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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31

and Ohio's projected entry into New York
which is presented in this column was printed
upon the back of the invitation to the Garrett
banquet on Staten Island In actual miles
the baltimore and Ohio's route will be the
shortest from Bound Brook into New York
city That Of the Jersey Central, also passing
through Bound Brook and entering Jersey
City, is three miles longer.
The region around New York Is the most
difficult locality in which to get the points
of the compass straight that / know. The
general trend of the land hereabouts is north
east and south west. There are so many
arms and branches of water, though, that
you are apt to get it all wrong when you
try to apply your map knowledge to the
land. Everything seems to be cata-oOrnered
It is settled, however, that the nearest point
Of Staten Island to New York is New
Brighton, the future terminus Of the Balti-
more and Ohio.
A row of bluffs ranges all around the north
and east shore. At New Brighton you may
ascend these bluffs and drive over a beauti-
full road along the elevated plateau for many
miles. There is no pleasanter drive about
New York. It is along this road that the
famous old mansions are mostly to be seen.
Here the Aspinwalls, of Panama isthmus
fame, had their beautiful home. You see
the remains of it In the picture In the
palmy days 1t was one OF the gayest and
most splendid of the houses on Staten Island
1t was full of rare and costly artistic objects
as well. One night the last owners Of the
mansion, Maj and Mrs Gibbs, were to give
magnificent party and ball. They themselves
went to New York that day, and returned
in the evening, only in time to prepare for
the reception of their guests They neared
their home, came within sight of it, when
suddenly, before their very eyes, tongues of
wrathful red flame darted from the windows,
enveloped the handsome stone walls and en-
twined together over the roof. Almost
while it takes to write it, the rare and costly
building was consumed There wasn't any
party that night The house has never been
restored. The property, ruins and all, be
longs to the estate of the Appleton publish
ing firm You may not be aware that q real
live British nobleman, Sir Roderick Cam
eron, is and has been for many years one of
the prominent residents Of Staten Island.
"And very much OF q gentleman he Is, TOO"
the common people there are accustomed to
say Even a nobleman can be gentleman,
YOU see. Sir Roderick Cameron Is a well,
known importer of fine stock
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
Ultimate Glory of Science.

Everything that tends to break up the
herd and establish the family unit is for
the salvation of the children. One
family il one house is law of nature
Science must find its ultimate glory in
breaking up the city. So far the advance
of civilization has been to nucleate hu-
manity. Cities are conglomerate oflife
They involve of necessity crowding
of the poor. The instinct to herd grows
on the lower classes. To separate them
and disperse them on a sanitary basis is
to them next to death. The heaven of
such people is noisome den, crowded
and fetid, with abundance of liquor, and
no restraint on immoralities. This can
be overcome as an instinct. 1t already
is being overcome in the finer brains.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
The MegaphOne on shipbOard.
IChlcago Times.l


The introduction of the megaphone on
shipboard-aso sort of telescope for the ear,
or machine for magnifying sounds
said to be boon in prospect for mariners.
Its design is to enable person to hear
or carry on a conversation with people
at distance, and it is constructed of
two huge cone shaped tubes, eight feet
long and three in diameter at the large
end, which diminish to an apex in the
form of rubber tubes small enough to
place in the ear. Between these tubes
are two smaller ones, constructed in the
same manner, but not more than half
the diameter. By placing the rubber
tubes in the ear and speaking through
the smaller cones the person can hear
and be heard at long distance, and it
thus aids mariners in listening for the
sound of breakers or carrying on con-
versation with persons on shore or on
other vessels at distance.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
IA GLIMPSE OF THE ORIENT
ARTISANS FROM THE LAND OF
THE RISING SUN.
Interesting Sketches in a Japanese VII
Iage-The Occupation of It's Inhabi-
tants-Wherein They ExceI-What
We May Learn from Them.


Especial COrEespondencel
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Our Madison Square
Garden is veritable kaleidoscope on a large
scale, the change of scene and color there
exceeds anything on the continent. You
enter it at one tims to listen to the earnest
exhortation or solemn hymns of Moody and
Sankey; the next week P. S. Gilmore S
superb band may be discoursing sweet music,
or Mr. J. l. Sullivan, of Boston, may be
earning further laurels in the prize ring.
Walking matches and dog shows, circuses
and horse shows take their turn in appear
ing there. The latest move of the kaleido-
scope has brought US a scene of bewidering
enchantmen5 and beauty. 1t carries us
away over the seas to Japan the Land of
the Rising Sum- though to us it is
geographically and metaphorically the land
OF the setting sun We find ourselves, ON
entering the garden now, in a Japanese vii
lage of about seventy inhabitants-men,
woman and children all engaged as they
would be were they at home in the orient.
The object of the manager, Mr.. Harry
Deakin, of Milwaukee, was to transport to
our soil veritable japanese village so that
we may study the people and their arts
without the inconvenience of a trip to their
land The scheme is a laudable one and ex-
ceedingly valuable in an educational way.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
A Revival of IdOlatry.

We hear of all sorts of revivals now
adays, one of the latest of which is a
revival of idolatry among the Telugu
people, of India. The missionary work
among these TelugQs had been attended
with marvellous success, the baptisms in
each year being numbered by the thou
sands. Now the idolators seek to get
even with the missionaries and win the
people back to the faith of their fathers.
They go among the Christian converts
bearing on bamboo poles small idol
drums and shoutings and generally at
tract crowds of people. The mission
ares say that there has not in half a
century been such revival of idolatry.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
An orerdone Complainant.

Judge Smythe had been mayor a GER
tain small town for ten successive years.
On the evening of his installment, a
complimentary dinner was given him.
OF course, the health of the mayor was
proposed. The man who proposed the
toast, was something of an enthusiast,
and he turned himself inside out, so to
speak, in the following words:
"May our worthy mayor be spared to
us for many years to come, or as long
as sun, moon, and stars do shine"
''No, no" exclaimed the mayor, 81
don't want to compel my successor in
ofice to attend to his duties in the
dark %
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Sugar is strongly recommended as an
article of diet for cattle. They are said
to fatten quickly upon it, and it i'm
proves the flavor of the flesh.
Conferred on an Entire Town


Many cases of heroism occurred in the
city of Saragossa, Spain, during the re-
cent cholera epidemic. Every citizen
gave money, food or labor to the suffer
ing. a poor washerwoman, bringing
home clothes to a lady whom she found
in e state of collapse, in which it was
impossible to warm her, threw off her
dress, Jumped into bed, took the dying
woman into her arms, and chafed the
clammy limbs until circulation was re-
stored. When the disease had spent
itself the Spanish government offered
rewards to the principal officials, who
promptly refused them. 1t then be-
slowed the Grand Cross of the Order of
Beneficence on the entire city. This
cross is given only to few individuals,
who have risked their lives for the help
of others; there is no order more highly
valued in Spain. Never before has it
been conferred on an entire town.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
An Apcieot Inn.

There is an old signboard hanging
under the trees on the chief street in
Bethlehem, Pa, weather beaten and
blistered, whereon is seen a square
shouldered house, presenting to the
spectator its gable end, before which
mine host, attired in brown knicker-
bockers, is conversing with an old In
dian in red blanket, and another in a
yellow blanket, while a traveller in a
big wig, galloping upon an excited
steed, halls him with uplifted arm.
Furthermore, we are informed in good
English print that this is the Moravian
Sun inn, Bethlehem, Pa, established in
1858.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31

polishing of Cloisonne ware-the French un-
doubtedly excel The time required to make
a piece of Cloisonne-or Shippo ware, as
they call it in Japan-is fifty days. With
wood carving and silk embroidery there are
no people under the sun that would spend
the time at it they do.
The japanese seem to understand per.
fectly the value of contrasts in showing of
their art work. In some of their most
beautiful designs, and particularly in their
wood carving, do they choose the most
hideous subjects. In the excellent piece of
wood carving, of which a sketch is given,
they show ''old Boreas," or their deity,
who controls the winds. Terrible dragons
and ''horrors" Of all kinds are favorites in
Japanese art
We are just now passing through q
japanese craze, which may leave some Inn
pressions ON our tastes and to which this VII
lage in its passage through the country may
contribute its share. What we are most in
need of learning from them is the choice of
colors and how to combine them
s. a HoRGAN.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
New Hampshire's Lost territory.
New York Sum-


In the tempestuous times Of Governor
Belcher's reign over Massachusetts Bay,
in 1851, great dispute arose as to the
boundary between that colony and New
Hampshire. 1t was referred to the
crown, and certain boundary line or
dered to be drawn. A man named
Hazen surveyed this line, and allowed
10 degrees for the westerly variation of
the needle, when he should have al
lowed 6 degrees and 40 minutes.
The result was the loss to New Hamp-
shire of triangular piece of territory
two and three-quarter miles wide at the
base and stretching from Dracut to the
Connecticut river. This error has never
been officially corrected and now joint
commission has been appointed by the
two states to confirm the line, over
which Massachusetts, has been exercis
ing only prescriptive rights for i45
years. The curiously notched bound
airy line north of the Merrimao belongs
to the same period, and resulted from
an attempt to follow the windings of
the river at distance of three miles
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31

In the tailor's booth next door the dexterity
with which the needle is propelled through
the fabric will surprise one. As fine sewing
has become, through the interposition of the
sewing machine, a lost art among US, few of
the young misses who see it will believe that
their grandmothers Were just as nimble with
the needle The japanese slide the needle
through the cloth much as our seamstresses
put in drawing string, but their method
of sewing must be seen to be understood.
Another queer fancy of the japanese tailor
is to retain the white basting threads; these
they consider an ornament. The japanese
tailor uses Yankee thread and, possibly,
needle and the scissors had an unmistakably
familiar appearance
The barber in Japan must occupy the same
place in their social economy at all times
that our plumber does in winter Every in
habitant in the village is grist that must
ca to his mill, from the infants up. The
children have theil Avebrows shaved often
in order that when they grow up C-.< VIII Oe
thick ana black. The boys have the hair
shaved below line drawn around their
heads which corresponds to the tropic of
cancer around the globe. The girls have
bald spot shaved on their heads, in order
probably that they may be distinguished
from the boys. Then the women come to
have the back of their necIs shaved at the
edge of the hair, this is considered mark of
great beauty and the Japanese belle is care
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
A Ten-Line Sermon for Sunday.
rD- r. r1t, ;flf,,., rl-,of--

You picture to yourself the beauty OF
bravery and steadfastness. You let
your imagination wander in delight over
the memory of martys who have died
for truth. And then some little dis
martyrdom, the lamp for your oil land
il you will not do it, how your oil is
spiIt-how fat and thin and unillumi-
mated your sentiment about the martyrs
runs out over your self-indulgent life.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31

You may have seen 'contortionists," :" who
shut themselves up like single bladed pocket
knife in order to worry their doubled up
bodies through ring. Well the japanese
carpenter also requires an exceedingly flex-
ible hinge to his back to reach the attitude
necessary in using the saw. All other work he
performs sitting down, but to saw he must
hold the wood in place with his left foot,
then bend over until his face almost touches
the floor, then he saws away with saw that
resembles meat chopper with hicks in it. In
planning he draws the plane towards him in
stead of pushing it as we do. In fact the
Jap" seems to take the contrary way about
doing many things "The longest way
round, is the shortest way home" appears to
be his motto. And here while the carpenter
is saving can best be seen the deformed con-
dition of his lower extremities produced by
the constrained position of his legs, while
under him when he sits The knee joints
have become abnormally large and the legs
dwarfed from being so little used, this pos
sibly accounts for the shortness in stature of
the whole japanese race. Their mincing
itep in walking may also bd pi oduced by
his Cieforulitv of their limbs
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
Leprosy Caused by Eating Fish.

In a recent lecture on leprosy-a dis
ease which has been widely discussed of
late-Professor Hutchinson, of the Lon
don hospital, stated that it is not con-
tagious, nor is it an hereditary disease,
though it may, of course, be trans
mitted. He believed leprosy to be
caused by eating fish which has been
somewhat decomposed or has been
salted. Healthy fish in any quantity
will not cause it, but a small quantity
so poisoned will When leprosy pre-
vailed in England the inland comsump-
ton of fish was very large. He cites
two cases of cure of the disease, one of
which was treated by himself.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
Canada's Gospel Army"
Philadelphia Times.l

In Canada there is new evangelistic
association called the Gospel army. 1t
is somewhat like the Salvation army,
only less noisy. 1t proposes to invade
the United States. To this end it ad-
vertises for men and women who can
sing and give gospel addresses. These
are to be located at mission stations
throughout the both countries. The
headquarters will be at Toronto.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31

An evidence of how, by nature, we are all
kin is found in the attention paid to the
Japanese mother who walks up and down
the village street with her babe in her arms
and a youngster clinging to her narrow
skirts. The baby's counterpart is seen in
the Japanese dolls ''of commerce" as Nye
would say, only that this babe is bundled up
in layers of clothing even greater than our
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McCann came of
victorious las tie d
four hours, and re-
suited in his set
ting s,0d2h 9 IN s
solid minion in that
time. This means
that he picked up
about 6,OO0 pieces
Of metal per hour
and deposited right
side up and in their
proper place in a
column of type
matter. An ''em"
Is usually the space
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
Accomplished by Blockade runners
TBoston Budget.1

The amount Of aid given to the Con-
federates through the agency of block
ade runners, may be approximately esti-
mated by the fact that from Oct. % to
Dec. 81, 1864, only thirty y-five days,
there were carried into the single port of
wilmington, N. c.. for their use, 8, 22O,
900 pounds of meat, 1900, 900 pounds OF
S4s SO 900 pairs of shoes, s16, 900 pairs Of
blankets, $40, 900 pounds of coffee, 69,-
GOO rifles. ninety-seven packages of re-
volyers. 1850 packages of medicine,
forty-eight cannons and many miseel-
laneous articles,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
1mperfee.Ion. Of old s.ainea Glass.

Singularly enough, examinations
made of the painted windows, SO oele-
brated as works of artistic genius and
skill, of the old cathedrals of England
and continental Europe, show that their
superiority consists really in the inferi-
ority of the glass, its richness in the
poverty of its constituents, in the very
imperfections of its surface and its body,
all covered, as they are, by the aecumu-
lating dust of ages, and honeycombed
by the corroding effect of time.
Like the facets of diamond or ruby,
each little wave and thread and blister
becomes, by interference, refraction,
and the reflection of the light which
plays upon it, new source of the gem
like brilliance, harmony, and beauty
which distinguish the painted glass of
former centuries. The glassmakers of
America and England now aim to re-
produce the perfection of this old glass
by reproducing its imperfections-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
The queens Lucky Messenger.

In England a queens messenger who
brings home news of pea ce in his bag
receives 81, 800 in cash in accordance
with immemorial customs. The news
may be state" having possibly been
telegraphed on and published a week or
two before, but the messengers letter is
the first official announcement Of the
fact
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
THE OLD, OLD SONG.
ICharles Kingsley

When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green;
And every goose a swan, lad,
And every lass a queen;
Then hey for boot and horse, lad,
And round the world away;
Young blood must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day.
When all the world is old. lad,
And all the trees are brown;
And all the sport is stale, lad,
And all the wheels run down;
Creep home and take your place there,
The spent and MANNED among;
God grant you find one face there,
You loved when all was young.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31

bit SONS, Robert
Garrett has in
herited a first class
railroad and all the
world Is interested
to know what he
viii do with it
This Staten Isl
and scheme would
have gladdened the
heart Of brave old
John W. Garrett.
His sons regret is
that he did not live
to see it The map
nf fba Pa1ffnaoHa
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Champion CompositOr of the World.


There recently occurred in New York city
a contest to determine who was the sviftest
typesetter in that city, the winner being
Joseph McCann whose portrait we present
herewith. The interest in the matter is SO
great that Mr.. McCann has been induced to
make a tour of the principal cities of the
country and test his speed with the crack
oompositors, Of which every city boasts at
least one. This battle of the tYpas IN which
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clay into shape, on
ly to stop again to
start the wheel go
ing. Our American
potter keeps the
wheel spinni n g
with a treadle at
his feet, and can
TIL us tur n out
double the amount
of work of the
"Jap." So il is in
decorating pottery
lin the designing
and enameling and
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31

Paper is now used as material for
picture frames. The pulp, mixed with
glue, oil, and whiting, is run into molds
and hardened, after which it may be
gilded or bronzed in the usual way.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31

More than 100, 900 pounds sterling
year is received by Queen Victoria from
the estates of persons who die intestate
and without heirs, all such property be-
longing to her ma esty, in right OF her
royal prerogatlye.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31

The will of Mai. Andre, the British
SPY. whose monument was lately de-
stroyed, is on file in New York. He
left an estate valued at 100000.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31
MAReARer OF NEW ORLEANS,
Whose Memory will Be Revered BY Or
phans on Christmas Day.

pIIaIIs ON Day.
Especial CorTespondence.1
NEW ORLEANS, Dec 22.-Fancy celebrat-
Ing Pilgrim Fathers day in New Orleansl
It sounds like the millennium, when the lion
and the lamb shall lie down together and the
lamb not be inside the lion, either 1t is
enough to make Gen Robert Toombs, rest his
fiery souli come to life again
But that celebration is just what is going
on here to-day 1t comes about through the
Industrial exposition Pilgrim Fathers
day, Dec. %, was set apart for New England
day in the New Orleans exposition.
1t is not of Pilgrim Fathers day in New
Orleans that 1 am going to write in this let
ter, though. 1t is of something connected
with industries, indeed but of industries that
will count in the eternities. A friend has
given me a picture. 1t is before me now.
Our artist has reproduced it for you here be-
fore your eyes.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31

twenty-five monuments to Napoleon
J. are standing in the cities of France,
,espite the commune and revolution.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31

Salute thyself. See what thy song
doth wear" is the advice of George
Herbert.
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QeI Is III
the back But when a man presents himself
to be shaved contract is undertaken by
the barber that would dishearten any other
poor slave, and the victim submits to it just
as if time was not money at six per cent. He
first goes over the skin with an invisible
lather then with tiny razor he scrapes every
portion or the skin visible above the clothing
not emitting the nose and ears. On the in.
terror of the latter he uses very fine instru.
ments. Then after powdering the customer
be begins the tedious hair brus hing, which Is
n ceremony in itself.
In Japan the BARRIERS go around from
house to house, and are the gossip mOngers,
as with us, though their ''nexts" are further
apart.
In the whole range of Japanese labor, as
shown in this village, it might be said that
if their products excel ours it is due solely to
the painstaking application which they give
to their work. They are not ambitious to
accumulate money or do their work quickly,
their endeavor is to do it well. They know
little and care less, about any other branch
of labor but that in which they are engaged,
as were their ancestors probably before
them They are patient, tireless plodders.
Evidences of this are seen in the reeling,
twisting and weaving of silk, all of
which operations are done by hand as if
there was no such thing in the world
as steam power The potter also sets his
wheel spinning by hand, then he molds the
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-31

An attempt is to be made by members
Of the Austrian nobility to replenish the
forests Of Styria with the long extinct
elk. Prince Lichtenstein has already
commissioned dealer in animals to
provide him with two or more herds.
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,tep in walking may also ba pi oduced by
his deformity of their limbs