Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-16
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aches.
A Racine girl poured hot glue on the
head of her faithful lover.
The shovel maker is facetiously called
the king of spades since the great scandal.
Even little Rhode Island had one
couple divorced for every fourteen couples
married last year.
-Nasbvillians are experiencing remark
ably Juicy weather just now, and the only
happy men in the city are the umbrella
dealers.
Since the ordinance was passed pro-
hibiting the driving of Texas steers or 9th
er horned cattle through the streets of Kan
sas City, gored skirts have not been SO
plenty.
When a young man complains bitterly
that Young lady has no heart, it is pretty
certain sign that she has his.
"A Neenah, Wis, scboolmaster recently
broke hard wood ruler on the person OF a
young lady scholar, about seventeen years
of age, because she did not sing to suit
him.
-"Why, Biddy," said Mary, chow long
are you going to boil those eggs9 You've
had 'em on ten minutes already" "Well,
faith. an misus tou.d me to boil 'em soft
an Pm going to boil 'em till they're soft, if
it takes all day."
fearful eyes are considered to be
beauty in girls of the gushing kind. In
view of this chemist who deals in cosme-
tics has invented an application which pro-
duces the desired tender effect far better
than onions can and without their. disagree
able odor.
A Peoria man arose the morning after
a storm and found his dog kennel buried
under drift as high as church. He
worked for half an hour 10 dig his dog out,
and then went down town and told bis
clerks what be had done, adding: ga mer-
ciful man is merciful to his beasts" But
after he left home the neighbors saw his
wife and daughter shoyeling out paths
through the snow and carrying in coal.
Those of Us who have flattered our
selves that we were descendants of Oar
wins monkeys will be plunged into gulf
Of deep despair on hearing Pref. COINS
theory that the human race all sprung from
a Yeast fungus. Prof. Cshn has given this
matter such candid consideration that there
can be no doubt about the correctness of
his theory. He is now making investiga-
tions with a view of ascertaining what
brewery furnished the yeast.-Detrott Trt-
blCne.
"A Western paper, with well-develOped
mathematical tendencies, calculates that
California has raised wheat enough to fur
nish the -four to put a griddle cake two
inches wide around the earth in forty min
uteS,
The Detroit Tribune says: "a very
| common epitaph in Arkansas cemeteries is,
| IN, hrtG hand dnar J
This may explain why the men of Arkan-
sas are generally conducting themselves so
as 10 go to the other place."
-Star-gazers may have noticed that both
| Jupiter and Venus shine now with peculiar
brilliancy, the former in the east aud the
latter in the west during the evening.
They are worth stopping to look at on a
| clear evening.
in Norwalk, Conn, the town authori-
ties supply food to family of five persons
who spend $3.50 week for opium and
other necessaries of life.
-Web-footed people have the advantage
| just now, when it comes to prOmsnading
| the streets of Nashville. Young men es-
corting their true-loves at this time, select
| their smallest umbrellas SO that the dear
creatures viii be under the necessity of
walking close TO The holder of the umbrella.
And the dear creatures accept the situation
without murmur. Bless 'em.
In an account of a late swindling ope-
ration in that city, the st. Louis Dispatch
publishes the following remarkable state
ment: "Hyde had sold his property and
started off to take his family TO Colorado,
and met the rogue by the way, VINO in
duced him to part with his cash on the Sc
curity of bogus check" II that story had
appeared in any other paper, we would
| have serious doubts as to its truthfulness,
but as it is, all we have to say is that Hyde's
family must have been small, or else he was
compelled TO lay in large stock of "taffe,"
for Colorado is long way of.
1t occurred on Cherry street yesterday.
An umbrella dealer had done ''his level
best" to sell an old gentleman from the
country an umbrella, and was about to sue
coed, when suddenly the rain ceased to fall.
The old fellow looked out and observed tn S
fact, and as he knew that aa umbrella was
:'no good" in dry weather, at once told the
salesman that he "reCkoned he wouldn't
take one this time" and Immediately left the
establishment. Fatal decision! That trust
ing, confiding, economical old codger had
not been out five minutesu Dtil the rain fell
in torrents, and be was as wet Jas drown
ed rat before you could say slack Robin
son." And that disappointed umbrella
man was glad Of it, until he happened to
remember thai he is a christian.
Gentlemen who contemplate getting
married this spring will be glad to know
that Prof. SteubeD, Prussan scientist,
has discovered that The theory Of vibra-
lions, as generally accepted, is an error, and
that the truth will be more nearly ap-
preached if the infinite variations of mole
cules are put into juxtaposition with The
effect of percussion on air waves, and
tested by the ference between the outer
and inner rspidity, as determined by the
immovable point of inertness at the center
of contact and the confines of impact.