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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-04-18
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Bodenhnnn.
BY SMALL BOY.
Here we are again after long

Here we are again after long
continued silence.
Since oar last, death has visited
usand claimed for its victim Mrs.
". II. Lanier, who has been in
very delicate health for some time.
She leaves n husband and children
to mourn her loss, but they have
the heart felt sympathy OF the CON-
munity. The remains were inferred
ut the Salem graveyard.
The health of tho community 10
very good at this writing. There
are one or two cases Of pneumonia,
we learn.
Planting corn and preparing the
land for cotton is the order of the
day just nsw.
Wheat 10 the finest we have seen
for several years.
There is a large acreage OF oats
sown this season.
The new saw-mill we spoke OF
some time since as coming TO this
place arrived here last week and
will be in operation soon. We
hope these gentlemen will meet
with great success.
Mr.. George Davis has had his
house beautifully fronted which
adds quite convenience 10 his
dwelling.
w. 5. Finley was in Lawrence
last week buying cattle.
S. @. Weatherly has sold out his
stock OF drygoods and gone back
to Lewis county. He was man
that was well thought OF by every
one that knew him.
James Vaughn who has been
clerking for Robert S. Patrick for
a few weeks, went home sick last
week. -
Miss Beatrice Patrick, who has
been attending college ut Florence
this year, came up on visit lsst
week, to the delight OF her many
friends.
Mr. Newt Horne, one OF Nash
ville's experienced drummers, wss
In the city last week.
Clint Packer, OF Lynnville, paid
us a visit few days since.
w. j. Moore and lady, of Mar
bn.s, we're the guests Of S. II. An
derson and others last week.
John S. Shores was visiting at
G. w. Vaughn's on Shannon re-
Gently.
Miss Lou Bivins, Of Sugar creek,
was In the burg last week.
Miss Ella Huges, OF Lawrence,
was among the visitors last week.
Miss Alice Fitzpatrick was vis-
iting her uncle, Henry Martin, OF
Shoal creek, last week.
Mr.. VIM. II. Moore returned
from an extended visit to Illinois
not long since.
There will be preaching the lst.
Sunday in April at Choates creek
by Rev. Mr.. Smith.
Mr.. Jno. Lanier and Alfred Fell
ker are all smiles this week
They are both boys.
! Success to THE CITIZEN.
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but dishonOred GEN. JUBALl A. EARLY
they cannot be. If they have honorable
foes, the victors will in no long time rec
ognize their value to the country, as is
generally the case in the United States:
if not. history will still do them justice,
The defeated Confederates have taught
the great lesson that there is rarely a
time to despair that the defeated of any
nation may still win much from fate by
being as honorable in peace as they were
brave in war. a peopio who will neither
bravely fight nor honorably make peace
is altogether despicable; the courage of
the Confederates ought to have con-
vinced their foes, even in 1865, that they
would keep their paroles. That it took
some years to convince ali the country,
though regrettablo, is but natural, see
ing that some millions OF men in the
north did not get in n fighting humor
till the fighting was over. That most
men are pow convinced of the fact we
owe, under God, to the dignified resigna-
ton os the defeated, and the energy and
ahility shown by their leaders.
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Mr.. Gerard Fowlge has, in q recent
contribution, given another blow 10
the old notion that the mound builders
of North America belonged TO an
ancient and extinct race, Messrs: Las-
clan Carr and Cyrus Thomas have
long held to the view that these inter
esting earthworkC were constructed by
American Indians The evidence TO
this effect is overwhelming, and few
advocates of the old view have endeav-
ored TO mako head against it. Mr..
Fowke adopts the hypothesis Of Messrs.
rars and T/nsnas. abandoning the no
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Nearly all of these designs are accom-
panied by letters. Some are addressed
to President jefferson Davis, some to
Alexander II. Stephens, and some to
Robert Toombs. aud a great many to
William Porcher Miles, who was the
chairman of the committee on flags. All
of the letters are full of feeling and all
glow with loyalty TO tho new govern
ment. Some are written by ladies, and
not few of the designs are furnished
by them. The ladies' letters are the most
earnest and enthusiastic. One Georgia
woman says she designed the flag which
she sends herself and that she hopes the
Confederacy twill secede peaceably, but
whether peaceably or not, it will Sc
cede." a South Carolina mother pathet-
icaliy says, dating her letter Feb. 10,
1851, that she has given three dear boys to
her country, and hopes the young repub-
lie will honor the memory of Washing
ton by dating its organization from the
22d of February and calling it the Wash
ington republic. She writes just as she
hears the news that Mr.. Davis has been
elected president, and she closes her let
Ter DN Say ing tIidb tiie eOutDtfn SOIilcQ-
eracy has the sympathy of every south
ern woman-wife, mother and maid
and that she glories in being woman OF
the south.
Other letters propose that the new
government be called Alleghania, and
the great majority of designs are modelled
after the flag of the Union. There wa.
very strong desire among the south
ern people to keep as much as possible ol
the old flag, and this desire is seen il
most of the letters. One letter, which
is dated Washington, Feb. 20. 1881, be
seeches the committee by all that i
sacred to stick to the stars and stripes
It says: "You have fought we'll undel
our glorious banner. Could you fight a.
well under another? Never. Alter it
improve it as you viii, but for heaveni
sake keep the stars and stripes" An
ether letter begs that the stars ant
stripes will not be given up 10 the north
and after saying that "the songs Of tn,
nation and .ts. flag have prodisiop
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NO I6
Honesty and Inteiligence.

It pays to be honest, you say.
Gran ted.
Yet how many are dishonest
h rough ignorance, exptdi,ncy.
or intenti onally. One can be dis
honest and yet say nothing.
A clerk who let's a customer buy
amsged piece of goods, wit
ness who holds back the ,rutb
wbic b would clear prisoner. a
medical practitioner who takes his
patients money when he knows he
is doing him DO good, all are cul.
pably dishonest,
Speaking of the dishonesty of
medical men reminds us that only
the past week there has come under
our personal OF servstion a form of
dishonesty which is almost too
mean for narration.
II is generally known tha, doc
tors bind themselves by codes. res
olutions and aoths not to use apy
advertised medicines. Now. there
is medicine on the market which
fer the past ten years, has accom-.
plished marvellous amount ef
good in the cure of kidney and
liver diseases, and diseases arising
nom the arrangement of these
great organs,-we refer 10 War.
ner's Safe Cure. So wide spread
are the merits of this medicine tha,
the majority of the doctors OF this
country know from sctua, evidence
that it will cure advanced kidney
disease, which Is but another name
for Brights disease.
The medical profession have put
themselves on recoi d as admitting
that there is no cure for this terri.
bic malady, yet there are physi
clans base enough and dishonest
enough TO procure Warmers Safe
Cure in surreptitious manner,
put the same into plain, four ounce
vials, and charge their patients
$500 per vial, when a sixteen ounce
bottle o, the remedy, in its original
package, can be bought at any
dug store in the world for I.25.
Perhaps the doctor argues that
the cure Of the patient jus,illes his
dishonesty, yet he will boldly stand
up at the next county medical
meeting and denounce Wsrner's
Safe Cure as patent medicine,
and one which he cannot and will
not use.
The fact Is that the people are
waking up to the truth that the
medical profession is far from hon
est, and that 1t does not possess
monopoly of wisdom In the curing
of disease. doctoring tho many
symptoms Of kidney disease, in.
stead Of striking at the scat of dis
ease-the kidneys themselves, al
lowing patients TO die rather than
use remedy known TO be a speci.
llc, simply because il has been ad.
vertised, and when patients are
dead from advanced kidney dis
ease, still practicing deception by
giving the cause Of death In their
certificates as pneuDonio, dropsy,
heart disease, or some other ac
companying effect of Bnghts dis.
ease.
All this is prima facie evidence
Of incompetency, bigotry and dis.
honesty.
We speak but the truth whom we
say that Messrs. Ii, Ii. Warner ~
Co. have done a most philanthropic
work for the past ten years in ed.
ucatlng the people up TO the knowl-
edge they now enjoy, especially of
maladios growing out of diseases of
the kidneys and liver, and arc de.
serving of all praise for their hon.
esty ard straightforwardness in cx-
posing shams aad dishonesty OF all
kinds.
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A new automatic magazine rifle, in
vented by r. Dewhurst and II. A.
Pitcher, has been brought out at
Neillsville, Wis, where It Is making
quite o sensation. Like tho Maxim
gun, the cartridges may be fred singly,
by pulling the trigger for each de-
sired discharge, or the gun may be set
SO as TO fire Itself of, with great rapid
ity, until all the cartridges in the
magazine are used.-Scienfifc Afneri.
can.
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The United States Is not the only
country where election expenses reach
an inordinate figure. N. Jacques, the
unsuccessful competitor Of Boulapger,
states that his expenses during the con.
test amounted to the enormous sum Of
1000, 600 francs-b4oD, 900. What the
successful candidates. expenses mus!
have been can only be conjectured, and
the papers which are opposed to him
are wondering from what source the
immense sum was derived. San Fran
cisco Chronicle. : -
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make their old comrades hearts swell
with pride. They are in all the great
cities of the country, in all tho active
lines Of business; and as Macaulay said
of Cromwclrs old soldiers, wherever one
of them has engaged in trade or profes-
sion he is man of mark for faithfulncss
and diligence.
What lawyer in New York is more
highly respected than Gen. Roger y.
Pryor; what railroad enterprises are
regarded with moro trust than those of
Gems Gordon, Bcauregard, Johnston and
many others; what congressman have
been listened TO with more respect than
IIill, Gibson, Vance, Reagan, Wheeler
and the Breckinridgos? When the awful
days of Fayetteville, Greensboro and Ap-
pomattox were fresh in memory, and
when all looked dark for our beloved
south n few feeble voices were heard
here and there advising voluntary exile,
and few-thanlS God they were very
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Resnect for the naad.

One of Governor Hoard's good sto,
ries is that Of an old Dutchman who
married two days after the burial OF
his first wife. K charivari was In or
der, and after the demonstration had
continued for some time tho Dutch.
man appeared at the door and said
Don't you know there vas q one fu
neral in dos house only two days ago
OF you hef no respect for me you
should for tho dead" Mr.. Hoard
thought this case Of monumental
gall. Chicago Herald.
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si45 Fiction or the necklace. She
changed her mind about fainting, re-
turned home with her brother, and
sent the necklace back to her young
man with note that she did not like
his brass.
tested the necklace in his presence,
and proved to him that it was full ii
carats. About that time young ply
sician called to purchase scarf pin.
He had overheard part of the story
and asked to hear the balance, as he
believed he could throw some light on
the subject Pretty soon he laughed
outright and said; why, sir, the
trouble is with your girl and not the
necklace. She has too much sulphur,
iron, mercury, salt or acid in her
blood, and as any of these substances
has an affinity for gold the expla-
nation is clear. | have patients for
whom mercurial medicines have been
prescribed, and the result is that their
| fingers upon which rings arc worn
discolor at once" Ny customer cooled
off and carried his purchase away.
| In connection with this subject a
good story is told at the expense of a
Maiden Lane dealer. He gave his
sister an IS carat ring as present
He is a practical joker, and she
asked him if the ring was gold. He
replied that it was. That evening the
young lady had occasion to remove
the ring from her finger, and she
noticed that the skin was greatly dis
colored. Jim has carried his jokes
too far" she exclaimed, and opening
the window threw the trinket into the
| street; some gamin picked it up.
When my friend learned of it he came
to me for consolation, and | explained
my own experience. His sister is sorry
for her haste.
"All is not gold that glitters," nor
is everything brass that discolois. A
person wearing o IA carat ring on one
finger and 10 carat on another may
have noticed that the finger with the
higher carat will be discolored and the
other one not. The reason is that the
ring of the lower carat fits snugly,
and the other is rather loose, thus
causing friction. -Jeweler's Weekly.
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were sent to the committee on flags
when the provisional congress first met
at Montgomery, and they came from
every state in the south. Only a few of
them are preserved in Washington, and
member of the Confederate flag COM
mittee says that the number of designs
received ran high into the thousands,
and that they filed box as big as piano
top. These were captured at Richmond
with the other Confederate archives,
and specimens Of them have been Sc
lected and pasted in this old scrap book
This book was originally a volume of
Confederate treasury blanks, and one
may see the promises to pay" here and
there pseping out from under the many
colored flags which ornament its
leaves. 1t is ragged volume, IS inches
long, 10 inches wide, and as thick as a
mans fist.
One hundred and twenty nine designs
for Confederate flag are pasted within
it, and these are of all sizes, shapes and
colors. Some are no larger than visit
ing card, others are the size of this news
paper, and several are of the full size of
the ordinary regimental flag. The last
are made of cloth and the coloring upon
them is of the brightest paint. The de-
sign here given with rattlesnake upon
it is as large as the sheet of a baby's
crib, and it looks as though it might have
been made of some such material. Its
thirteen stripes are of red and white, and
upon them are seven red stars and q
crimson crescent moon. This rattle.
snake has skin made up Of black and
yellow diamond spots, and there was q
motto: Don't tread on me-it is certain
death" This design was sent to Hon.
Robert Toombs, and in the letter accom-
panying it the writer says: "The white
stripes represent seven states of the SOUTH
and the red ones show that if they are
oppressed they will fight for blood. The
rattlesnake represents the Confederacy.
| If you come near him he will sing out
with his rattle; if you do not leave, and
| dare to tread upon him, it is certain
| DEATH"
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Iclsrrc IIonr.. In IlnrI.Ia

The Barlow folks arc having lots of
fun guessing the number of oranges
on tree. There were over 100 guesses
about the last one selected, j. Shell
nut winning the $50 prize for the near
est guess. lie guessed 1854 while
there were ! ,9G3 oranges. Tho other
guesses ranged from ,597 TO 5000
Jacksonville Times Union.
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Douytllc. tho Fraud.


One of tho most ingenious frauds
who ever imposed upon geographers
was the Frenchman, Douville, who
lived in tho carly part Of this century.
He told the most fabulous stories Of
his African travels, and as late MS 1850
there were some geographers who
still believed Douville was q remark
able traveller. He lived at a time
when the entire interior OF tropical
Africa was white space on the maps.
This great blank he undertook TO FIJI.
Though he was never moro than
twenty or thirty miles inland in his
life, he claimed 10 have penetrated
Central Africa, and TO have visited
the chief town Of the far famed Munta
Yamvo All he required for the work
was n few interviews with native ivory
dealers who came from tho interior
to sell their goods. They gave him a
good deal of misinformation, which,
with the aid Of n brilliant Imagination,
he expanded into a long story OF
travel. He caught hardly glimpse
of the truth with regard 10 tho many
countries he pretended TO have visited,
and inc described scores of towns and
states that had no existence. He be-
trayed his true character in a most
ludicrous manner. He had the auda-
city to invent a vocabulary for ono Of
his tribes, in which he made all the
words end in the letters orr. Some
students Of African languages dissect-
ed this vocabulary and promptly pro
nounced Douville first class fraud.
This shallow deceiver long enjoyed
great credit as traveller, but he lived
long enough TO see his pretensions
pretty thoroughly cxploded.-C. Q.
Adams in Pittsburg Bulletin.
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in the Louisiana State university he took
his old place in Alabama, fought his way
to the front, and since 1881 has won
higher honors in each successive con-
gress. Gen. Jubal A. Early in 1866
might have been thought as completely
ruined as man can be by wounds, disease,
defeat and desolation, added to tho
weight Of fifty years, but he had that
within him which neither wounds could
weaken nor defeat and poverty destroy
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success In all the
walks of life? Not
to speak of the
noble Lee, whose
I a IN @ K L o w s
brighter rs tho
years go ON, or
of many others
who have passed
away, the roll of
Confederates,
who now fill hon
orablc and prom
inent positions is
ono to astonish
IL, u-,plI aud
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save it,
And there's not one lsft to lave 1t
In the blood which heroes gave IL;
And It's foes now seorn and brave 1t;
Furl 1t, hide it---let it rest
Take that banner down. 'tis tattered;
Broken Is It's shaft and shattcred
And the valiant hosts nre scattered
Over whom it fioated high.
OH It's hard for us to fold il;
Hard 10 think there's none to hold u;
Hard that those who once unrolled it
Now must fui'i It with sigh.
Furl that banner. furl IL sGdlyi
Once ten thousands hailed II gladly
And ten thousands wildly, madly,
Sworc 70 Il ould forever wave;
Swore that foeInau's = sword should mover
Uenrts Ike theirs entwined discover,
TIL that flag should float forever
O'cr their freedom or their grave!
Furi IT, for the hands TINT grnspod it,
And the hearts TINT fondly clasped 1t,
Cold and dead are lying low;
And that banner-it ia traiiingl
While around it sounds the wailinS
OF It's people in their woe.
IbIf buDhku tObAlh'i'uf 'HNy tEN''A z ~
Love the cold, dead hands that bore It'll
Weep for those who fell before IL!
Pardon those who trailed and tore i'll
But, oil how wildly they deplore 1t,
Now who furl and fold It so.
Furl that bannerl True, IT'S CORY,
Yet tia wrcathcd around with glory,
And twill live In song and story,
Though It's folds nre In the dust;
For its fame on brightest pages,
Penned by poets and by sagcs,
Shall go sounding down the ages
Furl its folds though now we must.
Furl that banner softly, slowly
Trent It gontly-it is holy
For Il droops above the dead.
Touch u not-unfold IL never,
Let it droop there, furled forever,
For its peoples hopes are dcadi
Father Ryan.
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few - s O Il & II t
other lands. But
with one voice
the great COM
nauders s q | Il :
"Nevcr. Never.
No. let us never
desert our be-
loved southland,
tenfold dcarer To
us now than ever.
Let us stay with
the men no fol-
lowed Us 20 hat
tie. and rs far a9
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,
the spirit of a
true man. Be
& in min 6 anew
w hen past the
meridian of life,
he las prevailed
over obloquy and
almost defeated
misfortune. Gen.
Braxton Bragg,
after w in II i n 6
fame in Florida
o.,1 Maytno.,,rIo,
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moral fnnuence;~ 1t goes on: keep the
stars! Keep the stripesi Keep the
azure field, and then add a red cross-the
southern oss-cutting the stripes at
right angles"
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acy have taught
OIL Q i'm p ortant
lesson; they have
proved that men
w no res pee t
themselves an d
their cause cam
not long he put
down. They
may b Q sadly y
mistaken; t hey
may g disas-
trously defeated,
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hurried forward on foot. Finally they
wero furnished with horses and reached
the lines in time to witness the final
movements of the day. That night Mr..
Davis met his generals in conference
and dictated an order for a movement
on the rear of the enemy at early dawn.
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CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
INTERESTING DESIGNS SUBMITTED
BY MANY SOUTHERN PEOPLE.
The Old Scrap Book Now I'm the Archives
at Washington-Enthus of Confed-
crate Ladies-Tendency to Retain the
Stars and Stripes.
T. G.. DE FONTAINE

HE most curious
relic among the
archives Of the
Con federacy is
the scrap book of
designs for t h e
Confederate flag.
IT n n q deSions
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URL that banner, for It's
weary;
Round its staff 'tis droop-
ing dreefy;
Furl it, fold it, II il best;
For there's not n man to
wave It,
And there's not n sword to
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ono to astonisll
flia world and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-11

The laying Of the corner stone of the new
World building in New York city is an event Of
note in the history Of American journalism.
When We consider what the World was ten
years ago and what it is today, it is hard to be-
lieve that the same paper is before Us. In the
old days the Worlds improved real estate con-
sisted Of few neat, but not gsudy, castles in
Spain. In the near future its possessions will
include what promises to be the finest news
paper building in America, for it will have the
advantage Of the experience successfully of the
Herald, the tribune, the EUenirg Post and the
Times in establishing themselves in handsome
and convenient quarters. The speeches of
Chauncey N. Depew and Governor Hill were
thoroughly Characteristic of the two men.
Mr.. Depew msgnifed the functions of the press
as factor Of modern civilization, eloquently
choosing the most striking figures Of speech
for this purpose. Mr.. Hill waved Pegasus
away. and came down to the level Of ordinary
speech, face to face with the crowd. The
presence Of these two men, both of whom have
received their fair share Of criticism from the
newspaper whose permanent home they are
helping to found, was significant It was an
evidence that honest, straightforward treat
ment of public characters is not thrown away,
even upon those who are sometimes called
upon to suffer from il.