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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
A CUBAN CIGAR FACTORY.
How Henry oIay's Name camo To 80
Used for Brand OF Cigars.

Used for brand Of Cigars.
Just beyond Togo Don Miguel calle5
my attention to an immense cigar factory
with the remark: ~An American stato8.
man made thstl" Then he told me how.
Soon after the great Missouri comproms
contest Henry Clay, who was very muel
broken in health, was prevailed upon g
his friDnds to visit Cuba. The Span
government, learning of this, ga,
orders that he should be received as j
guest of the nation. On his arrival
the old Hotel Almy IN Havana, no
abandoned, he was received with extg
ordinary civic and military demonstra
tions, and a Virginian named Belt, au
American htterateur and linguist then
and now residing in Cuba, was appoint
his cicerone.
Mr.. Clay protested against these hon
ors as being embarrassing and distract
ing to him, an invalid who had visit
the island only for rest and recreatior
and he was finally given the keys of O. '
city, but allowed 10 live In peace.
this time there was in Havana poe
struggling cigar-maker named JUL
Alvarez. He sought Mr.. Clay throus
Mr.. Belt and begged plteously to be
lowed to use his name for brand
cigars, and that the great common
would sit for a portrait bo accompany
same. The petition Yves 90 nsds to
Clay that IL touched him deeply. His
ply through Mr. Belt 10 Alvarez was;
Say 20 your Cuban friend that no
ing on earth could be more diBtastefu
me. will do II, however. on the COZ
ton that Alvarez, should II help J.
gain fortune, never fail to be genero
and bountiful to all men with whateN
may be in his power to bcstow up
them"
1t is said that this portrait Of Mr.. Cla
is the finest one in existence, his ow
great praise of it being embodied in b
remark:
ut is wonderfully ugly, and therefor
wonderfully like me-"
Julian Alvarez died in Havana las
year. The establishment which owed 10
origin wholly to Henry ClAy's sympathy
for struggling poverty il the most noted
of its kind in the world Alvarez's dealt
was mourned by every human being iu
Cuba. He was undoubtedly the mo
generous man, the most noble man, o.
most truly grateful man, proven BY ni
innumerable benefactions, ever know
to the Spanish peopls.-Edgar L. Wa
mans Cuba Letter.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
Importation OF Pheasants.

The steamship Fulda, which arrived at New
York recently, had ON board the largest ship
ment Of live English pheasants ever brought
to this country. They are for propagatine
purposes. There are 800 of them, and they
were brought over in large crates divided
into partitions, each of which accommodated
four BIRDS One thousand of them go tc
Pierre Lorillard, at Tuxedo park. The rest
will go to various game preserves. A few
will go to Senator Mcpherson. The birds
although called the English pheasant, come
from Bohemia. Chicago Herald,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
Lsre1.Hea.,ed and Ah1e.

Helen Potter is a smart woman. She went
on the stage few years ago as trick elocu-
zionist, and made money. Then she organ
lied a troupe, calling it "Helen Potter's
Pleiades." She did not do well with that;
but she had saved up some money, and in
vested it in a Montana cattle ranch. The
other day the good Kiner, of The Geneseo
News, discovered her riding in caboose
among the railroad boys, with half dozen
cars of stock she was taking to Chicago The
cattlemen treated her with the utmost defer
ence, and she rode like queen. Helen is a
great woman, "a little cracked on the subject
of the rights of her sex, but level-headed and
anla
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16

Mrs. Cleveland is said to receive more
letters from Hagerstown, Md, than from
any other place in the country. Shortly
after her marriage two little girls living in
that town sent her letter and bouquet of
flowers. The letter was answered, and in a
short time was copied by the town newspa-
pers. From that time Mrs. Cleveland has
been addressed by young and old from Ha-
gerstown on all sorts of subjects and for all
sorts of purposes. Chicago Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
At tbe Artbnr FunaraI.

James G. Blaine and R. B. Hayes met at
the Arthur funeral. Mr.. Hayes expressed in
sorrowful tones an apprehension of approach
ing death, to which Mr. Blaine answered:
"You have twenty-five years of life yet before
you, and trust that you will enjoy them. +" Mr..
Hayes replied with much feeling: II don't
expect it. Mr.. Blaine; that is too much to ex-
pect." Mr. Blaine replied: II don't think
SO. Sixty-four and twenty-five are eighty
nine. That is, think, the exact age at
which John Adams died, and he had only
Just retired from the presidency at your age.
hope you may fill out those years"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
Tha Nohla Threa Hnndrad.

A sensation Yves caused at Painted Woods,
Oak, sixteen miles north of Bismarck, the
other evening by the appearance of q herd of
buffaloes stampeding before the storm This
is the first herd of buffaloes seen in that coun-
try for over two years, and they must have
been driven over 100 miles by the storm.
They were going In southwesterly direc.
tion, and crossed the Missouri river about ten
miles north of Bismarck. It is estimated that
the herd numbered over 800, and many of the
animals were exhausted.-Chicago Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
A va1nnhIe vinorard.

The noted "Sunny Slope" estate, near San
Gabriel, Cal, has been sold to an English
syndicate for little over $1,O00,O0O The
property includes the Sunny Slope vineyard
and orange grove, 1850 acres, of which 100
are in vines, 155 in orange and lemon trees,
and 20 in miscellaneous fruits, and cultivated
lands in grain, ETC., to the extent of lob
acres.-New York Sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16

A Rome (N " girl filled three stone beer
jugs with wet sand, corked them tightly and
set them in the oven to heat so that she could
warm her bed with them. The heat generated
steam from the wet sand and an explosion fol-
lowed, which filed the room with flying sand
and fragments of beer jugs. The girl and the
rest of the family were badly scared, but eS-
capped unhurt. The Rome girls are now Civ
ing up the use of artificial bed warmers
Chicago Herald
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16

Edward Everett, who commanded
much respect In England, not only
his great learning and talents but
the elegance ot his manners, was o.
asked By An American how he hSd
mastered the detsil Of European
quette. His aDswOr vAS . Signifc
onS;
Il have never oonsiderod any SUBJ
which other people respect - unwor
Of observation. ! pride myself on
manner even In which tie up . bro
paper parcel. study the OtiQuette
eVory oountry.-Exehango
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
L .
Ready to Abdicate.

A New York correspondent writes that
there recently appeared up town young and
rich citizen of Chicago, just back from
Europe, and arrayed in the most proper
manner possible from the dude standpoint.
He was very anxious to meet Mr.. Berry
Wall, who has long borne the title "King OF
the Dudes," so mutual friend brought them
together. When the stranger was presented
Berry stepped back, took him in slowly from
head to toes, and exclaimed; aye godsl /
81,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
A Disooverv Of More nTlcrobeI.

At the recent meeting of the State
Medical association OF Texas DIR. No
Iaughlin, of Austin, read . paper, claim
ing that he had made remarkable dis
covery In regard to dengue fever. he
claims to have found the microbes Of the
disease, and from his experiments he be-
heves that the sarne discoveries are to be
made in smallpox, yellow fever, hydro
phobia, hog typhus, chicken cholera and
Texas cattle fever, all Of which can be
mitigated or avoided by vaccinating
with attenuated virus.-l6sdioal Jour
nal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
Anxious for Particulars.

The following notice in Montana news
paper is not calculated to sooth the feelings
of the thief who stole Mr. SIMPSONS bay
mare: HThe night of the 18th inst. dark
bay mare, fifteen hands high, small white
star in forehead, both hind feet white, was
stolen from the stable Of Ira Sampson, the
undersigned. viii give the mare and $50 in
cash for full and reliable particulars regard
ing the funeral of the thief. That's the kind
of a man 1 am"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
4 surnrise to the SURGEONS

Five years ago T. P. Woodall, of Hartsville,
Ala, in a fit fell into an open fire, and his
skull was so badly burned that he was likely
to die. As last resort surgeons removed the
entire skull on line parallel with the eye
brows, placed an artificial covering over the
brain, and Woodall lived until few days
ago, and retained all his faculties-New York
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
Church Afioat ON the scottish Coast.

A floating kirk for the island of Arran
is the latest notion from the north, the
Duke of Hamilton having strictly ad-
hered to his resolution not to allow any
United Presbyterians place of worship
on the island. The modern ark is to be
moored in Lamlash bay, one of the
snuggest anchorages on the Scottish
coast, and the members of the congrega-
ton viii be pulled on board from the
shore in small boats, when the ships
bell rings at the mast-head.-St. James
Gazette.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
Why mr. Lincoln wore = BsAyd.

When Mr.. Lincoln, the prsSfdsnt-ele
passed through Rochester in Februai
1851, enrouts TO Warrington, his e.
was smooth shavSn. 1t - said that
his way from IlIinoiS TO W1ashington
little girl remarked 10 hiA; "1Er. Lnco
your face would not saGn 10 hong C.
you would look bcStsR II you W
whiskers." The president laugh,
thanked the young rnisS, and went
way. Thereafter he lSt his beard gro
Rochester Union.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
suoo.ssfuI c.oe of skln-arunanE.

Several months ago = xsAn at S.
Francisco was badly burned By an
plosion. His limbs, fSoe, and han
were covered with huge sores which
fused to heal. Skin.grafting was 7
sorted to, and fully fifty pieces Of hes
from relatives OF the sufferer have bee
grated. The flesh from the thigh Of
live chicken was aiSs grated success
fully. The case is enc Of the worst evs
known in San Francisco, and the resu
is awaited with interest By physicians.
Chicago Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
A swind1e in shoe Polisb,

A sharp young man has been swindling the
shoe dealers of East Greenwich, N. Y, by
selling them what seemed to be remarkably
fine article of shoe polish, for which he asked
IS per cent. more than the price asked for the
ordinary Frenck polish. After he delivered
the goods and received the money 1t was dis
covered that each bottle contained about two
tablespoonfuls of the polish on top of sawdusi
and Qlue
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
The Vvav TO become GentiemanIy.

Lord Lytton tells the story Of q groom
married to a rich lady and m constant
trepidation Of being rdicuIsd by the
guests Ia his new home. An Oxford
Clergyman gave him this advice: Wear
a black coat and hold your tongue"
The groom was soon consideSsd the
most gentlemaniy psrSon In the county.
The Argonaub
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
Actor Barrett and Gen. Sherman.

Mr.: Wilson Barrett, the English actor, says
that the most interesting man he has met il
this country is Gen. Tecumseh Sherman.
When first introduced the general wanted to
talk about theatres He has fondness for
the drama and dramatic people. But Mr..
Barrett silillfully brought him around to the
wor, and for an hour or two had the pleasure
Of listening to most charming recital of
hlstory.-New York Sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
Rnt He Was Mistaken.

A Napa, Cal, man thought he saw a sea
serpent Iin the river there, but it was only a
solid mass of little fishes, each about an inch
and a half long. The school was about fifty
yards long and yard wide, and headed up
stream. The commotion they made was
caused by hundreds of large fishes that were
continually throwing themselves among and
eating up the little oneSs--Chicago Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
Fishing for a Tapeworm.

A Georgia paper publishes as truth the
story of Marion county farmer who be-
came satisfied that he had a tapeworm. So
he carefully baited little fshhOok, tied a
short line to it, swallowed the hook, and tied
the line to his buttonhole Then he waited
for bite. By and by he thought he had
one and yanked the line; the hook caught in
his throat, and had to be dug out. He didn't
catch the worm.-New York Sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16

William Young, a farmer, of Morris, Mo-,
hearing tremendous squealing and snarling
under his corn crib, investigated and found
that swarm of rats had attacked 'possum,
and were actually eating it alive. They had
nearly killed it when the farmer discovered
them, drove them away, and himself killed
the mutilated animal
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16

An absent minded New York lady, who is
conspicuous in society, finished her toilet not
long ago for an evening at the theatre, and as
a finishing touch drank the eau de cologne
that stood on her dressing case. She was
seriously sick for over a fortnight.-New
York Letter.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
A Lucky Shot.

A Sonoma, Cal, hunter saw deer under
q small madrona tree 200 yards away. He
fired and missed the deer, but hit the tree
about six inches above the animals head,
knocking off splinter four inches long that
struck the deer's head with such force as to
penetrate the skull and cause instant death.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
An Excess of Weddines,

A prominent minister informs The Mead
vile Tribune that, as a rule, more weddings
occur in June than any other month, but next
to that October and November seem to be the
choice. This fall, however, the weddings
were greatly in excess of the June weddings.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
Hn neserred Il

Preacher Callahan, of Madison, Ga, lost
ten bales of cotton by fire. His friends are
making UP purse for him, and local news
paper says that he deserves it because he "is
honest, a tenant and has nine unmarried
daughters
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
waterproonng Fabrics with PnrAnns.

Waterproo1ng Fabrics with PnraHhnS.
1t is found that when parsfine iS
thoroughly mixed with Enseed oil, cast
into small blocks and cooled, it may be
used TO make any fabric, Is cloth, felt
and leather, waterproof, by rubbing II
with such a block and ironing after
wards to equalize the distribution Of the
material in the pores. II too much Is
not put on, the material may be made to
be only impervious TO water, but not to
air, the small, greasy pores rspening
water, but not air.-Frank Leslfe'B.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
An Abandoned nTetronolis.

Medora, d. T., the metropolis made famous
by the Marquis de Mores and Theodore
Roosevelt, is about to be abandoned for the
winter. The only drug store in town has
just closed, and the hotel was shut up some
time ago
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16
STUMBLING the cider.

One of the institutions of Connecticut this
fall is the cider beat, who, pretending to be
out buying cider, samples the farmers apple
juice, gets invited to eat dinner or take tea,
says he'll call again and goes ON his dishonest
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16

Gayarre, the Spanish tenor, sixteen years
ago got eighty cents night for singing in a
music hall at Madrid Now he has made an
engagement to sing at the opera fifty nights
for $4,000
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-16

COoonnut Trees % tho Wo14d.
The Indian Agrieiit1xist estimi
there are $50, 900, 900 oocoanut trees
the world, which proaucs 1ROOo, 600,
nuts every year.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-03
TEE WHIIE.WARD TRIAL.
Continuation OF the Argument-Thc
Case 10 Go 10 the Jury To- Day.

Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
Abingdon, April Major Henry,
one of DR.. Whites counsel, completed
his argument this morning, consuming
more than an hour. His positions were
substantially, in addition to that taken
and reported yesterday, that Judge
Ward, who was Commonwealth at
torney and essentially peace officer,
had deliberately slandered the private
character of DR.. White for political
reasons, and this after being warned
that White would not brook it; that
though he had seen White hunt
ing him, disturbed and excited,
instead of seeking to arrest a
difficulty which he had deliberately
provoked. Ward had armed himself
with two deadly concealed weapons in
anticipation of it; that the honor Of
gentleman was as sacred as woman's
and man had as much right to defend
his as a woman to Stay the traducer of
her fair name that the public good,
the object Of all law, did not demand
Whites punishment.
Mr.. Williams followed in an elabo-
rate, strong, and eloquent speech of five
hours and twenty minutes, taking an
exhaustive consideration of the Law and
the evidence. His position was that
this was a deliberate, malicious, and
premeditated shooting of Judge Ward
by DR.. White, and that since the
facts in the case had sustained
the charge in the indictment, the jury,
under the law, could not do otherwise
than find their verdict of guilty and
fix the punishment within the period
fixed by law, and if they should not do
so "they and their verdict would be a
stencil in the nostrils Of all good men,"
General Walker followed as the last
of counsel for defence to speak i'll this
case. be spoke until adjournment and
had not fairly gotten into his exordiam.
He claimed that the jury were the
Judges Of the law and the evidence, and
that there was no appeal from their ver-
dict OF acquittal; that they were not
to Judge by the harsh, unbending rules
Of human law, but to decide according
to Justice and the unwritten laws Of hu-
mainly; that there were exigen-
cies Of human affairs and social
evils that no human laws can reach, and
that the avepger of wrongs which the
law does not reach can safely throw
himself upon the great principles Of
eternal justice resting in the breasts oil
a jury of his fellows. After General
Walker shall have concluded his argu-
ment tomorrow Mr.. Rowan will close
for the Commonwealth and the jury will
then take the case.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-03
DOWN BY THE SEA.
INSPECTING THE sTEAx-ESGISEER-
mo DEPARTMENT.
New Machinery to be Introduced-Ihe nun
of shad-Cotton Receipts-The
Death List.
correspondence ortne Klchmond Dispatch.l

,correspondence oftne Richmond Dispatch.l
NORFOLK, April 2, 1856.
A board of nayal officers, consisting OF
Chief. Engineers George W. Melville, A.
j. Kiersted, and Robert L. Harris, have
Just completed an inspection OF the
steam. engineering department OF Cos
port navy-yard, with view to recon-
mending what additional plant is neces-
sary for constructing the modern aud
improved marine engines for the steel
cruisers Of the future. There is CON
siderable old-style machinery at the
ward, and as no more wooden ships are
10 be built new machinery will have
TO be introduced here. The board left
TO day to inspect the Brooklyn yard.
A wonderful feature of the business
Of our harbor this season is noticeable
at the Lambert's. Point coal piers.
There is a large feet at the piers nearly
all the time. During the month oil
March there were loaded sixty-t~o
vessels, and eleven steamships from
southern ports to Europe were coaled.
Over so, 900 tons Of coal from the Poca-
hon,as region were thus disposed Of by
water.
Telegraphic communication along the
coast was fully restored this morning.
Reports from below state that the
shad fisheries are now doing well, aud
large hauls are made daily, the warm
weather causing the fish to run lively.
Great quantities Of shad are crowding
into Norfolk by every boat. and thou
sands are re-iced and re-shipped to
distant markets by every departing
steamer.
Mr.. A. Gordon Milhado, we'll
known prominent citizen Of Norfolk,
with relatives in Petersburg and Rich
mond, died this morning at the resi-
dence of the family, On Butte street, after
several weeks illness. He was forty
four years Of age, and leaves wife and
three children.
The cotton receipts at this port
during the month Of March were
1887 bales, which is 1868 bales
more than during the month of March
last wear. Two British steamers ar
rived to-day to load with cotton.
To-day is memorable as the first an
niversary of the great bank-cOllaPse
here, when four institutions went
under.
Ex.Chief-of.Police E. G. Bridges, Of
Portsmouth, died this afternoon after a
lingering illness from consumption.
General V. d. Groner returned from
Washington to-day and reports that an
appropriation for a light-ship between
Capes Henry and Charles has been re-
ported upon by the Committee on
Commerce, and the bill will come up in
the Senate very shortly, with every
nrosDect Of its passage.