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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
A Satisfactory Candidate for Life
Insurance.

Josh Billings says: 81 kun to the
conclusion lately that life was so
unsartin that the only wa for me tn
stand fair chance with other folks
was tn git my life insured and so l
kalled on the agent CT the Garden
Angel Life Insurance company, and
answered the following questions,
which was put tn me over the top
ov pair ov gold specks, by silk
little fat old teller, with a little
round grey head, and as pretty a
little belly on him as emmy man ever
owned: Questions-1st. Are you
mail or femaii? If so, pleze state
how long you have been so. I'd.
Are you subject to fits, and if so,
do yu have more than one at a
time? 3D.. Did you ever have emmy
ancestors, and if so, how much?
4th. Do yu ever have emmy night
mares? 9th. Are you married or
single, or are yu a bachelor? 9th.
Do yu believe in a future state2 If
yu do, state it. 7th. Have you ever
committed suicide, and if so, how
did it seem to affect yu? After an
swering the above questions, like a
man. in the confrmotif, the silk lit
tie fat old Teller with gold specks
on ced l was insured for life, and
proberbly would remain so for a
term ov years. / thanked him, and
smiled one of my most pensive
SMILES"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
In SuSnenSe.

"Why, my dear, what is the mat
ter2 What can you mean? You
look so depressed. 1t can not be-
and yet-oh, relieve this killing
suspenseI Alexander, have you
failed?'. said his wife, with clasped
hands.
"No, my dear; my credit is yet
unimpaired, and business is looking
up"
"You can't mean to say. dear,
that your old pain in the head has
come backY
No"
"You haven't had to pay the note
for your brother Josephr'
"No."
"Have you-now tell me, Alexan-
der Bidlack, have you had another
attack of vertigo2"
"No."
"Has your cashier broken his
Murphy pledgeT"
"No."
"Now 1 know-I expected i'll
knew it all the time-I felt sure 1t
would be so. Mr.. Debonair has
asked for Seraphina"
mo, nothing of the kind"
"Then tell me, without waiting
another minute, what has happened;
l can bear it; let me know the
worst"
"Well, that breeches button l
told you about has got tired of
hanging on by one thread, and here
il isl
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
Killed for Refusing a Leap Year
PrODOSaI.

A short time since the daughter
of old man Adams, a white man
skulking in the Greek Nation, shot
and killed the postmaster at Tulsa,
named Church, because he would
Lot parry her. Sitting on a white
horse, he was riding by the shanty
of the Adamses, when the woman
hailed him, with revolver hidden
beneath her apron, and standing in
front of the hOnse, asked Church,
also a white man, the usual leap
year Question, TO which he gave the
emphatic no" Deliberately she
raised the pistol and sent a forty
five caliber bullet through his
heart. He still sat on his horse,
the blood running down either
flank, when she again took aim at
the heart, the ball crashing through
ard splitting the shoulder blade
The man fell dead al her feet, and
she then dragged the body to the
road, took off her apron and spread
it carefully over the dead face,
caught her pony, aud riding to q
neighbours told what she had done.
In the quaint language of the from
tier she SAID: "You'uns will find
his body down by the road, and
you'd better take care Of it before
the hogs eat it," She then rode to
another neighbours, two miles the
other way, passing by the body as
she went. Then, plotting one of
the neighbors to the scene of the
murder, she dismounted and coolly
went about her work. Through
fear of lynching, however, herself
and father took their skiff and
started down the Arkansas river,
but were finally picked up by the
Indian police, and are awaiting trial
in the. United States Jail at Fort
Saith
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11

burns, dip the part in cold water;
if the skin is destroyed, cover with
varnish. Smother a fire with car
pets, etc; water will often spread
burning oil and increase the
danger. Before passing through
smoke take full breath and stoop
low. Suck poison wounds, unless
your mouth is sore; enlarge the
wound, or, better, cut the wound
out without delay. Hold tho
wound as long as can be borne, to
a hot coal, or the end of a cigar.
In case of poisoning, excite vomi-
ting by tickling the throat or by
hot water or mustard. In case Of
opium poison give strong coffee,
and keep moving. II in the water
float on the back, with the mouth
and nose projecting. For apop.
lexy raise the head and body; for
fainting, lay the body Hat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11

as any other light ever attempted.
To run the necessary machinery,
Mr.. Spaulding will need $50 horse
powers, and the water power com
pany of that place has given him
permission to use for two months a
wheel in its new pit about to be
built on Cabot street. The lnven-
tors idea is that he can illuminate
the stratum of the atmosphere just
above the city, so that the reflected
light will permeate the rooms of
the houses, and render unnecessary
any other artificial light, either in
door or out. He thinks he can give,
in fact, practical daylight all night.
Mr.. Spaulding calculates that it
will require seven such towers to
light the whole city, though one
will answer for the experiment. 1t
would take over 1000 horse powers,
either by steam or water, to do this,
and the apparatus would cost $780,.
000; still Mr.. Spaulding thinks the
investment would pay, for it costs
now about 100000 to light the
city, public and private, and his
works could be run very cheaply
when once started Boston Com
mercial Bulletin,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
A Strange Tradition.

Among the Seminole Indians
there is a strange tradition regard
ing the white man's origin and su-
periority. They say that when the
Great Spirit made the earth he also
made three men, all of whom were
fair complexioned, and that after
making, he led them to the margin
of small lake and babe them leap
in and wash. One obeyed and came
out purer and fairer than before; the
second hesitated for moment, du-
ring which time the water, agitated
by the first, had become muddy, and
when he bathed, he came up cop
per-colored; the third did not leap
in until the water became black
with mud, and he came out dark in
color. Then the great spirit laid
before them three packages, and
out of pity for his misfortune in
color, gave the black man first
choice. He took hold of each of
the packages, and, having felt their
weight, chose the heaviest one; the
copper colored man chose the next
heaviest, leaving the white man the
lightest. When the packages were
opened, the first was found to con-
tain spades. hoes and all the nipple
ments of labor; the second I'M
wrapped hunting, fishing, and war
like apparatus; the third gave the
white man pens, ink and paper,
the engine OF the mind, the means
OF mutual Improvement, the foun-
dation of the white mans superior
itV
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11

lying dead in Cannon's barn. A
little child about three years old
was pulling at the body and crying
piteously. 1t bad torn open the
dead woman's dress and was en-
deavoring to find its mothers
breasts. Its hands were smeared
with blood, and at times it would
strike its mothers face and call an
grily for its supper. The child did
not realize what death was, and the
officers were obliged TO remove ii
from the body. A few yards off
lay another child about one year
old in a willow basket. The officers
said that in all CT their experience
they had never witnessed anything
so horrible. When the body was
removed to the morgue hole was
found in the chest, from which the
blood flowed, of a light color, as if
it came from the lung. 1t was i'm
possible, however, to tell whether
the wound was made by a pistol
shot or q slim knife. The Indians
said thatthe killing had been done
by a squaw, who was hiding in Sla-
ter's hay yard. The officers, going
to the place, found the squaw
cruching in one of the hay lofts,
and she only surrendered after some
resistance. Soon afterward another
squaw was pointed out by the In
dians on the street as an accessory
to the deed. Both were lodged in
Jail. A buck was also taken in,
who was found near Cannon's
drunk. Several Indian witnesses
to the tragedy were arrested, but
to go again, as they were
well known. The Indians say they
bought the whisky of CannoL.-
Carson { New Appeal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
Wit and AnecdOte.

When does rain become too "a
miliar with a lady2 When it be-
gins to patt-er on her back.
Rye is sometimes recommended
as substitute for coffee, but il
should never be used in liquid
form.
An Indiana editor says, "Cosl
oil rubbed on the neck and head
will cure hog cholera; we have tried
it," Who can dispute testimony
like that2
Let us not be too harsh with the
politicians. If it wasn't for politics,
many men who are too lazy TO earn
their living with their hands would
be paupers.
"Who runs this cheese2" inquired
a customer of his grocer. "Oh I'm
running it myself, / suppose" 81
didn't know. There are n good
many shippers aboard"
A woman in jericho, VT, having
heard a great deal about preserving
Autumn leaves" put up some, but
afterwards told a neighbor that they
were not fit to eat.
Wedding rings are going out OF
style. The "betrothal bracelet" Is
now the proper idea. This thing
will progress until the fellow will
have to give his champion girl the
belt.
The Georgia gourd vine produces
so luxurIantly that the fruit Is used
for churns. By a little moditica-
ton and extra cultivation they
hope to raise their flat-boats in the
same way soon.
Mistress (horrified--"Good gra-
cious, Bridget, have you been using
one of my stockings to strain the
coffee through" Bridget (apolo
getically)-"Yis mum. but shure, l
didn't take a clane one"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
POtOtO Biscuit.

Boil three pared potatoes In one
quart of water. Mash these tc a
cream, add the water in which they
were boiled, one tablespoonful Of
white sugar, half OF two cent
cake Of compressed yeast dissolved
in warm water, and sifted -four
enough To make a moderately thick
batter. Let it stand by the warm
stove over night. Then add one
half teaspoonful OF soda dissolved
in one teacupful of warm water, one
teaspoonful Of salt, and mix in
-four enough to make 1t so stiff
that il can be kneaded without
sticking to the hands. 1t must be
kneaded for ten or fifteen minutes.
Set it blythe stove, and when it is
very light, mix two tablespoonfuls
OF lard well through it. Let IL rise
again, and then mould and make in
to biscuit. Let them rise, and
bake in a quick oven. They will
be as light as puffs, aud delicious.
IL you have been careful 10 let no
drafts of air strike them while
rising.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
A Promise to a Mother Kept.
knoxville Tribune

kn0KVllle Tribune.
Charlie Owen, express messenger
on the train that was wrecked last
Friday evening, was struck between
the shoulders by box. Temporal
rily paralyzing his arms, but when
offered a glass OF whisky by the
physician he refused, and when the
doctor urged him he again refused.
Insisting, the medical gentleman
and several others standing near
told him he must take it to save his
life. mo sir" said the young mau,
firmly refusing. "When / went to
railroading / promised my mother
that / would never touch whisky,
and I'll die here in my tracks be-
fore I'll touch it," The young man
mentioned is q brother of the agent
at Knoxville. He is about nine
teen years of age, and has been in
the employ of the Southern Express
Company for a few months only.
He has been tried on several roads,
and on account of his II tegrity, in
telligence and close application TO
duty has been rapidly promoted by
his route agent to the position of
''frst-class" messenger. He left
Lynchburg September Oath with =
heavy "run" Of freight and valua-
bles. The entire train left the track
near Big Lick, and the express car
and contents were all torn to splin-
tiers. Charlie was dragged from IN
der the wreck crushed and bruised,
and was evidently suffering greatly.
His first words were to call for his
safe and the two boxes of silver.
When brought to him he extended
his bruised body over them, and
watched his valuable "run" through
the long hours of the night.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
Ice Manufacture.

Few people have a correct notion
of the extent to which artificial ice
is being manufactured in the south.
The success of the process en-
ployed has been so marked that
from Florida to Texas the ma
chimes are being put in operation
at frequent intervals. The actual
cost of manufacturing ice on the
st. Johns river is said to be but
seventy cents ton, including the
storage and delivery. AS Northern
ice used to retail at from ten dol
lars to fifteen ton there, it is
plain that a handsome profit re-
mains for the manufacturer after
putting his price so low as to
drive all natural competition from
the market. One of the machines,
in which ammonia is used to do
the freezing, turns out ten tons.of
ice daily, in the form of blocks
about two and half feet long and
ten inches in thickness. The con-
Collation. is perfect, and many are
said to prefer ice thus made TO that
formed in the laboratory of nature.
Il Savannah News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
Scrans of News.

Reports from the South are ia
vorable for an abundant rice crop.
The cattle exports from this
country in the past SIX months
have amounted to nearly $23, 900, 900.
1t is estimated by some receivers
that fully 100000 bushels of flax
seed have been raised this year.
OF all the cultivated varieties Of
grapes, the Delaware is said to con-
tain the most sugar, and the Con
cord the least.
A widow in Macon, Georgia, sells
annually $500 worth of vegetables
of her own raising from half an
acre of ground
California is a mere patch of IN
Gle Sans farm; but it has as many
acres under wheat, 1927, 900, as
Great Britain, and produces half as
many bushels, 100000.
At recent farmers meeting a
speaker gave receipt for making
farming pay, as follows: "Have but
one business. and get up in the
morning ana see to it yourself"
The treasury department will con-
struct a new silver vault for the
standard silver dollars in the Balti-
more sub-treasury. The demand for
silver dollars, however, is growing.
Over 100000 were issued last week.
DR.. Tanner has at last met his
match, and more than his match.
A calf in Holt county, Missouri, got
entangled in a pile of rails, and re-
manned in that position for a period
of forty-one days, without food or
water. 1t came out all right.
A New York man has brought
suit against the Louisiana State
Lottery, and obtained an attach
ment of that company's moneys in
the National Park Bank. He
claims to have spent over eighty
SIX thousand dollars without draw
ing anything, and under the section
of the revised statutes seeks to re-
cover double the amount and double
damages.
A Washington dispatch, lated on
Monday last, shows the decrease of
the public debt during the month
of October, to be $7.I03. 754.6S; cash
in the Treasury, S2O3, 545, 4S6.74;
gold certificates, $7,474, 500; silver
certificates, $27.II3, 10000; certifi
Gates of deposit outstanding, $685.
10000; refunding certificates, $685.
10000; legal tenders outstanding,
1916, 6S1, 0I6.00; fractional currency
outstanding, 81, ISL, S61.37.
Henry Holtenburg had black hair
and ruddy com piexion when he
married Miss Schwartz, at Nash
vile, year ago. She supposed he
was about forty, though he made no
statement on that point. The
honeymoon was scarcely over be-
fore his hair became gray, his
cheeks lost their color, and he
showed at least sixty years. The
fact was that he had discontinued
the use of dye. and rouge. The an
cry wife wanted to sue for divorce,
but the lawyer told her that the
grounds were not sufficient. The
worst she could do was to desert
him, which she lost no time in
doing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
jake Reads the Recipe.

Old Mrs. Jones borrowed Mrs.
Browns recipe for making water
melon pickle the other day, and,
being hard of hearing, and as she
couldn't see very well, she got her
grandson, jake, to read it for her.
jake took the paper like a dutiful
child, and. holding it upside down,
commenced:
"Take a'green watermelon"
"Why, jake, amt you mistaken? ?
1 thought the melon must be ripe"
"Oh, what's the matter wild yew
-Gew ever see a watermelon that
wusn't gIeen?'
"Cut the watermelon into four
halves"
"But there amt only two halves
to anything. l don't believe you
are reading that right, jake"
swell, maybe l amt, but anyway
that's what the reset says. Then
soak it in a pint cup"
"Oh, dear me, how In the world
can you put watermelon ia a pint
cup?"
"Well, amt here to tell you the
whereases and the howfores. Pm
just reading the facts, ard you kan
put 1T in the filoeofee to suit your
taste. After soakin' the melon, put
it in a skillet and fry it fur 5 days"
81 wonder if Mrs. Brown sent me
such a recipe as that" said the old
ladv hut Jakie kent On
Then put the melon in quart
bowl and pour over it a gallon of
vinegar, take care not to spill the
vinegar"
"Pd justs like to know how you
can pour a gallon into quart bowl
without spilling any of it," but
jake continued:
"Then sIft a peck of red pepper
through a milk strainer over the
melon, and to one cup of butter add
the white and yolks and shells of
three. eggs, and throw in the old
hen that laid them, and four sticks
of cinnamon drops and a bottle of
DIR. Mary Walkers boomers, and
two table spoonsful of quinine and
run it through coffee mill and let
it stand till it ferments, and then
put it in tin can and tie the can
to dogs tail-this will stir it up
to the right consIstency-and then
you can turn it off into crooks and
have it ready for use. Serve it up
cold and spread it on mince pie,
and it makes capital dessert" and
jake slid out of the door and left
the old lady looking like a wrinkle
on a monument.
81 goll," said 'Jakie, "bet yer
sweet life she won't ask me to read
any more RESETS"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
In a Whales Mouth and Escaped
with His Life.

Here l met Captain Wood, who
has been in a whales mouth. Alter
edging carefully toward the matter,
a friend induced him to tell about
it-probably for the ten thousandth
time.
Yes, l was standing in the bow
OF the boat, but with the iron in my
hand" said he, docking around for
his majesty, for 1 thought we had
given him his death blow. Sud
denly up he came right ahead of
me, and he struck tho boat under
meath with his prolonged lower jaw,
knocking it out from under me, and
l fell straight over into his mouth"
what did you think them"
asked q listener, as the Captain
paused.
Thought l was a goner," an
swered the captain, especially when
he shut his mouth on me. But he
was, fortunately, in the agonies of
death, too worried to think of me,
and, after giving me one savage
crunch, he blowed me out of his
mouth, covered with blood. 1 at
once struck out for the boat"
"And when they picked him up
they thought he was killed." said
another captain; though, after
good while, he recovered, with the
ugly wounds that you see." There
was a scar some inches long across
Capt. Woods scalp, and great
lump on his side was visible under
his coat.
"What did you think when you
were in his mouth, and knew where
you were?" asked another bystand-
er.
Thought he'd yield about eight
barrels, "said Captain Wood, turning
over his quid and calmly firing at
the box of sawdust.- Exchange.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
The Rev. George Newbold ran

The Rev. George Newbold ran a
bakery while pastor of the Metho-
dist church at Bartonville, Canada,
and further diversified his pursuits
by forging checks. While serving
a term of Imprisonment for his
crimes, at Belleville, he made love to
the warden's wife, and on his re-
lease eloped with her. On his we'd
ding tour he visited Mansfield,
Ohio. and accidentally meeting Rev.
Mr.. Gilroy, who at once denounced
him, gave that gentleman a sound
whipping. He is now to be prose-
cuted for bigamy, because he has
three wives.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
Rules for Action.

These short rules for action 10
case of accident are good: For
dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing,
and dash water in them. Remove
cinder, etc, with the point Of a
pencil. Remove insects 1from the
ear by tepid water; never put
hard instrument into the ear. II
any artery be Gu, compress above
the wound; If vein is cut, com
press below. II choked, get upon
al fours and cough. For light
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
A War Monster.

All the most terrible and deadly
weapons OF war have been complete
ly eclipsed by the new Calling gun.
which was exhibited at the Office of
Sir w. Armstrong, the manufac-
turer, in st. Georges England, be
fore a number of experts. The
fearful weapon is capable of firing
a thousand shots per minute, and
killing a man or a horse at mile
range. BY the use of this instru-
ment, three men can do the work OF
three hundred single men. A quar-
ter Of million of dollars is said to
have been spent on experiments
necessary to perfect the gun which
is now declared by every military
expert to be a complete success.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
NOTICE.

To the Creditors of y. n. COX,
deceased.
Edgar E Cox, Ex'r. VS.. w W Gordon, ct al
A LII persons holding claims against the es-
II tate of Presley T Cox, are hereby notified
to file the same in the office of the Clerk and
Master Of the Chaneery Court for Giles coun-
ty, at Pulaski, on or before the first day OF
the next term of said court, on the Srd Mon
day in February, 1851, properly probated for
pro-rata paymant. By order Of said court.
ootsl-4t J. b. STACY, G. 81 NJ.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
On Its Mothers Breast.

Last evening about 5 o'clock,
word reached the police station that
a squaw had been murdered near
old man Cannon's, at the south end
OF the city. Sheriff Hill and Deputy
Sheriff WATSON proceeded to the
scene of tragedy and found squaw
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
A Gigantic Light.

Prof. II. C. Spaulding, of Bo ston,
is about undertaking a gigantic ex-
pertinent at Holyoke. He proposes
to build tower about IT'S feet high
and place upon it huge lantern
with electrical apparatus capable of
producing light of 100000 candle
powers, or thirty times as strong
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11
A very material reduction has

A very material reduction has
been made in the passenger rate on
the Louisville and Nashville Rail
way. Limited tickets from Nash
vile to Louisville, have neen
placed at 80, q reduction of SO
cents; and from Nashville to Gin
cinnatl at IS, reduction Of 3 As.
a reduction in proportion has been
made from points all along the line.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11

James G. Fair, prospective Uni
ted States senator from Nevada, is
a native of Tyrone county, Ireland,
and 40 years of age. He migrated
to California In 1S49, and has
since accumulated n colossal for
tune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11

The Ansonia Watch and Clock
Works. Brooklyn, New York-the
largest in the country-were de-
stroyed by fire on the 9th ultimo
loss one million dollars. Twelve
hundred persons are thrown out of
employment.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-11

A Texas girl, having fallen out
with her lover, sent him the follow
ing lines, which are expressive, if
not beautiful:
There's land that is hotter than this,
Where never a collar will stand;
Where the people all bubble and hiss
o, go to that beautiful land.