The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-06
ODDS AND ENDS.

Flattery is a sort of bad money to
which our vanity gives currency
Locke.
Petroleum is now solidified by being
combined with soap, and it can be sent
as solid freight instead of. as former
ly, in tank cars.
An Easton Pa.) servant girl on her
death bequeathed, of the SIS, 500 which
she had saved, $500to her church and
the remainder to q granddaughter of
her employer.
A Western Union operator in Ala
bama, while taking message, was
shocked by flash Of electricity which
came from the sky. He died in a few
hours.
An Ohio church deacon exclaimed !:
.sConsarn it all toTexas p and the YER
dict of the church investigation was:
Not guilty, but IA bad taste"
Archaeological researches appear to
show that the islands and the coast of
Norway were wen populated ia pre-
historic times, but that the cultivation
of the soil did not begin until a late
date.
Adelar Fascette, sitting on the bank
of the river at Chippewa Falls, Wis,
was taken with an apoplectic fit, rolled
into the river and was drowned before
the eyes of the friends with whom she
had been chatting.
The biggest barometer on the conti-
nent is being made for the Georgia
Neurological school at Atlanta. The
tube is to be twenty feet long with a
diameter of three inches. Sulphuric
acid will be used in the tube.
Always deduct about forty years
from the age of veteran claiming to
be 120 years old Medical science has
no record of person in this country
living beyond 102 years.
The richest genius, like the most
fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots
up into the rankest weeks; and instead
of vines and olives for the pleasure and
use of man, produces to its slothful
owner the most abundant crop of
poisons. Hume.
Butter becomes rancid because of the
formation in it of butyric acid, by a
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 offense.
George Rust, conductor of an electric
street car at Wheeling, w. Va, went
on topof his car to adjust the running
pulleys connecting it with the wire,
and, slipping, grasped the wire to
steady himself. He got a shock that
laid him out senseless, and was about
to be taken down for dead when his
face was accidentally touched by the
wire, and he was brought to life again,
little the worse for his experience.
Opium is got by cutting the capsule
of the poppy flower with a notched
iron instrument at sunrise, and by the
next morning drop of the juice has
oozed out. This is scraped off and
saved by the grower, and after he has
a vessel full of it it is strained and
dried. 1t takes a great many poppies
to make O pound of opium, and it goes
through a number of processes before
it is ready for market.
In 1885 Mr. Hurtz put his name
down as subscriber for an etching of
MunkaCSy CuflSL on calvary. IL
was not ready until 1888, and he re-
fused payment ON the ground that ii
bad taken too long, and was sued.
The experts called in the case testified
that, considering the size and delicaoy
of the work, three years was not an
excessive time for it's production. Mr..
Hertz had to pay.
Rider Haggard, the novelist, will
visit Persia and surrounding countries
unattended. He is an experienced
traveller, and is used to the ways of
the Orient. When he starts off on an
expedition like the one he now con
templates he always buys small dog
to accompany him. This is the only
weapon he takes with him. He claims
that the carrying of firearms is apt to
awaken hostility among strangers
He devotes his attention to winning
the affection of his dog, and says that
faithful canine companion is the
best thing man can have for long
journey.