The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-08
BITS Or GOOD READING.
Items of General Interest Clipped frC
the Exchanges-Multumi in Parvo.


the Exchanges-Multum in Parvo.
The furniture dealers find that there is
a tremendous demand for what are called
boarding house bureaus to fit between a
bed and the end wall of hall bedrooms in
tiny modern houses. These are a new
conception. the most astonishingly useless
one that can be imagined. Such bureaus
are about three feet long and eight or
nine inches wide on top, but the draw
ers. of which there are three, are only
six inches deep and six inches high, Just
big enough for a tooth brush, necktie
and a paper collar box. Yet nothing in
the trade sells as well as they do.
An old Plymouth Rock hen that had
been for ten years the pet of lady in
Norwich, Conn.,, died recently. She
weighed fourteen pounds, but was ap-
preciated chiefly on account of her intel
ligence She knew when it was meal
time as well as a regular boarder. and
came regularly for her food, calling for
her meal once day. OF a brood of
forty, she was the hen altogether lovely.
She always wanted chat with her mis-
tress daily, and when she was not feeling
well would tease to be held in her lap
and rocked by pulling her mistress
Apxon.
There is little girl in Baltimore who
goes out into the Streets begins CRYING
and gets the police to try to find her
home. She gives an accurate descrip-
ton of a house, but when such a one is
reached she always declares it is not the
right one. The other day she kept three
policemen busy all day walking about the
city with her, and at night admitted that
she knew all the while where her home
was, and could have gone to it at any
hour.
The old Rodgers house in Washington
is for sale. This interesting structure
has many curious associations. On the
sidewalk in front of it Gen. Sickles shot
Barton Key. The house was occupied
during the war by Secretary Stanton,
and it was there that Payne tried to as
sassinate Secretary Seward. The lot on
which the house was built was formerly
owned by Henry Clay, who swapped it
with Admiral Rodgers for blooded colt.
Eight sportsmen shot over the pre-
served ground of Lord Mansfield at
Scone,, Perthshire, recently, when the
extraordinary number Of 1,400 head of
game fell to their guns. OF that number
1.100 were pheasants. One of the party
used three guns, which were kept loaded
by two keepers, and at one spot during
the days work he had about 900 pheas-
SAINTS lying around him.
A Hungarian miner who was recently
treated by a physician at Phoenixville,
Pa, had been living for three months at
an expense for food of only two cents
day. He was earning 81 day, but ate
only black bread. AS consequence his
teeth were falling out when the physician
began to treat him, and he was slowly
starving.
The Mercrd canal that has been built
to convey water from the foot of the
Sierra mountains in California, at San
Joaquin, has been formally opened. The
reservoir in which the water is stored
contains GAO acres. The canal is twenty
seven miles long, and will irrigate over
quarter million of acres.
At the present rate of increase IN popu-
lation, by the yeo- 1900 the Stars and
Stripes will probably wave over nearly
100000 citizens. And then this
country will begin to look forward to the
time when 1,000,0 100000 free citizens
will look up to the starry flag for pro-
| lection.
The famous Jones county belled buz-
zard was killed at Hazelhurst, Ca, by
Will Meeks recently. The bell attached
to the bird had engraved on it the letters
&C. E. above the words ''Jones County,
g., 1850" 1t has been known in vari-
Gus parts of the state for years.
A $4,000 lighthouse lens, made in
Paris for the United States government,
is now in Washington. 1t is the largest
lantern lens in the country, The glass
work, or lens proper, measures Is feet in
height while the internal diameter is 8
| feet s inches.
An effectual way of cleaning a side
walk of ice and snow has been adopted
in Philadelphia. A rubber hose is con-
nected with the boiler in the cellar of a
building and a jet of live steam thrown
upon the sidewalk. The ice soon disap-
pears.
A locomotive has been sent by the king
of the Belgians to Tangiers as a present
to the sultan of Morocco singularly in
appropriate gift, considering that there is
not yard of railway or tram line within
the dominions of the latter.
The newest method of notifying friends
of marriage is to send cards announcing
it, accompanied by an invitation to call.
This is borrowed from the French, and is
in the nature of refreshing change from
too much English.
Berlin has a population of 1000, 900,
only per cent. of which go to pubic
worship. With nearly 100000 people in
Hamburg, only 5000 attend service.
One-tenth of the Christians in the
world do nine-tenths of the Christian
work. So long as this is so we cannot
wonder that it goes halting as it does.
Helena, NJ. T., claims to have the rich
est men in tine west. A list is published
of capitalists who can draw checks aggre-
eating over $23, 100000.
After thirteen years litigation an Al
bany estate has realized eighty-five cents
apiece for the heirs. The lawyers got
$11, 200 each.
The stones of the famous Temple Bal
of London are now being put together tc
form gate to brewers residence.
Arkansas City, Kan, has house which
is constructed entirely from boards taken
from shoe boxes.
Stained windows Of the most brilliant
hues are now being made of chemically
prepared paper.
A faith cure church lhs Just beer
built at Jersey City.
Heating Railway Cars.
Germany has passed law making
| heating railway cars by means of steam