The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-08-15
ODDS AND ENDS.

a russian nobleman has recently
paid 1,200 rubles (s600) for pair of
nightingales that are said to render de-
lightfully various national melodies
The average monthly temperature
of San Francisco for the last fifteen
years has been 55t degs. The highest
for any month was SO degs and the
lowest so degs.
1t is said that the United States ac-
cumulates wealth at the rate of So
500, 900 daily. This is equal to one
third of the accumulations of all the
rest of mankind outside the United
States
A new dog from Holland has long
name, short body, sharp bark, a
head like pig, big ears, and no tail
He has sappeared at English dog shows,
and is fashionable and expensive.
The Michigan legislature has just
appropriated for the Michigan Mining
school s104, 600 for the furnishing and
maintenance of the school during the
year 1889 and 1890.
philanthropy is love of our spe-
cies, said clergyman. preaching in
a charity sermon. Let your contri-
buttons show" he added, that you
don't understand me to say love of
our specie.
An American was arrested on. the
| Austrian frontier for having iif his
luggage dynamite bombs. On further
investigation, they proved to be cocoa
nuts, something which the Austrian
authorities had never seen.
Judge Schley, of Paulding county,
Ga, drives To his buggy mule that is
perhaps 35 years old and yet sprightly
and in fine condition. He bought the
mule III 1865 as 10-year-old from a
man who had picked him up running
at large after Sherman's march
through that section.
The Australian papers just received
announce the finding of a nugget
weighing 336 ounces, and valued at
1850. 1t was found near Wedder-
burn, Victoria, by a young Austrian
named Costa Clovich, who has only
recently arrived in the colony.
At NJ. Cornuschi's great fancy ball
the other evening, Nj. Zola appeared
as friar, with his handsome wife as
Norman peasant; NJ Munkacsy was
Sixteenth century German, NJ. Dau-
det was lawyer, NJ Petit a Zulu
chief, and Nine. Bernadeki had All
Eiffel tower on her head a yard high,
set with diamonds
There goeth about a legend concern
ing Chicago newspaper man who was
the prize sufferer of the west. He once
wrote q play which he read to man
ager. "How do you like it2" he asked
''1t's great" was the reply; "very
comical idea, that" (Which do you
mean2" asked the author, hattered
That of having all the characters
stutter. 1t will go with roar"
Certainly it is the duty of the strong
to bear the infrmities of the weak
and not to please themselves, but i
is also the duty of the weak to become
strong, and not to need to be pleased
by being allowed tho selfish luxury ot
putting restraints on the liberty OF
others. Thomas Binney.
1t is probably true that our brightes
and most spontaneous" wits have
had to grind out their laughable pro
ductions with as much labor as the
musician must give to the acquire
ment of the wonderful facility will
which he performs a difficult piece
Every good thing is born of toll.
M. Jacques Meyer whose career il
engaging the attention of the Paris
correctional police court, swindled th'
customers of his bank out of 1876, 600
This financier began life as journal
ist. He lost enormous sums on tn,
bourse, and then took flight and wa.
at last, appropriately enough, run tc
earth in the house of friend on tn,
battlefield of Waterloo.
A lady travelling in Brazil, shor
time since, brought as a souvenir t
her friend a pin, the curious design o
which struck her fancy 1t is the pro
file of half breed Indian done il
oxidized silver The hair is repre-
sentcd by cutting the silver in innum
cradle facets, which shine like jewels
J Directly in the crown of the head il
set the polished claw of wildcat, tn,
: curve of which turns backward. TIL,
, whole is barbaric in it's beauty, bu
the workmanship is fautlcss