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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17
The State Debt in Congress.

During the debate in the House
of Representatives on the Army
Appropriation bill, Hon. John M.
Bright, OF this State, delivered an
able and telling speech, and in II
we find the following reference 10
The public debt OF Tennessee.
brought out by interrogatories
made by Mr.. Voorhis, Of Iowa
Tine reader should not confound
this name with that OF Senator
Voorhees,. OF IndianA). The follow
ing is the colloquIal passage 10
which we allude: -1--
Mr.. Voorhis.-Will the gentle
man Gilow me TO ask him a ques
tion2 Inasmuch as his time has
expired l think he will yield long
enough tor me 10 ask him one ques
ton.
A. p~;~-he n "A r.sill ~. ,assnr. -
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17
Matters Of Wonder.

Burlington Hawkeye: Why it is
right to steal from the government
Why Jim Anderson should get of
so much easier than Ananias?
Why 1t is wrong to kill the man
who says lie told you so?
Why people always discuss Euro
pean politics as though they under
stood them?
Why a man should always get
mad ii you frankly and for his own
good tell him he is making an ass
of himself?
Why is it so hard to find a man
when you want to borrow money OF
him?
Why is it so hard to borrow mon
ey after you have found him?
Why somebody doesn't come out
and explain the louisiana muddlei
Why man always wishes he had
chosen some other profession?
Why Mrs. Braddon doesn't write
a book?
What Mrs. links is talking about
and what she means by it?
Why people should consider il
disgraceful to be sent to Congress
Why a man thinks every year
that he won't be as big fool this
year as he was last?
And why he Is, though, all the
same?
Why the tramps don't ask fol
something to eat, if they are hungry
Why a man never tries to beal
down the price of a railroad ticket
Why everybody affects 4 pro-
found knowledge of growing crops
and crop prospects?
Why men ALWAYS lie about the
size of the fish they catch and the
number of ducks they shoot?
What girl ever sees in a great
selfish, deceittul, hulking animal OF
a man to marry for, any how?
Why so many foreigners should
speak German or French, when il
so much easier to speak English
Why it takes FIVE grown people
to take one sleeping infant to the
circus to "see the animals?"
Why a man who doctors himself
with patent medicines, three bottles
for dollar, always. in referring to
his health, speaks of ''his physi-
clans" as though he was constantly
attended by a retinue of fifty or
sixty doctors?
Have you pronounced the name
of the Sho wac cae mette boat clnbf
Why really generous men are al
ways so ready TO admit that you
were in the wrong?
Why President Hayes-but that
stopped me. l have ceased to won
der at anything the President does
or says.
Why the boys who made the
Fourth of July odorous and hide.
Gus with gunpowder from lS40 to
1856 inclusive, are speechless with
indignation at the depraved and
vicious tastes of the boys who want
to enjoy the same kind of celebra.
tion in 1879?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17
THE TERRIBLE cow.
A Beast That Carries More Terrier
to the Soul Of Women than
Even Mouse.

Detroit Free Press: There proba
bly, isn't a woman in North Americs
who isn't afraid of cows, and there
is not a COW in North Americs
which would harm one hair of any
woman's head il she had the hest
chance in the world and no other
job on hand. Wednesday forenoon
q stray cow, perhaps from the coun
try, for taste OF bailed hay, found
gate open and entered a yard on
Second street. The woman cam,
10 the front door dressed to go out
but seeing the COW she uttered 6
scream and hurried back. Ther,
wasn't a thing in the yard for tn,
cow TO damage or eat, and being
tired she raised her cud, lay dow
and began TO chew away as If sh,
had got home from a long visit =
Europe. The woman next appear
ed at side window and called on
the COW To git out" A dog nigh,
have got" but the COW didn't
Then the woman threw a rag al
the COW aud called for the dog.
The dog didn come and the ra
didn't scare. Then the woman
shook a pillow at the COW and per-
emptorIly ordered her of The preu.
Uses, but the bovine half closed her
eyes and let her thoughts run
ahead to fly time.
As the COW wouldn't go and as
The woman couldn't go till the COW
I'D, sterner measures were resorteu
TO. A tin pan was held out of the
window and beat with a spoon, but
hat cow couldn't be fooled into be
neving that Fouth of July had
come. Then the woman went int
The back yaId to throw clubs over
the fence and knock a couple 81
horas OF. The first one hit the
window, and the next one banged
the blinds on the next house, and
the cows horns STUCK tighter than
ever Cries Of "giJ QUIZ were
again resorted to without effect,
and then the woman watched at the
front door till she saw a boy come
along, and she opened it and cried
out:
"Oh boyl There's a terrible COW
IN our yard! Prop the gate open
aud get all the boys and police you
can and drive her out, and l Il give
YOU a whole quarter of a dollar
Hurry up for she looks as if sh'
was getting ready to come right il
herep
The boy dumped" the danger
Gus animal out in thirty seconds
received his pay, and the woman
gave out going down town for fea
she might have a nervous spell.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

Are you n respondent sufferer from
Sick Headache, Habitual Costiveness,
PalpitafiOn Of tlIe Hearth Have you
Dizziness OF the Head Is your Nervous
system depressed? Does your blood
circulate b4dlyI Have you a cough
Low spirits? Coming up Of the food
after eating &c, &c. All Of these aud
much more are the direct resultsOf Dys-
pepsia, Liver Complaint and lndiges-
ton. Green's August Flower Is now ac-
knowledged by all Drugists 20 be u posi-
tive cure. 100000 bottles were given
away In the u. >. through Druggists 70
the people as trial. Two doses will
satisfy any person OF lis wonderful quail
ity Ia curing all forms OF Indigestion.
sample bottles 10 cts. Regular size 75
Sold bv Sumpter a. Lacey and positively
by all first class Druggists the United
states. jun2l-eOw ly-l
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

greenhorns. On one occasion a
very windy member was ventllating
himself. at great length, much to the
disgust of the House. He was a reg
ular spread eagle orator from West
Tennessee, and had long been pent
up. Now that he hail the opportu
nifty, he gave himself up TO unload
ing. He was not, however. free in
his delivery. He constantly paused.
and to gather his thoughts, took a
sip of water. This stopping anu
drinking had continued for some
time, when BILL as he was famIl
iarly called, arose to his feet, amt
in b s clear, distinct voice, called
ut:
MIR. Speaker
1.-The gentleman from Maury,"
prompt, answered the Speaker, glad
OF any interruption.
81 rise TO point of ORDER" says
Polk. 1.-The gentleman is out OF
order, sir: he has no right To ruu a
windmill BY water power
Of course the House went into
and the orator ven
into his seat = Banner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17
Parasites In the Diphtheritic
Membrane.

The Elmira N. " Advertiser
mentions the case OF a little girl
taken with diphtheria who Is yet
PROSTATE but doing well, that is OF
much interest. In looking into the
child throat, the mother saw a
n,icrococus moving, which she re-
moved, together with another, and
which are now on exhibition in a
city drug store and being discussed
by the medical fraternity. They
are easily Seen by the naked eye,
though a glass helps one TO the
"true inwarliness" Of the critters.
The largest one is fully one-quarter
of an inch long, covered with hair
with head something like cater
pillar, tapering body and long. hairy
tail. Its body is formed 10 rings
It's color is about that OF one OF
those dark yellow Thousand leg
ged'' worms found under old boards
and stones. The smaller one Is
about one-sixteenth OF an inch long,
whitish in color, and requiring the
glass TO bring out its "beauty" OF
conformation. 1t is not a pleasant
thought to imagine such things IN
your throat, but they get there,
and from there into the blood,
beart and other organs, producing
paralysis an sudden death when
least expected. They are vegetable
parasites and exist in large colonies
in the diphtheretic membrane.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

al Many persons say "I haven't got
the Consumption" when asked 10 cure
their Coughs with Shiloh's Consump-
ton cure. Do they not know that
coughs lead 20 Consumption, and n
remedy that will cure consumption will
certainly and surely cure a cough or
any lung or throat troublel We know
IL will cure when all others tail, aud
our faith In IL IL 20 positive that we Will
refund the price paid II you receive no
benefit. Is not this a iair propOsltiOnY
Price lOcts., Scots. and 81 % per bottle.
For lame Chest, Back or side, ne Shi-
loh's Porous Plaster. Price 25cts. For
sale by sumpter q stanley c"rner Drug
Store. iebl3enW-iy-i
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

The Republicans who long Cor
restoration OF the Grant dynasty,
of which they formed consuicuuus
and discreditable part, are making
eXtens ive preparations to give their
idol IA gland reception ON las return
TO the country. He will be landed
at San Francisco next summer aud
nailed as the eighth wonder of the
world. The old citizens of that
city who knew him in days of yore
will be amazed at his intellectual
growth. He will be kept there as a
splendid show just as long as il took
the Almighty TO make the world.
The Radical newspapers / the
meantime will TEEN with glowing
accounts OF the enthusiasm nspired
by his presence. His departure
therefrom will he announced by the
roar of cannon, the display OF flags
and the manufactured shouts Of the
multitude. He and his keepers,
at every railroad station, will have
an uproarious time of il. When
they reach st. Louis the ollice-hold-
ers. office seekers and whisky
thieves will burst the buttons OF Of
their shirt collars roaring for
Grant. The same farce will be
played in San Francisco and all
along the line. Not "A city OF town
on the entire route TO Long Branch
will miss the opportunity, accord-
ing TO the gospel of Radical hate,
of gazing upon the greatest states
man that ever lived IN the tide of
time Such Is the programme Of
Zach. Chandler d. Co. Such are
The preliminary step. OF the third
terners. The example set by
Washington and followed by all
mis- SUCCESSORS ia the Presidential
office are 10 he trampled under foot.
The retention of power is the one
political shoUght that occupies the
mind of these staiwarts. II a. were
given them to choose between
Grant as King aud "A Democrat as
President, they would not hesitate
~ choose the former. IL remains
10 be seen whether the people Of
the United States are Of the same
mind. Our opinion is that they
are not. The scandals Of his Adj
ministraLion have not been forgot
ten. Mark that. There is still left
a controlling reverence for the po-
ltical Institutions framed by our
wise ancestors. Mark that Cou
rier Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17
BABY HAS GONE TO SCHOOL

The baby has gone &c school; ah mel
What will the mother do,
With never a call to button or pin,
or tie a little shoel
dow can she keep herself busy all day,
With the little hindering thing awayl
Another basket 10 eli. with lunch,
Another good-by 70 say,
nd the mother stands at the door to see
Her baby march away;
Then turns with sigh that is halfrelief.
And hall q something akin to grief.
She thinks Of possible future morn,
When the children, one by one,
v III go from their homes DOT into the world,
To battle with life alone,
And not even the baby be left 70 cheer
The desolate home Of that future year.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

Idleness is the mother of vice,
and boy who is allowed to grow
up in idleness is pretty sure to be a
vicious man. The parents of such
boys have a fearful responsibility
resting upon them when they let
their sons run about late hours of
the night instead of keeping them
at home reading good newspapers
and books, and training them into
moral habits, so as to become re-
spectacle men instead of idlers,
rum drinkers, gamblers and loafers,
which is sure to be the case with
the night runners and day idlers,
then the responsibility is increased.
Give boys plenty to do, and you
will preserve their morals. Better
tired body than a vicious mind.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17
Jury Service.

The practice of locking up bodies
of men, and forbidding them the
necessities, not TO say comforts,
Of existence, is barbarous and IN
becoming the dignity of the law.
Yea, there is an injustice about the
requirements which makes the law
itself crime against citizens whom
it was intended to protect.
When one or two members OF a
jury take a different view of a case
from that entertained by the other
ten they commit no crime, neither
do those who differ with them; then
why should punishment OF inearcer
alton be inflicted upon the body 7
The law, we believe, presumes that
ali men are honorable and honest,
until proven guilty OF crime. Then
if upright and Intelligent men only
are placed il the jury box for
service why not allow them TO
serve faithfully under the influence
of liberty and in the possession Oi
true citizenship, rather than driven
as dumb brutes2 Has the law any
right to assume that a verdict OF a
Jury of its own choice will be any
other than an honorable oneT--
IAlbanv Times.
----s es---------
- - sraNl
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

81 happened to strike four chests
of tea, which bought at bargain
-25 a pound. These four chests
of tea were all the same quality
and brand, but were all 1 had, and
of course as my customers expected
a variety of prices, accommodate
ed them. / turned the tell-tale
side of the chests toward the wall,
and marked the tea to suit the Gus
toners. Deacon -, still a resi-
dent of the city, came in one day
after some tea and wanted a good
article. l gave him a sample from
each of the four chests to take
home and try, stating their respecss
tive prices as 50, so, 95, cents and
81 a pound. Well, after testing
the samples he returned and render
ed his decision, as follows:
"That So cent tea is a very fair
article for the price; the 5O-cent tea
is much better; the 75-cen is excel
lent, and the ST. tea is very supe
rior article, l can assure. But 1
can't quite go that figure. Let me
have 10 pounds of the IS cent ties"
He was accommodated. How
grocers have changed since then!
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

Look at the date on the printed
label on your paper, if yours is di
rected in thai manner, and pay up
if your time is past. This in
cludes all who receive their papers
IN single wrappers, or at the Pu
laski Postofilce, or at the office of
who have not made
special arrangements with us. Do
not fail in this if you wish the
CITIZEN continued to your ad-
dress.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17
Live stock Premiums.

The RURAL son, Nashville, Tenn, Il
Offering a COtswOld buck, lfsJ.oO) a
MerinO buck, (S25OO.) q Southdown
buck, (t25.OO,) Berkshire boar,
$40 OO,) and a pair OF Poland-China
pigs. (t25.OO,) a. premiums % canvass
ers. These animals are thOrougli-hreds,
from the most noted ilocks and herds In
the United States. Won't some Of our
county men try and capture Que OF
themS Send 70 the RUR4L syS Tor
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17
4 Windmill that Runs by Water.

Probably no man living had the
power OF telling anecdotes equal to
VIM. Polk, Esq, brother of the
President. His wit was sharper
than a two-edged sword, and he lit
tie reckoned where his blows fell.
While a member of the Tennessee
Legislature he made everyone in it
feel the keenness of his retorts, and
w-y saOa be vas feared by ~
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

Clouds beautify the sky and at
$mes hide the sun, just to show how
dependent upon it we all are. So
sorrows beautify this life and seem
to hide the face of God to teach US
how much we need him.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

She can MARBLE like the nighting-
gale and make the piano keys rip
pie with music sweet as the muir
muring brook when the zephyrs of
spring touch its placid waters; but
when it comes to waltzing into the
kitchen and getting a square meal
she amt there nary time.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

A Chicago woman is trying to
keep her mouth shut 5000 quarter
hours. If this new departure
should become epidemic, what a
mighty peace would settle down
over this troubled landi
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

During the recent term OF the
Circuit Court at Vanderbilt. Tenn,
Mr.. William Shelton AMI his wife
we're divorced on Wednesday; on
SUNDAY following Mr.. Shelton was
married again. AMI on Monday his
divorced wife celebrated her sec
ond nuptials.
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without delay. We solicit your lavor.
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Harper's Monthly, for May.I
EASTER MORNING.

OsTRRAl spirit spring-time,
Awake from thy SAUNDERS deepl
Arisel and with hands that are glowing
Put off the white garments of sieepl
Make myself fair, o goddess
In new ano Respondent array,
For the footsteps of Him that has risen
Shall be heard in the dawn of day.
Flushes the trailing arbutus
Low under the forrest leaves
A sign that the drowsy goddess
The breath of her Lord perceives.
bile He suffered, he pulse beat humby;
While He slept, she was still with pain;
But now lie awakes-H He has risen
Her beauty shall bloom again.
o harkl in the budding woodlands,
Now far, now near, is heard
The first preiusive MARBLE
Of rivulet and of bird.
o listen! the jubIlate
From every bough il poured,
And earth Al the smile of spring time
Arises to greet her Lord.
ii.
Radiant goddess, Auroral
Open the chambers of dawn;
Let the hours, like garland of graces,
Enrich the chariot of morn.
Thou dost herald no longer Apollo,
The god of the sunbeam and Tyre;
The pride of his empire is ended,
And pale is his armor of fire.
From loftier height than Olympus
Light flows, from the temple above
And the mlsts of old legends are scattered
In the dawn of the kingdom of Iove.
Come forth from the clou1-land OF fable,
For day in full splendor make room
For a triumph that lost not its glory
As it pause d in the sePulcher's glo pm.
She comes! the bright goddess of morning,
in crimson aud purple array;
Far down Oh the hilltops she losses
The first golden lilies of day,
On the mountains her sandals are glowing,
Ger tho valleys she speeds on the wing,
Till earth is all ROSY and radiant
For the feet of the new risen king.
Open the gates of the Temple,
Spread branches of palm and of bay;
Let not the spirits of nature
Alone deck the Conqueror's way.
While spring from her death-sleep arises,
And joyous his presence. awaits,
While mornings smile lights up the heavens,
Opsn the Beautiful Gates!
He is herel The long watches are over,
The stone from the grave rolled away.
"We shall Sleep" is the sigh of the midnight;
ave shall risel' is the song of to-day.
. Musicl no longer lamenting.
On pinions of tremulous flame
Go soaring to meet the Beloved,
And swell the new song of his fame!
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

We feel that spring is here. A
person can go % sleep a. night
without n stitch Of covering. and
wake up in the morning with
cold that would kill a mule aud
make an impecunious doctor leap
for 10Y.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

[5l. Why win you suffer with Dys-
pepsia and liver complaint. COnstipa-
ton, when you can get at our store Shi-
loh's System Vitalizer which wesell on
a positive guarantee to cure you. Price
l0cts. and 75cts. For sale by Sumpter
s. Stanley, Corner Drug Store.
febl3eow-1y-1
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

The Ministries have an ancient dIa-
losue in which each end man tries
to tell the biggest lie. They preface
it now by rising and asking if there's
a Radical editor in the House.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

"We don't know everything" re-
marked the professor, land we don't
find many that CLAIM to, except now
and then one or two in the sopho
more Glass;
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

When $4,000 clergyman is Of
fered a $4,000 pastorate it is styled
a ''call," whereas IN point of fact it
is not a "call" but ''raise."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

commodation to sou / will do It.
Mr.. Voorhis.-I would suggest
to him TO state in connection with
other matters that he has stated.
that his State is now repudiating
and cheating Northern men of mon-
ey due to them.
MIR. BrlghL The State and the
people will take care of themselves;
but, then, if what the geLtleioan
states is true, does that justify YOU
in destroying the liberties OF tue
people of this country with The
army? Does it2 (Applause,) IL
the State is prosllated aud run
Town, and II apohcy has heen IN
augurated here that is<RTinding
down not only the. people. but
grinding the State To powder under
yuur oppressive administration, is
u any excuse To say that the State
If Tennessee is unable Go pa, It's
debts?
The people Of Tennessee will
feel grateful to Mr.. Bright for the
effective manner IN which, he repell-
ed Tue Insult TO them implied "a ghe
gratuit Gus suggestion made bv
the Radical, AR. Voorhis II our
own people now tind themselves
till in the depths OF poverty, their
industries paralyzei and bu-iness
generally Frustrated, seventeen
wears alter the close OF The war IL
IS mainly because OF the perniclous
legislation OF the Republican party.
Its .uinous financial policy ~ az "a
blight TO every industrial enter
prise. That policy .scriminates ia
favor OF the great money power of
the land, which has grown arrogant,
and imperial, with is vast aud last
accumulaLlng resources, and is
prejudicial to the landed, munufac.
uring and commercial interests OF
the country. This money power is
centered in the Eastern states, aad
every section pays IL tribute.
Nashville Banner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

"Catalog" Is the way the Library
Journal spells it, the'word remind
ing one of its bobtail brother "pro-
gram"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

If a man really wants to know of
how little Importance he is, let him
90 with his wife to a dressmaker's.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

A young woman married an old
widower in Tannerville, Ca, and
soon fell in love with his son, who
was about her own age. The mat
ter was fully discussed by the trio,
and all agreed that it would be bet
ter for her to become the wife of the
son. The transfer was amicably
made by means of divorce. Since
then the old man has N arrled his
ex wife's mother, and the re ar
ranged family is harmonious and
happy.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-17

Arkansas Democrat: Enough
food is thrown away every year on
worthless dogs in Arkansas to sup
port five times the number of sui
fering poor in the State for the
same period. And yet a great
many people-dOubtless a majority
are opposed to any Infringement
of the sacred and malienable rights
of the dog. We are queer people.