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What the Features Indicate.

We are told that the eXtreams of
both largCne-s and smallness of stature
are not favorable TO the strength of in
,ellect. Giants and dwarfs are gener-
ally deficient in this respect, and eX-
cesSive corpulency or meagerness is
seldom associated with mental activity.
Aristotle, and B0naparte, however,
were very short. Charles James Fox
was exceedingly fat, Daniel Webster
both broad and tall, and Lord Nelson
Il living skeleton.
\ large head is generally the ac-
compartment of a great intellect; but
small one with a comparatively eX-
tensive forehead is quite consistent
with mental capacity. Raphael,
Charles XII., Frederick the Great and
Lord Brougham were illustrations of
the latter fact.
1t is said any nose which Is less than
the hight of the fOreheads is an indica-
ton of the defective intellectual
powers.
The eyes indicate character rather
by color q an form. The dark blue are
found most commonly in persons of n
gentle and refined character. Light
Lavator says =" Hazel eyes are the
more usual indications of a mind mas
culine, vigorous and profound; just as
u genius, so called, is almost always
associated with eyes of u yellowish
east bordering on hazel"
The higher the brows rise the more
thcirpossessor is supposed to under the
influence of feeling, and the better con-
troIIed by his character.
a very small eyebrow is an indica-
ton of want of force of character.
A tolerable large mouth is essential
to vigor and energy, and very small
mouth is indication of weakness and
Incidence.
In manly face, the upper lip should
extend beyond and dominate the lower,
and fleshy lips are oftener found asso-
ciated with voluptuOus, and meager
ones with a passionate nature.
The retreating chin indicates weak
ness, the perpendicular strength, and
the sharp acuteness of mind.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-07
Glass.

Nothing is known to n certainty re-
garding the invention and early his
tory of glass; but it is supposed, that,
as the volcanic lavas often cool into
crude crystals, The ancients were in
duced to initiate them, and so became
masters of the art. The name "glass"
is derived from an old German word
signifying to shine or glisten. That
the Egyptians understood the manu-
facture of glass at an early period Is
proved by relics found with mummies
more than three thousand years old,
among which are richly carved vases
and urns, paintings on glass, and arti-
fetal gems, in which amethysts, emer-
aids and other precious stones, were
initiated so successfully as to deceive
the most pracliced eye. For many
wears in ancient times, glass was ap-
piled to ornamental purposes only, and
much ingenuity and skill were exer-
cised to find substitutes for the useful
purposes for which We now employ 1t;
for windows the inhabitants of East
ern countries used linen or paper rem
dered transparent by being soaked IN
oil; the Chinese shaved horn, split
oyster-shells; the wealthy Romans
thin sheets of agate or mica. Among
the EsauimauX of our day large blocks
Of ice are inserted inEtheir snow-huts
to admit the light. In the fourth
century glazed windows were intro
duced into houses, and justly consider
ed great luxury before the inven-
ton of glass mirrors, plates of highly
polished metal were used, specimens
of which are still preserved in many
families as heirlooms. The rich wines
of antiquity were kept in leathern
pouches and quafied from the horns of
animals or from rough stOne-cups; as
the ant of glass making became more
generally understood it was applied to
useful articles and these rude utensils
gradually disappeared. In liquid
state glass can lie blown or wrought
into almost any form or shape, from
landscapes enclosed in parer-weights
to any dresses composed Of threads as
fine as the spiders web. Without the
aid of glass the inventions of science
could not have been pursued-aS the
telescope. microscope and all other
optical instruments, as well as the
thermometer and barometer, depend
entirely upon it for their various uses.
TO no other invention are we mere
indebted, both for luxury and utility,
than glass.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-07
The Bonapartes in England.

From Justin McCarthy's Letter to the New
York Mail.l
The Queen has gone to-day to pay a
visit to the Emperor Napoleon at CHS
elhurst Meanwhile a distinguished
connection of his Imperial Majesty has
opened u dressmakers' shop in New
Bond street, London. The Princess
Pierre NapoleOn Bonaparte announces
" to the nobility and gentry" of
England that she has started an estab-
lishment for "superiOr and distingue
dressmaking" that she has I" the latest
fashions and novelties from Paris" and
that "an early inspection is invited"
THIS lady is the wife of that COrsican
" rat whose murder of the young
French journalist preceded the fall of
the Empire Us that of the Duchesse de
Praslin did the fall of Louis Phillippe's
monarchy. Pierre could not obtain
permission from the Emperor to marry
the lady, so he married her without
permission. L remember the CORES
pOndence which took place between
the ilIustrious cousins on the subject,
and which was found in the Tuilerles
after the crash of Sedan. Pierre begged
to be allowed to marry the woman OF
his choice, bccauSe-I desire to put It
very modestly-becauSe although he
stated with touching simplicity he had
not originally contemplated matri-
nionial bond, yet he was now anxious
to make his children Legitimate. The
Emperor would not hear of such thing.
"When a man has the honor of bearing
such a name as yours there are pro-
prieties which ones bound to respect"
Pierre returns to the charge. He urges
that the lady is of blamcleSS conduct,
although of humble birth l.; and then
unluckily losing his temper he remarks
that if the Emperor did talk of Mesdtt5-
0nces there are other MesdiFdncGs in
the family which are good dead less
respectable This allusiOn, | presume
must have settled the matter. The
Emperor fatty refused his consent and
closed the correspondence. So Pierre
married the woman, i'll spite OF I'M
perial authOrity-perhaps the only
good action of his life-and now OF
course, Imperial authority being over,
she is firm aud fast his wife. | don't
know whether the name and the
title will draw much custom to the
drcssmaking Establishment in New
Bond street.
There are probably a good many
ladies in London to whom the chance
of having their dresses cut out and
tried on by any sort of princess what
ever would he q powerful temptation.
Perhaps the Imperial exiles may buy
off the irrepressible cousin and close up
the shop for the sake of the family.
Perhaps this announcement is only
made with this hope. Anyhow, | do
not suppose the patronage of the En-
press Eugenia will be given to the new
concern.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-07
Something About Teeth.

Why, says chambers Journal" do
some peoples teeth come out more
readily than others? The reasons for
this are probably many. About the
middle of last century, Peter Kahn, a
Swede, visited America, and wrote
sensibly about what he saw. He OBJ
served a frequent loss of teeth among
settlers from Europe, especially women.
After discussing and rejecting many
modes of explanation, he attributed it
to hot tea and other hot beverages; and
came to general conclusion that "hOt-
feeders lose their teeth more readily
than cold-feeders. Mr.. Catlin, who
some years ago had an interesting eX-
hibitiOn of Indian scenery, dresses,
weapons, &c, noticed that North
American Indians have better teeth
than the whites. He accounts for the
difference in this strange way-that
the reds keep their mouth shut, where
as the whites keep it open. The teeth,
he says, require moisture TO keep their
surface i'm good working order; when
the mouth is open, the mucous mem
brane has tendency TO dry up, the
teeth lose their needed supply of mOis-
ture. and then comes diScOlOratiOn,
toothache, tic douloureux, decay, loose
ness. and eventual loss of teeth. Mr.
Catlin scolds the human race generally
for being less sensible than the brute,
i'm this respect, and the white race es
pecially in comparison with the red
We keep our mouths open far too much
the Indian warrior sleeps, hunts anC
smiles with his mouth shut, and re-
spires through the nostrils. Among
the virtues attributed by him to CLOSED
lips, one is excellent-when you are
angry, keep your mouth shut.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-07
The End Of "Great Men,"

Happening to east my eyes upon a
printed page of miniature portraits, /
perceived that the four persOnageS who
occupied the four conspicuous places,
were alexander, Hannibal, Cesar, and
BOndpdrte. / had seen the same un-
numbered times before, but never did
the same sensation arise i'll my bosom,
as my mind hastily glanced over their
several histories.
Alcrander, after having climbed the
dizzy heights of his ambition, and with
his temples bound with chaplets Dip
ped i'm blood of countless nations, look
ed down upon a conquered world, and
wept that there was not another world
for him to conquer, set city on fire,
and died in a scene of debauch.
Hannibal, after having, to the as
tOnishmentandcoI coIsternation of Rome
passed the Alps-after having put to
flight the armies of this mistress of
the world" and stripped "three BUSH
els' of golden rings from the fingers of
her slaughtered knights, and made her
very foundation quake-fied from his
country, being hated by those who
once eXultingly united his name to
that of their God and called him Han
nibal-and died at last, by poison ad-
ministered by his own hands, unla
mented and unwept, in y foreign land.
CHsdr, after having conquered eight
hundred cities, and dyed his garments
i'm the blood of one million of his foes,
after having pursued so death the only
rival he had on earth, was miserab!y
assassinated by those he considered as
his nearest friends, and in that very
place, the attainment of which had
been his greatest ambition.
BORapdrte, whose mandate kings
and popes Obeyed, after having filled
the earth with the terror of his name
after having deluged Europe with tears
and blood, and clothed the world in
sackclOth- closed his days in lonely
banishment, almost literally eXiled
from the world, yet where he could
sometimes see his cOuntry's banner
waving over the deep, but which
would not, or could not bring him aid
Thus those four men, who, from the
peculiar situation of their portraits,
seemed to stand as the representatives
of all those who the world calls great
those four, who each in turn made
the earth tremble to its very centre by
their simple tread, severally died, one
by jntOxicatiOn, or, as some suppose,
by poison mingled in his wine-One Il
suicide murdered 10y his friends
and one lonely exile! "HOw are
the mighty fallen!'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-07
Ter rP-ofConcord nrasbvtor,

Brother P, of Concord presbytery
is fond of certain stereotyped express
sions which, in the excitement of the
moment, he sometimes applies rather
inappropriately. Once preachinga fu-
neral sermon, while the corpse lay be-
fore him, he exclaimed: Here, breth-
rem, we have before us living witness
and a standing monument of the frail
ty of human hopes!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-07

A good story of Gibbon is told i'm the
last volume of Moore's Memoirs" J,
The drdmdtis porsOnT were Lady
Elizabeth Foster, Gibbon, the historian,
and an eminent French physician
the historian and doctor being rivals i'm
courting the lady's favor. Impatient
at Gibbon occupying so much of her
attention by his conversation, the
doctor said GROSSLY to him, "When my
Lady Elizabeth Foster is made i'll by
your twaddle, i will cure her." On
which Gibhon, drawing himself up
grandly and looking disdainfully at
the physician, replied, "When my
Lady Elizabeth Foster is dead from
your recipes, Il will immortalize her"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-07

The story of Colley Cibber's first es-
tabiishment as hired actor at Dury-
lane theatre runs thus: He was known
only for some years by the name of
"Master COllcy." After waiting pa
tiently long time for the prompter's
notice, by good fortune he obtained the
honor of carrying message on the
stage, in some play, to Betterton.
Whatever was the cause, Master COlley
was SO terrified that the scene was dis
concerted by him. Bettertun asked, in
some anger, who the young fellow was
who committed the bIumler. Master
Colley, was the reply. Master Colley!
then forfeit him. Why, sir, said the
prompter, he has no salary. No? said
TIE old man. Why, then put him
down ten shillings week, and forfeit
him ftve.-One q Week.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-07

A married lady complained that her
husband had ill-used her. Her father
hearing it, boxed her ears. "Tell him."
said the father, "that if he beats my
daughter, will beat his wife" Rather
a pleasant prospect for lady.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-07

A miniature Dead Sea has been dis
covered i'm Nevada. 1t lies in an oval
basin, $50 feet below the surface.Of the
plain, the banks shelving down with
as much symmetry as if fashioned by
art. The water of this lake is impreg-
mated with soluble substances, mostly
borax, soda and salt, to a degree that
renders it repy with slime, and so dense
that person can float on it without
effort. This lake has no visible outlet
or inlet, but being of great depth is
thought to be fed 10y springs far down
it the earth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-07

The wife of an eminent Wierdtcur
thinks it very nice to have an author
for a husband. Whenever she feels
restless he reads her something he has
written, and in a few minutes she is in
a sound and refreshing slumber.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-07

The proportion of protesting Chris
tians to the population i'm this country
is one to eight. There are 81 900 clergy
men, and their average salary is 500.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-07

Nature is the domain of liberty
Humboldt.
Smyrna times., 1872-12-25

CAST LINE FOR YOURsELF.-A young
man stood listlessly watching some ang glers on
a bridge He was poor and detected. At last,
approaching a basket filed with wholesome
looking fish, he sighed:
IF now | had these | would be happy l
could sell them at fair price, and buy me
food and lodgings,
u will give you just as many and just as
good fish, said the owner, who CHANGED 10
overhcar his words, 4" if you will do me tri
'fAnd what is that" asked the other.
"Only to tend this line till come back. |
wish to 90 on a short errand.
The proposal was gladly accepted. The old
man was gone so long that the young man
began to be impatient. Meanwhile, the hun
CRY fish snapped greedily at the baited hook,
and the young man lost all his depression in
the excitement Of pulling them in and when
the owner of the line returned, be had caught
a large number. Counting out from them as
many as were in the basket, and presenting
them to the young man, the old fisherman
said:
81 fulfill my promise from the fish you have
caught to teach you whenever you see other'
earning what you need, to waste no time IL
fruitless wishing, but cast line for yourself.
Smyrna times., 1872-12-25

LOvE-The following is what some of the
old authors have to say about love!
Love seldom haunts the breast where learn
ing lies.-I0pe.
Hate makes us vehement partisans, but love
still more sO.-GOcHtc.
Ia love we are all fools alike.-Gdy.
Love, one time, layeth burdens; another
time, giveth wings.-Sir r. Sydney.
Love is the virtue of women-Duderdnt
In love, the deceit generally outstrips the dis
rust.-ROchctoucduM
Love is an affair of credulity. Ord.
Love at two-andtwenty is terribly intoxi'
eating draught. -Lu6ni.
Where love dwells is Paradise.
Love is precisely to the moral nature wha
the sun is to the earth.-Balzac.
Words of love are works OF love.-Alger.
Love as if you should hereafter hate, ant
hate as if you should hereafter love.-ChHO
When we love we live -Congrere.
Gold does not satisfy love: it must be paiC
in its own coin. .-Maddme Delay.
She that is loved is safe.-.Jeremy Taylor.
How shall do to love? Believe. How sha
| do to believe? Love.-LeightOn.
Love is an egotism of twO.-A. de La Sail
| could not love thee, dear, so much, loved
not honor more.-LorelGce.
Wish chastely and love dearly ShGksper
Love sacrifices all things to bless the thing
loves. .-Bultoer LyttOn.
Smyrna times., 1872-12-25
WHOLE NO. 921

AN AWFUL LONESOME MAN IN CALIFORNIA.
In the shanty which, in California's $ early
days did duty as Office for the banking, postal,
and express business of Wells, Fargo & Co.,
In Marysvile, there sat, on Saturday evening,
misanthropic and detected looking miner.
For over an hour he sat there the picture of
despair. Miners, came, left their dust"
took their coin in return, and exchange greet
ing with all present, save the one morose man.
Finally there entered a young miner, who, after
completing his business at the counter turned
to the agent in charge and remarked that on
the previous Saturday he had some dealings
with the bank, and thought that some mistake
had been made in his account.
Guess not, - said the agent.
| But upon the request of the miner, the ac-
count was looked at, and it was found that
through clerical error, the mlnsr had been
paid just $50 too much
That's just what l make il" said the
latter, and here's your money"
While this conversation was in progress, the
misanthropic miner had preserved his look of
utter Indifference; but when he saw the money
actually returned, he walked toward the honest
miner, and said:
Young man, don't you feel awful lonesome
in this country?"
Smyrna times., 1872-12-25
P0etrY.
A MANS A MAN FOR A. THAT.
BY CHARLES MACKAY.

"a mans man." said Robert Burns.
For a that and a that;
But though the song be clear and strong,
1t lacks note for a that.
The lout who'd shirk his daily work.
Yet claim his wage and a that;
Or beg, when he might earn his bread,
Is NOT man for a that.
II all who dine on homey fare
We're true and brave, and a that;
And none whose garb is " holden gray"
Was fool and knaVe. and a that =
The vice and crime that shame our time
Would fade and tall, aud a that,
And plowmen be as good as kings,
And churs as earls, for a that.
You see y0n brawny, clustering sOt,
Who swaggers, swears. and a that,
And thinks because his strong right arm
Might fell an OK and a that
That he's as noble, man Tor man,
As duke and lord a that
He's but brute, beyond dispute,
And NOT man for a that
man may own a large estate,
Have palace, park. aud q that,
anu not Tor Dlrtn, out honest WOrtnt
Be thrice a man for a that;
And Donald herding on the muir,
Who beats his wife, and a that,
Be nothing but rascal boor,
Nor half man for a that.
1t comes to this, dear Brother Burns
The trnth is old, and a that
" The rank is but the guineas stamp
The mans the gold Tor a that;
And though you'd put the mInted mark
On copper, brass, and a that,
The lie is gross, the cheat is plain,
And will not pass for a that.
For a that and a that,
'Tis soul, aud heart, and a that,
That makes the king gentleman,
And not his crown, and a that
And man with man, If rich poor,
The best is he tor a that
Who stands erect in self-respect,
And acts the man tor a that!
Smyrna times., 1872-12-25

"DAREs NO VIRTUE IN CUssIN Fairly in
the late war, when the Federal forces were
stationed at Beaufort, South Carolina, there
son. Lige waited upon nearly every officer at
the post, and each in turn, after giving him
the benefit of some hard language for his stu
pidity, turned him adrift. 1t happened that
Lige was witness in case that came before
cOurt-martial. Stand up, Ligc," said the
court. g Do you understand the nature of an
oath % Lige scratched his wool for moment,
and then, turning up the white Of his eyes,
replied: Look yeare, marse, dis Niger
has waited on bout halt de ossifers since dey
cum to dis place, and if he don't understand
de nature OBJ an oaf by dis time, den dares no
virtue in cussing"
Smyrna times., 1872-12-25
The Old, Old Story.

"SchOn Rohtraut" is the legend of kings
daughter of that name, who used to roam in
the wild woods, hunting and fishing, attended
only by her page,
The old, old story. She was so very beauti-
full-so near the page, and yet so far Can one
wonder that the youth grew sad and communed
with himself:
"Oh! that were kings sonI
ROhtraut-fair ROhtraut-l love thee sol
Lie still my heart"
But the heart would not lie STILL and it fell, on
a day as they rested under large oak tree,
that fair Rohtraut noticed the pages woe
begone, wistful looks, and laughed merry
laugh, and said: "Why do you look at me so
longingy? Kiss me, if you dare T. His
knees knocked together his color paled, all
his heart went out of him and settled in one
long kiss on those long lips and then, all
silently, they rode home together. But the
page laughed joyousy to himself-lor he said
" Vert thou made empress tomorrow it mat
ters not-fOr the thousand leaves in the forest
know | have kissed Schon Robtraut'
mouth"
Have we not all kissed Schon. Rohtraut'.
mouth? Unhappy she or he who has no tender
memories, no pleasant associations, OF which
none but the leaves of the forest wot. Surely
there are better things to people the mind will
| than the ghosts of cares and troubles that come
soon enough, and unlimited Shadowy as ghosts
they are, too, the "reminiscences. A pressure
ofthe hand-a whispering by moonligh ght--a looI
"a lock of hair-sn old song-any amount o
nonsense--and yet how dear That grim. griz
zled old bachelor has hardened in life's ham
mering, and is, to the worlds judgment,
greedy old skinhint, with no ideas beyond hi
money. And yet he has a soft corner in hi
heart; and many time, when you fancy hin
thinking of money bags, he is dreaming happil
of the long ago when he kissed Schon Roh
trauts mouth.
Smyrna times., 1872-12-25

A gentleman gave letter of introduction to
a student of music about to visit Leipsic,
Germany, who wished to put himself under
the instructions Of Professor =, a famous
teacher of music in that city. Upon the stu
dents return home the gentleman asked /:
"How did you like Professor --p oh,
wonderfully! He gave me fine lessons. But
he is a very singular man he kept praying all
the time he was teaching me" "Praying
what do you mean?" "Wel, while was
playing he clasped his hands, lifted his eyes to
the ceiling, and kept saying, Good Lord
what sin have l committed to deserve this
punishment
Smyrna times., 1872-12-25

The other day communication appeared IN
n Buffalo paper to the effect that notwithstand-
inc the number of eligible young, men in the
citv but few Of them ever took ladies' to an
entertainment. The young aristocracy OF the
city is in a ferment in consequence, and letters
without number are being written ON the SUD-
icct, both pIo and con.
Smyrna times., 1872-12-25

In a crowded tavern, Judge and an Irish
man were once obliged to room together.
" Now, Pat" said the judge, you would
have had to have stayed long time in Ireland
before you would have slept with Judge"
"Ay! ay! sir" answered Pat, 'an' yer
honor would have had to have stayed long
time in Ireland atore you'd been Judge"
Smyrna times., 1872-12-25

"You have been here long time, I sup
pose p said pompous English traveller to an
old hunter in Oregon, who had been acting as
his guide.
"You bet have!' said the hunter. And
then, pointing to Mount Hood, he continued:
" You see that mountain there? Well, sir,
when first came to this country that mountain
lcaS a hole az the ground"
Smyrna times., 1872-12-25

Youthful generosity was illustrated in Al
bany recently. A little boy, smeared all over
with molasses, came running up from the river
fourishng a dirty shinge, and screaming at
the top of his voice TO a comrade: "Oh, Bill!
Bill! get as many boys and shingles as you can,
for there's big hogsit of 'lasses busted on the
payement-busted all to smash"
Smyrna times., 1872-12-25

"Home is the place for boys" said Spinks
to his eldest pride and joy. "Yes," said the
youngster dutifully; L like TO stay at home
all the time, but ma sends me to school.