The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-08-26
SUNDRIES.

A vivid idea of the weakness c
chicken soup was conveyed in a wag'
query to his wife at dinner, "Can,
you coax that chicken to wade througI
the soup once more ?"
A Detroit man who committed sui
eide, left note saying that he wante,
to go, and intended to go, to some plac
where that brute of a wife' Woult
not know where to find him.
The following notice appeared upol
the west end of country meeting
house Anybody sticking bills agains
this church will be prosecuted according
to law, or any other nuisance"
A bleeding correspondent at Sarato
ga writes: " every negro expects tt
make enough in the three months Sa
ratoga campaign to keep him the res
of the year in affiuence, and he gener-
ally manages it!
A Tribune correspondent says thai
most of the Southern gentlemen al
| White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, are
| the worst dressed and the best hammered
men in the civilized world. Judges &C
to dinner in linen coats, and Generals
go to breakfast in dress coats of an az.
te-6elI1snI cut.
For several day ge posters appear
ed on the walls a Woolwich, Eng
land, announcing a public meeting in
favor Of woman suffrage, but at the
hour appointed the hall contained five
persons only, out of population of -,
900 souls this audience comprising one
boy, hall-keeper and three old women.
A Pittsburg magistrate, who unites
with the official functions of the busf-
ness of an undertaken, holds court in
his WarerOom, and deals out justice
with one hand upon plate bearing the
name of some person deceased, and the
other upon book of orders for funer-
ais. The litigants sit upon cOffins
while their cases are being disposed of.
Frederick the Great, who stigma
tized war as the greatest misfortune
that can befall humanity, says, in his
history of the Seven YeaTs' War {:
q There is a God of War; the issue of
battle is written in the stars. I have
won battles that L had already given
up for lost, and have been beaten when
victory was already nearly in my
grasp"
The late Sir George Cornwall Lewis
doubted whether any instance of a male
having attained the age of 100 wears
could be satisfactorily shown. Jacob
William Luring died recently in Eng
land, aged 103 years, / month and 4
days. He insured his life in the Equit-
able Assurance Company when he was
30 years old, namely in 1893. His heirs
have received on his policy nearly six
and half times the amount original
ly insured-the largest addition ever
paid in the history Of life ii'7surance.
Some days ago, a brignp-fttle juve-
nile, five years of age, named Rosa was
teased a good deal by a gentleman who
visited the family. He finally wound
up by saying Rosa, don't love YOU
All, but you have got to love me- said
the child. How so,' asked the tor
mentor. why, answered Rosa,' the
bible says you must love them that
hate you, and 1 am sure that hate
you.'
Open fan means friendship; shut
close, the opposite; half open, an in
vitatiOn to conversation touching the
lips with the top of the fan, an assur-
ance of secrecy and confidence; wav-
ing the fan to the right, have no fear"
to the left, somebody is Watching,D
covering the face with the fan, II IN
derstand )" lowering the fan below the
face, 4 don't understand ~ touching
the fOre&Pad, "yes;" waving it brisk
ly, "nO;" opening and shutting the
fan slowly, g I must have time to con-
sider;" quickly" /" write"
A Connecticut man recently ate a
hearty supper, smoked two cigars,
went to confectloner's and swallowed
three pints Of ice cream, drank two
glasses of ice water, ate an apple and
two bananas, with two slices of pine
apple thrown in. Then he went home,
ate half a pie, and drank a cup of tea,
and just before retiring took two glass
es of lemonade with a good sized stick
in it. He still survives, but some of
the papers have taken occasion to re-
mark that a great many mysterious
deaths are to be attributed to that style
of living.
A man in Wisconsin has made a re-
markable exhibition of ingenious work.
From piece of pine board twenty-five
inches long, four inches wide, and sew
en-eighths of an inch in thickness, he
has Whitfield seven pairs of dentists
forceps, three pairs of pliers, six pairs
horseshoe pinchers, one twisted link
chain with swivel, one straight link
chain, horse in stall, and two balls
in bOX-in all forty~seven distinct
joints, all of which are connected and
play with the utmost freedom. When
closed up, this singular piece of work
is the size of the board above described;
but when open or spread out for exhi-
bitiaQ, it covers a space about two feet
square. He was occupied upon the
work six weeks.
At Niagara Falls, the other day,Ya
petroleum princess from Pennsylvania
espied a loose chigl1Ol1 in the room of a
young lady of very delicate sensibiIi-
ties. The strange head gear at once
aroused all of her feminine curiosity,
and without ceremony she picked it up
and started off to find the owner. The
young lady was taking a stroll at some
distance from the hotel, when Miss
Pennsylvania approached her, holding
the !" thing" out at arms length.
Good gracious! what has that girl
gOt?' exclaimed one of the party, up
on observing her. But before answer
could be made the mischieVous female
thrust the chiggOn into the astOnished
face of it's owner, with, "I say, miss,
can borrow this new-fangled wig Of
yours for a little while; [ want pop to
get me one like it?" It became hers
at once, by gift.
What Young Men Should Do.
Every young man should make the
most of himself, physically, intelleCtu-
ally, and morally.
,. He should depend upon his own
efforts to accOmDliSh these results