The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-26
Wisdom.

''The road to fortune is through printers
ink."-P. T. BGrnum.
'My sen, deal only with men who adver-
tise-you viii never lose By it."-Ben-
franklin.
Why shouldn't the farms of Changers be
exempt from taxation as well national
Dondsf Is the cOnundrum now floating
through the Ohio valley.
A writer in Gardner's Chronicle, recomu
mends the use of oil of NORWOOD to keep of
in sects above named. Put few drops on E
handkerchief of piece of muslin, and put II
in the bed haunted by the enemy. Nsithet
of these tribes can bear NORWOOD, and tn
hint is especially recommended TO travel
ers who are liable to fall among the tOpeTs of
blood.
The use of circulars may, in certain limited
cases, answer every purpose; but the vast ma
jorIty Of thOse who have made money by ad-
vertising have found that the columns of a
newspaper are the best and surest, and in
the end the cheapest medium of cOmmunica-
ton between the business world and the pub
lie. Use both
At the New York Farmers Club, it was
lately recommended to boil sixty quarts of
water in an iron kettle, stir in fifteen pounds
of lime, and from two TO three pounds of sui
phur Stir the mixture while it boils.
ter having half its weight Of this mixture ad-
ded. The ground viii thus be purged for
many years, Of all vegetation.
No poor man can afford to buy goods on
credit, for if he does he usually pays more
for the same article than he would if he paid
cash; he Is more liable to buy goods he does
not need and IS liable to incur debts which
he may rot be able to pay, and which may
involve him IN financial trouble and ruin.
a man who habitually buys goods on credit
il like man who, in an open boat, risks the
current Of the Niagara; the current of the
debt gets stronger, and it carries him down.
There Is a prescription in use IN England
for the cure of drunkenness by which thou
sand are said to have been assisted il recOv-
ering themselves. 1t is as follows: Sui
phathe ofiron, five grains; pepper mint water,
eleven drachm: twice a day. This prepare
ton acts rs g stimulant and partially sup
plies the place of the accustomed liquor, and
prevents that absolute physical and moral
prostrs ton that follows a sudden breaking
from tie use ofstimulating drinks.
The movement on foot to secure close coop
Grafton between the Oranges of this country
and kindred organizations in Great Britain
Is grand one, and if successful will be to
greatly promote the interest of agriculture
not only because of the cheaper Interchange
of commodities, but of the increased interest
in the farmers vocation and 8 more widely
ditfused sympathy between the tillers of the
soil in localities far removed from each other.
If 70 this il added a successful plan Of direct
trade with foreign pOTts-slipping our sur
plus and brsnging back needed supplies-we
shall soon cease to hear gTumblings about the
unproftableness of agricultural pursuits.
What gives gold its Pre-eminence as a
standard of valse! Statute law. Could not
the same authority give to greeubEcks the
same valuet All! but paper is Perishable
gold is durable. But is it more durable than
the credit of an honest government! Upon
this last depends the stability of any curreu-
cy, and in its absence combined capital can
elevate and depress the value of gold to suit
the views of spectators. Why is gold at 8
premium nOwi Because green backs are, by
law, not receivable at the custom houses IN
payment of duties Oh imports and because
gold interest is paid on paper bonds Clarks-
Uttts ChrOHicts.
The only basis for convertible currency Is
a healthy commerce and prosperous people
and these can exist only under an honest
and competent administration within the
strict letter of the Constitution. The first
step Is to secure such an administration, then
the rest will follow as effect follows cause
To begin at the other end Is like undertaking.
to build from the roof dOwnwards. A gold
basis in the present Financial condition of the
country, IS in our opinion, q dangerous de-
fusion, and whatever the intention, can have
no other effect than TO give capital addition
al power to Cypress labor, and place pTOduc-
ton within the control of specializing rings
and monopolies.- ClayEsUills Ctroa1cLe.
At the close of war the debt of Tennessee
was $40, los 900; on the LIST of January, 1877,
it was S45, ass, 900. Who administered one
government of the State from 1865 to 1922
The Radical party. through Federal aPpoit
meuts and Federal bayonets. Who, then III
respOn 81 bic for the immense accumulated 81
the debt during that period! Certainly no;
the taxpayers of Tennessee. Yet the bond
holders who GU ht to look to the Federal
government tor pay, are indignant because
our people will not starve themselves to pay
the interest on a debt which they had nC
agency in creating. The same is the cas-,
with every southern State which enjoyed
the blessing of reconstruction, inaugurateC
by a. J o, the immaculate statesman of Ten
nessee, who now thinks a tax of 20 cent
sufficient to pay the interest, and, ultimately
the principal of the fraudulent debt, to,
PreciPitateIy funded by unwise legislators.