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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15
Persistent Misrepresentation.

"The Texas Pacific railroad, ac
cording to we'll informed persons
can be built and equipped for $40,
600 a mile. The subsidy bill of las
session asks for $500 mile tc
aid in its construction. If thai
bill were passed, who would pocket
the difference?"- Cincinnati Gazette
That is a deliberate and inten-
tional misconstruction. The Texas
Pacific railroad bill provides thai
the company shall construct the re
naming I400 miles of road and tel
graph, and issue five per cent gold
interest-bearing bonds upon it to
an amount not exceeding $4,000 a
mile or an aggregate not exceeding
$50,000,000 on the whole line be
tween Fort Worth and San Diego.
All these bonds are to be deposited
with the Secretary of the Treasury,
and the United States shall cause
to be indorsed on the bonds guar
antee Of the prompt payment of the IN
terest. The bonds thus guaran teed
are to be redelivered to the COM
pany by the Secretary of the Treas
ury only as sections of the road are
constructed, on the sworn statement
of commissioners as TO its cost, the
deliveries not to exceed the cost of
any section, or an average exceed
ing $4,000 per mile for the whole
line, the total liability of the Gov
ernment not to exceed 50, 100000
per annum, to be secured by a first
mortgage on the entire road and
its appurtenances, and on 18,O0o,000
acres of land in New Mexico, Ari-
zona and California, granted hereto
fore by the Government to aid in
its construction. The Secretary of
the Treasury is to further retain
$7,000,O00 of the company's bonds,
or more, if the cost of the road is
less than an average of 100000 per
mile, until the line is completed.
1t will be seen that the Govern
ment is not asked to give $50,0O0,-
600 to the road, but only to guar
antee the prompt payment of inter
est not exceeding $2,500,000 year,
and amply secured, and the bonds
are not to be delivered to the com
pany save as the road is construct
ed. This is an entirely different ar
rangement from that with the Union
and Central Pacific companies, to
v HON the Government gave about
$1OO,0OO,000, and has 10 pay the
interest of $5,524,OOO annually.
Nothing is asked by the Texas Pa
cific save a guarantee of the pay
ment of the interest on the compa
ny's bonds. That the company
will be able to take care of its obi
cations is a foregone conclusion
ICourier-J ournal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15
n ACRES-
CHANCERY SALE or LAND

Anderson BufoFd ". Lavinia alias Parthsna
Perry.
DURsUANT 70 q decree Of the Chsacsr,
Court for Giles county Ia the above causi
! will aell,
On Friday, November, 23rd, 1871.
a. public saie, 70 the highest bidder, on The
premises, on credit oi "a months, alth III 4.
tcrcst from the day of sale and froo from ne
equity Of redemption, The tract Of ~ anl
ef-loytha acfcs og land mentioned In ne
pleadings, aituatod IN tho 18Th civil diatftt
of Giles county, adjoining The lands q Wn
Perry, hr., aud others. aud baihg one hall q
The tract eold b. Wm. Perry 70 Philip fofrg
aud David Lane, and being The half - arnfi
70 Philip Perry ia he division II naid fsafi
between Philip Perry and David Lane Puf-
chaser vii b. required 70 execute note Will
good pors0nAl security, aud = iie0 will bg rt.
tainod upon The land untn The p0rohail
no1cy u paid j. D. STACY O. a ~.
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ADvrass AND ADJEcTIvzs.
Prof Joynes Begs Leave to Differ
with E. Grant White.
70 the American.

To the American:
Your extract of 2Sth inst, from
Mr.. Richard Grant Whites paper in
the New York Times on "Adverbs
and Adjectives,' tempts to a word
of reply, since its citation might
seem to add the weight of the
american to Mr.. Whites authority
Without seeking the and of gram
matical terms or distinctions, we
will simply quote Mr.. Whites own
examples to show that he is wrong,
when he pronounces in favor of
feel bad. As every reader of the
american may see, we say "the grass
looks green "the sun shines
bright" because these phrases may
be translated into the nearly equiv
alent: "The grass is green" ''the
sun is bright" On the other hand,
we say "the woman dresses badly"
because-not she--but her dressing
is bad; ''the air bites keenly," be-
cause its biting is keen, etc. So we
say (still using Mr.. Whites exam
ples) II feel low spirited" Il feel
blue" meaning Every nearIy) I am
low spirited, / am blue, etc. Hence,
not 81 feel bad, meaning 1 am bad,
but 81 feel badly" meaning that my
feeling is bad. 1t is thus clear,
even without discussion, that Mr.,
Whites examples (which 1 have
quoted literally are not analogous
to the case, and that his conclusion
is wrong-the only correct phrase
being I.fesl badly.
Mr.. Whites rule of Spontaneous
conformity to good usage, and un-
conscious mastery of ones mother
tongue" is very pretty, but not so
very easy. What this good usage"
is, is precisely the question; and to
know this requires something more
than ''spontaniety," and some con
siderable degree of consciousness"
Itlis strangesthat a scholar, whose
correspondence on such subjects is
as large as Mr.. White tells US his
is, should not have advan ced be-
yond this stage of evolution, as a
grammatical authority! Mr.. White
is an excellent literary scholar, and
a lively and entertaining writer;
but, as those who are familiar with
modern pathological discussion well
know, he is among the most unsafe
of guides in all that concerns the
right use or exposition of the Eng
lish language. If any doubt this
statement or would inquire further,
let them read Fitz- Edward Halls
Modern English"-or his "Recent
Exemplifications of False Phllolo-
gy." Respectfully,
EDWARD s. ,JOYNEs
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15
Marriage and Divorce.

The Episcopal Convention, lately
assembled at Boston, declared that
''no minister shall solemnize the
marriage of any person who has
divorced husband or wife still
living, If such a husband or wife
has been put away for any cause
arising after marriage" People
have begun to look upon marriage as
simply ar agreement TO be broken
at will or pleasure. The courts
have granted divorces to men and
women for the simple asking, and
the action of the Episcopal Conven-
tion will be looked upon with favor
by persons of all creeds and denom-
nations. The Roman Catholic
Church has always been very guard
ed as to sanctioning the marriage of
those who may have been divorced,
and has sanctioned marriage only
when either party was guilty of a
breach of the Seventh Command
ment, and even then neither of
the parties is permitted to mar
ry, under pain of accommodation,
until the death of the other. The
Episcopal canon, while not so
stringent as the Catholic rule, goes
so far as to prohibit divorced per-
son from being admitted to bap.
tism or communion.
The truth of the whole matter is,
people. nowadays, too seldom
"marry for love-" They are too de-
sirous of making an eligible
match," and love is not taken into
account. There has been often seen
the scale of "modern love" where
the bag of gold far outweighed the
heart on the opposite end of the
beam. Diamonds are the leading
cards in the pack, and they never
fail to take ''trick-" People mar
ry with great expectations, but. in
nine cases out of ten, there is mu-
tual disappointment; clash follows
a jar, and there is no such thing as
getting along together, and finally
the Judge is asked to sever the tie
which no man should put asunder.
- Br0,ensv;7le Demoenat
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Tribute to the Memory Of the Late
DR.. Eve.


laski Academy of Medicine, Pulas-
XII, Tenn, held Nov. 9th. 1877, the
following preamble and resolutions
were introduced and unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, DIR. Paul F. Eve, that
wise and good surgeon, the saga
cious, kind and generous friend, the
nobly gifted and large-hearted man,
has passed forever from among us,
having died very suddenly at Nash
vile, Nov. 4, 1877, with armor still
on, and in the presence of his pa
tient; and
Whereas, his high toned ethical
bearing among his professional
brothers, his extensive and success
ful practice, knowledge and skill in
surgery, and in his quiet and un
complaining, indeed cheerful and
Christian fortitude, as meath the
weight of years he toiled on in his
professional rounds to the end, hath
left us much for imitation; and
Whereas we recognize in him a
surgeon of the very highest order
of intellect-cautious, though bold
and prompt enough when the oc-
casion demanded, and successful In
the highest degree; man of pure
moral habits, a conscientious Chris
tian and of incorruptible honesty;
added to this all those fine and
glowing sensibilities which at once
excite our respect and win our af-
fection; and
Whereas, he having been an hon.
orary member of thus Academy, we
deem it right and proper to give ex-
preston to our overwhelming sor-
row at the sad intelligence; and
while we bow in submission to the
Sovereign will, we will ever cherish
with lively interest the memory of
the dece ased brother; therefore, be it
Resolved, that in the death of
DR.. Paul F. Eve the profession at
large loses one of its most eminent
surgeons and physicians, Of extern
sive professional and theory culture,
rife experience and accurate judg-
ment, and society a warm hearted,
genial and generous member, whose
life has been devoted to the good
of his fellow beings, and at theIripe
old age os IL there fell from the
American profession one of the
brightest stars which has yet risen
above its horizon.
Resolved, that we deeply sympa
thize with the family and relatives
of the deceased in the affecting be
reavement which deprived them of
one whose upright and unobtrusive
life secured him universal esteem
ar respect.
Resolved, that these proceedings
be entered on the minutes of the
Academy, that they be published in
the Citizen, and that copy of the
same be furnished the family.
j. F. GRANT, NJ. D.,
WIN. BATE, NJ. D.,
THEo. WEsTMoRELAND, NJ. D.,
JAMES L. SuMPTER, M. D.,
JAMES III. KEELING, NJ. D.,
G. G. ABERNATHY, NJ. d.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

James G. Burgess, Admir-, Va. @. W. Clark
and others.
DURSUANT to a decree Of the Chancorv
Court for Giles county, Tennessee, In TIE
above cause, will sell.
On Thursday, Nov 10Th, 1877.
at public sale to the highest bidder, on the
promises, on a credit Of / and years, with
interest from the day OF sale, enough Of ths
lands OF Green Clark, Decd, 10 sell for about
one thousand dollars. Said land IA situntsd
IN the 10th civil district Of Giles county. on
the head waters Of Bradshaw 3 creek, and be-
ing portion Of the landc upon which Groon
Clark resided at the time Of his death
Purchaser will DO required 10 execute notes
with approved security, and lien will be re-
tained upon tho land Tor the payment Of the
purchase money. Plat aud survey Of that
portion 70 be sold will b. exhibited on the
day ofsalo.
octli-td J.B. STACY. @. Nm.
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Chancery Sale Of Land

Ann A. Gordon and others, vs. VIM. T. Cor
don and others,
DURSUANT TO n decree Of the Chanoory
Court for Giles county, Tennessee, In no
above cause, will soil,
On Friday, Nov. I6th, 1877,
at public sale 70 the highest bidder, on tho
promises, on a credit Of aud years, with
interest from the day Of sale, and free from
tho equity Of domption, tho lands men,
toned IN the ploadings; situated In tho sTth
civil district Of Giles county, on the waters
Of Riohland creek. being the remainder Of
the VIM. I. Gordon tract, after sllotting
Dover TO his widow, containing about T0W
acres. Also At the same time aud place. upon
the Same terms, the remainder In toroat In the
dover tract, subject 10 tie lifo estate Of tho
widow Of the said VIM Gordon, decd. 49,.
Purchasers will DO required 10 execute notos
with good personal security, and liens will be
retained upon the lands for the payment of
the purchase money.
OctiI-td J. b. STACY, Q. an.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15
For the ClTIzEN.l
The lightning Strikes a Lightning
Rod Man.

He came in on us like bear,
With impudence we could not bear
We struck, with arms TO elbow bare
The stricken form down stairs they bare.
They say he had traversed the road
For many a mile and mary rode,
From neighbor unto neighbor rode,
Into each home his carcass rowed.
His face was q most frightful sight
1t wasn't pretty BY darned sight
Right at his nose we took good sight
And knocked it in, clear out of sight.
Some folks may think we had no right
To smite him with our brawny right
The reader knows that we did right
We of Lightning man write.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15
Vanderbilt University.


Rev. Stephen Noland, a member
of the Kentucky Conference, a
banker in Nicholasvllle, KY, and
one of the ablest financiers in the
State, proposes that 100000 be
subscribed for the relief of the Pub
fishing House in Nashville, the
money to be paid in six, twelve,
eighteen and twenty-four months
after the full amount is subscribed,
and not binding until the 100000
is promised. This plan is not in
tended to interfere with the collec-
tions ordered by the Conferences to
make up the 100000 called for by
the Book Agent and Book Com
mittee.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

We advise all our people to scru
tinize closely all National Bank Bills
from fives up before taking them
We have heard of counterfeits cir.
culating in town In the last few days
Trere are strong grounds for believ
ing that band of Gypsies, who
passed through town recently, are
engaged in distributing counterfeit
bills Columbia Sentinel.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15
KNOCKED DOWN.

Yes, it was fair and square knock
down, and the justice of the act is not
denied.
The female community are more par
tieularly interested and they give un-
mistakable evidence of their apprecia-
ton.
"When lovely woman lends her in
fiuence, then it is the work moves
bravely on"
We allude to the fact that the great
female medicine known as English Fe-
male Bitters, has been reduced to one
dollar per bottle or three for 81 90. One
bottle will last two weeks. oct25-1m
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

40, Lord! Thou knowest," prayed
Connecticut deacon in churcl
meeting, "that 1 am afflicted with ,
most impious and uepraved son
Thou knowest that on the last Sab
bath day he was seen walking dowr
the principal street in the village
with his hands in his pockets, whis
ting the following ungodly tune
and the congregation were astonish
ed to hear yankee Doodle" Cow
melodiously from the deacon's purk
ed up lips.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

The following is the experience
of lady whose name is withheld,
but who has distir guished herself
in literature, and IN Ide worldwide
reputation:
''In those tim s 1 cared little for
polka or varsol .enne, and still less
for the old fashioned SMoney Musk"
or Virginia Reel" aad wondered
what people could fina TO admire;in
these slow dances. But in the soft
floating of the waltz / found a
strange pleasure, rather difficult to
intelligibly describe. The mere an
ticipatioh auttered my pulse, and
when my partner approached to
claim my promised hand for the
dance. | felt my cheeks glow little
sometl les, and l could not look
him in the eye with the same frank
gayety as heretofore.
"But the climax of my confuslon
was reached when folded in his
warm embrace, and giddy wit the
whirl, strange, sweet thrill would
shake me from head to foot, leaving
me weak and almost powerless, and
really obliged to depend for support
on the arm which encircled me. If
my partner failed from ignorance,
lack of skill, or innocence, to arouse
these, to me, most pleasurable SEN
sations, did not dance with him
the second time
81 am speaking openly and frank
ly, and when say did not under
stand what felt, or what were the
real and greatest pleasures l de-
rived from this so-called dancing i
expect to be believed. But if my
cheeks grew red with uncompre-
hended pleasure then they grow
pale to day with shame when /
think Of it all. 1t was the physical
emotions engendered by the mag
netic contact of strong men that 1
was enamored of-not of the dance,
not even of the men themselves.
"Thus became abnormally de-
veloped in my lowest nature. ]
grew bolder, and from being able to
return shy gIances at first, was soon
able to meet more daring ones, until
the waltz became to me, and whom
soever danced with me, one linger-
ing, sweet and purely sensual pleas
ure, where heart beat against heart,
hand was held in hand, and eyes
looked burning wo,ds which lips
dared not speak.
"All this while no one-said to me,
'Yo~ do wrong so 1 dreamed of
sweet words whispered during the
dance, and often felt while alone a
thrill Of joy indescribable, yet over
powering when my mind would turn
from my study to remember a piece
of temerity of unusual grandeur on
the irt of one or another Of my
casa ers.
an tryied now, with home and
child en- around me, can at least
thanI God for the experience which
villa suredly be the mea Of pre-
venting my little daughtt = from
indulging in any such dan esous
pleasure. But If a young. girl, pure
and innocent in the beginning, can
be brought 10 feel what have con
fessed to have felt, what must be
the experience OF a married womanS
She knows what every glance OF the
eye, every bend of the head, every
close clasp means, and knowing
that reciprocates It and is led by
swifter steps and a surer path down
the dangerous. dishonorable road. :"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

The octopus, or devIl-fish, is in
reality the sea editor. He is pro
vided with a remarkable organ
commonly called his "ink bag" and
which is filed with a dense fluid
When frightened or disturbed he
discharges this in such quantities
as to discolor the water for con.
siderable space above and around
him, and under cover of its inky
darkness he propels himself swiftly
from the place of danger"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15
MIR. Jim Davis, the terror of evi

Mr. Jim Davis, the terror OF evil
doers of Lincoln county, caught In
this county last Thursday and took
to Fayetteville man named Tom
Guy, who was under bond there to
appear before the Federal Court for
some otfense and jumped his bonds
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

Several of our lawyers would ac-
cept either the Chancellorship, Cir
cult Judgeship, Attorney General
ship, or most any kind of a ship that
will pay anything. The Pulaski
Bar shodld meet and select candi
dates and the people will doubtless
ratify their selection and all the as
nirants acnuiesce.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15
Aneodote Of Daniel Webster.

During one of the college vaca-
tions Daniel Webster and his broth
er returned to their fathers in Sal
isbury. Thinking he had a right
TO some return of the money he had
expended on their education, the
father put scythes into their hands
and ordered them to NOW. Daniel
made a few sweeps, and then resting
his scythe wiped the sweat from his
brow. His father said Whats the
matter, DAMP" my scythe don't
hang right, sir" he answered. His
father fixed it, and Dan went to
work again, bnt with no hetter sue
cess. Something was the matter
with the seythe, and it was not long
before it wanted fixing again, and
the father said in a pet: "Well,
hang it to suit yourself" Daniel,
with great composure, hung it in
the next tree and retired.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

"Far be il from us to doubt the
word of a brother editor" says the
La Crosse Sun; 1--WE believe them Ia
be truthful men; but when the Du.
rand Times says that the water is
so low at the mouth Of the Chip
pewa RiYer that cat fish have to EN-
ploy mud-turtles to tow them over
the bar, we feel as though the edi
tor must be away, and some local
minister filling his place"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

Rome, Georgia, has Just put hei
foot square down upon the gentle
men known as commercial travellers
and passed an ordinance which de-
clares that: "The custom of street
drumming be and hereby prohibited
and no person either by himself oI
his clerks or employers shall be
permitted to drum for trade OIL
the streets beyond the limits ol
the space directly in front .his oI
place o. doing business and to the
middle of the street only.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

A west side young woman alarm
ed us by standing on chair, with
her skirts drawn tight around her
feet, and screaming: "Mother
Mother ! Here's I ! a great 4!
big!llll awful ~ nasty ~
mouse !!!lr' - She was rescued,
and in half an hour had pounded
her little sister black and blue, eat
en- large pan of cold beans, and
gotten already to look sweet when
Charley came to take her out driv-
inO
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Chancery Sale of Land.

G.. s. Perkins ct al, Va. G. j. Clack OF al.
DURsUANT TO a decree Of the Chhncory
Il Court for Gilos county in the above causa, I,
and others consolidated withit, will sell,
On Saturday, Nov. 18th, 1877,
at public sale TO the highest bidder, at tho
eourt-house door In the town OfPulAski, en- q
credit Of 8 and 10 months, with interest from
the day OF sale, and froo IRON tho equity of
redemption, tho remainder oftho tract ofland
not heretofore sold, situated IN tho 7th civil
district of Giles coonty, on tho waters Of
kchland creek, containing about 90 acres.
Plat and survey will be exhibited on day Or
sale. Purchaser will bo required 10 execute
notes with approved personal security, and
lien will be retained for the payment Of the
purchase money.
octls-td J. B. STACY, Q. AN
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

A man who edited a paper in
Texas for two years is one Of the
curiosities now travelling with Bar
NUNS show. He carries thirty
seven bullets in his body, one hun
dred and sixteen bowie knife scars,
has one eye gougcd out one car
bitten OF, his nose twisted around
on his left cheek, all his teeth
knocked out and his skull tre-
manned.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

Did any enfeebled human being ever
become strong under the operation OF
powerful cathartics or salivantsr 1t Is
sometimes necessary TO regulate the
bowels, but that cannot be done by ac-
tive purgation, which exhausts the vital
forces and serves no good purpose what
ever. The only true way to promote
health and viger, which are essential TO
regularity of the organic functions, Is
TO invigorate, discipline and purify the
system at the same time. The extraor-
dinary efficacy of Hostetters Stomach
Bitters in cases of debility or irregular
ity of the organs of digestion, assimila-
tion. secretion and discharge, Is univer-
SALLY admitted. Appetite, good diges-
ton, a regular habit of body, active
circulation of the blood, and purity OF
All the animal fluids are induced by this
superb tonic and corrective 1t has no
eouals. moreover, as a preventive OF
chills and fever, and other types oi ma
larial disease. To emigrants and tray
elers il Is particularly serviceaole as
medicinal safeguard. noVA-4t
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

The young woman who, being
engaged, sighed in very sentimental
rythm, "Oh, for some new found
name by which to call him." mar
ried her love about six months ago
and has now decided to call him
'.OId Beeswax."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-15

Noble SmithsoD, Esq, was called
upon while in Columbia last week
TO sit upon case in Chancery
Court. He was busy day or two
writing out his opinion, which was
elaborate and to the point