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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11
"aAppy the Cicada lives,
Since they all have voiceless wives"
Rebuked,

The sharpest wounds to a bad
conscience are often the intention
al ones. At one place where the IA
nous itinerant preacher Jacob
Knapp was holding a series of
meetings, one of his evening hear
ers was farmer, a man of violent
temper, who that day had cruelty
beaten one of his oxen. In fact, he
had pounded the poor brute till the
ridges and bloody weals stood out
all over its back and body. The
preachers text, as it happened, was
the words in the first of Isaiah, "The
OK knoweth his owner" ETC.; and he
spoke of Gods goodness, what u
kind owner He was, that He never
gave an unnecessary blow, and yet
men rebelled against Him; while
the OK very often had bad mas ter,
who beat him numerically, yet the
creature would obey his owner, and
do jast as he bade him. The farm
er (who had come to hear Mr.
Knapp only out of curiosity) heard
himself described so accurately that
he grew angry. He said to him
self
"Pd like to see the man that told
Knapp about my pounding my oxen.
I'd cowhide him."
In a minute or two he made up
his mind that he would "cowhide
Knapp anyhow" and shortly after,
as he continued to grow uneasy, he
concluded to go out. This was not
easy, however, in the crowd, and
then he thought, "if 1 go, they will
all look at me and know that Knapp
means me-" So he had to sit still
and sweat it out.
After the service, as soon as he
could leave the house, he went
home. "Wife," said he, 81 haven't
heard q sermon for ten years before
to-day, and 1 got preaching enough
to-day to last me another ten years"
Next morning, after rather
troubled night, the man went out to
yoke his oxen and as he approach
ed, calling them and holding the
yoke in one hand and the bow in
the other, the nigh OK 1.-THE one he
had beaten and bruised} rose up
and came forward and bent his neck
to the yoke.
At this evidence of submission to
his will, the man, remembering the
sermon, dropped the yoke, started
back and cried
"Oh God! Thou hast even been a
kind owner and a merciful master to
me, and / have never obeyed Thee
in the first thing. This OK has had
a hard and cruel master in me, and
yet he will do everything I tell
him. God have pity upon me-"
So much affected was the farmer
BY the words he had heard, and by
the silent application just at hand,
that he did no work that day, but
sought the minister he had intend
ed to 'scowhide," and by his help
and counsel found out the secret of
a new and better life.-YOuths
Companion.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11

It.is singular fact that we are in
debted to Pompeii for the great indus
try of canning fruit. Years ago, when
the excavations were just beginning, a
party of Cincinnatians found in what
had been the pantry of house many
jars of preserved figs. One was opened
and they were found to be fresh and
good. Investigation showed that the
figs has been put into the jars in a
heated state, and aperture left for the
steam to escape, and then sealed with
wax. The hint was taken and the next
year canning was introduced in the
United States, the process being iden-
tical with that lin vogue, in Pompeii
twenty centuries ago. The old ladies in
AmericaIwhO can tOmatoes;and peaches
do not realise that they are indebted
for this art to a people who were liter.
ally ashes but few years after Christ
There is nothing new under the sun
Canned tomatoes and loaded dice-th,
people of Pompeii had both.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11
Expected Advent o the Locust,

According to Prof. G. V. Riley,
the U. S. Entomologist, we gre to
experience this year a very extend
ed appearance of the insect known
as the Periodical Cicada, alias the
at year locust" Prof. Riley, who
has made many original observa-
tinns on this insect, and who II
years ago published an account OF
D distinct broods, and first an
nounced that there is l3 year race
of the species, states that we shall
witness this year the conjunction OF
two distinct broods, one II year
and the other a l3 year brood.
1t Is 22l years ago, or in 1864,
since these two broods appeared
simultaneously. The 13 year brood
is located principally in the Missis-
sippi Valley, reaching up as far as
the mouth of the Missouri, and
having it's thickest centers in Union
county, Southern Illinois, and in
Kansas, Missouri, Georgia, Louisia-
ma, Tennessee and Mississippi.
The II yerr brood Is one of the
largest of all those known to occur,
and will appear on Long Island in
Kings and in Monroe counties, New
Rork, at Fall River, in the south
eastern portion of Massachusetts,, in
parts of Vermont and very general
ly in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware and
Virginia, also in Northwestern Ohio,
Southern Michigan, in Indiana and
Kentucky.
This curious insect, according to
race, remains either for 13 or II
years under the ground, developing
slowly, and sometimes burrowing
far below the frost line. Prof. Riley
says that they will begin to rise
from the ground about the latter
part of May in the more southern
portion of the country and early in
June in the northern portion, and
that the woods will resound with
the hoarse rattling noise which the
males make, the females being
noiseless, fact which the Rhadian
bard Xenarchus recorded in his
couplet:
"HAppy the Cicada lives,
Since they all have voiceless wives.'
The II year brood that is to oc-
cur this year has been recorded for
the years I7I5, 1892, I749, 1866,
1888, 1900, 1917, 1884, 1851 and
1868. Prof. Riley witnessed it him
self in 1868, and while the under
ground life of the insect has been
hitherto inferred only from the pc
riodTcal appearance of the perfect
insect, he has since then been able
to establish it by direct observation
of the direct development of the
larvae from year to year.-Scientifc
American.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11
A Noble Heart.

The glory of a man is that he
masters circumstances-his shame
is that he allows circumstances to
master him. The late Alexander
H. Stephens of Georgia began ac-
tive life environed by painful limi-
tations and weighed with physical
disabilities. Small in body, feeble
in strength, and the victim of chron-
ic disease, he seemed better fitted
for an invalid's retreat than fer the
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11
Remarks on SIeep.

Always sleep with your eyes
shut
Never eat just before going to
sleep.
A person should never get up
in the morning just before waking.
Never sleep with your head to
the east. The yeast makes things
rise too soon.
Babies ought to sleep twenty
four hours per day. But We never
knew one that would do it.
Men, women and other men re-
quire just so much sleep, and if
they don't get it they lose it.
Unless you wash your feet very
often never sleep with flowers in
the room. 1t is unhealthy-for the
flowers.
If you are in the habit Of snoring,
and can't breath without snoring,
don't breathe. 1t Is better to stop
breathing and die than snore.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11
PATENTS

Obtained, and all PATENT BUSINESS
attended to for MODERATE FEES.
Our office is opposite the .. s, Patent Office,
and we can obtain Patents in less time than
those remote from WASHINGTON. W
Send MODEL OR DRAWING. We advise
as 10 patentability free of charge; and we
MAKE NO CHARGE UNLESS PATENT
is SECURED.
We refer, here. to the Postmaster, the
Supt. of the Money Order Div, and to OFF,
ciais of the U. s. Patent Ohice. For Circu-
lar, advice, terms and references to setnal
clients in your own State or County, Wrlte TO
G., A. SNOW s. CO.,
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, D. C.
dec11-tf.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11
How She Falt.

"And so you have received a di-
vorce from that vagabond husband
of yours, Mrs. Smith,
eyes, and 1 am glad to say that
1 have"
Didn't you feel quite Overpower-
ed when you heard of the decision
of the judge"
"Not exactly. / fe,t sort Of un-
named, so to speak"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11
SEASON OF 1855.
Johnson Denmark

WILL make the season at Jno. W. Fry s
w stables between Old Lynnville and the
station, at $40 to insure, with the usual re-
strictions. Pasture or grain feed furnished.
This celebrated horse was sired by las. P.
cohnson's Fsyette Denmark; he by Wash
ington Denmark; he by Gaines Denmark;
he by the race horse Denmark. Fayette
Denmark's dam was by Gray Eagle; End
dam by Imp. Chorister; Sd dam by Imp.
Hedgeford. JOHNSON DENMARK was out of
the celebrated Fleming mare, Nellie, show
ing that he descends from the best saddle
stock of kentucky, backed up by thorough
breds.
BE is II years old this spring, full sixteen
hands high, dark bay, style unsurpassed, q
perfect model in form, with splendid weight
and tremendous power, muscle and bone of
race horse, with an eye like an eagle. he is
a Saddle and Harness Horse all complete in
one volume. This Denmark family were
celebrated in kentucky for number OF
years as saddle stock and now outrank any
other for saddle purposes. He has proven
himself an extraordinary fine breeder, his
colts showing for themselves.
If FRY s. GARRETT.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11

Many years ago, over the door OF
an inn, in London, hung a sign rep
resenting the four ruling elements
of the government. 1t was a pic
ture of four men standing upon the
shoulders of each other. At the
top stood the king-On his breast
was the legend, 81 govern all;
under him stood the solder, and on
his breast the motto, 81 fight for
all" and under him stood the cler-
man and on his breast the motto,
Il pray for -all;" at the bottom
stood the laborer, with brawny
sinews, every nerve strained to sup
port the burden resting upon him,
and on his breast was the mosto, 81
support all"
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A humane blacksmith in Ne

A humane blacksmith in Nevada
has built cart with the axles bent
so that tbs horse is directly under
1t, sheltered from sun and wind
The driver sits in front, and the
other passengers sidewise on seats
running lengthwise over the horses
back. There is a steering appa-
ratus, an arrangement with a
wide band under the horse, so that
in going the animal can be lifted
bodily off his feet and given a rest,
while the whole outfit "coasts." /"
And the lifting machine comes inte
use if the horse tries to run away,
as a turn Of the crank leaves him
working his legs in the air to nc
purpose whatever.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11

Mrs. Mulvaney (the laundress J
-"Indade, ma'am, and it's misera-
BILE / am. I'm but just on me feet
wild the pain in me back, an jimmy
he's as bad off; he has a cough on
um that sounds loike an empty
bar'l. Cough for the lady, Jimmy
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11

Borrow as little as possible; re-
turA when promised, and in a.
good erder as when received.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11

Set out an orchard at once on the
highest eligible ground you have,
setting the trees forty foet apart
each way,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11

Set cut a few pears, peaches,
plums, and ounces; such as sue
cesd best in your neighborhood.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-07-30
Forgot the Teeth,

1t was at local restaurant. He had
ordered breakfast. He waited, The
waiter did not wait. He came and
went and came and went. but
the breakfast did not arrive.
The guest called the meteoric in
dividual.
"Haye the cows come home yetPn
he asked.
The waiter gave a feeble smile
walters are very hard TO reach with
sarcasm.
"Itll be here in a minute, sir, all
right"
"Thc clock kept going all the same.
He stopped him again.
"Tell the cook I'll take that part of
it that is done. am not in any hurry,
but my wife will never believe this
as an excuse for me staying out all
night"
At length the breakfast was brought
He began on it. 1t was like
leather. Once again he gently called
the waiter.
81 say, are you sure you have for
gotten nothing"
No, SIR; I've brought you every.
thing-a knife, a fork, two spoons, a
plate-no sir
Don't you provide n set of teeth
with this beefsteakP"- San Francisco
Chronicle.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-07-30
Brother Gardener of the Lime Kiln
Club Makes Some Pertinent
SnggeStlnnS.

at am dc easiest thing in de world
TO make friend. Fust, locate your
man. Second, size him up. II he am
a vain, proud man praise his personal
appearance, his homc-hiS wife,
chill'en an speeches. No man am so
poo an lowly dat his words of praise
won't soun sweet to an cgotist.
"lf he am cross, surly, out.O'-sorts
chap, feelin' sartn IN his own mind
dat de world wasn't built on correct
principles, doan' try TO argy wild him
to convince him dat dis airth am all
q. X. from cellar to garret. On de
contrary side in wild him. GrOwl at
dc world, abuse mankind an tell him
how sorry you am dat ho wasn't on
han to manage things about two
hundred Vars Il. c. 1t will be like
doin' up sore toe in u CREASED rag.
when you meet a man who am
sort o sneakin' frcw life ON de quiet
-ncbber heard of outside Of his own
naybnrhOOd-modcst, unassumin', an
only wantin' to be let alone, feed him
gum-drops. Tell him you have heard
his name menshuncd as candidate fur
Alderman. Ask him what var it was
when he run fur dc Legislachur. In
quar- when his next book OF poems am
to be published. AK him if he am de
Smith who invented de comet. lie
will cringe and vince, but he will 20
home an think it ober an be your
friend fur life.
Oar am cranks TO be humored.
Oar am eCcGntrics to be praised. Dar'
am circlin' round us day by day n
chain of men an women who doan'
know beans from broOmsticks, but
who must be cOmplimented on dGir
exquisite tastes an high order of IN
tellcck
"As do time allotted to me has
bout expired, let me say to you, in
closin' dis discourse, dat dc man who
makes enemies am no reader of hui
man natur'. II am iist as easy to
make ten good friends as one enemy.
Abuse no mans pollytics Slur nc
mans religion. Hold no arguments
wild man who has been sOurcd by
mlsfortuncs. As fur womcn--treat all
alike by praisin' all, Returnin' you
my capacious thanks fur dc emblem
atical indifference you have exhibited
throughout the delivery of this cele-
brated lecture, | draw myself
close. ."-DCtrOH free Press.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-07-30
FORTY DAYS.
Cattlcmen Occupying Lands In the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Reservation Required
=


The president has issued The following
proclamation directing the cattlcmGn in the
Cheyenne and ArapahOe reservation in the
indian territory to remove their cattle within
forty days:
By tie president Of the United States OF
America; proclamation:
WHLREAs, certain portions of the Cheyenne
and ArapahOe reservation in the Indian Terri
tory arc occupied by persons other than ln-
dans who claim the right to keep aud craze
cattle thereon by agreement made with the
Indians for whose special possession and
occupancy said lands have been reserved BY
the government Of the United States or under
other preteIts and licenses aud
WHEREAS, all such agreements and licenses
were deemed void and Of no effect and persons
SO occupying said lands with cattle arc con
sidercd unlawfully upon the domain Of the
United States 50 reserved as aloresaid-and
run out
WHEREAS, the claims Of such persons under
said leases and licenses and their unauthor-
lied presence upon such reservation have
caused complaint and discomfort on the part
Of the Indians located thereon and are likely
TO raise outbreaks and disturbances;
Now, therefore, |, Grover Cleveland, presi
dent of the United States, do hereby order
and direct that all persons other than Indians
who are now upon any part Of said reserva.
tion do within forty days from the date OF
this proclamation depart aud entirely remove
thcrefrom with their cattle, horses and othel
property.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal Of the United State,
10 be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington on the 23d
day Of July, 1885, and the year Of the indepen.
dence OF the United States the one hundred
and tenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND, PresideEs.
| I. +. BAYARp, Secretary OF State
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-07-30
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

II is said on good authority that
chloride Of lime FREE " used about
their holes and runways, will drive
rats away.
Powdered rice is said to have
great effect in stopping bleeding from
fresh wounds. The rice powder is
sprinkled upon lint, which is then ap-
piled as compress.
lfyou would be "way up" in the
latest parlor decoration craze, ladies,
contiscate your husbands or your
fathers milking stool, paint and var
nish its three legs, cover its top with
embroidery, ornament with ribbon
bows, and thus rescued from ignoble
uses, consecrate it to the sacred best
parlor.
The Bazaar tells how to seal up jel-
lies, so as to keep them from mould,
without the trouble and expense of
using paper wet in brandy. Cut cir.
cular pieces of thin brown paper two
inches larger than the glasses to be
covered. Make a paste by stirring n
tablespoonful of flour and a table
spoonful of water into a smooth
mass, and thinning with more cold
water until the paste seems no thicker
than water. Dip each piece ofpapor
into the paste until it is wet through,
drain little and spread over the top
Of the glass, pressing the edges firmly
down on the sides, When dry tine
paper will be as tight as drum head.
The label may be laid on top of the
paper as soon as put on the glass;
there will be enough paste on the
paper to hold the label when dry.
Mary Wager Fisher, in the Rural
New Yorker, tells how she makes
what she calls "swab," which she
uses instead of dishcloth: "The
handle is round stick the size of a
broom handle, foot long. with Il
hole in one end through which 4
string is passed TO hang it up; around
the other end groove is cut. |
wound the strings around my four
fingers held flat, slipped stout cord
through tho whole left when the
fingers are withdrawn, and tied the
loop firmly around in the groove;
then cut the bottom Of the loop OF
strings, which results in heavy
fringe falling all around the bottom
of the handle, New strings can at
any time be added to replcnish the
swab, which needs to be large and
full have been thus specific about
the swab, as there may be some I'M
fortunate dish-washer left in the
world who still clings to n dish.cloth,
and if SO, she may be hereby induced
to make for herself a swab, and Won
der evermore that she lived so long
without one, for it saves the hands
from being burned with hot water,
the dishes are cleaned more thor
oughly and quickly, and the swab
never degcncrates INTO dish.rag."
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-07-30
The Development Of the Railway Sys-
tenn of the World.

II is the last third Of = century that
has seen the greatest development in
the railway systems of the world. In
1850 the total length Of railways in
this country was only about nine thou
sand miles. At the close of last year
We had one hundred and twenty-five
thousand six hundred miles of rail.
The total mileage of the world at the
end Of 1888 was two hundred and six
ty-nine thousand two hundred and
thrty-four miles, of which over forty
five per cent was laid in the United
States. And calculations have been
made which show the ratio that the
construction in the United States dur
ing the past ten years bears to the
total increase continue for corre-
spending period, this country will
have considerably more than one.half
the total mileage Of the world in the
year 1898. 1t is further estimated that
the three million square miles OF terri
tory In the United States will ultimate
ly require three hundred thousand
miles of railroad, and should the con-
struction of roads continue Mt the same
ratio as for the past five years, this
number of miles will be reached short
y after we enter upon the next cen.
lury, say about the year 1905. Tho
total cost of our railways, down to the
close of 1884, was 81, $50, 100000 The
gross earnings in 1883 were 1928, ,772,-
024, and the net revenue was 1886, 911,-
SS4. The figures with which wo are
dealing are so immcasurably beyond
those we grapple with in any other
business measured by dollars, that we
can scarcely realize their magnitude.
Some one observes, as an illustration,
the investments represented in the
roads of the United States exceed by
more than thousand millions of dol
lars the total Of the world $ circulation
Of gold and silver coin, and tho gross
receipts therefrom for the year 1883
exceed the total value of the exports
of all the merchandise and specie from
the United States for this year These
figures, be 1t also remembered, relate
to only one great interest, that of rail-
ways. There has been as large if not
larger development of wealth in other
directions. The increase in the value
of land, for instance, in our country
must have exceeded in gross amount
the entire cost of our railway system.
On an average we spend as much on
new houses as on new railroads, but
unfortunately no building statistics
are kept outside of few large cities,
-DemOrcStS MOnthly
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-07-30
,ensrnl Grant Mn. Readr to nIe.

MouxT MCGRRaoR, N. Y. July 4.-While
sitting on the hotel yeTandah this afternoon,
DR.. Douglas chstted at length about General
Grant and the long trial of suffering just
ended.
"Do you remember said DR.. Douglas,
'that during last week said that there was a
subsistence of the swelling in the oycrly.ng
Tissues on the right side Of the neck. and that
| said on the day spoke about Il that had
been able TO examine the generals throat
much deeper and with create: eSsn than in q
long timel Well, am going TO tell you of an
experience | mad with General Grant on the
afternoon OF Thursday July -, at the time |
had observed the indications ABOUT the throat
which have spoken Of. DuE!ag the afternoon
of that day the general wrote this" and Dr.,
Douglas drew from his pocket several slrs
written by the general and read what the
sick man had written, which was as fellows:
feel sorry at the prospect OF nTbg through
the summer and fall In the condition an.
do not think can, but | may. Except 60
not gather Strength feel quite as wen rom
day TO day us have done heretofore, but am
losing strength. feel 1t more IN the inability
to move around than in any other way, or
rather in the lack Of desire 10 move
"When had read that, resumed DR., Doug
las, 81 turned TO the general and tried TO cheer
him hy telling him of the apparently improved
COnulllOn OF MS lltOdl anu HcCh, 10 WHICH III
reply the general again wrote;
"After all that, however, The disease is still
there and must be fatal in the end, Ny life Is
prcc Gus, Of course, TO my family and would bC
| TO me II | could recover entirely There never
was ono more willing 10 die than !. ! know
most people have first one and then another
little thing 10 fix up and never get quite
through This was practically my case.
first wantc so many days 10 work on my
book so the authorship would be clearly mine,
1t was Graciously granted 10 me after being ap
parcntly much lower than since and with a
capacity 10 don work than ever did in the
same time, My work had been done so hast j
that much was left out and / did IL all Ovel
| from the crossing Of the James river in 1864 Il
| AppOmattox in Isis. Since that bayc addc
rs much as ffly pages TO the book, shoult
think. There is nothing more TO do and there
fore ! am not likely to be more ready TO e
Than at this moment