The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-16

he said Yes I" "When he comes
back, ask him again-and III listen
MARK TWAIN says "To the poor
whites along the Mississippi river chills
are a merciful provision Of Providence.
enabling them TO take exercise withous
: exertion." 1sa
The man who predicted a mild winter
because corn-husks were thin, was tonnd
frozen TO death in a corn-feld the other
day, few miles from Dayton. They'
buried him close to the grouDd-hog.
I'm sorry TO hear of your embar.
rassment," said a gentleman 10 friend
who had failed heavily. "Not ut al, ~
said the latter; "keep your sympathy,
for my creditors it is they who are
embarrassed" ....
DoRE's picture of the Seventh Cir !,
Gle of Dante's He'll" contains 800 hg-
ures. Those in the foreground are the !
size OF life. They are grouped IN a
circle about Dante and Virgil, who are :
on a central eminence. Hargg
| AT horticultural exhibition in Paris
last fall, several gourds were exhibited Z
that had gourds of other varieties
| grated on them. The operation was
performed by introducing the stem OF ,
a gourd through the skin OF one 70 .
which il was to be joined. .eH
PERSONS planting out fruit trees are
| informed by several experienced in the .
matter that black walnut trees exert an
| Injurious influence on some other va-
| rieties, as the naples. IL is according
ly desirable to plant them to them
selves.
THE entire territory of Scotland is
30 O47. 642 acres. Fifiy.seven proprie-
tors own trifle more than one-third OF
the country, and almost one-third OF
this upward of one-tenth Of all Scot
land) belongs to the three richest OF
them.
The six foliies OF science are said TO
be the following The quadratute OF
the circle, the establishment OF perpet-
nal motion. the philosophers stone,
the transmutation OF metals, divina-
tion, or the discovery of secrets by
magic, and, lastly, judicial astrology.
SPRING has come Spring ha come, Spring has
HarS! the feathered songsters tune their notes
OF joy r.,
Hark, the lowing herd! List, the warhlins
bird
Gaily, smiling, budding, blooming Spring has
comel
In horn.)
SoArBER thoughts and faucies often
require real soil or substance to flour
ish in they are the dark pine trees
which take root in and frown over the
riffs of the scathed and petri6ed heart,
and are chiefly nourished by the rain on
unavailing tears and the yapors OF
fancy r. BOyes.
THE new Encyclopedias Britannica
saws "If the natural resources of
America were fully developed it would
afford sustenance to 5000 000,0 in
habitants-a number five times as great
as the entire mass Of human beings now
existing on the globe. And, what is
even more surprising, il is not more
improbable that this prodigious popu-
lation will be in existence within three
or four centuries"
A LADY went TO pay her respects TO
one of the latest arrivals on the list OF
babyhood, when the following coloquy
took place between her and the little
four-year-old sister of the new conner
GIVE come for that baby now, said
the lady. "You can't have il, was the
reply. But must have it-I came
over on purpose" urged the visitor.
"We cant spare it all" persisted the
child "but I'll get n piece OF paper
and you can cut pattern"
CoUaHING can sometimes be stopped
by pressing on the nerves OF the hP IN
the neighborhood of the nose. A press
ure there will almost certainly prevent
a cough when il is beginning. 1t Is
generally known that sneezing may be
stopped by this plan, but it IL new TO
1. 4 Al, BFRHg-
ING right in front of the ear may also
stop coughing. 1t is also preventive
of hiccough, but much less so that OF
sneezing or coughing.
"WH1oH, TO-DAY, ARE
Sweet flowers,
Ye we're too fairs,
With dropping lids,
Among your heavie morning toares,
found ye.s
Faire budsl
/ left We there,
For sorrow bids
Brief greeting to gay youth, Il foaros,
To wound ye.
But deare roses in your noone
(That graceful, merrio prime)
stole away the lovely boone,
Aud was IL not crime
To rob the wooing aire
or your sweet breath
All daintie flowers,
The wanton hours
or midday's golden shine
Will sec ye pine,
Tomorrow, aud 30 fade
Away to death.
ONE of the methods adopted by the
of Paris for the encourage
ment of birds in the parks is the manu-
featuring Of artificial nests so cunningly
constructed that each variety Of bird
will recognize its home at once. The
nests are made by women for the fol-
lowing birds: The sparrow, titmouse,
warbler, king fisher, chaffinch, cuckoo.
blackbird, magpie, and others. Three
thousand of these nests have been put
up recently.
EDGAR A. PoE's memory is TO be hon
ored with a monument at last. The
sum desired, 81 800, has been raised
through the efforts of the public school
teachers association of Baltimore, aud
the work will be begun at once. The
desiqn is an obelisk of pure italian
marble, with a bas-relief OF Poe on one
of the panels, and appropriate inscrip-
tions and emblems on the other three.
II is thought the monument will be
ready for dedication within a few
months.
"a a
ship in a militia company. His wife
after discoursing with him for some
time on the advantage which the family
would derive from his eXaltation, in
quired, in a doubling tone, Husband,
will it be proper for us TO let our chill
dren play with the neighbors' now%
One of the little urchins eagerly asked,
Are we not all corporals ?" "Tut,
said the mother, "hold your tongues
there is no one corporal but your father
and myself.
THE other day, when it was very cold,
l had hung a thermometer outside
window, whence the wind blew it down
into the snow beneath. When / dug IL
out of the snow, 1 found the mercury
up to the freezing point, bat IL sunk
Immediately to much lower degree.
Few think of this uniform temperature
of the snow, and that relatively TO some
other things il is very warm. The
inherent caloric of STOW is a most val
uaI,Ia aourca Of warmth to Dergona