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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-16

Jay Gould is safely guarded from in
truders and can only be reached by card
or message. A reporter called at his
barricaded quarters yesterday aud sent
in his card, with an intimation that he
wished to ask the following among other
questions:
How much are you worthP
How is 1t invested?
What is your income?
How much does it cost you to live2
After waiting patiently for over a
quarter OF an honr messenger returned
from an inner room, on the door of
which is printed: "Jay Gould, Private, ="
and returned the message to the re-
porter, much ciumpled, and bearing
evidence of having been copied, with
the significant words:
'Mr. Gould is not in.
"When will he be in?" was asked.
81 cannot say" was the quick re-
sponse, probably not to-day"
At the time there stood beside the
reporter an intellectual looking gentle
man, whose card when sent in was in
scribed, ''Dr. Corey" He looked up
wondering y as the ne senger announced
that the great railroad magnate was
''not in, aud asked:
sis this an answer to me also?"
"Oh, no." said the messenger, very
| much confused; "Mr. Gould will see
you, DIR. Corey, but he is not in to the
/ other gentleman"
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-16
GooD-ByE OR HowDy-Do.

Say goodbye or howdy-do--
What's the odds betwixt the two?
Comin'-goin'-every day
Best friends first to go away
Grasp of hands you'd ruther hold
Than their weight In solid gold,
Slips their grasp while greetin' you,-
Say goodbye or howdy-do?
Howdy-do, and then goodbye
Mixes jest, laugh and cry;
Deaths and births, and worst and best,
Tangled their contrariest;
Ev'ry jinglin' weddin' bell
Skeerin' up some funeral lSnell-
Here's my song and there's your sigh
Howdy-do, and then good-byel
Say goodbye or howdy-do-
Jest the same to me and you;
'Taint worth while to make no fuss,
Cause the jobs put up on us
Someone's runnin' this concern
That's got nothin' else to learn
If he's willin' we'll pull through.
Say goodbye or howdy-do?
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-16

The Claim Is made for Cleveland,
Ohio, that it shows lower proportional
death list for 1888 than any other city
in the Union.
Absence diminishes the ordinary
passions and increases the great ones,
as the wind extinguishes the candle and
lights.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-16

CELERY bold in II little milk favored
with salt and thickened with little
-four makes an excellent sauce for
boiled mutton.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11
Must the Steam Engine &c?

Iron Trade Review: FIVE years
is the time set apart by Mr.. Edison,
according to a recent interview, in
which to complete his task OF elm
mating the steam engine. He truly
says that at present we get about
one-hundredth part of the real effi-
cheney of coal, and the great prob
lem is to do away with the inter
mediary furnaces, boilers, steam en-
gines and dynamOs. Within the
next ten years certainly, within the
next five years possibly, Mr.. Edison
thinks his problem will be solved.
He confesses that he cannot yet see
the end of the search he is engaged
in, but he has, he says, gotten far
enough to know that the thing is
possible. Concerning the economic
benefits to be derived from such q
discovery, we can do no better than
quote Mr.. Edison's own enthusias-
tic language: "It would" he says,
"put an end to boilers and steam
engines; it would make power about
one-tenth the cost that it is now; 1t
would enable steamship to cross
the Atlantic at nominal cost; it
would enable every poor man to
run his own carriage; it would rev.
olutionize the industrial world.
The electric motor is the ideal mo-
tor for all kinds of works. What
we want is some means of produc-
ing the current cheaply. Now it
costs ten times as much as it
ought to. When we discover the
short cut from the combustion of
coal directly to electricity, we can
heat and light houses, do all the
cooking, move all kinds of machin
ery,svehicles and boats-do all the
worlds work in fact, for almost
nothing compared to what it now
costs u.s." In these days of rapid
advance in science and invention, it
does not behoove the doubter to
make bold asowal of his doubling,
lest the discovery be made before
he has finished the enumeration
of his doubts. Certainly the action
of zinc in battery is an instance,
of as perfect combustion as that of
coal, only in the former instance,
electricity is obtained directly,
while in the latter only heat is the
result. Nevertheless, with all pos
sible Difference to Mr.. Edison as
a scientist and an inventor, we do
not yet feel called upon to advise
the immediate closing of all the
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11
ABOUT A WOMAN.
A Correct Statatemsnt of How Mrs..
B1aes Was Sent to Pulaski.
To the Hammer.

To the Hammer.
Franklin, Dec. 3.-In justice To
Rev G. A. Russell, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, of Franklin,
Tenn, wish to correct a statement
which was published in the Banner
from the Pulaski correspondent.
This Mrs. Braes was sent to Mr..
Russell by some of the best peop c
of Nashville, as u poor woman who
deserved help. Although perfect
stranger, Mr. Russell, his sister and
several kind ladies did all in their
power to get her a school. But,
failing, Pulaski was suggested as a
better place, and she was given
money to go there. Mr.. Russell
gave her a letter of Introduction to
Rev. Mr.. Wilson, first telling Mrs.
Braes to go to a hotel and board, as
she had money. None of US knew
anything about this wOman's faults,
as she conducted herself very we'll
while here. We regret very much
that Mr. RusselPs name has been
used as one who would impose q
dead beat upon any one, especial
ly minister. FRANKLIN.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11
Don't Spoil Your Bows.

Mothers often spoil their boys by
waiting upon them, and by teach
ing all the girls about the house to
wait on them too. We have seen
boys who could not brush their
own clothes, but always expected
mothers. or sisters to do it for them.
They would come in from school
and throw their books, coats and
hats in a pile on the dining-room
table, for some one else to take care
OF. 1t never entered their heads
that sany of the women folks get
tired. They never thought of max
ing mothers life easier or more
pleasant. They are selfish beings,
who will be anything but blessings
to the women who marry them
DR.. annaford, in the Household,
tells that he was quite different
kind of a boy, and consequently
mice kind of man to have
round" Read what he says:
L am happy to say that my moth
er-of sacred made a
girl" of me for few years, until l
was supplanted by sister. Allow
me to say that the memory of the
fact that l was useful to my moth
er and highly complimented by her,
who knew me best, Is sweet to me in
my. advancing years. Boys trained
in that way would make good hus-
bands. 1t is the mission of boys
and men to make themselves use
ful in the family, or they should be
denied the blessings of home. l
am fully of the opinion that it is
no part of woman's duty, ordinari-
ly, to bring water, wood and coal,
churn, milk or do any of the work
requiring muscle power: The wife
who has a husband who does not
think it beneath him to run a wash
ing machine on Monday, do the
lifting, be content with just such a
dinner as may be at hand, with
boys to care for baby, ETC., is more
fortunate than one who has the
right of suffrage. Might not the
tired housewife easily avoid much
that is now done in the kitchen?
Would not simple dishes prove
more favorable to the health; and
demand much, very much less la
Dor, crushing toll? Is not bread
the most wholesome article cooked
much more easily made than pies
and cake? Would it not be easier
to make batch of bread enough to
last for three days, than to bake
for each meal as it Is now done in
some parts of the countrs? Stale
bread is by far the most wholesome,
the unfermented bread. Are roast
ing thousand things of the kind,
needful and judicious, when a NO
man is all the time tired?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11

1t is not SO much q victory as a
deliverance. The fight for the cleo
tion of Grover Cleveland to the
presidency of this great nation was
not for conquest or for spoils. It
was a fight for honest government.
The election of Grover Cleveland is
the triumph of patriotism over We
nality and corruption. 1t is not
triumph of party. The progress of
the campaign and the result at the
polls showed clearly that Grover
Cleveland, supported by his party
alone, could not have achieved
success. 1t was his character and
his record inspired the confidence
of the independent sentiment Of the
country that madeshis election pos
sible. 1t was because thousands of
patriotic and independent voters
everywhere rallied to his stan
dard that his election has become
an assured fact.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11

Not a pound OF coal or wood is
consumed at Creighton, 20 miles
from Pittsburgh, where the Pitts
burgh Plate Glass Company have
their plant. Glass factory and resi-
dences are heated and lighted by
natural gas Gas was struck at
1900 feet, in a five inch bore. A
rent Of what the owners described
as ''pure nitrogen gas" burst out
with a force Of 250 pounds to sthe
square inch, after three years is
flowing With as much energy as
ever. The visitor sees no coal, no
wood, no cinders, no ashes, no
smoke. In the furnaces is lurid,
steady heat regulated by clock
work. No grimy stoler sweats his
life away at furnace doors, but in
stead a calm person with a stained
glass shield invites you to look at
the glass through the open furnace
doors, where glares heat sufficient
to deter a modern Shadrach, Mesh
ack and Ahednego. Overhead gas
burners are ablaze in broad day, be-
cause it is not worth while to take
time to turn the burners off and on,
as there is plenty of gas and to
spare. In the residences a thumb
screw regulates the temperature to
absolute perfection.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11
Corn Hill. Taxas.

Texas is a good stock and farm
ing country and consequently a
good place for rich man, a poor
man, an energetic man and a lazy
man; that is, it is good for a lazy
man to come here for it will cure
him of being indolent from the fact
that if he persists in being lazy he
will die, and such a person is Ger.
tsinly hetter off dead than living
and last but not least, it is a solid
democratic state.
We only have about one month
of real cold weather here during the
winter season; we have had two
brisk ''northers" already but winter
does not open in good earnest till
Christmas. Generally the whole
winter season Is rendered disagree
able by heavy rain, which causes
this "black" mud to adhere to ones
feet to the extent of about five
pounds to the foot, making it al
most impossible to walk. If we
could dispense with wearing
boots and shoes our mode OF
navigation would be less difficult,
but even here in Texas the habit of
wearing shoe leather is becoming
very common, however, taking
every thing into consideration.
The Lone Star State cannot be ex-
celled for making people in all
states happy. I do not write this
to gain Texas more citizens, nor to
make any young men tear them
selves away from home and friends
to buckle on leggings and spurs
and come to Texas to get
rich; but like the fellow when asked
by his girl why he kissed her, 'just
because l wanted to-"
Yours Truly,
IncAN
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11

Columbia, Tenn, is pursuing the
right course in regard to advanc-
ing her manufacturing interests.
The citizens have an organization,
The object of which is to induce
manufacturers to visit their city,
and to assist them, if necessary,
both with capital and advice.
Although having existed only a
short time, it has already given a
very decided impetus to the indus
trial interests of the city. One par
ticularly commendable feature of
the association is, that it ignores
no project, no matter how small,
so long as it shows a reasonable
possibility of success and profit.
And in this connection we ven
ture the assertion that herein lies
a great necessity in the manufac-
turing development of the south.
The looking after little things.
There is scarcely a town of any i'm
portance in the south but is more
or less agitating the question of
manufacturing but while they are
unsuccessfully laboring over $100-
600 cotton factory, they are bring
ing every foot of dressed lumber
and every dollars worth of finished
building material hundreds OF
miles, perhaps, at a greatly ad
vanced price for hauling and hand
ling, over the original cost of manu-
featuring; while they are whereas
ing" and "resolving' over an en-
bryo iron furnace, they are sending
north for the merest every day ne
cessities that might be made in
any crossroads village upon
the investment of a few hundred
dollars.
What the south needs at the pres
ent time, is class of men who are
in the manufacture of
the commonplace necessities of
life; men who, with the assistance
of few thousands of dollars of our
money, can better employ some of
our labor and return a good divi-
dend on the money invested. The
north ls Iull OF just sucn men, VINO
by over-competition are being
crowded out and are taking their
places lower down in the scale of
We need their knowl |
edge. There are but two ways to
get it; we must either go to them,
or bring them to us; the latter is
without a doubt the cheaper and |
the Better way Of the two. If we
had but one such man in every !
county town in the state, how
many mechanics could we make of
young men who would otherwise
became very poor lawyers, doctors
Or merchants.
We should like to see an intelli.
gent effort made in the south to
utilize the waste and look after the |
small things. There is g small |
town in Northern Ohio, almost ev-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11

The Philadelphia Record says
two large steamships are landing in
that city large quantities of south
ern manufactured pig iron. 1t is
offered cheaper on the market than
Pennsylvania iron. The shipments
being largely increased by the low
rates of freight which have recently
prevailed iu the south, which in
cludes water transportation as well
as rail. Large trains are reported
awaiting the steamers in Savanna h
on every sailing day with this iron,
consigned to merchants IN Philadel
phia. The same steamship compa-
ny has vessels running to Boston
which carry 1000 tons every trip,
and which constitutes the largest
portion of their cargoes.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11

Since the day Col. Colyar entered
public life In Nashville that city has
been going rapidly up in con stantly
accelerated progression. He is al
ways at the front and he always
proposes something good for his
people and always brings it about.
How little his peewee traducers in
Nashville look beside him. Chang
able, is he, and unreliable? Ah, but
when he does sit still long enough
for you to put your finger on him
you know something's coming. He
represents, like Doak, the very per-
fection of consistency by an absolute
disregard for consistency in it's latest
meaning. He's not for thing just
because he used to be,or because he
was once, or because the party said
Il was once, or because it is popular.
If he finds he is wrong he turns
square about and says so, and if he
finds the party was wrong he advo-
Gates reversal policy. The great
est damage has resulted to democra-
cy in Tennessee on account of the
rash psrsistency with which men
cling to thing because they once
said it was right. They do not de-
eide the merits-they take it, right
or wrong, because they said they
would, or because the party said so,
and then they bullyrag and brow
beat and whipcrack all democrats
into thinking as narrowly and par
tisanly as they do. Colyar is the
exact opposite of this. II he shall
be our next senator he will reflect
credit on Tennessee like unto that
which used to belong to US when
Jackson and Grundy bonored us.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11
AS proof Of the fact that divers

As proof of the fact that diversi-
fed farming pays, the experience
of Col. Richard Peters, of Atlanta,
may be cited. On his Gordan coun-
ty farm last year he made the fol
lowing sales: Angora goats, So, 900;
Essex pigs, $500; wheat, 5000; mo-
hair, $4O0; sale of Jerseys, $4,000;
sale of butter, 50, COO; total $1l, 800.
The expenses foot up 81, 100. This
estimate does not include butter,
milk, poultry, potatoes, mutton and
beef sent the family in Atlanta
which would add up another thou
sand to the receipts. Exclusive OF
the Angoras and Jerseys there is .
handsome profit.-Southern Wsrld.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11
Health and the Electric Light

Health and the Electric Light
The good or evil influence of
the artificial light we use upon
the health is Of the very highest
Importance although it has been to
great extent overlooked. An
cient customs has so familiarized
us with combustion as a source of
light that, until recent years, we
hardly dreamed there could be any
other Nevertheless the introduc-
tion of the electric light has been
opening our minds of late to the ad-
vantages of purer kind of illumi-
nation. Pure air is what we all
seek when we go to the mountains
or the seaside during our holidays.
How important then is it that we
should have pure air in our homes.
The necessity which obliges us to
live in towns, also obliges US to live
in more or less vitiated atmos-
phere. The mere fact of so many
living beings crowded together is
of itself sufficient to deteriorate the
air. Assuredly it is not desirable
that the very light we use should
also vitiateithe atmosphere.
Pure air and light are essential
to good health, but in close, ill-ven-
tilated city offices, and in thou
sands of homes and work shops,
what prospect is there for pure air
while the lights, which are often
burned half the day, are of them
selves pulluting it2 For not only
does a candle, oil or gas fame
waste the oxygen of the air, and
thus rob 1t of its life supporting
virtue, but it actually soils it with
noxious vapOr, the products of
combustion. These are chiefly wa
ter and steam or carbonic acid; but
carbon dust, or SCOT is also thrown
OFF, and in the case of gas, sulphu-
rous acid. Gas and other lights
produced by combustion not only
rob the air Of its health giving oxy-
gen, they adulterate what remains
of it. Carbonic acid gas, which Is
supplied to the atmosphere from a
hame, is an active poison, fatal to
tus ndl IKE. II Is IDS CHOKE
damp" of the miner; and though al
ways present in minute quantities
in the atmosphere, it becomes dan
gerous when in excess. On the
score of health alone the introduc-
tion of electric light ought to be
hastened as much as possible, nor
should it be only the luxury of the
rich, as an electrician recently de-
ceased proclaimed it, but the neces-
sity of the poor. Where purity
and brightness are most needed, |
there purity and brightness should |
first come.
The effects of the light in the |
electrical exhibition at Philadelphia |
we're closely watched in this re.
spect, and it was observed that on |
the hottest evenings neither vitiated
the atmosphere nor sensibly heated |
it, whereas, were these hundreds of
lights, now aglow, given off by gas,
it is safe to say that the atmosphere
Of the great hall would be intolera-
Bile.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11
THE DIFFERENCE.

They stood al the bar of Justice
Two women with heads bowed down,
And one was dressed in Tustling silk,
And one in tattered gown.
One clad in the height of fashion,
The other one ragged and torn;
The former inspiring sym pathy,
The latter contempt and scorn.
"And why are they heres questioned;
"Why are they in such disgrace!
The shrinking form in the tattered gown
And that in the silk and lGce!'
"They're here" said the grim policeman,
A nd frown his visage wore,
"For stealing whenever they get a chance
In fancy or dry goods store"
The one in rags was sentenced
To years incarceration
In the county Jail; the one in silk
Was "taken on Probation,"
"Now, why should this be so!'' I asked;
The answer was terso and brief:--
''The lady's . kloptonIaniac,
The one IN rags "a thief"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11

A single cross of the large bronze
turkey nearly doubles the weight of
the young ones, and although the
price of a gobbler may appear high,
yet the value to be derived from
the use of the variety is not easily
estimated. 1t would be well for
some farmers to form a club for
for the purpose of procuring such a
fowl, as it is well known that a sin
gle mating of the gobbler and hen
renders all the eggs that may be
laid fertile, which is a great advan-
tage in large flock or numbers of
small flock. The difference in the
weight Of a large turkey and a
small one is an important matter,
as the turkey is an Industrious for
ager, and picks up the greater por-
ton of his food, which brings the
actual cost OF production to a low
sum when large and small weights
are compared.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11

Cracks in floors, around the
mould board, or other parts of a
room, may be neatly and perma-
nently filed by thoroughly soak
ing newspapers in paste made of one
pound of flour, three quarts of wa
ter, and a tablespoonful of alum,
thoroughly boiled and mixed. The
mixture will be about as thick as
putty, and be forced into the cracks
with a case knife. 1t will harden
like OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Amer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11
Tennessee's Display at New
Orleans.
1'imes-Democrat.


This department yesterday mani
tested unusual energy in arranging
goods so as to accommodate the nu-
merous exhibits that continue to
come in from counties in every sec
tion of the state Having received
up TO date but Eve car loads, their
space already looks as if the miner
al resources were represented
in miniature. No section of our
union is richer in natural deposits,
and the rich specimens from her va
lied mines stand as monuments of
invitation to eastern and European
capital. Among other things are
exhibits from the Duck Town cop
per mines, represented in serial,
marbles from the quarries, showing
more than 200 varieties; GRANTEES of
every description and building
stones that address themselves to
the mechanical skill and ingenuity
of the civilized world. Together
with the above, Two car loads of
manganese, iron ore, marble and
commercial timber will reach here
on Tuesday from Morristown, over
which will preside a large black ca
gle named McWhirter, which was
caught few days since in the fast
nesses Of the Cumberland noun
taius. A cal load of premium corn,
the special exhibit of The Spirit of
the Farm, has also been shipped,
which will be entered for competi-
tion. The headquarters of the Ten
nessee department is No. 1877 st.
Charles street, where Commissioner
McWhirter and the officers OF that
bureau will be found until the close
of the exposition.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11

MONEY VEGETATIoN.-A short
time. since Paul Reirsch discovered
several kinds or minute piants-in-
Guiding two algae which had before
been unknoWn-growing upon CONS
sfter having been long enough in
circulation to receive thin incrusta-
tions of organic matter A Hunga-
risn botRntst, Jules SchRRrscbmidt,
has more recently found the micro
scopic grouths upon paper money,
even the clssnest specimens not be-
ing free from them. He has detect
ed seven species, including-al-
though they are rare-the two new
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-11

Tobacco given in buttermilk, as
recommended by Gen. Clingman,
seems to be a specific for hog chOl-
era. Those stock raisers and farm
ers on the banks of the Potomac
and Ohio rivers, whose swine is
now troubled with this fatal mala-
dy, should give up all experiments
and administer the tobacco as di-
rected. and Home.