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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-03

What better example Of industry
than that presented by the COW in the
pasture getting her breakfast, unless
perchance It be the busy bee, or the
tiny aGtl
What trues picture of contentment
than that which the COW displays,
when after her repast she lies quietly
chewing her juicy cudl
The COW as well as the lamb is also
a striking instance of gentleness and
patience. ! am describing the COW
when she is at her best under good
treatment. a we'll fed COW Is pretty
sure to be contepted, gentle and pa
tent. AS rule 1t Is chiefly when she
works hard aid don't get enough for
1t that she is discontented and finds no
comfort In the shade.
The milk flow is IN a great measure
regulated by the cows contentment.
Her happiness rebounds to our good.
In order to make the most Of the COW
we must make her happy.
cool spring, and o shady spot are her
chief delights, and wheh furnished In
their fullness viii make prosperous
focks and happy herds. How jmpor-
tant is this question of good pastures
Also see that the cattle are well shell
tered in all cold and disagreeable
storms. The COW seems to be nearest
her natural condition when In the
pasture. Let us mako the pasture as
pleasant place for her as possible.
All hail to the cow In the pasture +
A. p. Reed in Lewiston Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-03
A Celebrated Fighting Pig.

In little hostelry at Jenkintown,
whose walls are bedecked with queer
old fashioned sporting pictures, there
is one illustration that will recall to old
patrons of all sorts of diversions a curl
Gus feature of bygone days when
many things went that wouldn't go
now. tits a fairly spirited sketch Of
the famous fighting hog Patsey, or
some such name. There was not
much fat on Patsey, but he had quick
legs and ugly teeth, and his owners
would fight him against any dog in
the country for 800. No dog ever
got Patsey by the ear and held on any
great length Of time, and the pig had
long record OF dogs killed in the
ring; ell kinds of CANNES they were,
too. Patsey, SO far as the sporting inn
keeper at Jenkintown can tell, is the
only hog with this kind Of talent that
ever ived.-Philadelphia Press.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-03
Glaa ne WE. SO. super.tl.loa..

Widow Flapiack-Are you super
stitious, Mr.. De Smith,
Gus De Smith-Not at all.
Then ! don't mind telling you.
That's the thirteenth biscuit you've
eaten tonight. Texas Siftings.
There is college for horses IN new
York. where horses are trained for the
fire department service. The college
is in charge of veterinary surgeon,
DIR. Sheer, who says that in his opip-
ion horses and boys are very much
alike, both amenable to kindness. A
whip is never used in the college.
The discovery of the curious ice
cave in Ashley valley, in the Rocky
mountains, continues to attract atten
ton. Tom Mitchell, who has just re
turned TO Salt Lake City from there,
says that in the latter part of August
he found in the cave a section of ice
twenty-five feet high and thirty feei
thick at the base. A small lake was
also discovered. One of the rooms In
the cave was over ], 200 feet long. Ths
party who went in with Mitchell wers
bound together much after the fashion
of Alpine climbers.
The lower animals are said to b,
greatly terrified by earthquakes, ane
their excitement beforehand Is some
times sufficient to foretell the event
No doubt they know well that some
thing terrible Is taking place. During
the Toxic earthquake OF 1880 cats raj
about the houses trying to escape
foxes barked, and horses attempted u
kick down the boards combining then
to their stables. -.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-03
Complaint Of a Typewriter.

I listened with interest the other
day to an intelligent ty typewriter deliver
herself on the subject of the English
in the papers she copies. She has an
Office in downtown office building
and does work for all classes of bust
ness men. 'sWhat surprised me when
/ first began typewriting," said she,
was to find out how little simplicity,
clearness and directness there was in
business mems style. The papers I
read, about everything from mines to
patent garters, would confuse the wits
of Socrates, they are SO verbose and
involved and confused, TO say nothing
about grammar that makes a subject
singular and a predicate plural, or
scatters capitals as if with a pepper
box. We typewriters have 10 straight
en- out things like that, all the time,
and we have to be as diplomatic about
it as courtiers as well. If we don't do
it the men SEQ or find out there is
something wrong when it is done, and
then they hate US and take their work
somewhere else; but we must not ask
them about any changes; that morti-
fies 'em and makes 'em mad; and,
again, if we make change that they
get onto and don't happen TO know
that 1t is mistake corrected, why
then they flare up. They are always
writing big articles, the big guns are,
about what should be taught in the
public schools. | can tell 'em what
should come before drawing, or chem
istry, or algebra, and that is the ability
to write plain English on plain sub
jects. And it doesn't now, I can tell
you that New York Graphic.
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Emperor williams Brother.

Prince Henry, OF Prussia, the kai-
ser's brother, is the idol of the German
naval service. He is the 'sUnser Helm
rich" OF the navy, just as his imperial
father used to be the "Unser Fritz" of the
army, and countless stories are told to
illustrate his good nature, his devotion
to his profession and his physical Prov
ess. Once, when the Olga, of which
he was then a watch keeping lieuten-
ant, was lying in the Gulf of Kell, the
order was given through him for all
hands to bathe. The weather was
chilly, and an officer remarked to the
prince that the water must be far too
cold to be pleasant. He suggested
therefore that the order should be an
nulled. Without a word, Prince
Henry, who was on the bridge, sprang
thence into the sea, swan to the Ja-
cob's ladder asst ,rn, climbed on board
again, and mounting, dripping, to the
bridge, said to the officer, ''Do you
say SO now2" There was no reply,
and the prince, instead Of going below
to change, remained on the bridge in
his wet clothes until his watch was
relieved. Another story illustrates
the princes activity. One day at Will
helmshaven he put thaler between
his teeth and dashed up the rigging of
his ship, crying, "He who catches me
shall have the thaler." Although he
was pursued by the whole of the ships
company not on duty, he was not
caught, and at last, swinging himself
by rope on deck, he turned to the
nearest of his pursuers and said laugh
ingly, IF you are as thirsty as am
you must want it, so here's your mon
ey."-New York Tribune.
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what They sought.

One of the talkative people that I've
met at this busy, cheerful place. this
week, is drummer.
'I call this a pretty slow town" "
said he.
"You do, eh2"
'I should say so. In town Of this
size, out west, there would be five OF
six big hotels, three or four newspa-
pers, two or three elevators, half q
dozen railroads, dozen beer gardens,
three or four shooting galleries and O
crowd on the street all the time. To O
man that's been travelling in the west,
this town seems like q country village.
It's so all through the east. Dead,
dead, dead. Can't sell any goods. No
use to try. I'm going to skip for the
live west, again, right off. The last
western town was in was daisy.
sold four customers bills OF six OF
eight hundred dollars apiece In less
than four hours and didn't half try.
1t would paralyze me to find town
like that in tho east. Confound the
east, anyway. It's dead, tell you.
have no use for it. want to be in Q
place where there's some life."
What do you SELF" asked mild
hammered little man in one corner.
''Coffins, said the drummer, brisk
ly.-'Here, you, bring me a yard and 6
quarter of custard pie and no flies on
It, my boy ln-Lewiston Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-03
Caught a Wolf Spider.

It is not often that wolf spider is
found in Illinois, and it is not surpris-
ing, therefore, that Mr.. r. M. Truak,
of Morgan Park, was considerably
frightened the other morning while
trimming his lawn to run across one
of these i'll favored insects. lie quick
ly recovered from his surprise, how
ever, and soon had the creature i'm
prisoned in bottle. The spider be-
longed to the Mygale family, and is
dignilied with the Latin name Tycosa
Fatifera, or wolf spider. The speci-
men, in question measures one and
one- half inches in length, and its
body is covered with shell like sub.
stance. Its sting is deadly poison. 1t
is a native of northern Europe, al
though branches of the Mygale family
are found in the warmer climates of
America. Nine Merriam is authority
for the statement that the American
Mygale attacks and kills small birds,
even going SO far as to drag hummiEg
birds out of their nests and devour
them. The wolf spider is the most
ferocious of the Mygales, which, ac-
cording to M. Walckenaer, are divi-
ded into thirty-six species.
The question is, How did the spider
get to Morgan Park2 Mr. Truax's
theory is that in some way it was
brought over by a gang Of Italians
who recently arrived in this country
and are now at work in Morgan Park.
Chicago Tribune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-03

While the annual reunions of the
Confederate veterans are being held
over the state, there is a member of
Company ! of the Forty-frst Georgia
living in this county who was in every
battle fought by his regiment, in
every skirmish in which his company
was engaged, in every charge made
by his command, and he did not fire a
gun. He was then, and is now, q
minister of the gospel. He did not be-
heve In killing men, and frequently
charged the enemy with yell, saw
his comrades fall by his side, and
whether routing the Union soldiers
or being routed he would not shoot.
He was always ready for duty, stood
guard, remained at the picket post,
and obeyed implicitly every command
of his superior officers except to draw
cartridges, load his gun, and shoot.
At New Hope church on the retrea:
from Dalton, several rounds of car
tridges were issued to the soldiers and
he took one and u short time after
wards he was struck by spent ball,
but not hurt This remarkable man Is
o successful farmer, and splendid
Bible Christian preacher, and is named
Zachariah p. Hardigree.-Haralson
(Ga.) Banner.
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Two men from indianapolis follow
ing a new vocation are in this city.
They are professionalism of Eng
Esh sparrows They sell the birds to
the Indianapolis gun clubs or TO trap
shooters OF the vicinity.
The two men were equipped with
an immense net in which they caught
the birds. The latter are always
very numerous around two large
churches on Broadway which have
ivy covered fronts. The men obtain
ed permission from the church officers
TO catch all the birds they could, and
followed by considerable and curious
crowd they began their hunt They
threw their net over large part of
the front of one of the churches and en-
trapped hundreds of the birds. Many
Of them got away, but many more did
not, and the haul was repeated several
times, with the same success. At the
other church they had the same good
fortune. They visited several large
|. buildings, and during their ten days
stay here they caught over 1000
sparrows. They expect to return next
week. They get about 20 a hundred
for the birds, and If their luck contin-
ues will make considerable money.
Louisville Cor. New York Sun.
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The Law Prohibited.

Sol Smith Russell has hit upon new
excuse for declining to employ anna
teur actors and actresses. While he
was playing in small western town,
few months ago, a stage struck dam
sci called at his hotel and begged him
to engage her as member of his
company. When asked to give an ex-
hibition of her powers as an amateur,
she said that she knew nothing that
she could recite, but If Mr.. Russell
would give her anything to study she
knew she could act.
"Why do you feel so confident of
your acting powersf" dryly asked Sol.
Because have genius" instantly
replied tho young stage struck lady.
''Genius, ehY" remarked Russell. He
studied tho floor for awhile, and then,
quickly looking up at the ambitious
little woman, he said, my dear lady,
/ would like to aid you in your desire
to shine as an actress, but the fact is
tho interstate commerce law prohibits
me from carrying an extra amount of
genius, and my company Is very near
~ overloaded with it now."-New
York Star.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-03

To give variety to the ancient fiddle
business, / will tell true story of an
old thing which is old and odd, If not
musical. Not long since we moved
here from Arkansas, where genera
tons of our folks had kept house.
Searching yesterday IN a trunk we
brought / found a wealth Of relics
One was bundle Of biscuits wrapped
In a copy of q Franklinville paper,
dated Jan. 8, 1923, during Monroe s
prosperous regime. The bread had
evidently been laid away, and, the
weather being cool, the boarders had
refused to eat cold biscuits That was
before baking powder was in vogue
They were SO tempered by age that
they would actually ring forth a me-
tallic sound which ! think would not
flood the soul of hungry wood chop
per with rapturous melody. What
would / take for them2 Nothing.
Aunt broke tooth in biting one and
that cost me $11. We will keep these
biscuits as family heirloom. / would
like to hear from any one who has a
biscuit more entitled to whiskers.- In
terview in St Louis Globe Democrat
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THE MYSTERY OF THE PlrchEa


lightning EiIled the Girl Who Carried II
and Ne Gne has Touched 1t Since.
Mr.. J. 3. Toomer recently told The
Banner tae following story, that is as
singular rs it is interesting:
About i've miles from Aiken, 8. c.,
on the Charleston dirt road, and in
sight of the railway is a little place
that was first christcned Pole Cat, :"
but afterwards changed TO Montmo-
renci, tho French for that odorous lit
tie animsl. Many years ago young
woman came with her pitcher to draw
a bucket of water from we'll at Mont
morenci, and set the vessel on stone
post that some of the railroad men had
moved there. While drawing the
water flash of lightning came that
struck the chain to which the well
bucket was attached and the woman
was killed in her tracks. Her remains
were removed, but the pitcher was
left just where the dead girl had SCI it.
To this day, the pitcher remains il the
same place, and so far from being re-
moved it is said that no living hand
has ever touched it save its owners,
although near the side of the public
road But the most wonderful thing
is the superstition attached to this
pitcher.
There is an indescribable influence
surrounding it that prevents its touch.
Hundreds of people have gone with
the firm determination of lifting the
pitcher, but when they approach it a
strange repugnance comes over them
and they hurriedly depart without
carrying out the object of their visit.
One night a bully i'll the neighbor-
hood, while under the influence of
whisky, made bet with some friends
that he would go and bring back the
pitcher. He left to do so, but soon re-
turned as pale as 6 sheet and empty
handed. Boys" he remarked, ''no
person alive can lay hands on that
pitcher, and / wouldn't attempt ii
again for the whole of Aiken county.
He refused to tell his experience, and
said he would not talk about the mat.
ter. Other parties have gone to see it,
but meet with the same repulsive feel
ings. So soon as they would step of
few feet the sensation would leave
them. Parties have frequently amused
themselves throwing stones at the pit
cher, and when almost in its reach the
missiles seemed to glide around it.
Mr.. Toomer tells that tic other day.
when he passed this spot with his
wife, he got ont and tried his marks
manship with brickbats, and, while q
pretty accurate thrower, he met with
no success-that he had as well try te
knock down sunbeam with a rock
Mr. Toomer further stated that he
had been passing this pitcher fol
years, and always found it in the same
place on the post. Before reaching il
he would firmly make up his mind tc
remove the vessel, but when he ap
preached it he experienced the same
repagnance to touching it as an un.
canny object The old well from
which the dead girl was drawing
water has long been filed up, and nc
signs of it remain. Mr.. Toomer is ar
entirely reliable gentleman.-Athen.
IGa Rauoar
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Peter the great was once travelling
incognito in {. part of Finland, just
conquered, where he was executing
some naval works. lie met an over
fat man who told him he was going
to st. Petersburg. "What for2n said
the car. ITO consult doctor about
my fat, which has become very op
pressive." ''Do you know any doctor
there2" No 'aThen l will give
you word 20 my friend, Prince Men
schikoff, and he will introduce you to
one CT the emperor's physicians. The
traveller went to the princes house
with the note; the answer was not de
layed; the next day, tied hands and
feet, the poor man was dragged oil
In a cart to the mines. Two years
after, Peter the Great was visiting the
mines; he had forgotten the adven-
ture of the over fat man, when sud
denly miner threw down his pick,
rushed up to him, and fell at his feet
crying: "Grace, grace what is it
have donei" Peter looked at him as
tonished, until be remembered the
story, and said: ''Oh, so that is you;
hope you are pleased with me. Stand
up. How thin and slight you have
becomel You are quite delivered from
your over fat: il is q first rate cure.
Go, and remember that work is the
best antidote against your complaint r
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-03
Accident Insurance

Concerning the amount of railroad
travelling in this country and the
number of miles covered, the sale of
trip accidental insurance policies is
very meager. One reason Is the price
charged, which, although low enough,
is much higher than in most other
countries. Two cents will pay for an
accident policy covering days jour
ney In England, and In France and
Germany the passenger can insure
himself on a journey for nothing, the
receipts for advertisements printed on
the ticket or book remunerating the
insurance. II he's been reported sew
eral times that this scheme will be In
troduced generally in this country,
and lately there have been renewals
Of the rumor.-Interview in Globe
Democrat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-03

The two sous of the two leaders OF
English political life are both good
parish priests, the one at Hawarden
and the other at Hatfield. Mr.. Stephen
Z. Gladstone hes to supervise six or
seven district churches, and has a
double daily service at the parish
church. His ecclesiastical training
was obtained In the purlieus of the
Lambeth potteries, while Lord Viii
liam Gascoyne Ceca, the rector of
Bishop Hatfield, served under the
vicar of Great Yarmouth. The tall
figure of the prime minister's son was
well known in the narrow and pecu-
liar courts where real bloaters receive
their final smoking. Now he has a
daily service at Hatfield house to per-
form, and to provide ministrations
twice day at the magnificent parish
church, while ON Sunday. with the
aid of only two curates, he also finds
services at two or three district
churches, a mission church and q
cemetery chapel.-London Telegraph.
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Arab boys are expert swimmers,
and, like boys in general, are fond OF
displaying their skill before strangers,
il only they are awarded by some
small coin. Mr.. Eden tells how they
shoot the rapids Of the Nile.
! Seating themselves astride log OF
wood about six feet long, and buoyalt
enough to support them waist high
out OF water, they ride 1t with the seat
and gestures of jockey, and with
hands and feet keep 1t straight with
the line Of the current.
The fall is shot with an ease and
grace that does away with the sense OF
danger one would expect to feel at SEQ
ing q man hurled along amid such q
boil and turmoil OF waters but once
as the bottom they have bard strug.
gle to induce their horses to turn oui
Of the course.
4 To do this they avail themselves oi
the impetus acquired by the log In its
shcot, and throwing themselves fSll
length upon 1t they seem, with a sud
den stroke of tho left leg and arm, tc
drive 1t and themselves out Of the cur
rent.
/ 10 fail in this would be dangerou:
even to Arab swimmers. Immediately
below lie ugly rocks, on which tho
heavy stream breaks with fearful vio
leuc6. 6.-Chicago. Herald.
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The Cxar's Real Title.

Perhaps some day the propriety will
be seen of no longer calling the en-
peror of Russia the ''czar." 1t is a
title but little used in Russia The
emperor styles himself ''imperator,
which is much higher title than that
of ''czar;" and when, in 1915, Alex
ander received at the congress of vi
emma the title of king of Poland, the
accepted Russian equivalent to the
title liking" was "czar." Peter the
Great made a determined diplomatic
fight in order to obtain his recognition
as emperor, and this was at last con
ceded to him by the English, partly
because, for commercial purposes,
we wanted his alliance, partly because
some member of the Russian embassy
in London had been imprisoned or
otherwise maltreated, SO that it was
thought desirable to make by way OF
compensation the concession Peter SO
much desired. If, however, we insist
upon calling the emperor of Russia
the czar (his own subjects call him,
among the educated classes, ''emper-
or" and among the peasantry 'gos-
sondar," or lord) we might at least
write the name as it is pronounced,
and spell it not in Polish or Hunga-
rian fashion, but as the simplest trans
lation from Russian into English de-
mands. The word is pronounced
'.tsar," and the first letter of the word
in Russian corresponds precisely to
our "ts. St Stephens Review.
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Good for Potatoes.


Gosh but it's hoti" he said, as he
backed into doorway on Woodward
avenue to mop his brow.
"Yes, but it is needed" replied the
man who was ahead of him by about
two minutes.
rs it2 What for9"
''The potato crop"
"Ahl yes. / suppose So"
There was silence for q minute OF
two, and then he queried:
How will it help potatoes2"
''Bake 'em ready for the table, and
thus save heap of fuel and trouble
next winter. If you have few min
utes to spare we will figure a little
and think we can arrive at a pretty
close estimate of the fuel. If remem
Der right, it takes four pounds of Goa
to bake six potatoes Let us estimate
the yield Of
'1'll be hanged if we will" growled
the other, and he went off huffy.-De
troit Free Press.