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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-12
Wages.

When Col. Colyar, in his speech
last night, said that there was more
work if not better prices, he uttered
a truth that is becoming apparent
to every man about the city. Go
where you will you can see new
houses going up, old ones going
down and additions to others. The
hum of industry is all over the city.
The click of the trowel rings out
on every street. The increase of
wages quickly follows an increase
of work. After awhile some man
who is in hurry to get his house
built quick, will offer a larger price !;
others will raise to keep their work
men, and so up wages will CO.
One reason why they have not al
ready gone up is that unemployed
workmen from the surrounding
towns are pouring in here, so that
as yet the supply is equal to the
demand. The increase of wages
may result from the causes already
stated, but it will not be permanent
until prosperity sets her seal on all
the country. Then each town will
have a rise for its own artisans, and
the rise will be permanent. Only
one thing is needed now to make
Tennessee enjoy this wave of pros
perlty that is now passing over the
country, and that is vote for the
compromise. Get it out of the
way and then, oh then, how happy
we shall be- Banner.
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repudiationists of the State debt do.
They had better have done as the
stewards in this little town did last
fall. When the preacher arrived
and called the stewards together
and reported his condition showing
that it required $500 to enable
him to school, board and .clothe his
children, the stewards replied, ''we
have only about 20 members and
can't raise that amount. There be-
ing three other denominations in
the village, viz: Presbyterians, Epis-
copalians and Catholics, we have to
depend upon the Methodists alone
to pay the salary. We viii pay
$500 and we can't promise any
more than we can and will pay"
Consequently we have no Methodist
preaching this year. If the stew
ards would consult my old neigh
Dor, Buck Moore, of Simpsons
sons Chapel, perhaps he would
tell them how to raise the pay of
the preachers. But for fear his
modestY would prevent his dong so,
l will tell them his plan. If he neg
lects TO call on the people and thus
raise the amount, he pays it himself.
That course causes him to be more
energetic the next year. He re
CARDS it as a debt and not charity as
a great many do. Rev. Mr.. Werner
formerly of Cornersville is pastor of
the Presbyterian congregation here
and is very popular. His family is
well. Yours, ETC.,
REFS w PORTER
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The Latest Invention I'm Useful
Household Articles.

Within tho last fow years there has boon
expended a great deal Of inventive thought
and genius upon what may properly be
classed a. household articles, the nost noted
results Of which arc tho production Of the
sewing machine, tho wrinRer, tho washing
machine. the carpet sweeper, &c. Almost
every week We chronicle the advent Of some
new invention by which the cares aud labors
Of housekeeping are leseenedt ana Nptnehh
work made easier
The newest thing 70 challenge our attention
and gladden. the heart OF the housokeepori II
what IL called the NovELTY BHUsn H0LDEn,
CARPET sTREToHEE aud swEEPEh, very Him-
pie contrVance designed 20 firmly hold IN pO-
sition any kind Of a brush or duatori having
an extension handle that enables ono 70 wash
or dust windows, walls or ceilings without
the aid Of a step ladder. That Il one % ~
convoniences, and Il II ala0 one q the bost
carpet swoopors Ia the market holding the
brush firmly Of an angle. IL cleans the car
pct thoroughly raises no aust ai.l does hgt
wear the carpet like the ordinary broom or
brush, and will 0utwosr a half dozen
brOOmE As a handle for the scru9bing brush
IL Il tho best device ever fnacsi no more
kneeling on the floor, no more pack aches
sore fingers
cost, as a carpet Of any sizo can b. laid evenly
without any Of the labor and veNAtiOn usu-
ally attending such work. IL II strong, sim
pie, thoroughly made, cannot gct out OF or
der, hGq no Sorrows, lever or hinges - com
pact cboap and durable.
II h Manufactured BY Brown y Co., Gin.
cinnati, the we'll known manIfactnToTs OF
useful household articles, and u sold only
by their agenta 20 houaokoopors. The real
utility Of this article will AZ once be soon ~
those most interested, and We prpiiet Tor u =
large sale. Every honsokoePor 10 inc land
will want one.
Any reliable lady or gentlomtn wi.eing
re,nunerntive emplOyu ent, would do well y
..c,ye ne agency for this county, which can
be done by enolosing q stamp for descriptive
circuiar and terms. 70
BROWN a. CO.,
Grand Hotel Building, Cl1einnsiii o.
rnay22-ft
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CITIZEN ALPHABET.
SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR BLIND LUNATl os
AND CROSSROADS POETS.

A fflictions, though they seem severe,
Dire oft in veriest mercy sent1
before you know that they are here,
behold, they flop their wings and went.
Calisthenics ragged and ran them
Orazy as an antelope;
nevil take such fun, they now say,
DGrned if don't walk a rope.
Early birds catch worms the fastest,
IarlY boys catch the first slap;
fortune smies-but these don't half pay
Il oriloss of one sweet morning nap.
Hrant is booming from the Orient
Orandly towards the Golden Gate
Hear his hungry horde of hoodlums
11oarsely bowling horrid hate.
I ce cream for those who can get it,
scream for those who can't;
I ust pass over a saucer or so, SIR
y udasl just look how | pant!
King Kaukus kontrols Kongress Kabals,
Arushes kraft, corruption and knaves;
T ord! Listen how Conkling is rearingl
Look at Blaine how madly he raves
M arriage bells have been jingling all winter,
1erry Cupid has not missed shot;
Nevertheless, we guess he will hold up,
IN ow the weather's so internally hpt.
n say, did you hear the last item.
Our new railroad will, very soon,
Denetrate the ethereal and connect
i ulaski direct with the moon
Oui facet c0asentit, she murmurs;
NlUid hoe Si6i UuBF he inquiries;
ID usty cuSs, dost know it means yes, sir?
1Oe 16rdf Then let's off to the 'Squire's.
Cend your surplus grub up this way,
Dave your sweetest dish for us;
T'urnip-greens have turned Our stomach
l. ack-soup is not worth a cuss.
TTnexampled cheek and blusterl
u supper Hayes, the cringing sneak,
Vests himself in supreme power and
etoes when the People speak,
VXThen the swallows homeward flutter
w shall have more swallow pie,
Vanthic crust and full of gravyl
Aerxes, full, would wish to diel
VArnists now infest our sidewalks
l. awping out the same old tale;
Zounds! Let's ship the idiots on the
Zenith of a sharp fence-raill
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Pension the Mexican Veterans.

These men and their widows de-
serve the immediate attention of
Congress. Why should these men
be denied their just claims until old
age has made its inroads on them
and death stands at the door to re
ceive them? There are a few men
in Congress who are so full Of hate
that they prefer TO see their own
neighbors driven to the poorhouse
rather than allow certain persons
whom they despise to receive any
sort of reward for patriotism in Civ
ing us an empire. We gave all the
support in our power TO the old flag
and to the Union during the late
war, and do not regret it, but we
do not understand that kind of 10y
atty that refuses TO accord to
brave old soldier his just rights.
The veterans who marched under
the stars and stripes and purchased |
for us the vast State of Texas, be- !
sides the great Western Territories, |
deserve not only the thanks, but |
also the rewards of the nation. Be
CduSG bOIlG VI blGbG nltn dA0 WV
zens of Alabama or South Carolina |
they are to be denied their rights.
Is this patriotism? Is this true re-
The Mexican War
veteran who lives in Ohio is to be
starved because his old comrade
lives in Kentucky. This spirit Of
injustice will destroy any nation.
Why talk about the nation paying
its honest debts while its poor cred
itors are outlawed because they live
in North Carolina or Tennesseef
There are several gentlemen now
living in the South who fought I'M
der the Confederate flag who are |
bondholders. They draw their quar-
terly interest and these men in Con
gress who refuse to pay the old
Mexican veterans get furiously mad
if the bonds and interest are not
paid promptly. We do not object
60 the payment of the bonds, but
we do insist on the payment OF pen
sions to the old Mexican veterans
without reference TO the states in
which they live.-1Citizen Soldier.
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The Income Tax Bill.

Washington Post: AS Mr.. Hayes
seems determined TO force a Demo
cratic Congress to either remain in
session all summer or give him
the power to use the army at the
polls, the sooner members turn
their attention to general legisla-
ton the better. Nothing more de-
sirable than the income tax bill
called up by Mr.. Dibrell of Tennes
see yesterday, could be devised. 1t
is in the interest of economy, Of
Justice and of the people. The
House declared in favor of the
principle by a majority of ten votes
and practically instructed the Ways
and Means committee to bring for
ward a bill At once. Congress has
plenty of time to bring forward a
bill at once. Congress has plenty
of time to construct a careful meas
ure, and canpass it. 1t is quite
likely that it will be vetoed, but
that consideration should not be
allowed to stand in the way. 1t
ought on the contrary TO stimulate
the peoples representatives. By
all means let as have an income
tax bill.
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The New York Times has risen
out of itself and above its party or
ganization long enough to expert
ence this burst of fairness and de
cency; "There are three or four
trumpery sheets printed in the
South whose violent language has
made them infamous. Mississippi
has a couple of this sort-without
ability or character, on anything
emitting them to notice. Their
rawlings have been quoted in the de-
bates as evidence of SoutheI opin-
ion. No sane man would propose
to hold a Northern State RESPONSE
BILE tor trash printed in it's Green
back papers; and it were Just as
unfair to make the South accounta-
BILE for the stuff printed at Meridi-
an or OkalOna"
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The Republican organs are put
ting some very assinine long ears
upon themselves by reiterating the
silly lie that the Democrats are
"backing down." In not one jot
or little have the Democrats retired
from their position. Their purpose
has been from the very first to pre-
sent the issue of troops or no
troops at the polls for Hayes to
call on, and they have perfectly sue
ceeded in getting that individual to
commit himself and the Republican
party squarely to the continued use
of bayonets to interfere with cleo
tions. When he vetoes the bill to
repeal the law to promote fraud
and violence at elections. the Dem
ocrats will have the Republican
party definitely posted on its plat
form of Centralization-the aboli
ton of State authority and State
lines and the destruction of the Re-
publican form of government,
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Remedy for Poisoning by Ivy.

A remedy for the effects of poi
soning from the poison oak or poi
son ivy (Rhus toxIcondendron) is
given by DR.. S. A. Brown, u. S. N,
in the Medical Record. The spe-
cific is bromine, and he has found
its success unvarying, used as fol-
lows: He uses the drug dissolved
in olive oil, cosmoline or glycerine,
in the strength of from ten to TWEEN
ty drops of bromine to the ounce of
oil, and rubs the mixture gently on
the affected parts three or four
times a day. The bromine is so
volatile that the solution. should be
renewed within twenty four hours
from its preparation. The eruption
never extends after the first thor
ough application, and it promptly
disappears within twenty four hours
if the application is persisted in,
and the patient is entirely cured.
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A newspaper and a newspaper
editor that people don't talk about
and sometimes abuse are rather
poor concerns. The man and bust
ness that an editor sometimes feels
it duty to defend, at risk of
making enemies of another class,
are often the very first to show In
gratitude. The editor who expects
to receive much charity or graft
tude will soon find out his mistake;
but he should go on and say and
do what he concientiously thinks
right without regard to frowns and
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Tbe Nashville Banner. comment,

The Nashville Banner, comment
ing on the opinions of the State
press as to the State debt question,
says: ave know well enough that
a large majority of the citizens of
Tennessee will vote for it, and that
it will be overwhelmingly adopted,
unless a fatal supineness should
seize our people, who under the de-
fusion of everybody being for it,
might stay away from the polls
There is one thing very sure, and
that is, every man who opposes it
will work and vote. Remember
this" This is not only worth re-
membering, but it is worth acting
upon on the day of election.
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Death Of an Old Merchant.

DR.. R. G. Gardner died at the
residence of his son-in law, r. l..
Bright, at Fayetteville, Thursday.
Deceased was brother of r. H.
Gardner, of Nashville, and well
known as q member of the firm of
Gardner 81 Co. here before the war,
and of Evans, Gardner 81 Co., New
York, since the war. The remains
arrived here at P. NJ. yesterday,
and were followed to the grave
at Mt. Oliyet by a number of old
friends and acquaintances.- Amer
lean.
DR.. Gardner was ouce resident
Of district No. l of this County, for
many years, where he owned a mag
nificent farm, once known as the
Vasser place.
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81 tell you, sir, that never in the
history of this nation has there
been in the entire four years of an
Administration so much corrup-
ton, bartering of offices, rewarding
of political favorites, traffic with
political leaders. and bargain and
sale of the elective franchise as
during the past year. People sag
that Hayes IS a good man and means
nell but they do not knosO Whdt they are
talking about. - Senator Roscoe
Conkliag in March, 1878.
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We received Monday a copy of
the Houston (Texas) Telegram
which contained twenty and half
columns of tax sales and 81 columns
of other advertisements. Not an
item of news nor a line of reading
matter of any kind did it contain.
The tax sale embraces not less
than four thousand tracts or par
cells of land and lots, which certain
ly does not speak we'll for Harris
county. Think of it. Four thous-
and tracts of land and town lots
in one county to be sold for nom
payment of taxesi
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T4l Many persons say 81 haven't got
the Consumption" when asked b. cure
their Coughs with Shiloh's Consump-
ton cure. DO they not know that
coughs lead 10 Consumption, and a
remedy that will cure consumption VIII
certainly and surely cure cough or
anv lung or throat troublo2 we know
lt iFiil cure when all others tai, ard
our faith Ia 10 q 80 positive tnas We VIII
refund The price paid N you receive no
benefit. is not this a fair pr0pOsitionr
Price 1Octs., 5Octs. and $l.0O per bottle.
For lame Chest, Back or Side, use Shi-
loh's Porous Plaster. Price 25cts. For
sale by Sumpter g. Stanley, Corner Drug
Store. febl3eow-ly-l
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Don't be Deceived.

[5l. Why will you suffer with Dys-
pepsia and liver complaint, Constipa-
ton, when you can get at our store Shi-
loh's System Vitalizer which we sell on
a positive guarantee to cure you. Price
IOcts. and 75cts. For sale by Sumpter
& Stanley, Corner Drug Store.
feb1 3eow-1V.l
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Lo0K

The pencil marks you see around thi
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scription Is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. Wo
would take great pleasure in extending
credit TO our friends and patrons, but
cash alone viii Yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you win comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF such a
course, and renew your su scription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
EB- We enter no new names on our
books without the money In advance
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The wonderful manifestations in
nature point unerringly TO great
master workman. 1t is a rule well
understood that thing cannot form
or make itself. II therefore you
see the engine your mind ut once
goes back TO the maker of il. You
need no argument to convince you
that it did not make itself. When
you therefore behold the moon do
you not conclude that IL did not
form itself, but that some unseen
master workman shaped IL and
hung it in space? If you answer
that it was the work OF nature, then
will you please tell me who or what
made nature2 Ifyou say all things
come by the laws of nature, then /
ask you by whom did the laws of
nature come? You tell me that the
master minds of Newton, of Frank
lin, of Darwin, of Agassiz have dis
covered wonderful things In nature,
but how come mind 20 exist in
those men? II it required master
minds to discover what already eX-
lists, did it not take a greater mind
TO create the things discovered by
those minds? You fail TO convince
yourself by your mode of reasoning
and fall back upon the proposition
that the cause of all things is un
known and unknowable. Your con-
clusion is as false as your reason
ing. Should l say that the engine
is an existence whose creator is un-
known and unlknowable you would
scorn the conclusion and laugh at
me for entertaining such an absurd
idea. But you hold views more alb.
surd in regard TO the creation Of
all things, and denounce all men
who disagree with you. You adj
NIT that the globe exists, but you
deny that it was made; you admit
that it came into its present form.
through the laws of nature, but you
do not tell me the origin Of the laws
of nature. You claim TO be a man,
but deny that there was a first man;
you admit the existence of the egg
but deny the prior existence Of the
hen; you claim 20 have mind, but
deny the prior existence of mind.
O, man, thou wonderful inconsist
eucVl
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No More Hog Cholera.

DR.. Salmon's Specific insures healthy
hogs and a profitable return for the
corn fed to them. Be sure TO read his
advertisement elsewhere. 1t is cheap.
Leave your order and use it as pre-
ventive. 1t is also a most powerful pro-
phylactic and disinfectant for your Gel
lars, sinks and cesspools. Price only 20
cents per D In 10 and 20 b cans. II
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COLUMBIA, BRAZoRIA CoTNTY, Tex
suffering for rain. We have a most
excellent country, producing sugar,
cotton, corn and vegetables of all
kinds. Horses, cattle, hogs and
sheep live all the time without feed
ing, but like most Southern coun-
tries a great many farmers have to
buy corn and bacon. Our fruits
consist of peaches, oranges, figs,
plums and bananas. We have no
apples. Before the war, or as they
say here, "before the break up"
this was regarded as the richest
county in the u. S., but since the
war the price of lands have gone
down from $40 and $40 per acre to
one dollar. The white folks say
they can't work in the sun and the
freedmen won't. If we had a few
hundred working men from Tennes
see they would soon become land
owners and the country greatly
prosper. / fear that after all your
trouble you will not get your State
debt paid. 1 am brought TO this
conclusion from reading the report
of the financial committee of the
District Conference for your Dis
trict. If the Methodists repudiate
and don't pay one half even that
they agree to pay their pastors,
what are we to expect the State to
paw The Methodists can't use the
argument that the debts to the
preachers are unconstitutional, as
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to arrest. The supervision without
interference is all that can be safe
ly allowed to the party in power
Any power beyond that creates an
inevitable partisan control by Dep
uty Marshals of the party la power
at the time and paid out Of the
Government funds. This Is the
principle of European despotism.
There the Government exercises
power at will and the ple5iscitus in
dicates the will of the government.
Here the people meet as equals at
the polls, and must be left as
equals. The party which holds
the reins has, without power TO ar
rest, too much authority already.
In theory, the people are equal at
the election and choose candidates
by ballot without the interposition
of authority. In fact, the party in
power has always the advantage,
and if its agent can arrest, its con
troll is complete. This evil cannot
be allowed in order to remedy any
other, for no other can be worse
than this, which is the destruction
of free government.
Mr.. Hayes reIterates partisan
charges of frauds in New York,
while he is compelled to say moth
ing about. the abuse OF power,
which is far more dangerous than
fraud. The Government can en-
dure fraud, power it cannot outlive.
When once this partisan control is
established the subversion of the
Government IS complete.
1t is not necessary TO discuss the
constitutionality of these measures.
Their partisanship and inevitable
tendency is sufficient TO condemn
them with people who are not hope
lessly blind to their own safety.
This is by far the weakest OF the
veto messages. IL discusses one
side alone, and as if Mr.. Hayes
we're wholly incapable of seeing
more than one side. Urging tho
perfection of these laws, if they are
imperfect, he does not attempt in
any way to point out means of per-
fecting them or to discuss the oh
jections made American, 30th.
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No More Bad Smells.

DIR. Salmon's Prophylactic and Disin-
fectant lnsures pure cellars, cesspools,
sinks, and is sure preventive and spe-
cific cure for hog cholera. See adver-
tisement on 4th page and leave trial
order. 1t is so cheap that every man
can try it for himself. If
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[Gl. "HACKMETACK," a popular
and fragrant perfume. Sold by Sump-
ter g. Stanley, Corner Drug Store.
febl3eow-1y-l