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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-03
Randall.

N, Y. Sun.
The. periodical assault upon the
Hon. Samuel jackson Randall sets
in this year with rather more feroc-
ity than usual. All the jobbers
want to beat him; all the free trad
ers want to beat him; the mug
wumps want to beat him; and the
republicans want to beat him. He
seems to be in the way of all these
various categories of workers.
Well, perhaps they may beat him.
They appear to have organized a
CON bina;ion of uncommon strength,
and who is prophet enough to . de-
clare beforehand that it will be
smashed this year because it has
been smashed before?
There is one thing, however, that
any sensible man can foretell with
out being a prophet at all. This is
that, 80 far as Sam Randall is per-
sunally concerned, his defeat by this
combination, either through his ex
pulsion from the appropriation com
mittee or through a serious reduc-
tion in the functions of that com.
mittee, would be the greatest thing
that ever happened to him. Then
he would tower aloft, and the peo
pie would rally around him, and il
1888 it would be difficult to shove
him aside.
For the present it will be inter
esting to see how this renewed en-
terprise of breaking down Sam Ran
dali will pan out.
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Animals as Factors,

Animals should be factors on the
farm for something besides con-
suming food. This question comes
home to US as we look forward to
the winter with it's months of fod--
dering time. How many farmers
really work all summer to store up
food to carry out in winter, and
when spring comes they. look into
empty mows and gram bins, and
look at stock which are lean also.
Half of the stock wintered are
worth no more than they we're the
fall before. This is because the
fat and marketable condition they
we're in then has been blown out of
them by the winter blasts coming
around the corners of the barn and
the want of food to make up for
this drain and the wants of the sys-
TEN. This is a down hill system,
and in these times a steep down
bill. 1t won't take a great while to
Get to the bottom. We had better
mold on and think things over and
see how something more can be
gotten out of the summers work.
This is it: Sell half of the stock
snd invest that for a ''rainy day."
Then sell half of the fodder and
take the money and make warm
stables for everything and keep
everything in them. AS compared
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Keeping Vegetables.


The quality of vegetables in win
ter depends much upon their fresh
ness. If they are permitted to with
er by exposure to a dry air, much
of their crispness and flavor is lost.
The two essentials are to keep them
from freezing and from drying.
The former requisite is easy to all
who have good cellars, the latter
requires the exercise of a little more
knowledge and care.
Roots are, perhaps, best preserv-
ed by packing them in moist sand
or loan, and storing in a place that
is too cool for them to sprout. Cab
bages Intended for early winter use
may be hung t. the joists of the
cellar. For later use, a good plan
is to pack them in a box with alter
native layers of cut straw, placing
the box In the coolest part of the
cellar or in an out building where
the temperature does not 60 much
below the freezing point. For use
in spring, perhaps the best method
is to bury the plants in the open
ground. Choose, If possible, a slop-
ing piece of ground, in a somewhat
sheltered place Open a double
furrow with plow, and clean it out
with shovel. Place in the bottom
some edgings or strips of plank or
board. on which place the cabbages,
inverted, with the outer leaves
wrapped over the head. Cover the
heads with little straw, and re
verse the burrows, blowing the row
three or four times. Abundance of
loose dirt promotes drainage and
helps to keep out frost. As severe
weather approaches shovel sufficient
dirt over the row to cover the head
at least foot deep. 1t is well to
lay over the top of the ridge two
boards nailed together in the shape
of an eave-trough to prevent the
soil from washing down.
Squashes require to be kept cool
and dry. The average cellar is too
warm and too damp to keep this
well. Last winter we
succeeded in keeping the Hubbard !
squash until April by storing them
in basement room that was warm
led from steam pipe which passed !
through it to heat the room |
above. In many houses a chamber
on the second floor will be found a |
better place than the cellar for
keeping squashes. The temperature
may luctuate little below the
freezing point at times without
damage.
Onions should be kept in the
coolest part of the cellar, or per-
haps better, in an clubhouse, guard
ed from frost by moderate de-
gree of freezing provided they are
not disturbed while frozen.
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A Wild Western nhitnary.

Ex Senator Sharon's death re-
moves another of the bonanza acci-
dents who have filled seats in the
United, States senate not because
they were fit but because they had
plenty of money. Sharon was not
much of man in any sense of the
word. He was born money max
er, and he never showed any scru-
Piles of conscience in using his
money for the qualification of his
passions and prejudices. He
bought men and women ss he
bought mining stocks, and there
were not many of the ten command
ments that he did not fracture in
his time. He leaves large fortune
for his heirs and his alleged wife to
fight oVer.-Denver News.
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Because a man happens to fail in
his busines undertakings is no rea-
son why be should be pronounced
as "no account" Because he fails
more than once, should not discour-
age him. The man who never fail
ed cannot possibly know whether he
has any grit" in him or is worth a
button.
The early paths of some of the
worlds greatest men, both living
and dead, we're marked with finan-
cial disaster, and they achieved sue
cess in the end only by literally ex-
ercising this one quality Of "grit."
Peter ACooper failed in making
hats, failed as cabinet maker, 10
comotiye builder and grocer. But
as often as he failed he "tried
again, until he could stand upon
his feet alone, and crowned the vic
tory giving 10000 to help poor
boys in time TO come.
Abraham Lincoln failed TO make
both ends meet by chopping wood;
failed TO make his salt in the galley
slave life of Mississippi fiat-bo
man. He had not wit enough TO
run a grocery, and yet he made
himself the grandest character Of
the nineteenth century.
Horace Greely tried three or four
lines of business before he found
ed the Tribune, worth to-day a mil
lion.
Patrick Henry failed in every
thing be undertook until she made
himself the orator of his age and
nation. Artisan.
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he was alive and well, and would
soon be home. The coffin was ex-
humed, and when it was about be-
ing opened at Che Dyer residence
young Dyer walked iuto the house.
and said, when he saw what was be-
ing done, Don't open it, for here I
am" His appearance, as may we'll
be supposed, caused an exciting
scene. 1t is supposed that medical
students dug up the body for tho
purpose of dissection, found Dyer
alive and treated him until he
thoroughly recovered. The young
man remembered nothing of what
took place while in the doctors
hands.
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Why the South is "solid.n

Memphis Appeal.
There will be no break in the
solid soEth so long as the negro
vote is kept united against the
white vote. A solid negro vote
while the whites were disfranchised
entailed upon the southern people
the rule of corruption and extrava-
gance. A solid white vote after the
whites were enfranchised brought
peace, economy, general reform and
prosperity. The latter will never
dissolye their solldity to give place
to the former, whose rule bank
rupted the south. AS long as it is
a question which race shall rule
the whites will triumph, not that
they object to the negro and his
right to vote, but because they OBJ
ject to the rule Of ignorance led by
corrupt men. Experience has
taught the white tax paying peo-
pie of the south what negro rule
means, and they are not going to
invest the carpet-baggers with a
power which they once used to
their injury. If any frauds are
committed at the ballot box in
in the south, as alleged, they are
committed to prevent the restora-
ton of corruption and governments
of fraud. The south is solid for
wise, honest and economical gov
ernment, and it does not propose to
divide and transfer its power to
those who have neither the intelli-
gence nor the integrity to rule hon
estly and wisely.
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Book Farming.


For a very long period the pre-
judice against what is called book
farming was very deep. There
was a wide spread conviction that
a man who habitually studies farm
journals was most sure to fail when
he came to carry out the practical
details of the farm. That there
was some reason for this belief
there is no question. There are
men who can talk and write fluent
ly and well on agriculture, and vet
prove miserable failures on the
farm. Such failures do not come
for want of knowledge, but from want
of executive ability. There is a
great difference between perception
and execution.
A man who is thoroughly conver-
SAINT with the theory of agriculture
and with those sciences upon which
scientific agriculture rests, such as
chemistry and geology, has most
probably spent the greater part Of
his life in the students cell, and
has never tried to learn the practi-
cal details OF agriculture, just as
military man may be martinez in
the drill and ytt fail in the most
important work of directing the
storm of battle. An engineer may
plan q railroad or bridge, but Others
must carry The plan into execution.
Mer of great executive ability and
of practical skill in any pursuit are
seldom welded to theories. They
spend their time in executing, not
in planning. Hence it often hap
pens that a successful farmer is un-
acquainted with even the primary
principles upon which agriculture
seems to rest. But has practical in
formation derived from experience.
He can tell by inspection what will
grow best on this field or that, and
he knows the general Characters
tics of his soils. On the other hand,
the man of science can analyze and
tell the component parts of any
soil, and yet he is a poor guide in
selecting soils best adapted to the
growth of cotton, corn and tobacco.
Probably the truth is that the
theorist deals too much in general
tiles and the practical farmer too
much in particulars, The knowl-
edge of both should be united to
produce the greater results. 1t
was the union of the practical with
the scientific that enabled:the Mar
quis of Tweedale to transform
worn out estate to one of surpass-
ing fertility and profit. 1t is the
union of the two that enables the
farmers of Scotland on their bar
rem moors to realize more hand
some profits than are made by the
farmers in the richest valleys of the
new world. 1t is the uniCn Of the |
two that raised the yield of wheat
in England from twelve bushels |
per acre ito thirty, and it will re-
quire the union of the two to make
the worn out fields of the south
contribute their proportion to the
support of a great people.
Book farming is nothing but the
best experience of the best farmers
in every country. No man can
hope to reach the highest plane of
agriculture who disdains to acquire
knowledge concerning his business,
from whatever source it may come.
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A New Silo.

Any man can make a cheap silo
large enough for one small farm,
and be can thus supply one or two
COWS with ensilage food through a
winter at small cost. Get a goods
box of the largest size, or piano
boxes, as many as he needs, or he
may procure few hogsheads. Fill
them with finely cut cornstalks or
hay; press it down by means of a
lever in TIE side Of the barn; he can
press hard enough to burst the yes
sci. Then put on the head Of the
hogshead, and paste paper over all
cracks. Thus it may be kept in
any out-of the-way shed until need
ed. 1t is far cheaper than digging
and lining a siIo in the ground, and
equally as good.-Spirit of the
Farm.
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DO be natural; a poor diamond
IS better than good imitation.
Do try to be accurate, not only
Tor your own sake, but for the sake
OF your sex; the incapacity Of the
female mind for accuracy ia n
standard argument against the
equality of the sexes.
Do observe; the faculty 'of obser.
vation, well cultivated, makes prao-
tical men and women.
Do try to be sensible; it is not a
particular sign of superiority to
talk like fool.
Do be ready in time for church:
II you do not respect yourself suai.
clently to be punctual, respect the
feelings of other people.
Do avoid causes Of irritation in
your own family circle; reflect that
home is the place to be agreeable.
Do be reticent; the world at large
has no interest in your private af-
fairs.
Do cultivate the habit Of listen
ing to others; it will make you an
invaluable member of society. to
say nothing of the advantages it
Will be to you when you marry; ev-
cry man likes to talk about himself;
good listener makes a delightful
wife.
Do be contented; "martyrs" are
detestable; cheerful, happy spirit
is infectious; you can carry about
with you like sunny atmosphere.
Do avoid whispering; it's as bad
as giggling; both are to be con
demned; there is no excuse for Ell
ther one of them. If you have any-
thing TO say, say it; if you have not,
do hold your tongue altogether; si-
lence is golden.
Do be truthful; do avoid exag-
geration; if you mean a mile, say a
mile, not mile and half; if you
mean one, say one, and not half
dozen.
Do, sometimes at least, allow
your mother to know better than
you do; she was educated before
you were born.
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1
Toms question. He felt chagrineo
that he had SO nearly betrayed his
precious secret.
Mrs. Brown, with weary sigh
put the last potato in the oven and
wondered where the dinDer fol
those hungry little mouths was Il
come from. Her faith III Gods
care was sorely tried at times. Poor
woman, her burdens were hard to
bear.
Suddenly there came knock at
the door.
Its him." cried Bobby, spring
ing forward to open it.
Here's basket for tue widow
Brown, which Santa Claus sent
from the grocery with his compli-
ments," said the man, thrusting 8
large basket in at the door and dis
appearing before question could
be asked.
Before the contents were half
taken ont another rap came at the
door aod another basket was thrust
in.
"From the bakery with Santa
Claus compliments" said the man,
briskly, slamming the door behind
him.
Such basket full of good things
as that one was! The children
stood about it in wide eyed wonder,
until little Paul broke the spell by
snatching handful of brown gin
ger cookies.
"Sants Claus compliments" an
nounced u voice at the door and a
large bundle which proved to be
good stout shoes for the chilnren all
around, was thrust in, and before
the door could be closed more bun
dies followed.
BY this time the little ones were
capering about the room in the
widest delight. Tom stood with
the handle in one hand, and
an expression of blank amazement
on his face, perfect statue Of sur
prise. Mrs. Brown had sunk into
"a chair, and with clasped hands and
fearful eyes, was viewing the pres
ents which seemed literally to show
er down upon them and which
meant so much of comfort and hap
piness to her little family. Bobby
was the only one who did not seem
to be at all surprised at the gener-
Gus display. Nor did he cease to
regard the door with anxiety until
the doll and the candy, together
with other surprises and toys not
mentioned by him in his conversa-
tion with Santa Claus, had made
their appearance.
"Where did they all come frem?'
gasped Mrs. Brown, in perplexity.
There must be some mistake"
mo, there ain'tp cried Bobby
enthusiastically; Santa Claus sent
EN-"
"But there amt such person,
Bobby"
"Yes, there is. 1 saw him last
night" said Bobby, trying jack
knife which had his name on card
attached to the handle. "There's
good stuff in it, he added, sending
long shaving off from piece of
pine stick. 81 told him where we
lived an he said he'd try to find us
this year."
"Who could it have been?" muir
INJURED Mrs. Brown.
Santa Claus, of course" said
Bobby, emphatically. "He's jolly
old man-looks just like his pic
ture, too"
And Mr.. Fernald, as he placed a
dismond ring on the finger of his
grand daughter. thought of the
humble home his bounty had blest,
and how much more that gift was
priced than the one which now
sparkled on the hand of her who
had never had wish unsatisfied.
''It pays to be Santa Claus" he
soliloquized. at pays in here"
laying his hand over the place
where warm heart sobbed beneath,
"and l believe I'll make a general
Santa Claus of myself next year
for the benefit of poor little chill
dren whom the usual Santa Claus
fails to find"
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Gen. Sherman is reported in an
interview as saving:

Gen. Sherman is reported in an
interview as saying:
II do not like the outlook. Pres
ident Cleveland undoubtedly means
to do the best, but there can be no
peace, no real civil service reform,
so long as the men who fought in
council and in the field to destroy
the best government on the face OF
the earth are brought to the front.
The future looks dark to me; the
men who were the enemies of the
country only a few years ago are
now prominent and conspicuous in
places of power
The failure of his brother Johns
recent efforts to bring to the front
men who fought "to destroy the
best government on the face of the
esrth," together with the collapse
of his bloody-shirt campaign for
the presidency, appears to have
cast a gloom over the general, as it
we're. Cd,
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A Marvelous Story.

The story below comes from
Maine, state where several re-
markable things have occurred in
modern times:
About fourteen months ago, 10
seph Dyer, aged 20 years, of Cape
Elizabeth, was thrown from wig
on, and was picked up dead, as sup
posed. The body was inferred in
Evergreen Cemetery. A short time
ago his parents were warned that
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to the old barnyard protection there
viii be saving of one half the fod-
der for the same condition, and
with the protection of warm stables,
the same amount of fodder will
make a growth all winter Growth
is gain and gain is profit. An ami
NAL we'll wintered starts with the
season and time is oainad
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OF noted battlefield the Atlanta
Constitution remarks: THE battle
ground of Missionary Ridge has
been converted into a strawberry
patch. Yankee colonists have
climbed with hoes where yankee
soldiers rushed with bayenets, and
the earth has Redeemed after each
invasion. On these sunny slopes
the gardener finds his ideal home.
and the berry lazily perfects itself.
Land that went begging few years
ago at 81 an acre now commands
$3.50 an acre, and where natives
starved on 500 acres now are New
Englanders growing rich on ten
acres"
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The Rural New Yorker reports a
yield of potatoes upon its experiment
grounds Of 1,3611S bushels per acre
They were dug Aug. q, weighed, and
the yield per acre figured out by disin-
terested parties. There is undoubtedly
plenty of room on an acre of land to
bury 1851 bushels Of potatoes but not
many farmers have yet learned how to
coax that quantity to grow upon SO
small space as an acre. Il Is worth
something to know that it can be done.
Enthusiasm is one Of the most power
full engines Of success. When you do g
thing, do it with will, do it with your
might, put your whole soul into 1t,
stamp It with your own personality. Be
active, be energetic, BE- enthusiastic and
faithful and you will accomplish your
object. Nothing great was eyer achiev-
cd without enthusiasm.
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Yesterday is in eternity and can
not be recalled, tomorrow cannot
be secured; to day is only ours.
Improve it wei, for on il may hang
the issues of an eternal state, and if
once lost is lost forever.
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Sunday Work.


Sunday is day of rest as we all
understand, but 1t doesn't look like
it as seen through the country and
cities. Men are carrying on almost
all kinds of business in the cities
on Sunday, and scarcely give it
passing thought or regret that they
have not kept the Lords day holy.
Then in th e country we. see various
duties performed on Sunday that
could have been done just as well
through the week; such as laying
up rails on the fence, that have been
knocked of during the week, or
stopping the pigs or geese from
getting into the field, or breaking
colts to work, or sailing the stock.
Many farmers make it rule to salt
their stock every Sunday morning.
Why would it not do just as well to
do the sailing on Monday morning?
The stock would relish the salt just
as well and the farmer wonld know
that he had not done contrary to
the ways Of God.
Suppose a man having corns on
his feet may persist in wearing tight
boots, and trust faith to remove his
corns, what would be the result?
Well, among otker things, he would
limp throDgh life. Some christians
go limpIng badly in their spiritual
life from a similar cause. They
are looking to theories to bring
about practical results without
work. Such is not the ordering
of Providence Effort without
faith may or may not fail. Faith
without effort is sure TO fail. Faith
in effort is wicked Faith and
effort, the faith being rightly di-
rected, is what the scriptures re
quire; and sail things work together
for good to them that love God"
The Texas St0ckman tells this
little story, which points its own
moral: Five thousand sheep sold
for dollar a head, were shown In
the fall, yielding three pounds of
wool, again this spring yielding
three and a half pounds, bringing
164 cents per pound. There are
four thousand spring lambs worth
one dollar a piece, and will sell for
it, and the owner has an offer of
$l25 per head for the flock, lambs
counted. This is only one among
a number of similar cases that have
come to our notice within a year,
and accounts for the number of
men who are of late hunting for
like soft snaps, without finding
them. Gradually these things get
out, which adds to the nnmbe of
those who would buy sheep, and de-
creases the number who give them
away. With present prospects for
grass, water and price of wool, a
man who cannot double his pile by
the first of May on six-pound ewes
at dollar and half head, ought
to have a coDservator appointed to
look alter him.
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A Massachusetts paper says: The
outskirts of civilization seem to be
moro civilized than the centers. Some
of the northwestern territories have
given women the suffrage and they sit
on juries and work wonders for the
suppression of crime and the progress
OF morality and christianity. Several
Of the southern states have stopped the
circulation Of obscene papers and books
and are more successful in the suppress
sion of drunkenness than we of the
north. These things have been accom-
plished quietly and speedily, south and
far west, while the older states have
been truggling for decades with the
same problems, and have succeeded on
ly in voting TO reconsider--at sOEle fu-
ture time. 1t was ever so old commu-
mites stand still while the young states
progress. Or must the photographers
now define ''civillzation" as progress in
circleP
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"Why, Allie, dear,is that the way
to begin your dinner?" asked
mother of her little daughter, as
she began with the pie. "Well, l
declare, mamma, / was going to eat
my dinner upside down, WASH TIP