Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-25
pARAGRApHICAL.

: The st. Louis Times has been sued for
$2O.Q0O, BY Stella Moore, an actress, for an
alleged defamation Of character.
1t was remarked recently of solemnly
precise youth: she looks as If be were
setting an example to his ancestors"
A very philosophical sort of chap OBJ
serves: That man possesses q tranquil
mind who csn see his Sabbath hat blown
into the creek branch, and feel no DISPOSE
ton to ssdam" the stream.
% The Fayetteville Express gets off this
very neat thing: We condole with the
senior editor of the Pulaski Citazen. He
was recently bitten By calf Is it posi-
BILE that his young associate has turned can
nibal?
We learn from an exchange that Mr..
Smith Is bound TO have bis joke. His wife
walked nearly in front Of railroad train
the other day, and he said that II she had
gone step farther bis children would have
had a step mother. $50
Thsre is an immense power in g woman's
tears. The following paragraph illustra-
tive Of that fact, is going the rounds: A
handsome young lady Of Peoria made bet
thai she could raise $40 dollars 10 twenty
minutes from crowd at the passenger de-
pot, and by getting tears to her eyes and
claiming to have had her pocket picked, she
was soon possessed of purse containing
S62. = ~ ar.el q ws
We have considered the GYGgF;c one OF
the most sensible of papers, but when we
are assured by that sheet that Eli Perkins
is "The Great American Humorist," our
confidence in the judgement of the Graphic
upon some subjects is shaken. Perkins has
mr.; -
bosh, and be is decidedly tefty on statistics,
which he has knack Of presenting In such
way that many who have horror of sta
tistics generally, are iniuced to read them,
but his funny things are always stolen.
People are married "with promptness and
Dispatch" under certain circumstances in
st. Louis. Witness the following: A young
woman, nineteen years of age and nearly
six feet tall, came to the Office of Justice
Spies last night bringing with her little man
named John PAIL, whom she proposed to
marry forthwith. As the couple had both
just recovered from the smallpox and still
bore unpleasantly fresh marks Of the raw
ages of that disease, they were prob IDLY
married, congratulated and dismissed q lit
tie quicker than any other couple that ever
shuttied on the bonis of matrimony before
q justice of the peace in st. Louis.
Judge Brady, of New York, has ust SEN
fenced man for killing ano. her in that city
not long since, the crime having been com.
mitted when the murderer was under the
influence of liquor. In passing Sc tence, he
remarked: Tnere are persons in this COM
munity who think thst they have only to
become intoxicated TO act with impunity
everywhere. Tbs drunkard is the greatest
despot. He stalks over the country wher-
ever he pleases, to the terror of everybody.
You became intoxicated voluntarily. That
is no excuse for crime. l do not intend to
consider it in tne'sentence unless it amounts
TO insanity. Your crime must be made Sc
cure from all persons of your disposition.
! on conceived tie design to kill. 1t is an
enormous ofense. Your sentence is, that
you be confined in the State Prison during
your natural life.
Mark Twain is building himself house
at Hartford, (which is going to be a very
peculiar affair. A correspondent of the
Springfield Union has this to say about it:
The style is indescribable, being sort OF
cross between Mexican adobe hut and a
Swiss cottage, built of brick, to cost about
$40, 900, and is just the kind of house to
cause stranger to stop and inquire, "Who
lives in that queer looking house?" Al
though the avenue runs east and west, the
house instead of facing the street, faces
east. On the north end is q small building,
near the street, which contains the kitchen
and servants rooms, separate from the
main building, while Immediately adjoining
is large dining room, seventeen by thirty,
having but little light, so that when used it
will be necessary to light the gas. The
parlor is where the kitchen would be To- |
Gated in any other house, while Marks own
room where most of his time will be spent,
is at the top of the house; and, in order to
offset the want of light in the dining room
this room is almost entirely Of glass;