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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
American Olive OIL.

We notice in the Mining and Scfe1t.
tij1c Press a formula for making olive
oil on small scale, as produced in Cali
fornia, comparing this with description
in the Ph0JDldcelLtische HdHdets6Ldtt
of the manufacture of olive oil IL south
ern France. In California they grind
the olives before pressure. This appears
to be an error; they should be crushed
between two stones turning against each
other vertically. We can quite under
stand that crushing leads to quite differ
emf results from grinding. In cider-pror
ducing counties in England apples are
prepared for cider In the same manner as
fhe French prepare their olives, by grind
ing them under revolving stones. Cider
thus prepared win keep for years, and
improves with age, some say, on account
of an essential oil pressed from the APP
pie pips. In America cidel is ninde
from crushed or chopped applSs, and
possesses neither the flavor or thti keep
ing properties Of that produced in Dg,von-
SHIRE or Herafortlshire, Eneland There
is another poiut which may be inaS,ortiCnt
On the '1ih0le. The oil, when filtered,
is stored IN stone vessels. On the Poetic
they use tin cases.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
Buck Beer.

Buck beer is demoralizing In its ten
dency when it moveth itself Alright. It
layeth hold of the intellect, and twisteth
it out of shape.
Ny SOD, go not with them who go to
seek buck beer, for at last it stingeth
like the brocaded hornet with the red
hot narrative, and ldcketh like the chol-
eric mule.
Who hath woe? Who hath babbling?
Who hath redness of eyes? He that
goes to seek the schooner of buck beer.
Who hath sorrow? Who striveth
when the middle watch of the night hath
come to wind up the clock with the if
teen puzzle? He that hcketb against
the buck beer and getteth left.
Verify, the buckness of buck beer
bucketh with mighty buck, insomuch
that the buckee riseth OF the noon hour
with head that compasseth the town
round about, and the sweetness thereof
waxeth more and more, even from Dan
to Beer-Sheba. Current joke in the
Holy Land.)
Who clamoreth with loud voice and
saith overly, am not I not bad
man?" Who is he that walketh I'M
steadily, and singeth unto himself:
" The Bright Angels Are Waiting for
Me?"
Who wotteth not even fractional wot,
but setteth his chronometer with the
wooden watch of the matchmaker and by
means of q toothbrush ?"
Go to. Is it not he that bangeth his
intellect feminist the buck beer unto the
eleventh hour Blu Nye, In Denvcs'
Tribune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
A Good Character from His Last Place,

In Galveston, as elsewhere in Texas,
when a prisoner has no money to employ
counsel, the Judge appoints young law
yerto defend the doomed man, very much
as the paaper patients in hospital are
turned over to the young doctor to learn
the profession on Net long since quite
young lawyer was appointed to defend
man for burglary. The young lawyer,
after consulting with his unfortunate
client, said:
g May it please your Honor, L want
this case continued until I can procure
The attendance of material witesses.'
"What do you expect to prove 2"
asked the court.
"I expect to prove that my unfortu-
nate client is a quiet, sober and indus
trious man."
"By whom do you expect to prove
that ?''
''By the officers of the penitentiary,
where he has spent the last five years"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
The DIRECTORY Nan.

A writer in Chicago nays: CT meet
the directory canvasser in my rounds,
and occasionally pluck few Interesting
secrets out of him. A weary, wayworn
wanderer he is at best, but this year he
is full OF unspeal1able trouble. It's
tough work, he remarked swabbing the
Precipitation from his brow, tough,
tough work to get people to give up
Give up whGt?' L said. Give I'D any
thing, said inc; why, do you know there
are. whole rows Of good families that try
in eTery,way to dodge away from us, and
when they can't dodge us they go to the
company and almost go down on their
knees to have their addresses left out. >
whats the object? quoth L Blest If I
know said he, but I can tell you have
j.st been offered, right here on Ohio
street, by a lady, $40 bill to keep her
husbands address out of the directory.
Maybe the husbands IN debt, or they're
afraid of their granger cousins swarning
in upon them at the conventions. Don't
know, of course, all the reasons, but
know it's like drawing eye-teeth to get
name out Of 'em. They make me feel
like personal tax man. I've got to fish
up neighbors all the time, and poke into
family secrets like detective"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04

"What were the fortunes of the vari-
GUS Presidents, from the first ?" Wash
ington left an estate valued at over $780,
600; John Adams died moderately we'll
off, leaving about $4,000; Jefferson
died SO poor that, if Congress had not
purchased his library at $40, 00O, he
would have been buried a pauper
Madison was frugal and left about $780,
600 Monroe died so poor that he was
buried at the expense of his relatives
John Quincy Adams left about $50. 600;
jackson died worth about $4,000; Van
Buren, left some 500, 00O. 1t is said he
did not draw his salary while in O zee,
but at the expiration of mis- term Of SER
vice drew the whole, 100000 Polk
left an estate valued $50, 600; Taylor
had saved something from his pay while
in the army, and died worth $3.50, 600;
Tyler married lady of wealth; Fill
more was always frugal, and added to
his savings by marrying a lady of
wealth, and was worth about 5000, 900;
Pierce's estate was valued at $50, 600:
Buchanan left 5000, 900; Lincoln about
S75, 900, and johnson $50,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
Drinks for the Sick.

The sick, especially these afflicted
with fever, often suffer from intense
thirst. The quenching of this without
mjuring the patient is matter which
requires knowledge and good Judgment.
DIR. ID. H Kane says that plain water,
when taken beyond certain amount, is
very apt to disorder the stomach and
bowels, especially in fevers, where much
fluid and but little solid food is taken.
Enough water to quench the thirst
would certainly be enough, In most
cases, to disorder digestion, or rather
further disorder it, and so important is
the little that remains of this function
that we cannot afford to abuse it.
Small pieces of ice held In the mouth
and allowed to dissolve sometimes an
swer the purpose, but not in the MAJOR
ity of cases.
Up to certain point, the action Of
water taken internally, IN feYers, IS ex-
cellent. Aside from allaying irritation
by quenching thirst, 1t husbes the kid
neys, carrying off much of the eifete
material produced by the high teinpera-
tire
1t has been found that the asidiTIoD Of
certain substances to water greatly in
creases its powers to quench thirst.
This is especially the case with acids.
One dracllm OF hyorochloric acid added
to quart of water viii give it sufficient
acidfty to accomplish the desired pur-
pose, while at the same time it adds to
its pleasantness. and sometimes relieves
nausea
Theeuse OF acids in fevers is highly
commended by some authors, and this
is, think, the best way in which to adj
minister them. The same amount of
acid may be added to n quart
of water when the bowels are loose or
there is a tendency that way.
In these cases acidulated barley-water
is pleasant and nourishing. The same
may be said of teast-water.
In constipation, oatmeal water may
be used in the same manner A few
tamarinds added to a glass of water will
often assuage thirst and open the bow
els gently.
Theory and experience both show
that drinks made slightly bitter and
somewhat acid slake thirst most effect
ually.
A weak infusion of cascarilla or orange
peel, acidulated slightly with hydro,
chloric acid, was with Graves, OF Dublin,
q favorite thirst-allaying drink for fever
patients.
Raspberry vinegar is a useful drink
Sucking ice is very grateful.
Sweet fruits, although at first agree
able and refreshing, must be taken with
care and moderation, for they often give
rise to disagreeable taste, and are apt
to produce fatulence and diarrhea.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
A Just Tribute.

A just tribute is paid to women IN the
well-knowu play Under the Gaslight, /"
and il is as true as gospel. II is worth
preserving and runs IN this wise Let
The woman youlook upon be wise ~ vain,
beautiful or homely, she hrs but one
thing she can give or REFUSE, and that is.
her heart. Her beauty. her wit. size may
sell yoa, but Iiol, love is the treasure with
out money and without price. Sl,s can
only ask in rcturn, that when You look
upon her yolir eyes shall speak A mute
deyotion: when you address hej. your
voic,. shall be gentle and kind That You
shall not deSlise her because she eannot
all ut once understand yorr vigorous
thoughts and ambitious plans. 10. when
misfortune and evil have defeatal yDur
greatest pnrpcse--her love r.tnains t.
coias0ie you You look rpon tile tree OF
strength and grandem; do moi eIsspise
Tive iiowers because then fTagraace is-all
They have to 1--WE. Remember lows istlle
only thing flie can give. =,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
ssNn EnoIinr >,


A Detroit lawyer had q call to SO into
the country few miles to attend IL case
on trial before a country Squire, and,
while jogging leisurely along In his
buggy, he saw man como running
across the fields at the top Of his speed.
Directly behind him, and armed with Y
stout stick, was a woman, and it was q
nip-and-tuck race to the fence. The
man reached it first, however, and, as
he dropped on the highway-side, he
called out to the lawyer
Stranger, for Heavens sake give me
n lift down the road for half mile r.
6 What's the trouble here ?" asked the
lawyer.
Z Wife and I have had another falling
! out = was the reply, as the man rolled
down steep bank to the buggy.
The woman at this moment reached
the fence, and, as she was climbing
over, the lawyer inquired OF the hus-
band:
Are you foohIg on in earnest ~
g If you think I'm fooling iuss wait a
second T. gasped the woman, as she
plunged down the Jianlr, rolled eEyek and
ovdr IN the rood, 6ns rose uEs "a ia . Zig
stone in e3ch hand
"SquatY' yelled the husband, as he
c1rcled around the horse, but tho lawyer
wasn't quick enough One of the stones
hit him in the back and the othe, grazed
his ear and hit the horse, and five or six
more were coming as he struck trot
and moved off, the husband hanging to
the vehicle and running behind. When
a safe distance away the lawyer halted
and looked back. The woman stood in
the middle of the road shaking 10th fists
at him, and the husband wiped the
beads of perspiration off his cheeks and
chin, and said
"Stranger, Hammer and mo never
have any fooling. When she's good
natured [ git one shirt week and two
meals day. When she's mad one of us
has got to light out, and I wish next
time you come this way you'd tell me if
there is anybody in Detroit who can
make me pair of wings"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
Men and Women.

The opinion of men, roughly speaking,
is of great Importance to women, and the
opinion of women, roughly speaking, is
OF very little Importance to men; but
there is Just as much difficulty in being
Just on one side as on the other, only the
difficulty is of different kind, and shows
itself in different direction. Miss Mar
tineau says in her autobiography
(specking of what she appears to have
known, at one time, at its very best) that
no relation is so unsatisfactory as that
between brother and sister. To the mind
of the present writer, about as many in
stances of a happy sisterly intercourse
occur as of almost any other not the OBJ
iect of choice; but unquestionsbly what
brothers and sisters need is mutual JUS
tice; and what men and women naturally
give each other is something different.
And if we may speak with the vagueness
and exaggeraion which is necessary in
order to deal with such subject in
email space, we should say that the way
in which the change in the position of
woman has affected the relation of two
sexes, is that whereas formerly man
looked on a woman as possible wife, he
now has to look at her also as an ideal
sister She was being to be protected,
cared for, controlled She is d person to
be met in the field of work and claim. In
such meditation we must expect some
discords. -
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
Sanitary aeepine.

DR.. B. ". Richardson protests against
the double bed. He maintains that the
system of having beds in which two per-
sons sleep is always to some extent I'M
healthful Each little child, even, should
have its own little bed. No two children
are constituted SO as to Require the same
kind of bed clothing and the same kind
of bedding. ''No children or persons
can sleep under the same covering with
out one being the cause of some discom-
fort to the other, bv movement, position
or drag of clothing Beyond these dis
comforts, however, there is the question
of emanations from the breath. At some
time or other the breath of one Of the
sleepers must in some degree, affect the
other; the breath is heavy, disagreeable;
it may be so intolerable that in waking
hours, when the senses are alive to it, it
would be sickening soon after short ex-
posure to it. Here in bed, with the SEN
ses locked up, the disagreeable odor may
not be realized; but assuredly, because jt
is not detected, it Is not less injurious.
Moreover, under the single bed system
it is rendered impossible to place very
old and very young people to sleep to-
gether- To the young this is q positive
blessing, for there is no practice more
deleterious to them than to sleep with
the aged. The vital warmth that is so
essential for their growth and develop
ment is robbed from them liy the aged,
and they are enfeebled at a time when
they are least able to beai Gao enfeeble-
ment."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
Had All the Symptoms.

Squibbs' boy has been for some
months an inmate of law Office in
certain city which shall be nameless.
He entered with the determination, as he
announced to his family, to become Sec
reta1-, Of State. There would seem to
be some probability of his succeeding.
to Judge from the following note sent the
other day to his anxious mother, who
had inquired why he did not come home
to see them oftener: "sThe impossibility
of my absence will be readily apparent
when convey the intelligence that my
senior principal is at the current iuncture
exhausfively engaged in the preparation
of voluminous series of intercalatory
interrogatories to be propounded to a
neutrality-suspicious. witness whose
testimony is of cardinal importance in
thc initial stages of an approaching pre-
Hminary Investigation involving the most
rnon,enfous consequences.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
Cistorn water

"I,ve been workin' like ell pos
sessed to-day" said Col Scion, as he
borrowed paper from the local editor.
$50; what have you been doing?"
"AIy wife, ye see, has the rheumatics;
an twas wash-day so she SEE to me,
SEE she, Solomon, the water IN the cis-
tern is out, an I can't wash without
cistern water, and my Eteumatics is so
bad that I can't fetch It. Sufficiently
profundicated, SEE I, Sally, I'll bring
the water An I brought twenty-five
pals Of water from my neighbours well
an poured it into that cistern, an then
I pumped every blamed drop out for the
washin'. Mighty hard work.
"Why, in the name Of common
sense, didn't you put the water in the
tubs, instead Of turning it into the cis-
tern and pumping it ont again ? !" said
the editor.
"Coz, said the Colonel, bristling up,
% COZ, in the name Of common sense,
she had TO have cistern water to wash
with yer damned fool"
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NO. /.
Mcc s,np Of Words.


The word "watch'' was originally used
as term Of ehdearment, similar to
darling The word ''weneh' formerly
was not used IN the low and vulgar ae-
csptation that it now is. 'sDamsel'' WAS
the appelhtion Of young ladies of quality,
and .'Dame" title of distinction
''Khave" once signitied a Servant
s'Varlct' was formerly used in the same
sense as cafcE On the other hand, the
word Companion" instead of being the
honorable synonym of associate, meant
the same as fellow" 'eVillain' was
bonGman. s'Pedant' a schoolmaster.
Many words have. deteriorated, and
gaine,l a sinister meaning at first foreign
to them.
The Ncrd Cunning" Tor example, for
merly INFANT nothing sinister or UNDER
handed ssDemure" Is another of this
class. It was nsed by earlier 2Yriters
without titN insinuation which Is negg al
most ID tent IN it, that the external shows
81 modesty and sehriety rest on no corr
RESI- 0ndilg nealitics. ssF'rcetieus.n too,
ORIGINAL y niesRa Slfbans, but now has 50
IS s Z, 8 2 ss eassgsa ,; sha
nally signif d MELON from passion or
pam, butlow iInplies condition Of Ian
guid non-exertioli. 'Insolent' was only
Unusual" Gossip was a sponsor ut
baptisns. A poet is o person who writes
poetry; and, according to the good old
custom, a poser was q person who wrote
prose, and simply the antithesis of poet
The word has now sadly different sig.
MITIGATION.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04

THE changes in the color of the sea
have attracted the attention of seafaring
men from the earliest times. They
struck with wonder the Phoenicians
when first they ventured out of the Med
iterranean into the Atlantic; they ex-
cited the astonishment of Columbus and
terrified his companions, while 10 search
of the far-famed Indies and they are no
less a surprise to the modern navigator,
to whom the march of discovery has left
few unexplored regions IN store. One
of the most remarkable and most widely
distributed contrasts of color Is that
which is known to exist between the in
tensely blue seas situated between the
tropics and the green seas OF higher lat1-
tudes. It appears as the result OF recent
observations, and more especially OF
series of experiments made on board the
German frigate Gazelle, that there is an
Intimate relation between the color OF
sea water and the proportion of salt held
in solution by the latter. On comparing
the specific gravity of green water with
that of blue water, it was found that the
latter is always heavier than the former,
and. therefore, at the same time more
salt the two differently colored waters
being supposed to have the same tenn
perature. In other words, the GREATER
or lesser intensity of the blue coicr OF
sea water may be taken as adirect1ildex
Of its sadness and of its specific srazitS
so that when we observe the color OF the
water successfully change from deep
blue to q blush green and dark green,
we NAV conclude that the water has be-
come at the same time less salty and
less heavy.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04

HIokoRY-Nur CAKE. One cupful OF
smear. one-haf cupful Of butter, one-half
cupful of sweet milk, two earpfuls OF
aopr and one and one-half tesspoonfyls
Of baling-powder, well mixed, one large
cupsrl Of walnut meats, one large ciIp--
fu1 Of raisins, whites of four eggs, yelks
Of three eggs; beat butter and sugar TO
!, cream. add the yelks of the eggs wen
beaten. then the -four and milk -four
fbe meats and raisins (stone6 and stir
tIenl IN lastly, the whites of the eggs
beaten IS stiff froth. Bake In pans to
slice or es1t in blocks. When baked,
make frosting, mixing in one-half cup
full walnut meats, and pour over,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
Six Tboueand years Ola.

The Ashmolean Museum, at Oxford,
contains one of tie oldest monuments of
civilization in tho world, if, indeed, it is
not the very Oldest Thisis the milestone
of tomb which formed the last resting
place of an officer who lived in the time
of King Sent, Of the second dynasty,
whose date Is placed by n Marietta
more than six thousand years ago. The
stone is covered with that delicate and
finished sculpture which distinguished
the early periods of Egyptian history,
and was UNNECESSARILY superior to the
stiff and conventional art Of the latter
ages of Egypt which we are accustomed
to see In our European museums. But
it is also covered with something moro
precious still than sculpture, with hero
glyphics which shows that even at that
remote period Egyptian writing
was a complete and finished art,
with long ages of previous devel-
opment lying behind it. The hero
glyphic characters are already used,
not only pictorially and geographically,
but also to express syllables and alpha
bette letters, the name of the King, for
instance, being spelled alphabetically
In the hands Of the Egyptian scribes,
however, Egyptian writing nev II made
any further progress. With t3s fall of
what is called the Old Empire .bout B.
G. $500 the freshness ard expansive
force of the people passed away, Egyp-
tan life and thought became fossilized,
and through the long series of centuries
that followed Egypt resembled one OF its
own mummies, faithfully preserving the
form and features of the past age, and of
q life which had ceased to beat in its
veins Until the Introduction of Chris
tianity the only change undergone by
Egvp tinn writers was the invention of q
running hand, which in its earlier and
simpler form is called hieratic, and in its
later form domotic.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04
Tie Orange Tree.

The orange tree Is the longestliyed
fruit tree known. It IS reputed to have
known nov to flourish and bear fruit more more
than 100 years. No fruit tree VIII srs-
tain itself and produce fruit so well under
neglect and ro.asol treatment. IL BEGINS
to bear about the third year after bud
ding, and by the fifth year produces an
abundant crop, though the yield is
gradually increased by age and
favorable circumstances. The early
growth Of the orange is rapid, and by its
tenth year it has grown more than twill
IN the next fifty, SO far as ita breadth
and height are concerned; but It Is nge
uaultiplies' its fruit stems.
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A Direful Disease.

One of the South Lawrence census
enunlerators, SAYS the Eagle, stopped at
house the other day where, from the
front door-kAeh, lung fold of Grape,
showing that the grim messenger had
called and summoned q soul to the
far beyond Had he not been Govern
ment employee lie might have shirked his
duty in this instance, but with due re-
spect for the relatives of the departed
dead one, he stepped lightly to the rear
door. raped and was admitted He
found there, seated in n chair, with his
head bowed down in grief, an aged man.
After stating his business he asked the
necessary questions, which were readily
answered. Finally he inquired who was
dead
My wife, sir, . sorrowfully replied the
aged man.
.'What did she die of ?" was the next
question.
''Of Improvements, SIR" was the re-
ply:
ator, who thought the man did not fully
understand his question.
''Of improvements, sir, of improve
ments, . again was the reply, moro en-
phatic than before.
Chow could that be?" asked the emu
merator, his curiosity now thoroughly
aroused.
"Wen," said the man, slowly. and
thoughtfully, "the doctor came Monday
night and said she was improving, he
came Tuesday morning and said she was
improving. Tuesday night he came and
told me she was improving, he came
Wednesday morning and she was dead.
Yes, continued the old man, "she died
of improvements"
The enumerator did not press his ques-
tiOn further