The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-03
FACTS \ FANCIRS.

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Cheek .cago' and Scent Louis is the
way those cities spell each other.
When travelling, why do you say you
will take the cars, when the cars take
your
or all classes Of men the farmer is the
least dependent upon others for the
means Of life.
Cuffs look better on the wrist than on
the hands, for handouts never did give
n good appearances.
IT is n of the physiological mystic
ries why a boys hands will blister so
much sooner on a hoe handle than they
will on a baseball bat.
Men trust rather to their eyes than TO
their ears; the effect Of precepts is
therefore slow and tedious, while that
of examples is summary and efIectual.
Kind old lady-'Here, you bad boy,
stop dragging your little brother along
like that you may kill himP Bad
boy-'Garl Don't care got another in
the house
The Detroit Free Press says: there
is a new hat waiting for the man who
has a boil on his leg and refuses to be-
lieve that every person he meets wants
to rub againt it,
Time, twelve o'clock. She-FGeorge,
are you to exhibit in the dog show?'
He-'No; why2' She-'Oh, nothing (;
only you are such a remarkably fine
setter Exit young a
Little six-year-old was obliged to take
a dose of medicine that left an unpleas-
ant taste in the mouth. When asked
how he liked it he said, It's good
enough, all but the end OF it,
During the last fifty years all the
newly created thrones in Europe, or
those in which the male hereditary sue
cession had from any cause lapsed, have
been filed by princes Of German dynas-
ties.
One person in 450 in Prussia is affect
ed with insanity. A Berlin professor
attributes the result largely to intern
perance among the lower class, and too
much forcing Of early education among
others.
Private letters announce that Miss
Lee, daughter of the late General r. e.
Lee, who has been in Europe two or
three years, is soon to be married to a
prominent English merchant of Bir-
mingham.
A Georgia farmer kills snakes, lays
them in a furrow and plants corn in the
furrow.-Ne,s York Herald. Great
Scott When the corn comes to be dis
titled and consumed-l But we don't
like to think Of it.
Total abstainer: ooh, Shufles, Shut
Aes, intoxicated again Do you know
the place where drunkards 60 tor
Shufles: 'Coursh L do-(hic)-.the plas'h
where they-(hic)- cansh get mosh for
their monish-(hic).'
The ancient apothegm, Silence is
golden is a fallacy when too strictly
adhered to. For instance, the deserter
who refused to give the password when
demanded of him ascertained to his sor-
row that silence is leaden.
A hairpin is a very useful article to a
woman. 1t serves the purpose Of a
toothpick, buttonhook, and hair-fastener,
but AL this is no excuse for having n
in your vest pocket, when your wife
don't know where it came from.
Bright little girl The robbers can't
steal my mammals diamond earrings,
cause papa's hid them Visitor {;
where has he hid themP' Little girl
why, 1 heard him tell mamma he had
put them up the spout, and he guessed
they would stay there
II is dangerou 10 ask the old folks for
their daughters in Texas. A young man
who was trying to override q lady's o.
j%ections to his marrying her daughter
was attacked by his prospective brother
in-law with q gun. The suitor took ii
away from his assailant and fatally shot
him.
The talented Earl Of Rosebury at q
public dinner in London paid q deserved
tribute to the press when he said it was
a profession which had struggled ont Of
the difficulties Of tho censorship Of for
mer times to q position Of unequaled
power in the present and unequaled
possibilities in the future
They we're engaged in archery, and
her attitude was very fine as she let fly
the feathered arrow from the twanging
bow. William, are you hit p she softly
murmured. Shot through the heart
he answered. do, William, she plead
ed, do William Tell, and thus it is that
history repeats itself.
In a primary school, not very long
ago, the teacher undertook to convey to
her pupils IN idea Of the use of the ny
phen. She wrote on the blackboard
'Bird's-nest,' and, pointing to the hy-
phen, asked the school, what is that
fol?' After a short pause. q young son
Of the Emerald Isle piped out, 'Plaze,
mn'am, for the burd to roosht onP
In Stanstead, Canada, a man sold ten
cent packages, warranted sure death to
~potato-bugs ; no rick of poisoning as
with Paris green The packages we're