The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29
SAYINGS AND pOINGs.


IN not yriavp bcrausc thy heart,
Ere Cupid touched ~ with my daH,
For him would beat
Nor that the hand which owns my nng
one, ,igic g his gift. q "Mizuah' ihiiig-
II was bui meet.
.iph not that his arms were placed
some scprp ul times AROUND ."nI N'''''
~ sweet and slim.
Al no. my love! the wee }g.i SCI
Is mine because Won wcidgi me
Instead ui him.
TuouGurFurrEss for Others, gcneros-
ity. modcstv, and sulf-rcspcct are the
qualities which make a real gentleman or
lady. as distinguished from the vcncered
article which commonly goes by that
name.
4 little while the ra-r hlnum.
little while the sUft wind. blow,
a little while ;hc baby laughed
little Whilo-frUm bud tu snow.
But after ~ the rose l. sweet.
Aud after ul thc winds have blown
And after all tine baby blessed
Aud after all 10 is our own.
II in orr thought the ro-o remains
And winds FrH sweet iu memory
Wh, should uu; then the baby -nuo
Forever hr O babe 60 mc'
Ir is true that We are continually IN
spircd. and that we do not lead gracious
| life. except 50 far a. We act under this
| interior inspiration. But how few feel
| il how few are they who do not annihi-
| late it bv their voluntary distractions or
| by their resistance!
He who. has once believed that life
| has an aim and a meaning, and who has
given up that belief for the conviction
| that lie Is simply misfortune without
aim or meaning, has made but sorry
exchange. even though he may have the
rratifcation of boasting that he i at one
with the great thinkers of his age.
When the last rose of SUMMER
Is faded and gone,
And the blue bottle hummer
Lies dead rs a stone;
When the mudbugs and stingers
Take umbragc and goi
oh, tell us, why fingers
This wild mus gUi TO?
There is a Young woman oi Lynn
Grown up 50 excessively thln,
When she wears her pull back
She seems all flesh 10 lack,
And her honuct seems stuck on pm
In CITY houses one cannot bc too care
fII 10 stop the drains of the wash-basin
and close the doors ufwash-closcts during
the night. for many a fever Is generated
from the drain-pipe of a wash-basin. In
country houses care should be taken 10
have no foul water standing in bedrooms,
AS it soon gains the quality Of unwholc-
sOmeness.
ON the walk hat did lie
And a gallant chap sailed 10y,
And be- cut q lively swell J.
lie was a clerk to hotel
And he gave that hat kick,
And lac came across brick
Now upon q crutch hc goes
Minus half pound oi toes.
They are my friends,
Who are most mine,
And most theirs
When common cares
Give room To thoughts poetic and diEihe'
And in q psalm Of love all nature bends
Mrs. DOBns, of Providence, says shc
made her lazy dead-and-nlive husband
move 10 a lively measure for once ~ ms
life. She placed a stiff hair-hru-h in
shaded spot in the bedroom, 30 thal ne
stepped on it with his bare foot.
SONG of the festive Granger, heard in
the corn field:
Fodder, der fodder, come home with me now
BRAVE Col. Nash scorncd brandy
smash. and good oil gin wa, all two thin;
but the tempting bait of whisky
straight revived his soul with the How
inc bowl Alas for man, when cornJuice
ran! Then comes the drcEs, and tangled
LEGS. and uoddmg posts, and grinning
ghosts. ghosts dressed i'm blue, came
for vou'-aud the pleasant " smile ends
in durancc vile.
WARREN HASTINGS elephant, which
i n hundred years old is h.iug fed up
to bc ridden hy the Prince of Wales when
he visits Lucknow, India. This makes the
elephant swing his trnnk in the air and
wag his valisc, rs hc did in childhood's
happy hours. %,
iT appears 10y the returns of one OF the
principal railways in England for the last
wear. that their locomotives average run
of about $1,000 q year, and that the usll-
nj term of service ofa set oichillcd wheels
is about seven years, or run ct some
IO5, 900 miles, being a little more than
four times round the world. Passenger
cars, it is stated, traverse about three
times the distance, each month or year.
that an engine does First-clas- cars are
not subjected to such continuous wear ~
is the case with inferior ones; more rest
is given to the wheels. such cars are
heavier. and consequently bear haricron
the axles, and hence are more liable To
heat