The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-30
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

-"Gently the dues are DER me steal.
ing" as the man said when he had
thirteen bills presented to him in one
day.
"A darkey called at Greensboro, KY,
the other day, and wanted to know
"Does dis postorfis keep stamped ante
lopes?"
Perkins suggests that the racing
crews of our boat clubs might balance
their shells better if they parted their
hair in the middle.
--Precocious boy, munching the fruit
of the date tree: Mamma, If l eat
dates enough, shall / grow up to be an
almanacP"
-"I go through my work, as the
needle said to the idle boy. g But not
until you are pushed ahead, as the idle
boy said to the needle.
"A test was recently made of the
buoyant power of leaf of a water lily
known as the Victoria Regia, in the
botanic garden at Client. Bricks were
heaped over its entire area, and before
it was submerged in the water a weight
of 761 pounds was floated.
"A young man got into trouble at a
| spiritualist woman's seance last evening.
He caught hold of a materialized j"
child introduced by the performers, and
it proved to be a rag baby. For his In
reference he went away with a b'oodv
nose.-BOstO'l TrdUeler.
Sometimes people write a postal
card full, and then turn over and finish
what they have to say upon the face.
They ought to know that in such caseS
the party to whom the card is addressed
has to pay six cents postage. Cheaper
to use a three cent stamp in the first
place.
Feathers are shooting all over the
toilets. The gosslps say feather fans,
feather parasols, and feather hats are all
the 90. Feather trimmings are now
arranged with so much 1ghtness and
beauty that they are considered as suit
able for summer as well as winter wear.
They are mounted with fringe as well as
bands, though as bands they are used
for the trimmings of bonnets and para
soils.
Old Yankee Robinson's circus
busted wide open last week at st. Paul,
and the sheriff sailed in for his rights.
Presently twenty-four fiery, untamed
twenty-four fiery, untamed circus men as
outside passengers, and these with a
cheering display of first class arsenal,
went out of tie town whooping, and
crossed the line into the next state.
-" Fred Douglas, in a fourth of July
address at Hillsdale, Pa, advised his
race to cultivate independence" The
cultivation OF independence is well
enough, but they should not make it a
specially. They should reserve mere
garden-spot for independence, aud de-
vote the far greater amount OF their
acreage to the cultivation of corn, cot
ton, and cabbage.
TO be read by moonlight only
"On the Erie railroad, between Port
Jervis and Buffalo, there is a conductor
known as the Rosebud Conductor
Many years ago he was engaged to
beautiful girl, and their wedding day
was fixed. She was taken i'll and died
a few DAYS before she was to become
bride. On her deathbed she said to her
lover: IF you will always carry rosebud
in your button hole, no accident Will ever
befall you.' He has carried rosebud
ever since, and no i'll has befallen him.
He is still single man"
Thomas Carlyle has numerous adj
mirers on this side of the Atlantic,
but probably California does not take
much stock in his philosophy. He
blurted out to a lady of that State, the
other day "You are doing no good
service there; you are harming, the
world. Cover over your mines, leave
YOUR gold in the earth, and go to plant
ing potatoes. Every man who gives
potato to the world is the benefactor OF
his race but you, with your gold, are
overturning society, making the ignoble
increasing everywhere the
expenses of living, and confusing ali
things"
1t has been generally supposed that
,he wings of a grasshopper are grown
1t a certain stage of its growth, but
his theory is now shown to be errone-
,us. Mr.. Knight, mayor OF st. Paul,
Mimi, has observed n great many
skins supposed to be
lead hoppers. He caught a July de-
,eIoped hopper with wings and watched
{. In little time it crawled ont OF its
hin, legs and all. The new hopper as
born had full set of wings. and
vas quite lively, but not enough TO fly.
EIr. Knight is of the opinion that after
his change takes place one day is time
nough to accustom it for its new exist
nee and fit it for emigration.