Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-01
TYPOGRAPHICAL.


Our old iriendle7s, is dead. lie died lat
night.
a Cincinnati thief felt very badly the
other night when he found that couple Of
boots he had stolen, were both made for
the left foot.
An Arkansas woman is making "a noble
effort to redeem her home from the incubus
of debt by modelling in butter. As the
public seem interested in her designs, she
thinks she has ''sofi thing on hand.
St. Louis society has been shaken from
center 10 circumference by the discovery
thai there is a '.secret divorce SINISTER" in
their midst. St. Louis society is sweet,
placid lake, the residents OF. that city close
iy resembling Father Adam before the fall,
in their purity and lamb-like innocence.
"a New Orleans justice has decided that
where two families occupy house, one
family can't sing Captain .jinks' over thirty
times in succession without being liable to
fine for disturbing the peace These
New Orleans uecple never were noted for
their love for music.
Since moving into their new Office, the
Bdiu,c3''S local men write their little etlitO-
rials on gilt-edged paper with diamond
pointed gold pens. They also put on clean
PAPER collars every other day, Cunning
them on intervening days,) and in many
WAYS manifest desire Ia fully meet the
requirements OF the situation.
The Ci8ciaisdii Times publishes this bit
of sentiment: \ Green BAY woman, whose
husband kicks her down stairs every see
ond night, SAYS she likes 10 look over his
old letters commencing with: my dearest,
darling little angel Minnie, heaven alone
knows the depth of my love for yOu."
There is a slight linSe % sarcasm per-
,ading the following; "Whs; do yog sell
those fowls for" inquired person of
man attempting TO dispose Ui some CHICK
ems Of questionable appearance. Il sell
them for profits" was the answer. Thank
You for the information that they are
prophets responded the querist; IL took
them TO bc palriarchs.
Waterloo, of the 81. Louis Journal. hav-
ing bitter recollection OF his experience of
last New Years day, throws cut this sug-
gcsiiun: "The newspapers all over the
country are advising the ladies' to furnish
no wine On New Years day, and there is
su4udncSs in the advice. The ladies should
remove the temptation which society young
men have in the past proved too weak 10
resist"
The best part If a tragedy at the Bowcry
theatre, New York, tl,c other night, was
the excited exclamation of youth i'm the
gallery 10 the old gentleman on the stage,
who was about to become the victim Of the
stcalily assassin. Look behind yer, gJIy'-
ner. There's = Teller going TO stab Yer,
The assassin dropped his knife and roarcd
with the audience. and the old gentleman
was preserved for a future s9criiicG.-Er-
ciGjqe.
Residents Of Virginia City, Nevada, pro
pose to present a silver brick 10 LambcrtUn
Lorraine, commander Of the British ship
Mode. for his manly action in the case of
the Nir.nius. The brick will bear this
inscription: '.Lambcuon Lorraine-yOu
arG a brick: this is another, presented 10y
Americans who love humanity and its
manly defenders. Virginia City. Nevada,
L. :. ~, 1888, CGrrjeF-,IOU5T0i.
An exchange SAYS that Christmas day
falls on Sunday in the order of every clev-
cnth, sixth, filth aud sixth veal. Thus,
Christmas ,lay fell on Sunday in 1870, and
on the eleventh. year following, 1851. it will
again fall on Sunday; linen on the sixth
wear. 1881: then on the 9Th, lS92; then on
The sixth again. ISIS. and then again on
the eleventh. 1901. Ailcr that it will
again fall on the sixth, fifth and sixth
years, followed by an interval Of eleven
ears, namely, 1915, 1920 1926 and 1857.
On the subject of dead-lIead tickets, Mr..
Duff. manager of the Grand Opera House,
New York. saws: When Henry j. Raymond
was editor Of the Timcs lIc and had many
talks OH the subject. lie Was al the opin-
ION that the system adopted blythe London
telegraph shoHld be- introduced on the |
newspapers Of New York. The Telegraph |
has tickets printed for every grade OF prices, !
and when al GmPlove is authorized toVisit |
the theatre he taxes one % these tickets, |
presents it to the b2N-keepar. and is passed |
in. Every month these tickets are inspect |
Ell. and the amount of money they repre-
sent Is deducted from The hill for adyer- |
Using. By he way. The London papers |
charge the theatres half price for adyer |
Using. ~ a general rule / don't find the |
newspapers very troublesome. They are |
much moro consideratr than they USed TO |
he eight % Ten yeas ago.
Train is on the rampage again. lie has |
written d iGltGr to Tweed: in which lie |
saws: ~ on POSSESS secrets against public |
men. thai in nv hands will release You and !
put them in your place. VIII You speak |
III so. name the time that | can visit YOU. |
| represent the comm. revolution. Two !
millions Of working men will soon bc !
clsmoTing for bread. Ny last letter to you |
was from tl,e Bastile Of Lyons. France. |
You are the iirs; iCiip. Of the gigantic con- |
spiracy Ia change our fu1u NJ government. |
Act quickly. for desperate men sometimes |
resort to poison" There is a hint Of hap |
~ ralief in the closing sentence. which a |
iong-suacring public viii hail with p,eans |
Of joy, and it is to bee hoped that Tweed |
will not heedthc injunction {" "act quickly"