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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16
Too Much Land.

We knew a farmer who, ter
years ago, owned one hundred and
fifty acres, and was doing well, he
now owns five hundred, and is worse
off than before. And why? Be
cause this large farm is a great bill
of expense to him; he cannot afford
to keep it up in good conditional and
it hangs a milestone of care about
his neck. His wife and children
both sons and daughters are Obliged
to work hard to keep the great ma.
chine running. We presume his
boys DECLARE they will leave home
as soon as they are old enough; and
the girls say they will die before
they will marry farmers. Nei
Their sons nor daughters are ed
ucated as they deserve to be; they
cannot be spared from his farm work
on the big farm. Now we declare
that such a farm is a curse to its
possessor and his family. and an
injury to the whole agricultural in
terest. If that man wants to save
himself and household. he should
sell at least one-half of his land, i'm
prove the remainder to make it
more productive, release his chill
dren from bondage, and try to
make his home a comfort. He will
live longer, lay up as good prop
erty, and will train up more intel
ligent and happier family Amer
lean Agriculturist.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16
A, Dead Man Claim.

1t vas winter, and the region
around Leadville was covered with
snow. Scotty had died, and the
boys, wanting to give him a right
smart of burial, hired man for
$50 to dig a grave through ten feet
of snow and six feet of hard
ground. Meanwhile Scotty was
stuffed into a snow bank. Nothia g
was heard of the grave digger toI
three days, and the boys, going out
to see what had happened TO him,
found HIM in a hole which, begun
as a grave, proved to be sixty ounce
mine. The quasi sexton refused to
yield, and was not hard pushed. for
Scotty was forgotten and staid in
the snow bank until the April sun
searched him out, the boys mean
while digging prospect holes in his
intended cemetery.
One mine had its shaft down one
hundred and thirty-ti feet, and
the prospects of success were good.
Some capitalists proposed to pur-
chase an interest in it, and half OF
the mine was offered them for ten
thousand dollars, if taken before five
O'Clock AT half past four rich sill
yer ore was struck, and when at
half past five the tardy men of mon
ey came leisurely up and signified
their consent to the bargain, the
manager pointed to the clock. and
quietly remarked:
"The price of a half interest in
this mine now, gentlemen, is sixty
thousand dollars"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16
The Alliterators.

Boston Transcript: We want to
welter in the blood of the blamed
blatherskltes who percnnially per-
sist in aiming at capt alliterati. MS
artful aid'' in all articles appearing
in their particular papers. We want
to welcome all well-wishers of our
common country, of our corrupted
commonwealth, and our beloved
Boston to our aid in seizing upon
this sign OF sensationalism and
dreadfully drubbing the driveling,
dreary and droOling draft, and driv-
ing it from the columns OF con TEN
porary collocations of composition.
How direfully and distressingly dis
gushing to the lover Of light or
lofty literature to be pertinaciOusly
and perpetually pestered with some
such sentence as Dear Daniel Drew
Dead" or "The Boston Batters
Beaten Beautifully" or The Fire
Fiend Furious" or "Murky Murder
Mangles the Moral Names of More
Massacred Men" There is a kind
of meaningless, musical madness
about this literary lunacy that de
cidedly deceives its devotees. They
think they are doing doughty deeds
with their queasy, querulous and
quiXotic quilts; whereas they but
fundamentally manipulate mean
ingless maunderings, marrying mer-
etriclOus mouthings and mOurnful
mutterings with mendacious and
mediocre matter. Out on the outre
and outrageous OutpoGrings of
these outcasts, these outlaws. Gust
them il you can; Guido them if you
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16
A Cheerful Wife,

Better than gold to a man is a
cheerful wife. But he must do his
part toward making her cheerful.
1t is easy enough for a man to mar
ry happy woman. But the bride
expectant, when she thought how
happy she would be, never contem-
plated the picture of husband
coming home cross 2s o bear. and
going to bed without speaking to
her; she had never thought of the
long evenings when he would not
come at all; or his bringing some
one home to dinner without warn
ing or preparation; or his. awful
profanity over so trifllng a matter
as her little bill of expenses. She
mad no idea, in fact, there could be
anything but happiness in married
life, and she had determined to be
happy, and to distribute her hap
piness to those about her. 1t is
not often her fault if she doesn't
succeed. Men, as a rule, do not
exert themselves to secure their
wives happiness. They know that
it requires a constant and a great
effort to possess property and be Sc
cure in its value in the midst OF
constant commercial changes. The
cheerfulness, the happy, hopeful
character which every woman dis
plays at the beginning of marriage,
is not so easily lost as a fortune; it
requires but small share. A word
to the girls in this connection is in
order: Beware of the man who
doesn't know enough about cheer
fulness TO understand its value in
daily life. Such a man would I'M
prove the first opportunity to grind
the cheerfulness out of his home. TO
brighten sunbeam into n shadow,
and then wonder what is the mat
ter. Such is no better than no hus-
band at ali; and when you want a
husband go find somebody else
somebody who will give you at
least some chance to be happy far
into the life beyond the honeymoon.
Il st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16
The Objects Of Study.

The duties of the teacher are
tersely set forth in the New York
School Journal as follows:
His business is to develop, dis
cipline and train the powers by
which knowledge is gained, besides,
in performing this work he will
lodge in a secure and disable form
all the useful knowledge possible
He will make as his great leading
object the training of the mind; he
will next direct the pupils attention
to his OVID mental processes, to
show him when he thinks accurate
ly; this is sometimes called teach
ing to think; he will teach the pu-
pill to arrange and classify his
knowledge; be will teach the pupil
to give good expression to his
knowledge. These being the OBJ
jects the teacher aims at, he re-
quires study in order that he may
secure these objects; they may be
set down as the objects of study.
And ii a person has no teacher, he
still needs all of the above effects,
and to produce them he uses study.
1t is plain, then, that study is the
indispensable means to be employed
t. obtain education.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16
A Child's Heroism.

Willie Bowen, aged 9 years, is 6
slate picker on the piers of the Del
aware and Hudson Canal Company
at Honesdale, Pa. Two ponderOus
iron rollers, one close over the 9th
er, revolve slowly few feet above
the boys head where be works. A
piece of slate that is carried of
from screen to screen on endless
canvass belts got between these
rollers recently. I he boy reached
up from the scaffolding on which he
stood to take the slate out. Nearly
half of his arm was drawn between
the rollers before his situation was
discovered and the machinery stop
ped Before the boy could be re-
moved a messenger had to be dis
patched to the machine shop, some
distance away, for machinists to
take the machinery apart. All this
time the lad hung suspended by his
crushed arm, the flesh being entire
ly torn away, exposing the bones
and cords. The little fellow never
uttered a cry or shed a tear. His
father, an employee on the pier, was
a weeping witness of the terrible
scene, and the boy kept saying,
'Don't cry, father, they'll get me
out all right" The lads arm will
have to be amputed ct the elbow.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16
How Women Read Newspapers.

Somebody says that if one will
watch a woman read a newspaper
will get some ideas Of the charac-
teristics of the fair sex. She takes
it up hurriedly and begins to scan
it over rapidly, as though she was
hunting some particular thing; but
SIZE is not. She is merely taking In
the obscure paragraphs, which, she
half believes were put in the out-of
the way places for the sake of keep
ing her from seeing them. AS she
finishes dash one, her countenance
brightens with the comfortable re-
Election that she has Outwltted the
editor of the whole race of men, for
she cherishes vague belief that
newspapers are the enemies of her
sex, and editors it's chief Oppres
sors. She never reads, and the
huge telegraph heads she never
sees. She is greedy for local news,
and devours it with the keenest rel
ish. Marriages and deaths are al
ways interesting reading to her,
and advertisement are exciting and
She cares but little
for printed jokes, unless they re-
fleet ridieule upon the men, and
then she delights in them and never
forgets them. She pays particular
attention to anything inclosed in
quotation marks, and considers it
rather better authority than any
thing first handed. The columns
in which the editor airs his opin-
ions, in loaded hifalutin, she rarely
reads. Views are of no Importance
in her estimation, but facts are
everything. She generally reads
The poetry. She doesn't always
care for it, but she makes a practice
Of reading it, because she thinks
she ought to. She reads stories
and sketches, and paragraphs indis
and believes every
word of them. Finally, after she
has read all she intends to, she lays
the paper down with an air of dis
and a half cOntemptu
Gus gesture, which says very plain
ly that she thinks ali newspapers
failures, but is certain
that if she had chance, she could
make the only perfect newspaper
the world had ever seen.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16
Humor in the Family.

Good humor is rightly reckoned a
most valuable aid to happy home
life. An eqnally good and useful
faculty is a sense of humor, or the
capacity to have a little fun along
with the humdrUm cares and work
oflife. We all know how it bright
ems up things generally to have
lively, witty companion who sees
the ridiculous points of things,
and can turn an annoyance into an
occasion of laughter. 1t is n great
deal better to laugh over some do
mestic mishaps than to cry and
scold over them. Many homes and
lives are dull because they are al
lowed to become too deeply i'm
pressed with a sense of the cares
and responsibilities of life to recog
nize it's bright, and especially its
mirthful sight. Into such a house
hold. good but dull, the advent of
witty, humorous friend is like sun
shine on a cloudy day While it is
always oppressive to hear persons
striving TO say witty or funny
things, it is comfortable to see what
brightener a little fun is-to make
on effort TO have some at home. 1t
is well to turn off an impertinent
question sometimes, and to regard
it from a humorous point of view
instead of becoming irritated about
it. "Wife, what is Tie reason can
never find a clean shirtr' exclaimed
a good but rather impatient hus
bond, after rumaglng through all
the wrong drawers. His wife looked
at him steadily for a moment, half
inclined to be provoked, then with a
comical look, she said: 81 never
guess conundrums; l give it up"
Then he laughed, and they both
laughed, and she went and got his
shirt, and he felt ashamed of him
self, and kissed her, and then she
felt happy; so, what might have
been an occasion for hard words
and unkind feelings, became just the
contrary, all through the little vein
of humor that cropped" to the
surface. Some children have a pc
culiar faculty for giving humorous
turn to things when they are re-
proved. 1t does just as we'll often
times to laugh things off as to scold
them off. Laughter is better than
tears. Let US have little more of
it. at home.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16

Potato water, or water in which
potatoes have been boiled, is now
recommended IN various quarters
as not only an affective but an i'm
mediate remedy for lice on cows
and other cattle; also for ticks.
The affected parts are to be bathed
with the potato water; one applica
tion is generally sufficient. This
remedy (if remedy it proves has
the merit of being exceedingly sim
pie, easily employed, and without
danger of injury to the cattle
New York World.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16
Our Young People
MADE UP FROM THE BEST CLIPPINGS.
A Talk with the Girls.

/ wonder why it is that we see
some things so clearly after we get
into that light which lies upon the
shady side of !ife's meridian? Is
1t because we wear spectacles, or
because the romantic ideas of youth
have been torn down by the weight
of toll and care? ANYHOW, when l
see a young girl slipping shyly into
our great household / wonder if
she is thinking of a smaller one
over which she hopes to preside
some day and make pleasant for the
hero of her dreams. II SO, | want
her to come over here into my cor
ner and let me give her few hints
about insuring her future happi
ness. In the first place, my dear
girl, see that your love is based
upon true estimate Of your lovers
character, otherwise you will build
upon the sand. Do not look for
perfection, but study him well.
Weigh his faults and learn how to
help him overcome them, or avoid
them as he would rock at sea. In
thinking of your marriage do not
look upon it as the end of all your
troubles. 1t is but change. Each
season of your life as maiden, wife
and motherhood has its Cwn pecu
liar trials and dear rewards. Then
there will come a time, sooner or
later, when the lover will merge
into the husband, and you will miss
many of tie carcsses and attention
so dear to the feminine heart. Do
not grieve, but remember that, al
though he may omit the good bye
kiss, his affection fol YOU is just as
strong. 1t has only settled into an
every day affair; and we are not apt
to make much fuss over every day
affairs. / am certain that marriage
is a disappointment to many be
cause the parties invest each other
with imaginary qualities, make no
just estimate of character, and ex
pect, without especial effort, to
share the fate of the good couple in
novel, who "live happy ever
ter"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16

II HE best remedy in the world for Bilious
l. ness or Liver Complaint.
1t will cure Dyspepsia when all other rem
edies fail.
1t cures Constipation by acting upon the
Liver, and producing flow of bile, W hich is
natures own cathArtic.
1t will relieve and cure Rheumatism in less
time than any other known remedy.
1t is certain specific for Ague or Chills,
many cases having been cured by a single
dose taken during the time of the chill.
1t is the best Blood Purifier in use. thor
oughly cleansing the system Of all impurities,
whether of scrofulos or other origin.
1t is especially adapted for females, remov-
ing pimples and sallowness from the skin,
and producing q beautiful, clear complexion.
II is the best remedy for all diseases of the
Kidneys and Urinary Organs.
It is composed of Dandelion in combine
ton with ether roots, barks and herbs and
contains no Quinine, Aloes, Arsenic, Mereu-
~, nor any mineral substance Whatever.
II is entirely harmless and pleasant to take.
It costs you Dothing If 1t does not perform
all that is claimed for it, as itik warranted TO
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The following testimonials speak for them
selves.
Co. Recorders Office, Indianapolis, Aug Is, rs
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commenced the use Of your Dandelion Alter
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DR. a r WRlTE-Dear Sir: have bought
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my wife, and it has done her more good than
anything she has ever taken before. can
cheeifully recommend It to all who suffer
from Liver trouble. Yours truly.
may20-ly VIZ. BOOK.
Sumpter s. Lacey, Agents for Pulaski.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16
LADIES COLUMN.
HARoLINE HAROLD, EDITOR.
A Warning to the Girls.

An awful case of the consequent
ces of refusing a young mans hon
orable love is reported on the West
Side. A really nice young man fell
in love with a handsome girl, the
only daughter of a handsome and
well preserved widow OF SO, and
offered her marriage. She rIdiculed
him because he was 26, and said he
was old enough to be her father,
and so on, and with her taunts
goaded him to such a pitch Of
frenzy that he swore he would be
fearfully revenged. Accordingly
he proposed to and married the
wretched girls mother. Now that
wretched girl has to wear stout
leather boots two sizes too large for
her. and has to go to bed at 9 P. NJ,
and eschew the theater, chocolate
caramel, ice cream, and, in fact,
everything else that makes life
worth living for, her stepfather's
nominal object being that when she
grows up she may be as splendidly
matured a woman as her mother,
the compliment implied in this in
ducing the mother to second him
enthusiastically; and when a young
man comes round to see that
wretched girl her stepfather bOunces
him down the front steps and
throws his hat after him, and tells
the wretched girl that the young
man is not fit companion for her,
and that he is as solicitous for her
future as he would be for that OF
his own child, and altogether in the
kindest manner possible he makes
that wretched girl even wish that
she were dead as many as a hundred
times a day. Let all other heauti
full girls who are ever tempted to
refuse the matrimonial offers of
young men Re warned by
her unhappy fate Chicago Trib.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16

The use of cows milk in nervous
disorders is very highly recon
mend the patient to drink as much
as four quarts per cay if agreeable.
The constant and exclusive use of
this article after a time becomes
very tiresome, and the milk &C
quires an unpleasant taste. 1t may
in a degree be avmded by heating
the milk and adding enough salt to
flavor it, in this form doing as much
good as in any other.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16

A heavy loss in the decay of out
buildings, roofs, gates, and fences
and tools, would be prevented IN a
cheap way by the use of crude pc
troleum 1t is more effectual than
paint, as it enters the pores of the
wood freely and does not cost over
a tenth as much. 1t is rapidly put
on with a whitewash brush by a
common laborer, the only care re-
quired being to cause the wood to
soak as much of the oil as practical
bic, and to spill as little as may be
convenient on the ground.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16
Self-Made Men.

Self made men are more certain
than others of success in life for the
reason that is, so to speak, they are
more thoroughly made. That is to
say, with them the formation of
character is more solid because it is
the result OF severe discipline, of a
determined will, of q settled pur
pose. 1t is not the mere accumula-
ton of the teachings of others, to
which, too often only lazy and
drowsy attention has been given.
The self-made man starts at the
bottom. He not only has to learn
by himself how to ascend the steep
and rugged stairs before him, but
he has to rack his brain how to
construct the stairs themselves by
which he shall ascend.
Hence he understands more &C
curately than another all the condi-
tions OF success. His attention be-
comes more fixed His thoughts
are habltually concentrated on what
ever he undertakes. His judgment
is matured by the necessity imposed
upon him for its constant exercise.
He is wary and watchful and robust
in all his being, as the gymnast by
constant exercise excels in the de
velopment of muscle.
Hence it Is that the community
feel greater confidence in self made
men, There is common feeling
that he who has succeeded against
great odds, who has mace his mark
where those possessed of many adj
vantages over him have failed to
make theirs, must possess in him
self remarkable elements of success.
And the community are right. The
self-made men are on the whole the
safest to be entrusted with great
undertakings. The stuff of which
they are made has been tested and
has been found to be of the durable
kind.
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Waterloo Observer: The you

Waterloo Observer: The young
woman who desires to have herself
published in the newspapers as
Fascinating, beautiful and accom-
plished," will please pack her
clothes in dirty towel, crawl ont
of the back up stairs window some
dark, rainy night. and elope with
the man who curries and feeds her
dads horses. 1t is u big price to
pay for compliments, but IL will
bring them just as certain as a dirty
rain water barrel will beget mosqui-
toes in July.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16

The young woman who doesn't
scream when a candle bug crawls
down her back, is she who later IN
life can spank baby till it thinks
the day of judgment has arrived,
and then go smiling to the parlor
and receive her friends with an easy
grace that is as soothing as dose
of morphine SteubenvIlle Herd.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-16

A certain moatebank announced
to large audience that, at the next
entertainment, he would show to
every man present what was IN his
heart. The time came and the con
course was immense. All waited
with deathlike silence. He stood
up. and in a single sentence re-
deemed his pledge: "You all wish
to buy cheap and sell dear"