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HIS APPEARANCE AND CHARACTER.

lie dresses plainly, is fond Of hroad-hrim-
med slouch hats and stout boots eats heartily
cares nothing for luxurious living. is great
reader of good books on all subjects, is
thoroughly temperate in all respects, save in
that of brain work, and is devoted L. his wilc
and children. Among men he is genial, ap
proachahlc, companionable AMI remark
ably entertaining talker His mind is vast
storchCuse Of facts, "reminiscences and aucc-
dOles lie is not What is called practical
politician. lie knows little ~ the machiu.
cry Of caucuses anil conventions, or of thy
methods of conducting close campaigns
Ills constituents have nine times nominal
ed him without any effort on his part, and
have elected him lay majoriti ranging from
5000 to IL 900. As politi ian in the larger
and better sense of shaping the policy OF a
great party, however, he as few equals.
To no nan is the Repu an party more
indebted for Its success q recent years
than to James A. Garfield.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-06-24
Seed to the Acre.

A good authority gives the fol
lowing statement as the quantity Of
seed necessary to sow an acre Of
land:
Wheat, broadcast, from a bushel
and three pecks to two bushels; g
bushel and half is enough sown
in drill.
Rye, same as wheat.
Barley, two bushels and a half
broadcast; two bushels in drill.
Buckwheat, one bushel. - o.
Corn, in hill, about a gallon and
a half.
Sorghum, from two to three
quarts.
Timothy grass, sown in the fall, to
be followed by clover in spring,
from one and a half to two gallons.
Red clover, to be sown in spring
on timothy, one and a half to two
gallons. Sown by itself, double the
above quantity.
Red top grass, ole and a half to
two bushels. A bushel is fourteen
pounds by weight.
Kentucky blue grass, same as
red top.
Orchard grass, same as red top,
German millet, from three pecks
to a bushel.
Turnips and rutabages, one
pound. To guard against insects,
two pounds would be better.)
Irish potatoes, from seven to ten
bushels.
We may add that the foregoing
is nothing more than a rough esti-
mate, intended to be of service in
making calculations as to the guam
titles of seeds required to put in
our crops. Local circumstances
may make considerable deviation
necessary in some instances.
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Sheep Hushandry,

Clarksville Chronicles: Commits
sioner Killebrew gives US one of his
best periodical reports on the cul-
ture of the various breeds of sheep.
The book is got up in his usual
completeness of style, and is large
~ taken up with description of
the various breeds of sheep. in ref
erence to their capacity Tor produc-
ing fleece and mutton. AS an aver
age producer of the two in quantity
at an early age he assigns high val
ue to a strain derived by Mr.. Bake
well from a cross between the Cots
void and the Leicester; but he
justly remarks that now the expor
tation OF stock for food has assum-
ed vast proportions, the quality as
well as the quantity of meat pro
duced is a very important point,
more so than formerly. John Bull
is particular about his mutton, and
has great Partially for the South
down.
He has a long chapter with copi
Gus statistics on the obstacle which
the ravages of dogs present TO the
pursuit of what might be a most
productive department of husband
ry in Tennessee.
Surely the incoming Legislature
should be pledged to do something
TO prevent the sacrifice of incalcula-
BILE wealth to the fancies of a few |
whose destructive pets
ought to be exterminated with as
little mercy as wolves, bears and
foxes.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-06-24
The First MARRIAGE.

We like short courtships, and in
this Adam acted like a sensible
man. He fell asleep a bachelor,
and awoke to find himself a married
man. He appears to have popped
the question almostIHulC lately at
ter meeting Mile Eve, and she,
without any filtration or shyness,
gave him kiss and herself OF
this first kiss in the world we have
had, however, our thoughts, and
sometimes in a poetical mood have
wished that we were the man that
did it. But the deed is done. The
chance was Adams, and ne i'm
proved 1t. We like the notion of
getting married in a garden. 1t is
in good taste. We like private
weddings. Adams was private
No envious beaux were there; no
croaking old maids; no chattering
aunts and grumbHng grand-moth-
ers; no dissatisfied pas and two
faced mas. The birds of heaven
were the MINISTRIES. and the glad sky
flung its light upon the scene. One
thing about the wedding brings
qneer thoughts to US, spite of spir-
itual truth. Adam and his wife
we're rather young to be married.
some two or three days old, accord
ing to the sagest speculations of
5heologians-mere babies-larger,
but no older, without experience,
house, without pot or
kettle, nothing-but love and Eden.
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Views of Africa,

The Baltimore Sun, of the 18th
ult., contains an interesting sketch
Of Missionary BapList's views OF
Africa as contained in a lecture,
on Tuesday night, at the Church OF
the Messiah in that city. He is re
ported as having said that tue
girls there are more highly priced
than the boys, as they can be sold
for wives, from Sl5 to $50 apiece.
All the wife's relations are also
privileged aud beg of the husband,
and he is considered a very mean
man unless he gives them some
thing. The parents rarely whip
their children, who are as bad lot
as are on the face OF the globe
When child becomes too obstrep
erous, however, any one NAV whip
it. As the boys grow up they are
made to keep the birds away from
the rice fields and are put in
classes and made to fight. AS re-
suit of this training the men are all
finely developed and athletic. When
q girl is thirteen years of age she is
taken charge of by a secret society
OF women to be educated for the
duties of a wife. No man ever en-
tiers the meeting Of this society,
and what they do is not known.
All the women marry. No such
thing as on old maid is known in
Africa. The men on the coast 90
to sea, and when they have saved
enough, return home to buy a
wife and settle down. No man who
has just married young wife is
allowed to go to war, custom
which the speaker considered a
remnant Of the old Mosaic law.
The people are great liars and
thieves, and to Christianize them
is very hard work. 1t is a mis-
take for the people here to suppose
that the heather is innocent and
gulItless. On the contrary, he new
err knew a heather who did not sin
according to his own code. 1t is
hard to make them believe in the
spiritual benefits of Christianity,
and to convert them it must Oe
made materially beneficial to them.
But, in proportion to expenditure,
he believes the results among the
heather as good as the results In
For $4,000 there were
maintained in Africa for a year
nine ministers, 200 children were
maintained at school, besides 300
more were educated; 400 Christians
were attended to, and 10000
heathens were reached by the vari-
Gus branches of work. HisaeXperi
ence has taught him that 1t costs
less to make Christians in Africa
than it does in America, though he
iisliked to put the subject on this
basis.
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Excellent Lemon-Pie.

Two cups OF graduated sugar,
four eggs, two lemons, two and half
ia tablespoonful of cornstarch, two
toblespoonfuls of butter, two cups
OF boiling water. Beat yolks very
smooth, add the cornstarch, stir
into boiling water, add the sugar,
juice, grated rind and butter. Let
thicken over the back III the stove;
the pour into pie tins lined with
good paste. Bake until you think
the under crust is well Drowned.
Beat the whites until a stiff froth !;
add four tablespoonful of powder
sugar; spread over the top and re
turn to The oven until slightly
Drowned.
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limbs in infantile glee. Whatever
of bashfulness still remains to them
they leave on the shore, and in the
water are ready for anything. They
mount on mems shoulders and dive
therefrom; they are ducked and
fioated and Rugged by fellows of
whom, not unfrequently, they know
nothing at all, and to whom they
are often introduced but ten min
utes before. If you can imagine a
"Black Crook" ballet corps stand
ing on their heads, and keeping
time to the music of "Orphee"
with their neither extremities, you
will agree that they would give a
fair duplicate Il the scenes present
ed daily, over and over again, du.
ring the fashionable bathing hours
along the Jersey coast.
The men, too, deserve censure. In
their short bathing dresses they
omit stockings, and their naked,
red, hairy legs, and their arms un-
protected by the slightest hint of
sleeves, make them look as if pre-
pared for a prize fight, instead of
for the close companlonship of Ia
dies. Their undress has not even
the excuse of beauty. 1t is gross
and disgusting.
When fitting hoops were in fash
ion, and on fair afternoons on
Chestnut street kept up an ever
changing panorama of legs of all
sizes, shapes and colors, a gentle
man, asked how he liked the mode,
replied: "First-rate for the sisters
of other chaps" There you have
1t. A woman who conducts herself
before men as they would not have
their sisters behave falls In their re
spect, and if the ladies who prone
made the sands this summer,
dressed like figurantes in a theater,
could hear TTNat is said of them,
we think ttey would recognize
their mistake. The female bathing
costumes of the times are pretty
and becoming and all that, but
they are entirely vulgar, and their
effect upon the wearers must be bad.
we know how men talk, and we
know that our words here are none
too strong. A woman cannot in
safety accustom herself to such ex-
posture of her person. 1t certainly
makes her gossiped about and sus-
pected. 1t must destroy all her
finer feelings, and it may weak
en- her virtue.
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What a Woman Can do.

AS a wife and mother she can
make or mar the happiness of her
husband and children. By her
thrift, prudence and good manage
ment, she can secure to her partner
and herself competence in old age.
BY her tender care she can often re-
store him to good health. By her
counsel and love she can win him
from bad company, if temptation in
an evil hour has led him astray.
She can do perhaps even more to
degrade him, than man if she
chooses to do it AS a wife she
can ruin her husband by extrava-
gance and folly; by want of affection
she can make an outcast of a man
who might otherwise have become
a good member of society. She
can bring bickerings and strife into
what has been happy household.
She can become an instrument OF
evil instead of an angel of good
AS mother her words and her
ways should be kind, loving and
good. If she reproves, her lam
guage should be choice and refined.
The true mother rules by the laws
of kindness, and to the children
another" is synonymous with
everything pure, sweet and beautiful.
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Our Young People
MADE UP FROM THE BEST CLIPPINGS.
Memphis Appeal.
ROCK THAT CRADLE.
JUDGE Lr. SIMMONS.

Rock that cradle! baby's snifflingl
Was there ever such one,
Such darling, lovely cherub,
Since the world oeguna
He is just gem of beauty,
Aud he has such pretty eyes.
Never, never was his equal
Seen down here below the skies.
Rock him gently, let him slumber,
Slnmber sweetly, darling ore.
Rock that cradle, rock that cradle,
Rock that cradle, John.
Rock that cradlel In it SAUNDERS
One for some grand purpose sent;
One to shine in verse and story,
Or be Pope or President.
Who shall say that wreaths of laurel
Will not yet adorn his brow,
Or his voice will not awaken
Echoes-for it wakes them now
Full of natures unframed music,
Sometimes loud ana shrill in tone.
But he sniffies! Rock that cradle,
Rock that cradle, John!
Rock that cradle! let the darling
Slumber sweetly now and grow,
For ere long the world will need him.
To enighten it, we know.
Senafes then. no doubt will listen
To the music of his voice,
Listen and be charmed to silence
NOW we listen not from ehoice.)
Listen and perchauce adjudge him
OF his race paragon
But ne s waking! Rock that cradle,
Rock that cradle, John!
Rock that cradiei do it gently,
Though it's something new to you,
1t is time that you were learning,
For there's lots of it to do.
Then, it is so interesting,
And will yield such wealth OF joys,
By the time that you have bTiskly,
Rocked dozen girls and boys.
Sing lullaby all softly;
If he squIrms and whines, rock on;
Sing the louder, rock the harder,
Rock that cradle, John!
Sardis, Miss, June IL, 1850.
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Mutton.

The cheapest and healthiest meat
for the farmer is mutton. 1t may
safely be said to cost nothing, as
the fleece from a sheep of good
breed will amply pay for its keep
ing. Then, for additional profit,
there is lamb or two, the pelt of
the animal, if killed at home, the ex
cellent manure from it's droppings,
and the radiance of the pasture
from weeds. With the exception
of poultry, mutton is also the
most convenient meat for the farm
er. A sheep is easily killed and
dressed by sIugle hand in half an
hour, and in the warmest weather il
can be readily disposed of before it
spoils. Foolish prejudice alone
prefers pork, which, whether, fresh
or salt, is the unhealthiest of all
food
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Farm and Home.
ANp USEFUL INFORMATION.
HOW to Become 4 Tarmar.

Some of the very best and most
successful farm ers in the country
are men who were educated for 9th
er business, but who, having an in
bon love tor rural life and it's pur
suits, and have brought business
habits and thorough education TO
the work of tilling the soil. As a
rule, however, farmers are not made
in that way, and the following from
correspondent of the Vermont
Waterman is not far out of the
way:
Agriculture, and those who en-
gage in it, have been the theme of
very many writer's and speakers
who, from their lofty positions,
have preached their theories, or let
fall words OF advice or counsel as
thick almost as the leaves of au-
tumn. In the midst of such pro
fusion a plain, practical farmer, like
myself, might scarcely expect to be
heard. | will venture, however, to
present a few thoughts from my
own standpoint, which if it be not
so high up in the clouds, has at
least the advantage of being nearer
the scene of action.
That farming is in a bad way
seems 10 Be taken Tor granted, and
various and unlike are the remedies
proposed. Educate, say some; let
the farmers sons be sent to college.
Let them pursue a liberal course of
study, and especially let them mas
ter the great and important science
of agriculture. Then they will re
turn home prepared to take hold of
farming at the right end, and pur-
sue it successfully. L noticed in
late number of your paper, men
tiou was made Of a certain gentle
man who had sent his son to bus
mess college, and expressed the
opinion that such a training was
the best be could have TO fit him for
a farmer. Ii that gentleman ex
poets his son to be a practical farm
er, l would fain hope he might not
be disappointed; but L think he will
be. The fact is, business training
gives young man taste for bust
ness L use the term in popular
sense, so that he will not be salts
fed with the farmers life.
l would not be understood as
saying anything against liberal ed
dcation, as such, for the farmer or
any one else. | believe a highly
educated farmer has the advantage
of those less favored in that respect,
other things being equal; but ny
point is that the higher any young
man is educated at the schools, the
less likely he is to become farmer
The reasons i need not state, for
they must be obvious to every one;
and facts confirm this view. The
truth is, the young man who would
be farmer must learn his business
upon the farm, and he cannot learn
it anywhere else. What would you
think of young man who should
propose to learn the carpenters or
blacksmith's trade by studying
books, or taking college course?
You would say that the proper place
for him after certain preliminary |
studies had been attended to, would |
be at work under a master on the !
or at the forge. And so
with the farmer.
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Femininity at the Seaside.
Philadelphia Mirror.

Philadelphia Mirror.
There are every season, at Cape
May and Long Branch, women so
attired for the water that if, in
France, they ventured forth, they
would receive the stern attention of
the police. We recall the appear
auce OF a young married lady-a
lady admitted to society in Phila-
delphia-as she came from her bath
room one noon, at Cape May. She
had on the regulation stage tights,
from her waist down, and the body
of her dress fitted her as closely as
the legs, while her head was adorned
with . kull.cap of loud color and
trimmings, making her altogether
an object to startle the most eXpe-
rienced roue. She left nothing
whatever to the imagination. She
was less clothed than was ever the
Menken as Mazeppa; yet there was
no blush upon her cheek as she
gave her naked arm to the man
mot her husband) who went with
her into the intimacy of the surf.
This lady would have shuddered at
the mere thought of raising her
dress above hei knee to cross
Chestnut street, but she had no
shame in going, almost. nude into
the presence of hundreds of men,
women and children, and doing her
rSmcst by her manner and the ar
rangement of the little she did have
on, TO advertise her boldness,
Five years ago the feminine arms
and legs and busts were rs careful
ly kept from view at the seaside as
they were in the cities, tor we had
not yet reached the strange conclu
sion that there is one standard of
modesty for summer and another
Tor winter. Indeed, ladies were
more modest at the resorts. The |
city ball dress was always lavish in
its revelations, while the bathing |
costume concealed everything and |
suggested nothing, and even at |
night for the hop there was not the |
recklessness of the town ball dress. |
To-day nine women out of ten dis
card the old-stylc bathing costume |
and don the newsfangled one,
their legs in stockings or tights,
and, occasionally, even without Ell |
Their of these, with no other concern /
han when, as babes on the moth
er's lap, they kicked their plump
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Better than ouinine.

For speedy and certain cure of all
maIariaI diseases, no medicine has yet
been invented equal to DR.. G. z. Dun
cans celebrated Chill Tonic. 1t con-
tains no arsenic, strychnine or quinine
in any form; consequently it produces
none of the bad effects which so COM
monty result from the use of those min
eral and poisonous medicines. DR..
Duncan's Chill Tonic purifies and
builds up the impoverished blood, Civ
ing tone and strength to the whole sys-
tem-one bottle is equal to three dol
lars worth of quinine. For sale by
Grigsby 81 Anderson, Pulaski.
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to witness how 5000 chickens or
more (all orphaus) can be turned
out every six weeks, all the year
round. Spring chickens will no
longer be costly luxury at any
time of the year. There is such an
establishment now in successful
operation in a New Jersey town,
not far from New York, and the
operators say they can't turn out
chickens enough to supply the de-
mand. The New Jersey establish
ment lacks, however, the self-regu-
lating heating apparatus invented
bJ the St. Louis boys-a matter
that saves a good deal of labor and
expense, and valuable acquisition
in connection with the basiness.-
| Rural World.
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A little girl, aged three, went to
When, on her return, she was asked
what she thought of the baby, she
replied: at was a good baby; it
did not cry when the gentleman
washed it's head"
"Well, Ethel, dear" said an I'm
Gle to his littls five year CID niece,
"If you like your new toy, come
and put your arms around my neck
and give me a kiss" The little
maIded complied, but as she did
so she remarked: "Oh, uncle, how
l do spoil you"
A lecturer was explaining to a
little girl how a lobster cast his
shell. when he hat outgrown 1T
Said he: What do you do when
you have outgrown your clothes?
You cast them aside, do you notT'
ooh, no." replied the little girl
eve let out the tucks."
A little girl went timidly into a
store at Bellaire, Ohio, the other
morning, and asked the clerk how
many shoe strings she could get
for five cents. "How long do you
want them?" he asked. Il want
them to keep was the answer, in
a tone OF Slight surprise.
A pretty anecdote is told of a
little girl to whom the unseen
world is very real, "Where does |
God live, mammal" She asked one
evening after saying her prayers.
'He lives in heaven, my dear, in
,he celestial city, whose streets are
paved with gold "Oh, yes, /
know that mamma, but what is his
lumberr'
a little girl was drawing from a
ard pattern too difficult for her,
was making sad work
If it and getting very tired. Her
mother told her she had better lay
hat aside and take a more simple {
me. She turned with great
and said: Mamma,
Iidn't God. when he created the
7orld, finish one thing before he
on another2" She was
Did that he did. "WeIl," she said, !
then I'm going to-" Il
A.little boy, four yeals old, hay
lg often been told it was wrong to y
six for anything at the table, was I
own at dessert. After patiently
aiting for some time without be- {
~ noticed he exclaimed: "Mam- f,
Ia, please may / have an orange il
don't aak for it?'' "Yes dear" T
as the reply. But after n consid
rable interval the little fellow, not
citing his orange, again addressed
is mother With: please mamma {.
m not asking for an orange" A
his time he was duly rewarded. II
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The business OF chicken or poul-
try raising is likely to become com
pletely revolutionized within the
next year or two. A chicken fac
tory of the most successful pattern
is now in existence in St. Louis
county. The gentlemen conduct
ing it have been quietly at work
for the past few years. perfecting a
self-regulating lamp which furnish
es The heat for the lDcubating pro
cess. II short time the patent
applied for will be furnished, and
then the public will be invited out
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-06-24

A demure, diminutive girl, aged
Is, is under arrest in Philadelphia
for higamy. Sac has three living
husbands, all of whom she has mar
ried within two years. When
asked why she had done this she
said: "rhey were all good fellows,
and they coaXed me so.'
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Special Notice.

To all persons who are troubled with
old ulcers, boils, cuts, burns, piles ring
worm, letter, frost bite, chapped lips or
hands, and all eruptiOns OF the skin can
be cured, instantly, by using DIR. c. p.
Duncan's Ointment with carboic acid,
possessing the most wonderful healing
power of any salYe that has ever been
made, and so pronounced by all who
have used it. Its effects are like magic.
Horses with sore backs, shoulders, or
scratches cured instantly. Try it.
For sale by Grigsby 81 Anderson,
south side square, Pulaski.
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1t is wonderful what fools boys
are. A charming widow of our
city owns a nice boy, and a man
from ST. Paul wants TO be ap-
pointed deputy father to the lad.
1t was only last Sunday that while
the ST. Paul man was strolling
down Chestnut street with the lad,
he asked: "Bub, does your mamma
bang her hair?" and that foolish
boy answered, "Oh. no, but you
ought to see her bang dads head.
Guess the minister didn't know ev-
cry thing when he told pa to pre-
pare to die. Prepare! why he was
aching to die"