The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-20
FAoTs AND FANcIEs.

crease the number.
The English nost-office carries, an.
nually, about 1000, 900 letters, 70, ,0OO,- p
600 postal cards, 103, 900, 900 book pack
cts, and 80, 200, 900 newspapers.
1--WE regret to notice." says the
Brooklyn Argus, ga growing animosity
toward life insurance Rmony middle
. aged husbands with young wives"
A census of Galveston, Texas, just
completed, shows 1850 inhabitants,
not including the floating population,
an increase Of 10000 in three years.
There are two reasons why some
people don't mind their own business.
One is they don't have any business, and
the other is they haven't any mind.
The question is frequently asked,
How much is a horse power ?" We
saw a man who was kicked by horse
the other day, but he is too sick 10 tell.
The local census Of Richmond, w.,
shows its population 10 be 60,705, or
about 9, 900 more than in 1870 33, ,492
colored. They expect 10 count mp 9O,-
600 in 1880.
The largest legation in Washington
is the Spanish, which consists Of eight
members the next is the British, and
the French legation ranks third in point
of numbers.
Princess Louise wouldn't 60 10 the
big wedding at St. Petersburg because
her husband, the marquis, didn't have
the necessary ancestry to entitle him 20
a seat at the emperor's table.
Can there be any greater dotage in
the world than for any one 20 guide
and direct his course by the sound OF n
bell, and not by his own judgment
and discretion ?-Rabeldis.
A Green Bay (Wis) politician,
who wants TO stand well with the
Grangers, sings:
| The hickory berry zinc entwines
The brown nuts Of tho tunip tree
The cashmere heifer skips and plays
To the tuneful bleat Of the feathery bee.
On tall bougha mid the buckwheat bu is
We hear the low Of the finny plover,
While the bay bull hit. he'd TO the rumbling
scythe
Husks out the golden clover.
Gail Hamilton says a child is a mo-
sale Of his ancestors, getting, for in
stance, brightness from his mother
deception from his father, n furious TENT
per from his uncle, and self restrain
from his aunt" That last clause is Of.
ten particularly true.
A parson and lawyer we're talking
about the direction of the wind. 1--WE
go by the courthouse vane," said the
lawyer, and the parson replied, 1--WE
go by the church vane." Well, re-
torted the lawyer, "in the matter Of
wind, that is the best authority"
Don't tell a child you will do any
thing for it unless you intend 10 keep
your promise, A strict observance Of
this rule may save you the agony OF
seeing your child become a liar. If you
say "I'll skin you alive y 60 and skin
it though il brings tears 10 your eyes.
"A family passing through Detroit
lost their tom-cat "Come, children"
said the father, huskily, as he turned TO
the wagon, "Jobnny died OF scarlet
fever, little Mary went with tho whoop-
ing. cough, and now we've lost Sardi-
mus / shouldn't wonder II mother or
I'd be the next TO 60"
"A boarder at a Nashville hotel
called for boiled eggs one morning.
The waiter returned from the kitchen
after a few moments absence with the
information that the eggs were not good
enough TO boil, but that they were hrHt
rate scrambled. The boarder suddenly
lost his interest in eggs.
The following sweet dispatch passed
over the wires 10 Maine girl, the other
day: "To --: Your life is a rich
bouquet Of happiness, yourself the
sweetest flower. II northern winds
whisper southern wishes, how happy
you must be. Good night. Happy
dreams, sweet love. Frank"
Some boiler makers at Dubuque
put n boy in boiler TO hold hammer
head to the rivets as they were driven
in. and when all were completed he was
found too big TO come out Of the hole.
He stripped TO buff and creased his
skin, but il was no use, and il took Az
men three hours 20 cut solid boiler iron
/ lefore he could be got ont.
Forrest played once in Providence,
r. l., AMI found his audience cold and
npathetic Finally, after vain attempts
to rouse them into enthusiasm, he
walked down to the footlights, and,
casting on the astonished Yankees the
glare of an infuriated Jove, remarked
"If You don't pray more than you ap-
plaud, you'll al go to HI sure"
-"Ifyou don't see what you want ask
for it, . is posted up in conspicuous
place in a Logansport grocery. A ma
tive stepped into the establishment last
week. He saw the card and remarked
" / want n ten dollar bill and don't
see it." "Neither do J." was the la
comic reply. The native " looked fur
ther," but he advised the grocer 10
" take down that sign"
The New York Times thinks that
% there is no question that, with the
death OF Baron james, the genius
Of the house of Rothschild has de-
parted. Constant intermarriRge with
cousins, and the absence OF that intel
Iectual vigor which the infusion OF fresh,
new blood imparts, has its effect on
men, as on animals, and the younger
Of the family are far inferior
10 the elder.
A correspondent of the Key West
Dispatch SAYS that on Cozumel Island
IRE vet 10 be seen the walls OF the first
,hurch ever built on the continent of
North America. Cortez was the builder,
before he conquered Mexico. Tho
foundation and walls are yet partially
preserved, each side having an eleva-
ion of about ten feet in places. Tho
lltar is overgrown with brush, and wild
lowers bloom and birds sing over the
ombs OF the early adventurera.
"A number Of incredulous peopl5
the report of the death Of
DR.. Livingstone, from the fact that tho
dispatches say that tho natives en-.
)almed his body in brandy and salt,
when the latter articles are exceed
noIy scar ce in that all forsaken country.
& NAV be that, after all, the doct
lad only embalmed himself in a little
brandy and sugar, aud the natives, see
ng him lying in his back yard basking
n the sun, supposed that he was dead
md 80 telegraphed 10 the foreign Of.
ice.
Brilliant Success.
IL is ID srmitted TO few men or compa-
iies to achieve acknowledged SUPERIOR.