The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-04
. SAYINGS AND DoINGs.

| divorce court OF man suing Tor :
divorce. on the ground OF his wiiei
desertion. Tho Judge said il was tho
first case Of the kind since the estab
lishment Of the court seventeen year.
ago. r. 49,.
FIRST cousins we're married IN Qua
wa county, Kansas, last week. Wneu
the relationship was discovered, the
Judge and minister waited on the par.
ties, read the law to them, and informed
them that they must consider them
selves unmarried.
A CROSS. EYED man who handed his
ticket 10 Chicago atreet-ca conductor.
the other day, had dthree heles punched
i'm IL. The conductora Y thought ho
glanced at TIVE ladies at his side. They
were, entire strangers, but. he peekly
forbOre. to say any thing. IL costs
something 70 be gross eyed =
WHRN a ul1tF mistakes the height
Of a chair hSFts sgoibg 30 occupy by
about an inclltShd a. lasif y 'is.Teparkal,-
BILE the san1quat o. mopgsrttIrn be Elll
acquire a Baking t9eesllttle distance.
He will .saFlke TINT 'clidif with nearly as
mttchadfc az NJ s hss sAt down in il
from tHhd pbDfs af r. Ntne6 gstory building.
D Dos1 eak, vasHhs, moving ma
chiness 1.,, ~ the we4ther. IL rots
the, wdp4 and rusts the metal. A shed
buiIt with rough posts aud covered with
straw viii save many a-dollar rs GOV
ering for snth things. Paint the wood
work of wagons, hay frSmes, etc, ana
see that all metallic parts OF machinery
are Won soatnd Nth 80
THE young lady students OF the syria
cuse medical college are very careless
Recently three Of them purchased tho
body of an Auburn convict, and, after
cutting IL up, threw the pieces into
vacant lot, causing immense excltemsnt
in the vicinity, the general opinion be-
ing that q diabolical murder had been
A CHICAGO lady, who had bad the
naisfortune Co smash her last bottle OF
Partisan hair-dye, encountered solemn
looking man with an armful Of tracts,
who, in presenting one to her, took
occasion TO ask il she was prepared to
meet her Maker. "No, she spiteiuliy
replied, al don't expect 10 stir out OF
the house for several weeks.
THERE is a man in Paris with great
project. He proposes 20 light that city
with one lamp. He wants big lamp
and wants 20 suspend il at n proper
height by means oi n balloon. Ills
argument is that all Paris can he lighted
on that plan az we'll rs an opera house.
The authorities have a prejudice against
his plan, because he boards ut luuatic
asylum. ,,
THERE are four hurdred religious
iournaIs in the United States. The
Methodists have forty-seven, the largest
number then come the Catholics, who
number forty-one the Baphsts, thirty
five: Prcsbyterians, twenty-nine; the
Fpiscopalians, twonty-one the Luther
ans. fourteen; German Reformed, four
teen Jews, nine, and Congregational
lists, eight.
CLARK, hist - said Augustus, who ~
home from school, at the tea-table,
Saturday evening, 81 hear the voicetul
chime of the bolls, and the cries OF the
populace are borne 10 me on the vesper
air? What can IL mean? That 2 said
Augustus father, peeling another her
ring "why that's for old BloOdgood's
auction down in Richards block.
Augustus WINGED.
The most perfectly shaped man or
woman is uusymmetrical-that ~ 10 say,
thero is a marked unlikeness between
the two sides of the body. The two
sides Of the face (Which il most seen,
and. therefore. permits of more nccu-
rate study) will bs found always 10 ex-
hibit considerable differences. Proba-
bly no two sides Of any human face are
precisely alike. 10 is the same with
every limb. No pair Of limbs IL shaped
alike. One hand is almost always larger
than the other SO with the loot 80
with the leg and arm.
LAST month the building erected
for the poor Of London by the trustees
OF the Peabody fund was opened Tor
general use. IL covers about two and
half acres, and will accommodate 3l2
families. The average rent OF three
rooms is about six shillings per week ;
two rooms, three shillinRs and sixpence,
and one room, two shillings and six
pence. In alluding TO this movement,
Sir Charles Reed, member Of parlia-
ment, said they are proving the greatest
success the world has ever known IN the
way Of beneficial charity.
go, MAMMA" said dear little girl
Of nine summers, as she ran into the
presence, "while | was skip
ping outside on the sidewalk, such a
kind, pleasant gentleman came mp 10
where Magic. and Sadie, and me were
skipping, and gave us each some candy,
and told us 90 go on skipping, and said
that il any little girl could skip 700
lines he'd give her parents pretty
rose wood box, all lined with white satin,
with a glass cover and silver handles
and her name on silver plate. And
I'm "A going to try and get that nice box
Tor YOU, mamma, and the gentleman
said when had skipped $50 times, Tor
You and papa 30 call at his Office and
let him know. He said he was a corner,
but | suppose he meant his Office was
On the corner, for how could man DO
l cornerY"
LADIES are sometimes surprised at
.he rapidity with which an apparently
heavy black silk will 60 10 pieces. A
recent writer says this ~ often due 10
she fact that IL has been weighted.
This process, originally adopted Tor the
purpose of making up the loss accustomed
Dy ungumming, is now carried 80 Tar aa
sometimes to increase both weight and
pulk three fold. The weight ~ added
py treatment with salts of iron and as
salts of tin and cyanide, and
.esults in an entire change both Of the
chemical and physical properties OF the
,ilk. 1t is an agglomeration OF foreign
matters without cohesion, burns like
inder, and, worse than all, IL said 10 be
Known 20 have absorbed gases until
enough heat was caused 10 produce
combustion. Ladies should
Ie on the lookout for such silks as
hese.
Or ALL the love affairs in the world
zone can surpass the true love OF big
,oy for his mother. IL is a love pure
md noble. honorable in the highest
leRree TO both. | do not mean merely
. dutiful affection. I mean love
which makes boy gallant 30 his
saying plainly 10 everybody
hat he is fairly in love with her.
Next 10 the love OF her husband moth
ng 80 crowns a woman's life with
ionor as this second love, this devotion
# the son 20 her. And | never yet
NEW a boy TO "turn out " badly who
,egan by falling in love with his
mother. Any man may fall in love
With fresh.face girl, and the man who
8 gallant 90 the girl NAV cruelty neg
ect the worn and weary wife. But this
zig boy who is a lover Of his mother at
middle age is a true knight, who will
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