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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01
Their Work Was worth something.

The COWS of o Georgia farmer got into
thu pea field OF hi.s. neighbor and 'le-
stioyed about ten bushels OF pe.a,ss.. There
upon the latter farmer presented an suS.'
count claiming Sc for ten bushels of peas
at sixty cents per bushel. The owner OF
the COWS examined the account and then
said: Look here, my cows ate up ten
bushels of your peas, but you know tho
rules in gathering peas is to give one
half for the gathering. So You see my
rrawsu We're entitled to, five bushels Of
tlids6 5esl UlIHnk Wherefore
l only owe you FOR I've bushels nt sixtt
cents, and that makes So. Here's your
money" And at SO they settled, Chi
clgo News
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CLIPPINGS OF ALL SORTS.
Interesting Paragraphs scissorcd from the
Recommendations Worth Readiur

Interesting Paragraphs Scissorcd from the
Interpretations Worth Reading.
The anti-fcreign craze in France grows.
The minister of agriculture has directed
his subordinates to employ none but
Frenchmen.
The school teachers of Cincinnati have
hitherto been fined quarter of a days
salary for being late. 1t is now proposed
to change the fine to five cents for each
minute of hardness.
The street nomenclature of the CITY of
Mexico will soon be reformed, after
which it will, perhaps, be possible for a
man to saunter 100 feet in thorough
fare without discovering that the street
has q new name.
The Sioux reservation, one-half Of
which it is proposed to open up t2 settlers.
contains an area Of $1,000 square miles.
That is to say, it is larger than the state
of Kentucky, and only few square miles
smaller than the state of Indiana.
Swallow tails are now required at the
Berlin opera house on Monday nights.
This has raised great indignation among
the Germans, who love music better than
style, and they take it out in Kissing the
director
There was found in Schuylkil county,
Pa, recently, a tortoise which had the
Iinseription II. Deibert 1717," cut irto
its shell. Mr.. Deibert IS fcnle epahanb dos
a settler in the county in early colonial
days. The inscription is almost obliter-
ated, and the tortoise gives other evil
dences of being very old.
A Chicago man who supplies the Ger
that he derives steady revenue from the
sale of his stock to people who are
afflicted with black eyes. He declares
that a leech is much better. than piece
of raw beefsteak for reducing the swell
ing and removing the discoloration of a
bruised optic.
Since 1880 the immigration into the
United States has been on a greater scale
than in any previous period in the history
of the country. Predictions are made by
foreign writers that the exodus in 1888
will exceed that of any previous year, as
great alarm prevails throughout Europe
that war may be precipitated at any
time which will involve all of the great
nations.
C. V. Van Doorndm, of Chicago, has
hit upon a plan for keeping the streets of
that city perfectly clean even in the worst
weather. He proposes to give food and
| lodging to men out of work, in return
for which they are to do certain amount
of street cleaning. A small sum of
money will be paid besides. The people
whose sidewalks are benefited by this
cleaning will pay from five to twenty
five cents per week.
A violinist of experience says that vio-
Iins differ in value according to make
and condition Alard has Stradivarius
which cost $4,000. Wilhelmj plays on a
Sradivarius worth S., 900. Leonard has
Maggini which cost $4,000, and
Joachim has Stradivarius worth 81, 900.
Gen. Hawley, of Hartford, and Mr.. Col
ton, of Brooklyn, probably have the finest
violin collections in this country. Haw.
ley has Guarnerins worth 500
Cotton has the fiddle left him by Ole
Bull, valued at So, 900 in London.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01
Ribs Broken by Conyhinc.

A London coroner has raised the ques-
tion whether n man can cough himself
to pieces. a broken rib was found in \.
deceased lunatic, when medical evidence
was brought forward to show that under
certain abnormal conditions bones may
be broken by muscular efforts, or even
by violent fit of coughing. g.-Arkansaw
Traveller
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01
iPaper Made from Wood.

Making paper from wood pulp is ono
of the greatest of modern inventions.
Paper was formerly made of rags. but
the supply of rags, and it is not many
years ago that poplar and other soft
woods were ground up into pulp to take
the place of rags, in all but the finer
kinds of paper. Yet the wasps had beon
setting an example in doing this for un-
told centuries. s.-American Agriculturist.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01
The Psrcholory of Handwriting.

The North American Review pripts n
series of the autographs of Napoleon.
written at various epochs in his eveptful
life. Starting in his early years with q
bold and clear signature, it retains most
of these characteristics in the days of his
greatest successes; but parallel with tho
declining fortunes of the great man is n
degeneration of his autograph, until at
the end we have nothing more than the
rudest, characterless scrawl. Tbe auto
graphs cannot but suggest the ravaging
changes in the nervous system that wero
the physiological concomitant of the tur-
moil raging in the hero mind. d.-Science.
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A Fortunate Quartet.

Among the messenger boys in the
service of the first telegraph Office opened
in Pittsburg. Pa, years ago were four
known respectively as Andy, Bob, Billy
and Harry. This quartet has won both
fame and fortune. Andy" Carnegie is
one of the richest men in the United
States, Bob Pitcairn is general agent
and superintendent Of the western
division Of the Pennsylvania railroad,
"Billy' Moreland is city attorney of
Pittsburg and ''Harry" Oliver has made
fortune in steel and narrowly missed a
seat in the United States. senate. Evil
IDENTIFY the messenger boya ef former
times were ''hustlers. New York
World
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Was Nanoleon a Germana

NJ. Peyre, in his new book, Napoleon
I ct Son Temps" proves by documentary
evidence to his own satisfaction that the
great Frenchman was in origin Ger
man. The Cadolingers, German fam
lily in Genoa, became members of the
Good party (Buona Parte) in Ghibelline
times, and finally settled in Corsica, where
they adopted the party nickname as their
surname, and the first Napoleon was one
of them. EXCHANGE,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01
Bonbons Irstead of Love Letters.

Engaged couples in France do not ex-
change love letters rs we do; you never
see "a French girl with a box containing
daintily tied package of letters, Of which
the key never leaves her possession; such
things are unheard Of, but boxes of bon
bons and exquisite flowers are sent each
day with the card of the future husband.
The Argonaut.
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Ahra,lnm I.fncnln,H IsibIe.

Bible which the citizens of Baltimore
gave to Abraham Lincoln was until re-
Gently in possession of his son, Robert L.
Lincoln. The ex-sccretary of war not
long ago presented this Bible to an
Episcopal mission in suburb of Chicago,
The mission is soon to erect a building
which will be called the Lincoln Memorial
church. New York World.
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A LITTLE BUNDLE OF RAGS.

A little hungry mouth;
tiny shaking form;
Two little naked feet,
Ont in the bitter stora;
A tattcred bundle of rags ard stains,
A hscgar from door 20 door.
A freezing bundle Of aches and palma,
A starving child Of the poor!.
Two pleading, fearful eyes
That none wille nliss;
Two li.tle sunlScn cheeks
That never knew kiss;
A tattered bundle of rags and stains,
Who whines for crust to eat;
A freezing b;Sndle of aches and pains,
A homeless child Of the street,
Two tiny purple hands;
A shock OF tangled hair;
A little weary head
Asleep on the pavement here;
a tattered bundle Of rags unhlesscd,
Whose strife 10 forever Ger;
A wrctched bendlc of woss &C rest,
A frozen caildlof the poor.
-Donizetti M7sIier IN Franz, Leslie's.
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London Houses Growing More Modern.

London Houses Growing More Modern.
For a long while the London houses
never changed their appearance. Now.
when q house needs rebuilding. the front
of it is apt to be remodeled, not in the
staid old style which has prevailed
hitherto, but according to modern fashion.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01
Provoked Her sympathy

Husband (groaning) rheumatism
in my leg is coming on again.
Wife with sympathy )-0h, nm so
sorry, John. wanted to do some shop
ping today, and that is a sure sign OF
rain. Tho Epoch.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01
Speed OF tho Electric Current.

Experiments on the speed of the electric
current prove that il proper conductor
could be wound around the globe signal
parting from it at any point of it would
return to the starting point in one-half
second.-Chicago Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01
A Narrow Escape.

Jones was SO awkward the other even
ing as to sit down on a gentleman silk
hat, crushing it iiatter than pancake.
"And to think" was his comment,
'that it might have been the new one
I've just bought"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01

During the past season two nat,ualists.
G.. w. and l.. G. Peckham. have found
that wasps remember the locality of tlsir
nests for ninety-six hours.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01

There are in the country nearly 400
colleges, with about 5000 professors and
35, 600 students.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
Garfield On FREQ wool.

Let us remember, while answering
this free wool cry raised by the Presi'
dent ard Democratic Congress, that
the last labor as a Congressman which
the late James A. Garfield performed
was a report fsvoring the retention OF
the duty on wool. 1t occupied nm
up to the very hour. OF leaving his
Washington home for Chicago, where
he was nominated fer President. In
that report. May "a, 1850, he said:
"Should it 1.-THE removal or unjust
change of the wool tariff bt come a
law it will be impossible for our farm
ers to compete in the market with
the mestiza woods of South America;
and i, will be equally impossible tor
our manufacturers TO compete win
those of France and England. Vi
course any legislation that destroys
the W. olen manufactures IS equaIiy
destructive TO sheep husbandry, fo'
fhe farmer would no longer have
market for his wool. The nation can
hardly be called independent which
does not possess The materials ano
the skill 10 clothe its own people.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
The Temperance Question.

The Democratic party, through Its
press and public speakers, is attempt
ing to provoke the temperance ele'
mcnt all over The country into oppo-
s.ion 10 the Republican party by
making the charge that the kepuo.
lican platform favors free whisky
This is the subterfuge Of the dema'
coeve. and should he treated with
contt mpr by all right thinking people
The ,ntimation that Of the two evils
of abandoning our people to TIE ruin
of Free Trade or removing the tax
upon distilled spirits, we would pre-
fer the latter is no proof that we are
IN favor of either free whisky or IN
temperance.
There are just grounds for the be-
lief that the temperance vote has
been drawn heretofore largely iIon
| the Republican, ranks, and that tn
Democratic party has been CORE
spondingIy benefited thereby. Tn
Democratic party in the pie'eno
| garb of temperance. is a wolf Il
sleeps clothing, and should be treate'
accordingly. The Republican part
lis not only one of intelligence, bu
| one that nvors temperance and goo
| morals as wei, as laws for the protet
I ton of American labor and America
industries. There are hundreds
no,er,;,l reasons wbv every friend {
| temperance should vote the Reput
lican ticket, not the least of which
the fact that they have never bee
treated with ordinary respect by II
Democratic party, and every vol
cast for the candidate of their o"
party is not only thrown away, b
assisss in strengthening the Demo
1 racy. that is its avowed enemy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
An Important Element

OF the success of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla is that every purchaser receives a
fair equivalent fer his money. The
familiar headline 100 doses one
dollar" stolen by imitatois, is origi-
nal with and true only of Hoods
Sarsaparilla. This can easily be
proven by any one who desires to
test the matter. For real economy,
buy only Hoods Sarsaparilla. Sold
by all drusgists.
A yacth containing a party OF law
yers was recently capsized among a
school of sharks. Total deaths, four
lawyers, seven sharks.
I have been bothered with catarrh
for about twenty years; | had lost
sense of smell entirely for the last
fifteen years, and had almost lost
my hearing. My eyes were gettini
SO dim had to, get some one t6
thread my needle. NowI have M
hearing as we'll as ever had, and
can see to thread as fine needle a
ever / did, my sense of smell is partl.
restored and it seems to be improv
ing all the time. l think there j
nothing like Ely's Cream Balm TO
catarrh. Mrs. E. Grimes, 81 Vale
street, Rendill, Perry Co., Ohio.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
What Bismarck Thinks!

It is generally conceded that Bis
marck is one of the greatest, IT not
the greatest: living statesman. His
opinion, therefore; with reference to
anv question of statecraft is entitled
TO weighty consideration. In aspeech
to the Reichstag May IL, 1882, ne
gave u,terance to these views regard
ing the American system of protec'
ton BECAUSE 1T is MY DE-
LIBERATE JUDGMENT THAT
THE PROSPERITY oFAMERICA
IS MAINLY DUE TO ITS SYS-
TEN OF PROTECTIVE LAWS, |
URGE THAT GERMANY HAS
NOW REACHED THAT POINT
WHERE IT Is NECESSARY TO
INITIATE THE TARIFF SYSTEM
OF THE UNITED STATES"
Bismarck's recommendation wa
adopted, and for the past five years
the great German Empire, under th'
leadership of the greatest premle
Europe has produced for centuries
has been initiating the tariff policy @
the United States with magnihcen
results.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28

The main question al Issue IN
Amercal Is English Free Trade
against the Continental System OF
Pro,e, ton. The Ameri'
can election i infinitely more i'm
portant TO Eaglishmen than their
own internal politics just at This juno
ture. * - The result OF the
American election will help TO decide
many important issues in Great Brit
in.-London Su day Times. July IS,
1883.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28


Talk Free Trade ana Protection at
the Same Time. 4
MIR. Carlisle very adroitly says if
the Mills bill should become Jaw
the average rate upon the articles the
bill proposes to reduce would still be
over 4S per cent. wolfe the average
rate on all dutlable impor,alions
would be 40 per cent Well, suppose
this statement were true, what does IT
signify? Per cent is not basis from
which to draw conclusions. Mr.. Car
isles statement does not deny the
Free Trade tendencies of the bill.
What is Free Trade? 1t is Free
Trade when duties are so far low
cred as TO permit free entry OF for
eign goods.
II at 40 per cent duty they come
in cheaper than we can make them
that is Free Trade, for that percent
age is no obstruction.
If As per cent prevents the goods
coming in and permits US TO make
them-that is Protection.
If 40 per cent is insufficient Pro-
lection and imports are not obstruct-
ed-then our own industries are
ruined and the consumers are taxed
the whole amount Of the duty for the
benefit Of the foreigners.
| If as per cent prevents impor'a-
tons and protects home industry
then the tax IS for the benefit OF our
own workingmen, and by increasing
home productions cheapens them tor
the consumer.
When. Democrats say they are not
Free Traders because they propose tc
leave the average duty at 40 per cent
and the Republican tariff averages
only At, they count on the people no
understanding that 40 per cent means
I free unobstructed imports or Free
Trade, while Al per cent means Pro-
lection.
But the Democrats are hedging
, They are anxious to defend them
|, selves against the charge that the.
have assailed American industries
They want now TO make the peopl
. think they are Protectionists, and I
do this they rely on cunning WORD
and false statements. Everybod
knows that the American employs
Is not making great profits, ard
!, most industries is working on ma
q row margin-for less than per cen
> Reduce the tariff per cent and !
70 must stop or reduce wages. He WI
10 and must stop until workingmen
wages are lower, ard till the 40 p
4 cent becomes protective duty inste'
~ of tax.
= The Golden Club understand Il
u Democrats. 1t does not b)irdly g.
:. its support to Cleveland. The Brit
- press comprehend the effect OF
IS Cleveland policy and the Mills bi
IS and therefore warmly endorse the
= American voters are not TO be cas-
;s cheated in November. ~'
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
A Slight Mistake.

Customer Ito jeweler)-Here's the clock l
bought of you the other day. It's OF no
earthly use to me, for it gains fully hfteen
minutes an hour. Jeweler examining ciock)
My dear sir, I beg a thousand pardons'
This is one of our patent anticipatory time.
pieces, made exclusively for our billiard
room and livery stable trade. Excuse tne
mistake Anything you may select IN tns
line Of our regular citizens clock we VIII OK
change it for with pleasure.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
POINTERS.

Howto get oven with some men-Pay them
what you owe them.
We respect our rich uncles for their great
will power
The barbed wire fence Is the greatest draw
back on farm nowadays.
A Cincinnati tailor has failed. He lost
money specializing in wheat selvidges in Chi
cago
X advertises to exchange shot gun for Q
trombone If he resides in our neighbor-
hood, we would beg him to keep the shot gun
and blow in that.-Detroit Free Press
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
STATE TICKET.

Goyernor-CYRUs G.. LUcEof Branch.
I;utenant Goverpor-JAs. II MCDoN
AID, of Delta
Secretary of Statc-GIL Il. osMuN OF
Wayne.
State Treasurer-GEoRGE l.. MALTz OF
Alpena.
Auditor. Ccncral-HENRY IL. APIIN oil
Bay.
Commissioner of the Land once
Roscoe d. DIX Of Berrien.
Attorney General-STEPHEN " II
TRowBRIDGE of Ionia.
Superintendent OF Public instruction.
,JosEpI EsTABRooK OF Eaton.
Member State Board of Education
PERRY +. Powers of Wexford.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28

Below are some choice excerpts
from the inspired sayings of the Flu
sion candidate for Governo. OF Mich
iean. They evidently came from the
heart and are the cordial expression
of his true sentiments:
eff I had the power no damn for.
eipner should have any political
rights in this country."-Burt, Gene
see street, 1872.
s.The only way to control laboring
men when demanding such wages is
10 starve them into submission
Burt, Eolah Hall, Saginaw, 1871.
al will shoot the first laboring man
not in my employ who dares put a
foot on my premises. Burt, during
the strike, 1872.
"The American system..of caucuse'
are a curse to the nation, because the
laboring men have the franchise and
take part in them."-Burt, East Sag
inaw Council Room, 1912.
r look upon the Canadians as TIT
scum of Gods earth. Burt, Gene
see street, 1873.
"The two old parties are both COZ
rupt. and it is now the time to form
new or third party.''-Burt, East Sag
NAV, August, 1886.
0The last election | voted as
always have done-the straight Kt
publican ticket, with the exception
II. G.. Horr."---Burt, East Saginaw
1886.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
HOW PROTECTION WORKS.
Wages in Paterson, n. j., and In
Lisburn, ireland, for the Same

Work.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser, July IA.
President William Barbour of the
Barbour Bros. Company, whose linen
works are at Patterson, n. j., was i'll
Boston recently, and in the course OF
an interview with representative OF
the Boston Daily Advertiser said:
"Two years ago'I made q careful
com parison of the wages paid in our
Paterson and Lisburn factories. In
the former we had at that time 1900
hands, and in the latter 2,Soo. Now
in two weeks these 1850 operatives
in Ireland drew only $500 more pay
than the 1900 operatives in Patterson
drew.
"Of these 1880 and more opera
tiyes in Ireland, there is not one that
owns the house he lives in. But in
| Patterson many have bought and paid
for nice comfortable homes. If a man
working for me wants to build a
house, / am only too glad to lend
him the money, for / know he will
be more ambitious and better work
man in consequence of it. Or IT one
of nv employees has saved up money
| and wants to invest it, | will borrow
| it and pay six per cent. tor 1t.
| have in mind now two girls WHIT
| have saved up $1,000 apiece. They
have deposited the money with u
and we pay them 6 per cent. for it
."I mention these things" said MI
Barbour, "simply to show the differ
, ence between the employees in GU
, two factories. None Of our employee
> inYIreland ever had wages enough
be able to have money at interest, t
say nothing of owning a home
: : The Paterson employees all cam
! from Ireland originally, SO you ca
: see how much better off they al
here than they are there. l nev'
e vet had one ask me to let him retui
: TO Ireland and work in that factor
but every time l go to Lisburn II
r operatives come in crowds and b
for chance to come over here.
3. "To give some idea of how mu.
interest our workmen feel in q
/ cam paign, I might say that they ha
e. formed a tariff club, which has lar
Of membership, and they all propose
", vote for protection, irrespective
party affiliations"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28

Wife-What did you buy such an e.
pensive umbrella for, Johna :,
Husband-It was the last one OF the ki4A
the dealer had, and got it at bargain. I'd
handle is solid silver; it was economy 10 buy
it at the price did. r
WifeLIt doesn't match that shabby suit
very well.
Husband-No, s'poso shall have to get O
new suit of clothes.-New York Sun.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
Presidents Proclamation.

Manning, Gen. McCIeIIar'
and many others.
Nov therefore, | do by viz
tue of the knowledge pos
sessed by me, proclaim and
recommend Hibbard's Rheu'
matte Syrup to be remedy
of great merit, both for Rheu-
matism and all Blood Dis
eases, .-'e-
And further, That this med
-icine be adopted as a national
remedy by all.
Signed by the President.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
ELECTORAL TICKET.

Electors--At Large-RUssELL A. AL
GER of Wayne and ISAAC CAP
pom of Kent.
District
I. EDWARD BURK of Wayne.
III. JUNIUs E. BEAL of Washtenaw.
III. RICHMOND KINGMAN Of Calhoun.
Nv. JOSEPH w. FRENCH of st. Joseph.
V. Don ]. LEATHERs of Kent.
vi. JAMES M. TURNER of lngham.
VII. JOHN S. THOMSON of Sanilac.
VIII. ELLIOTT f. GRABILL OF Montcalm.
TX. WELLINGTON w. GUNNER OF Wex'
ford
X. HARRY p. MERRILL of Bay.
NJ. PERRY HANNAH of Grand traverse.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
A Public benefit.

"Yes, sir, 1 consider myself public bens-
factor"
Gin what wayp
.T have invented cures for several Of the
most distressing diseases"
Third Citzen-I fully agree with you tsaS
you are benefactor.
"How do you known
II am an undertaken. "-Lincoln journal
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
SPECIAL.

Whereas, From day to day
vast numbers are being
stricken down with the fell
disease Rheumatism, which
seems to be greatly on the
increase. xg
And zvheyeas, The nation has
within a short time been
called upon to mourn the
sudden loss of many OF our
public men, such as Vice-Pres-
ident Hendricks, Gen. John
A.. Logan, Sec'y Daniel T.