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Medical Qualities of Buttermilk.

For u summer beverage there can be
nothing more healthy and strengthening
than buttermlk. 1t is excellent for weak
or delicate stomachs, and far better as a
dinner drink than coffee, tea or water, and ,
unlike them, does not retard, but rather
aids digestion.
A celebrated physician once said that it
every one knew the value of buttermilk as
a drink, it would be more freely partial zen
of by persons who drink so excessively of
other beverages; and further compared its
effects upon the system to the cleaning out
of a cook stove that has been clogged up
with ashes that have been sifted through,
filling up overy crevice and crack, saying
that the human system is like the stove,
and collects and gathers refuse matter that
can in no way be exterminated from the
system so effectually as by drinking but
termilk 1t is also a specific remedy for
indigestion, soothe and quiets the nerves
and is very somnolent to those who are
troubled with sleeplessness.
There is something strange in the fact
that persons who are fond Of buttermilk
never tire of singing its praise, while those
who are not fond Of it never weary Of Won
dering how some people can drink it. So
far as it is possible, people should over
come their aversion to it, and learn to
drink it for heath sake. One Gentleman
of our acquaintance is SO extremely fond
of it that we knew him one time to drink
about three glasses, then set his glass down
with thud, and exclaiming earnestly, as
he smacked his lips: "That's food and raj
mcnt both" While another buttermilk
enthusiast made the statement once that
where the liver has become lifeless from
torpidity and inaction, and is too dead to
perform its functions, buttermilk will cause
new one to grow in. Whatever exagger-
ated statements may have been made con-
cerning buttermilk its medical qualities
cannot be overrated, and it should be more
freely used by all who can get it. Every
one who values good health should drink
buttermilk every day in warm weather,
and let tea, coffee and water alone.
For the benefit of these who are not al
ready aware of it, I may add, that in the
churning the first process of digestion is
gone through, makeing it one of the easi-
est and quickest of all things to digest
Itmakes gastric juice and contains prop
critics that readily assimilate with it, with
little or no wear upon the digestive organs.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16
Ottar of Roses.

In northarn India, whence we obtain
the little ottar of roses that we get, it is
estimated that it takes about 10000
blooms to yield one rupeewcight Of oil
about 176 grains weight-considerable
less than half an ounce, yet this small
quantity is sold on the spot for $50. Of
course, the yield will vary according to
circumstances. At Ghazepore the roses
are planted in rows in fields, and the roses
are gathered before midday and distilled
in pot stills, with twice their weight of
water. The water that comes over is
placed in open vessels, covered with a
damp light cloth to keep out flies and
dust, and set to cool, just as we set milk
to throw up cream. In the morning a
thin film of oil will Lave risen to the sur
face, which is carefully swept off with a
feather and transferred to vial. And
this process is repeated daily during the
blooming season. Women and children
do this work, or, rather, enjoy the profta-
BILE amusement.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16

BEEF TEA FOR CHILDREN. The best
way to make beef tea for children is as
follows Soup meat without bone, from
the shin or the neck. Cut the meat into
dice with very sharp knife; to every
pound Of meat use one pint of cold water.
Cut up the meat on a dish, not on board
as the latter absorbs the juices wastefully.
Have the proper measure of water beside
you, in proper soup basin or bowl, aud
as you cut up the meat sprinkle it moder-
ately with salt, and throw it into the cold
water. There let it remain for two hours;
then put it all into saucepan and set it
on the fire. Watch carefully the first
rising, and skim and secure this; it is the
very essence of the beef being thrown out.
Put it in a clean bowl, and let the beef go
on boiling for ten minutes, no longer, then
pour it through sieve to the first skim
mings. Stir it before using. In older
children than infants you can flavor with
onion and few cloves. So completely
does this way of making beef tea extract
the goodness, that a dog would not eat the
meat that is left.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16
IRIDIUM.

In recent lecture on iridium before
the Cincinnati Mechanical Institute, Pro-
fessor w. l.. Dudley gave an account of
the discovery made by Mr.. John Holland,
the gold pen manufacturer of that city.
Mr.. Holland had spent eighteen years in
searching for simple process of fusing
and preparing the metal, and at last, said
Professor Dudley, his labors had been
crowned with complete success. He
placed small quantity of the metal in a
Hessian crucible, and after raising it to a
high heat, quickly added stick of phos-
phorous, when, greatly to his delight, as
soon as the fumes cleared away, he saw
the LIQUID mass of metal in the bottom.
For certain purposes for which it was
proposed to use the metal it was found L ne-
cessary to remove the PHOSPHORUS which
it contained. After various experiments
it was found that lime was best adapted to
the purpose. The metal, after being melt
ed and cast into suitable shape is imbedded
in lime contained in Hessian crucible
and subjected to a high heat. This pro-
cess is repeated several times, each time
allowing the metal to remain in the fur.
mace longer than before, when, after foul
or five such operations, the PHOSPHORUS is
practically all removed, having combined
with the lime. For want of a better name
and since the metal is rendered much
tougher, the process has been termed tho
annealing or dephosphorizing process
The removal of the phosphorus renders
the metal slightly porous, but it is as re
fractory as the original.
In order to obtain the iridium in a con
venient form for making pen points, thu
molten metal is poured on an iron plate
when tho workman Immediately strikes i
with heavy iron, thereby fattening i
out into slab of about one-thirty
of an inch in thickness. This slab is bro
ken up into small pieces, which are thel
ground into the proper shape. The grind
ing is accomplished as follows: A cope
wheel, technically called lap, abou
twelve inches in diameter and one-hal
inch in thickness, revolving about 800
revolutions per minute, is covered wit
fine emery corundum mixed with oil
The emery imbeds itself into the copper
forming rough and sharp surface. WheI
the object to be ground is too small t
hold in the hand, it is soldered on piec
of brass, which, after the grinding, is dis
solved in nitric acid, leaving the iridium
free. One ounce of iridium yields frou
5000 to 10000 pen points.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16
Domestic Men.

Some people like domestic men. L
don't; they too often degenerate into "Bet-
tys," and take entirely too much interest
in household affairs. prefer the liberal,
largehearted man who is only home long
enough for him to remain agreeable there
who does not stay till things grow mon
otonous, and till he grows critical on
thousand little matters that he never need
notice at all. 1t is not possible for the en-
tire machinery of housekeeping to work
exactly as he wills it day in and day out,
and we would prefer the man Of the world,
who goes in and out and enjoys in jocu-
lar way the pleasures and privileges he
has, to the critical, domestic man, who
thinks he deserves so much credit for
staying at home and grumbling while
there.
These domestic men often think that
their home and their wives are their par
ticular property, and that they can't be
master of their own houses if they don't
complain at every turn and look around
them as soon as they enter the door, for
some omission or commission that they can
construe into cause for some sort of Gen.
sure, and then begin at once to assert
themselves and keep all around them on
the defensive for hours to come.
Now, who would not prefer man who
would so to the ''lodge," "club,'' or any
where his fancy led him, and there stay
till his growing mood was over, to one who
brags of his domestic traits, stays at home,
sits by his freside and growls Men at
home are great Injuries in the domestic
circle if they behave themselves; if not,
let them absent themselves, while strangers
suffer from their badly balanced brains.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16

At the close Of the year 1881 there
were in the United States 40, JOB miles
of telegraph lines, and during that year
33,155,901 messages were sent The
miles of wire were about 100000. This
does not include the lines used exclusively
for railroad business. The other countries
having the greatest length of lines are as
follows: Russia, 56,17O miles; Germany,
41,431; France, SO, $40; Austria Hungary,
30, ,4O3; Australia, 26,742; Great Britain,
23,156, British India, 18,2O9; Turkey,
18,O85, and Italy, 1854.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16

AN ANCIENT TREE-An historical tree
has lately been destroyed in Greece cy-
press described by Pausanias 400 years b.
c., and one of fthe two largest in the Pelopon-
nesus. Some 1872 feet high, and the tree
had diameter at the base of 10 feet, and
a circumference of Is feet at mans height,
and of 24O feet where the branches were
most developed. Some careless Gypsies
camping in its shade set fire to the tree,
not vestige surviving. Now the only
giant tree left in the province is huge
plantain near Naupactus, on the Gulf of
Lepanto, which is equally large, but some
six centuries younger
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16

"Courtesy opens many doors" says the
old adage "This may be true as far as it
goes" says commentator, "but you might
stand before bank building aud courtesy
till your spinal column was as timber as an
old postage stamp, yet the doors wouldn t
spring back on their hinges worth cent.
-Bufdlo cypress.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16

Definition of deadlock: First class in
politics-Teacher "What is deadlock?
Pupil. ''It is series of votes which elect
nobody" "Correct. Where are dead
locks manufactured" ain Harrisburg
Washington and Albany" "Of what use
are dead-locks?" "They turn Statesmen"
inside out, that the people may see just
what they are made of" "What are
statesmen made OFF" "Giye it up"
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gelert Poetry.
WEAR OUT"

mir but never let the rust
Wear ,ooss Ous corrode the trust ,,,
O,dISSII1rfsSer gave! your part TO pi"!
Your MAJ drama Of"TO-day
In the glSa;1 a;n1Stiy: aid the weak.
/. to deal !r5Stti9 ot5t and freedom speak;
Ever for [iEny [i?Ii9, clear Truths beacon light,
Keep bufHfftnE5o 70 dance through the night
That II r. sTts Tost ton on Iife's black moor
Be TO me IIoohem'S IoI, star that shone OF yore.
Like BeIliiihe'c i%ra the 'child-Redeemer lay.
rr Ills noblcr far to bear
Wear out 4 brow the marks of care,
on breaES,t, ~ ~" conflict bravely fought,
sls ,,,l1ts !. Of peerage larry a,i cGug' cIimr
,Is LaiesTto 70 claim in the 19ir 1r,Sth Gilii HbImc
Iiuts IiIu!5oSe who worship IIuILt t.od 81
0tth?:SSTy :Syonr feet had never troG
Zen eaImd!!r2w IL !TT path that leads 10 zoo Goo
The NJ Iat az oTeath, the scorncr seat,
AVOID. ~ h,s sandals sandals press your feet
NoT Iel Ieelontrite heart, and tearlul eye
win WiltnS fStiiiIii StiIi while the elect pass by!
49,, though stern your features grow,
Wear Out Il,.an locks be turned to snow.
Though rrGntl nor laggard be,
On 10 tllC Ilnyys comes victory
With stlIuiAb sur, ibc p-k weak. the nerveless hand
shame Oh .,ot t1C crosp Truths shining brand,
That calinGY, 5yhru from fair freedoms tower
Thai slIi,' slll sounds the trial hour;
The gCS,H geCfIs when Justice calls, to go
That Ialts I've "Il and Blended bow
TI1I ,a5 prove, rove upon his native aidI sou
~" A,Il "fni1Ity TO man and COD.
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eyes" replied Senator Beck. By-and-

eyes" replied Senator Beck. By-and-
by we started home, and as we trotted
leisurely back we met the team that had
at first passed US, and which We subse-
quently passed on the lightnings wings.
Then l knew why everybody stared at the
mare"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16

Never swerve in your conduct from your
honest convictions; unless it be in obedi-
ence to law or lawful authority. Decide,
because you see reasons for decision; and
then act, because and as you have decided.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16

When you see an old man amiable'
mild, equal, content and good humored'
be sure that in his youth he has been just,
generous and forbearing. In his old age
he does not lament the past nor dread the
future. He is like the evening OF fine
day.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16

Tea made from red clover is said by the
New York Posi- to be an unfailing cure for
cancer. The cancer should be washed with
the tea.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16

A noble part of every true life is to learn
to undo what has been wrongly done. A
lesson not easily learned.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16

Sometimes it is well enough not to speak
your mind, but to mind your speak.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16

He who puts bad construction on a
good act reveals his own wickedness of
heart.
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aThe feetest mare of her day." said
Senator Butler.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24
BlOWSburg.

We have population of SO
whites and % colored. The CITI-
ZEN has increased in circulation
here skiold. w. w. Blow bartered
for over sixty dozen eggs Monday.
Esq. F. M. Kersey dog went mad
last week and bit another dog and
came near biting a negro. 1t was
killed by Mr.. Culps. Capt. T. f.
McCoy's shepherd went mad also
and was killed. Old Uncle Charley
Digger, cold, says he helped 20 cut
the cane from the site of Pulaski
Mr.. g. S. Worsham has a postoak
tree on his farm-thought to be the
only one in the county. Mrs. Mary
E. Gaines has a pair of pincers
used by Capt. N. L. Games in max
ing President Jefferson a pair of
boots. q. @. Clark has 80 acres of
timber grown since the tornado of
1888, estimated to be worth $4,000.
AS l have secured an item partner,
we will hence be known as
He AND /.
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they think they ought to have been
hung by law, and that jury would
have pronounced them guilty.
When the jury In the case came
into court Saturday morning Judge
Stark informed them that the pris-
oners, upon whose case they had
been sitting, were dead, and that,
therefore, they could not render a
verdict. The jury, knowing, Of
course, that the prisoners had been
lynched, had not taken a vote, and
could not, therefore, tell how they
stood.
There have been four other pris-
ouers in Jail charged with murder,
and, at the suggestion OF Mr.. Bell,
they were allowed to give bond Tor
their appearance at the next term
of the court. Mr.. Bell is tired of
claiming men for mobs to lynch.
This makes ten men lynched in
Springfield within the last two
years, two of whom, Sadler and
Pearson, it is believed, were inno-
cent. Ram say was killed for shoot
ing young lady, who is now alive,
but the last seven were guilty and
deserved their fate, and l believe q
jury would have said so had they
been given a few more hours time :;
but an outraged community could
wait no longer.
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Sharon.

Mr.. E. Tarpley has been quite
sick during the past week, but is
now some better. Miss Ada Gatlir
is visiting Mrs. Frank Browning
Mr.. j. T. Marks cook room caught
fire one morning during the high
winds last week. and he came very
near losing his dwelling also. Mr.
John Lacroy has completed his
new dwelling and will soon move in
and take possession. Mr.. Charley
West and brother, of Lawrence
county, stopped over on a brief Wis
it to Mr.. W. p. Scott, on their way
to North Alabama.
Mrs. Frank Browning has been
visiting his friends and relatives
near Prospect. Mr.. Dewitt Knight
has recently moved into our neigh
borhood. Mrs. Elisha Knight and
Miss Julia Knight, of Marietta, Ca,
are visiting relatives in this commu-
nifty. Mrs. w. p. Scott and Mrs.
K. Knight, accompanied by Mr.. D.
G. Neal, are on a visit to Mrs. DIR.
Neal, of West Point, Lawrence
county, who is in a very low state
of health. Mrs. r. j. Brunson re-
ceived the sad intelligence of her
grandfather's death recently. De-
ceased was a citizen of Rock Hill,
S. c., and was 50 years of age.
The citizens of this community met
at the residence of Mr.. Tom Aber-
nathy on Saturday last, and CHAR
tered our new school under the
name OF Forest Glade Academy"
selected the following gentlemen IS
trustees: w. R. Scales, W. P.
Scott, J. L. Marks, NJ. T. Aber-
nathy and r. j. Brunson, and made
all necessary arrangements for the
building. The school room will be
pushed rapidly to completion and a
subscription school will be opened
by the first of May. Mr.. Ed. Cox
went out on a bear hunt last week.
He encountered what he thought to
be bear, and returned home safe
and-sadly mistaken. Davis Aber-
nathy left for Texas on Monday
morning without bidding any of his
friends farewell. A bale of cotton
was stolen from the Ezen gin house
on the Elkton pike Sunday night.
Mr.. Larkin Birdsong has added
to his class little alto singer.
CoRVUs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24

Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re-
newer is a scientific combination OF
some of the most powerful restorative
agents in the vegetable kingdom. 1t
restores gray hair to its original color.
1t makes the scalp white and clean. 1t
cures dandruff and humors, and falling
out of the hair. 1t furnishes the nutri-
tive principle by which the hair is nour-
ished and supported. 1t makes the
hair moist, soft and glossy, and is I'M
surpassed as a hair dressing. 1t is the
NEST economical preparation eyer of
ferei to the public, as its effects remain
a long time, making only an occasional
application necessary. 1t is recon-
mended and used by eminent medical
men, and officially endorsed by the
State Assayor of Massachusetts. The
popularity of HALLS Hair Remover has
increased with the test of many years,
both in this country and in foreign
lands, and it is now known and used in
all the civilized countries of the world.
For sale by all dealers.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24
Mr.. Smiths Condition.

Mr.. JOHN BATEMAN SMITH grew
suddenly and rapidly worse last
Saturday and since that time has
been lying at the very point of
death. We did not apprehend such
a serious result last week. He has
been lying for above forty-eight
hours in a half conscious state, his
condition vacilating at intervals,
and his physicians are almost with
out hope Of 8 reaction. We hope
for the best, however. 1t would
bring a great and irreparable sor-
row upon many hearts if his disease
should eliminate fatally, and it
would be calamity ard a source Of
deepest regret that man of his ca
pabilities should be cut down in his
young manhood and in the very
midst of his usefulness. The reader
can very readily understand the
reason for the lack of original mat
ter in this paper. Out of respect
for our much loved associate, right
gladly would we suppress the pub
LEGATION of the CITIZEN this week, if
possible. ..... .......... ...
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Diana.

Everything is moving off lively
in our little village. Farmers
have gone to work in earnest.
Some are turning the SOL, some
fencing, some clearing up new
ground, some just starting out, 9th
ers dreading to start. The wheat
crop is not so good as we anticipa-
ted; though it is thought by some
that we will make enough to have
biscuit on Sunday mornings. Prof.
NJ. Dwyer is samplIng around in the
neighborhood. We suppose he is
in search of q boarding house. 1t
is thought by the many friends OF
Esq. Griggs that he will not recover
from his sickness. William VIOLA
yer has purchased the Cbesley
Smith farm. This farm is mo- ly
bottom land and well set in blue
grass. Diana Academy adds much
to tue looks of our valley.
Charlie
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24
Cedar Grove.

Prof. E. w. Holt, of Bunker Hill,
will open a school here the first
Monday in April. Mr.. Marion Will
liams, of Marshall county, was in
this reIghborhood lately on bust
ness. Mr.. Williams has bought
land and will probably make his
home here after this year. Some
one entered the smokehouse of
Miss Kate EVERY one night last
week and stole several pieces of
bacon and a quarter of beef. Sus-
picion rested on a certain moon
sinner, but no substantial evidence
could be found. Mr.. Thomas Pit
tard had a valuable mule injured
during one of the late windy DAYS
by a tree blowing down upon it.
Clutch Whitfield has erected a neat
frame dwelling upon his farm.
Will Vaughn will leave in 3 few
days for Arizona. His brother has
already secured him a paying situa-
ton in a surveying company. The
mails got mixed by some means last
week, as the Bunker Hill and Brad
shaw mail came out to Good
Springs and the Good Springs mail
failed to put in Its appearance. No
harm done except to try the pa
tlence Of those who expected valen-
tines from their hanky pankys. L.
L. Naace's little boy was bitten by
a dog last week. The dog was not
mad. I stated in my last letter
that Anthony's hill was in the east
ern part Of this neighborhood when
l should have said the western part.
There was a valentine drawing
given at the residence Of Mrs.
Nance o. the night of the 14th and
the occasion afforded much amuse-
ment for the young people. Several
of the young people here accepted
a kind invitation extended them BY
Mr.. Charley PittaJd TO attend a
social at his house on Chicken
creek last Thursday night. The
young ladies who attended from Ce-
d1r Grove were Misses Meta Har
well, Bette Williams and Moliie !
Maultsby; from Good Springs were
Misses Estelle and Linda Nance, |
Ada Maultsby, and Miss Bette |
Harwell of Egnews creek. A splen |
did supper was set before the |
guests and this, with the great So
cial enjoyment, contributed to
make the occasion one to be pleas
antly remembered Z. w. G.