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RY THOMAS BOWLING, Auetioneer.
AUCTION.
a On ATuRpAY MORNING, August L 5th,
w OF 10 O'Clock. L will sell, at No. IVA sridRs
street, 9eorgetswn, opposite the Market
thouse. large let Of Household Furniture the
effects OF Q family declining housekeeptpg,
and removed TO store for convenience of sale Il
lame IN part-Walpu Parlnr Suite; Walnut and
other Chamber frrIiture: Three ply ana Ingram
Carpets; III rnins Glory, Cooking aud Utser stoves:
Feather Beds, Bedding and Msttrassee; Refricara'
tors and lsrge assortment Of Hou sehsld Turnitare
and requisites. Sale nsitive.
ausla THOMAS BOWLING, Auc..
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A Why DISIRA3LE PRIVATE RESIDENCE
4 AkP GROUNDS IN GioBGErowN AT AUG.
- On THURSDAY, August 18th, 1874, at o
O'Clock p. m, In front Of the premises, I will
- sell that very desirable three story Brick Dwell.
ing House, si mated the northeast corner Of ay
and Green streets. Tse House contains thirteen
rooms, bath room, hot and cold water, gas, marble
msltlee, and all N odern convenience The Lot
which is hsndso mely improved fronts 60 feet on AZ
street, with depth OF lt0 feet on Green street
Also, Lot ADJOINING the above fronting 81 feet on
Green street with depth of LEO feet, In proved By
Terms: 81 0& cash; $500 may remain on inter-
est ut ten per cent to suit the purchaser the bal
ance In and - months with interest at eisht psr
cent. Convey alcinr AT the cost II the purcha,er
ap7.d THOS DOWITNC 49,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-16
The Pubueans of the Bible.

The class of men designated in the
New Testament as "pnblicans " we're
the collectors of the public revenue.
Under the Roman government the pub
hcans were divided into two classes.
The senate committed the taxes and
customs to a class of capitalists who I'M
dertOok to pay definite sum of money
into the national treasury. These cap
italists usually belonged to the order
of Roman Knights, and were men of
influence ard consideration. In their
turn they employed a class of subordi-
nate assessors and collectors, who re-
ceived the taxes and customs from the
people. This class became responsible
for the payment of a certain sum of
money from given district. The the
DRY was that in addition to this sum
they should collect such an amount as
would be a proper remuneration of their
services. But as they thus became
assessors as we'll as collectors they were
invested with degree of power which
they very frequently abused to the gross
oppression OF the people. In consequence
the subordinate class of publicRns ev-
erywhere became exceedingly odious.
Theocr1tus, Greek poet, being asked
which was the most cruel of beasts,
replied, OF the beasts of the wilder
ness the bear and the lion, and of the
city the publican and the parasite. Z"
But this class of pubIicans, odious
even among the Roman citizens, were
esrecially so to the Jews. They re-
garded the tribute which they paid to
Rome as unlawful and oppressive.
When Jew, therefore. became a pub
hcan, he was regarded by his country
men not only an extortioner and plum
derer, but also a traitor to his country
and his religion. He was looked upon
with the last degree of contempt. He
was not permitted TO ent the temple
OF the synagogues, to join in the public
prayers, or to give testimony in court of
justice. Thissestimateo of their character
seems to have been accepted by our
Lord when he said of him who refused
to submit to the discipline of the
church Let him be unto thee as an
heather man and a publican. Matt.
xviii. II.
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baggage was being tumbled out of the
car, she stood with her baby In her arms
and her boy by her side gazing around
upon the strange scene, and peeIing
eagerly among the rough-clad ranch
men and plainsmen for the face which
alone Of all others she wished TO see.
a rough-looking but polite ranchman
stepped forward, and, with a clumsy
bow and bashful manner, inquired who
the " madam desired to see."
81 want my husband, Mr.. Henry
Lester. Does he not keep a sheppard
cattle farm near here 2"
che did, madam" answered the
ranchman, sadly; q but he's rounded-up
his herd for the last time. There he Is
in that coffin, died last Wednesday
night, and we re sepdin' the body back
to Denver, accordin' TO his last instruc-
tons. He died of congestion of the
bowels, madam Beg pardon, madam,
but are you his
He did not finish his sentence, but
stepped forward to catch the falling
form Of my fellsw-traveler, who was
carried TO the car in q swoon. The little
boy uttered a piteOus wall of grief,
while I led him sobbing back to the car
which this wearied, travel tired pair had
left a minute before so hopeful and so
happy. There were many wet eyes in
that car just then, mine among the rest,
as ]. held the beautiful boy sobbing to
my breast.
saw my fellow-traveler twice again,
once when she followed her husband
to his last resting place, attended by
cUe solitary carriage and four mourners,
and again last Monday morning, when,
pale, sad and bowed with grief, she
started with her fair-haired boy upon
her long journey back to the quiet shade
and seclusion of her old home within
the shadows of Gloster Cathedral
DenUer Tribune.
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A Thrilling Situation.

Inc following story, which is given
as fact, can hardly be surpassed even
by the imaginary situations that mark
many specimens of the modern drama :
Near the city of Detroit, man by the
name of Macarthur was crossing the rail-
road track in the night time, when his
foot caught fast in a ''frog," and his
efforts to extricate it were Of no avail.
His boot fitted so closely that he could
not draw his foot out, and at length he
could hardly move his leg from pain.
He found that he must either be run
over by the next train or make known
his situation. He shouted himself
hoarse, but no one came. After having
been prisoner for upward of an hour he
beard the whistle. He had a matchbox
IN his pocket, papers in his bundle, and
the idea came to him to signal the train.
Tearing the papers off his bundle. and
getting at some letters, he rolled them
into a heap, and for fear the flames
would die out too suddenly he added
his clothes. The bundle was then made
fast to the end of his walking-stick. and
he waited until the headlight of the 10
connective should appear. 1t finally
greeted his vision and he struck his
match, but ust of wind blew it out.
Another match was struck, and in an
instant he waved his signal back and
forth, and just when he thought death
was certain he heard the whistle for
brakes. He was saved. but the engine
bad only thirty feet more to go to crush
him.
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Keeping Smoked Meats in Summer.

There are various plans and devices
for keeping smoked meats for summer
use from the attacks of flies and beetles
which infest hams, smoked beef, etc., if
lett where they may have access to them.
Among the more common is wrapping
each piece separately in strong brown
paper and then packing in barrels filed
IN, about the packages, with ashes or
other absorbent material.
Another plan is to place the pieces in
sacks we'll surrounded with cut hay, or
III tight barrels, with cut hay or straw
closely pressed around the pieces. By
this latter plan, however, the meat it apt
to mold. To prevent this, it should not
be entirely excluded from the air, and
where air and light can enter insects are
apt to follow. A better plan when the
trouble and expense is not grudged is to
wrap each piece separately in paper and
1nclose In sacks cut to fit. Sew them up
and dip in thick lime-wash, and hang in
an airy but cool place. Some, indeed,
claim that meat may be kept perfectly
and indefinitely by simply rubbing the
surface with pepper before smoking, but
it is almost no protection at all.
The best, and in the end cheapest.
way to preserve meat is to have a smoke
mouse built IN such manner that, while
it is tight and dark, it shall, at the same
time, be well ventilated. All that is
necessary to secure this is a chimney on
top protected by blinds so that the rays
of light cannot enter, while at the bot
tom is a tube connecting with the outer
air. In such a smoke-house YOU NAV
keep meat indefinitely by occasionally
causing a smoke during summer. If
the meat has been properly cured, it
will keep sweet. If the insects cannot
get access to the place where it is kept,
they cannot lay their eggs therein and
consequently there cannot be either
shippers or beetles or their Larvae.
The smoke-house may be used for a
variety of purposes when not filled with
meat. The first four feet should always
be built of brick, both as a protection
against fire and as affording q most con-
venient receptacle for ashes, in all dis
tricts where wood is burned for fuel. If
our readers have no permanent smoke
house yet built in which to keep their
meat, we advise them to build one with
out delay. Where farmers depend so
much, as they necessarily must in the
country in summer, on preserved meats,
they should have proper place to keep
it safe from insect enemies Western
R1Eg'dL
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How to Make Good Butter.

A New York lady of large experience
in dairy management gives the following
directions for making good butter:
In the first pace, the milk must be
brought into the dairy house clean :;
see that the mixers do their part nicely,
for you cannot, with all the cleaning
and scalding of pals and pans, make a
delicious, nutty-havored quality of but
ter, if straws soaked in impurity, ad-
here to the udder, and from thence fall
into the milk pail. The next move is
to cool the milk, or take out the ami
NAL heat, to about go deg; then, if you
have the eonveniences for keeping the
milk very near 60 deg, there is no re-
quired depth that the milk should be
set, in order to secure all the cream. I
have set it at 2 inches and at 20 inches,
and the result was the same. If the
milk is not cooled, 2 inches is as deep
as milk should be set for all the cream
to rise before the milk sours. And the
best time to skim the cream is Just as
you can detect a change or slight acid,
which is generally in from 80 to Sc
hours. The reason is, the butter is
| sweeter and better in color, and you
/ get more from the same quantity of
milk than you can If the cream remains
on the milk until it has become quite
thick and sour. I ehurni every day, in
warm weather. and cream should never
be kept longer than three days in a cool
place. The temperature for churning
with me is so degrees in summer, and
60 to "a degrees In winter. think that
the best churn is the Eureka. We are
doing the churning now in from one to
two minutes, and in winter we have not
at any time exceeded four minutes. ]
thoroughly rinse my butter, but handle
| gently with a wooden ladle; then salt
with the best dairy barrel salt, one
ounce of salt to a pound of butter
max in thoroughly, being careful 70
press gently so as not to break the
grain /; then let it stand to become
solid then work again until dry but
never until it is oily. If your cream is
too warm, surround your cream pail
with cold water, or with ice if you have
it, stirring the cream until it is brought
down to so degrees. IF too cold, sur.
round with hot water. Do not put
cold or hot water ia the cream to gel
the required temperature. My butter
brings Orange County Pail prices
invariably, in the New York market.
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THE OLD FOLKS JOIN THE GRANGE.

think that we had better go and join the Grangers
wife,
And see II there we and the means to brighten
country life:
There's Deacon Jones and Squire Flint, and more
good neighbols too,
Have put their shoulders to the wheel to help the
great work through.
ris true. I'm old and feeble now, the strength has
left my arm
That used to swing the AZ and scythe on the time
honored farm:
It's not that would think to add much 10 our
worldly store,
For while we live we've plenty, and why need wish
for more2
want to help support the cause, and help to swell
the throng,
And oassr my Younger brethren on, and sing the
I want to see the coming man. if farmer he's
to be,
Have easier times and seedier gains than have been
dealt to me.
I'd like to see farmer judge, and, ere my days ara
spent,
farmer for a governor and one for president.
know you think these silly Thoughts my poor old
head derange;
But have little patience, wife, until we join the
Grange.
know there is enjoyment there, for many times
last fall.
I've their faces teem with 10Y "a thew came
from their hall
They do no wear such merry hearts where sinful
work they do.
And they are pledged, I'll warrant, wife, to be up
right and true.
What say you, then, shall not go and help our
And for the pleasure and the pain our rghtfuI por-
ton share? I
tell You shall happier be than merchant upon
change
The day ma my name enrolled as Patron Of the
Grange.
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Agrionltural Facts and Figures,

Hon. Samuel B. Ruggles, of New
York, q most reliable and laborious
statistician, at q late meeting of the
New York chamber of comm cree. gave
the following condensed facts relating
to the agricult ure of the United States
The agriculture of the American
Union is the broad and enduring basis
of its national strength.
Its agricultural population of 5, 922, :
All in 1870, had created and ACQUIRED a
property in agricultural wealth valued
at 81, 124, sos, TAT, showing an average
value Of 81, S7S per head, yielding net
income of $500.
Every million added to the agricul-
tural population will, consequently.
add at least 81, SIS, 900, 900 to the ma
tional wealth.
The present yearly inero ase in this
population being $50, 432, an additional
million will be gained every thirteen
years.
These additional millions viii be
urgently needed and can be readily sup
piled by Europe from time to time and
from age to age, to enable the American
Union to produce and export the veget-
able and animal products TO feed, and
the cotton to clothe the large and stead
PSPNtalAOu OF Europe.
The ten interior states north OF the
Ohio river. and on the upper lakes and
upper Mississippi and Missouri, pro
duced in the year 1870, SO, ISL, 925 bush
els of cereals, weighing more than d.
OOo, 600 tons, avoirdupois. BY the
close of the present century. twenty
SIX years hence, these states will prob
ably produce so, 600, 900 of tons.
It has now become a matter of vital
interest, not only to the American Union,
but to the common civilization and vel
fare OF the world, to improve to the ut
most all the waterways, natural and
artificial, atfording cheap transportation
from the immense interior of North
America to the ocean.
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How Mules Came Into Fashion.

Few of the farmers of this country
are aware what a depth of gratitude they
owe George Washington for the intro
ductiOn of mules into general use for
farm purposes.
Previous to 1913, there were very few,
and those of such an inferior order as
to prejudice farmers against them as IN
fit to compete with horses in work upon
the road or farm. Consequently there
were no jacks, and no disposition to in
crease the stock; but Washington be-
came convinced that the introduction of
mules generally among southern plant
ers would prove to them a great bless
ing, as they are less liable to be injured
than horses by careless servants.
AS soon as it became known abroad
that the illustrious Washington desired
| to stock his Mount Vernon estate with
mules, the king of Spain sent him a
| jack and two jennets, from the royal
stables, and Lafayette sent another jack
and two jennets from the island of
Malta.
The first was a gray color, Is hands
high, heavily made, and of sluggish
nature. He was named the Royal Gift.
| The other was called the Knight of
Malta he was about as high-ithe,
fiery, even to ferocity.
The two different sets of animals gave
him the most favorable opportunity OF
making improvements by cross breed
ing, the result of which as the favorite
jack, Compound, because he partook OF
the best point in both the originals. The
general bred his blooded mares to these
| jacks, even taking those from his family
coach for that purpose, and produced
such superb mules that the country was
all agog to breed some of the sort, and
they soon became quiet common. This
was the origin of improved mules in the
United States. There are now some oil
the third and fourth generation Of
Knight of Malta and Royal Gift to be
found in Virginia, and the great bene-
fits arising from their introduction tC
the country are to be seen upon every
Al. II
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CHOLERA IN 1873.
Some OF the Results of DE-. BIcCleItan's
Investigations.

~3----~- kAAesl SeoAA1-N-
We mentioned In these columns, some
weeks ago. the appointment of DR.. Ely
Mcclellan, OF the United States army,
to investigate the cholera epidemic of
1873. Upon being detailed for this i'm
portant work, DR.. Mcclellan left imme-
dlately Tor the south, and after visiting
the states OF Tennessee, Alabama, Mis-
s1sslppl, Louisiana, and Arkansas, re-
turned to his home in this CITY last
week. The work has not progressed far
enough to justify any broad generali-
cations, but few isolated facts derived
from conversation with DR.. Mcclellan
may be Of interest.
1t is apparent already that the inves-
tigation will cover a much wider field
than has been anticipated. The num-
Der of points at which cholera occurred
Will be much larger than is generally
DelleVed. An impression has prevailed,
for example, that the epidemic leaped
from New Orleans to Vicksburg In
point OF fact, it is found to have dotted
both sides OF the river bet tween the two
points, cases occurring on plantations,
in nearly every parish.
THE first recorded case of cholera in
the United States in 1873, occurred in
New Orleans, Feb. 9th. It prevailed
IN that city during the months of Feb
ruary, March and April. Early in May
it began to travel northward up the
Mississippi. During the month of June
it began occurring in the interior towns
of Alabama and Mississippi, along the
lines Of railroads, and spread further
north, step by step, during the month
OF June and July, reaching Little Rock,
Ark, early in the latter month.
Montgomery, Ala, by a rigid system
of quarantine, escaped with a single
case of cholera while at Birmingham,
in the same state, 95 miles distant, and
connected with Montgomery by rail,
over two hundred persons, mostly ne
groes, fell victims to the epidemic.
The first case of cholera in Kentucky
last year, so far as ascertained, occurred
at Paducah, May %.
The investigation indicates that con-
struction hands upon railroads were
among the most active agents in spread
ing the disease. It was introduced into
Memphis by party of laborers on the
Memphis and Paducah railroad thence
it was conveyed to Nashville by convicts
from the penitentiary, that had been
working upon the same road. From
Nashville it spread to Chattanooga and
East Tennessee, to Gallatin, Franklin,
b wiling Green, etc. The first case il
central Kentucky was that of a negro
laborer at Muldrough's Hill, on the
Cumberland and Ohio railroad, who
came from construction party on {
road in Tennessee.
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High-Prieed Horses.

We give below list of high prices
paid for horses in America Kentucky
sold for $40, 900; Norfolk, SIS. 600
Lexington, $4,000; Kingfsher, sl5.-
600; Glenelg. SO. 600: Extra, $40. 600
Smuggler, $50, 600 Biaekwood. $50.
600 Jay Gould, $50, 600; Dexter. S33.-
600; Lsdy Thorne, $4,000; jim II
wing, $50, 600; Goldsmith Maid. 500.
600; Startle, SO. goo; Prospero' sol.
600; Rosalind, so. 600; Lulu, $50. 600
Happy Medium, S25, coo; Clara G..
10000; POcahontas, S35, 600; Edward
Everett, $4,000 Auburn horse, SI3.-
600; Judge Fullerton, so, GOO Nam
brine BERTHE, $4,000; Socrates, So
600; George Palmer, Si5, 600; Nam
brine Eliot, $4,000; George P. Dan
iels, 5000; J. G. Brown, So, 600 /;
Flora Temple sold, when aged, for
5000, for brood mare s25, 900 was Of.
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Few Words to Feehss and Delicate



ByRE. P cree, n. D., Of the Worlds Dis
pensary, Buffalo, New York.
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The proposed abolition of patronage
IN the church of Scotland is stoutly op-
posed on a variety of grounds. Among
others because, 1t is alleged, there is
thus created a state-endowed church
perfectly independent of all state con-
troll. The ladies are also up in arms up
on the slight put upon them by the
measure giving the election of clergy
men entirely into the hands of ''male
commandments" while still another OBJ
lection IS that the proposed measure
would add immensely to the power of
the clergy, inasmuch as the formation
OF the communion roll is entirely with
IN their power, SO that they could frame
the different constituencies as they
chose,