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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27
Marriareable Women.

one OF the great social problems
of the day is to explain why there
are SO many manageable women
who never get married. Some say
that il is owing to the excess in
numberssof women over men in con-
sequence :of which there are not
enough husbands to Ego round.
This, however, is disproved by sta
tistics.M Take the world through,
and the figures show that there are
as many..men in 1t as there are wo-
men. Others attribute it to the ex-
pensiVeness of modern life. Men
do not marry because, it is said,
they cannot afford to. But the fact
is that no man who. truly loved
woman ever hesitated to become en-
gagged to her and eventually marry
her because of poverty. There are
cold-blooded men, with no plea of
feeling for woman stronger than a
languid admiration, who NAV be
deferred from assuming what they
regard as a burden in the shape of
wife, unless assured of a liberal
income, but most are not so calcula-
ting. Others, again, attribute the
evil TO woman's fastidiousness.
They expect too much in a hus-
band, and, while awaiting for an
impossible shadow, let the possible
substance slip through their fingers.
This is libel on the sex. As a
rule they are more fastidious than
men are, and are just as susceptible
as men to that enchantment of love
which invests its object with every
perfection and covers up every
fault. So far as men and women
themselves are concerned, they ale
as prone to marriage now as in any
period Of the worlds history.
Nevertheless, there are the women
waiting for husbands and not get
ting them. sThey are pretty, they
are accomplished, they are sensible,
and under proper training, they
would make excellent wives and
mothers; but they never get
chance. What seems to be needed
is a more thorough method of
bringing men and women into So
cIal contact with each other.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

Nevada is a land of curious natu-
raj phenomena. Her rivers have
no visible outlet to the ocean. She
has no lakes of any magnitude.
She has vast stretches Of alkali des-
erts, however, that give every indi-
cation of having been the beds or
bottoms of either seas or lakes.
Down in Lincoln county there is a
spring of ice cold water that bub-
bles up over rock and disappears
on the other side, and no one has
ever been able to find where the wa
ter goes. At another point in the
same county is a large spring.
about twenty feet square, apparent
ly only some eighteen or twenty
inches in depth, with a sandy bot
tom. The sand can be plainly seen,
but on looking closer it is per.
ceived that this sand is in q perpet-
ual state of unrest. No bottom has
ever been found to this spring. 1t
is said that teamster, on reaching
this spring one day, deceived by its
apparent shallowness, concluded to
soak one of his wagon wheels to
cure the looseness of its tire. He
therefore took it off and rolled it
into the, as he thought, shallow wa
ter. He never laid his eyes on that
wagon wheel again. Our mountains
are full of caves and caverns, many |
of which have been explored to |
great distance. Speaking of caves,
q redeC was held last spring over In
Huntington valley. During its
progress quite a number of cattle
were missed, and for time unavail-
ing search was made for them. At
last they were traced to the mouth
of d natural tunnel or cave in the
The herders entered
the cave, and, following it for a long
distance, at last found the cattle.
1t appeared that they had probably
the cave, which was very
narrow, in search of water. 1t had
inally narrowed so that they could
no further Neither could
hey turn around to get out. They
lad been missed some days, and if
hey had not been found must inev-
tably have persisted in a short
lime. As it was they were extract
ID from their predicament with diff
'ulty, by the herders squeezing past
md getting in front of them and |
caring them into a retrograde
movement by tapping their hats !
'ver the faces of the stupid bovines. |
Il Eureka (Nev.) Leader.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27
The Sun for 1881

EVERYBODY roads the isun. In the edi-
II tions Of this newspaper throughout the
year TO come everybody will find:
/. All the worlds news, 30 presented that
the reader will get the greatest amount Of
information with tho least Improbable az
penditure Of time and eyesight. The sun
long ago discovered the golden mean betw con
redundant fullnoss and unsatisfactory bre-
witty.
II. Much Of that sort Of news which de-
Ponds less upon its recognized importance
than upon its interest to mankind. From
morning TO morning the Sun prints a con-
tinued story of the lives of real men and wo-
women, and of their deeds, plans, loyos,
hates and troubles. This story is more va
re, ,L and more interesting than any romance
III. Good writing in every column, and
iresf ness, originality, accuracy and decorum
IN the treatment OF every subject.
~. Honest comment. The suns habit is
70 speak out feaTlessly about men and thinRs.
V. Equal candor in dealing with each po-
htical party, and equal readiness to com
mend what Is plaiseworthy or 70 rebuks
what is blamable in Democrat or Republi-
can.
VI. Absolute independence Of partisan or
carnations, but unwavaring loyalty to true
Democratic principles. The Sun believes
that the Government which the Constitution
gives US Is good one 10 keep, Its notion of
duty 10 70 resist 70 It's utmost power the Of
Iofts OF men IN the hepubliCan party 30 sot
up smother form Of government in placs OF
that which exists. The year 1881 and tho
years immediately following will probably
decide this supremely important contest
4 ne 5un believes that tbs victory will be- with
the people against the Rings for monopoly,
the Kings for plumber and the Rirgs for i'm
Perial power.
Our terms are as follows:
FOR the Daily Sun, four-pago sheet Of
twenty eight columns, the price by mail,
postpaid, il % cents q month, or 50 so a
year; or. including the Sunday paper, az
eiRht-PaRe sheet OF hny-six columns, the
price is 6S cents month, OF a. 10 year,
postage paid.
The Sunday edition Of the Sun il also fur
nished separately a. I go a year postage
paid.
The price Of the Weekly Sun, eight pages.
lity-siK columns, is One Dollar year, pos.
age paid: For clubs Of ten sending ton dol
ars VIC will send an extra copy free.
Address |. W. ENGLAND,
Publisher Of The Sun,
decss-6t Now York City.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27
THE ORIGIN OF MoDEsTY.;
A Purely Conventional Sentiment
often Neutralized by Some other
Convention.

The Partisan reports a lecture by
NJ. Francisque Sarcey,in which that
gentleman explains his theory OF
modesty. The sense of shame, he
said, is not natural or essen tial to
man. According to the biblical le-
gerd, the sen Sc of.shame is due to
the sentiment of nudity. Mr.. Sar-
cey suggested that it might have
been due to coquetry. Woman rem
dered herself more desirable by
hiding some parts of her person.
In short, 1t will be generally admit
ted that mOdesty is an artificial
sentiment; the result of education
and civilization. 1t changes from
age to age, from nation to nation
and from individual to individual.
There is obviously a wide difference
between the sense of shame of the
inhabitants OF Otahelti and that of
those ultra refined Anglo-Saxon la
dies who describe their stomachs as
the front part of their backs. The
sense of shame in an artificial sentI-
ment founded on certain conven-
tionalities, the first of which is that
the sentiment of nudity produces
the sense of shame. In order to
show how fictitious the sense of
shame is, Mr.. Sacey quoted a num-
Der Of circumstances in everyday
life where it is counterbalanced by
another convention. A woman, for
instance. allows herself to be exam
incl by doctor; an artists model
viii pose naked before a dozen
men, and hide herself when a stran-
ger enters, because the dozen paint |
ers see only the beauty of form,
while the stranger secs only the nu
dity of the woman; lady at her |
toilet will not allow 8 man to see |
her shoulders; the same lady at a |
ball will be flattered by the admir-
ing chances attracted by the beauty
Of her bust So in sculpture, paint
ing and literature, 1t is easy to dis
anguish q chaste from an offensive
work. / he sense of shame. being
The result of the sentiment of nudi-
", will always appear when the lat
.er sentiment is not counterbalan ced
oy some other, when the convention
Of modesty is not can celed by some
other convention. We must always
seek the intention of the artist, and
{ will be found that If in his study
IF the nude heihas foundsthe.reali-
.ation of some aesthetic conception,
{ he has sought to reproduce beau
y, his intention covers his work as
With veil, and prevents US from
ieelng the nudity OF it.
The case OF literature is exactly
analogous. Baddelaire in the
Fleurs du Nal; Flaubert, in Mad
me Bovary; lola, in the Assom-
non, wrote in good faith, and not
18th the intention of shocking the
nodesty of their readers. Those
whose sense of shame is offended
~ Madame Bovary are not artists
'nough to appreciate it. II is only
ust in art as in literature TO follow
he direction which the artist or the
Iuthor gives to our attention-in
bort to observe his intention. The
Intention OF the pornographic jour
Ials is to describe nudity for nudl-
Us sake with a wealth Of foul de-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

tails that are chosen for no other
reason than their foulness. Such
productions have nothing to do
with literature, and their suppress
sion in no way affects the liberty of
the press. In a country of absolute
liberty they would be abolished as
you abolish nuisance, and as the
police take charge of man who is
guilty Of an Indecency in the public
highway. That they have been al
lowed to disgrace Paris for more
than three months is only another
proof of the indifference of, the
French in matters of public inter
est, and of the singular slowness
OF public opinion to express itself
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

MACON, Ga, March 81, 1879.
From having been intimate for number
ofyears with the proprietors of Swift's sy-
philitio Specific. lave known much OF It's
manufacture and it's use. There are men in
the. community-well known citizens-who
were victims in early life to Syphilis, the
most terrible curse that ever afflicted the hu-
man family, and who have taken tho B. ;.
medicine, and are now, TO all appearances,
and in their own belief, and as free from
faint Of disease ~ the first man, fresh from
the hands of his Maker. DelicRcy Of course
forbids their public recommendations OF this
medicine but | am allowed TO refer the
skeptic privately TO those who will endorse
everything that can DO said in it's favor.
Being professionally much opposed to en-
dorsing or recommending nostrums OF secret
remedies, il is with hesitation j attach my
name to this article; but l know whereof
speak when l say that our science has not
yet made public combination equal 70 this
for the purpose indicated. The greatest
boon the government could bestow on hun
dTeds Of thousands of its citizens would be
to purchase this receipt of its proprietors,
and make &c public for the benefit Of the
present and an coming generations.
t. L. MASSENBURG, Pm. G.
Prepared only by the SWIFT SPECIFIC
COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga.
VIM. Litterer q Co., Nashville, Wholesale
Agents.
Sold at Lacey tS sumpter's Corner Drug
store. Call for copy Of "Young Mems
Friend" ap22-ly
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27
can. Would a dollar and a half
buy pslr.''

can. Would dollar and a hall
buy pslr.'
Il don't k.ow; / will see"
He overhauled the contents oil
several drawers and finally found
a pair a good deal shop worn.
My lad," said the shoe dealer,
There is pair that cost me more
than a dollar and a half, but il
they fit the boy you can have them
for that money. Get him over here
and let him try them on"
The shoes fitted and away went
the sled money into the till of the
shoe merchant, Willie and the boy
went back again to Mr.. Johnson s
store and inquired for him. The
clerk said he was in the counting
room. No sooner did Mr.. johnson
see him than be said: 20 no! you
are Willie. and have come for the
sled. John, hunt up the sled mark
ed Willie
Willie said, 81 cant take it, sir.
l haven't got the money"
Spent it for candy, heyT''
mo, sir
He then explained how he had
spent his money, and said he was
sorry he could not take it, Tor he
had set his heart on it, but Il
thought | could do without it bet
ter than tins boy could do without
shoes. l hope you will forgive me
tor telling Il lie, sir"
do forgive him, sir. l have got
the shoes on that he bought
We'll. Willie, l will forgive you
since yon made so good use OF
your money, but you must be care
full how you make promises"
When Mr.. Underwood came home
he inquired of Willie how he liked
his sled
Il have not got any sled, SIR
What! Changed your mind al
ready? Bought candy for Anna
Sherman, l guess. Don't begin too
yonng TO make presents to girls.
The first Thing you KIN W they
won't be satisfied without you
give yourself TO hem"
willie then explained how he
hau used the money. Mr.. Under
wood found no fault with him, and
said, 81 see l cannot trust you with
money"
Not long afterwards the boy
went to bed. After his room door
was closed Mr.. Underwood said to
his wife, "That boy will never be
worth cent of money, but he is
worth his weight in gold for his
kindness of heart. If there ever
was a hoy who lived according to
the golden rule he is the one. He
is clear mother through and
through. You have taught him
and taught him well. had much
rather see him so than selfish
Hadn't better go over to John
sons and get that sled?"
Just as you think best. hard
ly think Willie will expect it after
what you said TO him. | know it
would crafty him exceedingly"
The next morning, when Willie
opened his door to go down to
break fast, the sled which leaned
against it fell into the room. On it
was piece of paper on which were
the words, AS We would that other
should do unto you, do you even
so unto them.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

California is preserving potatoes
by process which dries and leaves
them in such 8 condition that they
may be kept indefinitely. 1t is said
there is q brisk. demand for these
dried potatoes in England, where
many tons are shipped.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

Water is one of the best deodor-
izers. 1t has great absorbing Ca
pacity; and fresh water running
through milk room keeps it free
from odors. Standing water soon
becomes charged with odors and
then gives them off again. Water
used in a milk room to cool the
milk is q great purifier. but must
not be permitted to stand more
than twelve hours before being re-
neWed
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

BREAKFAST JOHNNY CAKE.-Stir
fresh-ground rather coarse meal
with good buttermilk and a little
salt to stiffen batter; do this over
night; In the morning, when your
oven is hot; dissolve enough soda
to sweeten the batter in a little
warm water, add the batter and be at
well; put it about two inches in the
baking dish, spread two large
spoons Of sweet cream (eHough to
cover evenly the top), sprinkle on
a little fine salt; bake immediately.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

A large per cent of food given to
pigs is wasted when uncooked.-
Pigs will not assimilate raw food
like older animals, and they can
only be fed economically by first
cooking their feed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

Public schools in Tennessee In
1850 mum bered 1922 against 3,942
in 1875. In 1880 the teachers en-
ployed numbered 3 954, against
4,2I0 in 1875.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

A Tennesseean planted seventy
pounds of fine cotton seed from
Mississippi on two acres of ground
in Tennessee which had been cult
waited eighty years, and picked
therefrom 1000 pounds of fine seed
cotton.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

The report comes of the forma-
tion of a company In Paris, with a
capital of 100000 francs, to es
tablish beet root sugar factories in
various parts of Canada. A scien-
tific expert has been sent from Par
is to view the land and report upon
its capabilities and resources.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

Toprevent horses getting scratch
es and grease in winter, rub their
legs dry every time they are brought
In from work, no matter whether it
is once, twice, or three times day.
Good, thorough grooming, and
clean, dry stables are the best pre-
of scratches and similar
diseases in horses.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

Recent reports from the cotton crop
indicate that it will be as large as
that of last year. UnfsvorabIe
weather has interfered with the
picking OF the crops somewhat in
and Florida.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

Gen. John F. Miller, the new
Senator from California, was pro-
vost marshal at Nashville when
Andrew johnson was military Gov
ernor of Tennessee.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

Cotton raising in the Salt river
valley of Arizona has proved so
successful, and the Southern Pacific
railroad affords such good facilities
for marketing it, that the valley
will probably be added to the cot
ton belt of the United States.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

1t is estimated that Montana will
produce 50,000Oo0 pounds of wool
this year. Texas, which began
wool raising in 1916, has now 4,O00,-
600 sheep. =
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

Calves in winter need good feed
better than yearlings. They should
have the best of early cut hay, or,
what is better, the second crop.
The addition of a few roots every
day will make quite a difference in
their growth during the winter.
Two calves well fed, will be worth
more next spring than threee half
fed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

Mrs. Eddie Brown, daughter of
Mr.. W. r. Collins, of the eastern
part Of the county. was Frustrated
last Saturday with something like
pneumonia.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

Petroleum is an excellent pre-
rervative of exposed woodwork and
tools. 1t penetrates the pores and
repays its cost many times over. 1t
is good for all farm buildings, gates,
tools rustic work, besides having
the merit of cheapness.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

The exports OF leaf tobacco from
the United States for the eight
months ending August 81 amounted
to 131 1885, 72 pounds, against a.
1881 pounds for the correspond
ing period of last year.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

In Montreal a company of capt.
talists is being formed for engaging
extensively in cattle raising in the
northwest. The intention of this
company is to take up large tract
of land near the base of the Rocky
Mountains for their purposes.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

In every portion of the country
it is wisdom to save all the fertili-
zers that are made on the farm, but
especially is it the part of wisdom
where we recognize that our lands
need fertilizing. In some respects
artificial fertilizers have been an
injury to farmers, upon the
principle that they are easily OBJ
tanned and so easily handled that
the home fertilizers are neg
lected.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

An old poultry raiser and mar
keter says in scalding chicken the
water should be boiling hot and
the chicken should be teld in
the water only a short time. By
this method he says the skin will
not be loosened as by using water
less hot and holding the fowl in
longer time. We leave the correct
ness of this idea to be approved or
condemned by our readers who APP
ply practical test. Some markets
demand that the chicken be pluck
ed without scalGing at all; others
require it to be scalded.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

Experiments have proved that
wooden posts, put in the ground
in the same position in which they
grew, top upwards, will become rot
ten several years sooner than they
would if placed top downwards in
the soil.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

We have recommended pine tar
as a protection against rabbits, and
also for keeping the roundheaded
borer out of apple trees. But in
some localities it is difficult to pro-
cure this kind of tar, and some of
our correspondents object to the
expense, although we think this is
rather poor excuse. Coal tar is
poisonous to trees, as goodly
number of eastern farmers have
learned to their cost.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27
MOntrOse Vineyard,
PULASKI, TENN

Concord, Ives, Diana and other Wines,
CUNMIXED, PURE GRAPE JUICE.)
WE HAVE FOR SALEM OUR CELLAR
w 1000 gallons of the vintage of 1874.
They are approved by physicians and con
noisuers as genuine and ofsuporior qualities.
Can be had at the Vineyard and at the drug
store of sumpter d Lacy. at prices so low
that ell can afford this healthful and delieiou
beverage.
Also, at the Vineyard, Grape slips of all
varieties; Potato and Tomato slips, Cabbage
plants, &C., cheaper than at Nashville
prices.
fsb96- " AUGUSTINE T. co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-14

The Methodists OF the United States
number S,52l,6 900, and are divided into
fifteen organizations, though the great
bulk Of the membership Is included in the
Methodist Episcopal, the Methodist Epis'
copal South, and the African Methodist
EpiacopaI. The division between the first
two was made in 1915, on the slavery
question, and the last was separated on
the color line in 1915. The Methodist
Protestant Ia the outcome OF struggle in
the Methodist Episcopal on the question
OF Law representation and abolition Of the
presiding eldCrship, and does not differ ON
other points with the present body. The
Evangelical Association Is German
Methodist body, with its chief member
ship in Pennsylvania, The American
Wesleyan Connection was formed In lS43
by Methodist Abolitionlsts, who wished to
take religious stand against slavery, The
Free Methodist ia a Church formed in 1850
by those who believed that Methodism
was getting too worldly, and the Primitive
Methodist Is the result Of similar though
earlier departure, The negro Methodists
also have several separate seCts. The gen
eral Methodist feeling Is that union oil
most Of the Churches might now be
effected,