The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-10-01
FACTS AND FIGURES.
A wnrrE PINE doctor deals in cofins

Fl FACTS AND FIGURES. 500
AWHrTE PINE doctor deals in cofflns.-
CoNsrANrINoPLE has twenty-eightl
newspapers, printed in eight dinefent
languagess --- -..-lzs st.ia
p DuRINa recent hot spell sftherhome-
ter in an Arkansas editorial room showed
Q temperature of 119 degrees lla5s5oa +
A NORMAL school for the benefit Of ma
tive ladies and girls is to be opened In
Poona, in India iiii.- e'f'''l'if \ li'i
NORFOLK, Va, restricts the number Of
bootblacks in the city to eight, and gives
each district. --..---... e1ai niaaf
A CLEVELAND paper acknowledges the
receipt of a bouquet Of fresh flowers cut
in California. at,f4 d
+ THERE have been sixteen cases Of suir
eide in Lowell, Mass, within eight months,
mostly Of young girls. 3ii'' - '''l
a A DKFEcTIvE copy Of the 1898 edition
of Shakespeare was sold by auction in Lon
don lately, and brought e3SS. .l n.gst a
~ A RxsIDKNT OF Mt jackson, Va, found
a young crocodile several inches in length
packed in barrel Of sugar. r ~f9i ''iii
THE st. Paul Pioneer thinks that not
less than 150, 600 bushels Of apples will be
gathered in Ninnesota this year. --,,lf n
A CINCINNATIAN has wagered 500 that
he can carry an anvil weighing zoo pounds
distance Of seven miles without resting.
ToM THUMB and party posted their per-
formances in San Francisco in Chinese as
we'll as in English, and took, in two weeks,
81, 900 in gold. !;
The Duke of Ossuna, the first noble
man of Spain, has 20 many titles that it
takes him more than quarter OF an hour
to write his fun name. r,e5 .s.,-.f =.
A HEN in West Winsted, Conn, has
been sitting for several weeks on seven
potatoes, which have sprouted and grown
above her head. 1d lads e iefF
THsRE are at the present time in Lon.
don and its suburbs about ninety Roman
Catholic churches and chapels. At the
beginning of this century there were only
thirteen. sIT1
ALIvERPOoI. woman, doubtful whether
the fire in her stove was out, poured gun
powder on the embers in order to ascertain
the fact. Her doubts and the rest OF her
were removed. .Il
Z IT is stated that one guest at Cape May
this year, whose party consisted OF three
persons and whose accommodations wei'
two rooms, paid the hotel $125 day dur
ing his sojourn. ju Lr e,
AT a recent coin sale in Philadelphia, a
New Jersey cent, 1887, realized $SS;
United States 1898 silver dollar, $40 ;
United States 1904 cent, $12; United
States 1888 cent, IS; United States 1877
dime, $12; United States 1S45 dime, -;
limited States 1893 cent 81 i
Two Duxbury CONN ladies, descend
ants of the Winslow family, possess,
among other curious relics, the wedding
shoes of Cotton Mather's grandmother
On one of the shoes is pasted the original
punishment of her marriage, taken from
the church door where it was first posted.
A POISONOUS bush has proved very de-
structive to sheep in Australia 1t Is
pretty shrub about four feet high, with
bright scarlet blossom. The botanical
name is gastro'o6sHna' grand!fornn', and and
over two thousaRd sheep have been lost
out of one flock from eating this bush. g
Z. PORTLAND claims the championship Of
| the world on old folks 1t has over
one hundred and fifty inhabitants above
seventy-one years of age, and twelve bust
ness firms which have. not changed thelf
! style for the past quarter OF century.
The veritable "oldest inhabitant" is also
supposed to be a resident of Portland.
IT is said that, near Cochranton, Ohio,
the other day, a meteor, followed by a
blaze of light, passed by the engineer Off
freight train that was stopping, struck an
oil car in the rear, and exploded, tearing
off a portion of the roof setting fire to
the car and destroying it. A brakeman
| was struck in the face by q fragment oil
the meteor and severely hurt.
ONE of the most marked illustrations OF
the change which has taken place in the
way in which good men regard certain
things, is afforded by the following ex.
tract from the diary of the Rey. Samuel
Seabury, of Ledyard, Conn, father OF
Bishop Seabury, Of Connecticut. he
says: "The ticket 1896, in the Light
House and Public Lottery, OF New York,
drew in my favor, by the blessing Of Al,
mighty God, fDOO, Of which i received
e435, there being Q deduction OF 10 pei
cent; for which now record to my pos
terity nay thanks and praise to Almighty
God, the Giver of all good gifts :,
BELOW we give the grand total OF funds
raised by the leading national and de-
nominational societies in this country, fol
the year ending May !, 1862. Y is said
that the amount is nearly $2,OO0,oO0 larger
than in the year preceding: iiil-