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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20
A Youthful Millionaire.

y. W. Dimock, a boyish Wall street
merchant. of but % years of age, is
the owner OF three-fourths of the capi-
tai stock (nominally estimated at
$1,000, ,OOO) of the Atlantic Mail Steam
ship Company. He is also owner of
over 81 100000 worth of real estate in
New jersey. During the last two
years he has built, on his Elizabeth
property, over twenty palatial resi-
dences, which, when completed, he
sold to rich young fellows like him
self, and thus realize large profits OH
them, besides establishing a delight
full colony there. Five years ago,
penuiless clerk, the SON of a Nova SEQ
tia clergyman, he enternd New York,
and in two years was able to fail for
Sl,00O,0O0. But he recovered his loss
and has honorably discharged the
debts from whose payment he was
legally released. He is very cha~ita-
ble and has lately built and given TO
the Baptists oi Elizabeth a large aud
handsome church. He is a man of
ideas and literature, and his house is
a resort for poets, wits, aud people of
enins. At the same time he is as
gay and bOyish in spirit as in appear
ance. But how many scorcs'of fail
urcs were needed to make this one
Wall street a success?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20
how Rain Is Formed.

To understand the philosophy of this
phenomenon, essential to the very cNis-
tcncc of plants and animals, few facts,
dcrivcd IRON observation and lon-
train of experiments, must be remember
cd. Were the atmosphere, ut all times.
at uniform temperature, we should
never have rain, hail or SNOW. The Wa
ter absorbed by it in evaporation from
the sea and the earth surface would de-
Sccnd in al imperccptiblc va:Ior, or cease
to be absorbed by the air when it w.as
fully saturated. The absorbing power
oi the atmosphere, and consequently it,
capability To retain humidity, is propor-
tionably greater in cold than in warm
air. The air near the sul;Icc of the earth
is warmer than it is in the region of tllc
clouds. The higher We ascend from the
earth tlIc colder We find the atnIus plerc.
Hence the perpetual snow Oh every high
mountain iii the very hottest climates.
Now, when, from evaporation, the lair is
highly saturated with yapor--t though il
be inyisiblc--if its temperature Is sud-
denly reduced by cold currents descend
ing from above, or rushing from high
er to lowdr latitude, its capacity to re-
tain moisture is diminished, clouds arc
formed,e and the result j. rain. Air
condenscs - it eools, and like a sponge
filled with water which its diminished
capacity cannot hold. How singular, vet
how simple is the arrangement for wa
tcr.ng the earth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

PAPER CHURCH. There is u fdPter
mochc church actually existing near
Bergen, Germany, which can contain
nearly LOCO persons. 1t is circular
within, octagonal without. The re-
lievcs outside and statues within, the
roof, the ceiling, the Corinthian capi-
tails, are all Dapter mochc, rendered
waterproof by saturation i'll vltrIoi,
lime water, whey, or the white of
eggs.
RELIGIOUS STATIsTICS.-Thc official
report for 1870, of the United Breth-
rem III Christ shows 11S,055 members,
am increase of $3.50; 1921 organized
societies, 1,473 church cditices, SSl it
inerant and 755 local preachers, and
2.4a0 Sunday Schools, with l6,H1
teachers and IL, ,f25 scholars. The
total collections have been S5O,2S9,
ofwhich little less than half has gone
TO the preachers, making an average
of 1882 to each of the travelling preach
crs.
Bishop Potter, of New York, has
decided, it is said, TO prohibit the elab-
oratc colorcd and embroidered vest
mcnts now used in religious servies
at st. Adams and one o: two other
Episcopal churches in New York city.
There can be no appeal, for the pres
cnt al least, from his decision, and his
action is likely, therefore, 10 bring the
ritulistic question TO a focus, as clcr-
cymen refusing TO conform to il are
liable 10 deposition from the ministry.
The last general convention of the
church i'm New York city referred the
subject TO a special committee, who
arc expected TO report next year; but
n the meantime each bishop is author
lied TO decide what shall be the prac-
ticc i'm his own diocese.
TIE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The official returns made by the
several annual conferences of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the
United States held during 1870 furn'
ish the following statistics Blshops
g.: annual conferences, q; travelling
preachers S,1S3; local preachers, IL
l04; total preachers of AL grades, 2l,'
234; members i'm full connection, Is
l73,093; members on probation, 1884,
o3J; total lay Jnezabers, !, 1,369 l5f,
"a amber of churches, 1858; number
6off,parsonages off 4,}79; value of church
edifjc3, S52,el4, ,59l !; value Of parson.
ages. 81 .2293, ,5l3; Number of Sunday
schools, 16,912; Sunday school teach.
ers, IS9.4l2: Sunday school scholars
I.22l. .39S benevolent collections, 1867
So. These figures do not include th(
statistics of the foreign missions il
China, Bulgaria and South America
the official returns from which have
not yet been received.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20
Carrier Pigc0BS.

The other day carrier-piScvn carried
into the belcaguered Paris a newspaper
T., inches square. with 226 dispatches
microscopically photographed upon il,
comprising the detailed news OF the day
from all parts of the world, and there
now comes from London description of
the machinery which did the printing
Ii makes duplicate of ordinary hand
writing million times smaller than the
original. so that it can only be read by Il
powerful microscope. The inventor an
nounces that he can thus reprint the
whole Bible - times in the space of an
inch, and other books in proportion.
Think of it. The speaker of the House
can carry Cushing's Parliamentary Man
ual entire, photographed ON his thumb
nail. Webster.s unabridged may be prin-
ted on the lining of your hat. By the
magic aid of this little machine the total
contents of the AstOr Library NAV be
transferred to I live cent blank book.
Add to such a compendium Il small por-
table microscope, which might nestle
in the pi&;lloon pocket, and
the proprietor may have ut command all
the wisdom OF the sages, from Socrates
to Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20
Who 60 crazy.

The statistical results complied 10y
the superintendent of the State Luna
tic Hospital at Harrisburg, Pa, offer
much food for thought OF 2,9lS pa
tients who have been treated there,
only l,2G1 have been females. Be-
tween the ages of twenty and thirty.
insanity was developed in more males
than for any other decade in the
scale of life. Of the 2,9IS, there " ere
6S4 married men, 596 single, and ~
widowcrs. OF married women there
were Cos, single III, widowed lJ9.
There were l,3i2 marriages, against
1,3l3 single folks. Ono case was adj
mitted after fifty years of insanity.
The occupation list shows J26 farmers
and 169 labOrcrs out of total of l,6Ji.
There are ~ physicians, % teachers,
10 preachers, : editors, | artist, Is
Iowyers, | musician 26 blacksmiths,
III carpenters, ~ clerks, lu machinists,
II merchants, Il tailor:S % shocma-
kers, and lis without occupation. OF
the women, els were housewives, 50
the daughters of farmers, III domcs-
tics, housekeepers, ) millincrs, IL
teachers, - scamstresses, and Il5
without occupation. Two thousand
three hundred and fifteen were born
in Pennsylvania, 20 in ireland, III in
England, lJ0 in Germany. In the as
signed causes of insanity, $40 are set
down Ia i'll health, 25l domestic
trouble, ) grief, Millerism, : Spirit
ualism, ) excessive study, III disap-
pointment, 50 ovcr-eNertion, lis epil-
epsy, 23 fright, 81 intemperance, s re-
ligious excitement, 7S puerpcral, 10
opium cating, 6 loss of sleep, 10 dis
case of the brain, busin ness failure, O
anxiety, 80 trouble, 6j disordered
menstruation, Is injary to head, lloss
OF money, , ill-treatmcnt, 93 excuses,
, novel reading, 10 0sun-strokc, I each
to jealousy, wounded pride, and want
of occupation, 23 public excitement,
) pecuniary trouble, and !, ,3JS without
special cause assigned.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20
staange IL rrne:

The most singular Incident ia the
eycntful life ofSam Houston, and one
never hitherto explained, was his
abandonment of the goyernorship OF
Tennessee, only three days after mar
ryins a young wife. lie became q
voluntary exile among the Indians Of
the plains for years thereafter, was
made great chief, and only reap
peared in public life, when Texas was
struggling for independence. The
Galveston NerS lifts the veil from
this secret chamber of 1Iouston,s heart
by this strange narration: "What VIC
know about this matter is so hon0ra-
bic to him that we shall, for the first
time, put il in print. We may prom
isc that our information is derived ln-
directly from one now deceased, who,
during her life, had Il right to know
what caused that strange episode III
the life of the great man. Governor
Houston's first bride was Tennessee
belle of surprising beauty and ofcon-
siderable social rank. She was, If not
the affianccd bride, at least the sweet
heart of neighboring gentleman
when Governor Houston sought her
hand. Her family being very ambiti-
ous, forced the match and she was
married. After retiring to her bridal
chamber. her department Was such as
to cause him to suspect that, while
her hand was his, her heart was an
others. She confessed tho truth
when intcrrogated, and while prom
ising fidelity and wifely duty, declsr-
ed herself unable to love him. Heat
once retired from the house, leaving
his bride as pure and spotlcss as ever.
He then resigned his position and
when among the CanIanchc>. In due
course of time the lady sought and OBJ
tanned divorce"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20
ONE YEAR AGO.

What stars have faded from our sky:
What hope unfolded but TO todie!
What dreams so fonily pondered DER,
Forever lost the hues they wore!
How, like q death-bell, sad and slow,
Tolls through the soul, lone year ago !"
Where is the face we loved to greet,
The form that graced the fireside-seat,
The gentle smile, the winning way,
That blessed our life path day by day:
Where fled those accents, soft and low,
That thrilled our hearts one year ago!p
All! vacant Is the fireside-chair,
The smile that won no longer there;
From door and hall, from porch and lawn
The echo of that voice Is gone;
And we who linger only know
How much was lost :" one year ago!
But why repine? \ few more years,
A few more broken signs and tears,
And we enlisted with the dead,
Shall follow where her steps have led
To that far world rejoicing go,
To which she passed lone year ago
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in an hour. The truth is, he had
mind just u'en to be alone. His head
was full of Annie Vardsen, and the re-
quest she had made of him. He would
collect his thoughts on the sandy beach
with the great rollers pounding at mis-
feet, and set off at once.
He had not gone far before his rcso-
luton was formed. II am a fool" he
said, ito hesitate. ] will go back to
Annie Vardsen and see what effect it
will have upon her If I tell her that I
have given up my wild project because
she asked me ton While saying this
he was Fastening to find Carl, that he
might release him for the day.
How happy would Tabita have been
had she known this change of plan.
How happy, too, weuld Annie Vard-
sen have been, and poor Lively Carl
and how different this tale had been!
But no one knew it save Paul himself,
and least of all did Ida Lansen.
Paul had to mount ledge of rocks
as the path led oyer it, and when he
came near he saw to his surprise a
lady moving along the crest above,
and when she approached nearer she
began to descend. He fastened for
ward to assist her; but she did not
need help, and apparently did not de-
sire it even in courtesy.
As she sprang from the last step
Paul stood close beside her but before
he could speak she had thrown back
her veil, and be was face to face with
the lady who had treated him so coolly
at the Governors, Paul merely ex-
pressed surprise to see her.
81 would not be surprised" she an
swered, "to see Paul Peyerell in any
place except" (her breath was coming
and going very rapidly with agitation
and rapid walking}, "except where he
That would surprise me.n
"Very likely,"- said Paul, quite un-
moved. "But tell me, Miss Lansen,
why you meet me in this strange wild
place, for l cannot suppose this meet
ing is by accident"
81 came" she answered, "tO plead
with you for one whom your neglect
has made unhappy,-your brother"
"Where is he nOw:" inquired Panl.
AT village fifty miles from here,
where he come with the brave hope
that by economy and toll he may be
able to fulfill his wish"
(Which is to marry Ida Lansen"
"It Is and am proud to own that
he loves me now as faithfully as ever"
"What can do~
"Be recOnciled to him give him his
rights, and free him from his present
poverty" ..-t..
"He has no rights that am inter-
fering with" replied Paul, with great
deliberation. ''1f share my moderate
fortune with him it is bounty. /
have educated him, and any part of the
family inheritance which may go to
him is conditional upon his obedience
to my plans, which he has disregarded.
l cannot see it otherwise, as I have
told you once before"
"Then it is because you are blinded
by your selfish disregard of every ma
tural claim,n exclaimed the girl, with
growing warmth; "blinded by your
Unsuitable ambition, and your cold in
difference to everything but what pro-
notes it," And the girl, so bold in
coming there, there so thoughtless,
really, of herself and yet so hopeful of
/ a great happiness, fiegan to tremble,
feeling how pOwerless she was, as this
cold man fixed his hard gray eyes up
on her and said, in answer to her re-
prOachful words -
TO be Concluded next week.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20
SONNET.

Nainglorious ambition, Wild, sad chase,
Deceitful guide 10 disappointment blind.
For even those that win thy heated race
The saddest void of promised pleasure find.
Thy bubble dreams, when touched dissolve
in air,
And leave dark vacancy unto despair.
Like that vain hope that lurcd Der desert
wide
An Arab, crowning in days fiery tide,
To still reel on, where fevered eye could trace
Der scorchinG plain, the well-known wa.
ter place
The stone-piled curb-hopes's altar--there at
length,
With last wild effort of expiring strength
Exhausted, reached the spot; buf, coming
nigh,
Looked DER the brink, then, fainting, shrie-
ked:
"Qrcat God, the well is dry -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20

81 KNOW THAT MY REDgCwER
LIyETH..

v ell may the angelic chorus Join.
20 praise their glorious Lord and King,
The yaulted arches ring,
nd Heaven and earth proriaim oloud
Hossannas TO Jehovah, God.
Oh. glorious Advocate on high,
For me didst come TO bleed and die
To win the crown?
The dreadful Cross on Calvary.
To save a einner doomed like me?
Msdst thou not died on Calvary,
Where. tell me, Jesus, could Ace
When death draws nigh?
Nj hail the hour when, loosed from cath.
My soul shall wake to heavenly birth.
where tears or dim the eye!
Then sing, angelic host above.
bcstatic sing of Jesus love
Tho Lamb once slain.
Loud strike your harps of golden strings,
Wat music on your heaven-born wings,
Again-and yet again.
know that my Redeemcr lives.
He's drie1 each tear, has checked each sigh.
Blest Potentate on high
III praise Him for each worldly loss;
III praise Him for the heavy cross;
I'll praise Him when die
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20

9aetru.
THE SILENT LAND.
EY nLNEY W. LoNerELLow.

Into the Silent Land,
All! who shall lead us thither?
Clouds in the evening sky more darkIy gather.
And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Who leads us with a gentle hand
Thither, o, thither,
Into the Silent Land?
To yOu, We boundless regions
OF all perfections! Tender morning visions
Of beauteous souls! The Futures pledge and
band.
Who in Life battle firm doth stand
Shall bear Hopes tender blossoms
Into the Silent Land.
o Land, Land.
For all the broken hearted
The miIdest herald by our fate allotted
Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand
To lead us with a gentle hand
Into the land of the great departed,
Into the Silent Land.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20

The VENOM OF SCoRPIoNs.--Dr.
Jousset gives in the Compton Rem
dus," detailed account of his expert
ments on the venom of the Scorpioci.
tdaus, frequently found in Southern
Europe. He concludes that this venQsd
acts solely on the red globules of>tbe
blood, by depriving them of tic prop
erty of gliding over each otfler; thus
they become an alheasiye mass which
obstructs the circulatiod of the blood in
the capillary portiopof the vascular sys-
tenn. In the particular of definite
quantity being required 10 produce
chemical actionr this venom differs
widely from virus which acts as fer
mepf.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20

A writer on the circus says Gym
nasts usually go in couples, and receive
from $50 toSl25 per week for the two.
Contortiorists get from $40 to $50 per
per week for kinking themselves.
Clowns usually command from $50 to
SlOO per week, according TO abilityand
reputation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20
[From Serihner's Monthly.

TIC SEA THAT WAS AsTKAY AND HAD
BEEN STOLEN. =
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20

The Queen of Holland is said to be
an industrious literary character.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20

We are told "the evening wore on"
but we are not told what the evening
wole on that occasion. Was it the close
of summers day
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20

NEGLECT OF CHURCH.-This increas-
ing tendency of the macses TO keep
aloff from our churches is regarded, as
it should be, with great anxiety by all
thoughtful men. The number of reg
ular church-going people in proper
ton to the whole population of our
country is believed TO be diminishing.
In England, according to the best es-
Inmates, not more than one tenth of
the population are accustomed to at
tend any place of worship whatever.
In our country the state of the matter
is no doubt far better, and yet the ac-
tual figures would probably show a
bettea record in this respect than al
most any other the wide land over,
and yet even here il might appear that
aside from the members of our insti-
tutiOn) one third Of the people, with
in a radius of four miles, never attend
any religious service whatever.-Prof
Mead.
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ambition would be filled. Here, ac-
cOrding to a legend as we'll established
as any German legend ever was, dwelt
the spirit of the cold, whose substance
was the ice and snow; his breath the
wintry storms; the friend of night the
enemy of the cheerful flreside; whose
powers extended the human heart,
which he could chill to the very fibres
that send the warm blood rushing
through the joyous body; whose am
bition reached throughout the world,
and was Unsuitable.
Paul Peverell would explore the
island; he would climb the mountain;
and in another book (he had written
he would describe what he had
seen for the benefit of science, and eX-
plode another fiction for the service of
mankind in general. r
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20

iQuite enough" Paul thought TO
himself, "unless the meaning were a
little more clear, and the speech more
to the purpose" Then he looked
down fFonf the mountain, which had
particularly excited his curiosity on ac
count of the wild condition OF weather
which seemed to Be prevailing, and
was about to address the strange being
who accosted him, when he discovered
that she was no longer there. Nor
could he see her anywhere. Lively
Carl coming up presently, he asked
him concerning her. ibid you see
that mumbling hag, Carl ?'
Carl had seen her but he spoke with
much reserve, which still further mys-
titled Paul.
"What is the Ranamee?" he asked.
ooh, that,n replied Carl, sis the
evil spirit up there, that, they say, can
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-20

like all selfish and ambitious, men
Paul Peverell was not easily turned
from his purposes. He had come to
climb the Linmark's field, and he
would do it. But when he got outside
the Governors house he found him.
self troubled Ia rare circumstance to
him with little irresolution. Find
ing Carl, he bade him go on to the
valley he would meet him there with
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1871-08-23

Forty young bucks dressed liz fancy
clothes With feathers in their hats On q
long sharp poles in their HANDS and an
iron ing hung between twoposts for them el
to punch at. Forty old cracked horns
and J. she+pssin drum to play the music
Forty ycungchildren, forty young women
and oil women sitting aboutin old rattle
trap buggies or on tops ofstlmps and ev-
.ervhcsix seeing GOOD timer especially the
Way Of inc hoises, ana l0Tty InounIvu MAR
Gilals With blsscsasiles oliisoilsring, = clear
the track gentlemen. Then the fancy
dressed chaps gailop and punch AZ tie ring
and the man that jobs !. "A the middle
times has to choose the queen Then tile
band playsand tho knights trot home on
their horses and all take drink. And at
night the queen is put on higl, place all
dressed N white Gxins and crown Of
store ribbons and artificial flowers Is put
on her head by fellow in tight breehes
with circus shirt on. Then they oil
drink lemonade and cat nuts and dance
all night and SO home sleepy and every
body ,swcags theriding vassplealiI, \ Be-
tween an agricultural fair, land q tourna-
mentwe dent know which has got It, I'VE
rather think the tournalnenb ahead. A
feli,wgoe more dust Ia his eyes and docs
more walking at 0 fair Butt he stands
still longer and wears more corns ON his
toes at u tournament. ssis bias NIB 4 e.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1871-08-23

brighter light. Gov. Randolph, Of New
Jersey, by his prompt and manly conduct
in the late Orangemon affair has stuck q
feather in his cap that points It's tiptowards
the White House, and we don't know but
Greeley ana Randolph or Randolph and
Greeley would be the strongest ticket that
Tsmmany could put in the field Howev-
~, Il suit class Of red bots in the south,
l-Wle we've ice eeo.s and sxosk with q chill
atitKe sight Of a knapsaek and gun during
tho war. we had better suggest the name
Of Frank clair and Bob Toombs. The vii
lage band would serenade rs.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1871-08-23
CTIARLoTTE.

We take from Observer and Democrat:
Prof. Fetter formerly Of the N. g. Uni
versity.) and Col. Clarkson. are now in the
city making arrangements to open their
School on the first 81 September.
The hog law, foryths present, has been
suspended, II We may Judge from the NUM-
Der Of swine seenouour streets. This may
10 all right though We differ in our notions
from tbasity fathers in tatning loose upon
our city, asscaycngers. these filthy brutes.
!, Bacon--N. o., hog round, 10 cents !;
Baltimore shoulder 9 dents, clear rib sides
10 cents. canvass hama 20 cents, country
hams 1 7 cents. 'esqs ~ ls
i Country hams sell at different prices in
HiIlsboro At one f-u.swuloccntly bought
On inferior ham for. ri cents, and days
after, was offered a splendid ham At =. i.
Brown for i6s cents.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1871-08-23

y DE-. Thomas p. Atkinson Of Dam
vile delivered happy and instructive ad-
dress last week to the students Of male
school at Burkyille (Va.)
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1871-08-23

T A gses. recently fell sick alta hotel
in JeSlnx@p x rnd ths, iinelora,s wife
Vas 50 attentive 70 him ID his Illness that
hs ran Of with her - soon - be was able
20 sgst abOzt.',.