The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-01-06
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Queen Victoria ald daughters. have
four special dressmakers among thems
A Newark peddler Of shoe-strings
leaves q fortune of $50, 600.
Some careful man has Rscertained
that the average head contains $50
hairs.
New. Albany Ind has lady OF
nity-hve, who, who scouting her third
set OF teeth.
IL is stated that only Zoo out OF the
5000 words used in the English Bible
sre in saly true sense obsolete.
The Postmaster General thinks ulai
but foT the existence of the franklng
privilege, his Department would t-s.
come sell-sustaining.
California Is building CHURCHES ou
the one~story plan, soas to avoid acci-
dents by earthquake.
The tAdventures OF Robinson Crl-
soc" have reached 8 greater sale than
any work ever written.
Frank ToOle has dog which he ha.
named Peanuts, on account ofthe thin
ness of his bark.
An old proverbs says :-"DecemLer
thunder brings much wind and rain in
the next Summer
Census Marshal Morris found az Iu-
dian woman in California l40 years
old. She is forever chewing tobacco
when she isn't drinking whisky.
A man iii Lee Mass has secured a
Judgment for $3.50 against a neighbor
for putting n scarecrOw beside the road
by which his horse was scared Go
death.
An acre of land has been sold in tie
city Of London fori =, 600, ,Oo0, and in
nearly every portion OF the city land l.
said to be increasing in value every
year.
It Is an error 10 suppose that where
ever a light will burn, man can live.
n candle may burn in q mixture Of
earbonic acid and air, which Is incaln-
ble of sustaining life.
The Boston Post, in review OF the
gambler-shOOting season ia San Fran
cisco, remarks that the exhilaratinu
strains of the revolver are heard there
on every pleasant afternoon.
A scientific French gentleman, DR..
LabOTde, has announced the discovery
Of an inialiible means of distinguishing
between real and apparent death, by
sticking a needle an inch or so iuto the
body. The novel element of Dr. Lab
orde's discovery is, that in the living
tissues, the needle becomes tarnishea
and odOrrlzed, while in the actually
defunct lt retains its polish.
a negro boy was driving a heavy OK
cart Saturday night from Georgetown
TO the Weehaw plantation, in Soutir
Carolina, where he belonged, and,
when about mile out Of town, stooI,-
ed down to get his whip, and fell pros
trate on the ground, so that the Wheel
ran over his neck, breaking it, causing
Instant death.
Spontaneous combustion has occilr-
red in 1900 tons OF coal stored in Troy.
There is now no dispute as to the fac,
that coal, even in comparative small
quantities, will take fire Of itself, and
that damp will sometimes aggravate
its liability to do so.
An old hermit, ninety years Of aRe,
has been discovered at the foot Of Tho
tishilill mountains, far away from
any other human being. lie is said 10
possess some SJ0,O He has farm
of sixty acres, and eultiVRtes IL. He
lives in squalidness and filth.
OF the twelve widows Of reYolutioua-
ry soldiers, who are 400 years of age or
over, three live in Maine, their names,
residences and ages being as foil ows
Anna Planee of Portland, 100; Hap
py Mouse, OF Portland, 100; aud Han.
nah Andrew, of Lowell, 1Ol.
Insects are believed TO have uio
power of appTeciatilg sounds of great
delicacy, and sometimes by organs ol
sense, which seem strangely situated.
Mr. Wallace says that the orthoptera
such as grasshoppers, etc, have
what are supposed to be ears on their
forelegs.
\ late resident of Portsmouth. New
Hampshire. residing in an elegant house.
was never able 70 decide az 10 a design
for his gate. Since his death for sever
al years the stone posts have been hung
with pieces of rope holding an old lad
der-and the widow, who desires TO fol-
low out her late husbands wishes, re-
news the ladders as they get broken.
aud keeps up the plan of the departed.
\ writer in Paris iRtimates that the
Prussiancclebrities had better not bc
ProJigal of their persons II thoy ever
expect to get into that city, inasmuch
rs there are plenty of French would--bu
Wilkes Booths really to make short
work OF King, Prince, or Bismarck, or.
for that matter, ''the whole bilin' Ofem."
il they can but get chance.
Mr.. Krupp, the proprietor Of the ia
nous foundry at Essdcn, Prussia, has
perfected q new cannon for the aerial
warfare against balloons. 1t is riiled
steel gun Of five feet in length and
throws ball OF one and half inches
in diameter. it is attached 10 per-
pendicular shaft, and can easily be turn
cd IN any required direction. This In
genlous gun has has been forwarded to
Versailles to be tried against the bui-
looms by which the Parisians carry
their mails
Greencastle, Franklin county. Penn
9ylFania, has colOred Iuan who has
double organization, and can change hIs
heart in four different positions, while
his bowels revolyc around like "A baIl
with great rapidity, backward and for
Ward, ana when their motion ceases nl
extra set Of ribs slide down and eovry
tile entire abdomen. lie saws he tIoes
not suffer IN the least from This curious
freak Of nature.
The GIenwood Iowa Opinion Fecorl-
a horrible death near TINT cicg. 4 lifff
son OF Mr. Cooley, while ridinr - a
wagon. wa'i jostied from his se5ft asii
leil 70 tse ground Immediately ia rroit
oi fore wheel Of the wagon. seI,iel,
liassed uircctiy over his head cfffsi,fn.~
his sktll rs though it were an egg -bolI
The child expired without cry. or q, ga
"a struggle.
The State Legislature Of North g..r,,.
lima has agreed upon the diem of iie
members. The Speaker gets.s7. mem
bers 50, principal and assistant clerk
s., enrolling and sngrOssiHg clerks o11,l
and assisfants S5 ami .i1
cents mileage. Both Houses have
agreed upon an adjournment until fbe
18th of January next.
An old negro woman in Norfoil
Va, having dreamed for several afi,.-
eossive nights Of finding froa-
sure about the house, Gt last thoIiobl
she would search and find onf fl ID ,rcr..
true. Removing two or three brick.
from tle hearth, she was astOui-hed 10
find decayed W0oden box containing
some OF the "old Continental" curren-
cy, a gold watch, the works OF which
J fad been totally destroyed by rust, and
a number Of gold and silver coins of
English and Spanish money worth
several hundred dollars.