The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-08-13

second has grown from the root and
on top of the first. The mother
first noticed it when the child was
three days old 1t was then quite
small, but now that the child is two
years old it is nearly as large as the
real tongue.-N. Y. Post.
A Pittsburgh philosopher says:
There is something wrong with
the way in which young men of to-
day shake hands. / either get a
shake which impresses me with the
idea that the other doesn't care
whether we shake or not, or / sud
denly feel my hand grasped with a
vice grip which makes my back
ache. The young of to day wants
to show either his languidness or
his muscle"
The house or sobbing wren is a
bird peculiar to southwestern Tex
as. Its melancholy note is describ-
ed as very impressive. 1t begins
in high, clear key, like the tink-
ling Of silver bells, and descending
gradually from one chime TO anoth
er. 1t suddenly falters, breaks of
and sobs like chiid-the song dy-
ing away in a gasp. The song is
heard only in the opening light
of dawn, and is repeated but few
times. The singer is rarely seen
during the day.
Upon one occasion when Arte-
mus Ward was in London chill
dren's party was arranged by the
great humOrist, and to which one
Of the sons Of John Bright was in
vited. The boy returned home
sglow with delight. "Well, said
the English statesman to his sor,
did you enjoy yourself, my bOy?"
"Oh, indeed | did, exclaimed the
little Bright, and Mr. WARD gave me
such nice name for you papa."
"What was that?'' inquired the IA
ther. "Why, he asked me how that
gay and festive cuss, the governor,
was, replied the child.-Brooklyn
Magazine.
Up at the grand central station
the other day, says a New York pa
per, there was an agitated young
man and an agitated young woman.
Bride and groom they were and it
was a wedding tourthey were taking.
In big Saratoga trunk they had
packed their silks and their broad
cloths. along with a toilet set
which some generous friend had
equipped for them. That toilet set
was of celluloid, and in It's rough
journey the cellulOid had ignited,
the good big trunk and its contents
were ashes, and a wedding tour was
brought to sharp termination.
a house cannot be kept for many
generations in one family in this
country. James Fennimore Coop
ers house was burned down a few
years ago, and the growth Of Coop
erstown has led to opening of a
street through the grounds. Will
liam Cullen Bryants favorite resi-
dence at Roslyn is now abandoned
by the family, and Idlewild, Ma
thaniel Parker Willis country seat
on the Hudson, is now for the sec
ond time offered for sale.
Near Astoria, Ore, there is a de
post of clam shells which cover an
area OF over four acres, and is piled
up in places to a depth OF four feet
Over one Thousand loads have been
hauled away to hauled away to
make roads, but that amount is
hardly noticed in the diminution OF
the immense heap. From time to
time relics Of the old clam eating
tribes that made that place their
headquarters are found. A party
recently found a clam b-Opener. II
was made from a whales tooth, is
about eight inches long, and is
ground sharp at the end. There
are some sixteen inches Of soil on
top Of these immense clam beds, on
which grow fir trees, some of them
four hundred years old Chicago
Times.