The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-05-27

| we settle the point that the lie savin
! apparatus was Lot what should hav
been found on board such a vessel.
When a few steamship owners sha
! have ben sent to the State prison fo
| manslauR hter, ocean travel may becom
safer.-N. y San.
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
THE practical farmer says six quart
| to the acre of clover seed Is the prope
quantity to be soVn-
THE observation and study of fouI
| teen years have brought distinguishe
| Spanish savaut to the conviction tina
sap in growing vegetation has not onl
the same ebb and flow as the tides o
the sea, but that these ssp-tides cor
respond exactly in point of time witt
the ocean-tides. The practical value o
this curious discovery is that trees felleI
at low-tide make far more durable tim
ber than those cut at flood. The ebb il
also the time for pruning to the bes
advantage.
To PREVENT AND CURE DISEASES OF
CATTLE. Give them tao ounces o.
poke-rOot salted every three months
and they will not have the murFain ol
will buckeyes hult them. If the buck
eye is plenty, give the poke-rOOt Oftener.
Be careful not to give too much, as il
is dangerous to give large doses. Slice
the root thin, and salt well and give to
each animal a piece. I am seventy-one
years old, and have ussd this for more
than fifty years with success.
CHICKEN CHOLERA-A rhythmic lady
correspondent of the Indiana Farmer
disposes of the chicken cholera after
this fashion:
To farmers all who read this sheet
send them now a new recipe.
1t tells them il they chicken cholera find
They will do we'll to bear in mind
That charcoal mixed with onions well
VII clear the flock Of choler4's spell:
For forty hens chop well four quarts
OF onions fine and turn them out
Just where the flock will surely go,
And pure, clean water give them. too.
Take Goals on tiTe and drown them out,
Then on the ground spread them about.
Put oats on top, feed once a week.
And free from cholera You viii keep.
The onions heal the sick and sore,
Aud oats and coal forbid it evermore
We are not without hope that the
remedy is better than the poetry.
The pernieious habit, unfortunately
too common on both sides of the ocean,
of cleaning bottles with lead shot, re-
sulting, as it does frequently, in leaving
some of the shot within the bottle, tC
seriously contaminate the liquid after.
ward placed therein, has been brought
prominently into notice by NJ. Fordos
He prefers to use clippings of iron wire
for the purpose, which are easily pro
curable and which clean rapidly anC
completely. The iron is attacked by
the oxygen of the II, but the ferrugin
Gus compound which attaches to the
sides of the bottle is easily removed IL
washing. Besides, little Oxidized iron
is not injurious to health. M. Fordol
found that the small traces of iron lef
had no apparent effect on the color o.
red wines. 1t had on white wines bu
very little. But, on account of this, ht
thinks it might be better to use clip
pings of tin for the latter.
How TO DESTROY ANrs.-A chalk mari
at least half an inch in depth around
the upper edge Of sugar buckets, bar
rels, ETC., will not admit one a into
the interior. The same mark drawn OF
the edges of shelves will also prevent
the approach of an ant, as they are not
able TO crawl over the chalk. But i
they are numerous among Jam and Jelly
DIJSy bdhG "A AhL 70 spOuBDs "Sb III COlN
water, squeeze it nearly dry, and theI
sprinkle fine white sugar over it. Plac,
it on the infested shelf, and next nom
ing dip it quickly and carefully into {
bowl of hot water. I tried the expert
ment in my jelly closet one night, anj
killed ut least a hundred in the morn
ing. Have set the trap again, and shal
continue to do so whde one ant runs
Rad ,,rpY,ar dusted Over their bauufl
will also destroy them, but the spong,
is the surest method Country Gentle
man.
BROTHER JONATHAE.-IhIs term, a.
applied to the Uni! ed S ates, originated
in a playful remIrk of Washington
The incident is Ibis When Gen. Wash
ington, after being appointed com
mander of the army of the revolution
ary war, went to Massachusetts, to or
ganize it, he found a great want of am
munition and other means of defense
and on one occasion it seemed that NJ
means could be devised for the necessa
~ safety. Jonathan Trumbull, the
elder, was then governor of the state o
Connecticut, and the general, placing
the greatest reliance on his exeellency'
Judgment, remarked 1--WE must con
suit Brother Jonathan on the subject.
The general did so, and the gOverno
was successful in supplying many of th,
wants of the army and thenceforwarC
when difficulties arose, and the arm,
was spread over the country, 1t became
a by phrase: We must consul
Brother Jonathan ;" and the name ha
now become a designation for the whole
country, as John Bull has for England