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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-09-18
Fashionable Marriage in TripOli.

We called yesterday on the daughter
of a Mohammedan living in this city
(TripolD. Though the girl had been
married several days, she had never been
seen by her husband. He had only gone
to the mosque when the ceremony was
performed, she taking no part in it.
After the ceremony the bride usually
stays at her fathers house nine days,
during which time she sits In state,
decked in her finest dress and jewels,
receiving calls from her friends. Then
her ioy is at an end she must go to her
husband, take off her fine clothes and
become a perfect slave, subject to the
will of her cruel master. The parents
of this bride were very poor. Her
mother was dressed in little better than
rags. and was at the tGnguG washing
clothes. All the women of the brides
company had their hair plated full OF
cold coins these we're heirlooms, and
so greatly treasured that q woman vould
almost starve sooner than part with one
The present given by the family to the
bride was an elegant pale-blue brocade
silk dress and black silk embroidered
with gold. The former cost $3.50. The
bridegroom's presents were a sumptuous
lilac silk, heavily embroidered with
gold; earrings of pearl and gold, brace
let's as wide as a finger. During the
call she wore the bridegroom's presents.
The other dresses were hung spread out
on the wall.
We stopped at house below, accord
ing to custom, and sent word we were
coming. The bride returned answer
she would be most happy to salute ms.
After waiting about twenty minutes we
went up stairs, for she lived on the sec.
ond floor. She had not quite finished
her toilet, and sat on the floor before a
large mirror. surrounded by her finery.
As we entered she arose and saluted us,
and then returned composedly to her
dressing. OF all the strange and gbast'
ly sights, her face was the most wonder
full, as may well be imagined fiom the
way in which it was prepared.
First, hot wax was spread over the
whole face, which, when cool, was peel
ed off. This was done to remove all the
hair from the face. Then whiting was
rubbed on till the skin looked like mar.
BILE. Her eyebrows we're painted Jet
black, her lips and large spot on each
cheek painted brilliant red. On these
red spots on her forehead, and at the
corners of her mouth, gilt flowers were
pasted. Then over the whole face pow
dered sugar had been snapped, which
made it sparkle as with " diamond
dust" She wore pearl earrings, and
around her neck were q string of large
amber beads, three strings Of roped
pearls, and a curious necklace, which
we were privately told was borrowed for
the occasion. It was made of gold FIVE
pound pieces, overlapping each other
ike scales. The usual head dress was
covered with real and artificial flowers.
The finishing touch was put on in the
shape of piece of black wex heated
over the cdnOon until very hot, made
round and fat, and then stuck between
the eyes.-Dr. Jessulo's Syrian Home
Life.
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yet it is not known to this day whether
that pure and upright man, her hus-
band, had reason to find fault with her
or not. The horrible Byron scandal, so
recently revived by Mrs. Stowe, will
probably never be settled beyond
disnnta
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-09-18

An Ohio woman has just obtained
a verdict of 81 900 damages against a
railroad company, one of whose trains
ran over and mashed her foot. If the
company had not shown that there wasn't
room enough in the neighborhood for
the train and the foot both, the dam
ages would doubtless have been much
heavier.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-09-18
Undress Parade at a French Resort

Moncure D. Conway, writing from
Berck. a still pumative watering place
near Boulogne, says in the Cincinnati
Commercial Ladies may come, and
do come, with the smallest quantity of
luggage. Clothes are not wanted. The
fsh-women set the fashion and the
wealthiest visitors easily follow it. A
single thin garment falling from the
neck to little below the knee and q
pair of gayly worked slippers constitute
the entire costume at Berck. Stock
ings are unknown or at least if any
lady appears with stockings she is recog
nized as q new conner. It may require
twety-four hours for her prudery to
wear off at the end of that time she
will appear in as scanty a dress as the
rest. About half of them, indeed, dis
pense even with the slippers, and from
the window beside which I write can
see several groups playing croquet, the
gentlemen clad in snowy linen and
wearing red or blue caps, and the ladies
in hats and short bright-colored skirts,
but neither encumbered by shoes or
stockings. Oftentimes, however, the
wind blows the dry sand for miles over
the beach, and to prevent this from get
ting into eyes, glasses or spectacles
with wire -gauze frames are worn, which
on young and fair faces have a droll
effect. One would think also thai the
same sand would sting the lily-white
ankles and calves which are so freely
exposed, but if SO the effect is not
severe enough to induce their owners to
don the stocking. To these they have
an ineradicable antipathy, and one
likely to remain so long as the village
has to be reached only by seven kilo-
metres of staging away from the nearest
railway station"
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"A teacher, wishing to improve the
occasion, said to the boys at the conclu-
sion of strawberry festival, Have
you enjoyed these berries to-day 2
" Yes, SIR" came from all sides with
unmistakable hesrtiness. We'll, chill
dren. if you had seen these berries
growing in my garden, and had slipped
in through T. e gate without my leave,
and picked them from the vines, would
they have tasted as good ss now. 2
"No, SIR" was the prompt reply.
"Why not ?" Because, said n wide.
awake boy, "then. we shouldn't have
had sugar and cream with EN-"
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THE KINGS WELCOME TO ra1NGvA1IA.
From the Ioelandio of Mathlas.JOchumssOn.


With strong foot tread the holy ground.
Our snow-land's king, the lofty-hearted,
Who from thy royal home hast parted,
To greet these hills that guard us roundI
Our Freedoms scroll thy hand hat lent us,
The first of kings whom God has sent us,
Hail welcome to our country's heart
IL:
Lands father, here the Law@Mount viewI
Behold Gods work in all their vastness y
Where saw'st thou Freedoms fairer fastness,
With hre-heaved ramparts, waters blue?
Here sprang the sagas of our splendor;
Here every Iceland heart is tender;
God built this altar for his flock!
Here, as in thousand years of old,
Sound the same words, voice unended;
AS when their life and law defended a
The spearmen with their shields OF gold:
The same land yet the same speech givetb,
The ancient soul of Freedom liveth,
And hither king, we welcome thee
".
But now are past a thousand years.
As in the peoples memory boarded,
And in Gods volume stand recorded
Their strife and trial woes and fears;
Now let the hoIe of better ages
Be what thy presence. king presages-
Now let the prosperous time be sure
Our land to thee her thanks shall Yield
thousand years thy name be chanted,
Here, where the Hill of Law is planted.
'Twixt fiery fOunt and lava field
We pray All-Father, our dependence,
To bless thee and thy far defendants,
And those they rule, thousand years!
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ferred to seek other and distant fields
of labor. The union still has some
means left, and is extending aid to such
as wish to migrate to Canada, SO that
in this way the strike may finally prove
beneficial to some of its participants.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-09-18
A visitor to Omaha writes Of

country being alive with the potato
bug, the cricket, and several varieties
of grasshoppers. The crickets move
together by the million. seeming to be
guided in their course by a common
instinct. In their migrations they
cross streams. Before entering the wa
ter they seem TO hold a consultation :;
they follow the course of the current,
and on landing recommence their de-
vastations on the first edible vegetation
they find.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-09-18
Agriculture in Indian Territory.

From the journal of the fifth annual
session of the general council of the In
dian tribes of this territory we deduee
the following facts:
The Cherokees cultivate so, 900 acres,
the Choctaws 85, 900, Muscogees IS, 600,
and the Seminoles 10000. These are
the four largest tribes in the territory.
The productions are such as farmers of
the west usually cultivate. They are
enlarging their farms, improving their
houses, and giving particular attention
to orchards. They are advancing in
wealth by the increase of stock, both in
quality and numbers.
The six small tribes having reserva-
tions in the northwest corner of the
territory cultivate total area of $500
acres. The Wyandots, who only num-
ber 275 souls, cultivate but $50 acres /;
the Ottawas, 800; the Senecas, 600.
They are developing the farming inter
ests of the country rapidly. They use
gang plows, mowers and other agricul-
tural machinery. The Sacs and Foxes
have 900 acres the Osages, 1900; and
the Affiliated Bands, made up of all
tribes, nearly, have about 2, 1000 acres on
the extreme border. The report claims
that if these tribes are sustained in
their rights and privileges, that in few
years their agricultural department will
compare favorably with the states
bounding on the territory,
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The glance which one lovely NO.
man casts at another lovely woman
whose hustle exceeds her own is the
triumph of scorn, contempt and dispar-
agement.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-09-18

"A Galveston paper says that Texas
will produce this year between 500, 900
and 600, 900 bales of cotton. This il
better than gold mines.
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Velvet from Silk.

\ writer in the American Register, OF
Paris, says " An interesting study for
lady would be to find out to what
economical purposes the remains of her
faded toilet can be devoted For MANY
centuries ladies dresses were cast away
rs completely useless, but recent chem
ical and industrial discoveries have fur
nished the means of employing in a
useful manner scraps of wooden, linen.
and silken materials. Linen and cotton
rags have long formed the basis of the
manufacture of paper. Wcolen rags
are now unwOven and the wool, after
having been cleansed by chemical pro-
cesses, Is once more employed in the
manufacture of stuffs of an inferior
quality; and finally, when it is too much
worn to be of any use, it serves as a
poTerfnl manure. But until lately but
little use could be found for silk rags or
cuttings, the most precious of ali. A
very small quantity served to make the
thin, fine paper known as silk paper-
and the rest w.s thrown away as worth
less. A wealthy manufacturer of Man
ningham resolved to solve this problem
and after many years Of fruitless efforts.
IN which he expended large amount of
capital, he at last arrived at a satisfac-
tory result. He then established an i'm
mense manufactory, in which about
1000 wOrkmen are mployed daily, and
here, by new process, ali ihe old silks
are converted into rich, glossy velvet of
a texture as soft and as regular as any
velvet woven out of new silk. One of
the fashionable dressmakers of Paris
has purchased n large stock of the
velvets, which are likely to be extensive
ly employed during the coming winter.
owing to their superior beauty and
cheapness.
"A fair young lady in Waterbury
Conn.,, went to n drug stoie and told
the man to fix up one dose of castor
oil, and to mix it with something to
take the taste away. The man told her
10 wait. In a few minutes he asked
her If she would like a glass of soda.
She accepted the invitation and drank
the beverage. Presently she asked the
roller OF pills why he didn't give her
the on. The man smiled triumphautIy
aud said Madame, Won have taken
It. ] mixed a fearful dose with that
soda !" She turned pale, sank INTO a
chair, and gasped-" Immortal love
j wanted it for my mother-in-law !"
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

CID ALEXANDER,
Vt Atgorney-at-Iaw and Solicitor in Chancerys
Columbia, Tennessee.
once. Wl,iitborra Riocl Jan'y. 16 1y
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-26

HoN. ANDREW SLOAN, who was on
Tuesday awarded the seat in the House &C.
cupied by Hon. Morgan Rawls, from the
First district of Georgia, after contest, is
one of the youngest members of the present
Congress, being twenty eight years old in
June last. Before he was twenty -one years
old, he was elected solicitor of Henry coun-
ty, Ga. and has held the positions since of
deputy collector of customs at Savannah,
prosecuting attorney of the Circuit Court
ut Atlanta, assistant district attorney of the
United States for Georgia, and standing
master in chancery in the United States
Circuit Court for the Southern district of
Georgia, which position lie now holds.
Dir. Sloan is rather slightly built, has a fine,
frank expression and manner, is genial in
intercourse, and the ladies would set him
down as handsome man, as he is sue
cessful one at his age. Mr.. Sloan's speech,
which he was Unexpectedly called upon to
make in his own behalf gained him much
credit.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-26

visioa b uuaiaG1l ~. A. - i i6onetso
cftAs public sssvics - leaaiss. ~ eso-
rssaEy q tAe Treasury 3 stahesissd % n
hsne canes1ed nofss upto IL naxImun
limit d 4lo1 0o4o 90. Tha msss uiah.
dnwal without sutAcgity 10 dssezoy den
o. 70 do aay 81 vhicA would pesvsut their
subssquent ne did nos dezsasp ~ oalim-
tions q The 0ovssunent althoueh tksy
did Fslnain IN the Treasury vaulta anymoes
thAn ths deposit In he samc plsco a a
unsxpsadsd appsopsiatioa. Tia maximum
limit d this ela8 d ths clrcalatiae Ne
dium remained Tie sams q bsSore, whi]s
the authority torsissus nsw noto n paAcs
q those that might h cancSlsd implied
Tat Congress al nos iaisnd b disturb
hat maxinum. Al ~ same tina Il
must b rsmsmbsred that tie wlthdnwal
authorized under the 7act Of 1865 was mot
compulsory. TWAS On experimsntal acs, %
to SPEAK, intended - sstepping- seone to re-
sumption. When Coagress became ftisas-
sned. - we have explained. and The con-
traction threatened to disturb financial Il.
fairA the authority to withdrsw vas itself
withdrawn; but, q We have said, no pro-
vision was enacted 10 interibre with the 70
issue Of the notes TO BE- wifhdnwn. Thus,
We zee, that the act of the Administration
IL reissuing q the exigencies of the public
service-i. g., current demands upoa the
then depleted Treasury requirsd was fully
sustained By law, the cutlery ofthe Dsmoc-
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-26
MRS. NAY SATILLE.

The announcement of the departure in q
short time of Mrs. May Saville from Wash
ington, the scene Of her endeavors and Of
30 many of her triumphs during the last two
or three years, has been already announced
In our columns. There has already been
printed the graceful letters of number Of
the leading ladies of Washington society,
and Of the official society Of the country.
her complimentary benefit be-
fore she leaves the capital. The compli-
ment thus paid Mrs. Saville was as deserved
Is it Is rare. During the years that she has
been with us she has done more to elevate
Or: and the profession to which she belongs
than any lady who ever occupied
. similar position in this city.
Her refined and cultivated manners, sweet
ness Of disposition and attractions as lady
Of talent culture and education, have made
her welcome guest In our best society.
Mrs. 6aville Is true artist and to her the
patrons Of the National are indebted, more
than to perhaps anybody else, for the ex.
quisite taste which characterizes all it,
appointments and make It one of the hand.
soonest theatres In the United statea While
1t was rebuilding her suggestions were in.
valuable, and when the work Of the decora-
tor began her advice was implicitly fol-
lowed in all the interior arrangements.
Warrington owes It to M1. 6aville to make
the benefit which has been rendered to her
worthy Of her and Of it. No lady in her
profession has ever LEFT our city with 20
many wihes for her future success in the
broader and larger field she has chosen. :.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-26

+: Az ARTICLE on the sixth page, giving
some fActs and figures from the new Naval
sRegister, will be found of interest to large
Class Of our citizens. The aggregate num-
b,rof officers amounts to q little over two
thousand. Compared with the population
of the country and our marine interests, this
Is 0 mere handful.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-26
a REPORTER FOR THE "LNDE-
PENDENT PRESS"

The evidence given before the Investi-
eating Committee on Tuesday by Concrete
Smith developed the fact that he has been
one Of the sources of information pertain
ing to District matters on whom the elm
dependent press has acted. If any one
wants assurance Of that, let them read this
extract from Smiths own testimony.
"0nly my o,cn ssrmiss, he says That Is
all the foundation he admits he has for
foul accusation against public onacen:
9. You said that In the bids that you did
give to the board, or authorized to be given,
of $2.25 for one street and $285 for an
other, the reason you didn't get the con-
tract was the bids were too low that there
was no margin. What did you mean by
thati A. That was my impression.
Q. What did you mean by there being no
margini A. From the fact that the men
who bid higher got the work.
@ don't understand yet what you
meant by saying that there was no margin
no margin for WHAT A. Well, I suppose
that there was not enough profit to divide.
Q. Divide between whomi A. That I
don't knoso.
Q. What Is your reason for making that
statement mere 10 TINS c0mm1tteef "A. Ny
reason IS that think II had bid higher /
would have got that contract; that ID all.
g. For the reason, Is now understand
you to say, that there would have been Q
marginal profit which you could have divid-
ed with some onef A. With some one, re-,
sir; I don't kneW who that ono would
kaoe been.
Q. Who let the contractsf A. The
Board of Public Works.
@. Would there have been any division
between anybody else than the Board of
Public Works and you under those circum-
stancesf A. Ieant say.
Q. Have you any foundation whatever
for making such statement Z A. Only
my o,on surmiss, from the fact that was
the lowest bidder, and that was the pioneer
in the work, and that bids that were put
in by men who never laid foot Of that
work, at much higher figure, got the con-
tracts.
Q. And that Is your reason for giving
your suspicious to this committee; that II
you had put in your bid at larger rate, 30
that there would have been marginal
profit for division, you would have get the
contract A. That iseracfly my suspicion.
I have been told q don't know how true 1t
is) that in New York whef they make .
bid
The Chair man. That is not to come it.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-26

TIE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN west Of the
Rocky mountains "On the 7th instant
the Washington NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
doubled its size, and is now one Of the
largest Is it is one Of the best daily papers
in the world. We are pleased to note so
unmistalable an evidence of prosperity in
this sterling Republican journal Itshould
have circulation second to that of no news
paper in the United States "-Territorial
(Nepdda) Enterprise
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-26

member cf4h beapl my epoSe qynnee-
mont entsted into 81 vkic& you Wess %
obtaln any peculiar e. Pecja1 advaniagsf
A. None In the WoG1d. :, : 4 - s = > 4
20. The ArG spsoi1cutioa. euinse you
Substantially b thaS ~ hoard, IS ths pur-
pose Of aiding and sssisting you and your
assochte2 pvs yoa ~ HIT b ~ ID
material "a TIE sezests which Wes6 being
improved BY you under contfActs with the
board A good dsal has been sah haze
about the old material On Psnnsylvania ave
|nue. improved By you; jut ststs - the
committee whether Dat old nlAAsfiAl was d
any special value to you o. nosf A. Il WAS
not Of any special value. Tia old ma1srial
bad % be taken up Where the Board q
Public WORM used tAat material they tpok
Il up and carried Il away 10 their yards that
they called their property yardA In
this case they proposed to give me the Cd
material II would take Il out aAd remove
1t. I did take It up and removed b to an
adjacent street, and had IL broken with
hand hammer and put Il upon the street -
Q base or foundation for the pavement, and
used that with other stone for this FONDA
ton for asphalt pavement. I think the
hauling 81, 6rsaksnS b. AsAA. Sad A0sI-
ina back, ssos ~ spscioJ SdsdStG0s. ca
eepf that & goss ~ waterfall for IL seerk
sarlisr tAaa / could otherwise kdss gotten q. |"
To another charge. that the board secured
the passage Of the sewerage act To- sid Mr..
Evans and his associates, he testified thathe
had "no interest Whatever" IN the meas-
ure that he had not Zone dollars worth
9. Of interest" in the socalled "rsAl esease
"pool." II was also. charged that n.
Evans and his co-conspintofs were allowed
to use costly machinery" belonging TO
the board. To that he answers emphati-
cally: No, sir; had NY ossa stsom
!" rollers and 1t seas here long 6etors tRs
Board Of Public Work. had o~s.
Tho prosecution, or whatever It may be
called, broke down completely In the ex-
animation Of Mr.. Evana The charge Of
conspiracy in the light Of his testimony b
simply ridiculous He laid all his books
and papers before the counsel and the COM
mittce, and gave his testimony with . d.
rectness and clearness rarely given, either
In . court or an investigating committee.
His action in the entire matter shows him to
be what every one in the city admits he is
a man of rare intelligence. enterprise. and
business sagacity.