The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-04-10
FACT AND FANCY.

Some people have their thinking,
like their washing, done out.
-"He handled gun carelessly, and
put his angel plumnge on" is an obitu-
airy which appears in a western paper.
How happily things turn out. Itis
now declared that Gladstone hss long
been very anxious to withdraw from
public life.
There are over ten million women
in America, and yet Tom Hutton, OF
Georgia, hung himself on account oi
girl fifteen years old.
The smallest salary paid TO post
master in this country is two dollar',
and a large number receive sums raI g.
ing from that amount to twelve dollars.
There is always some incentive 10
the American youth to study and work.
He may not become president Of tie
United States, but he may be the Oldest
| Mason.
There is n general opinion that the
ice crop for 1874 will prove "A complete
failure, and much suffering has been
apprehended among the wealthy next
summer.
The st. Louis Journal trusts there
| is no truth in the rumor that the tenn
perance crusaders intend to carry ON
the campaign until every cotton gin in
the south is closed"
A malicious politician says the
Changers in Illinois turn out to dig the
graves deceased brothers, thus pre-
venting extortion on the part Of that
middleman," the sexton.
A California paper saws Of Gov.
Stafford, OF Arizona, that "he can go
il as long without n plug hat aud
billed shirt as any man who ever looked
grizzly square in the face"
M. Olivier says "that no govern
ment can be founded in France without
a plebiscite, and il we have one the om-
pire will receive far more votes than all
the other parties put together"
Ohio men don't ask each other now
to 90 in aud have something 10 drink,
but maintain personal friendship 10y
passing around handfuls Of magnificent
ly-developed peanuts and gum-drops.
The Courier-Journal man clamors
for law prohibiting hotel waiters from
using perfumery. IL he secures this OBJ
ject, he will then demand the passage Of
a law prohibiting hotel clerks from
wearing diamonds larger than n walnut.
The latest precocious saying is by
an infant on the Pacific coast. She had
torn one of her nails TO the quick, and
going TO hermother, while the pain filed
her eyes with tears, said, holding up
her wounded finger, Mamma, dess
shall have TO go up TO heaven and dit
anozzer put on"
When Charles Lamb was invited,
at public dinner, 10 say grace, and
responded with the remark, ls there
no minister present? Then let MS thank
God I" lie was a satirist, and knew IL.
When n sheriff down in Vermont, in
opening the county court. cried, All
persons having causes or matters pend
ing therein, draw near, and they shall
be heard, and God save the peoplel" no
was a satirist, and didn't know 1t.
There is nothing funnior in cockrey
vernacular than Jesmos' letter, when
he is in doubt which 70 prefer Of his two
lady-loves, Mary Ham and Hangelinn.
He writes "There they stood together,
them two young women. l don't know
which is the 'andsomesf. i couldn't
help comparing them; and couldn't
help comparing myself TO certain han-
nimle I've read Of, that found u difficult
to make choice between two bundles
of A."
The lIOnNOn Times has CUM lIllfAth
careful review Of the census OF 1871 OF
the British empire. There are 3S per-
sons tcra square mile in the empire, 2GO
in the United Kingdom, POI in India,
and I4l in the colonies. 10 should be
observed, however, that in some parts OF
India the density of population more
than equals that of England. The queen
rules over 234. 762 593 souls; her people
dwell in A, 142, 6j1 houses. The area OF
the lands they inhabit is not less than
7,769, 440 square miles.
William Ged, the inventor Of stere-
otyping, was n Scotchman. He was
jeweler in Edinburg. So long as he adj
hered TO his original vocation he was
permitted TO prosper. When he ven
tured TO exercise his ingenuity 10y facil-
itating the printers art, ne was doomed.
On his making known his discovery OF
block printing, the trade deemed their
c aft in danger, and formed a combina-
tion for his destruction. Master print
ers, journeymen, and apprentices uni
ted against him as n C 'mmon enemy;
they loaded him with invectives they
him with Ignorance and as
The arrows Of calumny hit
him on all sides. Who could long with
stand such an array Of hostilities2 Poor
Ged, who ought 10 have made a fortune
by his discovery, sunk under the load
Of persecution, and died Of broken
heart