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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-01-07
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE

DECEMBER 22.-AIr. Scott presented
the memorial Of the board OF commissioners
appointed by the governors Of seven states,
to take stops for tho improvement of tho
Ohio rivor and its tributaries and calling the
attention OF congress to the Importance Of
making an appropriation for such improve
ment. Referred. Mr.. Lewis presented q
memorial OF tho clergymen in the District OF
Columbia, asking that church property be
exempt from taxation. Referred 49,. MF.
Sherman moved that tho senate proceed to
tho consideration OF the bill to provide for
the resumption OF specie payments. After a
lengthy discussion tho bill was passed-yeas
~, nays ID. After an executive session tho
senate adjourned.
DECEMBER 23.-The vice. president
being absent, the senate proceeded to elect
president pro TEN. Mr.. Anthony nominated
Matthew II. Carpenter, and Mr.. Stevenson
nominated A. &. Thurman. Tho vote bong
taken, resulted: Carpenter. SO +; Thurman, IS
.... Upon taking the chair, Mr.. Carpenter
said Senators, please accept my thanks for
this renewed expression OF your kindness and
favor. Tho only return / can mako will be
the impartial discharge OF tho duties, which
shall endeavor 90 do. AIr. West said yos-
terday he was constrained to do very UNI
gracious thing by ohiecting 10 the passage OF
q resolution for taking q recess. He made
objection in Difference to the wishes of lis
colleagues from the southern states, who bad
voted TO oppose any recess. He now moved
that tho senate proceed 70 the consideration
OF that resolution. Agreed to. The resolu-
ton was then read and agreed to without dis
cussion. o.. Mr.. Morton submitted the follow
ing, and asked for its present consideration:
Resolved, that the senate recognizes the valid
ity OF the credentials OF p. B. s. Pinchback
a. certified by Gov. VIM. 7. Kellogg. OF Louis
lana, under the seal OF the aforesaid state and
the committee on privileges and elections are
Instructed 70 examine and report IL the said
i. Il. s. Pinchback is entitled TO be admitted
on prima facie case thus made, or IL such
admiration should DO postponed until investi-
CATION shall 10 made as TO the charges Of cor
ruptiou in his election. alleged against him
Mr.. Thurman objected to the present consid-
Grafton OF the resolution, and it went over.
Mr.. Clayton submitted the following. and
aekod for it's present consideration Resolved.
that tho secretary OF war be requested, II not
incompatible with the interests Of the public
service to lay before the senate the official
reports and communications OF Mai. Low BIer-
rill, u. 3. A.. relating 10 certain disorders in
Louisiana, known as the Couahatta troubles.
&C., Mr.. Bayard objected, and It was laid over.
-. After an executive session, the senate
adjourned to Tuesday, Jan. 8, 1875.
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Has been greater this year than ever. owing
IN great me sure to liberal scheme inaugu-
rated by Col. J. e. Foster, of Houston, Texas.
TO induce emigrants to settle in that State.
The Houston Age has this to say OF Col F b.
ter:
FOR honor, integrity, business capacity and re-
liability as any III our city. His character for
uprightness and fidelity is exceptionally good
and he has the confidence Of our entire com
munlty. He IL sustained by, and associated
with, the very best men IN Houston in his plan
for the sale and disiTibutian OF his Real Es-
tate, in which, by the way. be has long been
one Of onr most successful dealers. His whole
plan is fair, honest and based upon actual
market value Not only as an editor, but as q
man, we endorse Col. Foster for all we have
said OF him in every respect"
See advertisement Of COL Fosters Second
Real Estate and Gold drawing in another
column
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told him that was a detective, come
to arrest the old woman, and requested
him to unlock the door 50 that I could
seize her. He seemed about to COM
ply when he changed his mind and
whispered
" Help me to detect the poison, and
then we viii go down and chop the old
woman to pieces I"
''I cannot pick out the bottle i"
| &C You must"
| He drew the revolver again, and saw
that he would shoot me if I did not CON-
/ ply. Thinking that he might be salts
fed if selected one of the three;
made a choice and handed It to him.
There Is no poison IN this p he
asked.
"No-this is only pure water" re-
piled.
Sc I shall not believe you until you
drink + he said, after sharp look at
the bottle. "Let me see you taste 70
He had me there. One good swallow
! from one of the poisonous bottles would
have been death. put the bottle
back, took another, put that back, and
finally gave up in despair.
4" 1 knew you I" he Kissed you
wanted to poison me, but have trapped
you Now you must drink from one of
the bottlesP
began trying to get his mind on
something else, but It was q failure.
He went to the door, listened, and then
/ saw him look at the galvanie battery
and then at me.
"Take hold of those hand est" he
ordered, furnishing the revolver.
KNEW that he would rack me severely,
and so, after taking the handles, and
while he was making ready, wrenched
them of. He did not discover It, being
on the ether side of the table, and
when he found that he could not shock
me his eyes cleaned with new malice.
" You are a devil " he said, coming
around the table. ''You must choose
bottle or will kill You 70
] l put him off IN one way and another
/ for about fifteen minutes, and then he
/ forced me up to the table, presenting
the muzzle of the revolver against my
back. I SILVER Gs think of it now, fol
there was his every chance that careless
ness would discharge the weapon.
Choose ] choose !" he fairly yelled
and finally I picked up one Of the bot
Ties
"Now drink " he whispered, hold
ing the weapon not a foot from my
face.
I could see by the CLEAN of his eye
and compressed lips that he was dc
termined, and uncorked the bottle
There was one chance in three if
drank, and death was certain if I re
fused. Holding the bottle in my righ
hand, I suddenly resolved to strike
him with it. cannot tell how did it
but know that the bottle came down
on his temple. that his revolver wa
discharged, and he fell on the floor.
hunted around the room q dozeI
times TO find the door, although the
lamp was burning, and then clOuehec
down in a corner and was near crazy
when a couple of men whom the woman
had sent for, came and burst the door
in. The truth was that Sherman ha6
been gradually becoming insane fol
months he had no idea of going tC
Europe, and probably wrote the adver
tisementrin order to get some one tc
practice his wild trick on. He was
sadly injured by the blow, but recov
cred after q few months, and I heard
several years afterward that the doctors
had cured him of his malady. The
bottles were examined q day or two after
the event, and the doctor found that ]
had taken the one with the arsenic in it.
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For AN FemaIe Complotnts

nothing equals DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton 1t ~ most powerful restorative tonic,
also combining the most valuable neryine
properties, especially adapting it to the wants
OF debiiitated ladies suffering from weak
back, inward fever, congestion, Inflammation.
or liberation, or from nervousness. or neural,
gle pans. Mr.. G.. W. Seymour, druggist Of
Canton, n Y, writes DR.. Pierce as follows
. The demand for your Favorite Prescription
Is wonderful, and one man stated to me that
his wife had not done days work in five
months, when she commenced taking your
Favorite Prescription, took two bottles aud is
now on the third bottle, and is able to do her
hOuse-TOrk alone and milk fourteen COWS
twice day" DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton Is sold by all dealers in medicines.
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HOUSE

DECEMBER 22.-Mr. Maynard offered
resolution calling for report OF the survey
for tho Improvement OF the Holston and Ten
Dessee rivers. Adopted. . Mr.. Donnan, from
the committee on printing, reported resolu-
ton for printing $50, 600 copies OF the agricuI-
tural report OF 1872, and $50, 900 copies OF
1873 lie stated the former would cost about
forty-two cents per copy, and the latter about
forty cents. Passed. Mr.. Randall offered
resolution directing the secretary OF the int
rior to make a detailed statement of tho dis
bursement OF the contingent fund in each
bureau Of the department. Adopted. On
motion OF Mr. Wilson, senate bill to enable
the supreme court OF the District OF Columbia
to proceed with its jury business was taken
from the speakers table aud passed . The
house then went into committee of the whole
on the naval appropriation bill, which appro-
PIRATES about S17, 900. 600 The committee aud
house passed. the bill. The speaker pre-
scented a communication from the president
with petition of coiored citizens Of Alabama
IN regard to the troubles in that state. Re-
forrod TO select committee on that subject
Mr. Page, Of California. introduced a bill
excluding Chinese immigrants from tho bene-
fits Of the naturalization act. Tho house then
adjourned.
DECEMBER 23.-Mr. Harrison, from
tho committee on elections, made a report in
tho Arkansas contested election case, with
A"n"lubiohsi llhb 4felii Inc contestant, was not
duly elected, but that Snyder. tho sitting
member, was. The resolutions were adopted
without discussion. Mr.. Bundy from the
committee on public lands. reported the bill
to declare the Memphis and Kansas CITY, and
Kansas City and Memphis railroads, military
and post roads Referred. Mr.. Maynard
desired 10 go to the speakers table for tho
purpose Of taking mp the senate finance bill
MIR Randall remarked that the civil rights
bill would DO reached on tho speakers table
Nasa.aa NN.s.N Ill N
After some further discussion, and taking
tho vote by yeas aud nays, it was ordero that
the bill be made the special order for tho 7th
OF January. The speaker announced the
appointment OF the select committee on Ala.
bama affairs as follows Messr-. Coburn, Al
bright, Cannon, Buckner, and LuttoTell.
RESOLUTIONS apprOpriating 81, 600 for tho pay
ment OF tho oXponsed OF each OF tho select
committees to Louisians, Mississippi, and
Alabama were adopted. Tho house then
adjourned to Tuesday, Jan. g. 1876.
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No UNCERTAIN SOUND.-When a man
discovers a great truth, it is his duty to
proclaim it TO his felloE-man. The use
of DR.. Walkers Vinegar Bitters cannot
be two strongly recommended to the
invalid public. To those who have
tried it, nothing need be said-their ex-
perience is their proof, pure and posi-
tive as Holy Writ To those who have
not tried it, these truths cannot be too
often repeated. It is a certain vegeta-
BILE specific, which aids faltering nature
against the triumphs of dyspepsia, bill
ious disorders of every kind, rnalarious
fevers, constipation of the bowels,
liver complaint, Spring and Fall de-
bility, etc, etc. It costs but little, and
can always be at hand. It is the poor
mans friend. It saves a doctors bill.
and the time lost in riding five, ten or
twenty miles after him besides being
free from the poisonous medicaments OF
the phsrmaeopoeia- 1t viii not stimulate
you to day to leave you weaker to-mor-
row. Its benefits are permanent.
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UTILIZATION OF LEATER Waste
While numerous processes for utilizing
the otfal IL the manufacture of leather
are IN successful operation, there has
been comparatively open field re-
specting leather waste. At the Vienna
exhibition, leather was shown, suitable
for heels, tOe-caps, and inner soles pre-
pared from leather clippings, accord
ing to the French method, by simply
mixing them with some adhesive sub
stance, forming the mass into rectangu-
lar plates on top of each other, sub
jecting them to hydraulic pressure, and
then drying and rolling them. This
article was restricted in use because il
could not Withstand moisture. A Co
penhagen firm, however, exhibited, foE
the first time, an article made upon an
entirely different plan. The leather
scraps were first converted, IN a suita-
bic machine, into a sort of leatheT-wooI,
which was then mixed with caoutchouc
and different chemical reagents, kneaded
by machinery into a thick pasty mass,
and then formed in metal moulds, and
dried, and subiectoj TO a gradually in
creasing pressure until it was finished,
under 5000 to 10000 pounds to the
square inch. The appearance of leather
is impaired TO it by a light coating.
Articles manufactured from this mate
rial are said to be 90 per cent. cheaper
than those made from leather, and can
be made IN the same manner, while
they are at the same time perfectly
waterproof. Chemical investigation
shows it to consist of about 40 per
cent. leather.
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a NV YEAR,s VS..

ask one little boon
OF the New Year:
May I through all It's days
Carry some cheer
To those who sit IA gloom,
Weeping for loss;
To hearts that slowly break
Under q crosa.
! who have left my dead,
with none to care:
/ who have wepl alone,
Facing despair
Would gladly EweetFn lives,
And make them dear
This little boon I ask
or the New Year.
They best can serve the gods
Their crrands run,
VINO cal no love their OVID,
Under the SUI.
Let me bear help 20 want,
And hope to fear;
] ask no other boon
OF the Now Year.
-Aldinc.
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THERE is probably no way in which
we can benefit our readers more thsn bv re-
commencing to them for general use John
sons AnOGgne LiTigaent It is adapted to al
most all the purposes OF a Family Medicine
and as specific for coughs, colds. Whoopine
cough. soreness Of the chest lame stomach,
tism. 2SIttiug of blood, and ali lung
or heard or
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Part of Farmers in Fixing Prices.


It has we'll been said that many come
Co town with their produce without
knowing its price or being sure of a
purchaser they hitch their horses, wait
for purchasers, and at last take what
they are offered, by the last conner.
Much valuable time is lost, and they
are frequently obliged to receive price
for their pro luce much below its value.
A farmer will often sell his wood or
other contents of his wagon at a sacri-
fee rather than allow night to overtake
him before he gets ont of town. He
will sell at lower figures If bidders are
few. He will take about what he can
get IL customers are slow IN coming.
Prices all around and to others will,
therefore, have q downward tendency,
and the oaleful effects of such a course
are felt throughout the entire season.
Whenever buyers see that statesmen are
obliged to sell, certain contingencies
will be created, il possible.
BY bringing products to town with
out n reasonable assurance of a ready
purchaser, n bad habit of "living from
hand to mouth" is taught the town
people, and the farmer himself falls
into an irregular practice of shiftless-
ness. More than this. II farmers per-
Rist in this method of doing business
they may expect TO be forever at the
mercy OF sharpers and spectators and,
instead of fixing the prices on the pro-
duct OF their own toll, they will be
forced evermore, world without end, to
say to the buyer, "What is it worth /?
Give me the price you have fixed on il"
which is most unbusiness-Iike and
unnatural method.
Why will farmers thus palpably throw
farlsf q
Some men reply. "We can't helm it /:
our circumstances are such as to COM
pei us to sell for just what we can get. d"
You cannot blame the purchaser, then,
IT he gets your marketing for mere
pittance. An exchange gives the whole
thing in nutshell when it says that
you should change your circumstances
and put yourself IN harmony with the
business world. Why doesn't the mer-
chant plead the same excuse and give
you goods beneath their value? Why
don't the mechanics take their wares 10
your doors and sell for what they would
be glad to get Such a course would
ruin trade and bring a reproaoh upon
honorable avOcatiOns, You should do
as the merchant and mechanic do-set
the price on every thing you sell. Do
not allow city lords and spectators TO
do that for you. Put your priceB on
your wheat, your wood, your fruit,
your vegetables, and don't take any
thing TO market unless Won are reason
ably sure of buyer. We are confident
that farmers have suffered from ex-
actions imposed by spectators long
enough F; aud their day of redemption
will draw nigh just as soon as they in
sist on claiming the rights which, by
common consent, are accorded 20 9TH
ers, No longer should they DO the
slaves of wheat brokers and moneyed
rings IN large cities when they have the
power OF debating to kings.-OmGha
Republican.
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All of the lower &C untry levees on
both sides of the Mississippi, from the
northern boundary of Louisiana to the
gulf, which we've washed away or dam
aged by last springs freshets, are now
in course of repair, and most OF the
work already completed, according to
the report Of Mr.. JEFF Thompson. the
state engineer of Louisiana. The total
work performed and under contract ex-
eeeds zoo, GOO cubic yards. Against The
foregoing report, +. o. Hebert, ex-gov-
ernOr of Louisiana, and one of the ma
tional commissioners of Ievee inspec-
ton, reports at Washington that he
finds the ievees IN very bad condition,
and says they are in great danger Of
utter destruction. He proposes that
congress shall take charge of the repairs
of these levees, aud make liberal APP
preparations for that purpose, as the
states through which the Ievees run are
unable to repair them.
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Az ingenious physician in Paris
Remaudot by name-more than two hundred
years ego, began circulating q sheet containing
the news and gossip Of the day, for the amuse-
ment of the patients. From this newspapers
grew and became advertising mediums for ali
classes Of goods, especially ElmwoOd and War
wick Collars
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managed need never be repianted with
the vetch. The vetob, so much culti-
waited IN Europe { =. sGtiU0), is natural.
lied IN some Psrts of the country.
Wal AND HAN SANDwIoHEs.-sand-
Wiches are good made of veal and
knuckie OF ham, simmered q very long
time II q very little water, until per-
feotly tender then freed from the bone
and chopped together. Spread the mix
ture like butter, add mustard, and cover
with another piece OF bread, lightly
buttered, as for an ordinary sandwich.
FoR KEEPING CIDER SwEEr.-Take OF
ground mustard seed four ounces. new
milk one quart mix together and put
it into the cider. After letting it stand
two or three days rack it of through a
hole the size of a gimlet; then wash
the barrel clean and smoke it well with
birthstone put the cider In and etOp up
air-tight.
PorATo CAKEs.-Take mashed pcta-
toes, -four, q little salt, and melted but
ter 90 make them sweet, add a little
powdered loaf sugar. mix with Just
enough milk to make the paste stiff
enough to roll, make it the size and
thickness of e muffin, and bake quickly.
FIRST RATE ToorH PowDER.-hIix
equal portions OF powdered chalk and
charcoal, adding a small quantity of
powdered curd soap. This simple recipe
not only clesnses the teeth, but is q pre-
servati7e sgaint decay.
MILDEw FROM LINEN.-Mix soft soap
with starch powdered, half the quantity
of salt, and a piece of lemon, and lay
It on bo1h sides with painters brush.
Let it be in the open air-on grass is
preferable-till stain is removed.
To Take MARKS OFF OF FURNrT1TRE
Il took the white spots and marks of
my vanished furniture, and made it
look new and glossy, simply by wetting
a sponge in common alcohol campbor
and applying it freely to the furniture.
It has nearly. If not quite, the same
effect that varrish has, and is much
cheaper.
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The names of victories may be erased
from our battle flags; but SILVER TIPPED
shoes viii never become obsolete. They are
a national institution.
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The Closest Observer cannot detect DR..
rutps Hair Dye. Is effect is perfectly natural.
Leaves no ridiculous tintF
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VEGETABLE PULMONARY Raj.
SAME Most approved. reliable and well-kmoun rem
edy for CouEhs Colds q Consumption Get the cen
Une- Price Sl;EIla SOC. CUTLER BRos.& Co., Boston
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FARM AND GARDEN.
THE DEBIT AND cRED1r ACCOUNT.


No one can pursue business intellt
gently and probably without carefully
/ kept debit and credit accounts. With
these accounts carefully kept, The farm
er can, by yearly balances, see Just what
he is doing. II the account is too heavy
on the debit side, the farmer can see
Just where he is tending, and viii by
this information be Influenced to take 8
new tack, and recover himself before he
has gone too far.
Nov, as the new year has Just CON-
nenced, we advise all who have not
done so before to open an account with
the farm and Its operations. Here are
the items that should be charged against
the farm.
Interest on the capital invested, at
the usual rate, ten per cent.
The taxes.
The depreciation in value from ex-
haustion.
The interest on the capital invested
IN implements, farm machinery and the
stock employed to work the farm.
The depreciation in value of these
from use. This item can be estimated
by the average length of time these ar
ticles last by good usage.
The value of manures and seeds, and
of the materials for repairs and i'm
pro7ements.
The interest on these until returns
are had on their use.
The cost of all labor, both Of the
owner and his hired help, at the rate he
pays for help.
The actual cost of board for his hired
help.
Al female labor employed in the pro
duction of butter, cheese, etc.
Credit the farm with all its products,
both that sold and that consumed by
the family.
The enhanced market value OF the
farm.
Permanent improvements.
The rent OF the dwelling house.
We cannot too strongly urge the i'm
pOrtance of a knowledge of Just how our
affairs are going. If the facts, which
will be brought out in these accounts
each year, show that We are on the down
grade, we shall be prompted to call a
halt, and to begin earnest inquiry as to
what we should do. II it should be
found by comparing notes with our
neighbors that exclusive corn-growing
was the cause of our trouble, we should
take new tack. If it should prove to
be an attempt to grow wheat, or any
other special crop that caused the fail
Ure, we should cast about to see Just
what our farms, and cur locations to
markets, require that We should do.
Friends, we repeat again what we
have often said in the Farmer infOr-
nation about our business, and upon
kindred topics, lies at the bottom of
success. Success was never secured
without it, except in rare cases of force
| of circumstances. We must, above all,
have reliable information about our
business affairs, and how can we have
it, except we carefully collate it, and
compare it, and weigh it?
Open your accounts on the LIST Of Jan
nary, keep the items. It will prompt
you to look carefully after the little de
tails, and save much that is now wasted.
=TIl17in1l EE1raner
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A safe faanoial pIatlorm-contract
your old debts, bat don't contract any
new ones,