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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
Dust On Your Glasses.

Ldon't often put on my glasses
to examine Katy's work, but one
morning, not long since, l did so
upon entering room she had been
sweeping.
"Did you forget to open the win
dows when you swept, KatyP l
inquired; "this room is very dusty"
II think there is dust OF your
eye glasses ma'am," she said mod
estly.
And sure enough the eye glasses
were at fault, and not Katy. l
rubbed them off, and everything
looked bright and clean, the carpet
like new, and Katy's face said:
81 am glad it was the glasses, and
not me, this time"
This has taught me q good les
son, said to myself upon leaving
the room. and one l shall remem Der
through life.
In the evening Katy came tC me
with some kitchen trouble. i he
cook had done so and so and 50
had said so and so. When her
story was finished, | said, smil-
iDgly:
7sThere is dust on your glasses,
Katy; rub them of, and you will
see better"
She understood me and left The
room.
| told the incident to the chill
dren, and it is quite common to
hear them say to each other:
80, the, e is dust on your glasses"
Sometimes l am referred to:
Mamma, Harry has dust on his
glasses, can't he rub it off?'
When l hear person criticisiug
another, coDdemning, perhaps, a
course of action he knew nothing
about, drawing differences prejudl-
cial to the person or persons, l
think right away, there's dust on
your glasses; rub it of" The
truth is, every body wears these
very same glasses, only the dust is
a little thicker on some than on
others, anu needs q little harder
rubbing to get it of.
l SAID this to John oae day. some
little matter coming up that called
forth The rem ark: There are
some persons L wish would begin to
rub. tn n" said he. There is
M So and So, anu Mrs. SO and 50;
they are always ready TO pick at
some one. to slur, to hint don
know, | don't ike item
Il think iay son john has wee
bit on his glasses just now"
He laughed and asked:
"What Is q body to do?'
keep your own well rubbed up,
and you will not know whether Qua
ars need it or not"
Il Will, he replied.
l think as family, we are ali
Jroliting by that little incident, an d
through life will never forget the
n Gaming OF "There is dust on your
,lasses. "-Obseryer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
THE DRoUTH OF 1919.
No Rain from Early Summer t
Middle of January.

Last week a correspo Ddent of the
Courier Journal il tervie wed an old
shaker of Mercer county in regard
to the great drouth of 1919, and
writes as follows:
AT Pleasant Hill l coRyersed
with an intelligent and pious Shs-
ker, who held to the doctrine of
final perseverance in his undying
faith in the goodness of Go !, in not
suffering a total failure of crops to
occur. He was young man III
1919, the year of the great drouth,
when from early summer TO the mid
die OF January there was no rain,
when the air was hot and dry, when
the clouds refused to form and DE
condensed into showers, when the
dew point was not seen, when the
stagnant pools of water in the
creeks ana branches became so
thoroughly carbonized and MAS
miferous that the cattle died, and
all vegetation was utterly parched
up and apparently destroyed.
During that Terrible drouth the
cattle became afflicted with the "hot
weather itch, and thou sands died,
literally tearing the skin from
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
EMPLOYMENT
FOR ALL.
70 Sell A HOUSEHOLD ARTICLE

THE poor as we'll as the rich, the old as
l. well as the young, the wife as we'll as the
husband, the young maiden a. we'll as the
young man, the girl well the boy, may
just IS we'll earn a few dollars in honest en-
ployment, as TO sit around the house and
wait for others TO earn it for than. We can
give you employment all the time, or during
your spare hours only; travelling or in your
own neighborhood among your friends and
acquaintance. Ifyou do not care for en-
ployment, We can impart valuable informa-
ton TO you free of cost. II will cost you on
ly one cent for postal card to write for our
prosT ectus, and 1t may be the means of max
ing you good many dollars.
Do not neglect this opportunity. You do
not have TO invest n large sum ofmoney and
run great risk OF losing it. You will read
lily see that it will be an easy matter to make
from $40 to 500 week and establish lu-
crAtive and independent business, honora-
BILE, straitforward and profitable. Attend to
this matter NOW, for there Is MONEY IN
1T for all who engage with US. We will sur
prise you and you will wonder why you
never wrote TO us before. We send full par
ticulars free. Address
sep22-6m BUCKEYE MFG CO.,
Name this pRper.) Marion, Ohio.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

three bulletins day and unlimited
chin to become one of the leading
physicians of the country. / sup
pose if 1 take all that stuff up there
shall be born again, and see the
next centennial. What does that
bone saving, blistering old ape
know about the future, any way?
How can he tell whether I'll have
another attack or not9 Perhaps he
will tell you the name of your next
husband, and the color of his hair,
for 10 cents. Perhaps he is dod
gasted spiritualist. What's that2"
Cruel" said Mrs. Spoopendyke.
"Gruel, always gruel,' said Mr..
Spoopendyke, turning his face to
the wall. do you imagine I'm a
Sheltering Arms and st. Johns
Guild excursion thrown into one?
Why don't you tie bib around my
neck, get me a rubber to chew on,
and put valise in my hand2"
"But the doctor says you must
not eat solid food just at pres"
90, I'm not to eat solid food"
said Mr.. Spoopendyke. kicking vi
ciously at the foot board. "a diet
of cannon balls and scrap iron won't
agree with me. 1t won't do for me
TO attempt diges:ing steel rails and
bridge girders. He thinks they
wouldn't agree with me, does he?
The measley old rattle braIned pow
der mixer. Here, give me that
stuff" and Mr.. Spoopendyke
knocked the bowl out of his wife's
hands, spilling the contents over
the bed clothes. There, now, sup
pose you are satisfied" he said,
squirming over towards the wall,
and digging his face Into the pillow,
while Mrs. Spoopendyke gathered
up the pieces and said it was SO for
tunate the bowl was Only earthen
ware Brooklyn Eagle.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
No DangerOf Famine.

The Cincinnati Gazette, of last
Saturday, says: people who by
reason of the damage to the crops
may be apprehensive OF a short sup
ply Of breadstufIs will be comforted
that there is no danger of famine.
The elevators at Chicago are full to
OVERLOOKING. Storage for grain IS
not obtainable. In Baltimore the
elevators are full and miles of rail
way cars filled with grain are on
side tracks. In Cincinnati storage
il elevators or grain warehouses is
not to be had, and railway cars have
been here weeks unable to unload.
Furthermore corn was handled
here yesterday that was five years
old, AT stations on railroads
leading to this city corn is being
brought in that is two and three
years old. Farmers who held over
wheat and corn because of low
prices have struck 8 good market,
and we are informed that current
receipts would be much larger
than they ale but tor the scarcity of
storage and the inability of railroads
to furnish transportation. There is
q large surplus from the fat years
that have preceded this lean one;
besides farmers will realize fat
prices, while the people will have
plenty to eat and the European de
fciency will be supplied.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
HEALTH rs WEALTH

DR. E. C. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
~ Treatment, a specific for Hysteria Dir
illness, Commissions, Nervous Headache, Men
tai Depression, Loss Of Memory sperrna-
toIrhGa, Impotency, Involuntary Emissions
Premature Old Age, caused by ovcr-exertion.
self abuse, or over indulgence, which leads
to misery, decay and death. One box viii
curs recent cases. Each box contAing one
months treatment. Ono dollar box, or ak
boxes for five dollars; sent BY mail prepaid
on receipt of price. We guarantee six boxes
TO cure any case. With each order received
by US for six boxes, accompanied with Eve
dollars, we will send the purchaser our writ
ten guarantee 10 retuTn the money IL tho
treatment does not effect cure. Guarantees
issued only when the treatment il ordered
direct from us. Address JOHN c. WEST q
co. Sole Projectors, lsl and ls8 W Nadi-
son Street, Chicago, III. Sold by all drug
gists. sepl-ly
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$500 REWARD.

WE will pay the above reward for any case
w of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick
Headache Indigestion, Constipation or Cos =
tiveness we cannot cure with Vests Vegeta-
bic Liver Pills, whom the directions are
strictly complied with. Thoy are purely
Vegetable, and neser fail TO give satisfaction.
Sugar Coated. Large boxes, containing 30
pills, % cents. For sale by al druggist 49,
Beware Of eounterfeits and imitat ons The
genuine manufactured only by JOHN G.
WEST 81 CO., Tho Pill Makers" ISL and
lss W. Madison St, Chicago. Free tri.
package sent BY mail prepaid on receipt of
3 cent stamp. sepl-ly
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
Love Requited After Many
DAYS,

A touching story of tender love
comes to US from a town not many
miles from this place.
A beautiful young girl became
engaged to a gallant Union officer.
AT the close of the war he went to
California to seek his fortune. She
ignored all advances from scores of
suitors and patiently awaited his
return, feeling confidence in his
keeping true to her. So the years
passed, and even a few gray hairs
began to show themselves among
her brown tresses, while her friends
no longer pitied but ridiculed her
for refusing all advances from other
desirable sources.
Lately her fidelity was rewarded.
The lover of her girlhood has re
turned from California, bronzed,
bearded, and a millionaire, with a
wife and twins Eve. Wisconsin.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

Many farmers live uneasy and
disconnected lives, for the reason
they imagine that while they are
toiling hard for living merchant is
and the various classes of specula-
tors are easily amassing fortunes.
They do not see all of the inside
workings of the world of trade.
Take Chicago as 8 sample of pros
porous cities, in which 1t is sup
posed to be easy to get rich. Yet
it is positively stated that in the
past eleven years fifty out of every
100 business meI of Chicago have
failed. And the history of the
whole commercial and mercantile
world shows that ninety seven out
of every hundred men engaged in
general mercantile pursuits in the
course of their lives fail in success
of sharp competition,
financial pressure or panics, and
forced to suspend, bankrupt, put
their property in the hands of their
friends, or their wives, to prevent it
from being snatched from them by
creditors.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
A Problem.

Three trains are placed on line
of road AGO miles long, train at
each end and one In the center.
They all start to run at II o'clock
one of the trains at the end of
the line rurs at the rate of 40 miles
an hour toward the center, the one
at the other end at the rate of 80
miles an hour. The center train
starts from the center of the lin e
and runs in the direction of the
slower train, distance of 8 miles
and then turns back and runs 10
miles and reverses and continues so
to run backwards and forwards
over the 10 miles, at the rate OF 80
miles an hour until collision takes
place. How long a time will it take
for a collision and at what point on
the line will it be and which one of
the extreme trains will collide with
the center one, and will it be front
or rear strike?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

their sides and backs in their fran
tic efforts to scratch themselves 10
relieve the intolerahle itching
Deer and horses died With black
tongue; fowls and birds became
listless and stupefied, mOped in de
spair, lost their plumage and died
in utter misery. Men, women and
children grew sick with disappoint
ed hopes for the healing showers,
drinking the foul carbonized water
and eating dusty food, and many
died OF disease not known before
or since. Maddened with the in
tolerable itch and frantrIc with eat
ing the dry and desiccated grass,
deprived of all nutritive elements
by the long drouth, the cattle,
sheep and horses roamed over the
fields and through the forests, moan
ing and bowling or paving the
earth IN impotent rage. Added to
these horrors the fields aid forests
took fire and burned for weeks and
months. The air was filled with
smoke and ashes, producing anoth
er horror in the shape of some
form of ophthalmia that was almost
intolerable.
Fresh vegetables were soon ex
hausted, the cattle were too dis
eased to be used for food, water
was scarce and unfit to drink, fires
were raging, and the whole popu
lation afflicted with disease in some
shape. This state of things lasted
until the middle of January, when
the blessed rain and the really
beautiful snow came and saved the
country from utter annihilation.
The gentle Shaker had feared
that such another dread season was
beginning; that the water was again
becoming carbonized and impreg |
mated with deletericus and earthly |
salts and other constituents from
dead insects, aphidians, batra
chians, intusoria and rOtting ma |
malta. At this very time the good
Shaker did not know that cattle and
horses we're. dying in some parts
of Illinois with a disease similar in
many respects to that be described
III SO graphic manner and starting
under circumstances so similar.
| felt really alarmed at his vivid
of the "hot-weather
itch" from a personal knowledge of
the ravages perpetrated upon the
human hand by the bite of single
His description of the erysipela-
tous black tongue was equally dis
Jressing, and l shall never forget
his terse and torcible language as
he ueplcted these horrors.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

A butchers boy, carrying tray
on his shoulders, accidently struck
it against a lady's head, and nearly
knocked her hat of. fThe deuce
take the tray" cried the lady in
passion. MADAM" said the boy
gravely. THE deuce cannot take
the tray
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
Technical Knoxville.

A two-foot rule was given to la
borer in Clyde boat-yard to meas
ure an iron plate. The laborer not
being well up to the use of the rule,
after spending considerable time re
turned.
"Now, Mick" asked the platter,
''what size Is the plste?"
"Well," replied Mick, with grin
of satisfaction, sit is the length of
your rule and two thumbs over,
with this piece of brick and the
breadth of my hand and my arm
from here to there, bar a finger. y
I London Punch.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

HAVING been appointed administrator Of
Il The estate Of John F. Simpson, dec d,
notice Is hereby given all persons indebted
70 the estate 70 como forward and settle
without delay and thus save costs. Persons
holding claims against the estate VAL present
them 70 " 9.
sepl5-4ts A. L. KING, Admir-.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
~Si.ooo REWARD.

LlJk any case Of Bind, Bleeding. itching,
II liberated OF Protfnding PILES that
DeBinG's Pile Remedy fails 20 euro. Pre-
pared by j. p. Miller, NJ. D., 9is Arch Street
Philadelphia, Penn. None genuine without
his signature. Send for circular. All drug
gists OF general stores have IL o. viii get Il
for you. al. Sold in Pulaski BY u, NJ.
CRlGSBY, Druggist. Augls-st
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

MILL G. FACTORY SUPPLIES
OF ALL KINDS. BELTING. HOSE
end PACKING, OILS, PUMPS ALL
KINDS, IRON PIPE, FITTINGS,
BRASS GOODS, STEAM GAUGES,
ENGINE GOVERNORS, &c. Send for
Price-Iist. w. n. DILLINGHAM; & CO.
AL Main Street, LOUISVILLE, ky.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

A sweet, lovely, girl, who does
not neglect her home duties and
who is interesting and amlable in
society, is properly filing her desti
ny. There is no higher place for
her to fill, save to become the wife
of some true hearted man who loves
hpr
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

We have seen ladies who were in
sufferably shocked at the sight of a
man in his shirt sleeves; and their
own arms were bare almost to the
shoulders Women are strange
creature.-Boston Transcript.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

A news item says: Queen Vic
toria intends to bestow the vacant
garter upon King Alfonso" That
is the only kind that man can
fool with safely.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
21O ACRES.

$50 acres cleared, 1875 acres in bluegrass and
clover, IS acres under cultivation, under
good fence, plenty of stock water. The i'm
frame dwelling containing six rooms, togeth-
or with all necessary outhouses, and splendid
apple and peach orchard.
These farms are sltusted near Pisgah
church seven miles east of Pulaski, surround
ed by rich and populous country.
The farm viii be divided into tracts TO
suit purchasers,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

"Had drank" is not good Eng
fish grammer, says high authori-
ty. 1t certainly is not. WAS
drunk" is better grammer and
more in accordance with the facts,
nine times out of ten.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
800 ACRES.

400 acres of it in rich bluegrass, le0 acres
ullable land. As acres in timber, 20 acres in
meadow and acres in apple orchard. 1t has
splendid improvements, two-story dwelling
good outhouses, large hay barn, good fene-
ing, varieties fruits, apples, peaches, pears,
grapes, etc. An abundance of running water
convenient for stock.
n .
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
A Simple Cholera Cure.

alt is sin," said the late Rev.
DR.. William Tracy, who spent be
whole of his ADULT life as a mission
airy in India, and who had expert
ence of many hundreds of cases of
cholera, "tor any one to die Of chol-
era. If at the first premonityry
symptoms he lies down at once and
submits to a treatment, the princi-
pal part of which consists of pa
tIent and persistent rubbing of the
abdomen, to be kept up even after
apparent collapse has occurred, he
is certain to recover"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

A good churchman was com
menting at the breakfast table on
the conduct of one of the yestry,
when he was suddenly interrupted
by his hopeful, aged seven, ex-
claiming: Papa, why don't you
pull down your vestrymen?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

A bridal couple from Washoe val
ley, at breakfast in a Reno hotel,
cOnversed as follows: He-"Shall
skin you a pertater, honey?" She
mo, thank you, DEAR, l have one
already skun."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
SEH HHRE.
TO THOSE WHO WANT
Bee Hives, Honey ExtractorS

smokers, Wire Hats, Itslian Queens, or any
thing that is used in the ApiAry should apply
TO me. Il may be that you want to build a
house, II so can furnish Ceiling, Flooring
Notwithstanding, etc. Send for Price List.
Orders promptly filed. J.B. BRAY,
feblo-u Near Lynnyills, Tenu.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
Garfield and tie Nation.

In his admirable inaugural ad
dress President Garfield said: "The
nation is resolutely facing to the
front, resolved TO employ it's best
energies in developing tue great
possibilities of the future. Sacred
ly preserving whatever has been
gained to liberty and good govern
ment during the century, our PEG
pie are determined so leave behind
them all those bitter controversies
concerning things which have been
irrevocably settled, and the further
discussion of which can only stir
up strife and delay the onward
march" Politicians who wish to
merit the good opinion and favor of
the people will do well to take these
words to heart. If the death of the
beloved aud trusted chief magis-
trate causes any delay in the on
ward march of the nation, it will
be because of the stirring up of old
controversies which the verdict OF
the people has fully settled. Those
who, for personal ends, seek to SOW
the wind of sectional or factional
strife will reap the whirlwind of
popular Indignation. The nation
bears its great grief with calmness
and dignity. 1t will have little pa
thence with any who would disturb
its season of mourning with Efforts
to revive the bitterness of buried |
strife New York Tribune.
The lion who declined to fight |
the jackal or even to notice HIM,
gave a pretty good reason for the |
course he thought best to adopt.
'If 1 fight him." said old leo, 81
shall kill him of course, but he will
gain more than l shall from the
light. He will have the honor of
being killed by lion, while l shall
suffer the disgrace of having fought
with a iackal" The fight never
came off. The jackal did, it is true,
persist in repeating that the lion
was a coward; but no one believed
aim.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06
TKHArs OF SALE.

One third cash, balance on credit of one
and two years with interest from day Of sale.
We will, at the same place and time sell,
IL not previously disposed of, one lot OF
good hay, o lot of cattle and mules,
ground-hog thresher, gin head and set of
blacksmith tools. Address,
W. IL T. +. ALTERNATELY,
Executors,
seps-6t Pulaski, Tenn.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

I N this life, through the dark valley, and in
l. the life eternal, as seen in the best
thoughts of leading authors and scholars,
among whom are Bishops Simpson, Foster,
Warren, Hurst and Foss, Joseph Cook,
Beecher, Talmage, DR.. CurIie, DR.. March,
DR.. McCosh, DR.. Crosby, DR. Cuylor, Goo. D.
Prentice, Dean Stanley, Whittier, Longfel-
low and others. The subjects treatod a-e
Death, Immortality, Millennium and Second
Advent, the Resurrection, Judgment, the
Punishment of the Wicked and tho Reward
of the Righteous a rich feast awaits the
readers of this book. 1t contains the grand
est thoughts of the worlds greatest authors
on subjects of the most profound interest to
everyone. Not gloomy but brilliant. There
is not dull page ia the book. 1t is Rbso-
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it, School Teachers, Students, Young Men
and Ladies acting as agents for this book are
making over 800 a month Sells fast. One
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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-06

He had lost his knife and they
asked him the usual question: DO
you know where you lost it?"
"Yes, yes" he replied, "of course l
do. I'm merely hunting in these
other places for 1t to kill time"
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COTTON STORAGE

/ LIBERAL Cash Advances on al co''-
IL stored with az. Full insurance gusfA
tee1 Protect your cotton from weather o.
accident. Charges nominal.
sep22-lf RUFORD BROS
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-03-24

The community was panied last
week by the death of Mr.. Adam
Smoak, an old and highly respected
citizen Of our County. His rcmaiI )
were deposited in the old Methodist
grave yard in our town on last Sat
urday. Mr.. Smoak was a successful
farmer, and was never wanting in
deeds of love and charity towards
the less favored around him. He was
q consistent member o. the Mctho-
dist Church. His loss will be felt in
the community.