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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-10-11
Grabbing in the jersey Meadows.

Grabbing has become a very popular
sport in the Jersey meadows. The brack-
ish streams tributary to the Hackensack
abound with crabs. and every day parties
of crabbers, with high rubber boots, plod
through the marshes, nets In hand, in
search of the crustacea. Catches Of three
or four dozen, are not uncommon. On
Sundays the crabbers turn out in greater
force than the gunners. Flat bottomed
boats are largely used. being slowly
poled up and down the creeks, and la
dies share quite freely in the sport. The
crabs arc much larger than those ordi-
narily caught on the coast. They are
said to be increasing In size as the sea.
son advances, and may one day rival the
great crabs of England and California
New York Sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-10-11
Hint 20 Drivers.

A wet sponge placed on the head Of .
working horse Will save the animal from
oppressive heaA In New York tho use
Of the sponge has become common
practice.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-10-11

Do today's duty, fight today's tempt
ton; do not weaken and distract your
self by looking forward to things yoa
cannot sec, and could not understand.
Kingsley.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-10-11
SONNET.

I now know why tho dear gods gave me sight
Oh, not to see the river lilies grow; :.
An, not to watch the seasons como and 20,
Nor yet to see tho jewels Of the night
10 500 one with tho world against one fght
Through weary years and lonely ycanf Ah. NOT
And not to see an iceberg. drifting, glow
Beneath q summer moons celestial night.
But. just because they knew that would gass
Upon star, that shines as one through spsco,
Until my hcart grew thick with stranglcd siclfs.
My days are turned TO nights, my nights to davs-
For. oh, sso the woes of some dead race
Deep down in your miraculous, sad oycs
John Ernest McCann IN New York World.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-10-11

He who undertakes to live by his wits
will find the best chances already taken.
Uncle Esek.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-10-11

Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in
Manchester, England, in 1S40.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-10-11

One elephant discovered among the
tertiary rocks could not have been less
than sixteen feet in height.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-10-11

The Three Greatest Things to Do--AImost
Every Man and Woman Is Some Timo
Near Demolition--Opportunit for Ex-
pioits.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
Utilizing Waste Leather.

A most interesting feature of all bust
nesses using leather is that not one par
ticle of the leather is wasted. Our shoe
factories alone sell annually fifty tons of
waste. This goes mainly TO a firm in
Philadelphia, who pays 81 a ton for it.
A large amount is sent to Lynn, Mass,
and other points, where the leather is
ground up, mixed with a medium and
pres ed into buttons. The remainder
that is not so used is treated chemically,
turned into a gelatinous mass, dried and
ground into a fertilizing dust. The sole
leather pieces that fall from the block
of the heel stamper are sorted into two
heaps. The very fine pieces are put with
the fine waste. The scraps, presenting a
surface of a couple of square inches, are
barreled up and sold to parties in New
York or Boston at one cent a pound,
where they are put through a peculiar
machine. This instrument splits the
pieces nearly through. Then it opens the
piece thus cut like a book. Thence it is
delivered from between rollers, and is
large enough to be again sent to the fac
tory to be cut up into heel lifts.-Balti-
more Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
A Steel Cable In China.

Aremarkable engineering feat has Just
been carried out in China in the face of
unusual physical obstacles. This was the
stretching Of a steel cable Of seven strands
across the Luan river by Alr. A. de Linde,
a Danish engineer, aided only by un-
skilled Chinese labor. The cable Is strung
from two points 4, 6is feet apart. The
height of one support is 447 feet above
the present level Of the river and the sec
ond support 1871 feet above il. The vertex
over the water is se~yenty-e,sht feet. The
Chinese cable is the longest but one in the
world. The telegraph air cable across
the Kistna has a span Of 5,07O feet; two
similar cables cross the Ganges, n .. 900
and the other $3.50 feet. A third line Of
I,135 feet crosses the Hooghly. and in
the United States there is one over the
Missouri Of 1000 feet.-Indisn Engi.
nearing.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
An Elephants Brain.

Cornell college desired an elephants
brain, and it fortunately secured one, p.
I. Barnum was the donor and the recent
fire at Bridgeport, Conn.,, the cause of his
generosity. They hardened the brain
while it remained in the skull by con-
tinual injection. the same method em.
ployed with the brain Of the Elmira muir
derer. The method originated with This
college and prevents the distortion fol-
lowing the removal and subsequent
hardening Of the brain. 1t is done in the
following manner All the vessels eX-
cept the vertebral and the carotid arteries
are tied, and these are connected by rub
Der tubes with a tank containing diluted
alcohol, which is arranged at a proper
height to allow the fluid to slowly flow
through the brain substance. The study
of the brain is yet to be made, and the
result is awaited with interest. Animal
trainers, especially those of elephants,
claim that they possess little reasoning
power, and we do not imagine in conse-
quence that the result will benefit any
thing but comparative anatomy.-The
Doctor.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
Henry p,rgh,, characteristics.

Mr.. Bergh is slender, Of medium
height, and carries himself erect and
with great dignity. His face would COM
mand attention in any ~assemblage. His
most distinguishing characteristic is his
forehead, which is massive in breadth
and height and p~rotrudes almost 10 tn"
line Of his r~esolute chin. In spite of his
busy years and busy life, his eyes retain
their brightness and his voice its pleasant
and CHEEKY softness. IL Is a voice that 10
always under its owners perfect control.
Its tones are the same in their quality
when he addresses a court 10 secure the
conviction Of some ignoble brute who
has raised his hand against his more
noble but less fortunate fellow, as when
he comments upon the play 10 his cou-
panion between the acts at some notable
theatrical first night.-Benjamin North
ROD.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
Human Curiosity In Austria.

A remarkable ease of disease is at pres
ent e~ngrossing the attention Of medical
men in Austria. There is lying at the
hospital of the city of Ischl a patient af-
hicted with a bony excrescence protrud-
ing from between the lower c~ervical ver-
tebrae. The excrescence has the form
Of a horn, is round and straight. with q
diameter of one and a half inches. II
has grown to a length Of about eight
inches, and would probably have been
much longer by this time but for the fact
that the point was broken off several
times TO be sent to the pathologic insti-
tute Of Vienna for examination. There
is no feeling in the horn, the breaking Of
Of the points, which the patient did him
self, causing him no pain whatever. At
the root where the horn is attached to the
spinal column it is soft and movable. but
it rapidly grows hard and is like bone at
a short distance from the root.-Foreign
Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
Petrihed Monster In Iowa.

The petrified remains Of a huge ami.
NAL have been discovered neal Percy.
Ia, by a mar named S. r. Dawson. Il
was lying beneath the surface on the
bank of the Dies Moines river. The total
length of the body measures, without the
head. over forty feet. The head was de-
tached from the body, and when dis
covered was some distance away from it.
At nine feet from the end Of the tail it
measured four feet six inches in width.
In support of his theory that this is the
petritied remains Of some extinct monster,
Mr.. Dawson, in describing the find, shows
that il is entirely unlike the stone forma-
ton in the vicinity. A spar Of quartzite
formation was discovered in the locality
where the blood vessels and intestinal
canal should be, and another formation
was found in other parts. The remains
were in a bed Of dark blue stone sur
rounded by petrifed remains of insects
and other animals. Mr.. Dawson is con-
hdent that the monster belonged to the
carboniferous age.-Demorest's Monthly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
Writing n Composite Novel.

A new amusement is suggested by a
club Of young persons-sixteen in mum.
Der. They are writing a book-a novel.
So far the secretary is having the most
fun out Of it, but great expectations
tremble way down in all the sixteen
hearts. This novel is TO have sixteen
chapters. and each chapter is to be writ
ten by a different member. When fin.
ished the successive chapters are handed
back to the secretary, who, consequently.
is the only one who knows the various
writers. They are all in fear and trem-
bling lest the love making fall TO their lot
that being considered the most difilcut
part to do justice TO. There will certaini,
be much amusement afforded by ths
undertaking Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
Love by Candle Iirht.

The expense in light, fuel, etc., which
tourtship brings paterfamilias is a never
worn out joke with our newspapers.
Probably these long enduring fathers
would welcome the introduction Of a
system Of courtship pursued by the Beers,
a thrifty race of Holland descent in South
Africa. Here it is the practice for the
young man 10 make known his intention
TO the lady Of his choice by calling
armed with q long candle. II his suit Il
agreeable to the lady and her family, the
mother lights the candle brought, sticks
a pin in it To indicate how long o tims
the young people are allowed to devote 10
wdSing this time, and leaves them alone.
When the candle has burned down to
lhe pin she returns and the young mar
must withdraw. The same candle is
brought out at subsequent visits and
burned by installments, and when 1t is
entirely consumed, the girl is expected TO
have her trousseau in readiness for the
wedding Alta California.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
Historian a~aneroft,. Longevity.

Mr.. George Bancroft accounted for hn
own longevity the other day with three
reasons: First. that he was the middle
child in his fathers family, equally dis
tant from the youngest and the oldest;
second, that he had always gone TO bed
at 10 O'Clock, unless it had been impossi.
bic; and, third, that he had always spent
tour hours in each day in the open air,
unless prevented by a storm. lie added
that his riding, Of which the newspapers
had made 80 much, was primarily for
the purpose Of beiEg out Of doors, aud
DOT OF being on horseback. Frank
Leslie's.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
Fish Frozen for shipment.

Frozen fish are imported into Mar
settles by a society formed for the pur.
pose. A steamer lately brought there
some thirty six tons Of frozen ffh in its
hold, the temperature Of which had been
kept at the freezing point by means Of a
machine evaporating sulphuric acid. The
fish are caught with the net In various
parts Of the Mediterranean and Atlantic.
After arrival they are dispatched by
night in a cold chamber. Experiment
has shown that fish a be kept seven or
eight months at low temperature without
the least change.-Boston Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
RMeeta from the Hesf.

BY means Of improved appliances the
Germans are now able TO extract 1f.31
per cent. Of beet sugar and 0.6J per cent.
OF molasses, or a total Of 11.96 pounds
per 100 pounds Of beets. The cost Of this
sugar is only 2 per cents per pound. The
sugar is produced in enormous quantities,
sufficient for the home supply and alarge
export trade.-Boston Budget.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
King Tb.ebaw's Chair.

Among the Loot taken from King Thee
baw's palace In Burmah and about 10 BIO
sent 10 London il a carved ivory chair,
which, as IL took two years 10 make, was
not completed when the king was cap
tured. II was composed OF twenty five
elephant tusks and worth many thousands
II ees.-ChbAR HsAA
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
A,,,ons,.. seven Ancient cities.

Scientists assert that the newly discov-
cred citics Of Arizona are the same @
sought by Cortez and the early Spanish
~adventurcru in their expeditions after
gold. The citi,s arc seven In number
and show evidences of former ciyiiza-
ton add wealth Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
big Armor Clad ships.

The e chgovernment hasagain taken
up the building Of great armor clad ships.
Eight are now being pressed forward to
completion. Admiral Pallu de la Bar
ricrs has caused a vessel 10 lie built en-
cased with cocoanut fibre instead OF
armor Plates, IL is said 10 have greater
power Of resistance than STEEL aris
Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
RparroMa Waninh.

The agricultural department Mt wash.
ington has sent an order for 100 spar
rows TO Mr.. Hill, a professional bird
catcher nj indianapolis, for the use Of
the economic archaeological bureau"
for scientific purposes" Within a little
over a year Mr.. Hill has caught about
1900 sparrows.-Chicago News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-30
An Evil Omen.
AR you superstitiousl"

care you superstitiousy"
"Not very. WhyT'
"Do you believe that IL Is a sign OF
death when a dog howls under your win
dow at night
Eyes; II | can End my gun before the
dog gcts away. Nebraska State Jour.
nal
The morning news., 1888-10-23
ATLANrA's PEOPLES TICKET.
Two Aldermanic Candidates Added to
Complete 1t.


ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 22.-The committee
of seventy, appointed for the purpose OF
framing the peoples ticket. met in Concor-
dia hall tonight and concluded its laoors
by nominating the candidates for council
from the Fourth and Sixth ward. In the
former John McGuirk, manager of the cot
ton compress, was selected as the candi-
date, and in the latter William Gentry,
ma, ager Of the telephone exchange. These
Nominations complete the peoples ticket,
which is as follows
For Mayor-Walter r. Brown.
For a lderman- Martin II. Dooly.
For Councilmen-First ward, w. NJ.
Curtis: Second ward. J. C. jenkins; Third
ward, Dr. Thomas E. Collier; Fourth ward,
John McGuirk; Fifth ward, David +, Nor
ris Sixth ward, William I. Gentry.
Several of the candidates were present
and made enthusiastic speeches, in which
they accepted their nomination and pledged
their active support to the campaign.
The following resolution offered by julius
l.. Brown, was unanimouly adopted
ReSolupd That if the supporters Of the So
called conservative ticket do not appoint com
mittee of like number TO confer with the com
m ttee of conference named in our platform,
and arrive at a satisfactory conclusion of the
difference by Friday night, that mass meeting
be called on that night to ratfy the peoples
ticket
The morning news., 1888-10-23
SESSION OF THE W. c. T. U.
Two or Three Lively Discussions-The
Election Of officers.


NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-In the convention
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union to-day somewhat acrid debate was
caused shortly after the session was opened
| by the president, Frances E. Willard, rul-
ing in reply t. a question by delegate that
delegates muat vote according to their own
convictions and not be governed by the
sentiment of their constituents. Mrs. AL
drich of Iowa, the delegate who had raised
| the question, made an attempt to appeal
from the ruling of the chair. but failed.
A LIVELY DISCUSSION
An amendment to the constitution making
the private secretary of the president and
tine associate editress of the Union Signal
members of the convention gave rise TO
another sharp discussion, in which Mrs. j.
Ellen Foster took q lively part, opposing
the amendment. The amendment was car
ried by vote of 30S ayes to "a nays. Mrs.
Fosters opposition was directed against the
UatOa Signal, which has severely criticised
Mrs. Foster.
MRS. BARRY INTRODUCED.
Mrs. Leonora Barry Of Philadelphia, the
female organizer Of the Knights of Labor,
and wife of Secretary Barry, who recently
withdrew from the Knights, was intro
duced to the convention. She made brief
address, declaring that tho Knights Of LABOR
and Woman's Christian Temperance Union
were united closely by bonds Of sympathy
and similarity of purpose.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Miss Frances E. Willard was re elected
president, receiving $50 votes out of a total
of 39l, and Mrs. j. Ellen Foster receiving
6 votes.
Caroline B. Buell. was elected correspond
ing secretary, receiving 1884 votes out Of 30S
cast.
Mrs Mary A. Woodbridge was elected
recording secretary, receiving 354 votes out
of 3S2 cast.
Mss Esther Pugh was electred treasurer
by q vote of 365 out of 3S3.
Mrs. L. n. n. Stevens was appointed
assistant recording secretary.
Mrs. j. r. Weeks # Pennsylvania moved
the repeal of the section of the bylaws re-
quiring vote on political questions to be
taken without debate. A long and excited
discussion followed, and the vote finally
resulted in the repeal of the bylaw.
A PUBLISHING ASSOCIATIONS REPORT.
Mrs Corse read the reoort OF the Ne
tional Woman's Christian Temperance Pub
fishing Association for the year. The re-
ceiDts were $129, coo and the expenditure
$4,000.
Mrs. Clara Hoffman of Missouri ad-
dressed the convention on politics, morality
and undesirable immigration. The poll
ticia of to-day, she said. would never do
anything to regulate or control the nefarious
liquor traffic. Miss Willard here read a tele-
gram saying that the Ulited States supreme
court had just affirmed the constitutionality
If the Iowa law prohibiting the manufac-
ture Of liquors. Judge Lanar handed down
the decision. [Appiause.]
After Miss Willard had read the telegram,
Mrs. Hoffman proceeded and hit both the
great parties right and left
Mrs. Lathrop wound up the evening
session in a speech ia which she attacked
the Democratic party.
The morning news., 1888-10-23
A SHORTAGE IN FULTON.
TAX COLLECTOR WILSON UNABLE
TO EXPLAIN HIS BOOKS.

The State the Owner of $14, 900 and
the County of $4,000 of the Missing
Money-Wilson Removed from Office
His Bondsmen Good for the
Amount
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 22.-For some days
rumors have been in circulation to the effect
that James NJ. Wilson, state and county
tax collector, was SAL, 900 short in his ac-
counts No one appeared to be willing to
be quoted, and the sources from which Off
cial information with reference to the mat
ter was to be obtained refused to say any
thing. 1t was stated that this shortage had
been discovered by w. T. Parkhurst and
William 7. Wall, who had been employed
by the grand jury to examine the affairs of
the county officers and make reports on
their condition.
This morning tho county commissioners
held a secret meeting after which it was
announced by the members of the board
that the shortage was $4,000, of which
Sl4 COO was dueHhe state aud $4,000 the
county.
REMOVED FROM OFFICE
II was also announced that Collector
Wilson had been removed from office, and
Horace A. Boynton appointed to succeed
him as ate and county tax collector.
Chairman Hunnicutt, of the board of
county commissioners, upon being qUes-
toned, said tnat the experts had rendered
their report, showing that the collector wa
short S33 900, divided as already stated, and
that he had been removed and Horace
Boynton appointed his successor.
Mr. Wilson says in answer to this state
msnt that he is satisfied that there is some
mistake, and that a further investigation
will develop the fact that there is no money
mis- ing.
CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR 1T.
He saws that lie cannot account for the
shortage, and will not believe that there is
aav until the books are gone over again.
On the other hand, the examiners say
that their report is correct, and that it was
not made until after they had done their
work thoroughly.
Mr.. Wilson'S bondsmen are worth sever Il
times the amount of the shortage, and
neither the state or county will lose any
thing.
MAY HAVE LOANED TO FRIENDS.
Commissioner kiser is of the opinion that
Bir. Wilson has accommodated some of his
friends, who have failed to respond
promptly. None of Mr.. Wilson's friends be-
leve that be has appropriated any of the
money and all of them express a belief that
he will yet make clear showing.
Mr.. Wilson was several years ago mem
Ter of the Senate from the Thirty sixth dis
trict, ana voted for the state capitol bill.
His bondsmen say that as soon as they
ascertain the exact amount of the shortage
it will be paid by them.
The morning news., 1888-10-23
A CLERICAL THUNDERCLAP.
Funeral Sermon Turned into a
Stump Speech.

~&<oSONN'
CHICAGO, Oct. pa sensational incident
happened to-day at the funeral services of
c. S. Squires, who was assistant postmaster
at Chicago for nineteen Of years, after
having worked his way up from an errand
boy in the postal service. Squires was re-
duced not long ago to a chief clerkship, and
subsequently was suspended. His friends
claim that ne died of Bright's disease. The
funeral took place with high Masonic hon
ors in the Emanuel Baptist church. one of
the most prominent congregations in the
city. The church was crowded to over
flowing.
A CLERICAL THUNDERCLAP.
DR.. Lorimer pronounced the eulogy, and
his eloquence, had already greatly wrought
the audience when he said: Il see in the
dead before me the arraignment of the
civil service. think as he lies there that
he declared the failure of the system. Our
ideal is still beyond our intellect, nor will
Justice and purity prevail in the civil
service until preterment shall be given
upon the scale of talent and fitness"
AN oUTBURsT OF APPLAUSE.
There was a moment of silence, and then
the big church rang with an unrestrain-
able outburst of applause. The Knights
Templar in regalia and plain business men
alike exctedly shouted approval, notwith-
| standing the sacred surroundings and the
presence Of the dead. DR.. Lorimer besought
order, saying: mot here, not here" but
| adding, Had this loved and lovable
man his just deserts, he would still be
| actively among us, or we would have been
| Chicago, and not CLERK of the registry de-
partment." SO intense was the agitation of
| the audience that it was with difficulty the
| church could be cleared.
The morning news., 1888-10-23
BLAINE ON A NEW TACK.
THE MILLS BILLS ALLEGED SCAN
DALOUS REVENGES.

Charges that the Original Free List
Was Changed to Conform to the
Financial Interests of Prominent
Democrats-A Bid for the Farmers
Vote on Account of Wool.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct 22.-At the re-
publican meeting, held at the rink this
evening" Mr.. Blaine said:
One of the most frequently repeated argu-
mentS of the democrats in favor OF what they
term tariff reform" is the necessity for the
admission of all raw materials free OF
duty. They leave it TO be inferred that
the Mills bill attains that end, and their
failure to explain all of the provisions Of that
bill amounts TO suppression of the truth. Let
me ask some democratic speaker or some
democratic journal TO tell the public how far
and for what reasons raw materials are ad-
mitted free by the mills bill, and in the mean
time / will contribute few facts to the dis
cussion. If | mistake not, the Mills bill com
bines the most discreditable features OF legisla-
ton ever attempted in tariff measure-ds-
creditable alike by acts OF commission and by
acts OF omission. Let us take raw materials IN
de all.
The morning news., 1888-10-23
NEGRO GRAVE ROBBERS.
They Drop Corpse When Met by Po
lice and Flee Under Fire.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Two negroes
were discovered by a policeman about 3
o'clock this morning carrying a heavy bag
between them. AS soon as the negroes saw
the officer they dropped their burden and
fled. The officer fired several shots
az the fleeing negroes, who, how
ever, succeeded in escaping. When
the officers opened the bag it was found to
contain the body of Charles l.. Moen, a
well.known colored barber, who died re-
celtly and was buried on Wednesday last in
Columbian Harmony cemetery. IL is but a
short time since Wholesale system of grave
robbery in the colored cemetery was dis
covered and broken up.