The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-05
SUNDRIES.

AhC EuiOpCoH wal Has put d Suuuen
stop to continental tours. -..-.r,
In Virginia the oak is said to he dy-
ing out, and the poplar succeeding.
There are .fOrty-seven newspapers
published in Arkansas, of which only
three are daily. 9jI D. He.:ri., 80.
An Indiana undertaken adrertises
that he has had the experience of three
thousand funerals. y,T e.,'.
/ A ladies' gambling house has been
discovered by prying newspaper cor
respondent at Saratoga. BON a.
i An Albany man has sold $1,000 worth
of Strawberries this year off a piece of
land for which he paid $3.50 three years
ago. .J.. I- .-euu 3D.. t..'--.. Oh.
r"It's great comfort to be left alonen
said an Irish lover, especially when
your sweetheart is wild you." rs
An exchange has heard of a hen
which was found, after a three weeks
search, in the back of a hardware store,
trying to hatch out q dozen porcelain
dOor-knObs. .
A prominent manufacturing house
in New York, it is understood, has
quietly made arrangements to employ
1000 Chinese hands. They are expect
ed to begin work i'm the fall.
THE REASON Why are doctors
called physicians, mama !? asked lit
tie inquisitive girl of her mother, who
had just been visited by one of them.
Physicians replied mama, who was
seldom at loss for an answer, comes
from fee seek, as the doctors ride about
all day to seek fees. ...
PUNCTUATIoN.-A stranger in q
printing office asked the youngest ap-
prentice what his rule of punctuation
was. I set up as long as can hold my
breath, and then 1put a comma; when
/ cape, L insert semicOlOn; and when
1 want a chew of tobacco, make
paragraph i'--..r a-' ..,,.a g..
ENGLISH HIsToRIEs.-It is said that
within the whole range of histories used
in the schools of Great Britain, moth
ing can be found which relates to the
war of the Revolution in this country,
or which describes the results following
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y He KNEw.-At Sunday school in
Ripon teacher asked little boy if he
knew what the expression "sowing
tares" meant. "Courth L does" said
he, pulling the seat of his little breeches
arnnnd in front "There's a tear my
ma sewed. I feared it sliding down
hill" ...'-.t
A GREAT ORNAMENT.-A clergyman
last summer visited the celebrated
Hoosac Tunnel, and encountered a
sprightly looking Irishman, who i'm re-
ply to the question, sDo you think this
work will pay" promptly replied,
Faith, no. But thin it'll be a great
ornamint to society," -,
Mr.. P. T. Barnum, having consulted
competent engineers, learned that a
hundred feet of one of the largest big
trees of California, weighing about 200
tons, can be transported by tide-water
in $40 days, averaging an eighth to a
quarter of mile per day. 1t can then
be brought by barge to San Francisco,
and taken by clipper ship to New York,
the entire cost being about 100000.
HIS OBsERvATIoN.-Sir VIM. B., be-
ing at a parish meeting, made some
proposals which were objected to by
farmer. Highly enraged, Sir says he
to the farmer, do you know, sir, that
have been at two universities, and two
colleges in each university"
We'll, SIR said the farmer, what of
that? / had calf that sucked two
cows, and the observation I made was,
the more he sucked the greater calf he
grew '"Eft -T-f. .t
BLIND. Well, John, did you take
the note gave you to Mr.. Smithers p
inquired a gentleman of his rustic SER
want. 'Yes sir replied John, / took
the note, but don't think he can read
it. Cannot read itr exclaimed the
gentleman why so, John? Be
cause he is so blind. While wor i'm
the room he axed me twice where my
hat was, and it wor on my head all the
time.' ~ tlI-f/ i'i. ..'.- I'D,
To clean your hair and head beat up
the yolk of an egg; rub it all through
your hair, wash and rinse in warm,
soft water; dry with a towel as much
as possible. Avoid going out before the
hair is thoroughly dry, as you will be
likely to take cold. Ammonia Is also
very good to cleanse the hair and hair
brushes. A teaspoon of liquid ammo
mia in pint of warm water is prop
per proportion. Add little soap,
wash the hair and rinse we'll in clear,
warm water. When dry, brush ten
minutes, and dry with some clean, soft
oil.
There was an old lady who lived
next door to the navy yard at Ports
mouth in New Hampshire, and who
had the misfortune to be hard of hear
ing. Last Fourth OF July she sat i'm
her parlor while the boys of the navy
yard fired O salute of 36 heavy guns. !
As the last 68-pounder went off the old
lady started up in her chair and called
out "Come in.n ...-- .-y., ...,.-f...
A SAYING OF HENRY CLAY.-Henry
Clay used to say that there were three
classes of people with whom it was
never safe to quarrel.
First-Ministers. For the reason that
that they have pulpits from which they
could dencunce me, and 1 had none
from which to reply. ...t
Second-Editors. For they had the
most powerful engines from which they
could every day huri wrath and fury
upon me, and I had none through
which to reply. And, finally, with wo-
men, for they would have the last word