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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

1AND USEFUL INroRMArroN.
Statistics Of the Human Frame.

The average weight OF an adult
man is 140 lbs. 6 OF.
The average weight of skeleton
is about IA lbs.
Number of bones, 24O.
The skeleton measures one inch
ess than the height OF the Lying
man.
The average weight of the brain
of man is 81 lbs; of a woman,
2 lbs. IL OF.
The brain of man exceeds twice
That of any other animal.
The average weight of an English
man is #. 9 in; of FrenchmaD,
5 It. A in; and of Belgian, 5 it.
81 in.
The average weight of an Eng
iishman is $50 lbs; of a French
man, 136 lbs; and of a Belgian.
lao lbs.
The average number of teeth is
g..
A man breathes abont 90 times 9
minute, or 1900 times in an hour.
A man breathes about Is pints
of air in minute, or upwards OF
q hogsheads in day.
A man gives off 40S per cent
carbonic gas of the air he respiTes
respires 1866 cubic feet of car.
bonic acid gas in "a hours; con-
sumes 1867 cubic ieet OF oxygen
in "a hours, equal to 125 cubic feet
2of common air.
A man annually contributes tC
vegetation 124 lbs. of carbon.
The average of the pulse in in
fancy 40 per minute; in manhood
so. The pulse of females is more
. frequent than that of males.
The weight of the circulating
blood is about % lbs.
The heart beats rs times in o
minute; sends nearly 10 lbs. OF
blood through the veins and ar
teries each beat; makes four beats
while we breathe once.
$40 lbs, or l hogshead and Il
pints of blood pass through the
heart in one hour.
$4,000 lbs, or "a hogsheads
I|gallons, or 1O,7S24 pints pass
Through in ID hours.
1000 OF. of blood pass through
the kidneys in one hour.
174.O00.00O holes or cells are il
the lungs, which would cover a sur
face 80 time greater than the hu
eman body
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
Getting Rid of Stumps.

In the autumn or early white
bore a hole one or two inches in iii
ameter, according to the girth o
the stump, and about eighteen inche
deep. Put into it one or tw,
ounces of salt petre, fill the hol,
with water, and plug it close. Ii
4 the ensuing spring take out th'
olug and pour in about a gill of ke
rosene oil and ignite it. The STUMP
sill moulder away, without blazing
to the very extremity of roots, leav
ing nothing but the ashes.-I Scien
tific American.
There is nothing new in tina
mode of removing stumps. 1t ha:
been practiced to a limited extent
for years, and G, orally with sue
cess. For large stumps it is better
10 bore two or three holes, and il
that case an inch auger will answer
the purpose as well as a larger one
The best plan is to pulverizc the
salt petre and dissolve 1t in water
before putting it in the holes. The
Operation can be performed at one
season of the year az successfully
as at another. Six or eight weeks
will be found sufficient for the salt
petre to permeate the stump. espe-
.ci,.lly if the solution be mixed with
Ia little crude petroleum or kerosene.
rhe stump should be fred in dry
weather.=lO. S. journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

Revenge is Sweet.

Boston Post: Gallagher is sat
llsfied: The facts are these !
IGallagher was President of a ORA
matte club. and wrote a piece fofI
Them. l called Tor nine persons,
and everybody in the cast except
.Gallagher considered that he or sh,
had the worst part, and that it was
made so on purpose.
At first they didn't propose toI
lplay, but finally decided to do SO,
and concocted plan to punish Gal
'lagher. He played the hero, and IN
4 The first act said farewell To his
mother and went off to sea, and
when she parted with him she con-
sJrIyed to wrench his head and
scratch his lose on a pin fixed IN
I the shoulder OF her dress for the
purpose. That eased her mind and
disturbed his; but he submitted. InI
Ohe next act he appeared on snip
BOARD, and had to be knocked down
{ by the cruel captain, who hit him
so earnestly with a Delaying pin
that it nearly killed him. And then
when he headed the mutiny anuI
cried to the mutineers, Follow
mel" somebody opened a trap and
Z ne ANONYMOUSLY fell through ID
and gott terribly guyed by the au-
offence. He was awful mad, but de-
termined to conquer in spite of the
: disaster, and so came up and went
on with the play. In the third acl
be was TO have a terrible combat
with the villain OF the PLAY anoI
whip him. Mr.. Hencoop SmyiheI
played the part. He was satisfied
! that he had the worst part in theI
piece, and that Gallagher made i'll
so TO spite him. Gallagher, as heI
;clinched him, cried: VILLAIN, rn|
beat your life out in two condsr
. But he didn't. The villain was the
best man, and the way he latheredI
'Gallagher about the stage was aw
.ful. When it came to that point
where the villain was to cry: Let
me up! I'm crushedr he had Gal
4 CHER jammed under the table.
beating him with q chair leg, and
If course his speech and Gallagher
reply, Il will not spare your lite, y
sounded absurd. Before the villain
CONSENTED TO be overcome, be had
Rgot the audience shrieking with
laughter and had beaten Gallagher
ablack and blue all over. Gallagher
vent home terribly enraged, and
+ he rest of the company were de
8 GIFTED. The piece was to be
played next night, and Gallagher re
ported himself too ill to appear.
but he sent substitute. The sub
stitute was prize-fghter under an
assumed name. tie Rugged the
mother so in the parting scene thai
& he nearly killed her, and pulled her
false hair of accidentally. H.
threw the cruel Captain down tht
trap. He hurt all the other actor,
land, in the fight with the viliain,
Amopped the whole stage with him
land hurled him clear through the
back fiat. The company and seen
Il cry were completely wrecked, con
'usion reigned, and Gallagher sat IL
front and laughed until he nearly
Hdied. Revenge is sweet! Mos
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and loaded trimmings as in simple
muslins and soft. cIinging materials.
They detract from their own fresh
charms by calling attention to their
adjournment. / should be inclined
to say that no jewels, unless a sin
. lie row of pearls about the throat,
no lace but SIMPLE valenciennes,
shou d be worn by any girl younger
than twenty-one. A dress, perfect
Iy Fl esh, light in color (where the
complexion pefmits), beautifully
cut, and almost entirely untrimmed.
cannot be inproven upon for q
young girl. It is the sweet rounded
forms, the dewy bloom of the
cheek, the clear, young eyes, the
soft tender lips, that we want to
see. Where silks are worn they
should not be of heavy quality but
soft. Our young girls wear dresses
like dowagers. 1t is futile waste
of money; no beauty is attained.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
Some Little Things of Value.

Springfield Union: A little ging el
put into sausage meat improves the
flavor. In boiling for meat soup
use cold water 20 extract the juices
If the meat is wanted for itsel
alone, plunge it into boiling watel
at once. You can get a bottle OF
Ia barrel of oil off any carpet OF
wooden stuff by applying buckwheal
plentlfully. Never put water t,
such grease spots. or liquid OF any
kind. Broil steak without sailing
Salt draws the juices in cooking; i
IS desirable to keep these if possible
Cook over hot fire, turning fire
|quently, soaring both sides Place
on 3 platter; salt and pepper, l.
taste. Beet having a tendency &c
be tutt can be made very loalatablt
10y stewing gently for two hours
with salt and pepper, taking GU
about pint OF the liquor when hal
done, and let the rest boil into tht
lmeat. Brown the meat il the POI
AFTER taking up, make gravy Oh
The pint of liquor saved. A small
piece of charcoal in the pot witt
boiling cabbage removes the smell
Clean oil cloths with milk and wa
ter; brush and soap will ruiz
them. Tumblers that have milk IN
them should never he put into hot
water. A spoonful of stewed to
matoes in the gravy of either roast
ed or fried meats is an improvement.
The skin of a boiled egg is the most
rf1cacious remedy tn at can be APP
piled to a boil. Peel it carefully !,
wet and apply to the part affected
1t will draw out the matter, and re-
lieve the soreness IN q few hours.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
COLUMN.
Local Fashion.

The spring season has hardly be-
gun to open, but the ladies are al
ready looking for the new styles
to. be introduced. Some new
prints are in the market, a few Of
which have found their way to the
|dress.making establishment.
The fashions, which always pre-
.cede the fabrics, are generally very
plain and simple, and consequently
becoming to good forms, there be
ling but little trimming used, and
that is composed almost entirely OF
what is termed '.laid on"
The stocks of our leading mer-
chants will embrace larger and
fuller line of fine dress goods and
millinery this spriug than ever be
fore. . 0gsI 1856
Yandyek red is among the new
'colors for dress goods. It is dark
Ter and softer than the cardinal
shades so long worn. f---
Bordered batiste is the fabric
|of the earliest spring and summer
wash dresses. Some graceful mod
|els are seen in creamy white,
|strewn with small pink and rose
buds, while the border has larger
blossoms, grape clusters, and
green foliage. a1 u 1 "a
a pretty combination of cotton
goods is shown in q figured and
plain satteen suit, the fabric OF
which is a lustrous twilled cotton
with dark brown ground, strewn
with flowers in faded tapestry col
|ors. The polonaise, which is of
very simple, plain shape, is finished
by collar and cuffs of the plain
|satteen. .-
A Tuscan braid bonnet, with
dark red Surah trimmings, is worn
with the beautiful 4 batiste goods
Just introduced. ort
A Leghorn poke bonnet 5with
flowers, feathers, and ribbon trim
ming, accompanies a plain satteen
suit, and is becoming to both elder
" and young ladies. s1.f
Fwills of light quality form the
new wooden fabrics for spring and
summer dresses. They are loosely
woven, with.a smooth ever" Surface,
and are very soft and pleasant
They take the place of buntings,
and are shown in all colors.
Children's' dresses are made ID
simpler styles than formerly.
A beautiful baby's afghan is made
of soft white wool with bands OF
baby blue ribbon caught down by
embroidery stitches. Bunches of
pink moss, rosebuds and green
leaves with true love knots of blue
ribbon ornament the corners and
centre. fu. .,- ...
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
Listen to This, Girls.

DR.. Carbally, an eminent physi
clan and chemist, testifies that the
cosmetics which the fashionable
bellies eff the present day are 80 fond
# using and deem so indispensable
20 their beauty, are the most deadly
enemies to their vital system. Pa
raiysis, that fatal and. frightful form
IF bodily infirmity, is said to be the
result Of the continual use OF the
paints or washes used for enamel
ing or otherwise artificially whiten-
ing the skin.
Chief among these fearful auxil
Iaries of the toilet is that white hor-
ror, "Laird's Bloom of Youth, .
~hieh is so extensively used by the
ladies' Of society, married and sin
lie, for making up" their complex.
ions. The salts OF lead contained
To this preparation, which is the
means of producing that pearly
white, polished appearance of the
skin. on applying it, is the active
agent OF paralysis, and any person
VINO uses IL, or any oJner lotlOn OF
powder containing these salts, is
with her life
DIR. Carbally further tells us, Sc
riously, that the peculiar droop OF
the hands sarcastically called the
''kangaroo STYLE" and which was
by the community to be
a mere freak oft.fashion, really and
truly had its origin in a partial pa
ralysis OF the exterior muscle of the
ore arm, produced by the use OF
those outward poisons. Some fash
ionable belle, no doubt, had suffer
ed in this terrible way for her folly,
and all fashionable geese of her ac-
quaintance followed suit by crook !
ing their wrists and dropping their
like so many hens with their
wings broken. r
We learn also that all powders,
paints and liquids which impart a
polished, scintillating Wilderness to-
The skin, contain metallic poisons,
and are extremely perilous. The
more beautiful,th more dangerous.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
Trua Woman.

Every man OF sense and refine
ment admires q true woman as 6
woman, and when she steps out o.
this character, a thousand things
that in their appropriate sphere
would be admired, become disgust
ing and offensive. The appropri.
ate character of a woman demands
ielicacy ofappearance and manners
Refinement of sentiment, gentleness
Of speech, modesty Of feeling and
action, a shrinking from notorietv
and public gaze, aversion to all that
is coarse and rude, and an instinc
tive adherence of all that tends to
indelicscy and impurity, either in
or action. These are the
traits which are admired and sought
for in women.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
Forfeits of Fun.

A list of amusing forteits. which
wall make the company laugh anC
not offend the person called upon tt
pay them, are herewith given
First-Put n newspaper on the
floor in such way that two persons
: can stand ON 1t and not be able t.
Touch each other with their hands
by pntting the paper in tue door
way, one half inside and the Other
Ihalf outside the room, and closing
4 The door over At, the two perso !,
can easily stand beyond each other
reach.
Second-To go out of the room
with two legs aud come in with six
Not difficult one thinks to bring b
chair along on the return.
Third-To act the dumb servant
The person who hes the forfeit TO
I pay mus. act out answers put by the
master of ceremonies. as How do
you make bread?" "How do you eal
soupY etc. This forfeit will cause
much merriment if proper questions
are put.
Fourth-Put one hand where tn,
other cannot touch it. One can get
out of this difficulty by putting one
hand on the elbow of the other
'arm.
Fifth-Place pencil on the floor
SO that one cannot jump over it
May be done by putting it close to
the wall of the room.
Sixth-Put question that no one
can answer with no. This is not
hard ii one thinks TO ask: What
does yes spellY'
Seventh-Put yourself through al
key. hole. This was a great puzzle
10 us for while. but when the
word yourself" was written upon al
piece OF paper and pushed through
The hole it was all clear.
An infnity of questions of the
same character and which will al
lord innocent and wholesom,
can be arranged, anal
solution of the forfeit will some
lines puzzle even the SIN irtest in
sociable gathering. This class OF
amusing problems is far prefera bl,
TO the old style of Kissing, espec-
ally for very, very modest folks. T
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

An exchange well says enc
Smoking" ought to be posted IL
every barn. There is not much
difference in HAVING a horsethiel
around the stable and a man clean
ling horses with a pipe IN his
mouth; and there is no hired mar
meaner than the one who, when his
employer comes around, slips hi:
| pipe into his pocket or holds his
hand over it. All such fellows
should be paid off and started of
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

The Scientific Farmer hits The
mail on the head when it says: "Ou
best farmers frequently practic'
better than they preach, and oul
most popular preachers Frequently
preach better than they practlce
Let common sense accompany I'M
preaching and the practice, and W.
|all are gamers"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

C. W. Baker of Cresshill, N. j..
has a Matching establishment on
which he has expended $7O.Oo0
He matches by artificial incubators
|at the rate of $1,000 chickens PEI
wear. The chickens are sold as
|"broilers" in New York. He In
tends increasing the capacity of his
to about 10000 pei
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Nonresident ~ Office.
PET1TIoN FOR DIVORCE.

VIVA Watkins, col, VS.: John Watkins, col
N this cause it appearing 30 the satistac
] ton of the Clerk, from the allegations il
the bill which is sworn to, that the de
PENDANT, John Watkins, col. is non-resi
dent OF the State of Tennessee so that the or
binary process of this court cannot be serv
led on him. IL is therefore ordered that pub
llication be made in the PULASKI CITIZEN 70
-four consecutive weeks, that said Johl
Watkins, colored, appear before the Judge o
the Circuit Court. at Its next term TO b
held at the courthouse in Pulaski, on tn
'4th Monday of March next, TO plead, to an
|swer or to demur to the allegations in sait
Bill OF the same will be taken for confessed
|,tnd set for hearing ex-parte as to him
febl7-4t# j. n. MORRIS, Clerk.
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Savannah District.

Second round OF Quarterly Meeting
for Savannah D istrict, Tenn. Confer
Ience of the Nj. E. Church South:
Enterprise Sta, at Bethel, Feb 10, 20
|La"rence6n' .g Sta, at Marcella, Feb 26
|H Oaklanf Mis-, at Hurricane, March 8
IL WayIar d Springs Cir, at Pleasan
|SrOVe, a arch II, 10; Laurel Hill Sta
eiarch 8, 20; Wayne Cir, at Ashland
naTSA z6, "a; Lawryville Cir, at Shiloh
|ApFi 2, 3; Savannah Cir, at COvey's
pr 8. 10; Savannah Sta, April l6, "
Lir der Cir, at Flatwoods, April %, "a
enryville Mis-, at - April 80, May
Z hampshire and Plsgah Sta, May z, s
IWilliamsport Cir, at, May IA. Is.
j. j. Conner, p. Z.
LINDEN, Tenn, Jan. Is, 1881.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

While a Chicago girl was leaning
over the railing Of the veranda one
night singing, SIN. Waiting MY
Tor Thee" her long Legged
lover sue ked out of the shrubbe J
-Birdier' Amanda They EN-.
braced. Have you missed meY
she murmured. "Mis ed you, my
ansel, docs the lonely dove miss
out there came a dull, hollow thud'
as ii some one had hit an old stump
With a maui, and he shot out IN the
darkness, while voice as deep as
a bass horn said: Birdie has
gone, Amanda, and you can turn
the gas out in the parlor aud go &c
hal -
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
For the Protection Of Farmers,

The resolution of Senator Voor
bees. agreed TO recently, is designed
to have the senate Judiciary com
.mittee at once 20 report bill tina
will protect farmers and other:
from being imposed upon by ven
iers of patented articles who sci
Implements and machines, and ar,
followed by agents of paten'ees who
Remand and often extort royalty
when purchasers refuse to pay tn,
claimant a second time for machiD.
cry or other article they have bough'
they are forced into expensive liti
cation. MIR. Voorhees, intends to
get this leRllation through this ses
sion, if possible.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

How often is it the "wet spell
and the dry spell" get the credi
of bringing about short crops, wher
the lazy spell" had as much to dc
with the short crop IS the weathe
had. Apply the remedy this year
Begin to economize, but don't be
gin by stopping your paper ano
feeding your preacher on husks.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

w. T. Hearne, the well known
Bates Short-horA breeder, of Lex
|ington, KY, has purchased from
Mr.. A. j. Alexander, the 32d Duke
of Ardrie. He is said TO be one OF
the handsomest Dukes ever bred at
|Woodburn.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

The scheme for boring a tunnel
under the British channel, SO as to
connect England and France By
rail, is by no means given up. Elk
periments are in progress, and
Others are to be made, looking to-
wards determination of the best
place for the shafts, and the mosl
available machinery. The great
railway companies on both sides OF
the channel are in full accord, and
the house Of Rothschild, it is under
stood, is largely interested in the
project, AS to the possibility OF
boring such tunnel, after the ex-
amples of Mont Gems and else
where, little doubt is entertained
but the problem of ventilation will
prove grave one, the solution OF
which will tax the ablest and mosl
ingenious engineers.
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Mr. Anthony Nichol. the wei

Mr.. Anthony Nichol, the wei
known turfman, and successful own
er of race horses, died on the 21st o.
january, at his residence, New Cas-
tie on Tyne, England, at the ad
vanced age of 81 years. For twelve
years he met with great success OF
|the turf.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03
Beginning Life.

When two young people start oui
in life together with nothing but
discrimination to succeed, avoiding
the. inyasion of each others idiosyn
cracIes, not carrying the candle
near the gun powder, sympathetic
with each others employment
willing to live on small means unit
they get large facilities, paying as
they go, taking life here as dis
.cipline, with four eyes watching
its perils and four hands fighting
its battles-whatever others may
say or do, that is a royal marriage
1t is so set down in the heavenly
archives, and the orange blossoms
shall wither on neither side of the
grave.
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Bows and the Farm.

Good Company: "Nothing but 0
farmer" is phrase that is heard
low and then in. america. 1t would
probably be serd In no other coun
try short of Algiers. In the best,
at least, of the old countries the
brakeman, the teacher, the mechan-
|ic-not to say the commercial trav
|eler-would congratulate himself on
the good fortune that promoted him
to the social standing of a free hold
farmer, even though his acres should
be few enough to be counted on his
fingers. The notion that the man
somehow stands little higher who
wears fine linen and bends over a
desk or a counter than the man
who wears overalls and holds a
4 plow handle is back-woods notion.
If it has had any infuence-as II
doubtless has had-in beguiline
young men from the farm to the
machine shop. the mill and the
office, it will not have it much long
4 e.. As new country sentiment II
will go the way of the log cabins
and tn" corduroy roads.
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TO THE PUBLIC.

HAVING taken charge of the LINOEF
Ii HOUSE, Pulaski, Tenn. desire &c
bay that under my management the repu Ia
u have had 20 years experience in the l.,ote
business, and will endeaVor to profit by IL in
|the present instance. Guests at the in den
will receive polite attention and thei com
tort will be carefully looked after. fbe TIA
pie will receive close attention and the fare
snall be the best the market can supply
Monthly boarders solicited
l.. FLEMING,
ianlS-ly Late of T uscc.loC,sa Ala
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Simplicity ia Dress.

Harper's Magazine: Our young
girls in America do not seem to
have the sense Of simplicity in
dress. No young girls look as
Young or as lovely in heavy yelyets
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-03

The Chicago Tribune states thai
the report of the death of the gray
mare Badger Cir Crecord 2:224) is
an error.