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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01
A little Woman.

As rule, the little woman is brave.
When the lymphatic giantess falls into
n faint, or goes off into Mysteries, she
storms, or bustles about, or holds on
like a game terrier, according to the
work on hand. She will fly at any
man who annOys her, and bears her
self as equal to the biggest and strong
est fellow of her acquaintance. In
general she does it all BY sheer pluck,
and is not notorious for subtlety or
craft. Had Delilah been a little wo-
man, she would never have undertaken
to shear Samson's locks. She would
have defied him with all his strength
untouched on his head; and she would
have overcome him, too. Judith and
Jael were both probably large women.
The work she went about, demanded
certain strength of muscle, and tough
ness of sinew but who can say Jezi-
bel was not a small, freckled, auburn
haired Lady Audley of her time, full of
consecrated fire, the electric force, the
passionate recklessness of her type
Regan and Goneril might have been
beautiful demons of this same pattern !;
we have the example of the Machion-
spiritual deviltry can exist with the
face and manner of an angel direct
from heaven; and perhaps Cordelia
was u tall, dark-haired Girl, with pair
of brown eyes, and long nose sloping
downward.
On tile whole, then the little women
have the best of it. More pettied than
their bigger sisters, and infinitely more
powerful, they have their own way, in
part, because it really does not seem
worth while to contest a point with
such little creatures. There is nothing
that wounds q mans self-respect in
any victory which they may get or
claim. Where there is absolute inc.
quality of strength, there can be no
humiliation in the self-imposed defeat
of the stronger: and as it is always
more pleasant to have peace than war,
and as big men for the most part rath-
er like than not to put their necks un-
der the thread of tiny feet, the little
woman goes on her way triumphant to
the end, breaking all the laws she does
not like, ard throwing down all the
barriers that impede her progress, per-
fectly irresistible and irrepressible in
all circumstances and under any con-
ditions.-SdttECldy ReUieaO.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01
BY Alfred =. Horsley.
g1etru.
ENDYMION.

BY HENRY W. LoNGFELLow.
The rising moon has hid the stars;
Her level rays, like golden bars,
Lie on the landscape green,
With shadows brown between:
And silver white the river CLEANS,
As If Diana, in her dreams,
Had dropped her silver bow
Upon the meadows low.
On such n tranquil night as this,
She woke Endymion with kiss.
When, sleeping in the grave,
lie dreamed not OF her love.
Like Dian's kiss, unasked, unsought,
Love gives itself, but is not bought;
Nor voice, nor sound betrays
Its deep, impassioned gaze.
1t comes,-the beautiful, the free,
The crown of ali humanity
In silence and alone
To seek the elected one.
1t lifts the boughs, whose shadows deep,
Arc life's, the souls sleep,
And kisses the closed eyes
or him, who slumbering lies.
o, weary hearts! o, slumbering eyes!
o, dropping souls, whose destinies
Are fraught with fear and pain,
Ye shall be loved again
No one Is so accursed by fate,
No one so utterly desolate,
But some heart, though unknown,
Responds unto his own.
Responds,-as II with unseen wings,
An angel touched its quivering strings;
And whispers, in its song,
"Where hast thou stayed so long 7"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01
Legal Advice.

A gentleman ordered suit of clothes
from tailor, and specially enjoined
him that they must be made by the
next Tuesday, and must be made in the
finest style, and that unless the tailor
could have them ready to certainty,
beyond peradventure to the day, that
he must not undertake them but
Snip promised faithfully that they
would be finished. Tuesday came and
no clothes; the enraged man flew to
the cabbage mans house and said I:
What's the reason my clothes are
not ready as you promised ? Here
you have kept me in the city at loss
of time and business only to disappoint
me; now, if we had you i'm our part of
the country, 1 tell you what they would
cali you, they would call you a perfect
squirt"
The humble knight of the goose ex-
planned that the only competent work.
man that he lad, capable of making
the suit, had q wife lying at deaths
door, and he could not possibly leave
her. The outraged gentleman was not
able to smother his disappointment,
and berated the tailor pretty soundly
for failing i'm his positive promise. The
ninth fraction of the "genus homo" |"
could not stand this, and plainly told
his customer to 60 to the caloric regions
of Pandemonium.
The customer, red with rage, rushed
across the street to lawyer, and in an
excited and hurried manner, said:
"Do you know Snip, the tailor,
across the way? ?"
ayes, 1 know him." answered Brief.
"Well, now / want your advice" !"
said the gentleman, ~ want to know
what you would do in such CASE
That old stitch louise has kept me here
in the city on expense, to the great det-
riment of MY business, and disap Dint-
ed me in a suit of clothes, but when i
went to remOnstrate with the fellow
about it what do you suppose he said to
me? He told me to go to-"
With these words ne laid down a ten
dollar bill on the desk, and said, "Now
sir, what would you do?"
Do you mean this for retainer 2"
asked Brief.
81 do" was the reply.
"Then," said Brief, quickly folding
up the ten and putting it in his pocket,
che told you to go to. We'll, my
opinion and advice to you is don't do
it. There is, moreover, no statute or
local law that can compel you to a spe-
cific performance. 1 say, don't you do
II ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01
When Not to Eat.

Never eat when very much fatigued.
Wait until rested.
Never eat just before you expect to
engage I'm any severe mental or physi-
cal exercise.
Never eat when in hurry, if you
can prevent it. If Obliged to eat hur-
riedly, eat lightly.
Never eat while i'm a passion, or while
under any great mental excitement,
whether of depressing or elevating
character.
Never eat just before taking bath
of any kind.
Never eat just before retiring for the
night.
Never eat between regular meals
Herald of Health.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01
The Green Spot.

The late Noah Winslow was fond of
telling the following incident of hi,
mercantile life, and he never closed the
narration but with swimming eyes:
During the financial crisis and crash
Of '57, when heavy men were sinking
all around us, and banks were totter.
ing, our house became alarmed i'm view
of the condition of its own affairs.
The partners-three us, of whom I
was the senior-met in our private Of
flee for consultation. Our Junior had
made a careful inventory of everything
.of his bills receivable and bills pays
ble-and his report was, that twenty
thousand dollars Of ready money TO lie
PAID through the pressure, would save
us. without that we must 90 by the
Doard-the result was inevitable.
went out upon the street, and among
my friends, but i'm vain.
Two whole days strove and begye,i.
and returned to the counting house. In
despair. 1 sat at my desk expecting
overy moment to hear our junior sound
ing the words, "our paper is protest.
ed" when gentleman entered INV
apartment unannounced. / could not
locate him or call him to mind. In any
way.
Mr.. Winslow,r he said, taking a
seat at the end of my desk, "I hear
you are in need of money!
The very face of the man inspired
me with confidence, and L told him
how was situated.
year, with interest, for twenty thou
sand dollars, and 1 will give you a
check, payable i'm gold, for that
While / sat gazing upon him I'm
speechless astonishment, he continued:
" You don't remember me, but I re-
you. l remember when YOU
were a member of the Superintending
School Committee, of Bradford. Twas
boy in village school. My father
was dead: my mother was poor, and I
was but shabbily clad child, though
clean. When our class came out ON
examination day, you asked the uues-
tions, and 1 fancied you would praise
and pet the children of rich and fortu-
nate parents and pass me by.
lin the end you passed by all the
others and came to me. You laid YOUR
hand on my head, and told me [ did
very well; and then you told me |
could do better still il 1 would try
You told me the way to honor and re-
nown were open to all alike; no one
had free pass. All / had. to do was
to be resolved and rush on. That sir,
was the turning point Of my life. From
that hour my soul has aspired, and I
have never reached great good with
put blessing you in my heart. have
prospered and am wealthy; and now
offer you but q poor return for the
'oul-Wealth you gave me in that by
gone time"
i took the check, said Winslow, and
frew the gold; and our house was saw
3D. And where, at the end of the year,
he added, do you suppose i found my
note?
In possession, he said, with stream
ing eyes, of my little orphaned grand
laughter! Oh, hearts like that mans
ire what bring earth and heaven closer
together!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01
Gunp0Wde:.

The time Of the origin of this vaiua-
bic composition seems to be involved
in hopeless obscurity. Itdoubtless was
known to the Chinese and HindoOs ut
a very early period. History speaks of
q people whom Alexander the Great
declined to attack because they "over-
threw their enemies with tempests and
thunderbolts shot from their walls.n-
1t Is said that Hercules was repulsed by
these people with storms of thunder
bolts and lightnings hurled from
above" This language would seem to
imply the use of an agency similar to
gunpowder. However, its invention
has been attributed to q German monk
and alchemist of the fourteenth GEN.
tury, named Schwartz; but there are
works which allude to gunpowder as
a composition in use previous to his
day. Gunpowder is composed of nj
tire, charcoal, and sulphur. The char
coal for this purpose Is made from the
twigs of the black dogwood, black al
der, or the willow. 1t is charred I'm
close retOrts Of cast-iron, at low tenn
perature. The sulphur and nitre are
refined to q point Of almost absolute
purity; and all the ingredients are
ground into a very fine powder and
bolted. The different sorts are then
weighed in proportions, moistened
with water, and taken to q mill and
ground between immensely heavy
rollers of east-iron, which revOlve ON
q circular caSt-iron bed having wood
en- sides. IL Is i'm this grinding process
that those fearful accidents occur
Should particle Of grit get into the
mill, the result Is likely to be an ex-
plosion. When taken out of tbe mill,
It Is put into q press and subjected to
immense pressure. After this, 1t Is
broken and granulated by being pass
ed between fiuted rollers, over selves
which have shaking motion. The
corners Of the grains are next worm
off, to prevent loss from dust while in
transportation. This Is done by re-
volving q quantity in q tumbling bar
rel, In whicn it Is also glazed by hav-
ing the barrels lined with WOODEN
Drying on sheets completes the pro
cess.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01
The Wedding-Ring Finger.

This is the fourth finger ON the left
hand. Why this particular digit
should have received such token of
honor and trust beyond all its congen-
ers, both in pagan and Christian times,
has been variously interpreted. The
most common explanation is, accord
ing to Sir Thomas Browne, "presum-
ing. therein that particular vessel,
nerve, vein or artery, is conferred there
to from the heart" which direct vas
cular communication Browne shows to
be anatomically incorrect. Macrobius
gives another reason, which may per-
haps satisfy those anatomists who are
not satisfied with the above. "POlieX, ("
he says, "or thumb, (whOse office and
general usefulness are sufficiently indi-
Gated from its Latin derivative poello,
and from its Greek equivalent antichier,
which means, as good as a hand, y is
too busy to be set apart for any special
employment; the next finger to the
thumb being but half-protected on that
side, besides having other to do, is also
Ineligible; the opprobrium attaching
to the middle finger, called medicus,
puts il entirely out of the question /;
and as the little finger stands exposed,
and is moreover too puny to enter the
lists i'm such contest, the spousal hon
ors devolve naturally on pronubus, the
wedding finger"
In the British Apollo, 17SS, it is
urged that the fourth finger was chosen
from its being not only less used than
either of the rest, but more capable OF
preserving ring from bruises; having
this one quality peculiar to itself, that
it cannot be extended but in company
with some other finger, whereas the
rest may be stretched out to their full
length and straightness.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01

fate of their last venture. / shook the
dust of Boston from my feet within
week, and entered a house i'm New
York, having previously ascertained
that need never fear being again sent
to pass my holidays in the manner
prescribed by the respectable old Boston
house of Caleb Byles & Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01

A Pennsylvania paper tells of local
preacher who has received for salary
this year nothing but curTycomb, a
keg of varnish, and two dozen clothes
pins. Whenever his children cry with
hunger he gagsthem with clothes
pin, scratches their stomachs with o
currycomb, and lays ON coat Of var
nish.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01

The wickedest woman i'm Paris" is
alive still, and in the prison of st. La
Zare. She was born in 1924, was arres-
ted one hundred and sixty-six times, of
which, among other ofienses, nine times
for robbery, seventy-one intoxication,
three as a dangerous lunatic, three at
tempted suicide, one boxing on the
highway.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01

The following characteristic adyer-
tisement appears in q paper; III the
party who took q fancy to my overcoat
was Influenced by inclemency OF the
weather, all right; but II Py CONNER
cial considerations, / am ready to ne
gotiate for Its return"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01
youths 9evartnIsat.
iBY FANNY u. BARTON.

iBY FANNY u. BARTON.
MY lite four-year-old HARRY.
Bright in beauty and 10y.
said, with his accent of wonder
Papa, was 90 ever q boyf
was 90 ever as little as be ;'
Dear baby" said in reply.
VIII my darling ever be weary
And heart-worn and sinful e. Ifo
With forehead of whiteness and candor.
And loving and innocent eyes,
Inou dOSt measure the distance hetyeen ms
with strange and holy surprise.
/, like leaf at its fall:
i, Tar away from the angels
Thou, within reach Of their call.
Type of the beauty celestial.
tumble, and tender and sweat.
Thou comest in faith, my darling
10 SIT at thy fathers feet.
Taught by thy loving example.
BY thy truth that knows no alloy
May go to our father as simpiy
And In heart be always a boy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01

Mr.. Dump, being long i'm arrears,
complained one morning that his cof-
fee was not settled. You had better
settle for the coffee" said the landlady,
and then complain"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-01

One of the most notable improve
ments introduced by the new trotting
rules is the stoppage of shouting among
the drivers while trot:ing races. Here
tofore it has been the custom of every
track-driver to shout and halloo dur
ing the race, according to the points
likely to be gained by it; sometimes to
wake up and stimulate his own horse
to the utmost, but more frequently it
was resorted to as a means of breaking
up and over-exciting the contesting
horse. Many q close brush has been
won more by the superior voice and
lungs of the driver than by the superior
ability of his horse. 1t is decided i'm
provement to see this habit abolished,
and race is far more enjoyable to the
spectators than when shouting and yell
ling formed part of the entertainment.
M Y. Herald.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-08-04
Ploaggntries
Never cat soup with a fork.

A thrilling tale-ths rattIesnaLc' E.
r., a,oid JrarnLte dana take any
nv. t..i..J.
:, rnnoh '.,. ''''' VI '"0' '"' "'"A lungs
~ '''''
business Whl'n always aoots-the
chimney s"cep'FS'
Wall street Il seldom original but Is
great on quotations.
Difficult puuctuatiou-putting a stop to
a gosaip'a tongue.
Next 10 death, whisky is said to be the
greatest l~oyclor,
The most Iiljcult thing To remember
tho poor.
NJan.b,r, no moon;no willow,
..J tLa I "'F"s '''
-, '"' ' tf''
me man eyer ready TO S'rar' an ac-
4uailtance-'no DaFD'r'
The Athens Post says that the young
lady who went into a drug store and IN
i, ~. n,n. sbc r,,n,oG oiI,,r r..
nauorn
". .,
LUIS %'I. '''' d MAJ, '",o' very ,''' "y
,.s I'D '"''ip'''"' nov ''pE "u''G' ny pun
['u8 On " Clean par o. ''o'N'hS' anu
or'"@ln8 a S'"T' o, yo,n #'l'i-~SH cHPyt
M '"'' ~ 4''' ''' "''" +i "'"
J'''0'
Al a rural school the subject was the
IlSlDlG VI l0dIlENIls anu INV uutoJlVuS
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-08-04
WANTED,

TIHL citizens of .Sweetwater and vicinity are
l. respectfully informed that the undersigned,
iu connection with his Marble Works, Of Loudon,
Tom, will be glad to furnish estimates for Win
dow and Door Stills, Window and Door Heads,
Coping, CURLING and all other work out of Sweet
water Limestone, which can he furnished at Fiji
u per cont. below Marble prices.
Marble Head Stones, Monuments and othor
Cemetery work cut and put in position in the
different Grave Yards in East Tennesgee.
W. H. BROWNING, ia.
iune2-tf Loud0p, Tenn.
. ...... ... ...... "a. IL 10Y fE
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-08-04
oWEETWATER HOTEL.

known as the J. c. Vaughn House,
CHARLES II. BEAN, Prop'r.
srTUATED IN A FEW STEPS OF THE DEPOT.
MO PAINS WILL BE SPARED TO RENDER
~ Guests comfortable in every respect.
Baggage conveyed to and from the Depot, free
of charge. Persons from this and surrounding
counties can have their horses we'll cared for.
Prices moderate. dec2tf
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-08-04
sUPPLEREENTARX
svEETwlTEH, THURSDAY AUG. 4, $50.
Lottor from an hunt TO hor Nophow.
DEAR NnruEw | have not written to

DEAR NEruEw | hayo not written to
YOU since my last before now, because, "a
We had moved from our former place Of
living, | did not know where a letter would
find yiu, but now with pleasure, take my
pen tFinlorm you Of The melancholy news
Of the death of our only living uncle Kill
patrick, who died very suddenly last week,
after a lingering illness Of five months.
The poor man was in violent commissions
the whole time of his sickness, laying per-
fcctly quiet and spcecllosS, all the while
talking incohcrently, and calling for wa.
ter. had no opportunity of informing
you of his death sooner except [ had
wrote yon by last post, witch went off two
days before he died, and you would have
had to pay the postage. I an at Il loss to
tell what his death was occasioncd by;
but | fear it was by his last sickness; for
he was never well ten days together dur
ing the whole time Of his confinement, aud
] believe his sickness was oecasioncd by
his eating too much of rabbitsstuFcd with
peas and gravy, or peas and gravy stuffed
with rabbit, | can't tell which, but be that
as il viii, as soon as he breathcd his last,
the doctor gave over al hopes Of rccoy-
cry.
/ need not tell you anything about his
age, for You know hat in December next
he would have been twenty-five years old
lacking ten months and had he lived till
then, he would have been just six months
dead. His property now deyolves to his
next Of Kin, who AL died some time ago,
so | expect it will be divided among us
and you know his property was something
very considerable, for he had d fine estate,
which was sold to pay his debts and the
remainder be lost in a horse race but it
was the opinion of every one at The time
that he would have won the race if the
horse he ran against had not been too fast,
for hin, ] meyer saw a man, and the doc
tors AL say 50, that observed directions
and took medicine better than he did
he said he would as leave drink grncl
as wine Hit had eRly th2sai9a TASTE, and
would 90 soon take JaIlp - eat ecotsteak
fit had, Qnty ttc siiic Ieji.h. But, roor
aoUl, ae.swliiHl@Eor cat OF drink more, aud
You have rot aiipm" relation in the world
eHeept myself aud yoRc two c]1Gsjn5 who
We're killed imtbefast war. lean't dwell.
ON this mounful subject and shall seal
ny letlor, with black sealing wax, and put
On your u%nclo's coat Of arms,e So | beg
you wilhnotbreak the seal when you open
it till three or four days after you receive
it by which time you will be prepared for
the so--owful tidibga. YotR AUyr,
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-08-04

The highest military authority repeats
that no foreign officer, however high his
rank, will be perlnitted to remain near the
French army.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-08-04
WHITE CLIFF
MINERAL SPRINGS !

V'HESE Springs are situated on Chilhowee
J. Mountain, Sixteen Miles from Jacksonville,
aud same distance from Athens, Tenn.
They are located at an elevation Of about
1900 feet above Conasauga Valley, in a dry,
pure aud very irvigOrating atmOsphere-afford-
ing au extensive and beautiful view of the sur
rounding country.
There are three Springs in close proximity two
Of which are Tonic, Diuretic and Alternative, and
have proved very eficacious in relieving diseas-
ca Of the Liver, Kidneys and Stomach, and have
acted as a sovereign remedy in ChlOrosis and
Dyamouorrheai the other Spring possessing pro.
portic5 that have proved very beneficial in Scrof-
ulous Affections ofthe Skin and Chronic Diseases
of the Eye.
The Company have erected . CommodiOus ho-
tel, and leased tho same, which will be ready
for thP reception ofgucsts by the 18th of June.
Hacks will run regularly from Athens sixteen
milcs) to the Springs,
Those wishing to stop off at Sweotwater will
also lind conveyance via jacksonville.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-08-23
Public Resolution-No. %.
jvf 1aw-10w

Joint Resolution directing an inquiry into the
loss of the United states steamer oneida
Whereas, on the twenty fourth day fJanrary
last, the United States steamer g Oneida, " when
leaving the port of Yokohama. Japan, came in
collision with the Britt, b Penn>ular and Oriental
mail steamer % bombay and sunk almost in
stanfly, with the loss # nearly all her Ulcers and
the greater part of her men; and whereas the
Navy Del artment has been unable, in answer to a
request Of the House Of representatives, to cem-
municate any detailed or satisfactory information
touching the circumstances # the loss. beyond it's
extent and the number ofcasualties; and whereas
It appears that no full and impartial and salts
factory investigation has been de into the
causes of the disaster. into the conduct of the
parties implicated in it Therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the S. cretary Of the
Navy shall, with the least practicable delay,
order an inquiry TO be male into the particulars
of the loss Of said United States steamer 'Oneida.
and Of her officers and men. including the subse-
quent conduct Of the captain of the steamer
- bombay" with = view to ASCERTAIN the response
bility tor the collision by which she destroyed.
and tor the de- tructi"n II life which attended the
and make report Of the same to
Congress. tt ~
Approved, April Z. 1870.