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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-02-07
Stealing Literature.

The fact is that nothing is quite
so unsafe to steal as literature.
Silver may go the melting pot, silks
and jewels may be paraded before
the eyes of their defrauded owners,
all unrecoguized, but the poem, the
article, the book, have taken on
them something not far removed
from immortality. ooh, that my
words were written; oh !Ahat they
were craven with al iron pen and
lead in the rock for ever," was the
impassioned cry of the old Arabian
sage, Job the patient. Intangible
as it seems, the product of the
brain is more living, stronger. less
fragile and ADLER to assert it's right
and maintain it, than any handi-
work can ever be. The essence of
the soul has gone into it, and 1t
leaps with adivine presentmept to
avenge those who lay upon it pro-
fame or invading touch. Plagia-
rism is the most abortive as well as
the meanest theft which breaks the
Eigth commandment Margaret
Sangster in Christian Intelligencer.
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Pulaski. Tenn.
Farm and Home.
Plain Talk.

A large majority of the young
men that are growing up are OF nc
account. They can't support them
selves. They are relying upon ia
ther'' to take care of them. They
would starve if tossed out into the
world and compelled to take care oil
themselves. They are lacking In
self reliance, In pluck, in persever-
ance, in the willingness to labor at
anything to make an honest living.
The trouble is, they feel above Ia
boring for livelyhood-and just as
long as they have such notions
there is no hope for them. ANY
trade or calling is better than idle.
ness, for idleness, produces worth
lessness. 1t is better TO be shoe
maker, a blacksmith, carpenter, "a
laborer on the farm, than it is to be
a loafer. Some OF our wOrthiest
and best and greatest men have
risen to their distinguished posi-
tons from these humble calling
Everybody respects the man who is
not afraid to work. People will
trust and honor him and do all they
can to help him. 1t may be starr
Ing on the lower round of the lad
der, but a higher and still higher
round can be reached by those pos
sessing energy, pluck and industry
i Colman's Rural World.
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More Light.

We are more favored than oul
ancestors, Notwithstanding oul
heritage of barren fields, standing
monuments of their mismanage
ment. The light of science is cast
ing its genial rays upon the agri
cultural world, dispelling the dark
ness that has overshadowed it SC
long. Young men can now take
hold of the plough without lower
ing their dignity, or fears of being
sneered at by the learned profes
slons, so-called. You, Mr.. Editor,
have been at the helm for years,
holding aloft our banner and labor
ing to infuse light among Southern
farmers. Much has been done for
the cause, much yet remains to be
accomplished. Now, at the close
of the year and the beginning of a
new year, let all be up and doing.
Inc long nights and wet days of
winter afford ample time for brain
work. Let US note the errors and
failures, as well as the successes, Of
the past year; this will enable us to
plan more successfully for the one
that is now before US. If we would
succeed in any business we must
study thoroughly, awaiting our
selves of all the light within our
reach. The farmer who ignores the
of others, and refuses to
read because he is too stingy to
gay for agricultural journals, will
be left far behind in the race C.
b. Barnes.
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, Killed for Being Scrceress.

Advices received from British
Columbia report a singular murder
there of an aged white woman by
an Okanagan chief named Red Ber-
ry. The old woman was the widow
of James Grisdale, one of the first
white settlers in the Okanagan dis
trict. She was reputed to be veal
thy, and was accounted a sorceress
by the Indians around about. Sew
eral of Red Berry's horses died of u
murrain some weeks ago, and the
medicine men of the Okanagans
held that Mrs. Grisdale had afflict-
ed them with disease. Red Berry
at once started for her abode, and
finding her on her knees at prayer,
concluded that he had caught her
in the very ac5 Of practicing her
black art, and with one blow of a
club dashed her. brains out. He
then informed the white settlers
near by of what he had done, and
asked them 10 reward him for rid
ding their hocks and herds of an
evil spirit. He was arrested, and is
now in jail at Okanagan. Red Der
ry, beyond doubt, thought he was
doing The community meritorious
service.
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Neglect of small things is the
rock on which the great majority
of the human race have split. HUI
man life consists OF small things,
each of which is comparatively un-
important, and yet the happiness
and success of every man depends
on the manner in which these small
events are dealt with. Character is
built up on little, things-little
things well and honorably transact
ed. The success of a man in bust
ness depends upon his attention to
little things. The comfort Of a
household is the result of small
things well arranged and duly pro.
vided for. Good government can
only be accomplished in same
way-by well regulated provisions
for the doing of little things
Smiles.
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LADIES COLUMN.
HARoLIsE HAROLD, EDITOR.
Auction Of Young Ladies.


Pittsburg Leader: An interest
ing and novel experiment is to be
tried soon in one OF our churches,
which is as original as it is success
full in the purpose for which it was
instituted. The object of the in
stitutlon to be treated of is to raise
money for church purposes, and a
more fruitful source of revenue, in
connection with pleasure, has not
heretofore been discovered. The
Pittsburg church got its idea from
some churches in some of our West
ern cities. The modus operandi of
the game, as it may be called, or
auction, is about as follows: All
the young ladies are mustered into
service and are completely enyel-
oped by the auctioneer in sheets, so
as to prevent their recognition by
means of their dresses. Then their
pretty faces, like those of the Turk
,ish ladies. are completely veiled-a
FELLOWSHIP or something of that
kind is drawn over it. They are
permitted to have eye holes to look
through and mouth holes to breathe
through, but nothing more. So
they have them diguised entirely
beyond recognition. Then the auc
tioneer proceeds TO auction them
off as partners for the evening to
the young men, even to old meQ, if
their wives will permit them to bid.
The bidding is almost sure to be
lively. At recent Western auc
ton, Of this kind, the lowest price
at which a young lady was auc.
toned oil was $I.5O The fun III
the thing is the young man don't
know who they are bidding for, and
the unwilling of the maidens is
looked forward to with great expec-
tation. The gent has to attend to
the lady bought during the evening,
and to see her home at the close Of
the festival.
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Great Closing Out Sale at
jnl0-4t w. Il. McCALL'S,
A Love of Agriculture.

A gentleman of fine culture and
considerable note, a few years ago,
says the Dirigo Rural, when lecturs
ing before the Massachusetts, Agri
cultural Society. said with ernpha-
sis: parents should instill into
their sons love of agriculture. y
He declared he would prefer cot
tage in the country, with five acres
of ground to the most splendid
palace that could be erected IN the
city, if he must depend on the sue
cess of merchandise to support it
He then went on to say that having.
been for some fifteen years in the
custom house in Boston, he was
surprised to find, at the close of his
term, an entirely new set of men do
ing business there. This induced
him to look into the subject, and he
ascertained, that ninety-seven out
of every hundred, who obtained
their livelihood by and buying sell
ing, failed or died insolvent. He then
submitted his calculation to an old
merchant, who confirmed it in every
particular.
If this statement startling, as it is
was true thirty years ago, when
business was carried on in slow,
sure way, can it be less true when
applied to the present generation
of traders aud merchants2 If the
merchantile business was carried on
in a legitimate way and on a true
basis, it could not result in almost
universal failure. We think we
may congratulate the farmers that
there is no such wholesale failures
among them; il their gains are
small aud their work hard it is at
least honorable aad does not lead
IA bankruptcy. They stand the
hard times better thar any other
class OF men. They are more indie
pendent 10 day than any other class.
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Be a Lady.

1t is a great mistake, girls, to
suppose that there is anything at
tractive in "fast or a wild" girl.
Men may laugh and applaud the
romp while in her society, or per-
haps speak of her as 'jolly girl"
But they are glad their sisters do
not resemble her. 1t is the first
duty of woman to be lady, in
dress, demeanor and Manners
Self-possessed, unshrinking coarse
ness is inexcusable. 1t is a shame
for women to be lectured on their
manners. 1t is bitter shame that
they need it. Women are the um-
pires Of society. 1t is they to
whom all mooted points should be
referred. To be lady is more
than to be prince. A lady is al
ways IN her right inalienably
worthy of respect. To a lady,
prince and peasant alike bow. Do
not be restrained. Do not have i'm
pulses that need restraint Do not
wish to dance with the prince un-
sought; feel differently. BE sure
chat you confer honor. Garry
yourselves so lofty that men shall
look up to you for reward, not
at you in rebnke. The natural SEN
timent of man toward woman is rev.
erence. He loses a large means of
grace 10 account her a being to be
trained into propriety. A mans
ideal is not wounded when wo
man fails in worldly wisdom; but if
in grace, in tact in sentiment in
kindness, she should be found
wanting, he receives an inward hurt.
Don't forget this, girls. Witness
10 a thing no woman can afford.
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E1It isSDecided1y the County
Peoples Paper,
AND The COUNTY PEOPLES FRIEND & ADVISER"
NOR HAVE | SAID half IT Deserves

wndngto orenewo speaks o
fee
oil Gnesw
of other days whose face greets in
friends
3ect beauty and interest as it ages may partial
treceives the greeting among mail matter prefer
will the Capitol
Of our State or Capitol Nation, among
"Wse-men' assembled.
It comes with and varied information,
and in 6r5eest space selections always choice,
printed in good type. It often points moral
her SO simple unaffected mpresses the reader
DdNOu1y NetCS CLEANS
news country to the other and is decided
County Peoples Paper and the County Peoples
Friend Adviser It has it's criticisms upon literature
it's genius. And Justice to the
growing families Of old Giles no fresde SHOULD be without it
always grateful for it and the lessons it ncul
Gates in my family.
that
renoh
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A Gentle Hint.

In our style Of climate. with its sud-
den changes OF tempersture-rain, wind
and sunshine often intermingied in a
single day-it Is no wonder that our
children, friends and relatives are so
frequently taken from Us by neglected
colds, half the deaths resulting directly
from this cause. A bottle OF BOscheeA 5
German Syrup kept about your home
for immediate use will prevent serious
sickness, large doctors bill, and per-
haps death, by the use OF three or four
doses For curing Hemorrhages, Con-
sumption, Pneumonia, Severe Coughs,
Group or any disease OF the Throat or
Lungs, its success is simply wonderful,
as your druggist will tell you. German
Syrup is now sold In Pulaski by Sump-
ter 4 Lacey, and In every town and VII
lage on this continent. sample hotties,
for trial, 10 cents; regular size rs cents.
jun2l-eow-ly-z
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Four Strange Girls.

1t will be a small drop of conso
lation to the thousands of honest
housewives who look upon servant
girls as nuisances to learn that there
are four working girls in the city OF
Detroit whose plans and deeds are
worthy of public mention. One OF
them, the oldest, came to this
country from England about seven
years ago. She was followed after
time by second and third and
fourth, and during the last three
years the four have held places in
families in the same neighborhood.
Each one began saving money from
the first. They have made every ef-
fort to please the families employ
ing them, and have consequently
been paid extra wages. Every gar
ment purchased by them has been
for comfort and long wear, instead
of for show and style. Two of them
have never seen the city hall. though
living in the city nearly three years.
None of then have yet had beau
or had occasion to go to the stores
in the evening. Each one can sew,
patch, darn, put up fruit, make pre-
serves, cook any dish, tack down a
carpet, put up stove, harness a
horse, make her own clothes and
trim her own hat. Each one has a
bank account, and for several years
past all have had an object in view.
That object is now almost accom-
plished A few weeks ago they
united their savings and purchased
a lot in the northern part of the
city, 4Oxl90 in size. They then
contracted with a builder for cot
tage, which was ready for occupan-
CIV only two or three weeks ago.
The eldest sister then gave up her
situation and moved in. The fur
nituIe was bought, here and there,
where cash would secure bargain,
and is good, if not SNOWY. Many
little things were contributed by
friends, and the little home is neat
as pin.
The eldest sister will now become
a laundress, having already more
work of that KIND than she can do
in four days of the week. She will
keep house, and be a mother to and
make a home for the rest. All own
a share, and if sickness comes to
one of the three still acting as SER
wants, she has a place to go and
some one to take care OF her. They
will be planting trees, setting out
vines and planning improvements
as the weeks go by, each good-natu
redly striving tx do more than the
other, and the little home will keep
their hearts pure and their minds
free from giddy thoughts. Each
Sabbath day they will gather there
to feel that it is home, and TO visit
with and advise each other, and let
tiers from father and mother across
the wide ocean will be opened and
read again and again through tear
full e, es.. Are there four such girls
in all this land.-Det,oit Free Press
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Diphtheria.

We feel it our duty to give a rec.
ipe for the cure Of the dlphtheria
which we know from persona.
knowledge has cured several severe
cases. IL is simply to put some
pure tar on a plate and apply hot
Goals TO it, not hot enough, however,
to create blaze. Then place a
funnel upside down over the tar
and let the patient inhale. the fumes
arising from the burning tar
through the spout of the funnel. 1t
will give instant relief, and may be
repeated as often as may be neces-
sary. Tar spread on a piece of
cloth and applied to the throat in
connection with the inholing pro
cess is also good, much better than
old pitch and liniments. 1t should
not be removed until the throat is
relieved OF all soreness.-[ Hunting
ton Mirror.
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Waste and Want.

Either man must be content with
poverty ali his life, or else be vii.
ling to deny himself some Injuries
and save, to lay TIE base of indepen.
dence in the future. But if man
defies the future, and spends all he
earns whether his earnings be one
or ten dollars day. let him look
for lean ald hungry want at some
future time-for it will surely come.
no matter what he thinks. To save
is absolutely the only way TO get a
solid fortune; there is no other
mode. Those who shut their eyes
and ears to these plain facts will be
forever poor, and for their obstIn-
ate rejection of the trnth. mayhap
will die in rags and filth.
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The Jonesboro Times thus hits
the hoodlums: at is a great mis-
cake for boys and men to congre-
gate about town and spend the win
ter months in idleness, half clad,
without money or rations; when so
many good comfortable homes
could be found in the country
where they could secure work and
wages that would make them hap
pY and iadependent.'
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Notice to the Creditors Of
GREEN j. CLARK, DECD.

James c. Burgess. admir-. W.. c. W. Clark
and others.
A Ii persons holding claims against Green
a J. Clark, deed, are hereby notified 10 file
the same, properly authenticated, with the
Clerk & Master OF the Chsncery Court for
Giles county, Tennessee, on or before the
Third Monday in February, 1878
All claims not fled BY that da.e will be Tor
ever barred, by order Of said Court.
novs-td J. r. STACY, G. 81 ~
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TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
Argument Before the House Com
mittee on the Great Southern
Trans-Continantal Line
The Huntingdon Ring Receives :
Setback.

/ Correspondence of the Courier-Journa-. ,
WASHINGTON. Jan. 81, lS7S.-The
House Committee on Pacific Rail
roads was mainly occupied on Sat
ur,lay listening 10 arguments from
Col. Thomas A. Scott and Cover
ernor John G. Brown, President
and Vice President of the Texas
and Pacific Railway Company.
Huntingdon and his retainers were
present in force. and were not
wanting in characteristic display of
presumption and audacity. Their
impudenee, however, availed theuI
little in the face of the ponderons
blows dealt them by the frien'is
of the great Southern and ia
tional enterprise OF the Texas
and Pacific railroad, which Hunt
iugdon would stifiIe in the interest
of his own selfish and grasLing mo-
nopoly. The argument of Cover
ror Brown has given great delight
to the friends of the enterprise,
and is said by his personal friends
to have been worthy of his high
abilities and character. He is said TO
have been remarkably felicitous in
his exposure of Huntingdon's ava
ricious plans to grasp the whole
system of railway connection 70 the
Pacific coast and to block the way
To any enterprise in that direction
offering the least competition with
hi, monopoly.
In the course of the disousslrn
Huntington several times ESSAY ed
interruptions and contradictions,
but all such efforts were rewarded
with unanswerable documentary ev-
idence to show, first, the utter insin-
cerity of his professions of de-
sire To build a line comparative
with the line already existing,
which he now controls, and of his
utter want of financial ability to do
so even if he could. Gov. Brown
completely demonstrated the iden-
tity of the Southern Pacific with
the Huntington interest, the South
ern Pacific using 23S miles of the
Central Pacific line in its alleged
extension from San Francisco to
Fort Yuma. Moreover, the Cen
trail Pacific leases all of the South
ern Pacific. Yet Huntingdon has
what DR.. Stamford calls "steel- pla-
ted cheek" enough to pretend that
he designs his Southern Pacific
bantling to compete with the Cen
trail Pacific property. Some aston
ishment has been created by the
charge boldly and successfully
made by the advocates OF the Tex
as and Pacific, that even if Hunt
ington were sincere in his avowed
purpose to build a competing line,
he could not put it into execution,
as his corporations are to-day con-
fronting bankruptcy. Owing $l4,-
100000 of floating debt, and embar-
raised with the care of their rami-
fed interests and schemes, they are
utterly without the credit or the
means of getting credit to build the
line they pre- tend to want to build.
The results of the discussion of
yesterday were in the highest de-
gree satisfactory to the friends of
the Texas and Pacific. and discom-
filing to the Huntington interest in
its efforts to delay the building OF
the Southern line to the Pacific, |
and thereby to promote the dura
ton of their monarchical control of
the trans-continental commerce of
America.
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CONSERVATION. Asthma. Bf0nchllls.

Calarrh and al throat AM lung affections;
also posi- i've aud radical cure for. nervous
debility aud all nervous complaint. after
having thoroughly tested is wonderful Gu
rhtive power in u onSands OF cases feels IL
bi- duty u make Unknown 10 hiS suffering
fellows. ActuHisd By ihis motive, and eou-
scientiniis desire e. relieve human suffering
he will rend FREE of "a ARGE % all who de-
sire 1t This receipt vii fpll directions for pye-
pairing afd successfully n~ing sent By return
mail hs "a lres~ing with stamp naming this
paper. bE. j. NOUN AIN,
ie.iS "a Or.l..i..ltifs n
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ooh n GREAT chance TO make mon
IH ey. lfyou can't get gold you
HHEEH can get greonbacks. We need
HHIHEaa person in every town to take
WOAD subscriptions for the largest.
cheapest and best illustrated family publica-
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successful agent. The most elegant works of
art given tree TO subscribers The price is so
low that almost everybody subscribes. One
agent reports making over also in a week. A
lady agent reports taking over 400 subserib-
ers in ten days. All who engage make mon
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business, or only your spare time. You need
not be away from your homo over night. You
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IL costs nothing to try the business, No one
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'The Peoples Journal" Portland, Me, sg-l
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ENGLISH FEMALE slVTERs !
BEST FEMALE MEDICINE ExIkNT.

WILL CURE Aftor ioyesrs ies.
All Female Complaints. ,i huH proven 70 20
Will CuRE Female Regulator
49, 49,. known. and is now
mummy in extensive ure by
WIFI C,rrpr Physicians through
Old or Young Females. FOR all spocies of
xr, ~,-,,r. unnatural monthly
W NIL W E 0bstructi0nr ~ *
Girls at Sweet Sixteen. ce.ses; Tor Ltuc0i b.
rh0W or whites fall
WILL CURE ing Of the Womb,
Pains IN the Side " Back Liberation 81 the
Womb, Chlorosiu, or
WILL ETrRE |Groon Sickness.
ffy.t.,,cs a. rS.,,,.,,-,,. Nervous Debility q
frortratisfi, it acts
WILL CURE IKE eherm A
Paipitation Of tho Heart. tsbie Tonic "a J. -
WILL CURE ~ sSs P sto%aob . .59iag
Sifls ~ hoinanhood digestion, exciting
WILL CURE on no bowels sbd
BY Regulating building up & Civ
WILL CURE ~
Cases Of Ten Yoars. whole system.
Large Hotties only 80 Sold bg All
Druggists. ssts-rom
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-02-07

The physicians say that -promis-
cuous kissing spreads disease
Heart troubles especially.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-02-07

A handkerchief flirtation is a very
simple thing. 1t only requires two
fools and two handkerchiefs.
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CONSUMPTION
GU RED.

4 n Old Physician. retired from active prac-
a tee, having hal placed in his hands by
East India Missionary the .iormnla Of .
Vegetable Remedy for tbs speedy and Perma-
Ilarl en- II
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no HAyE coon HgALrn rurLrvER

PULMONA cures Asthm 5.
PULMO A cures Caiarrh.
PDLMONA cures Bronchitis.
pDLMONA cures Consumption.
PULHONA subducs ChifIs and Fever.
PULMONA checks light Swea's IN q few
ds5Bs dseS ~