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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-03
IN LOVE WITH EDWIN BOOTH.
A Foolish Girl Tempts Fate and For.
tunate in the Mans Honesty.
New York Star.

New York Star.
Speaking of the prosecutions of actors re-
minds me of very pretty story regarding
ing Edwin Booth. 1t was while he was
playing at the Winter Garden that young
miss in her teens fell deperately in love with
him. She was the only daughter of wealthy
parents, and night after night she would
make some excuse to leave home and 60 to
the theatre. She deluged Booth with love-
letters and finally he wrote to her telling
her to meet him at the stage door at the
end of the performance on a certain evening.
She was there according to appointment
Booth handed her into his carriage and gave
some whispered instructions to the driver
The horses were driven rapidly, and in few
moments the young girl found herself in
front of her own home. The carriage
stopped and Booth assisted her to alight
Taking her arm as they walked up the steps,
he rang the bell. 1t was late when the girls
father, who had become very anxious about
her whereabouts opened the door. When
he saw her in the company of the actor he
started back in astonishment.
Mr.. -" said Booth very quietly, 81
have brought your daughter home. She has
been foolish, very foolish, but has promised
never to be so again, and advise you to take
better care of her" With these words he
turned and left. The young girl is happy
wife and mother now, but she never tires
of telling the lesson she received from the
great actor.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-03
German and American Soldiers.
[Critic.l

[Criticl
The German army is machine Of a COM
plex but most highly developed character.
Each part Of the machine is admirably
adapted to the functions it has to perform,
and none Of it's parts are superfuous. The
machine will stand severe strains and rough
usage without injury. This idea of inani-
mate machinery as opposed to animate voli-
tion appears at every turn in studying the
Germans or any other foreign army, and
these armies have the advantages OF the ma
chine. It, must not be supposed from this
that the German army is mere slave to
tradition and routine, and deficient in indi-
the case The Germans, realizing that the
unexpected always happens" have studied
every combination, movement and accident
in war, and they have drilled every officer
and soldier each in the measure of his re-
sponsibility, to be prepared for every emer-
gency. No matter what happens, therefore,
the officer is ready to meet it, not by exer-
csing his ready wit and common sense, but
by applying principles which have been
drilled into his very nature, and which cover
every case. He is the very embodiment of
a professional specialist. This excessive de-
uonCNCl3 III ooAA-O WI
at the expense Of his general intelligence, OF
his self reliance. and of his independent in
itiative Outside of his profession speaking
of the whole body of officers, not of selected
corps) he is narrow minded and compara-
lively uniformed; in any business but the
one in which he has been so thoroughly
trained he would be helpless until he
slowly learned it's details and first principles.
In other words, his mind acts, not intuitive-
ly, but from prescription and instruction.
The grand American armies, whicn- fought
the war of I561-65, presented characteristics
the opposite of these. The had no training
but such as they acquired-often with bitter
experience-in the progress OF the war itself,
and their officers acted almost invariably
upon their undrilled judgment. The idea
of machine was never a good simile for
them. Military subordination, in its strictest
sense, was almost entirely lacking. Yet they
acquired the most perfect knowledge OF the
essential principles of war, and after 1863
they were as superb body of practical SOL
diers as ever existed some of their campaigns
(such as Vicksburg and Atlanta on one side,
and Manassas and Charlottesville on the
other) can be judged from the highest pro-
fessional standpoint, and are the equals IN
brilliancy of the campaign of 1870, or those
of 1896, 1906, or 1914. The same result was
obtained by two exactly opposite systems
in one case special professional training, IN
the other by development of reliance upon
ready wit
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-03
DAY LILIES.

Laughter so soon is over,
Summer so soon is done,
What has lilv of fragrance
After its day in the sun?
Dewy and fair in the morning,
Perfumed and pale at noon;
Dewy and dead at sunset
4 ghost by the light of the moon.
What have you to remember?
What have to forget?
Laughter, tests and trifiing-lllles
With dewdrops wet,
One for every mornlng-a MY
Counts for day;
Days and summer and lilies,
How quickly passed away.
Which of us was in earnest?
Which of us was in jest?
When the lilies breathing fragrance
Died slowly on my breast:
Because they pleased your fancy
Because my mood was new
Do you believe that lilies
May leave the scent OF rue?
There's nothing to remember,
There's nothing to forget,
But laughter, tests and tritilng,
And yet-and yet-and yet
In all the summers coming
All lilies under the skies,
Will bring back to you low laughter
And the blue Of womans eyes.
Ineither hurt nor healed you,
You'll be no more false nor true
TO me and my summer fancles,
THANH shall be to you,
But to the end the lilies
Will be of your past part,
And you'll think you see them lying
A bloom ON woman'S heart.
Throughout all of our summer
This is what have won.
may chance to be remembered
When lilies stand in the sun.
You will forget the woman
shall forget the man
But the fragrance OF the lilies,
Forget it If you can.
But have my little triumph
A woman's-light and vain;
And would it have paid me, think you'
To have wrested it from pain!
Grant you each word utter
Is trifie light as air;
Yet out of my little triumph
There grows little prayer.
Give other women roses,
All bloom to them is free;
IL have earned the lilies;
Leave them to me-so me:
Those who jest in the morning,
Should jest at set OF sun;
When will end this jesting?
When will the day be done?
But have my little triumph
A woman's-light and vain;
1t would have paid but poorly
To have wrested IL from pain.
And to the end the lilies
VIII be of the past a part;
Once-once an August lily
Found root-in q woman's heart.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-12-06
Edncation of che sonth.

The Rev. A. D. Mays, a northern
philanthropist,an educator who has
travelled extensively in the south
during the past two years, declares
that ''no people on earth so thor
oughly overwhelmed by destructive
war, so impoverished in property,
so confused by complete overturn
in society, has done so much for ed
ucation in fifteen years as the peo-
Pile of the sixteen old slave states.
In 1865 the whole educational ma
chinery south Of the border line was
in ruins. This year the southern
people have partially restored their
old system of colleges and acadia
mics, sometimes improved, and have
established the northern system OF
free schools in every state. AL
though lamentably incompetent to
struggle with the fruitful illiteracy
of the lower masses, these schools
are made little better everywhere
every year. Last year these sixteen
states paid $15,000,O00 for education
"a sum greater according to their
means than ten times the amount
now paid by Massachusetts would
represent in New England"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-12-06
Useful Suggestions.

Save your cold tea; it is excellent
for cleaning grained wood.
Wild mint scattered about the
house will rid it of rats and mice.
Never put pickles in a jar that
has had lard in it.
Roasted coffee is one of the most
powerful disinfectants.
BeeswaX and salt will make rusty
fiat irons as smooth as glass.
The unpleasant odor left in the
breath after eating onions is entire
ly removed by "a cup ofstrOng coffee.
Cream cures sunburn on some
competitions, lemon juice is best on
others, and cold water suits still
others best.
If you wish to pour boiling hot
liquid into a glass jar or tumbler it
can be safely done by putting a
spoon in the dish before you pour.
When one has had a fever, and
the hair is falling of, take a teacup
of sage, steep it in quart of soft
water, strain it off into tight bot
tie. Sponge the head with the tea
frequently, wetting the roots of the
hair.
Vegetables should be fresh and
ripe, well washed, and when peeled
should be laid in cold water some
time before using. Let the water
boil from beginning to end of cook
ing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-12-06
rha PArils of Buck Beer.

My son, go not with them who
go to seek buck beer, for at the last
it stingeth like the brocaded hornet
with the red hot narrative, and
kicketh like the choleric mule.
Who hath woe? Who hath bah
bling? 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 fifteen puzzle? He that
kicketh against the buck beer and
getteth left.
Verify, the buckness OF the buck
beer bucketh with a mighty buck,
insomuch that the buckee riseth at
noon hour with a head that COM
passeth the town round about, and
the sweetness thereof waxeth more
and more, even from Den to Beer
Sheba. (Current joke in the Holy
Land).
Who clamoreth with a loud voice
and saith: Verify, am 1 not bad
man? Who is he that walketh un-
steadily, and singeth unto himself,
"The Bright angels are waitiag for
me?'
Who wotteth not even a fractional
wot, but setteth his chronometer
with the wooden watch of the watch
maker, and by means of a tooth
brush?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-12-06
The Minister'S Cow.

1t is good thing for preacher
to ''stick to his text But if he is
tied to it, it may run oway with him.
especially if it goes on all fours
An exchange tells this droll story OF
a clergyman's experiment, and shows
how it ended:
Some years ago there lived in cen
tral New York a very worthy bet
eccentric divine, known as Father
Goss. He had hired man named
Isaac, who always obeyed orders
without question.
Father Goss bought a COW one
day which proved refractory when
MIXED, refusing to surrender the
lacteal fluid, although Isaac used all
the persuasive arts of which he was
master. He finally reported her
delinquencies to his master.
"Well, Isaac" said he, ''go to the
barn and get those pieces of new
rope" Issac obeyed; the COW was
driven into The stable, tied with a
piece of the rope, when the Rev.
came out armed with knife.
'Now," he explained to Isaac, 81
will get on the cows back and you
tie my feet beneath her, then you
60 on with your milking and with
my weight on her back she must
give down her milk"
Isaac obeyed. The feet were tied
the pail got and milking commenc-
ed.
But bossy objected, and plunged
wildly about. The stable was low
and the Rev's head was fearfully
thumped. 30 Isaac! Isaac?" bawl-
ed, he 'cut the rops."
Isaac seized the knife and t,not
the rope which tied the master S
teet-but the one that tied the COW.
The stable-door was open, also the
yard-gate.
Away darted the frantic cow, the
terrified man on her back, helpless
ly roaring. "Stop her, stop herr'
While madly careering down the
road he met parishioner, who ex-
citedly called, "Why, M.r Goss,
where are you going?'
Only God and this COW knows, :"
groaned he; II don't"
The animal was finally caught,
and the man released, much fright
ened but unhurt.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-12-06
Seen in Colorado.

Since 1 came into Colorado,
writes a correspondent, I have
played at SNOWFALL with John Sut-
man on the last day of July. L
have seen ladies scrape away the
SNOW and pick flowers from the
ground under the snow, and | have
seen red ripe strawberries picked
from green bushes after kicking off
a foot of snow from them. This at
Alpine Pass.
I have seen men on. horseback
along the railroad tracks, where we
have men afoot, as track-walkers,
have seen these horsemen draw out
a red flag, and ride bareback dare
devil gallop over the ties to flag a
train.
l have seen the ticket agent at
Marshals Pass, 1O,715 feet altitude,
sitting by a roaring fire in his
office, July 80, while outside, the
ladies of our excursion were gather
ing wild flowers and berries, ther
mometer A degrees in the shade.
/ have seen in the streets of
twenty saloon towns open gambling
hells, with sign, "Cards and Rum"
/ have seen mountains of rocks
thousands of feet high, with the
stone arranged layer upon layer. as
if built by q mason, as regularly
and carefully laid, and / have seen
standing in the middle of plain a
fat stone ou its edge $50 feet to the
top. And 1 have seen in the Royal
Gorge, a mountain over 1000 feet
high, ell seeming one solid stone,
without a crack or crevice, actually
one big solid rock.
/ have seen a girl dashing over
the plains on horseback, dismount
to pick bouquet for her hat, and,
calling her Newfoundland dog, step
on his back and remount.
/ have seen an open bible lying
on a carved oak altar at the en-
trance of a rum shop and gambling
den at Leadville, and above the
bible q sign painted, saying:
please, kind friends, don't swear" !"
Think of such an appeal, made in
such way, by the keeper of a drink
ing den!
1 have ridden in palace car on
the Rio Grande railroad, the name
of which, painted on its side in gilt
letters, was ''The Blood of Jesus"
followed by another car named
s'Heart of the Saviour"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-12-06

lately. thought 1 would give you a
few items from this section
Ed Geers is now in Texas with
his stable. At Dallas last week he
won his pacing race with Joe Bra
den, great big bay gelding that
he bought down in Giles county.
By the way, Geers says that this
fellow is the fastest one that he ever
pulled line over, Notwithstanding
the fact that he has driven Matte
Hunter, 2:122; Joe Bowers, 2:lS,
and other fast ones, both trotters
and PAGERS. Joe Braden was bred
in Giles county, got by horse
named Bull Gopher-not a very
euphonious name, to be sure-out
of mare that is thought to be
grand daughter of the great imp.
Glencoe. Joe Braden has a walk
over through Texas circuit-that
is, if he is wanted to win. He
derives his name from his former
owner, Joseph NJ. Braden, clerk of
the Giles County Circuit Court.
Harrison Dawes, the former driver
Of Little Brown jug, is-now said to
have one in his stable, PAGER, that
is quite as fast as Brown jug. Bob
Anderson, of this place, is now
handling some PAGERS for the Giles
County Trotting and Pacing Horse
Company. Bronzewood, five year
old mare by Blackwood, Jr., dam by
Chieftain, was recently purchased
by NJ. G. Kirkpatrick, secretary of
this association, for $3,100. She
has three year old record of 2:45,
made on our Nashville track, and
has never been in a race since, we
understand We hear that A. j.
McKimmin, Of Blackwood, Jr., re-
nown, is getting together a good
stable at Pulaski. 1t will be com
posed of young Blackwoods, and he
will, no doubt, get one or two fast
ones out of the lot.
We have not had any converse
tion with any of the running horse
men lately. We understand that
the Belle Meade yearlings that will
be offered for sale next spring are
as handsome a lot as were ever offer, d
for sale by this establishment. The
Brambles, especially, are said to be
good looking. We will pay them a
visit at no great distant day, and
see for ourselves. Bramble was
the cheapest horse at $4,000 that
was ever sold, as he has breeding,
form and finish, and colt by him
out of a Jack Malone mare cannot
help but race. Luke Blackburn
may have been the best race-horse,
but there is more than one in this
section that believes that his long
winded half-brother will prove the
most successful stallion.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-12-06
TIE New York Herald. which hs

Tie New York Herald, which has
said many hard things about the
southern people, is kind enough to
observe that ''the south has always
been one of the richest spots of the
earth in resources. It was long one
of the poorest in development in
its rare advantages of soil and eli
mate. 1t has the sources and the
means of great national wealth
and prosperity. 1t has the cotton
field of the world within its borders,
and all the natural advantages for
manufacturing the great staple. Ii
has the condition of climate and soil
for the extensive production of SUI
gar, molasses, rice, tobacco, tropical
fruits, and general farm crops 1t
has valuable forests and rich miner
ais, abundance of fuel and water
power, advantages for stock raising
and grape culture. In short, it has
exceptional resources for advancing
to foremost place in agriculture,
manufactures and commerce.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-12-06
THE GRANGE.
Night or which for Grange
Husbandman.

Husbandman.
For some oranges the day is fal
better than the night. For others
perhaps night offers superior oppor-
tunity. The question is worthy OF
consideration, especially by such
oranges as have their membership
drawn from wide district of coun-
try, and particularly, when a con-
siderable proportion of the member
ship is elderly persons, who find
it hardship to be out late at night
Without doubt, there are many
oranges that would have their
meetings more fully attended, and
more freedom from perplexing inter
ference, if appointments were made
always for the day. At this season
Of the year, and later, there is on a
farm no pressing labor to exact per-
formance every day of the week and
every hour of each day. On the
other hand, there is comparative
freedom from toilsome exaction, and
in many cases it is far better that
the grange be held by day, thus
avoiding the Stress that inevitably
falls upon aged persons when re
quired to be out late at night. The
question is one which certainly de-
serves careful consideration, and it
should be decided always with refer
ence to the best interest of all con-
cerned. 1t may, possibly, be well
in some cases to have both appoint
ments, and have them alternate, one
for the night and one for the after
noon, and in this way times can be
selected, so that night meetings
may be held when the moon will
give light on the road home.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-12-06
The Elements Of Success,

Success is a true criterion O
ability. Though often won without
merit and lost without dishonor
men persist in thinking they are in
dissoluby connected. And men are
right. Though some fortunate ac-
cident may raise drone to emf.
nence,or gain for dullness brilliant
position, yet great achievements are
the result only of work and exalted
merit.
Some men gather rags and dirt
from the streets; others build cities,
found empires, and revolutionize
the world. One earns his bread by
the hardest toll, and feels happy if
night finds him sheltered from the
cold and the storm; another plans
adventures which yield him millions,
or directs the course of squadrons
on seas thousand miles away. Both
are men-nothing more, nothing
less. Each has bones, nerves, mus
cles; and perhaps, in all physical
respects, the rag picker is, the supe-
rior of the merchant. Whence then
this difference? 1t is from mind.
One is a sort Of a thinking animal
the other has called into exercise
his higher faculties, that sublime in
telligence which controls events,
sees the end from the beginning and
moulds future to its will.
To achieve success in any pursuit
there must be mind to plan and en-
ergy to execute. Without these, a
man is like a ship without a rudder,
tossed about by chance and uncer-
tainty. With these, success is as
sure as destiny. But to achieve
great results man must not waste
his energies on small things.
He must lay out large plans, pur-
sue noble aims, and force them to
successful issues. He must have
boldness to conceive, vigor and in
telligence to execute. And, above
all, he must be actuated by high
motives, and aim to objects which
others have not the courage OF the
virtue to adventure.
The man who does this has moth
ing to dread. Unforeseen events may
Illustrate his plans; unlocked for dis
asters man bear him down; and en-
Wy and malignity may conspire to
crush him; yet he will rise by the
irresistible energy of his own will,
above all opposition of men and
things. Therefore, let no man des-
pond. Success is within his reac b
if he will but grasp it. If he has
the vigorous stamina of intellect
and will, the ultimate result is GER
tain. The force Of his talents will
raise him above obscurity and place
him in his proper rank in the esti
nation of the world.
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Sweet Minded Women.

So great is the influence Of sweet
minded woman on those around
her that it is almost boundless
1t is to her that friends come in sea
son of sorrow and sickness for help
and comfort; one soothing touch Of
her kindly hand works wonders in
the feverish child; a few words let
fall from her lips in the ear of a sor-
rowing sister do much to raise the
load of grief that is bowing its vic
tim down to the dust in anguish.
The husband comes home worn out
with the pressure of business, and
feeling irritable with the world ii
general; but when he enters the coZy
sitting-room, and sees the blaze OF
the bright fire, and meets his wife s
smiling face, he succumbs in a
moment to the soothing influence
which acts as the balm of Gnead to
his wounded spirits. We all are
wearied with batting with the
stern realities of life. The rough
school-boy flies in rage from the
taunts of companions to find solace
in his mother smile; the little one
full of grief with its own large trorb-
le, finds a haven of rest on its moth
er's bresat; and so one might go on
with instances of the influence that
a sweet minded woman has in the
social life with which she is connect
ed. Beauty is an insignificant pow
er when compared with hers.
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A. NJ. and P. NJ. are left out in
counting time. We are now to say
1914 on to "a o'clock. Why not
say first, second and on to twenty
fourth hour, substituting ''hour" foI
''clockr' Some men are dependent
on watches for the time. Again,
shall we change the face on our
watches and clocks? kind of step
ing back. r. W. 0.
Paris North Texan.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-12-06
A New Use for Old Shirts.

Some years ago, says the Boston
Journal, Mr.. Pepper created
some sensation by undertaking to
make sugar from old shirts. Sugar
is now manufactured from old rags
in Germany. The rags are treated
with sulphuric acid, and converted
into dextrine. This is treated with
milk of lime and is then subjected
to new bath of sulphuric acid
which converts it into glucose. The
glucose obtained by this process is
identical with that of commerce, and
may be used in the same way for
confections, ices, etc. When the
manufacture has become more
abundant, the price will doubtless
he very small. 1t is known that a
great number of substances are Ca
pable of transformation into glue.
The cellulose of fibrous tissue of
wood, treated with sulphuric acid,
IS changed into dextrine and glu-
cose, and glucose is industrially
produced from starch.
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TrOtters and PAGERS in Tennes-
see.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. Is, 1888
EDITORS TURF, FIELD AND FARM.
As / have not seen any commu-
nication from our good state in the
columns of your paper (the best
of its kind published in the world)
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-12-06

The crop of strawberries in the
spring is decided by the treatment
of the plants the fall previous, while
the fruit buds are forming. Unless
well cared for now no subsequent
culture can wholly make amends for
the neglect,