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

oysters live to the age Of from
twelve to fifteen years.
To take out spots from wash goodA
rub them with yelk of egg before wsRh'
ing.
"A banter at Columbus, Ga. resulted
IN two men swapping their artificial
logs
-Will-"What did she marry fosST
Phil-"Money" Will-"And what wss
she divorced forP" Phil-"Money." -
Yankee Blade.
Pretty Girl Ito furniture dealer) -
"How much Is this mirror worth?"
Dealer acknowledgement find it worth
looking at. "-Munseys' Weekly.
--Snapper-Ah, dear boy! just got
back from your vacation Did they set
. good table whore you stopped?" Per
ktns-I got all wanted. boston Her
aid.
Nearly thirteen million shad have
bsep planted IN the open waters OF
Georgia during the last two years. The
rivers Of Georgia arg said to be the best
In the country for the propagation OF
nsh.
"A boy was recently discovered IN
Midland County. Michigan. nesr Pleas
Gnt Valley, whose body is covered with
scales marked similar to that of mud
turtle. He will be put upon exhibition.
-Jane Dettenridge, an orphan Of Js'
maica, has refused thirty-seven offers Of
marriage. Miss Dettenridge has good
sense and . million dollars. especially
the Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
"A young woman Of Rochester, Ont.
astonishes strangers by the wealth and
luxurisnce Of her raven hair. She Ia
only Ave feet two inches high. but her
tFesses are seven Seet six inches long.
Ste says her hair gives her no trouble
and she doesn't know what headache Is
The superintendent Of the dead let
ter of1co at Washington says that moro
than 5000, 900 pieces of mail matter are
annually sent TO the dead letter Office
by reason of incorrect, illegible or doh.
oient address, insufficient postage or In.
secure closing There Is a daily aver
age Of more than 20. 600 pieces
-Author-''Mr. Director, may AJAX
IS to what the committee thinks of my
drama? 1t Is perhaps accepted" THE
three members Of the reading committee
were Of tho opinion that one of the
three acts ought to be struck out, but
each wanted to cut out different one.
Fliegende Batter.
Mr.. Flannagan-"Wull, Biddy. how
did yez loike them new stockin's brung
home to yez yisterdy?" Mrs Flanagan
-"TheY're purity, but they do bees a
. bad fit" Mr.. F lannagan-"A bad fit,
is it?" Mrs. Flannagan-"Yis. Phelim,
Sure the legs Of thin fit the limbs of
me all right, but can't get the foots Of
thin on me fate."-America-
The marriage WASH t a month old.
and the young bride and her visiting |
mother sat watching the clock work to-
ward midnight What is that heavy,
broken, uncertain footstep coming up !
the stairs?" said the mother-in-law stern |
u. II guess it's George, mamma. You |
know he always suffered, and of late 1t
seems to have got somehow into his |
walk. "-Philadelphia Times.
Rev. 7. N. Blauvelt, of Roselle, N.
J., had a narrow escape recently. He |
was sitting on a lounge at his home
with pencil and pad putting down points
FOR his Sunday sermon, when scit of
lightning struck = side OF the house.
The glass In the windows was shattered
Ind piece 0i wood spIintered from the
OUNCE on which he was sitting. Mr..
Blauvelt felt the shock, but was not In
ured.
"A train that pulled into St Paul TO.
'ently had among its passengers little
rirl Of seven, Jennie Peasely, who was
unattended to Sitka, Alaska,
o Join her parents She had been NH-
ng IN Newport R. l., with relatives
,he had attached TO her clothing card
living her name and destination, and
skinR strangers to take care OF her.
lac talked qulte freely and said shs wAa
avta1 eosa uns. ana svss1hody wAa
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