davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
The Battle Flag Of the Third.

A Washington correspondent ol
the Columbia Herald says:
GA few days since Capt. R. K
Polk was in conversation with Judge
Bayless w. Hanna, of Indiana, q
member of the House, and learned
from him that he knew where the
battle flag of the Sd Tennessee Reg
iment is. 1t was captured at Fort
Donelson and is now in Indiana.
Capt. Polk informed Gov. John g.
Brown of his dicovery, and the
heart of the old commander of that
world renowned corps leaped with
joy, and he instantly went to see
Judge Hanna, who promised him
that on his return home he would
get the flag and send it to Pulaski.
So the glorious veterans at their
next reunion will have the proud
satisfaction of seeing the sacred old
ensign kissing the breezes where
it first gladdened the hearts of the
glorious men who had sworn to
follow it to the DEATH"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Physiognomy.

They were in a railroad coach,
journeying to Chicago. On the
opposite seat was a man Of com
manding figure, massive brow and
thoughtful expression.
"What fine countenance, James,
l wish / knew his occupation"
"Maybe he's a lawyer, Amelia"
"No, he's not n lawyer. Tho
Lord writes a plain hard, and there
is too much benevolence in that
face for a lawyer"
"He may be a bankerT"
Not a bit OF it. A man with
such heavenly expression couldn't
content himself with money getting.
His aim in lie is higher, than that. ="
"Do you think he's an editorT
"An editor with such a faceS An
editor saying hard things about ev-
erybody, ridiculing long dresses
and abusing his mother IN lAwf Az
editor, cutting and slashing his enc
mics, skinning public men indis-
criminateIy and mercilessly slaugh-
tering his best friends FOR the sake
of three line paragraph No
James, hes philanthropist. He
Christian minister or learned
professor, spending his life for the
good Of mankind. His face plainly
indicates ali that is noble, pure, and
true"
II guess you're right, Amelia.
I'll take your word and his face for
it,
At the next station an inquisitive
farmer took n seat beside the man
with noble brow, and asked him
about his vocation. Amelia held
her breath and listened TO the reply
II keep 4 saloon and meat-shop,
Ny wife sells beer and ! do my own
! hatsharia'."-rLassAV<Sf PiaraA
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Don't Worry About Yourself.

To retainsor recover health, per-
sons should be relieved from ankle
ty concerning disease. The mind
has power over the body-for per-
son to think he has a disease will
often produce that disease. This
we see effected when the mind is in
tensely concentrated upon the dis
ease of another. We.have seen a
person seasick, in anticipation of a
voyage, before reaching the vessel.
We have known people to die of can
Ger in the stomach, when they had
no cancer or any other disease. A
blindfolded man, slightly pierced in
the arm, has tainted and died from
believing he was being bled to
death. Therefore persons should
have their minds diverted as much
as possible from themselves. 1t is
by their faith that they die. As a
man thinketh, so is he. If he wills
not to die, he can often live in spite
of disease; and, if he has little or
no attachments to life, he will slip
away as easily as a child will fall
asleep. Men live by their minds
as well as by their bodies. Their
bodies have no life of themselves;
they are only receptacles of life
tenements for their minds, and the
will has much to do in continuing
the physical occupancy or giving
Ii M
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Schools Out.

/
Did you ever pause and contem
plate that particular and peculiar
phase of human nature developed
by the existent school boy, when
released from study and discipline
when "school is OUT and he is
on lis-way home.
Ordinary humanity, when Ie-
leased from the tolls of the day, is
prone to seek rest and relaxation.
The boy scorns all such effeminate
ideas. He is composed of but three
parts-legs arms and yell, and the
yell is the biggest part of him. His
legs and arms have been kept in
irksome compulsory quietude all
day, and must now be exercised.
His voice has been seething and
swelling in him for hours, and must
now have vent.
AS soon as he is clear of the
school house he stops and deliber-
ately yells yell that is ear split
ting, but which has no more object.
meaning or direction than the mid
night vociferations Of a mule, and
yet it appears at full run with his
arms flying about like the scintilla-
tions of a pin-wheel. He is no re-
spector of persons, and is utterly
Indifferent as to whether he runs
down a smaller boy, spins an aged
citizen three times around or mash
es girls hat over her eyes in his
headlong career.
Nervous ladies hug the sides of
the houses as he rushes by in u
drove like whirlwind and screams
like a steam whistle.
"Mercy on US! If that boy was
OILY mine Pd-" but just then her
own boy flies past, falls over a dry
goods box, bounces up, kicks an
other boy, and is chased across the
street and around the corner before
she can get the "You Robertr' with
which she intends to annihilate
him, out of her astonished throat.
There is but one thing that has the
slightest soothing effect on the boy
when he is on his way home from
school. He can see his old man
further than Prof. Hall can see a
haystack with telescope, and the
moment that parent dawns upon his
vision he becomes as proper as
model letter writer, and the neatly
modulated voice with which he
wheedles the author of his being out
of five cents on the spot, is a lesson
for future ambitious savings bank
presidents.
The amount of racing, jumping,
pulling, hauling and howling that
school boy can concentrate into a
transit of two squares is positively
astonishing. and the preternatural
GOODNESS and quietude with which
he takes his red face and painting
breath into the kitchen and asks if
supper amt most ready, is human
conundrum that calls for unquai
fed admiratiop.-Eaton Free Press.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
rhat Terrihle sconrre.

Fever and ague, and its congener, bill
lious remittent, besides affections OF the
stomach, liver and bowels, produced by
miasmatic air and water, are both eradi-
Gated and prevented by the use of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, a purely vege-
table elixir, Endorsed by physicians, and
more extensively Ised as \ remedy for
the above class OF disorders, as well as
for many others, than any medicine OF
the age. A languid circulation, a tor
pid state of the liver, want of vital
stamina, are conditions peculiarly favor
able to malarial diseases. They are,
however, surely remedied BY the great
preventive, which, by invigorating the
system and endowing it with reg ularity
as well as vigor, provides 1t with a re-
sistant power which enables ii to with
staLd disorders not only OF a malarial
type, but a host Of others TO which fee
BILE and i'll regulated systems are sub
ject. The Bitters are safe as well as
a searching eradicant, and have widely
superseded that dangerous drug, qui-
nine, which palliates but does not Grad
icate malaria. mr7-lm
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Watching Ones Self.

"When l was a boy" said an old
man, "we had a schoolmaster who
had an odd way of catching the idle
boys. One day he called out to US
"Boys 1 must have closer attention
to your books. The first one that
sees another idle l want you to in
form me, and l will attend to the
case"
"Ah" thought 1 to myself, ''there
is Joe Simmons, that 1 don't like.
I'll watch him, and if / see him
look off his books, I'll tell"
"It was not long before L saw Joe
look off his book, and Immediately
/ informed the master.
"Indeedp said he, "and how did
you know he wa idler"
81 saw him."
"You did? And were your eyes on
your book when you saw himT'
81 was caught, and never watch
ed for idle boys again"
If we are sufficiently watchful
over our own conduct we will have
no time to find fault with the con-
duct of others.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
How They Die in Bulgaria.

When the head of a Bulgarian
family perceives that he is about to
die he sends for the priest and be-
gins to bargain with him about the
cost Of his funeral The moment
he dies all the pots, pans and ket
ties are turned upside down to pre-
vent his soul taking refuge In any
one Of them, and great care is taken
10 prevent either man or animal
especially cat or dog-from step
ping across his body, as otherwise,
in the opinion Of his family, he
would turn into a vampire, aud be q
continual nuisance to them and %
their neighbors. The body is buried
without any coffin, in q shallow
grave, and left there for three years,
during which time many offerings
oi food and wine are placed upon
it. At the end Of the third year the
bones of the dead man are dug up
and carefully washed, put into q
linen bag, laid before the altar in
the village church, and after receiy-
iag the blessings Of the priest are
finally buried for good.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Spiritual Power Needed.

The Holy Spirit is able to make
the Word as successful now as in
the days of the Apostles. He can
bring in the hundreds and thous-
ands as easily as by ones and twos.
The reason why we are not more
prosperous is, that we have not the
Holy Spirit with US in might and
power as in early times. If we had
the Spirit sealing our ministry with
power, 1t would signify very little
about our talent. Men might be
poor and uneducated; their words
might be broken and ungrammatic-
al; there might be none of the pol
ished periods of Hall, or glorious
thunders of Chalmers; out if the
Spirit attended them, the humblest
evangelist would be more success
full than the most eloquent of
preachers. 1t is extraordinary
spiritual powers that we need. Oh!
we know some before whom we
shrink into nothing as to talent, but
who have not the spiritual power,
and when they speak have not the
Holy Spirit with them; but we know
others, simple hearted men, who
speak their country dialect, and who
stand up to preach in their country
place, and the Spirit of God clothes
every word with power. Hearts are
broken, souls are saved, and sinners
are born again. o! Spirit of the
living God, we want Thee! Thou
art the life, the soul, the source of
Thy peoples success. Without
Thee they can do nothing; with
Thee they can do everything.-
Spurgeon.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
O E1 ID.

To the Voters OF Giles County.
FELLOW CITIZENS
| have this day announced myself In
your county paper, as eandidRts for
recollection 10 the Office Of Chancellor Of
this Division. It affords me unfclgned
pleasure 20 have this opportunity ofex-
pressing my gratitude % you for your
kind support In the past aud " would
be o source OF still greaber gratitude and
qualification % meet With your hearty
support once more, and only once. It
would give me ASSURANCE OF y0ur apprO-
bati0n and endorsement OF my past sf-
forts n serve You In my official capacity.
To the best OF my ability have eBdeav-
ored 10 do my duty and wherein have
erred land Il Is but human % crr.) the
error has been Of the head aud not Of the
heart. For the work that has been ac-
complished, during my term, refer you
20 the records Of ths Court. IL viii be
impossible for the % canvass thc several
counties, or any Of thefn, for the reason
that my official duties ars now npon me,
and will 30 continue, until very short
time before the election. Ia View of
thls, feel assured, yOu will readily eK-
cuse me, as II Il a matter Of much more
Importance 20 the public. that the Courts
should be regularly held. than that
shoull canvass for reelection. The
consequence IL, ! must mainly rely on
the asslstance an5 onorts OF my frionds
throughout the county. My compeu-
tors aro worthy and honorable gentle
men and should you honor either Of
them with the position, l shall bow
submissiyely % the Will Of the people,
and ret re With the consciousness OF
having endCaVorrd 20 discharge, with
iidellty, the high trust commlt,ed 70
my charge. ''
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Information Wanted.

win some benighn being explain
to me:
Why a dog allwuss turns around
three times before he lies down.
Why hoss allwuss gifts up opf
from the ground on his forward
feet fust.
Why a COW allwuss gifts up oph
from the ground on her hind feet
fust.
Why, when man gifts lost in the
woods or on the plains he allwuss
walks in a cirkle.
Why q goose stands fust on one
leg then on luther.
Why rabbits have a short tale
and kats have a long one.
Why most all the birds build
their nests out oV different mate
rials.
Why a hen allwuss knows her
little ones from another's, and why
she win hatch out II duck eggs and
think they are her own chickens.
Why a bear allwuss klimbs down
tree backwards.
Why a turkeys eggs is speckled,
AMI a ducks eggsoblue,
Whether log floats faster in a
river than the current runs or not.
Why an oyster and klam are
the only things 1 know ov with ami
NAL life that don't have to move out
of their places to get IL living.
Why a mules bones are all solid,
and their ears twice as long as a
horses.
Why pig gathers straws in his
mouth and runs about with them
just before a rain storm.
Why lightning was never known
to strike beech tree.
Why males among the feathered
race do all the singing.
Why nature will allow one cross
between sum animals and then allow
no more.
Why the black snaik il the only
snaik in this country that kan klimb
tree.
Where the flies all go to when the
cold weather sets in, and where they
all kun from so sudden next sum
mer.
Why a musk rats tale haz no fur
on It and q ulink's haz.
Why quaiPs egg is round and a
hens egg is pointed.
There is lots of highly eddikated
people who won't beleave the Book
of Genesis bekause they kant prove
it, who kant answer korrectly one
third of the above questions.-JOSl
Billings.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
a Book That Everybody Wants.

We have received from the Ma.
tional Publishing Company of Phil
ape phia the ADVANCE sheets OF their
new work entitled Pictorial Risfory
Of the World, by James ID. McCabe.
we'll known historical writer. IL
is the most valuable book that has
been published in this country for
many years. 1t contains a seperate
and admirably written history Of
every nation of ancient and modern
times, and is full of useful informa-
tion concerning them, presented in
popular style, and in a manner that
will enable the reader to refer in
stantly to any subject upon which
information is desired. The book
is a complete treasury Of history,
and there is not a question that can
be asked concerning any historical
subject, but an answer 10 IL can be
found in this work. The author
does not content himself with q
mere dry statement of facts, but
sketches the life and manners of the
various nations Of which he treats,
in life-like colors, and presents TO
the reader the causes which led to
the prosperity and decay OF the
great powers OF tho world. He
shows us the various great men
the warriors, statesmen, poets, sages
and orators-of ancient and modern
times, and makes them familiar TO
the reader; he explains the secret
motives of their actions, and points
out the lessons which their lives
teach. A valuable feature OF this
work is a complete History Of the late
War 6efiOssR Russia and Tarksy--the
only one in print. The mechanical
execution OF the book deserves the
highest praise. IL contains 1860
large double column pages, printed
in the clearest and most beautiful
style on paper of the very best
quality. I he book is embellished
with over $50 fine engravings, en-
bracing battles and other historical
scenes; portraits of the great men
of ancient and modern times, and
views OF the principle cities of the
world. These engravings are gen
uine works of art, and we're made at
a cost of over $4,000. The great
number and high character of these
engravings make this the most val
liable art publication Of the century.
1t is for sale by subscription
only, and agents will lind that this
book will sell readily when all 9th
ers fail, from the fact that IL Is q
work that the people really want.
See the publishers advertisement
for agents in another column.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
An AstonIsllInr Fnct.

A largo proportion OF the American
people are to-day dying from the effects
OF Dyspepsia or disordered liver. Tho
result Of these diseases upon the masses
of Intelligent and valuable people ia
most alarming, making life actually
burden instead of pleasant existence Of
enjoyment and usefulness as II ought %
be. There Ii no good reason for this, II
you will only throw aside prejudice and
skepticism, aud take the advice OF Drug
gists and your friends, and try one bot
tie Of Green's August Flower. Your
speedy relief Is certain. Millions Of bot
ties OF this medicine have been given
away 10 try Its virtues, with satisfactory
results In every case. You can buy a
sample bottle Of your druggists, Sump-
ter q Lacey, for 10 cents 20 try. Three
doses Will relieve the worst case. POSI-
lively sold by all Druggists on the West
ern Continent. jun2l -eOw. ly-2
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Perils of Railroad Travelling.

From the official tables it appears
that more than four hundred and
sixty six millions of passengers
have been carried by the railroads
in nineteen years, and that of this
number two hundred and seventy
six have been killed, and forty-one
of these were killed without fault of
their own. Twenty-nine deaths of
passengers were caused by the ac-
cident in 1871, at Revere. What
was the average length of railroad
journey does not appear from the
above figures, but if 1t were no
more than five miles, the whole
number of miles travelled by passen
gers would be more than twenty
three hundred millions, or two hun
dred and eighty millions to every
death Of passenger from causes
wholly beyond his control. This is
to say, if person should spend all
his time in a railroad car in constant
motion, the probability is that he
would travel two hundred and
eighty million miles before he
would meet with fatal accident.
At the rate of six hundred miles a
day about one hundred and thirty
years would be occupied in travel
ing that distance. Therefore, a
person who should adopt that mode
of life and make himself living IL
lustratlon of perpetual motion,
would die of old age before he would
have a chance to die by accident.
1t appears from these facts that a
railroad car is the safest place in
the world.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
Cave Spring.

Cave Spring is situated near
Cooks Springs, well known as q
summer resort.
Mr.. Geo. Reynolds breaches at
Cave Spring schoolhouse the fourth
Sunday night in every month. He
intends preaching in the evening,
we believe, when the days get
longer.
A committee met at Odd Fellows
Hall the 18th of March to purchase
a parsonage for the Giles circuit.
The house they intend buying is
admirably adapted for parsonage.
The preacher in charge, Rev. r.
Haggard, resides near Pennington,
some distance from his appoint
ments. He was quite sick some time
since, caused by exposure going to
and from appointments. So you
perceive a parsonage is much
needed.
A tame deer has taken up his
abode near here. We hear there
are others moving at large, and that
they are sometimes hunted down
and killed. We protest against
killing these animals, especially as
they are the property of Mr.. Black
burn, and have wandered from his
park.
Last Wednesday Drs. Grant d
Westmoreland removed q scale of
iron from the eye of a little son of
Mr.. j. NJ. Fortress. 1t had ad-
hered very firmly to the ball, caus-
ing slight weakness and infamma-
tion.
DR.. and Mrs. A. P. Boyd of Mau-
ry made a short visit to this neigh
borhood recently.
Mr.. S. S. Anderson is having
new room built to his house.
Farmers are busy blowing. They
go to work early, and in the twi-
light cleaning they "homeward
plod their weary way"
Mr.. D. K. West intends planting
corn this week.
We have no objection to Mr.. Sal
lie Ratus "lengthening his borders"
so he does not trespass on our do
main. DELIsLE.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21
House Naval Committee.

Last Thursday was a field day
for this Committee. The distin-
guished chairman-the Hon. VIC.
Whitthorne, and his colleagues,
made reports of their arduous labor.
The Chairman behaved splendIdly
and won praises from both sides OF
the House. In fact, even compli-
mented him with a unanimous en-
dorsement of his work. At the be
ginning of the last session he
brought to the attention o. the
House the absolut te necessity OF re-
form in the mode of the several Ex-
ecutive Departments, in furnishing
estimates for each fiscal year.
Statesmen agreed with him in his
suggestions, but not single COM
mittee took steps to bring these
business methods to the attention
of Congress.
So 1t was, that after he had got
ten through with his explanation,
about the purport of his bill, leaders
of both parties saw that new era
in financial legislation had dawned.
They saw that this bill was the cor
ner stone of a new and better sys-
tenn of government and that its au-
thor had linked his name eternally
with a policy which will ultimate in
the complete restoration OF the Re
public from the evils of corrupt and
hasty legislation. They said so.
One by one, such men as Hale, But
Ter, Clymer and Randall, asked him
"why not embrace in your bill that
every department shall furnish a
budget to the National LegislatureT'
He replied, "I have done 80 in the
only way in which ] had the power
to do it. l have reported upon II
from my committee; new let every
other committee do the same and
we will have system which will
prevent the money of the people
from being squandered." 1t was 4
proud day for him. Modestly he
showed the qualification of grea'
triumph for the system and ordel
which are about To- be inaugurated
nnder his labors 1t has been the
theme of general comment, and the
best minds daily thank him for hi'
sensible and practical effort. 1t IL
strange when you think about IT,
that this Government has gone or
for century without requiring the
Heads of Departments to furnish
annual estimates OF the amounts
which we're needed TO run the vast
machinery of the only Republic in
the world.
BY the loose methods heretofore
used, millions have been squandered
and vast floating debts now over.
hang every department Of the Gov
ernment. BY the new method the
Secretary of the Navy will be re-
quired to furnish an annual budget
Of items, for which he seeks an ap-
preparation from Congress. He
must go into the details. He must
tell for what each dollar is required.
This will be the law before this
Congress expires, for every depart
ment of the Government.- Wash
ington Correspondence Columbia
Heral and Mail.