The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01
SIypRIgS.

been distilled from tea. III - s1a;i'J ~ !
It is officially announced that sprinI
bonnets will be smaller than ever.
This year Easter Sunday will com
on the 18th Of April. - sa1ys > -
A negro hotel company was charter
/ ed by the Louisiana Legislature.
Buying whiskey for the sake of TIN
return silver comes under the head o
change which is not reform. ~ So.
If letter postage is reduced to ON
cent, there will be two sent where then
Is one cent now. - .s,i''t s;.a q
Toledo has 426 licensed retail Iiquo
shops and "A houses Of prostitution
Fast town that. Il -. 4-i sss,sf'a &,
He who says there Is no such thing
as an honest man, you may be sur
Is himsels knave.-Bishop Berkeley
DRUNKENNESS. II saw no mar
drunk in any place of Germany, thougf
Twas in many goodly cities and mucf
notable company. - l5aydfs Cruditics
The fly has uses. He serves to keel
bald-headed sinners awake at churcf
on a warm day, SO that their ungener
ated hearts may he touched by ths
| preachers word. 7Apegttas 3 ~
In London, in 1857, it required 667,
horses to convey &c, ,000, 900 passenger
in omnibusses; while In New YOrE
1880 horses carried IS, ,OO0, 900 passen'
gers in ears. ys.sri.,y.t .ssTt ~
Washington by Frederick the Great
with this inscription upon It: +" From
the oldest Of living generals to tht
greatest. " fi - Eifs. -
A woman In Cincinnati, has sued q
milliner for breach of, promise in falling
to have bonnet done at the appointed
time. Damage, $40.
A chap says he cured the palpitation
of the heart by the application OF an
other palpitating heart to the part af-
fected. -
!. Josh Billings says: "Give the devil
his dues" reads we'll enough in pro-
VERT; but mi friend what will be cum
ov me and yu if this arrangement is
carried out? aea hgA est,,a. ssa
"Isn't your bill awfully steep ?'' in
quired spendthrift ofhis tailor "You
.OuSuI W hllOW DcSi, IL was Iuu up ~
you," was tho cool reply. llii
Ten dollars was the wager which in
duced Connecticut woman to eat q
bushel of roast oysters. .f55s,ifyf I.
She died of pure shell-fshness.
The LEGITIMATE FRUIT.lThe Gin
cinati Times says that l.. c.. Hopkins &
CO., of that city, spend 3, 800 a day for
advertising, and clear double that
amount. t..s...- .'4 - 4rss 4. {
Adarkey gives the following reason
why the colored race is superior to the
white race: "All men are made of
clay, and, like the meerchaum pipe,
they are more valuable when highly
colOred. s5sF sa-aa6 s.at r.t n {.
p CowARDICE.-The evening before a
big battle, an officer asked Marshal
TOiras for permission to visit his father,
who was at the point of death. Co."
said the Marshal, who saw through the
preteXt-" Honor thy father and thy
mother, that thy days may be long in
the land" ss.v s.5..,st.. s
Bridgeport, Connecticut, aboahds in
persons with odd devices for turning an
"hOnest penny.r One fellow puts his
elbows, shoulders and hips out Of joint
and back again, and swallows sword,
all for one cent.
A gallant was lately sitting beside
his beloved, and being unable to think
of anything to say, asked her Why
she was like a tailor. :" / don't know"
said she with pOuting hp, "unless it
is because / am sitting beside goose"
Lancaster, Penn, has no sturdy paul
pers to support this winter, as the in
mates of the almshouse are all set at
W ork breaking stone. If beggar asks
for brea theygiye him stone, and he
is off, straightway.
ASouthern paper says that the price of
broom corn brush has been rising yearly
andi is now quoted at from 90 to 80 cents
per h., wholesale. At this rate it is
more profitable crop to raise than cotton.
A Western newspaper having repeat
ed an old paradox, that if two letters
be taken from money there will be but
one left, the Vicksburg Times remarks I: |
u We once knew q fellow who took
money from two letters, and there was
none ieft. fi1tt bif aANt}31 !
Newton, being asked how he came |
70 make his discoveries, replied, by |
always thinking of them. / keep the |
subject of my inquiry constantly be- |
ore me, and wait till the first dawning |
opens gradually, by little and little,
nto full and clear light"
About the beginning of the seven
eenth century the warm drinks in fash |
on for table use were wine and beer,
in q very captivating style.
Tea was introduced about that time,
ind its use was earnestly resisted by |
he wine and beer drinkers, least it /
should exert an injurious influence on
E{rT,..f.. .,..rt,.f., 4
With one exception, there is not
,ailroad i'm Georgia that has been in
ictual operation throughout its whole
inc for three years past, that has not
earned and paid out to its stockholders
Turing that time dividend on an av>
,rage of s per cent. Is 3esffi /
A Galena (Illinoisl girl was sought
~ three lovers, who at length were |
eiZed with the novel idea that she be
allowed to choose one of them. She,
however, told them it was quarrel of |
heir own, and they must settle it !
imong themselves. They then drew |
cuts" and the lucky one, she declares
vas the one she had chosen from the |
irst.
IsRAELrrEs IN, New YoRK.-It is
taled there are more Israelites in New
FORK city than i'm the Holy Land, or
n all Syria. There are about 10000 in
hat city, and this is probably a larger
lumber than now inhabit the scripture
ands above mentioned. Ofthat 5O,000i
here are not 1,O00 that can be Justly |
:alled poor, while the majority are
leavy owners Of real estate, and also
lmong the most active and enterpris-
ng of our commercial people.
Ladies have. always been credited
With q knack of doing things ut the
light moment, and young American
,irl now visiting Paris is evidently in
lowise behind the majority of her sex.
While skating recently at the Bois de
5oulogne, she managed to slip and fall
whilst the Prince Imperial Highness
picked up the beauty i'm dis
ress. 7
The following words Of franklin are
s applicable to the debtors of the pres
mt day as they were ut the time when
hey We're written: The sound of your
hammer at five in the morning, or nine
It night, heard by creditor, makes
lin easy six months longer; but if he
ees you at billiard table, or hears your
'oice at tavern, when you should be at
york, he will send for his money next
ay. ~ REtta
HUSBAND AND WIFE. = Husband
nd wife who have fought the world
ide by side, who made common stock
{ joy and sorrow, and grown aged to- +
ether are not unfrequently found curl
usly alike in, pitch and tone of voice,