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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25
The Poor Gentlemen.

There are more young American
men IN the penitentiaries Of this
country learning trades than there
are outside of them. The priacinal
cause Of this is that we are educa-
ting ouryoung men for gentlemen
trying to make lawyers, preachers.
doctors and clerks out OF mnteriai
that nature intended for black
smiths, bricklayers, carpenters. tai.
Tors and other honest "hewers os
wood and drawers of water" Itisa
mistake, and big cae TO teach bows
and girls that TO labor is disgrace
ful, and TO do nothing for a living is
more becoming the society In which
they expect TO move and have the
respect OF. Hang such society," IL
Is rotten to the core to day, and
there are many mems sons and
daughters who arc now beinz edu.
Gated TO play the parts Of Heading
lady and walking gentlemen in the
great drama of life who will light
out for a poor poOr-houso or a pcni-
Tertiary before they have PLAYED
their parts and the curtain drops.
Go to work. Courier Journal.
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STANLEYs EXPLORATIONS.
Character Of Tribes Of Equatorial
Africa-The Explorers Plans.

Mr.. Henry NJ. Stanley has writ
ten letter to the New York Herald,
in which he gives the following
sketch of the tribes in Central Af-
RIGA:
an East Central Africa, tie PEG
pie are gathered under powerful
Emperors and Kings-the great
Empire of Uganda which has an es-
timated population of 5,000,000; the
great Empire Of Rusanda, with an
equal estimated population; the
kingdoms of Usagara, the two
Usuis, Unyoro, Karagwe and Uson
CORA and Akerewe-all of these EN-
pires and kingdoms governed des-
politically, subject to the will of their
respective monarchs. In his wor-
thy efforts for the moral improve
ment of these benighted races, the
missionary using discreet Judge
ment can soon secure the good will,
assistance and protection of the SUI
preme powers of these countries.
'In West Central Africa; from
Lake TaDganyika to the mouth of
the Congo river, the people are
gathered in small, insignificant dis
tricts, towns and villages. each gov
cred by its respective chief AS we
approached the west coast the ex-
plorer dares not begin to classify
the people after the usual manner
employed in Africa, as the districts
are so small, the population so
great, the number of villages so
confusing, that there are as many
kings ruling over hundred-acre
plot as there are officials in Greece,
all animated by an intense thirst
for trade and distinguished for
their idolatry. hostility to each 9th
and foolish pride. The love of
trade and barter is, however, univer-
sal, as I shall be able to explain in
a subsequent letter."
OF his plans the explorer says:
Il reserve myself for the I'm
known west Of Nyangwe, because
shall have then something worth
writing about-new, virgin ground,
of which not whisper has
reached the world outside,
about which even everybody
in Nyangwe is ignorant-a region
which Livingstone painted to reach,
but could not. and which Cameron
promised to explore, but did not.
The region is all involved in mys-
terry; the intense superstition of the
Africans has folded it with awe
some gloom. 1t is peopled by their
stories with terrible vicious dwarfs,
striped like zebras, who deal Ger
tain death with poisoned arrows,
who are nomads and live on ele-
plants. A great forest stretches
no one knows how far north-cer-
tainly no one has seen the end of |
Through which one may travel
days and days and weeks and |
months without ever seeing the sun:
and the great river Lualaba contin-
ues north, ever north; and it is pos
sible, the Arabs and their slaves
say, the Lualaba may reach the
salt sea.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25
How it is Done.

The first object in life with the Amer
lean people is to ''get rich !" the second,
how to regain good health. The first
can be obtained by energy, honesty and
saving; the second, good health,) by
using GREENS AUGUST FLOWER. Should
YOU be respondent sufferer from any
of the effects of Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant, Indigestion, &c, such as Sick
lea lache, Palpitation of the Heart,
Sour Stomach, Habitual Costiveness,
Dizziness OF the Head, Nervous Pros
tration, Low Spirits, &C., you need not
suffer another day. Two doses OF AU-
GUST FLOWER viii relieve you at once.
sample bottles 10 cents. Regular size
IS cts. Positively sold by all first-class
Druggists i'm the q. 5. jun2l-eow-y
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25

Marry-yes, that is the word
and set up for yourselves, and run a
shebang of your own, is our advice
to all those who have arrived at
marriageble ages. 1t is no odds il
you are poor, marry all the same,
and go to work, and if you have but
one bed TO go to housekeeping on,
you can soon have another. If you
are poor when You marry it will be
necessary for you to be Industrious
and economical in early life, and
you will be apt TO follow up these
virtues in ripper years. If you are
rich, or well TO do, when you marry,
ten to one you will die a bankrupt,
and your children will be worthless.
Riches in the beginning Of life, is
rather a curse than a blessing.
Every man and woman ought 10 be
taught the value Of dollar before
they spend it; and the way TO teach
them, IS 10 let them make IL them.
selves, and then il they saonld be
fortunate and get property they will
know how 20 take care Of it,
I Cleveland Banner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25

The Louisville Courier-Journal,
upon the subject of business activi-
ty'' gets off the following:
"Don'tIsit down and say "Damn
the Dutchr' Do like they do.
Get up andEgo to work. If things
amt lively:enough.put your shout
der to the wheels:of commerce and
trade and aid in getting the road
wagon of old fogyism: out of the
mire. Hitch the mule of energy in
the shafts, take the whiplof enter
prise in your hand, and make dust
fly along the road of progress. Get
up, dod blast your lazy hides, adj
vertise your business, let people
throughout the country know who
you are and what you have got to
sell, and our word for it, you'll
have something else to do and think
about this fall than to sit around
and wait for business to come to
you and cuss the Dutch"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25

One of the natural excresences
which disfgures the surface of the
moral character of man is dissatis
faction. Whatever else man may or
may not be he is never satisfied.
Surround him with all the luxuries
Of life-indulge him even in the
princely extravaganza of a square
meal and a Bourbon cocktail three
times a day, and a clean shirt twice a
week-and yet the half-famished
demon of dissatisfaction will still
prowl through the avenues Of his
soul and Brighten afar the serene
tranquility Of his breast.
"Man never is, but "a % b blesaod.n
A curious instance Of the utility
OF the magnet is mentioned IN the
Adelaide Register of June 18th. A
young lady sat. down on a settce on
which a needle had carelessly been
left. 1t pierced her thigh and to
tally disappeared in the flesh. Med
ical men said it could only be
reached by large incision, and
concluded to leave it time In the
hope that it might work itself out
The pain, however, became so Sc
we're that the young lady was con
fined to her bed. SO a magnet was
suggested. and a powerful one be-
ing procured and applied, in four
hours the needle reached the sur
face, raised and protruded itself
through the skin and was instantly
extracted. 1t had been in the flesh
three weeks.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25
Blow Your own Horn.

Yes, blow your own horn; give 1t
a blast, and let modesty blush il
she will. Extrcme delicacy has
been the stumbling block of thous-
ands of real good and capable men
Make a noise; it will attract some
body. Let the world know that
you are alive and intend to drive
things until you get TO the top of
the hill and make a fortune.
To the man of energy and pcrse-
verance, mountains are bot mole
hills; tits only the drones that fail.
Some men see only the black side;
thus they edict disaster--always
complain of hard times--always
wait for something to turn up.
Such never see good times nor
prosperity, neither will they ever
find friends or admirers among first
class business men. If you would
succeed at anything don't stand
still. Go ahead. Don't be afraid
Do something. Ifyou don't blow
the horn, somebody else will, but
not for your benefit, except 'in a
hornr
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25

Bangs sends US the following
copy OF "A letter written by a Cam
bridge boy who is up in the couu-
try; "Biily why don't you write
me letter. / am having a bully
time, but / have 20 go round on
crutches, for a boss rake fell Off a
hay now on me and spraint my
legs. A boy from Charlestown
named Hockey boards where / do,
and me and HIM 90 round together
and have a good time. We catch
frogs down In the brook and throw
EN- through the winders TO scare
the boarders when they eat; there
amt no policeman here nnd you bet
it's fun TO tie papers on 70 n hog
and set EN- a fire and hear EN-
squeal.
Mr.. Smith was awful mad. /
was awful sick last week, and have
wore out four pair Of pants since i
have been here. When left home
/ forgot 70 let my rabbits out, and
/ wish you would go into the
backyard ana let Gun Oub, Dht
guess they are dead now, and II
they are you have 'em, rabbits can't
live three weaks without nothin 20
eat II they can they arc TUT. 4 have
got three turkles and n crow and a
lot Of other things / shall bring
home 10 my trunk If my moth
or don't find IL out. My moth
er gays / fret her 20 death, and
says she'll never let me go with her
again. can't write any more Tor
me and some more fellows Is goin
down IN the pasture end throw
stones az some calves. Hockey
broke ont lot OF glass in a school
house and his mother paid TO-
Boston Globe.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25

A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post says, probably nine
hundred and ninety-nine gallons out
of every thousand that are sold as
brandy, are made from a vile com
pound OF whisky, swill, distilled
spirits and chemical denominations"
and adds: "This is equally true Of
wines" And as it is also equally
true of whisky, what in the name Of
goodness are we to do for some
thing to drink? 1t looks as if we
are to be driven to the pump in
spite of us. If the world at large
knew OF what yilIainous stnffs bran
dy and whisky and wines are made
the present crop of drunkards
would be about the last, or, at any
rate, all future crops would be small.
Nearly or quite all the liquors that
are retailed nowadays are undoubt-
eddy a slow but sure poison, and to
drink them habitually is simply
round about way of committing sui
eide, and unless you guard yourself
carefully, the way is not so round
about either Courier Journal.
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Frost Seasons.

Notes OF the seasons taken Tor
ten years showing the date of the
last frost in the spring to the killing
frost in the fall:
1S67-May Sth, frost, killing veg
etaJion generally, also damaged
wheat; Oct. 18th 18th, frost, slight
ly killing vegetation; Nov. 10th
frost, killing all vegetation; Inter
val months, 2 days.
1S6S-April 9Th Sth frost killing
fruit and vegetation slightly; Oct.
Sth light frost; 23d frost killing gen
orally. Interval 6 months, 10 days.
1S69-April 14th-15 light frost,
little damage to vegetation; Oct.
11th-15th light frost, 23d killing. In
terval months, s days.
1S70-April 18th frost, partly
killing fruit; Oct 10th 91st frost,
killing slightly, cotton blooming to
Nov. 10th, then came killing frost.
Interval months, % days.
1S7I-April Odd Both; light frost;
but little damage; Sept. q s 8 frost
all light, but little damage to vege-
tation; Nov. 10th generally green,
killing frost, Interval months,
16 days.
1s72-April 23d light frost, no
damage; Oct. 18th light frost; goth
frost killing all vegetation. Inter
val ) months, q days.
1S73-April 1885, all light,
each killing fruit; Oct. 7th, light
frost, 10Th killing frost. Interval
months days.
1S74-April % 11-28,light frosts,
reducing fruit crops; Oct. 1914
light frost, Both killing frost gener
ally. Interval 6 months, 2 days.
1S75-May 9Th frost slightly kill
ing vegetation and fruit; Oct. II 49,
81 light frost each time killing more
vegetation; Nov. 18th to this time
half, now all killed. Interval 6
months, 6 days.
1S76-May 3rd light frost, little
damage; Oct. rs 9-10 frost, killing
each time; leaving half green; Nov.
4th frost killing all vegetation. In
terval months, z days.
Here is a statement for ten years.
1t will be seen that counting from
the latest frost in the spring to the
killing frost in the fall is six months
and few days. If we take the past
ten years as true, then the year
1877 will run about this way, frost
May %, then counting six months
from that time, it will be the 9th of
November before we have killing
frost. We may expect about the
10Th of October two or three light
frosts. Corn viii fully mature in
Jour months; cotton picking may
be commenced in FIVE months from
the time of planting. Win further
remark: The statement Of the
thermometer is not the same every
month; that is, January OF one year
is not the same as January of an
other year, and so of all the months
Of other years. Some months very
warm, while others very cold; yet
summing the whole together, max
ing the general average come out
the same each year or mean yearly
temperature 5Si degrees for this
latitude. A very cold winter, is
usually followed By a correspond
ingly warm summer; the same may
be said Of rains. A great rain fall
in the winter aad spring season,
commonly followed by a dry sum-
mer often causing drouths. Per
sons curious enough to know these
things may find it 50. &c. 5.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25
Restitution.

Yon have defranded your neigh.
Dor. You have done him an injury.
not accidently, but on purpose.
You have sought your own profit
INJECTING loss upoa him. You
have taken what does not belong TO
you, but to him. You must then
proceed TO make restitution. Goat
once. Go TO day If you can. State
the facts frankly and honestly. Ac
knowledge your wrong doing, and
repair the harm as fully as you can.
IL will cost you a struggle to do
this. When, however, You have
made up your mind 20 the struggle
you will probably find IL easier than
you expect. But whatever You do.
don't keep this burden upon your
conscience. 1t will stand between
you and God. IL is an obstacle YOU
can not ever got over. You may
forget that II is there; but there Il
is; and you on one side and Al
mighty God is on the other.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25

The Austin (Nev. Reveillc says:
"a predatory COW made raid GA
clothes line in Upper Austin last
evening and before she was detect
ed had succeeded In eating two
frilled shirts, three lace-trimmed
chemi INTERPRETATIONS and several
pairs of striped stockins. As the
COW stumbled down an embnnkment
an angry woman could have been
seen at its top, waving broom la
the air, and with an expression on
her countenance which said in Ian
guage as plain as words could ox.
press IL: What wouldn't / give IL
l could cuas like a man 80
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Stop Ny Paper.

The following remarks arc toe
good to be thrown aside without al
least passing notice. They are
true to the letter, and suitable to
all localities. We are of the opin-
ion that the weakest capacity can
not fail to understand them:
1t is astonishing what exalted no.
tons some persons have Of their
own Importance. They seem to
imagine they are altogether neces
sary TO the onward roll of our little
world. and, that if by any means
they should be showed out Of the
way, the screws would be loose so
that the old machine would no long
er hold together; and of course if
such important personages only say
to an editor, 'stop my paper" the
whole establishment must 60 to no.
thing instantly. We have often
laughed in our sleeve-though out
wardly we looked as grave as an
owl-when one of these regulators
of the world has marched into our
editorial sanctum and ordered a
discrimination of his paper. And
it always does as good to see how
the starch is taken out OF him while
the editor smilingly replies, Ger
tainly, sir, with the greatest pleas
ure, just as soon as the clerk has
entered a hundred or more names
which have just been sent in" The
mighty man willis down like the
narrative Of whipped Spaniel, and
he shrinks away, muttering to him
self, "Well, am afraid that stop
ping my paper has not ruined him
after all"
These swells who stop their pa
per on account of some milf which
has found Its way into the Uranium,
are sure to watch the time of the
next issue, thinking that not anoth-
er number will make its appearance;
and they are sure to borrow their
neighbours copy to see if it does
not contain the EDITORS farewell ad-
dress to his readers.
We once knew a minister, who,
in describing the Christian. char
lcter, and circumspection Of mis-
walk, said the way to heaven re
luired as much care as it did for
1 cat to walk on wall covered with
broken bottles. 1t is something so
with the editor, if he is to please
everybody.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25

Up in New Hampshire, whore 1
used to live when boy, says Gov.
Noyes, there was an old deacon who
was a great deal more pious than
honest. He was an old hypocrite,
and when be had done particular
mean act he eased his conscience by
going out into a field, along one
side of which is stone wall. aud
kneeling beside IL prayed tho Lord
To topple II over ON him II he had
done anything offensive TO him or
wrong in his sight Well, We boys
found 1t out, and one day when VIC
saw the deacon making for the
stone wall, we got on the other side
and waited. He knolt down accord
ing TO his usual custom, and went
through his usual formula, closing
with the petition 90 have the wall
topple over IL lac had done anything
wrong. And we toppled II. Jump
ing out from under the stones, the
old man cried. in tones Of mingled
disgust and alarm:
"Good gracious, Lord Can't
you tell when a man Is jokingY'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25
The Largest of American Farms.


Stockton Independent; Miller
d Lux are said to have 100000
acres in all. in California, an area
nearl Vas great as the State OF
Rhode Island. There must be at
least 100000 acres in one body, run
ming in a strip ten or twelve miles
wide and sixty miles long from
Hills Ferry southwark. The canal
farm is, therefore, a very small pro-
portion of it. 1t is covered with
farmhouses as well equipped in all
respects as the canal farm. They
own about $4,000 head of cattle, and
last year their newborn calves
numbered $4,000 head. OF sheep
they had vast number, as of hogs,
and they furnish the largest share
of fresh meat for the San Francisco
market. They can start a herd
from Kern county and drive il
through San Francisco, and have
good pasturage on their own land
for the cattle to feed on every night
on the route.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25

Hon. Alex. II. Stephens says he
wants his position as to Hayes til
tie perfectly understood, and in re-
ply to some misrepresentation he
remarks: 81 think Mr., Mayes' ten
ure less assailable than that of any
President ever inaugurated in the
United States. The others all held by
orinaa fdcie cases. The matter of his
tenure is res adjudicata. He holds
his Office by the judgement of the
highest judicial tribunal ever c-ea
ted in this country. That tribunal,
l think, was constitutionally Gre
ated; and though l thought their
decision wrong, yet l bow to its au-
thority, and think all good, law
abiding citizens should, as to every
other judicial decree constitutional
" rendered. Considerations of
fraud or 'usurpation,' therefore, in
connection with his title, are now
utterly out out of the question"
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Young Men.

You are the architects of your
own fortunes. Rely on your own
strength of body and soul. Select
some speciality for yonr life's work,
and adhere to Pauls precept: "This
thing 1 do" Let your star be In
dustry, Self reliance, Faith and
Honesty, and inscribe on your ban
ner: Luck is a fool, Pluck is a
hero" Earnest effort in one direc-
ton is the surest road to wealth and
high position. Don't take too much
advice. Keep at the helm, steer
your own ship, and remember that
the great art of commanding is to
take upon yourself the largest share
of the work. Don't practice too
much, humility. Think well of
yourself; strike out; assume your
position. 1t is the jostlings and
joltings of life that bring great men
to the surface. Put potatoes in
cart over a rough road, and small
potatoes go to the bottom. Turn a
raft of logs down a mill-race and the
large logs come on top. Rise above
the envious and jealous. Fire
above the mark you intend to hit.
Energy, invincible determination,
with a right motive are the levers
that move the world. Don't drink.
Don't chew. Don't smoke. Don't
swear. Don't deceive. Don't read
novels Be in earnest. Be self-re
liant. Be generous. There are
two sides to every balance, and IA
vors thrown in on one side of the
scales are sure to be reciprocated in
the other. Be civil. Be gentle
man. 1t is foolish man who does
not understand that molasses will
catch more flies than vinegar. Read
the papers. They are the educators
of the people. Advertise your bus
mess. Keep your own scounsels,
and superintendlyour own business.
Make money and do good with it.
Love your God and fellow men.
Love truth and virtue. Love your
country and obey the laws"
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The season of Intermittents.

me season OF InNSfmIJbeDCS US
All miasmatic complaints, in other
words, all disorders generated by I'M
wholesome exhalations from the earth
or water, are prevalent at this season.
In every section subject TO the visitation
of fever and ague, or other forms of in
termittent disease, the causes which
produce these maladies are now actively
at work. This, therefore, is period of
the year when the inhabitants of such
districts should prepare their systems to
meet the unwholesome condition of the
atmosphere by course of tonic and
Alternative treatment. Foremost among
the invigorants, recommended by time
and experience as means of fortifying
the system against all endemic and
epidemic maladies, stands Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. By timely use OF
the Bitters, the feeblest resident of an
unhealthy soil may escape the sickness
which, without the aid of this potent ally
of nature, will be apt TO overtake the
strongest. oct4-4t
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What a pity we all could not tra

What a pity we all could not tray
ell along through life with greater
consistency-theorize less and prac-
tice more. 1t would render the
rugged journey immeasurahly more
Notwithstanding the rough pla-
ces, and causing flowers to spring
up in many waste spot where now
GROW thorns and thistles.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25

If your life has been so ire
nroachable as to leave your enemy
no opportunity tor detraction with
out inventing a ealumny against
YOU. consider what a comfort 1t Is
that malice cannot hurt you with
out the aid OF falsehood, and where
this is the case, you may trust to
the fairness Of your character to
clear itself in the end.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-25

Every young man should remem-
Der that the world will honor indus
try. The vulgar and useless idler,
whose energies of body and mind
ale resting for occupation, may look
with scorn upon the laborer en-
gagged at his toll; but his scorn is
praise, his contempt is honor.