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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17
1t is Hard to Understand.

Boston Transcript.
Why an endless procession OF
drinkers from a public clipper will
without exception drink close to the
handle. t.
Why people will go into society to
get bored when they can get bored
just as well at home.
Why a woman will make excuses
for her bread when she knows it is
the best she ever made, and knows
htr company knows it.
Why young gentleman"
swears SO much louder and more CO.
plously when stranger ladies are
within ear shot; or In other words,
Why the desire to make fool OF
ones self springs enternal in the hu-
man breast.
Why we are so much angrier
against him who shows US our error
Jnan him who leads US therein.
Why people will get married,
when counting is so sweet.
Why man who claims to have
,ound marriage a delusion wi,
gain embrace that delusion upon
ne first convenient opportunity.
Why cold weather comes dur
ng the season it is least agreeabl.
Why it Is SO much easier 10 b,
3oIiLe to people whom we shall prot.
sniy never see again than to thos5
whose good opinion We have every
reason to cultivate.
Why Boys should run after the
girls, when there is a whole houseiu
1t home.
Why Jane finds Sarah's hatei
Usosher so attractive, aud why --,
ateful brother of Jane finds +; va.
NTH Sarah.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

laid them away. Soon after his fa-
ther bound him out as an appren
tice to a blacksmith about twelve
miles from home. The boy was de-
lighted at the idea of learning a
trade; and he soon found that his
new master was Kind and topk q
lively interest in him. He had
made loom of what was left Of the
one his father had broken up, which
he showed to his master. The
blacksmith saw he had no common
boy as an apprentice, and that the
invention was a very valuable one.
He Immediately had loom con-
structed under the supervisors of
the boy; it worked to their perfect
satisfaction, and the & blacksmith
furnished the means to manufacture
the looms, the boy to receive One-l
half the profits. In about a year
the blacksmith wrote TO the boys
father that he should be at his
house at given time and should
bring with him wealthy gentle
man, who was the inventor, of the
celebrated power loom. You may
be able to judge Of the astonish-
ment at the old home when his son
was presented to him as the invent
or, who told him that his loom was
the model he had kicked to pieces
but year before.-I Western Trade.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17
The Strawberry

Peter Henderson gives the fol.
lowing requisites for the successful
culture of the strawberry:-"Dig in
three inches of we'll rotted stable
manure with the soil. The plants
should be pot-layered and set out
about midsummer, but they will do
as late as September. Press the
soil against each plant with the
foot Served this way not one in p
thousand will fail. Stir the soil
every ten days TO keep 1t clean and
mellow. Pinch off all runners as
they appear and by winter each
will have formed q round bush 8
loot or more in diameter. Cover
for winter with three inches of hay
or straw, which is to be opened q
little In the spring and the mulch
let on to protect the berries fror
The soil, and the plants from dying
This moie is recommended for eX
Lensive plantations as well as fol
private gardens.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17
Quality in Milk.

More attention has been given t.
ality of milk by dairymen than
was done a few years ago. 1t is q
new topic, comparatively, but one
which may be profitably investisa
ed. A correspondent of our Alba
ny contemporary not long ago rela-
ted the following instances OF varia
tIons in the richness in milk in the
same animals that are a little Ie-
markable, and will serve a good
purpose in stimulating inquiry anu
observation, with view to obtain
ing more information in this behalf
A neighbor has grade Jersey COW.
In June her milk was exceedingly
rich, testing by the cream gauge
upward of "a per cent; the middle
OF October it tested only Is per cent
The general observation of dairy
mel is that quality increases with
the lengthening of the period Of
milking This COW was in perfect
health throughout the season, and
her food was unchanged. What is
the cause of this exceptional action
No cause has been discovered ex'
cept it be this: In June she was
tat; in October she was poor il
flesh from excessive milk produc
tion. The theory based on this il
that in June she started with al
accumulated store Of material which
went to add quantity and quality tC
the milk she naturally would hav,
produced from her food. But thai
store being exhausted, the quantity
and quality were both necessarily
reduced Prairie Farmer. ..
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17
Ancient Form of Dress.

How do we come to possess our
present form of dressl THIS u
one of the many questions answerej
by a reviewer in Nature. Cloth
ing at first was almost entirely ornh-
mental. The exceptions were such
articles from which instruments Of
various kinds could be suspended
so as to be ready for use while the
hands were left free. A savage does
not enjoy the luxury of a pocket.
Even at the present day a japanese
has to cling his tobacco pipe and
pouch from his belt, and the only
pockets be has are in his sleeves.
The simple cinctnre was the germ
so TO speak, of the clothing We wear
After some time bunch of pancan-
as slips was added in front, and this
was gradully extended until it made
a complete fringe around the body
When the arts became so far ad
vanced that man could make papel
cloth or some woven material these
latter we're substituted for the primi
tive friage, and the kilt was thus De
yeloPed. Curiously enough, th'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17
English and American Words

An English paper thus compares
some OF the words used in England
ami America pertaining 10 railroad
travel; "In America the carriage
Is a car; the baggage van a baggage
car; a station is a depot; a booking
office is a ticket-office; your port
mantesu is a valise; aad your box
trunk; the lines are described rs
the track: the facing points are
switches; the driver is the engin-
eer; the stoker is the fireman; and
the guard is the conductor. Pretty
much the only word common in
England aud America is the word
train, but the goods train is the
freight train. When you leave the
train to go to your hotel you take
not cab a but a hack, or if you art
haunted by the demon of economy
you go by the horse-car, but no
by the tramway.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17
An ApnaIIing Eartha uake

ROME, March THE loss of life
by the earthquake on the island OF
Ischia is appalling, 102 bodies hav-
ing been found at the Casa Macciola
up to the present, and many
others were under the ruins OF
buildings. In the village of Lacco
thirteen houses were destroyed and
e persons killed. The fissures
in the streets were fifty centime
ters wide. Many people fled and
e1camped in the fields. The first
shock occurred on Friday at 30
p. M, and the second an hour later.
The whole upper pert of the town
was destroyed and the two thermal
establishments seriously damaged.
Later details confirm the damage
to property, the loss of life and the
injury TO people previously men
toned. The syndic and the sub
prefect are directing the operations
for the recovery Of the bodies Of
the victims. The royal steamers
Magma, Pagona s.nd Exploratore
have arrived at the island from Ma
Piles with soldiers for guards and
physicians. The soldiers rescued
many from the ruins. The popula-
lion fled to the surrounding coun-
try and along the sea coasts. The
government is sending food from
Naples. The king and minister ol
the interior sent contribution iof
tne relief Of the sufferers. The sec
ond and fatal shock lasted sever
seconds, and was accompanied by .
noise like subterranean thu nder-
then came a crash Of falling house,
accompanied by the shrIeks OF th
victims. The probable loss Of IN.
will reach 200 and the damage u
houses and property 100000.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17
Boy Inventors.

Some of the most important in
ventIons have been the work of
mere boys. The Invention OF the
valve motion to the steam engine
was made by boy Watts left the
engine in q very incomplete condi-
tion, from the tact that he had nc
way to open or close the valves, ex-
cept by means OF levers operated 10y
the hand. He set up large en-
gine at one of the mines, and a boy
was hired to work these valve lie
vers; although this was not hard
work yet 1t required constant atteu
ton. As he was working these
levers, he saw that part OF the en
cine moved in the right direction
and at the exact time that lie
had to open or close the valves
He procured a strong cord and
made one end fast to the proper
part OF the engine. and the other
end to the valve lever; the boy hac
the satisfaction OF seeing the engine
move OF with q perfect regularity
OF motion. A short time after th'
foreman came around and found the
boz playing marbles al the door
Looking at the engine be soon saV
the ingenuity of the boy, and alsC
the advantages of so great an inven
tion. Mr.. Watts then carried ou
the boys inventive genius IN {. prac
tical form, and made the steam en-
CINE a perfect automatic working
machine.
The poWer-loom is the invention
of farmer boy who had neve
seen or Leard of such thing Fl,
Whitfield one out with his jackkniie
and. after he had got it all done, Il,
with great enthusiasm, showed it I
his father, who at once kicked it a
to pieces, saying he would have n
boy about him that would spen
: his time on such foolish Ehingi
The boy gathered up the pieces an
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

diess of the Scottish Highlsnders
embodies these two stages OF prog
ress in the kilt and the sporran.
As man advanced there were incon-
veniences attending the use of the
Kilt which were abated by fastening
that garment at one point bstween
the legs, and the human mind was
then fairly set upon the path TO ar
rive at the attainment OF q pair Of
trousers. When the back and shout
GERS needed protection the savage
used the skin Of some animal ana IL
is from this sort of covering for the
upper part of the body that we have
derived cur coats, vests, shirts. etc.
But the ancient cloak form is even
yet retained, not only by such peo-
pie as Zulu chiefs, but in robes of
ceremony by dignitaries of Court
and college OF the most highly civil
lzed nations on the face of the earth.
The elaborate and varied head cover.
lngs of the present day all sprang
from a very simple original type.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

Grandma Garfield, a correspon-
dent says, is not stately, impres-
sive old lady, but nice, plain, com
panionable mother Of the every day
sort. You Eastern people, both
men and women, grow old more
elegantly than those whose early
lives were full of frontier hardships
at the West. To see the General
with his mother reminds one pleas
antly of Lawyer Wommick and nis
aged parent" in Dickens "Great
Expectations" As the Aged p"
of the administration, Grandma
Garfield will be by no means n lay
figure 10 the social life OF the White
House.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

There is an objection 10 the com
mon way of boiling eggs which peo-
ole do not understand; it is this:
fhe white under three minutes rap
ID cooking becomes tough and un-
iigestible, while the yelk ID left out.
When properly cooked eggs are
one evenly through like any other
pod. This result may be obtain ed
y putting the eggs into dlsh with
cover as a tin pail, and then pour
ag npon them boiling bet water,
quarts or more 70 dozen eggs,
I'D cover and set them away from
The stove for fifteen minutes. The
heat OF the water cooks the eggs
slowly, evenly and sufficiently. aud
to a jelly like consistency, leaving
he center, or yelk, harder than
TIE white, and the egg tastes as
D. Ich richer and nicer As fresh egg
ls nicer than a stale egg. No per-
son will want 70 eat them boiled
sitter trying this method once.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

Ex Secretary and Mrs. Belknap
figured conspieuously amid the gilt
tering assembly at the, executive
mansion last week. The lady was
sumptuously dressed, and the rud
dy- faced, Saxon-bearded Secretary
looked as composed and comforta
BILE as ever.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

They tell of sharp trick of an
Iowa man. Having accumulated
considerable property, and fearing
be was about to die, he wrote to
his relatives in the east individu-
ally, asking aid for his support
through the winter. Mono respond
ed except q niece, who sent him $50
from her earnings as school
teacher. Now the old man has
willed her all his money. People
having uncles in Iowa can see the
moral.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17
Reading.

The act of reading involves con-
siderable physical labor. A book
of 500 pages, forty lines 10 the
page and fifty letters 10 the line,
contains 100000 letters, all OF
which the eye has 70 take in identify
and combine each with its neighbor.
Yet many readers will 90 through
such book In a day, The task Is
one he would shrink from II he
should stop To measure it be-
lorehand. The best positions and
best lights, clear type, plain inks.
with The best paper OF yellowish
tints, and abundant space between
the lines. afford the beat safe
guards against harm.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

A French chem ist is reported to
have given striking proof of do
mestie affection. He conden sed
the body of his deceased wife into
the space of an ordinary seal, and
had her highly polished aud set In
. ring. He made nice income by
betting with lapidaries and others
that they could not tell the material
of the seal in three guesses, and af-
ter pocketing the money burst into
tears, and say: alt is my dear,
dear wife"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

Having arrived at the last possi
BILE degree of tightening in sleeves,
it will soon be in order to see very
wide flowing ones. Dresses com
bining both styles have already
been seen, and they are very ele-
giant, particularly when the materi-
ais are of velvet, and the large
sleeves are lined with a contrasting
color IN satin.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

Col. John H. Crozier, cf Knox
vile, discussing the authorship of
the writings attributed to William
Shakespeare, closes late commu-
nication to the Dispatch as follows:
The proof that Shakespeare is pot
the author of the plays attributed to
him, is very strong, and We may say
overwhelming. Lord Campbell,
formerly Chief Justice of the King 8
Bench, and author of the lives of
the LORD Chancellors and Chief
Justices, has said that the author of
Shakespeare's plays has made a
hundred and fifty illusions to prin-
ciples OF law, and that in every one
he was correct-that he understood
the Freemasonry of the law-thst
! is, technical and arbitrary law-the
secrets OF the law which none bu,
sinitiated lawyers can understand
Was Shakespeare lawyer2 IL We
are to believe his advocates he haC
studied every profession snd yoca
ton in life, and he knew all things
] don't believe he ever wrote q play
am satisfied that the author OF TIL
plays attributed TO Shakespeare wa
. scholar, = gentleman, . lawyer an,
q philosopher, and Shakespeare wa
none OF these.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

To utilize the feathers of ducks,
chickens and turkeys, generally
thrown aside as refuse, trim the
plume from the stump, inclose them
ic a tight bag, rub the whole as II
washing clothes, and you will SO
cure a perfectly uniform and light
down, excellent for quilting cover
lets and not few other purpos es.
Il Poultry World.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

Write carefully" says DeQuin-
cey. "You can never tell how much
good your work may accomplish"
No truer words were ever spoken. A
man brought around perfectly low
ing poem about the sun-kissed lbaEes
of September just as the Office boy
had built fire in the CRATE and was
looking for something to light it
With
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17
Borders for linen table cloths a

Borders for linen table cloths are
embroidered with conventional de
signs, including fruit and flowers,
while strips intended TO trim velve,
portieres show medieval designs ex
ecuted in brilliant fiosses and gold
thread, 1t being intended to finish
the portiere with gold fringe, the
bar and rings for ranging to be
gilded.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

There is, it seems, an American
literary union and pure literature
bureau, which has undertaken tC
stop the sale of immoral books and
periodicals on railroads. The Penn
sylvania railroad now stipulates in
its contracts with vendors that GER
tain publications shall not be sold
and other companies are moving in
the same direction, though the bu'
reau reports little progress in the
west.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

There will be two rlRtts in the
next United States senate, both Re-
publicans-O. II. Platt, of Connec-
ticut, who was elected in 1879, and
Thomas G. Platt, Of New York, re
Gently elected. And there are al
ready two Davises in the Senate,
of Illinois and West Virginia; two
Joneses, of Nevada and Florida,
and two Hills, of Georgia and
Colorado.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

The internal arrangement of a
newspaper office is not considered
complete unless it is ornamented
vita q deceased spring poet. t.--[ AL
IA y Argus. Nearly all the editors
and reporters are deceased spring
osts, but they keep 1t dark
Cincinnati Commercial.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

Did you slipP they asked the
Did gentleman as they picked him
up. "OL, no." he growled, "of
course not. was trying to see il
could sit down on that coAl-hole
top hard enough to break it. Did
It just for the fun of the thing"
And he glared at them savagely,
and they some how felt mighty
foolish.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

Gen. Grant called on President {
Garneld Tuesday. 1t was said that
Conkling and the Grant crowd had
tready commenced TO throw rocks
u the White House, but this looks
is If they were going to pretend
friendship at least
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

What a blessin' it is" said q
hard-worklng Irishman, "that night
niver comes on till late in the day,
when a man is tired and can't work
any at all. at all.''
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

81 have three children who are
the very image of myself" al
pity the youngest" replied his
interlocutor. "Whyr Because
he is the one who will have to re-
semble you longest"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

The man who snores and knows
that he snores, and vet won't put q
clothespin on his nose when going
to bed, has the blood of an army
contractor in his veins.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

A boy of twelve years, dining at
his uncle's, made such . good din
ner that his aunt observed, "Johnny,
you appear to eat WELL" yes"
replied the urchin, 'I've been prac-
ticing eating all my life"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

Mr.. Jones, the champion bee
keeper, lives in Beeton, Cal. In 1870,
from 300 colonies of bees, he OBJ
tainedrl5,000 pounds OF honey, and
in 1880, from 400 colonies, 10000
pounds, worth $4,000, and the latter
was bad year for honey. During
the latter year he secured 900 new
colonies from the 4e0,- and COM
menced 1881 with 900 colonies of
bees, valued at $1,000, independen t
of the cost of the hives. Mr. Jones
says he will clear $40, 900 this year,
unless some accident occurs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

Since the Republicans have gath
rred strength in the State of Ten
lessee, there has been an unpar-
llleled outbreak of lawlessness in
state. The desperadoes seem
ecognize tn acquisition OF pow
y their friends - Decatur News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

Since the ladies began to wear
their dresses so tight about their
form, man has surrendered the ex-
elusive monopoly of having the best
place to strike a lucifer match.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

A simple and effective remedy
for lice on cattle is to give them a
thorough dasting over with wood
ashes every other day, brushing
Ihem clean the following day.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

An ex prize fighter is postmaster
in an eastern town. His old fight
ing nature Is still in him, and hardly
a day passes that he doesn't lick an
innocent little postage stamp.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

1t was self made doctor in
Michigan who wrote to John Bright
asking him how his disease got
along, and he is justly indignant
that his letter was never answered.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

To keep furs when not in use free
from moths take alcohol, one pint;
oAmphor, half an ounce: dissolve.
Spray with this liquid before stor-
ing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

Overheard at Coney Island recent
ly:- "Charles, hate this horrid
surf; it makes nae keep my
mouth shut" Charles sarcastIcally
replies, "Take some of it home with
vouo
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

The Arkansas legislature has de,
,clared that as spells saw, and
that it shall be called Arkan saw
They did this so that when then
constituents address them in prop
er title the word may be softened
70 jackaW.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

The average age of a hog is only
fifteen years. This always consoles
US when we see a man spreading
himself out over four seats in a rail
way car.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

The average cost of converting
sinners at Waterbury, Conn, ac-
cOrding to the calculation OF 3 pas
tor. is $500 each.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

Senator Duggan introduced a
bill Tuesday calling con Institutional
convention, the election to occur
Aug, l, 1881. The following is
some of the work be proposes for
it to do: The revision of the
courts; the consolidation of the
Circuit and ChaDcery Courts; the
reduction of the number of Supreme
Judges; 10 provide for q Court of
Appeals; to shorten the terms of
the Judges of the Supreme, Circuit
and Chancery courts; to revise and
retrench the system of County
Courts by providing for less mum
Der of justices; to provide for the
election at the same time of State
and National officers; to extend tbs
sessions Of the General Assembly
and to pay members a salary pc
annum.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

1t was a Connecticut minister
whose salary was S25 year and
half the fish he caught.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

1t was young housekseper who
set the cake she had baked for a
party out-ofdoors. one cold night,
to be frosted.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17

General Butler says he is out of
politics. He went out by a consid
erable majority.