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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16

On February 8, 1901, when the sen
ate began to count the electoral votes
it appeared that no one had majority
of the votes, consequently the choice
was left to the house of representa-
tives. That body determined to sit
until am election was had, and on the
first ballot the states of New York
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia
North Carolina, Kentucky and Ten
nessee voted for Jefferson, and Massa
chusetts, New Hampshire, Connect
cut, Rhode Island. Delaware anC
South Carolina for Burr, while Mary
land and Vermont were divided
Though ample time was allowed tc
Burr in which to catch the necessary
votes and the air was filled with ru
mors of bargains, he entirely failed tc
do so. jefferson, in letter to Mon
roe on February Is, expressed great
anxiety at the delay, and proposed @
law creating the chief justice presi
dent. AT this, however, the middle
states threatened a revolt, and tho cal
of a new convention TO frame another
constitution. Not till after Jefferson
had given pledge that he would not
remove meritorious subordinates from
Office merely for political reasons, and
had promised that the government
policy would not be materially
changed, did the Federalists yield
their opposition and break the dead
lock. The thirty-sixth ballot was
taken on the seventh day of the strug.
gle, the day after the Federal caucus.
Morris, of Vermont, was absent, and
Craik and Baer, of Maryland, cast
blank ballots. This gave two more
states to Jefferson and procured his
election. PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16

II can tell you how large an audi
ence there is in the house any evening
without looking" said the leader of O
Broadway theatre orchestra the other
day.
"How7" interrupted reporter
MY violin bow tells the tale.
When the house is full tho moisture
coming from the audience lessons the
tension OF the hairs on the bow, and /
am compelled to tighten them many
times during an evening. II tho air
is dry, of course, this is avoided. You
have no idea how the sound
of violin Is affected by the
weather Damp atmosphere will
loosen and natten the strings, and the
result is a screeching sound from tho
instrument, The body of the instru-
ment is also affected by tho atmos-
phere. Moisture gets into the wood
and the violin gives forth an unnatural
tone. The moisture thus lowers the
pitch, and it is exceedingly difficult 10
keep the instrument rightly tuned on
a damp evening. Tho wind instru-
ments are affected in an opposite way.
Dampness contracts the metal, and tho
result is a higher pitch. II frequently
happens that there is difference Of
an entire note between the wind and
string instruments in playing selec-
ton, New York Star.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
British school Trimming.

l was at n private school. The master
was an unmitigated rutlian. If we did
anything wrong during school hours
we were told by an usher to stand on O
form. The master suffered from lum-
bago. Periodically he used to crawl in
to the room on all fours, rear up when
he came close to boy standing on q
form and proceed to beat him savagely
with a cane. | believe nc thought the
exercise was good for his lumbago.
Then / went to Eton. DR.. Hawtry
was the head master. He was ail
alniable and kindly man and q fine
gentleman. He probably tlogged abou,
twenty boys every day on an average
He did it with exquisite politeness,
and, except on rare occasions, the
whole thing was farce. Four cuts
were the ordinary application and ten
cuts were never exceeded The pro
ceedings took place in public, and any
boy who had taste for the thing
might be q spectator. If the victim
flinched there was u howl of execra-
ton. Far from objecting to this the
doctor approved of it. / remember
once that boy fell on his knees and i'm
plored him to spare him. Il shall not
condescend to fog you, but l leave
you to your young friends" said the
doctor, ! happened 10 be one of the
young friends, and remember aiding
in kicking the boy round the quad
rangle for about half an hour. Henri
Labouchere in London truth.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
Gerome ON Modern Art.

The famous French artist, Gerome,
contributes tho following 10 an article
on himself in The Century: "You ask
me about my method of teaching. 1t
is very simple, but this simplicity is
the result of long experience. The
question is to lead young people into
a straightforward, true path; TO pro-
vide them with compass which will
keep them from going astray; to
habituate them to love nature (the
true), and to regard it with an eye at
once intelligent, delicate and firm,
being mindful also Of the plastic side,
Some know how to copy thing and
will reproduce it almost exactly
others put into It poetry, charm,
power and make of 1t O work of art.
Tho first are workmen; the second arc
artists. An abyss separates the mason
from the architect.
To-day, in this epoch of moral and
intellectual disorder there seems to be
a sovereign contempt for those who
seek to elevate themselves, to move
the spectator, to have some magma
ton; for those who arc not content to
remain fettered to the earth, dabbling
in the mud Of realism. 1t is today the
fashion to which all tho world sacri-
fees, because it is only granted to a
few to have well balanced mind, and
because it is easier to paint three fried
eggs than to execute the ceiiing of the
Sistino chapel.
But all this will pass like shad-
owy phantom and it need not mako us
uneasv.n
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
Use Sealing Wax II You Are a Swell.

Some new letter paper has appeared
in London of the same gress green as
the blotting books, though for the rest
cream white stationery is preferred to
colored. Bright tints, however, are
lavished on the monogram, crest or
pictorial decoration on the paper, the
sheets of which are made broader and
shorter than formerly, the envelopes
being no longer square, but oblong,
so as to accommodate this sheet folded
once. Great efforts are being made
by the French stationers to bring seal
ing wax into vogue, and we are in
formed that no letter writer who re.
spects himself or herself should use
adhesive envelopes. So far, however,
the fashion spreads but slowly. II
takes time and trouble to seal letter,
and these telegraphic days we are
sparing of both. That seals should
come in along with canoes and fobs
is but natural, and, given the seal, the
wax viii perhaps be used as matter
of course. e.-New York Star.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
Geographical Scientists.

The habitable globe will soon be ex-
plored and our geographical Alexan-
ders will want new worlds to conquer
This world has now 101 geographical
societies and 103 geographical periodi-
Gals. France and her colonies have
twenty-nine of the societies, with 10,
800 members; Germany has twenty
two societies and $500 members; and
Great Britain and her colonies have
0 societies and $500 members. That
venerable and retiring institution, the
north pole, will not have a chance of
retaining its incognito much longer,
if things go on at this rate. 1t is ex-
pected that an expedition of hardy
Norwegians will start for the north
in 1890, by way of Franz Josef's Land.
DIR. Nansen, the bold explorer who
crossed Greenland's ice fields, will
probably-be offered the leadership. II
must require very special kind OF
ambition to prompt acceptance of such
a ost.-New York Telegram.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16

Anow how TO Inmota nation. 1t woyi..l.
be even more difficult to impeach a
century. Each ago has its own In
dividuality. Some are bad, some are
good but most are neither wholly bad,
nor wholly good, but like Moham-
med's coffin, hung between heaven
and earth. Even the Eighteenth CEN
tury, Of which Carlyle said, 'it blew
its own brains out in the French revo-
luton" did some noble things before
it committed suicide. 1t gave birth to
this republic.
The truth is that the charge of in
sanity cannot be brought against any
age, as a whole. A writ dc lunatico
inquirendo will not apply. All the
same, the children OF all age have it
laid upon them as sacred duty TO dis
cover and kill out of it tho character
istic evils. The Nineteenth century
embodies infinite nobility; but it has
its foibles, its self-indulgencies of feel
ings and conduct, and Its gigantic in
iquities. 1t is the business of those
now living to right these wrongs.
Each generation should weed its own
garden. Bequeath flowers to the fu-
ture, not weeds. St Louis Republic.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16

You have laughed at the story Of the
man who had an elephant on his
hands. and did not know what TO do
it Were you never an elephant on
the hands of your friendsf Did you
never act in a manner SO unusual and
freaky that your friends did not know
what to make Of you, and did not know
what to do with youi Most people
have been an elephant on unwilling
hands in their time; IL you never have
been you are lucky. .-Atchison Globe.
Blg Money for Flowers.
II don't think there is another city
in the country" said a well 10 do for.
ist, which in proportion to its size
spends as much money for flowers as
Chicago docs. The appreciation OF
flowers is taste that must be culti-
vated il it is to attain respectable pro-
portions, and the rage for flowers
among Chicagoans who can afford il
appears to increase in intensity season
by season. Well known and wealthy
families, who entertain regularly all
through the Writer, run up bills for
amounts which would pay all the liy-
ing expenses of family in moderate
circumstances for the entire year A
bill for $500, $500 or $3.50 for floral de
sorafions for one evenings entertain
ment is very ordinary matter, and Il
frequently passes the thousand mark
l naturally think flowers constitute
the most delightful of luxuries, and
FOR the fashionable world to coinc'e-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16

Win THIS view is FOR IL TO put dollars
in my pocket. 1t is not only the rich
people who indulge in floral displays,
however. Lots of people who as a
matter of fact cannot afford it do the
same thing. Nine-tenths of the costly
floral tributes that go to the popular
actresses of the day are paid for out of
the pockets of young sprigs who
would do far more wisely to spend the
money for clothes-or, better still,
save it up. Then of course there are
the countless swarms of eager lovers
who besiege the affections of their
adored ones with handsome bouquets.
| pity them all, of course, but they
are their own masters, and if they
will victimize themselves for my bene-
lit suppose | ought not to complain.
You may set it down for a fact,
though, that Chicago is a liberal sup
porter of the florist, and one who has
a fair sized trade and understands his
business coins money" = Chicago
journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
The People of PARAGUAY.

The entire population of Paraguay
only amounts to 239,774 persons of
both sexes, Of which 221, 900 are Para
guayans, the remainder being most
ly composed of Argentines, Ital-
Jams, Brazilians and Germans. The
census taken in 1857 showed that the
population then consisted Of upward
of the 23O, 600 souls, so that more than
1000, 900 inhabitants perished through
the war that was carried on by Topaz
and Jourdan. The proportion between
the male and female population is now
as 100 to lao. In the entire country
there are only 80, Az Paraguayans and
1896 foreigners who can read and
write, say about 20 per cent, of the ma
tives and 60 per cent. Of the foreign
settlers. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
The Kansas supreme court has de-
cided that verdict rendered by jury
on Sunday is not legal.


The highest price that was ever paid
for old and rare stamps was paid re
Gently to a resident of Denver by the
Scott Stamp and Coin company Of New
York. The stamps wero the first issue
OF the two cent five cent and thirteen
cent numerals of the Hawaiian or
Sandwich Islands. They We're known
as tho missionary stamps and were
issued about 1888 There are only two
other specimens known to be extant
and these were found ON some old letters
and saved as curiosities by the finder
till the New York dealers, hearing of
the find, offered first $50 for the three,
but gradually raised the price, finally
offering 5000 for the three, taking
them at that price. The stamps wero
at once sold by them to wealthy col
lector for $3.50. Denver Republican.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
The Lick Observatory.

The great Lick observatory, of Cali
fornia, is, for purposes of observing
solar phenomena, a failure. Being
located on the apex of a mountain, the
atmosphere, by the heat of the sun,
undergoes that phenomenon you may
notice at ary time in the air surround,
ing very hot stove-a flickering
movement that blurs the vision. The
Lick observatory, in the daytime, is
surrounded by just such II condition as
this. For nocturnal observations the
Lick observatory Is unequaled For
solar observations it would be better il
the observatory were located on level
plain. Professor Nisher in Globe
Democrat,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
BOB, The LION KILlsR.
An Old Wyoming Hunter Who Had
Mountain Lion for n Bed Fellow.

Mountain Lion for n Bed Fellow.
Near the head waters of Horse creek,
in this territory, lives Gerard Bob, a
former well known mountaineer, who,
as might be supposed, derived his
queer title from the number of noun
tain lions be has slain in that vicinity.
Various are lhe ways In which he has
slain the animals, for he no sooner
gets on the trail of one of the var
minis than he scarcely halts or stops,
but continually shadows the animal
day and night until it is brought to
bay and dropped BY the unerring aim
of his rifle.
Though Gerard Bob is fairly COW
cred with scars and deep gashes from
fierce encounters with lions and other
brutes, every Of which indicates q
thrilling adventure, gel no peotesls
that he Is not afraid of the most savage
mountain lion that ever walked, for he
considers the whole tribe base cow
ards. On one occasion he had noun.
tain lion>fnr bed fellow and he -
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16

his boxes and go0 qneuy On ms
weary round. Every one along Sec.
ond street knows him, but none know
his name or place of abode. He is a
queer contrast to the general life and
prosperity, a touching illustration OF
'age and want, that i'll matched pair. =
and of how poverty and wealth brush
against each other in a great city.-
St. Louis Rcnublic.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
She Had No Time to Tend Birds

Dealer to countryman looking at
clocks)-Now there's something unique
in the way of clocks, sir. When the
hour begins bird comes out from the
top and sings ''Cooloo." For instance,
| turn the hand to 3 o'clock, and now
the bird comes out and sings "Cool1oo''
three times.
Countryman enthusiastically, to
wife)-By gum, Mariar, don't that beat
all
Wife-That kind o. clock may dc
fur people who've got lots of time, but
it'd tako me half the forenoon every
day to look after the bird. .-Harper's
Razar
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
TOO POLITE,

He was very courteous man,
With manners perfect quite;
No ono was ever moro urbanc,
Or could be moro polite.
To hear him murrnur, Thank you, siri"
Was really quite treat;
To SEQ him bow, with inborn grace,
Was happiness complete
But though man bo most polite,
Sorne time he's sure 70 slip
From grace, and once cruel fate
Made even this one trip.
For ono day a sweet girl said "Yes''
Glow strange are Cupid's pranlsso
And then he lost her, once for all,
Because no murmured, 'T'hanksi'
-sonervillo Journal
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Honenick

The sensation of homesickness has
been variously described, but never
more graphically than by a little girl;
who, miles away from home and
mamma, sat. heavy eyed and silent,
at hotel table.
Aren't you hungry, dearf' asked
her aunt, with whom she was travel.
ing.
Nom"
Does your head achei"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
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No Two Hats Alike,

You often see two ladies together
on the street or in the theatre dressed
exactly alike, as the casual observer
would suppose, But If you will look
closely YOU will find that while their
dresses and cloaks may not vary in
the least in cut, color or material, their
hats do. No two hats of exactly the
same style and decoration were ever
turned out by o millinee. By this |
mean. of course, trimmed hats. Any
one who doubts the assertion can easily
be convinced, Take some matinee
afternoon and watch the army of la
dies as they enter the theatre Exam
inc the headgear carefully, and 1t wil)
be found that no two OF the number
have trimmed hats exactly alike. st
Louis Globe-Democrat
--Tgar IN aIatensa Pal.
Is.ss;e is a certain pathetic ngure ie
be- seen daily on the down town streets
that has often struck the Man About
Town as peculiarly fitted for an artist
pencil. tits that Of very old man
with long white beard falling on hi:
breast, who shambles slowly along
with bowed head, and clad IN al old
fashioned cloak, ancient and frayed
trousers and unmatched shoes. Ill
carries several boxes of cigars under
his arm and visits the various offices
offering them for sale with wistfu
look thai would tough d heart of stone
He never begs, and has but little 4
say beyond soliciting purchasers fol
his wares Sometimes he is chatfed ;
little by thoughtless young clerks
lat the old peddler silently gathers VI
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16

Edmund Burke once said, referring
to the American colonies then in re-
volt against England, that he did not
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16

"What is the mattera"
The child's lips quivered, and she
said, in tone to grieve the heart:
I'm so seasick for home ln-Youth's
Companion.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16

rfany dealer says he has the w. l.. Douglas
Shoes without nsnio and pricc stamped on
tho bottom, put him down as u fraud.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16

III. Once more remark: that the
dram shop is great caldron of in.
iouity ia our time. Anacharsis said
that the vine bora three grapes; the
first was Pleasure, the next was Drum
kenness, and the next Misery, Every
saloon above ground or under ground
is n fountain of iniquity. 1t may have
a license and it may go along quite
respectfully so. q while, but after a
while the cover will fali oh and the
color OF the iniquity viii be displayed
"Oh, :" says some one, you ought
10 be easier on such traffic when II
pays such a large revenue to the gov
ernment, aIi helps support your
schools and your gfeat institutions OF
mercy" And then ! think OF whai
William i. Gladstone said think II
was the first time he was chancellor
Of the excheauer--Yhen men engaged
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04

THE Sentinel in commenting upon the
garbled translation OF the Pond bill
which appeared in the German papers
of Milwaukee, says the circumstance
shows the Importance OF having knowl-
edge of the English language In order
to understand public affairs A nice
sentiment indeed for Milwaukee paper
and uttered at time when it is capable
of doing no good. When the Slupech
bill was under consideration the time
was ripe for the expression OF some such
opinion as The Sentinel now gives. Then
it was most discreetly silent.
Should Slupeck be candidate for re-
election The Sentinel would be diligent
in using as an argument against him his
efforts to make English the language OF
the common schools of the State. The
Slupech bill was the most important
in the line OF school legislation introduced
in the legislature within the recollection
of the writer. Just such legislation is
needed to secure the results which The
Sentinel deems so important. Without
such statutory provision English will not
be taught in number of the schools Of
this State. Why did not The Sentinel
have something to say in favor of the
bill when the tom-tit McElroy and the
blooded Elliot were killing it under the
direction of the Milwaukee Turn Verein
Why, indeed! For the same reason il
supported Wallber.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
HOSPITAL REMEDIES

What are they? The growth of intelli.
gence in medical matters has given rise
to demand for a class of genuine, reli.
able medicines. The opportunity of the
ignorant quack, who grew rich curing
everything out of single bottle has
passed. To supply satisfactorily this de.
mand this list of remedies has been
created. They are the favorite pre-
scriptions of the most famous medical
practitioners of the day, gathered from
the hospitals of London, Paris, Berlin
and Vienna. Prescriptions which cost
the patients of these specialists from So
to 500 are here offered. prepared and
ready for use, at the nominal price of Ont
Dollar Each. Not one of them is cure
all; each one has only the reasonable
power of curing single disease and each
one keeps its contract. Sufferers from
Catarrh, Diseased Lungs, Bronchitis
Asthma, Consumption. Rheumatism, Dys
pepsia, Liver and Kidney Complaints
Fever and Ague, Neuralgia, Female
Weakness, Leucorrhoea, or Nervous
Debility. should send stamp for descrip.
tive catalogue to Hospital Remedy Co.
No. $685. West King ST., Toronto, Canada
Ii your druggist does not keep these
remedies remit price and we Will send
direct free of duty.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04

If general election were held to-day,
Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota would
go democratic on the issue of the Irvine
trust. The farmers pockets have felt
directly the operation of the high protect
i've tariff and the pocket is a very sensi-
tive part OF the grangers organism. But
in three years more the trust will have
come to an end the operators having in
the meantime made fortune at the ex-
pense Of the agricultural classes. Some
bugaboo story of the domination OF the
south will be started. The old veterans
will denounce the democratic party be-
cause of opposition to wholesale system
OF pensioning; the home market will
tickle the farmers and they will vote the
republican ticket and enjoy the benefits
of protection for another four years to
come. No good comes from appealing to
reason; the farmers won't listen to it.
Well, let them suffer they have brought
the affection on themselves.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04
MuRAT HALsTEAD will be a little mi

MURAT HALsTEAD will be little mite
careful in future as to his criticisms OF
public officials, particularly if he has any
political aspirations. The editor of a
paper practically becomes ineligible fol-
any political Office when he concludes to
write of things as they are. The penalty
for being honest is a heavy one in the
field of politics. The papers which at.
tempt to throw the responsibility of re.
lection on Senator Payne are in no dan.
ger of getting in bad odor with their party
because of the crime of telling the truth
They carefully avoid the rock which
burst the hopes Of Halstead. Ingalls,
and Feller are eqEally guilty, but their
faults are unnoliced. 1t won't do to
hold these men responsible. They are
members of the party which do no wrong.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-04

THE Milwaukee Turn Verein could
have had the earth from the State legis-
lature If Elliot had spoken of his $50
years of American blood and presented
the case of the Verein. And holy Moses,
how The Sentinel would whoop it up if
the oyster Wallber would only offer a
hint it was his wish The scholarly
Rublee throwing dust on his head in the
presence of Wallber is indeed spectacle
which the American citizen must admire.