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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-05-22
A Mothers Dream Saves Her Child,

Norwich, Conn, Bulletin: About
1 o'clock Friday morning DR.. G. E.
Stark was called to attend a girl
who had tooth extracted the pre-
vious day, and who was suffering
from an excessive hemorrhage as
consequence. The mother said that
on Thursday night she dreamed
that she was holding her daughter
in her lap and that the child was
dying. She awoke, went to the
child's bed, and found her daughter
in critical condition. The doctor
was summoned and found the child
almost pulseless. Her garments
and coverings were soaked with
blood, and he found it necessary to
inject milk into her veins to stimu-
late the circulation. The doctor
is of the opinion that if the child's
condition had been discovered an
hour later she would have been be-
yond health. The warning dream
of the mother proved most Joppor-
tune.
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Mr.. Lincoln as a Solomon.

The Century, There is an anus
ing story, not a new one by any
means, of the method Mr.. Lincoln
adopted to settle a contest over
postmastership, which had greatly
annoyed him. There were two can
didates in the field, and petition af-
ter petition had poured in upon the
weary president, and delegation af-
ter delegation had rushed to the
white house to argue the claims of
the rival aspirants. Finally, after
he had been bored for half an hour
by fresh delegation, Mr.. Lincoln
said to his secretary: "This matter
has got to be ended somehow.
Bring a pair of scales" The scales
were brought. ''Now put in all the
petitions and letters in favor of one
man and see how much they weigh,
and then weigh the other candi
dates papers," 1t was found that
one bundle was three-quarters of
pound heavier than the other.
'Make out the appointment at once
for the man who has the heaviest
papers" ordered the president, and
it was done.
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THE LAST MILE STONE.

Fifty years through sunshine and shade
Fifty years my gentle wife,
You and have walked together
Down the rugged path of life.
From the hills of spring we started
And through all the summer land
And the fruitful autumn country
We have journeyed hand in hand.
We have borne the heat and burden,
Toiling painfully and slow,
We have gathered in our harvest
With rejoicing long ago.
Leave the uplands for our children,
They are strong to SOW and reap,
Through the quiet winter lowlands
Our level way we keep.
1t is dreary country, darling,
HoG and are passing through,
And the road lies straight before US,
And the miles are short and few.
No more danger to encounter,
No more hills to'climb, true friend,
Nothing now but simple walking.
Until we reach our journeys end.
We have had our time of gladness,
1t was proud and happy day,
And the proudest of our journey
When we felt that we could say
OF the children God had given US,
Looking fondly on the eleven,
Lovely women are our daughters,
Our sons are noble men.
Are you looking backward, mother,
That you stumble in the snowi
l am still your guide and staff dear,
Lean your weight upon me SO.
Our road is growing narrow
And what Is it, wife, you say,
Yes, l know our eye, are dim, dear,
But we have not lost our way.
Cheer theer? cheer theel faithful heart,
Only little way before,
Lies the great eternal city
Of the King that we adore.
l can see the spires shining,
And the King, the King my dear,
We have served him low and humble,
He will bless US, do not fear.
Ali the snow falls thick and heavy,
How you shiver with the cold,
Let me wrap your mantle closer,
And my arms around you fold.
We are weak and faint and weary,
And the sun is low in the west,
We bave reached the gates my darling,
Let us tarry here and rest"
Bethel, Teun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-05-22

1t is not always best to judge
from appearances: cpl bet they
are married." whispered Tom to
Charley, in reference to a couple on
the other side of the car. 'They
haven't ,Spoke ten words either of
them, since they came in, and not
as much as a single smile has light
ed up his face or hers. Yes, sir,you
can make up your mind they are
married" "You can't always Judge
by appearance, Tom," replied Char
ley; "they are not married. She is
a thief, and he is an officer carrying
her off to jail"
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PULASKI. TENN, thursday MAY 22, 1884.

Joined the party, receiving promo
tion to the first place in the corps
that of transitman-which / occu-
pied until the road was completed.
Our miraculous escape was long
the subject of wonder on the from
tier, where it was regarded as the
most marvellous on record, as we
fought against such fearful odds.
l hope the narrative as / have
written it will be Ineligible. 1
fear have not made it as clear as /
could verbally. 1t always excites
me to think or tell it.-N. Y. Post.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-05-22

Lord Coleridge tells a very good
story of Mr. Evarts, in connection
with his own visit to this country
last year. He was at Mt. Vernon
with Mr.. Evarts and, talking about
Washington, said; 81 have heard
he was very strong man physical
ly, and that, standing on the lawn
here, he could;throw a dollar right
across the river on to the other
bank" Mr.. Evarts paused a mo-
ment to measure the breadth of the
river with his eye. 1t seemed rath-
er "talP' story, but it was not for
him to belittle the father of the
country in the eyes of a foreigner.
"Don't you believe it2" asked Lord
Coleridge. eyes, Mr.. Evarts re
piled, 81 think it's very likely to be
true. You know a dollar would go
farther in those days than it does
now."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-05-22

The English Trade Journals are
all busily engaged In aiding free
trade organs of America. They
admit that the only chance to save
the declining INDUSTRIES of England
is by closing and stopping the de-
velopment of this country, and par
ticularly the unprecedented ad-
vancement of the south in cotton
and iron. They pledge to their
manufacturers IN these lines to close
every iron and cotton plant in the
United States within one year from
the adoption of free trade, and fur
nish all of those things needed here.
This free trade idea should be la
belled ga plan to prevent the injury
of the soil of Tennessee and Alaba-
ma by removing therefrom the coal,
iron and marble, and to prevent the
employment of home industry, the
development of the mineral wealth
and cotton growth of the south, dis
couraging the investment of capital; !;
and the consequent loss of home
markets for farm products. ."-Arti-
san.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-05-22

The most agreeable of all COM
panions is a simple, frank man
without any high pretentions to op-
pressive greatness, one who loves
life, and understands the use of it;
obliging, alike at all hours; above
all of golden temper, and stead
fast as an anchor.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-05-22

Whatever the number of a mans
friends, there will be times in his
life when he has one too few; but
if he has only one enemy, he is
lucky indeed if he has not too many.
-Bulwer Lytton.
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Chancery Sale Of Land.

O44dLOOI Od1O OI AO44N'
Kirk " Chilcoat and wife VS.. j P Jones.
DURSUAET to a decree Of the Charcery
1 Court Of Giles County, Tennesssee, at its
February term, 1884, will sell
On Tuesday, June 18th, 1884,
at public sale 10 the highest bidder, on the
premises, on a credit of 6 and IL months,
with interest from the day of sale and free
from the equity OF redemption, the tract OF
land mentioned in the pleadings, situated
in the Ord civil district of Giles county, on
the waters of Little Shoal creek, adjoining
the lands of DR. NJ. s. Waters and others, and
containing about 80 acres.
Purchasers will be required to execute
notes with approved personal security, and
a lien will he retained upon the land until
the purchase money is paid.
mys-td. j. B. STACY, c. & NJ.
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Nonresident Notice.

Il. NJ. Brumit, ct ais, VS.. d. J. Brumit, ct ais.
I N this cause it appearing to the satisfac-
L tion of tn, Clerk that the defendants, D..
j. Brumit, MaryJ. Brumit, M. Ellen Brum-
it, G. W. Morton, los Morton, Jno F. Nor
ton and James Morton. are non-resideais CT
the State of Tennessee, so that the ordinary
pI Iocess ofthis court cannot be served on them
On motion it is therefore ordered that publica-
tion III de for fur weeks in succession in
the Pulaski Citizen, newspaper published
in the town of ulaski, in said State. requir
ing the said defendants to he and appear on
the first day of the next term of the County
Court, 70 be held for the County of Giles, at
the Court house in Pulaski, on the frat
Monday in June next, and answer complain
ants bill, or the same will be taken for con-
iessed as to them and set tor hearing ex-
parte. WILL. EZELL, CLERK.
mGy14t
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ATTENTION.
SOLDIERS, SAILORS & INVENTORS
S. b. CLEMENTS, S. B. TURPIN
CLEMENTS & TURPIN,

Washington, d. G.
p. o. Box $50,
All business before the Department
promptly attended TO.
special attention paid to Pensions, Boun-
ty: Back Pay, Patents, and Land Claims.
Under late liberal laws thousands of pen
sioners are entitled to an increase
New discharges obtained where the origi-
mails have been lost.
All communications promptly answered
and business promptly attended 70.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-05-22

Matching, and in some rare instanc-
es the egg produces two live heal
thy chicks, or two chicks alive but
deformed.
In regard to the cause of the
double yelk, it may be said that
two doubled yelks, impregnated or
not, descend into the egg passage
at the same time, closely joined to-
gether, and become enveloped in
one she'll. OF course, this is not a
normal condition, but is excep-
tional. tits very seldom that one
fowl lays all her eggs of this kind.
Such eggs are always gazed at with
wonder, often measured; and they
excite in the owner an intense de-
sire to publish something in his
county newspaper, or his favorite
poultry journal. The boy who
gathers the eggs declares that any
hen that will lay such an egg is
fool.-American Poultry Yard.
If premiums were offered at
shows for the best fat carcass, the
Plymouth Rocks would be the vic
tors every time. They fatten easi-
ly, and keep fat on less food than
any other fowl, but they will not
lay well when very fat. For mar
ket they are superior to all.-Breed-
ers' Journal.
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Dissolution Notice.

THE firm of Abernathy 81 Banks has bOeu
i dissolved by mutual consent, J. @. Alb
ernathy retiring. Thos. II. Banks will con-
tinue in the grocery business OF the same
place in his own name. =.
J. G. ALTERNATELY,
mayl5-4t. THOS. u. BANKS,
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A large amount of fertilizer may
obtained from flock of hens.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
$4,000 Gonei

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.-The Chronicle
publishes in substance the following mar
vel. Captain w. +. Swasey, the Oldest
pioneer of the coast, makes a statement of
the intense suffering of his friend Col. d.
J. Williamson, an Army officer of distinc-
ton and an Ex-U. S. c ,nsul, who was at
tackled in the winter of 1S61-2 with violent
rheUmati>m. So great was his agony i'll
after years, he became a helpless cripple,
and after trying numberless remedies, the
baths of other countries and spending a
fortune of o,oG0, the disease sc .med to as
sumo a more virulent type. Finally, he
was persuaded t" try s.. Jacobs Oil, the
great conpueror of pain. 1t worked n mir
acle of cure. In a letter to the Chronicle
he confirms Capt. Swasey's statement and
adds: ~ cheerfully give my unq Ialified
attes. alton to the uthulncss of the state
ment, because feel perfectly certain that
a knowledge OF my cure hy St. Jacobs Oil
will prove the means of relieving hundreds
of sutferers.";
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
Gladstone as 4 Timber-Dcaicr.

Mr.. Gladstone, it appears, includes
n.ong his numerous vCcations that o: a
dealer in timber. We are not aware
whether he entered vOluntar " into the
business, Eut at all events an insight to
il has been offered to the public. He
was applied to by a Lambeth working
man who wanted to make sor e tables
Premier. Mr.. Gladstone replied that he
would make known the subie o. the
Lambeth workman's request to his son.
'':.S me regulates matters OF the nature
1e erred to-" About 4 Onth n tcrward
a most unbusinesslikc delay, we
saould imagine Mr.. w. III. Gladstone
wrote to tie " O"kn an in these terms:
'.;n re crcn &C to Your letter, | beg toa k
YOU how II any lcct you reSu re. We
have a beach of about sixteen feet avail
able, but fear the carriage to London
would be heavy The offer was ac-
ccptcd, but the beach turned out to be
eighteen Get long. 20 that the stock
book OF the firm has evidently. not been
very care ully kept. 1t is understood
that, in the letter in viii h Mr.. Glad
stone handed over the conduct o. the
transaction to his son, he expressed
some despondent sentiu ents with re-
gard to this branch of the family buSi-
ness. Gladstonian timber has not been
in great de and lately, the last trans
action having taken place in Leeds in
1885, HN.tchaN ReriCU.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
It is a long procession of drunk en- mon

It is a long procession of drunken men
and women, and the most drunken seem
to he those whose outward appearance
betokens the most abject poverty.
Turn out of the main thoroughfare
and into the dimly-lighted back streets
| and you come upon scene after scene to
the grim. gro;csquc horror Of which
only the pencil Of pore could do just
ice. Women with hideous distorted
faces are rolling from side to side Shrek
ing aloud snatches of Iopula. songs
plentifully interlarded with the vilest
expressions. Men as DRINK as them
selves meet them, there is Il short inter-
change of ribald jcStS and foul oathS,
than a quarrel and a shower of blows.
Down from one dark court rings cry
of murder, and a wor.an, her face hid
eously gashed, make, across the narrow
road pursued by Il bowling matman.
1t is cnlv drunken husband having a
row with his wife.
A friend Of mine, who is never tired
of trying to urge the people of this dis
| trict to temperance. not long since
found Il man sitting up naked on reap
of rags shivering With the death throcs
on him, and crying for water for his
parched throat. His wife, in Il maldiin
sta'e of intoNication, was staring help
| lessly at her dying husband. \ coat
was given to wrap round the poor fel-
low. AT night, when my friend re-
turned, he found the man cold and
dead and naked, and the woman in a
state of mad intoNicaiion. She had
torn the coat from the body OF the dy-
ing man and pawned it for drink. In
these districts men and women who arr
starving will get grants of bread, and
| some of them ask for the bread to be
wrapped in clean paper. Do you know
| why? That they may sell the loaf to
some one for IL copper or two, and get
drunk with the money. Men VIII come
and buy a pair OF boots in the morning
! out of their earnings. anI pay seven
| shill:ngs for them. At night they will
return to the same shop and offer to sell
| them back for four ShillngS. They
| have started drinking, and want the
! money to finish the carouSc with.--G.
| Il. SIMS in LOuI)H DQIU Nc,cS.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
The Mothers Gradual Retirement.

Mary +. Behan of No 50 King street,
New \ Ork, charged her husband, james
F. Bchan, at jefferson market Tuesday,
with abandonment. Justice Smith was
inclined TO send Bchan to prison.
II have stood that woman as long as
/ can" 81 d James. with feeling. Il
will pay her any weekly allowance YOU
fix, or. if your Honor pleascs, You may
immurc me in a dungeon. There at
least will | find rest
Mrs. Bchan held up her hands in hor
ror at this statement and called her
mother as witness. Tie mother talked
ten minutes and wanted to talk longer.
"Oil.cer, remove that won an from
the witness sand" remarked Justice
Smith, calmly. Then he began qUcs-
tioning the parties to the su t. he
mother began to talk again for hcI
daughter.
"Otlicer, remove that woman to the
! ack of the court room, - remarked JUS
tice Smith. still calmly. "Did she often
visit YOU toFchan, sympa,hilingly
The mother raised her voice in cNplana-
ton for several minutes.
81 don't often show cmotion,' re-
marked Justice Smith, with the same
voice, but wiping the perspiration from
his forehead, but, officer, please re-
move that woman from the courtroom:
Behan. | will release You on your prom
ise to pay your wife three dollars a
week. And YOU had better arrange to
leave the money in court on some day
when your wife will not be here
When the mothcr-in-law reached the
lobby it was filed with officials and
louuTcTS. Two minutes aftcrward 81 C
was alone in it. And she was still talk
ing.-N. J.. u Orld.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
London Gin Palaces.

More than one-fourth of the earnings
of the dcnizcns Of the slums goes over
the bars of the public houses and gin
palaces. To study the dark phase of
this burning question let us take the
districts from which | have drawn the
facts and figures | have submitted to
your readers in previous articles.
On a Saturday night in the great
thorouo hfare adjacent there are three
corner public houses which take As
much money us the whole of the other
shops on both sides of the way put to-
gcthlr. Butchers. bakers, mrecn-grO-
GERS, clothicrs, furniture dealers, all the
caterers for the wants of the populace,
are open till late hour; there are hun
dreds os them trading rounI and about,
but the whole lot do not take as much
money As three publieans-thati is a fact
ghastly enough in all conscience. Enter
the public houses and you will see them
crammed. Here are artisans and la
borers drinking away the wages that
ought to clothe their little ones.
Here are the women squandcring
the money that would purchase
food for the lack of which their
children are dying. One group rivets
the eve of an observer at once. II con-
sists of an old gray-haircd dame, :.
woman Oh 1OElN, tntl IL SiI VI
nineteen with baby in her arms. All
these are in a state which is best de-
scribee rs ..maudl; n"-thcy have fin
ished one lot of gin, and the youngest
woman is ordering another round. 1t
is grcat-%randmother, grandmother,
and a mother and her baby-four gen
erations tOgether-and they are all
dirty. and tiishevelcd, and drunk. ex-
cept the baby, and even the poor little
mite may have its first taste OF alcohol
presently. 1t is no uncommon sight in
these places to see mother wet a
babv's lips with gin and water The
process is called "giving the young'un
a taste,r and the baby's father will
look on sometimes and enjoy the joke
immensely.
But the time to see the result of 4
Saturday nights heavy drinking in a
low neiShbOrhood is after the houses
are closed. Then you meet dozens of
poor wrctches reeling home to their
miserable dens, some of them rolling
across the roadway and falling, cutting
themselves till the blood flows. Every
penny in some Instances has gone in
drink.
One dilapidated ragged wretch l met
last Saturday night was gnawing a
baked potato. BY his side stood a
thinly-clad woman bearing baby in
her arms, and in hideous language she
reproached him for his selfishness. She
had fetched him out of publie-house
with his last halfpenny in his pocket.
With that halfpenny he had bought the
potato, which he refused to share with
her. At every corner the police are
ordering or coaxing men and women to
"move on" Between twelve and one
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
A Startling DiscOYcIy.

But for the pains of a vigilant night
watchman Chicago might have been the
scene of a disastrous contlagration last
night. Incendiary efforts of the most
startling character were directed
against the large four-story build. .ng at
No. A Madison street, and there can
be but little doubt that great loss was
saved by the timely discovery of the
diabolical outfit. The latter consists of
fuse and numerous combuStibleS now
in the hands of Superintendent Bull
winkle of the Fire Patrol, Trough
whom the investigation is being made
to discover the perpetrators of the
crime. The building which had this
narrow escape is oc, upied by four sep
arate firms-yhe first floor by w. IL.
Hagedon d Co, Wholesale miliinel s;
the second by Mason Il Hanson, dealers
in woolens; tie third by Trucky Il Levi,
and the fourth by Bad If & Co., dealers
in cloaks and suits. 1t was about half
past six o'clock when the watchman of
the block, .JC scph o Brien, of the Pinker-
ION force, discovered, on making his
first round, that the door leading into
the hallway of the building was un-
locked. On goin5 up to investigate he
detected Il peculiar odor, as of some
hing brning. All the stores were
closed except that of Mason " Hanson
cn the s cOnd floor, VIII re some
of the clerks still fingered. The 1
attent on WIS called to the smell,
and in company with the officer they
walked up to the next floor. where they
discovered large dry goods box COW
cred over with combustiblcs, from
the midst of which the smell emanated.
1 he box lay upon its side in tie hall
with its face again.t the wa next tC
the store of Trocky " Levi Ins dc
there was long fuse, carefully ar
ranged in coil, and burning surely
and steadily toward a box of matches,
to which one end was fastened. The
fuse consisted of Il cotton tape rescm
bling lamp-wick which had been steep
ed in some combustlblc substance
i here We're ten pieces, each measuring
about five and onc-half feet, fastened al
the ends, and on untying one of tn'
pie es the officer discovered that it was
consumed in exactly forty minutes
When the bundle WAS first discovered
the ashes of two of these sections coult
be tral cI out in the box, SO that it ap
pcared that the fuse had lecn Lighted
about twenty minutes to five, and tina
it had been set to k ndlc 4 mysterious
fire about 2::O Il. nc icqQO ITtL1inc
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
Temperance Items.

SOME English insurance companies
charge twenty per cent. less premium
to total abstaincrS than to moderate
drinkers. This is the result of an cXpc-
renee with high death rates among the
latter class.
The Wisconsin Central Railroad
Company have sent letters to each and
every agent and emplnye on the line
strictly forbdding the use of any alco-
ho,ic beverages, wine and beer. All
honor to General Manager Finney, who
has promulgated this total abstinence
doctrine so practically Union Signal.
GERMANY'> appetite for spirits grows
apacc. In 1872, j.442, 20 hectolitcrs of
spirtuous liquors were consumed and
only two wears later 4, los. SOS hcctoliterS.
The g, 1856 whisky distlleries of Prussia
ued up a whole potato crop in four
wears and whole rye crop in twelve
years Among the lunatics twenty-five
per cent. are drinkers, and in one Rus
sian institution eighty-siX per cent. were
such.
DOES everybody known that The Can
adian Pacific Railway has a section
reaching over the entire broad domain
of the Northwest Territory without q
single dram shop Zen the l;ne?" Do
people SencIaiiy MO" tH''t piohioitIoH
prohibits on that railway to the extent
that relocated officer in Her Majesty 5
service enters every train that crosses
the border and examines the passengers
baggage and remorselessly seizes every
drop OF liquor that he finds, even to the
half-emptied flask of the traveller Will
anybody say this is tyrannical interfer-
ence? Then SO is the Customs service
of every land. Does ANYBODY declare
it unwarrantable? Let the peaceful
and the fact that in this region of saw
ages and savage depredations not a
white man has been Killed by Indians
since the policy was adopted. The rail-
way officials also testify to its benefi-
cencc in the construction and maintain.
ance of the road. Union Signal