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Year: 1867

Back again, darling: o, day of delight!
How l have longed for you, morning and


night!
Watched for you, pined for you, all the days


through,


Craving no boon and no blessing but you:
Prayed for you. plead for you, sought you


in vain,


Striving for ever to find you again;
Counting all anguish as nought if might
Clasp you again as l clasp you tonight!
Oh have sorrowed and suffered so much
Since last answered your lips loving touch
Through the night watches, in daylight's


broad beams.


Anguished by visions and tortured by
Dreams so replete with bewildering pain,
Still it is thrcbbing in heart and in brain
Oh for 1 dreamed-keep me close to your
side,


Darling, Oh! darling-I dreamed you had


died!


Dreamed that 1 stood by your pillow, and
heard


From your pale lips loves half uttered word
And by the light of the May morning skies
Watched your face whiten, and saw your
dear eyes
Gazing far into the Wonderful Land
Felt your fond fingers grow chill in my hand
Darling" you whispered: My darling !"
you said


Family so family, and then you were dead !
Oh! the dark hours when knelt by your
grave,


Calling upon you to love and to save;
Pleading in vain for a sign or word,
Only to tel me you listened and heard
Only to say you remembered and knew
How all my soul was in anguish for you;
Bitter, despaiiing. the tears l she'd
Darling, Oh darling, because you were deadl
Yet, in the midst of the darkness and pain,
Darling, I knew should find you again
Knew as the roses knew, under the snow,
How the next summer would set them a9low;
So l did always, the dreary days through.
Keep my heart single and sacred to you,
As on the beautiful day we were wed.
Darling Oh ! darling, although you lave fed.
Oh the great joy Of awaklng to know
did but dream all that torturing woe.
Oh the delight my searching can trace
Nothing of GOODNESS or change in your face
Still is your forehead unfurrowed and fair;
None of the light is lost out of your hair;
None of the light from your dear eyes is fed ;
Darling! Oh! how could l dream you were


deads
Year: 1867

It was grand historic era when print
ing was invented. It seemed to open up a
new world-to produce a mighty reforma-
ton. It set free from the confinement of
monarchical cloisters potent knowledge,
that It might go freely forth to enlighten
the people. It snapped the chains that
fettered the Bible and restricted Christiani-
ty, and disseminated the light of blessed
Gospel all over the world. It rolled back
the stone from the mouth of the sepulche
of Grecian and Roman arts and sciences and
bid them, Lazarus-lke, ''come forth !''-
We now conquer time. We live no longer
in the mere present, but by the aid of his
tory reap the experiences and reyel in the
lHxuries purchased by tie eoanlless gene-
rations Of earth. Lord BulWer was right
when he said ''The press is the father Of
all safe revolutions-the author of all per-
manent reforms. By it man will effect the
reign of peace and the circulation of love
among the great herd of mankind"
Year: 1867

CONE FoRTH.-The printers dollars
Where are they? A dollar here and
dollar there, scattered over numerous small
towns, all over the country, miles and miles
apart, how shall they come together The
type-founder has his hundreds of dollars
against the printer, the paper maker, the
building owner, the journeyman compost
tor, the grocer, the tailor, and all assistants
to him in carrying on his bushes, have
their demands, hardly ever so small as a
single dollar. But the mites from here
and there must be diligently gathered and
patiently boarded. or the wberewith to dis
charge the large bills viii never become
bulky.


We imagine the printer will have to get
up an address to his widely scattered dol
lars, something like the following


Dollars, halves, quarters, dimes, and
all the numerous fractions into which you
are divided, collect yourselves and come
home Ye are wanted Combinations OF
all sorts of men that help the printer to
become proprietor gather in such good
reasons for your appearance at his counter,
that nothing less than a sight Of yeu will
appease them. Collect yourselves, for val
liable as you are in the aggregate. single
you will never pay the cost of gathering.
Come in here, in silent single file, that the
printer may form you into a battalion, and
send you forth again to battle for him and
vindicate his feeble credit"


Reader, are you sure you haven't two
or three of the printers dollars ''stieking
about your old clothes ?" II so, let them
/ come forth.
Year: 1867

THERE are many people in the world who
make it business to sponge the reading of
newspapers without any expense to them
selves. This has often been noticed and
commented upon. They are not confined
to any particular locality, but are found
wherever the newspaper goes. An ex-
change from Maine thinks there are more
of this class there than elsewhere, while
another from New Hampshire, believes the
Granite State is infested with them To even
greater degree. It says "We have
known men of means to hang around a
store where the proprietor takes a paper
for the mere purpose Of reading the paper
and getting the news without its costing
them anything. There are scores OF lam
lilies whose parental heads spend enough
in bad rum and tobacco weekly to pay for
dozen newspapers, and still persist IN
spongiug what little information they get
Of what is going on in the world from their
neiehbor. Any man who can afford to IN
duiae in rum, beer, cider or tobacco, can
abundantly afford 70 subscribe and pay for
8 newspaper for the benefit Of himself and
/ family
Year: 1867

VALUE OF ADvERTIsIEG.-Th value Of
advertising in home paper does not con-
sist so much in the local trade that it may
draw as the reputation it gives US abroad.
Instance a man out of employment, in any
portion of the country, should come across
the Pulaski CITIZEN filed up with we'll
displayed, business-like, home advertise
ments is it not an inducement for him to
visit our town, from the fact that the
amount of advertising done warrants him
in the belief that we are an energetic, bust
ness community. He visits US, and even
if be does not engage in business, he leaves
money behind Our merchants, lawyers,
hotel.keepers. and business men generally
should thus have an eye to their own indi-
vidual interests, and at the same time pro
mote the interests of the people as com
munity. Advertising is the best and
surest means of attracting capital and en-
terprise to our midst. and consequently The
surest mode Of increasing our prosperity


Those who advertise in the CITIZEN sci
cheap goods.
Year: 1867

To SUCCEED in this life man must be
all energy and action. Those who come
into the world with only one eye open, and
sit around with their hands in their pockets,
doing nothing and thinking nothing, with
out spark of heat in their bosoms, are no
men for the age. They have no business
here at all, and ought to be born over
again, if they expect to do anything or be
anybody in this age. They believe in luck,
not in labor. The age is a lively quick
step, and the essential element is energy
| first with other requisite Qualifications
We see great differences among men,
While some remain stationary, making no
advances, others mount the pinnacle of
prosperity and fame. This is all owing to
the possession of the single-element of en-
ergy. No circumstances will make an en-
ergetic man without the exercise of this
essential Open your eyes and take a sur
vey.


Who are the men that are making their
mark in this age? It is not those who
carry slim canes, wear finely polished
boots, support head of frizzled hair, and
spend most of their time in viewing the
ladies through pair of opera or steel eye.
glasses.


No, not that class, but very differen
class. Men of industry, energy and &C
tion-not those who sit down, but .thos,
who come forth with spirit of indomita
bic energy in their bosoms, and knowing
their duty, do it with all their might, min,
and streDgth-and the way seems doubt
ful, if the way is not open, they push for
ward with strong hand and willing hear
overcoming all obstacles to the road Of in
huenee andhappy homes. Such are boun,
TO succeed. The elastic energy is in them
and you cannot destroy it. They must sue
ceed.
Year: 1867

A RIoHMOND dispatch intimates that Vir-
ginia will be the FIRST of the Southern States
to fall into line under the new Congress
sional plan of reconstruction. Gov. Pier
pont was in counsel with the State Senate
Saturday evening, and advised a speedy
Endorsement Of the plan. His views seem
ed to meet with appreciation generally. It
is believed that the Legislature will pass a
bill calling a convention of the people and
accepting negro suffrage upon the terms of
the bill.
Year: 1867

THIS is bad religion which makes US hate
the religion Of other people. This is bad
sect of Christians which encourages its
members to think contemptuously Of al
other sects Of Christians.
Year: 1867

The Cleveland Herald says: The other
day treacherous piece Of ice deceived the
understanding" Of handsome and we'll
dressed lady, displaying the prettiest feet
that ever trod the Rue de Superior, causing
a sudden lurch, in an effort to regain a per-
pendicular, to rupture q miserably weak
seam in her stocking, allowing Indian
meal to pour out like flour coming down
the spout Of Merwin street mill. What
will those poor calves do for meal.
Year: 1867

A SYSTEM oftelegraphing is now in ope-
ration in France by which exact copies of
the original message are produced at the
terminus of the lines, solely by mechaui-
cal means. The telegram is written on
paper coated with a lead colored non-con-
ducting surface. The ink employed chan
ges every point touched by it in the oppo-
site electric character, two pendulums at
either end Of the circuit swing in unison,
the upper end Of each is divided into many
points. By this contrivance, the message
being passed over these at one end, cur
rent to correspond with the writing is sent,
and fac-simile, on prepared paper. held to
the vibrating pendulum, is produced at the
other extremity.
Year: 1867

favor Of first makinea definite contract with


the gas company before imposing q tax Mr.


III ClaEke sao 10 reason for making the


what the tax was for. M. Nalley explained


his understanding Of the law. and after some
further debate the consideration OF the section
was postponed. The sth section, providing
fo- tax OF IS cents ON tho 500 for the public
fund. was taken up, when Mr.. @. s. Baker
said that q sufficient amount could net be
raised BY the tax, and stated that he had .
letter from Major Richards stating that TO paw
the ci'y's pro rata 70 the police Ss6.2s6 would
be required, and that the corporation was
now SIS. eco in arrears to the police. This would
make the amount to be raised, over &l02,OOO
ID any Of these policemen were badly in want
OF money. as would be seen by the petition that
had been presented; and Mr. Murtagh had ad-
vanced to them from his own pocket 500 to
aid them. To Obtain the amount necessary the
tx should Be increased, and he moved that
the tax be made twenty cents. Mr.. Connolly
SAID mat the comnittee had looked to this SUBJ
Ject well, and they had an eye to the abolish
ment OF The present Corporation police system,
by which over S1o,i % would be saved, which
could 60 TO the credit OF the police fund Mr.
Nalley explained that after the tax bill had
men were auth orized and appointed, but there
was no power given to the Corporation to m
crease the tax; hence they were In arrears.
He did not think that the Corporation could
increase the tax beyond what is proposed. The
further consideration of the bill was. on mo-
ton OF Gen. Orocker, postponed. and 1t was
made the special order for Monday next.


After the call Of wards, Mr.. Dalton stated
that he felt deeply concerned in having q re-
port from the committee on elections in regard
to the eligibility Of the members OF the Board.
ana he did not wish to act on go i'm portant a
subject Is the tax bill until he had the prestige
OF having passed the ordeal OF the committee,
and bad been declared legally qualified


mem Der Of the Board. The consideration OF
the tax bill under the cirs ums stances is, to say
the least. in bad taste. He did not desire the
statement to be handed about the CITY that a
majority OF the members were not qualified,
and he thought 1t was due TO every member
that report should be speedily made He gave
notice that he would ask at the next meeting
for report II the report was not forth coming
next Monday evening, he would oppose the
consideration OF the tax bill, and all other
bu usinefs OF like importance.


Aldernen's bill for a footway on the north
side of i street south, between 4th and sth east,
was passed, and q number Of other bills re.
ferred: and at 10:4O the Board adjourned
Year: 1867

IT, nay color.d fsN0r- citizens.


take the liberty Of publishing the above pri-
vats letter from General Brown to show what
have been doing for your people have also ad
the pleasure OF giving the timber and a small
money subscription towards building 4 house OF
worship for you ut the head OF Brook turnpike
and now ask your uGdiriisi vote TO encourag
me to continus my efforts for your benefit. promi-
sing At all times to contend for slnal justice to all.


Respectfully. JOHN B. CRBSsHAw.
Year: 1867

us into difhcaltles. Let us emancpste our
selves from the ideas OF England on this sub
ject of national currency and take new
and independent course, more reasonable and
better adapted TO our own circumstances.
Then we need not fear any serious revulsions
or any revulsions except those Of spasmodic
character arising from overtradinG We are in
q position to make ourselves independent Of
the ruinous bullionist theories Of Europe, and
may in time produce change 10 the whole sys-
tenn Of currency in the civilized world
Year: 1867

Dirty streets, Dirty Rings and Dirty Con-


tracts.


There is q good deal Of noise being made
because Judge Whiting. who has the contract
for cleaning the streets, does not give us inn
maculate thoroughfares in midwinter but the
fact Of the matter is that when Mr.. Whiting
took the contract he supposed that he was
making . fair business arrangement, like .
contract between merchants. He did not
know that there was something under the sur
face Of the parchment until he came to look
into the matter, when to his astonishment he
found that be was bound to provide for lot
Of pensioners Of the Tammany ring; that .
large portion Of the money which he ought 70
spend in cleaning the streets he would have to
disburse among parcel Of drones, and that
in order to fulfil the contract he would proba-
bly, have to spend about hundped and atty
thousand dollars Of his own private property,
which very few even Of our most public spirited
men would care to do. Judge Whiting, there
fore, as he cannot carry out the contract, ID
anxious to get rid OF IL, and wants the Legis.
laturc to put the work into the hands Of the
Sanitary Commission or sone other board. II
however, Judge Whiting would only resuma
Tor one day the old spirit which characterised
him when he was District Attorney and whicl
won for him the so,,biqua Of .Little Bltters,'
and give us full history Of this and okher RIM
jobs and dirty contracts, and show how mucl
Mayor HcffmCn had 70 do with them. he woul'
Year: 1867

The Finance. Committee Of the Senate hay-
ing rejected tAe Gold SiH passedby the House
. new bill shoald be prepared anendstosy Of
that which anahorizes the Secretacy Of 4he
Treasury to sell coin At his discretion. The
smnndment should deprive him Of an. power
TO- dispose Of gold belonging 70. the govern
ment and provide that all the coin AZ present
In the Treasury vaults, together.with. aEl future
receipts from customs, shall be boarded. In
this way several hundred millions Of gold
could be accumulated, and the moral effect Of


this upon the public credit would BE very
beneficial. Moreover an end would thereby
be put to the gold jobs which have brought


scandal upon the administration Of the
finances.


at the. beginning of June last the Treasury sold
about forty millions Of gold in highly ques-
tionable manner, and that Notwithstanding
gold rose from l25 on the first Of May to 16774
on the 18th Of June. The export Of specie was
ct the same time stimulated, and; we shipped
from this port and Boston more than fifty-three
millions and quarter between the ,5th Of May
aud the end of June. 1t was clearly shown
upon this occasion that the Treasury cannot
keep tho premium down by selling unless very
temporarily, and that when it ceases to sell the
premium advances rapidly in consequence Of
such sales. t


The policy Of Congress in this respect Is
therefore 90 obvious that there ID no excuse for
delay inpassing the. required measure. The


gold cropef the country is sunlciently large


to meet the wants of commerce, 50 that the


boarding Of the. Treasury gold would produce
no inconvenience to those who required coin


for customs duties or shipment; and, however
the suspension Of sales might affect the price
of gold for short time after the passage Of
such bill, there can be no doubt that ulti-
mately 1t would lower the premium and give o
steadier tone to the market. With three or
four hundred millions OF specie in the Trea-


sury, the property Of the government, green
backs would be nearly on par with gold; but
so long as the corrupt system Of secret sales
prevails the premium viii be likely to rule
high and fuctuate widely whenever any dis
turbing cause is at work. Gold is perhaps the
cheapest commodity in the United States at
the present time,, and the government should
set . sunicient value upon 1t to keep all that
IL can get
Year: 1867

A HOG STORY.-Mr. Elisha Atwater, of Mum
son, informs us that on returning from an absence


of a. few weeks, last June he found that straw
stack had tipped over, and it thought that
some hogs that were i'll the habit OF frequontiny
the stack might have been buried beneath it,
Nothing, however was done with it until week
or two sgo, when the straw Vas removed to re-
lease some poles that had been covered by the fall
of the stack. When near the bottom u hog WIS
heard to grunt underneath and the straw was
quickly removed from the place indicated, wher
a live hog was found, imprisoned in the space
beside pole, giving just sufficient room for the
animal TO stand on its knees and to move forward
and backward about half its length. The hog
had been under that straw more than three
months, with no drink, no food but rye straw.
and not even room to stand up. The animal
was taken out and let go, when it ran few stems
and fell down. 1t appeared blinded by the light.
was very thin and weak, and was bleached as
white as snow. 1t made no attempt to eat. and
appeared to know use for food or drink 1t
was attacked by the qSher hogs and had to be
removed to a separate enclosure where it re-
manned in a sort of imbecie condition for about
a week, eating nothing whatever. Mr. Atwater
then poured some milk down its throat, after
which it began 20 revive, and finally commenced
TO nibbe corn. 1t is thriving. with as bright
prospects OF filing pork barrel as any other hog
-Cdn,5rtdge (iN.) Chtoaicle.
Year: 1867

Henry Ward Beecher, in his discourse on Sun
day, said that "some men will not shave on Sun
day, and We. they spend all the week in shaving
their fellow men; and many felix's think it very
wicked to black their boots on Sunday morning.
vet they do not hesitate to black their neighbor's
reputation on week days"
Year: 1867

One of the preachers at the Wilimantic camp
meeting on Tuesday. said: There sits brother
P, who used "a he ono of the ineanest men
in this section of the country, but the grace of
God took hold of him and shook him all to
pieces" A hearty Amen was indulged in by
the congregation, and the voice of the man refer
red to rang clear ana nd above the rest.
Year: 1867

How THE SOLDIERS LIGHTED THEIR PiPEs
"A correspondent of the American artisan tells
OF an ingenious method of procuring fire. 1t was
invented in Wetzels brigade at the siege of Port
Hudson, at the time matches were a luxury:


"A ramrod was stuck in the ground, with the
tip end upward little wad of cotton-of which
there was plenty, as thousands of bales were used
for breastworks-was stuck upon this end Of the
rod, percussion cap placed upon the rod over
the cotton, in the same manner a cap is put up
ON the cone of rifle and it was then struck with
some hard oblect.-The shank of a bavonet was
generally usod for this purpose, the blade serv-
ed a convenient handle 10 hold it to strike with,
and it not at all times possible to get bet
ter substitute for persuasive force This plan Of
producing fire had many advantages over match
es, as caps were always at command, and light
breeze or current would not extinguish the fire
30 produced among the wad Of cotton but rather
promote it; whereas light breath Of air
would extinguish a match almost as soon as
lighted


Woodmen and travellers in the far west might
borrow this idea from the military with advan-
tage.
Year: 1867

CONSTITUTIONAL IDEAs.-Thad.
Stevens conception Of Constitution
al Government may be measured by
the bill he introduced in the House
of Representatives, a few days since,
which provides for the establish
mcnt Of schools in the District OF
Columbia for the education of the
whites and blacks indiscriminally y ;
which proposes to disfranchise all pa
rents who do not send their chill
dren to said schools. 1t is hard to
realize the fact that such a PROPOSE
ton emanated from the leader of the
popular branch of our National Leg
islature, and not from an inmate OF
a luuatic asylum.-CaU.
Year: 1867

PRAcTIcAL HINTs.-A coating of
three parts lard and one part rosin
applied to farm tools of iron or steel
will eventually prevent rust.


Common nails heated red d.hot and
dropped into cCld water will clinch
and answer the purpose of wrought
nails.


Rusty nails may be drawn from
wood without difficulty, by first Civ
ing them blow hard enough tn
start them little.
Year: 1867

PANAMA HATs.-Guayquil is the
great depot for Panama hats, eight
hundred thousand dollars worth be-
ing sold annually. The grass of
which they made is found chiefly in
the neighboring province of San
Cristoval. They can be braided only
in the night or early in the morning.
as the heat in the daytime renders
the grass brittle. 1t takes a native
about three months to braid one OF
the finest quality, and some hats
which look like fine linen arc valued
at fifty dollars apiece even there.
Year: 1867

COOKING TROUT IN CAMp.-Stick
your knife in the back, and slash his
gils the first thing. always bleed
your fish us soon as you land him, it
makes his flesh hardy When you
are ready for supper make small
incision ut the throat and draw the
cn.rals. Then fill him up with n
wedge of fat pork or bacon. Wrap
him in several thickncsses of paper,
well wet, (oak leaves will do,) and
lay him in the hot ashes, covering
we'll with ashes and Goals. Leave
him in from twenty minutes to halt
an hour, when you may uncarth him.
and cat with whatever condiments
you may like. The first thing you'i II
do ncxt morning will be to go fish
ing.