Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-27
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

uc CQil0s "a JuC OdA i8nNIoSO VI fet-
| Gle, after stating that he has emo desh~ TO
engage in a personal controversy" proceeds
to characterize the editor of rival news
paper as ga drunken and cowardly idiot,
who disgraces journalism"
The American Republic is sometimes I'M
grateful, but, we trust, never to widow
whose husband has lost his life in national
enterprise. If Capt. Halls widow, or Gen.
| Canby's, is left destitute, some responsible
frierd, like Mr.. Grinnell for the 70; MIR, end
Gen. Sherman for the latter, has but to col
lect sums sufficient for moderate come
tence for the bereaved women.-SpringteId
| Republican
The Chicago Post talks in this sensible
fashion: "a correspondent writing from
| New York says, the crowd OF good writers
seeking employment of the great journals
is painfully surprising In this he is some
what mistaken. Good writers are generally
in demand and readily find employment on
resp ctable newspapers. In fac they are
so scarce that journalist generally seizes
one on sight and holds him until he can
make a place for him. The crowd tina. is
continually seeking employment is COM
posed of the bad writers-the sc1m of the
| professions as all professions have scums-
men and women who have thrown away
their lives Under the mistaken impression
that they are good writers, and who stick
to this impression despite the fsttering in
ducements that are held out to them every
day by the pick-axe and the spade, the
wash-tub and the darning needle, or even s
country grocery"
Many years ago, at camp meeting,
Brother Higgins, good man, but passion
| ately fond ofdOgs, came in one day accom-
panied by black-snd-tan hound. Some
body asked him to ad !ress the congregation,
and be mounted the stand for that purpose,
| while his dog sat down on bis launches i'm
mediatey in front. In the midst of the
| discourse another dog came up. and after a
| few scciab'e sniff at Brother Higgins dog,
began to examine the hind leg of the latter
with his teeth, apparently for the purpose
of ascertainiDg if it was tender. An ami
mated contest ensued, and one of the con-
gregation came forward for ihe purpose of
! separating the animals. His efforts were
not wholly successful. Brother Higgins
! paused in his discou: SO and watched the
| deacon. Then he exclaimed, "Spit in bis
eye Brother Thompson; spit in the hounds
eyep Brother Thompson did, and the
| fight ended. "But l just want TO say"
continued Mr. Hggins, shat outside of the
sanctuary that dog of mine can eat up any
salmon -colored snimal in the Safe, and
then chaw up the bones of its ances tors for
four generations without turning q hair .
You understand me ?"-[ Max. Adeler.
The Knoxville Chronicle puts upon re-
cord this story of "down-trodden, oppressed
woman :" yesterday an old visitor at the
courts who has never been well enough to
respond TO an indictment when wanted,
came out from Jail to The court room, look
ing pale and detected. About the time her
case y as called she fell from her chair on
the floor, making demonstrs tons of ex-
IRENE sickness. The heart of the AttC rLe7
| General as at once moved at the sight Of
the PROSTATE, suffering woman, IIl mol
pros this case,' said the Attorney General
very promptly. Il want to get rid of this
woman A kind hearted solicitor bending
over the helpless woman, anxiously feeling
her pulse, heard tie notice of the prosecut-
ing attorney, aud wishing to relieve the suf
feriDg victim, whispered TO her that she
could go-the case was dismiss d. Up she
jumped, and Shaping her apron in her
face, to conceal her suppressed mirth, she
few out of the court room. She msde good
use of the public uDeasiness about sickness
to Get at the hearts of the officers"
A lady Of truly manly spirit, accom-
panied by y small poodle, is said 10 have
sadly failed the other day i'll - attempted
refoTmatory movement. She entered the
smoking-car Of western train ard solemn
ly refused to go into another car, observing
that her presencs would keep the occupants
from smoking. One stony wretch, how
ever insensibe To the claims of refinement
and reform, began to enjoy his accustomed
cigar, which was suddenly snstched from
his lips, with the remark, in high treble, of
there is anything do hate, it is tobacco
smoke!" For time the ctfeLder was silent
and .motionless, then gravely rising, amid
the plaudits of the assembled smokers, be
took that little poodle and gently threw
him oet Of the window, signing, "If there
is anything do hate, il is = poodle" No
mortal pen could describe the feelings of
that reformer.-Nelo York Tribune.
The Rockville (Iowa) Republican says:
ga sho time since Mr.. John f. Boots
dug we'll on the farm of Daniel II. Strange,
some six miles southeast of this place, and
at depth of fifty-six feet be struck sand
stone some nine feet thick. Passing through
the stone he came TO vein Of stonecoal OF
thirteen inches, and from thence to fire
clay nine inches thick; and still below this
he found a vein of coal three feet in thick
ness, and then still below this strata of
sandstone eight feet thick, and still beneath
a vein of coal, the thickness of which is not
yet ascertained" That story sounds some.
what "large," but we cannot find it in our
heart to disbelieve anything published in
newspaper.