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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-08
The Texas Prairies.

At the moment that you start
westward on the "Sunset Route y
the landscape salutes you in ali the
loveliness of a blossoming prairie
in its first luXuriance of green I'M
der the tender early sun. The flow
ers are numberless. When you
have counted couple OF dozen va
rieties, you find that you have only
begun. Here the painted cup makes
the great reaches gay; here yellow
indigo stars them, and presently
lends them it's color, leading away
into the boundless horizon Field
of the Cloth OF Gold; here it is
scarlet with che scarlet phloX, here
blue with the verbena; here the
lilies, with their long snowy fila
ments wondrously alive, whiten all
the Yindings of an unseen brook;
here, clothed in the priceless small
clover, and greener than Dante's
freshly broken emeralds, beneath
vast and hollow heavens, and
moulded in colossal calm" the
naked prairie rolls away, league after
league, un5roken to the Gulf.
Oh, the glory of a Texas prairie
under vertical sum- the light, the
color, the distance, the vast solitude
and silence, the Iimitless level. the
everlasting restl A flock of white
cranes rise flashing in the light and
soar away; a mirage lifts the lofty
timber that outlines distant river,
and shows you the stream shining
beneath, shaking silver vapor at its
feet; in the creek beside you, fear
less blue ducks dip and dive and
skim away, scattering the water
drops; a drove OF horses, rising
from beds of sunflowers, with flying
names and tails, 90 bounding into
space; vast herds of cattle crop the
clover without lifting their heads as
you sweep by; riders are rounding
up their droves, hawks are hover
ing, birds are singing, winds are
blowing, and what seemed only sol
itude and silence is full of life and
action and music. Now the forests
of the Brazos begin to rustic; cy-
press and magnolia, linden and 10
Gust, ash and beech and elm, hick-
DRY and black jack, dense to dark
ness, yet trembling with dew and
sun, laced with gay vines of trum-
pet and passion flowers, and with
huge ropes of blossoming grape
slung from tree to tree, thick with
underground of -dogwood and red
bub, wild peach and cane, and their
great dark live oaks wrapped in the
fantastic shadows Of a thousand
gray swaying cobwebs, and stand
ing wierd and awful in their Druid
ical beard. - Harriet Prescott Spot
ford, in Harper's Magazine for No
vam har
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GEN. FORREST.
He Died Happy in the Blessed
Knowledge that he was Pre-
pared for Eternity.

The remains of the dead soldier
was reviewed by thousands o:
friends as it lay IN state at the resi-
dence of his brother at Memphis,
and mourning thousands followed to
the grave, while yet thousands more
in every hamlet throughout the
South mourn his untimely death.
OF his last few days on earth the
Memphis Appeal thus speaks: 80
robust in mind, so vital in nature,
and so strong and fresh in his man
hood was Gen. Forrest, that he ncy-
er lespaired of his recovery until
Sunday morning last. He seemed
to think that the ipdomitable will
which had so often conquered on
the field of battle could hold IN
check even an enemy as remorse-
less as death, and he was hopeful
until Sunday morning, when he
consented to be removed TO the
city, where he could die among his
friends. He was greatly fatigued
by the trip, and gradually grew
worse until he expired. Over twelve
months ago Gen. Forrest joined the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
and since that time he has been an
exemplary Christian. His pastor,
Rev. DR.. Stain back, visited HIM
Thursday last and found him happy
in the olissful knowledge that he
was prepared for eternity.
Gen. Forrest was the last of sew
ell brothers, with the exception of
Col. Jesse A. Forrest, of this city.
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Young Men Learn a Trade.

Daniel Webster is credited with
having said: "If / had as many
sons as old Priam, would have
them all learn a trade, so they
would have something to fall back
on IN case they failed in specula-
lations." A Philadelphia paper
thus sensibly moralizes thereon :
The number of young men who
are brought up to no useful trade
or calling, is on the increase. The
effect may be seen in political life,
where thousands of men are beg
ging, as at present IN Washington,
Tor 'positions," with a vague idea
that their unframed powers and ig-
norancc can find shelter IN some
cosy nook where they pay. Being
practically of no earthly use To
themselves or 10 any one else, they
only hope to find some place where
they can continue 10 exist without
beneftting any one. A destitute
man, without trade, and who Is
not qualified by practice TO ill any
position, is in a condition TO be
come a tramp, aud the chances are
that he will become one, or fare
even worse by becoming a Grim
inal1
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Mysteries of a Lump Of Coal.

For years no one supposed that a
piece of soft coal, dug from its mine
or its bed in the earth, possessed
any other quality than being com
bustlble, or was valuable for any
other purpose than as fuel. 1t was
next found that it would afford a
gas which is also combustible.
Chemical analysis proved 1t to be
made of hydrogen In process of
time mechanical and chemical in
genuity devised a mode of manu-
featuring this gas and applying it
to the lighting of buildings and
cities on a large scale. In doing
this other products of distillation
were developed, until, step by step,
the following ingredients or mate
rails are extracted from it: 1. An
excellent oil to supply light houses,
equal to the best sperm oil, at lower
cost. 3. Benzole-a light sort of
ethereal fluid, which evaporates cas-
ily, and combined with vapor or
moist air, is used for the purpose
of portable gas lamps, so called.
3 Naphtha-a heavy fluid, useful
to dissolve gutta percha, india rub
Der, etc. 4. An oil excellent for
lubricating purposes. 3. Asphal
tum, which is a black, solid sub
stance, used in making varnishes,
covering roots and covering over
vaults. 6 Parraline-a white, crys-
talline substance, resembling white
wax, which ci,n be made into beau
tiful wax candles; it melts at tenn
perature of one hundred and ten
degrees, and affords an excellent
light. All these substances are
now made from soft coal.
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A Tree That Rains.

The consul of the United States
of Columbia in the department OF
Lereto, Peru, has recently called
the attention of President Prado to
a remarkable tree which exists in
the forests adjoining the village OF
Moyobama This tree, known to
the natives as Tamia Caspi Grain
tree, is about fifty eight feet in
height at full growth, and the diam
eter Of its trunk is about thirty
nine inches. 1t absorbs and con
denses the moisture in the atmos-
phere with astonishing energy, and
it is said that water constantly eX-
udes from its trunk and falls like
rain from It's branches. So abun-
dant is the water supply that the
soil near by is turned into marsh.
The tree gives forth most water
when the rivers are dry during the
summer season, and when water
generally is scarce. Its cultivation
is proposed throughout the arid re-
oiOnS of Peru.
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ADvERBs AND ADJEcT1vEs.
Minor Questions that Puzzle the
Grammarians.

Richard Grant White in New York Times.
/ have of late received no less
than nine epistles-one of them
from the Pacific shore-asking me
to decide dispute whether it is
right to say tomorrow is Sunday
or to- morrow will be Sunday, and |
am speaking within bounds when /
say that, within the last ten years
that question has been put to me,
personally or by letter, more than
$50 times, and | have lately re
ceived seven letters, three during
the last week, asking whether it is
grammatical TO say | feel bad or
l feel badly.
AS to the former momentous in
quiry, / might truly say 1 don't
know which is right and l don't
care. 1t is not worthy of five min
utes' consideration by any reasona-
ole human creature. Either form
of expression is perfectly intelligi-
BILE; and both have the support OF
good usage. As to the latter, which.
trifiing as it is, does really present
a point for deci ion, there seems to
me doubt that 81 feel bad" is right.
l cannot believe that any one of my
querists, who, rising in the morn
ing, felt low spirited, would say, 81
feel bluely," but 81 feel blue" Nor
would any one who speaks English
well without thinking about it-and
and only such persons speak we'll
say .'the grass looks greenly," but
''the grass looks green" But we
say and should say ''that woman
dresses badly" or "tbe air bites
keenly" When the verb expresses
action or suffering, an adverb is re
quired; but when it expresses the
condition of the speaker, as Il feel
bad" or an appearance to him, as
''the grass looks green" an adjec
tive is proper. But even under
these conditions good usage and
good sense admit both forms. We
may say either "the sun shines
brightly, Tor ''the sun shines bright,
''the river flows darkly," or "the
river flows dark" There are many
such cases in which the adjective is
the better word; and solicitous use
of adverbs is rather sign of a
grammar and dictionary style OF
speech and of writing than of one
which comes of spontaneous con
formity to good usage and an un-
conscious mastery of ones mother
tongue And it should be added
that no one can learn to speak good
English or "good grammar" by
fretting over such questions as
these; that it is to be attained only
by an unconscious conformity to
the usage of the best speakers and
writers, as l have had occasion to
say before.
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eirls, Attituda 70 young Men.

There is thing of which l want
to speak, and that is the behavior
of young girls toward young men
who are not lovers, but simply
friends. Let me tell you plainly
that our sex were not meant to be
wooers. The custom prevalent
among a certain class of young la
dies of asking, directly or indirect
", the attentions of young gentle
men is not an admirable custom.
''My son." said lady to me not long
since, lis much prejudiced against
a young girl whom l admire, be
cause she is constantly sending him
notes, inviting him to be her escort
here and there, and planning to
have him with her" A modest and
dignified reserve, which is neither
prudery nor afectation should dis
tinguish your manner to gentlemen.
Too great familiarity and too evil
dent pleasure in the society OF
young men are errors into which no
delicate and pure minded girl should
fall
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The Death of a Pope.

AS soon as the Pope dies, the
Cardinal Chamberlain, or Camerlin-
90, calls out three times, in the
presence of several members of the
council, addressing him by his
proper name, cart thou deadr"
Then answering for the deceased,
he exclaims, Gle is deadr' and tax
ing the flsherman's ring, as the seal
of the Pope is called, breaks it.
The bell OF the capitol is tolled, and
the news is dispatched to foreign
governments and absent cardinals,
which latter are invited to the con
clave for new election. While the
vacancy continues, the Camerlingo
exercises the supreme authority.
The cardinals who have been crea-
ted by the defunct Pontif put on
mourning serge robes of a violet
color, while such as were Created by
his predecessors wear green faced
with red. The dead body is washed
and embalmed, and taken to the
Pauline Chapel of the Vatican,
where it is arrayed in the pontifical
habits, after which it is taken to st.
Peters Cathedral, and placed in the
Sistine Chapel, on splendid bed
of state, surrounded by burning Ia
pers night and day, and by priests
who pray for The soul of the depart
ed. The people meanwhile crowd
to kiss his feet. On the ninth day
after death the body is put into Il
coffin with coronation medals in
geld, silver and brass, to show that
death equals all things. After the
funeral ceremonies, the coffin is re-
moved to a church which is said to
have been founded by Constantine
the Great, and there left till it is
deposited in the tomb prepared for
it. After the nine days of funeral
rites, all cardinals who can possibly
be present in Rome meet together
to go into conclave. Before enter
ing they visit st. Peters, where the
mass of the Holy Spirit is sung and
an grafton delivered on the election
of pontiff. Then they return to
the Vatican, where the hymn, "yeni
Creator" is sung, and certain pray
ers are rehearsed, and the order for
the election is voted.
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What the South Needs.
Cincinnati Enquirer.


What the South needs is what
every new country needs, for it is
in the condition of new countries
generally. 1t needs plenty of mon
ey. 1t needs what alone will give
it life, animation and push to bust
ness. To make money scarcer than
it is, which resumption will do, for
resumption means contraction
strikes us as about one of the last
ways that could be devised to help
the South out of its present poverty
and incomplete condition. The
South has the basis for great
wealth. 1t has the richest of SOIL
the most genial of climates, and
ample labor. Its development re-
quires money, and great deal OF
it. There is not enough now, To
shorten the present volume must
retard development 1t can not be
otherwise. The true interests OF
the South should demand the re
peal of the resumption act; and we
shall acknowledge ourselves sadly
mistaken if its members do not vote
for the repeal
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For the CITIZEN.
THE LEAVES ARE FALLING.

OH the summer, the beautiful Skinner is past,
Its gloiies departing as wanes the old year,
And Autumn, the chill Autumn, is here and
fact,
The leaves are falling, falling. yellowed
and sere-
How sad is the thought that beauty so fair
Must fade from the sight when the ice king
Is near,
And summers warm breath, the fow'r scent
Must yield to chill blasts when the winter
Is here
Bright Autumnal tints but toreshadow the
end
That strips from the landscape its bright
forest green,
And song birds no longer their wild carols
blend
With the rustling of leaves in summers
gay sheen.
When hope from the heart fades out as the
flowers,
That delight with their fragrance and soft
rosy hues,
How cheerless our lives, when the dalk win
try hours,
Around us their gloom and their darkness
diffuse
AS the shadows are falling DER forest and
field,
Let US treasure the brightness now fading
from sight,
To gladden. our hearts when the winters
revealed.
In the drear desolation that heralds the
night.
ASPEN HILL. Fl.
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Fifty or sixty years ago Il was
the custom for gentlemen wishing
servants to visit emigrant ships as
soon as they arrived in port Sc
Letting the man or woman who
pleased them, they would pay his
or her passage money, about seven
W or eighty dollars, TO the captain,
agreeing to give the servant cloth
ing and board, and at the end OF
three years service, twenty or thirty
dollars.
One day a gentleman, a man OF
fortune, residing in Philadelphia,
went on board an emigrant ship to
hire a girl or purchase her time -
as it was then called. He selected
one and was shown her father. The
old man was anxious TO go with his
daughter, and after some persua-
sion the gentleman purchased his
time. "Well, now" said the old
man, "here's my old wife; take her
also" There was something so az
tractive in the countepance of the
old woman that the gentleman
bought her time.
Going together TO the register
Office to complete the bargain, the
gentleman was surprised TO find the
name which the emigrants gave
spelt and pronounced like his own.
Inquiries ended in discovering that
he had bought the time of his own
father and mother.
When six years old, son of the
old folks had been taken to Amer
lea by a gentleman, and they had
lost all knowledge Of him, indeed,
they had almost forgotten that they
had son in America. They recol-
lected, however, that their boy had
a figure of a cucumber on one OF
his shoulders. The newly found
son was stripped in the office, and,
to the delight Of the aged couple,
there was the birth mark.
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The Evils of Hot Bread.

There is no law in the country to
prevent the consumption OF hot
bread, but the law Of common sense,
and unfortunately that is a dead
letter as a governing principle in
the lives of great many people.
That hot bread 10 nine cases out of
ten will produce dyspepsia is no
newly discovered fact, and especial
ly is this terrible result sure to fol
low a persistent indulgence on the
part Of those whose pursuits are
quiet, indoors and sedentary.-
And yet the reformers, or those
who call themselves such--the men
and women who work themselves
into a white heat over the sale Of a
glass of cider-will go on year after
year, not only making no cutlery
against this pernicious indulgence,
but actually filing themselves up
day after day with the hot and pois
onous gases of the oven. This ser
want of the housewife can be made
as terrible a stomach destroyer as
the distillery, and the sworn foes of
the latter are apt TO be its best pat.
rons. Dyspepsia paints the nose
and sours the stomach as surely as
dram drinking, and many sufferers
from the former, though by their
own wilful acts, inveigh the most
loudly against the latter. A well
defined case of jim jams is the eli
max to a course of intemperance
and warns the victim that his alter
native is death or Immediate reior-
nation. But the dyspepsia that
hot bread, mince pie and kindred
denominations cause has no sudden
warnings. The man who uses
them goes on making both himself
and those around him wretched,
and refuses TO acknowledge that he
is a sinner above those whose light
err faults he fiercely condemns
Boston Post.
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"Mack, can you tell US the way
out OF the present hard timcsY' is a
question we are often asked. OF
course, we can. Keep pcgging
away-live within your income, and
save "a little for rainy day-sell
your surplus OF stock and grain--if
you can't get your price take what
you can get--take the money and
pay your debts; and IL you owe no
debts put the money on interest
work steady and be economical,
make no bad or fool trades. and the
first thing you know you will be
sitting up cross legged, with peace
and plenty. Now, we've told you
the way out, and If you don't go II
is your own fault Gevslond Banner
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Hard to Find.

A western paper says: Wanted
In this Office, an editor who can
please everybody. Also, foreman
who can so arrange the paper as to
allow every mans advertisement
to head the column" 1t might
have added, "also a wealthy pub
Usher, who can afford TO publish AT
loss, pay bills every week prompt.
Nv, credit subscribers as long AZ
they wish. and not offend them by
sending notices OF bills"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-08

Gen. Casslus M. Clay has a pref
ty little estate of 1920 acres in
Kentucky, in the centre of which
stands Il stately mansion. He has
splendid library and many excel
lent paintings. In this home Gen.
Clay is spending his old age with
his adopted son, an intelligent
young Russian, for his companion.
This old abolitionist now holds the
most gloomy opinions as to the
condition and the prospects of the
colored race. He says that OF
those freed by him many years ago
none turned out well. He adds
that the colored people are rapidly
decreasing in numbers and must fl
nally become extinct.
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renovation, not Prostitution

Did any enteebled human being ever
become strong under the operation OF
powerful catharties or salivants Ii IS
sometimes necessary To regulate the
novels. but that cannot be done by ac-
tive purgation, which exhsusts the vital
forces and serves no good purpose what
ever. The only true way to promote
health and vigor, which are essential to
regularity of the organic functions, Y
70 inviSorate, discipline and purify the
sy-st,an at the same time. The extraor-
dinarv efficacy of HOstetters stomach
Bitn.rs in cases of debility OF irregular
itv of the organs OF digestion, assimila-
zion. secretion and discharge, is unlver-
sally admitted. Appetite, good diges-
ton. . regular habit Of body, active
Circulation of the blood, and purity oil
ali the animal fluids are induced by this
superb tonic and corrective 1t nas no
eoi,als. moreover, rs = preventive oil
| chills and fever, and other types OF Iaa-
| lsrial disease. To esligrants and tray
| alers IL is particnlsrly serviceaoic rs
| medicinal safeguard. nosA-'
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GAaiIIFy salI d Valuable IsHaE.

John T. Steele, Trustee, ". A. Cox 81 al
DURsUANT 70 a decree q The Chahesry
i Court for Giles county, Tennessee, In the
above cause I will sell on
Friday, November 9th, 1877,
AZ public a4lo 70 the highest bidder on TIE
premises, ou q credit Of one and two yoafn,
with inherent from tho day Of sale and free
from the equity Of redemption, She iatd
mentioned Ia the decree Of aals, situated IN
the 18th civil district Of Giles county arl
containing about 91e aud 0-lOtha acres afd
embracing thu old Tiliory settlement and q
portion 81 tke Bfamlo.t-Taylor purchase.
These are very desirable lnudsi well lni-
proved, and convenient 70 Pulaski, With q
good turnpike rotd; VIII make very excel
lent homo for anybody; will b sold In one
lot Purchasers will b required - execute
notes with approved pornonai socaritY, and
liens will b retained f0r tho payment 81 he
purchase money upon The lend. sale shout
II o'clock a. ~. j. Is. STACY &. d N.
eff1T-fA
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In one of his speeches President
Hayes used these suggestive words !:
Let the immigrant understand that
his children can be freely educated
in the public schools and it is a
better advertisement for your State
than you can get for the amount of
money it will cost. l say educa-
ton brings immigration Of the best
kind Let it have your support and
with these and peace. prosperity is
secured" He never uttered trucr
sentence than this, nor one which
shows more clearly that he under
stands at least some of the greatest
wants of the South.
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Gl.lllry Iii d TuVE NT.

&C Mo8sit q 81 ". David Ross 81 81.
DURsUANT 70 = decree Of The CkanoerY
oause, I win seli
On Saturday, November 10th, 1871,
- ppblic sale. V The highest bidder, - DE
court house door. Ia Paiaski, on credit uni.l
thc La day Of September, ISIS. With iutafest
division Of tho lota Of sarah n. Roe. dec. !,
situated In the town Of pelaski, c6nlAinilf
as iO0ths of an acro. Purchaser required 10
execute a neta with good pernocal aeeurl.r
and = lien win be retained on said lOt until
oeEii-i5 }. d. STACY, Q. A n.
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or the bills introduced in relatio

OF the bills introduced in relation
to the tax on tobacco is one by
Mr.. Whitthorne, which provides
that it shall be lawful for planter OIL
producer to sell and dispose of any
tobacco in the leaf raised upon
premises under lease or rent by
him without the payment of any
tax, provided such sale is made IN
psyment Of rent or for the purchase
of any space needed by said planter
or producer.
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CAUTIoN TO THE PUBLIC.

Asa protection against eounterfeits
the present proprietors have patented
the likeness Of DR.. A. q. sinmons, the
originator OF simmons Liver Medicine
A. q trade mark. Hereafter the original
and only genuine DR.. A. q. simmons
Liver Medicine will be put up ia getiole
urdppers with his likeness upon each
package and botfle--nOne other genuine
Beware OF counterfelts and unicrupu-
lous persons Offering you other prepa-
tIons. N. A. TIrKDFoKD Cos
Sole Pr0prictOrs,
oct25-Im Chattanooga, Tenn.