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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-13
Where Marbles Come From.

Not far from Sslzburg, in Austria,
is a great mountain, which consists of
nothing but marble. The stone masons
cut out blocks and columns, take them
to the city and build palaces and fine
houses of them. But what becomes of
the little pieces that are broken off, and
which are so small that the great people
cannot use them? These are for the
children. Out of them are made play
ing marbles. How this is done let me
tell yOu.
From this same marble mountain
several brooks flow down into the val
lev below. Their waters rush swiftly
down from one shelf of rock to another,
and from countless little waterfalls.
By the side of those little falls numer-
GUS small mills have been placed. In
each of these the water drives a little
fiying-wheel. Underneath the barrel of
the wheel is a round grinding-st
This mi lstone turns in a stone trough,
into which fresh water is continually
spIashing. The larger bits of marble
are broken with hammer into rough,
angular pieces, about as large as wal
nuts. No child would care to play with
these stones they are sharp cornered,
jagged, and gray and dusty besides.
They are thrown into the stone mill
trough with water, and the milestone
begins to turn. Now the angular stones
have long, merry dance they hop,
and trip. and stumble over one another,
and whirl round, and round, and round
in circle they crash, and beat, and
CRATE upon each other all day and all
night long. At last they become SO
small that the milestone in the trough
takes no more hold of them, and the
little mill stands still. The milestone
is lifted-there they lie, hundred or
more, all together, and one just as pret
ty as another. They are perfectly
round all corners and roughness are
gone. The marbles now only need pol
ishing.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-13
A Romance of Two Continents.

Fifty years age a young English Off
Ger named Hendricks was travelling with
his sister in Italy where he met, wooed,
won and ran off with the charming
daughter of a rich and proud nobleman.
Even as the father of Desdemona dis
owned her, SO the italian count swore
never again to acknowledge his recreant
daughter. Nothing disturbed thereat,
she accompanied her husband to the
British dominions in North America,
thence to New York, where, after giving
birth to a daughter, she died. Hem
bricks, having thus lost his wife, gave
himself up to dissipation, but was so
mindful of his motherless infant as to
marry German woman who had taken
a fancy to the child. The girl grew to
maidenhood, receiving little education,
for the family was poor, and when still
young was married at Vincennes, In,
diana, to an Ohio river mate named
Hiram Titus They lived happily
enough until Titus died, when she re-
moved to Louisville, where she led if
not dissolute still not virtuous life.
Now the count, her grandfather, has
yielded to Heaven his vital trust, and as
sole lineal heir she has gone to Italy to
claim his title and wealth. The fortune
which thus falls 20 her is variousIy esti-
mated at from $500, 900 to $500, 600.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-13
Guizots Confession of Faith.

No one will be surprised to learn that
NJ. Guizot, when drawing up his last
instructions to his family, wished to pre-
face them by declaration of his Chris
tian faith. The first page of his will
ran thus
"I die in the bosom of the Reformed
Christian church of France, in which /
was born and in which congratulate
myself on having been born. In re-
naming always connected with her /
exercised the liberty of conscience which
she allows her members in their rela-
tions with God, and which she herself
invoked in establishing herself. ex-
amined, 1 doubted, believed that the
strength of the human mind was suffi-
cient to solve the problem presented
by the universe and man, and that the
strength of the human will was sufficient
to regulate mans life according to it's
law and to it's moral end. After having
long lived, acted and reflected, L re-
mained and still remain convinced that
the universe and man are neither of
them sufficient to explain and regulate
themselves naturally by the mere force
of fixed laws which preside over them
and of the human wills which are
brought into play. 1t is my profound
belief that God, who created the uni
verse and man, governs and preserves
or modifies them, whether by those gen
eral laws which we call natural laws,
whether by special acts which we call
supernatural, emanating, like the gen
eral laws, from His perfect and free wis
dom and from His infinite power, which
He has enabled us to recognize in their
effects and forbids us from being ac-
quainted with III their essence and de- |
sign. 1 thus returned to the conviction
in which / was graded, always firmly |
attached to the person and liberty which |
I have received from God, and which |
are my honor as we'll as my right on |
the earth, but again feeling myself a |
child in Gods hands, and sincerely re-
signed to SO large share of ignorance |
and weakness. / believe in God and |
adore Him, without attempting to com.
prehend Him. see him present and |
acting not only in the permanent gov
ernment of the universe and in the in
nermost life of mems souls, but in the |
history of human societies, especially
in the old and new testaments-monu-
ments of the divine revelation and ac-
tion by the mediation and sacrifice of
our Lord Jesus Christ, for the salvation
of the human race. bow before the
mysteries of the bible and the gospel,
and I hold aloof from scientific discus
sion and solutions, by which men have
to explain them. L trust that
God permits me to call myself Chris
tian, and am convinced that III the
light which I am about to enter, we
shall fully discern the purely human
origin and vanity of most of our dissen
sions here below on divine things"
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An Original Rembrandt.

A letter from Richmond, Va, says
Art circles here are in quite q little
fiutter over what is believed to be an
original work of Rembrandt, discovered
by one of our artists in a picture brought
to him to be cleaned and vanished.
After the accumulation of the dust of
years had been removed, this picture
was found to be color-sketch of Rem
brandt's famous group of Ahasuerus
and Esther, bearing his signature and
the date of 1889. Judging from the
characteristics of the sketch, all our
artists and connoisseurs agree that it
must have been done by the master
hand of Rembrandt himself, as a study
for his finished work. The owner OF
this was himself unconscious OF its true
character and value, and the history OF
how it came into his hands has not
been made known. 1t is said that this
coIor-sketch would fetch pretty round
sum in England or anywhere in Europe.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-13
Dry, Indeed!

Anhonest old farmer from the country
gave his recollections of the hot spell
as follows "It was so dry We couldn't
spare water to put In our whisky. The
grass was so dry that every time the
wind blew it few around like so much
ashes. There wasn't tear shed at a
funeral for month. The sun dried up
all the cattle, and burned off the hair
till they looked like Mexican dogs, and
the sheep all looked like poodle pup
pies, they shrank up SO. We had to
soak all our hogs to make them hold
swiIl, and if any cattle were killed in
the morning they'd be dried beef at
dark. The woods dried up so that the
farmers chopped seasoned timber all
through August, and there amt a
match through all the country-in fact,
no wedding since the widow Glenn
married old Baker three months ago.
What few grasshoppers are left are all
skin and legs, and didn't hear a tea
kettle sing for six weeks. We eat our
potatoes baked, they being all ready,
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The Results of Being Run Over in
Paris.

Lucy Hooper writes from Paris to the
Philadelphia Press "I have spoken
before of the odd law they have here,
by which a person, on being run over
while crossing the street, is obliged, if
not killed, to pay fine for obstructing
the public highway and a very pecu-
liar and oppressive instance of its en-
forcement came to my knowledge the
other day. A little child, the offspring
of poor couple residing in one of the
minor streets running out of the avenue
Josephine, while playing in the middle
of the street, was knocked down and
run over by passing carriage, and in
silently killed. The bereaved parents,
in addition to their sorrow for the loss
of their child, were condemned to pay q
fine of 100 francs, for not having kept
the child out of the street. It is a
marvel to me that somebody is not killed
every hour in the day in Paris, so nu-
merous are the vehicles, so reckless are
the drivers, and SO furious the pace at
which the horses are driven. There is
no law against fast driving here, and
pedestrians have no rights which chari-
oteers are bound to respect. Down
they will charge nt-blank at the
promenader who may be crossing the
street, shrieking Care = or Hay = but
never turning hand's-breadth either to
the right or to the left to avoid going
straight over him. The omnibus-dri-
vers are "a bad as the rest, and not long
ago lady was run over by a crowded
omnibus on the Rue du Faubourg st.
Honore, and so badly crushed that she
died in a few hours. I presume her
heirs had to pay fine to the city for the
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-13
"saratoga" at a Discount.

The recent consultations of railroad
magnates has resulted in war on that
class of trunks which look like kennels
for Newfoundland dogs. In other
words, a Saratoga" trunk must be
filled with nothing much more weighty
than gas if it escapes assessment. 1t
has been ordered that on and after the
first of November all baggage over
one hundred pounds in weight must be
paid for at the rate of fifteen per cent.
of frst-class passenger fare for the dis
tance travelled. In short, the railroad
companies do not propose TO do gene
raj moving business without some slight
compensation. It has become fashion
able for persons to leave bat very little
at home when they travel but, under
the new rule, there will probably be
change in the fashion so far as huge
piles of baggage upon q single ticket is
concerned
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-13
Ten Points of a Good Wife.

Robert Burns, the Scottish poet,
speaking of the qualities of a good
wife, divided them into ten parts. Four
parts he gave to 'good temper" two to
T" good sense" one "wit," one to
" beauty" (such as sweet face, eloquent
eyes, fine person, graceful carriage),
and the remaining two parts he divided
among other qualities belonging to or
attending on a good wife, such as for
tune, connection, education or accom-
plishments, family, and so on but, he
said, "Divide those two parts as you
please, remember that all these minor
proportions must be expressed by frac-
tions, for there is not any one of them
that is entitled to the dignity of an in
teger,"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-13
Cheap Ljehtning-R Rods.

An extraordinary account has ap-
peared in a French agricultural jour
nal, to the effect that straw forms ad-
mirable lightning conductors. 1t has
been observed that straw had the prop
erty of discharging Leyden jars with
out spark or explosion, and some one
in the neighborhood of Tarbes had the
idea of constructing straw lightning
conductors, which were formed by fas-
tening a wisp or rope of straw to deal
stick by means,of brass wire, and cap
ping the conductor with a copper point.
1t is asserted that the experiment has
been tried on a large scale around
Tarbes, Is eommunes having been pro-
vided with such straw conductors, only
one being erected for avery 20 arpents,
or 76O acres, and that the whole neigh
borhood has thus been preserved from
the effects, not only Of lightning, but of
hail also,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-13
SCENES OF MY YOUTH.
By EDWARD RAsLoN.

bh EDWARD hAsLoNs
Upon the spot where oft in youth I've stood, stand
And on the scenes Of long ago gaze.
While memry rushes backward DER the lapse Of
Recalling cherished joys of boyhOod days.
The grass upon the hill grows just as fresh and
bIit6e and hsPpy youth, I wandered free;
The little brook still murmurs on its way within
1t seems to sing a requiem 10 me.
The cooling summer winds are softly signing thro'
And with nay locks of whiteness gently play,
While from the distant clover fields, borne to me
scent the perfume of the new-rnown hay.
Ny feet now press the halowed spot where once nv
birthplace stood
An old log-house-sincs moldered to decay,
And looking, from my aged eyes unbidden start
OF tears, to know that it has passed away.
Within this little grove, beneath an old and gnarled
Remains the Seat hered from solid stone,
And sitting here in sadness, where often romped
realize that am all aIoneI
Yes, all alonei the onward march of time-the
Have taken youthful friends away fIonl me;
To some the path of life was ever strewn with
sweetest flowers,
To some twas clouded DER with misery.
There, to my my right, see mound with MOSES
And once again my eyes are filed with tears,
For there lies one hope to meet upon the un-
known shore
One whom fondIy loved in former years.
We did not love as children love: twas an undying
fame,
That fercely burned within each youthful breast;
And when she drOoped my heart was sad; but
when deaths angel came,
1t seemed as though my soul would ne'er find
rest.
The weeping-willow bends with mournful mien
above her tomb,
And seems to weep in unison with me;
The rare eIOtics planted there yield forth a sweet
perfume,
And birds pour out their plaintive melody.
irene, loved one, we shall meet, far far above
the skies,
To there renew the VOWS made in life;
Zen now my spirit from this mould of clay to
heaven flies,
To join you in the world e'er free from strife
Scenes Of my youth, farewell on thee never more
may gaze,
But while my feeble footsteps totter on,
Within my memory will be fresh remembrance to
the days
OF joy and sorrow now forever gone.
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A nhiId,a VIII.

Men often speak Of breaking the will
of a child but it seems TO me that they
better break the neck. The will needs
regulation, not destroying. j should as
soon break the leg of horse in training
him, as a child's will. / would disci-
pline and develop it into harmonious
proportions. never yet heard OF will
in itself too strong, more than an arm
too mighty, or a mind too oomPre-
hensive in its grasp, and too power
full in it's hold. The instruction
~ children should be such as an
innate. inspire, strain, but not 10 hew,
cut and carve for would always treat
a child as live tree, which was 10 be
helped to grow, never as dry, dead tim
ber TO be carved into this or that shape,
and 10 have certain holdings grooyed
upon il. A live tree, and not dead tim
Der is every little child.
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Peck's Rules and Regulations.

Upon entering this Office you are par
ticularly requested not to use the door
mat, as we wish to accumulate soil in
side for potato crop.
Please leave the door wide open, or,
should You forget yourself and close it,
slam it like thunder. (Winter arrange
ment.
If the proprietor is engaged in oon-
versation and it is your turn next,
please lean your chair against the wall
and whistle " Mulligan Guards; ;" if you
can't whistle, sing.
Never neglect an opportunity to i'm
prove your mind. If we are temporari-
fv absent sit on the desk, pick your
teeth with the gold pen and read the
letters. More may be found in the
right hand drawer.
Smoking is particularly agreeable. If
YOU are out of poor cigars we will lend
you pipe.
If you see any spittoons, please ex-
pectorate on the floor, as the former are
only for ornament.
Our Office hours for listening to So
licitors of church subscriptions are from
eleven to one, for book agents one to
three, advertising men all day. We
aJJ60Q TO our OWL UuSlu0SS dG uIBdGs
We need about $1,000,00O more of
life insurance. If you are acquainted
with any agent please send him in he
hasn't been here since yesterday.
Don't hesitate to ask for loan, the
larger the better but talk about some
thing else half an hour beforehand
time isn't worth cent year to us.
Persons having no especial business
with us will please call as often as their
health will permit, or send a doctors GER
tificate in case of absence.
Parties leaving date calendars will
oblige us by placing them for the pres
ent in the basket under the desk, or I'M
til we can get room with more COM
modious walls.
But collectors will hang statements
on the file and call on Saturday at four
a. m.
This store closes at three p. m. on
Saturdays.-St. Louis Republican.
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and we couldn't spare water to boil EN-.
All around the red-headed girls were
afraid to stir out of the house in day
light. Why, we had to haul water ali
summer to keep the ferry running, and
say, it'sgetting dry let's take suthin'." I"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-13

els that nankeen?" asked the great
Mencius as he carelessly examined the
robe that enfolded the bosom of the
fair Yau Sing. "No," replied the mas
ter calmly, "that's Pekin,"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-13
The shepherd's Crook.

You have seen pictures of shepherds
with the proverbial crook in their hands.
I didn't think party could be shep-
herd without this crook any more than
a man could be leader of an orchestra
W thout a pair of pants. was glad
that the first man whom saw tending
sheep carried one of these crooks. /
didn't know what q crook was for, but
always believed it was badge of the
occupation, whose origin could not
fathOm, handed down from century to
century since the time when sheep were
invented. Imagine my genuine disgust
when l saw this shepherd use the sacred
crook to capture the straying animals
by catching hold of one of their hind
legs and tripping them up. The awful
truth came upon me like flash, and l
sat down heavily, broken-hearted man.
l had thought it beautiful emblem,
and it proves TO be hind leg snatcher.
Thus foated the wind from another
sweet vision of youth. 1 must have
more salary, or will sink into an early
grave, ] fear DGnb1uy Ne5CS.
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sEHINGMACHINEs.

y
p. J. sTEER & SoF, ga Pc. ave., bet. ~ and eth
sewing Machines. These are really the simplest,
the swiffest, and lightest running Of any lock-
stitch machines ever yet made. They have no
~ all on the under thread. :
]. KARR, GO Pa. ave, Agent for HoEe's new i'm
proved Sewing Machines, which have no equal.
SILVER PLATERS.
RoBT.A. WHITEHAND, sO4 d. St., bet. sth and 9Th.
STAIR BUILDERS.
bRusT q PuhPHREY, stair Builders, cor. 9th and
q streets, near Patent Once.
STAMPING DEP0Ts.
MRS. ZYPPREcHT, 1e nth st. Also, Dress-maSing.
STATIONERY, SC.
BEN. +. FRENCH, SIS 18th St under Nat. Metropol-
ltan Bank, Stationery, &c. q specially.
STEAM AND GAS FILTERS.
ALEN. r. SHEPHERD q Co., $40 Pa. Az, bet. 9TH
and 10th SITS. See Plumbers and Gas Filters
TOBACCO AND CIGAR STORES.
j. WALLACE. s. High st., Gtn., and sos 7th ST. NJ W.
JANIS s. ToPHlM & Co., IS 7th st., next to Odd
Trunks, YalIses, Travelling Bags.
UMBRELLA6. CANES, dc.
CHAs. q. PEARCE, I4ls Pa. ave., bet. 1ith 15ths
WIN. ROGERS, 100 Nth ST., near Penna. avenue.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
J. s. HKEAULT SON, Importers, 100 E st. n. ".
WOOD AND COAL YARDS.
T. EDw. CLARK Co., e8 Louisiana avenue.
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Future Days.
DY B. III, WARNER

PY b. H. WARNER
- Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer,
Federal Buildings, corner Seventh and sts.N.W
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING
LOTS ON NORTH CAPITOL sTREET be
TWEEN AND STREETS NORTH, AND
ON z STREET, BETWEEN NORTH CAPITOL
sTREET AND NEW JERSEY AVENUE, AT
By virtue OF a deed of trust to Daniel L. Eaton.
dated September Is A. d. 1870, and duly recorded
washing on county, In the District of Columbia,
and also by decree of the Supreme Court Of said
District equity cause No. 325l, docket II substi-
tuting the undersigned trustees in place OF Daniel
party securei by said decd of trust, will SELL in
WEDNESDAY,; june 10, 1871, commencing al .
situate in the city of Wa'hingt,n, D. c., known
and described on the ground plan or plat Of said
city as lots numbered twonty-eight, Czs: twenty
a. thirty.three isl tIirty-foHr 81 thirty-ave
dEht tssj n chsres WiiSes' s96diSision in sqnsse
lots on No tn e street have front OF twenty COY
feet each, AMI those on North Capitol street u
front OF about twenty-four cd feet each.
ties ever offered in the city of Washington for a
profitable Investment.
Terms: One third cash; balance in six, a. twelve
d2) ana e,ght.en % months, for which the notes
OF mt in crest, scored by deed of trust, will be
taken. Ali conveyancing at the expense of the
purchafer or purchas RS One hundred dollars Will
be required as deposit on each lot at tie time of
sale IL the terms Of sale are not compiled with in
In days from the day Of SALE the trustee reserves
The right to ell the property q: the risk and cost
days' advertisement in some one or pore newspa-
pers published In the city IF Washington, d. C.
S GE4EG r. W SI sTTG5GE6bNEI' STrussees.
my6-WFASdS j, It. COl,DWELT, Salesman.
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By virtue Of deed Of trust to Daniel L. Eaton.
dated June ], 1871, and under = decree Vf the SUI
preme Court Of the District Of Columbia In equity
cause No. An, docket u. will sell At public AUG
ton on TUESDAY, May o. 1s7I Al $50 clock D. III
n front o. the premises all that piece or parcel Of
Known end designated as part OF lot numbered We,
e. IN square seven hundred anil siIty-thres C7GI)
Beginning for the same at point on Set ond street
east eighteen Qsl feet north Of the
OF said lot; running thence east eighty (80) feet
thence north eighteen (sl feet: thence wsst eighty
() feet TO Second street east; thence south alonl
the line OF Second street east eighteen w feet, tt
the place Of beRlnninR.
Terms: Twenty-Five hundred dollars, with Interest
at 10 per cent from December 1871, together with
premlun for Insurance and expenses OF sale in cash
and The balance in SIX tc) and twelve tl2l months,
for which the notes of the pu chaser bear ng inter
est from the day of the sale. and secured 10y deed
OF trust on the property sod, VIII be taken. de-
post Of SlC0 Will be required on the d " OF sale
All conveyancing at cost OF purchaser. II terms o.
sale are not complied with In hVs days the trust
reserve the right to resell the property, at the rIb
and cost Ofthe defIuting purchaser. after live ia
advertisement in some one OF the newspapers pub.
Iished in the city OF Wash.Esion; y. e.
GEO. W. STICkNEY, Z rr-,-.o.
j. W. ALVORD, AEustees'
myI-d6ds WORMLEY Z JOHNSON Auc,rs