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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-09-16
West Tennessee.

NEwBERN, DYER Co., TENN, Sept. 6 -
EDITOR CITIZEN IL hope a few lines
from the western portion of the state
will not lessen the interest OF the CITI-
ZEN. Questions of political interest are
being thoroughly discussed here. Some
excitement about the coming presiden-
tial election. Hancock and English
flags have bean raised from ten TO one
hundred and fifty feet high. Dyersburg
has one $50 feet high, while Newbern's
is SO feet high.
Mr.. Tom Buford, of Nashville, for
merly Of Pulaski, with Rosenau a Love
man, was in town a few days since,
looking as well as ever. He was very
much surprised to find a Giles county
boy down in Dyer county. was glad
to see him looking so well. Health is
splendid here at this season of the year.
No clills or fever. A pretracted meet
ing at Trimble Station camp ground
broke last week. 1t closed with one
hundred and fifty mourners, and was
the grandest meeting ever Witnessed in
this section of the country. IL was
conducted by Rev. o. B. Written, an as
sociate of Rev. w. Weakley. He was
raised in Wayne county, has two
brothers In the ministry, and is noble
worker in the cause of Christ. He COM
Pllments Mr.. Weakley highly. Crops
are short; cotton about one-half, corn
two-thirds OF crop. Business gener-
ally lis good. HurTah for Hancock and
Englishl K. II. BAKER.
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What Natural History Reveals.

Bees are geOmetricians-thei cells
are so constructed as with the least
quantity of material, to have the largest
sized spaces and least possible loss of
interstice.
SO also is the ant lion-his funnel
shaped trap is exactly correct in its
conformation as if it had been made by
the most skillful artist of our species,
with the aid of the best instruments.
The mole is a meteorological.
The bird called the nine-killer is an
arithmetican; so also is the crow, the
wild turkey and some other birds.
The torpedo, the ray, and the electric
eel are electricians.
The nautilus is a navigator-he raises
and lowers his sail, casts and weighs
anchor, and performs other nautical ev-
olutions.
Whole tribes of birds are musicians.
The beaver is an architect, builder,
and woodcutter-he cuts down trees
and erects houses and dams.
Tue rnarmot is a civil engineer-he
not only builds houses, but constructs
aqueducts and drains to keep them dry.
The white ants maintain regular
army of soldiers.
The East India ants are horticulture
ists-they make mushrooms, upon
which they feed their young.
Wasps are paper manufacturers.
Caterpillers are silk-spinners.
The bird ploceus teXtor is a weaver
he weaves web to make his nest.
The primia is a tailOr-he sews the
leaves together to make his nest.
The squirrel is a ferryman-witha
chip or piece of bark for boat, and his
tail for a sail, he crosses stream.
Dogs, wolves, jackals, and many 9TH
ers, are hunters.
The black bear and heron are fisher
men.
The ants have regular day laborers.
The monkey is a rope-dancer.
The associations of beavers presents
us with model of republicanism.
The bees live under a monarchy.
The Indian antelopes furnish an eX-
ample of a patriarchal government.
Elephants exhibit an aristocracy of
elders.
Wild horses are said to elect their
leaders.
sheep, in a wild state, are under the
control of military chief ram Kids
journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-09-16

Plantation tobacco was freely smoked
in pipes, but few, except the members
of the diplomatic corps, INDUCED in
cigars.
Assemblies were held once a week,
between Christmas day and Ash We'd
nesday, to which all of the respectable
ladies in the city who danced were in
vited. It was also customary for those
of the Cabinet officers and other high
officials who kept house to give at least
one evening party during each session
of Congress, invitations for which
were issued. The guests at these parties
used TO arrivs at about o'clock, and,
after taking off their wraps in an upper
room, they descended to the parlor,
where the host and hostess received
them. The older men then went to
the punch-bowl to criticise the "brew"
which it contained, while the young
people found their way to the dining
room, almost invariably devoted to
dancing. The music was piano and
two violins, and one of the musicians
called the figures for the cotillions and
contra dances. Those who did not
dance elbowed their way through the
crowd, conversing with friends and ac-
quaintanees, and the men frequently
taking another glass of punch
at 10 the guests were invited to the
supper table, which was often on the
wide back porch, which every Washing
tan house had in those days. The Ia
BILE was always loaded with evidence
of the culinary skill of the lady of the
house. There was roast ham at one
end, a saddle of venison or mutton at
the other, and some roasted poultry or
wild ducks midway; great variety of
home baked cake was a source of pride,
and there was never any lack of punch
with decanters of Madeira. The diplo-
mats gave guests champagne, but it
was seldom seen except at legations.
At IL O'Clock there was general exc
dus, and after the usual scramble for
hats, cloaks and Overshoes, the guests
entered their carriages. Sometimes a
few intimate friends of the hostess lin
gered to enjoy contra dance, or to take
a parting drink of punch, but by mid
night the last guest departed, and the
servants began to blow out the candles
with which the house has been illumi-
nated.-T Atlantic Monthly.
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Uncle Esek's Wisdom

The conversation of most people is
nothing more than their radIcalism gone
! to seed.
No man is envious of what he can
equal, or even initiate.
The man who is ever ready to take
his chances, will very probably take his
last one in the aims house.
Men have been known to correct
their vanity, subdue their pride, and
even overcome their superstitions, but
once impregnated with 1t, it is impossi-
BILE for a man to get rid of his vulgarity.
The man who lives for others must
expect most OF his pay in self-satisfac-
| ton.
Most successes spring up, Phoenix
J like, from the ashes of some failure.
The most cunning of egotists is the
man who never speaks well of himself.
Good breeding is letter of credit all
over the world.
A man of true genius is generally as
simple as a child, aud as unconscious OF
his power as an elephant.
If we would measure our happiness
by the condition of those below us, in
stead of those above, we should find
ourselves very well off.
The man who can distinguish between
good advice and poor, does not need
either.
Every man makes up his own reputa-
ton; the world only puts on the stamp.
There is great deal of modesUy in
this world which will gaze at almost
any thing-provided it can be seen
through a crack.
Silence is hard opinion to beat.
Next to silence comes brevity--the
wise mans strength and the fools re-
fuge.
A gentleman will never insult any
one, and loafer cannot.
Bigotry knows of but one way to
reach heaven, while faith knows OF
hundred.
Man is a twO-legged, eccentric animal
that deals in politics, religion and gen.
eral merchandise.
1t is well to give heed to your doubts,
for they are very often the dawning OF
truth.
He'who does a good deed makes heav-
en- his debtor.
Chastity is like q broken vase; it can
be mended but can never be made
whole.
A thoroughly good man is invariably
a brave one.
1t is much more difficult for a man to
make circumstance than it is for cir
| cumstance to make man.
1t requires wisdom to be able, and il
| requires honesty to be willing to call
things by their right names.-[Scrib-
ner's.
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AGOOd Speech.

A young Mr.. Cox is running Tor con-
gress in an Independent way In the
fourth district of Georgia. Al recent
gathering of yeomen he declared his in
tentions in the following outburst: "If
you see fit to send me to congress / will
go to the best of my ability. [Cheers. ]
| believe | would like TO go renewed
cheersl, in fact l know l want TO 20
loud cheers. / have heard that the
salary is ample, and, AS l have n small
family, won't insist on its increase.
[Checrs.l AS | am fond of vindication
| want to vindicate myself. 1t has been
hurled at me like a thundorbolt that /
am too young. In answer 10 this L say,
first, can't help it and it Is net my
fault. Second, l am trying to grow
older every day. Third, l am succeed
ing. Fourth, 1 am afraid | will be
much older than I am before | 20 to
congress-" Prolonged applause.l
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Stony Facts.

Nashville Banner.
Under the skillful manipulations OF
the designing politician the mass OF hui
manity is easily worked up to the belief
that human liberty is in the balance,
and that happiness, prosperity and sta
bility are all dependent on each particu-
lar election. At the outset lot Of SEN
sible people determine that they will
keep cool and take things easy. Soon
the blatherskites and the mud-slingers
begin their work. determination and
taunt follow each other. Candidates
are abused and parties arraigned, and In
a few weeks the citizen who swore that
he felt no interest in the result has
Joined the band, and is marching about
the streets making an exhibition OF
himself and shouting like Kaflir for
his favorite candidate. Now appears
the fool with spread-eagle Presiden-
tial badge on his hungry-loOking bOs-
ON, and the frowsy, red-nOsed man,
with an eye like that Of a dead macker-
ell, talks politics on tho street corners
and in the saloon, while his family at
home wrestles YEARLY with the exact
ing wash-tub, unmindful even OF the
name OF the name Of the existing Presi-
dent. The man Of business, who fat
tens of these political cataclysms, Is
getting into the market with his badges,
fiags and pictures, and we have dlshed
up 10 US In real Nine. Demorest style
the latest sweet things IN campaign
capes and uniforms. OEscc-hOlders
are being assessed, candidates plucked,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-09-16
MAD ELEPHANTS.
The Havoc the Great Beast CauS-
es When He Rebels Against
IrksOme Captivity.

a writer in the London Telegraph.
who has spent morning in the goo, -
moralizes as follows on the character of
the elephant: "Nor, when we speak
lottily of the elephants docility, should
we forget the measure of this virtue
may be gagged by the individuals ca
pacities for the reverse. The white
mouse is one OF the most docile of NAM
mails, but what would it matter if they
were not? a pinch of the tail would
always suffice to brighten it into the
most abject submission. But when the
sagacious elephant decides for itself, as
it often does, that docility is not worth
the candle, that occasional turbulence,
| good all-round rebellion, is wholesome
for its temper and constitution, who is
going to pinch its tail? With one
swing of its trunk it lays all its attend
ants fiat, butts its head through an in
convenient wall and is freel Thy are
brave men who capture the wild ele-
plants, but no one, however brave, tries
to capture rouge 1t has to be shot
in its tracks, dropped standing, for it is
then something more than a mere wild
animal. 1t has developed into a crea-
ture of deliberate will, and having in its
own mind weighed the pros and cons,
has come to the fixed conclusion that
captivity is a mistake, and proceeds,
therefore, on a definite line of intelli-
gent and malignant action.
Indeed, among the episodes of Indian
rural life there are few more appalling
than such one as that OF the Mad Ele-
plant of Mundla 1t had been for many
years a docile inmate of a government
stud, but one day made up its mind TO
be Infamous. Wise men have before
now told the world that it is well to te
drunk once a month, and others that
we should not always abstain from that
which is hurtful, so the elephant, de-
termining upon bout of wrong doing,
had some precedent to excuse him. The
elephantine proportions of his INSIDE
meanOrs, however, made his laps from
docility appalling to mere men and
women whose Individual wicked acts
are naturally on so diminutive scale;
but comparatively speaking, the gigan-
tic was simply on a SPREE Never
theless, it desolated villages with nearly
every horrible circumstance of cruelty
lately practiced by the christians Of
Bulgaria, and laid its plans with such
consummate cunning that skilled po-
lice, well mounted, and patrolling the
country, were baffied for many days in
their pursuit Of the midnight terror. 1t
came and went with extraordinary Sc
crecY and speed from point to point,
leaving none alive upon the high roads
to tell the pursuers which way it had
gone, and only smashed village ard
smashed corpses to show where it had
last appeared. 1t confused its own
tracks by doubling upon its pursuers
and by crossing the spoor of the other
elephants that accompanied them. 1t
was not merely wild; it was mad, , and
as cunning and cruel as a mailman.
But in reality itself is a tribute to the
animals intelligence, for sudden down
right madness presnmes strong brain
power, tor, as Oliver Wendell Holmes
says, weak mind does not accumulate
enough force to hurt itself,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-09-16
The Power of a Cyclone.

In discussing the two cyclones which
visited the Bay of Bengal in October,
1876, Mr.. Elliott, meteorological report
er to the government OF Bengal, incl
dentally gives some idea of the cyclone
an forces which are developed by such
storms. The average "daily eYapOra-
ton" registered by the Bengal instru-
ments in October is 1.-TWO inches" The
amount Of heat absorbed by the CONVEX
sion OF this amount OF water daily over
so large an area as the Bay of Bengal, Is
enormous. "Roughly estimated," says
Mr.. Elliott, at is equal to the oontinu-
Gus working power of BOG, 600 steam en-
gines Of 900 horse power" A simple
calculation VIII show that it sufiiccs TO
raise aloft over $4,000 cubic feet OF water
every twenty-four hours from every
square mile of the bosom OF the bay
and transport 1t to the clouds which
overhang it. When we extend the cal
culation from "A single square mile
to the area of the whole Indian gulf, the
mind il Host in the effort 20 conceive the
force which, in days time, can lift
80, 600, 600 tons. Yet it would be easy TO
show that such figures, fabulous as they
seem, do not adequately represent the
cyclonic forces ola single Storm Lon
don Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-09-16
A GERMAN TRUST SONG.
BIZ LAxBERTUs-1625-

just as God leads me would go;
/ would not ask to choose my way;
Content with what he will bestow,
Assured he " i'll not lead me stray.
So as he leads my path make,
And step by ttep gladly take,
A child in Him contiding.
Just as GOD lesds l am content;
| rest me calmly in his hands;
That which he has deereed and sent
That which his will for me commands
i would that he should all fulfil,
That should do his gracious wilt,
In living or i'll dying.
Just as God leads all resign;
trust me to my Fathers will;
When reasons rays deceptive shine,
His counsel would yet fulfil;
That which his love ordained right
Before he brought me to the light,
My all to Him resigning.
Just as God leads me abide;
In faith, in hope, in suffering true;
His strength is ever at my side
Can aught my hold on Him undol
hold me firm in patience, knowing
That God my life is still bestowing-
The best in kindness sending.
Just as God leads / onward 60,
Oft amid thorns and briers seen;
God docs not yet His guidance show
But in the end it shall be seen
How, by a faithful Fathers will,
Faithful and true, he leads me still.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-09-16
A Diseased Liver.

Duncan's Liver and Kidney Medicine
is cure for all diseases having their
origin in a diseased state of the Kidney
or Liver, such rs sick headache, dyspep-
STA, swimming in the head, loss of appe-
tite, bad taste In the mouth, heartburn,
tenderness or fullness over the region OF
the stomach, cramp collie, costiyeness,
pglpitation Of the heart, pain In the back,
sides and limbs, and all diseases pecul-
lar to females. We can say to our
friends that the above medicine is just
what It is represented To- be, aud Is pro-
nounced by every one who has uso1 10
far superior 10 any Liver Medicine they
have ever used. We know II gives bet
ter satisfaction than any we have ever
sold. Knowing Il 10 be purely vegeta-
bic, we can recommend IL 10 our suffer
ing friends. Price 20 cents For sale
by all druggists. For sale by Grigsby
q Anderson, south side square. Pulaski.
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Id is Fonnd md Lnst!

SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.-A
new era is dawning upon the life Of
woman. Hitherto she has been called
upon to suffer the ills Of mankind and
her own besides. The frequent and dis
tressing Irregularities peculiar 10 her
sex have long been TO her the "dirciul
spring of woes unnumbered." In the
mansion of the rich and in the howell of
poverty alike woman has beeA the con-
slant yet patient victim of thousand
ills unknown to maitland these with
out remedy. ooh Lord, how longm i'm
the agony of her soul, hath she cried.
But now the hour OF her redemption Is
come. She will suffer no more, for Or.
Bradfeld's Female Regulator--Wo-
mans Best Friends for sale by all re-
spectacle druggists throughout the land
at $3.50 per bottle. In another column
of this newspaper will DO found some
interesting particulars concerning the
Female Regulator and other infOrma-
ton highly important TO women.
For sale by Grigsby 81 Anderson,
Druggists sept2-lm
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Parted Lovers.

They were very fond Of each other
and had been engaged, but they quar-
relied and were too proud to make up.
lie called, a few days ago, at her IA
TIERS house to see the old gentleman on
business, of course. She was at the
door.
Said he: "Ah, Miss Blank, believe.
Is your father in ?'
"No, sir" she replied, "pa is not in at
present. Did you wish to see him per-
sonally?"
eyes," was the bluff response, feeling
that she was yielding, con very particu-
lar business" and he turned proudly to
go away.
81 beg your PARDON" she called after
MIN as he struck the lower step, "but
who shall say called 2"
He never smiled again.
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He Cured the rheumatism

sonora Democrat.
A few days since an Indian near Ma
jor's Ranch was suffering the pain OF
rheumatism in one of his legs. Con-
Guiding he could bear the loss of the leg
better than suffer longer, he laid the
leg across a log, and with an axe
chopped it entirely of a little below the
knee, bleeding TO death in a few min
utes. Each time he struck the leg he
halloed, which attracted attention, or
the facts would never have been known.
And thus went another aborigine to the
happy hunting ground.
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Washington in Jackson's Time.

In former years the widest gentle
men used to spend their evenings in de-
corOusly playing whist, with frugal
suppers OF beiled oysters, bread ano.
cheese and a glass or two OF Madeira.
The roIlicking jackson men substituted
poker for whist, and INDUCED Ia fire..
quent hbations OF whisky, while their
supper tables were graced--acccordine-
to the season-with 4 baked raecoon,
garnished with fried sweet potatoes,
or canvas-back ducks, or shad brOiled
before a hickory fire, on an oak board.
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Bought by an Heiress.

A small social circle in Saugerties is
now anxiously awaiting developments
in a romantic affair that has come to
light within the past few days, in
which a young dry goods clerk In Sau-
gerties and Columbia county girl play
the leading parts. The names of the
parties are suppressed, but the affair is
of such an unusual character that it be-
comes a matter of public comment. On
Friday last the young clerk was busily
engaged in cleaning the front show
window, when a fashionably-dresse
and comely young woman entered the
store and asked the proprietor, in vi
vacious manner, what he would take
for that article in the window, nOdding
significantly toward the young man.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-09-16

The reason the republicans fight with
such desperation, and spend money so
freely to hold on 10 power, is they know
there is terrible day Of reckoning for
them when the democrats get In power.
They have squandered hundreds of mil
lions of dollars, and made false entries
on the books 70 hide their stealings.
Many OF their most prominent men
would be driven to suicide IL their ac-
counts were fairly laid before the world
by a democratic president and cabinet.
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spIItting the solId south.

Charleston Is. ca Courier.
Does Il not recur 10 northern pOliti-
clans that there viii soon be an end 70
the sOlldity Of the south, which they
affect 20 dread, II they withhold tho
pressure OF abuse, threat and SANDER,
which, with local misgoyernment, made
the south solidY Virginia H. ps longer
sure state for the democratic electoral
ticket. Tennessee Is broken into frag-
ments by the fight ever the debt, cou-
pied with the attacks OF the national
green hackers. The split in Georgia af-
iects state officers alone this time, but Il
will be broader and deeper four years
hence.
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An Undeniable Fact

MuTfEee8bOrO News.
We call the attention Of the people OF
Tennessee % the luminous and indispu-
table fact, that the national demOcrncy
recognizes the democratic party Of
Tennessee, under the leadership OF
Judge Wright, as the true and snly
democratic party Ia the state. Every
democratic journal, orator and states
man In the northern states points
proudly to the action OF the contention
which nominated Judge Wright, 10 give
the lie 10 the republican SANDER that the
party winks az population. Neither
Mr.. Wilson nor any OF his followers
dare deny this.
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BROKEN ARnow, RUssrLI. Co, ALA,

BHVhLN NHEOW1 INU77-IlI1 % NLA.1
August lat, 1876.
DR.. g. j. MoFFETT--Dear Sir. for
years, used your Teethina (Teothlng
POwdersJ with my own children and on
my plantation, when / owned negroes.
They relieved and prevented much suf-
fering and sickness among the chil1ren,
and besides saving many lives, saved
me much anxiety, and many hundred
dollars in doctors bills. / can, with
confidence, recommend them az the
surest and best medicine / ever used for
Teething children and the bowel disOr-
ders OF our southern country.
Yours truly, etc,
ROBERT FLOURNOY.
For sale by Grigsby a. Anderson,
Druggists. mayB-7m
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TRY DR.. c. Z. Duncan's celebrated
Vegetable Liver Pills--a sure cure for
headache, swimming in the head, bad
taste in the mouth, pains In the side,
back, chest, and limbs. Nothing better
for constipated bowels, sour stomach
and tenderness over the region OF the
stomach. One box will 90 further than
two boxes of any other pill VIII act
omel. (Warransed). Try Them.
For sale by Grigsby q Anderson south
side square, Puiiski.
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Ny son, deal with men who advertise
You win never lose by It'll Ben. Frank
In