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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27
Mental Protection.

A number of mysterious manifesto
tions are traceable to the simple fact of
recurrence of impressions altogether in
dependently of the will. There are
others which are purely volitional, and
these constitute district class of hal
lucinatory phenomena. They are. illu-
sions produced by what l should call
the faculty of projection of objects that
have, been received from without by the
brain and fixed in it. We exercise this
faculty, naturally, when at will we re-
picture to ourselves, or project, what
we have seen, heard, felt, or otherwise
received by the senses. We recall
landscape we have surveyed, tune we
have heard, and the like aud if the
impression be correctly fixed in US, and
we will it to return, it comes back cor
rectly. In the act we project from us
that which we recall, and look at it, or
listen to it, as if it were again external
to us. This faculty, exalted to an un-
natural degree, is fruitful source of
illusion. Wigan supplies a striking IL
lustration of the kind in the case of an
eminent portrait painter who followed
Sir Joshua Reynolds. The painter III
question once produced three hundred
portraits from his own hand in one year.
When asked on what this peculiar pow
er of rapid work depended, he an
swered that when sitter came to him,
he looked at him attentively for half an
hour, sketching from time to time on
the canvas then he put away the can
vas and took another sitter. When
he wished to resume the first
portrait, he said : ST took the
man and put him in the chair,
where saw him as distinctly as if he
had been before me in his own proper
person. When / looked at the chair I
saw the man" After a while the pain
ter began to fail to discover the differ
ence between the real and the imagi-
nary sitters, so that he became actually
insane and remained in an asylum for
thirty years.. Then his mind was re-
stored to him, and he resumed the pen
ell; but the old evil threatened to re-
turn, and he once more forsook his art,
soon afterward to die Talma, the ac-
tor, had faculty of mental projection
equally singular with that possessed by
the artist whose history Wigan has re-
lated Talma could project before
himself the form of a human skeleton
with such perfection of detail that to
him the form was reality, and when
he stood before the foot-hghts he had
in his presence, in the theatre, an audi
ence of skeletons. Popular Science
ReUie1U.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27
The Ear, and How to Care For It.

The Popular Science Monthly says
that propably the most frequent way in
which the ear is impaired is by the at
tempt to clean it. It ought to be un-
derstood that the passage of the ear
does not require cleaning by us. Ma
ture undertakes that task, and in the
healthy state fulflls it perfectly. Her
means for cleaning the ear is the wax.
Perhaps the reader has never wondered
what becomes of the ear-wax. i will
tell him 1t dries up into thin, white
scales, and these peel off, one by one,
from the surface of the passage, and
fall out imperceptibly, leaving behind
them a perfectly clean, smooth surface.
In health the passage of the ear is nev-
er dirty but, if we attempt to clean it
we infallibly make it so. Hereby a
strange lack of justice, as it would
seem, which, however, has, no doubt,
deep justice at the bottom-the best
people, those who love cleanliness,
suffer most, and good and careful nurses
do a mischief negligent ones avoid.
Washing the ear out with soap and
water is bad it keeps the wax moist
when it ought to become dry and scaly,
increases its quantity unduly, and
makes it absorb the dust with which
the air always abounds. But the most
hurtful thing is introducing the corner
of the towel, screwed up, and twisting
it round. This does more harm to the
ears than all the other mistakes to-
gether. It drives down the wax upon
the membrane much more than it gets
out. Let any one who doubts this
make a tube like the passage, es-
pecially with the curves which it pos
sesses let him put thin membrane at
one end, smear the surface with sub
stance like the ear-wax, and then try
to get it out so by towel. But this
plan does much more mischief than
merely pressing down the wax. It ir-
ritates the passage, and makes it cast
off small fakes of skin, which dry up
and becore extremely hard, and these
are also hardly pressed down upon the
membrane. Often it is not only deaf
ness that ensues, but pain and infam-
nation, and then matter is formed
which the hard mass prevents from es-
Gaping, and the membrane becomes
diseased, and worse may follow. Wash
ing should extend only to the outer
surface, as far as the finger can reach.
1t is bad practice, also, to put cotton
wool soaked in laudanum or chloroform
into the ear for the relief of earache.
When child's ear becomes painful, as
it often does, everything should be
done to soothe it, and all strong, irri-
tating applications should be avoided.
Pieces of hot fig or onioH should not be
put in, but warm fannels should be ap-
pliei, with poppy fermentation, if the
pain should not soon subside. It should
be remembered that constantly covering
up the ear is adapted to injure it. On
the whole, men, in whom the ear is
habitually exposed, suffer, if anything,
less from ear-disease than women, in
whom it is often covered.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27
THE LAST SUPPER.
BIZ JOAQUIN MILLER.

"And when they had sung hymn they went ou
into the Mount of Olives.
What song sang the twelve with the Saviour
When finished the sacrament wine?
Were they bowed and subdued in behavior,
Or bold as made bold with a sign2 '
We're the hairy breasts strong and defiant?
We're the naked arms brawny and strong?
Were the bearded lips lifted reliant,
Thrust forth and full hardy with song?
What sang they? What sweet song of Zion,
With Christ in their midst like a crown?
While here sat Saint Peter, the lion;
And there, like lamb, with head down,
Sat Saint John, with his silken and raven
Rich hair on his shoulders, and eyes
Lifting up to the faces unshaven
Like q sensitive child's in surprise.
Was the song as strong fishermen swinging
Their nets full of hope to the sea?
Or low, like the ripple-wave, singing
Sea-songs on their loved Galilee?
Were they sad with foreshadow of sorrows,
Like the birds that sing low when the breezC
Is tip-tOe with a tale of tomorrow
Or earthquakes and sinking of Seas7
Ah soft was their song as the waves are
That fall in low musical means;
And sad should say the winds are
That blow by the white grave stones.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27
The Reigning House of Austria.

The reigning house of Austria is a
story of happy accidents. A young
Swiss count, poor and obscure, while
riding in the chase, comes to a river,
where he finds priest on foot, anxious
to cross the stream, but unable to do
SO. Having addressed the pious man
kindly, he learns that he is fastening to
administer the sacrament to a dying
parishioner, and thereon freely offers
his horse, on which the priest passes
over the river, and hastens to the
death-bed. Next day the horse is re-
but the count declines to receive it.
"God forbid" he exclaims, "that I
should again ride horse which has
carried my Savior ~ whereupon he re-
turns the animal as gift to the priest
and the church. In course of time the
priest becomes chaplain and conf
Dental adviser to the prince elector of
Mentz he remembers the pious count,
and pursuades his patron to name him
to the assembly of electors of the en-
pire. Inquiry having shown that the
count is as brave as he is pious, he is
chosen to be the monarch, and appears
in history as Rudolph, count of Haps-
burg-a word which we may translate
in connection with the good hap which
has generally attended the family.
This Rudolph has charming daughters,
they marry five powerful princes, and
the marrying-on, so to speak, of ma
tions becomes the structural growth of
Austrian dominion. The beauty of
Austrian arch-duchesses has been po-
litical element in the shaping of Eu-
rope, Napoleon, having conquered the
country, is satisfied to be paid with the
hand Of one of the pretty princesses,
instead of with milliards, the horrors
of Auterlitz ending in friendship be-
tween Austria and France which even
Solferino was not able to destroy.
There is, perhaps, no more attractive
queen in Europe, than she who has knit
together the thrones of Austria and
Belgium. -FTazer'S Magazine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27
VOL. XVIII. NO. so.
WILT THOU BEGIN THY LIFE AGAIN


't Wit thou begin thy life again,
woman of the whitening hair7
Become a child with shining train
Of angel-children in the air?
Wilt feel thy mothers kisses press
Those Graded warmly at her feet ?"
I" What find you my vanished Eden? Yes,
All, yes, my God 1t was sweet !"
"Wilt thou in blissful faith resume
Thy sire's fond shelter as of old,
While, breathing innocent perfume,
The white flowers of thy life enfold7
Back to thy vernal happiness,
Fly like bird on pinions heet2"
"Might but that joy Continue,-yes,
All, yes, my God! 1t was so sweet J"
Wilt thou unlearn thy sorrow lore,
And shyly keep life's leaves between,
And, feeding youngest hopes once more,
Forget the winters thou hast seen ?
The daisied banks, the dove Of peace,
The morning freshness round thy track;
Shall these return7" "My God ah, yes
All but the wayside graves give back ~
" Have, then, thy wish! Thy steps retrace
Flowers, perfume, song, be thine once more
Yet shall time lead thee to the place
OF tears as surely as before.
Rekindle PASSIONS fires, and view
Their ever baleful radiance !"
" "what light those earth-born flames anew?
All, no, my Saviori Take me hence~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

My own invention or imagination,
such as it is, / can most truthfully as
sure you, would never have served
me as it has but for the habit of COM
monplace, humble, patient, daily, tod
ing, drudging attention. Toe one ser
viceable, safe, certain, remunerative, at
tainable quality in every study and in
every pursuit is the quality of atten-
tion. Genius, vivacity. quickness of
ideas, will not always be commanded,
but attention, after due term of sub
missive service, always will. Like GER
tain plants which the poorest peasant
may grow in the poorest soil, it may
be cultivated by any one, and it is GER
tain in its own good season to bring
forth flower and fruit.-ChGS. Dickens.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

"A young man who was attending a
night writing-school at Danville, Ind,
was smitten by the charms OF a lady
present, and at the close of the school
pressed forward and asked if he might
escort her home. eyes" said she, eff
you will cary my little boy" He
wilted, and the young matron walked
home alone
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

The French nursery maid is fast
displacing Bridget in that capacity in
New York, and with her neat dress,
white cap, pretty face and black eyes,
forms fitting escort TO the groups of
neatly dressed children met with on the
fashionable avenues every fine after
noon,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

One of the young officers at the
lava he'd received letter from the girl
he left behind him, which contained
this tender paragraph :. "And if any
thing should happen to you, do make
some arrangement to have your halr
recovered and sent on. 1t is the exact
color of mine, and can't get pair Of
the right shade anywhere here"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

-Leprosy has turned up in New
Brunswick. A member of the Domin-
ion Parliament informed his incredu-
lous colleagues, recently, that it had
existed in a certain district of that
province for sixty years, and the local
authorities could not do more than CON
fine it in certain narrow limits. Ade-
quate Accommodations for those afflicted
are still wanting.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

"A Philadelphia mechanic proposes
to build steamships of one solid piece
of iron or steel, without a joint, by
welding the plates and frames, instead
Of using bolts or rivets.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

The police of New York have re-
quested all citizens intending to leave
their homes for summer sojourn to
give their names and the numbers of
their city residences to the central Office,
that their household goods may be
more vigilantly guarded during their
absence.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

"A man may conceal his name, his
age, the circumstances of his life, but
not his character. That is his spiritual
atmosphere, and is as inseparable from
him as the fragrance of rose from the
rose itself. In the glance of the eye, in
the tones of the voice, in mien and ges-
ture, character discloses itself. All the
CONF pany may be equally well dressed,
but not even child shall mistake Blue
Beard for Saint Nicholas, nor Circe for
Diana. Celia BIkrIeiOh,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

The average business of the New
York pick-pockets is said to amount to
from SIS, 900 to $4,000 per week.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

-Selfshness, when it is punished by
the world, is mostly punished because
it is connected with egotism. A man
may help himself to an exorbitant por-
ton of the good things of this life, if
he will only keep quiet about it, and
not obtrude himself upon peoples no
the room, and nobody grudges it to her,
because her purring satisfaction is not
loudly obtruded on the company. But
to bask like cat in the warmest place,
and scream like a parrot, will never do.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

To CLEAN FURNTTURE.-Take equal
parts of boiled linseed oil and spirits of
turpentine and apply sparingly with a
soft cloth. Canton flannel is best.
Wipe dry with a clean cloth. Guilt
frames may be vanished with common
white furniture varnish and afterwards
be cleaned without detriment, as easily
as any other article of vanished fur
nitnra
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

"A woman's soul is by nature beau
tiful fresco-painting, painted on rooms,
clothes, silver waters, and upon the
whole domestic estab ablishment. -Ritcher.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

STUPIDITY has its sublime as well as
genius, and he whe carries that quality
to absurdity has reached it, which is al
ways a source of pleasure to sensible
people. WSeL1sad.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

Our whole life is a startling moral.
There is never an instant's truce be-
tween virtue and vice. Goodness is the
only investment that never fails. -
TEOredH
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27
LAWYERS.

A II. HUGHES,
"A ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Columbia Tenuesses
VII attend all courts to be holden Tor Maury and
adioining counties.
Once, Whitthorne Block. feb24-TI
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

Chicken on shell, SAID an English
man, looking down the carte at Bos-
ton hotel that must be a delicacy.
Here, waiter, chicken on shell. The
waiter shortly after produced the Wand,
which was in the shape of eggs. The
Britisher was nonplused. Upon inquir-
ing what it meant, the waiter replied
that it was bad time of year for fresh
eggs. They advertised them as chicken
that there might be no mistake.
The philosopher should be a man
willing to listen to every suggestion but
determined to Judge for himself. He
should not be biased by appearances,
have no favorite hypothesis, be of no
school, and in doctrine have no master
He should not be a respecter of per-
sons, but of things. Truth should be
his primary object. If to these quail
tiles he added industry, he may indeed
hope to walk within the vail of the tenn
pie of Nature.-M Faraday.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27

CHARLES CLEAR
" ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Columbia, Tennessee.
Special attention given to the collection OF claims
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-07-24

MIR. E. B. CHAMBERS, editor of the
Glyndou Gazette, had, on Thursday,
an exciting adventure on the Vastly
deep: He was in light sail-boat with
bis wife on White Bear Lake, and
was two miles and a half out, when q
heavy gale espsized tho boat. Their
situation was noticed from the shore,
when Victor, commander Of the Lucy
Park, leaped into his boat, and with
all sail set, went to the rescue of the
periled quill'driver and his wife, who
were clinging to the wrecked boat.
They were rescued just in time, o. both
were much exhausted, and the high
waves rendered il almost impossible for
them to maintain their hold ON the
boat.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-07-24

SAYS the St. Paul Press: "There
is little Speculation in the wind
80 far as the Chippews land scrip is
concerned. One man, buying for him.
self, OF acting As the agent of . ring,
is buying up oil the scrip which can
DO found, paying asmal consideration
therefor. It promises to be- another
big thing which nowadays appear.
only another name for legalised robbery
or downright stealing" 1t seems
strange that there should be so many
opportunities for corruption in the use
Of Indian land scrip. An honest scrip
transaction is something seldom or
never heard of. That this degree of
fraud should be possible argues some.
thing radically wrong in the public
officials whose duty it is to pass upon
scrip.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-07-24

Some survi vors Ct the lost steam
ship Atlantic having begun suit in the
Supreme Court of New York against
the owners Of the Atlantic, to recover
the value of their baggage lost, and al
SO for injury done to themselves, the
Oceanic Steamship Company have fled
a petition in the United States District
Court, setting forth that they are ready
and willing to pay into court the
Of their interest in the steam
er..an the freight pending on the
voyage during which she was lost, and
asking that its liability be limited to
that amount. Judge Blair has granted
an order in conformity with tho petit
ton, and directed the Clerk of the
Court to take testimony in the mat
ter
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-07-24
A HERo.-On Thursday night as
dr. Stephen Chase, q constable of

A HERo.-On Thursday night as
Mr.. Stephen Chase, a constable Of
Washington township, Indiana, was
riding on horseback to his fathers,
he had occasion to cross the
track Of the Grand Rapids & Indiana
Railroad, and discovered that . a large
hickory tree had fallen directly across
the track in the woods. It was then
abeut dark, and a passenger train
would be along in two hours. he rode
to. his fathers, nearly quarter Of a
mile, procured an axe and cut off one
end Of; the tree, VIXEN the axe slipped
and went into his left foot, outing it
half of. ae rsmouuted the log, cut
off the tree, aud rolled it to one side,
leaving q clear passage for the train.
He then jumped on his horse and CAL
loped homo through the rain to look
after his foot. .. -
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-07-24

The Spanish government has OF.
dessd the, troops to shoot priests cap.
tursd with arms in their hands.
Tho whole Of the Geneva award from
Great Britain to tho United States,
Sig, 500, 0oo-will DO paid this month
and next. -. -. =. =. ..- :.
-AGrm.a family in Louiville, Of
eleven pe,sons, xas nearly poisoned .
death On Thursday night, with smoked
herring. 1.t> ;. 2sa%5 ..s2%-' !
mo peaches, few cherries and
grapes, md IN snti1s failure of black
berries, 10 the latest fruit report from
southern illinois,. 80. - ->...>
-Chambsra and seddons : will soon
puumel each other fer one Thousand
dollarss side within >. hundred miles
Of New York. # -. ~..:s>
Corn sells at SIS ton at Buffalo,
and hay At $50. T. is T., remarkable
condition Of things when hay is worth
double the price Of corn. .-,.- 49,.
Burlington, Ia . little girl
walked up to her dead mother, gsxed
upon tho body : few minutes, turned
away and expired almost instantly.
The Khan Of Khiva has signed
convention 70 PAY 100000 roubles
indemnity within ten years, in virtue
Of which he i confirmed on the
throne. Y :s-% .Sl s. r.. - &. i
+ On Sunday : young man, aged
seventeen, SWAN aoros ths Niagara,
starting from tho Maideet the Mist
landing. This feat ~ :nevsr before
accomplished. .=#.2 Is z*3>>:. ~ : :.
Queen Victoria, IL reply 20 Al ad-
dresa Of tho House Of Commons, says
she will endssvor to improve interna.
tional law, and establish : permanent
system Of arbitration for the settlement
Of difficulties between governments.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-07-24
TLETCHER. MERRIAM, BENTLEY.
HOY AND KEE0AN HELD FOR
TRIAL. -

On Tuesday the Dogberry court At
Fort Garry, otherwise known as Judge
Betourney, gave Its judgment in the
Gordon kidnapping case, committing
Michael Hoy, Owen Keegan, Loren
Fletcher, L. R. Bentley and George r.
Merriam to the common Jail Of the
Province until the October term Of the
Court.
A. Application was made yesterday
that the prisoners be released on bail,
but decision was reserved until To-
day.
The course of the Manitoba author.
tiles in this trial, from first to last, has
been simply outrageous, and the feel.
ings aroused on this side of the line
are by no means Of the most amaible
character. Il il to Be hoped the action
Of Judge Betourney will be carefully
reviewed by the government 1t Ottaws,
and justice done the prisoners who
have been made the objects Of bis stu.
pidlty and tho Attorney Generals GU.
pidity. Il. IL: Il. 81 s.=. ...@s. s#
The British Minister Thornton, at
Washington, has demanded the re-
moval Of Consul Taylor at Fort Garry.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-07-24
THE GORDON CASE At OTTAWA.
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Ar.
PEALEO TO.

Special Di:patch to A;nneepoEs Tribune.
OTTAWA, G. w., July 21.-A prom
inent New York lawyer, Strahan, is
here, at the instance of A. F. Roberts,
Esq, surety Of Gordon, endesvorlne to
get fair hearing for the case by the
Central Government. He had, previ.
GUS to leaving New York, examined
thoroughly the best law libraries of
that city, and found large number of
presidents for the arrest of Gordon,
many of them being On the soil Of Great
Britain. All the cases confirmed the
theory on which Mr.. Roberts special
police acted at Fort Garry-and none
Intending to establish the
principles of international law that one
nation is bound to enforce, the civil
contracts Of another, and that = bonds
man may capture his man anywhere.
At this hour Hon John A. Macdonald
premier is examining the case, and has
come to no decision.