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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12
Joaquin Miller's Defense of the Mo
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In a criticism on Mr.. Joaquin Mil
ler's ''Life amongst the Modocs," the
London Standard says: He, the au-
thor, was himself, in habit, thought and
feeling, next to an Indian. Hence
the idiosynocrasy of his work. The red
man. he declares, can be the worst and
the best of human beings. Confessedly,
in it's published form, the narrative is a
romantic plea for the poor savage, who
shas no desire for wealth." who has
been corrupted solely by European in
fiuence, who only kills one stranger for
every hundred of his own race that fall,
and who has been extirpated by bar
barity styling itself civilization. With
respect to the fatal event of January,
1867. we have remarkable passage:
Possibly it was a massacre, but the
Indian account of it shows them to have
been as perfectly justified as ever one
human being can be for taking the life
of another.
81 have been from that day to this
charged with having led the Indians in
this massacre. I deny nothing; sim
ply tell what I know of this matter, as
briefly as possible, and let it pass.
"The massacre, as it is called, oc-
Cured in the first month of the year
1867. The whites we're besieged by the
Indians in a strong wooden house, a
perfect fortress. The Indians asked
them to surrender, offering to conduct
them safely to the settlements. They
felt secure, and laughed at the PROPOSE
tion. A long fight followed, in which
many Indians fell. At last the Indians
carried GREAT heaps of hay to the walls.
fired it, and the whites perished.'
The rest of the story is told in sim
liar spirit. There can be no mincing of
language over it. It is an apology for
the Modoc outrages. We are far from
suggesting that there is not view to
be taken of this miserable strife not
altogether favorable to the whites ; yet
even the writer discovered before long
that he must take the field against his
own allies.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12
A Battle in the Air.
A Terrific Combat Between Two Rocky
Mountain Eagles.

Mountain Eagles.
GA most terrific battle between two
birds, says the Virginia (Nev.) Noun
tanian of August IA, " occurred between
two large brown eagles in the vicinity
of the lakes above Virginia on last
| Wednesday evening. When first no.
| ticed, the birds were soaring, one above
| the other, at an altitude of perhaps
| three-fourths of mile, and seemed on
sail for pleasure. Presently the up
permOst bird, closing its broad wings, shot
! downward like meteor for two or three
hundred feet, and with wild, piercing
scream, lit fairly upon the back of the
other bird. Turning with the rapidity
of lightning the victim clutched its ad-
versary with talons and beak, and
fierce struggle ensued. The savage
yells, the striking of huge wings, and
showers of falling feathers, gave un-
mistakable evidence of the ferocity with
which the contest was waged.
Z" As they foug they fell earthward,
and when within five hundred feet of
the ground they became disentangled,
and each swooped upward again. Now
followed an interesting trial as to which
should first gain a sufficient altitude to
make another plunge. The circling of
the smaller was rapid and close, while
that of his antagonist was made with
greater limits, and his ascension was
quickest accomplished. The largest
eagle was soon fully one-half mile high,
and some hundreds of feet above his
victim. lowering in midair for a mo-
ment, as if making sure of his aim, he
again darted down upon his enemy,
striking him as before with force that
seemed sufficient to kill of itself. Again
they grappled and fought like winged
demons, whirling, falling, and striking
furiously for the space of two or three
minutes. They were now near the
largest of the lakes, and gradually de-
scending to the water. The struggle
of the smaller became less and
less fierce; he was getting weak,
and was evidently nearly vanquished,
while his more powerful aggressor
seemed to wage the battle with increased
vigor.
"Another moment and the conquer
ing monarch loosed his hold, and with
an exultant shout of victory scared up
ward. The battle was ended; his pris-
oner, limp and lifeless, fell into the
waters of the lake with a splash and
foated ON the surface without strug !
gle. We, with our companion, tried to
get the dead eagle, but were unable to
do so without swimming for it. Both |
birds were of very large size, the largest |
measuring, we think, twelve feet from
tip to tip. The spectacle was exciting
in the extreme, and the victory tragic
ally complete. The battle had likely |
commenced before we discovered them,
as it does not seem possible for one to
kill the other in so short a time, al |
though the fighting was terrific"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12
One of saratoga's Notables.

The mention of Sarah " gives me
another personal-about " the beautiful
Indian girl of the old encampment.
Her name is "Sarah," and some have
imagined that it was flom her that this
village got its original, or aboriginal,
name Saraghaga. Why the parents of
this sweet maiden should have chris
tened her "Sarah," unless to prevent
me writing poem about her, cannot
imagine. The name is not euphonious,
and cannot be made to rhyme with the
usual examinations. One might churn
out one stanza for instance:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

TREATMENT OF Stewardship how
many instances do servants, though liv-
ing under the same roof with us, share
none of our feelings nor we of theirs /;
their presence is felt as restraint we
know nothing about them but that they
perform certain set duties, and, in short,
they may be said to be a kind of live
furniture. There is something very re-
pugnant to Christianity in all this. Sure
ly there might be much more sympathy
between masters and servants without
endangering the good part OF our social
system. At any rate we may be certain
that fastidious reserve toward our fell
low-creatures is not the way in which
true dignity or strength of mind will ev-
er manifest themselves in us.-ArthuT
HELMS
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UNSEEN.

At the spring of arch in the great north tower,
High up on the wall, is an angels head,
And beneath it is carven a lily flower,
With delicate wings at the side outspread.
They say that the sculptor wrought from the face
OF his youths lost love, Of his promised BRIDE
And when he had added the last sad grace
To the features, he dropped his chisel and died.
And the worshipers throng TO the shrine below,
And the slght-seers come with their curious cyCR,
But deep in the shadow where none may know
its beauty, the gem Of his carving lies.
Yet at early morn on a Iidsummer's day,
When the sun is far to the north, for the space
OF few short minutes, there falls ray
Through an amber pane on an angels face.
II wrought for the eye of God, and II seems
That He blesses the work Of the dead mans hand
With ray of the golden light that streams
On the lost that are found in the deafness land.
London Spectator.
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Divisibility of Matter.

Let us dissolve gramme of resin in
hundred times its weight Of alchohol,
then pour the clear solution into large
flask full of pure water, and shake it
brisklv. The resin is precipitated inthe
form of an impalpable and invisible
power, which does not precepitIbly cloud
face behind the flask, and let the light
strike it either from above or in front,
the liquid appears sky-biue. Yet, if
this mixture of water and alchohol, filled
with resinous dust, is examined with
the strongest microscope, nothing is
seen. The size of the grains of this
dust is much less than the ten-thOu-
sandth part of 1-25 of an inch. Moren
makes another experiment, proving in a
still more surprising way, the extreme
divisibility; of matter sulphur and oxy.
gen form a close combination, called,
by chemists, sulphuric-acid gas. 1t is
that colorless and suffocating vapor
thrown off when a sulphur-match is
burned. Moren confines a certain guam
tity of this gas in a receiver, places the
whole in dark medium. and sends
bright ray of light through it. At first
nothing is visible But very soon, in
the path of the luminous ray, we per-
ceive a delicate blue color. 1t is be-
cause the gas is decomposed by the
luminous waves, and the invisible par
ticles of sulphur, set, free, decompose
the light in turn. The blue of the va
por deepens, then it turns whitish, and,
at last, white cloud is produced. The
particles composing this cloud are still,
each by itself, invisible, even under
strong microscopes, and yet they are
infinitely more coarse than the primi-
tive atoms that occasioned the sky-blue
tint at first seen in the receiver. In
this experiment we pass, in steady pro-
gress, from the free atom of sulphur,
parted from the oxygen-atom by the
ether-waves, to a mass apparent to the
senses but, if this mass is made up OF
free molecules which defy the strongest
magnifers, what must be the particles
which have produced those very mole
cules ?-POpuJar Science Monthly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

VARIETY OF FooD.-The Scientific
American is of the opinion that we re-
quire variety in our food. 1t says ex-
perience has proved that, for some rea-
son unknown to science, variety is
essential to health after reaching the
age when we are free to choose our food.
The perpetual recurrence of the same
edibles, even though their number be
considerable, becomes in all periods
of life, except infancy, not only weari-
some, but positively injurious. Salt
pork, salt fish and potatoes, with pies,
poor bread and japan tea, are the sta
pies of food of thousands of families
during our long winters. 1t should be
understood how needful a change Of
diet is from time to time. Fresh vege-
tables, particularly in the country, are
readily obtained and preserved, and
should be unsparingly used. The edi-
BILE roots, as turnips, carrots, onions
and beets, and cabbages, are as well
worth preserving as the omnipresent
potato. All these vegetables need
thorough boiling, and more than they
generally get.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

The wages of labor, as the country
becomes settled, are gradually sinking
to a common average. A good mechanic
in New York earns $3.50 or "a day the
lead-miners of Missouri receive from 81
to 81 day while the daily pay of mi
ners in the territories seldom exceeds -
in gold or silver, and the difference in
prices and in the amount of comfort
which can be obtained for the money
rather leaves the advantage with the New
York mechanic. Agricultural laborers
are as well paid east as west. A useful
laborer in the east eau earn his $50 or
$50 month and board in winter, and 81
or $3.50 day in harvest-time. The
wes' ern farm hand, however, has the adj
vantage that he can take his 160 acres
and work for himself. As for the wages
of working men, the middle States seem
to have the advantage of the west.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12
BY HORsLEY BROS. & FIGUERs.
THE PRINTER.


BY C. b. ST. JOHN.
How little We ken,
Ye women and men,
By courtesy styled "gentle readers
OF how much you owe
To the noble Typo
And his army of folders and feeders!
The poet may sing
OF his lyrical string
Of his Muses., his Loves, and his Graces;
But ah he'd sing small,
If he warbled at ALL
We're 1t not for the chases and cases
Tue writer of fiction,
Whose beautiful dictiOn
Be8uiles the long evenings of WINTER
His mind would be left
Like a casket bereft
OF its key-if not picked by the printer!
The annalist too,
That brings to your view
The wonderful story of ages,
Would, sure, be as dumb
As clam num-
my, If nobody made up his pages!
Then whose doth read,
1 beg him take heed
To the lesson these stanZas convey him.
NlZ:-NOw that you know
What treasure you owe
To the Printer, be certain-to pay him!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

Dome ONES DUTY.-It is observed
that each person is competent to be
something which no one else can do.
The further we get on in life the more
noticeable does this become in refer
ence to ourselves and others. The
idiosyncracy, the aptitude is felt at first
only as a vague yearning. Inevitably,
in one or more points, our interests will
clash with those of our neighbors, even
when we are carrying out what we
deeply feel to be our appointed life
work. This clashing begets skepticism.
We ask ourselves again and again
whether it can really be our duty to
conflict with and pain others. By and
by we learn from experince that if, in
doing right, we give pain, it is not our
fault. No more our fault than the feel
ing of pain is the fault of him whom
we affect disagreeably. The doctrine of
fatalism has in it much that is incontro-
vertible, and may well be instanced to
this connection. By doing bravely and un-
swervingly what we feel drawn on to do,
we are sure to be doing well, no matter
how great the hue and cry raised against
us. Indeed, a disturbance caused by
any line of action is direct testimony to
the power and efficacy of such action.
The lesson taught by history in this re-
gard is one of the first to be distilled
from dry, isolated facts for the behoof
Of youthful learners. s.-GOLde7l Age.
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"Besting time, time, time.
In a sort of Runic rhyme.

The beating of each lash is doubtless
downward. that is, inward the effect
of which is a vacuum above, into which
the water presses through the external
pore. A second result of this down.
ward beating of the ella from a myriad
of cells is, the impulsion of the passing
water through the ramifcations leading
to the oscula. Thus the running of the
waters in the sponge's ancient Runic
rhyme" Every sponge, then, has a
very complete aquiferous system its
conduits, at the entrance of and along
which the busy one-lashed cells occupy
themselves forcing the water along; and
the oscula, which may be likened to the
outlets of sewers. During this circula-
ton of the fluid through the living
mass, the sarcode obtains its nourish-
ment, and the skeleton its growth by a
sort of absorption, or what is known to
the Psychologist as endOsmotic action OF
the cells. We have then mentioned
above three clearly specialized func-
tions, as represented respectively by the
inhalant pores, the exhalant Oscula, and
the uniciliated cells. And it is certainly
a matter of prime Importance that each
cell should have this single lash. In
fact, it raises it to the rank of pasha
with one tail, in community where all
are pashas of this dignity, and each one
a commissioner of the water department.,
and a commissionary of subsistence.
Both the oscula and pores can be
closed at the will of the animal but
the oscuIa are permanent apertures I;
whereas the pores are not constant, but
can be formed afresh whenever and
wherever required. ."-PopulGr Science
MO7lthLU
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

-Heine hated England and the Eng
lish. He said once " I am firmly con-
vinced that blaspheming Frenchman
is a spectacle more pleasing in the eyes
of the Lord than a praying English
man"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

Recent dispatches say that the Iowa
most publicly in Lafayette county, Mis-
souri,, and local paper at Sedalia re-
cords the passage through that city OF a
posse of armed men, "who created Tn
unusual commotion by marching sol
der fashion from the depot to the no.
tel" They were under command Of a
sheriff. and started of immediately to
capture the robbers. They evidently
believe in securing birds by plentiiully
sprinkling their tails with salt.
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Williams g. fowler,
Wholesale and Retail
DRUGGISTS.

fun supply OF Medicines, Paints Oils, Glass,
Wines and Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars, ETC., con-
stantly ON hand; also Garden Seeds.
Prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours
Of day and night. fel7-T
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

-" See here, Jack, 1 can't get the
darned thing open, is what Hartford
machinist said when hegot apostal card
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But the very wickedness. of Mecca
deepens real enthusiasm into severity
and wrath +; and every year there is a
steady back-water of bigotry into Tar
tary, British India, and the Soudan the
most distant lands being always the
most devout, as in Oriental empires the
outlying provinces always pay most taxes
to the crown WinlOOOd ReGde'S "Af-
Zicnn lSketch-bOOk.
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HISTORY WRITTEN IN SoNe.-It has
been well said that the history of most
European nations might be gathered
from their songs. This is pre-eminently
true of Great Britain. Every change in
our public mind or political state may
be traced for centuries through the
floating fragments of songs and ballads.
The destroying war of the roses, the
tumults of the reformation, the Span
ish armada and the protracted strife of
Cavalier and Roundhead, with its in
tervening fear of Catholicism, all have
been haunted, down to the revolution
of 1858, the Jacobite rebellion and the
death of Napoleon. It is strange to
meet in these old airs and rhymes the
themes that agitated perished genera
tions, and are now scarcely romem-
bered, but they are almost the only
medium through which glances can be
caught of the mental historyo the mas
ses, uurecorded as it is by either sage or
chronicler. Legislators, especially in
untaught and arbitrary times, often put
forth their powers against adverse songs.
TO-ddg
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

The New York World says the
bridegroom of the average Saratoga
wedding finds himself year after mar
riage "the father of miserable little
wretch of an infant, destined, perhaps
some quarter of a century hence, to be
himself the progenitor of an even infe-
rior edition of the race" The World
believes in taking physical vigor into
account when matches are made in
Heaven or at watering place.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

A good way to find out if there is
obnoxious gas n a we'll is TO lower your
mOther-in-law by rope.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

The ladies of Wyoming demard
that they shall have two representatives
in the legislature.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12
John Paul's Ambition.

In early youth it was the height of
my ambition to be stage-driver. Later
in life, when troubles multiplied upon
me and my consistent and edifying life
made me many enemies, the omnibus
driver became the object of my special
envy. He is perched so serenely on his
elevated box! On summer days, when
the sunshine is little too severe to be
pleasant, he can obtain an enormous
umbrella of some manufacturer anxious
to advertise his goods, by simply de-
posting a dollar, which dollar is re-
turned to him when he brings back the
umbrella. I have never been able to
borrow an umbrella on these terms.
And then if he sees an enemy crossing
the street he can pick him up on his
pole and carry him a block or two; if
he impales him it doesn't matter much,
omnibus-drivers are never hanged,
neither do they marry Nor is it ne
cessary that he wait for his enemy to
attempt to cross the street he can go
for him on the sidewalk, spear him on
balcony, lift him from a third-story
window, if he so choose. His horses
aid him willingly. When you see an
omnibus horse fix his eye on you, be-
Na1S you SI0 IL SOL6 IAtu. 1AO1S 10
no escape from his diabolical intentions,
and if you are particular about little
things, and want your name spelt right
out on the cOffin-plate, see the engraver
at once. Talk of blaek-horse cavalry
I would sooner face whole brigade of
them than stand the charge of a single
omnibus horse of any color whatever.
Think what the Six Hundred would
have done at Balaklava had they been
mounted on six hundred omnibuses
drawn by twelve hundred wall-eyed
horses If ever a charge of this kind
occurs, let me be its Tennyson. But
just now my ambition is to be the jockey
of the winning horse to ride past the
grand stand in streaked and speckled
raiment, with my hand over between
the horses ears, and everybody applaud
ing, ladies and all
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

Tho Pawnees have been passing
through the days of mourning for their
braves and squaws who were recently
massacred by the Sioux; but, with the
new moon, will arise and go for the
Sioux, with intent to do them considera-
ble bodily harm.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

CHOICE PEARS. The catalogue of fruits
of the American genealogical society gives
list of ninety-one varieties of pears with
their adaptation to different parts of
the country. The Bartlett leads the
list with votes from thirty states and
territories. Beurre d. Aniou comes
next with twenty-sk x votes; the Seckle
third with twenty-five votes Flemish
Beauty, Duchess d Angouleme and
Bloodgood stand nearly as high.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

But I don't see how one could get much
further. Her other name is g Reeves, p"
her age is sixteen, her hair is black,
long, and luxuriant, her eyes are like a
fawn's, and her teeth, well, if a man
had such teeth as hers, he could not be
blamed for taking them out at the din
ner-table occasionally, and passing them
around among his friends. Pretty
enough to eat even one who objected
to Johny-cake would not refuse an In
dian meal in such guise. She stands
behind a counter selling the bows who
stand around paying her silly compli-
ments, and 'arrowing up the feelings of
all. Wishing to say something striking
and original to her, / remarked that
she was pretty. From the fact that she
took it very compOsedly, infer that
she knew it before, and that perhaps
something of that kind had been said
to her previously. Withal she is very
well educated, and reads and writes
with graceful fuidity. She has trav-
eled. New York is not unknown to her,
and she has visited Washington. While
in Washington she saw Mrs. Grant, and
dined with her by special invitation. It
is strange how anxious all are to learn
Indian. Young men gather around to
that extent that her levees are longer
and more packed than any along the
Mississippi. Even the ladies are in
love with her, and quarrel as to who
shall adopt her. Lest there be any dis
turbance over the matter, I have con-
cluded to do that myself. Elderkin,
while here, spent all his time at the
encampment trying to make her believe
that he was her younger kin, an own
cousin. But can go to the encamp-
ment no more this personal will un-
doubtedly shut me out. FoI am not
sure that my pan is proof against hicko-
ry bows aud steel-headed arrows. Sa-
rah shoots remarkably we'll Il P09,1
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How sweet the looks that ladies bend
On whom their fayOrs fall

when you win the faverish-colored
gloves from them. Negotiations are
going on with purpose, and I hope
soon to be a jockey and with the jock
eys stand-the grandest stand of all, to
my thinking. At present my weight is
rather heavy, but I am drinking Ha-
thorn water, and shall either be losing
ghost or a winning jocBy in the end.
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MONUMENTS themselves memorials
need. .-Crdbbe.