Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-04
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

The Galveston NeaUs heads its paragraphs
"Sprsy OF the Water" Our musical critic
has become quite bald over the organ OF
calculation" in vain endeavor to explain
this mystery.
The following paragraph, clipped from q
story now going the rounds of the ex-
changes, is sufficiently stilted and pedantic
to have been written by Miss Augusta j.
Evans: off women are hyperinquisfive,
men are nationally inquisitive.n
The s.. Louis Dispatch has column
beaded, "The Spirit of the Morning Press, !"
made up Of an extensive and comprehen-
sive review of the important articles pub
lished in the morning papers of that city.
Could said morning papers ask for or desire
better advertisement?
The Indiars polis Sentinel propounds the
following dreadful question: "The human
mind, in its ceaseless grsspings after the un-
attainable, frequently INDUCES in the self
interrogatcry: Have we q dead animal man
in our midst?"
An interesting exhibit OF the compare
live popularity of Dickens works in this
country is shown in the sales. "David
Copperteld' stands at the head of the list.
"Chrlstmas Stories" second, "Pickwick
Papers" third, and then "Nicholas Nick
leby," SOLVER Twist" and rDombey and
Son." The "Tsle of Two Citi s" Is at the
foot.
Some one asked Col. Tho's g. Howard, of
Georgia, the other day, II he thought GER
tain man in that State would steal. sfSteal!"
said he; "why, by Jove, If he was paralyzed
and hamstrung, l wouldn't trust him by
himself in the middle of thu dessert of
Sahara with the biggest anchor of the Great
Eastern. Steal, should think be would"
An exchange relates this thrilling MARIA
tive: "Some one remarking, in the presence
OF President Grant, on the fact that he
never used profane language, he said: 4
have always regarded profsne language as
unnecessary, 10 say the least; and, as am
man of few words, / have never been
able 10 understand the necessity for USE
less expressions of the character referred
to-" Don't believe word of it. Grant
never made use Of so well built and gram
atical sentence in his life.
The st. Louis dead-beat is an ingenious
animal, according to the Dispatch, which
thus warns the confding public: "Look
out for the directory borrower The IN
mitigated cass borrows your directory for q
few minutes, st the request Of some neigh
Dor, and then shoVes it up for drinks at tie
nearest saloon"
At press convention held in Mississippi,
Miss Jennie Hunt, Of Vicksburg, read two
column poem which she called Happy"
Doubtless the title of the poem expressed
the condition of her heaie when the au-
thoress came to the end of the last verse.
A Chicago widower, who has cen mar
RED nine times, says that which man most
wants Of a wife is her companionship, sym
patty, courage and love. He is right. The
true man wants his wife's companionship
when be has to get up in the nigh, and see
what noise is in the cellar. Her courage is
emineDtly valuable in the general neighbor-
hood debates over the possession of some
domestic article, and her love is absolutely
Indispensable when he gets in late.-N. Y.
Commercial Advertiser.
One of the saddest features connected
with the progress Of he "late prevailing" in
Nashville, is the general depression in bTs-
mess circles. 1t is currently reported on
the streets now that during the past thirty
days, forty-two Nashville merchants have
utterly failed in business. However, they
are all young men, anG The vigor, courage
and elasticity Of youth viii no doubt ena-
rle them 10 overcome their present dnan-
SAoA OAobANoo o10 OAAb2AA ooSLAOLbt Al I'll Q
course of time. We refer 10 the Nashville
dealers in sulphur water, the demand for
this particular liquid having been so small
that the young men who have heretofore
derived a splendid income from this Dusi-
ness, were compelled to suspend, and many
were forced into bankruptcy. One of the
most enterprising and active of these mer-
chants re-engaged in business laat week,
but was smashed up again within three
days, on account of one of his patrons,
who owed him twenty cents, having died
interstate.
Those Edgefeld folks are probably the |
mostprudent and thoughtful people on the |
American comment. During the pIeva-
lence Of the cholsra in Nashville it was the |
custom of those who live in Edgeheld, but |
do business on this side of the river, to
bring drinking water from home. 1t was
a pleasant and instructive sight to see
of Edgefelders coming over In
the morning, each individual carrying Aug,
bottle, vial, flask, tea pot or ii cup filed
with cistern water, to be used for drinking
during the day. AnC they do say
that some of those people became so accus-
TONED to carrying flask concealed about
their garments, that they will probably keep |
up the hsbit all through life.