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Romantic Life of a Greek Cook.

The death of Greek named Kinda
velonis has just been announced, and
the romance of his life merits passing
notice. He was formerly the courier
and cook of the well-known opera sing
er, Angelina Bosio Mile Bosio, when
young, had married in Denmark
Spaniard whom she found, few months
later on, to have been previously a
married man. Her chagrin and despair
were excessive. In her affection Kinda
velonis was truly sympathetic His en-
thusiasm gave him even the courage to
declare his love for the heart-brOken
cantatrice. At first Mile Bosio repelled
him, but later she consented to their
marriage on condition that they should
always live as brother and sister. The
marriage took place, but proved an un-
happy one, and Bosio died of a broken
heart. Xindavelonis, however, always
loved his wife truly, and, after her
death, erected a magnificent mausOleum
to her memory. The share of her for
tune, which fell on him, amounted to
600, 900 francs, and he made Paris his
home. There his benefcence to his
poor countrymen in Paris was SO prince
ly that the king of Greece knighted
him. His culinary tastes and talents
not having deserted him, the Greek am
basssdor and other notabilities did not
disdain to honor his entertainments by
their presence. Such was his interest
in France that her disasters and humil-
iations in the German war sent him
mad in London, 1870, and he was con-
signed to private lunatic asylum. A
cure having been effected, he was set at
liberty, but found that 100000 francs
had been abstracted from him during
the period of his arrangement. This
loss and other troubles led to second
loss of his reason, and this time all his
property, it is said, disappeared. So
that the Greek knight and once fortun-
ate cuisinier found little more than a
pauper's grave.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25
The Degeneration of the American
Stage.

In the marvellous growth of this eoun-
try and the rapid multiplication of
cities and towns capable, or ambitious
of being capable, of supporting thea
tres, must be found a principle cause of
the decline in the character of the dra-
ma. We have many more theatres than
formerly, but we have not so many ac-
tors who deserve to be called such.
Fifty years ago there were hardly more
than dozen established theatres in the
United States. Now there are hundreds
of such, to say nothing of the hundreds
of so-called 'fopera houses "and acade-
mics of music, which are found In
towns of from ten to twenty thousand
inhabitants, which invite travelling COM
panies, and so occupy great deal of
the time of members of the theatrical
profession. This enormous increase In
the number of theatres has made q de-
mand for actors and actresses quite be-
yond the supply of dramatic genius
that is to be found in the country.
Young men and women are apt to be
fascinated with the idea of the stage.
They think it is an easy and pleasant
profession, and they take to it with
little idea beyond that of having an
easy, pleasant life. Having no ambi-
ton beyond dressing well and being
paid well, it is not surprising that not
one in thousand develops any dramatic
genius. Young girls, who have not a
particle of dramitic feeling, can get en-
gagements at theatres because they are
handsome and have no delicacy about
exposing all their beauties to the pub
lie. The amount of decent talent and
honorable aspiration that has been kept
in the background to make room for
the hosts of immodest women, that are
demanded for merely show-pieces, can
never be guessed at. The dummy with
handsome leg, fully exhibited, draws
better pay than lady or gentleman
who happens to be endowed with mod
esty along with genius. All things con-
sidered, we may say we have no drama,
nowadays Miss Cushman, Mrs. Lam
der, Mr.. Jefferson, Mr.. Booth, Mr..
Davenport, Mr.. Sothern, Mr.. Wallack,
Mr.. Clark and a few others remain to
remind us of what has been, and to
bridge over this present chasm between
brilliant past and the brilliant future
that all must hope for. But the drama,
as an actual thing that inspires writers,
and excites ambition, in them as well as
in actors, is dead and the "blonde
burlesques" and dancing, in all their
effrontery, over its grave.-Phttddet-
DhiN Bulletin.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25
Origin of the Atlantic oozs.

The saltness of the sea is very ration
ally accounted for in the following way:
A constant distillation of pure water is
taking place from the enormous surface
of the ocean by the solar heat clouds
are formed, which drift in part over the
continents, and on coming into contact
with the necessary climatic conditions
fall as rain this in its turn filters drop
by drop through the soil, and forms the
springs which overflow and prodnce the
brooks and rivers. The water of the
latter, however, is no longer pure, but
is found on analysis to contain, on an
average, about OF grains of chlorine
per gallon, derived, no doubt, from the
soil, and probably in most cases in COM
bination with sodium. The water thus
charged with chlorides reaches the sea,
where it is subjected to the concentrat-
ing process described above, and so
time after time the soil is leached, the
chlorides dissolved out of it accumulat-
ing in the ocean. The same process ex-
plains the presence in sea water of car
Donate lime, which forms large part
of the ooze found covering the bottom
of the sea. Chlorides are not the only
solid constituents of spring and river
waters. For every grain of chloride,
such waters contain on an average from
six to eight grains of carbonate of lime.
This is swept down to the ocean the
carbonic acid in the water, by which
alone the carbonate of lime is rendered
soluble, is dissipated by the suns heat
at the surface of the sea, and the car
Donate of lime subsidies in fine particles
to the bottom, forming the impalpable
mud or ooze described as coating the
lower half of the recovered Atlantic Ca
BILE. This sediment is doubtless partly
made up of the chalky exuviB of ma
rine animal life, but that its bulk is
chiefly the product of a process like
that above described seems clear, since
on any other basis we are unable to ac-
count for the disposal of the enormous
quantity of carbonate of lime daily car
ried by rivers into the sea.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25
BEST TREES FOR TIMBER PIANrrS

BEST IREES FOR TIMBER PLANTING
At recent meeting of Illinois farmers
this subject was well discussed, and the
European laurel was considered the
most important acquisition our country
has ever obtained. tits of rapid growth
and adapts itself to a great variety of
soils and exposures, while the wood it
furnishes is of the very best quality,
and can be used for greater variety of
purposes than perhaps any other. Ex-
periments in England and Scotland have
proved that in durability it far exceeds
the famous British live oak, and it has
been found superior even to the ash for
the various purposes for which that
timber is used, being light and of su-
perior strength.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25
VOL, XVIII. NO. Al.

and dislocating the parts of the crust
is transformed into heat, by which, at
the places where the process goes on
with greatest energy, the material of
rock so crushed and of that adjacent to
it are heated even to fusion. The access
of water to such points determines VOL
canic eruption" Now, all this is not
mere theorizing. Mr.. Mallett does not
come before the scientific world with an
ingenious speculation. which may or
may not be confirmed by observation
and experiment. He has measured and
weighed the forces OF which he speaks
He Is able to tell precisely what pro-
portion of the actual energy which
must be developed as the earth con-
tracts is necessary for the production of
observed volcanic phenomena. 1t is
probable that nine-tenths of those who
have read these lines would be disposed
to think that the contraction of the
earth must be far too slow to produce
effects so stupendous as those which we
recognize in the volcano and the earth
quake. But Mr.. MalIett is able to
show, by calculations which cannot be
that less than one-fourth of
the heat at present annually lost by the
earth is sufficient to account for the to-
tai annual volcanic action, according to
the best data at present in our posses
sion.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25
The Skv.

Why is the blue sky so gTandly arch
ed above our heads? The ancient
Greeks supposed it to be a solid sub
stance, spread above the earth at an i'm
mense height, in which the sun, moon
and stars were set like diamonds in a
ring. The upper surface was laid with
gold-the pavement of the gods In
pagan countries somewhat similar mo-
tions still prevail. A converted heath
en- said he thought the sun, moon and
stars were holes in the solid sky,
through which came streaming down to
earth the brightness and glory Of the
heavenly world. But, in reality, the
sky is nothing more than the air we
breathe. Instead of the solid arch,
towering so many thousand miles above
us, where our childish fancy put it, the
blue sky is thing but the color of the
ocean of air in which we live and move.
As to the distance from us, it is all with
in three or four miles. For travellers,
who go upon high mountain tops, tell
us that they no longer see any blue sky
above them there, where the air is so
thin that they pant for breath, but only
the blackness of empty space. But, it
may be asked, why do we not see the
cOlOE Vi Dluo dlE Wneu We iDOh UP W
the ceiling of our rooms? Why do We
moi have blue sky in the house as well
as out of doors? The answer is, that
some substances, of which air is one, do
not show their color except in the mass.
Take piece of glass, pour upon 1t a
single drop of ink now press upon 1t
another piece Of glass, and hold them
both pressed together TO the light.
Scarcely any color of the ink can be
seen. The poet says:
"'ris distance lends enehantment to the view,
And robes the mountain with its azure bue'
But philosophy, that great enemy to
poetry, steps up, and tells us that it in
not the mountains blue we see. but
onlv the air, which, like n misty cur
tain, hangs between us and the noun
taina
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25

CHARCOAL FOR POULTRY. Tue benefit
which fowls derive from eating charcoal
is, ] believe, acknowledged. The meth
cd of putting it before them is, howev-
er, not well understood. Pounded
charcoal is not in the shape in which
fowls usually find their food, and con-
sequently is not very enticing to them.
have found that corn burnt on the
cob, and the refuse-which consists al
most entirely of the grains reduced to
charcoal, and still retaining their per-
feet shape-placed before them, is gree
dily eaten by them, with marked i'm
provement in their health, rs is shown
by the brighter color of their combs,
and their sooner producing a greater
average of eggs to the flock than before.
Poultry World.
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~a4@r-~-
TWO

One sang all day, more merry than the lark
That mounts the morning skies
One silent sat, and lifted patient eyes.
One heart kept happy time, from dawn to dark,
With all glad things that be
One, listless, throbbed alone to memory.
To one all blessed knowledge was revealed,
And love made clear the way ;
One thirsted, asked, and was denied AWAY.
To one glad, brief day, that slumber sealed
And kept invioate;
To one, long years, that only knew to wait.
Overland Masdbls-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25
SUMlfER AND WINTER.
ALICE CARY.


tne winter goes and the summer comes
ana the clouds descend in warm. wet showers.
4ne grass grows green where the frost has been
And waste and wayside is fringed with flowers
The winter goes snd the summer comes
And the merry blue birds twitter and triT
And the swallow sings on his steel-blue viuva
This way and that way at widest Will
The winter goes and the summer comea
And the swallow he swingeth no more Aloft
And the blue birds breast sweIls out Of her nest
And the horniest bill of them all grows soft
The'summer goes and the winter comes
And the daisy dies and the daffod1 dies
And the softest bin grows horny and still
And the days set dimly, and dimly rise:
The summer goes and the winter comes
And the red fires fade from the heart Of the rose
Aud the snow lies white where the grass was bright
And the wild wind bitterly blows and blows.
The winter comes and the winter stays
aye, cold and long, and long and cold,
Ana the pulses beat to the weary feet,
Ana the head feels sick and the heart grows old
The winter comes and the winter stays
And al the glory behind US lies
1he cheery light drops into the night,
And the sunw drifts our sightless eyes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25
LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

MRS. soUTHEY.
Pale flowers Pale perishing howersI
Ye're are types of precious things;
Types of those bitter moments
That fit, like life's enjoyment,
On rapid, rapid wings. ......
Oh precious, precious moments
Pale flowers, ye're types of those,
The saddest, sweetest, dearest,
Because like those, the nearest,
To an eternal close.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25

Let the young poet, however he
NAV believe Of his art that "all other
pleasures are not worth its pains" con-
slider what it is to call fire down from
Heaven to keep the pot boiling, before
ship as something free and easy. That
fire will not condescend to such Office,
though II come without asking, on GER
emonial days, to the free service of the
altaT. L0a0sH.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25

The man who carries lantern on q
dark night can have friends all around
him, walking safely by the help OF ltS
rays. and ne not defrauded. 80 he
who has the God-given light of hope in
his breast can help on many others in
this worlds darkness, not to his own
loss. but to their precious gain. -
Reeohcr
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25
A Cleveland (Ohio) woman who's

A Cleveland (Ohio) woman whose
son parts his hair in the middle, has
written to the Government to know if
she is not entitled to pension. The
chief of the pension bureau writes back
that she can not receive a pension un-
less he parts his hair down in scollops
on his forehead, and wears seal ring
on each little finger, in addition to his
first mentioned infrmity.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25
Cinchona Trees in India =.

In the plantation of the English gov
ernment on the Neilgherry hills, there
are about 2,600,O00 cinchonR trees,
which cover over $50 acres Of land. The
largest trees are thirty feet high with .
circumference Of three feet. The quan-
tity of 1896 pounds OF splendid bark
was sold last year, in London, at the
price of from 80 to GO cents per pound.
There was also furnished about 36, 900
pounds TO the Indian depots, 80 that
the proceeds amounted TO about 81, 900.
The capital invested by the govern
ment for the introduction of this i'm
portant tree will soon have been repaid
with interest. Hundreds of natives
have been cured Of fever annually with
the quinins obtained, and the object OF
the benehcient intention Of bringing the
antidote Of fever within reach OF the
poorest has been fully realized.
SALT ON WHEAT.-Having read that
salt was good to put on wheat, i
thought last spring / would try IL; so
on three acres Of my wheat / put one
parrel of salt, narrowing it in immedi-
ately after sowing the wheat. When
the wheat was about an inch or two
high / saw that il was full of chinch
bugs; but a slight shower coming about
that time, the bugs all disappeared, and
l think that it was owing 20 the salt.
The part of the field on which the salt
was ripened several days hefore the
other, and the straw was much stronger
and brighter But the good effect did
not stop here, for on threshing the
grain I got six bushels more per acre,
the berry plumper and brighter and the
price 12l cents bushel higher. Yield
on the unsalted wheat 20 bushels per
acre; on the salted 26 per acre. The
soil on which my wheat was planted is a
sandy one; but my son had good sue
cess in putting it on a clay soil. Sew
eral of my neighbors have tried IL, and
are well satisfied that IL is first-Tate for
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-25

Mrs. Collins said no more, yet, few
weeks later, Judge Carter did renew his
proposal for Eleanor's hand urged,
thereto by his own real affeetion for
her, and emboldened to make this sec
ond essay by few hints from Mrs. Col
Inns. In the mean time Eleanor's SEN
sitiveness as to her dependent position,
and her sister-in-law' constant itera-
tion that the true basis for happiness in
marriage was respect and friendship,
had their influence on the girl. She
was too honorable a woman, however,
to pretend an emotion which she did
not feel.
81 do not love you as have always
thought woman should love the man
she makes her husband" she said to
her suitor; but do respect you and
like you. Your society is pleasant to
me, and if you are content with such
affection as 1 can give you, that which a
sister gives to her brother, will marry
you"
DO you love any one else? or have
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Cd. @ewaIL @upertntenbent.
8. 8. NanbaIL Iidet Msent.
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lhenfau BIC @erwirrung aufs tDhltt.
Olldliter Bciic beidrdnfte f!b lerr6
bus Geuer ouf ieinen WuSsan8sbeerr.
Bie man permutbet, 1T caS Gsusr eas
cur6 ent1auren, rab ni6t he nDtbiee
0pr1i6t a%nsewencst purre. ais aus
bonn @tacsl Strob CUR l~oseraatts fur
bic @ermunpeten entnomunen murre.
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lem llnalld5faQe Tam. tpurren iofcrt
bic n5tbioen Masreeeln sur 2ineeruns
pes un9lldsfaleS 8etrofen. 3abuoie
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Stunoe auf ben CUR ~@efe" flbrenten
@ts ; tie BON ort6eimfsbrenren ,uur"
ben NIT lnBRli@en Grasen %befdrmt.
Der Sammer wu1S, als in lan9enNeis
ben BON @asen lie SetleBtsn raberie<
bra9t wureen ; lit St5bnen cermil4te
fi9 nit ZEN Slasen Ter &~nsetSrisen,
hi, lei ben, matten 9idte Ter 2aternen
dneili6e traur:se Blide ra@ ibrcn2ie>
ben auslanoten. Die NuStebnunS ces
llneludefaueS last ji@ nod nidt feitz
itsusn ; cine Yerfon blisb icfort toet auf
Der unslid5Rdtts, mdbreno rrei lebsns>
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bducs untersebradt muyren, "a eeren
3ufaur e;nsn Transpprt ni9t 9eitat>
tst. Die 3atl Ter bieter setra6ten
Geylsbten rirr auf stma 40 anse8e>
ben.
Gin ipi.erer 8eritbt iaat: Bsi Der
aatatrppte III TI.tb baben cisr perlrs
men eos 2etsn einaetutt. Dir 3abl
Ger Germunocten tetrdAt 60, rarcn
truresn IS idwsr unp 81 lsid'ter csrz
lest. Sn lesterer }abl fine eie Arms
uno Beiabride nit inbs9riisr:.
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Nemeifer &p,net.

Der Nitronom 5siS in Mlnisr,
Wsafalen. beri9tet:
Nm %. Mu9uf wuroe auf Der unter
Sc @er1er's 9eituns ffebeneen Sternz
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tue9te fi@ na9 ben 8prterbeinen tes
erpben 8dren su. Montidein nerbin>
perte lit Der eriten ISOLDE res Septem<
ters bic Mufiu@uns beS 3umeten, Der
bel Ibneienbett re6 Monpes uno bel
tlarer Cuff NIT freiem Mu9e fi@tbar Qe>
rpe(en tpdre. Der Romet tepeet 1i@
I'M 9aufe te5 Wonots 5eptember tur@
baS Gternbilb oeS fleinen 25ren UNI
terbalb Der 5interfafe res sroBen 8i>
rem ; Ct tritt eeaen Mitte Res Monates
1T ba5 Sternbilb res srobsn25wen uno
nimn1t feline 8idtuns na9 Dem belIen
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Dem Sopfe rer Sunsfrau bin. Son
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BEN Strablen Der Come uno tleibt Ell
niee 3sit uni9ttar. SIM Monat &C.
tober, no er feline 9r5Bte 6sllioteit ent>
pidelt, blsibt CT fir uns un1dtbar.
miro aber BEN 8emoDnern Der iiicliden
GrrbdIfte in id6ner pra9t ftd 3eisen.
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@rpfes nn9lmH.

Nus 1artb, lit Bayern, i@reitt man
rpm 8. september:
Sn ]pltsr Ibsnefunpe rurpen beuts
Die 8ewpbner rer bieitaen Stact curd
bic aunee zines erdel;hea llnoladSz
faIes in Wufreauna psrleyt. Gin bic
flyer ssisllissr Gsrein, Die Balrmdn>
nfr", battcn gum bsltebten Ger9niiz
sunssp!ase uAlte 9eite" einen MusFug
osranltaltet, Ben, fid, anse!cdt eur9 bic
berrlide @itterune, Elm dueerft 3ablreiz
DIES putlitum anlaloe. Sn beiterer,
fr5blider S.immun9 Selfos Der Nat>
mittas. Oils sesen Geben llbr Itents
bic @eleQl9ait unter 8orantritt zines
WuFfsprps aus rem Wirtbi1afts9ar>
ten ;u lem naben1 burue sieben woQte,
brad bic eabin fibrsnre Brdde, perz
mutbli6 in Gulse Der i~termdEfaen 8e>
laituns our@ bic Menidsnmtnat, ar<
fanmen, bic aaf iEr 8sfneliden III pie
.1itfe ldlsucernr. 9srs,errsisenbey 3ouss
nner! Die unuerlebrt setlisbeuen Tbers
rebmer reS NuSFases firstsn berBtf
uno bsmiibten ft6, Zen in einemSnautI
oaliesenrsn Yetioncn baifrei9sn Bei<
fano su leilten. @dbrenp Nue nit.
ben Gsrunslidtsn bel9aitist ,saren,
erl@ou plSBli6 Ter &uf ~5eusr" !
Cine li9terlobe Glamme i@lus aus Ell
men, at, cas- Birtbldaftssebduce, rps
{elbf bereitS u,ebrere @erleBte ul1terse<
braat tparen, ansren3encea Stacel.
Selbfperfdnbli@ ities rurd pie(eu3mi
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Sebr quite Wele1euheit.

Dpansrfas, ben Is. SttSber. ipa in Der raid e,nror,
~tlIbsaben Gplpnie, ct. 8lprian. (4e IniisblunB res Neo.
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sref in Efeattider Scrfstseruns an bea Wtshthietsnten
p~ertauft rsrSen. Sermine tns: Die 6dlfte in ,Gafb'
uus bic aubere Saltte in 10 Wtpnaten. DaS 81 seriar~
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riau, iebe einen Mder erHs. nit einsm ;psinStiesn 6rantes
tauis 81 tsi 81 8us srre, III relteut let rier Mcaatsa Gin
isbr sintrdalidss Grrenis nnS grrsiitpnS geibIit E,blf
RrGbaus bst,ittfa nurfe.
B. KLAHOLZ, Administrator.
Slprenee, Nld., Scr 9. SO
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$685. Sarte1t,
299I3O7 Gt. Yeter, Mtfnn.