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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23
The Lee Estate.

By decision rendered in the United
States district court for the eastern dis
trict of Virginia, Judge Hughes pre-
siding, in an action of eiectmhnt,
brought by Gen. W. @. Lee VS.. AFRO
Chase, the mill property on Four-mile
Run, In Fairfax county, was ordered to
be restored to said Lee, the devisee of
the late G. W. Parke GUSTS.
The significance of this decision lies
in the fact that the tract in cues
ton is a part of The old Arlington
estate, belonging to the late Mrs. Robert
Lee, with remainder over 10 George
w. @. Lee, and was sold by the govern
ment for alleged on-payment of taxes.
under the direct tax act of 1862. The
government holds the Arlington prop-
erty by the same title precisely as the
estate just adiudged to Gen. Lee. Pay
ment of the tax In question, which was
very small, was rendered at the time
by friend of Mrs. Lee, and was re-
fused under a rule adopted by the tax
commissioner, not to receive the tax
from any one but the owner IN person.
Other estates were sold under similar
circumstances. In two of these cases,
where actions of eiectment were
brought, the United States supreme
court have held, without any division
of opinion, in the last two years
First, the tenders of payment of tax
by friend or relative Of the owner was
goo ,, and subsequent tax sold vcid.
Secondly, that the publication of the
rule adopted by the commissioners,
refusing to receive the tax from anv one
but the owner, vitiated all sales for nom
payment of taxes, and dispensed with
the necessity of a tender.-Cor. Coas-
Tier-.IO1ETn0L
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Farmers, Boots and Shoes.

A farmer who has been accustomed
to wearing thick boots for more than
forty years past says that, before wear
ing the boots, give the bottoms a good
coating of tallow or coal tar, and dry it
in; then oil the Z" uppers'' with caster oil,
about one tablespoonful to each boot,
then oil them twice aweek with the cas-
tor oil, when one teaspoouful will be
sufficient. IL the weather should be
rainy, or you are compelled to work in
water during the day, wash your boots
clean at night, hold them by the fire
until quite warm, and oil them while
wet, and you will have no trouble about
your boots getting hard and shrinking
up so that you cannot get them on. If
the leather should become red, give a
coat of ordinary shoe backing before
oiling. The effect of castor oil is to
soften the leather, while it fills the
pores and prevents the water from en-
tering. I rave stood in mud and water
two or three inches deep for ten hours
a day for week, without feeling any
dampness or having any difficulty in
getting nay boots on or of.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23
Forrotfen nIlssIon.

A writer in the London Orchestra
says =" How rarely have the obsequ1es
of great men been associated with the
composition of special grand music
from the pens of foremost musicians
Heroes In their DAYS of feverish exulta-
tions, IN the hours commemorative OF
their triumphs, have had their glories
made more transcendent-their memo
ries made more dearly the lussre Of
the new TIE Deum,' the resplendent
new setting of the Non nobbls Do
mine but when the chord of life has
snapped, and the all that remains OF
the great hearts among the nations Is
transmitted to It's last resting place,
how seldom has the aid of the MUSICIAN
as creator of newer, deeper, and more
solemn feeling, been called into reqU-
sitionl The great Duke of Marlbor-
ough when taken to his last home drew
forth a certain kind of inspiration from
BuOnOncini and the wife Of George H.,
Queen Caroline, was carried TO the
tomb accompanied by the loving sym
pathy and the triumph song of George
Frederick Handel. Since Handels day
nothing of note has marked, in this
country, the last homeward journey OF
any crowned, sainted, or foremost per
sonage, male or female, The musician
even seems to have forgotten his mis-
sion and his brotherhood, when leaving
his friend and fellow-worker IN that 81
lent house of which death keeps the
key, and to which no one living seeks
access. Bach was placed IN that Sc
Guided spot, where earth upon earth
the bodies lie, but no son, no Handel,
no pupil, sent forth the song of conso-
| latlon, Safe home, safe home in port.
Handel, more thoughtful and more ex-
perienced In the ways of his fellow
men, paid for has tomb, his monument
and was buried with his oaOn music
When the angels message came tC
Haydn he fell gently asleep, aud ths
soul-searehing strains of his loving ad
nairer, and in some sense grateful pupil
Amadeus Mozart, were heard at hi
obsequies. Mozart-peor sufferer
when his ministries were over, wa
taken to the grave mid wind and storm
and neither friend nor foe struck
chord or breathed a tone at the setting
of the greatest musical lights the world
has ever seen. Somebody arranged
something from some of his work
when the disconsolate Beethoven wa
left to wait the reunion OF body ant
soul in the last ages. The like cere
mony happened to Spohr, to Mendels
sohn, and to Rossini. Their tomb
were canOpied with some choice flower
of THEN own growing. The melodie
that assembled to the spires were tn
songs of their hearts, and had long be
fore touched the hearts of all lovers o
music throughout christendom. TIL
congregations of the dead IN the hall
of harmony made room for each +
pass to his own couch mid the inarticu
I IL
was no distinctive special music @
peace and love, of faith and hope, o
warming or benedietion, of prayer O
Thanksgiving, left by any one of thes
composers to illuminate the darkenei
scene or stay the lamentations of tn
mourners.
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The Mania for Relies.


A Boston correspondent tells the fol-
lowing: Mark Twain, in one Of his
articles. speaks of the lady Who treasures
a precious slice of bread from which
Dickens had taken a bite. This sounds
like the broadcast burIesque, but the
following ancedote, which is literally
true, and illustrates many peoples
foolish desire for relics, shows that
Twain was hardly burlesquiDg in his
essay. The last time that Mr.. Dickens
was IN this country he happened one
M Tning to breakfast at the common
table of tbs hotel where he was stop
ping. When he had eaten his e-0. he
dropped the empty shell into his egg
cup, and, after finishing his breakfast,
be left the table. As soon as he had
gone, q lady who had sat next to him
arose, and, taking up the cup, went to
the hotel proprietor AID offered to pur-
clsse It Of him at any price and the
unEashed egg-cup, c5ntaining the
broken shell, is now kept by her as q
souvenir Of the great novelist,
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Looking for the Comet.

A policeman found a man lying fat
on his back on the esplanade at a late
hour the other night calmly studying
the heavens. Upon raising him to a
sitting posture and asking him what he
was doing there, he replied that he was
tryin' to find the (hic) comet" He
had a copy OF a newspaper in his hand
containing q diagram of the heavens.
"You see, said this hagstone astrono-
mer, spreading the paper out on his
knees and blinking grRvely, "this ere
comets 'tractin' 'tention 4 best 'strono-
meTs. It's 'tracted mine. I'm lookin' for
Il 1 read in paper faint visible with
out a glass. so I (hic) took one. For
fear one glass wasn't 'nough (hic) took
nuther. Paper says comets between
little dipper and great dipper. Drank
little dipper of beer, then tried a great
dipper. Wife made fuss bout it. Told
wife I'd (hic) dip her, too, if she inter
fered. Then ! started out to find pole
star, cause comets in that neighbor-
hood. Ran 'gainst telegraph pole, stun
bled over pole to a wagon, but couldn't
find 'er pole star. Step'd in s'loon and
treated myself TO 'nuther little dipper.
And yet couldn't ohio comet Read
in paper comets on line with nose of
the bear. Asked a man what he knows
of the bear. Man told me TO bear of.
Been watchin' for that comet mos all
night. Heavens full OF clippers, bears
and (hic) pole stars. No comet.
"Vell, COM nat me, said the watch
man, "Pll show Won the pole star, " and
he led him where she Ninth street station
light is softly beaming. - Cincinnati
SATURDAY. NiOhf
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23
Vary the Feed of Swine.

The hog is accustomed to a great va
riety of food. He will eat animal and
herbaceoUs food alike-there is nothing
that comes amiss to him, and he thrives
upon all. To select food for him. then.
is not the thing. Though You can fat
ten him on one kind of food, You can
not do it economically. Take what
breed you like, and it is economy in
producing the greatest result from a
given amount of food that is the point
that gives the greatest profit in hog hus-
bandry. The cheapest food, then, is to
be sought, If it answers the purpose.
by the cheapest we mean that which
also accords with his nature, and which
he relishes and thrives upon. Corn.
alone, though the great hog feed-mtlde
q speclalty-is not the most advantage
GUS. The exception to this is IN The
west, where corn is very cheap. But
even here, other grain and feed added
viii produce better growth of muscle
and fat. All animals require a variety
OF food, and the hog is no exception.
HIS appetite then Will be satisfied. and
all the wants of his system supplied.
Grass n summer suits him he revels
in clover field. Milk suits him all the
year round, and assists rapid growth.
Milk contains q great variety of ele-
ments IN solution, and is an aid to the
digestion of more solid food. He likes
vegetables-they stimulate his appetite.
not only for the vegetables but for the
more concentrated and richer food.
Though hog he Is governed by the
same physiological principles as other
animals, and is, therefore, liable to dis
ease-to many ailments but most of
these are caused by abuses in manage
ment. Where he is well attended to and
supplied with variety of food he sell
dom suffers from disease.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23
The Lengthening Years of Man.

In an interesting paper by DIR. Ed
ward Jarvis, in the fifth annual report
of the Massachusetts, board of health,
the following vital statistics, past and
present, of various countries, strikingly
show how the advance of civilization
has prolonged life In ancient Rome,
in the period 200 to 500 years after the
christian era, the average duration of
life in the most favored class was 80
years. la the present century the av-
erage longevity of persons of the same
class is 80 years. In the sixteenth cen
tury the average longevity in Geneva
was 21.21 years I; between 1914 and
1888 it was 40. IS, and as large a portion
now live to 20, as lived to 43, 500 years
ago. In 1893 the British government
borrowed money by selling annuities on
lives from infancy upward, on the basis
of the average longevity. The treas
urer received the price and paid the an
nuities regularly as long as the annui-
tants lived. The contract was mutually
satisfactory and profitable. Ninety
seven years later, Mr.. Pitt issued an
other tontine or scale of annuities, on
tho basis of the same expectation of life
as in the previous century. These lat
ter annuitants, however, lived so much
longer than their predecessors, that it
proved TO be a very costly loan for the
government. 1t was found that while
10000 of each sex in the first tontine
died under the age of IS, only 5,772
males, and 8, 416 females in the second
tontine died at the same age of 100
years later. The average life of the
annuitants of 1893 WAS 26.5 years,
while those of 1870 lived 80 years and
8 months after they were 30 years old.
From these facts, says DR.. Jarvis, it is
plain that life, in many forms and man
ifestations, and probably in all, can be
expanded in vigor, intensity and dura-
ton, under favorable circumstances
amid which, and the conditions in
which, any form of life is placed, should
be brought into harmony with the law
appointed for its being.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23
Salt Brine for Lice.

In answer to many inquiries for a
remedy for lice, the Rural World states
that an application Of brine, as strong
as can be made, is q certain remedy. 1t
will kill the lice outright, but not al
ways the nits hence q second or third
application is required to be effectual.
Hogs are greatly pestered with lies,
and they should be destroyed. Watch
the colts and calves carefully, aud II
you see any failing, look ont for lice.
A close inspection will reveal hundreds
of them feeding upon the poor animal.
An application, on 3 warm day, of brine
viii bring great relief. a decoctiOn Of
tobacco applied viii also rid the animal
OF these pests. A thorough greasing is
also a remedy. Don't let the poor ami
NAL suffer. These applications are as
good for human beings as for brutes.
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termination,


The interesting observation of Uloth
that grains of wheat accidentally in
closed in ice will terminate, and send
their rootlets into If, has been found
corroborated on a large scale in the
Alps by Kerner. His Investigations of
the vegetation on the margins of the
snow fields clearly prove not only that
termination can take place at thirty-two
degrees but that stalks and flowers may
also be developed at that temperature.
Water formed by the melting of the
snow, sinking into the earth, serves to
excite organic changes in small plants
buried beneath thesnow and ice, and the
heat liberated by the respiration of the
plant melts the ice in contact with IL.
and the growing portions force them
selves into the cavities thus formed.
The small stems thus frequently force
their way up through one or two inches
of ice, and finally perforate It, and APP
pear, with their blossoms, above it.
Alpine flowers we're even found in full
bloom incased in ice, just as insects are
in amber, although, as a rule, the COM
plete development of the flower only
takes place. above the ice. Not unfre-
quently the margins of the snow fields.
converted into ice and granular snow,
are diversified by hundreds of Alpine
flowers, among them, at times, the
sOldanella
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23
TEEn tVANpERrNa mINsrREL..



BE sang beneath my windoE-rane
A song that up TO heaven might soar,
A Wild ana sweet heArt-piercing strain
When shall hear that song again
al, never. never morei
It breethed o. Summers golden days,
OF baimy noous, serene and clears
Twas mellow IS an autumn haze,
Warm Is . lovers glowing praise
OF AL he holds most dear.
I knew not was it joy or dole
That filed me with delicious woe
It Wrspt my Eenses and my soul,
Into my very life it stole
An, me! when VIII it got
He sang beneath my window-pane
II seemed the world stood stu to hear
The thrush within the leafy lane
Listened to catch the blithe refrain
That runR 30 erystal-ciesr.
Beneath his mantle torn and old
Shone ike q star his ivory bow,
And through the clfnging envioUs fold
Bright cleaned his arroEs' pointed gold
All, Love, those signs knoHl
Tho singer left my Wind0H-paae;
His songs sweet Witchery was Ger.
when viii that strange resistless strain
Ring through my longing heart again7
All, mel for eYeFmore,
Sweet Love
All, me for evermorei
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23

Ara- WinaloWs Soothing syrup Il IN, sr-.,z,,.
tion OF one OF the best female - -
IN the United statsas has nssn rssd for thIr1-
jean with never falling safety and saocss ~ me-
meas Q. Hother1 and children from the fssb1s -
.t % one week old % The adait Eteorrscts ss,is
~ o. me stomach. relieves wind cole. reruias-s
the bowels, and gives rest. health and corsFryr >.
mother aAd child. We believe II 70 Be the 49, -
snrest remedy IN the world In all csse. ~ -
tesy Hnd diArrhoea IN children, whether Il -.
t's1l teeihiog or rom any other Gauss. Erti a
rectiosS for using will accompa5y 80, -
Nohe sennsse ua!ess ne iac-simiIe o. gs-,7-ss !
PERKINS e cs the outside vsranaa~
sold by All ulediciss deAlers
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23

CERTAIN Vermont rumseilers have es-
tablisbed their saloons on the Canada
liaes the back part, with the liquors,
being n her majesty's dominions, and
the customers' room in the land Of the
free and the hone Of the brave When
thirsty soul comes in, the bar-keeper
places the deeanter and glasses on that
porsion of the bar which Is under the
protection of the British lion, and then
the imhiber import the ardent into
this country, smiles blandly st the i'm
potent prohibitoTy officials, takes q
swig, passes over the change, the Ifquor
is exported to Canada again, and every.
thing Is lovely.
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Fattening Calves.

A sensible, practical farmer says that
he has often noticed that calves would
thrive better on milk that is not rich in
butter than on what is commonly callei
very rich milk. The nutritive elements
OF milk reside chiefly in the casino. II
you have COW that gives particularly
rich milk, and one that gives a quality
calf on milk of the latter. The calf
will thrive better, and Won viii get
more butter from the milk of the frst
COW.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23

n is said that DR.. Chalmers once en-
tertained a distinguished guest from
Switzerland, whom he asked if he
would be helped to kippeFed salmon.
The foreign divine asked the meaning
Of the uncouth word "kippered," and
was told that it meant preserved. +"
Soon after the POOR man made use Of
this newly-acquired expression in a
public prayer, when he offered a petit
Church of Scotland.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23

EE-AsIALATuEa TEE HArR--when the hair cease
% draw from the scalp The natural lubricant whicb
b ita nustenance, It's vitality Is as Il we're, suspend
ed, and not promptly attended 70, badness VII
Dc TIE certain result. The sure method Of
avoiding Euch an UNPLEASANT catastrophe f. 10 uss
LEoNr KATEAzzoE, which, WHEN ven rubbed into
the scalp. Wi speedily reanirats the hair ana pre-
vent it frean falling out.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23

Tn SEozEz or oAPuxKr1oz-Fssturssof Gre
sian mould, vsll-turned neck and beaussfuiIy
rounded arms, are no doubt very nice things 70
haVs, and ladies' who possess these charms hsvsre,
son te b thankful 20 Mother Nature; yet after Al
sne most captivating Of al EonGEIy charms IL =
p1-es fresh and brilliant complexion This superb
.iVe fascination any lady nay secure By using
HAaAES MAGNOLIA BALM.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23

I'M eAAzD REVOLUTIoE IN AEpIoAr. TREAz.
HEsz, vhieA was commenced IN 1850, Is stH IN pro
gress. Nothing stop IT, for It is founded on thu
principle, now universally acknowledzed, that
physical vtgor Is tia most fcrmidabis antagonist Of
al human ailmsnts, aud experience has shown that
PLANTATION BETTEes is peerless invigorank as
esoasss.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23

WAUKEdiAs VS.. June 2. 1874
9. G DIN & Co., PrcFrietors Mineral Rock
Sprinet have been drinking the water IRON
your spring since the middle Of March last. for a
kidney e.ificulty that O. ave had since L was six
years Old C am new twenty, and must say that
It bas had a wonderful effect upon me. / have
been great Eufie er 10 the region OF the kidneys
for years Il has been " tn he greatest difHculty
that c-uid Grfnate. and its effects have been such
upon my general health that have NOT been able
10 labor but part OF the time for years since
1 began 70 drink Mineral Rock spring Water my
health has steadily improved. and can do \
myself we'll on the 70 q 70 health and happiness.
would recommend the water spring
to ali those that have been afflicted with the KID
ney difficulty as sovereign remedy for that OS-
stiDate disease. as It has done for me what medi
cine could not reach. Respectfully yours.
HARTE CLARK.
This Is to certify that am the father OF Harvey
CT TX the ABOVE naa ed, and am knowing to the
suffering thar he has undergone drrfrE almost a
his life with the kidney difficulty. and fully
rObOrate all or The ABOVE statements that he has
made, believing and knowing them 70 be tue.
LuCIAN CLARK.
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In a recent letter to Messrs. Reming-
ton & Co, Capt. E. W. Whittemore, 18th IN
fantry, Q. S. A, thus speaks of the Reming-
ton Sewing Machine:
1t your sewing machines are as much of
an improvement over others IS your double
shot-guns in its breech mechanism is superior
20 the English guns. I shall want one. Com.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23

''TEN cents bar, or three bars for a
quarter, is the popular way Of selling soap.
Our readers should see that at this price they
get full pound bars and the very best quality,
such as, for instance, Proctor & CANDLES Ex-
ira Olive Soap, which is always fun weight and
of superior quality.
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Yz OLD MExroAx AIUsrAse Iy,I,,y,- ,,.. =,

IL OLD MExEcAS MUsTASe LESIEEsz mas pro.
duced more cures Of rheumatism, neuralgia.
spTains, scAlds, burns, salt Ehsum, sore nipples
swelling, iAmeness, ehApPsd hEnds poisonous bites
stings' bruises ETC., on men, ane ehltfen ;
and sprains, strains, gals, stiG joints, fzhamma
aon' etc. IN beasts than ali other iiniments put to
gsther. It viii do what Is promised or vs nnn1sv
refunded
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23

QUEEN VICTORIA has had twenty-five
grandchildren. The Princess Imperial
of Prussia bias had four sons and four
daughters Zone son has died) the Prin-
cess Louis Of Hesse- Darmstadt, two
sons and five daughters Zone son has
dleo) the Princess Christian, two sons
aud two daughters, and the Prince Of
Wales, three sons and three daughters
Zone son has died..
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-23

DoN'T put up with poor washing. A
linen collar will only last one day in this hot
weather, and viii not keep its shape even that
long. The Eimwood Collar never loses its
shape and always looks well.
Go 10 Riverside Water Cure, Hamilton, III.
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WOULD NOT Be WITHOUT
VBGBTINB
EoR TEN Times It's COST

The grea. benefit received from then of Veg
etine, induces me TO give my testimony IN its Ia
yo- believe Il 20 be not o7ly Of great value for
restoring the health, bIt preventive OF disea Is
peculiar t. the spF ug a summer seasons.
W aid not BE- WithoaJ It rte times its cost.
EDWIN TILDEN
Attorney. and General Agent for Massachusetts,
Of the ftsmFnis Life Assurance Comran y,
No - sears Building Roston, MAS.
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LASsIH @. Mich, April 4. 1874.
c. G. OLIS q Co-Dear frs: II gives me pl-a
sure 70 add TESTIMONY 10 the value Of the waters OF
our Mineral Rock 81 ring. NJ wife has been
afflicted for he past six years With disease OF the
kidneys. Through the recommends ion OF q friend
she was induced to come 70 Waukesha 10 Grin ( or
It's healing waters We tried the Mineral Rock
Spring water. MS. Van Loon has been greatly
benefited and Is stili using ft. feeling that in time
TIros e YAN foss.