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Lydia Thompson,s wig.

The fair Lydia was interviewed at
length in ST. Louis by a Democrat re-
porter, who concluded his report in the
following lively style:
Her hair was worn en- pompadour, and
attracted the reporters attention.
"Do you wear wig, Miss Thomp-
son 2'' he asked.
''Why, no"
''sIs your hair bleached p
"Certainly not2 that is its natural col.
or"
"l've heard that you wear a wig.''
"You can try it, if you like" 'a
She took down her hair, and the re.
porter grasped it in both hands. He
put his foot on her shoulder and pulled
She cried Cor mercy, but he had made
up his mind not to let personal consid
erations stand in the way of his investi
cations in the cause of science
'Are you satisfied ?" she gasped.
"Not yet" he answered.
He took blight around the leg Of th'
table, and hauled.
81 think it's wigH he shouted, al
f, he took another turn.
The table leg br ike off short, but h'
caught the door-knob and pulled he
over a chair The chandelier caught hi
eye. and he threw the hair over it,
Hand over hand he hauled, and up sh'
went till her head touched the burner
Taking hitch around the sofa, he fol
ded his arms and stood contemplatin!
her." So ss
"Let me down. she demanded.
| "Do you own up to a wig ?"
| 81 do, l do"
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Il ! !
ARE; in operation, and in course of ,erec
tion; a new depot is to be built and it is
said tha: i've hundred houses will 90 up
in the North end of the city the coming
summer Enthusiastic citizens declare
that Coiumbus will have one hundred
thousand inhabitants within the next
ten years; this is undoubtedly high es--
|timate, bnt it may be reached. The
Hooking Valley coal is working this
marvellous change. Verify coal is King
these days. ass aa;,s !. ,,,;,,,.,,.. ~,
/ am not sufficiently tersed in the vo-
cabulary of dress to attempt AIN explana-
ton of the feminine costumes whichmeets
ones eyes wherever he may 60, but sim
ply wish to call the attention Of your fe-
male leaders to the latest style in doing
up the hair. Until the last few weeks it
was the proper thing to attach q great
|wad efAeapillary substance 20 the hack
portion Of the Uranium; all this is now
changed, and dame fashion DEGREES that
this awful bunch should be placed on the
topmost pinnacle of the head. In some
instances the, effect is lidicrous in the
extreme; for instance, Imagine dwarfed,
heavy weight girl with towering roll of
imitation hair on the apex of her head "a
jaunty, Aower-garden, ostrich-plumed
hat surmounting the pate, until that once
little, squatty, (excuse the word,) girl,
towers aloft like one of those Norwegian
! pines the poets are so fond Of mention.
ing; imagine all this, and you have the
"latest dodge in doing up the hair. As
! have remarked before, / know nothing
of dress, so as to speak Of their chan
ges, and notice this upward fight of the
hair only for its oddity. My better halt
tells me it is the Pompadour style of
putting up the hair, and l take it for
granted that she knows.
But have already overrun my space,
and will close by promising to write
something concerning the contingent ex-
penses Of our State officers ere long.
++'ts-a'a
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II candid review Of the reporteof
Judge Polan0's Committee, the MohaHk
Valley Register finds nothing .'creditab!e
to the intelligence or candorfof those
gentlemen, and thinks the supposilion
that .'eventhe most INNOCENT of those i'm,
plicated did not know that the object of
placing the Credit Mobilier shares was to
influence votes.is an insaIs TO the average
Members intelligence tasf
"Nr President" exclaii6ed d Mem.
Der of debating society, tour counsry's
fate looms darkling before us, without q
star above the horizon on which the pat,
riotic mariner can hang scintillation of
hope, but with ominous features Of fast.
coming doom gloomy aud draylcss as the
eyes of q tree toad perched upon, tho
I,opmost bough of barren poplar, en-
velopedFin an impenetfable fog ssi4
We are told of Justice Of The Peace
an old gentleman, in Bowling Green.
| Ny, who is quite u judicial marvel. H6
has, during bis official career, tried, one
thousand cases, and in but three Of these
were his judgments reversed. This, Tor
EaJusiice Of the Peace, is almost incrcdi
lie well-doins -
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cast a Line for Yourseif.

"A young man stood lifelessly watch
ing some anglers on bridge. He was
poor and detected. At last approaching
a basket filled with wholesome looking
fish, he sighed 50, /.
eff now had these, i would be hap
py. could sell them ct fair price,
and buy me food and lodging"
81 will give you just as many and just
as good fish, said the owner, who chanced
to over-hear his words, ''if you 90 me 9
favor" 1eH
"And what is thats" asked the other
"Only to tend this line till l come
back. / wish to 60 ON a short errand. v
The proposal was gladly accepted
The old man was gone SO long that the
young man began to be inpatient
Meanwhile, the hungry fish snapped
greedily at the hook, land the young MAI
lost all his depression in the excitemen
of pulling them in; and when the own
er Of the line returned, he had caught {
large number. Counting out from then
as many as were in the basket, and pre-
senting them to the young man. said:
81 fulfil my promise from the fish yot
have caught, to teach you whenever yol
see others earning what you need, tt
waste no time in fruitless wishing, bu
cast linefor yourself"
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w The origin of "chalking the hat
was due to Admiral Reside, in the days
when Congressman went numbering
over the distant States in stage coaches.
At the annual adjournment of Congress
Admiral Reside would pass his friends
of the two houses over his stage lines
after the following fashion: "Mr. c., !
suppose you are going back to iLexing-
tonp I will pass you through on my
coaches" "All right; but how will
your agents along the road know this
fact 7" "Just give me your hat" Up
on the tile being passed over. this Ma.
poleon of the stage, taking piece ol
chalk from his pocket, would dash off in
brilliant white. upon the black ground o
peculiar hieroglyphic, impossible to
counterfeit, and hand it back to the
owner with a remark: "Just show that
to my agents along the route"
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Men Wanted.


In 1856, when great reform was aeita-
ting the people, DrsL G. Holland pub
lished alittle poem which we herewith re,
produce as one Of. the topics Of this time
of stress and strain. 1t is as timely now
as in 1856: s
God give Us mes. time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and
ready hands; Heli4a ~ sf
Men whom the lust Of Office does not kill: .,
Men whom the spoils of Office cannot buy; )
Men who possess opinions and win; ,sa.
Men who have honor; men who,will not lie;
Men who can stand tsfSrs demagogue,
And damn his treachsrous batteries without
winking.
Tail mSn, sun-orcwned, who live above the
fog Assf'9 81
In public duty, and in private thinking; s
For, while the rabbls in their thumb-wotn
creeds,
Their large prof. ssions and their little deeds :
Mipgle in selfish strife, To- Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice
sleeps. 10
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A Successful Dodge.

We had visit from a book-peddling
female last week. She wished to dis
pose of book She was alone in the
world, and had no one to whom she
could turn for sympathy or assistance,
hence We should buy her book. She
was unmarried, and had no manly heart
in which she could pour her suferings
therefore we ought to invest in her
book. She had received liberal edu.
cation and could talk French like ma.
tive; we could not in consequence re-
fuse to pay her two dollars for book
She wanted to take lessons in music
from learned German professor, con.
sequently we must not decline buying a
book. We listened attentively, and here
broke in with, "What do you say p
We're deaf" She started in loud
voice and went through her rigmarole
When she had finished we went and got
a roll fpaper and made it into a speak
ing trumpet, placed one end in our eai
and told her to proceed. She nearly
burst blood vessel in her frantic efforts
to make herself heard She commen.
ced: II am alone in the world" 81,
doesn't make the slightest difference to
US. We are not alone; in fact, we arr
husband and father. Although this is
leap year, bigamy is not allowed in thi;
State We are net eligible to propo
sals." "Oh! what a fool this sman is
she. said in low tone; then at the toK
of her voice, 'sI don't want to marry
you. / want-to-s sell-a-b-o-o-k!"-
This last sentence was .howled. ave
don't want a cook" We blandly remark
ed sour wife does the cooking, and sht
wouldn't allow as cook looking a wo
man as you are to stay in, the hodss five
minutes. She's very jealous" Sh'
looked at US in despair Gathering he
robes about her, and giving US a glauci
of contempt, she exclaimed, 'I do be
lieve If three hundred podndet #ert
let off alongside that blamed old dea
fools head he'd think somebody wa
knocking at the door," and slung herseI
out and slammed the door with vehe
mence that awakened our Office boy
| who can sleep sound enough for q who'll
family. When she was gone we indul
ged in a demoniac laugh. She ism
likely to try to sell us book any more
Figaro.
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~A Pennsylvania editor lost a paw

EEA Pennsylvania editor lost pay
ing subscriber by death the other day
and this is the editorial obituary that
follows. eR
.Death seems to lurk behind every
rail fence and hay stack iii this vicinity
and lie in wait t6f our prominent and
choicest citizens. To-day we see it, to-
morrow We don't. All, who can tell
what week may bring forth in such .
blasted country as this Death has
again turned a fip-aap and come down
fat-footed in our midst, and sna,che,l
from amongst us one Of the best miver.
tsers We ever had. He possessed the
love, confidence aud esteem Of all who
knew him, and some who did not, and
save sleight poker debt to Mr.
did not owe cent in this world
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A young lady teacher i.lni Lawrence
Sunday School caught boy milling last
Sunday. What are you smiling al,
johnny Nothing, num- was the
answer II know better sa:hl the
teacher, severely. "Now tell me What it
was" Johnny looked frightened as he
stutteringly said: "I-I-s-see yer
n--newspapers s--sticking out, mum. !"
The teacher sat down suddenly and ar
ranged things. ef
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gV The Slippery Subscriber can
look collectors right in the eye and
swear he "never got copy" with the
last four numbers in his coat tail pocket.
We didn't know there was so much lit
tleness in men until we began publish
ing But the race of Slippery Subscri-
bers is not so very extensive You,
dear reader, engaged in perusing this
paper, with the noble and satisfying
consciousness that you Have paid for it,
do not belong to that class. And you
dear reader uneasy in the thought that
you are in arrears, but filed with praise
worthy determination to settle on the
first opportunity, We will not rank you
in this disagreeable ca,egory:-Fat Con
trtbutor
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-TTTT>7

EFA French woman recently died oi
neglect in the streets Of Florence who
was supposed TO be of low origin, but
who proved the daughter of noble in
high military position under the Bour-
bons. Upon the announcement of heI
death. the authorities took possession oI
her effects, and on forcing open the
drawer Of large box in her sleeping
room found it tfull Of sacks of gold
pieces; every box and drawer contained
quantities of gold, Government bonds
and bank stocks, and in her sh ,es,
whose soles were of extraordinary size
and, thickness, layers Of newly coined
gold pieces were found.
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grinding noise as of brick houses rub.
bing together. I fell up against the
frame house and hurt my elbow. /
knew what it was now. ard from mere
repertorial instinct, nothing clse,.. took.
out my watch and noted the time OF
day; at that moment q third and more
severer shock came; and as l reeled :
about on the pavement, trying to. keep
nv footing saw a sight, The entire,
front of a tall four story brick building
in Third street, sprang out ike q door
and fell sprawling across the street, ,rais-v >
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went the mau, and in less time than / !,
can tell it, the whole vehicle was dis
tributed in small fragments over three
hundred yards of street. Oac could
have fancied that somebody had fred 4
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EgThe good people of enlightened
England, who are at pains to point out
the vuIgarity and barbarity of this un-
happy country, should give some atten.
ton to the following paragraph in one
of their own papers relative to a areeenl
aogging In Newgate Prison:
"Fhe punishment was inflicted by two
Waidens of Holloway Prison, and the
back of each culprit was marked by q
broad crimson band where the 'cat hal
done its work. Watson, strongly
built man, although no doubt feeling
scutely the sting OF the cords, did no
utter cry. The others howled pite
ouslv."
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EE General Van Buren, chief of the
American Commission to the Interna-
tional Exposition, writes Superintend
ent John d. Philbrick, of Boston, that
he has utterly failed to secure the prep
arat'on of a model American school
room for the Vienna Exposition, and
has decided to take of the 100000 ap-
propria.ed by Government enough to
build and furnish with modern applian-
ces such room. The work now, in
stead of being done at home, will be
executed in Europe. and group twenty
six will have what the manager of the
Exposition desircd--a representation OF
the American school system.
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1t is said that one Of the jurors who
convicted McNulta objected to signing @
petition for his pardon, because his fa-
ther had the contract for building the
gallows. Business before pleasure, al
ways.S-jSa Louis Democrat
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DIED February. 1873, Of Credit .Mo7
hilier, tue party OF "moral IDEAS" and
immoral practices-aged II years.
awhile it lived it lived in clover,
And when it died it died all ovcr.s - =
It's last words were "d-n Oanss
Ames - Bellefontuias E.eamiaer. ss
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An Iowa doctor last week thoughtiess-
~ lanced pimple on patients nose
with bis vaccinating lancet. 1t took
beautifully, but tire patient says Chat
both for appearance anu comfort he
would almost as lief have small OK.
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The female justices of Wyoming are
getting profane, because about o-thirds
of the suits decided BY them are appealed
and the verdets sch aside.
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-17
Greatest Cattle Raiser in the World.

Sam1 w. Allen, a native of Ken
lucky, who has resided from infancy in
Texas, and is now a citizen of Harris
county, in that state, is the largest cat
tie raiser in the world. He is the owner
of the following ranches One ranch
grande-the largest on the continent
embraces an area of eighty miles long
and forty wide, and lies between the
Colorodo and Nevada rivers, extending
through the three counties of Matagor-
da, Lavacca and Jackson. On this one
ranch alone Mr.. Allen herds 10000
cattle. 2. The Home rancho, situated
in Harris county, pastures 10000, and
includes an area of little less than half
that of the Ranch grande. 3. The San
Bernardo ranch is in Fort Bend county,
and pastures 80, 600, making a grand to-
tai of two hundred and fifty thousand
head of cattle owned and handled nv
one man, and subsisted and fattened
upon the native grasses and sponta-
neous growth of a comparatively small
section of the great territory of Texas
Besides this prodigious number of cat
tie, there are three thousand horses,
which are kept constantly in use by
herders and branders, of whom at least
four hundred are employed by Mr..
Allen, at good wages. At low esti-
mate of ten dollars per head, the value
of Mr.. Aliens cattle may be put down
at 81, 500, 900 of his horses at $50, 600;
making total valuation of 80, $3.50, 900.
Sixty thousand calves are branded by
him every year to keep up this supply'
These amounts represent the capital of
the chief meat purvey of beef for the
city of New Orleaus and the adjacent
counties of the gulf coast, without esti-
mating the value of his lands, which
are more than ducal in extent if not in
value.-Keetucky Woman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-17
Chinese Mining.

All along the road on either side can
be seen nothing but brush and rough
lumber and shake shanties, in size
twelve by thirty feet, and shafts and
drifts with rough and ancient looking
windlasses, rockers, pans, pumps, and
other tools and equipments incident to
diggings of this class. All the tools
and fixtures used are old, and none of
the more improved and scientific are to
be seen in use. For example, they do
not even use our style of forge bellows,
but have a most ingenious and cheap
substitute in the form of an oblong box,
about three feet long, which is made on
the same principle as steam-chest, and
in the box is a piston-rod, which by
pulling out and pushing back again
elects blast of wind through a rude
looking iron nozzle, the whole worked
by two valves on either end of the box.
There is but ono white blacksmith
among about four to six thousand of
these mining Celestials, and the other
FORCES are run entirely by the Chinese
themselves. They do rot use our iron
anvils, but as a substitute species of
black granite stone, large fiat piece of
which they forge and point their picks
on, and when the stone is broken they
substitute new one and so on, thus
saving the expense of an anvil. They
are primitive in all their workings
around the shaft, and carry out or imi-
tate the ideas of the California miner of
over twenty We RS ago. We saw one
fellow washing his shirt and pants,
hanging then up on some tailings to
drv, and going around clad in his boots
until they were dry enough to wear. It
is indeed singular that, with all their
awkardness and ignorance of mining,
they can make such wages as they are
certainly doing. (C0L.) Nc1'-
clLrN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-17
Habits of Exercise of Great Authors.

Nothing in the habits of Wordsworth,
that model of excellent habits, can be
better as an example to men of letters
than his love of pedestrian excursions.
Wherever he happened to be, he ex-
plored the whole neighborhood on foot,
looking into every nook and Granny of
it ; and not merely the immediate
neighborhood, but extended tracts of
country; and in this way he met with
much of his best material. Scott was
both a pedestrian and an equestrian
traveller, having often, as he tells us,
walked thirty miles or riden hundred
in those rich and beautiful districts
which afterward proved to him such a
mine of literary wealth. Goethe took
a wild delight in all sorts of physical
exercise, swimming in the lin by moon
light, skating with the merry little
Weimar court on the Schwansee, riding
about the country on horseback, and
becoming at times quite outrageous in
the rich exuberance of his energy.
Alexander Humboldt was delicate in
his youth, but the longing for great en-
terpises made him dread the hindrances
of physical insufficiency, so he accus-
toned his body to exercise and fatigue,
and prepared himself for those wonder
full explorations which opened his great
career. Here are intellectual lives
which were forwarded in their special
aims by habits of physical exercise !;
and in an earlier age, have we not also
the example of the greatest intellect of
a great epoch, the astonishing Leonardo
da Vinci, who took such a delight in
Craftsmanship that although, as Vasari
tells us, poverty visited him often, he
never could sell his horses or dismiss
his grooms i-HdnaDasrt