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AND USEFUL INFORMATION.
Progress Of Horticulture.

The following is an extract from
an address delivered in Boston, by
the Hon. Marshall p Wilder, be-
fore the Massachusetts, Agricultural
Club:
My friends, l have lived to see
great advances and improvements
in the agricultural AID hCrticultur-
al world. When l commenced the
cultivation of the sod there were
very few agricultural societies in
our land, and not one horticultural
society on the continent. Now
they are spread over our country,
and there are on record in the De-
partlnent of Agriculture at Wash
ington the names OF fourteen hun
dred such associations
Fifty years ago the products of
our soil were scarcely worthy of q
place in the statistics of our indus
try; now our exports of these
amount to nearly six hundred mil
lions Of dollars annually, and our
western granaries are treasure
houses upon which the world may
draw to make up their deficiencies.
Then the supplies of fruits were
limited to a few varieties and few
weeks in use. Now our markets
abound with fruits for ali seasons
Of the year Then the only straw
berry in our market was the wild
strawberry from the field, and for
only a short time. Now we have
this delicious fruit, by transporta-
ton, for two or three months, and
in such quantities that we have re-
ceived from the city of Norfolk,
Va, 16, 900 bushels in single sea
son; and so great has been the in
terest in this fruit, that my register
contains the names of more than
three hundred and fifty kinds of
strawberries which have been under
cultivation in my day.
Then there were no American
grapes cultivated in our gardens,
except here and there vine of the
Catawba and Isabella. Now there
are nearly a hundred varieties of
the American grapes under Guilt
walton IN our land, and the grapes
may be had for six months in the
year; and so extensive are our vine
yards that an order tor our Ameri-
can wines for 100000 gallons has
been received from Europe. Then
the cultivation of the pear was linn
tied to few varieties. Since then
the gardens Of Manning, Hovey and
Wilder have embraced more than
eight hundred varieties of this no
BILE fruit. Then no exports of fruit
of any note had been made; now
Boston alone has shipped to other
places half million barrels of fruit
in a year, and the export of apples
from this country has amounted to
SO, 100000 in a year.
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Fashion Notes.


Bonnet ties are fastened at the
back in a donble bow with two
ends.
Suits of blue chambray, in
stripes and plain stuff, are exceed
ingly pretty.
Paris satin looks like old-fash-
Toned glossy poplin and is very
handsome.
Steel embroidery is initiated on
black silk by trimmings of slate col
ored beads.
Eighty one yards of silver braid
is not considered too much to
trim q new gown.
Newest of all dolmans is that
which has tue sleeve form replaced
by lace embroidered IN jet.
New petticoats have lace fiounces
alternating with jaconet in Sec
tions embroidered in bright colors.
Polka dotted bunting and polka
dotted camePs hair are new stuffs
that are pronounced pretticr than
cashmere.
Velvet brocaded grenadines in
heliotrope color combine the at
fractions of fashionable tint and
an elegant material
Pretty colored cambrics with
white polka dots are made up for
young girls. The proper trimmin g
is Russian braid or Smyrna lace.
Handkerchiefs will be worn over
the shoulders this summer, but
they will not be of bingham like
those OF fishermen's wives, but of
foulard.
White hats faced with black vel
vet and trimmed with the same ma
terial mixed with white grenadine,
and frightened by a very little
rlumage, are considered elegant.
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LADIES COLUMN.
His Mothers Bow.

In one of the public schools Of
Ban Francisco, a few days ago, a
youth bubbling over with high
spirits violated long-established
rule, and was summoned to the bar
of judgment. With many sobs
and tears he confessed the soft i'm
parchment. Have your mother
call tomorrow" the teacher re-
marked with awful and ominous
significance. His maternal ances-
tor appeared on the following day,
and, after being duly and publicly
informed of the fragrant breach Of
discipline her son had been guilty
of, was requested TO say if she
would punish him herself or have
the teacher attend to the matter.
She preferred the latter, of course,
and urged that the blows be well
laid on. The next day was APP
pointed for the hagellation. At the
usual hour for such unpleasant af-
fairs, the youth was summoned to
the front. He came with hang-dog
look and some trepidation An
Grafton on youthful frivolities hav
ing been daily delivered, the boy
was ordered to extend his hand
beneath an appraised ruler. He re-
fused, and in accordance with the
usual custom in such cases, was
spread across the teachers knees,
and the punishment was admins
tered i'll another quarter than the
one originally intended. For some
unexplainable reason the most ener-
getic blows fell without the desired
effect. A consultation of male
teachers ensued, and the offender
was conducted to a private room
and his wardrobe subjected to a
rigid examination. On the interior
of his bifurcated garment, at a To-
cality of great strateglcal impor
lance in such an emergency, was a
thick flannel baby's frock securely
attached. "Who sewed that on?'
demanded the principal in a voice
of thunder. "My mother" an
swered the boy, with broken sobs.
The teachers hurriedly consulted
again, instructed the boy never to
reveal the circumstance, and sent
him in to his studies. Somehow
the matter leaked out.
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Every good house wife knows
that an iron kettle used for heating
water, that holds lime in solution,
will in a short time become coated
with that substance. This being a
poor conductor of heat. it will of
course take u longer time to heat
the water than when the kettle was
new. Copper or tin vessels do not
become coated with lime. The rea-
son is that iron has an affinity for
lime, while the other metals have
not. Bat this affinity can I've over
come by. coating tue inner surface
of the vessel with a compound of
fannie acid and iron which is insolu-
BILE in water, and will not precipi-
tate lime. This is easily DONE
Take a new tca-kettle and put a
handful OF new bark into it, fill it
with water and keep it boiling for
Two or three hours, filling it from
time to time as the water boils
away. The iron will get a jet black
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Her Old Dress.

All! do you know how much
courage a woman needs who makes
up her mind to be always plainly
dressed; you do not know what
innumerable and irresistible temp
tations she is obliged to resist every
moment. To be wise with regard
to dress is to be sublime. To pass
by an attn active shop and see hung
in the. window a fascinating toilet
that eXcites your admiration; to
devour this charming prey with
your eyes; to build all kind of cas-
ties in Spain with regard to it; to
dress yourself IN your mind
with its coquettish laces, its gay rib
bons, and to say to yourself, 81
will put two Tosettes in my hair,
and white ribbon will do for the
scarf, and l will use the lace for
waist and sleeves" and then sud
denly to tear yourself from such
culpable thoughts, TO reproach
yourself about them as though you
had been committing a crime, and
then to fly courageously and heart
broken away from the temptation
without even asking its price.
This requires more strength in sou
than to wage in terrible combats.
A remark which we heard the other
day, made with a stoical resigna-
ton and humility, seemed to us to
equal the grandest words of the
Spartan and Roman he
roines: A woman was going to
ball, to a magnificent fete, and she
was busy selecting materials for
her dress from a quantity of soft,
shimmering silky .stuffs, which her
eyes were devouring with delight.
She asked the price of them; it was
very high. Then pushing them
sadly away with the tips of her fin
gers, she said, with a sigh; cts
too dear-I will wear my old dressr"
My ola dress Do you feel how
much sad resignation lies under
those words? 1t is enough to bring
tears to ones eyes.
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Vennor at it Again.

Mr.. Henry @. Vennor comes for
ward again with his direful prophe-
cies of storms, heat, cold, etc. His
letter is dated at Montreal, May Is,
and in it he says: 81 believe that
June will be an intensely hot month
on the whole, but the end of the
present month, and probably the
first of June, will be fall like with
frosts again. July will be a terri
bic month tor storms, with terms OF
intense heat, but another fall like
relapse, with frosts, will in all like
lihood, occur a few days before the
Goth. l fear the storms of thunder
and hail will be of unusual severity
during July. 1 must claim the veri-
fication OF my prediction relative to
a cold wave, with frosts, over a
large portion of the United States
between the 10th and 10Th of Nav.
The relapse toward the close OF the
present month will be more severe
than that just past
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Our Young People
MADE UP FROM THE BEST CLIPPINGS.
The Small Boy Meets a Bald-headed
Nav

The other day lady, accompa-
MED by her son, very small boy,
boarded a train at Little Rock.
The woman had a carewoln express
sion hanging over her face like a
latter ed veil, and many of the rap
id questions asked by the boy were
answered by unconscious signs.
MA said the boy, '-that man 8
like baby, amt he" pointing to
bald headed man sitting just in
front of them.
"Hrsh'
"Why must l hushy
After few moments silence MA
what's the matter with that man
head?"
"Hush, 1 tell you. He's bald
whats bald?'
"His head hasn't got any hair on
it,"
"Did it come OFF,
II guess So"
"Will mine come off?'
"Sometimes, maybe
Then I'll be bald, won't IY'
Eyes"
"Will you care?"
Don't ask SO many questions. !"
After another silence the boy
exclaimed,
ma, look at that fly on that
mans head"
eff you don't hush I'll whip you
when we get home"
Look! There's another fly. Look
at 'em fight; look at 'em!"
"Madam," said the man, putting
aside a newspaper and looking
around. whats the matter with
that young hyena?'
The woman bIushed, stammered
out something, and attempted to
smooth back the boys hair.
zone fly, two fly, three flies"
said the boy innocently, foil LOVING
with his eyes basket OF oranges
carried by the newsboy.
Here, you young hedge hog"
said the baldheaded man, ''if you
don't hush I'll have the conductor
put you off tho train"
The poor woman, not knowing
what else to do, boxed the boys
ears and then gave him an orange
to keep him from crying.
Ma, have got red mark on my
head?"
I'm slap you again If you don't
hush"
Mister said the boy, after a
short silence. "does it hurt to be
bald headed"
"Youngster," said the man, "if
you'll keep quiet, Pll give you a
quarter"
The boy promised, and the mon
ey was paid over.
The man took up his paper and
resumed his reading.
This is my baId-headed money!"
said the boy. "When 1 get bald
headed I'm going to give boys mon
ey. Mister have all bald headed
men got money!"
The annoyed man threw down
his paper, arose and exclaimed:
Madame, hereafter when you trav-
ell, leave that young gorilla at
home. Hitherto always thought
that the old prophet was very cruel
for calling the she bears to kill
children, for making sport of his
head, but now l am forced to be
lieve he did a christian act. II
your boy had been in the crowd he
would have died first. If l can't
find another seat on this train I'll
ride on the cowcatcher rather than
remain here"
''The bald headed man is gone,"
said the boy, and the woman leaned
back and blew a tired sigh from
her lips.
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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. G. =.
Duncan's Ointment with carbolic 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 & Anderson,
south side square, Pulaski.
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Talk Around 1T.

An old lawyer was giving this ad
vice to his son, who was just enter
upon the practice of his father
profession.
"My son." said the counsellor,
'if you have case where the law is
clearly upon your side, but justice
seems against you, urge upon the
court and jury the vast Importance
Of sustaining the law. Ii on the
other hand, you are in doubt about
the law, but your clients case is
founded in justice. insist on the ne
cessity of doing justice, though the
heavens fall."
But asked the son, show shall
i manage case where both law and
justice are dead again st me-"
SIN that case, my son. talk round
it, talk round it!'
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order, a comfortable kitchen sup
piled with stove, tables and conven
fences for keeping everything in its
place; these and other things which
q little thought and labor will pro.
vide, will save the inmates of the
home a thousand annoyances, and
help tc make the labors of the
house lighter and more cheerful. A
contented spirit and ingenious
hands will make any home pleasant
and attractive.
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John and HIS wonderful Ways.

Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle.
The Chinese utilize most every
thing that comes along. This was
strikingly illustrated yesterday dur
ing the gale. While bouiders as
big as pumpkins were flying through
the air and waterpipes were being
ripped out of the ground, All OLD
ChinamaD, with spectacle on Eis
nose, was observed in the eastern
part of town seated on a knoll
calmly flying his kite-an iron
shutter, with log-chaln for tail.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-06-17
Better than Ouinine.

For speedy and certain cure of all
malarial diseases, no medicine has yet
been invented equal to DR.. G. T. 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 & Anderson, Pulaski.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-06-17

TRY DIR. G. 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
on the liver as well as blue mass or CALI
omel. (Warranted). Try them.
For sale by Grigsby q Anderson, south
side square. Pulaski.
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made God growl so!

A boy OF four, taken to church
for the first time, lIsteaed to the
organ for few moments and then
said: when will the organ u an
let the monkey outY'
1t was little fellow who had 20
live and learn who asked his mother
bees had splinters in their tails
when his bare feet came down upon
a yellow hornet.
Ada Jagged four) who was dong
something, and was told to desist
by her mother. Mother-"Ada,
am 1 to speak to you againT
Ada-"Yes ma, you may if you
like
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On Satnrdav. Lnne 26th- ESQ
Chancery Sale of Land
Ri Anderson VS. Ed F Everly.

PURSUANT to decree of the Chancery
i Court of Giles county in the above cause
affirmed by the Supreme Court of Tennessee
in the above Cause viii sell,
On Saturday, July Sd, 1880,
at public sale, to the highest bidder. at the
court house door in Pulaski, on a credit of
6 and II months, with interest from the day
of sale and subject to the equity of redemp.
ton, the tract of land mentioned in the
Pleadings, situated in the 9Th civil district of
Giles county, on the waters of Richland
creek, containing Sc acres, more or less.
Purchaser required to execute notes with
approved personal security, and lien will
be retained upon the land until the purchase
money is paid. Sale at II 80 o'clock.
june3-td j B. STACY, G.. q NJ.
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Stop That Pain.

Cramp Collie, Diarrh9a, Flux and all
affections of the Stomach and Bowels
can be relieved by using DR.. DuncdR'S
Lininaent. 1t never fails to cure Head
ache, Toothache, Rheumatism, Neural
gia, sprains and bruises in man. Horses
with collie, bolts or sweeny can be
cured instantly. For sale by Grigsby &
Anderson, south side square, Pulaski.
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Children CFY

For DIR. Duncan's Worm Syrup-it is
sure, safe and pleasant to take, and
never fails. Try it. For sale by Grigs-
by & Anderson, South side square, Pu-
laski.
VIM. Litterer & Co., Nashville, are
wholesale agents for all of DIR. DLncan's
preparations. nov20-6m
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A two-dollar pig suit has been en-
gaging the attention of the Pamela
county court, and already the costs
for court fees have reached one
hundred dollars. The case, how
ever, is not yet settled, and has
been changed u another district.
Farmers should avoid law suits OF
every description. and especially of
such a petty nature as the above,
whenever they can. 1t is better to
pay out few dollars and compro-
mise suit rather than run the risk
of paying out larger amount of
money or property at stake. Even
though the claim may be regarded
as unjust, still it is frequently bet
ter to compromise at the beginning,
than to have to pay so much in
court and lawyer fees, and run the
risk of loosing the case in the end.
i Southern Live Stock Journal.
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coat of tannate of iron and will be
proof against lime Care must be
taken that the kettle does not boil
dry and become heated to redness.
A heat below that point will de
stroy the coating. If the lime can
be fully removed from an old tea
kettle it can be coated in the same
manner as a new one, but will re-
quire a longer time, and perhaps it
will be necessary to repeat the boil
ing two or three times Indians
Farmer.
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The Little Peoria.

"Oh, pa!' cried a little fellow
upon seeing q trout for the first
time. Its got the measles, hasn't
itr'
When a Quincy little girl noticed
the thunder for the first time, she
innocently asked her mother what
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-06-17

Miss Mary Anderson gave 238
performances during her dramatic
season, which began September s,
1879, at Utica, and ended May s,
1880, at Portland. The total re
ceipts were $242,617. Miss Ander-
sons profits amount to $4,000.
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The dishcloth should never be
used to wipe the floor, and napkins
are for table use and not for wip-
ing dishes. 1t is better not to use
silver spoons tor scrapIng out iron
kettles, and no economical and
thoughtful housewife will allow the
dishcloth to be used as a buster, or
the new broom to sweep the back
yard, or the best enameled sauce
pan to melt down snow.
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Land Sale.

DURSUANT to an order of the honorable
County Court of Giles county in the
cause of G W Smith ct al VS. James Thomas,
Carroll ct al, l will, at the court house door
in Pulaski.
On Saturday, June Goth, 1880,
sell to the highest bidder, certain tract of
land lying in the 18th civil district of Giles
county on the waters of Big Creek and Rich
land Creek, and known as the dover tract
of the late Nancy Carroll.
TERMS-Credit of one and two years;
notes with good security required bearing
interest from date, and a lien retained on
the land for the payment of the purchase
money. 2. H. EZELL, Clerk.
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|" Here you are reading a
paper again. asuspR'
National Republican., 1880-10-04
NEW POBLICATIoNs.

Bricks WITHOUT STRAW" byA. w. Tour.
goethe advance sheets Of this new story,
by the author Of the Fools Errand," have
boon received. The work IL written in the same
spirit MS the first of Judgo Tourgeo's efforts.
and deals with the problems which separate the
north aud south aud make IL almost impossible
for them to understand and comprehend each
other. Tho work is powerfully written, Of great
dramatic interest with well sustained char.
acters whose purposes and fortunes command
our attention from first to last. Some of the
scenes are specially exciting and ii is q long
time since we have read any thing more strange
vivid aud new than the chapter relating the
encounter between Dcsmit, the gray, long.
haired, spirited scccssionist, and u party Of
ShermOus buinmcrs, who volunteered to
escort aud introduce him 10 that commander.
The book will have an extended circulation.
The thirty.sccond number of "Golden
Days" has reached us, and it has the same val.
liable, entertaining and instructive reading
as contained in the initial number. The
Young Pioneer" Is the title of n new story
commenced with this issue, and it will be
no doubt popular reading with the youth of
our land, TO whom We commend each and every
number of Golden Days.
LIEUTENANT GREEN oil the engineer corps
has given to the American public two exceed.
iugly readable books on the Turkish Russian
war. The last one, comprising a series of
sketches Of army life and the social and po.
litcal aspects of Russia will be interesting and
instructive to all who are desirous of acquir.
ing correct idea ofl and society in this great
empire. He deals with the heads Of the Rus.
sian army beginning with the car in very
genial, courtier-ike way. His criticisms are
of u character not TO offend, even where he
cannot praise. In fact, If Mr.. Green goes TO
Russia again soon, none Of his military ac-
quaintances will be less friendly than before.
His book is by no means u great intellectual
effort, but 1t serves the purpose ofintroducng
us pleasantly, with the giving Of some insight
into their characters to several of the chief
commanders of the Russian forces. OF Skobe.
left lie writes in terms of unstinted praise.
He deems him the military genius Of Russia,
who will ere long rank with tho great sol
diors of this century-Wellington, Napoleon,
Won Moltke and Grant We cordially recon-
mend this work to the reading public. We
think our army had very excellent, manly
representative in Lieutenant Green.
National Republican., 1880-10-04

name; he has been elected member Of the
leading club, and is about to contract an ALI.
ance with Il young lady belonging to one Of
the first families of Krasnqiarsk His dinner
parties arc attended 10y the chief official per.
sonages and local notabiites; ladies of the
best society flock to his evening receptions,
and accept tho splendid presents with which
he judiciously courts their favor aud social
countenance. 1t is proposed by a committee
OF KrasnOiarsk tonnes to present him upon
his wedding day with a wreath of laurel, oak
leaves aud roses. Altogether, for convicted
misdemeannnt, undergoing sentence Of baush-
mcnt, ho appears to be leading an uncom.
mony pleasant life. Not so the thousands of
his dupes who, having trusted their fortunes
to his keeping, suffered total ruin at his
hands, London Telegraph.