The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28
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The Princes OF Prussia makes her own
dresses and bonnets. "-.' Fla
The wealth of Boston would give To
each inhabitant a fraction above $1,000.
/ A cotton stalk Is on exhibition in Gla-
weston, Texas, which contains over 800
large bolls. ~ : Ts,f frr-F stt gfd'
The downfall of the Empress has car
ried with it the chignous OF Berlin. No
ladies wear them now in that city. '.''
| Common house flies Invariably stand
with the head downward, While biting
flies and mosquitoes rest with the head
upward. rT0I itf tr',F a- -'
Among the premiums offered at a coull-
/ ty fair in kentucky-is one Of $40 for the
neatest patch put on an old garment by
an unmarried woman. =. .,-,-
Animals killed for food when in q state
Of ply steal weakness have no flavor, and
does not satisfy hunger. Hence, s.animal
Spirits may be taken as synonym. for
| flavor. stet "A. -Fvrs .-1H ira'nl tf's
The most fashionable marriages.now-
a-days- are the simplest. Several have
occurred lately in which there were nei-
ther bridesmaids nor groomsmen, cards,
receptions nor display, h-iii
Ayoung couple at Paducah, KY, have
been doing the State good sevrice since
their marriage five years ago. They
have now family of eight children.
There were twins four times in success
I Siou. -
The roar of artillery at the lombard
ment of Strasbourg was heard distinctly
at Stuttgart and Cannstadt, more than 50
miles from the place of action, - 1t could
be heard at much greater distance OH
the heights of the hill. ---.-. -. +,
| a wealthy New Yorker who lives
about is miles outside of New York city,
estimates that he owes the greater part
of his riches to the fact that he carries his
bundles home himself, instead of paying
messengers and eXpreSsmen. l-.--
OF the national debts that of Great
Britain is the heaviest, being $l32 per
head of the population, Netherlands SIP
France, SO, and the United States, $50
per head. The only nation that Is rapid
ly reducing both its debt and taxation, is
the United Rtates - I'D
The highest mine in the world is the
StlNCI lIliEC vi L OlOSi, Ill IIlt 1uuCo vi
Peru, which is stated as being L l,3CT feet
est mine is the salt mine of Neusalzwerk
(Westphalia), whiclisE said to be 1850
feet below the sea. r..,r
\ happy welded couple i'm Hendricks
county, Indiana, weigh just Que thous-
and pounds.
Marshal Bllline, though not much
over sivty years old, counts l05 years
time OH the army register. This is ex-
planned by the fact that some military
years in which there has been hard cam
paiSning count for several years Of or
binary service. .,.F-.t
By emitting the letter : " in i legal
document an English attorney once in
flicted loss on his client OF $4,000.
1t was brought to his attention, lie saw
his blunder, aud, without any words, SIT
down and wrote his cheek for the full
amount. Such a man doesn't lose clients
If he does make i mistake. -. t'A
The very latest thing in the advertising
line is Il lady who, through the ilewspa-
pers, seeks for an employment as an ..or-
namental guest" She will assist 1T din
ner or evening parties-by her grace, and
wit, and beauty, contributing to the en-
tertainment of guests, and she viii do
everything in the highest style of the
art-only she demands that a fair COM
pensation be made. - -.r.-I
There is man living in Calhoun coum-
ty, Mississippi, who is supposed to have
more strength than any three menli in the
State. lie is thirty-five years Of age,
weighs 225 pounds and can walk two
hundred yards with a bar Of r;iilroad
iron that takes the combined strength Of
five ordinary men to lift ' ..Tc~
,Theso,diers inParis who took part in
the first sortie, but struck 4 bee-line for
the fortificatiOns at the first volley of the
Prussians. were led through the streets
the following day with their hands tied
behind their backs, their caps and tunics
turned inside out, aud on their breasts
card with the following Inscription
CThe name.) Miserable coward, who
abandoned his post before the enemy. |
All honest men are invited to spit in his
face - -.-r t...-4't e'r .rl.'
A new form of envelope has recently |
become quite popular in Germany, and
possesses the convenience of Grabbing
one to open Il letter, when completely |
sealed up, without the ordinary difficult |
ty of finding an entrance. The arrange |
ment consists in introducing threat, |
which projects from one OF the corners, |
by pulling which the lower edge of the |
envelope Is cut through without injury |
to the inclosure, the address or the stamp. |
Gen. Trochu, in his work OH the French
army, states a fact not generally Known. |
On the evening preceding the battle of
AusterIitz two divisions of the French |
army came accidentally into collision,
and shot ut each other, causing painful
losses and confusion, which might have
had serious consequences il it had spread.
Few understand on how slender a thread
hung the crowning victory of the first /
Napoleon.
Probably the fastest railway travelling
on record occurred last week, on the
Pennsylvania railroad between Rolla and
York. A heavy car of lnmber got away
with two mon in charge, on the down
grade of so feet to the mile. With each /
succeeding mile the speed of the flying
car became more terrific, and as it passed |
the tank five miles west of the starting
point, the velocity was more than Il hun |
dred miles an hour. Fortunately, an up !
grade arrested the car about six miles |
west of ROlla, and the car WAS switched |
Off at York Just in time to prevent a !
crash with tile freight train east, which,
being behind time, had not passed that |
point.
Sing Silig was puzzled lately by the /
escape of notorious convict, who pried |
open the bars of his window and vanish
ed No metallic instrument had been al I
lowed i'm his cell, and the keepers were in /
quandary until they found the man had
been taking patent medicine so impreg-
mated with iron that he only had to open |
vein in his arm to take ont a good sized
crowbar. -...
Wi.lie's Headache.
Willie had just begun to go TO school,
but strange to say, did not like itTfor
which reason / fea- he can never be-
come President of the United States. =