The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-06-12
MISCELLANEOUS.


"A farmer near Atlanta, Ca. no
needing coffin he bought for his sicl
child, the latter getting we'll, mou nte,
IL on four legs and used 1T as wata I'M
trough for his cowA With the lid he re
paved his fence.
The Paris tailors are organA inl
against the swallowtAiled black c(,at
for dinners, theaters, concerts, atc
They intend to introduce a garmentAo
lively colors, with silk Innings, embroAl
cry and brass buttons.
Minnie (who has just been thrown
by a wave)-Matty, how in the world do
you manage to keep on your feet?''
Matty-''O, easily enough. / wait till
see the wave coming, then 1 try to
stand on my head, don't you know2"-
Brooklyn Life.
According to correspondent of the
Topeka Capital, stock raisers have no
1iced in the last three years,an appar-
ascribed to the practice of dehorning.
The horns on the cattle must fulfil some
useful function or they would not have
been provided by nature.
"A laurel tree growing on the crest
of Sonoma Mountain is said to measure
around at the base thirty feet, and Is
forty feet high. 1t is estimated that
the tree will make forty cords of wood,
and Mr.. Rocket has been offered SIS for
It standing, i Z thought e be the
largest tree of that variety On tho coast
"A dangerous adulteration of food is
found in baking powder sold under
the namo Of French Tartar" which,
according to the American Analyst, con-
tains varying amounts Of oxalic acid as
one Of it's Ingredients, some samples
showing as much as forty per cent, Of
this extremely polsonops Substance
Popular Science News
"A Saginaw lady who by great effort
had procured pair of the new French
gloves-thirty-two buttons-was sur
Prised and somewhat disguised the other
day to find them upon her little sons legs.
The shaver had put them on for leathern
leggins. and they made hip a good pair,
coming we'll above the knees.
1t is said that Stiles McMalon. nine.
ty-four years o. age. OF Barre. VI,
lately walked from Montpelier to FL
more Pond, 9 distance OF twenty miles,
before ESQ 3. a. He refused several
efers 10 ride. and only stopped to take
breakfast He says DO HeVeF had doc
tor In his life. never WeFa glasses and
can hear as we'll as ever.
THE disappearance OF tho mackerel
gull from Maine waters Is DUE" accord
ing to the Biddeford Times, ''to the
merciless work of the mon who supply
the milliners with ~plumes- For the
mackerel gull they paid ten cents each,
Q price so reQumerative to professional
shRFt gpafH o. two years practically ax-
terminated. Ail OF the snipe family
were also in great demand; even the lit
tie ox-eye did not escape. for q single
order was placed for 600, 600 of these at
three cents each to all an English con-
tract"
The printing press has made PFpsi-
dents, killed poets, furnished busties
for beauty, and polished genius with
the sandpaper Of its criticism. 1t has
made the world get up to roll-call every
morning, and to the pulpit 1t has given
lungs of iron and q voice of steam, It
has set tho price on bushel of wheat
and made the country pestoffica tha
g1immering goal of tho rural scribe. 1t
has curtailcd tho power of kings, em-
bellished the pantry shelves and bursted
rings; but it can't get a woman's name
right in a marriage notice to save it
Rams Horn.
"A strange bird that came from the
swamps Of lower South Carolina is men,
TONED BY the Charleston News and
Courier. hRoughly described, 1t is about
the size of hen, but with wings twice
the length. The wings present hand
some plumage of yellow and black. with
small polka dots over the feathers The
feet are like those of an eagle. with
long, sharp claws. The most peculiar
thing about the bird Is its head, which
has the remarkable shape Of heart,
and is covered with white feathers. The
bill is shaped like that Of human
nose, 80 that the head, with the almond
shaped eyes, looks moro like the face Of
2 human being than of q bird"