as he
crammed his mouth with the "sec
ond piece"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24

The hard compounds OF rubber
are now used for veLeering furni-
Lure. Excellent limitations of ornA-
mental woods are produced.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24

The lecturer who had An audience
Of three old maids and a man and
his wife said he drew q full house
three of a kind and q pair.
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THE CITIZEN.

I, 5ce Northeast Corner Of the square, U Up-stairs
TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION:
Two Dollars per Anan, always in Advance
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La your time Out2 Renew.
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A Chinese Tea Party.

New York Sun: Many persons
who passed through the well-light-
ed entrance of the Sunday school
appertaining to the Trinity Baptist
Church in East Fitty-fifth street
last evening bore each little square
of red paper, web like in texture,
on which was printed, in Chinese
characters, the following invitation:
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nvERTIsING RATES g.:

line Dollar per Inch for the drst, and 80 cents
for each subsequent insertion.
..isi Rates for regular Standing Advertisers.
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Jesus. sAviNr Of my Soul.
A Great DaY for Fishing.

Let me to thy bosom fly,
While the waves Of trouble roll.
While the Tenn pest still Is hif b