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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
Truthful Man.

A fiat footed, old fashioned west
iern merchant, hailing from a coun-
try store in Michigan, was buying
stock in New York recently and the
firm took advantage OF the occasion
to make inquiries concerning some
of their customers around him.
When they asked about Smith Of
Cashville he replied:
"Smith! Yes, he is in trade yet,
but he's just married a second wife,
and she's going through his wealth
like saltpetre. He'll fail in less'n
six months"
"How about Jones Of our town.
"Jones! Well, Jones is pegging
along after the old style, and he's
bought him a bicycle and every
body says he'll go to the wall in a
year."
"And Brown & Son-are they all
rightY'
Brown d Son2 Well they may
keep along till spring, but 1 doubt
it. Old Brown has got SO near
sighted that he can't tell a sheep
pelt from a coon skin, and the boy
Is dead stuck on a widow woman
who never wears anything less than
six-dollar stockings"
"But Davis is doing a good trade,
isn't hep
"Davisl Well, pooty fair, but he
won't last. He rented the upper
part of his store to a Chicago MILL
ner and she broke up two families
and caned a preacher. Everybody
blames Davis, and his sales last
week only footed up a pound of
saleratus and a wash board"
"Well, you are the only customer
out there, and, of course, you are all
right"
me! Well, Pm all right just
now, but things may change. My
wife belongs to three literary socie-
ties and is the big toad at church
festivals, while I've bought 2:40
trotter and learned to play old
sledge. You needn't be surprised
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
A custom-House Scare.

A writer in a contemporary de-
scribes a terrible scare that upset
the custOm-house authorities in
Venice some time since. There
came to the city curiously- shaped
box, and this contained a still more
curiously-shaped contrIvance-im-
plement--instrum article, which
gravely alarmed the custom house
officers, who sent for their superiors,
who in turn sent for the police
The thing was made of leather and
upon it were some extraordinary
Jumps or elevations. At length an
astute official hit upon the idea--it
was an internal machine! This
WAS just about the time Of the Bre-
merhaven explosion and every one
was on the lookout for one Of these
dreaded objects. What to do next
nobody knew. In the end a reck-
less porter was bribed to carry the
article to an clubhouse, and there it
reposed for some days, the most
daring of those who had the right
to approach looking through the
window furthest away from the
terrible affair to see whether it
looked as if it were going soon TO
explode. Their main object was, of
course, to catch the criminal who
sent it, and one day the desperate
villain-an English oflicer-arrived,
and actually dared to complain of
delay in forwarding the machine.
at all-simply his wife's side saddle.
So it was; and for the first time in
their lives the custom-h house authori-
ties were made acquainted with
what in Venice was more than q
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

had heen riding out that af,ernoon
with a lady; n handsome, attrac-
tive woman, who was throwing
around his weak, almost boyish
spirit, sirens fascination. She
put on every charm in her power to
summon, while the foolish wife
was hiding hers away, and taking
no pains 10 hold dominion in the
heart she had won, and now IN dan
ger of losing. Five minutes before
the companion of his ride appear
ed to his fancy 50 charming, in
comparison with his wife, that he
felt no pleasure at the thought of
meeting one who since their mar
riage, had seemed to grow every
day less attractive. But now b la
was his queen of hearts again.
"And are you really dressei to
receive me, darling?" he said as he
kissed her again, and then he drew
his arm lovingly about her waist.
eyes, for you. Could true
wife wish to look loylier TO others
eyes than her husband,s?'
81 should think not" he an
swered.
She unde: stood, 10 the words,
more than he meant to convey.
There was rose tint ou every
thing in Bella's home that evening.
From the cold, half indifferent bus
band, Harry was transforme to
the warm, attentive lover. How
many times, as she turned her eyes
upon him, did she catch 6 .ook of
tender admiration or loving pride.
"Whst has made you so charm
ing to-nightT' he said as he kissed
her for the tenth time. you look
as pure and sweet as a lily"
''Love for my husband she an
swered, and then a tear, in which
joys sunlight made a rainbow,
stole out from the dropping lashes,
and lay a crystal drop on her cheek.
She made no confession of her
thoughtless neglect of the means
by which hearts are held in thrall
to love; though her husband half
guessed at the fact that something
had awakened her to the truth. On
the next afternoon Harry rode out
with a lady again; but that lady
was his wife. He was never after
ward in danger of being won away
from faithful love, for Bella grew in
his eyes more attractive, more
charming, more lovable every day.
And thus she saved him, in his
younger and less stable years, from
being drawn aside from the right
way; and both herself an d him from
years of Wretchedness Christian
at Work,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
count the Cost.

The following article is taken
from the New ! ork Herald:
''He who adopts the poultry bust
ness as his principal employment,
and depends upon it for liveli
hood, must not forget what his bust
ness is. If before entering into it
you will sit down and carefully
count the cost, as any wise person
should do, and decide that on your
few acres of worn out, worthless
land you could raise 81, 800 worth
of chickens more easily than you
could raise five hundred pounds of
hay and twenty bushels of potatoes,
don't forget the conclusion you have
thus carefully arrived at. Don't
imagine you are a farmer, for you
are not. Don't leaYe your chicks
to shift for themselves while you
turn those few spears of hay, or hoe
those few hills of potatoes. Re-
member, your business is to raise
chickens aud fight hawks and crows,
and not to raise potatoes and fight
potato bugs. If you have time to
take all necessary care of chicks
and also time to hoe potatoes, and
if it is settled that chicks are more
profitable than potatoes then the
obvious conclusion is that you have
not enough chicks to employ your
time to the best advantage and you
had better set more hens as soon
as possible"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

MEMPHIS, November &c. G.
Parsons, a white gentlemen who
with his wife and eight children
are en- route to their former home in
Pulaski, Tenn, from Georgetown,
Texas, called on the police head
quarters and reported that he had
been robbed Of $3.50 by three un-
known persons last night. He
said he arrived last night on the
Little Rock train, and was making
the transfer to the Memphis and
Charleston train, when he was met
on the platform by three men who
relieved him of his pocketbook and
$3.50. He had small child in his
arms at the time and could offer no
resistance. The robbers made eff
forts towards robbing other pas
sengers, but meeting one who
threatened to decapitate the entire
party with his little gun, they beat
a hastY retreat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

All lovers of flowers should re-
member that one blossom allowed to
mature or go to seed Injuries the
plant more than dozen new buds.
Cut your flowers, all of them, before
they begin to fade. Adorn your
rooms with them; put them on your
tables; send bouquets to your
friends who have no flowers, or ex
change favors with those who have.
You will find that the more you cut
off the more you will have. All
roses, after they have ceased to
bloom, should be cut back that the
strength of the root may go to
forming new roots for the next
year.-Ex.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

This country is not going to
stand great deal of ''monkeying'
with the established and growing
Industries. If Mr.. Cleveland's adj
ministration is to be conservative,
prudent and such as to foster de-
Velopment rather than retard it or
cast all into the chaos of expert
ment with theories, it will succeed
itself; if it prove otherwise, the
democratic party will give place to
the opposItion.=Mem. Avalanche.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
Sure sign of a Geld Winter.

An old farmer, who is authority
concerning weather signs, says we
may look out for a severe winter.
He says he has been in the woods
on various occasions and has come
across a great many hornets nests,
all of which are built on the ground.
This, he says, is a sure sign of Sc
we're winter, but when they are sus-
pended from trees and high up, il is
a sign for q mild winter.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
ADVERTISING RATES 4:

any day this winter to hear that
I've been busted from garret to
cellar; so clean that cr.ditols can't
find enough drv goods To- wipe a
baby's nose on"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
FARM FOR RENT.

MY Farm III the forks of Richland and
Il Bueh anan's creeks, about 8 miles south
of Pulaski, containing about as acres of
tillable land, good dwelling, four good
tenements, lots, barns, etc, is offered for
rent for 1855 for money rent.
The GTist MILL known as the Old Brown
Mill, is also for rent, either with the farm,
or separately. jim RIVERS.
sep1l-tf.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

The recent interview held by O.
Cincinnati correspondent with Mrs.
James X. Polk has attracted wide
attention. Especially that part Of
the distinguished lady's remarks
that history is now proving the ID
vantages gained by the territorial
accessions due to Mr.. Polk's ad-
ministration, not surpassed by any
results or even Mr.. Jefferson's adj
ministfation.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

The last census shows the poul-
try crop of North Carolina to be
worth 50, ,854, 960, which is 5000, 600
more than all the wheat and nearly
-fourths Of all the cotton value
and yet some people think the
chicken industry a small thing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

''Uncle William, how's rents up
your wayY he asked of an old col
ored man who was sauntering about
the market "Rents, sab! Rents
Does you mean rents Of housesY'
"Yes." "Wall, sab, don't keep no
track Of 'em tai" HBut you live
in a rented houseT' Eyes, sab (;
but when de landlord begins to per-
culate aroun' fur his rent, pulls
out and finds another cabin. It's a
heap cheaper to move than to argi-
fy wid landlord shout wheder
rents am up or down."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

Chicago Times: When the
southern negro finds that he is just
as we'll off under a democratic as
under a republican administration,
he may not be SO plant q tool In
the hands of the republican dema-
eogues as he has been, and his so
iidity for the "grand old party"
will disappear.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

For poisoning from PHOSPHORUS,
as when children suck matches,
give a teaspoonful Of magnesia, and
then, freely, gum arabic water; less
magnesia If only little phosPho-
roua In taken.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
Pacing VS., Trcttinr.

just q year ago we gave some
statistics showing the supremacy of
the time record, pacing and tIot-
ting, covering a period of about
forty years. In that period the
trotters were able to seize the su
premacy over the PAGERS only twice,
and to hold it but a brief space.
AS we entered the present year we
found johnson at the head of the
list, with Maud S but a querter of
a second behind. Not content with
this secondary position, the queen
Of the trotters made dash for the
sovereignty and won by a quarter of
q second, writing :098 opposite her
name, which was as much of sur
prise to her owners as to the pub
lie. This placed the trotters
again in the front, and for the
third time in forty years, but the
triumph, wonderful IS it was, only
remained u triumph for a few short
weeks. Johnson, the PAGER, chal-
lenged the figures on the black
board, wiped them ont and put in
their 2:O6t, and thus the contest
stands at the close of the year
1884, with the PAGER still in the
ascendepcy. He made no halfway
work of it by chipping of frac-
tiou OF a second at time, but in
one grand effort sent threo and q
half seconds to the bad. Thus
2:064 is the present demonstrated
speed of the PAGER, and will any
man have the temerity to say that
that figure will not be beaten by a
trotter2 We were once foolish
enough to think 2:I0 was about the
limit of the trotter, and he would
there stop from the force of physi-
cal impOssibilities, but in getting Il
stronger grasp of the laws of hered-
ity and development we were
forced to abandon a possible limita-
tion Of speed as an untenable hy-
pothesis. That the mile will yet
Recovered by both the trotter and
PAGER in less than two minutes we
have not q shadow of doubt. The
startling performances of Winship
trotting and Westmont pacing,
with running mates to pull the
load, simply demonstrates the pos
sibility of breeding a horse that
could do this, without any help
from a allace's Month.
q -
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

Character rs power: it makes
friends, creates funds, draws patron
age and support, and opens sure
way to honor; wealth and hsppi-
ness.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

1t is not the height to which men
are advanced that make them giddy,
but the contempt with which they
look down on those below them.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

/ New York Telegram What
should we do without this quadren-
nial excitement? We almost tear
each other to pieces one day; but
the next we shake hands and are
better friends than ever. A circus
is after all a moral institution and
q great refreshment.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

Mrs. B.-"What an unnatural
crirnep
Mr.. B.-"W hats thatP
Mrs. B.-"I see a New Hampshire
man is charged with robbing the
grave of his great-grandmother."
Mr.. B.-"Indeed! What office
was he running forP'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
A Pittsburgh prophet makes the

A Pittsburgh prophet makes the
assertion that in fifty years, per
haps in twenty-five, coal will not
be carried from the mines to its
places of destination In bulk, but
only its actual heat energy trans
ported, and that by wire. This
process, he says, can be accom-
plished by converting the coal into
heat, the heat into motion and the
motion into electricity. A storage
battery at Cincinnati would take it
up as fast as generated st the
mines. From this battery it could
be taken out and converted back in
to molten and heat, or changed in
to light. 1t is only a matter of
time, perhaps, until this and still
more wonderful things are done.
And to-day, we are told, Edisen is
working upon some such idea as the
above.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27

He who does not look out for
himself does not know the world. He
who does not look into himself
knows not men.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
Female Diseases.

nR. G. Q. ABERNATHY announces to
~ the citizens OF The county that DC is pre-
pared 70 treat successfully al durable Fema Q
Disea-ss and will render prompt fnd etfi-
cient service TO all who may favor hun with
heir patronage. ieozS-y
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
r AIF. ALTERNATELY, NJ. D.

Physician & Surgeon,
IT'S p ormanantlv located in EVLAsK
II and viii be found in his Office at ell
hours All calls pro-. pity attonded 20.
~-Can be found at his office duurg inc DAY
and at residence at night IeiePhohe coz
nection between. Office st foi'es pIUs o'oi''
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
saILErs SALINE ArESisRT

CuresAcid Stomach, Sick Stomach,
Constitution, Biliousness, Costsve-
ness, indigestion, II { artburn /,
Headache, Water brash.
Sold by all dealers for 50 cents
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-04
II FY ANDRTA GftZ5El7TE AND VlkGINj3 ADVERTISER
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Miss Mary Tebbs is visiting her relative
Miss Betty Tyler, at Fairfax c. II.
Mr.. Jas. Conway, a former resident anc
native of this city died in Brooklyn on wed
nesday.
Mr.. Ernest Fl. Atwell, of this city, was
married to Miss Exa B. Pittenger, at Harsh
awhile, Ohio, on the 26th utimo.
The skating on the canal, creek and on
the cove oil Battery Rodgers, was enjoyed
by numbers Of skaters to-day.
The steamer which left New York on the
Sth ult, carrying as passengers Lieut.. ana
Mrs Herwig NEE Miss Minnie Wheat OF
this city) arrived ut Gibraltar on the 22d.
They left Immediately for Naples.
Bob Ford, colored, who one day last week
murdered young man named John Hans
! borough at Warrenton, was last night re-
moved from that place to the jail In this
city for fear of mob violence which had been
threatened
A commission in lunacy, composed of Drs.
klipstein and Jones and Justices Dillon,
Taliaferro and Whittlescy, was held over
William Glmarten, white boy, at the city
Jail last night, when he was adjudged
luuatic aud ordered to be sent TO an asylum.
Conductor Miller, of the W. 0. & W. Il.
R., was knocked down by a brick, thrown
by al unknown man last night, near the
corner of Pitt and Queen streets and came
near being robbed of his watch, which the
thief grabbed at as he hurriedly passed him.
The police report last night as being clear
and cold with one prisoner and two dodgers
at the station house. The only case before
the Mayor this morning was that of jim
SHINES, arrested by officers Goodrich and
Belts, for being drunk and disorderly. He
was sent TO the work house.
1t has been three weeks to-day since Mr..
Hugh Fegan left his home in this city with
his father for Washington and was missed
on the boat while on his way there. Every
effort has been made to obtain some clue to
the missing mans whereabouts, but The
whole affair still remains mystery.
Messrs. f. H. O'Brien, G.. F. Steiner, +.
E. Corhctt, and w. t. Gentry, last night
waited on Miss Bette Reyes, the accolno-
dating chief operator Of the telephone ex-
change, and presented her with purse of
sixty dollars, which the telephone subscri-
bers had contributed for Il New Years gift
as token of the esteem in which she is
held by them all.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-04
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

MRS WINsLows SOOTHING SYRUP should Al
WAYS he used when children are cutting teeth.
relieves the little sufferer at once; it produces
natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from
pain and the little chcrub awakes las bright as a
hutton" 1t is very pleasant to taste. 1t Soothes
the child softcns the gums, allays all pain, re-
icvcs wind regulates the bowels, and is the best
known remedy for diarrhu'a, whether arising
from tcething or other causes. Twenty-Five cents
bottle my4-M WIS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-04

GRAND RArFLE.-A grand rattle Tor i
elegant and costly articles will take place
Tuesday night at 730 o'clock 50 cents en-,
titles You to Il chance in all four articles
The highest throw TO first choice, 2nd high
est throw to 2nd choice and so on. Only a
few more chances left. Rale positive nj
30 o'clock at.
NJ. J. WATERWAYS Clothing House.
iau4-4t Cor. King and Fairfax streets
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-04

BUILDING ASSnCiATI0NS.--Mc Meetings o! AL
the Building Associations OF this city were
held last night aud the following officers
elected for the ensuing year
Mount Vernon: President. ". !. trei%h-
ton, Secretary, l.. +. uhIer: Treasurer, w.
Hultish Directors for three years, J. l..
Hill and Thcs Lcadheatcr: Trustees, }. T..
Smoot- john Perry. and Thos. Perry En-
amining Committee, =. X. Field. Edgar
Warticld aud Hubert Snow'!cn.
German No. >: President, |. EiGnbcr2;
Secretary, J. Schneider; Treasurer, NJ. Il.
Harlow. Directors, for three years, +. +.
Downhnm and j. II. Reid Trustees, Geo.
Wise. j. Kaufman and Park Agnew. \
dividend of 81 80 per share WAS declared for
the past year.
Old'Dominion President, John Perry
Secretary, l.. +. Uhlcr; Treasurer, +. II.
OBrien; Directors for three years, J. /.
Hill and J. X. Zimmerman: Trustees, }. III.
d. Smuol. j. r. Nails and j. II. PARROT, il;
Examining Committee, G. +. Steiner, |. NJ
kell and +. +. peake.
Mechanics: President, A. w. Armstrong
TX. kemper declining II re elections; Secrc-
t,ry, Leonard Iiarhury Treasurer, samuel
II. Lunt; Directors, !. II. -. Smoot, James
f. Wahley. Paul Il. Evans, +. +. Marbury
J. =. Il. Thompson and Henry Strauss
Trustees, W. +. Creighton, +. Il. Corbeti
and c. i. w. Summers. About 1000 share:
of stock were taken.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-04
M 4 RRIED.

Wednesday night at the residence of the bride 8
fathcr 10y Rev VIM. Mills, Mr. JOHN TURNER
to Miss ELIZABETH BOLDEN, daughter of Mr..
Lewis H"ldcn. The presents were numerous and
handsome. The happy couple left next morning
inr Cuju.u.r. Va
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burned that his recovery is thought TO be
iluDcSSible

Col MAEYE.-The Richmond corrcspon-
dent OF the Norfolk Landmark writes:
"Coi. Morton Mayre, the successor OF
Allen, is a native of Fredericksburg. lie
was trained for mercantile pursuits, and
after serving for several years as chief book
keeper in large mercantile houses in Alex
andria and Baltimore, was prosperous
merchant at Alexandria at the breaking out
of the war When the Federal troops ap-
preached Alexandria to occupy it in May,
1861, he led out of the city his volunteer
company (the Alexandria Rilles1 and joined
our army, abandoning large stock of mer-
chandize and all his property, which the
enemy seized and appropriated. lie partl-
cipated in all the battles i'll Virginia up TO
August, 1862, when he fell, losing his ley, IN
the final charge at the Second Manassas
Since 1865 he has been constantly engaged
in responsible employments. In 1870 ne
was made the clerk of the Circuit and Cor
poration Courts of Alexandria, since which
time he has filled those offices with entire
acceptance to Bench, Bar and the public.
The high estimate in which he is held for
his intelligence, business capacity and char
acter in HE hllSiness.crcles of Alexandra
where he has spent thirty years OF active
business liie) Is attested by the cordial una
nimitv with which the bankers, lawyers
and merchants commended him to The Leg
isiature as u citizen who would certainly
render valuable public service in the high
trust of First Auditor Of the Common
wealth."
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FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY /, i>-i
LOCAL MATTERS.

WEATHER PROBABILITIES, Jan. 4. 1851
For the Middle Atlantic States fair, slightly
warmer weather on Friday, followed on Saturday
10y light local SHOWS and much colder weather
saturday night, variable winds in southern l,or-
ton. westerly winds i'll northern portion and
shifting to northwcStcry during Saturday. rising
followed in southern potion by falling barometer.