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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-07-09

The young man who would take
advice OF his father or mother, in
preference to the opinion of Tom
Hosspot or Harry Harebraln, every
body must admit is jolly fresh.
The young man is called fresh,
and of course very properly, who
prefers wearing old clothes to get
ting trusted for new ones, with no
intention of ever paying his tailor.
Very fresh is the young man who
can have any respect for young
woman who has not a pretty face,
who does not dress in the height of
fashion, and who cannot talk slang
as glibly as a barroom loafer, but
who wastes her time in useful oGcu-
pations and can only talk plain COM
mon sense.
The young man is frightfully
fresh who would have the respect
and esteem of the learned and repu-
table ninnies of creation rather
than the appreciation of the great
ones OF the earth who, frequent the
rum shops, pool rooms, gambling
saloons and other occult resorts.
In a word, the fresh young man
is he who is guided by background
ed principles, who is earnest in
whatever he undertakes, and who
does not think that the sum OF
earthly wisdom is contained within
his own cuticle.
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THE SKI CITI1EN

daytime during the winter, and at
night also IN summer till they are
four years old; at this age take
from the pasture and feed on hay.
This change in his food requires
some precaution; for the first eight
days, the colt should have nothing
but straw, and it is proper to ad-
minister some vermifuge drinks, as
worms may have generated from in
digestion and green food. Great
care must be taken when weaving
colts to put them into proper sta
BILE, not too hot, for fear of max
ing them too delicate and sensible to
the impressions of the air. They
should have fresh litter, and be
kept very clear, by rubbing them
down with wisp of straw. But
they . should not be tied up and
Curried until they are three years
old. This currying gives them
great pain, their skin being as yet
too delicate to bear it, and they
fall away instead of growing fat
from it. Care must also be taken
that the rack and manger are not
too high. The. necessity of raising
their heads too high in order to
reach their food may possibly pro-
duce habit of carrying it in this
fashion, which will give them an
awkward appearance.
This is all will say at present on
colts, but some time in the future
will give you my plan of breaking
| them. WHIPoWILL.
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About February and March our
representatives in congress begin to
receive letters from their constitu-
ents asking for seeds. 1t makes no
difference what sort of seeds or how
many, so they are seeds and cost
nothing. A bill brought before con-
gress just before its close asking for
an appropriation of $4,000 to pay
one item of sorghum seed, purchas-
ed by Commissioner LOring, tells
the tale of how seeds are purchased.
A favored republican lit would
doubtless be the same with a demo
craft procured an order from the
commissioner to furnish that many
seeds for distribution. Congress
ordered an investigation, and IL ap-
peared the seeds were furnished at
a most exorbitant price, a great
deal over the market value, and the
lot was very inferior. 1t made nc
difference though, so they could be
distributed, and thus satiate the
hungry appetite for free seeds. Con
gress has not yet paid the bill, and
it may be the favored gentleman, to-
gether with the seedsmen, may
whistle for their money. 1t is the
same thing with all other seeds fur.
nished the department of sgricul
ture. They are to be given away
therefore the recipient must not
look a gift-horse in the mouth
That these seeds are inferior can be
established by every man who ever
planted them. AS q rule, they are
just the kinds NO one wants, and
yet a large amount is paid every
year for these free seeds that are in,
tended to improve the products OF
the country. Formerly, when the
distribution OF seeds was first inau-
gurated, the object of the depart
ment was to procure foreign pro-
ducts such as were not accessible
to farmers in this country, and let
their merits be tested on the differ
ent soils of the country, thus find
ing out their adaptability to eli
mate, soil, ETC., and really they have
in this way secured some valuable
acquisitions. 1t is thus sorghum
was introduced and several varieties
of millet. But that is all gone and
the distribution of seeds has degen-
Grated into a grab game amounting
to nothing but the few cents saved
by it and the introduction of infe-
riOr vegetables and nOxious weeds.
1t should be stopped. 1t is a use
less, a harmful expense, and should
not be tolerated a day longer.
Should the agents of the department
meet with any new variety likely to
prove valuable to the country, it
would be well enough to secure
them; but no longer should we have
the general scattering of seeds over
the country.-Spirit of the Farm.
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A writer in the Rural New Yorker
tells the young folks how they perform
the magic feat of putting an egg into a
bottle. Like many other things, it is
easy enough when you know how.
This is the way it is done: Soak q
fresh egg several days in strong vine
gar. The acid of the vinegar will eat
the lime out of the shell, so that while
the egg looks the same it will be soft
and capable of compression. Select a
bottle with the neck a third smaller
than the egg. With little care you
will have no trouble in pressing the
latter into the bottle. Fill the bottle
half full of lime water and sin few
days you will have hard shell egg in
a bottle with the neck third smaller
than the egg. OF course, you pour off
the lime water as soon as the shell har-
dens. How the egg got into the bottle
will be a conundrum that few can an
sWer,
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Eating Before Sleeping.

The notion is widely prevalent
that it is unhealthy to eat late al
night or just before retiring. This
came from the severe denunciatior
of 'late suppers," contained in near.
ly all the old popular works on diet
But it was the midnight debauch
that was the subject of attack, and
even here 1t was less the gluttony
than the drunkenness which alarm
ed the doctors and called forth
their representations. A man may
induce apoplexy by golging him
self with food at any hour of the
day.
Man is the only animal that can
be taught to sleep quietly on an
empty stomach. The brute Great
ton resent all efforts to coax them
to such a such a violation of the
laws of nature. The lion roars in
the forest until he has found his
prey. The horse will paw all night
in the stable and the pig in the pen
refusing all rest or sleep until they
are fed. The animals which chew
the cud have their own before drop
ping off to their night slumbers.
Man can train himself to the hab-
it of sleeping without a preceding
meal, but only after long years of
practice. As he comes into this
world nature is too strong for him,
and he must be fed before he will
sleep. A child's stomach is small,
and when perfectly filled, if no SICK
ness dIsturbs it, sleep follows natu-
rally and inevitably. As digestion
goes on the stomach begins to
empty. A!single fold in it will
make the little sleeper restless; two
will awaken it, and if it is hushed
again to repose the nap is short,
and three folds put an end to slum-
Der. Paregoric or narcotic may
close its eyes again, but without
food or some supplying drug it
will not sleep, no matter how
healthy it may be. Not even an
angel, who learned the art of min
strelsy in a celestial choir, can sing
a babe to sleep on an empty stom-
ach.
1t is fact established beyond
the possibility of contradiction that
sleep aids digestion, and that the
process of digestion is conducive to
refreshing sleep. 1t needs no argu-
ment to convince us of this mutual
relation. The drowsiness which
always follows a we'll ordered meal
is itself a testimony of nature to
this interdependence.
The waste of human life by the
neglect of the lesson is very great.
The daily wear and tear of the
body might be restored more fully
than it usually is if this simple
rule was not Systematically violated.
Spirit.
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Successful Farming,


1t is not all of good farming to
make money; keeping up, rather in
creasIng the fertility of the farm, is
always an item to be taken into con
sideration in summing up the farm
profits.
While one farmer on new land
that is reasonably rich may make
more money by following special
lines of farming, yet, taken as a
class, those who fix themselves to
follow mixed farming, with the idea
of building up the farm and increas-
ing its productiveness, are the ones
that in the end accumulate the
most money. IG of course requires
some time to lay the foundation to
build upon, yet when once fairly
started and properly managed the
profits are ready and sure. This is
almost sure to follow whether
north, south, east or west. Fully
as much depends upon the manager
as the soil and location.
1t is only few men who are ca
pable of taking a specially and so
managing as to build up business
that Is certain to return q good
profit each year. There are so
many uncertainties to contend with
that increase the risks as to make
a specially too uncertain for ave-
rage farmers to undertake. By mix
ed farming where the dependence
for profits is undivided with several
crops in articles for markets the
risks are greatly deceased.
The. best or mos. profitable system
that can be followed is to raise
grain and grass, and keep a suffi-
cient number of stock to consume
all that is raised upon the farm.
Send all that you raise to market
in the shape of meat, mutton or
cheese. II you can raise good
crops of grain that will return you
a profit, and yeu can feed it out
again to stock and so realize anoth-
er profit, you are not only realizing
a double profit, but if properly
managed, you are securing a good
supply of manure to add to keeping
up the fertility of the farm. This
must not be relied upon entirely.
A proper system of rotation of
crops aided by green msnuring
must be followed if you expect to
build up your farm to the best ad-
vantage. 1t of course requires
good management to keep up eve
rything, but this is what makes the
successful farmer, just the same as
good management of all the details
in other branches of business makes
success certain. We find success
full men, as well as those who make
a failure, in all branches of business
in every section of the country.
And we find the same state exists
among farmers, showing that good
business management is necessary
in order to be successful.
n. j. SHEPHERD.
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About WAGON Oonnl;nO

An interesting discussion was
had some time ago in an agricultu-
raj paper on the comparative advan-
tages of long or short couplings for
wagons. A writer in the Southern
Planter, Richmond, Va, saws:
One or more Pennsylvania gentle
men who have come to our county,
and were surprised to find the On US
ing two horse wagons coupled four,
and sometimes SIX feet between the
wheels. And then we observe that
all the pleasure vehicles used in the
cities, and in the country, too, are
coupled very wide apart. One
northern man, who was accustomed
to hauling logs in the logging re.
gion, informs me that fully 500 OIL
l 900 pounds more can be dtawn on
a wagon coupled long, than close
up between the wheels. One as.
signs as a reason for it that only
one, or at the most two wheels, are
Obstructed by a mudhOle at one
time, and while one fore wheel is in
the mud, the hind wheels are on
firm ground, and when the fore
wheel reaches the firm ground, then
only does the hind wheel meet the
difficulty. Then the length of the
body creates or gives means for an
elastic, springy movement, which
does not exist when the wheels are
up close together. This seems to
be small matter, but when we can
by any means lessen the. draugh OF
the team without lessening the load,
a good and merciful work may be
accomplished. And if the state
ment is true, even if the reasons
given are sufficient, the matter is OF
sufficient Importance TO be inquired
into and settled.
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NERVOUSNESS.

The moment there is danger of impair
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exhaustion, or where there exists fore
bodings of evil, desire for solitude,
stunning and avoiding company, vertigo
and nervous debility, or when insanity
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But il is never well TO wait SO long before
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of the muscles, dim or weak sight, pecu-
liar expression of the face and eyes,
coated tongue, with impaired digestion /;
or in others, certain powers only are lost
while they are otherwise enjoying COM
paratively good health. In all these Pc
RUNA and MANALIN should at once be
taken.
Mrs. S. Smith, Hillsville, Lawrence
MAN & Co, Columbus, o.: 1 have been a
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though every organ in my body was dis
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Of"
Miss Maria Roderick, Warren, Ohio,
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Mr.. T. ]. Weber, Plymouth, O..
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Mr.. Thomas Acton, Brooklyn Village
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Good cider vinegar is recon
mended for diarrh@a, two ounces
for an adult, and one teaspoOnful
moderately diluted, for a child Of
one year. An excellent remedy fer
hiccough for young and old is gran
ulated sugar moistsned with pure
vinegar. For an infant give from 8
few grains to a tablespoonful
Bear in mind that lemons are the
most useful fruit in domestic econ
Omy. The juice of half lemon in
tea cup of strong coffee, without
sugar, will often cure sick head
ache. Lemon juice and salt will
remove ordinary iron rust. If the
hands are stained there is nothing
that will remove the stains so well
as lemon. Cut a lemon in half,
and apply the cut surface as it were
soap. Lemon juice is also remedy
for rheumatism, and for the social
ed billiousness of spring. In the
latter case take the juice of lemon
before breakfast; the pulp may also
be eaten, avoiding every particle of
skin. Lemon juice with sugar mix
ed very thick, and taken at inter
walls, relieves colds. 1t must be
very acid as well as sweet.
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81. Druggists.
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Thin People. --"Wells' Health Re-
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Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual DebIl-
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MOtIters.--If you are falling, bro
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ROCHESTER,, juno l, 1882. "Ten
Years ago l was attacked with the most
Intense and deathly pains in my back and
--Ridneys.
Extending to the end of my toes and
to my brain
(which made me delIriCusl
"From agony
alt took three m en- to hold me on my bed
at timesl
The Doctors tried in vain to relieve me,
but to no purpose.
NOrphine and other opiGteSi
''Had no effectl
CATER two months was given up to
diel l.!
"When my wife
heard a neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had
done for her, she at once got and gave ne
some. The first dose eased my brain and
seemed to go hunting through my system
for the pain.
The second dose eased me go much that
slept two hours, something l had not done
for two months. Before had used five bot
ties, was we'll and st work as hard as any
man could, for over three weeks; but
worked too hard for my strength, and TAX
ing hard cold, | was taken with the most
acute aud painful rheuD atism all through
my system that ever was known
81 called the doctors again, and after SOW
erRl weeks they left me cripple on crutche:
for life, as they said. l met a friend and
told him my case, and he said Hop. Bitterl
had cured him and would cure me, poohe6
at him, but he was so earnest / was induced
to use them again.
In less than four weeks threw away my
crutches and went to work lightly and kept
on using the bitters for five weeks, until
became as we'll a. any man living, and have
been so for six years since.
1t has also cured my wife, who had been
sick for years; and has kept her and my
children we'll and healthy with from two TO
three bottles per year. There is no need to
be sick at all if these bitters are used.
J. J. BEBK, Elk. Supervisor.
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The Fresh Young Man,

You ask what is meant by fresh
ness. I will tell yeu.
When a young man has done
something of which he has good
reason to be proud, but is unable to
hide his pleasure from the world,
then we say that young man is
fresh.
When a young man has inordi.
nate loye and respect for his pa
rents, or real, hearty affection for
his brothers and sisters, or especial
fondness for young lady and does
not think it expedient to hide his
emotions behind q mask, then is
that young man very fresh.
That young man is fresh, also,
who is so deeply interested in his
chosen profession and so determin-
ed to excel in it that he can only
talk shop. When the topic of con
versation rises to the dignity OF
horse-racing, base ball and shiny,
he is as dumb as an oyster.
When a young man tells a truth
which gets him q scolding, instead
of lie which would have gained
him applause, he is very, very fresh.
And very fresh, likewise, is the
young man who believes there are
such things as honor among men
and purity among women.
He, too, Is fresh who is willing to
admit that it is barely possible that
people who have lived great many
years longer than he, and who have
seen much more OF the
world, may know trife more upon
some subjects than himself.
The young man who attends
church or Sunday school because
his mother wants him SO to do how
rediculous) is awfully fresh.
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Woman.

In the morning of life she cometh
forth radiant as the spring time,
decked in ribbons and fine raiment
and the bloom of youth.
She arrayeth her head in false
hair and bangeth the front portion
Thereof.
She playeth on the piano and
singeth in the best room, and doeth
many other unseemly things.
In the winter she sleighrideth
with her best young man till he is
sore perplexed over his livery bills
and the livery man refuseth te be
longer stood eff.
In the summer she eateth lee
cream until her young man mort
cages his houses and his lots and
all his possessions and has even pat
his clothes into soak for the cost
thereof.
She leaneth long before the glass
and maketh her wardrobe with
great care, and she is given too
much painting of the cheeks, and
seeketh by strategy to cover up the
mole that roosteth on her nose.
When she dineth with her beau
she ,'minceth over the dainties with
much delicacy, but when she eat
eth in the kitchen alone shegobleth
down beans and onions with great
vehemence and in much quantity.
When she is yet in the bloom of
life, she msrrieth.
And she goeth into the pastry for
to make some cake for her hubby,
and she succeeded after a fashion.
And when the cake is baked, behold
they sell it to the miller for a mill
stone, and it maketh a good one.
And her hubby eateth her cook
ing, and dieth. And she putteth
on mourning and weepeth at his
funeral.
Thus in the midst of life she
blOometh out again and maketh
herself fair to look upon.
And gin an evil hour, when she
reckest not, she marrieth a second
time.
Add behold her other husband ii
worse than the first, for he surviY
eth her cooking and taketh to drink
and seeketh consolation in the few
ing bowl.
| And he sqsndereth her wealth
and refuseth to work, and thus j:
she brought. down in sorrow anG
poverty, with a large family OF
hand, she sis compelled to take il
washing to support them.
In the evening of life she be
cometh a grandmother, and is full
of many years and rheumatisms.
And at last she giveth up the
| fight and layeth down in death
And she sleepeth with her moth.
ers.-St. Louis Magazine.
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.Sherif'S Sale Of Land

DY virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas
ID issued TO me from the circuit court Of
Giles county in the case of Boatrigbt q
lsaacs vs.. T. W Evans, will sell 10 the
high. st bidder for cash at the court house
door in Pulaski, Tenn,
On Saturday, July %, 1885,
said T W. Evans undivided interest in GER
tain tract of land known a. the Nancy
Evans dover tract containing about As
acres bounded on the N. By the lands of W.
2. A. Doster; on the 8 by those j. W Fry;
on the E. by those of J. L Evans and on
the w. by those of NJ. L.lDavidson; also his
undivided interest in another tract of about
so acres, bounded on the N. and Z. by the
lands of Monroe Brown; on the s. by those
ofsaid Doster; also his undivided interest in
another tract containing about rs acres,
known az the Henry Evans tra"t, bounded
on the N. by tn, lands of John EyAns: on
the s. by those of r. J. McLaurine; on the
Z. by those of NJ. Houston, W. by A. 7. nc
Quigg and d. f. McLaurine. All three of
said tracts lying in the 18th civil district OF
Giles county, This June 80, 1886.
inc. D. BUTLER, Sheriff.