The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-04-29
FAcrs AND FANCTEs.

-aMA," /" said an intelligent, Thought
full boy, 6 I don't think Solomon was
so rich as they say ne was" Why,
nv dear, what could have put that into
vour head p ss WHY. the Bible says
ne slept with his fathers and I think
II be had been so very rich he would
have had bed of his OVID
A shaft has been sunk ct Lswton
England, for the purpose of pumping
up brine, to be conveyed by pipes to the
coke ovens In connection with colliery.
distance of two or three miles, there
TO be converted into salt by means Of
the waste heat from the ovens. The
cost OF the undertaking viii, it is said.
exceed 500, 900.
-Cordier, Q French sculptor. has de-
signed a monument of Christopher
Columbus which is pronounced a graf
flying success. It is TO be erected IN
the city of Mexico. opposite the new
railway station. Cordier visited Italy
and Spain, and executed his deslRn
after careful study of what are sup
posed to be the authentic portraits OF
Columbus.
The last letter ever written by Gen.
81 StoAewall Jsckson is in the posses
sion of the Southern Historical Society.
It was addressed to Gen. Lee under
date OF. May 2, 1863. and reads as fol-
lows &c General The enemy has made
a stand at Chancellor's, which is about
two miles from Chancellorsville. I
hope soon as practicable TO attack. /
trust that an ever-kind Providence VIII
bless us with success"
An antiquated beef-head of the
English parliament having denounced
cold maids ss social failures, Mrs.
William Gray calls the attention OF the
English people to that part of the Bible
in which st. Paul SAYS " The unmar-
ried woman careth for the things Of the
Lord that she may be holy in body and
in spirit but she that is married careth
for the things of the world, how she
may please her husband. "
"A scientific journal on the Pacific
coast says: A strange disease has at
tackled the chickens in this city, and
the hen-roOsts of a number of citizens
have been almost depopulated. The
mallady attacks the birds in the night,
and so rapid is its progress that before
morning they have wasted entirely
away, not a single feather remaining
to mark where they roasted. DR.. Sher-
idan has been consulted. and he says
JIG AAEGaArJ 70 hGONA- % @sN@f raterN N-+NN
nenSis, and is very common on the Pa
cifc coast, to which region it is con-
fined.
The variety Of kisses introduced in
the Beecher business is calculated 10
amaze people who do their kissing
without analysis. There have been the
paroxysmal kiss, the inspirational kiss,
the impuisiye kiss, the enthusiastic
kiss. and the holy kiss the kiss of rec
oneiliation, the kiss Of grace, mercy
and peace, and the kiss mutual. The
other kisses are reserved for the rebut-
tai and Te-rebuttal testimony. II would
not do TO bring them out all at once
there is limit to human endurance.
Churchill county, Nevada, is poor
and pious. It never possessed a Jail,
and. until very recently, it never felt
the want Of one. But last week real,
bouncing criminal invaded its inno-
cence. he wss soon stopped In his
mad career-arreste5, IN short. Not
having any Jail, the county authorities
confined him in shaft 200 feet IN depth.
He vas hoieted 10 the snriaco three
times o day. and given bis meals after
which he was lowered again 70 nnsditate
and praise.
The duchess OF Edinburgh has
waited patiently for her opportunity to
dazzle the fashionable world of the en-
pire into which she married. The
chance came ut the latest of the queens
where, though she was
to yield precedence to the
Princess Louise, whose husband isn't
blue blood and vince family-in-law are
absolutely in trade Cd had the sstisfao-
lion of outshining by the splendor Of
her raiment not only her, but the whole
Her dress on this oe-
casion is thus described in the court
cireular: Rich blue velvet with gar
niture of the finest Russian sable, satin
petticoat trimmed with bands Of dia-
monds and large diamond tassels and
trains of velvet" Note the use of the
Terms 4" bands of diamonds" and ''large
tasseis," and then imagine the
of the display.
The humming-bird OF Brazil is
threatened with determination, and the
subject of preserving it has been deem
ID ofsufficient importance for the Baron
sss Burdett Coutts to make the cause
If the beautiful little choristers her
,wn. The passion for using these
birds and their feathers IS head-orna-
nents has become universal IN Europe,
, consignment of 10000 20 one house
lone serving to show the extent 70
which the limited region Of country IN
labited by them is ravaged. The Baron
,ss in her humane appeal wisely asks
he leaders of fashion "CaB you not
,ather encourage the ribbon trade, now
much wanting support, or the trade IN
artificial flowers or limitations OF buds
n silk or iewrlry, than n mode CT oTna-
nentation which must suggest a blood
stain on the delicate hat or cap. and
nas silenced the ioy-song IN the breast
)f a huttering, harmless creature
The telegraph announced recently
hat Toby Rosenthais famous master
piece, elaine, purchased by Mrs.
johnson, Of San Francisco, for her prl-
Yate gallery, and which had just ar
rived in that city and had been placed
ln exhibition, was stolen by soIae mis-
Teant, the canvas having been cut out
+ the frame. The theft OF the picture
las eSeated a great sensation ia San
Francisco, as Rosenthal is 3 Californian
ly adoption, his parents having moved
q San Francisco IN 1853, and no being
, great iavorite. The picture Is very
one representing the dead
Elaine floating down on n boat TO Str
Laneeiot at the Ealsce of Cameiot,
Ieene superbly described by Tennyscn
q has Idyls Of the King. Rosenthai is
It present IN Munich, painting some
pictures for parties Ia Berlin. During
be time the picture was on exhibition
Z San Francisco, thousands Of people
vent 70 see IL, and the admission fees
we're to have been given to some charis-
.ble object. The theft Of the art treas
ire has, of course, astounded eve
me.