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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19
Roll CaIl in Heaven.

An incident is related by a chap
lain who was in the army during
one OF our hard-fought battles. The
hospital tents had been filed up as
fast as the wounded had been
brought to the rear. Among the
number was a young man mortally
wounded and not able to speak. It
was near midnight, and many a
loved one from our homes lay sleep
ing on the battle field, that sleep
that knows 10 waking until Jesus
shall call them.
The surgeons had been their
rounds of duty, and for a moment
all was quiet. Suddenly, this
young man, before speechless, calls
in a clear distinct voice, sHerer ?
The surgeon FASTENED to his side,
and asked what be wished. '.Noth-
ing" said he; They are calling the
roll in heaven, and 1 was answering
to my name"
He turned his head and was gone
gone to join the great army
whose uniform is washed white in
the blood OF the Lamb. Reader
in the great roli-can Of eternity.
your name viii be heard. Can you
ans5ger "HereT' Are you one Of the
so,aS5rs of Christ, the great Cap
tain Of SaivationY
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19
How to do Good.

DR.. Johnson wisely said, "He
who waits to do a great deal of
good at once will never do any
thing" Life is made up of little
things. 1t is but once in an age
that occasion is offered for doing a
great deal. True greatness consists
in being great in little things.
How are railroads built? BY one
shovelful of dirt after another-one
shovelful at a time. Thus drops
make the ocean. Hence we should
be willing. to do a little good at a
time; and never "wait to do a great
deal of good at once"-little acts,
one after another, speaking a word
here, giving a tract there, and set
ting a good example all the time;
we must do the first thing we can,
and the next and next, and so keep
on doing good. Thus only shall
we do all the good in our power.
Do somethingl do it nOwl with al thy
might
An angels wing would drop if long 1T rest,
And God himself inactive were no longer
b1egtu
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19
Judge PItman,s Boy

Judge Pitman's boy Bill, says the
Philadelphia Balletin, acquires learn
ing in a log school house. At one
placeIthe plaster between the logs
is broken away, and through this
aperture Bill endeayored to escape
feet foremost during school hours
one day last Summer. Unfortu-
nately he stuck fast when half
way through, and he could neither
return nor retreat. When the at
tention of Mr. Shines, the teacher, was
directed to the culprit. Mr.. Shines
proceeded to the exterior of the edi-
flee and embraced the opportunity
afforded by Williams position to
hammer with a shingle. Then
yoang Pitman was pulled out and
plunged into sums in vulgar frac-
tions. Near the sehool-house there
is a mill race, at the end of which
there is a sluice- gate. Immedi.
diateiy below the gate there is a
huge, deep tank, which carries the
water to an undershot wheel. The
inside of the tank is green and sill
my, and when the water Is drawn
carefully out of it, a great many fish
can often be found lying in the
bottom. The tank is fifteen feet
deep. A few days after the fog.
ging, Bill happened TO pass the tank
and to look in. He saw Mr.. Shines
at the bottom, picking up fish and
putting them in a bag. William
felt that the hour of vengeance had
struck. He turned the handle of
the sluice gate, and in less than a
minute that jolly old pedagogue
was fioundering in six feet of wa
ter, trying in vain to Chamber up the
Shiny sides of the tank. When he
saw young Pitman he cried to him
for help. But Bill, with fiendish
GOODNESS, said! ''No sir; you've got
to tread water till you promise new
er to lick me again" Then Shines
solemnly pledged himself never to
strike another blow at him, and
Bill let the water from the tank and
helped Shines out. That night
when Bill got home, he found Shines
there conversing with the Judge
and five minutes later the Judge
was fondling viii with a trunk
strap, while Shines sat by and
smiled. William has since ex.
pressed the opinion confidentially
that Shines is a peridjous scOnn
drel.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19
What Smoking Does for Boys.

A certain doctor, struck with the
large number of boys under fifteen
years of age, whom he observed
smoking, was led to inquire into the
effect the habit had upon the gen
eral health. He took for this pur-
pose thirty-eight boys, aged from
nine to fifteen, and carefully exam
ined them. In twenty-seven of
them he discovered injurious traces
OF the habit. In twenty two there
were various disorders Of the circu-
lation and digestion, palpitation of
the heart, and a more or less marked
taste tor strong drink. In twelve
there was frequently bleeding of
the nose, ten had disturbed sleep,
and twelve had slight liberation of
the mucus membrane of the mouth,
disappeared when ceasing from the
use of tobacco for a few days. The
doctor treated them all for weak
ness, but with little effect until the
smoking was discontinued, when
health and strength were soon re-
stored. Now, this is no 'old gran
ny tale, as these facts are given on
the authority of the British Medical
Journal
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No Place.

A great many boys complain that
there are no flaces. Perhaps it is
hard to get such just as you like.
But when you get a place-and
there are places-this big country,
we are sure, has need of every good
boy and girl, and man and woman
in it-when you get q place, we say,
make yourself useful in it; make
yourself SO necessary, by your fl
deity and good behavior, that they
cannot do without you. Be willing
to take low place at first; no mat
ter what the work is if it be honest
work. Do it well; do it the very
best you can. Begin at the very
lowest round of the ladder, and
climb up. The great want every
where is faithful, capable workers.
They are never a drug in the mar
ket. Make yourself one of these,
and there will always be place for
you, and a good one, too.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19
Quarreling.

If there is anything in the world
that will make a boy feel badly, ex-
cept pinching his fingers in the
Crack of a door, it unquestionably
is a quarrel. No boy ever fails to
think less of himself after it than
before. 1t degrades him in the
eyes of Others, and, what is worse,
blunts his sensibilities on the one
hand, and increases the power of
passionate irritability on the other.
The truth is, the more peaceably
we get on, the better for our neigh
bors. In nine cases out of ten, the
best course is, if a man cheats you,
cease to deal with him; if he is abu-
sive, quit his company, and pay no
attention to him, for it is very true
that if a person throws salt at you,
if you have no sore places it will
not SMART" and if he ISLANDERS you,
take care to live so that no one will
believe him. No matter who he is,
or how he misuses you, the wisest
way is to let him alone, for there is
nothing better than this cool, calm,
and quiet way of dealing with the
wrong we meet.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19
Carpets.

Bedroom carpets should not be
fixed to the floor; a margin Of pol
ished wood may be left around the
room, so that the carpet may be
taken up and beaten frequently. It
should not be q large, bright pat
tern; a soft moss carpet, or some
general tint of great delicacy, is
best. By the side of the bed should
be a deep white wool fieecy looking
mat, for stepping on when the
sleeper gets up. A similar rug be-
fore the fire in winter, and a small
one before the toilet fable are also
desirable. Near the washing stand
should be spread a large, square,
thick, soft flannel, nicely bound, for
the bath To stand on. The toilet
service should match the washing
stand china, and both should har-
rnonize with carpet and walls.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19
whittier's Corn Song.

Heap high the farmers wintry hoard
Heap high the golden corn;
No richer gilt has autumn poured
From out her lavish horn.
Let other lands, exulting CLEAN,
The apple from the pine;
The orange from its glossy green,
The cluster from the vine
We better love the hardy gifts
Our ragged wales bestow,
To cheer us when the storm shall DRIFT
Our harvest fields with snow.
Through wales OF grass and flowers
Our plows their furrows made,
While on the hills the sun and showers
Ofehangeful april played.
We dropped the seed Ger hill and plain,
Beneath the sun of MAY,
and frightened from our sprouting grain
The Tobber crows away.
All through the long bright days Of June
Its leaves grew bright and fair,
nd wsved in hot midsummer noon,
Its soft and snowy hair.
And now with autumn's moonlit eyes,
Its harvest time is come,
We pluck away its frosty leaves,
And bearit treasures home.
Then richer than the tabled gifts
Appollo showered Of old,
Fair hands the broken grains shall sift,
And knead its meals of gold.
Let vapid idlers roll in silk,
Around the costly board;
Give US the bowl of samp and milk.
By homespun beauty poured.
Then shame on all the proud and vain,
Whose folly laughs to scorn
The blessings of our darby grain,
Our wealth of golden corn.
Let earth withhold her goodly root,
Let mildew blight the rye;
Give to the worm the orchard fruit,
And whest fields to the fly;
But let the good old corn adorn
The hills our fathers trod;
Still let Us for his golden corn
Send up our thanks to God.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19
She Venerates cit"

A woman venerates her hustle. IL
is not a mass of wire works to her.
It is not an inanimate object to be
controlled at will. No. 1t is to her
a creature having a being-a crea-
ture Of life with a soul. Especially
is this fact illustrated in the dress
ing room. Bessie" says the wo-
man to her maid after the toilet is
completed, chow dees it look?" BY
'sit' she does not mean a iounce, or
a buckle, or a bow, but her hustle,
and she speaks Of the article as ''it'
in a half doubling way, as though it
was one of the 'its" that have a sex
like babies, bees, bugs and such
things. "Bessie," she says again,
sdoes it hang well. and does it move
when walk this way-ilnitates the
new style Of chicken step-does it
bob real well and prettyy" And
being assured that it is 'jes' beau
ful, num-" she surveys herself in
the mirror sor a last glance, and
asks Bessie to note especially what
it does when she does so grabbing
her form in the vicinity OF the hip,
as if about to lift herself over a
fence by main orce)-'does it show
itself or run out at one side, or
stick out behind, or what ?" As
sured, the owrer Of latest torture OF
fashion leaves her room, steps from
the threshold into the street, mur-
muring, Il do hope it viii act good
to-day; halls a street car, enters and
tries 70 sit down.
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Habit.

81 trust everything under God,
said Lord Brougham, ''to habit, up
on which in all ages, the lawgiver,
as well as the schoolmaster, has
mainly placed his reliance; habit
which makes everything easy, and
casts all difficulties upon the devia-
ton from a wonted course. Make
sobriety a habit and intemperanee
will be hateful; make prudence q
habit, and reckless profligacy viii
be as contrary 70 the nature Of the
child, grown or adult, as the most
atrocious crimes 20 any of your
lordships. Give child the habit Of
saeredly regarding the truth; Of
carefully respecting the property OF
others; of scrupulously sustaining
from ali acts Of improyidence that
can involve him in distress, and he
will just as likely think Of rushing
into an clement in which he cannot
breathe, as OF lying, cheating or
swearing
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19
Pray without Oeasing.

To present a petition is Que
thing; to prosecute a suit is anoth-
er. Most prayers answer to the
former But successful prayer cor
responds to the latter. Gods peo-
pie frequently lodge their petitions
in the court of heaven and there let
it lie. They do not press their
suit. They do not empty other
means of furthering it beyond the
presenting of It. The whole pray
er does not consist in taking hold
Of God. The main matter is hold
ing on. How many are reduced by
the slightest appearance Of repulse
to let go, as Jacob did mott have
often been struck with the manner
in which petitions to the Legisla-
ture are usually concluded, And
your petitioners viii evsr pray" So
men ought always to pray to God
and never faint Payson says, The
promise Of God is not in the act,
but TO the habit of prayer"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19
There's a good time coming, boys,
Wait a little longer"

Wait a little longer
Il is fashionable to talk about the
times now, and this old song-saying
is doubtless repeated day by day,
even in the minds Of many who
have "no music in their souls" and
consequently not much ability to
sing. 1t brings some sort of hope,
and shows a sort of trust. But the
exhortation to exercise patience in
the expectancy of the coming good
time is perhaps the wisest feature
of the popular old ballad. 1t is
doubtless well to employ the same
virtue in anticipation of the ap-
proach of good times in our bust
ness affairs. We may, nevertheless,
with equal propriety make the aver
ment that good times are certainly
coming, though we may have to
wait little longer for the full es-
tablishment of the more prosperous
era. The exercise of patience, how
ever, becomes a much easier pen
ance when the fruition of our hopes
is certain to follow than when
doubt rests upon the result. 1t is
hard to tell, to be sure, what may
happen, but we can hardly think
that this great country can much
longer be depressed. Our popula-
ton is so great, their needs are so
numerous, their vitality so vigor-
Gus, and their industries so deversi-
fed, that this stagnation in business
must end before a great while. We
confess, however, that our hope lies
mainly in that confidence which a
change of administration of govern
mental affairs alone can restore.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19


The Republicans have actually
succeeded in making many ignorant
colored persons believe that if Til
den is elected they will be immedi-
ately returned to slavery. Some of
them are frightened out of their
wits, if they ever had any, and are
seriously talking about sacrificing
the little they have here and going
north of the Ohio, into some one or
other Of the old free States. These
hypocritical tools of the Republi
can party, who pretend to be the
friends of the negroes, are now do
ing them more harm than ever the
worst of their old masters and over
seers did. In the name of human
ity, let the poor creatures alone.
Give them q little rest.
We would advise our colored
people, many of whom we know to
be good and true at heart, to stick
to their homes and to their old
friends. Do not let these heartless
Radicals drive you from pillow to
post. There is no power in this
land that could enslave you again.
sStick to your bush" and stand up
for your rights. If you remain
much longer in the power and at the
mercy of Republican hate, heaven
alone knows what viii become OF
you. They viii have no further use
for you after the Presidential cleo
tion, for then their party viii be as
dead as slavery itself. Nothing can
resurrect IL.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19

There is this about Christ, that
whether He is divine, or of the flesh
only, He has an influence that ex-
tends to all classes and conditions
Of men. No one can deny Him if
he understands Him, and He is the
most readily understood of all men.
Deny His divinity, class Him with
the rabble and with malefactOrs,
and dub Him an imposter, still He
stands forth as the great type of the
amiable, the gentle and the true, 50
that He needs but to be known to
be accepted at once, forever, and
from necessity. This is the beauty
Of the gospel, and it will be its tri-
umph.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19

There is class of men in every
community who think that politics
are too corrupt to be meddled with,
or that they are too busy to be
bothered with such things. They
are unwilling to do their duty to the
State and nation from which they
derive their benefits. In a country
like ours, where the vicious and the
virtuous stand upon the same polit-
ical footing. the vile will crave and
seize the places of preference and
power so long as the good are indif
ferent or neglectful. The prostitu-
ton of public trusts to personal
profit, and the apathy of good citi-
zens with reference to political ques-
tions, have been the death of more
republics than one, and ours is not
safe. Vice has always been aggres-
sive. and has not lost its impudence
now, and must be resisted with vir-
the. If there is virtue enough In
our land to supplant the vice, pray
let it be done. May 1t be done
! speedily.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19

They have had Pennsylvania Day
at the Centennial and New York
and New Jersey and Washington
and Government days, etc; but
they have overlooked one important
thing. By all means in the world
they should have Smith Day The
Smiths have been flocking in from
all parts of the country, and they
doubtless feel hurt that the largest
class of people in the Union should
be neglected at the Centennial feast.
When the day is appointed and the
Smith family meets in the capacious
grounds, and the President takes
his chair and picks up the roll and
commences at the top and calls,
''JoHN SNITHr' how those walls will
shake as the response comes up like
the rumbling of a thousand blasts
at He'll Gate, when with mighty
voice as of an earthquake the vast
assemblage utters "Herew Who
wouldn't give a quarter to be there
that day and see John out in all his
muchness? Big Johns and little
Johns, old Johns and young Johns,
smart Johns and fool Johns, hot
Johns and cool Johns, short Johns
and tall Johns, hairy Johns and
bald Johns, ugly Johns and pretty
Johns, muggy Johns and witty
Johns, John here and John there
and John Smith everywhlre! Give
John a chance for once!
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19

He who rests under the sweet
consciousness of having filled up
the full measure of usefulness in a
busy world is the man who has
found the true object of life, and
will be led through the flower gar
dens of hope to fruition's palaces.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19

Some of the religious papers say
Hurl Gate, instead of He'll Gate.
This is not exactly like whipping
the devil around the stump" but it
is over nice.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19

Fault is found with the collegiate
system of this country, that it does
not teach young men the things
they are obliged to know to make
their way through the world they
must struggle in. This is sad; for
those who know not how to live in
this world, where they are best ac-
quainted, will not be very well pre-
pared for a strange world, to which
all must go.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19

The gentlest old family horse, if
you scrape the curry-comb across
the spot rubbed by the harness, will
cringe, and threaten to resent the
injury with a bite or a kick. Party
opinion is the tender spot now with
most people, and the moment you
touch it, there is a bending of the
neck, a flashing of the eye, and a
turning white about the mouth.
Now, pray do keep quiet, good peo-
pie, Bad blood may be natural at
these times, but is nevertheless
wrong. Differences are foohshly
made that are never reconciled; sep
araLions are made that are forever
unbridged. There is no money in
it, no glory in it, no sense in 1t.
We all have a right to differ, but
none of us have a right to hate.
Live and let live, vote and let vote.
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L. ROSENAU Il BRO. have the
,rgest stock in town. sept2l IF

Gov. Allen, of Ohio, said truly, to
a reporter who interviewed him the
other day: "If there is another at
tenpt at secession in this coun-
try. it will be on the part of the
North. and it win be made by a lot
of Republican mischiel-makers' who,
for the party's interest, will seek 70
keen alive all the bitter prejudices
of the war. and steadfastly labor to
estrange us from the people of the
South"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19

1t is an important thing to be
happy; for happiness is not only
the best expression Of gratitude to
God that can be given, but it can
be impaired to others.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19

Do not set down every jaded man
you meet with dilapidated carpet
sack as a regular tramp. He may
be some good brother just returning
from Conference.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19

Bob Ingersoll says that the fugi-
tive slave bill "would have dis
graeed hell in her palmiest days"
He declares there is no God and no
heaven, but here admits there is a
hell Well, in that case we are all
in a "bad row for stumps." And
the devilish fellow puts hell in the
feminine gender. This is an un-
pardonable lack Of gallantry.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19

The pencil marks you see arourdthis
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
seription is cut or unpaid, and that you
are requested TO pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to our friends and patrons. but
cash alone VIII way our expenses, and
we are forced TO adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope You viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
~ We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
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To Ministers, Lawyers and Old Men.

m yOU have weak voice, subject to hoarse-
I'D ness, and a throat often sorei II yo1 hoES g
,-Cn tsre troubled with constipation or
,;los nrolapsus ami. or hernia; if continued
spr,saling. singing, riding or walking fatig3es
: ~ I'cGb, ayba5sts Won. your abdominal muscles
have relaxed, and you need npholding' y
', ,,i;il enclose me a three cent stamp the
.,i Su WI aTe5v will be pointed ont, and in
S1r,notion how to obtain IL with or without
money. 70. prolapsus uteri, woman s weak
ness. an 1nfallible cure. Address
H'Ss' al Al J. z. GRAVES,
Editor of "The Baptist" Menu ms tis elt. sHtsr
mo. 1000 have already been relieved. mI-Iy
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George W. ChiIds. A. NJ, has
furnished free tickets to the Cen
teBnial Exhibition not only to his
hosts OF employees, but TO 4G0 or
phans of soldiers. Mr.. Childs may
go on with his poetry, 80 matter If
it kills as all of. Too much can
Dot be done for the man who does
ma eh Tor others
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19

A Spanish proverb says that "a
paper cigarette. a glass Of fresh wa
ter and the kiss of a pretty girl viii
sustain a man for a day without
eating Wouldn't the kiss Of a
pretty girl do that without the
cigarette and the waterf
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-19
Betting.

Vanderbilt's advice about betting
is good ''Never bet on a game un-
less you play both hands," In the
game for the election of President
the hands are held by different par
ties and played Tor all they are
worth. If the verdict of a jury of
twelve men can not be foretold by
the most sagacious, who is so wise
that he can foretelI the verdict of a
doubtful State? And yet men with
the air of prophets put up large
sums to back what can only be a
frail guess at best. 1t is safest not
to bet at all; Tor, as Martin Van
Buren used to say, doubtful things
are very uncertain"
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E&- Here you are reading a
borrowed paper again, as usual. If.

Editorials local, political and
miscellaneous-are crowded over
from last week again, and may be
found on tins and the 4th pages.