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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-07-27
Afraid to Check Grant.
IN. Y. Herald.1

1t is against the anti RepubiSea..
administration that the anger of
this country is rising. 1t is well
enough to say that Hayes took
pains to ignore Grant in his letter:
that the canvass should have no re-
latiOn to the Administration. The
country will not think so when Il
sees Cameron, Conkling, Morton
and the chiefs of the party sur-
rounding the president and sustain
ing him in his arrogant assumption
of power. The country will say.
and truly, what confidence can we
have in a party whose leaders have
no more influence over president
than hRrem eunuchs over a sultanY
They see that the president has la
den these senator's with honor, Civ
en- them large share of patronage,
and because of this they are dumb.
All this time the fair canvass OF
Hayes and Wheeler darkens. Nut
terings are heard on all sides. The
mass meeting in New York was
conspicuous for the absence of men
who give strength To Republicanism
in this city. The country shows a
profound dissatisfaction, not with
Grant alone, but with the Repub-
lican party, and more especially
with the Senate. It is well enough
for Grant to treat the party as a
sucked orange, but why should the
Republican leaders permit it? That
is the astonishing question. If the
Senate were to say "check" to
Grant tomorrow, his game of Cse-
sarism would stop. But no one has
the courage to do so. Unless il is
stopped, and the Washington gov
ernment shows some respect for the
rights of the people-unless we
nave an end of this personal gov
ernment-Hayes and Wheeler will
be defeated by as In. &c a majority
as Scott and Graham or Greeley
and Brown.
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Learn to be Useful.

Boys, when you come into tho
house for your meals and find the
dinner or supper not quite ready.
and your mother or sisters hurry
ing around heated and tired. instead
of standing about in the way, lean
ing against the sink or tilting back
in your chair against the buttery
door, l would take hold and help
the women folks. At first, maybe,
you won't see any way you can help
them, unless you were brought up to
work occasionally in the house.
Try en- experiment tomorrow.
Come in a few moments before din
ner time and watch the steps your
mother takes in putting the finish
ing touches TO the meal. See her
lift the heavy kettle of ofpotatoes from
the stove and holding it with
great effort at nearly arms length,
carry it to the sink, and then lift it
up again to drain off the water.
Certainly, you could do that for her.
You can take Il pot of meat or beans
from the oven and thus save much
of her strength; you can set the
chairs up and run down collar for
the. butter or bread; you can glance
over the table and see IL a knife or
spoon has been misplaced in dish
ing up the dinner, and IL so, quietly
replace it. Wouldn't this be bet
ter way than after the family are all
comfortably settled at the table, to
loudly say, Marin, my knife and
forks gOne--guess you mean for
me to eat with my fingers today"
and the mother has to spring mp, no
matter how stiff and tired she may
feel, and run TO the cupboard and
bring her great boy his knife
When you notice the vinegar cru0t,
the pepper or salt box. or any dish
has been forgotten, get up quietly
and get the same before your moth
or has chance TO. See if she can't
sit in peace at meal time and not be
continually getting up for articles.
Things will be forgotten In the best
regulated families.
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washington knocked Down.

In 1884 Washington, then in COM
mand of the Virginia Rangers at Al
exandria, awaiting the arrival of
Gen. BraddOck's troops, supported
Mr.. Fairfax in an election contest
for the house of Burgesses, against
Mr., afterward Colonel, William
Payne, of the Continental Army.
This seems to have been one of
those rare occasions when Washing
tons hot blood got the best of his
peerless judgment. Fierce words
passed between the two gentlemen
in the Market Square Of Alexan.
dria, ending in an outburst of rage
from Payne, in which he felled
Washington to the earth. The
Rangers rushed from their barracks
and surrounded Payne, but Wash
ington, with calm dignity, dispersed
them. A duel seemed inevitable.
On the following day, however,
Washinton sent for Payne, and, ex-
tending his hand, said, with gentle
courtesy, that touched the other to
the heart: "Mr. Payne, to err is
human. was wrong yesterday;
but if you have had su9ieieat salts
faction, let us be friends" Until
the day of his death, Col. Payne re-
tanned for Washington a devoted
and unbroken regard.
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GOfOr Him.

He's a poor, hard working man
trying to pay his honest debts and
support his family by honest toll,
but ego for him." because he can
not pay you a few dollars he owes.
He is poor and entitled to no con
sideration. Keep him down.
Help himl He's a rich man, who
robbed a bank or made an assign
ment, lives in fine mansion and
walks leisurely, enjoying life, while
his wife and children are deprived
of none Of the luxuries Of wealth or
the enjoyment of society. He's
smart-an enterprising business
man, and it's a pity he's robbed
his creditors. Don't say anything
to hurt his tender feelings nor ex-
pect him to soil his delicate fingers
by toll. He compounded with cred
itOrs at % or 30 per cent, and now
lives in luxurious ease, an honored,
respected citizen, and a prominent
man in the church.
Go for him-he's poor-he's trying
to pay cent for cent with interest and
his hands are hardened by tOil-his
wife and children feel the pinchings
Of poverty and the tightest OF the
times-he lives in a small house
and fares scantily, but it is as good
as he deserves-he has no business
to be poor nor honest. He's a fool
for not robbing a bank or stealing
from those who would have trusted
him in prosperous days. He ought
to be poor! Go for him! Keep
him down, pile upon him such a
weight Of obloquy and pecuniary
embarrassment thIt he will never be
able to rise.
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PARKER'S STORE.

The people of this community
were considerably shocked at the
announcement of the death of Mr..
William Roland, which occurred a
few days ago. His family and
friends had entertained the most
fiattering hopes of his final recov-
cry, but of course had to yield to
the ruling of Providence. He ex-
pressed himself as ready and willing
to pass over the ''river."
Some excitement prevailed among
the negroes the othea day on ac-
count of fracas between a man
and a woman about some meat that
had been stolen. The one accused
the other OF the theft and a general
fight was the consequence; and had
not the owner Of the farm inter
fered some damage might have
been done. 1t seems that the man
had knocked the woman down with
a hoe-handle and had whipped one
of her children very badly. A war
rant was issued for his arrest. He
was tried before Esquire J. NJ.
Parker, and had to dance to the
tune of about fourteen dollars, or
form new acquaintances in Pulaski.
Mr.. George w. Chapman came to
the conclusion the other day that
lie had tried celibacy long enough,
and the consequence was he ''took
unto himself q wife-"one Miss
Dorthula Ayers. The nuptials were
performed at w. II. J. Bevers, Es-
quire Parker officiating. The next
day being Sunday they attended
church at Hebron, looking as lovely
as two big sun-Aowers. The time
Of the wedding reminded me of the
following lines:
Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday is the best day of all;
Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses,
And Saturdays no day at all.
But circumstance alter cases.
Farmers are about done laying
by their crops and threshing wheat,
and of course will rest on their oars
and enjoy the holidays to the best
advantage. Farmers in some adj
joining neighbOrhOods say that they
are needing rain, while others are
getting a superabundance, as in the
case of Wales Station Saturday
18th. The heaviest rain known to
that community fell there then, so
report says.
Croquet is the fashionable game
of the day at Parker's Store, and
now that the holidays have come it
will be INDUCED in to q greater eX-
tent than usual.
The nomination of Tilden and
Hendricks meets with general IA
vOr among the democrats of Park
er's Store and vicinity, and we will
give them a Gift" in November.
July 18th. KULLY.
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How the Service Feels About
Custer.
Remarks of q General.

Remarks of a General.
The truth about Custer is, that he
was a pet soldier, who had risen not
above his merit, but higher than
men of equal merit. He fought
with Phil. Sheridan and through
the patronage of Sheridan he rose,
but while Sheridan liked his valor
and his dash he never trusted his
judgement. He was to Sheridan
what Murat was to Napoleon.
While Sheridan is always cool, Gus
ter was always aflame. He was like
a thermometer. He had a touch of
romance about him, and when the
war broke out he used to 90 about
dressed like one of Byron's pirates
in the Archipelago, with waving,
shining locks, and a broad, tapping
sombrero. Rising to high command
early in life, he lost the repOse neces
sary to success in high command.
Why, 1 remember when we were cha
sing Lee, and had him up against ap-
pOmatOX. Custer rusher into the
rebel lines and wanted Longstreet to
surrender the whole army to him.
You see Custer imagined that if he
could frighten Longstreet into a sur
render all he would have to do
would be to turn over the whole
Rebel gang to Grant, but Long
street, who had wonderful sense,
quietly told the furious young man
| that he did not command the army
to surrender it and that Lee was off
to see Grant on the same business.
Then Custer must rush into politics,
and went swinging around the circle
with johnson. He wanted to be 4
statesman, and, but for Sheridan's 5
influence with Grant, the Republi-
cans would have thrown him; but
you see we all liked Custer, and did
not mind his little freaks in that
way any more than we would have
minded temper in woman. Sheri-
dan, to keep Custer in his place,
kept him out on the plains at work
? he gave him a fine command, one OF
the best cavalry regiments in the
service. The Colonel, Sturgis, was
allowed to bask in the sunshine in q
large city, while Custer was the real
commander.
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southerners in the Union Army.

In a notice of the address of Gen
eral d. H. Hill before the Mecklen-
berg IN. g. Historical Society,
the Baltimore Sun attributes to him
the following curious statements
about the number of Southern sol
-diers in the Union army during the
war of the rebellion: even in the
late civil war the President of the
United States was a Southern born
man, and the first COmmander-in-
Chief, whose plan for the subse-
quent conduct Of the war was prob
ably that which was finally success
fully acted on, was a Virginian.
Next to Grant and Sherman whose
leading military conceptions were
perhaps derived from General Scott,
the most successful Union Generals
were Southern men, viz: Thomas,
Candy, Blair, Sykes, Old Getty, An
derson, Alexander, Nelson. etc. Gen
eral Hill declares that the stub
born resistance of Gen. Thomas at
Chickamauga and the refusal of An
drew johnson to give up Nashville,
as Buell. directed, dug the grave of
the COnfederacy. Farragut, often
nessee, rose to the highest rank in
the navy. The naval forces at Hat
ceras were under the command of
GOldsborough, of Maryland. Gen.
Hill is of opinion that the South
furnished as many troops to the
Union army as did the North. At
any rate there were no better troops
in the Union service. Missouri
gave IO7,773 soldiers TO the United
States, Kentucky, $4,000, and Mary
land 4O93O. Other Southern States
contributed in greater or less de
gree. In all there were 100000 ma
tive born Southerners in the Union
service. ThIs does not include the
100000 negro troops"
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HEPATINE 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
been tor years our special study, resulting in
the discovery Of its possession of wonderful
medical properties, the existence and valIe of
which have heretofore been entirely unknown
70 medical science. After much labor and
scientific investigation, we have succeeded in
extracting its peculiar medicinal principles,
which is a specific and cure for all diseases of
the Liver Stomach and Bowels; permanent
cure for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Spleen, Con
stipati on, JaUndicc, and all Bilious Com
plants OF course we cannot send living
flower Of this plant to all who read of Hepa-
tine; but TO all who will send their address to
MEKKELL ~ COUDEN, Philadelphia, Pa, with
B. cent stamp for return postage, We Will
send FIR E u fac-simile of the flower, that will
change its color just the same Us the real
Hepatine flower The Medicine, MER-
REBL'S HEPATINE, Tor sale by Sumpter dS
Lacey, Pulaski. Tenn, and will cure all dts-
eases of the Liver.
The Globe Flower Cough Syrup for coughs,
colds and COHSuHlptiO5, at Sumpter u Lacey's.
DR.. Pemberton's Compound Extract of
Stillingia, for all diseases Of the Blood, for
sale by Sumpter d Lacey. jan27-ly
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Blind Ned.
IRwrs RUSSELL.

Who is dat ar a-playin'l sAucksl I wish
wasn't blin';
But when dc Lord he TUX my eyes, he lef' my
Yeahs behin',
Is dat you, Mahs'r Bobl I fought I reco'-
nized your bowin';
l said knowed twas you Soon's heered dc
fiddle goin'.
Shot dat amt right-jes le' me show you
how to play dat tune
feel ike could make the fiddle talk, dis
afternoon.
Now, don't you see that counter lies les a lit
tie bit too high9
Well, nebber mini guess you'll learn to
tune her by an by.
You's jos' like all muss tioReTx das hs-ns 10
play by note;
You amt got music in on, so you has to hab
it wrote;
Now dat amt science why de debtil don't
For dat's de onlies KIM of music fttin' for to
heah
Do you suppose, when David was a-pickin'
He es6sT FPoTol IiIS de difference atwiss fat
But any tune you called for, he could pick it
all de same,
For David knowed de music, dough he didn't
know de name
Now what shall begin wide Somefin' live
ly, fas' an quick!
Well, sah, jes' pay attention, an I'll glib you
'Cap'n Dick"
Yah! yah! young mahs'r, don't You feel les
like you want to pat.
You'll hab to practice fur awhile afore you
ekals dat
Dere amt nobody round dis place kin play
wild Uncle Ned,
Dev isn't cot IL in deir fngers. neiler in deir
head.
Dat fiddler Bill dey talks about heered
him play piece.
An declar' It sounded like fox among de
geese.
A violeen is like 'ooman, mighty hard to
guide,
An mighty hard to keep in order arter once
its buyed.
An 'taint de fancies' lookin' ones dat alluz
does de bes'.
Dis yere's a splendid inst ment-I spec it
You rally ought to lot mo hab dis fiddle for
to keep;
1t amt no use to you sgh; for, widout it's in
de man,
He kant git music out de fines fiddle in dc
Lam.
1t 'quires pow'I OBJ science for to fiddle,
sab, yoI see,
A n science comes by natur'-dat's de wax 1t
is wild me;
But, Lord, dat Bill 1t 'Inuses me to heal
him talkin' big,
You never heerd braggin' fiddler play
decent jig.
Dat Bill, he is q caution, sahl Iwcnder now
whar he
An oder folks knows Of-yes, wonder
whar'il dey be.
In hebben, when de musie's playin' an de
angels shout
Il Bill should jine the chorus, dey would hab
to put him out.
Well. goodbye, Mah'sr Bob, sab; when you r
muffin else to do
Jes' SEM for dis OF darky, an he'll come an
play for you;
An don't glib up your practisin'-you's only
sebenteeu,
An maybe when yOu's OF as me you'll Play
de viOleen.
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SUMMER ADVERTISING.
a WORD to JudiciOus Business
MEN.

A word to business men on this
subject. The people read more at
this season than in the winter, when
they have more amusement, more
work and the days shorter. The
man who keeps his name and bust
ness before the public during the
hot dull weather will not lie forgot
ten IN the fall The country cusLo-
mer who reads his Ledger through,
line by line, advertisements and all,
will consider him live man and
call at his place of business when he
comes to town. Ifit is a retail bus
mess. the city trade will flow to the
man who advertises. We know it
requires nerve to advertise during
months when there is nothing do
ing, but we believe it pays III the en6
and often brings an immediate re-
turn. Those who do not feel like
putting in a douhle-column sixteen
square advertisement, can insert
something smaller. 1t will be read
and the people will be attracted by it.
When the business season sets in
nearly everybody advertises, the pa
pers are full, everybody is in hur-
~, and a business card is more like
ly to be overlooked or overshad-
owed by large, costly and flashy ad
vertisements. We say, advertise in
summer, even if you go a little light
er for it in the winter. 1t is a great
mistake to wait until business is at
it's height to advertise, for the effect
cannot be the same as if the effort
had been made sooner. People
read, think, talk, and form plans in
the duh season, and when the rush
Of business comes their minds are
pre-occupied, their connections
formed, and they have little time to
change about. Try summe adver-
tising.-Nemphis Ledger.
There is wisdom in the above
suggest.on, ard VIZ ask our Pulaski
merchants to ponder it we'll, and act
upon it. Every word of 1t is true.
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Charlotte N. c. Observer: Bill
Wilson, a colored boy, who cropped
with B. +. Summers, of Turner's
burg, Iredell county, this season,
eloped Saturday night Sth inst,
taking with him Summers daughter,
a girl about eighteen years Of age.
She is low in stature, fair skin ana
light hair. Said boy is about > feet
10 inches high, copper color, TWEEN
ty-two or twenty three years Of age.
Had on when he left Only a shir;
and collar, jeans pantaloons, shoes
and 4 new black hat, two old quilts
and no other clothing.
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THE STAR OF EMPIRE.
It's Southwark COurse-An Eng
Iish View of American Cot
ton Mills.

The New York correspondent of
the London Standard supplies some
particulars as to the cotton manu-
facture in the Northern and South
ern States of America, and draws 1t
comparison between the two. lie
says:
First, as to the North. ] have
some facts bearing upon the profits
of cotton manufacture in six mills,
which have been adduced to prove
the profiAblehess Of NUrtherR man
ufactures. I give these as presum
ably correct. The Chicopee Mills,
with a capital of $4,000, made an
average profit of 25.6 per cent. dur
ing the period from 1862 to 1871
the period of the six calculations.
The Salisbury Mills, with a capital
of 50, 100000, made n profit of 22.5
per cent; the Pacific, capital $2,-
100000, made 2I.25 per cent; the
Naumkeag, capital 81, 100000, made
1862 per cent; the Merrimac, capi
tai I,5OO,OOO made I5.5 per cent;
and the Middlesex, capital $750,000,
made 12.5 per cent. These profits,
leaving out of the calculation the
capital invested, show an average per
centage of 1898. But the result is
pretty nearly correct, as we see two
facts of opposite character-name
~, that the largest profits come on
the smallest Of capital, and that the
amount of capital that made above
the general average is largely in cX-
cess-nearly double, in fact-thai
which fell below it.
Secondly, as to the South
have no comprehensive figures to
show in this region, for the reason
that such industries as these were
all in confusion during the whole OF
the period Of great prosperity EN-.
braced in the Northern reports
The Macon Mills (steam) during
the last year or two claimed TO have
realized profits to the extent of &c
to 40 per cent.-say, the average 35
The Petersburg Mills are said tc
yield a profit of % per cent; the
Langley Mills over 25 per cent; tn,
Augusta Mills over 30 per cent. til,
Columbus Mills, the largest proba
bly, in the South, (running $4,000
spindles and 900 looms), over y
per cent; and the Tallahassee, q
per cent. These six average, a.
above calculated, profit of over 6:
per cent. This, it must be remem
bered, has been mainly since the Fl
nancial crisis of September, 1879
during which time many of tn
Northern mills have been runnin,
on half time These facts, so IA
as they constitute any comparison
tell very strongly in favor Of til
greater profits of the Southern owe
Northern mills. The per cen
profits are-Northern, in prosper
Gus times, 17.9S; Southern, in time
of great financial stringency, 3
But, as 1 intimated above, the fact
: here given, while I believe them t
be honestly estimated. and yer
;%close to the truth, are not to /
taken strictly.
Thirdly, as to the one mill mel
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The sergeant Of a Wisconsin reg
iment carried live eagle with him
'Lhrough thirty battles of the late
war, and that eagle, known as Old
Abe, is now maintained, with man
to take care Of him, at the expense
of the State. or course, Old Abe is
at the Centennial, where he may be
seen by everybody. if every bodyhap-
pens to have so cents to pay for the
privilege, The eagle is a feathered
fraud. We call him the monarch of
the clouds, and all that, and have
adopted him as our national bird,
and yet he makes it a point to let
the monarch of the dung hill whip
aim every time they run together,
That's just what he is-a feathered
fraud Courier-J0UrHal.
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A romantic paragraphist contrib
utes this rosebud 70 the realm Of
condensed novels, "A gushing young
creature ihthis city, who has read
nearly all novels at the Mercantile
Library, expects TO write an en-
thralling romance, get her picture in
a Sarony showcase and spend her
winters in the south CT France. She
will probably fetch upin the fourth
story back Of a cheap boarding
house, with coiicy baby and a poor
mans's clothes TO look after"
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The Post fun ofNaiIs.

There was once a boy who was
very wicked, and his father told him
that for every fault he committed, he
would drive a nail in post; and the
post became full of nails. At last
the poor boy turned over new leaf;
he became better, and his father
promised that for every act Of merit,
a nail should be taken out of the
most; and this continued some time,
until one day the father said, "Jim,
nv lad nearly all the nails are gone. F"
"Ah," said the boy, "they are, but !
can see the plsCe where they we're.
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Points i'm the New Bounty Bill
that Passed the House.

The first section gives to every
private soldier or sailor who faith
fully served in the military service
of the United States, and was hon
orably discharged, bounty at the
rate of 800 year for all the time
he served between the 18th day of
April, 1861, and the 9th day of MAY,
1865. The second section gives to
any widow or children of deceased
soldiers the same bounty. The
third sectisn provides in ascertain
ing the bounty to be paid, there
shall be deducted therefrom any
bounties already paid under the
provisions of the United states or
State laws. The fourth section ex.
cepts from the privilege of bounty
those who served as substitutes in
the army, and those discharged to
escape longer service. The fifth
section requires every applicant for
bounty to certify under oath what
amount of bounty he may already
have received from the United
States or State laws. The sixth
section limits the fees of attorneys
or claim agents to ten dollars for
the prosecution of any claim under
the provisions of the act. The sew
enth section makes it unlawful for
any soldier to transfer or assign his
interest in the bounty accruing un-
der the bill. A final section limits
the enjoyment Of the act to claims
filed within five years from its pas
Sapp