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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-14
Tribute to a Mother.

Lord Macauly: Children, look
in those eyes, listen to that dear
voice, notice the feelings Of even a
single touch that is bestowed upon
you by that gentle hand. Make
much of it while yet you have that
most precious of all good gifts, a
loving mother. Read the unfath-
ENABLE love Of those eyes: the kind
anxiety of that tone and look how
ever slight your pain. In after
years you may have friends, kind,
dear friends; but Lever will you
have again the inexpressible love
and gentleness lavished upon you
which none but q mother bestows.
Often do sigh in my struggle
with the world, for the sweet, deep
security 1 felt when of an evening,
nesting in her bosom, l listened TO
some quiet tale, suitable to my age,
read in her tender and untiring
voice. Never can / forget her
sweet glance upon me when 1 APP
peared sleepy, never her kiss of
peace at night. Years have passed
since we laid her beside my father
in the old churchyard, yet still her
voice whispers from the grave, and
her eyes watch over me as 1 visit
spots long since hallowed to the
memory OF my mother.
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Life Aims.

Every one should try and better
his condition if he can. The poor
man should try to increase his
means; the ignorant man to acquire
knowledge; and the foolish man to
get understanding. In such matters
the great question is whether the
desired improvement is within our
reach. To long for what we cannot
attain, or to grieve because it is un-
attainable, is simply to play the part
of the child that cries for the moon.
Let US know ourselves and our po-
sition. Let us know what we have
and what we want; and then, let us
next inquire whether what we want
can be got by striving for it. If it
cannot be got, let US think of it no
more and endeavor TO compensate
for the want in some other way. A
short man may wish to be tall, but
he cannot add an inch any more
than a cubit to his stature. He
may, however, be = very worthy
aud respectable man, for all that, if
he conducts himself with propriety
and simplicity, and does not as
short men sometimes do, render his
diminutive size more conspicuous
by deceit and affectation.
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Farm and Home.
Home Life a Hundred Years Ago

One hundred years ago not q
pound of coal or cubic foot OF illu-
minating gas had been burned in
the country mo iron stoves were
used, and no contrIvances tor econ
omizing heat we're employed until
DIR. Franklin invented the iron
framed fireplace. which still bears
his name. All the cooking and
warming in town and country was
done by the aid of FIRE kindled on
the brick oven. Pine knots or tai
low candles furnished the light for
the long winter evenings, and sanded
floors supplied the place of rugs
and carpets The water used for
household purposes was drawn
from deep wells by the creaking
sweep. No form Of pump was used
in this country, so far as We can
learn until the commencement of
the present century.
There was no friction matches in
those early days by the aid of
which a fire could be started, and if
the fire went out upon the hearth |
over night and the finder was
damp SO that TIE spark would not
catch, the alternative remained OF
wading through the snow q mile or
so to borrow a brand of a neighbor
Only one room of any house was
warm unless some of the family |
was i'll; in all the rest he tempera
ture was at zero during many nights
in the winter. The men and wo
men of a hundred years ago IN
dressed and went to their bed in q
colder than that of our
modern barns and woodsbeds, and
they never complained.
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Salt Rising Bread.

A lady guarantees beautiful salt
rising bread if the following plan is
adheared to: Put a pint of boiling
water in a pitcher with a teaspoon
ful of salt, ami tue same Of soda;
let il stand till you can bear yonr
finger in it; then add -four TO make
a thick batter; beat it hard for two
minutes; now place the pitcher in a
kettle of hot water-hOt enough to
scaId the mixture; keep the water
az the same temperature till
the emptyings are light. II set
early in the morning they Will be
ready, If watched carefully, at IL
O'Clock, to make a sponge, the same
as for other bread, with a quart OF
of very warm milk, Let this
sponge get very light; then make
into loaves and set to rise again;
taking care they do not get too light
this time before putting in the oven,
or the bread viii be dry and taste
less. If you don't succeed the first
time try until you do, for it makes
such delicious bread that l want
every one 10 Try it.
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Boys and Other Colts.

Now, boys, let the colts out into
the lot, and see them run. Don't
keep them penned up in the stalls.
That is as bad as keeping a healthy
boy in bed all day. They were new
er made for prison, but for freedom.
More colts are permanently injured
for lack Of exercise than any other
cause. What they want is a chance
to run, and race, and curYette, and
draw the cool fresh air into their
lungs and blow it out with a snort.
Bring them all out into this four
acre lot; slip the halters, climb up
on the fence and see them go it.
What a sightl See .them sweep
See them circlel Hal See that fel-
low troll Did you see the chestnut
catch his gait? Here they come,
heads and tails up, streaming to-
wards us like a torrent of leaves
blown by the galel How their eyes
shine. How their feet fly How
full of life, and vIgor, and fire they
arel There is no eight in the cities
like that boys; no work purer,
healthier, or manlier thar yours.
Stick to the farm and stable, and
the free exhilarating life of the
country. You are a deal happier
than you Eould be measuring tape
and clerking for eight dollars a
week in the city.
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zssp soraz in the House.

Having long used borax for vari
Gus domestic and hygienic purposes,
I have come to regard it as a neees-
sity. Housekeepers who do not
use it have something yet to iearn
concerning a very convenient and
useful article. In the laundry it is
economical, as it saves both labor
and soap, and is really cheaper than
the latter. For blankets and other
articles it is especially valuable In
all cases the use Of little borax
viii save half the labor when gar
ments are much soiled, while it is
not injurious to clothes. 1t is per-
feetly efectual in driving away red
ants, cockroaches, &c, If sprink-
led around on pantry shelves, or
put in small quantities on paper,
and placed in the runways of the
insects.
Borax is also of great value for
toilet uses. For removing dan
druff ard cleansing the hair it is un--
equaled. 1t is also q good remedy
for 3 rough face and chapped
hands. Its application to wounds,
sores, bruises, sprains, DC, proves
very salutary, and is often the rem
dy required, even in severe cases
Indeed, borax is one Of the best
remedies for many ailments in our
whole hygiene, and for that reason
alone should be kept ready or use
when wanted.
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s.German Svrup.n

No other medicine in the world was
ever given such a test of its curative
qualities as BOschee's German Syrup
In three years two million four hundred
thousand small bottles of this medicine
were distributed free of charge by drug
gists in this country to those afflicted
with Consumption, Asthma, Group, Sc
we're Coughs, Pneumonia and other dis
eases of the Throat and Lungs, giving
the American people undeniable proof
that German Syrup viii cure them The
result has been that Druggists in every
town and village in the United States
are recommending il 70 their customers
Go to your Druggists, Sumpter & Lacey,
and ask what they know about it. sam
pie Bottles 10 cents. Regular size 20
cents. Three doses viii relieve any
case. jun2I-eow-1y-l
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4 ersa. Evil.

The foe OF American social life is
in the tendency to luxury and efem-
macy among the welI-to-do young
women of ou< American cities and
large towns. They do not realize
how this dreadful mania for expen-
sive pleasures, and a life of alter
nate Idleness and amusement, is
destroying their health, abolishing
true marriage, feeding the fame of
gross sensuaIity and intemperance
among young men, and saddening
the hopes of the best parents in the
land. Some of them viii never
know it in this world. But most Of
them have no real purpose to waste
their lives in this wretched way.
And it is a high crime in mothers,
teachers, ministers of religion and
the public press to pander to this in
sanity. Thousands of good-hearted
young girls are sacrificed every year
when little wise and loving guild
ance could save them. But we feel
that they should be told that unless
they change this life they viii pass
away like the flowers of June, and
more hardy and resolute class oc-
cupy their places.
American society will shed every
class of trifers, male or female,
that does not do its work, as the
forests shed their withered leaves.
Let them awake from their dream of
social indulgences; learn to live out
of doors; to build up their health;
to cultivate more simple tastes in
dress, and more moderation in
pleasure; study domestic economy;
study social skill and tact; fit them
selves for the noblest positions ever
yet offered to their sex, and learn
that woman is the soul of American
life, not the tinsel on its garment
Universolist Quarterly.
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all ages. must find the lowest level
to which humanity sinks. 1 have
known boys who received high
marks which they obtainei by
fraud, and invariably when discov
cred they lost caste and were reject
ed from the society of all the better
class of boys. Be not deceived by
the false glare which sometimes
shines out from the gamblers he'll.
Be not led astray by the seductive
wiles OF the servants of satan. Seek
no companiOnship with the low and
vile. Never make s bad promise,
and conscientiously keep every
promise that you make. Take care
of the little foxes which spoil the
vines Be honest down 10 a post
age stamp or copper cent. Turn
away with disgust from even the APP
pearauce OF wrong. Remember the
Chinese proverb: Take not OF thy
cap beneath thy neighbours plum
tree, aud tie not thy shoe in his
melon patch" The removal of the
ap might lead him to suspect you
we're taking his plums, and stooP
ng down 70 tie the shoe might APP
pear TO him as though you were I
pulling his melons. Be scrupulous /
md especially in trading even q
pocket knife. / once had dishon-
.st pupil, and when ! last saw him
he was pecking rock in the peni-
entiary at Nashville. 1 know a
nan now in the Kentucky State
prison who once occupied the high
st social position. He committed
orgery, and was borne from a de-
ightful home, a devoted wife and
weet children to a convict's cell,
here To remain for years if not tor
ife. know another who is slowly
linking to his grave, ruined 10 for
une. blasted in reputation, distract
d in mind and wasted with sick
less, all the result Of a dishonest
ct Take warning from these mel
examples, and if honesty
sn assure success make il certain.
1ove the honest, the true and the
,ood with an affection pure as a
1aiden's and fervent as a horoe's.
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In the lighter and semi-indecent

In the lighter and semi-indecent
literature of nearly every age, mar
riage has been the inexhaustible
theme of ridicule. Dramatists and
satirists like to take undue license
with things respectable and even sa-
cred. They have laid on women as
such, unjust and heavy burdens Of
vicious humor or of dealing wit.
And yet her queenly ascendency
remains in eveT-unfolding spIendor,
so that to day, in all Christian
lands, good wives have and readily
hold, power the equal Of which
in its extent and beni6ccnce does
not belong to any sceptered poten
tate
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Rules for Children.

While generally it is not wise to
fetter children BY set rules of behav
Tor, yet the following are simple
and their observance viii do much
to produce that paradise on earth
a happy home.
T. Shut your door after you with
out slamming it.
2. Never stamp. run or jump in
the house.
3. Never call to persons up stairs,
or in the next room, but if you
wish to speak. to them go quietly
where they are.
4. Always speak kindly and po-
litely to the servants, if you would
have them do the same to you.
5. When told to do or not to do a
thing, by either parent, never ask
why you should or should not do it.
6. Tell of your own faults, not
those of your brothers and sisters.
7. Carefully clean the mud and
snow off pour boots and shoes be-
fore entering the house.
s. Be prompt at every meal hour.
9. Never sit down at the table or
in the pa;lor with dirty hands or
tumbled hair.
10. Never interrupt any converse
ton, but wait patiently your turn to
speak.
IL. Never reserve your good man
ners for company but be equally po-
lite at home and abroad.
y Let your first, last and best
confidante be your mother.
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Good Results

Are always pleasant 70 contemplate,
as every dispeptic sufferer who uses Par
ker's Ginger Tonic win attest. To OBJ
tain from this remedy the most crafty
ing relief when distressed with Head
ache, Low Spirits, Nervousness, Wake
fulness, Palpitation Of the Eeart, Liver
Disorders, Costiveness, Pain in the Stom-
achs Heartburn, Cramps, etc, is pleas
ant experience that surprises no less
than il comforts. Another remarkable
feature OF this remedy Is It's powerful
specific action on the skin and mucous
surfaces OF the throat. and lungs by
which il unfailinglT cures the worst
cases Of Cough, Cold and Sore Throat. IL
cures in wonderfully short time, re-
moves all soreness from the lungs, and
protects the feeble from Consumption.
Buy 81 bottle from your druggists,
Sumpter q Stanley, or a sAmple bottle.at
Is CO, aud tszs In usrfsss Sssg-ebwSn-I
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Fruit Stains.-To remove fruit
stains, let the spotted part OF
the cloth imbibe a little water with
out dipping it, and hold the part
over two or three lighted birthstone
matches at proper distance. The
sulphurous gas which is discharged
soon causes the spots to disappear.
Or all bright-colored fruit stains
can be removed by scalding in clear
boiling water, before any soap is
applied.
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Jamaica Ginger Beer. One bot
tie of Jamaica ginger extract, six
quarts of water, ore ounce of cream
tartar, one pound sugar; stir well
until the sugar is melted; add the
grated peel of one lemon; heat until
warm, but not hot; add one table
spoonful of brewers yeast; stir
well and bottle; wire down the corks.
1t will be TT to drink in four or
five days.
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LADIES COLUMN.
HARoL1SE HAROLD, EDITOR.
Spring Styles

There seems to be nothing very
new in dress materials for the COM
ing spring. The rough threaded
goods are still popular, are even i'm
itated IL muslins and other wash
goods by irregular stripes and dash
es Of color. Silks Of light quality
with raised figures are offered for
spring wear. Though more stylish
than checked and striped silks they
do not wear so vel, the raised fig
ures are apt to fray. The colors
are drab, gray, blue. brown and
green. Harper says the short
skirt for the street is now al
accomplished fact. ladies who
consult comfort and convent
ence, will certainly rejoice at this
style. This skirt is made just to
reach the iDstep, trimmed with a
wide kilt-pleating and sewed to
a yoke which fits just over the hips.
The Pompadour princess dress is
another style well recommended,
and is used for all styles of goods
from silks to cambrics. The favor
tie design for wash goods is the
pleated basque.
The principal colors in spring
millinery are mode, drab, sill
yer, tan wood mastic, and ashes Of
roses. To contrast with these are
the moss and olive green, fresh
rose, pale sky blue, poppy red and
various yellow shades. Gold and
silver ribbon are one of the special
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Eccles Cake.-Make a rich and del
icate puff paste; roll it out thin, cut
it round, using a bowl for that pur-
pose; sprinkle each round with
nicely-washed currants; a little
sugar; chopped lemon (only a small
quantity of lemOn) and nutmeg;
wet the edges well, then place an
other round of paste on the top,
pressing the edges neatly together;
put in hot oven and bake quickly
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Wherever a true wife comes, home
is always around her. The stars
may be over her head; the glow
worms in the night cold grass may
be the fire at her feet; but home is
where she is; and for a noble
woman it stretches far around her,
better than houses ceiIed with ce-
dar or painted with vermiIlion,
shedding its quiet light far for
those who else are homeless
John RHskia.
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MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment,
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

his imminent very naturally originated IN Ameri-
ca. where Nature provides IN her laboratory such
surprisins anfidotes far the malndtes Of her cal
drea- It's fame has been spreading FOR - year,.
until now e encircles the habifahls gtobe-
The Mexican Mustang Lfnimsnf ia a nlatchless
remedy forail external ailments Of man and bsasl
To stock owners and farmers ft 4 invaluable.
single bottle often saves q human LIE ~
stores the usefulness Of an excsilsns horse. OF.
COW. sheep
II cures foos-roe. hoofAiI. hollow horn. grub.
screw--orm. aho1iderrot. mango. the bites ard
stinss q poisonous reptiles and fnsecta and every
such drawback to stock breeding and bush life.
Il cures every external trouble o. horses. such
- iareness. scratches. swinEy. spraans. founder.
vind gall. ring bone. etc. etc.
The Mexican Nu1tnng L1nimenf IL The Qufckesa
cure IN the world fer accidents oocuzT1ng In tha
family. In the absence of a physician. such -
burma. scalds. Epra1ns cuts. &c. and for rheuza-
ttSra, aad Stiffness engendersd by eEpog1rr- Par
ticuiarfy valuable 70 ElnerE
Is q the cheapest rsnedy IN ths world. for q
penetrates TIE muscle 60 ne bo1e. and . aingls
application - seacraiy sun1cisns % curA.
Mexican HastsnS L9ainens Il rzt uD In tAE.s
Esss q boetiss. The ilFssr ones being prupora1ar
sseiy Euueh ths ehsapesl sold sysFywAErA
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The son OF a coachman married
the daughter Of cook, and they are
to day the leaders Of Washington
Well. what of it, The
Headers" OF society who can trace
their origin to an honest coachman
or a virtuous cook ought to be
proud indeed. We know some
blue blooded" people who had not
half so respectable a beginning.
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When used for Rheumatism, Sore
Throat, Lame Back, Neuralgia, Sprains,
Bruises, Cuts, Contracted Muscles, Stiff
Joints, Corns and Burns, on human be-
ings; and SPAWN, Ring Bone, Calls,
Cuts, Scratches, etc, on animals, Cous-
sens Lightning Liniment is unequaled,
and its effect simply electrical. AS its
name suggests, il is quick to relieve,
and thousands bear witness TO its as
founding virtue. Price 80 cts For sale
by Sumpter & Lacey. decI3-eowly-1
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whats the matter with your
eye, Tommy" "Ohl It's only
been going though an operation AZ
the hands of knoculist, that's all. !"
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/! ORGANS!

PULMONA cures Asthma.
PULMO A cures CafaTTh.
PULMOSA cures Bronchitis.
PGLMOSA Cures CoRsnmpfiou.
PCLMOSA subdues Calls and Fever.
PULNOkA<knku Night swpafe 4, Ssv
dkTA des "
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Subscribers out of the State
/mnsf renew promptly when their
4 time is out as indicated by the I
date following their names, or
when marked. Be sure co send
20 cents for postage. Il
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Sewing Machines

All kinds OF Sewing Machines prompt
~ repaired and adjusted byJ. C. Myers.
al tbs P0st Onlce, Pulaski. fbHI-0
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A man never uses his thumb
nail for q scrsw-drfver but once.
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& WOMEN - = ,.s5y p !. /,
CONSUMPTION
CURED.

A y Old Physician. retired from active prac-
n tiee, having had placed in his hands By
an Fast India Missionary the formula Of q
Vegetables Remedy for the speedy and perma-
narr .-l p. of
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How many men who latter them
selves they are marrying wives
competent to manage a household,
ind out after marriage how sold
they aref
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H1e--A teAeAa III IA4e IA So
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ton in the world. Any one can become
successful agent. The most elegant works Of
art given tree 70 subscribers. The price is so
low that almost everybody subscribes One
agent reports making over also in q week. A
lady agent reports taking over 900 subscTib
ers in ten days. all who engage make mon
ey fast. You can devote all your time 70 the
business, OF only your spare time. You ueed
not be away from your home over night. You
can do IL Rs well s. others. Full particulars
directions and terms free Elegant aud ex-
pensive Outfit free. II you want profit
able work send Us your address at once.
Il costs nothing 70 Try the business, No one
who engages fails to make great pay. Address
The Peoples Journal Portland, Ne, ag-I
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THosE SUFFERING.

ANN IS not eEsily oafned in these
VIII 4 times, but il can ho mole in 3
months hy any one Of her EEK,
OhA 10 any pan Of she country uho
= j. willing IN work steadi y 90 The
employment that We furrish. go o. week
in your own town. You need not b. away
from home over night You can give your
whole time % The work, or Only your spare
moments. We have agsnfa who ar uafinc
so por day. Al who engage no once cat
make money f-st Attto present timn runney
canEot Pc made s1 easily aud rapidly at any
OF ef busincs-. % costs nothing O. try ~
business. Terms ard a. Ontft free. address
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ETHLIsE FEMALE 8ITTEss /!
eEST FEMALE MEnIClNE EXIANI-
MILL CURE

WILL CURE Amer i0yoars test
All Female Complaints. mas proven p %
Will CTRE Female Regulator
Aro,,t1g oi'.e.,.,f.,. known, end is row
ln extensive uso b.
WILL CURE ~ ~ , ,,.l .... through
Old or Young Females. For I'M 600: ~
rr-rrv c.r-rr. unnatural monthly
" LII " AZ ohttructi0uH q cr-
Girls a. Sweet Sixteen. ccsses, Tor Leuc0i-
WILL CURE inr o. tLs womb,
Pains 10 the Side A Back glseretiou Of The
W omb, Chlufosia or
WILL CURE Green sickness,
nystencs q Neryoasnoss i,seI..l. l,e'iiiiy y
WILL CURE IKE = charm, AZ
PalpitatioB o. the Heart |t.t,i. 49,. Z.
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GBis &C Womanhood dirr.tan. -r-i,ing
WILL CURE 'os sss 3D.. III
By keguia,ing huiilinE ap q giv-
WILL CrEE str.r,,s nrRt
Cases u rer Year whole .,.-
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