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The Proper Weight of Man.

Prof. Huxley gives the following
table of what a full grown man
should weigh and how this weight
should be divided:
Weight, 154 pounds. Made up
thus: Muscles and their appurte-
nances, 6S pounds; skeleton, "a
pounds; skin, 10t pounds; fat, %
pounds; brain, 3 pounds; thoracic
viscera, 81 pounds; abdominal Wis.
cera, IL pounds; blood which would
drain from body, pounds, This
man ought to consume per diem:
Lean beef-steak, 5000 grains dread,
5000 grains; milk, 1000 grains, po-
tatoes, 5000 grains; butter, 600
graine; and water, $4,000 grains.
His heart should beat 70 times a
minute, and he should breathe I5
times a minute. In "A hours he
would yltiate 1850 cubic feet of
pure air to the extent of per cent;
a man, therefore, Of the weight men
toned ought to have 800 cubit feet
of well ventilated space. He would
throw off by the skin Is ounces of
water, 300 grains of solid matter,
and 400 grains of carbonic acid
every "a hours, and his total loss
during the "a hours would be 6
pounds of water and a little above
2 pounds Of other matter.
In this connection we read that
DR.. Schweninger, of Munich, has
discovered a new mode of reducing
the bulk of the human frame. 1t is,
never to eat and drink at the same
time, but to let two hours intervene.
He has, it is said, cured Prince Bis
marck of tendency to obesity in
this way.
Fat people have now their choice
between four systems: 1. The
original Banting, which consists
of eating nothing containing starch,
sugar, or fat. 2. The German Bant-
ing, which allows fat, but forbids
sugar or starch. 3. A Munich sys-
tenn, which consists of being clothed
in wool and sleeping in flannel
blankets instead of sheets. 4. Not
eating and drinking at the same
time.-Scientific American.
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MY NETGHRoR AND I.

Oh, pity my neighbor over the way.
Who has nothing to do but yawn all day;
No little hands to tumble her hair,
No little 'nuisance' to vex her with care,
No little torment to worry and tease,
Nothiog to do but consult her own ease
Poor, rich neghbor, am sorry for you
Sorry, because you have nothing to do.
Sorry, because as the days go by
You are restless and weary, you know moi
WIN,
And once in while I can see the trace
Of many tear on your proud, fair face.
You see am only lsborer's wife,
Doing my part in tn, tresdmill of lile
Joe, my husband, is of all day,
Fighting the giant of want away;
Baby and are busy, too,
Bat we've plenty of time to be sorry fol you.
Baby's nuisance, plague, and joy,
But then You gee, he's my own sweet boy;
have no time for groan or q sigh;
No time to be idle as the days 90 by;
My arms are full as the days are long,
Fall as my heart with its happy song.
Poor, rich neighbor over the way,
Watching my baby and me at play,
What of your wealth if your heart is bare?
'Tis to love and be loved that makes life 80
fair.
No, neighbor mine, can tell you true,
Indeed, ia rather be l than ou.
II Young Folks Rural
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TIE NEW ANEsTaET1c.
Interesting Experiments With the
Discovery in Albaay.

DIR. G. S. Merrill, at his college
clinic yesterday afternoon, aftel
presenting to the students seyera
patients which he had before treat
ed or operated on, lectured briefly
on the nature and effects of the by
drochlorate of cocoaine, and used il
on some of the cases in the pres
ence of the class. The doctor stat
ed that the drug was prepared from
the leaves of the cocoa plant, and
and had been used in the throat
| clinics of Vienna for about year
the throat and larynx being brush
ed with it to produce an@sthesia oi
those parts for operative work, and
that the first knowledge we had OF
it's action as local an9sthetic for
the eyes was from paper by DIR.
Roller, of Vienna; read at the
Heidelberg con gress of ophthalmoi-
ogists on the 10th of September,
and DR.. Roller bad only discovered
its peculiar p operties two weeks
before that meeting,
The doctor took a young lady
who was to be operated on for a
closure of the tear passage, and put
eight drops of the c1cpaine solu-
tion into the eye. Ten minutes lat
er the eye was found to be so thor
oughly an9sthetized that it could
DE grasped with forceps and pulled
around without causing pain. He
then did the operation without the
person experiencing any pain, al
though the operation without an an
aesthetic is exceedingly painful. In
another case an old man over seven
ty years of age, who had long sui
fered from a severe Inflammation of
the deeper parts of the eye, was
placed on the operating table and
the cocoaine used as in the other
case, but it did not produce entire
insensibility of the parts, nor did it
in another case where there was Sc
we're Inflammation OF the deeper tbs
sues. The doctor concluded from
these two cases that were there was
such severe Inflammation more of
the drug should be used and a Ion
ger ti.Ye allowed for its effect to be
produced. He stated that he had
used it in normal eyes and sensa-
tion had been abolished in from ten
to fifteen minutes, and returned in
about thirty or forty minutes. By
using it DR.. Merrill had been able
to do an operation for a squint, to
remove foreign bodies from the cor
ner, and,in case of an abecess in the
middle ear, to lance the "drum mem
brane" without causing pain.
The drug is rare one, and at
present very expensive, what the
doctor used costing at the rate of
1920 per ounce or $6,720 per pound.
No doubt, as the demand for it in
creases it will be manufactured in
larger quantities and become much
cheaper. 1t is to be hoped that it
will be produced in such quantities
as to permit of experiments being
made with il in other portions of
the body, for we are justified in an
ticipating that it will render many
of the general surgeons operations
painless. = Albany Argus.
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SILK cnltnra

They evidently do not want silk
cultare in California. The San
Francisco Herald of Trade says:
Many enthusiastic ladies, from
philanthropy, few of the grosser
from baser motives, and some poll
ticians and journalists and others,
because they do not know better,
arc encouraging silk culture in
California. The state has estab-
lished a silk commission, and made
an appropriation to support it.
Congress has given a handsome
sum for the encouragement of silk
culture in the United States. Farm
ers and gardeners have been encour-
aged to plant mulberry trees, ladies
of small means have been led to
spend money and time on silk cul-
ture, and some hearing of the pro-
fits of silk culture in this state,
have come from Missouri and other
states, expecting to make an easy
income by raising silk.
Several years ago, when the dis
ease, fdcherie, attacked the Europe
an worms, some little money was
made by two or three persons in
raising eggs for export to France
and Italy, but there never has been
a dollar of profit made in this state
by raising cocoons for winding pur-
poses. On the contrary some
money and every hour of the time
spent on silk culture have been
lost. If the fancy of rich ladies to
raise silk worms did not lead them
into advocating it as a profitable
business for people who have to
earn their living, we would have
nothing to say; but a cruellest of
wrongs is being perpetrated on peo-
pie who have not a dollar to waste,
and whose time and labor are their
only means of subsistence.
The next legislature ought to
abolish the commission and with
draw the appropriation. Congress
ought to do the same Sen ator
Miller, in good faith it his business
to get this item inserted in the ap-
preparation bill. While he is in
this state he ought to make himself
acquainted with the true facts, and
in the next session undo the mis-
chief he has unwittingly commit
ted. We do not care about the
meney and have no special reason
for preventing few cranks getting
a mouthful at the public crib, but
we do object to the dead robbery ST
the Industrious poor, and of the
California legislature and of Uni
ted States congress being made
particeps cTinainis.
DIR. Frazer's Magic Ointment.
a sure cure for little grubs in the
skim Rough Skin, etc. 1t will remove
that roughness from the hands and facs
and make you beautiful. Price 90
Sent by mail.
Frazier Medicine Co., Props,
Cleveland, Ohio
Sold in Pulaski by Il. M. Grigsby,
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ing his sons example. ''Now,
Anna, we shall see what this re-
pentance is good for continued
the gentleman, laughing. Il shall
insist upon your calling me father,
this minute"
'Father" said Anna, as she ran
into her mothers arms, and hid
her fearful face in the old time re
fuge. Then mother and daughter
laughed and cried together till Mr..
Demer declared that he was too
hungry to wait another minute.
And the reader may imagine
that Christmas was enjoyed by the
family as few such days are en-
lowell
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I DOUBT IT.

When pair of red lips are upturned to your
own,
With no one to gossip about 1t,
Do you pray for endurance to let them alonef
Well, maybe you debut doubt il.
When sly little hsnd you're permitted to
seize
With velvety softness about it,
Do you think you can drop it with never q
squeezed
Well, maybe you can-but doubtit.
When tspering waist is in reach Of your
arm,
With a wonderful plumpness about it,
Do you argue the points 'twixt the good aud
the harm!
Well, maybe you debut doubt it.
And If by these tricks you should capture a
heart,
With a womanly sweetness about Il,
Will you guard it and keep it, and act the
good parts
Well, maybe you will-but doubt it.
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Bill Arp's Letter.

Correspondent Home and Farm.
1 was amused at the letter Of one
of your correspondents, contrasting
the old times with the new. The
times when eggs sold for 6 cents a
dozen, and butter for s cents a
q pound, and corn-fed pork for 3
cents; and now the New York farm
er gets three times those prices, and
still is on "a strain and can't get
rich, and the reason is that his
mother wore a calico gown to meet
ing, but his wife can't get to heav-
en- through his church without
a silk. We'll, that is said, isn't
it2 hu1 still all's well that ends well
and if we can get to heaven at all
we will be happy, silk or no silk,
though 1 think we ought to go there
as we'll dressed as possible. l don't
see any harm in folks wearing silk
if they can afford it. 1t is human
nature to better our condition
have better houses and more com
forts-and it is woman's 5 nature to
adsrn herself and appear as lovely
as she can. Woman loves dress
and jewelry, and ornaments; and
why shouldn't she? Our Heavenly
Father dresses the birds with plum
age, and the fields with flowers, and
the heavens with stars. 1t was this
that made Ahashuarus hold out the
sceptre to his queen, and saved q
natiC from destruction. Isaac un-
derstood this when he sent Rebecca
the earrings and the bracelets.
Moses says those earrings weighed
half shekel apiece, and according
to the Hebrew table that made the
pair cost exactly 624 cts. Couldn't
catch Rebecca now with such jewel
ry as that.
But still this love of ornament
should be prudently and modestly
INDUCED. 1t is a sin for a wife or
the daughters to keep the good man
who supports them on strain, and
3 great many of them do it. 1t is
no sin for woman to love orna-
ment, but when her envy or ambi-
tion prompts her to dress as fine or
finer than her neighbors, she is no
longer helpmate, but is rather q
fraud. A true woman, true wife
or daughter, will count the cost and
respect the income, and keep within
it. Nearly all the world lives fnlly
up to income and a little beyond,
whether eggs are cents a dozen or
16. We are all moving along in the
same old way, and spend about as
much as we make and trust to luck
and providence. Only the few get
rich-and many keep pOor-we live
off of one another. If l sell my
neighbor corn at 75 cents a bushel,
1 give him 81 for q load of light
wood, and both of US think we got
good price for what we sold, and
both of us keep poor. It is very
much like an old couple who were
fond of whisky, and their daily
earnings went that way. So they
concluded that it cost too much TO
pay by the drink, and they sold
their cow and bought a barrel of
whisky and had a nickel left; when
the old man wanted drink he
gave the old woman the nickel and
got it, and when she wanted q drink
she paid the old man the nickel
back, and they congratulated them
selves that whisky was so cheap, and
kept the nickel going back and
forth like a shuttle-cock until the
barrel was empty.
But after all poverty is no very
great misfortune. 1 don't alIude to
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thst piBching, distressing poverty
that means want and suffering-We
have but little of that in this bless
ed southern land. l don't know OF
case in all my county. When we
speak of poor folks, we iEcl6de the
common run--the masses, the hum
bic farmers and working men. !
used to waste much sympathy on
them-more than do now-I would
rather see everybody poor than to
see them rich. There is less dan
ger to morals and family peace and
good government. When | used to
live in the city l was sorry every
day for the wood d-haulers who came
three, four and five miles to town
over a muddy road, and sometimes
in the rain with a load of wood and
sold it for 81. Now l am in the
country; l live by some of those
wood haulers, and as they pass me
| talk to them, and they are about
as happy as l am. That dollar is
as big to them as ten dollars is to
me- Their wants are few, while
mine are many; theirs are real, and
mine are imaginary. They love life
more than they love money. They
are sociable and kind. When one
is sick they nurse him. When he
dies they dig his grave and bury
him. For while they are sad and
tell of his virtues, and that is the
end of the chapter.
Not long ago l visited an old
man in his cottage home. He lived
alone, fer his children had long
since married and gone; but he
would not follow them, for he loved
the spot where his old wife was
buried. Before the war he was rich
and staked it all on the Southern
Confederacy and lost; but he did
not lose his pride, nor his dignity,
nor his moral strength. Always
cheerful, he welcomes those who
visit him with the same courtesy
that he showed in his better days.
His children and his friends wish
TO help him and bring him comfort,
but he says, mo, my good friends;
my wants are too few for you to
give yourself any concern. 1 live
on ten cents a day, and |
so can any one, except perhaps the
lsboring man, who must have meat. |
[ have COW that gives me milk and |
butter. have bread, and rice, and |
coffee, and what more do [ wantY'
Old age brings man to that.
Youth wants more and ought to
have it, for it is nature-human
nature. Our Creator is kind-very
kind. He tempers our wants to our
condition. When we are young and |
vigorous and buoyant and the world |
seems bright and beautiful He gives
US relish for all its good things. |
But as we approach the grave and
have to let go, He prepares US for it
by degrees. Its beauties fade, its
pleasures vanish and we are ready |
and willing to GO. That is, the
good man is willing, bat the bad |
man is not, for he has doubts about
his destination. Then let us all SO
live that when the summons comes
we may lie down, as it were, to
pleasant dreams. BILL ARP.
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A Strange Case.

In August of the year 1854 Mrs.
Jane Patterson, residing in the vi
cinity of Ringgold, Ca, hearing a
strange noise in her room at night,
stepped from her bed in her bare
feet. While crossing the room in
the dark, she was bitten on the leg
by huge rattlesnake that had by
some means entered the room and
coiled itself on the floor. The usu-
al remedies we're promptly admins
tered, and it was thought the lady
had entirely recovered from the
bite of the terrible reptile. But
during August of every year there
after Mrs. Patterson has been taken
seriously i'll, the wounded part
swelling to enormous proportions,
and red and white spots appearing.
This would continue several days
causing her to suffer excruciating
pain. For thirty years she has been
subjected to the annual return Of
the malady, which always appears
during the month Of August. This
year she suffered more than usual
and for nearly four months her af.
flictions were so great that she was
unconscious the greater part of the
time. A gentleman from Ringgold
stated that yesterday she was in
dying condition, suffering untold
agony and could not possibly sur
-viye until this morning.
Since the dread calamity happen
ed to Mrs. Patterson, she has given
birth to twenty children, all OF
whom have had good health, ana
not one has shown symptoms OF IN
heriting the deadly poison IN the
Observation-Disclosures Commercial
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past year, Mr.. Mangle," I began.

past year, Mr.. Mangle," I began.
"Traveiiug in different partsp'
"Yes, sir.''
The prisoner was employed by
your partner in your absence and
was arrested about tha time of your
return?'
'Such was the CA e.
"Have you seen him?'
mot to my knowledge"
"Or met him ia your travelsY'
IF he will turn his head this
way, l can tell better
At my bidding, Gilbert turned
fully around and faced the witness.
The effect was electrical. Mr..
Mangie turned pale aud red by
turns.
Zone other question, Mr.. Man
gle. Do YOU recognize IN the de-
isndant a young man from whom
you won a thousand dollars at po-
ker when on your travelsf"
And | named the time and place
MN "uN ~ ioOAtI u0u met nlu
misfortune. The man of iron vir-
tue hesitated worse than his amia-
bic partner had done. He was halt.
ing between a point blank lie, which
might entail the penalty of pc Jury.
and the truth, which would cost
him money.
CoWardice performed the Office
of conscience, and the truth came
out.
The firms money, which George
Gilbert had lost, had been won by
the senior partner, and the court
instructed the jury that luasmuch as
the sum in question had actually
been delivered to one of the Joint
owners, who was bound to make an
account to his associate, the pris-
oner could not be convicted.
"God bless you, Mr.. Parker, r,"fal-
tered the happy little wife. 81
knew you would bring us out all
right."-Continental.
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FOR THOSE VINO FAIL.
JOAQUIN MILLER.

All honor to hira who shall win the prize,
This world she has cried for a thousand
years,
But to him who tries and who fails and dies
l give him great honor and glory and tears.
Give glory and honor and pitlful tears
To all who fail in their deeds sublime,
Their ghosts are many in the van o. years,
They are born with Time in advance of
Time.
Oh, great is the hero who wins name,
But greater many and mary time
Some pale-faced fellow who dles in shame
And let's God finish the thought sublime.
And great is the man with sword un-
drawn,
wine;
But the an who fails and yet still fights on !,
Lo. he is the twin bI other of mine.
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DUNCAN'S COU GH BALSAM.
The ONLY INFALIBLE
THE ONLY POSITIVE CURE.

This great remedy, now widely. known
and extensively used, stands without on
equal and its sterling merits so we'll estab-
Iished "a to need no praise to those who
have used it or known Of its remarkable
cures Thousands of sufferers who found no
relief from any other source are willing wit
nesses to the great Medicinal virtue and re-
markable curative power of this Medicine
Many certificates Of its fine ELECTS and ex-
pressions OF gratitude for benefit received
reach us from all sections. 1t is not claimed
that the Balsam will cure consumption in its
last stages, but that will efIcctually check
this terrible disease in its iucipiency and pal
late sufferines Fall through its Estages there
can be no doubt; and for all forms Of
Coughs arising from colds and b,oncbiRl sf-
feetioGs throat trouble, it is without par
allei. A positive and rapid cure for Group,
which so often Tessts all medical treatment.
The medicine is pleasant and does not sicken
the patient. For sale by all druggists. 80
cents per box.
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In Chanoery at Pulaski
JANpARY RULES. 1855.

Solomon Vance, ct ais, vs. Thomas Frank
I'm, ct ais
TN this cause it appearing to the satisfac-
i ton Of the Clerk and Master, from the re-
turn of the Sheriff OF Giles County, that the
defenda ant, Cary CaWpbeli, is a nonresident
Of the State Of Tennessee, so that the ordi-
nary process Of tins Court cannot be served
on him. On motion it j. therefore ordered
that publication he mede for four weeks in
succelsion in the Pulaski Citizen, a newspa
per published in the town of Pulsg ki, IN said
State, requiring tho said defendant to be
and appear ct tie Ccurt-house in Pulaski, on
the 2Id Monday in February next. and an =
swer CompIainant's charge that be Is not
interested 10 the proceeds of lands sold in
this .use, or the same will DO taken for con-
fessed as to him and set for hearing eA-PHrte.
ianI-4t. J. 3. STACY, g. s. n.
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GEO. w. OAMHBkLLs
Cotton, Cal, Jan. Sth, 1885.

Sleepless peopie-and there are
many in merica--should court the
sun. The very worst soporific is
laudanum, and the very best, sun
shine. Therefore, it is very plain
that poor sleepers should pass as
many hours as possible in the sun
shine and as few as possible in the
shade. Many women are martyrs
and yet they dc not know it. They
shut the sunshine out of their
houses and their hearts; they wear
wells, they carry paE5sols, they do
all possible to keep OF the subtlest
and yet most potent influence which
Is intended to give them strength
and beauty and cheerfulness.
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Give your children SMITHS WORM
SRYUP. maro'As'
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Bailey's Saline APerlent sis decided
improvement on the old purga tive pill.
just as pleasant as a glass OF soda wa
ter and cheeper than pills.
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DIR. @. p. DUNCAN'S
Liver aid Kidney Medicine.

'{Of all the remedies now before the puohe
- the treatment of the various forms of
liver ard Kidney diseases, and the stsc-
lions that A4ise from the unhealthy coDdi-
ZION Of these oTsapsi this medicine stands
without an equal. 1t is the great proven
tive of Malarial troubles, tha cure cure for
all forms of Dyspepsia and lndigestlon' the
the Bowels and Kidneys, never falling to
cure constipation. An absolute remedy for
Headaches, SoIe throat, Dizziness of Feol
ing. Want of Appetite, nervousness, and
ali such diseases of the Bowels, stomach,
Kidney and Liver. The best family medl
cino sold. IL is harmless and safe, and not
Tnpleasant to take. Price IS cts.
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Pearcy'S Cnlil SPecnS'
Has been tried in Giles and has never e
failed in a single case. For sale oy u
A. Pope.
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DllCan'S CaTbOliC Ointment.

Old sores, Skin Dlsessas, Ernphons, Pim-
ples. Frost bites. Chspped hsnds, Wounds,
hurts, etc, readily relieved by Dupesn's
Ointment Price 25cts.
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RslLErs sallHE EPEglEET

CuTesAcid Stomach, Sick Stomach,
Coasn aauun, Bihousness, Cos,-ve-
ness, indigestion, Heartburn
Headache, Water-brssh.
Sold by ali dealers Tor 50 cents