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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
Bloom Of the Lotus

ENDOltSED ia tEE CELEBRATED DIX. FITCH.
OF NEW YORK.
a the Lotus Flower Is OF the most beautiful of
flowers, and in the Orient is held typical Of Eier.
nal Life, this pre- paration OF il imparts a
BLOOM TO THE COMPLEXION.
removing nearly all the indications Of advancing Tez
while rendering the skin soft and pliabe
AS 4 COSMETIC.
for ladies' e nc'hing &c be compared ~ a. and
Gentlemen also ird il very agreeable after shaving
The purchase Of one bottle Sil surely lead to tie
buying of another, On every hottie l. IT
of is virtues by the celebrated Dr. y < Fitch OF New
York. Ii can be obtained OF any Druggist srd st
Wholesale and retail by HILBERT & Co, are
mont Row. Boston. Mass
Price 81 per bottle. Sent by express 10 sIy par; 81
the United STATES 90 receipt Of prise.
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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
WANTED

All persons troubled with Costiveness or Const-
patton ofthc Bowels to buy Roback's Blood Pill.
they contain no mercury, are purely vegetable
and work like charm can be taken with safeyt
by persons Of all sges, and in al conditions OF
lie.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
UNPRINCIPLED

Dealers often recommend other bitters because
Shey have not Roback's. We desire TO caution
the afflicted against purchasing any of them
buy Roback's Stomach Bitters and none other, if
you would combat disease successfully. For sale
By Brown Bros
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03
BankrupteY-Praetiee.

AS matter of general interest, We give
our readers few ideas Of the Bankrupt
Act of March 3D.. 1856. The person de-
string to avail himself of the benefits Of
that act, like all other laws, should first
employ an attorney, to whom be should de-
liver list of all his creditors. giving their
exact residences, the precise amount he
owes each, the time, when, place, where,
and the object for which the debt was con-
tracted, whether as original obliger, en-
dorser, security, slayer, etc, and. if IN
Judgment, description thereof; also
complete, list of his assets, real and person
al. His petition and schedules annexed
thereto, can then be properly prepared. In
this District, the petition will be addressed
to Hon. Connally F. Trigg, Judge of the
District Court Of the United States, for the
Middle District of Tennessee. The petit
ton can only be sworn to before the United
States District Judge, United States Com
missioner, or Register in bankruptcy
We do not know ofany United States Com
missioner in this Congressional District,
though we have applied for the appointing
OF two. and will promptly notify the public
of any appointment
The petition is filed with E. R. Camp
bell, Esq, Clerk of the United States Dis
trict Court, at Nashville, and by him re-
ferred to the Register, acting for the coun-
ty where the petitioner resides.
Section Al OF the act provides that "be-
fore warrant issue, the petitioner shall de-
posit with the Register, or with the Clerk
to be delivered to the Register, fifty dollars.
as security for the payment of fees, ETC."
General Order No. 90. made in pursu-
ance of the 10th section of said act, pro-
vides that ''fees of the Register, Marshall
and Clerk shall be paid or secured in all
cases before they shall be compelled to
perform the duties required Of them by
the parties requiring such service" AS
the ffty dollars paid down secures the
Register in his fees, be turuing over the re-
mainder 10 court, the Marshall and Clerk
require, before petition can be fled, a
bond in the sum of 800.
The Register issues warrant, and fixes the
first meeting of creditors, at which time
they should meet him to prove up theiE
claims. That proof consists in swearing
to regular formal deposition 5sfore tAs
The amount Of labor Is varied and :he
questions to arise Sc uncertain that. To-
gelher with The poorly defned practice O
a new law, it is impossible to tell what the
fees viii be in any given case. or Just how
soon it can be completed.
Section 80 provides that ''iu all pro-
ceedings in bankruptcy commented gtte,
one gear from the time this act shall go into
operation, no discharge shall be granted tc
debtor whose assets do not pay fifty pen
centuna Of the claims against his estate, un-
less the assent in writing of majority in
number and value of his creditors, who
have proved their claims, is filed in the
case. at or before the time of application
for discharge. All the schedules must be
! fled
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03

cellence, aud the newness, and the beauty,
and the cheapness thereof, till the people
-yes, all of them, far and near, were amaz-
ed
"And they said, 10 this man has gath
cred from the east and west costly merchan-
disc and wares of wondrous value-even
the workmanship of cunning arti6cers-and
we knew it not
go to, then.
We will lay out our gold and silver in
those things which the printer printed of
| and that which he doth publish shall be
ours. For this mans merchandise is bet
ter than the bank notes of those who pro-
mise to pay, and therein lie, even banks of
deposit which beguile us of our money and
swindle US like sin.
'But the trader was still sad, and he
said The money that these people bring
me for the goods in my store will give to
the printer. and thus will ruin myself; l
win do that which no man hath yet done
in my time OF before. l will make the
printer man, whom all men scorn for his
poverty, rich. and he shall be clad 10 fine
linen and rejoice.
"And the sons of men shall meet him in
the market place. and the sheriff shall shun
him, and the scoffers shall be rebuked, and
shall take off their hats to him that was
poor.
"And he shall fash the dollars in the
eyes of the foolish. and shall eat bank
notes and sandwiches.
'Yes, even shall he light his pipe with
cotton money and cast his spittle on the
boards of other men.
For 1 shall ruin myself, and he who
adVertises me shall enjoy my substance.
"But. 10! the trading man, even he who
sold merchandise. became rich and even
as the unclean beast that lieth in the mire,
so stirred he not by reason of much green
backs.
"And the people focked to his store
from the North and from the South, and
from the East and from the West.
"And the primer rejOiced, and his
'phat' did abound.
''But tho trader could not become poor
and his melancholy ceased, and the smiles
Of happiness were upon his face.
'sAnd his children did become mighty il
the land By reason Of the dollars uhie1
many Of The people who had read bis ad
YeFtisemenls had poured into tile ugders
money bags.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03
A Parable for Business Men.

There was once upon a time man
who kept store, and sold goods at whole
sale and retail.
And be became melancholy, because
customers were shy, and times hard.
"And he said, Lo! am ruined, and
the sensation is disagreeable.
''And my ruin is more painful to bear,
because it is slow in progress. even as wa
ter, doth gradually become hotter in the
spot wherein the lobster bOileth, until the
erustaceous creature shrieketh out his
soul in anguish.
'Lo ! it is better to be ruined quickly
than to endure this slow torture.
Il will give my money away TO the poor
man-even to the poorest which is he
who priuteth newspapers, and will shut
my shop and wrap myself in sackclOth ol
desolation, and pass my days in the peril
Gus or broken banks, cursin6 the hardness
of the times and rending my garments.
>'And the bowling of Rome shall be as
dulcet sounds of dulcimers, and they who
blow the flutes, and instruments of music,
compared to the din will make IN the ears
of the wicked-even in the ears Of the
bank directors.
"'And even as he said, so he did fol
he was not like other mems sons, who ar'
foolish and know it not. aud they will de-
SO and so, performing that witch is con
trary.
"For the sons of man are tickle, and h
that is born Of woman doth spite his fac,
by diminishing the nose thereof.
And, 10 ! the priuter-eveu he VIII
published newspapers-was glad by tn
bounty of him who sold wholesale and re
tail /; and he did sound his praises an
print them, moreover, and did blow hi
trumpet of. fame respecting that man
dealings from the rising of the sun even t
the going down of the same.
- ''And he-even the printer of papers
did magnify and enlarge upon the stock {
goods which the trader had 10 his store
aDd did publish the variety, aud the ez
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03

Hans Patrick LIE Connor, formerly known
by the nom de plume of Beau Hacket,"
contributed the following to the ST. Louis
Home Journal:
Never insure your life for the benefit of
your wife for a greater sum thas ten thOus-
and dollars. A widow with more money
than that is dangerous legacy to leave
posterity.
"The "game Of lie" is very like gene
Of cards. Time deals. death cuts. and
every everybody is waiting for the last
trump.
1 think men drink IN crowds because
they are afraid to drink by themselves. 1t
requires good deal of courage to stand up
alone and pour glass Of whisky down
your throat
There are some inconsistencies iu this
world that don't exactly understand
Everybody is anxious to go to heaven, but
nobody is in hurry aboutit.
Ifa man is without enemies, l wouldn't
give ten cents for all his friends. The
man who car please everybody hasn't got
sense enough to displease anybody.
When an acquaintance say S, "HOw are
you 2" and rushes by you without paus-
ing for a reply, wouldn't il was iu your
place, follow him more than a mile to tell
him 1 was well.
A convenient way of testing the afec-
tons of your intended is to marry another
woman. IF she don't love you, you will
find it out Immediately.
/ Do unto other men as they would like
to do unto you, and they won't have enough
money in twoweeks to hire a shirt washed
The song "Dear Mother, I've come home
to DE-" always struck me as happy illus
tration of American assurance. Our youeg
men go abroad to spend the hard earnings
of the old folks, and when they are dead
broke return home to be buried at the ex
pense of their impoverished parents.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03
The Winter Evening

The long winter evenings are upon US.
They can be made the happiest season of the
year. Sitting around our 6resides, in the
dear family group, the time can be spent
not only pleasantly but PrOftably. Pleas
ure and improvement can go hand in hand d.
1t is always pleasant to be with those we
love. 1t is always pleasant to contribute
pleasure to loved ones. But we are intel
lectual beings, and our minds should be oc-
cupied with something that will be useful
to US in some way, either in degeloping
their wonderful powers or in accumulating
knowledge that will be valuable to US here
after. A good selection Of ks and pa
pCrs should be made for this season, and
they Should be read with care and their
contents discussed by all the family. Books
Of travel, of history, biography. should be
obtained, and read aloud b. some member
of the family. If neighbors are invited to
listen and assist in reading, SO much the
better. Our social and mental qualities
are thus improved at the same time.
The farmer himself should obtain good
books and journals, relating to flraing,
fruit-growing, stock breeding, &c. These
he can read with great profit. He can
gather the experience of others and thus
save the losses that others have experience
ed, and secure the knowledge that others
have gained.
Such works are, OF should be written,
only by those who have had superior ia
cilities for practice and observation. The
knowledge they have gained may be made
our own without their trials. None of US
claim to be perfect IN our profession. Bet
ter culture comes of reading such works,
We are stimulated to pursue a more i'm
proved system. Those who are ambitious
to become good farmers, viii read books
relating to their vocation. Those who
merely live to eat and sleep and make mon
ey. da3teare about reading But happily
there are but few such fafners 6ow,a-days S
They are a progressive class. anxious L
gain all the light they can. Fheir cry !.
for more light. These long winter even.
ings are their golden hours-they are lay-
ing the foundation for better tanning
they are acquiring information that they
viii apply in raising their next CROPS.
To all we say, don't idle away these pre-
cious hours. Improve them in stu1y.-
Buy or borrow good books and papers and
read them understandingly.--Bural World
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03
Judge Hunter and the Avalanche.


From the Banner.I
The argument of the contempt case of
Judge Hunter against the editors of the
Memphis Avalanche, was continued be-
fore that contemplate func;ionary on
Thursday last During the day Judge
Hunter directed the Clerk Of his court to
enter the following order:
For good and satisfactory reasons ap-
peariug, it is ordered by the court that J.
M Campbell [loeal editor of the AvaIan-
che be excluded from the court room dur
ing the pendency of this investigation.
"Ordered by the court, that all reporters
be prohibited from publishing any reports
of the proceedings of this court in this
case. during the tendency of the same"
He not only prosecutes in case for
contempt in which he himself bears the
Eve characters of the injured, the prosecu-
tor, the witness, the judge and the jury +;
but excludes reporters, and folbids the
publication Of the proceedings. This is
bringing matter to the rules ola secret in
/ QUESTION as nearly as was ever attempted
in America. We are now fully prepared
to believe that the following from the Ava
llanehe, of Friday, is quite true:
"To all who know him his character
/ is patent. Pulled up nhis pride of place,
he has endeavored to make arrogance pass
| for learning, the basest tampering with the
Interests of society for impartial justice, and
the righteousness Of the pImp for the mo-
rality of the Christian. He has sat like a
4 fool in his pride, and has made his name q
Kissing AID byword he has draggled
his way from honorable position into the
filthy slums of party politics, until even the
very negro who takes him by the hand il
his heart despises him. The friend and
boon companion of negro gamblers, be
prates of morality and speaks Puritanical
lying words to cover up the fostering putri
facation of his acts this creature, William
Hunter, visits gambling houses, feeds upol
their keno lunches, drinks their liquors
and becomes hail fellow we'll met with mel
beside whom Pratt and Horton would be
respectable. b prolessed upholder of mo
rality, and an exampler of purity, he be
comes the companion of lager beer jerker
and ballet girls, and allows his prurien
fancy to gloat upon their exposed beauties
and to play in amourous dalliance wit
charms which his misery heart will no
allow him to purchase. This is The THING
reekiug with every species of corruptio
which can disgrace OF degrade the man
} who undertakes TO say that the proceeding
of his court, that his decisions, his ruling
and his DEGREES shall not be published t
the world that its operation is thing sa
cred. and must be kept secret, aud tb
= man who darea to tell tue truth in relsGo
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03


PRogEnBs HY JOSH BILukas DONE
svop Wgh yer rslashuns unless. ron Lin af-
ford 70 give THEM the sig end Of the trade.
Marry yuug. and. i circumstances re-
quira it. often.
If you can't git good elcsbea aud ediea-
ton TOO, git the clothes.
Say low are you ? to everybody.
Kultivate modesty. but mind and keep
good stock of impudence on hand.
Bee oharitable-one cent pieces were
made on purpose. Don't take anybody's
advise but your own. 1t costs more to
borry than to by.
Ef man fatters yu, yu ken kslkerlats
that he is roag, or you're a fule.
Keep both ize open, but don't sea more
than haf you notis.
Ifyu itch fur fame, go into graveyard
and scratch yerselfagiu a tune stone.
Yung man, be more anxious abort the
pedigree you're going to leave, than yu
are about the one somebody's going to
leave yu.
Sin is like weeds-selfsone and sure to
cum.
About as sure way to git ritch as en-
ny no Of, is to 60 in det fur hundred
thousand dollars, and then 60 to work and
paw of the det
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03
A Child Charmed by a snake.

A woman named Somers, residing in
Worcester, Pennsylvania, went into the or
chard to gather some frait, and left her lit
tie babe, less than one year old, sitting
upon the ground. She soon passed out Of
sight of the child. but hearing his voice
cooiDg and laughing. she gave herself no
uneasiness. Suddenly the sounds ceased,
and she stepped around to him. supposing
him asleep. But to her horror, she saw
him sitting perfectly motionless, his Hps
parted, aud his eyes fixed upon an enor-
nous rattlesnake, that was approaching
him by almost impercepGbls moioas.-
She looked in vain for some stick or stone
to kill the monstrous reptile, then quick as
thought she sprang toward it. overturned
the pan which she had in her hand so as
to effectually cover it's body. got upon it.,
aud screamed for help. The covering of
the snake broke the spell upon the child,
its little body swayed to aud fro, and it
crept quickly toward the heroic mother
Ir few minutes friends came TO her re-
lief, and the cause Of her terror was des-
matched.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03

to him, is the man, corrupt as a Jefegies !;
vindict:ve as a Murat cowardly as Bob
Acres ignorant as Sam Carter; sPlenet-
ic as a hipochondriac honest as Dr..
Beecher, and icentious as Pimp living
upon the wages of sin-this, we say, is the
room peaceable. quiet citizen"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03
NUMBER l..

SOLEMN THoUGHTs.-Paragraphs like the
following, from the North British Review.
are calculated to make one feel his nothing
ness. 1t says:
What this is to be we dare not even
conjecture; but we see in the heavens them
selves some traces of the destructive ele-
ments, and indications of their power. The
fragments of broken planets, the descent of
the me'eoric stones upon our globe. the
wheeling comet, welding their loose mate
? al in our satellite, the appearance Of new
stars and the disappearance of others, are
as the solar furnace, the volcanic eruptions.
all foreshadOws Of that impending convul-
sion to which the system of the world is
doomed. Thus placed on planet which
is to be burned up, and under heavens
which are TO pass away thus treading as
1t were, on the cemeteries, and dwelling
upon the mausOlems of the former worlds.
let US learn the lessons of humanity and
wisdom. if we have not already been taught
in the school of frevelation.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03

Fun AT HOME.-Don't be afraid of
little fun at home, good people! Don't
shut up your house lest the sun should
fade your carpets and your hearts lest q
hearty laugh shake down some of the mus
ty old cobwebs there. If you want to ruin
your sons, let them think that al mirth
and social enjOyments must be left on the
threshold without, when they come home at
night. When once a home regarded as only
a place to eat, drink, and sleep in, the work
is begun that ends in gambling houses and
reckless degradation, Young people must
have fun and relaxation somewhere If
they do not find it at their own hearthstones
will be sought at other and perhaps less
profitable places. Therefore let the fire
burn brightly at night, and make the home
stead delightful with all those little arts
that parents so perfectly understand. Don't
repless the bouyant spirit of your chill
dren. Half an hour of merriment, round
the lamp and freight of a home, blots out
the remembrance of many care aud au-
nOyance during the day; and the best safe
guard they can take with them into the
world is the unseen influence Of a bright
little domestic sauctum.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03

A man boasted Of having eaten forty
nine hard boiled eggs. "Why did you
not eat more and make fifty % asked jim.
'Humph You want man to make
hog Of himself, just for one egg ?"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03
M EDICAL GARD s.

6Naice at StoresOf CHILDRESS Il BATE,
~ where he can be found at all hours of the day,
snless professionally engaged. Win attend prompt
uy to all calls or any professional business entrust
ed TO him I9-Jt
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03

A clergyman was once sent for in the
middle of the night by one Of the ladies Of
his congregation. "Wel, my good wo-
man." said be, $50 you are very Ill, aud
require the consultations Of religion What
can I do for you ?" mo" replied the
old lady, Il am Only nervous and can't
sleep" How can 1 help thai % asked
TIE parson. "Oh sir, you always pat
me to sleep so nicely when 60 to ohucbs
that I thought that if you would only
preach IittIe for me % The parson made
tracks"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-03

A printer never leaves any money at
home for fear Of FIRE, and never carries any
with him for fear Of robbers, nor deposits
any in the bank for fear Of speculative banl
officers,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-23
Lattsr from Alabama.

MONTGOMERY, October Il, lebc.
EpIroRs LEDGER: The work of regis
tration is going on rapidly in this State,
and it is thought all the voters will be reg
istered before the first of November
Almost everybody is being registered
We have concluded to take the oath and
become loyal, swearing to give everybody
their civil aud political rights-if they
can get them. The negroes Aock to the
registrars in droyes, and many are seen
taking the oath with guns 10 their hands.
The reconstructed negro is a curiosity;
if there is enything in the world he de-
lights to do, it is to vote; and to own
gun, is the highest point Of happiness he
ever expects to enjoy. The Radical
leaders are fearful all their dusky brsih
rem will not get chance to register, and
have runners to visit all the plantations
and bring them forward, whether corn is
pulled or not-corn is nothing; that can
be raised next year; voting has to be
attended to now.
The Congressional Legislature, which
had a called session to fix up an election
law, after long and labOrious time, got
up an act which contains over hun
dred sections. Il is made unlawful, aud
punishable With fine and imprisonment,
to challenge q voter at the polls This
will allow any amount Of illegal voting
1t is also the sworn duty Of the inspectors
of election that they will not themselves,
or knosingly allow ssy c-hs- person.
TO compare the number Of ballots u;ia
the number Of voters enrolled This
leaves the ballot boxes fee TO be stuffed
An elector can vote at as many places as
ne pi;sssss, and pus 10 as nssy ballots a.
be pleases- Never in The history Of free
elections was such = siupendous fraud