The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-16
SAYINGS AND DOlNGs.
BECAUSE THE WAY rs snonr.r-

Aud, like "a cherries traveller. take che roa.,
Singing beside the hedge. What 10 tho broal
| BE bitter in thine inn, and ih1u un-hod
| To meet the flints ?At least it may be said,
because tho way is short, thank thee. dod'
"Now let ms talk ahout your business
affairs" said sharp Connecticut girl TO
a young fellow, after he had proposed
marriage 10 her in a long address hlled
with expressions Of passionate love
THAT was a funny indictment which
arraipped a woman in Milwaukee,, the
other dav, for disturbing a religious
meeting by "riotously eating nuts and
noisily champiug the same with her
teeth. Tho woman was acquitted.
MmADY, when she bathes at the FASH
iouable seaside resorts, wears IN adj
dition TO her furoelowed bathing suit,
shoes, stockings, hats, and gloves.
Why on earth doesn't she carry her
ace-covered sunshade, too2
F1aHrY. SEVEN persons in Stowe. Mas
| sachusetts, every one Of whom rs over
| 20 wears of age. have cut loose from the
Youngsters Of 80 and GO, and have formed
| themse YES into a club. The most an
cient member is an exclusive old lady OF
| 100 years.
| MISS ANNIE GRAY, a young Australian
|
| one of Queen Victoria's recent draw
| ing-rooms, but outshone every lady
| present She is blonde with a mass
of curling hair, aud eyes Of the true
blue.
In 1920 the average individual con-
sumption of wine in France was 81
quarts IN 1853 81 quarts. and I'm 1869
| 100 quarts In Paris the average has
more than doubled; each Partisan
drinks on an average 2l7 quarts of wine
annually.
A SCHOOL MASTER, who bad an iuvet-
crate habit Of talking TO himself, was
asked what motive he could have m
doing so He replied that he had two
GOOD and substantial reasons. In the
first place he liked 30 talk 10 sensible
man in the next place, he liked 10 hear
a sensible man talk.
A ROUND sHoULuEUrD, iuquisltlVe
man kicked what he thought was an
ornamental dog lying ON step to see II
it was hollow. 10 wasn't an ornamental
doc and IL wnsnf hollow, but was there
on business. and the inquuHtiye man man IN
now frustrating With ms aunt TIL ms
leg gets well.
CHANGE or SEAsoNs.--
All seasons we may come tn seek
Where thou my dear one, art
Warm summer on the little cheek,
Cold winter in the heart.
But all things change and -u, my love,
These seasons shall depart
The winter 90 tiny cheek rhNl movo'
The summer 90 Thy heart
SHE tried 90 ait down In the street
car. hut H. Yves pinned back so tight eho
couIduf Old lady pr.UDd over Hur
specs and asked her. "lIHv long have
Won been utll ct,d that way p TIE
young lady blushed aud made "a break,
sitting down sideways, and holding her
knees together so tight that she looked
as il she had on a one-lcgged pair oi
breeches. Old lady noticed her sitting
in this sidewise cramped position, and
"Bie, / spose I've had
'em thar myself"
ATHLETIC sports do not flourish in
France, and the Pail Mall q Gizette as
sirnes as reasons, first, the Frenchmen
have too much vanity 30 enter into con-
tests in which they run the risk OF be-
ing beaten, and, second, that athletic
sports interfere with that devotion TO
the female sex which Is a Ffenchmans
chief amusement. Frenchmen will not
plav cricket or football lest theu eyes
should be blacked aud their shinH
wounded. They do not like boating
because they connot take ont ladies' in
racing shells, and they dislike any game
in which one side is exposed TO tue ig-
nominy Of q public defeat All oi
which is very probably true, hut u ~
not so clear that the Freuchmen are
therefore, lc.s s,naihlC iu their conduct
than are the Englishmeu.
How TO MAKE Bread
Jolly farmer. tho question i.. 90 How TO make
And Won think it a light aud dry one.
4 -Iirp ,ye will own. 90 is Jl.v tu spread,
Yet the loaf to prepare. should you try in iiH
Then to cav it, though much it had bothered
A face e',' You'd make, surely, WY one.
How to fashion Iiio's stan - question Of
And ops That IA hard Of solution.
Though a woman may care not for questions
OF State,
The state matrimonial she will horate,
I her care in the Kitchen snail como ali too
And the heavy loaf lead 10 confusion.
supply. by your care, from tho crush Of tho
Tho brand which In ruro-t and rwootost
With water that lows from the spring on tho
md hops r'5 from tho yard that tho trailing vines
md Few Early Roso. to be mashed with
Leave the rest 10 your wife, tho dizcrocto-t.
For, The destruction ~ the cockroach
Ir. Harris. the late eminent entomol.
.0ist. recommends table spoonful Of
ed lead. the same amount OF Indian
neal. with molasacs enough 20 make
bick batter. Set thig on plate no
iobt in places frequented by the I'M
.cts and All that eat Of 10 will be poi-
oned Another preparation is composed
( one tea spoonful Of powdered arsenic,
nth a Tablespoonful OF mashed potato.
rumble this every night nc .bod-timo
there the insects will find it, and 1t ~
aid 10 be an efTectual poison. Great
are should be exercised 100 the use OF
uch dangerous agents. An innocent
Method of destroying roch caches ~ 70
lace a bowl or basin continuing a little
lolasses on the floor at night. A bit OF
rood. resting one end ON the tioor and
be other on the edge Of the vessel,
arves as a bridge 20 conduct the insects
, the sweet deposit. Once In the trap
nd it's slippery sides prevent retreat,
nd TINS c0ckroac' es may he caurht hY
ne Thousand. Various inject powders
old M the drur0I rs may n" u4"1 Tor
heir exterminatiln.
How THE BmGASDs SERVE TuFW
'RAIroRs. The Visalia, California,
Delta pays About tw months ago
Texican by the name Of Francisco
leila came 90 the ranch oi John
Teinlan. Of Mussol Slough. and hired
mt 10 herd horses. He subsequently
tated that ne had been one Of theChavez
and, had resolved to leave them and
,as fearful that le would be murdered
or so doing On the morning OF the
9th inst, after Viella had gone 10 his
,ork. large, we'll dressed man-whom
he China cook TOOK 90 be either a Mex
san or a Frenchman-rote MP and
7auted breakfast. He was mounted on
large bay horse and armed with pistol
nd 0un. He rode away over the plain.
'oward night the horse Of Viella was
,upd tied to the fence, with the saddle
emoved, and forty or iiity rods away
be dead body of the rider was found,
,bere he had been lassoCd and dragged