The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-06-09
FACTS AND FANCIES

THE LOST FOUND" is the headin
of an item in a New York paper. Who
ever heard of anybody losing found?'
Probably meant foundry"
ROSE LEAF crumpIes. - Edith" Oh
dear, am so tired :" Loving husband
-" What has fatigued you, my pippety.
wippety pOppet?" Edith-"Oh, have
had to hold up my parasol all the time
| was in the carriage !"-Puaach.
Mr. MOODY, in his last sermon in the
HippOdrome, said " Christians should
live in the world, but not be filed with
it. A ship lives in the water, but, if the
water gets into the ship, she goes to the
bottom. So christians may live in the
world, but, if the world gets into them,
they sink"
MY FRIEND.
The friend who holds mirror TO my face,
And hiding none is not afraid to trace
| My faults, my smallest blemishes, Within
| Who friendly warns, reproyes me If / sin
| Although il seems not so, he is my friend.
Bnt he who, ever ilattering gives me praise
| Who ne'er rebukes, nor censure, nor delays
| To come with eagerngEs and grasp my hand
| And pardon me, ere pardon ! demand
| lie IS my enemy, although he seem my
| friend.
RUsKIN observes "a a rule women have
no eye for color. This explains why a
woman is obliged to spend three-quarters
of day in getting the exact shade of a
ribbon to trim n dress, while when it
comes to mending her husbands panta-
| looms she seems to think that yellow
patch is just the thing to match black
broadcloth.
GOOD habit in reference TO sobriety
will save you from innumerable sins and
temptations. In the one sin of drunk
enness, almost every other sin is included.
It may with great truth he said that the
field of iniquity has many paths, and
intemperance is the gate 60 them ALL
So that by good carly habits in this ono
case, you will be saved from thousand
snares.
THE ladies of the civilized world arc
delighted at Tyndall's marriage. They
feel that no thoroughly great scientific
mind has ever yet grappled with the
problem of the cXtinguishment of 1reck-
les, and they feel, now that the Ieviathan
is harnessed, he will soon be placed at
the right kind Of work.
"Ows mother ?o asked the Prince of
Wales, after he had kissed his wife and
babies all round 'The Hempress is
WE'LL" replied Alexandra. Hempress
be 'anged," Ietorted the prince. She
ought to ave knocked around Hindia as
ave, and then she might talk about
bein' Hempress ;" and he gave his head
a contemptuous toss.
DISSATISFIED.
" Only housemaid" She looked from the
Kitchen
Neat vas the kitchen and tidy was she;
ut n. unt
"Wcre / a seamstress how happy I'd be %
" Only Queen" She looked over the wa
Fair was her kingdom and mighty was she;
There sat an Empress, with Queens Tor her
daughters
"Were | an Empress how happy I'd be-"
Still the old frailty they all of them trip in
Eve in her daughters is ever the same:
Give her an Eden she signs for pippin;
Give her an empire she pines for name!
AK Iowa man consulted ga veiled
prophecies and inspired seeress," for in
where he could find his affinity,
what she would look like, and how he
would know her when he met her. She
described ravishingly beautiful young
ady, and the grateful man paid her
louble her fee. And then the veiled
prophecies removed her veil, and he, knew
lis mother-in-law. lie rose TO his feet
With a cold hollow laugh and went out
nto the street a raying maniac.
HARRY (whosc papa has gone to the
English school for ycomanry officers at
ot)-Mamma. what will papa
earn at this school ?" Mamma" He
will be taught how TO command troop
md great many things you could not
bat there is one thing,
Harry Gmpressivcly). which all soldiers
must learn, and which | very much wish
could teach vou-to do exactly as they
re told" Harry (re1ectivcly)- Papa
Won't mind that much he always has
o do it at home :"
ONE of the citizens of Danbury, Conn,
Who had just returned from the west,
ras telling i'm Merrils grocery of n mar
ow escape ne had from n terrible death.
lie was crossing long railroad bridge on
Dot, when he was surprised to see loco
Motive coming around a curve, and tear
ng toward him at a terrific speed. The
ridge was too narrow TO allow Of escape
t either side, and he did not dare TO
Imp into the yawnng abyss below. In
flash he took in the situation and
Jrmed his plan OF action. lie started
n a swift run toward the oncoming loco
lotive, and whom within a few feet Of IL
e concentrated all his nerve and muscle
lto one effort, and lcapcd straight up in
ne air The fearful monster shot under
i'm, and he came down on the bridge,
wed from death but seriously shaken
p by the descent. There was a moment
deep silence upon the close Of this
lrration. Then one of the company
ghed, and shut up his knife, and uneX-
ectedIy said What's the use Of pres
nee of mind when . man can lie like
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