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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07

of France, then occupied by LIE Vener.
To this Maury replied he must first re-
turn home and see his kindred and
people, and would send final and de-
finite answer from Virginia. On arriv-
ing in his native State he felt that he
might yet contribute to aid in her re-
storation to prosperity; that he could
not leave his people forever in their
prostration. He gratefully declined the
offer of the great position in Paris, and
accepted a modest place in the Faculty
of the Military Institute of Virginia,
where he has ever since been occupied
in labors of grand utility to his people,
and to the whole country. Death
struck him down in the very execution
of what he considered the greatest
work of his great and useful life.
Many years ago, before the war, he
urged the establishment all over the
land, of a system of meteorological OBJ
servations like those he had caused to
be made over the seas, from which such
vast results have followed The war
and his exile interrupted his work, but
he was deeply impressed by it's impor-
tance, and has for more than year
dedicated to it all his energies. In
October last he returned from ST.
Louis, where he had delivered the
opening address to the Agricultural
Congress upon this great subject. He
was i'll when he reached his home in
Lexington, and has continued to sink
until Saturday, the 1st instant, when his
great intellect was quenched forever,
and another great Virginian went to his
rest. But none can tell the desolation
which now bears down that united,
'oving family circle of which he has
been the honored head for so many
years. While the world knows his
genius and its works, only his friends
and kindred can measure his goodness.
He was one of the tenderest, most
genial, kindly gentleman in all the re-
lations of life ever known. And his
family cling around him to the last
moment with the devotion his wisdom
and goodness had engendered in them
during their whole lives. He leaves
his widow and their seven sons and
daughters. The great sorrow of his
life was the mysterious loss Of his son,
Jorn Herndon Maury, who was cap
tured near Vicksburg in 1868, and
about whose subsequent fate no certain
history has ever been given Vicks-
burg Herald.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07
LOVE IN COTTAGE.

Uncle Caleb and Ruth his wife,
Caring little for outside weather,
Fifty years of their welded life
Spent in this tiny house together.
Messy the roof aud gray the wall,
Narrow the window, low the door;
But loves own sunlight hallowei IL all,
From RATED ceiliug to sanded hoor.
Silent to-day; bnt silver-sweet
Voices of children long ago,
Keeping time to their restless feet,
Followed the mother to and fro.
Scattered afar from east TO west,
Seeking their fortunes far aud wide,
No one stays in the olden nest,
Where such beautiful memories hide.
Stranger feet on the time-worn stair
Wake the echoes Of other days,
Stranger voices are lifted where
Caleb once turned the tune" Of praise
Caring naught for the desolate pain
OF the wind in the pine-tree tops,
Caring naught for the grieving rain
That sadly over them drops.
Needing as little the sumheam's kiss,
Falling sweet from the summers sky,
In q narrower house than this
Caleb aud Ruth together lie.
Up where the many mansions wait,
Is there, wonder, cottage small
Not too stately its pearly gate,
Not too shining it's golden wall
Where these two in peace abide?
Heaven we're none IL these must part
Caleb away from her gentle side,
Ruth afar from his faithful heart!
Hand IN hand from morning to night
Travelled these two the long earth-day;
Surely they walk through the fields Of lig
Hand in hand on the shining way.
Blsesed love of husband and wife,
Love that lasted through cares and fears,
Filling this pace W tn the chrism Of life,
Peace unclouded for fifty years
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07
Experiments in Curing Hay with Lime

Last summer / put about five tons of
hay in one sack, composed of about one
third each of timothy, clover and weeds.
Iput it up the same day it was cut, and
was quite green. sprinkled it pienti-
fully with lime, about half air slaked !;
it commenced to heat Immediately, and
got so hot that thought it would burn,
but in twenty-four hours it had cooled
off, 1t kept remarkably well, nodded
only where there were large stalks or
weeds. The cattle ate it but did not
like the lime. put the same amount
of hay in barn; this hay was better
cured and drier than the other. To this
1 added both lime and salt, but it dill
not keep as well as the other. The salt
appeared 20 take as much dampness as
the lime took up, which rendered it use
less. In another barn / put hay that
was we'll cured 1 added lime to it also /;
the horses did not relish it as well as
as that which had no lime, but the
horses appeared healthier, and have
less cough than when fed on hay that
was not lined.
would advise the use of lime only
in a freestOne country. 4 certain
amount of lime is necessary to make
bone for all animals, but in 4 limestone
country they often get too much, which
causes diseases of the intestines and
bladder. Ohio Farmer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07
One Drop of Evil.

"I don't see why you won't let me
play with Will Hunt, " pouted Walter
Kirk. "I know he does not always
mind his mother, and smokes cigars,
and once in while swears, Just little.
But l have been brought up better than
that. He won't hurt me. ! should
think you would trust me. I might do
him some good.
Walter" said his mother, take
this glass of pure, clear water, and put
lust one drop of ink in it."
"Oh, mother, who would have
thought one drop would blacken whole
glass so I"
eyes it has changed the color of the
whole, has it not =? It is shame to dc
that. just put drop of clear water in
it, and restore it's purity"
"Why. mother, you are laughing al
me One drop, nor dozen, nor fifty
won't do that"
"No, my son and therefore, / car
not allow one drop of Will Hunts evi
nature to mingle with your carefu
training, many drops of which will make
| no impression on him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07
A MODEL REPUBLIC
The Constitution OF Franc Some Jokes
ThierR.

on Thiers.
The Paris Figaro publishes some ex-
tracts from the Constitution of the
Republic in 1875, in which the following
remarkable articles occur:
Liberty of the Press-Inasmuch as
man possesses the natural right of ex-
pressing his thoughts by means of the
press or otherwise Art. l. Liberty of
the press is unlimited. Art. III. The
Ffoaro, the GdutOis, the Paris Journal,
the Pntric, the Constitutional. the
Ordre, the Pays, the Journal dc Paris,
the Courier de France, the FrGncGis,
the UniVers, the Monde, the Union, the
Gazette de France, etc, are interdicted
and suppressed, and their presses order
ed to be broken. Art. III. Every write
who publishes a reactionary article will
be condemned to the punishment of
death. Right of Meeting-Inasmuch as
men possess the inalienable and i'm
prescriptible right of meeting and taking
counsel together in regard to all that
concerns their interests, their labor, and
their opinions Art. l. The right OF
meeting and of association is unlimited,
and can be interfered with by no one.
Art. III. Whoever at meetlUg expresses
an opinion contrary to the maintenance
of a republican form of government will
be liable to the punishment of death.
Right of Suffrage--Inasmuch as every citi-
zen possesses the imprescriptible right tot
taking part in the affairs of his country
and endeavoring to give TO the state the
direction he thinks most useful and
salutary: Art. l. The right of suffrage
belongs to every citizen of the republic.
Art. III. The suffrage is entirely free,
independent of all control and of all
direction. Art. III Whoever votes for
reactionary candidate will be con-
demned to have his head cut off. Pun
ishment of Death -Inasmuch as it does
not belong to men assembled in fosiety,
and more than to men indiv; lually, to
dispose of the lives of their fellow
creatures Art. /. The punishment OF
death is abolished. Art. II. Whoever
processes an opinion contrary to this
doctrine will be condemned to have his
head cut off or to be shot.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07
Railroad Expenses per Mile, and
Fares.

The cost of running train one mile
in Massachusetts for the past year has
not averaged over 81 10, but owing to
different methods OF accounts the aver
age stated cost per train mile is Sl.al,
of which maintenance OF permanent
way, inclIding repairs of road, build
Ings, bridges, iron, etc, amounted 10
35.2 cents traffic expenses, including
fuel, salaries, repairs of rolling stock,
oil and waste, etc, to Sl.i cents, and
taxes and miscellaneous items amount
ed to l4.4 cents. The cost OF fuel was
I7.3 cents per train mile, repairs of To-
comotives were 9.6 cents, repairs ot pas
sengers cars 10 cents, repairs of ir, light
cars 1876 cents, oil and waste was 10
cents. On the other hand the gross
earnings on each passenger train we're
81 81 per mile, and upou freight train
Sl.SS; while the average gross income
on each train was Slsl per milo, and
and the net earnings were were 10 cents.
Meanwhile the average number ui pns-
sengers To each train was GS, and the
average number of tons OF freight was
67. In order, however 90 transport this
amount OF paying freight, IL would
seem that the corporations draw, mciu-
NlhR litlI AOtOilbAlNfNs iib A'"H AAAtih A7N'
tons of dead weight OF rolling stock for
each passenger and three tOns for each
ton of freight, so that the average
amount received for huuling loaded
freight trains, including both dead and
paying weights, does not appear To cN-
ceed seven mills per ton per mile. ! he
average fare charged per mile, ON al
the roads, was 2, 42G cents, ranging from
2. A mills per mile for season ticket pas
sengers for long distances, to ~ cents
per mile for single-trip passengers, ON
cert.in branch roads. Upon through
freights no general average can be
named, but these have ranged from l5l
to IL cents per mile, while local irri ht
have varied from 2.7l to 10 cents
These charges, however, include the
cost of hauling in each case: the aver
age charge for hauling each ton of
freight one mile has been 2Sl cents. IL
is satisfactory TO know that the increase
in freight tonnage has been lar ely due
to the increased volume ot western
produce seeking shipment 10 Europe.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07
The Evergreen of the Feelings.

A golden mine OF affection, of which
the smallest glimmer is scarcely visible,
lies buried in the breast until some
magic word reveals it, and then man
discovers his ancient treasure. To me
it is a delightful thought that, during
the proximity, the heart gathers mp IN
silence the nutriment of love, as the
diamond, even beneath water, imbibes
the light it emits. Time, which dead-
Is hltred, 8 cretly siren thens love :;
and in the hour of its threatened separa-
ton its growth is manifested at once IN
radiant brightness. One reason why
man fancies himself chilled by old age,
ia that he can then feel interested only
in higher objects than those which once
excited him. The lover of nature, the
preacher, the poet, the actor, or Il e
musician may, in declining years, find
themselves slightly affected by what
| delighted them in youth but this need
produce no fear that time will mar their
| sensibility to nature, art and love.
| Thou as we'll as may indeed weep less
| frequently than formerly at the theater
! or at concerts ; but Civ MS q truly cx-
| cellent piece and we cannot suppress
| the emotion it excites. Youth is like
unbleached wax which Inelts under
feeble sunbeams, while that which has
been whitened is scarcely warmed by
them. The mature or aged man avoids
those tears Which youth invites; because
in him they flow too hot, aud dry
too slowly. Select q man of my age
and of my heart with my lifelong want
of highland scenery, and conduct him tc
the valley of the Rhine. Bring him tc
that long, attractive, sea-like river,
flowing between Nine-clad hills on either
side, as between two regions of enchant-
ment, rejecting only scenes ofpleasure,
creating islands for the sake OF
Il lst ing them again in its ms; let alsc
a reflection OF the setting sun glow
upon its waters and surely youth would
be again mirrored in the old man, and
that still ocean Of infnity, which IN Tho
true and highest heaven permits us tc
look down.-Jean Paul Richter.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07

BY ROSE TERRY.
Love Is better than house OF lands;
80, Sir stephen, IN ride with thee!"
Qnck she steps where the courser stands,
Lgut she spring. % the saddle-tree.
Love is better thla ki,h or kin!
80 close she clU=g and so close clssped he,
Ihey heard no sob Of the bitter wind,
Nor the snow that shuddered along the lea.
Love is better than life or breath
The drifts arr over the horses knee;
Sofuy they sink b. the SGT cold death,
And the snow-shrnad folds them silently.
Houses and lands have gone for ave,
h'th aud kin ike the wild wind dee;
Life and breath have Hut uttsred away.
But love hatI b.J.SoEIed eternaly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07
TIE STOLEN KISS.

With blue eyes closed and head thrown back
Within the easy-chair sat Kitty.
Thought /. f" II now pair Of gloves
I may not win, twill be pity"
u as softly reached her side,
The red lips parted with a murmur:
And-oh, what oy!-ny name she breathed;
Within my heart grew hope still hrmner
"Dost love me. Kitty" whispered L
And soft in sleep came back her apewer.
al love tAee not =" 1 stood aRhast
Till love urged, Kiss her while YOU can. sir ~
But ah the blue eyes swift unclosed
And glanced at me with nlirth oerfowing.
Thought I, I'll let her think swhile
That I've heard something worth ths knowine. "
Then drawing near, slyIy said,
4" FAR maid, yoGr dreams have well behaved
you-r " ~''N
For shame = cried she, % to steal nav thourhts
And get my sleeping tongue to aid you I"
Al penitent, humbly said
" But ah! the secret in NV kaeniDy
Has made me sad - She answered fov.
'one never tells the truth while siSspinR!r
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07

English experience during the past
twenty years proves nothing more con-
clusively than the absolute feasibility
of consuming smoke in the furnaces OF
locomotives. More than two hundred
trains per day pass the Kings Cross
station of the London Underground
Railway, and yet no one has ever beer
heard to complain of smoke in the tun.
mel
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07

Texas seems to be the most financial
1y prosperous State in the South. Its
assessed valuation is 1920, $50, 524, which
forms the basis of an insignificant State
debt of 81, ,662, ,998, while there is q
balance of $254, 900 in the treasury:
The number of immigrants received
last year was 81, 600.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07
How Far we See.

Herschel was Of the opinion, that
with the telescope he used in those
researches in the heavens which inn
mortalized his name in the annals OF
science, he could penetrate i07 times
further than Sirius, assumed 20 be nt
least so far distant that the sun is near
nj hand in comparison. While cGplor-
ing with that instrument, 10000 starg
fitted by the object glass in one quarter
of an hour, and that subtended an angle
of only 10 deg, SO ali the worlds are
moving rapidly in space. Reckoning
from the limited zone thus inspected,
the whole celestial region could be
examined by giving time enough to tho
enterl rise, aud judging from lew
sections only within the scope Of assisted
vision, more than five billions Of fixed
stars might be reasonably sunposcd to
be recognizable, and could he seen with
modern improved intrum, nts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07

In Russia, every endeayOr ia being
made by the government TO advance and
diffnse knowledge in the arts and man
ufactures. With this object in view, no
less than fifteen exhibitions have within
the past few years been held alternate.
ly at st. Petersburg, Moscow and War.
saw. The exhibition of the prcscnt
year is devoted especially 10 the techn'-
cal arts, and is intended to for the nu-
cleus Of a national polytechnic mu-
seum
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07

SAUSAGE MEAT.-To thirty pounds of
meat put nine ounces OF salt and four OF
pepper, or to ten pounds OF meat gill
of salt and a gill each OF sage and pepper,
or half gill of sage and the same of
summer savory. Another rule is For
each pound of meat three teaspoonfuls
of powdered sage and one and II hall
of salt, one of pepper. The fat in sau-
sage should be about one-third of the
| lean meat.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07

WArzaY P)rirDEh-u potat'es nav
proven watery, put piece OF hme lh'9
the pot the size oil hen tRgi MI, NJ,
when the water IA poured Oh they VIII
be dry and mealy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07

Why is false friend like the letter
P? Because, though always first in
pity, he is ever last in help.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
Soldiers Reunion.

1t is cotemplated to hold n Reunion Of
all tho Vermont soldiers engaged in the
suppression of tho late rebellion at Rut-
land, on the 9th, Tth and 9Th days of
August next. The better to carry out
this design, ard make the occasion enjoy.
able and profitable, il is proposed to form
battalions BY counties, by cnlisting all
honorably discharged soldiers and FORM
ing them into companies. who will elect
their company officers. The companies
are to be formed into battalions by coun-
ties, and to be brigaded as thought de-
sirable. The railroads will carry for faro
one way, and incidental expenses of camp,
aside from r%ations, will not exceed 81. 90
per man. If anything. 1t is desirable that
all enlistments be completed by the 18th
of July, that the rolls may bc published,
and all soldiers may know whom Of their
companions they will meet. All soldiers
attending, mast belong to such organiza-
tion.
The "boys in blue" have started a fine
thing, and the occasion can eardly fail of
being the most pleasant and enjoyable
gathering ofthe season. Success to it,
and a full quota ofproft and pleasure to
all the soldier boys who may participate
in it!
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02


TnE vienna CoMmssIoN.-Maior G.
S. Blodgctt. the Vermont Commissioner
to the Vienna Exhibition, who returned
home last week. having returned in dis
gust, is entirely clear in the belief, as we
learn from the Burlington Free Press.
that Gen. Van Buren, has not been guilty
ofany corruption or dishonesty, and that
the worst charges hat can be sustained
against him arc lack of executive ability
and injudieious selection of his assistants.
He believes that "Gen." Meyer had been
''on tho make !" had sold restaurant per-
mits and building contracts. etc., and that
he was altogether an unsuitable person
for tho responsible place be was in. The
appointment ofStiasna, an Austrian, was
unfortunate, inasmuch as the authorities
there cannot recognize him, from his want
Of character. Ho believes Mr.. John jay,
the U. 5. Minister to Austria, to be at
tho bottom Of the row that he is a man
who will ruin when he cannot rule ; and
that his courss has brought unnecessary
disgrace upon the country. In labor.sav-
ing machinery and useful articles, he be-
lieves the American department will pres
snt, after all, a highly credltable show,
and one that will be surpassed by no other
nation.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02

There is more of the real taan the
poetic in the touching ballad which opeps
with "Mothcr, may | 60 out TO swim %
and closes with the gentle admonition,
''But don't 60 near the water" The
context proves tina. the heroine of the song
did not know how to swim and the fond
mother, while giving consent 10 her
daughters petition, laid uponhcr offspring
the sole condition that she was not to ven
turc in reach of the treacherous wave.
The ballad comes up to memory with a
very sharp moral now that we are on the
edge of the season for boating and bathing
accidents. For the next two months the
hunter for sensations will be able to
delight himself in reading Of those who
went out in a boat and were capsizcd and
drowned in sight Of their companions on
shore. Is there no hindrance that will
prevent thcfe accidents that just escape
mriting the title of suicidal2 People
know that currents arc swift and boats
frail that there are such realities as cramps
and currents that the person who cannot
swim has scarcely a chance for life in deep
water, and that the best swimmer is al
ways cautious yet they dare all risks for
pleasure or bravado. Life may be cheap
IN comparison with q summers enjoyment,
but every causaulty leaves a gap in some
household circle that is never filled up.
1t people will not exercise prudence on
their own behalf, they ought at least to
think OF the pang their recklessness may
lnfilct on those 10 whom they arc most
closely bound.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
NeNsI Gossip.

New poe, Offices are being establish
ed a, The rate Of n hundred daily.
Wager evidently did no, believe ia
the jurisdiction Of the authorities OF Al
fred jail.
The JuBita left tho Brooklyn Navy
yard on the POlans expedition on Monday
Of last week.
The brakeman Chase. who was
Knocked eft the stock train BY the covered
bridge jus, below PasumPsie' Is imPr'T'
ing fast
The trustees Of the Burlington Saw
ings Bank have voted 10 pay their dePO'-
i,Ors at tho rate Of per cent for the siI
months ending July LIST. The deposits
now amount to a little yer $1,000, 900.
Hon. Henry E. stOughtOu. Who died
in New YOak city on Thursday June H.
was for many years a residess OfChe'ter'
and studied profession with Hon. Luther
Adams. Of that town.
-ImpcuniOus swans will be GLAD 10
learn that they can use postal cards to
communicate with their sweet-hearis. ny
writing their message with skinned milk
The writing will be invisible until q
hot iron brings out the burning words.
We regret to learn Of the retirement
Of NJ. j. S. d. Taylor from the firm o.
Clark & Taylor, publishers of the St. Al
bans Messenger. LII health is the occa'
sion Of Mr.. TaylOr's retirement. The pa
per will be conducted in future with Col
Clark rs editor, assisted BY Mr.. d. W
Dixon.
Hiram Powers, the famous sculptor
whose death is announced, was born IL
Woodstock July 30, 1905. In 1888 h
produced an ideal statue of Eve, rro
nounced by Thorvaldsen a work which
any sculptor might be proud to claim a
his masterpiece. In 1889 he finished th'
model of his most celebrated statue, tn
Greek Slave. MI. Powers had long beeI
in failing health, and lis death was no
unexpected.