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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
Pricing from Chinese Blocks.

A Chin ese block is engraved on hard
native wood with close grain, cut in a
different direction to the lockwood pre-
pared for English engravers. The Chi
nese printer inks the block with brush
the ink being a suitable compound
largely composed of India ink. To Sc
cure an impression soft paper is laid on
the block, and dry brush is passed over
the back of the paper, which is printed
on one side only Exchange.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
warm water supply at Pesth.

Warm water is now supplied at the
rate of 49, 900 gallons per day at Pesth,
from an artesian well said to be about
5000 feet deep, and the deepest in the
world. The temperature of the water is
161 degrees, but the work is to be con-
timed until the temperature rises to 176
degrees. 1t is expected that the supply
will also then be ample for all the wants
of the city.-Foreign Letter.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
Mott Streets Chinese in Gotham.

Life begins in these strange caravan
series at 6, when the proprietor or clerk
opens the front door and sends out for
the breakfast materials. These COM
prise rice, fish, pork, bread, and vege-
tables. The dodgers next put in an APP
pearance, crawling out of their hunks,
still drowsy with sleep or sleep-giving
drugs. A pail of water and coarse rsg
in the kitchen soon restore the circuIa-
ton of the body and fit one and all for
the morning meal. This is made of the
articles described, but cooked in ways
very different from those employed in
civilized circles. The rice is plain boiled,
the fish boiled or stewed and served with
an aromatic sauce in which ginger,
cloves and red pepper are prominent fac
tors; the pork and vegetables are chopped
into thin pieces and stewed together.
The drinks employed are hot and cold
tea, and sometimes minute quantities of
strong arrack or rice brandy. After
breakfast many of the dodgers depart for
their daily work. Among these early
birds are cigar makers, clerks, peddlers,
and shipping runners.
Those who remain are generally sea-
1ncli, AAlSISAdAeSs SeAl11OAeIS, anu dBc1tSs
These after their repast light cigar or
cigarette, opium or hasheesh, and take
solid comfort" for an hour or more.
Those who have literary tastes lie down
in their hunks and read, for, strange to
say, most orientals assume recumbent
attitude when reading or studying; those
who desire excitement resort to DOM
inoes and other games of chance, while
the majority simply smoke and swap
stories" At noon a second meal is served
similar to breakfast, but including be-
sides soups and stews, in which macaroni
and vermiceli are chief features. At 5
o'clock dinner is given. 1t is like its pre-
decessors in the articles served, only
there is more of them and all are more
highly spiced and seasoned.-New York
Letter
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
ALetter from Lord Byron.

In the museum of the great National
library is letter from Byron to an I'M
known friend, written in 1921, wherein
he procIaims himself "a citizen of no
country" and in response to an inquiry
about his works dismisses them ito the
devil, from whence, if you may believe
many people. they came. Paris Letter.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09

Exact measurements of the OSCILLATIONS
of chimneys have been made. One near
NarseilIes, France-115 feet mgh ana
four feet in external diameter az the TOP
reached maximum oscillation OF
twenty inches during high WINDS
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
Spirit Made by the 1IOors.

The Moors make extensive use of .
spirit prepared from the water in which
comb is boiled in treating beeswax. The
water, being inpregnated with honey, is
allowed to fernaent, and is then distilled;
the spirit is called maharga. 1t is fla
vored with anise seed or naffa-that is,
fennel Chicago Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09

Hearken to the ceaseless demand and
the perpetual prayer of an even unsatis-
fled and an always suffering humanity
How is book to answer the eeaseless
demand? Self-forgetfulness is of the
essence of enjoyment, and the author
who would confer pleasure must possess
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
Matching out q Doubls.YoIked Egg.

The experiment was recently tried of
setting a hen on a double-yolked egg.
In due course of time little head came
through each end of the egg. and when
the shell was removed two chicks were
found. They were slightly united. but
were easily separated.-Chicago Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
"A CONN Fair in Russia.

In Russia, coffin fair is held once a
year. Every peasant who has an aged
parent buys n coffin. The present is
always acceptable, for the receiver feels
assured that he will have Christian
burial, and is proud of the son who thus
cares for his last resting place.-Good
Cheer
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
IyhaIe FishcFies OF the racine.

Whale fisheries are established all
along the coast Of Oregon and California,
and numbers of whales are taken in their
nligrations down the coast, while whales
have been taken up north with harpoons
in them belonging to San Diego and
Monterey Whalers.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09

never heard of a finer piece of wit
and repartee than was told me the other
day by minister from the south, in
volving two of his brother ministers,
whom 1 viii cali White and Green.
Rev. White had. recently been honered
with the title of ID. d., and really de-
served it, not only for his learning but
for his piety, which was of particularly
marked and gentle type. Rev. Green
was of jealous disposition and some
thing of an upstart, and on meeting one
day with Rev White undertook to belit-
tie his new honors by telling him that
the title of d. d. was conferred SO indis-
criminately and SO frequently nowadays
that it didn't amount to a great deal,
anyway. If this INDIGENOUS and un-
brotherly assault offended or nettled
Rev. White it was not the least visible,
and to this day no one knows whether
he was even conscious Of the crushing
repartee which he then got off. He as
sented in the mildest and most dispas-
sionate manner imaginable to what Rev.
Green had said, and then added, in
sort of absent-minded may: "As you say,
the title has got to be so common that a
minister who hasn't got it isn't anybody
at all. Chicago Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
The Black Mans own County.

It is only too certain that the emigrant
is not wanted in the Cape colony. 1t is
the country of the black man--of that
scorner of clothes, the noble savage.
White labor languishes; energy fails at
the moment prospects open. The Boer,
the most adhesive of mortals, rests con-
tented with squalid home and pros
pect Of untitled acres more extensive
than his eye can survey. The true
colonial instinct is Wanting-that indie
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
1mnroved class for tho MICROSCOPE.

a glass of greatly improved quality
has been made by DR.. Carl Zeiss, OF
Jena, for microscopic objectives. Lenses
of the new glass give images of wonder
ful clearness, and have greater resolving
power than has hitherto been known
Arkansaw Traveller.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
A cIoel That Need. 30 wIndIng.

An electrical clock that runs without
winding is not affected by the atnIos-
phere, can rot vary, and can be- sold for
one-half the cost Of the ordinary clock,
has been invented EXCHANGE
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
ConseientIous PupIIs in &c School Room.


One of the most serious trials of the
teacher, after all, is the painfully good
and painfully literal boy. A reading
class was at work in Boston school not
long ago, and the piece selected was an
-Address to the Mummy in Belzoni's
Museum, London" A pupil, one of those
serious, conscientious follows, was called
upon to read the notes on. the piece at
the bottom of the page. In these oc-
CURED the name Cheops, and the pro-
nunciation was spelled and inclosed in
brackets. This is how he read it: @Ac-
cording to Herodotus, the great pyramid,
so-called, was built by Cheops pro
nounced Keops).p Perhaps it was an
other type of child who was requested
to give five important uses of rivers.
This is one use he ingeniously manufact-
ured: when you lose hat off in the
water you can go out in boat and get
it.n-BOston Budget.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09

Stock raisers in Montana have leased
extensive cattle ranges from the Domin-
ion government for a term of twenty
one years, and are driving great herds of
cattle across the border into Northwest
fs,-,-ifoY-u -Tpfar Oeoan
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
Tho PecuIarItIes of an orchid.

An orchid displayed in the horticultural
show was a faithful representation, all in
one flower, of a fairy slipper to5oggan,
and a pair of eagles wings. Frank
I
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09
nh. osciIIations Of RAN Chimneys.

Victor Hugo left ten volumes OF poetry,
PLAYS. and romances for posthumous
notification.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09

A careful estimate shows that 9lV,OOV
pianos have been made in the Onited
States since 1880.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09

Politeness viii succeed where money
alone viii get worsted. .-......unnw.., u.u...
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09

Upward of %, 600 persons registered as
visitors to Bunker Hill monument the
past year.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09

1t is singular that the post norton OF
a character seldom reveals any snort
conineS. Whitehall Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09

Take influence out CT tno ~otla end
now many men would gain poa.tion on
their nasrisa. .--Jud Lafagan.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09

The business of the story teller IS 20
.olI tbe storv. and let the story tell tho
moral.-Chicago Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09

Purity is the feminine, trut'i tne mas
c,,line of houor.-Hare.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-09

A single hair wlli support mo "e'sn0
Of about four ounces. .s-..-sa.i i-aHz1nanasaHa
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-14
'--'' - n DR. 5. D. sALPIELD,

Hia BEAREY Strict. FAN FGAECIeCo7 cal
| % ~ 80 - Sufficient TO how IT.
| cNA,yNA 'HSrS[XHS ,SSAoa merit, wiz be Esat to
! >N'NtNN'~ AN wv NJ'>SSO'any enc applying by
SlaE7 letter. stating his
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-14

The New York Ifi5aae says: a Califor-
MIA dispatch states That an important change
las been introduced by several San Fran
cisco business firms. namely. the use of the
cent in making change. Such statement
tend. 10 show how considerable have been
many Of the differences OF custom between
the rest Of the Unirn and California for
number uf years. When the flush times
prevail ed no Californian would condeseend
TO look at any coin smaller than = zen cent
piece In making chance the seller usually
reaped the advantage Of this custom. Pres
emily the times became harder, and then
the five cent piece was introduced, but was
very slow in making its way Al first the
pablo rejected Ii with scorn. Then they
began to realize that it bad its uses ana
at last it was adopted cheerfully. and has
held its own well ever since. But tho ad-
vantage still rested with The sellers when
this change had been made. Whenever
two or three CENTS change was needed 10
make up q sum in retail trade the dealer
took it as legitimate profit. AS to the one
cent piece, it was pOoh-pouhed. and Cali
fornia continued 10 plume herself upon her
superiority to that petty kind OF coinage
But the times did not get any better
Poverty Of a more pinching sor; than ever
before experienced in the Golden State
compelled al except the most inc0rrigible
to economize seriously. Even then it may
be doubted whether any further change
would have been effected had not the idea
occurred 10 certain business men that 1t
! would be q good advertisement to make
exact change They got ii from the BANKS.
which had been obliged TO employ cents
/ long before At frat, just as with the Ave
cent piece, the public laughed at the new
| Idea. and Thought nothing could be done
with cents. But already it is being dis
covered that those humble coins are worth
having. and as inquiry concerning Eastern
customs shows tie important role play Ell
by the cent in retail business and house
keeping on this side of the Rocky Noun
tsins, there can be no doubt that the pe0-
| pie Of California will learn TO appreciate
the little stranger, and having once adopted
viii refuse to dispense with it. Perhaps if
our free-handed Western fellow-eitixens
realized bow much they haze lost through
their contempt for small change in tne
past they would regret having heSitated
SO long before ayailing themselves of the
minor subsidiary coinage.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-14
Serve an Injunction on Disease

By invigoratins feeble constitution, rein
MIGRATING debili;ated physique and en-
rching thin and inDutritious circulation
with HOstetter Stomach bitters, the finest,
the most highly sanctioned and the mos.
popular tonic and preventive in existence.
II strengthens the stomach, remedies torpoT
of the liver and bowels. and gives q hes,i h
FIJI impulse 10 the secretive and discharg-
ing functions of the kidneys and bladder
Not only does it arrest and prevent the re-
currc3cs of malsrial fevers. butt furnishes
the only adequate safeguard against them
TO persons who have never been afflicted
with those maleeies but would be liable to
incur them ii incidentally unprotected. II
eliminates from the blood certain impuri-
ties which the most Bkiiifui pathologists as
sign IS the exciting cause OF those agoniz-
ing complaints, rheumatism and govt, and
It is, moreover, an excellent remedy for an
enfeeblsd or oYerwrGught state of the
nerves, and FOR mental dependency.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-14
Tow to make Things Lass.

Every housekeeper knows how careful
treatment keeps table linen and household
furniture Girls do not always know or
remember That great care Of their own little
uossessions will often enable them 10 dress
nicely on very little money. a lady says:
" When I was girl there was one of my
young friends who was distinguished Tor
making her things last Her dress. hats,
gloves and ribbons were q marvel of dura-
bility. I used to wonder how she managed
to make them last so without their looking
shabby, but ceased to do SO after l had
visited her at her own home. The reason
why her clothes wore SO long was that she
took such good care of them. Her dresses
were brushed and folded away carefully,
and the slightest spot on them was re-
moved as soon as it was discovered.
Fer hat was wrapped In an old hand
kerchief, and put away in Il box
as soon rs done with. the strings and laoes
being Strengthened and rolled out most
syumetrioaily each time. Her gloves were
never folded together, but were pulled out
straight and laid fiat in bog, one upon
the other, each time they were use1, the
tiniest hole being mended almost before il
had time to show itself But the thing
that IMPRESSED me most YVES the care she
bestowed on her rihs5ns When making
un bows she used TO line the upper part Of
the ribbon with white paper. and this not
only prevented the ribbon from becoming
limp and creased. but keep it clean, so that
when the bow was soiied on one side she
could turn the ribbon. and the part that
had been covered came out looking new
and fresh That girl married and brought
up large family. Her husband had to
fight his way, and did so brayely, and was
unusually successful, for be became
wealthy. But his prosperity was due quite
as much to his Wife's care and economy i'll
saving money as il vas TO his in making it.
Good Cher.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-14

TACT IN MANAGING THE BABY.-rhe way
to keep the baby from becoming spout
is to let It cry as little as possible. 1t will
gain strength of mind to endure its neces-
sary ills all the sooner If it is allowed to
suffer as little as possible from ills that can
be avoided. Its wants should be antici-
pated. its sources of discomfort should be
removed as SOON as they arise, without
waiting for it TO cry it should be pre-
vented in every way from forming the
habit of crying Study it's expression,
when il is tired Of playing on the floor take
II up and dance it ebout the room, and let
1t look out of the window for few min
utes. In q little while it viii be glad to go
back and play on the floor again. II il is
necessary. TO resort to discipline, be careful
to seize the right moment for it. If you
want the baby to learn to go to sleep with
out being rocked, choose day when it has
been unusually bright and happy all the
morning. wait until twenty minutes or 50
after the regular hour for its nap, then give
cup of milk particularly sweet and warm
and nice, make its little bed soft and cosy,
lay II down gently and soothe it with a
little kissing and pstting, and, If it is no.
already too much spoiled, il will only be
too happy TO close its eyes IN the sweetest
kind of sleep. If it does not, its at of cry
ing will be as brief and as little injurious
as il can be-Batyhood
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-14
Electric Belt Freel

To introduce It and obtain agents we VIII for tnS
next slxty days. give away free ofchRrge. 10 eacH
oonnty In the u g alimitei number of our Ger
man electro GaIvanio snspensory beltss
Price. So; a positive and uniailing cure foI Nsr-
vous Debiitt yarioocele: Emissions, imposescys
faeture does not generate genuine electr6 eI1
rent Address q. once ELbCIhlC BLK
AGENCY, P. o. Box l75. brooklyn. n. Z.
nSQ1ykwP
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F..nperatare "a cnnnc., ooeds.

Lieutenant A. N. Greedy. United States
Army, has written the following letter to
the A,Rer9cGn Grocer, which win be of in
teresL to the readers of the RECORD UHIoN ::
" have your letter Of July I3;b, referring
10 nay previous letter on the subject OF
canned provisions. You asked me 10 state
the effects of freezing upon canned fruits
and vegetables, especially as regards the
texture and flavor of tomatoes, corn, etc.
Apples, peaches, pears. rhubarb, green
peas, green corn, onions, potatoes ard to-
mat0es were all subject to extreme tenn
peTaiures lover 500 below zerol. and were
solid for months at a time. The second
summer they thawed, the following winter
froGe solid again. All the articles namesI
presented the same appearance as though
freshly canned and their favor was rs
good when the last can was eaten As in the
first month. II should be understood thet
these were first-class canned goods, and
from dealers Of standing and reliability.
Cranberry sauce, preserved damSOus, pre-
served peaches and fruit buffers
suffered certain changes from candy
ing, etc, which detrncted some-
ghst from their favor, though not mate
rally 30. Dealers n such preserves pre-.
dicied that such conditions and changes
would occur. had also canned turnips,
bis-asut DeVlS anu CdfTOtS rs Wen bb pine
apples, cherries, grapes, clans, shrimps and
crabs, which, although not subjected 10
such extreme Temperatures a. the forego-
ing. yet froZe and thawed repeatedly with
out injury. No can Of any kind except
few, say half dozen of fruit buffers, was
ever burst by action of cold or heat. No
illness of any kind occurred prior TO our
retreat. and those most inclined 10 canned
fruits and vegetables we're the healthiest
and strongest of the party. have written
thus fully in answer TO your letter, from
my conviction that the excellent quality
and variety of canned provisions contrib
uted materially to the uneQualed health OF
my command during the two years we
passed in unparalleled high latitude The
importance of good canned fruit and veg
etables to parties unable TO obtain the fresh
article cannot be overrgtei. and 80 speak
with no uncertain tone on the subject
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-14
Fools Rush In wh-re Angels Fear to
Tread.~

So impetuous youth is often given TO folly
and indiscretions: and as a result. nervous,
mental and organic debility follow, mem
ory is impaired, selfcon6dence is lacking !:
st night bad dreams occur. premature old
age seems setting in. ruin is in the track.
In confidence you can and shosld write TO
DR., r. v. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y. the an
thor of a treatise for the benefit Of that dass
of patients, and describe your symptoms
and sufferings. He can cure You at your
home and viii send you foil particulars By
mail.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-14

The last five are pi.iable figures. They
mean that in every group of six persons in
Banif one of them is a known bastard
Presuming thst the immortality OF BaDff
has not changed for three generations, il
follows that, as each child has two parents,
the chances are that every fhird child born
there has one Of its parents Legitimate,
and. going back TO it's grandparents, two
out of every three children now born has
enc of either lis grandparents or parents
illegitimate. Tine next generation would
make every one in Banff ilesitimate within
three generations. OF course there are ex-
cep:ionally moral families TO whom these
calculations do not apply, as there must be
numbers who have not bad legitimate an
cestor for generations Taking Scotland as
whole, with its 948 per cent. of illegiti-
mate children born last year-tha. being
under the average of the last thirty years
it means that one out of every twelve of the
whole population is registered by it1 father
or mother as illegitimate. RecOlleot th2t
this shocking proportion is the lowest pez-
sible amount for had any OF tie people
who registered an Legitimate Ciil6's birth
merely said its parents were married, II
would bsve been registered Is legitimate.
The highest type of female purity in Scot
land is 10 be found in Ross and Cromarty.
In that virtuous region less than five in 100
are known 10 DC Legitimate.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-14

economical housewives have 10 change the
carpets so as TO equaiiSe the wear and toar,
and the architect or carpenter tbat compels
them TO add inch strips and fit around
awkward holdings adds D per cent. to
their cost. and is sery ignorant OF an inn
pcrtant practical point in his business.