The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06
FACTS AND FANCIEs.
Net ProGt-Gsh.

An anti tramp bolt, that only allowsl
the door 10 open a little way, is cut.
Liquor is a reel comfort 10 the man
who has the habit Of getting drunk.
Stanley intends to complete the eIplo-
ration of the Congo from the west coast
OF Africa.
Mr.. Gladstone IN poor, but his wife
has a large fortune with which she is
very generous.
A gentleman in conversation said that
his dogs were Al. Shouldn't they have
been rated K92
Do not wait for extraordinary circum-
stances to do good actions; try to use
ordinary situations.
It's cool to-day taid a mother to
her little son. Yes, it's school five
days out Of the week. replied the m
bryonio pangraphist.
A ten foot alligator got his back up
aud tried to keep the vicksburg, Missis.
sippi ferry from landing on tho vidalia
side Of the river, the other day.
Dr.. Foote'S Health Monthly says the
claim made 10y some people that cats
suck the breath Of sleeping persons,
particularly infants, is on error founded
on superstition.
A Sealthy London lady recently gave
a ball in that city at a cost OF 500, 000.-
The floral decorations we're magnificent,
and included blocks Of ice into which
the flowers were frozen.
Mrs. Fromm, Il New York lady, has
given birth TO a fully developed child
weighing only eleven and three-quarter
ounces. The mother weighs 1876 and
the husband 175 pounds.
There are, according to official re-
ports, over 1,00O children who applied
to the public schools for admission in
Richmond this session, and were refused
for want Of accommodations.
Spotting the face with little bits Of
ugly court-plaster is again so much la
mode that it is found profitable to manu-
facture the plaster in various shapes
and to put it on tie market done up in
neat boxes.
Women somehow get over childish
notions that men never outgrow. Some
men celebrate the anniversary Of every
birthday as long as they live, while
women quit doing so almost as soon as
they grow up.
Scene in a restaurant--Two ladies
seated at a table. First lady to the
waiter Bring me an ice cream,
please Second lady IN have an
ice too Waiter brings ice cream
and stewed oysters.
A leading physician OF Westminster
county, N. Y, has just been mulcted in
the sum of 500 for malpractice. 1t all
came of hasty diagnosis of a knee trou-
BILE which he treated lightly, but which
turned out TO be ~synovitig.
Young man. says q quaint writer, If
you are to be married, your future wife
is now living; therefore pray for her.
And while you are about it, don't forget
to pray for her future husband; he needs
praying for as much as she does.
The proper form for a will nowadays
will read TO the respective attorneys
Of my children l give my entire estate
and worldly goods of all description.
Personally to the children and to my
beloved wife I give all that contains
A Princeton professor, demonstrating
with q sophomore for creating a dis
turbance in the classroom, laid his hand
~insinuatingly upon the refractory ones
shoulder with the remark "My dear
young man the devil has hold OF YOU"
There will be Ave Sundays in next
February. Think of so much Sunday
night bliss in the shortest month But
then this went happen again in forty
yearsP Let the old gentleman remem-
Der this, and be hopeful when he laysin
tho winter coal supply.
Old lady Con Donkey; Boy, boy, isn't
this very d%aDgerouf2' Boy: Very
d vigorous, indeed, marm; there was q
lady . ridin' up here last year, and the
donkey fell, and the lady were chucked
over the cliff and killed. Old lady,
Good graciousl was the donkey killed
too?' Boy: No marin; that's the very
donkey
Wien a visitor leaves the national IL
brary in Paris he is furnished with q
card by the Librarian stating that the
books the visitors had been using we're
all properly returned. This card is
given to the doorkeeper, who furnishes
another certii safe, which is given to the
policeman outside.
The international exhibition in Sgd
ney, New South Wales, is a great sue
cess. Great Britain has 800 industrial
exhibits and 573 OF fine arts. Germany
has SOL entries, and Austria ITO. France
has $50 industrial exhibits and 168 Of
fine arte. Belgium has 1886 industrial
exhibits and fifty Of fine paintings
America has $50 industrial exhibits.
Shells Thicker than Trees.