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The other day, during case in the pc- Ice court, witness was put upon the stant who gave his occupation as that of a carpenter.
 "Hhere is your shop ?'' asked the law yer.
 Haven't any, urbanely responded the witness.
 "How can you be carpenter without a shop ?"
 "Well, you see, don't need one. I'm an insurance carpenter
 "What's that ?'' "Well, I'm employed by the insurance companies to estimate damages to houses You see, it works this way A building catches fire, and burns up few rooms or, say, the roof caves in. The company sends for me as an expert, and I look around, measure with this tape-line, and do lot of figuring on shingle with 8 big red pencil. Then say I can repair the damage for eight dollars and seventy cents, or something like that
 ''And how does it work ?''
 "Oh, frst-rate. The house-owner says he'll attend to repairs himself. He sends in bill for three or four hundred dollars. The company shows my estimate, and, rather than bring suit, the man takes one-half, on which I get my percentage, don't you see?" and the expert smiled be- nevolently.
 "And so you never sawed board in your life ?" said the judge.
 ''No, nor drove nail, D grinned the wit ness "but tell you, gentleman, the companies couldn't get on without me-"
 No more they could, gentle reader, no more they could.-Saaa Francisco Post.
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Potaska, indispensable to public speakers

MT. B. Johnson, No. 1, Faneuil Hall Mar ket, Boston, says: 'Elliss Spavin Cure is all you claim for it. It cured my horse of spavin." It always does that reader.
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Potaska prevents and cures Diphtheria.

When mans wife comes in and sees him, razor in hand, and with his face all lather, and asks him: Are you shaving!" its a provoking thing for him to answer: sNo, Pm blacking the stove" but it is in human na- ture to so reply.
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4 GREAI CAUSE OF HUMAN . MISERY is the Loss of
 M IAN ksxexS Sl

A Lecture on the Nature. Treatment and Radical Cure of Seminal Weakness, or spermatorrhea induced by Sef-Abuse, Involuntary Emissions. Impotency Nervous Debility, and impedi- and Fits; Mental and Physical IncapacIty, &c--By ROBERT J. CULvERWELL, M D., author of the Green Book &c. sf
 The world-renowned author in this admirable Lee ture clearly proves from his experience that the awful consequences of Self-A buse may be eectualy removed without dangerous surgical operations bougies, instruments rings cordias pointing ont
 mode of cure at certain and effectua by which every sufferer, matter what his condition may be- may himself. cheaply privately and radically.
 EBIhis lecture scill proue boon to thostsGnds and th0usGnds
 Sent under seal in plain envelope, to any address postpaid, on receipt of six cents or two postage stamps. Address
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"Father," said young swell with sport ing procliyities, ''explain to me something about protection. What is the duty on sugar ?' II don't know anything about the duty on sugar, but can tell you some thing about the duty on tobacco. It is my duty to seize all the cigars can get hold of, ,'' and, reaching over toward his sons vest pocket, he snatched handful of Havanas. ''So that's the duty on to- tobacco, is it ?" said the young man. Well, I may be somewhat muddied on political economy, but that looks good deal like free trade.''
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|n N not, life is sweeping by, go and
 Hmm dare before you die, something mighty
 kA\S and sublime leave behind to conquer HEsNU time" $66 week in your own town
 H1IlDS $5 outfit free. No risk. Everything new AAVN Capital not required. We will furnish you everything Many making fortunes. Ladies make as much as men, and boys and girls make great pay. Readers, if you want business at which you make great pay all the time, write for particulars to H.HALLETr 6 Co, Portland. Maine.
The Press., 1883-11-08

1 Pure White Lead, 36.5 per 1OB lbs, Also the tlspaIIy iafactoFy AshestOs P@iMts Es At BUGK & CUc
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My horse was lame and could scarcely walk" says J. G. Giligan, cor. Haverhill < Causeway Sts., Boston. ssEllis's Spavin Cure has, however, completely cured him" ---.-
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Potaska, pleasant to take. Children like i

Physicians recommend porous plasters in cases of Back Ache, Lame Side, Stiff Muscles, Rheumatism and all local pains. Hop Plas- ters are the best made, combining fresh hops with gums. Ready to use, pleasant and pow erful in action. 25 cts. at any drug store. 9
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He had just got his oyster shop opened to the public the other day when in came 8 man who asked
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FURNITURE
 FACTS ABOUT OUR Plan

1st. Our system of selling ev- erything to furnish a ouseycomplete, and re- ceiving our pay in weekly or monthly install ments is mutually advantageous to the public and ourselves.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09
A Quaint Old Custem.

If an American happens to be in
a Mexican town on election day
the mayor sends him several tickets
and expects him to vote one or
more of them, as a matter of cour-
tesy. We have been told that the
politeness of Mexicans in this mat
ter is due to the zeal of the San An
tonic politicians. For the last thir-
ty or forty years whenever there is
a local election in San Antonio, it
has been customary for the candi-
date to bring in strangers even and
vote them. Before the railroad
reachell San Antonio a great deal of
the freight was hauled by Mexican
cartmen whose homes were in Mex
leo. IF any of these strangers hap
pened to be in the Alamo city dur
ing an election, the candidates
treated them to whisky and cigars,
and conducted them to the polls,
voted them just the same as if they
paid taxes in that ward. When
these Mexicans returned home they
were loud in their praise of the
Americanos at San Antonio, the mo-
tive for which, however, they did
not entirely comprehend. They,
however, appreciated the courtesy,
however, and to this day Americans
in Mexico are always invited to
step up and vote, as return for the
faVOrS received
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09
Demand for a Dog Law,

Here and there throughout the
country we hear of dog law move
ment. 1t is to be hoped that dog
law plank will be inserted in our
next state platforms. and that it
will not be lost sight Of In the heat
and excitement of a presidential
year.
Knox county has perhaps suffered
less from sheep-killing dogs than
most others possessed of an equal
number of dogs, but from all Sec
tions of the state we hear com
plants.
The number of sheep killed by
dogs seems to be but a small por-
ton of the injury done to the sheep
raising interest. A great many
farmers having been discouraged
once in life by having a fine flock OF
sheep destroyed have never entered
the business afterwards and thous-
ands are prevented from sheep rails
ing who would engage in it if they
were entirely free from vicious dogs.
1t is estimated that more sheep are
annually killed now by protected
dogs than were ever killed when
fiocks were attacked by the bears,
wolves and cats of the wildwood
when the farmer had to stand SEN
Try all night long with rifle in hand.
Tribune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09
Raising ana Picking cucumbers,

Pickles grow well upon almost
any land that is in good heart; they
like freshly plowed sod and land
that is little moist or damp, but
not wet. Fresh horse manure
suits them as well as any dressing,
but it must be well mixed with sod.
The seed may be put in June 20 to
July 4, in rows five or six feet
apart. Those planted at the ear
lier date usually bear the heavier
crop, but it is not always conven-
lent to get them In early. They
are frequently grown as a second
crop after peas or early cut grass,
and are very hardy crop for
breaking up green sward. Flat tur-
nips may he sown among them at
the last hoeing, and make a fair
crop after the frost has killed the
vines.
The pickles can be preserved for
winter and spring sale by sailing.
Molasses hogheads answer very
we'll for one year, but the wooden
hoops soon break. Linseed oil
casks are better, but more expen-
sive, and 1 know one large estab-
ment where the pickles are all
salted in cisterns underground,
built of brick and cement. The
brine for sailing pickles must be
strong enough to float potato; if a
little stronger it will do no harm,
but if too strong it will wilt the
pickles and injure them. They
must be kept carefully under the
brine, and the brine should be
drawn off and poured over them
Two or three times within the first
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

week after they are sailed; other
wise they get too fresh on top and
spoil. The brine will ferment
slightly, but this does no harm
watch them often, to be sure the
brine covers them all, and keep a
little salt on the cover for the first
week. Peppers, beans, cauli1owers,
etc, are sailed in the same manner
for mixed pickles. When wanted
for sale, the pickles are scooped out
of the brine with fishermen's dip
net, placed in fresh water, which
must be changed two or three times
a day until the pickles are quite
fresh. If a stream of water can
be made to flow through them, all
the better. When quite fresh, they
are taken out Of the water and
placed directly in vinegar, which
may be spiced with picked pep
pers, or with West India peppers or
allspice, or with anything else the
trade demands. With vinegar at
10 cents a gallon, you ought to be
able to make pickles at profit =
The Fruit Record.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09
seasonable Directions for Canning.

CANNING GREEN Minnie
McC., and others. To can green
peas, partly cook them for about
ten minutes, and then put them,
while hot, into the cans, without
any water; the cans are then GOV
cred and the tops soldered down at
once, a small hole having been
made in the centre. They are then
put into a boiler, with plenty of
hot water, and boiled for half an
hour, then taken out, wiped dry,
and drop of sealing wax or solder
put on the hole. The cans being
sealed are perfectly alright, are
then ready to be put away in a
cool, dry place. DIzzTE r.
CANNING TOMATOES. M artha L.
In canning tomatoes, if they are
cooked some time, and seasoned
with salt, pepper and butter, there
will seldom be any trouble about
their keePing. ! use Mason's self
sealing Jars, and keep them In a
dark place. V. j. T.
CANNlNGaSTRING BEANs.-Wa ash
and break off both ends of the
beans, break them in small pieces.
Cook in boiling hot water for ten
minutes; put them in cans and then
in boiling water to boil half an
hour. Follow the directions given
above for canning green peas.
CANNED CoRN.-Mr. L. E. S.,
Stockholm. n. Z. Dissolve an
ouce of tartaric acid in half tea
cupful of water, and take one ia
blespOonful TO two quarts of sweet
corn, cook till nearly done, with
only very little water, and while
boiling hot, fill the cans, which
should be tin. when ready to use,
turn into a colander or coarse
seive, rinse with cold water, add
little soda and sugar while cooking,
and season with butter, pepper and
salt.-Farm and Fireside.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09
Eolstsin Cattle.

In Holland the care taken of these
cattle is worthy of notice. The
farmhouses, we are told, are in COM
mon with or a part of the barns,
constructed to afford the greatest
possible convenience under the same
roof; the cattle stand on brick floors,
and back of them is a deep gutter
to catch all the excrement, and this
gutter is thoroughly cleansed morn
ing and evening with a stream of
water. At the rear of the cows is
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

The story goes that Elliott, the
editor of the Dallas Herald, the di-
vorced husband of Mrs. Commo-
dore Wand rbilt, was recently in
vited to come to New York by Mrs.
N. He accepted her invitation and
discovered that her early affection
for him had revived and indicated
that she would not object to marry
ing him again. She is rich and
fair, but Elliott declined to consider
the matter because Mrs. VS.
mother is still alive. A case of
mother-in- law,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

The following Boston telegram
appears in the Bismarck Tribune:
shortly after o'clock this morn
ing a can of baked beans, secreted
by some enemy in Gov Buffers
hed-chamher, exploded with a loud
report, demolishing the furniture
of the room and the windows. For
tunately the governor had not yet
returned from the variety theater
which he attended, and was not
harmed. The president of Har
ward College has been arrested on
suspicion"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

The Tennessee State Grange will
hold its annual meeting at McKen-
zie, beginning on Wednesday, the
18th of August, prox. There will
be arranged quite an interesting
program, and every body is invited
to attend.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

If you have rough, pimply, or
sallow skin, bad breath, pains and
aches, and feel miserable gener-
ally, Hop Bitters will give you
fair skin, rich blood, the sweetest
breath, health and comfort.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09
STRENGTH

Is vigorously push a business,
strength to study a profession,
strength to regulate a household,
strength to do days labor with
out physical pain. All this repre-
sents what is wanted, in the often
heard expression, "ohI Iwish !
had the strength" If you are
broken down, have not energy, or
feel as if life was hardly worth IiV-
ing, you can be relieved and re-
stored tOrobusthe and strength
by taking BROWNS IRON BIT
TIERS, which is a true tOnic-a
medicine universally recommended
for all wasting diseases.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09
%, n. Fremont ST. Baltimore

soI n. Fremont ST., Baltimore
During the war / was in
iuredin the stomach by a piece
of a shell, and have suffered
fromiteversi since. About four
years agoit brought on paraly-
sis, which kept me in bed six
months, and the best doctors
IN the city said I could not
live. Isuffered fearfully from
indigestion, and for over two
years could not eat solid food
and for a large portion of the
time was unable to retain even
liquid nounshment. 1 tried
Browns Iron Bittersa and now
after taking two bottles I am
iable to get up and 60 around
land am rapidly improving.
G. DECKER.
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In short they cure all Diseases
of the Stomach, Bowels, Blood,
Liver, Nerves, Kidneys, Bright's
Disease. $500 viii be paid for
a case they viii not cure or help.
Try HOP Bitters to-day. do)
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

If you are a frequenter, or q
resident of a miasmatic district,
barricade your system against the
scourge of all countries-malarial,
epidemic, bilious and intermittent
fevers-by the use of Hop Bitters.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

Ifyou are costive or dyspeptic or
suffering from any of the numer-
Gus diseases of the stomach or bow
els, it is your own fault if you re-
main i'll, forHop Bitters lisa soTer-
eign remedy in all such complaints,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

If you are sick with that terrible
sickness Nervousness, you will find
a &c Balm in Gilead in the use of
Hop Bitters.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

If you are wasting away with
any form of Kidney disease, stop
tempting Death this moment, and
turn for a cure to Hop Bitters.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

They tell story of Lawrenc-
burg man that whenever it comes
to his ears inaames him. 1T
is to the effect that he has a horse
with one blind eye, and when he
feeds him he goes into the stall on
the good eye side, fings with a
great flourish into the feed box an
armful of corn, then slips in on the
blind side and steals it all except
the one ear on which the horse JIG
busy.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

The breeding of fast horses has
been much condemned, buG it has
done much good to agricultural in
terests. 1t has turned the farmer s
ot-bellied, hang headed, stumbia9,
staggering plug into a smart,
bright, quick stepping horse, that
can do twice its amountof work his
predecessor was capable of and
trot off to market or to church in a
quarter of the time.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

The Hartford Courant says TINT
taking gall Il sure cure Cor mala-
ria. In that case we would advise
somebody to swallow Bill Chandler
it would dispose Of both Bin and
the malaria.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

A young poet writes some
lines beginning; 81 gaze at
the moon in the sky OF course.
Where else would you gaze at it?
You wouldn't gaze at 1t under the
house or down in the cellar, would
you? Not much, Polly Ann.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

BROWNS IRON BITTERs is
aSeOmplete and sure remedy for
Indigestion Dyspepsia, Malaria,
Weakness and all diseases requir-
ing a true, reliable, nOn-alcOhOlie
tOnicX II enriches the blood, gives
new life to the muscles and tone
to. the nerves!
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

"Pm so alarmed, Lizzie" ex-
claimed S.. Louis girl, who was
engaged to be married to young
army officer. He hasn't written
me in three days" "There is no oc-
casion to get excited" was the
rrassuring reply; '-he is out of the
reach Of Indians, there is no epi-
demic prevailing where he is sta
toned, and when he last wrote YOU
he was in perfect health" ooh.
yes, 1 know all that, Lizzie" said
the timid, agitated creature, "hut
then there's the army worm
Brooklyn Eagle.
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The leaders of the telegraph
strike are John Campbell, Thos. II.
Hughes, John S. Mcclellan, John
Mitchell and Frank r. Phillips.
The Boston Herald says they are
all educated men and the best OPP
orators in the world. Campbell
as born as Stubenville, Ohio, is
35 years of age, has dark hair and
eyes, wears eyeglasses and is re-
garded as one of the most rapid
and accurate operators in the coun-
try. Hughes is So years of age,
was born near Pittsburg, is tall,
dark and youthful looking and is
called the thinker" of the brother
hood. Mcclellan is 81, was born at
St. Catharines, Ont, has light com
pIexion and wears eyeglasses. He.
like Campbell, is a fast operator
and like Hughes is a good speaker
Hughes, the New York master work
man, is 81 and small in size. He is
called one of the best operators in
the world. 1t was he who caused
the boys to pledge themselves to re-
frain from liquor. Phillips is 90
and is the one who gave the signal
for the strike.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-09

If you are sick Hop Bitters will
surely aid Nature in making you
well when all else fails.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-05
A MERRY MANS DEVICE

a Washington letter IN the Boston
JouraM says: The invitation sent of
late to naval officers requesting them to
furnish suggestions for change of uni
form reminds me" as Mr.. Lincoln
would have said-of similar invitation
issued by jeff Davis when he was Secre-
tary of War under General Frank Pierce.
One of the invitations was sent to Lien
tenant Derby, a good draughtsman and
merry wag, who sent in response a
proposition for having a two-inch iron
ring appended by piece of strong
leather to the seat of each enlisted mans
trousers. Long and formal specifications
demonstrated the utility of this ring
Each officer to carry, instead of a sword.
long white ash pole, with a hook on
one end. By hooking into the ring of a
private he could be kept in line of battle
II he was disposed to hang back or
caught if he attempted to run away.
The ring would also be useful in the
artillery service for draft purposes. and
IN the calvary men could be locked to
other rings in their saddles and so kept
from falling off. The illustrations which
accompanied the specifications repre-
sented officers catching infantry stray
glers and forcing them into the ranks.
,!ragoons padlocked to their saddles and
artillerymen with clnnon prolopps
hltched to their rings, hauling huge
pieces OF artillery up steep heights.
1t was very funny and the clerks in the
War Department enjoyed some hearty
laughs over it, but when it reached the
Secretary he became indignant and re-
gardee it as an insult. He ordered
charges and specifications to be drawn
up and court-martial was actually
ordered, when it came to the ears of
Governor Marcy, then secretary of State
who was level-headed and who advised
Davis to let the matter drop. He might
convict Derby and dismiss him from the
service, but lie would be laughed at from
one end of the country to the other.
Davis took the advice and Derby's /"
suggestions' are still to be found on the
files Of the War Department.
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A Ship-Canal Across the Peninsula.

Details have been published concern
ing the operations of the Maryland and
Delaware Ship-Canal Company, which
was formed for the purpose of construt-
ing a ship across the peninsula by
what is known as the Sassafras route. 1t
is stated that the bonds have been placed
in France by Mr.. Henry l.. Tibbits, of
New York. the president of the company
and that the money has been raised for
the canal, which is to cost $4,000 600.
The canal, it is said, will be constructed
of cost and specifications of the work for
the use Of contractors have Just been is
sued, and it is expected that the contract
will be awarded at an early day. The
canal is to begin at Georgetown bridge,
ON the SassatraS river and will occupy
the bed of the river for four miles: then
taking the main tributary, it will follow
the main tributary to the dividing ridge
between the waters of the Chesa peake
and Delaware, and thence by the Black
bird Creek valley to Il point near Tay-
lor'S bridge, where it VIII take nearly a
direct course to 4 cove on Delaware bay,
below Gull ball. The whole length of the
canal will be twenty miles. The width
viii be % feet at the bottom. and the
depth - feet below mean tide at George
town bridge.
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STRIKERS AND SHOTGUNS.

The trades unions are the tyrants of
this country. They have made it almost
impossible f4r boys to learn trades. and
now they are undertaking to dictate to
all worlmcn of their respective classes.
The deadly assault upon employees of
She Springfield rolling mills who took
their places regardless of the remon-
s-rances of the strikers, has given Illinois
counts at least one murder trial and ere
atcd an Indignation against the strikers
which will be lasting. The maIgamated
Association Of Steel and Iron Workers of
the United States needs to promptly de-
nouncc the Infamous assault. or it will
participate in the oiium resulting from
the crime. The 900 men who are
members 81 the organization, cannot
afford TO be silent when such an afro
cjous crime is committed in the name of
the association. The right of any man
to stop work when his demand for more
pay is refused is unquestionable, but his
right to shoot the man who takes the
place or the pay he spurns is not yet
recognized. Ifjustice is anything more
than a name in illinois, one or more of the
Springfield strikers will be hung for
acting upon the theory that such right
exists.