The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

publishing the number Of old debt
that are paid after each revival. Ther
- are scoffers who affect 10 believe that
an amount has been overdue n yer
long time no religion in the world wi
make the debtor hunt up and pay tn
man he owes.
AN English picture collector recentl,
p bought an enormously valuable ol'
master" on the Continent, and, in or
der TO get il into England under hgh
o duty, had a modern "daub" painted
5 over the old master. When they
' washed Off the dAub the old master
went with il, and left behind portrait
of George III 30 it wasn't very old
master.
The Sultan of Turkey employs in his
palace 5000 servants of both sexes. He
pays and feeds 800 cooks, 800 gardeners,
} 500 coachmen, and 600 more 20 do odds
and ends about the house. To feed
these people and their hangers-on 200
sheep and 1000 fowls are killed every
day, and GO, 900 francs for lights are
expended. No wonder they call HIM
the sick man of Europe.
THE most potent poison yet discoy-
cred is osmium, q species OF metal,
/
poison the entire popu alton Of the
world One-thousandth part OF grain
Of osmic acid set free in a volume Of
air of one hundred cubic yards would
possess such deadly influence that all
the persons respiIing this air would be
nearly killed. Osmic acid is 50 much
the more dangerous that no counter
poison is knoWn against IL. To what
good uses such terrible poison can be
applied is not stated.
The rattlesnake, the most dreaded
reptile of America, is bravely attacked
and killed by the antelope. The man
ner of attack is curious and effective.
As soon as the snake is discovered,
the male antelope commences trotting
swiftly round the enemy, seemingly
with the purpose of confusing IL ; then
springing high into the air, and bring
ing his four sharp hoofs together, as he
descends with all his weight upon the
snake. The instant he touches 10 he
separates his feet with n quick move
ment, and tears it 10 pieces before IL
bas time to strike.
The southern baptis's have Joined
heartily in the plan proposed by the
American Baptists education commits
sion for the celebration Of the ap-
preaching Centenary Of American In
dependence. The Nashville Advisory
committee, which met Feb. %, passed
resolutions urging the formation of
state committees in the states 10 repre-
sents, namely: Kentucky, Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Louisiana, and Texas. The COM
mittee recommended the endowment Of
the Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary, and Of the denominational insti.
tutions OF learning in each state.
MARY +. ARBoNs was advertised by her
husband in San Jose, California, as
having lett his bed and board without
lust cause. and so forth. Mrs. Arbons
retorted in card, In which she said
that she had been married ten years,
and in that time had cooked about ten
thousand meals, spent fifteen thousand
hours over hot stove, Ornesix children,
MIXED COWS over ten thousand times,
and performed other housewifely duties
in proportion. She adds: 81 have
drawn the picture very mildly. have
made allowances for my sickness, when
/ have had help, something after the
way that a farmer would hire n horse II
his own was sick and unable 10 work.
/ had nothing when ] went there, and
nothing at the end of tho c ten years Of
servitude."
In the Malavan Peninsula large apes
OF naturally intelligent breeds are em-
ployed by their masters much in the
same way that human slaves are made
use of in some parts OF Africa. The
cocoanut palm is valuable for it's fruit,
but this is very diflicult 90 procure, 80
the landlord OF topo of palms trains
his apes to climb the trees and Judi
ciously pick the richest nuts for him.
The apes seem TO delight in the work.
The apes thus employed in the neigh
borhood Of Singapore and Penang are
bred in Atchin, anu the owners timer
ate and hire them out. They go up
the trees with line attached, aud obey
the command of their masters, choos-
ing the proper fruit. They twist the
nut round and round till 1t falls down
from its stalk, when the feat is hailed
on the part Of the apes by jumps and
of evident satisfaction.
OUR secretary Of legation at st. Pc.
tersburg has Deutsche-soundinR
it has been said Of
late that on account of his curious and
deep dives into Russian matters, Prince
had asked his recall. The
saying is denied from st. Petersburg.
Il is n significant fact, however, that
the Russians are extremely bitter
against the Germans, and all that
smacks of a German sound. They
have so far received all their civilization
imported by German heads and hands,
and manifest tendency 10 kick out
ward from their own sterility. Clever
Germans monopOlize their big and diff
cult jobs and places, could not be done
reside i'm the country, and
necessarily excite iealously. Todtle-
ben, tho defender of Sebastopol, was
and by that fact was "A target
for the national Slavonic spleen.
TIN. American traveller in EnglAnd
can scarcely have failed TO notice The
Of railway stations along
the road by flower beds and pretty lit.
tie gardens. These cultivated areas
are commonly the unused land lying
along each side of the track at the en-.
trance TO the station. Occasionally
there is somewhat fantastic taste ex-
hibited by the station-master but a
lew freaks of design may well be par
doned in view of the healthful ambition
that led to them. These Rarden-spots
become matters of pride and zeal with
the station. masters; they employ what
would otherwise be idle hours and
hence they are not only charm TO the
traveller, but n means Of agreeable
change 10 the otherwise monotonous
iuties of tn, railway officials. We
should be glad TO see in America as
prevalent taste for flower culture us
inds almost everywhere in England.
ARABIAN HEAD GEAR.-A correspond
ant with the Gordon expedition IN
Africa, writes: "Scanty is the attire
1f our five Arab attendants. Bat what.
ever want of attention is displayed as
10 scarcity OF raiment is made up by the
of their head gear. COLI.
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