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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-05
A Collection of Cnrios.

The only collection of curios which p.
T. Barnum confesses that he envies is
that of Oapt. Couch, of the steamer Old
Dominion, which runs from here to
Richmond. Barnum sailed with Capt.
Couch, and saw his marvellous room.
which is fitted up with cupboards all
around, and lined from floor to ceiling,
and on both with alligator hides sharks
teeth, swords from swordfshes, sea
bears, doll babies, manikins made by
Voudoo priestesses, charms from the
Congo. hatchets, cherry trees, lives of
George Washington, scrapbooks and
boxes of newspaper clippings. These
were given to tho captain mostly by
prominent people who have travelled on
his ship in the Lass forty years. He
knows who gave him each object Of the
collection, when and what was said in
the presentation. Many of the dolls are
presents from actresses, who dressed
them. Capt. COUGHS name is George
Washington. He has had several dozen
hatchets given him, and they hang in
every corner. A full grown dwarf cherry
tree flourishes in a corner. On the bed,
which is never disturbed, are splendidly
embroidered tidies--one of them gtft
of Adelaide Neilson-bearing the letters
&c. W." worked in with the American
flag. The scrapbooks Of newspaper clip
pings number a score or more. On n
pillow sham is ''God Bless Our Country"
in big blue embroidered letters. Capt.
Couch is genial old gentleman, and one
of the ablest seamen on the coast.-New
York Sun.
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The Swiss Mountainous

Under his heavy, almost coarse, ex-
terror, the Swtss mountaineer has a
dreamy, half poetical instinct, engen-
dered by his constant enforced commu-
nion with a nature at once austere and
elevatinS. Like the Germans he is mu-
sical; he knows by heart simple songs
and touching ballads, and throws their
melancholy rhythm to the rocky echoes
across the assures of ice and the lodges
Of snow. AT Steeg, near Brienz, is an
innkeeper of giant stature and equal
strength, with broad shoulders, massive
hands and feet, famous for his way of
blowing the Alpine horn, his potent
breath sending the sound far up the
mountain. When he speaks his voice is
low and musical. He sings the lays of
the country side with apathetic grace, in
terrupting himself occasionally to utter a
stupid jest or to give token Ct his ath.
letic powers. That same giant roe rsr's
Night at 10 tQAacend the FSA5l llaorn, [; ;oGls.
feet high, in order to zee his little boy,
who had been i'll In the valley and had
been ordered to spend some time in a
chalet on the heights. When he arrived
in the morning he found the child still
asleep, and the rough man, kneeling be-
fore the cot. began to sing the ballad with
which it was his wont to awaken him in
his infancy. The pathos of this little act,
with its poetical promptings, did not pre-
vent the nnkeeper from being unscru-
pulously extortionate when selling Alpine
horns at Sley to a too confiding stranger.
M. de S. in New York Sun.
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( ~
The humanity Of our times finds Il
difficult to express itself, and is constant
y devising new methods. One Of the
latest is a London ssscheme for the special
visitation and aid of seriously invalided
children in their homes. Few outside
of the ranks Of medical men and nurses
understand how many children leave hos
pitals IN condition requiring far moro
intelligent and continuous care than they
can possibly have from their families
There are severe cases Of assesses, and
lingering sores, ana weaknessrs from
limbs that have been broker. besides
many who suffer from other causes les&
severe, but sufficient to cut them off
from the pursuits AMI pleasures of child
hood.
The object of tho association is to sup
plement hospital work --sending nurses
to the houses Of the sick poor. But be-
ryond that. or more specifically, it is to
secure . list Of wealthy and benevolent
families that ein lie relied upon to pay
for, or furnish what Is needed for, one or
moro of the little invalids. It is the work
'of the association TO bring the two par
ties together and get the wealthy inter
ested in special wards. There is a cen
tral Office and medical secretary, to
whom any one can send the address of a
sick child needing help, Then the visitor
secures for such child his friend, who il
to consider it, for the time being, as his
own child. This is one of the best con-
sidered forms Of benevolence that has
been devised. 1t would bear transplant.
ing into every city and almost every vii
lage of not only England, but America.
The trouble with most charity is its lacl;
of personality and its transient character.
Globe Democrat.
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The Barbers of Paris.

81 wish some of our New York bar
bers would practice their art as l expert
enced it in Paris" said an impatient Gus
toner as he jumped out of the chair of a
Broadway barber's shop in which he had
sat for twenty-five minutes while under
going the process of shaving. '.The
very day l got to Paris went into a
barber's boudoir adjacent to the Hotel
Blank, in which three artists were on
dnty.,- As .sooasae lestn-,aS 3s1e ssf ti,arp
snnW6d me to chalrAnot a nouspSGa
thing such as the American BARRIERS use,
in which you are laid prone, but an ele-
CANT ordinary chair. After being a mo-
ment under the lather brush, not being
lathered to irritation in the New York
fashion, the artist took his razor, for
which you did not have to wait until he
had honed it, and by few gentle, skill
full, deft strokes, wholly unlike the scrap
ing to which l had been accustomed,
was shaved! He then handed me q
small linen napkin and a dainty porce,
lain bowl of water, in which moistened
corner of the napkin, passed it over my
face and dried the same, without suffer
ing by such scrubbing as had often made
me groan. The work was done, and, in.
stead of half an hour of my time being
wasted in the barber's shop, only eight
minutes had elapsed between my en-
trance and exit. And it was done in
style, too, New York Sun.
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The Sugar Loaf Hat.

noticed man posing in the lobby of
the Metropolitan Opera house the other
night, holding in his hand a hat of the
shape of sugar loaf. He was appar-
emily dude by profession, at least that's
what gathered from his "get up" His
collar was abnormally high, his face was
pinched, his cheeks were tinged with
rouge and his raven locks scattered over
his narrow, receding brow made q pict-
ure which was certainly worth studying.
| watched this little ''thing" for some
time, out of curiosity, to see what sort of
an effect his new tangled hat would make
when placed upon his remarkable looking
head. did not have to wait long, and
more extraordinary looking picture
never presented itself to my eye. The
dudes are responsible for good deal, but
I hope in the cause Of suffering human
ity they will never be allowed to exist
long enough to introduce a fashion Of
pointed silk hats. Heaven knows, we
see enough queer things knocking about
The streets without having the night made
hideous and daylight Objectionable by
constant visions of this nsw moastrosity.
-Nev York Truth.
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SMEAR fnr Ministers.

It is an accepted tradition that minis
ters and theological folk generally are
very fond of sweet things to eat. Deep
philosophers lcigh trace some connection
between this tendency and their benig-
nifty and sweetness and light. Perhaps
it is in some sort IN expression of the re-
lation between knowledge and the love of
sugar. However that may be, the Athe-
nian distinctly remembers that In child
hood days. whenever there were ministers
for company at dinner" the mother al
ways put three lumps In the cup without
asking, and then slipped two extra ones
on the saucer. There was never a lump
left over when the cup vas drained. Ex-
peEienoes of this sort are never forgotten,
for they help to remove the painful awe
and uncomfortable esteem In which
most children hold these mighty cor
rectors Of bad habiea- 4 Hiking for sugar
makes ministers little less Of gods and
brings them nearer to earth where chill
dren dwell.-Chicago Times.
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AN rmportant piscoyery.

A journal published in Rome gives an
account of recent discovery which has
especial interest. In the course of exc
cavations beneath the church of the
Apostles st. John and st. Paul the work.
men discovered two apartments Of a
Roman house of the Fourth century, ono
of which, seven meters long by four
wide, was believed to be the tablinum.
1.-The most curious feature was that in
the tablinum, in addition to pagan paint
ings in the taste of the time, such as
animals, hippocampi, festal scenes and
allegorical decorations, there were other
paintings of Christian character. One
represented Moses taking off his sandals
to ascend the mountain and receive the
tablets of stone, design similar to that
found at st. Calliste. The second is o
woman in the attitude of prayer, clothed
in long robe, veil on her head, a
collar of pearls around her neck. This
is the first time that there have been
found in a Roman house, in its ''noble"
part, paintings in tho Christian senti-
ment- paintings which up to the present
time have been met with only in the
catacombs. Public Opinion.
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lrEse or eenean. INTEREST.

srRz. p,o.ct,<.ss r1.-s... = -.
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f-P's' =
A German has invented and lnanufact-
ured paper which resists both FIRE and
water.
Huxlev's successor n he btcbest chair
OF the Royal Society Of London is Profess
sor ocokes, Chf1staan.
The agents of the Bible society in
Toxic Japan. can scarcelv meet ths da-
mand for the Bille IS Ftl,at c;tv
menaphis cagymant says that be
Muulu " opposoa e tae theatre even Il
a. ac'ols ana IN aeAfesses were uue Cnras-
.ialD ani az pays were pure ana uphft-
ing, because pay ro1ses the emotion OF
ing action.
is proposed p consnuct canal from
Nu'l.u u.u1l ~ p'llss w sne kseu fxvef OF the
~. W. onn ollu y eAssnu steamooat nayisa
s,1l sn:L.. !,OoO naales WossWard nom LAKE
haa4 = 81. "' - snA = al = esaoae = ueseaop
'-1ss's A''1's1' = svs'svs s9aaie taaaaes'
Several years ago three Russian lady
doctors started at Tashkend a consult
From E pa1 tpa aa,,. - ussu.nan SUI women: e.
proved = n,ccesss ana The ,,e-yssr;sr .,s ~
the hospital has been incraas;rer = svsr a.
since. During the last twelve months no
fewer than $4,000 consmltat;ons have
been given.
Inc recent tearing Gown OF New
Hampshire manufactory by means of
uynalite demonsUates u, new use Tor the
eAPiosiVe' Inc conclusion completely
separa.ed tne oricks and dld not seem to
lnJure tnem IN the least. The charges
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-05
Tho Moquetso Beetle.

Have you heard of the moquette beetle?
Mol Well, was introduced to him the
other day in local jewelry store ON Elm
place. He is Mexican animal and he
lives on decayed wood. He is of the size
and shape of a peanut shell, has the same
color except for a few minute black
specks ON the yellowish white ground.
he has two black horns and six black
legs, like those of our cricket, and he
clings very tight TO anything he gets hold
of, for he wears spikes in his boots and
uses them with great freedom. For a
long time nobody in Mexico knew pre-
cisely what the moquette beetle was
created for, but the year before last some
genius discovered that he was made to
walk upon the necks of society bellies.
The women of Paris took him in hand
at that time and had him harnessed with
very minute gold chains of about six
inches in length. A belle gives the beetle
one end of the chain. and fastens the
other by a tiny hook TO that part of her
dress which is cut decollete. Then she
lets him roam at will. NJ 3w,-
woman has as yet been 90 OF @s y
this latest French craze .hoAdens .at
it is French overawof 10
look q tne beat1,st j. A. Colncn obIa iIs
an {'l ofna4ent, nn aeair Jed Ryatl ess iently to
- tl4eiI- wearing the rnoquette
| yet, but they have looked him over in
the jewelry store and .ronounced hina
perfectly lovely. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-05
Growth of tho Telegraph.

The development Of the telegraph sys-
tenn in this country is one of the marvels
of modern civilization. From n mere ex-
pertinent on single wire between WASH
ington and Baltimore in 1874, within the
memory of many persons yet living, it
has grown to be one of the governing
forces in our philosophy of material and
social progress. The Western Union
company alone now has $50, 900 miles Of
wires, and the messages which it handled
during the year ending Juno 80, 1857,
reached a total of 47,394, $50. These
figures indicate at a glance the practical
valuo of the invention, and the close re-.
lation which it bears to the daily affairs
of life in every direction. Bankcrss
Montnlv
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AN EXPERIMENTAL Applications


Eicctricity as = nrotivo jowcr on tho
Street Railwaya--A 1}jpa rrsa
A street car moving smoothly and a.
most nciselessly along Folsrtla and Masli-
son avenues without Che oftlinary notivo
powers horses has aftpctcd no little ~.
tenqQn at different times within the las
three pnnths. There was no cable a.
tachment to give it motion, and whatever
power caused It's propulsion was con
tanned within itself. It WAS the expefi-
mental application Of the Julien electric
storage battery system with view to
substituting it entirely for Tho use a.
horses. rs
An officer Of the railroad company snid
today: .'Yes. We arc and have been for
some time making experiments with I'M
electric motor ON our street cars, and we
are bound to adopt it If we c;n find ID
practicable and economical. The car that
has been seen along our iines lately is
fitted UP with the julien motor and stor-
age battery, and is only in experimental
use at present So far, we are very much
pleased with ITS working; there are many
things to be considered before tho final
adoption Of new system like that. We
IA1uoc kSttin ny ttCtusti Use Nfl<lt tflC aW(1lk
and tear on the mechanism Is likely to be.
as wei as the strength and rowcr ~ the
tatsery under all circumstances that it Is
likely to meet.
1--WE must also be sure of the approx
innate cost of charging the battery. You
see the the battery has TO be charged
from dynamo, which has to be run by
an engine. Up to this time we have
charged it from our ordinary electric
light dynamo, and have used an engine
that is in constant service for many pur-
poses, SO we have had no opportunity to
calculate the probable cost for charging
the battery. But we are establishing
plant, consisting of an engine and
dynamo, which we shall use in connec-
ton with the Julien battery and motor
during the winter for the sole purpose Of
arriving at some definite idea of the cost
in case we should equip the road with
electric motor power Then, too, we
must ascertain how everything will work
in winter when the conditions are so dif-
ferent. If the experiment turns out sat
isfactorily during the winter there is lit
tie doubt but we shall use electricity on
our road. 1t is calculated by the owners
of the motor that we will be able TO effect
saving of at least 80 per cent. In our
opcratil<s expenses. New York Com>
mercial Advertiser.
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ALL ron GOLD.


They'll robe me in my bridal gown,
All me, ah me.
They'll robe me in my bridal gown,
The orange buds viii be my crown, s
The white veil will go floating down; =
And shall bear the splendor meet,
And wish it were my winding sheet.
All me, ah me,
They II twine white gems about my neck,
All me, ah met
They'll twine white gems about my neck.
And shall give no sign. no check,
But well enough, I, too, shall reck,
That dewy pears are for my tears;
The deadly opals for my fears,
All me, ali mel
They "A lay my prayer book IN my hand,
All me, ah mel
They II lay my prayer book In my hand.
While Ishan calm and stately stand,
And henr the organ peciing grand,
And ! shall neiIher faint nor fall,
But live and smile on through it all,
All me, an mel
They II lead me to the altar rail, sssL
An me, ah mel
They'll lead me to the altar rail, x
And my false lips viii never fail.
Nor my false heart will ever quail,
AS breathe o'er those words Of old. ~
And sell myself for love Of gold.
All me, ah mel
Boston SATURDAY. Travelar
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Ats APPETITE FOR GLASS.
How tile Alleged Glass Eaters Deceive
the Credu1ous Public.

How tile Alleged Glass Eat.rs Deceive
the Credu1ous Public.
Several gentlemen were discussing the
other evening at an uptown cafe the Dc.
culiar appetites that museum freaks have
lately displayed for glass. They were
wondering if the sharp particles were di.
gested, and one of the party said that the
whole thing was a '.fake."
'Why," said the knowing one, "the
trick Is ancient. I've seen it done hun.
dreds of times, and can do it myself.
You don't believe it, eh4 Well to satisfy
those Of you who doubt my veracity, III
do the trick
A very thin glass, of the kind in which
seltzer is usually served, was brought.
and the amateur freak called for q glass
filled with water. While the audience,
which had increased in size, was wonder
ing what was to come next, the gentle
man coolly picked up the thin glass and
deliberately bit off piece, which he
chewed with the utmost complscency.
When 1t was reduced to the proper fine
ness the performer picked up the gisn Of
water and, to all appearances, Washed
down the rather unpleasant dish With
apparently as much satisfaction as II the
particles of glass were delicate bits of
turkey and the clear beverage cham
pagne. 1t was noticed, however, that
he did net drain the glass. Everybody
looked at him in perfect astonisllment
and some of his friends, thinking it was
an act of bravado which might prove
fatal, wanted to send for a physician.
'Never mind calling DOCTOR" said
the trickster, laughing heartily as the
mystlfied expressions on their faces
changed to looks of abject terror; sI'm
all right, and now I'll expose the trick.
Of course none of you believe l swallowed
the glass, but the question is what be-
came of it, ;"
he then took up the glass from which,
he drank, and, putting handkerchief
over another tumbler, poured its con-
tents into the empty receptacle Wnea
the straining was finished the handker-
chief held hundreds of fins PARTICLES of
glass.
''Now you fellows want to know how
the small pieces of glass got iHto the
tumbler, don't you?
Sin the first place there Ia little danger
in chewing the glass if one is careful,
but it requires good deal of practice to
eject it without being detected. If you
watched me closely you saw that when
put the water to my lips my upper lip
was laid over the rim, and before
drank q drop all the pieces which. were
Under that upper lip were almost at the
bottom Of tne water. To be sure one
must be careful not to swallow any oi
the pieces with the water, but that car
be done by closing the teeth. The finer
the glass used the less fear there is of its
being detected in the bottom of the
tumbler.''
Several Of the audience tried to do the
trick, but gave up in despair when theil
tongues and gums were cut by the par
ticles Of glass. 1t is, however, becoming
very popular for blooded young men tt
bite pieces out of their glasses, and the
time may come when piece of glass fol
chewing purposes may be included in ths
bill for REFRESHMENTS York Even
| ing Sun,
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Many Of the gardens Of Sacramento
are at present decorated with Japanese
persimmon trees loaded down with ripen-
ing fruit. Tho leaves Of these trees are
now all of, haviag the branches and
truit alone, and rssssatlng very pretty
dghA The Jap@sD Who sssenty visited
saeralnsats sp>aD ~ luatss3y 4 Ms
tsuA Aessing = = - AasA = shat
snyiYs, sad statsQ ehat 4 wouia seme to
be greatly appresiateA ~ the American
people when better known. The trees
produce very young, and some very
large specimens of the fruit are to be seen
in various parts of the city.-Chicago
Times.
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A Novel Necktie.

The manager of one of the large Chi
cago wholesale houses in the line of gen.
tlemen's furnishings, shows q novel
necktie which he has just received from
Texas. 1t is a rattlesnake skin, made up
in the form Of a four-in- hand tie. The
point-rattle is set in the center of the
outer fold-to serve the purpose of a tie
pin. As it glistens and shows all sorts OF
shifting colors In the sunlight or gaslight
it makes a very attractive, If not exactly
conventional, tie. The owner says that
it was sent to HIM as sample, the sender
saying that, as the stock of rattlesnakss
in his country is inexhaustible, he can
supply as many of these strange ties al
the Chicago house may want.-Chicagc
News.
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1t has been said of Alexander Cruden
of Concordance fame, that if madness
was, in his case, softened into eccen-
tricity or directed to works of useful
ness, he was probably indebted for his
escape for that absorption of mind which
such an undertaking as the Concordance
must have involved. "What would
have been to others intolerable drudgery
was sedative to his agitated mind tbotll
crazed with care ana crossed in hopeless
love; and the labor which would have
wasted the energies Of happier man
was the balm of bis wounded spirit. ~
: Puhlic Onininn.
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Vedder, the Artist.

Elihu Vedder, whose work is some
times spoken Of - the best imaginative
art of modern times, has a brow and
eyes like those of Hawthorne, though the
artist is fair, while the romancer is dark.
The forehead is broad and thoughtful.
the eyes are intelligent, frank and kindly,
but the mouth and chin arc those Of a
very matter OF fact man. Boston Bud~ct.
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PaIamcdes 6si Argos Is said to have
been-the first commander who ranged an
army in regular limo of battle, placed
senfinels round camp and excited tho
soldiers vigilance by giving him watch |,
ord. .-BoGton Budget
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vyafcr for yontlop.

The annual consumption Of water in
extinguisiing fires ia London is about
II, eco, 900 Of gallons. The cost OF tho
mctropolita4 fire hs gadc is rather over
Gf00,O 900 year.
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The Value of Condiments.

The value of the various condiments in
the preparation of combination dishes is
great. Used with discretion they stimu-
late the appetite and promote digestion,
red pepper being specially valuable in this
connection. The various herbs and spices
are exceedingly valuable; salt Is abso-
lutely necessary to health despite all con-
trary assertions of the food cranks, and
the condiments employed in making
salads promote the digestion and assimi-
lation OF ell food eaten at the same tine.
-Chicaf.o Times.
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Shoes of the Confederacy.

Two ladies of our acquaintance,
wealthy and exclusive at the beginning
of the war, were glad, during its latter
years, through the great change wrought
in their fortunes, to find that their skill
in making shoes, slippers and gaiters
could furnish them with a modest in
come. These shoes were constructed
from old broadcloth coats and pants,
pieces of bombaxine and any available
black goods their soles were eftA eat
from the leather tops of worn o. sahssa.
and their lacings were the coverings q
hoopskirt wire dyed black. Toward The
close of the war many of them sold for
$50 and $40 per pair.-Jennie S, Judson.
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In This World We Get no idea of the
Extent and Glory of Heaven-Eye Hath
Not Seen nor Ear Heard Anything Like
the Advancing Splendors.