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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-12
DOn't-Please Don't.

Don't tell the little one, who may be
slightly wilIfuI, that "the black man
will come out of the dark cellar and
carry it off if it does not mind" Don't
create a needless fear to go with the
child through all the stages of its ex-
istence.
Don't tell the little five year old
Jimmy 'the school ma'am will cut off
his ears "-"pull out his th"-"tie
him up"-or any of the horrible stories
that are commonly presented to the
childish imagination. Think you the
little one will believe anything you tell
him after he becomes acquainted with
the gentle teacher who has not the least
idea of putting those terrible threats
into execution?
Don't tell the children they must not
drink tea because it will make them
black, while you continue the use of 1t
daily. Your example is more to them
than precept and while your face is as
fair as June morning they will scarce
ly creoit the oft-told tale. Either give
up drinking the pleasant beverage or
give Your children q better reason for
its nOn-use.
Don't tell them they must not eat su-
gar or sweetmeats, because it will rot
their teeth. Pure sugar does not cause
the teeth to decay and sugar with
fruits is nutritious and healthy, not
withstapding the cold saw" to the con-
trary. The case of city children is
often cited, as if the cause of their pale
faces and slight constitutions were an
over amount of sweetmeats with their
diet, when the actual cause is want of
pure air and proper exercise.
Don't tell the sick one that the med
icine is not bad to take, when you can
hardly keep your own stomach from
turning "inside out" at the smell of it.
Better by far to tell him the simple
truth, that it is disagreeable, but neces-
sary for his health, and you desire him
to take it at once. Ten TO one he viii
swallow it with half the trouble of coax
ing and worry of words, and love you
better for your firm, decided manner.
Don't teach the children by example
to tell white lies to each other and to
their neighbors. Guard lips and bride
YOUR tongue if you desire to have the
coming generation truthful. Truthful
ness is one of the foundation stones of
heaven. Remember the old, old Book
saws. "no liar" shall enter within the
gates of the beautiful city. There is
no distinction between white lies and
those of a darker hue. The falsehood
is an untruth, whether the matter be
/ great or small.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-12
Hygiene for the Aged.

In a resent clinical lecture at Guys
Hospital, London, DR.. Habershon dis
cussed the hygienic measures by which
the lives of the aged may be prolonged.
He urged that in prescribing for old
people a uniform warm temperature
should be advised, supporting his coun-
sci by allusiOn to the case Of his own
mother, who survived to the great age
of 102. During the winter months of
the last year of her life she refused to
leave her bed, alleging that only there
could she keep warm. To this habit
the doctor ascribed her unusual longevi-
ty. He also cited, in proof of his posi-
ton, an instance in which on old man,
going out into the cold and fog, died
simply from the shock of the chill upon
his system. A degree of cold which
would produce merely unpleasant sensa-
tions in usual cases would often lead to
fatal results in one whose circulation was
enfeebled, and whose vital force was
diminished by aga. DR.. HabershOn also
recommended that aged persons should
eat more frequently than others, as
their meals were generally sparinR.
Those who wake at about or 4 o'clock
fh the morning should have some noul-
ishment at hand, and not wait until the
ordinary breakfast hour to take their
first meal Of the day. The interval be-
tween supper at night and breakfast in
the morning is too long for persons in
declining strength.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-12
NUMBER 45.
The Canal"

The London Globe SAYS "For the
last few years the nilliner's idea has
been to dress her customers as like men
as possible, TO give them stand-up col
lars and leather belts, to arm them with
umbrellas hanging from the waist as If
they we're swords, to supply them with
gentlemen's wstch-poekets, and gentle
mems watch-chains. Even in fashion
the world must advance, and the move
for the coming winter is decidedlya a move
forward. Fashionable ladies, who have
been dressed like men, must now dress
like wild animals. All the tissues are
to resemble furs, and as a few years ago
young ladies were said TO wear Dolly
Vardens, so now they will put on their
'camels.' That is the generic name by
which the Partisan EaOdiStes have called
the years fabrics, though of course
there is variety allowed, and young
lady may appear as a reindeer, as bear,
as northern elk-in fact, as any rough
skinned animal she may select. But
it Is necessary that the skins should
consist of as few pieces as possible.
The camel and collar which viii be
known in the fashionable world as a
dogs collar viii complete the costume.
But this new invention OF the French
dressmakers has not so much originality
after all. The idea is merely develop
ment of the Ulster great coat, which
was borrowed a couple of years ago
from the Irish peasantry. This desire
for the toughest materials aud the
rudest make has produced already
strange results. In Switzerland Eng-
hshmen are dressed so like guides that
it is difficult to distinguish them. Even
st Brighton the taste for walking sticks
has declared that a perfectly plain bit of
ash cut out of the wood and innocent OF
scraping and vanishing is the most
fashionable cane. A silver ornament is
allowed near the handle as sort of
trademark to show that it belongs to a
gentleman. Even If the winter of 1874
should be as inclement as that of 1870,
there may yet be days when the camel
would be too warm, and so less heavy
garments have to be prepared. Still,
the relations with the animal world will
be kept, up. Ladies, when they cannot
go out like beasts, will go out like
birds. All trimmings are to be made of
feathers-cocks' feathers, phessants'
feathers. This plumage is to eovor the
dresses, but whole bird will be in the
hat. A very fashionable lady may,
therefore, assume a parrots head and
peacock's tail.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-12
The New Italy.

The fact is that Italy, though its gov
ernment is one, contains within itself
differences as great as those which exist
between England and Ireland. The en-
ergy of the country belongs to the north.
Not only is this the case at present, but,
spesking roughly, it has been the case
for centuries. The great names, which
are really what we IN England under
stand by Italy almost belong to the upper
half of the peninsula. If the traveller
would know what Italy really is, he
must move about both in the north and
in the south, both in the towns and in
the country. In the north, especially
in the towns, he will find activity, intel
ligence, moderate trustworthiness and
fair punctuality. In the south he will
need great patience and fairness not to
give up the Italians altogether as a set
of rascals. The political feelings of
those dissimilar districts are just what
might be expected. The northern Ital-
ian has sufficiently advanced to under
stand and value freedom the southern,
except under unusual conditions, knows
nothing of different governments, ex-
cept that they tax him differently. It
is, therefore, to the north of Italy that
the lover of freedom and progress will
;
pleasing to his soul. A system of rail-
ways has been created, affording accom-
mediation which compares favorably
with that of many European countries.
In the streets of Milan and in the port
of Genoa be Will will find stir and bus
tie enough to persuade him that he is
back in England. New edifices are ris-
ing, new streets being laid down. New
vessels are being added monthly to the
commercial marine. Around, the cOun-
try is a perfect garden. The display of
| articles of feminine dress at the weekly
markets of the smaller towns testifies to
the substance of the contadini. Villas
stud the hills for miles in the neighbor-
hood of the centers of wealth. And as
if the power and capacity of the Italian
mind were to be most signally exhibited
on the northern and southern ap
proaches of it's most favored domain,
the magnificent engineering works of
the Mont Gents and of the Genoa and
Pisa railways belong to this same dis
trict. 1t is, perhaps, known to few of
the many English who intend to visit
Rome in the coming winter that the
line hitherto used will then no longer
be the direct route. The coast line
from Genoa to Spezzia, which English
! engineers pronounced impossible, and
which the greatest English firm of con-
tractors refused to have an ything to do
with, is actually finished, and will be
opened within the course of a few
weeks.-LOndOn NeUs.
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ROw They Played it ON Dougherty.

One day last week four or five De-
troiters went into Macomb county to
shoot squirrels and kick their shins
against logs and fence rails. They had
Just eaten a cold lunch in the WOO Is one
noon, VIII one of the party, a young
man named Dougherty, stretched ont
on his back, pulled his hat over his
eyes, and gave his mind mp TO the work
Of assisting his body to catch a little
rest. The remainder of the party hav-
ing an understanding before hand, qui-
etly withdrew, one by one. One of
them passed around to a bush, near
Dougherty's feet, aud took tin rattle
box from his pocket. Another stood
closeto the young mans legs, and, in a
suppressed voice, when the signal was
given, whispered
For Heavens sake Dougherty,
don't move so much as a finger A big
rattlesnake is right under your leg u
Dougheriy was fat en- his back, eyes
covered, arms sprawled out, and his
voice trembled as he replied:
My God ! what shall do ?"
keep perfectly quiet It is your
only hope I If you even raise a finger
he viii dart his fangs into you p
The man with the rattle-box gave it q
shake, and reached oHt and laid a club
across Dougherty's legs, while the
other man moved off about twenty feet
and exclaimed:
Heavens I what can we do? If we
shoot we may kill Dougherty y
The club was rolled off on the ground
and the victim whispered:
Sc For mercy sake kill it -
The club was relied over his legs
again, the box shaken, and the man
whispered back
'' Be quiet or it is instant death I
think the snake wants to go to sleep,
and if you will keep still yOu will be
all right.
The box was shaken, the club moved
around, and finally the snake" seemed
to Dougherty to settle down on his
breast. He dared not whisper for fear
of rousing it, but one of the men called
out b.:
"Therel it is asleep? Well move
away and wait for it to glide off I"
The whole crowd moved over behind
a bank and laughed and rolled and tore
up the dirt until they we're exhausted,
while poor Dougherty lay there like a
log, not even daring to draw an ordinary
breath. The sweat ran down his fscs,
and started out from his body until his
shirt was wringing wet. The fellows
took their guns and tramped away, leav-
ing him thus, and were gone an hour and
a half When they returned DOugherty
was sitting up, having discovered the
joke about five minutes previously.
He didn't have a word to say, but there
was a whole unabridged dictionary in
his eye. They spoke to him, but for an
answer he rose up, shouldered his gun,
and made bee-line for the highway,
and none of the party has met him
since. Detroit Free Press.
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LenrOsH in Canada.

In the Arcadian village of Traeadie,
near the mouth of the Miramichi river.
says the Toronto Globe, there have
been lepers for the last eighty or ninety
years. A hospital for their benefit is
supported by the local government. A
correspondent of the Church Journal.
who has recently made a visit to the es-
tablIshment, says the iazaretto, though
well kept as far as it goes, is much too
small to furnish the requisite accommo-
dation. The sexes are kept apart, and
every thing is done for the comfort of
the unfortunates that is possible with
the means placed at the disposal of
those who manage the institution.
The leprosy from which they suffer is
| etePhGntiGsjs 97'ocOr9tD1, so called from
it's tendency to make the limbs swell to
elephantine proportions. The disease
is understood to have been brought
there by French vessel, which, on its
return voyage from Smyrna, touched at
the island of Mitylene and took in
large quantity of clothing and other
stores, and On her way to Beaubaris
Island-a French military port-she
was wrecked near the mouth of the
Miramichi. The people in the neigh
borhOod played the part of wreckers
and helped themselves to the clothes
cast ashore, which, it is supposed, were
tainted with leprosy, the consequence
of which was that the disease soon broke
out among them. Another account is.
that the vessel in question brought two
lepers from st. Maloes, and that every
leper known in Traeadie descended from
one or the other of these men.
The prevailing opinion there is that
the disease is not contagious, but sim
ply hereditary. The people have no
dread of it, and persons engaged about
the lepers for years never contract the
disease. Not only do the lepers marry
among themselves, but such is the feel
ing among the poor French in Tracadie
that there is no repugnance in many
cases among perfectly healthy people to
taking lepers for husbands or wives.
The taint generally manifests itself In
every alternate generation. In this way
the disease has become permanently
seated in the locality, while the general
poverty and not very cleanly habits of
the French population tend to extend
and intensity it.
It first shows itself in the form of
small white spots on the breast then
the face assumes a puffy appearance,
and there is much pain, languor and
drowsiness. The fingers become crook
ed, the neck swells, the limbs show all
the symptoms of drOpsy, the nails fall
off, and, at last, the throat and lungs are
attacked, and the sufferer dies, a mere
mass of loathsome disease. It's dura-
ton varies from five to twenty-five
years, according to the strength of con-
stitutiOn,
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Report Of the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange.

The cotton exchange committee on
statistics and information have submit
ted the following crop report for .Octo-
ber:
LoUIsIANA.-Our letters from this
state date from the 14th to the 23d in
elusive A light frost was reported in
one parish. The weather was univer-
sally reported as favorable. A little
over one-half the crop is reported as
having been picked, and with the con-
tinuance of favorable weather the crop
will be picked out by November 10Th
to December 1st. The yield as compared
with last year will be somewhat greater,
the answers averaging an increase of ten
per cent. The staple has been injured
by dry weather, which, at the same
time, has enabled the crop to be picked
cleaner and brig hter.
MISSISSIPPI -Thirty-one letters from
twenty counties, report little or no in
jury to the cotton plant from frost.
The weather is favorable. From one
half to two-thirds of the crop is picked,
and with good weather picking will be
finished between the 18th and 20th of
November. The majority of the re.
ports estimate a decrease in yield as
compared to last year of about % per
cent Most of the reports complain of
the quality of the crop, the lint being
light md short, and consequently a less
than usual yield of lint from the gin
is had.
ARKANSAS. - Universally favorable
weather for picking is reported by all
of our correspondents. The frost on
the thirteenth and fourteenth of the
month seems to have done but slight
damage on account of the forwardness
Of the crop, one-half to two-thirds of
the crop being reported already housed,
| and the finish is expected on the first
of November for the uplands, and be-
| fore Christmas for the bottom-lands.
The unprecedented dr0uth of the past
summer has evidently injured the crop
/ to such on extent that the finest picking
| season will not help the damages. The
/ yield is estimated from twenty-five to
sixty-six per cent. decrease, the aver
age being thirty per cent, as compared
with last season, though it is expected
the late planting in the river bottoms
will be better than at present repre-
santed.
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plain Diet.

This is what children ought on every
account TO be accustomed to from the
first Il is vastly more for their present
health and comfort than little nice
things with which fond parents are 50
often apt to vitiRte their appetites and
il will save them great deal Of moFti-
fication in after life. IL you make it
point to give them the best Of every
thing TO pamper them with rich cakes,
sweetmeats and sugar plums IL you al
low them TO say with n scowi, sI don't
like this or that, ''I can't eat that. T"
and then go away and make them a lit
tie toast, or kill q chicken for their
dainty paiates-depend upon il you are
doing a great injury, not only 90 the
score Of denying full muscle and rosy
cheek, but Of forming one OF the most
inconvenient habits that they can carry
along with them in after life. When
they come 10 leave you they VIII not
half the time find anything they can
eat-and thus yen viii prepare them to
so chafing and grumbling through life.
! the veriest slaves almost in the world.
Mothers, listen and be warned in
time, for the time will come when you
will repent; seeing your sons and
daughters make their homes miserable
by complaint, and raising their chill
dren mp in the same way-Rlfnal Ne,g
! Yorker.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-12
Western Railways.

The Nation, in a valuable article on
railroad manuals, has the following in
regard to western railroads
Not dividend is paid by any road in
Michigan, and but one In Indiana. nli-
nois boasts five dividend-psy compa-
MES, Wisconsin one, and Iowa three ;
but Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and
almost all the southern states, are q
dreary, hopeless blank.
Indeed, it requires some study of fig-
ures to enable us 20 realize how all
absorbing the mania for railroad invest
ment of the last six years really was
Il was a simple craze. Under the stim-
ulus of the land-grant system, it swept
through the country like a first class
epidemic, and is probably in its effects
to-day oecasiOning not less quiet suffer-
ing. Kansas was the very hot-bed of
the disease, and q very few figures,
drawn frHm these manuals, viii illus
trate the madness which prevailed as
regards that region, which differed only
IN degree from others. Ten years ago,
Kansas had no railroad at all It now
has little less than 2,500l miles, about
80 per cent. more than Massachusetts,,
with one-third of her population in
other words, Massachusetts has seven
times the population Of Kansas in com
parison with its railroad mileage. But
the Kansas railroads were built on the
sale of their bonds, not on their stock
capital accordingly we find them
loaded dowr with over $40. 700. 600 of
Indebtedness. The interest on none of
this is now paid, but as long as money
could be borrowed with which TO pay il,
it did not average less than 8 per cent,
or S5, 600, 900 per annum. All that the
Kansas roads in their best condition
ever pretended to earn was about
So, 400, 600, or less than five per cent. on
their bonded Indebtedness. Nor indeed
did they ever earn that amount or any
thing which approached to it. The
claim was that in a business which aver
aged but S., 800 per mile in gross re-
ceipts, the net receipts were no less than
40 per cent. of that amount. To one
accustomed to dealing with railroad &C
counts, such a claim is simply prepOs-
ferrous. To produce such a result, the
operating and construction would be
mUddled beyond all comprehension.
This is the time for liquidation the day
for dOctored balance-sheets is, for the
time being, gone. Kansas, like many
other of the western states, is poor and
sparsely settled. To it's railroad system
it can contribute but very sparingly
even for its population. It is probably
safe to say that the cost of operating
and'maintaining the Kan as railroad sys-
tenn will consume for years to come 70
per cent. of its gross receipts. The
problem viii then be how to make at
most S., 900, 600 per snnum pay per
cent. interest on $40, 000, 600 of princi-
pal, besides large amount of accrued
and unpaid coupons which 'are covered
by the mortgages.
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The Modocs.

So completely have the Modocs dis
appeared frem public notice that the
visit 70 Yreka, Cal, of a small delega-
ton of their tribe on a twenty days
leave of absence,,from their reservations.
has excited considerable interest in
their fate. From the Yreka Journal we
gather the following facts regarding
them at the present time: The fur
bulent, discOntented, war-like Modoc
disappeared when Capt. Jack, SchOn-
chin, Boston Charley, and Black Jim
were executed on the scaffold al Fort
klamath, and those now in existence
are leading quiet and peaceable lives IN
the different reservations to which they
have been assigned. Sehonchin's fol
lowers are living at Yainox, bleak and
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-12
Wind Power.

We have often thought that we might
make greater use Of the wind as a mo-
tive power. There are 1900 wind
mills in Holland and Flemish Belgium,
each doing from six to ten se-poWer
service, according to the strength Of
the wind, and working twenty four
hours per day, and every day In the
month during the rainy season, and
the streams are high. The annual cost
of the vind-mills in Holland is 81, OOO,-
900. Twenty times that sum would not
operate steam-power sufficient to do the
work, for all the coal consumed in Hoi-
land has to be imported from England
or Belgium.
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An Interesting Event.

We all remember that a thrill of an-
guish ran up and down the spinal col
umn OF the American people when a
certain announcement was made soon
after the marriage of Edinburg to the
czarina. We Gll know how the daughters
of Columbia arose as one man and in
dignantly cast back the foul allegation
into the teeth of the alligator, whoever
he or she might be. Now, however, we
have the pleasure TO announce that ii is
all right. England is not absolutely
starving for lack of royal family, but
will probably be inclined to welcome
this Anglo COssaok little stranger, as
Mrs. Edinburg's papa is rich aud care
less, and will be very likely to come
down with something handsome on the
occasion. It is interesting 10 know also
that the cherub has been born, if not
with q silver spoon in its mouth, at
least with half dozen in the cupboard,
and will not be absolutely destitute Of a
mug. This is from reliable authority.
Edinburg from this time viii have 20
give up his lodge-meetings and private
smokes in the club snuggery and con-
duct himself as beeometh the father OF
a family and the sire of a second hand
Romanoff. Tha czarina is reported "a
be a great Etickler for the proprieties OF
life, like Victoria, and between them
both the outlook for Edinburg is not so
festive as it might be. However, there
is one comfort, his mOther-in-law can't
stay with him forever, which will at
least take from him the temptation TO
follow the Romanoff example and put a
little cold pizen in his old lady's tea
pot Louis Republican.