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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14
Wise Advice.

L. S. Coffin of Iowa carries low
ell head and generally yields g
clever and sensible pen. In a late
letter he says: Il left office-seeking
to others and worked on my farm
early and late. Never held any
public office, except some petty or
county Office, until after ! was sixty
years old. And right here, if l am
permitted to give any advice, l
would say TO every young man,
make Yourself solid and safely fixed
as TO means for a livIag before
looking for office. l know Of no
man so much to be pitied as that
man who has given the best years
of his life to seeking and holding
office and then at the dowp nil of
his manhood thrown back upon
himself into private life, knowing
nothing about any business by
which to sustain himself aud faEni--
lv. Men mistake much if they
think have lost one jot or little of
nv sympathy for the young man
commencing the struggle OF life
with only his hands. In that kind
of a ship / know all the ropes. My
heart is always with him, Oh,
there are so many things l would
like to whisper in his ear. But /
can't now. Already this is too long.
At another time, even at the risk Of
adverse and eonical criticism, ]
NAV make some suggestions."- Ru-
raj World.
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Power Of Habit.

A man once advertised for a pri-
vate secretary, and to one of the
applicants said:
Think you could abuse manp
'Do what?'
"Abuse a man-call him a liai
and fraud and thiefY'
"Why, suppose l could if he
really wanted me to-"
''You call him hypocrite aud a
carpet-bagger and a political shys-
ter and all that kind of thingH
81 think 1 might If he didn't OBJ
ject."
"Could you accuse him of having
been in Jail and say he was once
tarred and feathered aud was fl
subject for an imbecile asylum
probably / could"
"Would you have any objections
to reading a piece five or six times
day to him in which it is claimed
that he poisoned his grandmother
and blew up his native town with
dynamite"
"None whatever"
81 suppose you could write an
occasional article finding fault
with every thing he had ever done,
was doing or ever expected to dor'
"Guess 1 could"
You're the man l want then, and
and may consider yourself engaged
You see l have just returned from
serving four years term as gov
ernor of territory and have got
so accustomed to being abused thai
can't get along without Tx.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14
The Prios of a Blank Shot.

owe had" said one of the crowd
zone of the funniest duels 1 ever
saw at college. 1t was a put uE
Job of course. The pistols we're moi
loaded with ball, but the duelists
did not know that. They stood uI
like men apparently, but one Of
them got so nervous that he fired
before the word was gwen. That
placed him at the mercy of his OPP
ponent, who was a poor devil and
rather shrewd. AS soon as the pls-
toll went off the individual whosfired
1T got utterly scared. The other
stood calm and determined and
proceeded to take 81 leisurely aim.
Don't shoot!" yelled the victim.
Don't shootp'
81 believe it is my turn, isn't itT'
he asked and turned to the sec
onds.
"Of course it is; go ahead" And
he leisurely covered his man.
Hold on! Hold on! I'll give you
$500 if you won't shoot"
"TaIn't enough"
"For heavens sakel I'll give you
$3.50"
TIE man with the pistol sneered
and covered him once more.
How much will you takep
"a thousand dollare.''
"Fll give it. Put that cursed
thing down."
And he paid his little $1,000.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

Mistakaa and Pailn-ea.

A4ADb0A1o CIV = eA4AN-Oot
The wise and observant farmer
makes careful note of tile mistakes
and failures made by his neighbols
around about and governs himself
accordingly. One of the most COM
mon and fatal mistakes made by
farmers, who by dint of hard labor
and rigid economy have accumula-
ted a competency OF this worlds
goods in the shape Of a pleasant
home, q neat farm we'll stocked Ind
8 me surplus cash In the bank, is
t. sell out and go to Town for the
purpose of engaging in ONE sort
of store keeping, which seems 10
promise larger dividends than can
be realized on the farm, with less
labor and more leisure. The mum.
Der OF our wellto do farmers who
every year make this sad mistake
is appalling. Every town has them
and niue out of ten become poor
and penniless.
Some way or other they get it
into their heads that town bust
ness men arc the happiest and most
prosperous people on earth; get
rich by simply reaching out and
taking in all the money they want.
The farmer gets to brOoding over
his hard fate, as it seems, and
thinking that anybody can run
store, because, it seems so easy to
measure off a yard Of calico or
puETuh ont Of
ont the farm and goes to town. It's
no trouble to find a man that is
willing and anxious TO sell out the
remains of a sick stock of groceries,
or the remnant OF any empty
shelved dry goods store, and when
the farmer first sees his name over
the door he leans back against the
lamp post with a pencil over each
ear and feels large and imagines
that his fortune is made. He buys
large stock of every commercial
man that comes along, sells mostly
on credit to individuals who can't
buy a nickel's worth Of goods any
where else in town without the
cash, and at the end of two years
finds bis stock run down to a low
cbb, with nothing 10 show for The
farm he once owned but book full
of worthless accounts, that would
sell for probably cent and half
a poundtO the rag man. Broken
up and completely demoraiized he
becomes common day laborer in
his old age, without 8 ray Of hope
of ever being able to make another
start in the world sufficient TO keep
want and poverty from the door.
The final resort of a great many is
to go west, where at least they will
not be tortured by everyday re-
minders of the great mistake Of
their life which wrought their ruin.
This is the history OF thousands
OF farmers who tire OF the farm and
go into business they know moth
ing about. If they would but con-
slider the matter seriously and pom
der over the fact that they were bet
ter fixed than nine-tenths Of the viii
lage merchants, and that they
could not become successful MGR
chants any more than merchants
could become farmers, they would
learn something that WOuld be in
valuable 10 them through life, and
set their minds at ease for all time
to come.-Ex.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14
Electric Swords.

One of the most interesting feat
ures of modern progress is the in
fluence on modes of warfare eyer
cised by scientific discoveries. The
bicycle has been utilized in Ger
many for mounting troops and now
we hear OF an electric sword. 1t
will be seen at once that the latter
is an essen TALLY shocking weapon.
Strangely enough, 1t was invented
ID Shanghai. The warrior using
such a sword has battery-that is,
of cousc, an electric bstteFy-een-
cealed at his waist. Insulated wires
run from the battery to the sword.
When the point Of the weapon
touches an adversary the latter is
paralyzed, The wielder of the
sword can be said to have made an
electric charge.
There is much that is Iaxnrious
and pleasipg in the possibilities
suggested by the Shanghai sword.
In the first place, the victims to the
weapons are not hewn down in q
bloody death. They perish neatly
and quickly and do not soil the
ground with gore. OF course, such
scientific execution would take
away much that is poetical abous a
battle field. No longer could the
romancer revel in such phrasea as
''rivcrs of blood" aud s'gory pools"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14
slaughtering Each Other.

If there is any one thing more
than honesty which the republicans
of Ohio like it is harmony. Just
now they are at swords points and
are ready to slaughter each other at
the polls. Not content with butch
ering each other they go outside of
their state to stab other and better
men. That weak congressman,
Grosvenor, who climbed into public
life by means OF his wealth, told p
reporter the other day that JEFF
Davis would get more votes in Ohio
than Gen. Jno. A. Logan. This
hatred of the Illinois senator, who
holstered Blaine in 1884, is due to
the fact that be refused to aid Ohio
republicans in stealing seat in the
United States senate by BUSTING
Senator Payne on groundless ru-
mors and base falsehoods. Logan's
name will be remembered with re =
spect long after ali recollection of
the Ohio scoundrels who are abus-
ing him is gone. Logan is not a
saint, but he is head and shoulders
above the republicans of the buck
eye state who are seeking to injure
him.-Buffalo Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14
African Telegra Inv.

The system of sound telegraphy
used by the people living on the
border Of the gulf of Guinea, West
Africa, is of interest as q primitive
solution of the problem of commu-
nication through short distances.
The instrument is made as follows:
Take log Of hard wood, about 3
foot in diameter. Plane off one
side longitudinally to a surface
four or five inches wide. In the
centre of this surface mark of an
elongated and somewhat distorted
Greek cross. The longer arms are
placed lopgitudinally, and occupy
about oDe-third of the planed sur
face. The transverse arms are three
times as broad and extend entirely
across the surface.
The natives dig out the wood
within the outline of the cross, and
from there gradually hollow out the
whole log. The sides, beginning at
the center, are trimmed off literally
toward the ends, which ere round
ed of.
The Instrument is now ready. 1t
will be perceived that by the meth
DDS above described we have hol-
low drum with four tongues in the
center, each being of a different
thickness so as to produce differ
ens sound when struck.
Two pieces of bamboo, the size of
mans whist and about two leet
long, are selected and stripped Of
the hard outside, which leaves the
soft, pithy portion for use. This
bamboo is of apeculiar kind, free
from knots and solid throughout.
With these sticks, used in q proper
manner on the four tongues Of the
drpm, combination OF sounds is
produced, which, in connection
with time as used in music, forms a
perfect telegraphic language. readi-
ly understood by the initiated, the
air being the transmitter. With
this simple instrument the natives
Of the gulf of Guinea readily com
municated With each other for dis.
tanoe of mile at least on land and
a much longer distance by water.
Messages can be sent long dis
tances in q short time by parties at
different points passing them along
from one to the other.
The writer las seen canoes com
ing down a river from the bush
markets signaling people in the
town, and giving and receiving gen.
eral neWs at distance of fully
three miles. Scientific American.
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Young Mon. Give Ear.

James G. Fair is worth $42, O00,-
600. And the whole $4,000, 900
of it, my boy, can't make him as
happy IS you are with the dew of
youth in your heart, when you
hold the hand of the girl you love,
and walk with her in path that is
only wide enough for one, with the
rustling branches whispering above
your head, so happy you cannot
speak with anything but your eyes.
If you envy him, Telemachus, if
you, with your brown hands and
bright, young face, with the down
just shading your lip, with not a
gray hair in Your head or q gnaw-
ing care in your heart, with the
morning sun turned upon your up
turned face, with the. velvet turf
under your feet and the blue heaV-
ems above your head, With the blood
coursing through your veins like,
vine, with Fifty or sixty years of
life before you, with mirage after
mirage of bright dreams and beau
tiful illusions and pleasant vanities
making the landscape beautiful
around you; if you envy this man
his forty-two millions of dollars,
and his spectacles, and his gray
hair, and his wrinkles, and his old
heart, you are fool, my boy; and
you are scattering ashes on the
roses that grow in the morning,
There is lightness ia yenr step, my
sou, aad color in your blood, and
dreams in your heart, and all the
love and beauty and freshness of
the sunrise the iorty-tWo million
dollars cannot buy, and don't you
forget 1t. You don't want forty
ity-two million dollars, anyhow,
Telemaehuss two millions are plen-
ty; that will keep both of US. And
if you want couple of millions.
why, 60 ahead and Ges il. "Seest
thou a man diiigent in business9
He shall stand before kings; he
shall not stand before meAR men,"
Bob Burdetta,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

Hon. 2. w. Ewing made a good
impression in Fayetteville last Sat-
urday, as the American report thus
testifes:
Z. w. Ewing of Pulaski, the nom
inee of the democratic party for
state senator from Lincoln and
Giles, was introduced by Chairman
Bryson. A fair audience, composed
mainly of the farming and business
elements, gave him close attention,
and the applause given at the close
of his remarks showed he made q
favorable impression. After an
nouncIng that he was before the.au-
dience as the nominee, he briefly re-
viewed each item in the platform,
dwelling particularly upon the
needed reformation OF the tariff, the
use of all unappropriated moneys
in the payment of the national
debt, and the submission question.
Upon all of these he was clear, dis
tinct and concise; so much so that
no one could doubt how he stands
and clearly demonstrating that as
the nominee he does not misrepre-
sent the pasty. Independents will
have no show in Lincoln county.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

There is no end to the funny
things that are seen and heard by
the teachers in our public schools
Once teacher observed a huge
blot of ink on a boys copyhook.
whats that?' he demanded.
"Sure, I think it's 8 tear, sir" ga
tearl How could tear be black?r
sSure, I think one of the colored
boys dropped it, SIR" For the
comfort of children who know what
it is to be "fustered," this is a
leughable reply of very bright
and accomplished lady teacher who
was passing purely formal exami-
nation. where is the alimentary
canalY was demanded. Really"
was the pleasant reply, 81 forgot
whether it is in Indianapolis or II
linois."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14
STRANGE Reoeption Of tho oiril va

While the president was at Fred
erlck City, he passed house
containing q large number Of rebel
wounded, "Stop," said he,
'let US go in here" And stand
lug up in that hospital, Mr.. Lin
coin said aloud that il the wounded
men had no objection he would
like to take them by the hand.
"The solemn Obligation" said be,
switch We owe to our country and
posterity compels the prosecution
of this war, but it is probable that
many are our enemies through un
comfortable circumstances. bear
these no malice and take them by
the hand with sympathy and good
feeling" Looking at the tall man
standing there, the embodiment in
their ignorance and intensity Of all
the hatred they bore the union, a
strange dissOnance, like bells that
begin to Jingle before they are
chimsd, went through the house.
The silence continued until it looked
as If there was 40 brotherhood
Suddenly one man walked up and
took the presidents hand. The
others caught the injection and fol
lowed. 1t was the strangest ne
ceptfon Of the civil war.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

Connecticut has passed a law
making barbed wire legal fence if
four wires are tightly stretched up
on posts set no further than six
teen feet apart and not nearer than
FIVE feet to any public sidewalk or
highway. The bottom must not
be more than Twelve inches from
the ground and tue top one not less
than forty eight inches.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14
Adonls at the Beth.

We don't wish to encroach upon
our health department, bat at this
time of year when colds are max
ing snch big sum total of human
misery, il may be interesting to our
readers TO know how one of these
unwelcome visitors was expelled
The writer Of this article while
riding on the cars WAS subjected
to the usual fluctuations Of tempera-
ture ranging from 30 degrees above
zero to 80, and in conseq uence came
home with the feeling that he had
en aggravated case of the ''big
head,' not exactly on his hands,
but on his shoulders. After re.
peated efforts to diminish the noun
tain of work piled up on his desk,
the job. had TO be abandoned as a
dismal failure. The victim then
went home and set the hot vase r
faucet flowing into the bath tub.
In twenty minutes a par boiled edi-
tor emerged from that bath tnb
profusely sweating from every pore
Taking drink Of hot, strong lem
onade, he went TO bed, wrapped uo
warmly, still perspiring freely. In
two ..bears time the attack on tho
lover ladened desk WAS resumed ami
the change in feeling aud results
was something wonderful. Now it
is barely possible that We were
mistaken in employing this meth
cd to conquer bad cold, but at
any rate we wish to put on record
the fact that in this case it was a
pronounced success. We confess
that we are an enthusiast on bath
ing. Perhaps it is because, ''clean-
Illness is next TO godliness," and
hence our oaly chance of progress
in that direction is by the way OF
the bath tub.-Plowman.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14
THE PUTA SKI CITIZEN

A lady, calling on a widow some
time ago, was met st the door by
two lords of creation of tender age.
~ would like to see your mother i
she Is not engaged" she remarked
to one of these young gentlemen,
aged seven. "My ma engaged!' be
cried, with q sharp look of trium-
plant refutation. "Why, lor' che s
been married long ago Pm. I.
LEDGER.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

An advertiser in one of the pa
pers says that he has a cottage to
let containing eight rooms and an
acre of land.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

The Canadian government propo.
ses to prohibit the importation OF
oleomargarine, butterine, ETC., I'M
der penalty of 6ne and forfeiture
of the goods.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

A Philadelphia optician says that
there are more people wearing
glasses in that city than in Boston
and New York combined.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

The evil consequences of smoking
are illustrated by Mt. Vesuvius,
which constantly suffers from erup-
| tons.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

1T is sweet to be entirely alone. !"
Yes, so sweet that we long for some
one to enjoy it with us.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

A collector of curiorities wants to
get the original brush with which
the signs of the times were painted.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

Mrs. OwSns OF North Carolina.
who, last weas. plannei the death
of her husband, has been arrested
also the negroes who eommjs:ed
the crime.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

''This is my sphere" said a hap
Ply wife pattiDg her bald headed
husband on the pate.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

An exchange tells about a sailor
who was tried for assault. He
turned out to be one, too.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

An eighteen mon ihs old child in
Texas crawlea aut Of its mothers
bed the other night, WAS uot missed
uAtil morning, when il was tracked
across several farms, under wire
and through rail fences, for four
miles, and was found unframed in
the brakes Of the North Bosque.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

A lawn party is pleasant enough
until it begins to rain. Then it
becomes a forlorn party.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

Somebody writes protesting
against hats that are turned mp SO
as to look jaunty, and says that he
went to funeral Ibe other day and
found his attention distracted from
the services by the jannty millinery
worn by the ladios present.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

Woman's greatest glory is in her
hair and she should be very econo-
mical of it when she is cooking.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

Most men like TO see themselves
in print but women prefer silk or
satin.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

A vicious horse is like q nail
no woman can drive it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

There is a man of such violent
temper that be delights in beating
carpets and Gaming chairs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

An acorn grows on oaks, an,ache
corn on folks.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

Bakers are generous. They never
keep all the bread they knead,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-14

As AZ ambieDoss statement is
neither here Dof tkerc, wkerC is il2
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-09-16

Ole Travers. Bolivar, Greene Co, Mis-.
souri,, formerly Of Porto Bello. this county
came within one vote of receiving the dem.
ocratic nomination for Congress, aftsr hav.
ing written a. his friends saying he could
not be a candidate and make campaign
in justice 10 his many clients. IIis talents
were known here when quite a by, and
are fully recognized now in his new home.
X 4. Fisher, Special Agent, Of the Old
New York Life Insurance Company is Wis
iting this county. This purely mutual
company is very well and favorably known
here since long number of years and can
refer 10 prominent citizens who are insured
or have had claims paid Ia them. II man,
Locking out for the good If his family and
his own, wants n strong and solid insur-
ance, he should certainly prefer this old
line company TO newly started schemes
where promises are s3lendid, but Of more
than doubtful execution. The New York
Life Insurance Company promises only
what it is able To keep and has proof that
that it ever did do 81. The Tontinc Svs-
tenn Of the Company reduces the actual cost
Of insurance tn very low figures This sys-
tenn gives man the privilege ii readjuSt-
ing his policy at the end Of its Tontine pc
riod-l0, Is, 20 years-to suit his new cir
cumstances, when he may continue his in
surance il he needs insurance, taking out
his profits-or take the cash value Of his
policy if he needs money-or take an an
nuity for life for himself All kind Of pol
icies are non-nrteitable after years; should
man then bc unable To pay his premiums,
he would get paid up policy and lose
nothing. The C"mpany's Special Agent,
Mr.. Fisher, will Ia at Moorc's Hotel, Leon
ardtown. for one week, commencing Sep
tembcr Goth. He will give all desired in
formation, also estimates s;ec advertise
ment in another column.