Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-19

Polish your uppers though down in the heel +,
And never indOrse note.
Always advance best hand, best foot,
| BEST hand, best for your own,)
| And thus you may feast on the fat of the land,
| While others enjoy the bone.
Twenty coal boats from the upper
Cumberland mines arrived yesterday, and
coal boat men were as thick on the leVee as
magpies in gooseberry patch.
r. McPhail Smith, ESQ.,, has been ap-
pointed one of the three judges to award
the medal of the Philmothean Society of
Cumberland University at Lebanon, to the
best debater in the contest to come off Fri
day night, May 10. Mr.. Smith is an alum
nus of the University, and was a member
of this society.
We regret to hear that Rev. Father
Riordan, of Memphis, is dangerously ill
beyond allhope of recovery. He win be
sadly missed by his flock, and scarcely less
so by the citizens of Memphis generally,
who entertain very high regard for him.
The wounds of Cad. Perkins have been
fluxing considerably, but nevertheless he is
recovering rapidly.
"A thirty horse power engine, Blu lit by
Stewart q Geiger, of this city, was set in
the Exposition building yesterday. The
one hundred-hOrse power, built by ]. B.
Romans, will be placed in position in few
days.
Ben A. Raglan, of the first district of
Monroe county, and G. w. Campbell, ninth
district of Weakley county, were commits
stoned Magistrates yesterday.
Louis, Wright, charged with making a
felonious assault, was yesterday committed
to jail on a capias from the Criminal Court.
Offenders against municipal laws were
not very numerous yesterday, in conse-
quence Of which fact but few arrests were
made.
Large quantities of drift wood were
gathered in from the river by men and boys
il the lower part of the city during the
present freshet. Much more could have
been secured had the proper kind Of prepa-
rations been made in advance.
Candidates for county Offices are gra-
dually increasing, although the names of
but few have as yet been publicly an
nOunced.
The improvements made at the mar
kethouse have very considerably changed
the appearance and convenience of the
place, but the work Of improvement is not
complete while the line of old brick pillars
is left in the centre of the building.
The various Sunday-schools in the city
are actively making preparations for their
May picnics. Z
The temperance association known as
Good Templars are making rapid progress
in the work of reform. Their membership
is being rapidly increased, and they have Of
gained new section, with lodge room
over the Fourth National Bank.
Water carts are making copious appli-
cations of dampness to the dusty streets,
but it is observed, as usual, that street cross
ings get more of the deluge than is abSo-
lutely necessary.
"A Cleveland man has smoked until he
has amaurosis, angina pectoris, and pro-
greSsive lOcOmOtorataXy.
Henry Ward Beecher says: Gan i'm
pudent clerk can do almost as much injury
TO store as the neglect of the proprietors
to advertise his waEes."
Isn't it rather disagreeable occurrence
when young mans suspeRders give way,
while he dances a schOttische with a young
lady who never wants to sit down?
Prof. Giles is in the city exhibiting
crayOn portraits and also giving instruc-
ton in this art, which commends itself to
the aesthetics of thesrefned and cultivated. |
The portraits exhibited are finely executed, |
and those Of ladies need only Dolly Var
den dress to render them fascinating.
Tine city WOrkhouse gang is now en-
gagged in levelling the ground in front of |
the Exposition buildings, bordering on Vine |
and Broad streets.
Our fashionable bellies have scarcely re-
covered from the "Grecian bend;r and the |
luxuriance Of their present Pompadour |
Over-dresses make the transition to the tight |
bodice, low neck, and bare arm of Dolly !
Warden rather sudden. Very young ladies |
will doubtless expect to double their at |
tractions-if such a thing be possible-in |
their Dolly Warden costume. And ladies |
Of more mature age, who retain their |
youthful appearance, as many do, may also |
appear to advantage in it at home. Many |
ladies express great dislike for the ''Dolly |
Warden" costumes, and confidently assert |
that they viii never be seen wearing them.
If the fashion lasts any length of time,
however, we would not be too sure that
they would not change their minds.
-Cyrille Dion is tired Of talk, and now
challenges John Deary, William Gold
thwait, or any other billiardist to a chams
pion match. He will play either the Amer
lean four ball game on a 81 by IL, four
pocket table, 1890 or 1000 points, or the
French carOm game on 5 by 10 table, 400
or 500 shols, push and crotch shots to be
barred in both games. He is ready to play
in month at $500 to $500 a side.
During the conference at Worcester the
dialogue was overheard between
two newsboys: 81 say, Jim, what's the
of so many ministers being here
all together" "Why," answered Jim,
''they always meet once a year
to exchange sermons with each other"
An old writer in describing the 'gram-
mar and logic of Kisses" says there are
only three regular kisses, properly So
called, and these may be denominated
the kiss negative, the kiss positive and
the kiss superlative. The first, or mega
tive, consists in kissing q lady's hand;
the second, or positive, consists in kissing
her cheek; and the third, or superlative,
consists in kissing her lips. There are, be-
sides, two auxiliary kisses; these are the
Kiss pGSSiue, such as is inflicted by old maid
IN aunts, nurses, and grand-mothers; and
5he kiss dctire, in use generally on the |
Gretna Green road. The first, the Kiss pas
3ive, is generally declined by the kiSsee,
kiss hep whilst the latter, the kiss active, !
governs both kiSSer, kiss her and kiss he,l
n nurlbeT as welIas gender. Independent
If the preceding regular and auxiliary kisses,
here are, for the convenience of society,
/ few supernumerary, or irregular ones
Juch as tie incidental, or stage kiss; the
,etty larceny, or stolen kiss; the mutual, or
kiss; the sly, or "don't tell' kiss;
he cooling, or Ia torterelLe kiss; the honey
noon, or bridal kiss; the mute, or signing
Kiss; the merry, or laughing kiss; the echo,
II percussion kiss; the semi-angry, or pout-
NC kiss; the by steric or humbug kiss; the
or chegne kiss; and the barley
ugar, or kiss en- pdttjLOte. The latter by
be way, is very rarely committed during
he season of adolescence or muliebriety,
'eing chiefly tolerated by young gentlemen c
n their earliest teens, and exceedingly ju-
emile misses who have not quite "Outgrown I
heir bib" I
Don't put your children to bed with a
eproof for any of that days sins of omis- t
ion or commission. Take any time but {
ed-time for that. If you ever heard lit {
e creature signing and sobbing in its sleep Y
on never could do this. Seal their clos {,
lg eyelids with kiss and a blessing. The a
me will come, all too soon, when they
I'LL lay their heads upon their pillows lack
lg both. Let them at least have this