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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
Churches and the Poor.

1t is not overstating the case to say that
the clergymen seem to be of the opinion
that religion, as organized in the churches,
is out of harmony with the poor and is
losing its direct influence upon the masses
of the people. When layman, and es-
pecially newspaper man, makes this
observation, he is called pessimist; and
yet most clergymen are moved by the
secret consciousness that in the cities at
least they are preaching only to class
of the people. 1t is an intelligent, re-
spectacle and wealthy class-perhaps the
flower of the community, but certainly
not the people. Probably among all
those who attend the regular churches of
any northern city, leaving Catholic
churches out of the question, there is
hardly one ignorant, disreputable or
poor person to each congregation. This
condition Of things, though fattering to
minister in some respects is not alto
gether comfortable, for if religion has a
mission at all it is to the poor, the sor-
rowful, the sinful, the heavy laden.
When John the Baptist sent his messen-
gers to Jesus and asked: cart thou he
that should come, or look we for an
OtherT Jesus told the messengers to re-
port to John the things that they had
seen as characteristic of his mission, and
the list closed with this important item /:
''To the poor the Gospel is preached. -
Rochester Post-Express.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
A Perpetual Walking Sheep.

John Snyder, the famous ''perpetual
walker" of Indiana, is dead, but his
teachings go on in the object of sheep
on Dan Miller's farm in Carmel. Three
months ago this sheep was one of the
finest and fattest in his flock, Since
that time it has been emulating Snyder's
example by walking necessarily, not
stopping to rest, and only for moment
at time TO partake of bite of food
The sheep, whose case is, to say the least
remarkable, has been reduced to mere
skin and bones. and evidently cannot
live a great while.--Charlotte (Mich.,
Republican.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19

1t would seem that the fortune of the
Rothschild dynasty is getting scattered by
the recent marriages of the young people.
Now it is Mile. Aline who marries a Sas-
soon; the other day it was her elder sister
who married NJ. Lambert, of Brussels,
and her cousin, Mile. Helene, who mar
ried Dutch diplomat, Baron Won Zuylen;
not long ago Mile. de Rothschild be-
came Princess de Wagram, another
Duchesse de Gramont, another simple
Nine. Ephrussi and another Lady Rose
berry. Tradition says that the old Baron
James left fortune of $50, 900, 900 francs,
which was divided among his children,
four sons and daughter, the Baroness
Nathaniel. Thus each inherited 175, 000,-
900 francs, which have doubtless increased
and multiplied. The Argonaut.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
centuries cannot crumbIe or cannonades

centuries cannot crumble or cannonades
demolish.
High worldly marriage is not neces-
sary for woman or marriage of any kind
in order to your happiness. Celibacy
has been honored by the best being that
ever lived and his greatest apostle, Christ
and Paul. What higher honor could
single life on earth have? But what you
need, oh w oman, IS to be affianced for
ever and forever, and the banns of that
marriage am this moment here and
now ready to publish. Let the angels OF
heaven bend from their galleries of light
to witness while / pronounce you
one--a loving God and a for
given soul. One of the most stirring
passages in history with which am ac-
quainted, tells us how Cleopatra, the ex-
lied queen of Egypt, won the sympathies
of Julius Caesar, the conqueror,
until he became the bridegroom
and she the bride. Driven from
her throne, she sailed away on the Medi-
terranean sea in a storm, and when the
large ship anchored she put out with one
wornanly friend in a small boat until she
arrived at Alexandria, where was Caesar,
the great general. Knowing that she
would not be permitted to land or pass
i esguaEds ON the way 70 Caesar 8 palace,
she laid upon the bottom of the boat
some shawls and scarfs and richly dyed
| upholstery, and then lay down upon
them, and her friend wrapped her in
them and she was admitted ashore in
this wrapping of goods, which was an
nounced as a present for Caesar. This
10 tod tba dc
| of the gates of the palace, and was
| put down at the feet of the Roman
| general. When the bundle was unrolled
there rose before Caesar one whose cour-
age and beauty and brilliancy are the as
tonishment of the ages. This exiled
| queen Of Egypt told the story of her sor-
rows, and he promised her that she
should get back her throne in Egypt and
take the throne of wifely dominion in
| his own heart. Afterward they made a
triumphal tour in barge that the
pictures of many art galleries have called
"Cleopatra's Barge and that barge was
covered with silken awning, and its deck
was soft with luxuriant carpets, and the
oars were silver tipped, and the prov
was gold mounted, and the air was redo
lent with the spicery of tropical gardens
and resonant with the music that made
the night glad as the day. You may
rejoice, oh woman, that you are not a
Cleopatra, and that the one to whom
you may be affanced had none of the
sins of Caesar, the conqueror. But it
suggests to me how you, soul exiled
from happiness and peace, may find your
way to the feet of the conqueror of earth
and sky. Though it may be dark night
of spiritual agitation in which you put
out into the harbor of peace you may
sail, and when all the wrappings of fear
and doubt and sin shall be removed you
will be found at the feet of him who will
put you on a throne, to be acknowledged
as his in the day when all the silver
trumpets of the sky shall proclaim: ''Be-
hold the bridegroom conleth," and in
barge of light you sail with him the
river whose source is the foot of the
throne and whose mouth is at the sea of
glass mingled with fire.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
The Art of Complimenting.

1t is a rare accomplishment in man or
woman to be able gracefully to make
compliments. The difficulty lies in the
fact that honest praise or approval always
loses by being "a little coaxed or petted. "
The briefest expression which bears the
air of sincerity is better than the most
elaborate effusion and profusion of COM
plimentary phrases, which ''by daily use
have almost lost their sense" One need
not be rude to be true; but if, on the
other hand, he is too effusive he forfeits
his best claim to credit.-Philadelphia
LEDGER
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
Darwin's Recreation.

Charles Darwin found backgammon a
great mental relaxation, and he was very
fond of novels for the same purpose. The
great naturalist did most of his writing
sitting in large horse hair chair by the
fire, upon board stretched across the
arms. When he had many or long letters
to write he dictated them from rough
copies written ON the backs of manu-
scripts Or proof sheets. He kept all the
letters he received-a habit caught from
his father. When his letters were fin
ished he lay on a sofa in his bedroom and
had novels read to him while he smoked
a cigarette or regaled his nostrils with
snuff. The ArgOnaut.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
Tea Culture in the Caucasus.

A wealthy firm of tea merchants, one
Of the largest in Russia, has acquired ex-
tensive tracts in the neighborhood of
Soukhoum Kaleh and along the Circas-
sian coast, on which they are about to
raise tea plantations. These will shortly
be placed under the care and direction of
Russian experts. who have been sent to
China to study the tea culture and are
now about to return.
An experienced tea cultivator, formerly
resident in China, and who has pro-
spected the Caucasus, assures me that
tea culture will form a considerable
staple in the future industries of this
region. Daily News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
An Astronomer in Command.

Gen. Mitchell was at this time SO years
old. He was of an extremely wiry
frame, and was possessed of wonderful
endurance. His hair had lately grown
gray, which made him look older than he
really was. He was accustomed to ride
a horse whose gait was pace. On thi4
horse he was all over the camps at all
hours of the night and day. The guards
were never certain of his coming. The
men soon learned of his previous occupa-
ton, and called him sold Stars" A
sentinel who had been repeatedly visited
while on duty once remarked that he
s'never could look up without seeing
sOld Stars coming along on his screw
propeller. life of o. NJ. Mitchell, AS.
tronomer and General.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
Faith Cure Practitioners

There are faith cure practitioners in
Chicago who are said to be making from
$4,000 to $4,000 year out of the peo-
pie who believe in their doctrines. AL
together there are several hundred faith
cure doctors in the city, and the Christian
science colleges there are turning out
graduates by the score every month. No
attention is given In these colleges to the
study of anatomy or physiology, as they
are not considered necessary to practi-
toner's training.-New York Evening
World.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19

Newspaper men in Germany have to
be very careful about punctuation. The
Hofer Tageblatt, a short time ago, said
decoration had been conferred upon
Count Won Holstein. By an oversight an
exclamation point instead of a period ap-
peared at the end of the sentence, and
for this the authorities seized the whole
issue and instituted suit against the
editor for atrotious Gbel.-Chicago
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
Waener,s "Wedding March"

A certain Boston pianist is likely to get
himself disliked by the Wagnerians if he
doesn't look out. He is reported as say
ing: ssTake Haydn's Sonata in ID,
opening of first movement, omit orna-
ments, play it faster in two-four time,
and see what you get. Result: Wed
ding March ia Lohengrin. New York
Sum-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
Our OLDEST Canal.

The Oldest canal in America is for SALE
1t is called the Union canal, and extends
from the Schuylkill river, near Reading,
Pa, to the Susquehanna at Middletown.
The route was first surveyed in 1902, but
the canal was not completed until 1897.
1t is eighty-nine miles in length and cost
S., 900, O00.-Chicsgo News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
Cats and Dogs.

A cat, especially if merely kitten, is
more decent animal than pug dog;
but if it is true, as stated, that fashiona-
BILE ladies in New York are about to adopt
cats as pets for the street, there is reform
where it was least expected. But, as
somebody says of something else, these
pets are of two kinds-one is bad and
the other is very bad.-Chicago Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19

Many youth has ruined himself by
forgetting his identity and trying 10 bo
somebody else.-Cood Housekeeping.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19

The sum Of 900, 900 is to be ex-
pended in beautifying the parks of New
York and laying out new small ones,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
GENERAL LESSONS.

/. Had Jesus been condemned by the coun-
ell for heresy, he would, like Stephen, have
been stoned. But it was written of him that
he should hang on the tree, as the bearer of
our sin, and thus become curse in our stead.
And SO he quietly withdrew from the power
of his enemies until the time when the chief
priests should deliver him to the Gentiles, and
he be adjudged to the cross.
2. Love always makes the sufferings of the
loved one its own. This Canaanitish woman's
prayer was, "Lord. help me-" while it was
her daughter that needed help Yet did not
she feel that daughters sufferings more keen
ly than that daughter herselfs Even SO the
Lord Jesus in his glory, felt as done to him
self, the persecution which Saul was direct
ing against his people Hemakes their cause
ais own.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-23
SILVER DOLLARS STOLEN
Populations From Government
Express Packages.
Theft of Treasury Funds En-.
route From New Orleans.

Some enterprising thief has been HELPING
himself to bright, new silver dollars out
of the coin that is being received daily at the
Washington Treasury from the New Orleans
Mint The robberies were not mentioned
outside of the Treasurer's Office until Treas
urer Hyatt called upon Assistant Secretary
Thomson, who was then Acting Secretary
and told him that somebody was stealing the
Governments money
The Secret Service bureau was called
into action, and since then detectives have
been hard at work trying TO discover the
thief. Details of the robbery are hard
TO obtain, but it is known that the thefts
were at first of very small amounts. The coin
comes to the Treasury in strong canvas bags
holding $1,000 each The bags are inclosed
IN heavy wooden boxes, which are carefully
locked and sealed with a Government seal
which must be broken before the boxes can
be opened. The thief began by abstract
ing only 81 or So from bag, but
ne soon grew holder, and when he
took larger sums he replaced the coin
with shot and lead of very nearly the
same weight so that the loss would not be
quickly discovered when the bags were
weighed. Investigation showed that the bro
ken Government seals were replaced by i'm
presslonS of a silver twenty-fve-cent piece
on the wax. As nearly as could be learned
from the Treasury officers the total amount
stolen Is not yet known, but it is positively as
serted that the sum will not exceed 5000.
w hlle the detectives have not run down the
thief, it is declared in the Treasury Depart
ment that the robberies must have taken
place while the coin was on the way from
New Orleans to Washington, and in the care
OF the Adams Express Company, which is,
therefore held responsible for the loss 1t is ar
gued that II the money was stolen by any of the
government employees who handled it here
or IN New Orleans, the Government seal
was at hand to replace the broken ones. and
would have been used instead of the silver
quarters. The coin boxes are supposed to
be very carefully guarded from the mo-
ment they leave the mint until they
reach the Treasury vaults. In this
Guy They are carried from the
cars TO the Treasury Building in express
wagons, which are really big steel cages and
armed representatives of the Treasury and the
express company ride with the boxes in the
cages The fact that a number of boxes were
tempered with and on different occasions
leads to the belief that there was collision with
either express company or Government en-
p.oyes, and that the robberies were part of q
systematic plan by which it was hoped to OBJ
tam more money by many small thefts
winch might escape discovery than by one
Dig haul which would be at once found out
w hen one Of the boxes was opened at the
department. day or two ago it was found to
contain nothing but shot. A second box was
opened and one of the bags in it was found to
contain nothing more valuable than lead.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-23
Africa's Largest SIaYe-Trader.

Monanga, the King of Uganda, is de-
scribed as puissant king, ruling over
10, 900, 900 subjects. and as ferocious
as he is powerful. He is credited with
being the happy possessor of 1900 wives,
five of whom he daily kills off for his
amusement. Some time ago Monanga
received from Asia Minor, through the
medium of slave-dealers in Egypt, in
telligencee of the acquisitions made by
England and Germany on the Zanzibar
coast. He at once assembled all his
courtiers and made them swear that
they would exterminate all the whites
who might seek to ''eat up Uganda"
The first result of the ceremony was the
Imprisonment of Mr.. Gordon an English
missionary, who had unluckily selected
that very day to read out to Monanga a
letter from Mr.. Parker, fellow mission
airy, reproaching that monarch with his
enOrmities and exhorting him to turn
over a new leaf. Mr.. Gordon is, or was,
in durance asa hostage. Mongana's very
unpleasant behavior towards him warned
the French missionaries to withdraw
from his dominons, the only one who
has remained behind being NJ Gourdel,
whose medical skill is highly appreciated
by the tyrant, who has a decided horror
of death. Monanga is tie largest slave
trader in central Africa. He supplies
the Mohammedan dealers annually with
about $50, 900 slaves, which are trans
ported from the Zanzibar coast to
the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates.
Landed on the shores of Arabia,
the victims are sent on to Asiatic
Turkey, where they are sold con the
sly" through the medium of the pashas,
who receive about s. per head for their
trouble. Many, however, die on the
road, and sometimes a whole cargo of
these poor people Is carried of by sick
3s-L0nd0n Iele0ruDh.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-23
Elk Bandit Frank James.

The old town of Independence was
once hot bed of war, and the principal
scene of the operations of the James boys,
the guerrilla Quantrell. and their ilk.
Frank and Jesse lived only few miles
away, just across the way, in Clay
county, and they had many friends,
relatives and companions in outlawry in
and about independence. Frank mar
ried the daughter of Colonel Samuel
Ralstou, who lived, and is living yet,
about two miles west of independence.
The old Colonel is visited annually by
Frank and his wife and little boy, who
live at Dallas, Tex. The eX-bandit as
private and to some extent respected
citizen usually dresses in suit of gray
and wears no jewlry save a watch and
chain. His SLOUGH hat is of grayish
color, his shoes neatly polished and his
white standing collar sets off an attractive
cravat. He has in no degree the appear
ance of the ideal bandit, although his
eyes are still sharp. He does not weigh
over $50 pounds, and is five feet eight
inches tall. His nose is long and his lips
thin, and his features are so attenuated,
his temple and cheeks so sunken. that
he might readily be taken for con-
sumptive. He is very unpretentious
and shuns notoriety.-tSt. Louis Dispatch.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-23
he new spring shapes in hats and bon

the new spring Shapes IN mats ana Don
nets.
A woman can resist anything but head
gear. The fresh, glistening rolls of rib
bon-the box of birds wings, the crisp
roses and jonquils, the tempting ''shapes"
in straw and lace and buckram, and
Phebe's own natural born skill in COM
bining them-all these proved irresist-
ible to these country folk, and ere long
Phebe had sold out all her stock, and re-
turned to the city with a considerable
sum over and above her expenses.
This" she said gieefully to herself.
81 shall give to Aunt Mynton toward
the cost that have been to her."
As she crossed the street toward the
dreary red brick walls of the ''Otranto
Flats" where the Myntons dwelt, with
about a dozen other families, some one
refined up a horse, with quick cry of
''Do you want to be run over, Fhebe2"
She looked up. 1t was Doctor Falk-
ney.
'Oh. DOCTOR" she cried, radiantIy.
81 have taken your prescription, and
you can't think how much good it has
done me-"
The doctor looked as bright as she did
herself.
81 shall call to see you tonight" said
he,
"Another prescription?' cried Phebe.
And then She remembered, with sud-
den crimsoning of the cheeks, that she
had not yet paid his bill.
''But l can pay him now!" she thought,
as she stood there and watched his
carriage roll down the street. ''Just as
soon as his office hours begin I'll go
there. l won't wait for him to present
his bill"
To Doctor Falkney's great surprise,
his first patient that afternoon was Phebe
Clssold.
doctor" said she, GIVE come to pay
your bill, out of money that I've earned
myself"
"Have I sent it in?" said he.
mo. But"
''Nor do l intend to do sop he de-
clared. ''Phebe, Pm thinking of going
into partnership"
Then your partner will certainly want
all the old debts paid up" nodded she.
81 don't know about that. 1 am think
ing Of e-partnership, Phebe-not
medical one-and the partner want,
dear little girl, is your
1t was perhaps little vague, but she
understood it in an instant. Her cheeks
flushed: her long, brown eyelashes
dropped.
"Dearest," said he, taking her hand,
sis it to be Doctor Falkney and Wife2"
Some other patients came in just then,
and after that one look into her hazel
eyes Doctor Falkney was troubled with
no misgivings.
So Phebe's life problem was solved,
and there came an end to the bonnet
business-''the itinerant mil
linery," as her husband called it.
''But I shall always feel happier and
more independent, said she, ''for know
ing that l am able to earn my own liv-
ing"
''Did any one ever doubt it2' said
Doctor Falkney. Night.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-23
A Spiders Precarious Life.

A well-known naturalist, who has re-
Gently been studying the habits of the
spider, says that the insect can get along
nicely until old age overtakes him. Each
spider has the power of spinning GER
tain quantity of web. When lie has
spun himself out he is in bad way, not
only because he has no home, but be-
cause he has no chance to obtain food.
The life of spider is as full of luck as
that of man. If he constructs his web in
an out of the way place it will last him
long time, out if he happens to spin it
where the woman with the broom can
reach he will likely soon find himself
spun out. AS long as he remains strong
he is all right, for he can overpower the
young spiders and steal their webs.
When he can no longer fght'he becomes
tramp and soon dies of starvation
Mao York Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-23
The ROadscuiier.

The "roadsculler," which was the ma.
chine used by the Gland oarsmen" in
the recent race at Madison Square
Garden, New York City, is tricycle.
with a forward wheel 20 inches In
diameter and two rear wheels twice as
large. The light iron frame is so curved
as to place the line of support below the
centero of the wheels and is fitted with
foot rests and a Davis sliding seat. BY
means of levers running from the toes of
the foot-rests the rider or sculler, facing
forward, steers. At either end of the
frame are two small grooved pulleys,
one on each side. Inside each rear
wheel on the main axle is larger pulley
revolving on an independent axle when
turned in the backward direction.
These latter pulleys act as friction
clutches. From the sculler's handles
Inch wire cables run over the forward
pulleys, back and twice around the fric-
ton clutches and then up to and over
the rear pulleys to the handles again.
Such is the method by which the road
sculler is propelled. II is exactly like
sculGng a boat, only that the sculler
faces forward. A single stroke carries
the machine 60 feet or more, and an
expert can easily make 20 miles an hour.
If properly conducted race with these
machines ought to be very interesting as
a high-class contest between trained
athletes. -Picdyune.