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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-04-15

There is hardly anything about which
families should be more careful than i'm
scrutinizing the source Of their ice sup
ply. l do not mean this in seasons of ex-
pected epidemic, when people are afraid
of cholera or yellow fever. Those plaques
are principally feared so much because
they are uncommon, but where they kill
one in our climate, scarlet fever, diph-
liberia and those classes of disease kill
hundreds. Now, it has been shown re-
peatedly that fatal outbreaks Of such dis
eases that have occurred in otherwise
healthy localities, and which at first
seemed mysterious and unaccountable,
have been due TO ice taken from stag
nant or polluted waters. Ice that seemed
as clear as crystal has been found to CON
tain disease germs, which only needed
the application of warmth to restore to
fatal activity. Such things have been
demonstrated time and time again, and ]
repeat that too much precaution can not
be taken in ascertaining the sources Of
family ice supply.-Cor. Globe-Demo-
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Descendants of the Twenty-Five.

Are you descended from one of the
tNwenty-two?" is the first question asked
when you introduce Mr.. Camp to Mr..
Camp-which is explained as follows.
Benjamin Camp of Virginia had eleven
sons and one daughter by his first wife,
who, not unnaturally, died. He married
new wife and repeated his record, having
by her eleven sons and one daughter.
Having gathered about him his twenty
two sons and two daughters he felt that
he had fully obeyed Gods first injunction
and died the death of the just. His
descendants are to be found in every
Southern state. having his characteristics
of courage, industry, and shrewdness.
They are steady lovers, good husbands,
religious as a rule, and clannish.-
Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution.
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OUR NAVY DURING THE WAR.
One tho BIarvels of the Age-MOney
Value of Its Captures.

One tho BIarveIs of the Age-Money
Value of Its Captures.
The growth of our navy was one of
the marvels of the age. 1t cost the gov
eminent, in round numbers, $3.50, 600, 600,
or $12O, ,OOO, 900 for each year of the war,
$40, ,OO0, 900 per month, or nearly third
of million dollars for every day of the
war,
1t employed over 600 vessels of war
and over 80, 900 men, which force greatly
exceeded that of any other nation in the
world.
1t guarded over 1000 miles of coast,
including bays, rivers, etc, effectually
preventing the importation of arms and
munitions of war, and so compelling the
earlier exhaustion of the Confederate
forces.
1t captured the immense number of
1, 165 blockade-runners, many of which
were fine steamers ratio of nearly 800
captures per annum, or almost one each
day during the entire war. The money
value of its captures was at least $60,
OOO, 600, or $15, 900 worth for each
year of the war and 81, $50, 900 in value
for each month of the war from first to
last.
1t co-operated with the army wherever
there was water enough to float gum
boat, while on the high seas our navy
covered itself with glory. The river
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THE SILVER CLOUD.

saw silver cloud at eventide,
At eventide little silver cloud;
With outstretched, moveless wings. paly
dove
She sailed toward the west, and thus she said:
%Ah, JOY was mine! He bathed me in his
beams,
He bathed me in his beams, and all day long
Over thousand fields, a thousand groves,
My happy shadow foated like dream.
"xiss, kiss once more my lips, my pGllid lips;
Bring me once more the blush l knew at
morn;
Cast thou thine arms about me, ere l die,
Ere in a mist of tears l melt away"
While yet she spalke her cloudy pallor changed.
And she became wreath of flaming fire
That did to scorn the sober evening star;
But ahl she darkened visibly as she went.
Slowly she darkened, slowly, till she was
Whittier than ashes or the face of death.
Then came cold, low wind, and breathed on
her;
She in a mist of tears did melt away.
John Philip Varley in The Atlantic.
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Oueen Yietoria,s Daughter-in-Law.

If reports be true, the princess of Wales
is an eminently clever milliner and gives
finishing touches to all her own bonnets
and hats. and Judging from the individ-
uality of her taste in the direction, it is
quite likely rumOr may be safely cred
tied. A very pretty story has long been
current as to the royal lady's gift of art.
Not member of the royal family, not q
person intimately attached to the court,
could venture to suggest that after long
years the queens mourning might with
advantage be lessened, whereupon the
princess of Wales gently took the matter
in hand.
Without a word to anybody she re-
modelled the queens somber bonnet, re-
moving the weeds" and, with few
artistic touches, relieved her lnajesty's
head-covering of its mournful aspect.
Silently the queen submitted to the
change, but all the court knew she did
so for her daughter-in-law's sweet sake.
The Housewife ,-.r
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Superior Intelligence of the Pike.

There can be little doubt that the pike
is decidedly an exception to the rule that
fish have little or no intelligence. Even
the size of his brain is worthy of respect.
Its proportionate size, as compared to
the rest of the body, is as 1 to 1, 300; in
the shark, whose intelligence has so
often been Faunted, it is only as 1 to
2,50O; while in the funny it is but as to
300. The only thing that dulls the
pixies intelligence is his greed; but even
this may perhaps only be caused by an
overwhelming confidence in his own
gastric juices. Like many other vora-
cious animals, to swallow seems to be his
only joy; palate he has little or none
Chicago Herald
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GROWTH OF soYs AND GIRLS.
Startling Facts as to the Development OF
the Body During Childhood.

Startling Facts "a to the Development OF
the Body During Childhood.
During the International medical con-
ference held in Copenhagen in the sum
merof 1884, apaperread by the Rev Mall
ing Hanson, principal Of the Danish in
stitution for the deaf and dumb, was
listened to with marked attention and
interest. 1t gave the results of the daily
weighing and measurements of height
which he bad carried on for nearly three
years ON the 130 pupils-seventy-two
boys and fifty-eight girls-of the institu-
ton, and demonstrated facts as to the de-
velopment of the human body during
the period of childhood that perfectly
startled and astonished the assem-
bled medical authorities, opening an en-
tirely new field for investigation and re-
Election.
Since then Mr.. Hanson has continued
his observations. and, though he has vet
a tremendous amount of work before
him, he believes himself able TO state
now the outlines OF the results he has OBJ
tanned The children are weighed four
times daily IN patches of twenty-in the
morning, before dinner, after dinner,
and at bedthne-and eacE child is meas
ured once a day. The common im-
preston is, no doubt, that increase in
bulk and height of the human body dur
ing the years of growth progress S evenly
all through the year. This is not SO.
Three distinct periods are marked out,
and within them some thirty lesser
waverings have been observed As for
bulk, the maximum period extends from
August until December; the period Of
equipoise lasts from December until
about the middle of April, and then fol-
lows the minimum period until August.
The lasting increase of bulk or weight is
al accumulated during the first stage;
the period of eqmipoise adds TO the body
about fourth of that increase, but this
gain is almost entirely spent or lost again
in the last period.
The increase in height of the children
shows the same division into periods.
only in q different order The maximum
period Of growth in height corresponds
TO the minimum period of increase in
bulk, and vice versa. In September and
October a child grows only a fifth Of
what it did in June and July. In other
words, during part of the year
autumn and beginning of winter-the
child accumulates bulk, but the height is
stationary. In the early summer the
bulk remains nearly unchanged, but tho
vital force and the nOurishment are e.s.
pended to the benefit Of height. Whib
the body works for bulk there is rest 70.
the growth, and, when the period If
growth comes, the working for bulk is
suspended. The human body has, conGe-
quently, the same distinctly marked
periods Of development as plants
Chambers journal.
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Kerosene Mine in New South Wales.

Kerosene Mine in New South Wales.
New South Wales possesses in the
Vale of Hartley mine valuable kerosene
deposit. The mine is situated in one OF
the most picturesque parts of the colony.
about eighty-three miles northwest OF
Sydney, in the center of the Blue noun
tains, at an altitude of 3,118 feet above
the level of the sea. The railway up the
mountains has aided greatly in the es-
tablishment of number of important
industries there. The iron works at
Eskbank are carried on successfully, and
the coal deposits are inexhaustible. The
kerosene shale found there is said to be
the richest in the world. Considerable
quantities of it are used in the large
cities of the colonies for the purpose of
enriching gas. 1t is also exported for
the same purpose to Holland, Java, and
the states on the Pacific slope of the
United States.
Only the better quality of the mineral is
exported, the scraps and inferior por.
tions being retained for the extraction Of
oil. The seams are from one foot to two
and-a-half feet in thickness. 1t is much
more difficult to mine than coal, and is
usually got out with iron picks and
pointed rods. 1t does not run down
readily into blocks, but has to be sepa-
rated piece by piece and splintered off
into sharp thin pieces. 1t is easily
lighted with a match, and burns with a
steady flame like candle and emits
strong odor of kerosene. The company
working the mine, beside their opera
tions at the mine, have extensive oil
works at Waterloo, where they manu-
facture kerosene lubricants, paraffine,
etc,-IrOn,
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The Fireless Soda Locomotive.

The "Maschinenfabric" at Halle, Ger
many, has acquired the Honigmann
patent for fireless soda locomotives and
other soda engines. In style and con-
struction these engines resemble the
tramway carriage. The carriage con-
tains boiler constructed in two parts,
and which must be filed every SIX or
eight hours. This is done at steam
station and occupies about fifteen
minutes. The engine is run by one man,
and it will take a train of several
wagons.-Exchange.
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snow-shoes for minnesota Norwegians.

The Norwegians in Minnesota have in
troduced their peculiar show-shoes there.
The shoes are made of strips of hard
wood, about ten feet long and six inches
wide, slightly turned up in front. They
are fastened to the foot at about the mid
die of the shoe. The wearer slides over
the snow, not trying to lift the shoes, and
carries pole with which to keep his
balance. Since the big SHOWS of this
winter these shoes have been almost the
only means of locomotion in Dodge
county. 1t is not unusual to see some
thing like half cord of shoes piled in
front of a store, within which their
Yearers are shopping.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
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The transporting Power of water.

The carrying or transporting power of
water increases as the sixth power of the
velocity-a prodigious rate of increase,
as may be inferred from the fact that a
stream having a velocity six. times as
great as another will be able to trans
port material weighing 46, 1856 times as
much as that carried by the slower
stream. The data from which engineers
commonly calculate the effect of a scour
on river bottom are about as follows:
A stream flowing with velocity of three
inches per second barely produces an eff
feet on fine clay; six inches per second
viii raise fine sand; eight inches per sec
ond will raise sand of the coarseness of
linseed; twelve inches per second will
sweep along fine gravel; twenty-four
inches per second (or one and one-third
miles per hour will carry pebbles of
about one inch diameter; thirty-six
inches per second (Which is about two
miles per hour, or about two-thirds the
rate of speed of a moderate walk will
sweep along fragments the size of an
egg.-BostOn Budget.
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The three Tunnels of the Alps.

The Alps are pierced by three remark
ably long tunnels entering Italy from
France, Switzerland and the Austrian
Tyrol. They are the Mont Gents. seven
and three-quarters miles long; the st.
Gothard, nine and one-quarter miles
long, and the Arlberg tunnel, only six
and one-half miles long. The projected
Simplon tunnel, by which the railroad
from Geneva TO Martigni will be carried
through the mountains to Dunno d'Ossola,
will be twelve and one-half miles long,
and the estimated cost $40, 900, ,OOO.-Chi-
cago Journal.
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Washington's pompous ways were Sc
verely criticised at this time. His gor
geous, cream-colored coach with its six
horses was talked of, and they said that
1t was ridiculous for one who posed as
the great champion of American liberty
to keep men in livery and to own 500
slaves. There was probably some truth
in this charge. Washington was great
swell, and he liked to strut about and
have his fellow-men toadying him. He
believed in high honors being paid 20 the
president of the United States, and his
receptions as president were of the stiff
est kind. He dressed in the richest of
clothes, wore silk, satin and lots of gold
lace, and / doubt not he was a little
proud of his figure, which was tall and
well formed, with the exception of the
chest, which was sunken.
Washington had probably as fine an
establishment in America as any man in
the country at the time he lived. He
kept the finest of horses in his stables.
and had an army of hveried servants.
AT Mount Vernon he had 100 cows, and
he entertained like an English lord. He
always had wine on his table, and he
dra- * several glasses at every dinner.
His wife was addressed as Lady Wash
ington in those days, and his friends gave
him the title in private life of "your ex-
cellency." l have seen manuscript pri-
vate letters to Mrs. Washington, and l
doubt not that during the first adminis-
tratiOn of our government she was toad
led like queen. She and the president
had their cOat-Of-a1-rns and CHao1ore
Washington had buttons made, at least
there are such buttons in existence, with
his initials on them. The Washington
family had the finest of china. They
liked good furniture, and even now at
Mount Vernon one might keep up an es-
tabhshment which would not discredit
the times of to-day.-Cor, Cleveland
Leader.
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subdivisions of the Legal Profession.

The tendency in this country is to the
subdivision of professions. Lawyers are
recogizing this tendency now more than
ever before. Those who willingly take
any business that offers are growing
fewer every year. 1t will eventuate in
attorneys skilled only in corporation law,
others in insurance law, others in COM
mercial law, others in the law of patents,
trade marks and copyrights, etc. And
all these divisions are capable of almost
infinite subdivision. The growth of law
and the constantly increasing mass of
decisions upon every conceivable point
render this division necessary. do not
think further division of the work of
the courts will be necessary, but there
will be one effect there-the judges viii
be appointed or elected for ife.-C. G..
B. Drummond in Globe-Democrat.
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Paper napkins, of a thin but strong It's
sue paper, are largely used in the res
taurants and hotels of the large German
cities, the consumption amounting to
many thousands daily. A different tint
or color of ink is used to each napkin,
ceutral tints being apparently the
fashion, though shades of blue, green,
chocolate, and red are the most promi-
nent in the score of patterns before US.
The pictures are all evidently reproduc-
tions of antique designs, and, with the
quaint Typography, grotesque arrange
ment and novel tints of the ink used in
the printing, are at once effective and at
tractive.-Ch Chicago Herald.
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The Endurance Of old Ruins.

OF the lCng-forgotten cities, discovered
in the present century by their walls,
little else remains but extensive ceme-
teries, which, as repeatedly happens
among the ruined places of the earth,
have outlasted by more than 1000 years
the dwellings of the living. The streets
and buildings of settlements already in
ruins during the time of the ancient
Romans have disappeared almost with
out a trace, while the monuments of the
dead are SO well preserved as fre-
quently to give information concern
ing even the domestic architecture of
their bulders.-Boston Budget.
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The city Of PaIatiaI Residences.

Washington is becoming pre-eminently
the city of palatial residences. Fifteen
senators have erected magnificent domi-
Giles within the past twelve months. A
structure that costs less than 800, is
now considered scarcely worth remark
ing in the abundance of architectural
beauty seen everywhere at the capital
New York Star.
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Incorrect Opinion q Steamboat Mates

Incorrect Opinion CC Steamboat Mates.
The impression tine public have of
steamboat mates is aot the correct one.
The mate who looks the fiercest and
swears the loudest is often the best to his
of habit. He deems it necessary to in
dulge in expletives, and the average
roustabout would be worthless orna-
ment without the encouraging TRADE of
of the competent mate. Once away from
the boat, the mate, as rule, is like any
other man, and 1 have known many
noisy mates who were quiet and orderly
as Sabbath-school teacher on duty
when they were off duty.-Capt. Asbury
in n-GlOhe-Democrat.
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SONG.

How many lips have uttered one sweet word
Ever the sweetest word in any tOnguel
How many listening hearts have wildly
stirred,
While burning bushes to the soft cheeks
sprung,
And dear eyes, deepening with light divine,
Were lifted up, as thine are now to minel
How oft the night, with silence and perfume,
Has hushed the world that heart might
speak 10 heart,
And made in each dim haunt of leafy gloom
a trysting place where love might meet
and part,
And kisses fall unseen on lips and brow,
AS on thing sweet, my kisses hnger nOWl
Charles L. Hildreth
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The Designers of Artistic Valentines.

High prices are paid for valentine de-
signs, and some of the best artists in
New York, Boston. and elsewhere are
regularly employed by the manufactur-
ers at good salaries, but the greater part
of the work is done by the piece by out
siders.
1t is stated that wherever the mesquite
wood will grow the olive will flourish
and bear well.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-04-15

The cooks in large establishments have
for one of their perquisites what are
called the drippings-the remains of un-
cooked meats and game. One man of
large fortune told me that, wishing to
distribute the fragments to his poor ten
ants in the neighborhood, he offered his
cook 600 pounds sterling a year for the
privilege. But the successor of Vatel re-
fused, and the gentleman was helpless,
unless he gave up chef who had hardly
an equal in England.-Adam Badean's
Letter
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Saw Him AZ the vsry nroment.

Nine. x, who has never been outside
of Montmartre, has the innocent fault Of
trying to make her acquaintances be-
lieve that she has Travelled all over Eu-
rope. "When you were at Venice in
quires a visitor one day 10 whom she
was telling the story of her travels, "did
you see the lion of st. Marks p "Did L
see him {" replied she. ~What a ques-
ton! Why, ! saw him at the very mo-
ment when they were giving him his
dinner, and / gave him a piece Of meat
myself PARIS Figaro.
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Making Paner as Tough as Leather.

A plan for rendering paper as tough as
wood or leather has been recently intro
duced on the continent; it consists IN
mixing chloride of zinc with the pulp in
the course of manufacture, 1t has been
found that the greater the degree of con-
centration of the zinc solution, the
greater will be the toughness of the pa
per. 1t can be used for making boxes
and for roofing.-Boston Budget.
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singers do Sol Trust to LnelE.

Adelina Patti sang new song, called
Darling Nine" in London recently,
with extraordinary effect. The author
of the song relates that after having
tried it over and over again some time
ago, she sang it on the morning of the
concert four times through, and in the
artists room, before going on the stage,
she studied every note and fforitura, as if
her fame depended on the performance.
She then turned around and asked him:
"Etes-vous content?"-are you satisfied?
Thus it is that great singers do not trust
to luck-Chicago Times.
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Russia,s Petroleum BaIance-sheet.

The magnitude of the items in the bal
ance-sheet of the st. Petersburg Naph-
tina Producing company brothers Nobel
is impressive. The assets, taking the
ruble at 2 shillings, amount to 1851, 900
pounds sterling and the profit last year
was 200, 600 pounds sterling. The COM
pany possesses factories valued at 49,
900 pounds sterling, allowance having
been made for depreciation; steamships
ssand in the balance-sheet at 427, 900
pounde sterling, trucks and vehicles at
247 900 pounds sterling, storehouses and
resel ,.rs at 404, 600 pounds sterling.
The kerosene in stock is put at
267, 900 pounds sterling, residual pro-
ducts at 12S,000 pounds sterling.
Among the liabilities share capital stands
at !, 100000 pounds sterling and out
standing obligations at 42S, 900 pounds
sterling. These are obviously the Incl
dents of an immense annual producing
pOwer.-Foreign Letter.
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The use of italics in writing is an evi-
dence of weakness on the part of the
writer When man can't get the right
word he is apt to use the best he can
think of and put stroke under it for
emphasis The right word doesn't re-
quire special emphasis once in a thou
sand times. .-Globe-Democrat.
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BARTER.

Give me the gold from off thy hair,
The rose upon thy cheek that lies,
Thy singing voice that everywhere
Makes laughter in the trembling air,
The young JOY of thine eyes.
What wilt thou give to me oh say,
Thou gray old man with restless wings
For loves enhancing morn of May,
For dawn and freshness of the day
And life that leaps and sings?
Lol will make thy footstep slow
Across the flowers that bend and wave,
And for thy gold will give the snow
And silence for thy laughter low,
.rN--l--4@- q n~-ass-0rnuUn 0rava
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The American family is FILLING of in
numbers. In 1850 it contained 300 per
sons; in 1860, 5.28; in 1870, 5.09 and IN
1880, only 5.O4. At present the average
may be taken TO be barely 5.-ENchange.
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rhe Larrest Tree in aeorgia.

The largest tree in Georgia almost
rivals the giants of California forests. 1t
is twenty feet in circumference at the
ground, and its girth a short distance
above is four feet greater. The great
tree is 155 feet in height.-Boston Bud
eaE