The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-12-19
ODDS AND ENDS.

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being perfect, have been discovered II
the chalk at Folkstone.
Mrs. Mona Caird, who started tn,
Is Marriage Failurea" business, ha.
been studying Buddhism.
There Is a young giantess feet
inches high, said absolutely to be only
IL years old, on exhibition in London
She is DON Cossack.
The fast mail service between New
York and San Francisco has been re
duced to four days, twenty-five hours
and forty 1--we minutes.
"What a fine thing old age is, - sale
NJ. Augier not long before his death
ton and respect. But what a pity
that it lasts so short time"
A sturgeon fourteen feet long was
caught in the Sacramento river, neal
Chico, last week. Instead of killing i
the fishermen fastened q rope to thu
body and turned it loose in the river te
get fat. They feed it on the entraili
OF salmon, and the captive likes the
treatment.
Little Jim was but a few years ole
when there was a wedding in the fam
lily. The aged grandmother kept hel
seat during the ceremony. In telling
about it afterward Jim said: 1--WE al,
stood up and got married 'cept grand
ma I''s -
A novel advertisement appears in a
Gloucester (Mass.) paper. 1t is from 8
property holder, and notifies a certain
gang OF hoodlums that he intends t.
assert his rights against annoyance. il
also reminds the parents of hoodlun
minors that there is a legal response
bility for destruction of property, ano
closes with the remark that if the po
lice did their duty there would be nc
occasion for the advertisement.
The farmers of the neighborhood oi
Hiawatha, Kan, are burning corn fol
fuel, finding it cheaper than coal.
Corn is sold on the farm for twenty
cents per bushel, while the average
price of coal delivered at the farm
ranges from twenty-one to twenty
three cents per bushel. The Farmers
alliance brought the attention of the
farmers to the relative prices of the
two commodities, and advised that
half the corn crop be used as fuel
thus advancing the price of the other
half and saving money in their fuel
bills. The farmers have begun to &C,
on this advice.
The construction of the canals de
signed to overcome Instructions in the
Tennessee river at Muscle shoals has
been completed. 1t was begun by
the government in 1873, and nearly
81, 900, 900 has thus far been expended
on the work. The opening of the
canals will give water transportation
nine months in the year from Chat
tanooga to the Mississippi river.
Are women more charitable than
mena The London street sweepers dc
not think so. One of them on being
asked for an opinion replied that it was
no use asking ladies for gratuity
they never did and never would give
poor man anything. Another said
that a lady occasionally gave him a
penny when her purse was handy.
And still another said he never heard
of lady even noticing poor sweeper.
The marvellous growth of the colo
nies is now a familiar story. Certain
ly nothing more remarkable has been
seen in the history of the world. Dur,
ing the fifty years succeeding the ac.
cession of her majesty, the area gov.
erned by the queen, exclusive oi
Great Britain, increased from 1,100,.
coo to 6, 400. 900 square miles; the Eu-
ropean population of the colonies In.
creased from 1000, 600 to 10000, 900;
the colored population from $500, ,O0G
to 26, 200, 900; and the state revenues OF
possessions beyond the seas grew from
924. 600, 600 to f122, 600, 900 n year.
T.. T. Devore, Parkersburg CIV. Va
merchant, owns dog of superior in
telligence. The dog goes to the store
with the mail every morning, and from
it takes the mail addressed to the pri.
vate residence to Mr.. Devore's home.
Nothing can divert him while attend.
ing to his duties as mail carrier, and
he never makes a mistake in taking
the letters to their proper direction.
Every evening he sees to it that the
evening papers are taken to the house,
and if by chance the papers should be
missing, either by being blown away
by the wind or carried off by the boys,
the dog makes raid into some neigh.
boris yard and hypothecates paper,
which he carries off home.