The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-02
ODDS AND ENDS.

Pineapple culture in Florida yields
$400 per acre.
During the civil war 267 Union sol
diers were executed for desertion.
1t is estimated that there are 10000
more women in Washington than
men.
The Royal academy in London has
definitely decided not to open its
doors on Sundays.
By taking revenge a man is but
even with his enemy; but in passing
over it he Is superior. Bacon
One of the latest inventions is
three cornered steel nail that will
drive easily and will not split the
wood.
Pittsburg claims to be the greatest
freight producing city in the United
States She furnishes each year some
$4,000, 600 tons.
The French academy has been au-
thorized to accept legacy bequeathed
bya NJ Robin, for the purposeof found
ing an annual prize of 1 1000 francs for
filial piety.
The total cost of the Paris exposition
is expected to be $4,000, 900. The
government contributes the greater
part and the city of Paris most of the
rest.
Never live in hope or expectation,
while your arms are folded. God
helps those that help themselves.
Providence smiles on those who put
their shoulders to the wheel that pro-
pels wealth and happiness. .-Tillotson.
Ernest Hull, of Lyme, Conn, caught
big striped bass off shore in novel
way. The Ash was floating on the
waves seemingly benumbed with the
cold. Mr.. Hull thrust ON oar into its
gills and towed it ashore. 1t weighed
All pounds.
There is yellow haired tailless cat
that haunts the White House corri
dors. They call it Dan, and many re-
gard it as the presidents mascot.
There was q yellow dog that used to
follow Gen. Garfield wherever he
went, out of gratitude for bone that
the president once threw him when he
was on the verge of starvation in the
street.
A gentleman made a purchase in a
| North Pearl street drug store few
days ago, says The Albany Journal.
The clerk tied up tho package and in
advertently neglected to cut the twine.
The purchaser carelessly put the pack
age in an outside pocket and left the
store. He had gone nearly block
when a passerby noticed the string
trailing behind him. He had un-
wound nearly a ball Of twine without
knowing it.
One of the most noted of the art so,
cieties of London is the Society of
Lady Artists. The members Of this
institution give an exhibition every
year, to which are invited the best
critics from all over the world. The
pictures are for the most part land
Scapes, flowers, portrait studies, and
domestic genre scenes, The ladies seem
to have more success with water col
ors and pastels than with oils,
A soldier named Vertjoie has just
been condemned to death for an extra
ordinary performance. He was being
tried by court marshal at Oran for al
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threw the quid of tobacco comfortably
slowed away in the recesses of hi
cheek in the face of Col. Thierry, wht
presided. The man was at once sen
fenced to death for an assault on q su
perior Office while on duty.
A goose belonging to ]. H, Parrish
of Macon, while grazing along th'
track of the Georgia Southern SOM
time ago, was caught under the truck
of passing train and had one leg sew
cred near the knee joint. For SOM
time the goose hobbled about in tn
woods uncared for. AT last, however
it claimed the attention of Mr.. Parrish
|, whose ingenuity fashioned for tn
manned fowl a neat wooden leg il
place of the lost member, upon whicl
, it walks with much grace.