The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-04-24
FACTS AND FANcrEs.

Fifty pounds OF bullets were solN
by one man in Chattanooga the ottS
day, as his gleanings from the Chick
amaaga battlefield.
-"Oh, bother cremation j. says the
Pittsburg Commercial. 1--WE have 10
earn our living-and we don't w.nt to DO
compelled to urn our dead.
The Danbury philosopher observes
that the placidity of expression worn
by a man who is " next" in n full bar
ber's shop cannot be counterfeited.
One lead pencil, according 70
contemporary, lasts a Dubuque editor
three months, but he has TO have n new
rivet in his shears every three weeks.
The Jewels which the Duchess o
Edinburgh brought with her to Eng
land are said TO be worth S2,50O,OOO
and include as many as 100 bracelets.
Fourteen Nebraska men want TO be
postmaster of a town where the salary
is but two dollars per year. They are
after the social position which such an
Office gives.
One day last week, says the New
York Commercial, q temperance cru
sader, on her return from pilgrimage
to the beer shops, was seen 90 approach
the pantry, and overheard singing
Kentucky gallantry is proverbial,
but when a small man lets n two hun
dred pound woman ride thirty miles on
his knee in crowded stage coach, 10
begins to look like martyrdom.
Little drops OF toddy,
Little grains Of spice,
! Don't they make n body
| Feel 80 awful nicol
An Iowa man who was called n
| fraud has recovered thirteen cents dam
ages. When "A jury pronounces that
man lacks but thirteen cents OF being
fraud, the court ought TO instruct the
sheriff to keep an eye on him.
Dialogue from Fun: Fair damsel
putting on new gloves" Too tight ? oh
no, auntie, not at ali : besides, / like
them q leetle tight u Troublesome
Brother" Feels a. If somebody was
squeezing her hand don't ye see, aun-
tie!"
Western dealers in butter grade IL
as wool-grease, cart-grease, soap
grease, variegated, tesselated, cow
grease, boarding-house breakfast, infe-
rior tub, common tub, medium roll
good roll, and gilt-edged roll"
"A wicked little boy in n Denver
Sunday-school was asked by bis tencher
il he had learned anything during the
past week. "Oh, yes, said he. " What
is it that you havs learned p Never
to lead deuce when you've got an ace
back of il" was the reply"
"A Richmond, Va, newspaper no.
tices an extraordinary work Of art, ex-
hibited in a shop in that city. The
subject is Jacobs Dream" Angels,
all having yellow hair and blue wings,
are going up and down the ladder,
while Jacob slumbers in full continen-
tai uniform, except his boots, which
are Of the confederate cavalry fashion,
and close at hand, resting on rock, Is
n hunting flask.
A good lady Of Columbus, Ga, was
" struck all of n heap" 10y an old coll
ored woman she met the other day.
She beamed sll over her face as sho
said, in the most approved Georgia
style "Howdy, Aunt Marin J" Tho
aged nepress raised herself erect, placed
her arms akimbo and remarked, loftily,
looking sideways, -" amt yer ant, and
1 amt yer uncle Use yer ekal =
"A gentleman was walking down
Nassau street, behind two English
swells, when he overheard the following
conversation carry, my boy" says
one, "what's O'Clock p The other
felt for his watch and exclaimed ''By
Jove, hive left hit hat 'ome." Then,
turning to n boot-black standing by, he
said "My lad, what's o'clock ?"
"What's q clock ?" says the lad "why,
you darned fool, it's thing as big as
your head, with hands on il.
"A correspondent has caught a
glimpse of Marie Alexandrowna, and
puts his impressions in print. The
duchess is little of stature. She is
neither the darkest of brunettes nor
the fairest of blondes. Her features
are not Grecian, nor anything else IN
particular. Perhaps an artist would
not even grant that her features were
regular. She is withal, az far as could
be judged from n hurried glance, quite
n charming little creature. Marie Alex
androwna
The Protestant Episcopal commu-
Mon in the United States comprises Al
dioceses and missionary jurisdictions,
25 bishops. 3,09j priests and deacons,
Q 700 parishes, and 2G0, 900 commune
cants. The most populous diocese is
that of New York, which has 20, 2S2
next is Pennsylvania,
with 19,109; next Maryland, with H.
O55. and the fourth in number is Com
necticut, with 1876 The oontribu-
tions of all kinds for the year are re-
ported at S7,315, l49.
There was something pathetic in the
position Of tho German florist, who, in
the bitterness OF his heart, exclaimed
i'I have so much drouble init de ladies
ven dey come 20 buy mine rose; dey
wants him hardy, dey wants doubles, dey
wants him fragrant, dey wants him nice
colour, dey wants him aberyding in one
rose. hopes am not vat you call one
1ncallant man, but / have sometimes TO
lay TO dat ladies, Madame, j never Of
en see ladies dat vas beautiful, dat vas
'ich, dat vas good temper, dat vas
,oungs, dat vas clever, dat vas perfee-
ion. in one ladies. / see her much