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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31
The Farmer.

Rural Messenger: Agriculture is
the basis of natural strength and
wealth, and q most certain and
liberal support Of all who follow it
intelligently.
The farmer VIII succeed who
makes up his mind that the whole
secret Of success is in himself; that
III the man and not the business
that tells. lie will succeed if he
sticks close TO his shop, and not ex
pect 10 work three or four months
and then take his ease the rest OF
the year. That famer will succeed
who takes the papers and digests
what he reads, and is not afraid OF
new ideas and new methods Of in
dustry. He will succeed If it is his
intention that whatever he sends %
market shall be the very best and
so made and put up that when seen
it viii he captivating for its fresh
ness, cleanliness and purity, and will
be unhesitatingly taken on account
of his well known character for hon
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31
Good Advica.

Mr.. j. R. Burdette, he of the
Hawkeye, gives the following adj
vice to young man: My son,
when you hear man growing and
scolding because Moody gets 5000
week for preaching christianity
you will perceive he never worries a
minutes because IDSersoll gets 5000
night for preaching atheism
You will observe that the man who
is unutterably shocked because
Francis Murphy gets $3.50 week
for temperance work, seems to
think it is all right when barkeep-
er takes in twice as much money in
single day. The laborer is wor-
thy Of his hire, my boy, and he is
just as worthy of it in the pulpit as
he is upon the stump. Is the man
who is honestly trying to save your
immortal soul worth less than the
man who is only trying his Level
best to go to congress? Isn't
Moody doing as good work as In
gersoll? Isn't John B. Cough a
much the friend of humanity and
society as the bartender? Do you
want to get all the good in the
world for nothing, SO that you may
be able to pay high prlce for the
bad? Remember, my boy, the good
things in the world are always the
cheapest. Spring water costs less
than corn whiskey;a a box of cigars
will buy two or three bibles; a gal
lon of old brandy is worth more
than barrel of flour; "full hand"
at poker often costs a man more in
twenty minutes than his church sub
scriptions amount to in three years;
a state election costs more than a
religion; you can sleep in church
every Sunday morning for nothing,
if you're mean enough to dead beat
your lodging in that way, but a nap
in a Pullman costs 1.-TWO dollars; fif-
ty cents for the circus and a penny
for the little one to put in the mis-
sionary box; one dollar for the the
atre, and a pair of old trousers,
frayed at the ends, baggy at the
knees and utterly bursted as to the
dome, for the Michigan sufferers;
the dancing lady who tries to wear
the skirt of her dress under her
arms and the waist around her
knees and kicks her slipper clear
over the orchestra chairs every
night gets 5000 a week and the city
missionary $500 a year; the horse
race scoops in $4,000 the first day
and the church fair lasts a week,
works twenty-five or thirty of the
best women in America nearly to
death, and comes out $40 in bebt-
why, my boy, if you ever find your
self sneering or scoffing because
once in a while you hear of a
preacher getting a living, or even a
luxurious salary, or a temperance
worker making money, go out in
the dark and feel ashamed of your
self, and if you don't feel above
kicking a mean man kick yourself
Precious little does religion and
charity cost the old world, my boy,
and when the money it does get is
flung into its face, like q bone to a
dog, the donor is not benefited by
gift and the receiver is not, and
certainly should not be grateful. 1t
is inSultino.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

A short while before the late
Senator Ben Hill's death he wrote
Col. Lamar of Macon, Ga: 81 had
desired to live for two reasons, chief
among which was that I might have
made a speech which l had partly
prepared to the people of this whole
country, upon the relations between
the. white and the black man.
have always been in favor Of giving
the negro equal and exact Justice
nothing more and nothing less.
My friend, we cannot have good
government or stable society in this
land when one party seeks to domi-
nate the other by use of the negro
vote"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

A young lady in Chemung coun-
ty, n. Y, was engaged to a wealthy
young man. All necessary prepa
rations were made, guests invited,
and the evening before the wedding
Charley came and told his intended
that he had made up his mind to &c
west and not be married yet. Hc
went west. The weddingers came
all; wondered what had become OF
the bridegroom. The bride was
there, seemingly cheerful. Two
years passed, Charley came, and
they were engaged over. He in
vitcd large company, and he was
there; inquired for his black eyed
Susan; her mother said he would
find her in the back kitchen. HC
did, but she could not be pursuaded
to come out, rs she said she had
concluded TO wash, and she did
wash.
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Barrister Benjamin.

doubt if there is in the south
one man familiar with his country's
history for the last thirty years,
who is not proud of the career of
Judah z. Benjamin. In inquiring
for his chambers, l learned from a
middle temple barrister that Mr..
Benjamin was regarded as to-day
the greatest lawyer at the English
bar.
He said, in talking of his adven-
lures after the fall of Richmond,
that the confederate government
left Richmond in body. He and
Mr.. Davis were together on their
way to the trans Mississippi de
partment, and Mr.. Davis left the
party to meet his wife, en- route, and
it was in her camp that he was cap
tured. Mr.. Benjaman continued on
his journey alone, and hearing of
the capture of Mr.. Davis, gave
away his saddle and bride, and Sc
curing an old tree, threw over it a
sheep skin, and under an alias,
playing farmer, at length reached
the gulf coast. Here he took a
small boat, and, coasting around un'
til arriving at point near Key
West, he embarked in a small sal
boat, open and without deck, for
Nassau.
He landed in England in Septcm
Der 1865. In June 1866, he was
admitted to practice at the English
bar.
He published his BENJAMIN on
Sales in 1865, having in the inter.
vening years supported himself by
writing leading articles for the news
papers.
"My book gave me my practice
and now, wonderful to relate,
have" said he, "upon looking ovel
my cases yesterday, just one-hali
of the cases from the realm ii. e.
the whole of England, Scotland
and Ireland) before the house o
} lords on the appeal"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

There is more in the boy than there
is in the college. In these days OF
cheap books any boy or girl can get
an education if they want, but my
observation is that not more than
one in ten want an unusual quaint
ty. If the family takes a good news
paper, and has a bible and a few
books in the house, and the chill
dren do an honest days work,
they'll get along about as well as
the college boys in the long run,
and do as much good in the world.
Congress has more smart men than
any place, 1 reckon, but if / was
hunting for honest men ] would
cruise round outside awhile before
l went in, and if 1 was hunting for
patriots, who thought it sweet to die
for their country, l wouldn't go in
at all. The best people 1 know OF
and the most reliable in the time OF
trouble are living in humble life
and making no noise in the world,
and they are not surfeited with ed
ucation either.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

Our navy: Philadelphia mothers
now tell their youngsters that il
they are right good little boys until
the bi-centenRial celebration this
fall they viii take them down TO the
river bank and let them play with
the United States nayy.-Philadel-
phia News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

Alexander II. Stephens, in letter
accepting the democratic nomina-
tion for governor of Georgia, cites
the following as one Of the principles
which constitute the party's creed
of political faith "a jealous care Of
the right of election by the people.
Absolute acquiescence in the docl5
ions Of the majority, the vital prin-
ciples Of republics from which there
is no appeal but TO force, the vital
principle and immediate parent Of
despotism. Majority rule is the
fundamental bulwark Of democratic
government and boltcrism is an
archy.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

A young man in a train was max
ing fun of lady's hat to an elder
ly gentleman in the seat with him.
"Yes," SAID his seat mate, "thats
my wife, and / told her if she wore
that bonnet some fool would make
fan Of her" The young man slid
out. At the next station the old
man poured out his hot coffee into
a saucer to cool. "Look, ma, at the
old-fashioned way of drinking"
said a snickering girl. Eyes" said
the elderly gentleman, "and it was
old-fashioned manners not to no.
tice." The elderly gentleman fin
ished his journey in peace.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

1t has always been n fSvorite
theory among the wine-growers of
the Rhine that the wine produced
during the year of a comets vista
tion is perceptibly improved in
quality and enhanced in value. The
wine of such years is called comet
wine, the years are comet years, and
the celestial visitor has been honored
in having his title recorded and re
cited. This is a comet year, but for
once the wine growers of France
and Germany are doomed to disap-
pointment. Late advices from the
wine vineyards state that the grape
harvest will by no means be an aver
age one.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

The Courier-Journal has an ar
ticle about what constitutes an editor
Our idea of what constitutes an edi-
tor is: A pair Of scissors, pencil
and empty pocket, an unpaid board
bill borrowed coat, and a clean
conscience. Is that about right
IGatesville Advance.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

Profound thought by a middle
aged man: In the life of man there
are two critical periods. The first
is toward his goth year, when he
anxiously inspects his lip to see if
the hair is coming out. And the
second is toward his 10th, when he
as anxiously inspects the top OF
his head to see if his hair is coming
ont
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

Young Subscriber" wants TO
know what is an organ?' IL is the
opposition paper, my son; the vile
and trucking sheet through whose
venomous NAV, fetid with vice and
fostering upon the loathsome cor
ruption in which it daily wallows,
the other party, blistering plague
spot of political leprosy, sewers the
noisome filth ofits pestilential ideas.
Gur-T! That's what an organ is,
my boy. Our own paper is a fear
less and outspoken champion for the
truth You may have noticed that.
Il Burlington Hawkeye.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31
LIFE.

LII
l. Why all this toll for triumphs of an
hour!
Lifes short summer, man flower.
8 By turns We catch tho vital breath and
die.
The cradle and the tomb, alasi so nigh.
To be is better far than not to be.
6 Though all man q life may seem a
tragedy;
Z But light cares speak whom mighty
griefs are dumb,
The bottom is but shallow whence they
Your fate is but the common Fate of all (;
10 Unmingled joys here no man befall.
IL Nature to each allots its proper sphere;
IL Fortune makes folly her peculiar care,
Is Custom does often reason override,
IA And throw a cruel sunshine on O fool,
Is Live well; how long or short, permit to
heaven,
16 They who forgive most shall be most
forgiven.
II Sio may be clasped 30 close we cannot
Is Vile intercourse where virtue has no
place.
10 Then keep each passion down, however
dear,
20 Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and q
tear.
81 Her sensual snares lot faithless pleasure
lay,
90 With craft and skill to ruin and betray
23 Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to
rise;
"a We masters grow of ali that we despise.
95 o, then renounce that impious self
26 Riches have wings, and grandeur is a
dream,
81 Think not ambition wise because tbs
brave;
IS The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
20 What is arsbitions 'Tis q glorious
cheat
80 Only destructive to the brave and great.
81 What's all the gaudy glitter of & erownl
80 The way to bliss lies not on beds OF
down.
SO How long we live, not years but actions
tell
81 That man lives twice who lives the
first life we'll.
35 Make then, while yet we may, your God
your friend,
Sc Whom christians worship, yet not COM
prehend.
81 The trust that's given guard, and to
yourself be just;
IS For live we how we can, die we must.
L, Young 2, DR.. Johnson; 3, Pope;
4, Prior; 5, Sewell; 6, Spenser; z,
Daniel; s, Sir Walter Scott; 8, Long
fellow; 10, Southwell; IL, Congreve;
II, Churchill; 13, Rochester; IA,
Armstrong; 15, Milton; 16, Bailey;
II, Trench; Is, Somerville; 10,
Thompson; 90, Byron; 81, Smollett;
%, Crabbe; %, Massinger; "a, Cow
ley; 25, ,Beattie; 26, Cowper; q, Sir
Walter Devenant; %, Gray; %,
Willis; 80, Addison, 81, Dryden; 80,
Francis Charles; 33, Watkins; 81,
Herrick; 80, William Mason; 36,
Pill; 81, Dana; 3S, Shakespeare.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

Tennessee, North Carolina and
Virginia are the principal peanut
growing states of the Union. Last
years crop amounted TO 100000
bushels. The most palatable and
highest price variety are the Span
ish, which even improve in delicacy
when grown in Virginia.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

Gen. b. f. Cheatham of Beech
Grove, Tenn, publishes in The
South New York; his experience
as a sheep raiser. In the fall Of
1866 he bought eleven ewes and a
buck, "good common sheep" for
which he paid $24. Since that time
he has supplied his family, which is
a large one, with all the mutton and
lambs to the value Of SO, ,S29.62, and
now has on hand March l, 1882
''in fine condition, one hundred and
sixty head of young, healthy ewes,
one hundred of which will bring
lambs during the next six weeks"
Gen. Cheatham says he has rarely
ever fed his sheep during the winter,
only when the ground was covered
with snow he has given them IA few
bundles of oats.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

Some of the domestic evils of
drunkenness are houses without
windows, gardens without fences,
fields without tillage, barns without
roofs. children without clothing,
principles, morals or nanners.--
Franklin.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

There is nothing manly in MAX
ing light of women. Never use a
lady's name in an improper place,
or at an improper time, or in mixed
company. Never make assertions
about her that may be untrue, al
lusions that she herself would
blush to'hear. Shun men who dolnot
scruple to make use of a woman's
name in a reckless and unprinci
pied manner. They are the very
worst members of the community
Many a good and worthy woman 3
character has been forever ruined
and her heart broken by a lie con-
cocted by an unprincipled villain,
but believed by people Of good prin
ciples who are too ready to believe
slander or condemn imprudence and
crime. The smallest thing deroga-
tory to q woman's character will fly
on the wings of the wind, and mag
Nifty as it circulates, until its weight
crushes the poor unconscious vic
tim. Remember this if you are
tempted to repeat or listen to n
scandalous lie.
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A Literary Curiosity.

The following very remarkable
little poem is contribution to the
San Francisco Times from the pen
of Mrs. II. A. Deming. The reader
will see that each line is a quota
ton from some one of the standard
authors of England and America.
This is the result Of a years la
borious search among the volumi-
nous writings of thirty eight lead
ing poets of the past and present.
The number of each line refers to
it's author below:
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31
Dtstressinn Innornnce

What is Democracy? and what is
the duty of Democracy? are ques-
tions which the American seems to
want answered. We have thought
for many a day that little informa-
tion on this subject would be of
some value to our neighbor.-Nash-
vile World.
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our Subscription is

esty of weight, measure and cou Mt
Those who have farms may thi nix
themselves fortunate, for althou gh
they viii not thereby find sudden
roads to wealth they will certai My
prove that persistent farm labor will
bring a sure reward. 1t is worthy
of noCice, that the adventurer and
speculator, with blasted hopes and
shattered health and fortune, have
in the end to come back to the farm
for health and safety.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

Every city must look out for IL
self in the attempt 70 induce manu-
featuring enterprise 20 come IN.
The people of every town must dc
pend on their own exertions for
prosperity. II we wait for some
body else TO come in aud build us
up, we will wait in vain. Enter
prise, like charity, must begin at
home.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

A leading New England ncwspa
per, many years ago, having accused
Daniel Webster Of looseness in his
money affairs he wrote the editor n
private note admitting his careless
ness, both in paying what he owed
and collecting what was duo him.
''And, as an illustration Of that, he
added, ~ enclose two notes on
money which / loaned your father
to aid him in giving you and your
brother an education" That news
paper never troubled him any more
on the money question.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

A friend furnishes us with the
following recipe Of remedy for ca
tarrh in the head and sore throat,
which he assures US is an infalliblc
remedy. 1t is: erich pine saw
dust smoked and inhalation Of the
same through the nose" The dust
may be procured by saving a rich
pine knot. From the representa-
tions Of our informant We doubt
not that the remedy is well
worth n trial Jasper Eagle.
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4 Stubborn Fact.

The people of this country know
that this republican congress has
appropriated n round $50, 100000
more than the last democratic. con
gresS and no waste of figures viii
belittle or excuse this monumental
fact.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Fatal Figuring

After the coming fall election,
Tennessee will be a good field for
the Investment Of aspiring young
editorial talent from other states.
1t is highly probable thht a few
more weeks of wrestling with hero
glyphically variegated debt question
of the state. will kill off the present
crop of Tennessee editors.-Vicks,
burg Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31
Ground for O. Reasonable Dou6

It is understood that Dorsey says
Brady is a thief This will give
rise to a suspicion that probably
Brady is not as bad man as the
evidence proves him to Bee. J.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31
Linked Justice LONG DrtUn Oitt.

Chicago Journal: The Guiteau
case continued for fifty-three days,
and the present star-routc trial has
already lasted seventy-nine days,
while the end is not yet. The pa
tience of Washington judges, the en-
durance of Washington jurymen,
and the endless loquacity OF Wash
ington lawyers will soon pass into a
national proverb, at this rate.
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RLoo1ILess RnttEes.

One of the Nashville alleged
'state credit organs says: "Mr.
Fussell, the democratic candidate,
proposes to meet Gov. Hawkins and
fight republicanism." There is a
scarcely concealed vein of humor in
this announcement. We infer that
Fusselps fight against republican
ism will closely resemble the fight
ing of the hired troops of the old
Italian republic, who used to collide
ten or fifteen hours at a stretch,
with no casualties on either side.
They made much noise and did
much cavorting, but they took great
pains not to draw any blood. We
look for some strictly Florentine
fighting when Fussell begins opera
tions.-Louisville Courier Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

The whale is like a politician
somewhat Of a blower. When he
begins To spout, you may lookout
for long tail The politician is
also like the whale--has considcra-
hle blubber about him.
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Just So.

When Hayes was president, he
would drive through the town on a
slow trot, with one of his horses
lame, and he nearly always wore a
slouch hat. AS consequence, no
body paid the slightest attention to
him. Arthur drives at a smashing
gait, and every one is proud of him.
He is, therefore, dipping his hat
every minute in acknowledging his
greetings. You may talk of sim
plicity as you may, but the American
people like to see their great officers
putting on "style. Washington
letter to Philadelphia Press.
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PRESS PICKINGS.
Select Scraps aflcurrent Editorial
Comment.
PrncticnL PoLifics.

The stalwarts are republicans ''for
revenue only."-Buffalo Express.
4 COLOss,tL .Toy,e
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A Rhode Island justice refused 20
marry man named Carr, tD lady
of the same name, on the ground
that he was afraid " couple the
cars.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-31

The most humorous headline that
we have seen in many day is in a
Ohio paper. 1t is "The Defamers
of Robson. ."-Cincinnati CONNER
cial.