The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-07-05
NEWSPAPER NoroRlETY.
What the Press Says ConcerAing Mer
Whom the World HSs Heard ~


What the Press Says Concerning Men
Whom the World Hxs Heard Of.
Balzac used to write lying naked on the
floor.
DR.. Lyman Abbott has never taken vaca-
tson.
The Earl of Derby Is pronounced klepto-
maniac.
Ex-senator Tabor uses bar Of sold worth
$4,000 for paper weight.
The late Col King-Harman owned an
estate Of A, 900 acres In Ireland
Mr.. Franklin Simmons, the sculptor, Is
about to execute a bust Of the Hon. Hannibal
Hamlin.
Andrew Lang, the English balladist, makes
part of his income by writing verses for q
soap manufacturer.
bill ito prevent the gathering of wild
| flowers" has, for some unknown reason, been
introduced into parliament by Mr.. Shaw
Lefevre.
The grave of Henry Fawcctt is at Trump
ington, England, marked with only q plain
tablet bearing the words, ''Speak to the peo-
pie that they go forward"
Mr.. Sato, secretary of the japanese lega-
tion at Washington, is not stranger to this
country. He was educated at college In
Indiana, and Is no* n tia last Oriental In
his speech or mode Of thought
Kyrie Bellew took naphtha launch to Eng.
land with him Last year. He thus introduced
to his countrymen a kind Of boat which has
since become very popular in Great Britain.
Naphtha launches are how manufactured in
| England.
Professor Donders, the great oculist of
Utrecht, has attained his list year, and re-
tired from his university chair amid regu-
lar shower of testimonial funds, medals, ad-
dresses and decorations froSn various Euro
pean sovereigns.
Congressman Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
who is noted for his eloquence as an orator.
lays that his favorite books are the Bible,
Shakespeare and "Don Quixote." It is his
custom before making speech to read a
chapter in the Bible, and he usually chooses
the book of Isaiah.
Speaking Of ]. n. Blackburne, the famous
English chess player, who will mako a tour
Of the country next season, Vanity Fair,
of London, says: HE is the quietest and
most unassuming Of men. Every one who
knows him Likes him, and no one ever said an
unkind word Of him. While at the board
little whisky before going TO beds
J. C. Flood. the San Francisco millionaire,
may safely be said to have the most dazzling
country place in America. The estate is at
Menlo Park, Cal and covers 900 acres; and
Is under the constant care Of Q landscape
gardener and 120 assistants The drives,
which are several miles in length, are made
of white gravel; the house is white, with gold
trimmings, both inside and out; and gold and
white are the decorations of the stables and
all the buildings on the place.
Francois, dwarf at the Paris Winter cir
Gus, has fallen head over heels in love with
Virama, pigmy Cingalese who acts in the
pantomime at the same place Unfortu-
nately she is married to Appoo, another
dwarf nearly double her age Neverthe-
less she wears the ring Of Francois upon her
big toe, the only appendage she has large
enough to fill it, and has put 80 much life
into the love passages between herself and
Francois in the pantomime that Appoo is
dreadfully Jealous, and the circus authorities
have to keep Francois constantly under
guard for fear of a duel.
| The Duke of Marlborough is profoundly
interested in everything Of a mechanical or
electrical nature One Of the first things he did
on arriving in this country was to 60 up the
Hudson to see the Poughkeepds bridge. On
his last visit here he had long talk with Ed
ison about his inventions, and will make him
another visit before he goes home this time.
He conducts all his correspondence on an
American type writer, which he handles
with considerable skill, carrying the machine
around with him wherever he goes, precisely
as he does his hat box OF his valise. He Is q
rapid and brilliant taJker, and thoroughly
familiar with the merits Of all the leading
questions of the day. His language is pecu-
liarly apt and incisiwe, and his conversation
aboupds in aphorisms and picturesque
phrases He will probably remain in this
country all summer, unless the weather be-
comes unbearably warm.
Julian Ralph is one of that eastern syndi-
cate which makes the eastern press blossom
now and then, and which occasionally brush
es alongside the local press. Mr.. Ralph Is an
enbellisher. He is, therefore, a pleasing
writer. One of the things with which he has
been charged is the authorship Of the Clara
Belle letters. If Mr.. Ralph Is Clara Belle he
will settle a good deal of speculation by say
ing so. People have been told that Clara
Belle was Franklin File. Then, again, they
have been told that Clara Belle was Mrs.
| Franklin File, and again that she was Mrs.
Lord, wife of the managing editor of The
New York Sun Two years ago or more a
woman dropped dead in st. Paul hotel
She was stranger. A New York man
happened to see the body, and he exclaimed:
'Great God, that Is Clara Belief" MIR. Ralph
may have occasion to unravel the mystery
surrounding the identity of the facetious cor
respondent If he viii be so kind