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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-22

s'Don't call on me for three days. is what
an Ashland girl posted on the front gate, and
further added: ''I'm going to eat some onions
this week if 1 never have another beau,''
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-22

The fountain to be presented by the actress
Lolita to the city of San Francisco is now in
process of construction in Philadelphia 1t is
to be OF iron, eleven feet in width at the base
and sixteen feet in height, with a bronze lamp
six feet high surmounting it. The lamp is to-
be lighted by means of electricity. On the
base OF the fountain will be placed three finely
executed bronze medalions, representing
Commerce, . agriculture" and s.Mining.''
A fourth will bear the following inscription
Presented to the city Of San Francisco by
Lolita, 1872
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-22

From the late report of the Comptroller of
the Currency it appears that the aggregate Of
the loans and discounts of the National Banks
is S95l, IA, 432. In September, 1873, it was
1914, 220, l1G, and during the panic 1T fell to
$500, 100000. The aggregate deposits foot up
s647. 667, e2', as against 1922, 6s5,56 i'll Sep
TENDER, 1873. From these figures it appears
that the floating capital of the country has
been augmenting Of late.
THE WEST VIRGINIA CAPITAL QUESTION.
-Goveinor Jacob, of West Virginia, the Wheel
ing lnteligencer says, will pay no attention to
the INJUNCTION against the removal of the State
capitaFfrom Charleston to Wheeling, and will
order the archives to be Immediately trans
ferred to the latter place. The citizens of
Wheeling OH Monday decided, by vote of
l,sl3 to 3le. to appropriate 100000 for cap
:tol bnilding.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-22

Judge Donohuc, in the Supreme Court
Chambers at New York, has granted writ of
error enabling counsel for VIM. NJ. Tweed to
appeal from the decision of of the Supreme
Court i'll general term affirming the Judgment of
Oyer and Terminer. The matter of the
Tweed habeas corpus will be argued OH the
22d inst.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-22

The most popular of the hymns sung by
Sankey the vocal partner of Moody, the revil
valst, has this chorus:
''Hold the FORT for am coming
Jesus signals still
Wave the answer back to heaven;
By thy grace we will
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
Fascinating Science.

Mark Twain, in the August Allan
tic, has the following:
Therefore, the Mississippi, be-
tween Cairo and New Orleans, was
1875 miles long l76 years ago. 1t
was l $50 after the cutoff of 1922,
1t was I,G40 after the American
bend cutoff (some sixteen or seven
teen years ago.. 1t has lost sixty
seven miles since. Consequently
its length is only 973 miles at pres
ent.
Now, if l wanted TO be one OF
those ponderous scientific people,
and "let on To prove what had Oc-
Cured in the remote BY what had
occurred in a given time of the recent
past, or what will occur in the tar
future by what has occurred in late
years, what an opportunity is here
Geology never had such 4 chance,
nor such exact data TO argue from
Nor development OF, either, Ola
cial epOchs are great things, but
they are vague-Vague. Please oh
serve:
In the space of I76 years the
lower Mississippi has shortened it
self 242 miles. That is an average
of 4 trifie over one mile and q third
per year. Therefore. any calm per.
son, who is not blind or idiotic, can
see that in the old Oolitic SiIurian
period, just n million years ago next
November, the lower Mississippi
River was upward of l, 100000 miles
long, and stuck out over the Gulf OF
Mexico like a fishing-rod. And by
the same token any person can see
that T42 years from now the lower
Mississippi will be only a mile and
three quarters long, and Cairo and
New Orleans will have joined then
streets together, and be ploddiDg
comfortably along under a single
Mayor and a mutual Board of Al
dermen. There is something fas-
cinating about science One gets
such wholesale returns OF conjecture
out of such a trifing investment oil
I fact.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
Suitable Clothing.

Not one person in a thousand sue
ceeds IN having his feet, legs. hands
and arms well clad. Among women
the dress usuIly worn is outrageous.
considered from the standpoint Of
health, and among men il is only
a little less so. The central pOr-
tions OF the body are oyerburdened
with clothing, while the limbs are
almost always insufficiently clad
The shoes are thin, stockings deli
cate, pants fine, and only lined
around the waist, while over abdO-
men and lOins the clothing is
doubled or trebled. How can any
one expect TO regain health under
such circumstances? Health de
ponds upon a balanced circulation,
and the blood circulates from with
in As power begins to diminish,
the circulation fails in the extremi
ties, and the bl sOd is retained in and
about the central organs. Cloth
ing retains heat; eat retains
blood; so where most clothing
is, there, other things being
equal, the most blood will be
found. To call blood into the ex-
ternal capillaries is one ofthe impOr-
tant object of all good treatment,
and proper clothing is 4 necessary
adjunct Let no one fear that his
limbs will be too well clad,
let him rather remember the
old physicians advice: Keep
feet warm, the head cool and
the bowels free, and YOU will have
no need of 4 physician.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
Lime Warter for Burns.

The readiest and most useful
remedy for scalds and burns is an
embrocation Of lime water aRd LA
seed oil. These simple agents com
bined form a thick, cream-like sub
stance, which efectually excludes
the air from the injured parts, and
allays the Inflammation almost in
stantly. a ease Is recorded where
n child fell backward into 8 bath lub
Of boiling water, and was nearly
fiaved from her neck To below her
hips. Her agonies were indescrib-
able, has her clothing being gently
removed, and the lime 6nd oil pre-
paratiOn thickly spread over th6 in
iured surface, she was sound asleep
in 1--WE minutes, Subsequently the
parts we're carefully washed with
Harm milk aud water three t!m,S "a
daV. the oil dressing renewed, and
she little patient rapidly recovered.
Though all the scalded skin came
of she did not have a scar This
remedy leaves no hard coat TO dry
on the sores, but SOftens the parts
and aids nature To repair the injury
in the readiest and most expeditions
manner. This mixture may be pro
cured ia drug stores, but If not thus
accessible. slake q lump of qu'ck
lime ia water. and as sOop as the
water. is clean. mix it with the 1il
shake il well 1.-THE case Is urgent,
pour boiling water over the lime and
il will become clear ia fee minutes
The preparation may be kept bot
tied in the house and IL will be rs
good six months old rs when first
made.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
Melons.

The following is recommended by
a gardener who has had remarkable
success: 4 dig holes twelve inches
square, eight or ten inches deep;
fill up with well rOtted horse ma
nure to the surface. On this put
two inches OF soil. Then taxi a
four-inch flower pot set in the cen
ter. draw the remainder of the soil
around the pot, until the soil is
about four inches deep by four
wide In this drop five or six
seeds, and cover TO the depth
of threequarters of an inch. Over
this place a pane Of six by eight
glass, pressing it lightly TO fit close.
/ then give no more attention till
the plants are touching the glass.
Then 90 through, taking small clOd,
raise up one end of the glass
with it; this admits of circulation
of air over the plants and hardens
them. In about three DAY more
remove the glass entirely. By this
time they will be in the rough leaf;
thin out to three plants in hill.
draw little fine soil around them,
up as high as the seed leaf, and the
work is done" A EOyel way of
producing seedless watermelOns is:
When the vine begins 70 bear let
the first water melon on each branch
grow undisturbed, but cover the
branch up with kirt, from the first
melon 70 the second one, or within
six inches or more from the end Of
the vine will be a seedless water
melon, the melon nearest the body
or the vine having kept all the seed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
A Cure For Dyspepsia.

\ writer, discOursing on dyspep-
STA, says: We have seen dyspep-
ties who suffered untold tOrments
with almost every kind of food, and
torments ofwhich they did tell after
some medicine given for relief
No liquid could be taken without
suffering. Bread became a burn
ing acid. Meat and milk were solid
and liquid fires. We have seen these
same sufferers trying TO avoid food
and drink, and even going to the
enema syringe for sustenanCe. And
we have seen their toTmepts pass
away and their hunger relieved by
living upon the white of eggs, which
had been boiled in bubbling water
for thirty minutes. At the end of a
week we have given the hard yOlk of
the egg with the white, and upon
this diet alone, without fluid of any
kind, we have seen them begin TO
gain flesh and strength and refresh
ing sleep. After weeks of this
treatment they have been able, with
care, to begin upon other food
And all this, the writer adds,
without taking medicine" He
SAYS that hard boiled eggs are not
half so bad as halt boiled ones, and
ten times as easy TO digest As raw
eggs, even in egg-nOg.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
Whitewashing.

AS our people are whitewashing
at this season, we will give a recipe
that will adhere and not brush of
when anything touches it: Soak
four ounces of glue in a quart of
warm water for p hours, then add a
pint Of water, place the vessel (tin }
in a kettle Of hot water over the fire
and agitate the glue until it is thor
ougly dissolved and the solution
quite clear. Now put I've or six
pounds of powdered Paris white
(costs three cents q pOund) into a
bucket, and add hot water until the
mixture is of the consistency of
cream. THEN mix the glue with it,
stir it well with an ordinary white
wash brush. il Is OF the most i'm
portance that the kalsomining mix
ture be spread smoothly, if too thick
a little hot water should be added.
The quantities given above are suf-
feient Tor two coats on large room
sixteen feet square. To make a good
Job two coats should always be ap
piled.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
The Capabilities of an Acre of
Ground.

J. NJ. Smith, a market gardener
at Green Bay, furnishes some inter
esting statements of his exDermer Is
in high culture He has found the
rule invariable. not a single excep-
ton to it, that the more he has spent
cultiyating and manuring, the great
er have been the net profits per acre.
Last season he cultivated fourteen
acres, and began with 4 more thor
Ough and expensive cultivation than
ever before. The result was that
although there was terrific
drought" one Of the dryest seasons
ever known in that region, after
spending $3,9S6, or 1884 per acre. be
had a better balance than for any
previous year.
He appears to regard constant
cultivation, especially through
drOuehts, in connection with cOpi
Gus manuring, as all-important--
Stable manure Is the standard, will
such use ofsuperPhosphates, plaster
lime. ashes and other manures a
experience and good sense point out
After YOU have learned how L
spend money to the best advantage,
he remarks, "a larger profit may b,
made BY laying out $500 per acre
than with less. After the secopC
yea. if your land does not pay al
its expenses, taxes and ten per cent
on $1,000 pei acre, there Is some
thing wrong somewhere 1 have somt
acres of land that did not pay ex
/ penses for two years, but for a mum
Der of years past have not failed I,
pay ten per cent. on at least $1,000
I per acre. expect my whole gar
den to do more than that in a shOr
time.
I He adds that he Is now aiming a
900 bushels of onions per acre
then a crop Of carrots or turnips, o
500 bushels Of early potatoes; or.
Strawberries, 1880 quarts, or 4Ot
T bushels Der acre
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02

We publish in our isue OF May l.,
the following cure for neuralgia,
which since that time has been test
ed by a lady Of this city, who SAYS
it will unquestiOnably cure the dis
ease. 1t is so simple As 10 be easily
tried by all sufferers from this pain
ful disease. We republish it for the
benefit OF the afflicted:
4 friend of ours. who suffered Sc
we're pains from neuralgis, hearing
of noted physician in Germany
who invariably cured the disease,
crossed the ocean and visited Ger
many for treatment. He was per
manently cured after 4 short so
jOnrn. and the doctor freely gave
him the simple remedy used, which
was nothing but a poultice and tea
made from our common ield this
tie. The leaves are maceFated and
used on the part afflicted as a pOul-
tice. while a small quantity of the
leaves are boiled down 10 the pro
portion OF q quart TO a pint, aud =
small vine glass of the decOctiou
drank before each meal. Our friend
saws he has never known it to fai
OF giving relief, while in almost
every case it has effected . cure -
Exchange.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
just as he Expected.

He was an adventist, which did
not hinder his being a Cook county
Granger. He believed for long
time that the world was going TO
come TO an end last Monday, which
did not prevent his having ON hand
numerous stacks Of hay. He was
piOus, which did not prevent him
from seeiGg his shortcomings. But
he muffied himself up in his ascen-
sion robes last Monday, and
mounted on one OF those stacks OF
hay TO get a good start for the New
Jerusalem, which did not keep him
from going 10 sleep after he had
waited awhile for the grand event
Peacefully he dOzed, until just be
fore the rain, when some heathenish
boy set fire TO the haystack
and as the flames circled around
him he awoke. He supposed
it was all over, and philosoph-
ically- remarked: "In HI just as
expected -
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
The owl.

The most wonderful thing about
an owl says Josh Billings il, the sol
lum Importance of the whole kritter,
as he sits on his perch, looking over
the world he seems To own.
Next To newly elected Justice o.
the Peace, seated on the bench, with
n poor cuss before him charged with
stealing a loaf Nv bread, the owl has
more rare and unbelievable wisdom
in his face than emmy thing ancient
or modern.
/ have looked at them half an
hour stiddy, until wuz ashame Nv
my impudents, to see if they winkt,
and l never see them do it
/ would thank some one to tell
me if an owl ever does wink, and if
he duz how Oftens
This would be a good subject for
some debating society in emmy of
our colleges.
Answers 10 this phenomena, post
paid respectfully solicited.
The owl bids his nest in sum vast
hollow Ov a tree and lays how many
eggs l can't tell, but sumwhere less
than hundred / am sure.
This stands to reazOn and reazOn
seldom lies.
Owls are not Iuvly to eat; no mat
ter how you fry them, they resemble
in flavor the meat Of the yaller dog,
ifenny know how that tastes.
/ don't.
I have shot owls; it's a good deal
like shooting into a feather pillow;
they are full feathered from their toe
males clean up to the base of their
bills, and when the feathers are pikt
off from them, they shrink as bad as
sum other things know ov with
cotton oil taken out.
Owls are plenty. but don't know
as this IL ehney thing in their favor.
l speak altogether of i'd owl
l know I'd owl does rot wink,
/ or roost in trees or have feathers on
it, but is quiet in offensive kritter
and not a song bird. saw one al
Wells & Young's not long ago.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
How to Count Interest.

The following rules have been
tested in Nashville and Pulaski, aud
found correct in every particular.
They are worth preserving;
Four per cent-Multiply the
principal BY the number OF days.
separate the right hand figure from
the product, and divide by nine.
Five per cenL-Multiply by num-
Der of days, and divide by seventy
two.
Six per sent MnltipIy by mum
Der OF DAYS, separate Tight-haHd fig
ure. and divide by SIX.
Eight per eenL-Multiply by num-
Der OF days, aud divide by forty
FIVE.
Nine per eent-Multiply BY
number OF DAYS, separate rigIt-hand
figure. and divide by four.
Zen Fes ceat--MultiPly BY nun
Der OF days, and divide b thirty
six
Twelve per cent--Multip.y by
number OF days. separate right hand
figure, and divide by three
Fifteen per cenL-Multiply by
number Of days, separate right-hand
figure. and di-sde BY twenty -four.
Eighteen per cenL-sAl!.igly By
number OF days. separate Tight-haud
figure. and divide by two
Twenty per cent-Multiply By
RumOeF OF days aad divide BY eigh
teen.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02

There Is a class Of persons in the
world, by no means small, whose
prominent peculiarly Is whining.
They whine because they are poor.
or ifthey are rich because they have
not health to enjoy tkeir riches. they
whine because they -have no luck. .
and others prosperity exceeds
theirs they whine because some
friends have died and they are still
living; they whine because they
have aches and pains, and they have
aches and pains because they whine.
and they whine, no one can tell why.
Now, a word to those whining per-
sons. First stop whining-it is of
no use complaining, fretting. fault
finding and whining. Why. YOU are
the most deIuded set Of creatures
that ever lived, Do you know that
1t Is a well-settled principle of phvs
iOIogy and common sense that these
habits are more exhausting to uerv-
Gus vitality than almost any other
violation of physiological law:
And do you know that life is pretty
much as YOU make it. You can
make it bright and sunshinv. or vOu
can make il dark and shadow
Then stop whining and fretting. and
90 on your way rejoicing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02

x How much pleasanter it
would be TO see the good in our fel-
lows than the evil, and how much
more Christhke, 1t Is always a
safe rule TO say nothing unless it
can be to the praise of an individu-
al, foE an honest approval may win
the sogl 40 better things, although
1t be not entirely deserFed. We
have known cases in which a kind,
encouraging word has proved the
salvation OF persons. To know
that another strong, good nature
expects Just so mnch Of nobility IN
you. viii inspire a certain manful
measuring up toward this stan
dard- The good opinion proves a
spur TO the achievement Many a
youBg slaa, fallen into the snares
OF the evil one, has beeH reclaimed
because some heart believed in and
stimulated his better nature, By an
answering faith in him. Give the
OveTpOEeTful soul time 20 recover
itself Seek out AL the good things
% be mentioned in his praise, and
do not be the first 10 heap dirt upon
the ALREADY fallen one Let every
effort be A. upzaEd one EatheF, as
You would have IL done yOH." Bet
ter u approve mistakenly than 70
censure fatally
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
Chioral Hydrate in Neuralgia.

The intimate mixture Of equal
parts ofchloral hydrate sud cam
phor will. il is said, produce a clear
fluid which is OF the greatest value
rs a local application in neuralgia
DR.. NenoN BOode states, in an
English Medical Journal, that be
has employed It in his practice. and
snduce3 others to do so and that
in every case il has afforded great,
and In some ioStsnCes, instan
taneous relief Its success. lac says.
does not appear TO be at all Deepen
aRt on the nerve affected. il being
equally eflicaiOus in neuralgia ofthe
sciatica a. Of tie iarynx, and in re
heving spasmodlo eOngh Of a ner-
VORs or hysterical character, Il is
only necessary To paint the miAture
tightly 0yer the painful part, and Il
nllow il 90 dry il never blisters
though il msy OccSsiSG q tingline
sensation of che skin. For head
ache it Is also found 80 excellent ap-
plicntion.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
Consumption.

\ new cure for consumption Is
said 70 oe common mullen, stepped
strong and sReetened with coffee
sugar, and drank freely. The herbs
should be gathered before the end of
July. il convenient. The discOvereT
OF this remedy says: Young or
old plants are good dried in the
shade, and. kept in clean paper bags.
The medi1ins must he continued
from three to six months, according
to the nature of the disease. 1t is
good for the blood vessels, also. 1t
strengthens the system, and builds
I'D in stead oftaking away strength.
Il makes good blood, and takes in
hamation from the lungs"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02

There lives in the vicinity Of Han
over n girl Of such exquisite beauty,
that people come a distance just TO
get a peep at her, but unfortunately
she has an incurable passion for
hunting skunks, and q close ap-
preach to her person IS far from s.
greeable. She makes money cut of
her strange avocatiOn, however, hav-
ing sent 962 skins to the Boston
market last year.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02

Mr.. q. Musser, a well to do Wild
over, OF Decatur county, Illinois,
had two grown-up sons. Mrs. Da
Wis, a well-to-dO widow. Of Decatur
county, Illinois, had two grown-up
daughters The Mussers have lust
wiped out the entire Davis family
at one fell swOop, the old man mar
rying the old lady. and the two
young men marrying the 'wo girls.
and they were all six abroad the
other day on a grand, consolidated
bridal tour. 1t is seldom that the
demon of matrimOny sweeps of
whole families in that way.-C0ur-
Ter Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
CHANCERY
= ALE OF LAND.

william n Hickman e ais Vs. Joseph H
Hickman, 81 ais
DURSUASF 70 decree Of the Chzncery
L Court for Giles county In the above
cause, l Eill, OF
Saturday, September IL, 1875,
sell At public sale On the premises OF . credit
Of one. twe and three years with Interest
from the day Of sale except 3 cash payment
OF per cent o. the gross amount Of sale the
trset Of land d which Noah Hickman lived
uext preceding his death, situated n the
IzEh Civil DIST Of Giles County, on the va
tsrs q Big Greek, containing about 20 acres
Plat and survey Of sad land VII be exhibited
On day Of sale Nosss With tEo CT more
good seeurities vii e aired of tks par
5EaseE aud len Eih b retaIusd up1B the
land unt5l The purchase money e pad, said
lands @dio5n the lands Of JOEl = Lowell,
J lhn Bo4rEight and Othsrz-
zzRls-td JB. STACY, C. & n.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02
In Chancarv at Pulaski

HLULcL NJ Is
Lewis H. Walker, vs. Willis v Whit. et ais
\ this cause u appearing 20 the satisfaction
L Of The Clerk & Master from the bin which
Is sworn % that the defendants Franklin
Strange and William Strange are uon-resi-
dents Of the State Of Tennessee, 50 that the
ordinary process Of This COErt cannot be
served on them. Cn motion Il l. therefore
ordered that publication be made for four
weeks IN succession II the Pulaski Citizen.
newspaper Published IN the town Of Pulaski.
IN said State, requiring the said defendants
% De and appear on the Sd Monday Of the
neEt term OF the ChanoeFy Court 70 Be held
for the County Of Giles st the Court ho1Se
IL Pulaski on the q Monday in September
next. and answer Compliments Bill or the
sarae viii Be taken for cor. fessed as 20 them
and set for hearing eZ- parte-
aug75-z- J. B STACY. c. * NJ
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-09-02

The following l. Mr., John Sat
terEhite's consumption cure: One
pint of liquor, tablespoonful Of old
light wood knot dust. Dose: one
tablespoonful three times n day
Instead of drinking coffee be driHk :
mullen tea. He has suffered severe
" from lung disease up TO 1874, get
ting worse. Since trying the above
remedy for a while, he has improved
steadily until he Is now in perfect
health. Although % years OF age
he pIows every day-