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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30
Indian Territory.

OAKLAND, -CHICKAeAw NArIcE, In
DIAN TERRITORY, April Is, 1885.
EDITOR CITIZEN Having prom
ised several friends in Giles to write
them how I liked the country, ETC.,
I wish to blend them all in one
through the economy of your col
umns. However, I don't expect to
write yolumn on Western Wilds,
nor anything Of the kind.
I came through via Memphis,
Little Rock and Texarkana. At
the latter I took the 7. q P. rail
road and came through several
counties of Northern rA---ieay rA.-,:-.--, leaving
. .exas at Delaware, Cook county, l
came to Indian Territory. OF course
my ideas ef the country through
which 1 passed on the cars are but
meagre. Yet l was like country
tacky, in town looking all the time.
And from my observation, 1 saw
but little country that I liked until
I arrived at, or near, Paris, Lamar
county, Texas. From there on, as
l came through Texas, l saw what
l supposed to be Gne country.
This is also fine country and with
good society, would be quite 8 de-
sirable country to live in. The
land lies well and is said to be ve-
Ty productive. The water is good,
but timber sorry. 1t is a great
stock country, the woodland and
prairies are q solid mass of luxuri-
ant grass. There is considerable
enterprise here in both farming and
stock raising. Stock water in sum
mer is very scarce, and from what
l can learn morality refinement and
religion is scarce in all seasons.
And l will just here say to those
desiring to know what think of it,
that all the good things l have seen
are like all other sweets-they have
their bitters.
Most all of both enterprise and
meanness Is carried on by the white
people or non citizens.
The Indians are ignorant and in
dolent, yet resolute in disposition,
and will seldom ever have anything
to say to white people only on bus
iness matters. They are peaceable
and apparently harmless, only
when aroused by mal-treatment.
They will not suffer their rights en-
croached upon. In such case the
best remedy the intruder can get
for his safety, is.tO get farther.
This is a great country for man
who values nothing but money, who
neither respects person, fears Ged
nor breads death. True there are
some good people here and it is
said society is growing better. 1
contemplate starting to Texas to-
morrow. l am too cOwardly to stand
the racket here.
Willie, did not get the spoon in
the ChickasaW Nation.
Mr.. Editor if my letter escapes
the waste basket it will possibly
interest some of your readers. If
not. IL will bs quite treat to K. n.
Pepper (the hollow man.
Cow Roy
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30
He Never Shed a Tar.

On a suburban theatre train the
other night, little party were talk.
ing of pathetic scenes on the stage
and how they were variously affec-
ted by them.
"For my part" said dapper
young man, 81 never yet saw any
thing on the stage that could mois-
ten my eye. l leave the crying to
little boys and women"
"Oh, you do, do you?" said :
blUf old gentleman,an officer of one
of the railroads; every time 1 hear
a young man talk as you do l feel
like telling a little incident that
once came under my notice in New
York city. 4 party of US sat in a
box. "Hazel Kirke'' was the play.
None of US had ever seen it. l shed
a tear quietly and unebserved, but
rough old General McRea cried
like boy. He WAS president of a
Georgia railroad then, and was in
New York on business. He was a
regular martinez in his profession,
stern and unrelenting. He was an
old bachelor, too, and so far as is
known never had tender feeling
toward women or kin. He had
lived life of solitary and absolute
ly -unsentimentsi. We we're all
surprised to see SO mach emotion
in such a man, but none of US said
anything except young George =
of Atlanta. He laughed st the old
generals weakness.
"Can you witness such = scehce
as that with dry eyes? inquired
the General, with all his old stern
ness of manner and speech.
"Why, of course 1 can, l could
laugh at it even AZ l laugh at you"
"See here, George -" said the
General McRea, with great earn
estness, "you are cashier of a bank
II Atlanta. In that bank my com
pany has many thousand dollars
deposited. Immediately on my
return home every dollar of our
deposits shall be Withdrawn. You
may bo an honest man, but 1 do
not feel safe with our money in an
institution where one Of the respon-
sible officers is a person who talks
as you talk tonight" j"
Upon his return to Atlanta the
general did as be promised. And
luckily, too, for in less than six
months that bank was nearly ruin
ed by a heavy smbozzlement by liz
cashier.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30
THE TIRED MOTHER.

A little elbow leans upon your knee,
Your tired knee that has so much to boar
a child's dear teArs are looking lovingly
From underneath d thatch of golden hair
Perhaps you do not need the velvet touch
OF warm moist fingers holding yours Sc
tight,
You do not prize this blessing oyermuch,
You are almost too tired to pray tonight
But it is blessednessl 4 year ago
did not see it "a / do to-day,
We are so dull and thahkless, and too slow
To catch the sunshine till it slips away;
And now it seems surprising strange to me
That while wore the badge of mother
hood
did not kiss moro oft and tenderly
The little child that brought me only good.
Aud if some night when you sit down to rest
You miss the elbow from your tired knee,
The restless, curly hoGd from of your breast.
The lisping tongue that chatterod con-,
If from your own the dimplod hands had
slipped
And ne'er would nestle in your palm again,
If the white feet into the grave had triPped,
I could not blame you for your heartsohe
then.
I wonder 30 that mothers ever fret
At little children clinging to their gown;
Or that the footprints, when the days are wet,
Are ever black enough TO make them frown.
If could find q little muddy boot,
Or cap, or jacket, on my chamber floor;
II could kiss rosy, restless foot,
And hear it patter IN my house once more;
If could mend broken cart 10 day,
To -morrew make q kite TO reach the sky =,
There is no woman in Gods world could say
She was more blisstully content than l.
But OIL the dainty pillow next my own
Is never rumpled by & shining hosd;
by singing birding from his nest hiss flown
NY little boy 7 used to kIss is deadl
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30
Feed for Great Butter Yields

The Jersey breeders are doing
very praise worthy work in testing
their COWS fer milk and butter.
The Jersey is to be priced, espe-
cially as yieldsr of excellent but
ter, and to develop her capacity for
this is the very mission OF the Jer-
sey breeders. They are nov doing
the sensible thing-holding all fan
cy points in obeYance, while they
show what she is really good for,
and how much she is good for. The
tests are, some Of them, so very er-
traodinary. that it is difficult TO
place limit to her capacity. Tho
hitherto four pounds of butter per
day limit is too modest to be con
sidered.
All the rations that we have ex-
amined, Of COWS yielding a large
amount of butter, have shown an
apparent waste of food-that is, a
great excess OF food beyond what
science would show to be necessary
for this production Of butter. But
there has been very little pains ia
ken, as yet, to study the most i'm.
portant question of food in those
tests. The COW should beaccurate-
ly weighed before the experiment
begins, and again at the end Of the
test. We wsnt to see what be-
comes Of this great excess of food
If the COW gains three pounds per
day in weight, that would account
for a part OF the excess Of food. If
the COW takes exercise, we want to
know how much, and what, for this
consumes food. The owners Of
these remarkable butter cows will
soon find that they have been neg
Letting this question of food too
long. Careful experiments should
be made with these COWS, with diff
ferent amounts of food, for it may
prove that a smaller ration would
produce the same yield Of butter,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30

fcers, which shall be authorized to
levy on and sell personal proper
ty or to secure garnishment process.
Sections 60, 81 and 65 provide
that in addition to the interest on
taxes unpaid on July lst of the
year following there shall be ad-
ded per cent. of the amount as
damages, and after July Ist, of the
second year 6 per cent. damages,
and for the third year 6 per cent.
additional. On July 18th of the
third year the trustee shall deliver
a state ement of the delinquencies to
The acknowledgement who shall file
bills in the chancery or circuit
courts to enforce the lien for taxes.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30
DIR. @. P. DUNCAN'S
Liver aid Kidney Medicine.

OF all the remedies now before the public
for the treatment of the various forms of
Liver and Kidney diseases, and the afec-
tions that arise from the unhealthy eondi-
ton of these organs, this medicine stands
without an equal. 1t is the great proven
tive of Malarfal troubles, the sure cure for
all forms of Dyspepsia and Indigestion, the
most reliable remedy for tho regulation Ct
the Bowels and Kidneys, never falling to
cure constipation. An absolute remedy for
Headaches, Sore throat, Dullness. of Feel
ing, Want of Appetite, nervousness, and
ali such diseases Of tho Bowels, Stomach,
Kidney and Liver. The best family medi-
cine sold. II is harmless and safe, and not
uupleasant to take Price rs cts.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30

Manufacturers Gazette: There
is no better use to which a young
man can put in his evenings, his
spare moments, than the study of
some subject to which he has deci-
ded to put his energies; or. if he
cannot procure such books, then by
all means let him study something
which is related to his business or
chosen profession. Keep at work.
1t will all come in time. Changes
are always occurring, and men are,
and will be, always wanted. There
are too many make believes. They
may hold a positionsf sfor while, but
the men who understand their hnsi-
ness are the only meA whe invaria
bly, succeed, and if you are to be
enc of them you must work in or
der to keep up with the procession;
and whenever you begin to fall be-
hind, just look at yourself and your
work and you will find the right
man to blame.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30

Orchard grass is a robust grower
and very tenacious OF life. 1t mass
es it's roots so as to resist the en-
croachment of other grasses, COW
sring much of the ground with its
large pendant leaves that spring
out near the base Of the plant to
shade, nourish and enrich the soil
not occupied by the plant itself.
This, perhaps, accounts largely for
Its ability to endure excessive
drought. 1t will produce two large
crops OF good hay on rich soil, and
submit to more abuse than any
other forage plant, except blue
grass, which is of little value in a
very dry season.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30
Sending LOGS Down Nevada Noun.
tain.

The California Architect and
Builder gives the following graphic
account of the mode adopted in Ne
vada for getting logs to the market.
A chute is laid from the rivers
brink, up the steep mountain to the
railroad, and while we are telling it,
the monster logs are rushing, thun-
dering, flying, leaping down the de-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30

New York Sun: Business is
quite as good and the situation OF
the country quite as encouraging as
we ought to expect. There are
many workers out Of employment,
and hardly any enterprise is max
ing much money; yet most people
are getting enough TO eat and
enough to wear, and are living
along in happiness with reasonable
economy. The country is rich and
sound at the core; and when all the
inflated and delusive concerns are
settled up and cleared away, We
shall fad that We are a great deal
better eff than the philosophers OF
calamity and despair have mag
ined.1
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30

There Is a burden of care in get
ting riches; fear in keeping them;
temptation in using them; guilt in
abusing them; sorrow in losing
them; and 8 burden of account at
last to be given up concerning them.
Matthew Henry.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30

The new Maine prohibitory law
went into effect April 6. Travel
ing salesmen, or "drummers, are
forbidden by it to solicit orders for
liquors, and there are nc longer
fines i'm posed in cases of intoxica,
tion. drunkards will be Imprisoned
from five to 30 days for the first Of
tense and from ten to 90 days for
second ohense.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30

"Did you ever notice how q wo-
man takes the cork out Of bottle2'
mo, think not. Did your
"Yes."
"HoW does she do it?"
"Why, she nails it with her teeth
bites it off and then gets mad and
breaks the bottle. If she don't dc
it that way, she takes knife and
prods and prizes around the stopper
till she cuts her finger, and then
when the blood begins to run anc
her Dutch gets up, she throws th'
knife across the room, shOves The
cork into the bottle, spanks the
first young one she gets her hsnc
on and then sits down and takes
good cry"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30

In the course of an article on the
subject Of food for horses, the Amer
ican Cultivator says: Ground grain
is the cheupest form in which nutri-
ment can be given to working hor-
ses. But to produce the best effect
it should be mixed with cut hay,
not to give greater bulk, for this the
horses stomach does not require,
but to make the food more porous
in the stomach, so that the gastric
juices may more freely work through
it. Meal, alone, especially Of corn
which has scarcely any chat, will
compact in the stomach and be less
easily digestible. The heavy chat
Of oats is one of the reasons Of mus
Gle forming food, and ia therefore
worth more per pound where
strength is required than corn or
oil meal, whose chief constituents
are carbonaceous or fat producing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30

The millions that have been spent
on the mouth of the Mississippi
riven seems to have had an effect
that was not counted upon. Every
effort has been made to coRiine the
river to one channel, and the result
is that the imprisoned waters are
cutting out Bayou Atchafalaya, un-
til there is now imminent danger
that the main channel will be de-
hected into it, and the present one
become a shallow bayou, Of no i'm
uortance to commerce BY the new
route the river would reach the gulf
much sooner than at present New
Orleans would be made an inland
town, and some of the richest land
in Louisiana would disappear TO
make the new bed for the Father oil
! Waters.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30
PATENTS

Obtained, and all PATENT BUSINESS
attended to for MODERATE FEES.
Our office is opposite the U s, Patent Office,
and VIC can obtain Patents in less time than
those remote from WASHINGTON.
Send MODEL OR DRAWING. We advise
as to patentability free of charge; and VIC
MAKE NO CHARGE UNLESS PATENT
is SECURED.
We refer, here. to the Postmaster, the
Supt. of the Money Order Div, and to off,
cials of the U. s. Patent Office. For Circu-
lar, advice, torms and references to actual
clients in your own State or County, y rite to
G.. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, d. c.
decll-tf.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30

Somebody wants to know why
circles please the eye. We don't
know, any more than we 10 why
rings control in the politics.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30
DunCan'S CaTb0IiC OinnmGlt.

Old sores, Skin Diseases, Ernpuons, Pim-
pies, Frost bites, Chspped hands, Wounds,
Hurts, ETC., readily Tolieyed by Duncan's
Ointment Price 25cts.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30
TrnA Cnn rara-

In the little town Of Rosenberg
West Russia, lived a young and hot
headed lieutenant who one day had
dispute with q clerk in the gov.
ernment service, and SUDDENLY ex-
claimed
"You know we'll enough how to
handle your pen, but have at
home pair of sharp swords with
which l can write better.
Tue other answered;
"Such things ought only to be
given to children who have nothing
to loss.'
The lieutenant then challenged
him to fight with pistols.
"Very WELL" the clerk replied; Il
accept your offer, on one condition.
You know l have a wife and children
for whom ! must care. My income
is four thousand, five hundred
If you will deposit sum sufficient
to yield that interest, l am willing
to tight. In that case you must
place to my account niuety thou
sand marks"
But" stammered the Astonished
officer, 81 have no fortune"
"Ah, sir, those who have nothing
havs IA right to ask men who must
work for others to fight duels."
The duel never took place. The
clerk showed more courage and bet
ter sense than the officer. To do
right, whatever nen men may say
or think Of us, is true hereism.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30

President Gates OF Rutgers Col
lege, says every young man has a
fortune in the fact of his youth.
The energy OF youth is unblurred
by defeat, or worn by hope defer
red. With age one becomes more
conservative and looks at as impos-
sible what younger person would
endeayer to accomplish, in many
cases with success. Self-confdence,
or self conceit, if yOu wish to call
it so, is a great thing. A young
mans fortune is not to be found in
inherited wealth or social position.
Every man is tho srbiter, of his own
fortune. Gracious manners or
business habits are good things to
cultivate, but not all. VIII power
is the young mans fortune. 1t is
the essence Of the man. A young
man with only little will-power is a
foregone failure. 1t should be cul-
tivated. Genius is a gift of
God and should not cause pride
but an honest pursuit Of duties is
an exhibition Of Will-power and
something to be proud of. Well
directed educated will-pewer is
what a young man needs"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30

ae--
"Talk about change Of heart, -
said a long haired and a big-whis-
ersd man at the Rock Island de-
pot last night, "Pve just come from
the biggest revival you ever see."
"Where was thatP' asked q by
stander.
"Why, out in Western Utah, "
the first speaker continued. "We
had s. Mormon settlement in
Millard county, Utah, and we
thought we were getting along
mighty slick when all of sudden
the state grand jury fell on US
like a snoW-sllde and clapped US all
in jail. There was more'n a hun
dred of US and when we came to
talk the matter over, we came to
the conclusion that it was a good
time to repent. So we had q revi-
val right there in the Jail and sent
for the preacher, one of the Meth
odists, and Pm blamed if he didn't
have US all enrolled inside Of an
hour. The district attorney pa
rolled rs just then, and as we filed
out we ran onto the women. Do
you see that welt just over my ear?
Well, that's where I caught the
broom that my third wife busted
me with. The ether fellows took to
the mountains"
evil the conversions be perma-
nentP' asked listener.
The stranger hitched up his
trousers and taking long breath,
observed CAS- to the others L
don't know, but the jail and the
broom cured me. I'm off for Jer-
sey and it will take the whole Uni
ted States army to get me back"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30
Holmes Liniment

Ia an INEsTIMABLE BOON TO all child
bearing women; q real blessing to suffering
females; true
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-30
MOTHERS FRIEND.

When applied a few weeks efore confne-
ment it will produce q safo and quick de-
Ii very, control pain, and alleviate the usual
dread, agonizing suffering, beyond the power
Of language TO expressl
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-31
Bulldog aud'Pork.

Some time since a New England
schooner was lying at the Rice Mill
wharf, the captain of which was the
owner of a ~ferocious bulldog, whose
mouth watered at the sight of the ten
der-skinned colored people. Things
were scattered about the deck of the
vessel in a loose manner, and the major
told the skipper that he should be care
ful'or he would have some of the arti-
Giles stolen. The latter laughed at the
idea, and, pointing to his dog, said he
would like to see any thief come aboard
his vessel, adding that anyone who
could take that half barrel of pork
pointing to n on the deck near the
dog-was welcome to it. He was very
emphatic as to the result of the visit,
and apparently had in his minds eye
the chewed-up form of the would-be
thief.
T 9 major had noticed in the crowd
a negro who had the reputation, Of be-
ing a very adroit thief, but who had
never been caught-one of the kind that
when cornered tells his brethren "dat
do white man is berry '%spichus." Calling
Sam to him he told him that the captain
of the schooner would give the pork to
anyone who would get it off the vessel.
Sam eyed the vessel, the dog and the
skipper. For true, captain, you ge
me de barrel if I take imp The skip
per said yes, he could have the barrel
and its contents if he could get it with
out the dog catching him. The sun set
in the west as usual, of course, and
when it came up, according to Parson
Jasper, on the other side in the morn
ing, the barrel of pork had been spirit
ed away. The dog was still pacing the
quarter deck, with the air of having
performed his duty, and looking prob.
ably eve more defiant than usual.
AS soon as the sun was well up in
the sky Sam came poking along. The
captain hailed him at once. Say, you
black rascal, you got the pork, did
| youp' "Oh, yes, sir; no trouble to do
dat" Il will give you $40 to find out
how you got it off the schooner right
under the very nose of my dog" said
the captain. IAN right. captain; you
put up de money, and I will tell you
how did um," replied Sam. The $40
was put up. ''You see, Marsc' Cap
tain, l soc your dog been lonesome; he
been u long time from home, so l bring
another dog, a little comrade like him,
down wild me to play wild him. While
de dogs run about de deck and jump on
de wharf to get acquainted wild de
selves, you see, l took de barrel" The
captain said it was worth the pork and
the $40 to learn the trick.-SaUannah