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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
An Old Long Island schooI-House

The public school building at Cold
Spring, Long island, was built ninety-six
years ago, and is still in good repair. 1t
was raised on the 23rd of April, 1890. On
that day George Washington was return
ing from a tour of the island, and while
passing from Huntington to Oyster Bay
cove Ie came upon the spot where the
new sVhnol-house w0s being raised. He
stopped, and, after assisting to place one
of the Tafters in position, left 81 with
which to treat the workmen and drove
on.-Chictgo Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
soUNDINes IN THE DEEP SEA.
How the Heavy Iron Balls Are Sunk
Wafer Four Miles Deep.

How the Heavy Iron Balls Are Sunk in
WAGER Four Miles Deep.
After steaming two days to the east
ward the line of deep-sea soundings was
taken up again in the South Atlantic
ocean, where the Enterprise had left of
on her outward passage around the Cape
of Good Hope over three years before.
The soundings are taken with iron balls
similar to nine-inch shot slung with wire.
A hole three inches in diameter through
the middle of the ball reduces its
weight from niety-six pounds
the weight of nine-inch shot-to sixty
four pounds. Through this hole brass
plunger is inserted several inches
longer than the diameter of the shot.
The plunger is filed with a worm, a
cup, and a hook, by which the shot is
fastened to a reel containing 5000 faith
oms of steel wire fastened to swivel
forming the head of the plunger, and led
over wheel in an iron frame several
feet clear of the ships side, and over an
other wheel little below the frame.
This leads the wire still further clear of
the ship. The frame on which the upper
wheel hangs has five hollow stanchions,
in which are springs, to each of which
rope Is fastened, roll over roll, as in the
top of the frame, and to which the wheel
hangs so as to give it a chance to give
way several feet to ease the strain which
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
Topers of the serenteenth Century.

Most of the Saxon drinking-cups were
made without foot or stand, SO that they
must be emptied before they could be
set down again on the table. But these
seventeenth century topers required that
a man, after drinking, should turn up
his cup and make pearl with what was
left on his nail, (which if shed, and can
not make it stand ON by reason there is too
much, must drink again for his penance. :"
This was drinking "supernagulum," or
as Fletcher phrases it, lad unguem."
Another proof of having tossed off his
cup like man was for the drinker to
turn it bottom upward, and, in ostenta-
ton of his dexterity, give it flip to
make it cry ting" After all these tip
plings man was held to be sober who
could aput his finger into the flame of
the candle without playing hit /, miss 1. !"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
THEIR LAST REsTINe-PLAcE.
A Visit to Hollywood Cemetery, Nel
Acknowledgement Dead.

A Visit to Hollywood Cemetery, Near
Observation-Disclosures Dead.
Among the many beautiful places
about the capital of the old dominion
none is SO lovely in the spring time as
Hollywood Cemetery. Some of the
greatest men Virginia or America ever
produced are buried here, and the wind
as its signs through the beautiful trees
sings ceaselessly their requiem.
The grounds cover about ninety acres
and there are nearly $4,000 graves. The
sexton is character in his way, and
many little tale of romance did he tell
me- during my walk, many tale of a
broken heart or of forgetfulness. But
we need not dwell upon these. Human
nature is the same under every sky, and
the same stories can be heard in every
grave yard in the land. There is a story
worth telling connected with every little
mound in the wide world.
One of the first spots the stranger
wants to see is Presidents hill, where lie
buried within twenty feet of each other
two presidents of the United States,
Monroe and Tyler. Over the former is a
large cast-iron monument, but the other
has not even a board to mark his last
resting place, not as much as a pauper
in potter's field, only magnolia grows
near, fit emblem of the south he loved SO
well.
Near these two graves, Gen. A. p. Hill,
of the Confederate army, is buried. 1t
is a strange coincidence that his name
was in both this lips of Lee and jackson
when they died. Scattered about in va
rious sections of the place are the graves
of John Randolph, of Roanoke; J. E. b.
Stuart, the dashing cavalry leader of the
Army of Northern Virginia; Commo-
dore NJ, F. Maury, @the Pathfinder of the
Seas" James A. Seldom, Confederate
minister of war; Governor Henry A.
Wise; John r. Thomson, the poet;
Gems. Ashby, Steven, Picket, Moore, and
many another of Virginia's sons, whose
names are written high on the scroll of
fame.
In another part of the cemetery, the
New PART" is the Confederate section,
where under the sod sleep IL, 900 soldiers,
waiting the sound of the last reveille. In
the center of the army Of the unknown
and unrecorded dead rises a splendid
monument, pyramid of rough Virginia
granite, erected to the memory of the
southern soldier by the ladies of the
south. All, those ladies of the south, fit
mothers and sisters of brave sons and
brothers. How many of their best be-
loved lie to-day under the soil of the Old
Dominion. And how many brave north
ern soldiers lie by their sides. Truly
Virginia is the burial place of the nation,
and our hearts should soften when we
think of her. Speaking of the monu-
ment Joaquin Miller, who visited 1t says:
"This grand tribute of cold gray stone is
taking to itself the softening and subdu-
ing mantle of verdure. Up the four
steep sides of stone the ivy is climbing,
is nearing the summit. 1t will meet
there on the topmost pinnacle some day
soon, and joining hands, bend down in
perpetual pity over the 1900 dead. -
Richmond (Va.) Cor. Detroit Free Press.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
TIE FOOLISH OLD WOMAN.

L saw an old woman go up a steep hill,
And she chuckled and laughed as shs
went with will
And yet as she went
Her body was bent
With a load as heavy as sins in Lent.
@oh, why do you chuckle, old womans"
says I,
GAS you climb up the hillside SO steep and
so highf"
because. don't you see.
I'll presently be
At the top of the hill, he. hel" says she.
saw the old WOMAN go downward again,
And she easily travelled, with never a
pain;
Yet she loudly cried
And gustily sighed
And groaned, though the road was level
and wide.
ooh, why. my old woman. says /, edo you
weep,
When you laughed as you climbed up the
hillside SO steepi"
@Heigh-ho, am vexed,
Because expect"
Says she, Il shall ache in climbing the
next"
Maxim; Hope in adversely,
Fear in DrOsneritv
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
INC Pottery KiIns of America.

There are now about 275 pottery kilns
in operation in this country, not includ-
ing the large number employed by deco
rated pottery makers. The total capital
employed in the industry is about S., OOO,-
600, two-thirds of which is absorbed in
plant. The amount of wages paid to the
thousands of pottery hands is placed at
from s., 900, 900 to $4,000, 900 per annum.
Finally, the annual value of the Amer
lean pottery product is over $4,000, 900.
Chicago Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
The Proprietorship of Love-Letters

The proprietorship of love letters has
been forever set at rest in England, three
of the lords justice deciding that the let
ters belong to the writer, who in case of
arrangement may demand and receive
them back, provided they have not been
destroyed. Ladies may write in them
whatever nonsense they may see tit, with
the full assurance that they can not be
published without their consent, nor can
they be sold or disposed of contrary to
the authors Chicago Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
EneIand,s POPULAR Outdoor Amuseme

> AOpuAetA
The tricycle. is now considered about
the most popular outdoor amusement in
England People on tricycles throng
the parks and cucumber the suburban
roads, and mingle with the gay carriages
on the promenade at Brighton. The
ladies who ride wear as natty habits as
though they were in the saddle, on the
finest horseflesh. They evince no shy
ness, but flash along like meteors on
wheels, making everybody DESTROYS OF
emulating their skill and independence.
Boston Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
sovereigns who Have written Bool

Sovereigns Who Have Written Books.
Among reigning sovereigns who have
written books are Queen Victoria, Dom
Pedro II of Brazil, Dom Luis of Portu-
gal, the shah, Oscar II of Sweden,
Prince Nikita of Montenegro Ludwig II
of Bavaria, and Queen Elizabeth; and
among the princes and princesses who
have dabbled in Liter nature are the Prin-
cess Christian, the crown prince of Ger
many, the Princess Theresa of Bavaria,
the two sons of the prince of Wales, the
two SONS of the king of Sweden, and the
duke of Edinburgh and the Comte de
Paris.-Detroit Free Press.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01

A recent study of comparative heights
and weights among different classes OF
population in Great Britain shows that
the criminal class average no less thar
forty-five pounds in weight and four and
one-half inches in height less than their
antagonists, the metropolitan police.
Compared with the general population,
too, this class is seen to be eighteen
pounds in weight and two inches in
stature below the average, standing on
about the same plane in physical endow-
ments as lunatics.-New York Sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
a chinese Dinner of State.

At a Chinese state dinner everybody
takes a smoke, then first comes the in
evitable thick, mucilage like and delici-
GUS tasting soup, on the top of which
float sea slugs, mushrooms and pigeon
eggs. Another smoke is then in ORDER,
after which follow some seven or eight
courses, embracing all kinds of fried
fish, pheasants, wild ducks, vegetables
and abundance of greasy fried sub
es--Exchan0e
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
Largest Diamond in the World.

Tho kings treasury is within the ark
or citadel, Gnd the crown jewels are kept
there. The most famous of the diamonds
is that called Dareae Muir, or Sea of
Light. 1t was obtained in India, and IS
said to be the largest first-class diamond
in the world. 1t is thought, however,
to be somewhat inferior in quality to
that of the Kune Nur, or Mountain OF
Light. now in possession of the British
crown, Land of the Imams.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
vEILcHEN.

Did ever the sound of a snatch of song,
Whistled in careless tune,
Float In your mind the whole day long,
Taking you hack to June?
Did ever the scent of good cigar,
Blown on the breath of the evening air,
Bring to you memories different by far
Not Of tobacco at all, ma chere?
What do you think a violet said
In this same magical wayg
Nothing at all of the garden bed
Where it bloomed until to-day
A walk in the moonlight, with none to
mark,
The clasp of the hand that is dear to me;
A passionate thrill, kiss in the dark,
The yiolet's scent brought near to me.
Providence Journal
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
Metallic Matter Absorbed by Plants.

Late investigations indicate that the
chlorophyll, or green coloring substance
of the leaves, is most liable to pick up
metallic matter absorbed by the roots of
plants. When the vines have been
manured with sulphate Of copper, most
of the metal is deposited in the leaves,
merely doubtful trace appearing in the
juice of the grapes. Tea leaves contain
much iron, doubtless due to the ochreous
soil ON which they best grow.-Boston
Budget
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01

latter. They are truly the advanced
guard of civilization; and while they
carry its highest and most abstract prin-
ciples to those who are but little fitted by
habit or education to receive or under
stand them, they are surely and steadily
gaining the confidence and regard of those
among whom they are laboring. The
more practical their work becomes, the
more rapidly will good results flow from
II -Pakinr Cor New Ynrlr SUN
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
sweIIIng the Tido Of BIue mood

Beauty has always won the favor Of
the British peers. The eldest son, or the
man i'm possession, can afford 20 please
his taste, and doubtless the handsome
looks Of many OF the nobility are due 10
the beautiful women who have recruited
its ranks 50 largely. The illegitimatc
children of sovereigns have been emo
bled down to the last reign, and in the
present day young peers and heirs have
sought mates in half score Of instances
among those whose presence sullies any
society they enter.
The blue blood does not seem 70 curdle
at the contact, for the grandest of Eng
lish peers welcome to their ancestral
homes the brewers and bankers, the
tailors and tobacconists who, as soon as
they become noble, look down as super
ciliously on pleheians as any descendants
of peer or paraniour. a stroke Of the
wand Of Cinderella's godmother turnes
vermin into decorated lackeys fit to go
to court; and the 1unkeys did not forget
their rat hole more readily than these
transformed aristocrats their early OBJ
security. Blood viii tell; and their blood
is noble-now.-Adam Badeaus Letter.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
Carrvinp Scum An the packet.

London philanthropists now go about
with their pockets filled with pea-soup in
the form of a small, solid tablet, which
has only to be boiled to have all the quail
tiles of excellent pea-soup, meat and salt
being pressed in with the peas. Perhaps
this is the long-looked-for soup which can
be eaten with fork.-Exchange
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
To Awaken the chinese People.

There are only three influences which
can be successfully exerted upon the
Chinese people to awaken them to their
real condition as compared with the peo-
pie of other countries; first, war and
diplomacy, which work slowly and spas
medically, but very effectively at times;
secondly, commerce, which "has done
and is doing much along the sea coast;
and thirdly, the missionaries, who push
out into the interior armed with dog
matte religion, and good works are
slowly making their way, though not
nearly so much by the former as the
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
Railroad Train Checked by wind.

1t is an interesting fact that the speed
of a railway train is more retarded by
wind which blows against it from the
side than if it comes dead ahead" The
reason is in the increased friction OF the
hanges of the wheels upon the rails
caused by the side blow.-Pioneer Press.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
verdi Prefers Farming to Music.

verdi's recent visit to Paris was as
much for the purpose of buying plants
and farming implements as anything
else. The serious business of his life, he
says, is farming, and music is the recre-
alton Of his leisure hours.-Chicago Her
aid
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
Would Answer just as Wen

Some genius, inspired by the loss of the
Oregon, suggests that nail-bags for
for ocean service be made buoyant and
water-tight. Ha, yes: great scheme.
But why wouldn't it answer the purpose
quite as well to havo some ships built
that way to.-Exchange.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
Set on Fire by a Meteor.

The captain of an Australian schooner,
Mr.. f. Ii. Grifiths, reports the setting
fire of his vessel by meteorite. No
shock was felt, but two or more hot me-
tallic pieces as large as a mans hand
were picked up.-Exchange.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01

The Popular Science News asserts that
the average length of life is constantly
increasing, and the time may yet come
when persons 100 years old viii excite no
more curiosity than one of so years at the
present time.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
Mr.. GIadstone,s Rathsr quaint Dress.

Mr.. GIadstone's RathSr Quaint Dress
Mr.. Gladstone dresses in quaint and
rather peculiar manner. He wears q
black frock-coat, a vest opened low and
displaying a broad shirt front, high
standing collar, with a black cravat
carelessly knotted, and dark, baggy
trousers. Chicago Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
FIaI straw for Fuel.

In some sections of Dakota where fuel
is expensive farmers this year viii grow
AN acre or two of fax for fuel. 1t IS
claimed that ton of flax straw is worth
more for fuel than ton OF soft COAL
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01

~Old Scratch" comes from the demon
Scrati, who still survives in the supersti-
tions Of northern Europe. ~Old Nick" il
from the demon Nikar, a dangerous
water demon Of Scandinavian legends.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
A Valuable Fish for Trade.

Not particle of the porpolse is wasted
IN preparing it for the market. First,
the skin is taken off, which is superior
even TO alligator hide for carriage leather
and for shoes. The skin is nearly an inch
thick, but it is planned down until it be-
comes nearly translucent. The blubber
IS tried out, yielding an oil equal to the
best sperm oil for lubricating, and two
other grades are made from the head and
jaw, both being superior to that from the
blubber. The jaw oil is used by jewellers
and watch-makers, who pay at the rate
of SIS gallon for it. There is tradi-
ton that anciently it was so highly es-
teemed that it was in demand for the
table of royalty In the times of Queen
Elizabeth it was served to the mobiles of
England with bread crumbs and vinegar.
It is a chief dainty of the Greenlanders.
1t is dark-coIored and bloody. The car
cass of the porPeise is thrown in with
menhaden, and 81 little more oil is tried
out of it, after which it becomes a fertil-
izer. An average porpoise is worth in
all about $40.-Chicaso Times.
Iiarps in the human Ear.
Few persons, perhaps, are aware that
they possess pair of harps. They are
called the organs of Corti, after their
discoverer, and are located in the ear.
They are estimated to have s, 200 strings,
being, of course, microscopic and vary
ing in length from 1-j00 to 1000 of an
inch. If you hold a properly tuned vio-
lin near a piano when the Z string is
struck the E violin string will vibrate
and sound too; so with all the rest Now,
the 500 strings of the human ear harp
have such a wide compass that any APP
probable sound in the universe has the
corresponding tone string, and the sound
is conveyed through the connecting fila
ment to the auditory nerve, thence to
the sensorium, and thus a knowledge of
the sound is received by the mind.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
"Crclone CeIIar,, for q Hotel.

A Pulwana Cd. IT, hotel advertises as
among its attractions cyclone cellar, I"
with an easy slide into it in case of dam
ger.-Inter Ocean.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-01
skInnIng the Goose In vIsnna

In Vienna the goose is skinned before
it is sent to the market, and the skin
garnished with its down is sold as swans
skin or down. 1t is thus effected: The
skin of the back is slit, and the whole
drawn over the head like "A shirt with
the greatest care, so as not to injure the
breast. Such a skin sells for or 3
francs, but the value Of the bird is less
ened one-fifth. The oarcasses are sent
to Paris, and are eagerly bought up by
the work-people and tavern-keepers. At
Poitiers there are two houses which pre-
pare annually 10000 TO $4,000 swan
downs, England and America being the
chief markets.-Foreign letter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-29
BULGARIA AND RUSSIA.

RumOr that the Ministry Will COurteOusly
Reject Russia's Demands.
LONDON, Sept 28,-The Bulgarian Ministry
are still discussing Russia's demands, made
through General Kaulbars. that the political
prisoners in Bulgaria be released the state of
siege raised, and all parties permitted to vote
freely for candidates for the Great Assembly to
elect a successor to Prince Alexander in re.
turn for the Cars profer of protection 1t is un-
derstoes the Ministry will courteously tell Gen.
Kauioars that they regret they are unable to
comply with Russia's demands. but compliance
would involve violations of the Bulgarian Con-
stitution.
1t is semi-officially announced at ST. Peters
the Bulgarian question are imminent; that the
Cabinets controlling the question decidedly favor
preserving peace; that Russia recognizes the diff
fculty Bulgarans must encounter in electng a
successor to Prince Alexander, and that pend
ing this election. Russia will occupy her time in
carefully watching Englands action at Con-
stantinople
The London Standards Vienna correspondent
telegraphs that he is informed by friend that
feein ngs of uneasiness and depression exist in st.
Peters burg, to great extent, owing TO the fact,
which is now recognized as inevitable that Rus
sia will have to deal sternly with Bulgaria, which
country is now more hostile to Russia than ever
before The Gar is extremely averse to armed
occupation OF Bulgaria, and reluctance on the
part of Russia is also shown to naming a candi-
date for the throne made vacant by the depart
ure of Prince Alexander.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-29
C. L. Davis's Jewelry store.

BINGHAMToN. N. Y, Sept. 29.--Chares l.. Davis
and his Alvin Joslin'' company appeared in this city
agent of the show made arrangements with E. d. Vos-
burg & Co. to display in their windows Davis's So
called one hundred thousand dollar diamonds and his
alleged seven -thousanddoll.r watch. The jewelers.
alive to their advertising interests announced in
all the newspapers that the display would be made
and arranged their window for the reception of Davss
jewels and large crowd thronged the window front
and store but the jewels failed to appear. Finally
stop the numerous inquiries. Juvenile clerk put a
card in the window, reading: "Daviss diamonds
must have been pawned as they fail to show up"
When Mr.. Vosburg from supper, he ordered the
card out, but Davis, hearing of it. took occasion
give Vosburg q Co. piece of his mind" from the
day Daviss attorney brought suit for $780, 900 dam
ages against Vosburg.