The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-10-27
FACTS AND FANoIls.


= what he wished for dinner, replied" An
appetite, good company, som thing to
eat, and napkin"
THERE is nothing better for fever in
the feet of horses than landsGes wet with
water. 1t is better than "siuffing" with
filth, so often recommended.
IT is said that the bite Of blackbird
- will breed case of hydrophobia and
all things considered, no man is safe un-
less he goes down a well and has a trap
door shut upon him.
THE most bitter piece of satire on
man generally affects him least. 1t is
= written and composed after his death,
? and is commonly known as "an obituary
notice"
|, A DREAMY philosopher has discovered
> that mosquitoes are animated by the
souls of wicked men who have gone to
+ their last account. II this is 50 a good
many wicked mems souls are being
plastered up against bedroom walls.
MoNs. CoLoMBIER, a merchant Of
Paris, recently deceased, has left 80 coo
/ francs 20 a lady of Rouen, for having,
twenty years ago, refused 10 marry him,
, through which, says the will, Il was
f enabled to live independently and happily
as bachelor"
DR.. HOLLAND thinks it does not pay
to be an author. Very true When a
man attempts to write poetry who
might be better employed opening
clans, there is some mysterious power
that interposes to keep him poor.
A NEVADA gambler said he would
blow his brains out if he lost his last five
dollars and when he lost it he was "a
good as his word. IF he had said: 81
] will quit gambling" he wouldn't have
had character enough to sustain MS
resolution.
A NEGRO being asked what he was in
! Jail for, said it was for borrowing money
But" said the questiOner, "they don't
put people in Jail for borrowing money"
"Yes," saia the darky, "but ] had TO
knock the man down free or fo' times
before he would lend it to me-"
WE have ready for distribution blank
forms Of petitions and summons Tor
county judges, police judges, county
clerks and justices Of the peace, required
TO be kept by them by act of the last
legislature - Courier ,J0uJnaL
ToMNY-who has been allowed a seat
at the table on the occasion OF a tea-party,
and is scrutinizing the engravings on his
tea spoon, which is odd Why, mother
these spoons we're on Aunt James sup
portable the other night, when cou in
Fred had his party" A "loCk from the
maternal, and a smile all around.
An Indiana man, who saw his wife all
off the bridge into a millpond, never hes
itated a moment about his duty, but
with that noble impulse 50 Characteristic
of the sex darted Down the road and
prevented anybody from coming up TO
witness the narrowing spectacle Brook
Ign argus.
"GBiME something to cure boil" be
exclaimed rs he dashed into a drug store.
"Ah, so you've got one of the thingsnow
have you ?' smiled the clerk. "Yes, sir,
and its just in the right place" Gust
in the right placer repeated the clerk;
why, where is that? "On an
other fellow" came the sweet reply.
The greatest man is he who chooses
light with the most invincible resOlu-
ion; who resists the soIest temptation
rom within and without; who bears the
heaviest burdens cheerful v; who is
.almest in the storms. and the most fear
ess under menaces and trOwns; whore
eliance on truth, on virtue and on God,
S most unfaltering.
In all Buddhist temples is a tall and
,road-leafed lily, which stands directly
,eautiful as its workmanship; it repre-
ents that just as the pure white flower
nay grow out Of the mire and filth and
lossom into loveliness, so may the heart
fman raise itself above the wickedness
nd corruption of the world into a state
f fspotless purity.
a HUSBAND having arrayed himself
laborately with CATERS, gamebag and
un, accompanied by his faithful dog,
Oes forth to hunt, but shoots nothing
impossible to return empty-handed 20
be house, ho Stops " tie market and
uys hare, which he presents TO his
rife. The hare was terribly high-not
lone in price. "Ah,w said his wife,
18th sniff, $50 you killed it? You
ere right. 1t was high time."-PGris
'OpGr.
TRUEhappiness is Of n retired nature
nd an enemy to pomp and noise; it
rises, in the first place, from the enjoy
rent of ones self, and in the next, from
ne conversation and friendship of n few
,lect companions False happiness
ives to be in crowd and TO draw the
ye Of the world upon her. She docs not
.ceive any satisfaction from the applause
hich she gives herself, but from the ad-
iration which she raises in others.
The German mind is sometimes very
lick to reach a conclusion. Ilustrat-
e the opposite Of this remark, Mr..
told Hans Of the German who
t 5000 years gravely contemplating
Z toes, and then, rising, said with
gh of relief, "Vell, I don't see nodings
e matter with them" "IIah :" said
ans quickly. GLOW ! cot you there.
vas a tam lie. No man efer lefed
rec t'ousand year,, hey? You must
II Crazy"
IT was in the famous old parish Of St.
ements, London, that Dr. Donne
lried bis wife, and preached her iu-
raj sermon to the text, "Lo, / am the
an that have seen afIliction." and there
'ed the poor widowed tailor, who, con-
mned to the callows fcr some petty
-ceny, an offence which incurred the
me penalty as murder in those hy-gone
VS., passed the time in Ncwgate be-
cen the day Of his conviction and the
,nthly hanging day at Tyburn, in
liking nine suits OF mourning for his
ne little children.