The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-01
GLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

Singular to relate, but fact, never
theless, there is not now living a single
descendant in the male line of Chaucer
Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, Cowlev,
Butler, Dryden, Pope, Cowper, Gold
smith, Scott, Byron, Moore, Sir Philip
Sidney, or Sir Walter Raleigh not one
of Drake, Cromwell, Hampden. Monk.
Marlborough, Peterborough or Nelson :
not one of STAFFORD, Ormond, or Claren-
don not one of Addison, Swift, or John
son /; not one of Walpole, Boiingbroke.
Chatham, Pitt, Fox, Burke, Grattan, or
Canning not one of Bacon, Locke.
Newton, or Davy; not one of Hume.
Gibbon, or Macaulay; not one of Ho.
garth, or Sir Joshua Reynolds not one
of David Garrick, John Kemble, or Ed
mund Kean.
"A Nashville man was awakened the
other other night by pain in his stom-
ach and thinking that the cholera was
at hand he clutched for a bottle of
camphor which he kept on the table,
ready for instant use, and commenced
to apply it with vigorous rubbing to his
abdomen. He experienced immediate
relief but was considerably surprised at
not perceiving the strong scent of cam
phOr. Suspecting that he might have
made mistake he lighted the gas and
made an inspection which resulted in
the highly satisfactory discovery that
instead of camphOr he had used bot
tie of ink.
The recent dashing to death of the
aeronaut La Mountain at Ionia, Mich
recalls the fact that three years ago
another aeronaut, also called La Noun
cd
ner, and not a hundred miles from the
same place. This was in 1870, at South
Bend, Ind. an impatient crowd cast
HIM of before he was quite ready, with
the valve rope tied several feet above
his head the balloon shot into a cloud
of mist and sleet, which froze the valve
board fast. The intrepid voyager
climbed the network and tore open the
balloon with his teeth. The balloon
collapsed and fell, and the aeronaut
was frightfully mangled.
For the humiliation of gophers and
woOd-chucks, we have dogs, and feline
vigilance is a healthy restraint upon in
ordinate muscipular multiplication, but
the fecund cockroach has no natural
enemy among domestic animals. How
more than priceless would be a micro
scOpic terrier, with the ability and the
disposition to invade the strOngholds of
these detested insects, and visit upon
them cOndign mastication their crimes
deserve.
"A queerly mixed entertainment was
recently given at London theatre.
Gounod, the composer, who never
played publicly in his life, made his
debut as pianist, Wilkie Collins, no
elocutiOnist at all, recited a story,
Mdlle Desclee, the great dramatic ac-
tress, played the organ, and Hitler, the
pianist, gave fantasia in the double
bass. RistOri on the tight rope and
Baglloni as a prima dona, would have
capped the ridiculous climax.
They say that when the news of his
mothers death reached the shah at Ber-
lin, he sent home the three shahesses
and declared that the royal grief should
be postponed until his return to Persia,
which reminds Kate Field of the Yankee
woman who, upon being told at dinner
of her husband death, exclaimed, "Just
wait until I've done eating, and I'll
show you some tall crying"
The daughter of an English earl,
only II years old, made very success
ful debut as Juliet, in London, recently
under the name of Edith Gray. Her
father made will leaving her a large
fortune, but omitted to sign it, so she
has been penniless and homeless all her
life. A retired actress took charge of
her, and superintendent her education
for the stage
The will of Kentuckian, which
was made before his marriage, and gave
all his property to the lady who after
ward became his wife, has been success
fully contested by his legal heirs, it be-
ing held that the marriage acted as a re-
vocation, and that the widow is entitled
to only one third.
"A Virginia railroad runs what is
called a grasswidOwers' train out of
Richmond every Saturday evening,
stopping at all the summer resorts on
the line and returning, Monday morn
ing, IN good time for the gentlemen to
begin the business of the week.
Several passengers, on the lower
Mississippi, were attracted by the ALI
gators basking in the sunshine. care
they amphibious, captain ?" asked a
loOker-on. Amphibious, HIP an
swered the enthusiastic officer "they1l
eat hog in a minute"
The freeman doesn't gravitate very
violently toward labor Some colored
Migrants, recently arrested in Georgia
were offered their choice of II months
IN jail or II months indenture to work,
and they unhesitatingly chose the for
mer.
And now some scientists are claim
ing that, instead of being cold, the
moon is in reality redhot, so much
so that no living thing known to our
world could exist there. TIL is also
knocks the green cheese theory.
J. E. James, San Francisco sur
veyor. backed by heavy capitalists, is
making thorough survey of the Colo
RADIO deserts, east of San Diego, with a
view of ascertaining the practicability
OF retaining vast tracts of land.
Josh Billings says that "The lion
and the lamb may possibly sumtime lay
down in this world together for flu min
utes, but when the lion kums to get up
the lamb Will be missing"
-Figueras is at Eaux-Bonnes,
France, being treated for an affection of
the larnyx, produced by straining his
voice while he was president of the
Spanish assembly.
"A Dtu ITduClSCO paper Calls lOr
war of determination against sea lions,
alleging that these unsightly, preface
GUS and voracious beasts destroy vast
numbers of fish.
"A ship is about to leave San Fran
cisco with the design of applying the
diving bell to pearl fishing off the west
ern coast of Mexico. Great results are
expected.
The shah didn't fancy the empress
of Germany at all, and his last words
to William on leaving Berlin were, 81
advise you to get rid of that old Au-
gusta.
"A Kentucky paper, in announcing
a Sunday-school picnic, "truly hopes
that our citizens will, for once, leave
their bowie-knives and revolvers at
home"
"A Florida paper has ascertained
that a healthy alligator can eat seven
negro children in one forenoon, and not
display any symptoms of disquiet.
Man is the only creature endowed