The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-07-18
ODDS AND ENDS.

tlattery is a sort of bad money 70
winch our vanity gives currency
Petroleum is now solidifod bv BEING
combined with soap, and il can be sent
as solid freight instead of, as former.
ly, in tank cars.
a Western Union operator i'm Ala
bama, whilo taking a message, was
shocked by Sash Of electricity which
came from the sky. He died In a few
hours.
An Ohio church deacon exclaimed;
"Consarn itall TO Texasl" and the YER
dict of the church investigation wasi
''Not guilty, but in bad taste"
Archaeological researches appear %
show that tho islands and tho coast of
Norway wcro well populated in pro
historic times, but that tho cultivation
of tho soil did not begin until late
date.
Adelar Fascette, sitting on tho bank
Of the river at Chippewa Falls, Wis,
was taken with AN apoplectio tit, rolled
into the river and was drowned before
the eyes of tho friends with whom she
had been chatting
The biggest barometer on tho conu-
nent is being made for the Georgia
Neurological school at Atlanta. The
tube is 10 bo twenty feet long with a
diameter Of three inches. Sulphuric
acid will DO used in tho tube.
Always deduct about forty years
from tho ago Of veteran claiming ~
be 120 years old. Medical science has
no record OF q person in this country
living beyond 102 years,
Tho richest genius, hl1o tho most
fertile soil, VIXEN unoultivated, shoots
up into tho rankost weeks; and instead
of vines and olives for tho pleasure and
uso Of man, produces 10 its slothful
owner tho most abundant crop of
poisons. Hume.
Butter becomes rancid because of the
formation in it of butyrio acid, by
peculiar fermentation. AS this i'll
smelling acid is volatile, and is driven
off at high temperature, rancid butter
may sometimes be used for cooking
purposes without olfcusc
George Rust, conductor of an electric
street car at Wheeling, w. Va, went
on top pof his car TO adjust the running
pulleys connecting 10 with tho wire,
and, slipping, grasped tho wiro 10
5teady himself, Io got n shock thut
laid him out senseloss, and was about
to be taken down for dead when his
face was accidentally touched by tho
wire, and ho was brought 10 life again,
littlo tho worse for his experience
Opium is got by cutting.tho capsule
of tho poppy flower with notchcd
iron instrument at sunrise, and by tho
next morning "a drop cf tho juice has
oozed out. This Is scraped OIL and
saved by the grower, and after ho has
n vessel full Of it it is strained aul
dried. IL takes a great many poppica
10 make n pound of opium, and it goes
through number of processes before
IL is ready for market
In 1886 Mr. Hurtz put his namo
down as a subscriber for an etching Of
Munllacsys Christ ON Calvary" It
was not ready until 1888, and ho re
fused payment on tho ground that il
had taken too long, and was sued.
Tho experts called In tho case testified
that, considering the sizo and delicacy
of tho work, three years was not an
excessive tiino for its production. Mr.
Hertz had to pay.
Rider Haggard, tho novelist, will
visit Persia and surrounding countries
unattended. Ho Is an experienced
traveller, and Is used TO tho ways of
tho Orient. When he starts Off on nn
expedition like tho ono ho now con.
templates ho always buys q small dog
TO accompany him. This Is tho only
weapon no takes with him. IIo claim
that tho carrying of firearms is apt 10
awaken hostility among strangers.
He devotes his attention TO winning
tho affection Of his dog, and says that
faithful canino companion Is tho
hest thing man can hhvo for long
Journey.