The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-12-24
SAYINes AND pOINGs.

has occurred IN that province.
McKRE RANKIN gets one hundred and
fifty dollars week, aud all he does is
to hug pretty girl and say "ha, ha i
WHEN you cant think Of what your
wife charged YOU to bring home get hair
pins. They are always handy IN the
house.
TIE Shah frightens his wives into
submission BY wearing a European
plug hat pulled down threateningly
over his right eye.
KANSAS woman who got S2S OF
orassbopper money invested il In a lot
terry, and is waiting for Providence to
double it.
A HrARr1Ess New Yorker. on the
death of his mOther-in-la =, sang Now
we 60 round the mulberry bush, the
mulberry bush. I"
It is estimated that COO. 600 men viii
swear or on toeacca on the 1sI OF jan
uary, and that 800 999 Of them viii be
using it on the morning of the "a.
A CAIRo man warns people not to
trust his wife, sud she Ietorts BY SAVING
that he'll 90 without clothes All summer
before she'll take IN Washing 10 rg nm
out again.
LADIES think that there ought to be a
law against men smoking cigars on the
public promenade. There IS laE-
the law Of politeness-but It Is often
violat, d.
A MONSTER cheese, weighing fourteen
tons, and measuring thirteen feet IN d.
ameter aud eleven in height, IS TO pc
made IN Ohio and exhibited at the Phil
adelphia centennial.
HAVE you heard Of the greatest herds
man in the world His name Is SAM
usl W. Allen. He has rancho eighty
miles long by forty wide, lying between
the Nevada and Colorado rivers IN Tex
as, and he has 225, 600 cattle.
II yon have been picking or handling
acid fruits, and have stained your hands,
wash them in clear water, wipe them
lightly, and, while they are yet moist
strike a match and shut your hands
around it so as TO catch the smoke, ana
the stain will digappear.
A FAMILY OF body-snatchers IN Gene
see county, Mich, haven't had to buy
any uight-oiothes for fifteen years.
They say that cremation is All Wen
enough to talk about, but that It would
not be tolerated "a an advanced age
like this.
els YOUR intended husband IN his
conversation and carriage consistent
Christian ?" asked a clergyman Ct
young lady who was soon 20 oe mar
ried. "In his conversation ne rs very
pious indeed, bat I never saw nm II
his carriage" " was the innocent reply.
FRoM a ehurchyard in the parish OF
Beestor, Norfolk, England, comes this
strange epitaph
Here lies Elizabeth Gwinu,
Who was 50 very pure Within
She broke the outer shell et sin,
Aud Matched herself a cherubini-
Two negro girls in want Of new bon
net. placed distractions on the VIII
mington and Weldon railroad, near
Warsaw. the other day, for the purpose
Of killing some ladies on the tram, that
thew might secure the bonnets. They
have been tried before q magiatrnte and
sent to Dublin jail i1lcinnGtf In
SrygUuAR to relate, an old sausage
grinder, pair of hinges, cracked
Sridiron. and a half-dozen pieces OF
sorap-iron we're found in the centre OF a
cotton bale az Mason, Georgia, the
other day. The articles are supposed
to have accidently dropped ont OF the
vest pocket OF some darkey while en-
gagged in packing the bale.
THE bishop of Wurtsburg once askod
a spriehtly little shepherd boy, -" What
are Won doing here, my lad p . Tend-
ing swine" 50 How much do you gstr
50 One fiorin q week. - am also
shepherd" )" continued the bishop, |" but
1 get much more pay. Ihen sup
pose you have more swine under your
care" innocently replied the boy.
THE teachers Of Chicago have now for
two years, under a very voluntary agree
menf. dispensed with the rod III school,
and Superintendent Pick eiaims the fol-
lowing results 1. Order as ever before.
2. Obedience is prompt and cheerful
3. Malicioussness less than ever pe-
fore. Suspensions for miBconduct
are only about ono-haif what they have
been in the best of former years.
THAT great ecclesiastical nomad, Par
son Newman, is gradually drawing near
again to the shores OF his native land.
He comes with the genuine Jerusalem
odor of sanctity about him and 2 bottle
of Jordon water IN each pocket. HIS
country allowed him 80, GOO IN gold
during his absence, which is $4,000 for
the Jerusalem Odor and IS, 600 bottle
for the JOrdon water and he's willing
TO do il again on the same terms.
AN eminent Judge Of our Supreme
Court once defined the difference be-
tween Norwich and New london by re-
marking that, in Norwich, when man
succeeded in initiating q bladder, the
whole population took hold and aided
him in swelling it 10 the largest possi-
bic proportions, while, in New London,
the moment q man gave any promise OF
rising 20 prominence, hundred per-
sons stood ready TO stick pins INTO the
bladder aud let the wind out.
II Is told of the late Judge benjamin
Tap9an, OF Ohio, that when he applied
TO the Judges Of the supreme court for
admission 10 the bar Of that state ho
was asked the following questions, 10
which he gave the answers as follows
d" Mr.. Tsppan, what is Law p Answer
s. An unjust distribution Of justice"
" Mr.. Tappan, what is equity2 An
swer-" A d-d imposition upon com
mon sense 2" No other questions we're
asked, and be was given oerahcate OF
admission.
ARTHuR OnroN's sisters have ad-
dressed a petition to the queen impior-
ing the release of "the gentleman
known to them as Sir Roger Tiehborne,
as he Is not and cannot De ther urotner
Arthur" They state in the petition
many reasons why he is not their
brother, and desire the release Of the
prisoner on the ground that Il is very
hard upon them aud their family to
have It imputed that their brother is n
convict for such a crime. The home
secretary has declined TO advise her
majesty 10 grant the petition,
CLARA MoRms makes Lady Macbeth
a blonde. And why not People were
oHite shocked when Feohter represented
Hamlet as q blonde, although It is no.
torions that nearly al Danes are light
haired. Why should not Scotch lady
have light hair And Why should mel
anehcly, passionate, royeBgeful, schem-
ing or generally immoral characters
necessarily be associated with black
hair and eyes ? The stage william, male
or female, is almost always dark, but
the brunettes in real life are not partic-
ularly given over 70 deprayity that We
are aware Of.
A WRITER in the Commercial from
Ashland, Kentucky, mentions a E.Bgu-