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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
Notes on Live St ook in Winter.

The farm animals at this season
are directly dependent upon the
care and attention of the farmer.
To pass the winter with profit they
must be well kept. Animals are
very complicated engines, and must
be run by careful engineers. The
food they receive is the fuel, and the
daily rubbing, cleaning, etc, may be
likened to the inspection, cleaning
and oiling of the engine. The fuel
must be equal to the demands made
of the animal engine, else the ma
chiRery will be run at a disadvan-
tage, and therefore with dimin
ished profit. When the water is
low and the fire almost out, the en-
CINE is q source of loss to the own
er. On the other hand the fire may
be brisk, and the boiler well sup
piled, but some screw is loose, or
part rubs another too closely and
the friction thus produced neutral
ICES much of the force. So in the
animal machine, all the parts must
work tremendously together, or in
other words there must be perfect
health to obtain the best results.
An animal may have the best of
food in sufficient quantity, and still
pass a hard winter, and without
profit to its owner. Food of the
best kinds without shelter, as in the
animal economy, like fuel in an en-
CINE that is rusty and loose and out
of order, both are expensive meth
DDS of arriving at desired results.
1t takes too much force to run the
machine in both cases. AS it is
cheaper to have a good engine kept |
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
Cotton Seed Meal.

Nashville Banner: We have
written so often and so much about
cotton seed meal as a food fol-
stock, that it really appears like
throwing away time to say more on
the subject, as but few have been
induced to give it a trial. But
the time is so favorable for its in
PRODUCTION we cannot forego the
opportunity. Corn is so scarce and
high, and cotton seed meal is so
good a substitute, we feel it will be
shame not to give the information
we have about it. Cotton seed
meal is eaten greedily by all kinds
of stock from q horse to q hog, and
one pound goes as far in nutritive
qualities as two pounds of corn.
BY this rule it should be worth in
money just double what corn is, but
on the con trary, it commands far
less than corn sells for. The corn
is worth say so cents per bushel, or
% dollars per ton, while the latter
can be bought for about one half the
amount. By this it is seen that the
meal of cotton seed sells for just one
fourth, calculating the relative
strength. If this is not inducement
sufficient to Introduce this product,
it may be set down that it new
er will be used. As we have re-
peatedly stated in previous articles,
all made in Nashville is sent to
Liverpool and sold to the English
farmer. 1t they can afford to pay
transportation on it from Nashville
and feed their stock, may we not
do the same without the expense
of transportation? Stock does not
take to it kindly at first feeds. They
must be persuaded to it. This
once done they are very fond of it,
and will quit any other food to eat
it. 1t should be mixed with shelled
oats or bran in the proportion of one
part meal to ten parts of oats or
bran. Then gradually increase one
and decrease the other until the |
meal is given without any mixture,
and the work is done. Horses are
kept in fine con dition by it, beeves
fatten remarkably on it, and sheep
rs well as hogs relish it amazingly.
We earnestly commend it to the at
IGNITION of farmers, and trust they
will at least give it a trial. But re
member one thing, as good as it
S, it will not do well to feed it alone.
t must be fed with hay, straw or
odder, and it is better to mix it fur
her with bran. Two pounds of
otton seed meal with, say four
pounds of bran or a quart of shelled
ats with hay will keep n horse in
,ood working order.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
Orchard Management.

In three years / improved the
production of my fruit trees from
fifteen to two hundred bushels, by
treating them in the following man
ner: 1 first reduced the top one
fourth, then in the fall ploughed
the soil as well as I could, it being
quite rocky, and turned short fur
row towards the tree. AS l worked
from them l let the plow fall little
lower, and when between the trees l
allowed the pillow to run deep, so
that the water would settle away
from them in the spring. 1 hauled
u fair quantity of coarse manure,
pulverized it well and marked out
hills, manuring each hill. planted
corn and beans, and harvested a
nice crop Of corn, beans and pump
kins. The following spring l re-
peated the same form of cultivation,
and harvested the second crop of
corn, beans and pumpkins, which
paid me to satisfaction. My trees
began to grow very fast, and that
fall harvested 20 bushels of very
good apples. The following spring
l MANFRED for the third time:
planted it to potatoes, which grew
very large, but rotted very badly. 1
made up the loss, however, by har-
vesting 200 bushels Of large and
natural fruit. / changed the pro
duction of yellow bellfOwer tree
from three-fourths of bushel to
seven bushels, and sold them for
$1.25 per barrel, which 1 think a
very good return for my labor
From my experience am of the
opinion that most trees have too
much top for the amount of roots,
and deficiency of nourishment for
producing developed fruit. l like
fall or winter pruning, Always
cover the cut with grating wax or
a thick paint. After removing the
limbs by thinning out the center of
the tree, it has tendency to make
it grow broad. Too many varieties
are bad, and hardy stock is all that
is needed r. w. s., in Home
Farmer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
Tux ali She Had.

There are people who become
honest only when there is nothing
more to steal. That kind of forced
virtue has too many examples.
Alex. II. Stephens had many sto.
ries to tell of negroes, and one is q
famous cotton and chicken depreda-
tor, who since the war met the ex-
president in the road.
''Well, Thomas" was the kindly
salutation, II was sorry to hear you
had been in trouble about Mrs.
Trips chickens"
eyes, Mars Alec, but 1 done quit
all dat now" said the negro very
penitently.
'How many did you take be
fore you stopped?' asked Mr..
Stephens.
81 TUX all she had" was the per-
fectly innocent reply.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
EMPLOY M EMF
FOR ALL,
70 SELL A HOUSEHOLD ANTIE!E

TUE po'r as we'll as tho rich, the cid ~
Il well as the young, the wife az well AZ the
husband, tho young maiden hs we'll a. the
young man, tho girl we'll as the boy, may
just rs we'll earn fow dollars in honest en-
ployment, as to sit around the house ,and
wait for others 70 earn IL for thsm. We can
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your spare houre only; travelling or in your
own neighbOrhood among your friends and
acquaintance. lyon do not caro- for en-
ployment, we can impRrt valuable infoTma-
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~ one cent for postal card 10 write for our
prospectus, and it may be the means Of max
ing you good MANY dollars.
Do not neglect this opportunity. leu 90
not have TO invest \ large sum ofmoney and
run great risk OF losing il. You will read
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from $40 TO 500 q week and establish a H.
crative and independent business, hOnora-
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this matter NOW, for there is MONEY IN
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prise you and you will wonder why yea
never wrote to us before. We send tall par
ticuars free. Address
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Name this paper.) Marion, Ohio.
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fold. Turn in the sides and bot
tom enough to make, gather across
the lower edge and then fit to the
frame. Now, around the fan put
fine lace edge, plain or full, as
preferred, and finished with a bow
at the bottom on the opposite side
from the pocket. This IS very pref
ty for evening use, and may be made
to match the dress.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08

in good order, so it is to have an an
imal in health and comfort. The
thoughtful farmer win see many
other points of likeness between the
animal machine and the one con
structed by human hands, but this
is enough to suggest the Importance
of keeping farm animals in health
full and comfortable condition by
means of warm stables with clean
floors and pure air. American
A griculturist.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
A CaterpiIIer Mat.

Take wooden cloth, cut crosswise
into strips about an inch wide,
gather through the centre on a
stout linen thread and draw up
snugly, then sew them on a piece OF
carpeting or sacking the size Of the
mat you wish to make, beginning
in the centre and sewing round and
round. Have the firstrwO or three
times or more of bright-colored
rags, hit or miss, then two or three
times of black or brown, and so on.
1t will use up very small pieces, and
looks nicely for bedrooms, etc. Be
snre and cut the strips crosswise,
or they will ravel badly.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
A CQnb-CaSe.

1t is made of silver perforated
cardboard. Take a square piece
measuring three-eighths of yard
on each side, cut off two opposite
corners, and you have the shape re-
quired. Then work with worsted q
vine around one OF the remaining
corners, which will serve as the
front Next line with cambria, and
bind with narrow ribbon, then fasten
the two corners together, put on a
loop, and it is completed. The one
l am describing is made of silver
cardboard, worked with red worsted,
and lined with red cambria. After
the binding of ribbon is put on,
narrow plating of satin ribbon
fastened to the edge renders it more
attractive.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
The Millions Learn Slowly.

Corsicana (Texas) Observer: Cen
turtles have rolled away and are
numbered with the past; empires
have crumbled and passed from the
great theater of action; new dis
coveries have been all along the
march of the ages through the
world, with its increasing popula-
ton, has passed. But most extra
ordinary developments are being
made, and that too, in unlocked for
directions. One of the late start
| ling announcements declare that
broom corn seed will make at least
half their weight in the very finest
quality of -four. The agriculturist
knows very well what an easy mat
ter it is to raise broom corn, and
also that immense amounts Of 1t
can be raise on a small acreage.
If it be true that a fine quality of
flour can be produced from the
seed, we may expect to see the
bread market revolutionized in a
few years. Broom-corn is easily
raised, and will do well en- poor
land. The straw will decline in val
ne, brooms become cheap and plen-
ty, when the multitudes commence
the new departure of raising broom
corn for the seed. The manufac-
turing genius of a century ago
would be bewildered to behold the
advance and development of the
manufacturing interests of the pres
day.
To prognosticate the future that |
opens up for the genius of the
skilled artisan, along the years for
a century to come, is simply out
of the question. Development |
goes on in every department of
mechanism, and will only reach the
summer of perfection when talent
is exhausted, and we doubt the
possibility of exhausting the com
modify.
Flour from the seed Of broom
corn cane seed, wheat, rye and bar
ey should make living cheap in
he sweet bye-and-bye.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08

A pretty handkerchief case is
made by crochetting in any open
stitch, out of single zephyr, a piece
five inches wide, and ten inches
long; fold it together so as to make
a square five inches each way, with
the opening in the middle, across
what is the top Of the case; crochet
a scallop Of contrasting color along
each side of the opening, and around
the square; run a ribbon along the
side of the slit, and tie in a bow at
each end. 1t makes a prettier seal
lop to go around the edge with the
same color, in what is called init
ten" stitch.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
Keep a Bottle Of Lima Water.

If good milk disagrees with a
child or grown person, lime water at
the rate of 2 or 4 tablespoonful to
the pint, mixed with the milk or
taken after it, will usually help di-
gestion and prevent flatulence.-
Lime water is a simple anteacid, and
is a little tonic. 1t often counter
acts pain from acid fruits, from
wind in the stomach, and from
acids produced by eating candies
and other sweets; also stomach
ache" (indigestion) from over eat
ing of any kind. A tablespoonful
for a child of two years old, to gill
or more for an adult, is an ordinary
dose, while considerable more will
produce no serious injury. A pint
of cold water dissolves less than 10
grains of lime, and warm water still
less. Pure lime water, even though
pretty closely corked, soon deterio-
rates by carbonic acid in the air,
which unites with the lime and set
ties as an insoluble carbonate. To
have it always ready and good, and
at no cost, put into tall pint or
quart glass bottle, Of any kind, a
gill or so of good lime just slaked
with water. Then fill the bottle
nearly of rain or other pure water,
and let it stand quietly, corking
well. The lime will settle, leaving
clear lime water at the top. Pour
off gently as wanted, adding more
water as needed. Some carbonic
acid will enter, but the carbonate
will settle, often upon the sides of
the bottle, and freshly saturated
water remain. The lime should be
and a new supply put in
once n year or so, unless kept very
tightly corked.-[ American Agri-
culturist.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08

Did you ever notice how things
get in your way when you're in a
hurry? A Pulaski woman told heI
husband that runaway horse was
going by. He jumped SO quick he
sprained his knee, and in his frantic
haste fell over two chairs and
skinned his shins, stepped on the
dog, upset the table with books and
drop light on it, ran against his
wife and hurt her, and got to the
window just IS they were stopping
the horse two blocks away, around
the corner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
The CzaE and the Actor.
From the Theatre.

Alexandra Michel, who was one
of the best mimics 1 ever heard,
Q generally contrived to set the room
in a roar. He had been for some
time a member of the French COM
panv in St. Petersburg, and a
report of his peculiar talent having
come to the ears of the Emperor
Nicholas, Ire sent. for him and or
dered him to give a specimen of his
powers. L am told" he said,
'that you initiate me admirably,
and / am curious to see if / can
recognize myself" The unfortu-
nate comedian, to whose troubled
brain visions of Siberia at that mo-
ment presented themselves with
alarming distinctness, attempted TO
excuse himself, but in vain; the
imperial command was absolute and
must be obeyed.
At length a happy thought struck
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
The Iron Duke on Advertising.
wild Western HumoristJ

just before Butcher came to the
assistance Of Wellington an aide-de
camp rode up and, saluting the iron
duke, said: "What is your grace's
opinion of advertising?" II think y
replied the conqueror of the little
Corsican, chat an advertisement is
a good thing, and its value is greatly
enhanced by an occasional notice in
the local columns. Let the battle
go on" The battle did go on, and
Napoleon was defeated.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
Geraniums in the Window.

1t is very raro to see a well grown
geranium in window culture. Even
if the plants bloom fairly, they are
often drawn up, mis- shapen things.
not pleasing to look upon. In the
majority of cases, plants that have
been set out in the garden for the
summer, are allowed to $50 as you
please" The roots finding an abun-
dance of rich soil, the tops grow off
at famous rate. At the approach
of cool weather the plants are taken
up as they stood; if any cutting is
done, it is at the roots, to bring
them within the limits of a pot, and
the plants are placed in the window.
As consequence Of such treatment,
the majority of the leaves fade and
fall, and show a lot of long, lanky
stems, with a small tuft of leaves at
the top. This condition of the
plants is due either to a lack of
knowledge or to timidity. Amateur
cultivators, as general thing, seem
to fear to use the knife; could the
plants suffer pain, they would not be
more reluctant to cut. The proper
method is, to prepare the pla nts for
taking in long before the time for
lifting them: but it is too late to ad
wise that, as it is to suggest pruning
them at the time of taking them up.
Even at this late day it is better to
cut back the geraniums to a good
shape than to let them remain as
they are. OF course each plant will
have its own needs in this respect,
and only general advice can be given.
Cut back the long stem in such a
manner that the plant will form a |
low, rounded head, and remove alto
gether such branches as will make
the head too much crowded.
American Agriculturist.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
Drass Fan.

Select the desired shape in the
ordinary japanese fans, taking care
to get nice handle. Cover both
sides evenly with satin, and on
the lower half of one side a pocket
cut in the same shape, but enough
larger to turn in two inches at the
top and wide enough to shirr
nicely. Overcast the edges, turn
down as directed at the top, and
shirr an inch from the edge to the
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08

In one of the last letters George
Eliot wrote occurs this sentence: 81
am very happy. We Mr.. Cross
and herself are sitting on the bal
cony overlooking the river The
scene is striking and impressive
Dark clouds are rising as il for a
storm, yet everything is peaceful in
the twilight. We wish that George
Lewis was with u.s." When it is re-
membered that George Lewis was
her first husband, dead only a year,
and that the ''we' included a second
husband, it is little hard to under
stand just what Mrs. Cross meant.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08

A peculiar system is practised al
the Dodge county jail in Wiscon-
sin. The prisoners are allowed
unlimited liberty, but never at
tempt to escape. One now serving
a sentence boards ana lodges 1T the
prison, but works at carpentering
during the day, and another follows
the business of training horses.
They are all present at meal time,
and come in the evening in time to
be locked up at regular hours.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
He Stepped His Paper.
[Denvor Tribune Primer

Here is man who has just stop
ped his Paper. What u miserable
looking Creature he is. He looks
as if he had been Stealing a sheep.
How will he know what is going on,
now that he has Stopped his paper?
He will borrow his Neighbor's paper
One of these Days he will break his
Leg, or be a candidate for Office, and
then the paper will say Nothing
about it. That will be Treating him
just right, will it not, little Children
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
Scran BonI, fnr Children

Cut pieces of brown holland to
one given size, bind them with col
ored braid, and then paste in the
pictures. When sufficient are ready
attach them by 4 bow Of the braid
at top and bottom and the scrap
book is complete.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08

A patent medicine advertisement
reads thus: "When a lethargic
feeling peryades your system; when
you have an adherence to eXer-
else, your liver is inactive" This
will be glad tidings to many people
who have always thought they were
lazy when they felt that way. Now,
they will know that it was only
their liver that was lazy.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
COTTON STORAGE

/ IBERAL CASH AdNaJces on all cotton
l. stored with %. Full iururaHcs guarnn.
tee Protect your cotton from weather and
| accident. Charges nominal.
sep29. If BUFORD BROS.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08

Shelbyville Gazette: The PULASKI
CITIZEN is laboring for harmony in the
Democratic ranks in fair, Just and
honorable manner, and were such a
thing as harmony possible-were it not
a useless labor, we could heartily Join
it. We would like to see democratic
unity Oh all questions, but not to the
extent of compromising our principles
of justice and right, and nothing less
would serve TO accomplish the end to
which the CITIZEN would attain.
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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 Negota-
bic Liver Pills, when the directions are
strictly complied with. They are purely
Vegetable, and ne ger fail to give satisfaction.
Sugar Coated. Large boxes, containing so
pills, 20 cents. For sale ny all druggist 49,
Beware Of COULTER ieits and limitations. The
genuine manufactured only by JOHN c
WEST d Co, "Tho Pill Makers Isl and
1ss W. Madison s.. Chicago. FREQ tris
package sent by mail prepaid on Teceipt Of
cent stamp Sepl-lY
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HEALTH rs WEALTH

DR. z. C. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
IL Treatment, a specific for Hysteria, Dir
ziness, Commissions, Nervous Headache, Men
tai Depression, Loss of Memory, Sperma-
tsIrhea, Impotency, Involuntary Emissi ons,
Premature Old Age, caused by ovor-exertion,
self abuse, or over-indulgSnce, which leads
to misery, decay and death. One box will
surI recent cases. Each box containg one
months treatment. One dollar box, or ak
boxes for Eve dollars; cent by mail prepaid
sS receipt of price. We guarantee six boxes
70 cure any case. With each order received
by rs for ak boxes, accompanied with FIVE
dollars, we will send the purchaser orr writ
ten guarantee TO return the money if tho
treatment does not effect a cure. Guarantees
isssed only when the treatment is ordered
direct from us. Address JOHN G. WEST 81
co, Sole PropTietors, Isl and 1ss w Madi-
sen Street, Chicago, Ill. Sold by all drug
gists. sepl-ly
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S0lih Western Benefit Guild.

Euptiii Brneft ............... e. 600
Endoslnant Benefit .............. 1000
Amuiiy Benefit. ...,........ 200
Applications Tor mofnherahip Ia Pulaski
Guild uay DO made through
sops2-ti JNO. G.. LESTER, Agent.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic cures dyspepsia
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-10

MrcH attention - now being given
IN the question o; how the surplus rev.
enue of the general government Is to
be disposed Of. In view OF this it will
be Of interest to recapitulate the items
of federal income and expenditure.
During the last fiscal year the income
from customs duties was Sl9S, 159, 676;
from internal revenue taxes, Sl35, 264,-
3S5; from direct tax, Sl,5l6; from sales
of lands, s.. POI 500; from other miscel-
laneous items, So, 1884, $50; total,
net, 1860, 49,, 292. The expenditures
were: For the War Department,
$40, 466, ago; the Navy Department,
SIS, 6S6, 66l; pensions, $50, 1850, 279; inter-
est on public debt, $50, sos, al; civil and
miscellaneous items, S64,4lG,32i; pre-
miums on purchased bonds, sl,O6l ,24S;
total, net, S260,7l2,SS7. These figures
indicate, as has often been pointed out,
that over slOO,OCO,OOO was drawn from
the people more than was needed Tor
the purposes Of the government. THIS
was the amount during the past hscal
year; during the present year 1t Is estl-
mated to amount to about Sl6IOGO,VCO.