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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-02
Proper Time to Manure Trees.

People often argue whether it is bet
ter to manure trees in the fall or in the
spring, but we think that any one who
tries it will find that the summer is as
good a time as any. It was only a few
years ago that it was discovered that
plants are like animals in this-that
they, while appearing to be expanding
their daily nourishment on continuous
growth, are really at the same time Law
ing up food for tomorrow. Those who
have examined vegetable cellular struct-
ure with a microscope tell us that the
formation is exactly like that of a hon
eycomb, the cells lying together of q
hexagonal shape, as if made by bees.
But 1t proves that this structure is more
like the illustration than those that
used 1t suspected, in this-that as 10
the honeycomb honey is stored up for
use at future time. 80 matter ia sto-o5
up IN these little plant-cells for the fu-
ture use of the plant. There are in al
most all plants two growths during the
season. The first growth is formed al
most wholly from the matter stored M
IN the cell of the previous year. After
midsummer, especially In the appIe-
tree, the whole of the force derived
from the past year is expended, and it
stores up little for a new growth.
which is soon after made. As the sea
son progresses the latter or secondary
growth also in turn lays up matter in
its cells for the next season. and as fba
past season has done.
Trees always like fresh food as well
as animals aud thus it is with this az
PLANTATION that one can readily uuder-
stand how it is that a top dressing of
good manure put unjer the trees soon
after midsummer, when the second
growth is about to take place, produces
the marked good results we have before
recorded.
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The Cattle Trade at Wichita.

A correspondent of the Chicago
Times, writing from Wichita, places
the number of cattle that have come
over the trail up to the LIST at 80, 9O8
head, as against A, 836 head for the
corresponding period last year, showing
an increase thus far for the present sea-
son of S,072. It would appear from the
foregoing figures that the drive this
year will be larger than last year, but,
from the best attainable data, it will
not be over one-half as large as last
year. The drovers ali started earlier
this year than last, and the drovers all
concur In saying that there will not be
more than half the number driven ont
OF Texas that were driven last year.
The best posted cattle men do not
place the entire drive for the season at
over 100, 900 head.
Old droTers say that cattle never
come over the trail looking so well as
they do the present season. The ap-
parent smallness of the drive will not
make much difference in the price of
beef cattle. Some of the drovers say
there are as many good beef cattle
driven this year as last. Fully four
ffths of the cattle driven this year are
beef cattle, and most of them are in
better condition than the cattle that
were wintered in Kansas. This is due
to the fact that the range was better
during the past winter than at any
time within the memory of the Oldest
Texas cattle man.
There isn't as much anxiety among
holders to sell as in former years at
this time, but some cattle are changing
hands. Several large shipments Of
through cattle have been made within
the last three days, and shipping will
go on busily from this time forward,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-02

times as fast as the earth is travelling
around the sun.
The heat of Arcturus has also been
measured by Mr.. Stone, of the Green
Wich Observatory. The experiment
was one of exceeding delicacy and great
ingenuity was required IN overcoming
the numerous difficulties with which
the research was surrounded. This
careful observer reached the conclusion
that Arcturus gives out about as much
heat as would be received from q three
inch cube full Of boiling water. and
placed at q distance of three hundred
and eighty-three yards. If this be true
estimate, the heat-giving power of the
star bears q much greater proportion to
the heat-giving power of the sun than
the hght-g1ving powers of these suns
bear 20 each other. These results can
not be considered as reliable until they
are confirmed by repeated experiments.
Arcturus, or Alpha Boots, as it is
technically named, belongs to the large
and important northern constellation
Bootes, or the Bear driver, which con-
talns many objects of special interest
to the astronomer, among them q large
number Of double stars whose revolu.
tions have been accurately determined.
One of them, Mirac, has component
parts of such extreme beauty that it
has received the name of Pulcherrissi-
ma. The cluster may be easily found,
for it is represented as chasing the
Great Bear around the poe.
Boots, according to classic fame,
was that unfortunate son Of Jupiter and
CalistO called Areas. Juno, being ieal-
Gus of Jupiter's passion for C1Iisto,
changed her rival into bear. Her son
Areas, who became a famous hunter,
pursued her in the chase, and, not
knowing that it was his mother, was
about to kill her, when Jupiter took
them both to heaven, and placed them
among the consultations.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-02
Summer Feed for Cows

A pasture stocked with all our best
grass es, so that succession of growth
will be maintained during the summer
season, is and ever will be, during suit
able weather, the perfect paradise for
the dairy COW. Good grass, abundant
in quantity and easy of access, is to her
the very perfection of food, and when
ever these conditions are fully complied
with, and the COW protected from in
clem mt weather, no kud of additional
food will increase the quantity or i'm
prove the quality of her milk.
Whenever the quantity of milk a COW
may give can be increased by other
kinds OF food furnished her, the evil
dence is conclusive to me that her pas
ture food is either insufficient In quan-
tity or inferior in quality.
During the seasons of 1916, I847. and
1913, instituted a series of expert
ments, which were conducted with all
the care was able TO bestow. for the
express purpose of testing the value of
the various kinds of cattle feed in con
nection with pastaTage. And In every
instance L found that, while my COWS
obtained sufficient good fresh grass,
feeding meal and shorts, either with OF
without whey, would not increase the
quantity of milk, Or the quantity of
butter or cheese. But as soon as the
pasture supply failed to afford ali the
COWS required, or as the grass became
less succulent, as it usually does to-
ward the latter part of July or before
the mi Idle of August, I found that
each kind of grain fed would increase
the yield of butter end cheese. From
the experiments I came to the following
conclusions, viz
Frst-Thst buckwheat bran, when
only the best of -four was removed.
would produce the greatest amount of
milk, but the COW would lose in weight
or fall off in condition, whether it was
fed with whey or water.
Second-That oatmeal would increase
the quantity Of milk nearly As much as
buekwheat, and that the COW would
gain in weight at the same time twice
as fast as the COW fed with buckwheat
would lose in weight.
Thlrd-ThRt wheat shorts Costing at
that time ten dollars per ton, and be-
ford the miiiers knew how to dust out
every particle of four were next to
oats In value for the production of milk.
Fourth-That barley would rank as
number four for the production of milk.
and as number two for increasing the
weight of the COW.
Fifth-That corn meal would stand
number five In producing milk, and as
number one for increasing the weight
Of the COW. But little of the corn and
barley meal was fed alone, but most Of
It fed with wheat shorts mixed In equal
quantities by weight
Ny sixth conclusion is, that grass is
better food than any kind of grain for
dairy COWS, where milk alone is the OBJ
ect sought, and that no dsiryman on
good grass lands costing less than SEQ
per acre, can afford to feed il during
he summer season N connection with |
0asturage. = Correspondent american
Stock Journal
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Human Relies on the Ocean Bed.

The Eream that afflicted the wretched
Clarence, after due allowance is made
for poetic exaggeration, probably gives
fair though sombre representation of
what was till lately supposed to be the
condition of the ocean bed. It were
easy to show by abundant quotations
that the sounding seas were supposed
to wash beneath their surface the bones
of unnumbered hapless mariners, and
that the highway of nations was be-
lieved to be paved with the relics of
disaster. To this picture there was
afterward added yet more weird fea-
ture. The notion, derived from expert
ments on the compressibility of air,
gained acceptance that water at great
depths was rendered so dense by press
ure that nothing could sink to bottom
In the ocean. According to this theory,
each substance would descend only to
a certain point, determined In each case
by its specific gravity. Thus, while the
victims of a shIpwreck might rest at a
few hundred feet below the surface, the
heavier article of the cargo would re-
main at various distances below them !;
but in the greatest depths even the an
Choir itself would never reach ths ocean
floor. And thus the sea became a maui
soleum more strangely occupied than
that in which Mohammed's coffin hung
suspended, mid-water being substituted
for mid-air.
Each of these conceptions is exactly
the reverse of fact. Water is not COM
pressible, and does not at any known
depth hold heavy substances suspended
in it. Relics of humanity of any sort
whatever are among the very rarest of
curiosities obtained in deep-sea dredg-
II
OF discussion on the evolution theory,
has cited two good illustrations in proof
of the latter statement. When the
Lake of HARLEM was drained, on whose
surface the comm rec of ten centuries
had hoated and several naval battles
taken place, no trace of man or his
works was found in the land redeemed
from the ocean. In the course of twelve
years dredging off the coast of New
England, right in the track where sail
ing vessels constatly piled, one iron
spike was the sole evidence of mans
existence brought up from the bottom.
The writer of this article had, however.
the luck to be present on the occasion
of one of the rare exceptions to this
general rule. In dredging cruise of
the Blue Light, last summer, in Casso
Bay, the thrawl brought up, along
with anemones, star-fish. skates, and
scuipins, shoe of modern manufacture,
and only remarkable, if at all, as to its
size. What seemed still more singular
coincidence was thenexth haul of thetraWl
brought up the mate of this big shoe.
The pair were in a very dilapidated
condition, as shoes, but they took high
rank as curiosities. The occurrence was
so unusual that it has been suggested
that perhaps there was legerdemain
about it-that it was a neatly contrived
hoax. To this the only reply must be
that seeing is believing" No one
who saw the shoe taken out of the
midst of the mud of the trawl pocket
was troubled with the doubt that har-
rassed King George about the apple
dumping. Harper's Magazine.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-02
Longevity of Apple Trees.

The Country Gentlemen saws: Some
of the members of the Alton HorticuI.
tural Society had an animated discus
sion on the lifetime of orchard apple
trees. DIR. Long said he was cutting
mp his apple trees, now forty-two wears
old, as he thought they had reached
their limit of life. DR.. Hull dissented
and did not see why they might not
live forty-two thousand years. He
thought a tree properly cared for might
live an indefinite number of years.
Whatever may be accomplished by spe
cial management, our own observations
are that apple orchards in the east
rarely flourish, grow freely and bear
well, over sixty years planted; and at
the west they more rarely attain fifty
years. This remark applies to trees
under good cultivation and manage
ment, as well as to those left to take
care of themselves. We have occa-
sionally met with trees seventy wears
old and upwards, and the Oldest tree
we have seen was the famous apple tree
near Peekskill, n. Y, on the farm of
Henry Ward Beecher, which measured
over four feet average diameter four
feet from the ground, and was about a
hundred years old but these were ex-
ceptions, and the Beecher tree has since
gone by the board.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-02
Should Farmsrs Purchase pirsotr

In discussing the question of farmers
purchasing agents, writer in the Ru-
raj New Yorker thinks il a one-sided
view: He says 1t may he commended
IN Buying farm implements and macbin-
cry by well-to-do farmers. but differs in
regard to other. article that the farmer
may consume. Is the writer a mer-
chantP Where does he see the differ
ence ?. What night has the welI-to-do
farmer to furnish the margin for the
merchant to do business with {? To the
question, "Will those close-buviDcy
farmers share their bargains with Their
poorer neighbors ?" I answer. 81 Yes.
love thy neighbor as myself"
We contend that farmers are mer-
chants they buy and sell; and thev
should be business men, and posted
attend to the farm in all its detail or
they will soon find themselves in the
rear. Why should not the farmer buv
ais farm implements, machinery, dry
goods groceries, ETC., Ia the best and |
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-02
POuItry-RaIslng Cor Ladies.

One young country girl, Miss Annie
Kirk, OF Bethel, Pa, is entitled to the
praise of being the best lady poultrvist
on record. In 1873 she cleared sS3O
after paying for all the feed, freight
etc. She commenced with eighty fowls
Cochin Chinas, Brahmas and other
varleties-and found the Cochin and
Brahmas the most profitable, being
healthier and of speedier growth for
the market. She fed from seven to
ten bushels of corn per week, and the
young ones with cracked corn. She is
also keeping an account OF stock this
year-an account which shows everv
item OF expense and profit-and expects
20 reallze as much, if not more, than
last year. When attacked by the pre-
yailing poultry disease, last wear. hTiss
Kirk speedily checked its spresd NV
the free uBe Of lime, SCATTERING a All
about and giving lime-water to drink
An example was given last wear OF a
lady at Concord, Mass, who raised a
gross value of $3.50 worth from Dom
iniques and common breeds but this
was exceeded by Miss Kirk, whose
profits alone are $3.50. Such efforts as
these on the part of our ladies are cred
table IN the highest degree, and are
worthy Of general emulation.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-02
The Bills Of the g Little Ducks. !,

At a grange meeting it is rela ed that
a resolution in favor of purchasing only
homemade fabrics for clothing was in
troduced, whereupon a gentleman re-
piled in opposition to the resolution
that he favored economy, and for that
reason wanted the whole world as his
market. He would advise the mover to
do as a friend of his once did. who
brought home a duck and put it with
his other poultry. When feediug-time
came he found that the duck, on ac-
count of its large bill, gobbled up about
three times as much corn as the rest of
his fowls. He at once remedied the
difficulty by taking out his knife and
whiting the ducks bill down to a
sharp point. CHOW, sir" eaid the
speaker, "you have some little ducks
(daughters) at your home, and if you
want TO secure economy you must whit
tie down their billsl And you, worthy
master, have little duck at your house.
which makes it necessary that I should
also recommend this process of whit
ting down bills to your notice as the
best means of securing economy in fam
lily expenditures. 1t is needless to saw
that this pointed and practical speech
decided the question and opered the
eyes of many parents whose little ducks
with their large millinery and dress
making bills have gobbled up more
money than all the rest of the family
have used during the past year.
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Your letter was received, dear John,
/ write 81 you request.
And send the Whfte-WinRed tidings from
Our little love-built nest,
We miss You sadly, night and morn.
That odious Mr.. Dent
Has called at least a dozen times
To dun you for the rent.
Hou say Il seems an age, my love,
Since last you went away;
But then it's quite q comfort, dear,
To know the trip viii pay.
were saving every penny We can,
And living very plain
had my pocket picked last night,
While walking through the rain.
Xon count the tagging hours, dear,
That keep you from my side;
For, as you fondly say, the wife
Is dearer than the bride.
That Miss Modiste has sent her bill,
know yon1l be amazed.
never got one-half the things
The creature must be crazed
The children-precious little petsl
Ask daily for paps.
They All have had such shocking coldF,i
call in Doctor Law.
he fears that Nettie's lungs are weak
She seems inclined to stoop.
The baby has the nettle-rash,
And Sammy chronic Group.
And, oh mamma aud Mr. b.
Have had an asfui fuss.
OF course she couldnit stay at Ems,
And so shes here with us.
The girls nave given warning love:
don't know what to think,
Unless, as dear mamma suspects,
They're both inclined to drink.
I'm feeling sad, and far from well
But then know, dear John.
long home-lstter, just Ike this.
VIII cheer and help you on.
I'd like TO nestle to you breast
And have q hearty cry;
Pray don't forget the grocer's bill
God bless you, lOvei Good-by!
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-02
Potato Bugs and AlfaIEa.

The New England Farmer says The
potato beetle, OF Colorado bug, is dis
covered to be as fond of alfalfa or lu-
cerne as of its own peculiar plant, 50
that il il should ever find its way
to California, the successful cult
walton Of this valuable forage plant
there would have to be abandoned, un-
less some new and more efiectual
method should be discovered of de-
stroying this insect pest. 10 that coun-
try Of rainless summers, the alfalfa,
with its roots running down a dozen
feet or more in the subsoil, Is enabled
10 grow aud yield pasturage for stock
when no other plant could, without q
system Of irrigation.
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cheapest market, from the producer,
and sell his products In tho best market
he can find, &c consumers Does not
the merchant do this Let him deny
it If he can F; it is the duty of every man
to feed the hungry, to clothe the poor
which We prefer TO direct ourselves,
rather than through third parties.
Does the merchant cell to his poor Gus
toners at less profit than to the rich
ones? Far to the contrary Farmer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-02
DR.. II. V. PmRcE. of the World Dis

DIR. r. V. PIERCE, of the Worlds Dis
pensary, Buffalo, n. =, whose Family medi-
cines have won golden opinions and achieved
worldwide reputation, after patient study and
much experimenting, succeeded IN perfecting
Compound Extract of Snart-Wesd, OF Water
Pepper. that is destined to become IS celebra-
ted as his other medicines It owes its EN-
caey not entirely tc the SnArt-Weel, which,
however, is a sovereign remedial agent, but
largely 10 happy combination Of that herb
with Jamaica Ginger and other vegetable
agents. The combination is sush as 70 make
It 3 very pleasant remedy to take. Taken in
ternally, it cures DisTrhea, Dysentsry Cor
Bloody Flux), Summer Complaint, Cholera,
Cholera Morbus, Cholera Infantun, Colo,
Cramps and Pain Ia the Stomach, breaks up
Colds, Cramps, Febrile and Inflammatcry At
tacks, rheumatism and Neuralgia Applied
externally, 1t cures Sprains aud Bruises, Frost
Bites, Chilblains, Felons, Rheumatic Alec
tons, Scaltis, Burns, Cuts, Neuralgia, Pain in
Back, Soreness or Stiffness of Joints. Stings
and Bites Of Poisonous Insects and Reptiles,
Caked Breast or Ague in Breast" and En-
larged Glands in short, is aa unexceled Lin
iment for Man and Beast. It Is sold By drug
gists.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-02
THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF An
MN

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup Is the prescrip-
ton OF OF the best female ysicians nurssa
In the United States, and has used for thirty
years with never failing safety and success BY mil.
lions of mothers and children, from the feeble IN
FAINT Of one week old to the adult Il corrects acid
lily OF the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulats
the bowels, and gives rest, health and comfort .
mother and child. We believe Il 70 be the best aad
snrest remedy in thewori in ali casea Of dyzen-
terry and dlArrhOa in children, whether q arises
from teething or from any other cause. Full d.
reetions for using viii accompany each bottle.
None genuine unless the facsimile Of CURTis &
PERKINS is en- the outside wrapper.
Sold by all medicine dealers.
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TN e2AED REv0EUzIoz N MEDICAL TzEA1-
AuE. which vas commenced In 1850, Is stin in pro
gress. Nothing stop it. for It is founded the
principals now universally acknowledged, that
physical vgoE ia the most formidable antagonist Of
al human ailments, and experience has shown that
PLANTATION BETEKAs is peerless invigorant IS
veil the best possible safeguard against epidemic
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-02

RE-ASIsEATne THE HAm.-when the hair ceases
70 draw from the scalp the natural lubricant which
Is its sustenance, its vitality ia It were, suspend
ed, and II not promptly attended to, badness wiz
be the certain result. The surs msthod of
avoiding such An unpleasant catastrophe is to use
LzoN's KATHA1aox, which, when vel rubbed into
the scalp, viii speedily reanImAte the hair and pre-
vent Il from falling cut
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-02
To Keep Eggs Over Winter.


The farmers Advocate, London. On.
tario, recently offered prize for the
best method of keeping eggs over win
ter. The first recipe given below took
the prize
Whatever excludes the air prevents
the decay of the egg. What I have
found to be the most successful method
OF doing so is to place a small quantity
OF salt butter In the palm of the left
hand and turn the egg round in It, so
thae every pore of the shell is closed /:
then dry sufficient quantity of bran
IN an oven (be sure you have the bran
well dried, or it will rust). Then pack
them with che small ends down, Iaver
OF bran and another of eggs, until your
box Is full then place in a cool, dry
place. IL done when new laid, thew
VIII retain the sweet milk and curd Of a
new laid egg for at least eight or ten
months. Any oil viii do, but salt but
ter never becomes rancid, and a verv
small quau tity Of butter will do a very
large quntitity of eggs. To insure
freshness 1 rub them when gathered IN
rom the nests then pack when there
s sufficient quantity.
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YE OLD MEXICAN AfUsrASe LIS1a1E1sE has pro.
duced mere cures Of rheumatism, neuralgia,
sprEins, scalds, burns, salt Eheum, sore nipples,
swelling, ameness chApped hands, poisonous bites,
stings, bruises, ETC., men, women and children
and sPrsins, strains gals, stiff Joints, iRiamma-
ton, etc. In beasts than al other Hniments put to
gether. It VIII do what is promised or ye money
refunded
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A BAR of soap? Why, it's bar of
soapl you viii say, when asked. But the size
of the bar, do you ever consider that Many
unprincipled dealers sell Il OF. bars at the
price of fun pound bar Proctor d CANDLES
Extra Olive soap is full weight Is OF. bars.
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Tm szmEE or oArEEvEE1Oz.-FsasuresOs Gre

TIE EEuREE or oAFTTvETEoE.-Foatureso % Gre
elan mould, weIl-turned neck and beautifully
rounded arms, are no doubt very nice things TO
have and ladies Who possess these charms have
son 70 be thankful to Mother Nature yet, after ali
the most captivating Of al womanly charms Is .
pure freah and brilliant complexion. This superia-
tive fascination any lady may secure by using
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