The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

A young man boasted that he had a
well-stored mind, whereupon young
lady murmured: "What pity we can't
find out where he stored it'll"
The Leadville Chronicle tells OF man
who escaped with his life from the In
dians. The man who escaped without
his life hasn't yet been reported.
''You look good engough to eat"
said he, looking over her shoulder into
the mirror. "Food for reflection she
replied, without smile.
A good lady who, On the death of her
husband, married his brother, has
portrait OF the former hanging in her
dining room. One day a visitor, re-
marking the painting, asked: "Is that
member of your familyH" "Oh, that's
my poor brother-in.law," was the inge'
nious reply.
A poor fellow fairly danced with Joy
when the doctor told him he had
Bright's disease. "What will the Smith
girl say nowP" he exclaimed, triumph
antly. "she always said there was
nothing bright about me. Oh, 1 guess
not; but the DOCTORS certificate will
show what kind of hair pin I am"
At an Indiana breakfast table few
days ago, a traveller from the East
handed to one of his fellow travellers a
plate of sausages, whereupon the
question was asked, "Is it safe9" To
which was replied, "This is prolific
hog country, and it is safe to eat sausages
wherever hog is cheaper thandog."
Rhode Island has the following
statute: "All marriages between
white person and negro shall be abso-
lutely null ani void; and the person
joining them in marriage shall be sub
ject to penalty of $780," Samuel D.
Dorrell, full-blooded negro, was lately
married at Providence to Ellen Caring
ton, white girl. The Rev. George
H. Smith, who performed the ceremony
is to be prosecuted, in order to test th
law.
The English like fun. In stormy
political meeting; Herbert Gladstone
secured an attentive hearing by telling
that good old Yankee story of kitten
offered for sale by boy, who tried the
temper of the market first by the label
ling it Troy kitten, but found no pur-
chaser, and who, when he sold it next
day, under Liberal colors, as Liberal
kitten, defended himself, when taxed
with his open recantation of the kittens
politics, by declaring, in Lord Beacons-
fields phrase, that a good deal had
happened since then, for since then ''the
kitten had opened its eyes,"
An Artesian we'll is being bored in
Boston in order to determine whether or
not there is under ihe city an available
supply of pure water. At the depth Of
about one hundred and fifty feet the
borers found small stream of excellent
water in stratum Of gravel beneath stiff |
blue clay, and again at the depth OF
three hundred feet they struck O cecond
small stream of good water IN slate rock.
The tubing used measures eight and a
half inches outside diameter, and is one
fourth OF an inch thick. The weight
now operating onthe rock is about three
thousand pounds, the drill itself weigh
ing about sixteen hundred pounds.
Londoners desire to obtain American
apples in their perfection. But at pres
ent they often reach there in a bruised
condition. The London Magazine Of
Pharmacy says there is no reason why
this fruit should not be imported in q
fresh and perfect condition. 1t RECON-
mends the use OF soft kind OF tissue.
paper to envelop each apple, this paper
having been previously soaked in sol
ution Of salicylic acid, and dried before
it is used. The alcoholic solution, dilu-
ted with as much water as it will bear
without precipitating the acid, is the
best preparation. Every precaution
should be taken to prevent bruising the
fruit when packing il, and it should be
snugly packed that it will not move
during the voyage.
"She walks in beauty like the night,
or oloudless climes and starry skies"
And lovely though she is to sight,
She Ia not loveier than her pies.
The roses OF Damascus blow
Their scents to far Arabian sands;
But sweeter is the kneaded dough
That steals the o1or Of hor hands.
Nor sated Turk, nor gouty lord,
Nor pampered prince did e'er partake
or dainty dish that could AFFORD,
Such rapture as her simple cake.
crave not fame, nor wealth, nor power,
only wish that could be
A pound or two OF some primo four
And she was gently kneading me.