The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-01
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

which the city of Providence IS aDouI
erecting TO Roger Williams.
PRoF. TYNDALL now takes the ground
that Ham was an Indian instead OF .
negro. Anybody can take any ground
he wants to these days.
SHE was pretty, and as they nestled
together on the beach the zephyr com
ing from DER the water chilled her for q
moment, and she sneezed cachee.
Augustus caught the false teeth IN his
lap, and now the heartless wretch says
his affections are all ccntered at home.
THE other day at Nicksburg n small
colorcd boy fell into the river and was
rescued in a halE-drowned condition. He
could have caisly been pulled out 10y
negro floating by in skill, and when
some one sworc al the darkCy for his
! lethargy he replied dis ycre Is my
! last paper collar, and the boy was kick
! ing the water like an alligator"
THERE il q Maine man who has pre-
served q document cmauating from
Justice Of the peace, 20 this effect:
Hancock So Noyr llth 1909. Then
personally appeared Ibrook Eddy Of Ed
dington, and acknowledged myself guilty
of having uttered two prOiane oaths ON
this day, and has paid q fine for the
same IS the law directs to me-"
The fcaSon why halt-riPcncd grass goes
farther in feeding stock than hay cut
drccn and properly cured, Is that cattle
90 not like the woody flhcr Of the ttrst,
and eat no more than hunger forces them
to but they come out "sprtug poor.
| Hay cut while green and juicy u cheap
est, because cattle fed on IT come out bet
ter in the spring.
FIGURES tell us that agriculture Is the
leading interest in the country; that
forty-fve per cent. of our population are
engaged in agricultural pursuits--more
than one-half larger than those who are
engaged in manufactures and the leading
trades; more than four times larger than
those engaged in merchandise, and marly
ten times larger than those engaged IN
he professions. -.
IT is the London Telegraph which
puts forth this SANDER upon American.
babies: "Thc transatlantic infant has a
peculiar mode Of CRYING in q series ot
sharp. spasmodic yclp-, very different
from the sostcnutO howl Of the British
bantling. and with intonation 80 though
it were prcmaturcly striving 90 rccito
the Declaration of Independence with
its mouth full of peanuts and popcorn
THERE is a mcgathcrium in the Detroit
Museum. Its stomach must have been
about the size of a bccr-vat, and cor
respondent of the Graphic doscn't under
stand how it could possibly have atis-
fled itself with ants UusCiCutilic minds
are always criticizing everything that
tbcv do not comprehend. Undoubtedly
a.,
wifi "A on" and found il very easy To
live on them.
A MAN of kindly nature isapt to pro-
vide for the comfortable old age oi
horse that has long carried hlm, anu
would be gricvcd to sell such an amman
To poor master for mean work and ms
cradle treatment. Poverty may iofCc
consent; but a certain gratitude i i'lJ
for old and faithful service; still NOR"
where there is personal affection, as IN %
dog. But when there is no personal re-
lation il would seem that our rights over
animal life are increased 10y certain do
mcsticitv. If by defending sheep we
cause their numbers To increase, our
ripht to take the lives which would not
have existed without your cares appears
greater than i'm the case of Wild animals
wholly independent ot. -,
France LERNING TO Snoor-Ihe
rifle matches ot England
America. Switzerland aud Belgium have
at last reused France To q perception "l
the importance ofrcviving ana extending
among Frcnchmcn the knowledge anu ,. use
of arms. The French Socicte du IT' or
club, which meets in the houSc
of the Club dcs officers, in the ifuc dc
Bellcchasse, at Paris, is now organizing
for France on the prih-
ciple of those which have long been ~
popular i'm Switzerland and in Belgium.
One great source Of the inciiclcncy OF tho
vast but hasty lcvics made 10y Franco
after Sedan i'm the late terrible war was
the absolute ignorance Of the use Of fire
arms which prevailed to an incredible oN-
tent among the new recruits, both rom
the cities and from the rural districts.
FAMOUS ARMoREE.-Andrcd de Far
rara was the most famous armorer oi
modern times. lie first came into note
in the Highlands of Scotland. u Is SAID
he was the only person who could forge
armor that would resist the Shciield ar.
row heads. or make swords that would
vie with the best weapons oi Toledo Ah9
Milan. lie is supposed to have learned
his art in the Italian city whence he was
called, To have practIccd 10 m secrecy
among the Highland hills, as his genuine
blades were all marked with crown.
Before his time no man in Great Britain
could temper sword in such way mat
the point should touch the hilt and spring
back uniniurcd. He /, said to have
worked i'm "A dark cellar, the better 10 en-
able him 20 perceive the effect of the heat
1pon the metal. and TO watch the nicely
If the tempering, a. well ~ possibly "a
,crvc as n screen To his secret method ol
working. Many Of his blades, with new
basket hilts, are to be found IN the Scot
.ish regiments of the present day
THE SNUGGLERs or 4 trpEE-IENDOM.-
T,ast week the new and stringent rcgula-
ions adoptcd by the Treasury Depart
ncnt for the examination of the baggage
If passcngcrs arriving at Atlantic ports
vent into effect. Every article in every
runk and box is taken out and over
Iauled. Miss Flora McFlimscy, and all
he other McFlimscys, are required to
make oath n 10 the foreign market value
If each article. The custom-hOusc Oili-
,ers then attach the amount OF duty 10
he items i'm the list. The examination
$ very strict, and the disgust of both
aides and gentlemen, especially the for
ner, at the vulgar exhibition and ap-
,raiscmcnt of their fncry is said 70 bc
omcthing ludicrous. Sometimes passen-
,crs are compelled to pay from 5000 to
everal thousand dollarsduty. Ofcoursc,
his is all according 10 law, but a great
government which resorts To cXpedicntS
# this kind cannot be complimcntcd ON
Is fiscal simplicity. But IL is chiefly to
he class of persons who now feel the ter
or Of the screw, that the existence OF the
PRESENT odious tariff is due, and If they
low complain they will receive little
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