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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20
DIED DRUNK.

clark how the merciless bold winds blow
Mamma como look at the beautiful snowl
See how the streets are all mantled in white,
Pm looking for papa-hell come home all
right.
OH why are you looking so lonely and sad
! An0g Slapd iPa 'r'AN'' out cant ! make you
Come, kiss me, mamma, and don't cry any
more"
"HushI come to my arms, there's a wolfat the
door,
Mamma, don'tory, lot me knoel atyour feet,
We are hungry and cold, and we've nothing
to eat.
Look up and be cheerful, inGod put your trust,
If papR's Il drunkard, God will not blame us.
Why do you tremble sol wipe Off that tear,
The fire is out, but we've nothing to fear,
Let's lie down together, and sleep on tho
floor"
"Nol MOI there's no sleep while the VOLTS at
the door,"
"oh, mammal God bless yOul cheer up all
you can,
Some day ! may be a good son and a man
To bring your sorrowful heart hope and 10y;
lfpapa'sR drunkard, just think, Pm your boy,
Though he may desert us, there's One loves
us still,
Who'll never forsalSe us--no, God neser will."
"Hushl child, there's your father; don't say
Oh, Godl can't he see there's wolf at tho
doori"
Aye. staggering drunk at that hour 40 late,
The father stood reoiing in snow OF the gate
His barefooted boy, dressed so poorly and thin,
Went out in the snow, and led papa in.
But just rs he entered he fell to the floor,
And there went forth howl from tho wolf
at the door,
The emblem of death to tho door-kuob was
tied,
A husband--a father--a druREard- had died.
WILL =. HAYS.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20
CARD.
To the voters Of Giles Go

To the Voters Of Giles County.
FELLOW CITIZENS -
have this day announced myself la
your county paper, ns q candidate Tor
reelection 10 the Office Of Chancellor OF
this Division. 10 affords me unfcigncd
pleasure 20 have this opportunity oieN-
pressing my gratitude % you for your
kind support Ia the past; and u would
be a source OF still greater gratitude ana
qualification 20 meet with your hearty
support once more, and only once IL
would give me assurance Of your appfO-
batlOn aud endorsement OF my past ei-
forts 70 serve you In my official capacity.
To the best Of my ability have endeav-
ored 20 do my duty and wherein have
erred land It l. but human to err,) tho
error has been OF the head and not Of the
heart. For the work that has been ac-
complished, during my term, refer you
10 the records Of the Court. IL Will Do
impossible for me % canvass the several
counties, or any Of them, for the reason
that my official duties are now upon me,
and will so continue, until very short
time before the election. Ia view OF
ibis, / feel assured, you will readily eN-
cuse me, as Il l. a matter OF much moro
Importance TO the public, t--t the Courts
should be regularly held, han that
shoull canvass for reelection. Tho
consequence IL, / must mainly rely on
the assistance AMI efforts Of my friends
throughout the county. hy compcu-
tors are worthy anG honorable gentle
men and should you honor either on
fbem with the position, shall bow
submizsively % the will of the people,
and retire with the CONSEQUENCES OF
having endeavered 10 discharge, With
ddelity, the high trust committed %
my charge. ,,,,,,,o,
fcbzl-u W. ,. flahMANo
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20

Some unexpected geological facts,
of peculiar scientific interest con-
corning the Egyptian Desert along
the line of the Suez Canal, were de
veloped during Mr.. Lessep's opera
tions in that region. In the cut
tings between Port Said and Suez
there was evidence rendering it
highly probable that there was for
merly a sea, the upheaval of which
formed the present isthmus; be-
tween Ismailia and Suez the strata
were generally horizontal, a slight
obliquity denoting a local excess of
upheaving force; at the Serapeum,
near the great basin of the Bitter
Lakes, the strata chiefly consisted
of fine sand, slightly agglomerated
at times and containing much flint
with occasional nodules OF hardened
clay; north of the lakes, the layers
were decI 1edly clayey. AS the an
nual deposits of the Nile could not
of course, have commenced until
after the upheaval of the mountain
ranges, which led TO the formation
of rivers, the soil Of Egypt it would
seem is of a comparatively recent
date, Notwithstanding the fact that
it was inhabited by the most
ancient civilized society known.
dating back thousands OF years GER
tainly, as the pyramids show.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20
Anderson not a Perjurer.
Boston Herald

Boston Herald.
The New York Tribune attempts
to discredit the testimony OF James
E. Anderson at the outset by stat
ing that he has declared himself to
have been a perurer. There seems
to be no warrant for this statement.
Anderson has never proved himself
to be perjurer. His testimony, as
given before the Potter Committee
does not conflict In any important
way with his testimony given to the
Senate Investigating Committee in
1877. He may be proved a per-
jurer, but it will have to be by fresh
evidence. He admits that he agreed
to suppress evidence which might
have interfered with Nash as a Con-
gressional candidate, but this by no
means proves him to be a liar. I'm
less the Republicans can imme-
diately and decisively break down
the testimony Of James f. Ander-
son, it will be conceded by the intel
ligent judgment of the country that
there was good reason why the in
vestigation should have been au
thorized by the House. of Repre-
sentatives.. The testimony of An
derson is as startling as his story is
remarkable, and the manner in
which the names of President Hayes
and Senator Matthews are connect
ed with it cannot be pleasant read
ing to any one who desires to have
confidence in the uprightness OF
those high officials.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20
For the Citizen.l
Bethel.

Since the entertainment we con
slider we have something worthy
place in your paper. The Law
renceburg Thespian Club arrived on
Wednesday, 9th, gave an entertain
ment the same night, had a very
good attendance, and it was our for
tune to witness such grace and beau
ty as we never saw in Bethel before.
Everything was carried on so
smoothly as to defy the most severe
criticism. The beauty, wit and
grace of the female portion of the
Club cannot be eXcelled anywhere;
but as we have not decided and can
not decide which was the "bright
particular STAR" we will endeavor
to merely mention them all, not
feeling capable of giving a full de
I-scription. The young ladies were
Misses Mary and Lulie Parkes-
beautiful and accomplished young
ladies. They have visited us before
and we were happy to have them
with us again, even for so short a
time. Miss Nellie Stewart, a lovely
and sweet young lady, we think
held some of our young men spell
bound by her smiles and pretty
ways. Miss Ella Mcintosh, the &C
complished musician, by her won
derful performances, made US feel
as if we were in some enchanted re-
gion. The gentle and winning
manner Of Miss Mcintosh won an
appreciation from us we cannot eX-
press. We hope that we will see
her again. Last, but not least. was
Miss Mary Looney. Although her
last appearance before US is most
impressed on our minds, all we can
say is, she is heavenly, perfectly
splendid. Dressed in beautiful In
dian costume rec ting "Hiawatha's
Wooing," we doubt if Minnehaha
equalled her lovely representative
in beauty and grace. We do not
wonder that Messrs. Meek and
Stribling feared that an angel would
appear and bear her away to an
other cline. Mrs. Maj. H. G.. Bate
was also with them. The gentle
mSH hSlS MA DdGSs MSSol D. al hSo,
Dustin, Meek, StriblIng, Chain and
Stewart. We will say they all did
honor and credit to themselves and
the club. The first play was an
amusing comedy, "Wanted, Young
Lady" Every one liked it very
much, and the writer wishes to say
to Adelaide Sterling, alias Miss Lulie
p, there is wanted a young lady |
by some of our young gentlemen in
this neighborhood. The laughable |
farce of next night was "Turn Him
Gut" 1t was very pleasing through
out. "Nobs" and "Susy' haye our
very best wishes to the end of time |
for their welfare and happiness.
We offer our sympathies to "John
Smyth," the "Persecuted Dutch |
man." with the wish that his calam-
tiles have ended,
We can not say anything more
at present, but if we had time to re-
wise our work we might. like the
doctors clerk, make al Improve
ment on the job" Nom DE PLUME.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20

The Texas Pacific bill is among
the important measures before Con
gress upon which no action will be
had. The bill has reached the
same point it has reached before.
1t has been reported to the Senate
and placed on the calendar and then
laid over until the next session. 1t
was smothered on previous occa
sions at this point, and its insatlate
enemies have succeeded in smoth
ering it this year. There has been
ever since the Forty-fifth Congress
met the most determined and
bitter opposition to the bill. But
in not a single argument that has
been made against it has the asser-
ton been hazarded that great ad-
vantages would not accrue to the
country and to the Government by
the completion of such a road.
Even the poo. hirelings of Hunt
ington, from the South, who declare
that the Texas Pacific bill will not
benefit the South, are not so idiotic
as to deny that it will infuse life
into the industries of the North
Courier Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20


OF all absurd talk, the most alb
surd is that about the President a
bandoning his Southern policy. The
Southern policy is simply the appli
cation of one principle to all the
States-that they shall be left to
settle their own disputes, whether
situated North or South of a GER
tain degree of latitude. AS practi-
cally enforced 4 year ago, it meant
the removal of the United States
army from States where it was used
to back up one side in such a dis
pute. With the removal of troops
from the Columbia and New Or
leans State houses a policy of Fed
eral interference in State affairs,
long questioned and at length gen
orally condemned, was finally and
absolutely discarded, and the con-
stitutional system of home rule uni
versally restored. The President
has treated the South as his oath
to support the constitution required
that he should treat all parts of the
country, there is nothing to aban-
don and no way to abandon il
there were.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20

Over forty years ago twelve boys
in Henry County, Tenn. were warm
ly attached to one another. They
loved each other as boys intimately
associated do. The joys of one
were the joys of all. The sorrows
of one were the sorrows of all. Day
by day, week by week, year by year
they passed away in happy associa-
ton. What one liked they all liked.
This was the rule. But to most
rules there are exceptions, and it
was so in this case. The Washing
tonians came along. Seven of them
endorsed the doctrine and resolved
never to drink alcoholic liquor as a
beverage. The others refused and
continued drink. This history has
a sequel which deserves considera-
ton. The five boys who continued
to drink all now fill drunkards'
graves. Not so with the seven who
resolved never to drink. o. b.
Hicks has been a member of the NJ.
f. Church, South, for 40 years.
Thomas and Rihard Randle both
died Presiding Elders in the same
church. VIM. +. Travis is to-day a
member OF the tennessee Legisla-
ture; Clinton Atkins is one of the
leading spirits of the United States
Congress; James d. Porter to day
is the popular Governor of Tennes-
see, and Isham O.. Harris has twice
been elected Governor of this State.
So much for resolving not to drink,
and refusing to make the noble re.
solve. Boys who read this item OF
history, true history, note it We
pray you, try and profit by it, ard
may God help you.-LelOis6urg GGz
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20
al Remnrknble ResnIt.

IL makes no difference how many
Physicians, or how much medicine you
have tried, it Is now an established fact
that German Syrup Is the only remedy
which has given complete satisfaction In
severe cases Lung Diseases. us true
there are yet thousands OF persons who
are predisposed 10 Throat aud Lung Az
loctions, Consumption, Ilemorrhages,
Asthma, Severe Colds settled on tho
Breast, Pneumonia, Whooping Cough,
&C., who have no personal knowledge
Of BOschee's German Syrup. 10 such
we would say that $4,000 dozen were
Consumptives try Just one bottle. Reg
ular size 10 cents. Sold by SumptCr q
Lacey, and all druggists In America.
jun2l -eow-ly-l
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20
An Acauisition

Since its virtues have been utilized by
DR.. Tabler as permanent cure for Piles
the Buckeye now 50 abundant Ia our
native forests, has become OF almost M
much importance In the medical world
as Cinchena, or Peruvian bark, of South
America. Fortunately the medical pro-
pertles are in the fruit, and not the bark ;
hence the trees will not be destroyed
but will stand many years 10 yield an
abundant supply, and we may regard
Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment "a a
permanent remedy. Price 80 cts bot
tie. For sale by Sumpter q Lacey.
depG-eOW-1V-1
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20
For the Citizen.
BellVille, Tenn.

Prospects are very fair for a tol
cradle good turnout of wheat as a
general thing. Oats will not make
much of a crop. Our corn looks
fine and bids fair to be excellent;
also good prospect of heavy
mast this year. Our peach crop
bids fair to be a heavy one; apples
will be but few and far between.
We have repainted our church at
Bee Spring and it looks grand. Our
grave yard has been fenced in, nice
ly cleaned out and the fence white
washed, making it look lovely. If
the departed ones could only send
back a message to earth TO US, oh!
how they would thank us for the
kind act of identifying their last
resting place.
The storm some time since did
some damage to the forests here.
Thanks to a kind Father no lives
were lost or houses destroyed or
stock killed.
We will have q fine school at Bee
Spring, taught by Miss McGavock
of Athens, Ala. She comes well
recommended and is a very nice
lady. We hope she may have fine
success, and may abide amongst us
long time. King cotton is look
ing well, but he holds but little sway
here. He is fast disappearing, but
dies game. What has become of
the Bellville correspondent Has
he gone "where the woodbine twin
eth?" Our farmers are busy with
their c-ops-all up with their work.
They are all to q man very indus
trious in this part of the moral vine
yard. The little son of our friend
Mr.. Miles Rowe met with a sad ac-
cident short time ago by being
kicked on the forehead by a colt,
cutting a cash about II inches long
down to the skull, but he is doing
well. Our "model farmer" is doing
finely. Our teacher NJ. H. N. has
given up the schoOlroom and gone
to farming.
The measles have departed from
our sections to hunt fresh pasture.
The health of this community is
good; no deaths to report and no
marriages. We unders tand our en-
terprising farmers, DR.. Moffitt and
Mr.. w. 2. McLaurIne, are speaking
of introducing the Jersey cattle
amongst US. We hope they may,
as there is nothing better than good
mich stock, and in the near future
they will be in demand.
1t is a queer thing that there are
no marriages to report from this
section, where there are so many
pretty and industrious girls, but,
alas! the boys are too bashful to
pop the question. We have a most
excellent pastor here, Rev. S. Nj.
Cherry. He is an able divine, who
explains the scriptures most beau
tifully and makes things so plain
that the least to the greatest can
understand. Success to him, and
"long may he wave" Our friend
Mr.. John McCracken is the most
pleasing man we have seen for 10,
these many days-it is a boy. Can
didates are beginning to swarm
about here. We hope they may
soon settle. We have a fine choir
at Bee Spring, as good as any city
or town can produce for their prac-
tice. They sing most beautifully
under their skilled leader, Mr..
Gaultney. We really feel proud of
him. Mr.. w. NJ. Stevenson has not
yet found his horse. We hope he
may yet find him. We sympathize
with him in his loss. Echo.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

This question Is thus briefly and truth
fully answered. Portaline, or Tablcr's
Vegetable Liver Powder, derives It's
name from the fact that Il regulates
those portals Of the body through which
the most dangerous diseases make their
entrance into the human system. Sim
pie roots and herbs, for which we are In
debted TO bOuntiiul nature, have been
scientifically combined, and presented
as n cure 10 all suffering with Constipa-
ton, Billiousness, Dyspepsia, and all dis
eases arising from torpid liver. Price
90 cents a package. For sale by q. A.
Pope a. Co. ianl0-eow-y-l
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20

The Hon. George Robson. ex
Secretary Of the Navy, is in Immi-
nent danger of prosecution for those
official Irregularities for which he
has been so repeatedly whitewashed.
The whitewash did not have enough
glue in it, however, and can't stick,
and this prominent pillar of Grant
ism may be in a bad way before
Ulysses comes back TO ''save the
country" II has been recently dis
covered by the House Naval Com
mittee, among other bad things,
that Robson sold about 100000
worth of new boilers, engines, cop
per, condenser tubes, etc, as ''old
IRON" for about $4,000, and the
parties buying again became con-
tractors To furnish the Department
with the same articles at fabulous
price. Old Robson should explain
that transaction-if he can.-Cr-J,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20

The Rev. Green Irvine, the blind
preacher, occupied the Methodist
pulpit here last Sunday night. He
lost his eyesight several years ago,
and has a host of very warm friends
in the community who deeply sym
pathize with him in his affection.
He preached an old fashioned spir-
itual sermon, which was enjoyed by
his congregation. He was pastor
of the Methodist Church here
nearly fifty years ago. Franklin
Review.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20
The Laboratory of the System

The stomach is the labratory of the
system, in which certain mysterious
processes are constantly going on.
These result in the production of that
wonderful vivifying agent the blood,
which in n state of health rushes laden
with the elements of vitality TO the re-
mOtest parts of the system. But when
the stomach is semi-paralyzed by dys-
pepSia, blood manufacture is carried on
imperfectly, the circulation grows thin
and sluggish, and the system suffers in
consequence. Moreover indigestion re-
acts upon the liver and bowels, rendering
the first sluggish and the latter consti-
pated. The brain also suffers by sym
pathy, and sick headaches, sleeplessness
aud nervous symptoms are engendered.
Hostetters' Stomach Bitters reforms this
state of things, gives permanent tone
and regularity TO the stomach and its as
sociate organs, the bowels and liver,
and ensures complete nourishment and
increased vigor of the system. IL is the
most popular as well as the most ell
cient snti-dyspeptic and tonic in Amer
lea. Jun6-lm
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20
Major VIM. J. Sykes, in his court

Major VIM. j. Sykes, in his court
house speech, gave some interesting
facts as to Tennessee, her condi-
ton, her wealth and her produc-
tons, as compared with other
States. He showed that the taxa
ton in New York, Massachusetts,,
Ohio and Illinois was four times as
great as in Tennessee, per capita, in
1870; that in these States the taxa
ton was in proportion to produc-
tions twice, and in the case of New
York, three times as great as in
Tennessee in 1870. He then gave
the rate of State taxation In the
Southern States in 1877, which was
as follows: Alabama, 70 cents; Ar
kansas, 80 cents; Louisiana, $1.45;
Virginia, 80 cents; Missouri, 40
cents; Georgia, so cents; Texas, so
cents; Florida, 80 cents; Missis-
sippi, 65 cents. In Mississippi the
counties pay the costs of criminal
prosecutions, and in Tennessee they
are paid by the State. If these be
added, the tax in Mississippi would
be 10 cents. The tax in Tennessee
has not been since 1870 more than
forty cents, and this is enough to
pay the debt as it may be adjusted,
and as has been proposed. The
productions in Tennessee are $40
per capita more than they were in
1860, and the number of landown-
ers has increased from S2,36S in
1860, to 11S,141. Does this look
like we are growing poorer?-L Co
lumbia Sentinel.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20
For the Citizen.
A PRAYER.
TO H.

Obi grant my prayer, and let me know,
That Pm as dear as thou to me;
There is no 10y, no grief. no woe,
My heart would fail to share with thee.
II sorrow dim thy gentle eyes,
Or hope should yield to doubt or fear;
My love would soothe thy grief and signs,
And wipe away the falling tear.
At morn, at noon, and at the night,
No matter what Affections came,
You be my joy and my delight,
And l would try to be the same.
And if, being Grieved, thou should'st impart
a word, a look, in anger cast,
Still, still my warm, devoted heart
Would fondly love thee to the last.
In shade or shine, in calm or storm,
In Joy or grief, in smiles or teals,
My love would twine around thy form,
Tho oil the lapse of coming years.
Oh! best of friends, grant this my prayer,
ask, and ask and ask again,
Thy life, thy love, thy lot to share,
And / will bless thee for it then. l.. N.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20

The Commencement Sermon of
the Tennessee Female College was
preached at the Methodist Church
last Sunday by Rev. A. G. Dinwid-
die, of Pulaski. 1t was beautiful,
and at the same time very prac
teal, sermon. He delivered it
like a master mechanic brings out a
strong, polished, and perfect piece
of handiwork-e exactly adapted to
the use for which it is intended,
and only waiting to be tested in all
its points of apparent excellence, to
prove its perfectness. 1t was a
grand sermon Franklin Review.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20

Mr.. Charles Wenzell, the Murphy
Temperance Lecturer, delivered an
address to large audience in the
Methodist Church last Sunday af-
ternoon. He encouraged those who
had signed the pledge to be faithful.
He took a final adieu of Franklin
and goes to Murfreesboro. We
truly hope his labors will be abun
dainty rewarded in his new field
Franklin Review.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20

The difference between a man
and a woman in buying things is
said to be this: A man gives fifty
cents for a twenty-five cent thing
which he wants, and a woman gives
twenty five cents for a fifty cent
thing which she dosen't want.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20

A saloon keeper, having started
business in building where trunks
had been made, asked a friend what
he had better do with the old sign,
Trunk Factory" "Oh," SAID the
friend, 'just change the L to a D,
and it will suit you exactly.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20

1t is rarely we see a delicate and
tender conception embodied with
such felicity of diction: Sweet love;
If you was dog, and was a hog,
And got into your masters yard,
And your master was to set you on me,
Would you bite me very hard!