The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-23
SUNDRIES.

The vineyards of the Rhine have all
been destroyed. sF
What is the greatest curiosity in the
| world |? "A WOman's.
| An exchange says Iowa bellies run to
| fires. They must be fire bellies.
The value of the present ron-elad
| feet Of England amounts to GS,177, 600.
It is fashionable in New York to wipe
the feet on . hundred-dollar door mat.
Sweden still sticks to the velocipede,
| and several factories are busy all the
time.
The most unsOciable things are mile
stones; you never see two of them to-
gether.
Two old Rhode Island women have
had a years lawing about the right of
pet cat. canon "E- - Hg-'
Every theater in the State of New
York has to pay license fee Of five
hundred dollars.
A veritable unicorn has been captur-
ed in the wilds Of Australia, and is on
the way to England, ...
The Louj8iopeGs 6ugdr-BOWt is the.
name of a weekly recently started at
New Iberia, in that State -.----.r
The cost of the public printing at the
,
was about S2,O00,000.
The Egyptians 1000 years ago could
make fine linen cloth of a quality equal
to any that is now worn.
DR.. Helmbold has sued the New \ ork
Herald for 500, 600 damages from ma
HciOus squibs aimed at him and his
business.
The citizens Of Bath, Maine, still re-
ia nf
bells rung at sunrise and sunset, regard
less Of the clock.
People often wear religion q good
deal as they wear their clothes; on
Sundays fine and glossy ; Oh week days
sOiled and threadbare.
During the months of April, May,
and June, there were IS, ,49I marriages
in England, an average Of little more
than 500 day.
A man living in Kansas City, Mo-,
is said to have full set of furniture
made Of the tree on which his father
was hung ten years ago.
The value of the United States inn
ports during eight months ending Au-
gust 31st, was over $332, ,OO0, 600, and OF
the exports nearly 1896, 100000.
Russia has nine universities, all un-
| der control Of the Government. The
largest, that of Moscow, has seventy
five professors and 800 students.
Over 80, 600 vessels, 19, 900 foreign and
IL 600 Americans, entered and cleared
at ports Of the United States during the
eight months ending August 31st.
Van Amburgh's menagerie and cir
Gus, during its $50 working days OF this
year, cleared the liberal sum of $1S2, 600.
| The concern winters at Carthage, Ill.
The acres Of land near Basket Station
ON the Delaware Division of the Erie
| Railroad, sunk a short time since to q
| depth of forty feet. No water has sp-
| peared.
One Stafford, Of London, adYertises a
remarkable physiological discovery" "
| by means Of which persons can increase
in height and symmetry of figure.
! a The census returns from all the coun-
| ties Of New York make the population
| of that State 1870, $40, an increase OF
| 400, Ill i'll ten years, and 339, ,O69 in the
last five years. ,a--t s--s --ss
There are the strongest reasons for
| believing that death from lightning
must be painless, the nervous system
requiring g certain interval of time to
become conscious Of pain.
| The Mont Gents tunnel, the most
wonderful piece Of railway enterprise
| ever undertaken, will be completed
next year. At one part it is. 5000 feel
below the surface Of the earth.
! The gentler sex will regret to learn
that adVices from Northern New Y XOrkj
| the Canadas, in Maine, and Vermont,
| whence the best mink skins are pro-
cured, say the trappers have nearly ex'
terminated the animals. gva ~
] - 8 Z Il
I there who charged q client SO for col
lecting 50, but said he would not press
| aim to nav the other dollar fer q few
days if it would be more convenient fol
him to let it stand.
A cruel mother in Indiana, recently
captured and married her daughter
intended, Whereat the young lady
took umbrage and by way Of dire re
venge, set of half dozen punches firl
I crackers under the bridal couch.
A few days since a playful and pow
erfuI man at work in the KitteFy naVy
ward threw his arms over a scOmpan
IONS waist, end gave him such q hearty
squeeze as to injure him internally, s
that the man died. No harm was in
tended.
= G. V. Varley, of the Huxley schoO
Of specialists, thinks the planets vii
ultimately fall into the sun, and tn
suns into each other, until the excess
i've heat will redistiu matter over space
in a gaseous form. Creation viii thel
recOmmence.
DIR. Dio Lewis advances the idea, tina
the present method Of employing ply
sicians Is all wrong. They should, b
says, be paid stipulated sum yearly
for taking care Of the family health
and deduction made for every case c
sickness,