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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09
Ara You a Failure2

Do you feel that you have not
been altogether successful teach
er? If so look at these reasons,
from an exchange, why some teach
ers fail, see if any of them apply to
you and then wheel right about and
60 in the opposite direction. Some
teachers fail because:
They are too lazy.
They have no eye to order.
They are easily discouraged.
They do not try to improve.
They fail to know what the world
is doing.
They have too much outside bus
mess.
They talk politics too much.
They fail to have new ideas.
They ere not polite enough.
They think most things take toe
much trouble.
They read no educational papers
or books.
They are trying to go into some
thing else.
They follow the same method
with each class.
They keep away from their pu-
pills.
They attend no teachers meet
ings.
They complain too much.
They do not study their lessons.
They fail to practice what the
educational papers tell them.
They do not determine to be the
best teachers IN the place.
They do not seek information by
studying the methods of the best
teachers.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09
Becoming Strict,

Scene in a Kentucky court, Man
named Dismukes, who has shot his
ncighbor, has been arraigned for
trial.
Judge Ito defendant MIR. Dis
mukes, are you ready for trial?
Defendant (by counsel NO,
your honor.
Judge-Why? You surely have
had time enough.
Defendant-I know that, but our
principal witness could not be here
to-day.
Judge-But it was his duty to be
here and his non-appearance forces
me to take extreme and severe
measures. What excuse can he
give to this court?
DETERMINATIONS honor, he dis
covered leak in his still tub ant
said that II he didn't fix it he nigh
lose several gallons of whisky.
JUDICIAL right, then, we will
excuse him. Mr.. Dismukes whel
the principal witness gets his still
tub in order you will oblige thi
court, sir, by coming around ane
being tried according to law. Thi
commonwealth can no logger pu
up with infractions of the law ant
hereafter any man who shoots hi
neighbor shall be called upon t,
make an explanation.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09
Girls Getting Rich


1t takes woman "to break the
record" for sharpness, when she
sets out to do business, in accord
ance with business principles, that
stupid man would never think of
applying to such small business.
A couple of Massachusetts school
mains, who tired of teaching chill
dren their letters, undertook farm
ing, and have made a big success of
it. Among other kinds of business
they set out to teach hens to lay larg-
er eggs, and lay them in accord
ance with a time table, and also
''set" when the program called for
that kind of labor. They soon
found there was keen demand for
such eggs, and they had to bay the
big eggs of their neighbors. But
right there mans deviltry came in
they cheated. That is, they sold
the girls stale eggs, and thus ruffied
the placid tempers of the ladies who
wanted to do business con the
square" So where their sharpne ss
came in, was, they had number
for every man of whom they bought
eggs, and rubber stamp, and il
anything was the matter with an
egg, they traced it right to the mar
OF whom they bought, They also
compelled the producer to have s
stamp, and he must stamp on it the
birth day of every egg. The girls
are getting rich.-H cards Dairy.
man.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

She Got Her Reward,

Potts had just returned from sn
extended trip abroad and was max
ing his first call upon young lady
friend.
my gracious, Miss Jennie, how
you have changed! Why, you are
a mere shadow of your former self
Aren't you well?"
"Well, no, Mr.. Potts. You see
shortly after your departure / joined
the cooking school and there we are
obliged to sample everything thai
We make. / am now a hopeless dys
peptic."
"How horrible! Really, / pity
YOU from the bottom of my heart
"You are very kind, Mr.. Potts
but feel positive that shall real
my reward" and here the young la
dy blushed painfully.
'Reward7 Really do not COM
prehend."
Then, with a graceful flutter o
clinging drapery she crossed to hi'
side, gave him 'tis-leap-year ex-
preston, laid her left ear over hi:
chest protector and gently muir
INJURED:
"Willie, dear, | can make biscui
such as your mother used to make
With q wild cry Of JOY he tool
the trembling form in his grea
strong arms, and their happiness
was so intense that it could have
been cut with knife.-Cincinnat
Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09
Sweet, Eternal Rest,

"Mother. I'm sleepy" said the lit.
tie lips that no longer quivered with
pain. That was all. The simple
prayer had been LETT half unsaid;
sleep, endless and unbroken, had
DER taken it. Not even q mother
sobs could call the loving arms
about her neck, or cause the tiny
mouth to brush away the tears with
kisses. So soon fatig1ed with life's
unequal strife, it gave the struggle
DER and slept. How grateful would
it be when cares Cypress to say with
this sweet, lifeless, happy child, "rm
so sleepy; kind mother earth, I'll
strive no more. Receive me to your
breast. I'm sleepy. "-Merchant
Traveller.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09
A Good Drink.

Lemonade is said to be one of the
best and safest drinks for any per-
son, whether in health or not, being
suitable for all stomachic dis orders,
and excellent in sickness. Lemon
juice is the best anti-scorbutic rem
edy known. If the gums are daily
rubbed with lemon juice they will
be kept in health. By the daily
use of lemon instead of soap, chill
blains will be prevented, and the
hands kept white, soft and supple
1t is also said that neuralgia may
be cured by rubbing the port afec-
ted with q cut lemon. 1t is vnlua-
BILE in curing warts and removing
dandruff on the head by rubbing
the roots of the hair with it.-Med-
ical Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Watterson Rounds Roth acker is
the name of the three year-oid hoy
of Ottoman, Uehern Rotharker, the
gifted editor, poet, scientis'. The
little fellows mother is dead. A
writer in tribute to the genius OF
Rothacker mentions tue following
incidents which are truly beauti-
full:
"In this child's countenanee is
reflected the wondrous beauty OF
his mother, who had the face Of q
Madonna by Raphael. In bis soul
has been transplanted the brilliant
poetic fancy OF his father. He re-
members only his mothers smile.
In reply to his question, Where is
my mammal" he had been told she
was up there in the sky. On dull
leaden day, while looking at the
heavens, he suddenly exclaimed:
"My mamma can't be in thai
sky-it's cloudy
Being taken to the cemetery one
Sunday where his mothers grave
was covered With flowers, he re-
marked, Lointing to it:
THAT must be my mamma
grave, the flowers are growing
there"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

The expenses of the state govern
ment of Mississippi, according to the
Holly Springs News, from 1872 to
oI4, two years under republican
rule, were 50, 5s9.6S6. Expenses Of
state government, 1886 to 1888, two
years under democratic rule, $3.50,
OO0-a net saving to the taxpayers
under democratic rule $2.!49 CSC.
or enough to run the state SIX ears
longer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

A good many feeders advocate
grinding the cob with the corr,
Prof. Stewart, who is an excellent
authority, says that when the cob is
finely ground, it is evenly mixed
with the cornmeal; that taken thus
into the stomach Of the animal, it
separates the concentrated food Of
the cornmeal, is made more porous
and all is far better digested, and
thus keeps the animal in better
health than when fed on Epure corn
meal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

tribute profits and give labor a fair
share of its hard earnings. We be-
lieve that in cooperation a remedy
NAV be found for most of the evils
and inequalities growing out of the
methods now 10 general use; and
when well understood and its prin-
ciples closely observed by intelli-
gent and honest management, may
be successfully applied to most, if
not all, business pursuits of the
country, hence we urge the study
and practice of cooperation among
all farmers as q mighty lever that
will lift the burdens, from the agrl-
cultural industries of the country.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09
Fall pigs are claimed to entail

Fall pigs are claimed to entail
less labor than spring pigs, as they
can be fed and cared for in the win
ter. This is true to certain extern
but much depends upon the age Of
the pig on the approach of colo
weather, If expected to pass
through the winter they should be
from early filters, or they will be
stunted in growth, should the sea
son be severe. September narrowed
pigs will be old enough to keeE
over to the second year.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Trimming an apple tree does not
mean that one must 60 into the or
chard and hack away with an axe
and saw simply to cut away q GER
tain proportion of wood, but the
tree should be evenly trimmed, and
no limbs removed except such as
may benefit the tree being cut off.
Where limb has commenced to
decay it should be removed, how
ever, as it may be caused by disease
Especially is this this necessary
with pear trees, which are subject
to blight.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09
The republicans now wa

The republicans now want the
states, not the nation, to tax whis
ky. 1t is painful to see the grand
old party thus drifting to state
rights. 1t is bad enough to have
republican court judges holding ex-
IRENE state rights views, but wher
the party itself yields to the ''here.
sy," what is mankind to Think
Courier journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09
The water given a horse shou

The water given horse should
be pure. Do not have a we'll in the
barnyard, for the wash will soak in
to it, and pollute the water. If a
running brook of clean water be
venient, lead the horse to drink
from it. A good cistern can be
made of large hogshead sunk hall
way into the ground, and the water
from the barn roofs led into into il
will be preferable for the horses
than very cold we'll water.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09
A professional nurse said to

A professional nurse said to a
newspaper reporter: "The follow
ing simple prescription has been in
strumental in saving over fifty
children suffering from cholera in
fantum who have been brought I'M
der my observation: Let the nurse
or mother take half teacnp full O
boiling water, break fresh egg il
1t and let it remain until the egg il
cooked. Pour the water of in {
glass and ice until it becomes cool
Thsn give 1t to the child,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

The national democratic commit
tee has adopted as the campaign
banner and badge the alag bar
DANA" designed and patented by
Capt. Joseph NJ. Jones, of Paris
KY. 1t is typical bandana, and has
stars and stripes stamped in its cen
tire and corners.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

A traveller in Norway says that
the horses in that country have q
very sensible way of taking their
food, which perhaps might be hene
ficially followed here. They have
bucket Of water put down beside
their allowance of hay. 1t is inter
esting to see with what relish they
take sip of the one AID mouth
full of the other alternately, some
times only moistenipg their mouths
as rational being would do while
eating dinner of such dry food. A
broken winded horse Is scarcely
ever seen in Norway, and the ques
ton is if the mode Of feeding has
not something to do with with the
preservation OF the anlmafs respir
atory organs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

A forehanded husbandman Of
western New York, whose land is
level or only slightly loll ng, draws
manure in winter as fast as made
and broadcasts it upon bare ground
or not more than six inches Of
snow in fields intended for hoed
crops next season.sHe has persisted
in this practice for years and makes
the remark able statement in Farm
Life that ssone load so applied is
equal In effect to three, at least
spread in spring" Moreover, he
gets inst so much work out of the
way during a comparatively slack
time.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

1t is claimed that few drops o.
eau de cologne, ether and chloro
form, in equal parts, poured on s
handkerchief previously wetted with
cold water, and placed on the sea-
of neuralgia pain, gives instanta
neous relief. 1t is also very efflca
cious for nervous headache.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

The CITIZEN is indebted to the
publishers, Seigel, Cooper d &c.
Chicago, for copy of a portal
entitled democratic Platform and
Presidential Nominees" 1t is 8
handsome picture 22x28 inches and
is mailed at 80 cents.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

MIR. John Kirkman, the veteran
banker of Nashville, was almost in
stantly killed several days since by
runaway horse. He was dragged
under the heels of the animal for
several blocks. He was one of
Nashville's oldest and most promi-
nent citizens. He was about rs
wears old.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

The senate republican tariff bi !
will not be ready before Saturda,
In the meantime the committee is
in Wrangle over the cut on sugar
and rice. John Sherman wants to
make it sectional bill and sls,
southern industries to benefit the
moa opolies, combines and trusts.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

A very busy Chicago banker was
to be married TO an Omaha girl,
and the day fixed was June 4, at
high noon. The day came but the
groom did not materialize, and at .
a. m. this telegram was received
"For heavens sake, tell us what
is the matter. This is your we'd
ding day and the hour spprc aches.
He was scared half out OF his
wits, and bounced around like a
hen with her head cut OF. Theo
he rushed to the telegraph Office
and sent this answer:
Thought 1 had three days of
grace. Don't let it 60 to protest
Coming on the next train.
The wedding was late, but it was
aInerry one, and all was forgiven
Washington Critic
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Cesspools, hog wallows and du ok
ponds in close proximity to wells
are liable to defiIe the water. and
are numbered ..by physicians
and observing people among The
prolific causes OF sickness in rural
Districts
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Samuel Wbeelock of Providence
advertises that he "0ants to sell his
wife for cash or exchange her for a
good work horse" and further war
rants her to be Al years old and Gas
good as the majority Of church GO
ing people.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Ducks usually begin to lay in
February, and until that time they
may be kept at hut little expense.
Cooked tnrnips with small
amount of corn meal make good
feed for them. After they begin to
lay they should have proportion
of animal food.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

The editor of the Athens Tenn. J
fost is "some pumpkins" when ii
Comes to raising potatoes. He an
nOunces that he raised seventv-five
bushels of potatoes FROM one eighth
OF an acre. Six hundred bushels of
potatoes to the acre is equal to q
gold mine. Wonder if he would
come down Just few taters.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

A man can be a prohibitionist al
heart and be good democrat at the
same time, but be cannot affiliate
With a prob ibition political party
in opposition to democracy and be
a good democrat. There are jus,
as good prohibitionists in the dem
cccc.rAtic party, who will vote the
straight out democratic ticket, as
there are among the followers OF
Mr.. johnson in the present pollticaI
contest.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09
The Wheeling Intelljuencer fl

The Wheeling Intelligencer, the
leading republican paper of West
Virginia, confesses that "tbe free
whisky plank is in the platform and
cannot be lied out of it. No repub
lican newspaper anywhere should
deny it,"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Since the recent fire at Fayette
vile the citizens are discussing wa
ter works. Always the case jus,
after fire. Another big fire in Pu
laski would put the enterprise on
boom again.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

If the alliances, the wheels and
the prohibitionists support candi-
dates of their own legislatures of the
several southern states, the dem
ocratic party will undoubtedly be
defeated and the negro ridden re-
publican party will again hove full
away all over the south.-Memphis
Appeal
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Mr.. johnson, the prohibition GU
bernatorial candidate, says he be-
iieves the prohibitionists will de-
rive most Of their strength from the
republican party and that he start:
out with the intention of polling
10000 votes. This would leave the
democrats a large majority in thu
state.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

1t is reported that in some parts
of Canada the grass hoppers have
eaten up all the crops and devoured
a considerable number of fence
posts. The farmers are now taking
n their barbed wire.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Your talks for the past month
how would you like to be tested by
it at the final iudgment?-[ Chris :
tian Advocate. This would be a
severe test on the candidates in the
recent county elections,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

The Athens Post denounces the
delinquent tax law of Tennessee as
nothing more than a law of confica
ton as it affects the poorer classes
of people. The Post wants to see ii
repealed, and a new law enacted and
will work to that eud.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Guest-Here, waiter, take this
away. ordered spring chicken and
this is q laying hen.
Waiter-'Deed faint, boss. OATS
spring chicken, sho.
Guest-Not this spring.
Waiter (ingeniously mo, sab
not dis springs but last springs
Hits little too soon yit, boss, 70
dis ver's sprIng chickens.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Mrs. Nobby-How many servants
do you take with you to Bar Har
Dor, Mrs. TipLop?
Mrs. Tiptop-Only twenty-fi
this summer. You know l leave
the baby at home this summer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

All this talk about Senator Har-
ris coming home to make a few
speeches amounts to nothing. The
Senator has literally lived in his
seat at Washington, and no measure
of impor. lnce has been presented
there that he has OF been attentive
to.-Atheps Posi-.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Several subscribers to The CITI-
ZEN have died recently in arrears for
subscription and they failed to send
us their address SO that we might
continue them on the dead head
list.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

First club idler-,I see that Fila.
grees novel has been translated in to
several languages.
Second club idler-So? WHY
doesn't he get some one to trans
late it into English?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Testing the store of field and gar
den seeds is good winter work, and
can be done by the kitchen stove
Place one hundred Sseeds on fan.
mel or blotting paper laid on sand
in a saucer. and cover with blot
ting paper; then moisten the whole
and keep them moist and warm
The number terminating will show
the percentage Of good seed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

There are about $1,000 CONNER
cial travellers in the United States
to day, and the old Bohemiand rink
ing type is almost extinct. Keen
competition has done it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

The Sun thinks that young peo-
pie should never kiss until after
they are married. We wish Mr.
Dana would tell US what to do wher
you softly and tremblingly ask
twill you be miner and she more
softly and tremblingly whispers,
"yesw 1t is our hurnble and in
alienable opinion that, if God evel
made a kiss for anything in the
world, he made it for that supreme
moment. We have spoken.-Puck
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Western judge to prisoner who
was arrested in the gutter YOU'RE
(hic) drunk yet, M fren'.
Prisoner-No shir, (hic) sober as
Judge.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

The Boston and Providence rail-
road company recently paid 81 600,
900 to injured passengers in the
Bassy bridge accident some time
ago. There were thirty-fve cases.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

Mosquitoes as big as sparrows
are reported at Cape May, where
people regret they have forgotten
their revOlyers.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

An exchange says bi. of cam
phor gum the sise of walnut held
over a lamp till it is consumed will
Danish the festive mosquito from a
room
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

The successful farmer is the
thorough farmer who understands
farming principles and practically
applies them.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09
and all selfish ambition.

and all selfish ambition.
We strive to secure entire harmo-
ny and good will among mankind,
and brotherly love among the mem
bers.
Such teaching is certainly in har
mony with Gods inspired word, and
if obeyed, will work wonderful
change among theepeople.
We believe in the doctrine ''pay
as you go" and urge upon farmers
the abandonment of the credit sys.
tenn as speedily as possible. What
is the cause of the credit system?
The want of money. Thence, the
want of money is the mother of the
credit system. That the said sys-
TEN is great evil to the toiling,
wealth-producing people admits of
no doubt. What is the remedy to
cure this great evil1 More money.
1 do not propose to discuss the diff
ferent ways of procuring more
money, but simply call your atten-
tion to the fact that it means high
er prices for everything you buy
and harder and more work to pay
for them, aud that considerable re-
lief can be procured by consumers
dealing directly with manufacturers
and demanding of our legislators
the enactment of such laws as will
prevent the accumulation of sur
plus money in the treasury and let
it remain in the pockets of the peo-
pile where it rightly belongs. When
it is in the peoples hands they can
use it to buy the nece ssaries of lite,
beautify and make their homes
more attractive, build good school
and church houses, educate their
children and build manufactures
OF every description, all of which
will add to the general prosperity
and happiness of the country and
prevent an extravagant and exorbi-
tant appropriation by the govern
ment. There is another great evil
attached to the credit system, and
that is it causes great many PEG
pie to buy things that they do no
absolutely need but just simply
want, and without which they coult
do very well. 1t causes the farmers
; to give mortgages upon their farms
crops fail, farms are sold and an
. other thousand families are added
: to the great army of renters, NOV
ing from place to place once a yea
' and sometimes more, their famille
poorly clad, children uneducate,
e and ignorance and idleness ar
r born, the evils of which are too nu
r merous for me to try to mention.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09

The Mills Bill, as it passed the
house, makes total tart If reduc-
ton of $50, SCI, 636 SO.