The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-24
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

will. When it's not force of arm s, its
force of mind-or money.
FINALLY the French republicans have
got nickname for the Prince Imperial
They call him Invasion ""
A DIsPUTATIoUs MAN" Why, it is
as plain as that two and two make four"
" But | deny that, too; for 2 and
make D."
Equal weights of acetate Of lime and
of chloride of calcium, dissolved in twice
their weight of hot water, is a fire-proof-
ing mixture for fabrics.
An Irishman, being told that the price
of bread was lowered, exclaimed: "This
Is the first time that | ever reioiced in
tn? fall of my best friend"
APPROPRIATENESS is absolutely neces-
sary to secure neatness in dress. Colors
ana forms and modes, in themselves
graceful and beautiful, can become I'M
graceful and ridiculous simply through
appropriations.
TIE "owncrs of Niagara Falls" the
" Porter family" form the permanent
aristocracy of the place, and the prop
erty is cntailed, as in England, 50 that
the eldest son is a sort of young lord.
THE Scotchmcn, in order to escape de
feat, left the country the day before the
American team arrived. 1t is the first
time a Scotchman has ever failed to come
to the scratch"
is he anything, anyhow" said one
young lady to another as they prom
cnadcd Laramie street, and discuscd a
nice young man. ~ Oh yes" replied the
other, "he's something; he's an awful
big fool"
THE following notice of a death in the
columns of contemporary is somewhat
uncertain: Maria :, wife Of John St,
aged eighty years, She lived with her
husband fifty years, and died in the con-
tident hope of a better life"
A LITTLE girl went to a neighbors
house one day, and saw some apple par
ings on the table. After sitting awhile,
she said, % / smell apples" " Yes" the
lady Of the house replied, q guess you
smell these apple parings on the plate. y
No, no." said She, ''taint them;
smell whole apples"
THE average yield of corn-cobs is 7.61
parts of carbonate of potash in 1,0OC
parts Of the cObs, which Is nearly twice
as much rs Is furnished by the best spec
linens of wood. The corn crop of thi.
country will supply 15,4OO,O00, 900 lis
cobs, from which IL, 5O0,O0O It's. of pot
ash might be made.
HE most appalling case of deafness
that we ever came across outside of III
asylum was that Of an old lady who live.
Just across the street from the navy ward
The other day they fired Il salute 0
twcnty-onc gums. The old lady was oh
served To start and listen as the last gur
was fired, and then exclaimed, "Com(
inr'
JAvELLE water used for turning whit,
the dlrtlcSt linen, and removing stains. i
composed Of bicarbomatc of soda four
pounds, chloride of lime one hound
Put the soda into a kettle over the fire
add one gallon of boiling water. let II
boil from ten to fifteen minutes. then stil
in the chloride of lime, avoiding lumps
- when cool. This Is good for removing
fruit stains from while underwear.
\ CANDLE $4,000 feet distant shines
with light 10000 times more brilliant
than do some ncbulP Yet the constitu.
ton of these ncbulG has been determ.
incd. They are found to consist OF
hydrogen and nitrogen. We know the
nature of worlds situated at a distance
inconccivablc. And the relative ages OF
the stars we know. The white stars are
the hottest and youngest. The yellow
stars including the sun, are older while
the colorcd stars are not 50 hot, and are
still older.
HERR ERNST voN BANDED. the sculp-
tor of the Herman monument. is thus
described by correspondent of the Lon
don News: As to the maker of this
monument, you must imagine a white
bearded hermit, but without the hood
and gown, standing i'm the doorway of
this hut, as | saw him yesterday. 4
most remarkable life Is Ernst Won Ban
dcIs. He is now - years old, and he
has spent 81 years Of the best part of his
life on the erection of the monument Ia
Hermann the Chcruscan. He was born
ut Ansbach on the 18th of Nav. 1900.
and Is by birth a Prussian. When but
- years of age he put on paper his idea
OF Il monument to Hermann.
y CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific
American writes as follows: Those who
are fond Of Investigations with the nj
croscoPc will find q beautiful object in
the head of parlor match. Strike the
match and blow it out Is soon as the
head has fused sufficiently to cause pro-
tuberanccS To form on it; on the part of
the head which took fire first will be
found a white, sPoHgy formation. which.
under the microscope, and with a bright
light upon 1t, has the appearance of dia-
mondN, crystals, snow, frost, ice, silver,
and Jet, no two matches giving the same
combination or arrangement.
Sow TIMOTHY EARLY.-A correspond
Cnt of the Country Gentleman reminds
Its readers of the importance OF SOWING
timothy seed early in autumn. This
work Is now going on i'm the northern
states. Our time Is close at hand. At
the north farmers SOW from two to three
IcckS To the acre. which is fifty prr cent
NOR" than waS common thirty wears AGO.
Inc tIlth should be fine, and the seed
covered with Il very light harrow or Iioht
brush, and rolled with a light roller.
Timothy requires rich land. and needs
no wheat To help hold it up.
\ New BREED OF SHEEP.-Nr Gro
ZIcr an Englishman, in charge of an ex
tenNIvc farm ON Long Island. Is cndeay-
"ring to establish a new breed of sheen.
produced by crossing Cotswolds and
H"uthdowns. He has produced. saws the
American Agriculturist, sheen with a
haavy fleece of combing wool. sUpcrior in
Puahty and equal in weight with that of
the pure Cotswold, and with as good
quality of flesh as the Southdown and
onc-half greater size.
How TO CURE THE PASSION FOR LIo-
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