Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-19
PARAGRAPHICAL.


aHis face Is so dirty be can't hardly
walk" remarked Nashville darkey yester-
day in speaking of another dsrkey who
carries around with him all the real estate
be cwns.
A young man connected with this Office,
Of the brunette order Of architecture, laid
| in new hat the other day, and as bis
| friends gathered around TO express their
opinion with references to that chapeau, one
said: "Why didn't you get a hat suited to
your complexion--why didn't you get one
the same color as your complexion? Why
didn't yon get black hai?" Those conun-
| drums remain unanswered.
| S.. Louis Journal: The Detroit chief Of
police received lately telegram from de-
serted husband, who thus describes his
wife: Blue eyes, red hair prominent nose,
dressed ii yellow kids, bronze boots, and
blue SASH If that mans wife doesn't have
bad cold before he gets her back then
there is no virtue in clothing.
Young America is always practical, and
this truth Is finely illustrated in the follow
ing: A youth of Salisbury, four years old,
and bis young sister, saw rat hasten into
a hole In the barn floor. Said he, ISIS, the
Bible says, Watch aud pray You pray
while watch the hole, and I'll swat him
across the snoot when he comes out" s.
An exchange says: Lofty Hough viii
never lecture any more In public. She has
made permanent engagement. his name
is Gregory. Lofty lectured last winter on
sPopping the question: telling how 1t
ought to be done. Gregory did It. This
illustrates the advantages Of the scientific ed
ucation of women.
jackson Wing and Tribune: A family of
colored movers passed through this city on
Saturday in rather primitive style. A cart
with two wheels, drawn By two heller
calves and mule colt about year old con
yeyed their earthly goods. The old oman.
two goats and pig rode in the carr, the old
man walked and Grove the calves with q
rope line, while the mule colt was guided
by ten year old girl, who was mounted
without a saddle, man fashion, on its back.
The whole followed by bob-tailed brindle
COW and seven hungry looking purps.
The Boston Globe is vexed to see the
statement going the rounds of the press
that beetle is capable of lifting BIS times
its own weight, while man of ordinary
muscular power is fully 100 times feebler.
Why should q man forever, it ssks, be
DIOusQb llibO UnldVDIaUle COupATleO0 WIFI
beetles ? Has it ever struck anyb 1dy how
many beetles a man can liftp We are also
told for the thousandth time that the flea,
scarcely three-hundredths of an inch in
height, manages to leap without difficulty
over barrier fully 500 times its own alt-
tude. For man six feet is an unusually
high leap. Imagine him jumping 5000
feet, or nearly three-fftbs of mile" We
shall imagine no such thing 1t is well
enough for fee to jump. He never does
anything else, except to make dogs life
burden to him. He never leaves his foot
prints on the sands of time, or sounds the
light guitar. He never hired himself out to
turn derrick in Chicago, or gave Us the
least assistance during the great fire. He
has done nothing but jump 500 times bis
own altitude ever since he was first created,
and be will continue to do nothing else until
his race becomes extinct. 1t is iHexpressi-
bly, painful to us to be continually tainted
with the fact that mankind are not heas,
ants, beetles, or something of that sort.