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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

Emily HOLLYWOOD, having first ejacu-
lated to himself, sI know that / am
not doing right by my employer in
this matter; but Bill don't grumble. -
The painting of the two portraits
proceeded satisfactorily; the genuine
one receiving unbounded praise from
all who saw it, with the exception of
Miss Emily, whilst the ugly one met
with equally ardent praise from her. 4,
Sir Norman was shown into Mrs.
HOlmwood's bOudoir, where the por-
trait awaited his inspection. He re-
manned there about two minutes, ana
then left the house, and galloped o.
furiOusly. In the evening Mr.. Holm
wood received the following note:
Sir-I decline to marry your daugh-
ter, and return the lying photographs
OF her you SO sedutousiy sent to me
whilst in India.
NORMAN ATKINS.
Let the wrath of the HOLLYWOOD
family-(and especially.the Mysteries of
Miss Emily until she was safely en-
sconced in her own roOm)-be i'm
agined.
On the following morning, as Bill
took leave Of Mr.. HOLLYWOOD, the lat
ter, as he gazed with parental fondness
at his daughters portrait-(ofcoursc the
genuine one had replaced the fictitious
one)-said:
- do not blame you, sir, for what
has occurred. That scoundrel Atkins
must be blind idiot!'
Bill, pocketinga liberal fee, cordially
agreed.
A few weeks afterwards BiII saw
the announcement Of the marriag of
Emily HOLLYWOOD with Herbert Laker,
and almost simultaneously received a
note, containing check for no mean
amount, and a slip of paper, on which
was written For ever grateful for the
ugly portrait"
"Bill don't grumble," said Tozcr, as
he cashed the check.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
Gene Belsre.

There's beautiful face IN the silent air,
which follows ne ever and nesr.
With smiling eyes aud amhs9 hair,
With veiceless lips, yet with breath Of prayer
That FEEL but cannot hear.
The dimpled hand and fiasist Of so'd
Lielow in the marble lissp,
Istretcs my hand for clasp ofoid.
But the empty air Is strangely eeid.
And my vigil alone keep.
There's sinless brow with radiant crown.
And cross laid down In tie dust:
There's smile whore never Shade comes
now,
And tears no more from those dear eyes Aow,
Ssswest In their innocent trust.
All, we'll! snd SUMMER Is como again, r.
Singing her same uld song:
But. on! It sounds like sob of pain.
Az Il Aoats id the sunshine and rain.
DER hearts Of the worlds great throns.
There's beautiful region sbove the skies.
And long TO reach it, shore, ~
For know shall 6nd ny treasury there,
Tn, laughing eyes and amber hair,
OF the loved ones gone before. -ee-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
A Nineteenth Century Saint.
BIT DAVID GRAY:


lsome Of the most beautiful paintings Of the
Id masters are covered by folding lids, on
'hicb some pictures is painted BY an inferior
aud
Beautiful is my darling face, t,;
And yet know her heart so we'll
Thst. thinking always Of the pearl.
have not time to praise the she'll.
Icsre not that with words of mine
Her eyes deep spiendo be ext He'd.
4 For any wreath Of speech would tsine
Within her trcsses wavy gold.
Nor mine to praise the Saxon hue
That on her chcek the rose outstrips, a
Nor sec in the curving Of her lips
Some Greek ideal born anew.
All !! no. for other court is due
From such rs another heart may dwell.
Ny darling whom ] know 20 well.
think while sister farcies sleep)
OF fthose old amar-P.ct urcs Quaint p
winch pure-smlied Asmling loved to paint;
Of those that in far Florence keep
His fame. assinner and as saint. H<Is-
Who. kneeling painted Heaven, and so
r Was named ofynen Angelica.
All shut suc' reliquary stands
K'ch ra'ntio' es on each foldediid
mat keeps the inviting beauty hid.
And air lost one is helped TO gaze. .e,
And b alt, before the doors expand,
Would lift the censor Of his praise.
But openi and there straightway beam
S'ich glories of the fairer dream,
AN other light is quenched than its.
= +UncIouded goes the golden air,
And, ringed with heavens own aureolc,
The deep Of Beauty's soul
Throbs visible where there the Virgin sits.
9 80. curtained from the vulgar eye,
Abides the vision, chaste and fair;
And though the world may pass it By.
Or land its covering unaware.
o! soul of love. y L heart Of prayer,
Look inward. for the shrine is there!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

Persons should be chary of keeping
ripe fruit in their sitting-rooms, and es-
pecially should they beware of laying it
about a sick chamber for any length of
time. The complaint which some people
make about a faint sensation in the pre-
sence of fruit is not, we are assured, fanci-
ful-they may be really affected by it.
The last number of Good Health has a
sensible article upon this subject, in which
it is asserted that two continental chemists
have shown that from the moment OF
plucking apples, cherries. currants, and
other fruits they are subject to incessant
Transformation. At first they absorb oxy-
gen, thus robbins the surrounding air Of
its vital element. Then they evolve car
bonic acid, and this in far greater volume
than the purer gas is absorbed, 90 that We
have poison given to us in the place Of
pure air, with compound interest.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

1t is novel question, but not bcEeath
the consideration of philosopher 1t is
a common way of disposin& Of difficult
problems in regard to manifestations of
intelligence In animals which are depsr-
lures from the ordinary routine Of their
acts to call them extraordinary deviations
from their natural instincts
The monkey that smoked at the zoologi-
cal Gardens last season for the pleasure of
it, and dogs which are met on Broadway
carrying home q basket of provisions
threading their way through crowds OF
busy humanity, all perform acts above the
law of simple instinct, which makes NO
progress, but repeats the same thing in
each succeeding generation.
ure from charging q pipe with tobacco
and the latter has in mind the appreciation
of their masters in faithfully and safely de-
livering the marketing to the. cook.
If there is no reasoning here, what is il
And next. how are such mental phenomena
to be explained p.s.,s y
Fishes have peculiarly nice sense of
smell, and their ears are curiously con-
structed with reference to appreciating
the slightest concessions at . very con
siderable distance. When waves dash
against rocks or belligerent contest is
raging between aquatic enemies, they ap-
pear to have exact knowledge of what is
transpiring, through their delicate accuus-
tic organs.
Fishes also receive impulses from the
air, even slight as may be the force Of
aerial undulations on the denser mediums
in which they float. 1t is positively Ger.
tain they may be taught to gather for feed
ing at the ring of bell That is demon
stration.
If, when they hear the bell they rush to
the spot where the food is given them. is it
an indication Of memory A particular
sound is associated with the idea of salts
flying hunger; can there be memory with
out renection2
What property of mind is it by which
they are instructed, so that by repetition Q
certain amount of actual knowledge is re-
quirsd, if they do not think?
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Remarkable Profits.

The English walnut in the extensive
orchards of Los Angeles and San Ber-
nardinO shows itself as a statelyeand
magnificent tree, says the New York
Tribune, with clean, grayish bark and
wide-spreadiDg branches. 1t l., like
our own black walnut tree, of slow
growth, and does not begin to bear un-
Ill 1t is seven or eight years of age. AT
twelve years, with thorough culture
and irrigation, it bears from so to IS
pounds of nuts; and fifteen years,
from 100 to $50 pounds; thirty trees
may stand oh on acre, and it is Gus
temary here to plant almond trees be-
tween the rows of walnuis, which pay
the cost of cultivation and handsome
profit, and are cut down when the
walnuts begin to cover the ground
The nuts are sold this year for 124 cents
per potihd i'm Los Angeles. A little
arithmetic will tell you that, at 100
pounds to the tree, which for an
orchard fifteen years old would be,
everybody tells me, an underestimate,
the yield would be 1910 per acre. The
only expense is the cost of cultivating
and irrigating; one man can easily
care for thirty acres. The nuts fail
"HSh IIpcI anu are plChcu up anu
sacked, as hickory nuts with us. 1t is
asserted that the tree is absolutely free
from disease or enemies in the State;
needs no pruning, and it may be safely
transplanted when it is three years old,
so that the planter would get crop in
seven years. AT twenty years, trees
have borne 250 pounds of nuts. Two
English walnut trees, near Sasta Bar
bara, 80 years old, have yielded $50
worth of nuts each per annum for sew
eral years past. In Los Angeles there
are several fine Spanish chestnuts,
noble trees, which at Is years of age
bore 100 pounds of nuts each. There
are some young orchards of these also.
The ci;ron, which bears in four or five
years, is also profitable plant. 1t is
a struggling, tai shrub; three of them
in Los Angelos bore, at four years,
without care, SIS worth of fruit. The
lemon, which becomes n stately, far
spreading tree, bears in ten years a
valuable crop. 1t is not yet planted
in orchards 10 any great extent. One
tree, ten years old, which saw i'm Los
Angeles, yielded 600 lemons one fif-
teen years old bore 1000 lemons. They
fetch in San Francisco $50 per 1000.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

THE mission work of the Bible and
Publication Society of the Baptist
church, forms no small part Of its Op-
eratiOns. The following is the sum.
mary for the past twenty years Scrip
lures circulated Counting from 1870,
4l,l6O: Books sold, SIS, 400; Books
given away, 80,326; Pages of tracts
distributed, SOS, ,228; Sermons and
addresses delivered, 1854; Payer
meetings held, 42,72S; Families visited,
OO,244; Families found without the
Bible, 1860; families supplied with
the Bible, 1866; Vessels visited, 81,
94S; Persons baptized, II, ,S55.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
A Call to Insurrecti0n.

Wendell Phillips has lately written
bitter philippe against Greeley and Sum-
ner. to q colored man in Boston, IN
which he advises the negroes, if Greeley
is elected
"To arm, concentrate, conceal your
property, but organize for defence
He had previously told the negroes to
vote for Grant
GAS You value property, life, wife, or
children"
This is almost equal to the Grant
orators in Virginia, who explain that
Horace Greeley would sell their wives
into slavery, and eat their children ON
the half>shell, with pepper and Worces-
tersliire sauce. The Chicago Tribune
thus speaks of Phillips call to insur-
rection:
docs Mr.. Phillips, who keptsecure-
ly ont of the Anti-Slavery fight, agree TO
lead a regiment of blacks IN the new
insurrection which he counsels? Does
he think a war of color between twelve
or twenty millions of whites and four
millions of blacks will be n good thing
for the blacks? Can he not see that the
intemperate words which may merely
add to his notoriety as vitriol-thrower
in Boston, may spring up into negro
riots and the worst of all conflicts ut the
South?
The Grant party now combines many
of the elements most dangerous to Re
publican institutions. 1t is carrying a
load of ignorant black voters, more
clannish, excitable, and unreasoning
than ever before burdened political
party in this country, and hence more
easily led by demagogues, who are al.
ways corruptionists. It is using what
we may call the "war rowers' OF the
Government,-the strained and exag-
perated powers attributed TO the Gov
eminent to enable it to suppress re-
bellion.- for the reelection OF Its pres
ent chief. It is still holding back the
election returns from eighteen counties
in North Carolina, though it Is now
some seventeen days since the electlon,
in order to "cook up" the returns, as
the whites of North Carolina charge,
and as the result will show. 1t is using
the power of Office, of patronage, and OF
money directly from the Treasury. III,
with all these means at its command, 1t
l3llS, u1I. nllAPo Cooac -
class of our population, Who above all
others need peace, to "arm, organize,
and concentrated" He had thought the
eight-houru revolution ought TO be
the next National issue! He is enrsged
to find that, instead, Reconciliation Is.
Il astounds him to find that there are
any who doubt that heSouthern whites
ought to lie bound in chains and under
darkness for a thousand years. He sees
in Southern whites, not the producers
Of cotton, sugar, rice, and other vsius.
on which depends the. prosPens oI
black and white alike !; not Amene,n
citizens and parents, striving manin.y
to better the condition Of their families
and communities; not tax-payers, en-
titled to an equal share In disDsrsIng
the taxes they pay; not a civilized and
educated people, subject to human pas
sions. but animated mainly by the hopes
and aims of Christian civilization: he
sees in them only and always Rebels and
Shareholders. II is his occupation TO
see them in this light"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

We expect the 10 electoral votes of
Wisconsin, where the Republican ma
jority was less than 10000 last year.
This will be easily pulled down by the
thousands of Liberal Republicans
among the Germans, with whom the
State is filled. Our friends in Nebraska
believe we shall carry that State,
beaten about 2, 800 i'm 1871. They also
think, i'm Rhode Island, that the in
fIuence of Senator Sprague, who has
always carried the State in his pocket,
and who is now for Greeley, will be
sufficient to revOlntionize it in Novem-
Der. That would bring our electoral
vote to 2S5. There are 367 electoral
votes, of which Grant would receive
50. We have enough for Greeley by
this calculation and nearly 100 to spare.
We could afford to lose literally upon
il, and still have an abundant margin
upon which to go. The indications of
this canvass almost precisely resemble
the memorable race of General Scott
in 1857 against General Pierce. He
carried States, and had AZ electoral
votes. Pierce got q States and 2o4
electoral votes. 1t is not within the
power of the pins this year to beat
Greeley and Brown. The coalition
between the Liberal Republicans and
the Democrats will do General Grants
business.
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GOLDEN WORDS.


THERE is no real life but cheerful life.
MISERY requires action happiness,
repose.
NONE breaches better than the ant,
and she says nothing.
If Cop did not exist, it would be me-
cessary to invent one.
CURSES always recoil on the head of
him who imprecates them.
IT should seem that Incidence itself
would incline person to be honest, as
it requires infinitely greater pains and
cOntrivances to be knave.-Shen-
stone.
COP will accept your first attempt to
serve Him, not as perfect work, but
as beginning.
SELF DENIAL is the most exalted
pleasure, and the conquest of evil hab-
its the most glorious triumph.
TRUE goodness is like the glow
worm. 1t shines most when no Vne's
eyes except those of heaven are upon
it.
The superiority of some men is mere
ly local; they are great because their
associations are little.
ALL OUR repinipgs and murmurings,
and discontents, arise from this, that
We cannot say, Thy will be done!
REPENTANCE without amendment
is like continual pumping in ship
without stepping the leaks.
MAN is an animal that cannot long
be left i'm safety without occupation !;
the growth of his fellow. nature is apt
to run into weeds. Hitioy'd.
MEN are often capable of greater
things than.they perform. They are
sent into this world with bills of credit,
and seldom draw to their full extent.
-WdIpole.
IFEEL l am growing old for want of
somebody to tell me that | am looking
as Young rs ever. Charming false
hood There is a vast deal of vital air
in loving words.-L0nder.
NorHINu more impalrs authority
than 10 frequent or indiscreet use of
il. II thunder itself was TO be cOntin.
ual, it would excite no more terror
than the noise of a mill.
He who sedulousIy attends, pointed
ly asks, calmly speaks, coo.ly answers,
and ceases when he has no more to
say, is in possession of some OF the re-
quisites of man.-Ldcdtcr.
IT Is a good plan tn speak little of
persons. aud never ill of one. unless by
silence you wrong your neighbor. You
| can truet no man who unnecessarily
speaks against another.
THE Spaniartls have an old saying
| uhioh toll ma that 90 whifa hands never
offend (Which means that little
faults and indiscretions of ladies should
always be quickly pardoned.
QUIETNEss under ones own roof,
and quietness in our own conscience,
are two substantial blessings, which,
| whoever barters for show and pomp,
will find himself loser by the change.
GENEROSITY during life IL very diff
ferent thing from. generosity in the
hour of death one proceeds from gen.
uine liberslity and benevolence, the
other from pride or fear.-Hordct
| Mum.
THE highest excellence is seldom at.
tanned in more than one vocation. The
roa.is leading 10 distinction in sepa
rate pursuits diverge, and the nearer
we approach the one, the further We
recede from the other.
/ "I HAD rather be sick than idle,
say Seneca But the Christian tha
lapses into idlepess, as regards tn,
work Of faith and labor Of love, suf
fers from both evils ut once; SOM
sickness of the soul has smitten hin
u already, and this slothfClness is tn
; ! symptom Of its presence and power.
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BROTHER JONATHAN ABROAD.
n.co-,ft 4. a Pa<flop- Raf}<u-


Mr.. and Mrs. Borie and Miss Nell
lie Grant are in Vienna, but soon sail
for home.
THE guilty mind debases the great
image that 1t wears, and levels - with
brutee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lincoln are
in Paris, and not Mrs Abraham Lin
coin, as has been published in the
american Register.
The Hon. John Jay, our Minister
to Austria, is said to be the most ex-
elusive and dignified of all our dip
lomatic representatives abroad.
The most remarkable example oil
quick railroad time was that made by
the train which bore Tom Scott am
party from New Orleans to Phiiadei-
phia lately. The party ieit Rev
Orleans at 7:39 p. N. Thursday, anu
arrived in Philadelphia on SUNDAY
1:3O p. NJ, having travelled the entiie-
distance-1e02 miles-in sixty-six
hours. being an average Of 24l miles an
| hour and 5S2 miles day, lneiuuinx
stoppages.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

THE Presbyterian Church in the
Tinted States Is somewhat disturbed at
present by what is called the question
~ "Rotary EIdership.u According to
their theory a Ruling Elder, like a
reaching Elder, is an Elder for life.
Rnt II would seem that inconveniences
have been supposed to connect them
selves with the practical workings of
the principle, in consequence Of which
some churches have departed from the
rnle and elect their elders for term OF
years. The question was discussed at
the late General Assembly, but it was
not deeisively settled. The discussion
continues i'm their papers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

IT WAS my custom in my youth
(says . celebrated Persian writer), to
rbe from my sleep to watch, pray, and
read the Koran. One night - was
thus engaged, my father, man Of
practical virtue, awoke. BEHOLD" l
aid to him, % thy other children are
lost in irreligious slumben, while l
alone wake 70 praise God. Z" Son OF
my soul, said he, "it were better for
thee to be engaged In irreligious sleep,
than TO awake and find fault with thy
brethren.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

In Indiana the main election is in
October. Mr.. Hendricks, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, was
only beaten by LOO votes. In 1870
the Democrats carried the State by q
majority Of $500. If they could do
this on their unaided vote; who doubts
that, with the aid of at least 10000
Liberal Republicans, making change
of 10000 votes, they are not absolutely
certain of stlccess? Does any one be
lieve the 5I4 majority Grant obtained
in California, and the 3,045 he secured
in Connecticut, will not be swept
away by the Liberal detection? z. L.
Barnum, ESQ.,, assured US that there
were more than 500 Liberals in Bridge
port alone, and fully 10, 900 in the State.
Since 1868 the Republican majority in
New Hampshire has never exceeded
100. Two years ago the Democrats
carried it by 1000. Last March the
Republicans had, we believe, less than
1000 majority. OF course the Liberals
will give this, his native State, to
Greeley. Alabama, which gave the
trifling majority of 1000 for Grant, has
been carried since by the Democrats.
1t has now a Democratic Governor and
Legislature, and will certainly vote
for Greeley. The certain account
stands thus:
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This brings us within Al electoral
votes of enough to secure Mr.. Gree
ley's election. Now let us see where
they are to come from. Grant carried
these States by the following ma
iorities.
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The Prospect for Greeley and Brown
Victory Certain.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

In 1868 Horatio Seymour, who was
certainly not popular candidate,
while Ulysses s. Grant then was,
carried the following States, which
have now these Electoral votes:
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The Rev. Moryeau, rector of the
American chapel, Junker Strasse, Ber-
lin, is about to return home on q brief
visit to his friends in Ohio.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

WE can do more good by being good
than in any other way.
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Every one of these States is sure fol-

Every one of these States is sure for
Greeley.
In 1858, Virginia, Mississippi and
Texas, not being reconstructed after
the Republican fashion, We're not al
lowed to vote. No one will dispute
that Virginia and Texas are as certain
for Greeley as Vermont and Massachu-
sets are for Grant. Let US continue
cur table:
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Two diamonds have lately been
found near PIacerville, CAL, one weigh
ing almost three carats, the other near
" one carat It b supposed that more
Of them will yet be discovered. Dia-
monds have been found In nearly all
gold producing countries. SO : ~
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We may here remark that i'm 1883
Grant carried the States of West Vir-
ginia, Tennessee and Missouri. At
that time but few people were allowed
to vote in these States. They have
been reconstructed on the Democratic
fashion since--everybody votes-and
they are certain for Greeley by large
msjorities. Our table, thus added to,
is thus: