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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-12-07

BILLS.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
Be Social

Men who isolate themselves from
society, and have no near and dear
family. ties, are the most uneomfort-
able of human beings. Byron says
~happiness was born of twins, but
the phrase, though pretty and po-
etc, does not 60 far enough. We
are gregariOus, and not intended to
march through life either single or
double file. The man who cares
for nobody, and for whom nobody
cares, has nothing to live for that
viii pay for the keeping Of soul and
body together. You must have a
heap Of embers to have q glowing
fire. Scatter them apart, and they
become dim and cold. So, to have
a brisk vigorous life, you must have
= group of lives. to keep each other
warm, as 1t were, or afford each ma-
tuai encouragement and confidence
aud support. If you wish to live
the life Of a man and not Of a fun
gus, be social, be brotherly, be char
liable, be sympathetic, and labor
earnestly for the good of your kind.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
PARKER'S STORE.

The church going people of this
community had the pleasure oi
hearing their new preacher last sun
day at Hebron, and they expressed
themselves as being very weIl pleas
ed with him. Judging from ap-
pearanee and the way that he han
died his subject, I ara of the opin-
ion that he has a mastery mind,
and but few superiors of his age in
the Tennessee Conference. As be
is a single man he can devote the
most Of his time to his charge. Mr..
Worley closed out his school here
some time ago, and his absence
elieits this sentiment of a young
lady:
Dearest Worley, YOU have left me,
And your place, o, who can fill -
He won many golden opinions
here, and we hope that he may meet
with the same success elsewhere.
Mr.. Shepard, the noted shingle-
maker, is at this place filing an en-
gagement for Mr.. J. n. Parker, and
is cutting ten thousand shingles per
day.
Mr. NJ. o. Woodland, of.Big Creek,
has taken up his abode in this
neighborhood. We hope that his
stay among US may be pleasant.
D. P. Vaughn and brothers have
commenced the erection of a new
dwelling house, which viii add con
siderably to the appearance of this
town.
The nimrods of this neighbof-
hood are making the ''coons and
'possums hide out, as they say
and are catching three or four every
night, and to all appearance, they
are supplying the place of bacon
with some just now.
One of our enterprising citizens
cOntemplates putting up a fine -four
ing mill at this place. This is :
good locality for such an establish
ment, and would be a great benef
to the people generally, as well as
d source of profit to himself
The farming community are close
ly engaged in gathering in thei
crops and making preparations tt
SOW wheat. Owing to the fact tha
they have had three unsuccessful
! years in raising cotton, they are go
ing heavier in wheat next year.
Nov. 1st. KULLY.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
Didn't Answer the Purpose.
Fayetteville Express.I

A gentleman who had been a sub
scriber to the Express for a year,
came up-a few weeks ago and or
dered his paper discontinued. He
said he could get Nashville paper
containing twice the amount Of
reading matter given in the Express
for the same money. We did not
insist on his continuing our paper
or try to show him the difference
between the value Of a home paper
and one published at q distance.
The gentleman, who is in good cir
cumstances, has been to our Office
several times since and asked to
look at our paper just q minute to
see some particular item. Last week
he came in and asked us to give him
a copy Of the paper to carry home
to his wife, who, he said, had under
stood there was a full report in it of
that romantic marriage which oc-
Cured in town the week before;
and that she wanted to see how the
sore throat disease was getting on
in Fayetteville; and that his daugh-
ter wanted to see who had married
during the past week; and he, him
self, having a little wheat and corn,
some bacon and a few potatoes still
OF hand, wanted to look over the
home market report; and he gave
several other little reasons for wish
ing to see a copy of the paper just
a minute.
Have you discontinued your
Nashville paper?' we carelessly in
quired, as we handled an extra copy
of the paper"
20, no., he replied, q get that
regularly, but you see, that don't
exactly tell me the particular things
I wish to find out. It's a splendid
paper; tells all about Tnden and
Hendricks and Reform, and about
the gubernatorial campaign, and
has lots of good reading about the
races, police troubles, and all that;
but you see my wife and daughter
don't care much about those things,
and I have to borrow a copy of
your paper once in a while to hu-
NOR them; and occasionally I want
to see an item or two about home
affairs, not that 1 am particularly
interested in anything particular,
but you see-in fact-I-weIl-"
well, f." echoed we, handing him
the paper we had been handling.
He studied a little while and then
ended the interview by handing US
fifty cents, with the remark, you
may send the paper Just TO please
the women folks, till January, then
I'll renew for another year"
Isn't this little incident familiar
episode in the experience of every
country publisher?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09


Thou art gone-Iike q beautiful vision.
Like the bright winged dreams of the nigh
Like an angel from fair lands elysiau.
Thy presence has gladdened our sight
Like the eye Of the beautiful morning,
Like the beam OF the stars Is they smile,
Thy presence, so welcome, gave warning,
That thy beauty could all hearts 5eguile.
There's 0zs in the fair land Of Giles
Whose heart thou hast taken awav;
" no misses the sunshine and smiles
Of thy presence every day
Thy absence, oh. how he-reqrets i'll
Fer thy presence he sighs, but IN yainz
Thy image, he never forgets it;
Il Is LEFT on his heart TO remain.
And after his fond recollection
Win trace the bright Joys that he knew.
And mem'ry IL sweet rstrospecaon
Recall that loved imsge 70 view.
His fancy, on bright waving pinions.
VIII fly to the regions oflOve.
viii speed over Cupid's dominiOus
To the home Of his beautiful Dove.
Should fate forever exile him
From hope, and his love be in vain,
No fountain Of bliss could beguiie him,
No pleasure would Danish his pain.
Should his loving devotion be spGrned,
No pang to tby bosom he'd send;
No responsive emotion returned
He d wish to be deemed as thy friend
But whate'er his lot in the distance,
Whether soTrows or Joys are concealed,
There 5 naught can deprive his existence
OF the pleasures thy presence revealed.
He'll o1ten recall to remembrance
Thy beauty with elegance rife,
And fondly retrsee the resemblance
OF one he loves dearer than life, ND.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
Honest Men Wanted.

If ever there shall come 3 millen
NAL day Of honesty and moral in
tegrity, a day in which it will not
be difficult TO hnd worthy men to
I'll positions Of trust, the last de
cade Of the first hundred years OF
our national existence viii be re-
menbered with shame. In politics
we look for dishonest men. The
civil service is under the control Of
politicians, whose tenure Of Office is
uncertain, and who, therefore, have
an incentive to make hay when the
sun shines" Men are placed IN Of
fee as q reward for services; for
what they have done, and for what
1t is thought they may do; and then
they are ousted, no matter how well
qualified to serve their country,
whenever ; new party is IN power
or when they cease to be Of use to
the party they have served. The
whole system is demoralizing ia the
extreme, and breeds a class Of bad
men.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
How a European War Would
Affect Cotton

A writer 60 the New York BulIe-
tin says on this point:
If war really begin between Eng
land and Russia. it will be q desper
ate struggle into which sll Earope
Is likely to be drawn, and the two
greatest cotton competitors of
America-Egypt and India-wiu
both become necessarily involved
10 sn extent which viii certainly
cripple their producing capacity in
cotton Egypt viii be forced By both
Turkey and England, to keep up
her eotingents to tkeir full and be-
yond.
There IS another consideration to
be weighed. The price Of cotton is
subordinate in Europe 20 the price
of breadstuffs. There is = great de-
ticiency in grain in Europe. Rus
sia usually furnishes from the
Black Sea the bulk Of grain needed
in Western Europe.
~This year she is short herself
and cannot spare an.y portion of her
crop IN case Of war. England viii
need near IO0,OOO.0O0 Of bushels of
grain for her own deficiency, and
other States viii need nearly twen-
ty millions more. This condition
of things in the bread market would
seriously affect the price Of cotton
we're it not for the fOrtunats cir
cumstance that there is a very large
surplus in this country already
moving toward England at unusual
ly low rates. This country viii be
able to supply the grain at a rate
that wiz not take from the cousum
er his ability to purchase the pas t
due supply Of needed clothing.
'Still another point needs to be
| considered in relation 20 cotton.
Gold and cotton in this country
travel Pari DGsSaa: when gold is up
cotton is up, which IS simply a ques-
| ton of exchange. There is q limit
to this. however, and an active state
Of hostilities may bring about 3
vide mobilization. During the
/ Crimean war there was a terrific
/ gold screw IN Europe. Gold was
/ required in all army disbursements,
and it was much scarcer than now.
It must not be forgotten that In
August the Bank of France held
$500, 100000 of gold, the Bank OF
England $I42, 1000, 600, and the Bank
OF Germany over SI40,O00,00. This
enormous provision of gold Is in
addition to that held in other banks
and private hands There is not
therefore, likely to be q gold screw
for some time to come in case oi
war. Taking it all in all, cotton
should not be greatly depressed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
Curiosities of Language.

The Hindoos are said to have no
word for ~friend." The Italians
have no word for our humility" I"
The Russian dictionary gives 4
word the definition of which is mot
to have enough buttons on your
footman's waistcoat; a second
means to '.kiH over again" a third,
TO earn by dancing The Ger
mans call a thimble a ginger hat, -
which it certainly Is; and 4 grass
hopper a ebay horse. 4 glove
with them is a @hand-shOe," show
ing that they wore shoes before
gloves. The French, strange to
say, have no verb @to stand,1 nor
can a Frenchman speak Of a-kick
ing" anyone. The nearest he, in
his poIiteness, makes to It, is to
threaten to '.give a blow with bis
foot, the same thing, probably the
recipient in either case, but 1t seems
to want the directness, the energy
of our "kick. The terms ~uE
stairs and ~down stairs are also
unknown IN French.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
\ Cure for DiDtheria.

As there has been considerable Of
this disease in this part or the coun-
try recently, the following from an
exchange should not be overlooked: {:
The rage Of diptheria IN Australia,
has been so extensive within the
last two years, that the Government
offered = reward for any certain
method Of cure. and among other
responses TO this, was one BY Mr.
Greathead, who at Grst kept his
method 4 secret but now eommu-
nicates il freely 70 the public. It
is simply the use Of sulphnrie acid,
OF which four drops are diluted ia
three fOuTths Of q tgmbier Of water,
TO be administered to q grown per
son. and q smaller dose 20 children,
at intervals not specified. The re
suit is said to be coagulation Of the
diptheric membrane and its ready
removal By coughing. Il is assert
ed that where the case thus treated
has not advanced 20 q nearly fatal
termination, the patient RECEIVERS in
almost every instance.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
A Good Illustration.

One day Roberts father saw him
playing with some boys who were
rude and unmannerly. He had OBJ
served for some time a change for
the worse in his son. and now he
know the cause. He was very sor-
rv. but said nothing TO Robert at
the time. In the evening he
brought from the garden six rosy
checked apples, put them on plate,
and presented them to Robert. He
was much pleased at his father 5
kindness, and thanked him. y ou
must lay them aside for few days,
that they may become mellow,
said the father; and Robert cheer
fully placed the plate with the APP
pIes in his mothers store room.
Just as he was putting them aside,
his father laid on the plate the
seventh apple which was quite rot
ten and desired him to let it remain
there. But, Father" said Robert
athe rotten apple viii spoil all the
othersr ~Why should not the fresh
annles rather make the rotten
freshy' said his father. And with
these words he shut the door Of the
room.
EIGHT DAYS afterwards he asked
| his son to open the door and take
out the apples. But what sight
presentedl The six apples which
/ had been so round and rosy
checked were quite rotten, anc
snrpad q bad smell through th'
room ..Father," cried he, did
not tell YOU that the rotten apple
would spoil the good ones2 Yo'
did not listen to me" My boy,
zsid the father, s1have I not told yo'
often that the company Of bad chi
dren viii make you bad? Yet yo'
do not listen TO me. See IN tn
state Of the apples that which VII
| bapDeu to YOU if you keep eomPa
nv with wicked boys" Robert di'
/ not forget the lesson " hen an.
/ had bovs asked him TO play Wit
them. be thought of the rotten aF
ples and Kept himself apart f7or
: them.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
I'm too Busy.


A merchant sat at his Office desk; ;
various letters were spread before
him; his whole being was absorbed
in the intricacies of his business.
A Jealous friend Of mankind en-
tered the office.
"Mr. , 1 want to interest you
a little in a few efforts for a benevo-
lent cause, said the good man.
The merchant cut him or by re
plying, ''Sir, you must excuse me;
but really I'm too busy at present
tO-do anything"
"When shall I call again, sir?''
I can not tell I'm very busy.
I'm busy every day; excuse me, sir;
I wish you good morning." Then
bowing the intruder out of the Office,
he resumed the study of his papers.
The merchant had frequently re
pulsed the friends of humanity in
this manner. No matter what was
their object, he was always too busy
to listen to their claims. He even
told his minister that he was too
busy for anything but to make
money.
But one morning a disagreeable
stranger stepped very softly to his
side, laying a cold, moist hand upon
his brow, and saying, sGo home
with me" The merchant laid down
his pen; his head grew dizzy. his
stomach felt faint and sick; he left
the counting room, went home, and
returned to his ed-chamber His
new, unweleome visitor had fol
lowed him, and now took his place
by the bedside, whispering ever and
anon, "You must go with me" A
cold chill settled upon the mer-
chants heart, dim speetres of ships
notes and lands huttered before his
mind. Still his pulse beat slower
| his heart heaved heavily, thick film:
gathered over his eyes, his tongue
refused to speak. Then the mer
chant knew the name OF the visitor
was Death,
All othes claimants on his atten
ton, except the friends of Nam
mon, had always found a quick dis
missaI in the magic phrase, I'm
too busy" Humanity, mercy, reli
gion, had alike begged his influence
means and attention in vain. But
when death came, the excuse was
powerIess; he was compelled tC
have leisure to die. Let Us beware
how we make ourselves too busy Il
secure Iife's great end. When th,
excuse rises to our lips, and we ar'
too busy to do good, let Us remem
/ Der we can not be too busy to die
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
Remarks on wheat Growing.

All lands with q subsoil impervi
Gus 70 water, viii heave out wheat
on the breaking up Of winter. Il
is caused by the surface soil being
surcharged with water which the
night frosts CONCEAL, forming an in
inity Of icy pillars raising the sur
face two or three inches, with the
wheat plants im5edded in Them,
and turn mp by the roots; the sue
eeeding days thaw the ice, and
leave the wheat on the surface TO
perish. Whenever wheat is much
heaved out it rarely escapes the
rust, and is greatly injured. The
first object OF the agrieulturists, in
such soils especially, should be to
draw Of the surplus water. He will
so plow the fields in lands, that the
last furrow. on being opened by the
plOw after narrowing viii drain or
the water. No water should stand
in a wheat field.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
Commodore Vanderbilt.

Huet tAe neau, Honor 20 " hOm
Honor is Due" the Richmond
Christian Adgccafe saws:
In sauntering through the Caoi-
toL, the other day, we loitered a lit
tie II the State Library, examing
the curious documents collected
there. Hanging up in a conspicu
Gus place IS a fac sinzze Of the Jef-
terson Davis bail bond. We could
see how Augustus Schell was led.
from political reasons, if not Derso-
nal relations, TO be o surety for the
Southern President. Horace Gree
", q quixotic philanthroyist, Of
course, would set his name to a pa
per proposing to release a national
prisoner. The next signature was
puzzling. 1t was Cornelius Van
derbilt. The Commodore had new
er been il politics nor mounted a
Rosinante to champion any human
itarian humbuy. 1t was generally
thought that be was more con
cerned about figures than feelings.
People with large bank accounts
are somehow the sIowest folks in
the world to sign their names
where there are phrases about be
ing -severally and jointly bound in
the sum-" and so forth. Among
the shrewd bankers of Wall street
there must have been much sur
prise at the autograph Of Wander
biIt on that document. It turns
out that this veteran leader in the
collisions and strategy of stocks,
shares and bonds, had a silent but
strong regard for the South.
The princeIy donation to the
South, through the Vanderbilt Uni
versity at Nashville, came without
parade or appeal. He selected the
Methodist as the church, in all
probability because his practical
eye saw they ''reant business in
their work Of evangelization, and
that they were not simpering, sleepy
nor satin successors of the stout
rugged apostles. They had large
deposits in heaven and good invest
ments On the earth.
We have it on the highest author
ity that Commodore Vanderbilt had
collected his information, digested
and drew up plan, without hint
ing his purpose 20 a single South
ern Methodist. On a visit Of
Bishop McTyeire 70 New York to
consult a physician on some small
but vexing malady, he called by in
vitation on Commodore Vanderbilt.
He took the Bishop by surprise in
unfolding to him a carefully pre-
pared scheme Of his lnunifcent
gift. There was no fawning nor os
tentatious charity The parties
were too large for that. The one
without solicitation bestowed q no
bic favor upon a stricken section of
the country. The other received
the trust with dignity.
When Mr.. Davis needed the in
fuence Of u Northern name and the
signature of man Of wealth, Van
derbiIt gave both to the Southern
prisoner, and without hesitation.
When we were too poor to raise the
walls of a college, Vanderbilt en-
dowed a great school for our chI
dren. When the crowd Of South
erners in New York held their ser
vices in a hired house, Vanderbilt
bought them a church. And this
man, with his millions, goes afoOt,
like the poorest COME ierate, to this
house of God and worships with
this congregation Of our brethren
IN that strange city.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
a Review of the Course Of the
Epidemic in Savannah.

The total number Of deaths dur
ing the past week was 1914, of which
I37 were of yellow fever, and 81 of
other diseases. The following is a
statement Of the nsmber Of deaths
in Savannah for thirty days of Sep
tember: First week, 103; second
week, 145; third week, 22I; fourth
week, 207; last two days, 80. Total,
us. OF this number I94 died Of
various diseases other than yellow
fever. If the 40 deaths which oe-
Cured between the 2Ist of August,
the period from which we date the
commencement of the yellow fever,
be added to these returns, it would
give a total of 755 deaths from all
diseases, or 30 per diem for 80 days.
The mortality amongst children
was very great, showing 273 deaths
out Of a total Of 735-aImost one
third. Another curious feature is
the fact that, although the colored
population is within a thousand or
two Of the white, but I54 of them
have died since the Ist of Septem-
ber, or a little over a fifth. Apart
from yellow fever altogether, there
have been no less than I95 deaths
from various diseases since the Ist
of September. This Of itself is suf
hciently startling, independent of
any yellow fever, in a community
where the death rate in summer sell
dom exceeds II per week, or 6s for
the month, opposite to the 196 now
shown. The 24th Of September
was the most fatal day, there being
A interments on that day.-SaVan
nah Ne1os, Oet. 4.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-09
Get a Reputation. .

success IN TINS world depends
very much upon reputation. In
spite of all said, there is a good
deal in a name, and a good name
pays. When we want to buy an ar
ticle, we hunt for one that has
reputation for being good-that is,
for one made by a manufacturer
who has established a character for
making good articles-and when
we fnd it, pay more for it than we
would for a similar article which.
for augA- We know, may be Just as
good, but which was made by some
body we never heard Of The rea-
son for for this is obvious. We are
willing to pay for the assurance or
warranty which the trademark Of q
reputable maker gives, rather than
trust our own judgement, or the
chance of getting a good thing
from an unknown source. This is
so with machinery, tools, clothing,
and nearly everything else that we
buy, including the products of the
farm. There are farmers who have
sold their butter in Manchester. the
past summer, for fifty cents per
pound, contracting it in advance.
Others have very likely sold Just as
good butter for thirty-five cents,
and the difference has been owing
TO the fact that the former had
reputation and the latter none.
When our citizens bought the but
ter of the first class, they felt GER
tam that they would get a gilt
edged article. When the 9TH
er butter was put into the market,
it had to be sold with the risk of
its not being No. L ; and the same
is true of cheese, milk, cider, vine
gar, pork, and in fact, of all that is
bot and sold in this city. Itis easy,
then, to see how important it is for
farmer to establish a reputation
to get the name of raising and sell
ing the best. When he has done
this, his produce will not only sell
readily, but at almost his own pri-
ees. But q reputation is "a plant
of slow growth" It takes not on
ly time, but a constant, vigilant
care. To get a reputation for the
butter of a certain farm, for in
stance, it must not only produce a
fine article, but it must do it all the
time; there must be no break in the
chain; for a reputation, like many
other things, is only as strong as
its weakest part, and a single
poor article viii neutralize the
effect of fifty good ones. When
a man buys a thing upon the repu-
tation of the maker, he wants to
4 feel that there is absolute certainty
Of his getting a good thing. If he
can have this, be is willing to pay
for it on top Of the market price,
but he viii not pay extra for a mere
probability. We ask our farmer
friends to remember this, and to
build up for themselves a reputa
ton. When a thing is sold as a
good thing let it be good, without
any ifs, or butts, and if, perchanee, n
poor thing must be got rid of, let it
be sold as poor. When you put an
article upon the market, let 1t be
understood beyond doubt or ques-
ton that it is all you Recommend.
This is not only honesty, but as we
have shown, money in your pocket.
Mirror and Farmer.