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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29
The Beginning.

Can any man tell US when the be
ginning was? Years ago, we thought
the beginning of this world was
when Adam came upon it; but we
have discovered that thousands of
years before that God was forming
chaotic matter to make it fit abode
for man and putting races of Great
ures upon it, that they might
die and leave traces of His handi-
work and marvellous skill, before
trying His hand on man. But this
was not the beginning, for revela
tion points US to a period long ere
this world was fashioned, to the
days when the morning stars were
begotten-when, like drops of dew
from the fingers of morning, stars
and consultations fell thickly from
the hand of God; when, by His own
lips, He launched forth poDderous
orbs; when, with His own hand, He
sent comets, like thunderbolts, wan
dering through the sky, to find one
day their sphere. We go back to
those days when worlds were made
and systems fashioned, and we have
not even approached the beginning
yet.
Until we 60 back to the time
when all the universe slept in the
mind of God, as yet unborn; until
we enter the eternity where God,
the Creator, dwells alone, every
thing sleeping within Him, all crea
tion sleeping in His mighty, gigan-
tic thought, we have not guessed
the beginning. We may go back,
back, back, ages upon ages. We
may go back, if we may use such
words, whole eternities, and never
yet arrive at the beginning. One
wing might be tired, our imagina-
ton die away. Could it outstrlp
the lightning's flashes, in majesty,
power and rapidity, it would soon
weary itself ere it could get to the
beginning.
But God, from the beginning, chose
His people, when the unnavigated
ether was yet Unframed by the wing
of single angel, when space was
shoreless, or else unborn, when uni
versal silence reigned, and not a
voice or whisper shocked the So
lemnity of silence, when there was
no being, no motion, naught but
God himself alone in His eternity !;
when, without the song of an an
gel, without the attendance of even
cherubim, long ere the living
creatures were born, or the wheels
of the chariot of Jehovah were fash
ioned; even then, sin the beginning
was the word," and in the begin
ming Gods people were one in the
word, and In the beginning He chose
them all unto eternal life.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29

awful sleepy. Don't you think you
could wake HIM up?"
"Tll try" replied the man, as he
went in, and when the girl lighted
the lamp he followed her into bed
room in which there was neither
carpet nor furniture. Pushed back
against the wall was a poor old
straw tick and a single quilt. He
bent over to look at the child, and
the first glance showed him that
little Sandy was dead. On the
window sill were some pieces of
bread and milk, with which the
children intended to feed him.
The dead child's hand clasped a
rag doll made of an old calico
apron, and its thin little feet,
its thin body, and pale face
were evidences that it had known
sickness and hunger throughout it's
brief life. While the children wait
ed for him to open his eyes and
romp with them, and drive the
gloom out of the house, the angels
had whispered to him, and his eyes
had Enclosed to behold the splen-
dors of Heaven.
"Won't he wake up?" asked one
of the children, standing back in
the shad W.
"Children, you must not come in
here until your mother comesr' he
said, as he left the room.
won't he be afraid to wake up
in the dark?" they asked.
"He will sleep long time yetp
he whispered, not daring to tell
them the truth, and as he went out
they put the light in on the bed
room floor, that little Sandy might
not find the darkness around him
when his sleep had ended. Poor
things! They knew not and they
could not see the crown of glory on
the dead child's brow-a crown
whose light all the shadows of the
earth can never darkea in the least.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29
DOING GOOD.
It Opens a Bonanza Of Pure and IN
alleged Happiness in the
Human Heart.
The Golden Rule the True elm.

A miserly farmer returning home
one day from delivering a load of
-hay, was overtaken by a severe
rain. The only shelter near was a
shed-llke house where poor widow
had lately died. Stopping his team
he ran to the front door, which was
partially protected from the roof.
Standing close to it he heard ten
der voices within, and listened to
what was being said, when he was
surprised by the following little
prayer: Heavenly Father, ma told
us before she died that you would
take care of us and give US some
bread" This hit the old man in a
tender place. Still he might have
endured it had the matter ended
there, but it did not. When the
boy seemed exhausted, and knew
not what more to say, little girl
prayed in still more pathetic strains:
90, Lord, please send brother and
me some bread; ma said you would,
and we are very hungry" This
was too much for the miser's heart,
hard and selfish as it was. He could
stand it no longer, and hurried
home. Without saying word to
his wife he took his big basket and
went down into the cellar and filed
it with the best eatables he could
find, embracing pies, cakes, apples,
DC, heaping it up as he did not
w hon ba cold cOrp boStaro1 hoolv
to The door in the rain, and finding
the sufferers still at prayer, he
pushed right in and set his basket
before them and invited them to
eat, which they were more than
willing to do. 1t was good time
for them, but better for him. They
SAID to each other: "We thought
what mother told us was true, but
we did not expect the Lord would
answer our prayers in this way"
When they were fully satisfied
the old man emptied his basket and
told the dear orphans how to take
care of their food, and gave them
many kind words, for all of which
they thanked him from their inmost
hearts. He then went home and
informed his wife what he had
done, and confessed that though it
had been a pretty hard day, it was
the happiest one of his life. He
had struck q mine he had never
dreamed of before, and had proved
that there was something better
than money. "He that watereth
shall be watered also himself
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29
Standing at Ease. "

A man may count the odd people
of his acquaintance on his fingers
The young gentlemen are mostly
clever and knowing; the young la
dies are of one pattern, like mint
ed neutrality-suspicious. gold, no
doubt, but each bearing the same
superscription. 1t is time that a
moral game-law. were passed for the
preservation of the vagrant feelings
of human nature.
The vagabond whom we love has
a mind as full of queer hooks and
tortuous passages as any mansion
house in olden times. Let US have
light and space, some little freak of
fancy about the doors, some device
above the windows, something to
break the cold, gray uniformity; or,
to leave metaphor, let harmless &c
centricity be respected.
We are our own despots-we
tremble at a neIghbor's whisper.
Adjutant Fashion comes down mer-
cilessly on the unfortunate wight
who cannot square his toes to the
approved pattern.
Suppose we try standing at
ease" for little!
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29
obstinacy of American Courage

Mr.. Archer Anderson, writing in
Macmillian's Magazine, says that
the obstinacy of American courage,
the resolution with which the men
on both sides in our late war
"stood killing" accounts for the
indecisive character of the battles.
We quote from the article:
"The annals of few countries
show a more obstinate resistance or
bloodier battles. Kunersdorf has
generally been cited as one of the
most sanguinary fields of modern
times. Frederick there lost 10000
men, killed and wounded, out of
$4,000. At the battle of Chicka-
mauga the Confederates counted
1900 men, killed and wounded,
out of total of $4,000: and many
another field showed losses in al
most as high a ratio. To their
honor, be it said, the Americans
who stood fronting them stood
killing about as well. In this lies
the explanation of the indecisive
character of so many of the great
actions of the war"
A loss which would have dis
heartened most armies was bravely
borne without flnching, and hence
our battles ended frequently with
both sides badly hurt but neither
side defeated.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29
Stopping a Newspaper.

An exchange has the following al
legory, which we commend to care
full consideration:
A certain man hit his toe against
pebble and fell headlong to the
ground. He was vexed, and under
the influence of anger and self suf
ficiency he kicked mother earth
right saucily. With imperturbable
gravity he looked to see the earth
self-dissolved and come to naught.
But the earth remained, and only
his poor foot was injured by the en-
counter. This is the way of man.
An article in a newspaper touches
him in a weak spot, and forthwith he
sends to stop his paper. With
great complacency he looks to see
the crash, when he finds that he
only hit his toe against a world
that does not perpetually feel the
shock and Injuries no one but him
self.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29
What an old Man Has Noticed.

l have noticed that all men are
honest when we'll watched.
1 have noticed that purses hold
pennies as well as pounds.
have noticed that in order to be
a reasonable creature it is sometimes
necessary to be downright mad.
have noticed that silks, broad
cloths and jewels are often bought
with other peoples money.
have noticed that whatever is,
is right with few exceptions-the
left eye and the left leg, and the left
side of a plum pudding.
have noticed that the prayer of
the selfish man is, Forgive us our
debts" while he makes everybody
that owes him pay to the utmost
farthing.
L have noticed that he who thinks
every man a rogue is certain to see
one when he shaves himself, and he
ought in mercy to his neighbor to
surrender the rascal to justice.
l have noticed that money is the
FOOLS wisdom, the knave's reputa
ton, the poor mans desire, the
covetous mans ambition and the
idol of them all.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29
Waking up Baby.

Just at dusk, the other evening,
three little children, the eldest OF
whom did not seem over ten years
old, were huddled together on the
rickety steps of an old house on
Beaubien street. A pedestrian
passed over their heads to read the
number on the door, and the chill
dren looked so frightened that he
asked:
children, where are your father
and motherT'
Fathers been gone way off for
ever so long; and mother goes out
to wash and hasn't got home yet, "
answered the eldest, girl.
"And you are all aloneY"
eyes, sir, but baby is in on the
bed. He's been asleep an awful
long time, and we can't wake him
up. If we could we'd play hide
and seek and let him find us"
ais the baby sick?' inquired the
man.
1--WE don't know, sir, but we
can't wake him up; l touched him
and touched him, and Charlie he
tickled his feet, but little Sandy
never moved once. I guess he was
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29

develops the disease, of which acid
blood is the primary and sustaining
cause, and that while the blood is
alkaline there can be neither rheu-
matism nor gout. English statistics
show that in one year (1S76) three
thousand SIX hundred and forty
persons died of rheumatism, and
every case, it is claimed, might
have been cured or prevented by the
adoption of the remedy mentioned.
At least two-thirds of the cases
named heart disease are ascribed 10
rheumatism and its antagonizing
ally, gout. Smallpox, so much
dreaded, Is not half so destructive
as rheumatism, which, it Is main
tanned by many physicians, can be
prevented by obeying natures laws
in diet. But If you have incurred
it, boiled celery Is pronounced un-
hesitatingly to be a specific.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29

"My goodness. man! Can't you
understand? 1t wasn't the mare.
The mare SWAN ashore"
"What did you say she went to
the bottom for thenP
Il didn't; it was Bessie"
"Bessie never said a word about
it."
"You know what 1 meant. Bessie
went to the bottom"
"And Mrs. Tucker swan ashoreT
mo, she didn't"
"Very well then. Mrs, Tucker
went to the bottom too?"
mo, she didn't either"
"Mrs. Tucker flew up in the air
thenT'
You think yousare smart, don't
you?"
swell, go on and tell your story
we'll discuss that after. What did
Bessie say when she got to the bot
tomT'
GIVE a good mind to wollup you"
what did she say that for?''
"You mud headed idiot" said
Mr.. Tucker" give me any more OF
your insolence and III fay you
alive. was going TO give you a
good item about the mare, and what
Mrs. Tucker said about turning
somersaults all the way home, but
now I'll see you hanged first"
The reporter got behind the desk,
lifted up a chair to ward off mis-
siles and then he said calmly:
"What was Mrs. fuckers object
in turning somersaults all the way
homeP- Pittsburg Critic.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29
We would despise. ourselves and

We would despise ourselves and
deserve the contempt of our friends
if we were capable of using our col
umns to vent private spleen. We
could not do so if we would, be-
cause we do not entertain malice
toward a single creature on earth.
There are some persons for whom
we indulge and enjoy a feeling of
contempt, but we would not lower
the standard and tone of the CITI
ZEN to their level for the sake of a
little spite. Reader, yOn need never
fear being mentioned with private
malicious Intent in these columns.
They can never be prostituted to a
purpose so ignoble and contempt
BILE while we control them. If in
the discharge of a public duty as a
journalist we should find it neces-
sary to reprove, correct or applaud
it will be done conscientiously and
fearlessly, but kindly and with q
due regard to personal and private
feeling and responsibility.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29
AN EXTINCT RACE.
The Private Soldier in the War 0.
the Rebellion-He is Dead
or Lost.
Probably He Is strayed or stolen


We do not know where he is, but
he is not here. He has gone away
to some place. Perhaps he has
ceased to be necessary. Perhaps If
he were here he would be in the
way. At any rate he is not around.
He does not go to the legislature.
We do not find him in Congress.
He is not eagerly sought as can
didate for anything. No one seems
to know anything about him. Oc-
casionally he appears on the PEN
sion list with ore leg, wife and
seven children. and eight dollars n
month. IL -four takes much of a
rise, he will not last much longer at
that rate, and we shall soon be de-
prived even of the occasional
glimpse we now have of him.
1t is asserted, and quite gener-
ally believed, that at one time he
was quite numerous, and was even
considered rather convenient, if not
indeed quite indispensable. 1t was
found that upwards of 100 of HIM
were necessary in order TO secure
mere lines of commissions for three
eminent and deserving men. When
| field commissions were wanted for
three even more eminent and great
men, upwards of 1000 private SOL
diers were necessary. One thou
sand 1t seems an enormous num-
ber now, when by consulting the
congressional directory we find
there are none in all this proud re-
public. But II or 10 years ago
even that, incredible as it may ap-
pear to us to-day, was considered a
small number. There were private
soldiers. There were even hun
dreds of thousands of them.
And they were useful. They dug
trenches; they constructed long
lines of breastworlzs, and then when
an enemy came within sight, they
climbed over them and went outside
of them to fight. They worked,
watched and fought. Cooperating
with great and eminent men who
have since passed to their rewards
in one Office and another, these pri-
vate soldiers sometimes rendered
very useful service in winning great
battles. Oh, they were useful.
Some historians have even gone SC
far as to maintain that without
them the war could hardly have
been carried on. They were really
quite useful.
And now they are all gone. II
seems sad, looking back at the war
that none but the generals anC
colonels and majors and line Off
GERS should have survived its dread
full ravages. Providence, ever
mindful of the wants of great anC
growing nation, undoubtedly tool
special care of these great men, ant
in great anxiety that the countrl
should not suffer from a lack of EN-
inent men, kind of forgot the pri
vate soldiers and let them wande
away. And so they are all gone
Some of them got shot. Some o
them got married and moved out o
the world, to settle upon tracts o
government land, where the Indian
could get at them more easily
Some of them went into business
Some of them are teaching school
Some of them are driving drays
Some of them went away and didn'
leave their present address. Blu
all the same, they are all gone and
it seems dreadfully lonesome with
out them. There used to be plenty
of them.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29
A Republican Journal on Grant.

The Philadelphia Telegram, an
able Republican journal, sees moth
ing but defeat in the nomination of
Grant for third term. II declares
that the politicians "do not want
him because his administration
would help the country, but because
1t would help them. They want
him to pull the chestnuts out of the
fire for them, and they don't care
how much he burns his fingers" IL
calls attention TO the fact that he
began his first term with an over
whelming majority of Republicans
in both branches of Congress, and
ended his second with a minority in
the House and bare majority in
the Senate, besides swamping his
party in the Southern States and
giving it et-back in several Of the
Northern.
The glittering cold steel of these
facts, it says, "should puncture the
third term movement efIectually, for
it demonstrates that Gen. Grant
should he be nominated next year,
would fall as a candidate by tho
weight of his record" In conclu-
sion, it asserts that Ca candidate
who starts out handicapped by such
record as Gen. Grant has made,
who will be desperately fought, not
only without, but within his own
party, one whom the strongest ele-
ments of the party oppose, is not
one TO put into the race. There is
certain prestige in his name, it is
true; but it is as a soldier, not as a
President, that he is honored and
dear to the public heart. A wrecker
of party cannot make a good leader
of it afterwards, and Grant is the
greatest party-wrecker in our polit-
| ical history"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29
Celery Cure for rheumatism

New York Times New discov-
eries--or what claim 10 be discover
ies-of the healing virtues OF plants
are continually making. One Of
the latest is that celery is a cure
for rheumatism; indeed it is assert
ed that the disease is impossible if
the vegetable be cooked and freely
eaten. The fact that il Is now al
most always put on the table raw
prevents its therapeutic powers
from becoming known. The cele
ry should be cut into bits, boiled in
water until soft, and the water
drank by the patient. Put new
milk, with a little -four and nutmeg,
into the saucepan with the boiled
celery, serve it warm with pieces OF
toast, eat with potatoes and the
painful ailment will soon yield.
Such is the declaration Of a physi-
clan who has again and again tried
the 'experlment, and with uniform
success. He adds that cold or
damp never produces, but simply
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29
LIFE IS WHAT WE MAKE IT.

Let's often talk of noble deeds,
And rarer of the bad ones,
And sing about our happy days,
And not about the sad ones.
We are not made to fret and sigh,
And when grief sleeps to wake 1t;
Bright happiness is standing by
This life is what we make it.
Let's fad the sunny side of men,
Or be believers il it;
A light there is in every soul,
That takes the pains to win it.
Obi there's a slumbering good in ali,
And we perchaIsce may wake it;
Our hands contain the magic wand
This life is what we make it.
Then here's to those whose loving heart
Send light and Joy about theml
Thanks be to them for countless gems
We ne'er had known without them
Oh! this should be happy world
To all who may partake it;
The faults our own, it is not
This life what we make it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-29

1t is impossible not to be struck
by the originality and cleverness of
the Spanish gypsies, even in their
vices. A gypsy man was recently
at confession one day, and, while he
was confessins he spied in the
monks habit silver snuff box and
stole it. Father" sail he imme-
diately, 81 accuse myself of having
stolen a silver snuff box" "Then,
my son, you must certainly restore
it," "Will YOU have it yourself,
my fatherY' 81? Certainly not,
my SON." 1.-The fact is" proceeded
the gypsy, "that have offered it to
the owner and he has refused it."
"Then you can keep it with a good
conscience" answered the father.
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Science POpuIarized for the
People.

In whaling oil is generally struck
while floating on the water. An out
ward application of tar and feathers
over the whole body is efectual in
keeping off mosquitoes during the
winter. Gold coin has been beaten
so thin In the United States that il
has not been visible for the last fif-
teen years. Some of the fixed stars
are at such an immense distance
from the earth that a man could not
with a two-foot rule measure the
immeasurable distance in "a whole
year. 1t is now discovered that the
Peter PrussIate of potash, when tri
turated with the Dio cycledon of
the bromide of potassi, will unite
and form a symposium of plzerinc
tum. The ephimeris Of the five in
ner satellites Of Saturn has been cal
culated for the ensuing year. 1t
should be framed and hung up in
every coal cellar. If the earth
should be suddenly stopped in its
orbit, a degree of heat would be
evolved which would furnish mo.
tive power for $4,000 locomotives
going at the rate OF two miles a
minute for 1000 years. The bones
of Nasturtion were recently found
in Urgo, France. The Scomachie
cavity was full of melted ice, a
proof that it lived before the glacial
period. Professor Squigly an
nounces that the Pharaohs built
the pyramids to make three corners
in building materials. Gunpowder
may be kept non-explosive by keep.
ing it away from the fire. Professor
Tynderall has been making some
interesting experiments on sound.
He finds that the phrase, "Will you
take something to drinkr' uttered
in a Western bar-room, will be
heard all over the building a third
quicker than any other combination
of English words N. Y. Graphic.
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THE CASE PUT INTO RHYME.

When leagued oppression sent TO Southern
lands
It's sw.ndling satraps with their greedy
bands,
Exulte1 DER PROSTATE peoples fall,
And crowned a carpet-bagger lord Of all,
1t raised the slave upon the masters back,
And stole impartially from white and black.
The robbers. to perpetuate their rule, 7sss2<s
Took up the slave and used him as tool;
With one hand gave the ticket he must vote,
And with the other slyly stole his coat;
Preached TO him loudly of the rights Of man,
And always set him in the battles van.
The human stomach harmful food detects,
An overdose of poison it rejects;
So robbery, p'erreaching, lost its head,
And in It's chosen field at last fell dead,
Its sLper-cunning schemes to nothing
brought,
Slain by the weapon that itself had wrought.
Il New York Sun.