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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

Few boys desiring an education
have overcome more obstacles than
Adam s. Green, Colby senior. He
is a colored young man, born in
poor circumstances in Mississippi.
Becoming converted when young,
he felt a call to preach. He had
out one leg, and in the first place
had to painfully earn and lay by
money enough to buy an artificial
limb. Toiling manfully, he broke
through his environment, fitted
himself for college and has worked
his way through Colby. He will
take a theological course at New
ton.-Lewiston journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07
Aluminium.

Power: A new metal is coming
upon the field, which some cay will
soon be all its own, and iron, the
metal heretofore without q peer,
and the greatest factor Of human
progress, must step down and out.
aluminium, they say, can be har-
dened till the diamond is its only
rival; it can be drawn into a wire
so fine, or hammered into sheets so
thin that the gold beater alone can
do the work; the tensile strength of
it's wire rises to 100000 pounds to
the square inch of section; water
and the atmosphere will not cor
rode it; it will FURNISH like polish
ed silver, blows cannot crystaliSe it,
and its conductivity of heat sur
passes that OF copper. Then it's al
Toys make an antl-friction metal
that goes beyond the power of
brass or babbitt to produce. Be
fore such qualities as these iron
pales into the merest insignificance.
Aluminium is q metal extricated
from clay, Sixty years ago a drop
of aluminium was produced in q
German laboratory after a research
of fifty ye4rs with the best appli-
anees Of the time, and twenty
years more were necessary to pro-
duce larger bead. Then in ten
years more the metal was on the
market at $32 per pound.
Since then chemistry has been
struggling with the task and by it's
constant efforts the price has drop
ped to SIS per pound, and now a
new discoverer tells that it can be
put upon the market at So to the
pound. We know she metal well,
and the chemist has tried it in his
laboratory; be has hammered and
drawn, and melted and hardened,
until every quality is known, but
still the price must make it rare.
II costs one-eIghth the price of 80
years ago, and still 1t is 400 times
the cost of iron. So it matters lit
tie that it stands third in quantity
of all the substances of which the
earth is formed, that it lies about
us IN every bed of clay, or shale,
and that nearly every rock is but
an ore bed with wondrous possibili-
ties; SO long as nature holds the Sc
cret key by which 1t can be unlock
ed and freed from the combinations
to which we find it, it cannot take
the place of iron. That this may
come to time is not heyond the
range of what can be regarded as a
possibility but it must come by
slow and labored steps; meanwhile
our iron will hold its own and he
used as heretofore, while aluninum
must be Laboratory metal for a
while, and get occasional applica-
ton In the more expensive imple-
ments Of science.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07
Insured at the Age lo2.

A correspondent states that he
has just conducted an insurance
upon the life of a man aged 102
years. This centenarian eniovs
good health and appears to be in
the possession of his faculties. He
states that his father lived to the
age of 10, aud met his death from
an injury due to the breaking of a
milestone. His grandfather was.
he asserts, accidentally killed in his
mill at the age of I26. His great
grandfather lived to the age of 1873.
The man in question distinctly re-
members his great-grandfatIler, and
mas now living a great-great-niece,
so that he has seen seven genera
tons OF his family.-Lancet.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07
Over Production.

The rapidly with which goods of
every description are now nanufac-
tured, by reasoned the constant
Improvement in machinery, has
caused deal of unnecessary alarm
to many who have not carefully
considered the subject. They fear
that, that large class who are com
PEELED to work for daily bread will
be thrown out of employment and
consequently starve. There is some
apparent ground for this feeling,
and for time there may be some
disturbance of the forces employed
in production, but it will be OBJ
served upon close observation, fully
demonstrated .by past history and
everyday experience that all i'm
proved methods of production serve
only to lover the price of the arti-
Gle and increase the demand.
Take the carpet industry for in
stance. Not unlikely ten thousand
yards of carpet are now made to
where one yard was made a hun
dred years ago. But instead of
there being an overplus myriads of
workingmen find employment in
the fabrication Carpets are cheap
er than ever before and ten thou
sand people have carpets all over
their houses where one had them q
century ago.
When Benjamin franklin printed
his first newspaper he could run
off from his presses five hundred or
six hundred copies day. A sim
gle modern press will print that
many in few minutes. The result
is stupendous multiplication Of
printed matter, with what result:
The whole mass is readily consum-
ed. There are millions OF readers
where once there were dozens, anC
the trades which contribute TO the
printing industry give profitable
work to other millions of laborers
The locomotive has cheapened, as
sisted and increased travel, and the
prospect OF increase appears really
to be boundless. The sewing ma
chine has simply created an mex.
haustible demand for sewing and
supplied women. with a chance tC
earn wages. The steam engine has
multiplied the demand for power
and that, too, is still far within the
capacity of men to consume power.
The telegraph has quickened the
desire of men to communicate with
each other. Swift Ipower loom has
created a desire for more clothing
and loom building has not reached
it's last dimensions. The rule
proved by experience in every di-
rection-that is the enlargement OF
the power to produce is always fol
lowed by the increase of power to
copauuoa - A rteeau
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07
Burned to Death and

Restored to Life
i know of man near Maxey's, Ga,
who for ten or twelve years was almost
a solid sore from head to foot.
For three years, his appearance be-
ing so horribly repulsiye, he refused to
let any one see him. The disease, af-
ter eating his flesh, commenced on his
skull bones. He tried all doctors and
medicines without benefit, and no one
thought he could possibly recover. at
last he began the use Of B. Il. B., and
after using six bottles, bis sores were
all healed and he was sound man.
He looks Just like a man who had
been burned TO death and then restored
to life. The best men Of the county
know of the case, and several doctors
nd merchants have spoken Of Il as a
stwonderipl ease.
JoHS CRAWFORD,
Druggist, Athens, Ga.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

/ was very, very, very vexed, for I
really did think he was presuming
just little too far. Oh, dear,
how funny it wasl He was pro-
posing marriage and / had not even
shifted the danger. 'Oh, Mathilde,
be said; / mean to ask you if l may
not he more than friend. / want
to be your husband and buy you
everything you need in the future.
Darling, 1 would buy this ocean
for you if l had the means and y, u
ami / should share it all by our
selves. just as / was going to an
swer him a perfect Jumbo of
wave took me full in front, and, as
l had my mouthiopen, / think I
swallowed half of it. But l man
aged to squeeze his hand to show
him that was his, and that be was
appreciated"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

The Portland Oregonian relates
a story of portly and jolly gov
eminent official who went out of his
office one day last week without his
cane. "OhP' said he, ST must go
back. That is bad luck" So to
avert the threatened evil he march
ed back into the office, sat down
and took a half-dolIar from his
pocket. laid it upon his desk, turn
ed it over, and then replaced it in
his pocket. He then took his cane
and marched out with a cheerful
heart. OF course he did not believe
in this hocus-pocus business, but
then he had heard the omen all his
life, and it could do no harm to go
through the rigmarole, so he went
through with it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

A oontsmutible swindIe.


Tom Anjerry, a somewhat diss;-
pated student at the university Of
Texas, remarked TO bis bosom
friend, Bill Yardly:
Sim in a streak OF bad luck"
sWhat has happened TO your
"My uncle has just voluntarily
sent me a check for twenty five
dollars."
'Where is the bad luck about
that?"
"You see / was just going to bor-
row fifty dollars from him, and now
1 can't in decency do it. The old
scoundrel has headed me of I've
been leeced out of twenty-five dol
lars by the old william.
Siftiups.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07
OYerheard AL Lonpbranoh.

ooh, Amarintha, isn't he hand
some? Pm sure he's German
Baron"
$50 am I Cecilia. Such mill
tary figure! 1t we could only
manage to get an Introduction to
him"
(When quite near to them the
sharon" meets q male friend who
halls him with:
"Helloa, Jake Landenschlageri
What are you doing nowadaysY
"Vell, noting much, Meester
Kohn. You recomlect 1 vas broke
up in dot vite goods beezness. L
drinks now l buy me out a barber
shop"
1.-TWO terribly disappointed fiirts
recede dimly into the distance. y
Philadelphia Call.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07
Women !
Read What the Great EIethO-
dist Divine and Eminent
Physician Says of
BradfGld'S Female Regulator!

ATLANTA, GA, Feb. 20, 1854.
Dir, J. BRADFIELD: Dear Sir-Some Is
years ago I examined the recipe of Female
Regulator aud carefully studied authorities
in regard to its compocents and then las
well as now) pronounce it the most scion
tifc and skillful combination of the really
reliable remed al vegetable agents known to
science, to act directly on the womb and
uterine organs, and tbs organs and parts
sympathi1ing directly with these; and :,
therefore, providing a specific remedy for
all diseases of the womb and of the adjacent
organs and parts. Yours truly,
JESSE BORING, NJ. D., DID.
Bradfeld's Female Regulator is only in
tended for diseases peculiar TO women and
for these is a SPECIFIC.
Sold by all druggists Send for our trea-
tise on the Health and Happiness o f Woman,
mailed free, which gives ell particulars.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

A St. Thomas, Canada, veterina-
ry surgeon, recently pulled the un-
sound tooth of dog. The dog sat
up in chair and acted very human,
opening his mouth readily, yelling
when the doctor pulled, and faint
ing dead away when the tooth came
out.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07
Chinese Execution Ground.

This is O small, open cojrt aboat
forty feet long and twenty Eve feet
wide, writes correspondent from
Canton. 1t is used as a pottery
when not needed for executions,
and as 1 strolled in the ground,
covered with earthern jars and yes
sells, IL seemed TO give the place an
air of peaceful industry rather than
of bloody executions. Stepping
carefully among the pots and Jars, I
stood on a spot eOlored a deep,
dark red by the blood Of prisoners
recently decapitated. Turning with
a shudder from this spot, ! gazed
along the walls of the court, and
my eyes rested on a pile of cage
like boxes stacked up on one eide.
In each of these a CHASTITY head of a
Chinaman showed through the bars.
looking distorted and horrible
Near these cases were the crossed
beams to which persons are tied for
deeapitatiOn. There are two modes
for decapitation practised. One
is to make the prisoner kneel and
the head is struck from the body
while IA this position. This 10 the
usual mode Of decapitatioB. An
other is by tying the prisoner up
to a sort of cross and then striking
off the head. In this position the
women are always executed. One
seutcnce Of capital punishment is
TO cut into tho eyebrows, cheeks
and feshy parts of the arms and
breast In such a way that the flesh
will hang down in strips, and then
the head is struck of. The zen
tence is usually inflicted en- wo-
men committing adultery and on
parricides.
In the hair Of the Condemned
man is placed paper on which is
written the nature of the CT ime for
which he is being executed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07
Wanted to be Licked.

"Jessiep'
"Yess' M"
"Don't you.go go..out of the house
while Pmsgone."
"Oh, ma, l want to roll my hoop
with the other girls"
you've heard what I've said.
Don't you dare to disobey me, or
I'll whip you when 1 come back"
ooh ma"-a pause-"please give
me the licking now, and let me go
and roll my hoop.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

A newly-margied man complains
of the high price of ducks" He
says his wife recently paid for three
of them-duck of bonnet, a duck
of dress, and a duck of parasol.
He says such dealing in poultry
will ruin him.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

No man appreciates more the
irresistible power of the press than
the unlucky wretch who has just
got his fingers caught i'll the ma
chinerY.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

"Those who use our goods are
very much attached to them" is
what porous plaster company adj
Yertises.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

A young man has scrap book
containing the marriage notices of
ali the women that he loved, and
he sits out in the moonlight and
reads it and cries.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

We see a lengthy article going
the rounds of the papers headed
"How to manage a wife We
didn't read it; no use.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

An Illinois man recently sneezed
so hard that he fractured one OF
his ribs. He was evidently not
quite up to snuff.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

A story entitled s'The. Pennlless
Maiden" has just been issued. 1t
will have very little interest forsthe
modern youth.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

Can't something be done to civil
eyes the tribe of young savages
who stare at all our pretty young
ladies on our streets?-Ex.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

A New York Snowman has receiv-
ed from Brazil an anaconda de-
scribed as thirty feet longer long as
three fence rails, and it is as big
around as a water pail. 1t is sup
posed TO be $50 years old, and
there are said to be snakes in the
forests of the Amazon that are $50
years old.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

Canada would be wiser to estab-
lish a three-mile limit for Ameri-
can defaulters than for American
fishermen.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07
IFAE RULAS SKI CITIZEN

By being contemplate we sci
mems minds to the tune of con-
tempt.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07
pnhic Anctinneer.

A.. j. McKimmin offers his services to
the public as auctioneer and live stock
commissioner. Sales made at any time
either in the town or country. dec3l-ly
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

There is church to every 1850
inhabitants of Cincinnati, and a sa-
loon to every 100.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

Joan of Are successfully ed an
army to victory. Bat did she ever
20 10 q picnic ar not screams mu
der when n lite grasshopPer wens
down her neck2 History is silens
on this point
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

Long sentences in a short COM
position are like rooms in small
house.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

When q woman dashed into the
pilot-house of a Penobscott river
excursion steamer that had just left
the Bucksport wharf, few days
ago, and frantically demanded to
be put ashore, the captain did not
understand it. Her bonnet was on
all right, she had her shawl-strap
in her hand and her lunch-basket
was visible also. Her explanation
was that she had left her baby on
the wharf. The boat went back at
ter it.-Lewiston Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

Important toAII Femal es,
If suffering from any disease peculiar
to your sex. Bradfiield's Female Regu-
later will cure you. Sepl6-1m
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

The peanut club is a large social
organization in New York. The
badge of membership is a peanut,
and it must be worn on every oc-
caslon in metal jewelry or carved
wood.-N. 7. Mail.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-10-07

The loss among cows on the
Wyoming ranges has been Uouszal-
ly heavy this year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-09-16
Y. NJ. G. A. NOTES.

The state committee held meetin g
here Friday and concluded to hold tn
annual state convention of Young
Mems Christian associations at Barre,
October 7, 8, 9 and 10. G. L. Page of
st. Johnsbury, state secretary G.. S..
Avery and G. A. Smith of Barre were
chosen a committee to arrange the de-
tails of the convention. j. H. Hum
phrey of St. Johnsbury will lead the
singing.
Tuesday evening Secretary Avery
met the young men who were at Mr..
MOOdy's school this summer and a
pleasant hour was passed in reviewing
the work. Mr.. Avery also met num-
Der of the young men for Bible read
ing Wednesday afternoon and conduct
ed a similar service at the South church
last evening. This evening and to-
morrow evening he will conduct a
Bible service for students at Gas
o'clock and on both evenings an hour
later to the young men of the assOcia-
ton.
The first of series of IL entertain
ments to be given in the association
hall was held Friday evening and was
very successful affair. F. A. Dakin
presided and brief addresses were
made by State Secretary Avery, Rev.
F. E. Dawson, C. A. Smith of Barre
and Secretary Page. Mr.. Avery offer
ed some very sensible remarks on the
salvation army work, criticising the
methods adopted severely and ques-
tioning the value of the work. Mr..
Dawson was specially happy in his
remarks on the general work of the
association, facetiOusly abiding to the
fact that he had a year old boy that
needed watching. The speaking was
interspersed with excellent singing by
the male quartette, Messrs. Will Tyler,
Humphrey, Silsby and May. The rest
of the time was taken up with sOcia-
bility. Secretary Page read a letter
from Charleston, S. c., telling the stO-
ry of the damage done the association
building and work there by the earth
quake and soliciting aid. A collection
of $12 was taken up on the spot for
the Charleston association.
At the adjourned business meeting
of the association Saturday evening,
after prOtracted discussion it was vot-
ed that the minimum membership fee
remain as at present at ST., but that
members be recommended to make it
SO when the spirit is willing and the
flesh able. Four new members were
admitted. The devotional committee
has decided to engage an evangelist
to hold series of meetings during the
fall and winter for young men. The
invitation committee has been special
ly faithful and successful in it's work
and the outlook for profitable season
ia GOOD
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-09-16
Some New Advertisements.

E. & II. Fairbanks & Co. make their
fall and winter annOuncementin this is
sue. They have never shown such de-
sirable and stylish goods in every de-
partment as at this time. Their ad-
vertisement calls attention to about
everything that makes for comfort
and we call attention to the advertise
ment.
The readers of the CaledOnian have
come to know that Harvey & Browns
announcements can be relied upon,
and they will not be disappointed in
the extensive stock of new goods, just
received by this firm, advertised in
this issue.
A. L. Bailey, the largest dealer in
musical instruments in Northern Ver-
mont, one who has stood the test of Is
years. experience, has an advertise
ment in this issue. He has the great
est variety from which to select, keeps
the best quality and quotes the lowest
prices. Go and see for yourselves.
Mrs. d. A. Morrison is also out with
fall announcement of millinery and
other departments loaded with new
goods. A special lot of kid gloves
should attract the attention of the la
dies.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-09-16
Academy Notes.


The academy and the Burlington
high school furnish more students fol
the Burlington university than any
other two schools.
The seniors begin Paradise Lost, on
Thursday, for rhetorical work, and
will be expected to read and thorough
ly finish the first two books.
The middle class has organized with
Aldrich,- president; Sheldon, vice
president; Miss Edith Ross, secretary
and treasurer. May success attend 'SS.
Committees have been appointed by
the senior class to choose class color,
motto, and to act concerning an inter-
view to be held later in the month
When these committees are ready to
report, meeting will be called, which
all seniors are urged to attend.
Judging from appearances the school
has never opened so favorably, both
as regards the number and quality of
the students, as it has this present year.
A recent remark at chapel by Principal
Putney shows that he has a very high
opinion of, and expects a great deal
from the students this term.
At recent senior class meeting,
Chas. P. Matthews was elected presi-
dent and Miss Anna Cove sec'ry and
treas. Although men of size and
statue are but few in the senior class,
yet this deficiency is amply made up
for by the qualities displayed by the
class in general both in the class room
and without.