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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-09-12

The intelligence of the brute crea-
ton was strikingly illustrated when
dog belonging to Samuel Green, liv-
ing on Sixth street, below Barclay,
saved 2-year-old child from death.
About 2 o'clock Mrs. Green put her
little son, Maurice, to bed, and after
watching him sink into peaceful
slumber, sat on the step with her hus-
band. Two hours later Mr.. Green
heard a noise like the sound of fall,
followed by the cries of child and
the subdued growing of dog, appar-
emily coming from the dining room.
Alarmed beyond expression, he
rushed into the house and saw a spec
tacle which held him spellbound for a
moment About the center of the
long flight of stairs leading from the
sleeping apartment was the boy Maui
rice, crying as if his infantile heart
was breaking, He was hanging over
the steps in a perilous position, with
his head downward, and the canine
prevented him from falling further by
clutching his little dress between his
teeth. The dog was growing at a
rapid rate, as # to attract attention,
and seemed to fully realize the dam
gerous situation. A glance sufRced to
show the father that his son, with true
Juvenile independence, had jumped
out of bed, and attempted to walk
down the stairs without assistance.
His foot had evidently caught in
the carpet, and he was plunging head
long down toward the door when the
dog rushed to the door and saved him
from possible death by catching him
by the dress and holding him there
until human aid arrived.
When Mr.. Green seized the young
ster, the dog jumped up and licked
his face and hands in order to mani
fest his approval, and in other ways
exhibited unbounded joy. The child
sustained severe flesh wound on the
forehead, but beyond this injury was
unhurt. Mr.. Green has purchased a
costly collar for the dog, and now
says that he would not sell it for any
money.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Time for n Change. d,

A girl typewriter-what would the
newspapers do if they didn't have her
to write about2-told reporter on The
Sun, II have never seen q man in
whose company l have not thought it
best never to relax my guard over my
self" Sec here, if that young woman
has any friends, they ought to intro
duce her to few men outside of the
crowd she seems to be training with.
That girl has fallen in with the wrong
kind of men. Once in while, breth-
rem, you will hear a man talk in a
similar disparaging strain about ''all
women" 1t isn't that there are no
good, pure, virtuous women, but that
kind Of q man has never associated
with that class of women. When any
one tells me that all the people in the
world are wicked and wholly bad, i'm
pure and treacherous, don't believe
It; not word of it. But l do believe
that the person who tells me such
stuff may be living in that sort of a
world; that he associates only with
people of that class and sort, and be-
Heves that all the world is like his
surroundings, just as mole may be-
lieve that the sky is black and the
grass grows from it, roots downward.
But we know the sky is blue.-Bur-
dette in Brooklyn Eagle.
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How Rim Came on the Stage.

Dion Boucicault narrates in North
American Review the way that RIP
Van Wrinkle" came upon the stage.
In the summer of 1865, he says, Mr..
Joseph jefferson arrived in London
from Australia, at an unfortunate mo-
ment. American comedians We're not
regarded with favor by the London
public The failure of Mr.. Owens was
of recent date. Mr.. Jefferson had no
new plays Those characters which
Mr.. Boucicault had written for him
Salem Scudder, in ''The Octoroon,"
and Caleb Plummer, in "Dot"-had
been played out. So this bright come
dian found no door open to him. The
manager of the Adelphi hazarded the
remark, eff Mr.. Boucicault will write
new piece for you will give you an
appearance. He ought to do it, for he
comedian living"
So Jefferson came to Boucicault,
and they tossed over dozen subjects.
He expressed great affection for RIP
Van Winkle,n an old and very bad
melodrama He admitted that the
piece had failed; he had shown it to
Webster, who objected to producing
such rag. Boucicault pointed out
that the character of a ragged old sot,
however picturesque, was not an at
tractive object through three acts.
Stay" cried the author, "a thought
occurs to me. Suppose we sweep aside
Washington Irving, and make Rip a
! young, buoyant, ne'er-do-well, with a
| young wife and young child. Let
him be the playfellow of oil the chill
dren, the lover of all the girls, a vii
lage Bohemian. Let us carry that
character through the first and second
acts, and bring him out in the third
aged In appearance, but fresh in heart
after his long sleep"
Jefferson was not ''enthused" with
this new form of the story, but yield
ed, as he saw no other way to obtain a
London appearance. In few weeks
| the piece was written, and the Adelphi
theatre was placed at the disposal OF
Mr.. Boucicaul.. Mr.. Jeffersons agree
ment with the manager, Mr.. Webster,
was to share the gross receipts nightly
after $40 pounds had been deducted
for expenses The agreement between
Boucicault aud jefferson was that the
author should receive one-third of JET
ferson's share. The play and the
comedian made the success of that sea
son. In the summer of the following
year Jefferson went to New York, and
| commenced a career too well known
and remembered torequire record.
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An oculist who has made the hui
man eye study for thirty years, and
who has examined many famous mems
eyes, declared the other day that the
Thoroughbred American" eye was
steel blue In color.
Would you say that black eyed
and brown eyed men are deficient in
intellectl"
Not that, TO be sure, since history
has afforded some examples of able
men whose eyes possessed this pig
ment. But undeniably among the
people of higher civilization eyes
grow lighter In hue, and there are to-
day far more blue eyed persons than
there were a century ago. II you
viii be at pains to inquire the color OF
the eyes of Bismarck, Gladstone, Hux-
ley, virchow, Buchner, Renan, IN
fact of any of the living great as well
% Of the great army. Of the dead who
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-09-12
A Dog That Waits for "Amen."

Mr.. w. s. Wells, of Wilkesbarre,
Pa, Is the possessor of beautiful
black and white cocker spaniel, which
for inteli gence is not surpassed by any
dog in the state. Every morning, as
soon as Boss hears his master stirring,
he brings his slippers, after which he
scampers to the front porch for the
morning paper, always being careful
to close the door after him. Boss
never thinks of retiring for the night
without first saying his prayers. He
places his front feet upon a chair,
bows reverently, closes his eyes and
nothing but 'amen" pronounced by
his master will induce him to cease his
devotions
One evening as Mr.. Wells was
closing the house for the night Boss
came in with what his master suppos-
ed to be bone, but when ordered out
with it refused to obey, and insisted
upon delivering to Mr.. Wells what he
held in his mouth. Upon examina-
ton Mr.. Wells found, to his great sur
prise, not a bone, but his spectacles
and case that he had dropped by acci-
dent in the barn while attending to his
horse. Boss is not for sale.-Philadel-
phia Press.
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1t is by no means uncommon that in
the course Of being rebuilt a town
loses the charm of old associations
An English writer tells story which
shows this point with unconscious alb
surdity.
A certain mayor of Norwich was se-
lected for royal favor because of his
kind treatment of the wretched rem
nant of the English army which
found shelter in the city after an i'll
fated expedition against the Dutch.
When the mayor was presented at
court, his majesty honored him by a
few words of conversation.
"Ah, Mr. Mayor, Norwich is very
ancient city, is it not2"
1T used to be, your majesty" was
the mayors regretful reply.-Youth's
Companion.
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cnew on IL and wabbIe It about under
the jaws, and finally the piece of wood
isreduced to ragged pulp, and then ii
Is usually cast away. Very FREQUENT
ly small particles of the wood are swal-
lowed, and ! know one man who was
In the habit of eating his toothpick.
became acquainted with him, because
he wanted me to give him something
TO heal his stomach, which was really
Ia q lacerated condition. The small
particles of food that are swallowed
frequently lodge in the walls OF the
stomach somewhere, and induce gas
tic disturbance. I know several
cases which proved fatal. A man may
go on chewing toothpicks for fifty
years and never suffer any i'll effects,
but his less fortunate neighbor may
chew them for few days and die on
account of it. I tell you fact when
| say that lots of trouble with the di-
gestive apparatus and lots of more
serious ailments may be, and have
been by me in many instances, traced
to the use of toothpicks as I have
pointed out. The habit, notice, is
one that is growing rapidly, and,
aside from the fact that it Is an i'll
bred and rude custom, it is to be de-
tested on hygienic principles. l found
out the other day that some restau-
rants dip their toothpicks in some aro-
matte fluid, like cinnamon, and this
tends to cause big spread of the
toothpick chewing habit. The person
who puts one of these prepared sticks
in his mouth can hardly resist the
temptation to chew on it. It's an aw-
full habit, and I'd like to see people
stop it."
The Herald man saw his friend the
dentist yesterday, and told him about
the physicians warning and advice,
and asked him what he thought about
it. "Well, he said, smiling. 81 don't
know that l ought to talk Of such
thing. II we fellows give the public
too much advice, where will our trade
come from2 The fact is, the habit of
toothpick chewing brings the dentist
lots of customers. In d long practice
I've seen how very destructive and
dangerous the wooden toothpick is
when chewed. 1t destroys the gums
and the teeth, its chewed fibers Iacer-
ate the bronchial passages, get into
the throat and head, and indure ca
tarrh, bad breath and general disfg-
urement of the mouth. If / were a
philanthropist instead of dentist, I
should advise everybody to avoid
chewing toothpicks. Boston Herald.
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Canine Benevolence to a Tramp Dog.

A dog in the neighborhood of Man.
chester has been distinguishing itself
in a marked degree. This is not a
homeless cur, but dog in easy cir
cumstances, and owned by a kind and
indulgent master. Too indulgent,
the reader may be disposed to think,
when he is told every rlorning at
lunch time the creature WAS presented
with a penny, which it carried in its
mouth to the shop of the baker and
there purchased a biscuit. II happen
ed, however, that the baker, meeting
the owner of the dog, mentioned to
him that it had not been for its bis
cult lately. This was unaccountable,
and the more so because the animals
master had remarked that during the
past week or so it had exhibited unusu-
al impatience for lunch time, endeav-
oring by caressing and tail wagging
to obtain its luncheon money before it
was due. When it had at last receiv-
ed it it had never failed to run off in
hurry, and return without the coin,
seemingly satisfied with its invest
ment.
The next morning after the baker
had made his communication to the
gentleman, the latter, after giving his
dog the penny, was curious to watch
it, And 10 and behold it never went
near the biscuit shop! Without an
instant's delay 1t FASTENED to a tripe
sellers, and there bought and paid for
neat and tempting skewering of
''paunch. But it was not for his own
eating. With cheerful alacrity it took
the meat in its mouth and made for
an empty house, and to the cellar
thereof, and being closely followed,
the benevolent. creature was discover
ed in the act of delivering its precious
pennyworth to a poor, miserable tyke,
stranger to the neighborhood, and
apparently of the tramp" species.
Evidently it had been taken i'll on the
road, and probably would have died
in the cellar into which it had crawl
ed for shelter, had it not been for the
kind commiseration of the other dog
who probably quite by accident found
it there. London Globe.
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THE DEADLY TooTHPick.


''Do you know" said a physician TO
O Herald man yesterday, that the
great American habit Of toothpick
chewing is responsible for great
number of human ills7' The young
man was more than surprised. he
said he'd be glad to learn just how
those evils are wrought by the appar-
entity harmless and Indispensable tooth
pick
WELL" said the physician, ''of
course refer moro particularly TO the
practice of chewing wooden tooth
picks. And when l modify my state
ment in this way | don't have any
hesitation in reiterating that the
wooden toothpick is AN engine of de-
struction. IL you have ever noticed
these things much you have observed
that a good many people who take
their meals at restaurants or hotel cafes,
and rush out Immediately afterward TO
business, snatch on the way a tooth
pick, sometimes several of them, and
thrust the little wooden spears into
the mouth. In nine cases out of ten
they don't use the toothpick quickly
and as matter of business, but they
retain it in the mouth after all neces
aty Tor its function has ceased. They
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-09-12
Most Remarkable Echoes.

Many wonderful echoes are known,
but the one which takes the first place
seems to be that of the old palace of
Simonetta, near Milan, which forms
the three sides of quadrangle. The
report of pistol is said to be repeated
by this echo sixty times, and Addison,
who visited the place on somewhat
foggy day, when the air was unfavor-
able, counted fsty-six repetitions. AT
first they We're quick, but the inter
walls were greater in proportion as the
sound decayed. The echo at the
Eagles Nest on the banks of Killarney
is renowned for its repetition of a
bugle call, which seems to be repeated
by q hundred instruments, until it
gradually dies away in the air. AT
the report of q cannon the loudest
thunders reverberate from the rock
and die in seemingly endless peals
along the distant mountains.-New
York Telegram.
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HER FRIEND.
Marie has lovers half a scnre


She wears them as she does her gloves;
One pair when driving on the shore.
Another for the modest loves
OF country lanes, mid flowers and dew
A whirl that never seems to end;
And yet, It's serious and true,
much prefer TO be her friendl
When tired of Charley's tennis talk,
And wearied quite with Georges drawl
When sated with the moonlight walk
After the ennui Of ball:
All, then she takes my arm In hers,
And to her rare moods attend,
Beneath the pines and jumpers,
And still I'd rather be her friendi
Eer soul is like an open book,
Wherein the fairest thoughts reed;
No strangers 'twixt its covers look,
Or, glinpsing, feel no anxious need
The utmost trust she asks of me
That trust where two twin natures blend;
My comrades WOO right gallantly,
But would rather be her friend
We read for hours In quiet nooks
The fe@ deep authors OF our choice;
Somehow, the music of the brooks
Is not 50 sweet as her low voice;
And while the breakers strike the beach
And over, under, curve and bend,
Her heart my heart doth truly teach.
Until-but must be her friend.
Sometimes the daring thought will rise.
When touch Of hand has thrilled me through,
And IN her tender girlish eyes
Un6 es the heav6Ass sszfenected bsue: - p
What would do IL she some day
Herwedding cards to me should send!
could not truly frankly say:
It's better just to be her friend
Eugene Field In Chicago News
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70 nInfon rne nerus, perhaps with a
little grease spread on it as a luxury,
and consumed with a leaf of sorrel
or lettuce laid on it as thumb piece;
or their place is taken by few spring
onions, the Trimmings of the beds or a
a Glove of garlic In the south, red,
fiery capsicum is thus INDUCED in, to
relieve and season the bread, which,
perhaps, is partially made with the
flour of maize. Supported by this in
expensive treat, the rustics resume
their work till supper time.-All the
Year Round.
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rl,a Proof.

Evangelist z. had been exhortine
In an unusually earnest manner. Al
the close of the service be mentioned
to stranger, II think / have made a
great impression among some of my
hearers this evening" Il am sure OF
it, replied the stranger. "Are you2n
quoth the evangelist, his face lighting
up with pleasure. Yes, just heard
a man say as he went out that you
were the 0scartest man o. the future
he ever saw. True Flag.
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uo,, "a n. Your nlack Eve.

Ecchymosis OF the cyelids--in plain
language, "a black eye"-is by no
means misfortune confined 10 brtIis-
ers. Even a slight blow from any
source is liable TO cause it, and IL Is an
interesting question to the man OF
peace and social standing how 10 get
rid of II in the shortest time possible,
since no excuse which he may offer
Is likely to be accepted by his asso-
ciates. The laity have many remedies,
such as raw oyster. a rotten apple,
scraped raw potato, and raw beef.
But none Of these are cslicacious..
Among physicians the prescription OF
Mr.. Lawson has been popular. That
consisted Of the tincsure OF arnica,
liquor amncnia. snirits cf rosemary
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A blood vessel OF the brain has lost
some of its elastic strength; food Is
abundant; digestion Is good blood Is
made in abundance, but little Is work
ed off by exercise; the tension on every
artery and vein is at q maximum rate
the even circuitous flow Is temporarily
inpeded at some point, throwing q
dangerous pressure on another; the
vessel which has lost its elastic
strength gives way, blood IS poured
out, 4 clot is formed which, by its
pressure on the brain, produces COM
plete Inconsistencies. This Is the
apoplectic stroke. 1t will be perceiv-
ed that there are two leading condi-
tions upon which the production of the
stroke depends lessened strength In
the vessel and an increased tension on
it.-Hall's Journal of Health.
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WHICH WAS seRENAoEo'
The Young Folks Turned Out to Annoy tn
Deacon, bat He Led Them I'm Prayer.

Deacon, bat he Led Them I'm Prayer.
II was not very long ago that a
Maine man fired his shotgun into a
calithumpian crowd that serenaded
him. With disastrous results. An Ok
ford county deacon who was annoyed
In o similar way hit upon vastly bet
ter method Of routing the Invaders Of
his peace. He lost his first wife, with
whom he had lived fifty years, and In
time took another bride TO solace his
declining days. Such O proceeding,
though Warranted both by Holy Writ
and human precedent, caused consid-
cradle talk Ia the neighborhood on ac-
count Of the deacon's advanced age,
and some Of the young people propos-
ed to give the couple an old fashioned
serenade. So they gathered large
and noisy crowd together, equipped
themselves with o circular saw, q
chime OF COW bells and a band Of
horns, and set up a frightful din In
front of the deacon's house several
hours after the old gentleman and his
bride had retired. The first alarm
broughG the deacon TO the door. The
spectators expected storm of righte-
Gus wrath to burst upon their heads
and were prepared to meet it with a
tempest OF saw, horn and cowbell.
h4enfleuacp y said mild voice.
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Queen Victoria. New Yor. Real ,s.....

Apropos of the royal marriage por-
ton debate in England 1t is worth
while to note that a part of Queen
Victorip's savings Is invested in real
estate ia Now York city, and each
year the queen of England draws a
handsome income from rentals paid
by resident New Workers. The rents
are collected quietly, and perhaps the
tenants themselves do not know that
their payments go TO the British
queen. New York Star.
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Not Enough There,

A citizen of this place was presiding,
some years ago, o~er the deliberations
Of meeting, and things were not go.
ing to suit him. He finally delivered
the following opinion; According to
parliamentary law, 1t requires two
thirds vote 70 carry that motion, and
the chair decides that there are not
that many here" The meeting at
once adjourned. That settled it.-At-
Gibson (Kan.) Champion.
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Tommy Was Getting On.

VISITOR Well, Tommy. how are you
getting on at school2
Tommy (age s)-First rate. l amt
doing as well as some of the other
boys, though. can stand on my
head, but have to put my feet against
the fence / want to do it without be-
ing near the fence at all, and l can
after I've been to school long enough.
Buffalo Courier.
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Luke Crawford. of Thomaston. {

Luke Crawford, of Thomaston, Ga,
is the champion horse snapper Of that
place. He had one day three horses,
altogether not worth 5000, and during
the day traded fifty-fve times and quit
with one horse, il being one of the
same. he started with. He also had as
result of the days work $3.50 in
money, bull and buggy.
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Danced the s.ttom ON. Of Their soa,.

Hugh Gaffney, of Birmingham, had
the honor of rescuing three young
women from q very unpleasant posi-
ton. The girls were out in a shaky
boat ON the Housatonic river, just be-
low the spile bridge on the Derby ex-
tension, when in their exuSerance of
spirits they began to dance and sing.
The bottom of the boat could not with
stand the treatment received. 1t gave
way and let tho girls into FIVE feet Of
water. They were In sad plight
when rescued. The river, although
wide, is very shallow at that point so
they were In no great danger.-New
Haven Palladium.
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The startling fact has been discover
ed that S,265, BOO bushels of peanuts
are consumed in the United States
every year. 1t is suspected that 251,-
306 bushels of them are slain in the
upper galleries of theatres, and that
276, 405 bushels are eaten In street cars
and court rooms.
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The ''regal red poppy" has recently
been found to have the valuable power
of binding with its roots the soil in
which it grows in such manner that
it will prove most valuable in support
ing embankments. Already French
engineers have undertaken the SOW
ing of railway embankments with
poppies.
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m uIe msungulsneu tnemseIves, you
will learn that most Of them had or
have eyes of blue or gray. It has
seemed to me that the pigment is In
the way, that it obscures the objects
presented to the visual organ and that
the aspiring mind seeking the greatest
light casts it Off. - Philadelphia
Press.
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think, nothing but absolute freedom
can refresh it and restore its self re-
spect Excuse these raw brevities and
please convey to your companions, my
dear sir, the cordial good wishes of
yours and theirs. James.
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The license law of Sweden forbids
any person buying drink without pur-
chasing something TO eat at the same
time.