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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21
Some Pet Superstitions,

Il think there are more idle, silly
superstitions in the popular mind
on the subject of physiology than
any subject know of, said an en-
inent physician.
''Why do you say that? Tell
about some of them"
''Take the popular notion in re
gard to hydrophobia. If a healthy
dog bites a child and years after
ward go mad, the child will go mad,
too. You'll find that sentiment al
most ineradicable. Credit to the
nineteeth century, isn't it? So is
the corollary from the proposition,
that when a child is bitten by a
mad dog the beast must be killed
to keep the child from going mad.
Then there is that time worn but
ever new scare that cats suck ba
bies' breaths. What a cat could
do with baby's breath is a deep
and unbelievable mystery to me.
L suppose they get into cradles
where there are children because Of
the warmth, and superstitious PEG
pie are not in love with cats, and
especially black ones. They twist
the vampire story around. till they
get the breath-sucking story,
Another medieval anatomical
romance is that man has twelve
ribs and the woman thirteen, be-
cause God took a rib from man and
1
laugh at the~idea, but have heard
men yehemently declare that it was
true, and were perfectly astounded
when they found cut that they were
mistaken.
"rhe most common superstition
is the charming away of warts.
Sensible white people will do all
sorts of little hoo-do tricks to get
rid of warts. They will try to get
people to buy them from them; they
will cut as many notches on q stick
as they have warts and hide the
stick, in the hope that somebody
will find it who viii get the warts
which have been charmed off. The
notion that if toad touches a per
N warts will come at the place OF
contact is so strong that l venture
to say that there is not one IN TWEEN
ty but is as afraid of touching 6
toad as q rattlesnake. Millions Of
toads are killed annually on this
account, when they are real
! ly the farmers and gardeners
/ best friend, as they feed upon the
bugs and worms that destroy theil
plants.
"The most of these superstition'
are harmless, but one of these war;
myths is probably the most danger
GUS superstitions eXtant. They
say that if a horse hair lit must be
black one) be tied tightly about
a wart it will disappear. 1t will
usually. Also, usually, it is re-
placed by a cancer which is hardly
a desirable exchange. More can
cerous growths are caused by this
idea than come from any other
cause. 1 could go on for hours at a
time on these medical superstitions,
if had time to relate them, or you
had to listen to me"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21
The Pig in Agriculture.

The pig has recently been spoken
of in contempt when compared with
our domestic animals. But if we ex-
anime his good qualities at all
critically,we must award him a high
place in agriculture. He is found
to produce a pound of product from
less food than either cattle or sheep,
and is, therefore, the most econom-
ical machine to manufacture our
great corn crop into marketable
meat. Our people are becoming
wiser every year, and exporting less,
proportionately, of the raw mate
rial and more of condensed product.
If it takes seven pounds of corn on
the average to make a pound of
pork, as is no doubt the case, the
farmer begins to see the economy
Of exporting one pound of pork, ba-
con or ham, instead of seven pounds
of corn. The difference in cost of
freight makes a fine profit of it.
self; besides, the pound of meat is
usually worth more than seven
pounds of corn in the foreign mar
ket. The production of pork
should be encouraged on the fur
ther consideration that it carries off
less of the valuable constituents of
the soil than beef The fat pig
contains only three -fourths as much
mineral matter per cwt. as the fat
steer, and only two -fifths as much
nitrogen per cwt-; and therefore
the production Of q ton of pork on
the farm will carry off only a little
more than half the fertility carried |
off by a ton OF beef Besides ton
of beef will require nearly 80 per
cent. more to produce it. This
gives in round numbers the compar-
alive effect of producing pork and
beef 1t is thus evident that the
pig should have high place in our
agriculture; should be fostered in
every ways his capabilities studied
and pushed; his diseases carefully
noted and prevented, for he is the
most profitable meat producing an
imal on the farm. The pig is an
excellent adjunct to the dairy, turn
ing all refuse milk and even whey
into cash. AS he-is the king of
our meat exports, 50 let us treat
him with great consideration.-Ru
ral New Yorker.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

incident in connection with her.
A beautiful little boy of hers was
taken i'll with an acute disease and
for several days caused the greatest
anxiety to Mrs Simpkins and other
members of the family. One day
the attending physician told her
that the case was a most serious
one, and that there was little if any
ground for hope. From the mo-
lnent that this sorrowful news was
made known to her, Mrs. Simpkins
would not leave her child, but
watched and tended him all through
the long, sad hours that followed
Before long a change passed over
his face, when she instinctively knew
that the shadow of death had fallen
upon his features. At about the
same time he said to her, in faint
est tones, "Mama, dear, please hold
mer' extending his hands toward
her. The devoted mother lifted
him from his bed to her lap, encir-
cling him with her arms in such n
way that his face turned towards
hers. He looked into eyes and
with a post pathetic, pleading ex-
preston, and asked, "Will You sing
to meY'
When the request was made, the
physician attempted to dissuade her
from complying; but after only a
moments hesitation-with her eyes
filled with the deepest, tenderest
love, looking into those of the child,
while he watched her face as if to
read thereon what she endeavored
TO hide, his little hand tightly
grasping one of her fingers, his
breath growing weaker and more
weaker-the mothers lips parted,
and mingling with the sobs of those
about her, soft, sweet bird-like notes
went out upon the air, and the
faintest of smiles dawped on the
little upturned face, as If in CRATE
full recognition of her effort. Still
she sang on, with only the slightest
tremolo in her voice, nothing to
mar the fullness of the harmony.
The eyes were slowly closing, hid
ing their light from her loving
heart, while the notes soft and slow,
still went out, filing the room with
a sweet, rare melody, never ceasing
till the little eyelids fell, the tiny
hand relaxed its holland she knew
her precious boy had passed to the
world beyond. An unselfsh love
is sometimes revealed to us in al
most divine fullness and perfection.
Cape Ann Advertiser.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21
The Wife's MANAGEMENT.

The majority of women are less
reckless in the matter of eXpendi-
ture than men, therefore when the
family finances are limited, the
wife is the best disburser of the
funds. And if she is worthy to be
the wife of an honest man, she will
do her best to make that money
bring as much comfort into the
home as possible, and in no case
will she allow her feminine love for
the beautiful to beguile her into ex-
travagance. But we must not eX-
pect miracles. If the husband had
treated her like a child for five
years and shall at length come to
his senses and decides to act to-
ward her as an intelligent woman,
he will expect that she will display
the judgment the sensible mans
wife across the street does, for she
has had just five years experience
in the use of her powers that his
short-sightedness has deprived his
wife of. Where the income of the
family is sufficient to allow all
the comforts and many of the luxu-
ries of modern living, there arise
difficulties that are harder to adj
Just. For her love Of dress and de
sire for home adornment is Civ
en- one scope, and we know what ly-
rants they become ifleft unchecked
by reason and a firm will. But the
best plan in this case is for hus-
band and wife to agree upon plan
Of living that shall bring all the eX-
penses of the year as far within the
limits as their income and courage
will permit. Then they can, after
due thought and experience, pro
portion the various expenses of
l'heuge," charity" ''incidentals,
and so on, as far as they may see
fit to particularize. and this done
each one will have an Intelligent
idea OF what he is striving for.
The woman as well as the man in
this case becomes an interested
party in the family finances. And
the man that has never given his
wife the opportunity to show what
she can do with money, will, in nine
cases out of ten, be thoroughly sur
Drised at the economy she will prac-
ice and enjoy, because she knows
" hat she is doing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

A pretty face is always valuable
Mrs. Bell. wife of Mr.. Bell OF tele
phone fame, can say with truth
MY face is my fortune, sir, and
IAN also add that it is the cause OF
other peoples fortunes. She is a
beautiful woman, ami Mr.. Bell, fall
ing in loYe with her pretty face,
married her, although she was deaf
and dumb. 1t was while expert
menting with an audiphone for his
wife's use that he discovered the
principle of the telephone. Bell is
now worth SG,000,0t0. The lead
ing portrait painter in Washington
owes hi Success TO a picture OF
Mrs, Bell A portrait which ne
painted and placed on exhibition
attracted 50 much attention that
the unknown artist suddenly be
came prominent, and orders poured
in upon him until he now has more
orders than he can fill.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21
Some National Paupers.

The semi-annual payment of in
terest on registered United States
bonds, which occurs in January and
June, is now being made. While it
is very difficult to obtain exact in
formation as to the largest receivers
of interest from this class of bonds,
yet, like almost anything elss here,
it can be had, if one wants it bad
enough. This year the largest sin
gle bondhoideF the treasury knows
of is Mr.. Vanderbilt, who receives
interest on $37, 100000. A year ago
he had $50,OO0,0O0, but he has dis
posed of $13,000,000 for some pur-
pose The next largest is Mrs. A.
L. Stewart who has $4,000, 000.-
As some of hers are coupon bonds,
the amount of her holding can not
be exactly told. Ten years ago Mr..
A. T. Stewart had $4,000, 900 in
bonds. most of them being sixds.
Mr. Gould has $2l,300,000 in regis
tered bonds and large number Of
coupon bonds which he keeps to
use rs collaterals in Wall street =
The California millionaire, Mr..
Flood, is the next largest holder.
He has 100000. Then there is
an estate IA Boston and three or
four persons in New York wllo have
each $10,0O0,0O0, and a lady in New.
York, unmarried, too, has $s,000,O00,
and the estate of Moses Taylor Of
New York, $4,000, 900, D. o. Mills,
Reid's father-in law, has
81, 100000. On the other side of
the water, american securities are
very popular, and are preferred to
those of other nations because the
rate of interest is higher. The
house of Rothschilds own nearly
of Americas whole |
bonded debt. Including all the
bankers of that name, they have
s400, 100000 Baron Leopold and |
Sir Nathan Meyer de ROthschild |
each own $3O,OOOOOO, and the head |
IF the Vienna house has $25, 100000 |
n his own Fight. The reason, ] |
nave heard, for their putting such /
extraordinary amounts in American
ponds is that political and social
system are every day becoming
more and more uncertain in Europe,
md therefore, if a general break
shall OccnT on the continent or in
enough viii be LET in the
securities of the great republic toi
make them all very comfortable in
Iced. Lady Hannah D. Rothschild,
Tho married the Earl of Roseberry
year or two ago, brought to her
eally impoverished husband $780,
100000 in American Four and a
Ialfs. The Baroness Burdet.- C0Gtts-
Bartlett has $2O,OOO,OOO of our
FOUR and a-halfs, the Duke of
$5,O00,000 and Sir
thomas Brassey 100000.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21
Family Alterations.

The best intentioned welded
pair cannot live together without
having some slight misunderstood
ings and mild disputes. They must
talk when daily@sin each others So
ciety, and they could not at all
times, either on private or public
affairs, agree on every point of ar
gument; and, though these disa-
greements are very painful at the
time, they are, we may say, necessi-
ties, as otherwise the man and wife
would merely be a stupid and opin-
iOnless pair. True, no word may
be spoken harboring a personal in
suit; but the unpleasantness is there
nevertheless, and it cannot truth
fully be denied. To defy these
harmless alterations in welded
life, one of the two must necessari-
ly be q sort of dummy, with ma
chinery by which he can be wound
up to smile, weep, look grave,
sympathetic, or loving, and by
which he can be made to utter
Eyes, DEAR" mo, darling" and
other desired remarks at the others
will. Who shall be the inventor of
this sort of clock, and who shall be
the one to submit to the ordeal?
We shall not attempt to draw Il pic
ture Of the model wife, as men
would wish her to be. We don't
believe they could draw il them
selves to their own satisfaction.
However, we will vouch for it that
all sensible women, and most all
the others, would prefer husband
who now and then upset two or
three chairs, throws the bootjack
through the middle pane of the
window-that is, provided he had
no trouble to keep his own balance
to that most detested of all Great
ures, the man who is as silent as the
gods of India, and who sits hour
after hour trying to ape a long
faced and sorely prosecuted ourang
Outang. His picture first provokes
then anger and disgust. |
His wife is the most pitiable crea
ture in the world. Fire, flood, an |
earthquake or even a hurricane, |
might be welcome guests; but a man
N fit Of sulks, never Wake him
up! AS we'll might you try to re
7ive mummy, while his fit lasts.
He is as rigid and dead to sensibil- |
ty as the tenants of Egyptian cata-
,omb, and his stubbornness, as his |
wife knows, beggars all description.
The spouse of a henpecked husband
heartily regrets the nature Of her
mission.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

Near Dooly, Ga, the other day.
the water in Big Red Lime sink fell
suddenly 100 feet, with q force that
shook the earth for me distance.
The sink occupied about half acre
of ground and was filed with water
of unfathomed depth, in form COM
plete circle, with perpendicular
walls. About half a mile away a
monster spring bursts from a steep
hillside, a4d by some subterraneous
copnectloh, this huge reservoir of
water was conveyed into the chan
mel OF the spring. Great bo4lders
were washed out and immense sand
bars formed at the mouth of the
spring. South Prong creek, into
which the spring empties, was
greatly Swollen by the influx of wa
ter. "'''f u
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

Our planters, who are getting poor
er every year trying to raise big cot
ton crQrs as in the olden times before
the war, should consider that the
Wall Street ring Of speculators Eho
annually rob the cotton states Of
millions of dollars through their
manipulation of the future business,
can raise more cotton and better
cotton in Wall Street in a single
month than the whole south can
raise in q year What's the use
trying to compete with such skill
as theirs. F" r.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

Birmingham Age; The great
bulk of the jug ware used in the
south is manufactured about
Athens, Ga, where clay especially
adapted for this purpose is found.
1t is taken from the banks OF
streams, and all the work is done
by hand. A man can manufacture
about 100 gallons day. The clay
is first ground, every. lump carefully
weighed, when the vessels are
formed around a revolving wheel
turned by the foot. They are then
baked in furnaces and glazed with
glass. They sell for about four
cents gallon at the works.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

If you have rough, pimply, or
sa1loW 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, 1883-06-21

81 wish-to stale" writes provi-
dent minister, "that ! have pro-
cared an alarm clock that will wake
up the congregation as soon as
the service is over"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

If you are a frequenter, or a
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, 1883-06-21

If you are sick with that terrible
sickness Nervousness, you will find
a "Balm in Gilead" in the use of
HOP Bitters.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

In short they cure all Diseases
of the Stomach, Bowels, Blood,
Liver, Nerves, Kidneys, Bright's
Disease. $500 viii be paid for
Il case they win not cure or help.
Try Hop Bitters to-day. c0
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

The Boston Herald contemplates
the outlook at the south, and ther
observes that ''the supremacy
of generations Gin the New England
States) is seriously challenged, and
the rivalry Of other sections of the
country renders the future some
what problematic"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

The average age of a hog is only
fifteen years. This always consoles
us when we see a man spreading
himself over four seats in a railway
car
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

1t takes time to create places to
put things in, and it takes ii me to
keep them IN place, but not more
time than it takes to hunt them up
when they may be anywhere and
everywhere and belong nowhere.
The satisfaction of knowing that at
moments notice, in the middle OF
the night or in broad daylight, one
can put her hand on whatever in her
domain is called for, is a great salts
faction to the orderly housekeeper,
and one which she will contrive in
one way or another not to do with
Out.-The Housekeeper.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

If you are wasting away with
any form of Kidney disease, stop
tempting Death this moment, and
turn for cure to Hop Bitters.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

In these days fashionable church
is a place where after Il careful
toilet few people come in,sit down,
and what time they can get their
minds off their stores or away from
the new style of hats in the seat be
fore them, listen in silence to the
minister, warranted to hit no man s
sins, and TO the choir, who arc
to sing tunes that nobody knows,
andhaving passed away an hour in a
dreamy, lounging way go home re-
freshed.-T. Dewitt Talmage.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

Disraeii, when tainted about be-
ing a Jew, replied Zone half of
the world worships JeSess, the
other half worships her son."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

We frequently hear the expires
sion, ''bee in a bonnet" Who ev-
er saw bonnet without B in It'll
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

Funny, isn't it, that you always
see the night fall before any stars
BEGIN to shoot.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

The poor with an idea of poverty
Is no worse Off than the rich with a
poverty of ideas.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21
\TSn S6N6Q<~
If you are sick Hop Bitters will
surely aid Nature in making you
well when all else fails.

Ifyou are costiye or dyspeptic OF
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 sover-
eign remedy in all such complaints.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

The most successful way oftrain-
ing an animal is TO begin at birth.
Two thing should supplement our
knowledge Of the way to train :
Kindness and decision; these are es-
Sanfin Is
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21
A Touching Incident.

The news of the sudden death of
Mrs. Ruth B. Simpkins, at Newport
recently, has recalled a touching
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

MILL & FACTORY SUPPLIES
OF ALL KINDS. BETTING, HOSE
and PACKING, OILS, PUMPS ALL
KINDS, IRON PIPE, FITTINGS,
BRASS GOODS, STEAM GAUGES,
ENGINE GOVERNORS, DC. Send for
.Price-!ist. w. n. DILLINGHAM; & co.
4oi Main Street, LOUISVILLE, Ky.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21

Sullivan, the pugilist, while in
spirits the other night, practiced on
his wife, successfully knocking her
out in the first round. The police
took hand in the next round.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-21
BROWNS
IRON
B/TTERS

is the only Iron preparation that
does not color the teeth, and will not
cause headache or constipation, as
other Iron preparations will.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1883-12-04
SLIGHT ODDS.
a Little story with a Large Moral
One Man who Knew his
Own Business.

"NO. my dear.'' said the venerable keeper
of country store to a timid little girl whose
head scarcely. came up to the level of the
counter. mo. my dear, we haven't any red
flannel, but we have some first rate New Or
leans molasses." Softly limiting that she
didn't think that would answer the purpose
quite as well, the child went her way in
search of the article she wanted.
"Have you BENSON'S CAPCINE PLAS-
TERS?" asked gentleman Of a certain drug
gist whose name could be eiyen were it de-
sired. Il am troubled just now with touch
of my old friend. the lumbago, and the Ben
sons Plaster seems to go to the spot almost as
soon as il touches the skin"
Not at present" replied the druggist. gen.
tally " but, we have lots of plasters just as
good. There is AlIeOek's, the Capsicum and
others-won't one Of them do as well?"
''My dear sir" retorted the gentleman.
with slight show Of temper, al say nothing
against those articles, but l am a business
man, and always ask for precisely what
want. and for nothing else. / may enlighten
you, however, when say that sometime ago.
for another disease, of which the Capeine has
since cured me, tried all those you mention,
with no appreciable benefit. They arc ineifi-
cient, every one Of them, the meanest act Of
tie proprietors Of some Of them being this
that they make plasters with similar sOuDd
ing names to deceive the unwary into beliey
ing they are the same thing. Experience
taught me the difference. I'll go to the next
man in your line. Good day +"
10 on our guard against limitations. The
genuine has the word CAPCINE cut cIeanIy
in the middle Of the plaster. All others are
impOsitiOns.
Seabury & johnson, Chemists. New York.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1883-12-04
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

GRACE CHURCH-HOIy communion
first Sunday of every month. Sunday
services at IL A. NJ, and Z Pm. WedneS-
day evening service at o'clock. Rev.
NJ. ID. Wilson. Rector.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Ser-
vices at IL A. NJ. and p. NJ. Wednes-
day evening prayer meeting at Z
O'Clock. Rev. }. V. Milligan, Pastor.
CoNGREGATIoNAL CHURCH-Seryices
at II A. NJ. and Z p. NJ. Rev. Sam1
Wood, Pastor.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH-SeryiceS
at 10 30 a. NJ. Rev. l.. Dielman, Pastor
VI. T.. CHURCH-Services at IL A. II.
and p. NJ. Lecture and Prayer Meet
ing, Wednesday, az p. NJ. Rev. Wm.
Roberts, Pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH.-Services each
Lords Day at IL A. NJ, and Z p. NJ.
Prayer Meeting on Wednesday, at z
p. NJ. Rev. B. 5. McLafferty, pastor.