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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
a Word to Young Men.


Wishing and signing, imagining
and dreaming Of greatness, will not
make you great. Bnt cannot a
young man command his energies?
You must grid up your loins, and
go to work with all the indomitable
energy of Napoleon scaling the
Alps. 1t is your duty to make the
most of time, talents and opportu-
nifty. Alfred, King of England,
though he performed more business
than any Of his subjects, found time
to study. Franklin in the midst of
his labors, had time to dive into the
depths of philosophy and explore
the untrodden paths of science.
Frederick the Great, with an empire
at his directions, in the midst of
war and on the eve of battle, found
time to revel in the charms of phi
losephy, and feast on the luxries of
science. Napoleon, with Europe at
his disposal, with kings in his ante
chamber, at the head of thousands
Of men, whose destinies we're sus
pended on arbitrary pleasure, found
time to converse with books. And
young men who are confined to la
Dor or business even ten hours a
day, may take an hour and half of
what IS left for study, and this will
amount to two months in the course
of the year.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
Honor Your Business.

1t is a good sign when 8 man is
proud of his work or his calling
Yet nothing is more common than
to hear men finding fault constantly
with their particular business, and
deeming themselves unfortunate be
cause fastened to it by the neces
sity Of gaining a livelihood. In this
way men fret and laboriously de-
stroy all their comforts in the work,
or they change their business, and
go on miserably, shifting from one
business to another till the grave or
the poor house gives them a fast
grip. But while occasionally a man
fails in life because he is not in the
place fitted for his peculiar talent,
it happens ten times oftener that
failure results from a neglect and
even contempt of an honest bust
ness. a man should put his heart
into everything that he does. There
is no profession that has not its pc
culiar cares and vexations. No
man will escape annoyance by
changing his business. No mechan-
ical business is altogether agreea-
BILE. Commerce in its endless. vari
cites is affected like ali other pur-
suits with trials, unwelcome duties
and dispiriting necessities. 1t is
the very wantonness of folly for a
man to search out the frets and
burdens of his calling, and to give
his mind every day to a considera-
tion of them. They belong to hu-
man life; they are inevitable
Brooding over them only gives them
strength. On the other hand, a
man has power given him to shed
beauty and pleasure on the homeli-
est toll, if he wishes. Let a man
adopt his business and identify it
with pleasant associations; for heav-
en- has given US imagination, not
alone to make us poets, but to ena-
ble all Aen to beautify homely
things. Heart varnish will cover
up innumerable evils and defects.
Look at the good things. Accept
your lot as a man does a piece OF
rugged ground, and begin to get
out rocks and roots, to deepen and
mellow the soil, to enrich and plant
it. There is something in the most
forbidden avocation around which
man may twine pleasant fancies
out of which he may develop an
! honest pride.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
The Art of Getting Rich.
Philadelphia Ledger.

Look well to your spending. No
matter what comes in, if more goes
out you will be always poor. The
art is not in making money but in
keeping it. Little expenses, like
mice in barn, when they are many,
make great waste. Hair by hair
heads get bald; straw by straw the
thatch goes off the cottage, and
drop by drop the rain comes into
the chamber. A barrel is soon
empty if the tap leaks but a drop a
minute. When you mean to save
begin with your mouth; many
thieves pass down the red lane. The
ale jug is a great waste. In all
other things keep within compass.
Never stretch your legs further than
your blankets will reach or you will
soon be cold. In clothes choose
suitable and lasting stuff, and not
tawdry fineries. To be warm is the
main thing, never mind the looks.
A fool may make money, but it
needs a wise man to spend it. Re
member, it is easier to build two
chimneys than to keep one going.
If you give all to back and board
there is nothing left for the savings
bank. Fare hard and work hard
when you are young. and you will
have chance to rest when you
are old.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
The Income slander.

The New York Times not long
since published q vile slander of
Mr.. Tilden based upon forgery
In q country where crime was
meted due punishment, the ears
of the writer would have been
nailed to a pillory in twenty-four
hours after the publication and the
words liar and forger branded upon
his forehead.
The simple facts were that Mr.,
Tilden gave in his income for 1862
at some seven thousand and odd
dollars. In a suit in chancery some
years afterward, IN which it became
necessary for him to file an answer
under oath, he stated the fact that a
certain railroad in 1862 had paid
him $4,000 for services rendered seq
eraE gears before. Not a dollar of
this money belonged to his income
of 1862. 1t was simply an old debt
paid in that year.
The writer in the Times, however,
so forged and garbled this answer
of Mr.. Tilden as to make it appear
that the $4,000 was earned in 1862
OF course this forgery was at once
exposed, and there is not reading
and intelligent man, woman or child
in the country that has not fol
weeks known that the whole story
was a fabrication based upon 8
forgery. OF course it was not ex
pected that the lower strata of poll
ticians and Republican newspaper:
woEld recant the false charge ol
cease to reiterate it. There is ;
maxim upon which such people
base their whole lives, that "a liz
well stuck to is as good as th'
truth. - -Courier-JOurnal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
Longings.


When shall be at restl My trembling heart
Grows weary Of its burden, sickening still
With hope deferred. OH that it were Thy
viii
To loose my bonds aud take me where Tn n
art.
When shall bs at rest4 Ny eyes grow dim
With straining through the gloom-I scarce
can see
The waymarks that my Savior left for me;
Would It were morn and I were safe with
Him.
Oh that were at rest, like some love,
Whose last fond looks drew half my life
away,
Seeming to plead that either they might
With me on earth, or I with them above.
But Why these murmursi Thou didst never
shrink
From any toll or weariness for me,
Not even from that last deep agony;
Shall l beneath my little trials sink
No, Lord, for when I am indeed az rest,
One taste of that deep bliss viii quite effaee
The sternost memories of ny ear THY race
Save but 70 swell the sense of being blest.
Then lay on me whatever cross need
To bring me there. know Thou cansi
not be
Unkind, unfaithful, or untrue to mel
Shall not toll for Thee, when Thou for mS
didst bleed3 -E0aagelioal NagGzias
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
Scott and Etheridge.
Memphis Ledger.

It was announced in yesterdays |
papers that Mr.. Scott, a colored |
man, and editor OF the MGryville,
East Tennessee, Republican, would /
deliver an address at the close of
Mr.. Etheridge's harangue, bat this
hearing was not given by the adroit
manipulators of the meeting of last
night. They did not desire to hear
a colored man advocate the election
of Yardley, the colered candidate
for the office of Governor, nor did
they intend permitting a colored
man and editor to express himself
in favor of Tilden and Hendricks.
The white directors of the meeting
shut everything and everybody out
unless it or they came up to the
bloody shirt standard, tapped so
weakly by Etheridge and Turner.
=
In the heated canvass of 1868, be-
tween Brownlow and Etheridge for
Governor, the latter gentleman went
to Maryville to speak against May
nard. Excitement was very high
and a mob was raised to run
Etheridge out of town. Mr.. Scott,
then a Republican, and his son in
terfered at the risk of their lives, to
protect Mr.. Etheridge from vio-
lence. In this they partially sue
ceeded, for he was permitted to 90
to a private house and remain until
Maynard got through speaking, and
then leave town undisturbed. Mr..
Etheridge had an opportunity last
night to recognize that generous
act of the colored Republican, who
probably saved his life. But Mr..
Etheridge is not the man to remem-
Der an act of kindness. He never
even looked on Mr. Scott or spoke
to him. Scott, although promised
division of time, sat back in the
crowd unnoticed, a stranger in a
strange place. And this is how
Etheridge repaid Scott for an un-
merited kindness.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
A COmmUnity's Duty Towards
It's Press.

The true merchant will be a lib
eral but discriminating supporter of
the press in his locality. He will
not feel an obligation to patronize
any and everything that wears the
form of a newspaper, but will scan
carefully the intellectual ability and
moral fitness of those who assume
the lofty responsibility of public
teaching through the press. He
will not encourage the disseminat-
ing nor continuance of Journals ed
tied by the incompetent and unwor-
thy; but if there be none other al
ready in existence in his county, he
will combine with men like himself
to procure the establishment of
such q journal as is needed, or the
transfer Of one already existing, in
to the hands of some one qualified
to guide opinion and dispel mental
darkness. Such a journal he will
literally and steadily encourage and
support by advertising in its col
umns at a good price, by urging up
on other business men the duty of
doing likewise, and by soliciting his
customers and neighbors to give it
at least their subscriptions, regu-
larly continued, and uniformly paid
in advance. BY pursuing this
course, the merchant may do very
much toward the diffusion of intel
ligence, the predominance of sound
principles, and the advancement of
morals. He need not be a political
brawler, nor habitual agitator on
any subiect-there is a more excel
lent way. He may give to an ap-
proved and influential journal in
his county from two to five hun
dred dollars worth Of advertising
per annum, and procure from 9th
crs, by the power of his solicita-
tions and example, five times as
much more; while each name added
to the list of its subscribers extends
the publicity of his announcements,
and their potency in enlarging his
business Printers Circular.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
Nail in a Horses Foot.

A neighbor of mine recently in.
formed me that he lost a most valu
bic horse by a casualty by no means
uncommon. A knowledge of a sim
pie remedy would have prevented
this loss. The horse trod on a nail
which entered his foot. Lameness
followed the nail was extracted, but
lockjaw supervened, resulting in
death. An unfailing remedy in
such cases is muriatic acid. If,
when a nail is Withdrawn from a
horses foot, the foot should be held
up and some muriatic acid be
poured into the wound, neither
Iameness nor lockjaw need be feared.
Why the IRON should have the effect
it frequently has, and the rationale
of the above remedy, I am una
bic to explain; but of the GER
tainty of counteraetion of disease
by this perfectly safe application,
am convinced.-Rural Home.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
Something Quite Soft.

s'Why your hand feels as soft as
silk" said I, as I shook hands with
the widow.
Nonsense, DOCTOR she replied.
Here with some more of your fiat
terry, are you? Ny hands are not
as soft as your own this minute
Why, your hand said, I, feels so
soft, I'd be afraid to squeeze it
I never felt anything so soft
Now, doctor, just listen at you
again? If you never felt anything
as soft as my hand, and even softer
much softer-you know it has
been your own fault and thought
the widow blushed as though sorry
she had said it.
Pray said I becoming deeply
interested what might I have felt
that is softer than your hand?
Hush, now! You don't know, of
course. You are very Innocent and
then I could have sworn the widow
was blushing.
Upon my honor I don't know,
was my still more interested reply;
won't you tell me or show me?'
No, you know 1 won't tell you.
Then show me, won't your
I don't like to. But you are such
a lease and such a Ounce, one must
do almost anything TO get rid of you
Certainly
And she took my hand mincingly
in hers.
Now shut your eyes, doctor"
closed my eyes in an instant.
She lifted my hand up and up. ]
held my breath, and dear reader,
before I suspected what she was
about, she had placed It gently upon
my head.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
A Dream.

The Woonsocket (Rhode Island)
Patriot says: 'EarlY on Friday
morning last Mr.. Hall, butcher, of
Franklin, Massachusetts,, went to
his ice-chest to inspect the prem
ises, when the door accidentally
swung back, operating the spring
lock and the man was a prisoner in
a very small room, of icy tempera-
ture, and without means of escape.
A speedy and frightful death stared
him in the face. He shouted and
thumped upon what promised to be
his coffin, but all in vain. Now
comes the marvellous part Of the
circumstance. When Mr.. Halls
son rose on that morning he was
deeply impressed with a dream
which he had during the previous
night. He dreamed that his father
had been caught and sufocated in
the ice chest! Not finding his IA
ther on inquiring for him, 1.-THE son
at once proceeded to the ice chest
and found it locked. On opening
it the apparently dead body of his
father was discovered and rescued.
So near death had the unfortunate
prisoner come that it was hours be
fore he came to a state Of concious-
ness, and is still in an enfeebled
condition. To those yourselves
among the number) who have no
faith in dreams and visions it may
be difficult to account for the con
neetion between the sons dream and
the fathers accident. Who can
give a reasonable theory concerning
it? It would be interesting to know
how near the sons sleeping apart
ment is to the ice-chest, and wheth-
er the cries Of the father could
reach him so as to be heard indis-
tinctly but not sufficiently to wake
him thoroughly.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
HEPATTNE PLANT

discovered in Southern NJ bia, the Flower Of
which changes its color with every change Of
the atmosphere. The remarkable changes
and variations of this plant and flower have
oeen foT years our special study, resulting in
the discovery Gifts possession of wonderful
medical properties, tho existence and val Ie of
which have heretofore been entirely unknown
TO medical science. After much labor and
scientific investigation, we have succeeded in
extracting its peculiar medicinal principles
which is q specific and cure for all diseases Of
the Liver Stomach and, Bowels; permanent
cure for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Spleen, Con-
stiPati on, Jaundice, and all Bilious Com.
plants Of course we cannot send q living
flower of this plant TO all who read of Hepa-
tine; but to all who viii send their address to
ERRELL d CouDEN, Philadelphia, Pa. with
3-eent stamp for return postage, we Will
send FR- u fac-simile of the flower, that will
change its color just the same as the real
Hepatine flower. The Medicine MER-
RELL'S HEPATINE, for sale by Sumpter q
Lacey, Pulaski, Tenn, and Will cure all dis
eases Of the Liver.
The Globe Flower Cough Syrup for coughs,
colds and Consumption, at Sumpter q Lacey's.
DR.. Pemberton's Compound Extract of
Stillingia, for all diseases of the Blood, for
sale by SumPter & Lacey. jan27-ly
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
The Rev. R. G. Irvine.

DIR. Cranberry was at the Hurri-
cane Switch Camp meeting, near
Columbia, last week. He is re-
ported to have done excellent work
there. He himself says nothing
about that; but he says Elder
Mooney and his preachers and Wis
iting brethren did nobly. He
seemed much pleased with the new
acquaintances he made. He was
especially drawn toward our dear
Brother r. @. Irvine, whose pres
enee on the ground excited no lit
tie sympathy. He is now too blind
to distinguish more than the dim
outline of an object. But he is
perfectly resigned to his sad fate
nay, he is cheerful and happy.
How wonderful is this! 1t would
seem that one who in mature life
is deprived of sight would be mel
ancholy, if not murmuring-but he
is neither. His faiths interior
eye" has been opened by the Fa
ther of lights, and he can "see his
glories from above'-that makes
him happy. Homer and Milton
sang sweetly in their blindness
it is said that the nightingale sings
the sweetest when the thorn is at
its breast. We think we see a
tinge of melancholy in Milton when
he makes Samson exclaim:
o dark, dark, dark, amid the blazo of noon
Irrecoverahly dark, total eclipse,
Without all hope of dayl
But in his immortal Sonnet on his
Blindness, he shows that he had
patience to prevent that murmur"
to which he was tempted, and he is
consoled with the thought:
They also servo who only stand and wait
But Milton could sing, and Broth
er Irvine can preach, though blind ;
and we hope the way will be
opened for him to do so, as thou
sands would rejoice to sit under his
ministry. Nay, we still have hope
and let prayer be offered contin
ually to God for it-that his sight
may yet be restored. We have
had a tender "feliow feeling" fol
our dear brother, as for some
months past a shadow was project
ed over our own vision-but, thank
God! it is now removed. Well, we
shall soon see as we are seen in the
light of God and heaven! Thii
blessed hope is ours ChristiGi
| advocate.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
For the CITIzES
Loves MutabiIity.


since first We met loves vows to pour
How quickly time hath sped
Our early love dream now is DER
All but Is nseB7'rg fed
on deem it best that we should part
Nor mend the broken chain;
Pll 90 and seek a truer heart
O'eT Neptune's wide domain.
And when VIC part, from deep regret
Your bosom shall be free;
In pleasures midst you'll soon forget
Your early VOWS and me.
The heart I deemed forever mine,
You'll to another give;
And where joys rays shall brightest shine,
There loved and loving live.
By Avon's stream there is a tomb
Where one loved doth rest;
There, roses and their kindred bloom
Above the sleeper's breast,
And Just as sweet as balm impaTt
To that lone resting place,
IS If beneath, no pulseless heart
Lay cold in Deaths embrace.
Thus DER the grave wherein repose
Youths shRtter'd hopes and love,
Will bloom in beauty pleasures rose
Our anguish to remove.
W hen oceans wide, and mountains high
Fate shall have placed between
My love and me, we both may sigh,
And say, q # might have been"
Your cheek Is pale, passing cloud
Sits lightly on your brow
Our brightest hopes are in their shroud-
And / am lonely now. LEO.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28
ADroam and What Followed it.

DR.. A. NJ. Blackman, q well-known
physician of CFesco, Kossuth coun-
ty, Iowa, was recently killed by be
ing thrown from his carriage. A
few nights previous he had dream,
in which he was called to the neigh
boring town of Ridgeway to visit q
little girl On his return he came
to a broad river, which seemed i'm
possible to cross, and, while he was
devising means to cross, an old
friend, long since dead, appeared
and assisted him in crossing. When
the Doctor arose in the morning he
related his dream to his family, and
it appeared to make deep impress
sion upon him. He at once secured
a policy of life insurance for $40,
600. He called his family together,
talked over all his business affairs,
and so arranged matters that he felt
easy as to their welfare; and he
then expressed the impression that
some sad fatality awaited him. A
day or two after, he was called to
Ridgeway to visit little girl, and,
when returning, his team, which
was a splendid one, became fright
ened and ran away. They ran near
" a mile, passing several teams.
which were hurried to the roadside.
It is probable that the Doctor be-
came exhausted in his efforts to
stop them, and turned them into the
brush, where they went astride Of 8
tree with such force as to throw the
Doctor to the ground. He was seen
to fall by a person who was quickly
at his side, when the doctor placed
his hands on his head, exclaiming
90, my headr' which were the last
words he spoke. Death resulted in
a few hours from conclusion of the
brain. He was a man highly es
teemed for his many virtues anC
professional worth.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28

Major John II. Gee, formerly
commandant of the Confederate
prison at Salisbury, n. c., met with
a distressing death recently at his
home at Quincy, Florida. A fire
had. broken out in the town and was
making rapid progress, which the
Major attempted to arrest. While
so engaged, part of the wall of a
burning building fell upon and dis
abIed him, and before he could be
rescued the flames spread, and he
was literally consumed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-09-28


It may not be out of place to re
mind the friends Of the late ex-
President johnson that on the 18th
of August, 1873, H. S. Foote pub
Hshed over his own signature the
following;
at is necessary that I should 60
back a little in my narration of the
events of this memorable period. I
was on a foreign shore when Mr..
Lincoln was inaugurated the last
time A few days thereafter 1
walked into a crowded Exchange in
Liverpool, and saw with profound
modification and surprise, the ac-
count of the Inaugural ceremonial
which was given in the American
newspapers. A person had been
installed IN the office of Vice-Presi-
dent of the United States, when in
state of beastly and disgraceful
intoxication. He was described as
having, for a full hour, uttered
drunken and disgusting nonsense
on that occasion, intermingled with
the lowest and coarsest egotism, all
in the hearing of a vast assemblage
of his countrymen, and in the pres
ence of all the Ministers from for
eign States then in Washington.
Such a scene had never before oc-
CURED in the United States, and l
trust never will again. Mr.. Lincoln
is reported to have been profoundly
mortified at this exhibition and to
have once or twice so expressed
himself. Between himself and Mr.
johnson no confidential intercourse
afterwards took place. A few weeks
subsequent to this we find Mr.
johnson publicly reprehending hi:
conduct on the streets of Washing
ton, and attempting to get up s
political opposition to him on tn,
| ground of his being over-humane
and liberal to his deluded fellow
! countrymen of the South. In s
week or two more the ball Of the
assassin had consigned the grea
Iliberating President to the tomb
| The assassin, by 4 singular and un
! explained coincidence, had visited
in . kind and familiar way, tn,
room of the second office of tn,
Government only few hours be
fore the preparation of that mur
der, leaving his card there, and ex
pressing especial regret at finding
him absent. The scheme of takin,
Off is consummated. The ASSASSIN
flies and is pursued. In the mean
time the second officer of the Gov
ernment is inducted into the Presi
) dency. The long-courted prize o
2 the ambition of a lifetime has beer
S at last clutched. He had realize,
E the object of his long -cherishet
e hope By he only means possible afte
4 his strange and objectionable exhi
r bition on the 4th day of March
e 1865. These are asper-to-5s-torgot,s
e facts, ncns Of ,sAsek admit Of tie lea,
assial.