The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-19
FACTS AND FAYCIES.
Man is always ia demand.

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The fellow who was looking for a hotel
saddle was holding an inquest.
The alphabet used by the deaf and
dumb, is one Of the deaf-feats Of that
race.
The gem cannot be polished without
friction, nor man perfected without adj
versity.
To preserve happiness in the family
men should not NEEDLE with the dones-
tic duties of the house.
Hyou wish to be as happy as a king
look at those who haven't as much as
you, not at those who have more.
He whose only claim to the title of
gentleman is in bis clothes, must neces.
saIily be careful as to what he wears.
Mrs. Polk, wife of the ex-President,
now lives in Jefferson, Ind, and is said
to be a sprightly and well. preserved old
lady.
There is nothing more likely TO es-
TRANCE friends than q small debt. L
and U may some day be separated by
an o.
One Of the most interesting sights in
life is that Of a spirituelle young lady
sharpening a lead pencil with a table
knife.
There is q recorded case OF q grand
mother at twenty-seven, and great-great
grandmothcrs Of se~venty-fve have been
known.
Mrs. Siler, OF Cartersville, Ga, an
old lady Of more than eighty, has made
a quilt containing twenty thousand
pieces, not one of which is larger than q
dime.
A German inventor proposes to make
boots that will never wear out. But
what good is O boot if you CAN'T wear
it outP Slippers are preferable for in
doors.
Yale's present university crew is the
tallest that ever rowed together either
in this or any other country. The aver
age height is si1 feet one, but two men
being under that height.
II is well enough to hangup achromo
with God bless our home on it; but it
will do no harm to help on the matter
by a little less fretting. A great many
people ask the Lord TO do what they
won't lift their little fingers to do them
selves.
The sight of a young man with a gun
across his shoulder, compelling q we'll
known physician to march before him
drew a crowd in New Albany, Ind. The
physician had insulted a young woman,
and was on his way, under compulsion,
to apologize.
II is q regular business with many
peasants Of France to catch and raise
toads, which are brought to the toad
market by the barrelful and sold, in
lots Of a dozen each, to the ~raisers of
vegetables and small fruits, who at once
put them to work at bug catching.
He wanted to appear modest, far more
modest than he really was, and SO when
she shyly asked, What are your he
answered with a sigh, Il am nothing
Then her woman's wit rose rightup, and
she said in gentle tones, Then, cir, 1
suppose that I must be next to nothing.
When old Mrs. Skinner heard that
the census-taker was coming around,
che spitefully threw this shot at her
next door neighbor, as they were hay
ing a quarrel n day, when the
senses taker comes he needn't stop at
your house, for he won't find any there
An American writing from England
says the current price for shaving is two
cents, and for hair cutting four cents
There r shops where four cents is the
charge for the former and six or eight
cents for the latter; but where one per-
son pay these rates half a dozen pay the
lower rates.
A certain noted member Of the New
York bar once prepared to take a trip to
Europe, and bought his ticket, but did
not go. On being asked the reason, he
replied: One OF my wealthy clients has
died, and l was afraid if l went across
the Atlantic the heirs would get all Of
his property
See the moon,' said q lady to her
nephew, o bright little boy of five, az
they sat looking out the window the
other day. The moonI' said the little
man; you can't see the moon in 1.-THE day
time Yes, you cam continued his
aunt; there it is over the trees Tho
little fellow had to admit that he saw it,
but added, faint lighted up, anyway
A young man with two wooden legs
was recently sent to prison in Paris for
forgery. He lost his legs by machinery
and had a pension Of $160 a year from
his former employer, but he was rather
n fast youth Notwithstanding his defec-
tive mean of locomotion, and used Of
ten to pawn his legs until his pension
came in. Finally, he took to forgery,
and wal sent where he will have little
occlsion for legs.
A remarkable Coupled DR.. Jacob
Dampman and wife-live in st. Mary's,
Chester county. They have been mar
ried eixty-eight years. He is eighty
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