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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
Why the South Doesn't Get Rich.

Atlanta Constitution: Where
has all this money gone? What
have become of the $4,000, 900 that
our farms has given us as the total
value of four leading crops.
The answer comes back to US
from every side. The desk on
which we write was brought from
the north, and so was the pencil
with which we write. Part of the
eighty millions was sent out of the
state to buy the carpet on our of
flee floor, the curtains en- it's win
dows, the ink stand in front of us,
the knife, the paper-cutter, the chair
we sit in, the shoes, coat, breeches,
buttons, vest, collar, cravat, under
clothes and hat we wear; the sofa in
the corner, the wardrobe, wash
stand, the bowl and pitcher and
slop bowl, the stove, the spittoons,
the match box and matches, the
mantlepiece, the locks on the doors,
the files for our newspapers, the mu-
cilage pot and the muciiage, the wa
ter bucket and dipper, the scissors,
and even the waste basket. The
only homemade thing in the room
is a knock kneed white deal table,
that is disgrace to its section and
the writer of these lines, who tie say
the least of it, is not knock kneed.
This is where the money goes.
Out of the state to buy about every
thing that we wear or use--all that
clothes our wives and children, or
decorates our homes. Such a drain,
constant and strong, for smlil
things as well as large will con
sumo many a million of the. dollars
that the patient and strong armed
fathers have dug out of the grouul.
What we need to supplement the
splendid work of our farmers is
manufactures. We need factories
that will supply the articles we are
now sending out Of the state to bny.
We are moving rapidly in that d.
rection. New factories are being
built and new articles made at
home. Even now we have glanced
to catch the time, and the humble
but useful broom that a rat has just
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

In the North American Review for
April, the scriptural and the legal as
poets of divorce are presented respect
lively by the Rev. DR., Theodore ID.
Woolsey, well-kpoWn for his insistance
on the indissolubility of the marriage
tie, and by Judge John A. Jameson, a
jurist whose long experience with di-
vorce cases in Chicago, both on the ju-
dicial bench and at the bar, lends to his
observations very special value. DIR.
p. Bender, Canadian who has studied
to some purpose the political, social and
economic conditions of his country, un-
der the title, GA Canadian View of
Annexation" makes fOrcible presen-
tatiOn of the reasons which incline
many citizens OF the Dominion to re-
gard with favor the idea of absorption
by the United States. Senator John A.
Logan sets forth the need which exist.
for "NationaI Aid to Public schools" in
the several states and territories. The
Rev. DIR. Howard Crosby writes of"The
Dangerous Glasses" that menace the
perpetuity OF civil order and the peace
of the community, meaning the manip
ulators OF corporation stocks and the
men, who, having amassed enormous
wealth, use it for nefarious purposes.
James e. yelling, President of the CO.
lumbar University, treats of Grace
Edueation," the problem that confronts
the philosophic statesman, of the pres
ence in our body polite of strong me-
gro contingent. "The Water Supply Of
Cities is discussed by Charles F. Win
gate, ethical Systems" by Prof. F. IL.
Hedge, 'Street Begging" by Rev. DR..
Charles F. Deems, and "Criticism and
Christianity" by o. B. Frothingham.
Published at 80 Lafayette Place, New
York, and for sale by booksellers gem
eraliy.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
A MODERN MOSES.
Found Floating on the Flood Tide in
His Little Bed Toward the
Great Father Of Waters.

The news of rather singular il
\ cident of the flood reached the cit
| last night from West Point, littl
? town on the river bank . number G
miles below Louisville. The from
Of the place, like nearly everythin!
else, was badly flooded and con
siderable destruction done, mum
Der of houses being swept away anc
several families left homeless. Jus
above the town the river makes :
short bend, and the current run.
very swift. During the whole time
of the flood boats were plying
around in the water in front of the
town, catching any floating valuable
that might come into view Several
houses were swept by, probably
coming from this city, but as they
appeared to be empty, no attention
was paid to them. The morning
after the fearful deluge occurred at
the Cutoff a man named John
Glazer was rowing around in light
boat, picking up what had floated
from the homes of the unfortunates,
when his attention was attracted to
strengthening object bobbing up
and down on the waves some dis
lance out, and having the appear
ance of a miniature house. Impelled
more by sense of curiosity than
anything else, he rowed across TO
head the object of, and to his as
constituent discovered that it was
an fashioned baby cradle, set
ting upright in the water. A few
vigorous strokes of the oar drew
him alongside Of the foater, and,
catching it by the edge, he pulled
it in toward the boat. Great as his
surprise had been, it was doubly so
when his eyes fell upon the form of
an infant, apparently several weeks
old, cuddled up among the blankets,
from which it peeped out with eyes
dilated by establishment and fear.
The little stranger was carefully
lifted from his uncertain bed and
placed in the skif, the cradle which
had sheltered it being forgotten in
the excitement and left to pursue
its lonely journey toward the father
of waters, The child was comfort
ably dressed in swaddling clothes,
having long flannel gown wrapped
about his little shape. 1t had evil
IDENTIFY been, born of ''poor but re-
Specialize" parents, but as to who
they were or where they lived not
the slightest clew could be found. !
The baby was taken home by Mr..
Glazer and comfortably provided |
for, where it will be kept till its
parents CLAIM it. The superstition |
is, the little stranger foated down
from this city, its home being swept |
away by the breaking of the dam at
the Cutoff. 1t will DE remem bered |
that cradle containing an infant !
was seen to float past Clay street |
early in the evening of the day fol |
lowing, and although efforts were
made to capture it, they proved
fruitless. Meanwhile, the little |
Moses will remain at his new found |
home until the proper owners claim
Paper.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
Comma South Co Live.

Atlanta journal; A steady wave
of northern immigration is bearing
down on the south Atlantic states,
East Tennessee and North Alabama.
These immigrants are not of the
carpet-bagger class. They bring
with them more or less capital,
skilled industry, and business ca
pacity. Such immigrants are sure
of a cordial welcome, not only in
Georgia but in any southern stste.
Men who come here with the inten-
ton of becoming Geogians will
meet friends on every hand. We
are not going to turn the cold shout
der to those who desire to live and
die with US, sharing our prosperity
and bearing their proportion of our
burdens. The cry of persecution
has lost its novelty, and is raised
only by those who come among us
with the determination to do gen
eral ''bossing" business on a large
scale. Small men with large aspi-
rations consider themselves perse-
cuted wherever they go, but their
vaporings are not likely to have any
effect. AS general thing substan-
tial citizens from the north and
west who have cast their lot with
US are we'll satisfied and show a
disposition to remain. This fact
alone speaks volumes and out
weighs all the bloody shirt"
testimony that our radical tradu-
GERS have been able to collect from
carpet bag allies.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
Consider.

II no additional effort is made. tc
further arouse the people Of Giles to
the necessity of building pixies,
then there will be but little more
done in that direction further than
the completion of the pixies already
begun. 1t is passing strange that
there are those in the county who
oppose pixies. OF course they are
honest in their convictions and be-
lieve that it would not be well for
the people of the county to have
pixies built, but by what course of
reasoning they come to this con-
clusion we cannot conceive. They
must have left reason out of the
question altogether. If any farmer
can show that it is not cheaper for
him to pay the nominal price
charged for foliage than to spend
a third more time in marketing his
produce over rough roads, then he
proves that his time is worth but
little to him. If he can show that
he makes money by driving his
teams where they stick in the mud
with half loaded wagons rather than
haul full loads over smooth. pike,
he must first prove that travelling
over rough roads does not wear out |
his wagons and kill his teams. AT
the lowest, a wagon and team are |
worth one dollar a day, and if you
can make them last one year longer |
by using them on good roads then |
you have saved $500, enough 10 /
buy another turnout and have some /
thing over for foliage. IT your (
team can draw two thousand pounds /
on such roads as we now have, it /
could with the same exertion draw
three thousand pounds on a pike,
thus saving one-third of the time it
now requires to market your pro-
1uce, and few days work at home
will pay all toll. Besides all this,
the man who believes that toll costs
more than it is worth, is the very
man that ought to be in favor of
pixies. Let him take stock in them
and realize what profit there is in
such an investment. He can make
money in that way and the men
who pay him toll save money
There can be no doubt in the minds
Of any who will consider the matter
that to build good system of pixies
IN the county would be the best
hing the people of Giles could do
or themselves, and nobody can ad-
1ance plausible argument to the
Think about the matter
md never say a word to discourage
he movement.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
THE LOOM OF LIFE.

GAN day, all, night. can hear the jar
Of the loom of life near and afar, l.
II thrills with its deep and multi sd sound,
As the tireless wheels go always around.
Busily, ceaselessly; goes the loom
In the light of day snd the midnight's gloom
The wheels sre turning early and late,
And the woofi is wound in the warp of fate
Click, clackl there's thread of love wove in
Click, clack! and another of wrong and sin
What a checkered thing will This life be,
When we see it unEo!lsl in eternity!
Time, with face like q mystery
And hands as busy as hands can be
Sits at the loom with its warp outspread,
To catch in its meshes each CHANGING thread
When shall this wonderful ysb be donel
In Thousand ye aTs, perhaps, or one;
Or tomorrow. Who knowetha Not you nor
But the wheels turn on, and the shuttles fly
All, sSd-eyed weaver, the years are slow,
But each one Is nearer the end, i know,
And some day the last thread shall be wove in,
And grant it be love, instead of sin.
Are We spinners..o of W DOL for this life web-say
Do we furnish the weaver thread each day
1t were better then, oh, aIy friend to.spip !
a beautiful thread, than o thFead. of sin"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
Poor Girls.

The poorest girls in the world
are those who have never been
taught to work. Rich parents have
petted them; they have been taught
to despise labor and depend on
others for a living and are perfectly
helpless. II misfortune comes upon
their friends, as it often does, their
case is hopeless. The most forlorn
and miserable women upon earth
belong to this class. 1t belongs to
parents to protect their daughters
from this deplorable condition.
They do them great wrong if they
neglect it. Every daughter should
be taught to earn her own living.
The rich as well as the poor require
the training. The wheel Of fortune
turns swiftly around-the rich are
likely to become poor and the poor
rich. Skill TO labor is certainly no
disadvantage TO the rich and is in
dispensible TO the poor. Well-tO do
parents must educate their daugh
tiers to work; no reform is more i'm
perstive than this.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

her tight and cover the wounde
hand with kisses.
Strange to say, this peculia
method of reviving a young lad
succeeded. She opened her eyes
and the color returned to her face
"Mr. Kingston r. pulling her hanc
away.
"Oh, if you wanted to make s
fool Of me-" he said gloomily, ''you
have entirely succeeded. / love
your
He expected her to draw herself
coldly from his hold, but she did
not. She seemed quite contented
where she was, only a rosy glow
overspread her face, and she whis-
pered:-
Are you sure-very sure?
II wish l was quite as sure of my
eternal salvationr'
''Oh, Harry! No, you must not
say that! Do you love me enough
to care whether 1 am rich or poor?"
"Ten thousand times yesr'
"And-and you want me for your
wife, anyhow
''Of course do"
"1'hen take me. And you may
kiss me now, Harry"
And he did.
"Of course it makes no difference
to you," said the young lady, pres
emily, ''but you have offered your
self to the rich Miss Amberley.-|
You needn't start so. You can't
throw me over now, sir"
For moment that was just what
Harry thought of doing, but the
quick tears in his companions eyes
brought him to his senses.
Voices below. Mr. Preston passed
through the ravine in company with !
The other Miss Amberley. He was
holding the young lady's hand, and |
her stately composure seemed for
)nce somewhat ruff1ed.
''No more of this, Mr. Preston
she exclaimed in an agitated voice.
1T is right that l should tell you
t was my cousins within to confuse
'ur identity. You doubtless think
Tou are addressing Miss Amberley,
he heiress-''
Not at all" interrupted Preston,
i have known the truth all along.
t is only Kingston who is deceived,
md if that is all the defense you
re able to make"
They passed out of sight.
"It is too funny" declared
agatha, leaning on her lovers shout
Ter to laugh. "That will be q match,
co."
And it was. And the following
Tinter the two Misses Amberley
'assed out of existence, but Mrs.
Harry Kingston and Mrs. James
PRESTON became the bellies of the
ity.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Nobody denies that public faith
should be stainless, and if it we're
possible, perhaps Tennessee and
: Virginia should pay, the one thir-
ty and the other forty millions, the
whole face value of their alleged in
debtedness. But census statistics
show that under the operation of
Federal revenue codes, exacting ey-
erything and returning nothing to
industries of these unprotected"
states, the tolls of their people are
far more profitless than those of
other commemorative. 1t is fur
Their palpable, that if these states
levied taxes, superadded to enor-
nous invisible federal burdens, pro-
ducing enough to pay the interest
on their vast local debts, the states
would be depopulated and farms
and homes utterly valueless. Ten
nessee, under the tariff code, pays
about sixteen millions annually in
to the federal treasury, and six
times more to protected industries
OF other states. Where these pro-
tected Industries subsist, this
money, taken from one citizen is
given TO another, aud therefore the
average of production in the north
is from one-fourth TO one.sixth
greater, as census tables show, than
in the south, where, except in su-
gar growing districts, nothing is
protected" Therefore the absurd
ity of advice to southern farmers
that they must diversity their in.
dustries. Ii is the federal revenue
systom that needs division and ''di-
versification.
But, plainly enough, if Tennessee
undertakes to pay an interest and
sinking fund account of $2,000,000
annually, as the bondholders re-
quire, the people, already in rags
and their industries almost proftless
must go into exile. The poorer the
state, the higher, of course, the rate
of taxation that must be imposed
to raise the annually demanded
81, 100000, and depopulation and
utter ruin become inevitable. Under
the benign protection of federal
revenue systems, each toiling Ten
realizes about one hundred
and fifty dollars for a years labor. :,
Let the state exact one and an
eigth per cent. tax upon all that he
owns, and his net income will be
less than nothing. st. Louis iner
chants pirate about the necessity
for southern diversification oflndus-
trial pursuits, and insane people
about the dishonor of reputation.
The dishonor is rooted in the tariff
code; the disgrace inhercs in FEEDER.
al laws, which crush one class Of
people and of states into depths of
poverty, rendering their climatic
and heaven assigned avocations
worse than profitless and payment
Of public debts impossible. These
federal law-giVers, taking out of
Tennessee fifteen millions or more
annually by sheer force of law and
leaving nothing but that "protec-
ion" which vultures give to lambs,
are the regulators to be reviled
and sued by the swindled Dutch.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

The Courier-J ournal says a New
York man has discovered that the
fumes CT sulphur will kill diphthe-
ria parasites. Sulphur has been
successfully used in Pulaski for
years and those who have seen its
effects are ready to assert positive
ly that it is specific. 1t is used
two ways and must be applied vigor-
ously: Burn sulphur on a shovel and
blow tue fumes into the patients
face as he breaths. Fill short
cane or quill with flower of sui
phur by running it in with a straw,
then insert the cane into the mouth
and blow the powder on the back
of the thorat. Fill again and
blow it up the postrfIs. Re-
peat frequently and be not sparing
of it. The disease is fearfully fast
in It's ravages and must be met
vigorously and all parts affected
kept sulphurized. We believe it is
an absolute cure if used in time
and it is harmless even if used in
prodigious amounts: Cut this out.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

pile it up carefully, Johnny"
said his mother, as the little boy
threw down the wood in the corner
and turned TO leave the room.
"Pshaw! that's good enough"
said Johnny. ut don't make any
matter; it'll soon be gone
"What is worth doing at all H.
worth doing well, my son." said his
father, who overheard him. II once
knew little hoy whose mother hail
taught him this proverb. He
was a poor boy, and was hired rs nm
errand boy,by a merchant. He took
pains to do everything well. This
pleased the merchant, and he gave
him something better to do,advaDc-
ing him as he grew older from err
rand-bOy to under clerk, then to
head-clerk, and finally admitting
him as a partner in the business,
until he became at last owner Of the
very store where he first began by
doing the little things we'll"
Be thorough in everything. The
boy who takes pains in the little
things he has to do is faI the more
likely to he thorough in important
duties than he who slightingly says
in regard to any half-done work,
"pshaw, that's good enough!'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Nature endoWs some men beyond
others With a better foundation on
which to build character and man
hood; their instincts or natural pow
ers are stronger, presenting supe-
rior soil to the plants of life, on the
proper training of which perma-
hence of character and success de-
ponds; yet It's most strange to see
men possessing such gifts, men of SC
superior parts, by their own free
will, not only obstructing natur
and undermining her works, but
blasting their own life's hopes and
prospects by acts, In the condemna-
tion of which, when they choose
few excel them. IT'S strange, most
strange, yet it is quite true, men Of
the brightest parts are daily de-
Estroying their lives by courses
which in speech they profess to
loathe and abhor, yet follow daily
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

$50 you have got twins at your
house," said Mrs. Bezumbe to lutte
Tommy Ssmuelson,"
Eyes. mann, two of EN-"
What are you going to call
themr'
Thunder and Lightning"
"Why, those are strange names &c
call children"
swell, that's what. pa called 'em
as soon as he heard they were in the
houses"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

tumbled down behind our office, and
the ssshes that the keen west wind
is rafting in our windows, formerly
all imported, were made right here
in Atlanta. But until great many
more factories are built within our
borders we will be wanting to know
where the money goes as the totals
year after year are footed up.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

For a kicking horse fill an old
sack with hay and suspend it from
the loft by means of rope, in such
manner that the horse will be
able to kick it every time it swings
against him. Let him kick until he
stops of his own accord, and you
will have no more trouble with him
that waY.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Jones asked his wife: "Why is
husband like dough-" He ex-
pected she would give it up, and
was going to tell her it was because
woman needs him, but she said it
was "becanse he was hard to get of
her hands,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Half the fools in the world think
they can prescribe fer the sick bet
ter than the doctors: twothirds
think they can preach better than
the ministers, and all Of them know
they can edit paper better than
the editors.-T Athens Post.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Make friends with none in whom
you have not implicit confidence
whom you cannot trust at all times
and at all seasons. The best friend
ship you can make is that which
is based on those feelings which
spring from the attention of sacred
truths. AS a man is Judged by the
company he keeps, it profits him to
exercise great care and Judgment III
the selection of his associates, and
TO dismiss all whom he discovers
to be unworthy of his fullest conf
dence and esteem.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

Boice, the president of a Jersey
City bank, 10 now in the state pris-
on ct Trenton, engaged in the hon
est cad useful occupation of iron
ing shirts. His late cashier and
book keeper put in their time in
making huen eoIlarss-,gzA
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

MY election 70 the United
States senate has been a great sat.
isfaction TO me, OF course said Mr..
Kenna Of West Virginia to some
friends who were congratulating
him recently; sand ]. of course, am
very grateful to my friends for il.
But tell you frankly, gentlemen,
that neither it nor any Of the rapid
promotion in my political career has
given me so much genuine pleas
ure as the fact that my hound
pup took the premium at the dog
show the other night Lives OF
American Statesmen.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

An exchange says that there is
no free trade party in this country
that the only difference is in the
amount of protection to be afforded
lby law to American Industries.
Every state wants protection for her
peculiar industry. .d!,.sl ~
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29

A merchant wants to know what
to do to enliven up business. Try
advertising. If there's anything
that will set trade ADJOINING it is q
judicious use Of printers ink Elk
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
LINlM EN- I.

This preparation is now being used By,
and has the highest endorsement Of, the
leading stock dealers Of tho South, many
of whom have given voluntarily, strong
certificates of its wonderful merit In the
treatment of stock to which it is specially
ADAPTED. No farmer or owner OF horses
and mules can well afford &c be without
it, as the timely application of this Lini-
ment will save many valuable animals
and restore them to usefulness. In con-
junction with it should be used the