Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-26

their movements through the streets.
Here comes the Memphis appeal saying:
The Gaylord of Cork and the stern-wheel
Skif are now propelling at the New Mem
phis Theatre.
For ladies: A recipe for dressing the
hair-First buy your hair.
They have had great revival at Kan
sas City. One of the reclaimed, accomp a.
MED by the preacher, went to get too tn
pulled at dentists the other day, and,
aIler strong pull at the laughing gas,
rather astonished his pious brother by
shouting: "Keno! Sixty-six! that's my
gamer
William Mitchell writes ga Scot CHI
Hymn" for the Scottish american, which
has much of the Scottish warrior spirit and
love of nature:
"There are blossoms that haze budded, been
blighted by the cauld,
An lammies that haze persisted, because they left
the fauld;
But cover We in aneath His wing who died upon
An gathers in His bosom helpless weans like
you and me.
''In the war there's trbulation, in the warl there
But the warl it is bonnie, for our Father made it
sac.
Then brighten up your armor, an be happy as We
gang,
Though yer sky be aften cloudy, it Wilma be for
lang.
The La Crosse Democrat "benedicts" a
marriage as follows: "The bride was given
away by the city, and the city was mighty
glad to get rid of her,"
A lady engaged new milkman, recently,
because he "looked as though he could
stand a good jawing."
Some one, feeling that actions are better
than words, has said: "We read of the
Acts of the Apostles, but never of their
resolutions"
A cOten;porary suggests that the tailors
should get up "Simon Tappertit" suits for
the men, to match the "Dolly Vardens" of
the ladies.
Memphis papers are urging the heads
of families to interest themselves on the
subject of practical vaccination, and as a
consequence, numerous Juveniles have sore
places on their arms.
The turnpike repairs to the Public
Square are near about completed, but as
yet we observe no very well directed public
effort to enhance the appearance and dura-
bility of the improvement by a liberal ap-
plication of river gravel.
An cid topper being asked one day why
he persisted in drinking, replied, 'Dry
makes me drink, drink makes me drunk,
and drunk makes me dry again. The
explanation was considered quite sufficient.
"A sentimental and spooney youth hav-
ing in transport of ardor told his love that
ga hundred million years of eternity might
pass away and still better than he loved bis
God would he love her," the young lady
naively remarked that at the end Of eternity
she would reciprocate his attachment.
ALoA H.
leon hasn't got through dying yet. The last
time that he shuffled off his mortal coil was
at Fort Wayne, Ind, only few days ago.
"A New York bookseller once received
an order for "Homer's Odyssey, if there is
such a book" Another party called for
who's your School master?" instead of
"Hoosier School MASTER" and refused to
take the latter when produced because it
was not the right work.
During a recent trial at Rockport ILL.,,
Judge Laird interrupted the testimony of
lady witness, remarking that it was not
relevant. The lady raised her head, and
with look made all of injured innocence,
inquired; "Well, sir, am telling this story,
or are you?" The judge wilted, and allow
ed her to talk as long as she wanted to.
-"Dull times" it is said, 'are the best
for advertisers" Because when money is
tight, and the people are forced to econo-
mize, they always read the advertisements
to ascertain who sells the cheapest, and
where they can trade to the best advantage.
Twenty thousand women keep body
and soul together in Switzerland by their
skill at the finer work of watch making.
"A Chicago widow INDUCES in fifteen
cigars day and an indefinite number of
pipes to alleviate her grief at the death of
her spouse.
"A four year old boy in Alabama being
asked by his mother if he would not like
to have wings and be an angel, replied:
''No ma, I'd rather be hawk and live on
chickens"
Some young gentlemen of Jersey City,
n. j., perpetrated a very elaborate April
justification on the first. They caused in
vitations to a grand amateur dramatic en-
tertainment to be circulated widely. The |
affair created quite fashionable flutter. At |
the appointed time and place crowds of |
deliberately dressed people presented them
selves; reporters were present in numbers;
after waiting for about an hour for the play
to begin, the unfortunates were blandly re
minded by the managers that the date was
April l, and that they had better go home |
which they did.
The little painted songsters follow man
and attend upon him. 1t is their mission |
to clear his ground and trees of insects, |
which otherwise would destroy his fruit |
and grain. What would the country be |
without its birds? Their innocent nots |
gladden. the ear, and their beautiful form |
and plumage delight the eye. A
pair of robins have been known |
to consume two thousand caterpillars in one |
week, and what an amount of service to |
that farm was that one weeks work The |
farmer that shoots the small birds that con-
fidingy surround his dwelling, errs both |
in Judgment and benevolence. What if |
the songsters take 1.-THE of the ripened pro-
duce of the field and garden; it is nothing
but their due. They present their bills
some months after the labor is performed,
and are fully entitled to their living.
up to eighteen years every child should
be allowed ten hours to be in bed. They
NAV not require ten hours of sleep, but
time should be allowed to rest in bed after
the sleep is over, until they feel as if they
had rather get up than not. 1t is very
great and mischievous mistake for any per-
son, old Or young, especially children, al d
feeble, sedentary persons, to bounce out OF
he'd the moment they wake up; |
all our -luSGlHCIS sIIlHh uOln w anu
iercely kick against it. Fifteen or
twenty minutes spent in gradual
waking up, after the eyes are opened, and
in turning over and stretching the limbs,
does as much good as sound sleep, because
these operations set the blood in motion by |
degrees, tending to equalize the circulation; |
for during sleep the blood tends to stagna-
ton, The heart beats feebly and slow, and |
to shock the SYSTEM by bouncing up in an
instant and sending the blood in overpow-
ering quantity to the heart, causing it to
assume gallop when the instant before it |
was in creep, is the greatest absurdity. |
This instantaneous bouncing out of bed as |
soon as the eyes are opened, viii be follow
ed by WEAKNESS long before noon,