The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
ODDS AND ENDS.

Excuse haste and bad pen," was
the message left behind by a convict
on escaping from a western state
prison
The United Kingdom fisheries en-
ploy $50, 900 persons. The money
value of fish landed in a year is near
ly 9S, 900, 600.
A Portland man has invented a new
color. He says his dog is 'subdued
brindle." How would subdued brin-
die bonnet dol
If you want poached eggs to look
particularly nice, cook each egg in a
muffin ring placed in the bottom of a
sauce pan of boiling water.
Louis Goulon, a laborer in French
mill, is 62 years old, and has a gray
beard three yards long that he wears
| wound around his neck. His beard
and mustache began to grow when he
was ~ and at IA he had beard a foot
long. 1t is still growing.
A wad from The Brookville, Fla,
Crescent, found in the body of mur-
| dered man in fernando county, fitted
| the piece torn from that journal so
closely that it led to the detection of
the criminals Newspapers are the
best detectives all round. The accused
finally got off, but it was not The Cres-
| cents fault.
An English company which has
been formed to work the ruby mines
| of Burmah report great success. They
| have put a new machine into opera
| ton, and from ton of gravel have
| taken 800 carats of rubies, all of
commercial value. The deposits cover
an area of 140 square miles.
In one block on Main street in Bat
| tie Creek the other day a reporter
saw three one legged men, four one
armed men and two other men who
were SO lame they couldn't walk with
out canes. The reporter went home
and wrote up the item, stating that
Battle Creek is one of the greatest
railroad towns in the United States"
London's nicely paved streets are SO
slippery that steps have been taken to
find a means of roughing them. Two
societies-the society for Promoting
| the Safety of Horses and the Horse
| Accident Prevention society-have
been formed. They propose plans to
keep the streets clean and well sanded.
In swamp north of the town of As
tor, Fla, John Wilson cut huge cy-
press tree, and was surprised to find
therein an alligator seven feet long.
| The opening in the tree being not half
large enough to admit the reptile, it is
presumed it got in while young and
subsisted on small animals that there
i'll sought shelter.
Talking of relics, here is batch of
| them owned in Talbot county, Ga :
II. M. Hollis had a pair of geese hatch
ed i'll the spring of 1S41. The goose
was killed by amink about ten days
| ago. The gander is now living Mr..
| Hollis showed us piece of home made
hard soap that was made In the spring
of 1S41 by his mother r. A. Mizzel
reports that he has hen 15 years old
and she lays every day That hen has
borne much fruit. William Adams,
the bachelor, has a peacock 35 years
old that has mated with turkey hen.
A, w. Miller of Uniontown, is the
envied possessor of an object of con-
siderable curiosity and veneration,
viz. Hebrew shekel, said to be be-
tween 1000 and 5000 years old. 1t is
a rare thing to see one of those ancient
coins, or pieces of money, of the kind
for which Joseph was sold into Egypt.
This rare old coin, an heirloom, has
been in Mr.. Miller's family for several
generations. 1t was brought from Je-
rusalem by one Herr Isaac Abrams
away back in the distant past. Mr..
Miller values this little shekel at $500.