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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
Necessity of Culture for the Wife.

The mothers heart can take care of it.
self. the mothers hands m st be busy
whatever her station in life. But the
mothers intellect has too often been
allowed to suffer and die, with no one
wise enough about her to lift warning
voice. And look at the results. The
children grow mp to young man and
Wbmanhood, secretly in their thought
less hearts despising her for her want
| of a wise and broad culture. She car
ried her brain into little tucks aud EN-
broidery to ornament their beautiful
childhood but for this they have no
thanks. The pretty lresses are worn
out; now they need mother who can
command their intellectual respect, and
teach them some of life's highest les
sons before they go out of the house
hold forever. Plain, strong clothing,
then, would have left time for loving,
strong wisdom nov. The husband, who
has been growing as men always grow
who are continually mingled with the
world, rubbed sharp and bright with
its frictions, and compelled to pick up
many chapters from it's varied expert
ences, may be still kind, loving, con-
siGerate to the faded, inanimate wife,
whose mind has remained stationary for
a score of years. But he must be rare
man if a very thorough contempt for
the female intellect does not worm itself
into some of the secret, inner chambers
of his soul. Has any wife a moral right
to suffer herself to be outgrown in char
acter by her husband? Cakes and jel.
lies may fall into the background, but
ideas, in the family economy, must rule
always above par. Working women
more than any other need the strength
and consolation which are to be derived
from wide field of ennobling thought,
need thorough and persistent self-edu-
cation, and all the dignity and respect.
fuI consideration which is always given
by rich and poor alike to well-culti-
waited intellect. The highest work which
can be done for ones family is teaching
them practically that the mind is Of
greater worth than the body. Little
children accustomed to see an honored
mother studying habitually, if only for
half an hour every day, must learn
early to respect the wisdom which is 60
highly priced. Is any woman ambitious
for her family? There is no better way
of steadily promoting their welfare.
Example is immensely better than pre-
cept, and she more influential than all
other teachers in forming their plant
characters. As mary plants turn the
face of every leaf ond petal TOW ard the
sun, so human being who early learns
that knowledge IS its own exceeding
great reward will turn toward it in
stinctively in every emergency. "No
distances are so great as moral dis
tances. ."-ReU. AYatOinette BldckUeU.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
Complimentary.

In a recent address ex-senator Doc.
little remarked: "Whatever may be
said in criticism of Mr.. Johnsons pub.
lie course, all parties agree that the
white house was never more gracefully
kept and presided over, than by his
daughter, Mrs. Patterson-a perfect Ia
dy, model of a republican mistress OF
the white house. Let me tell fact
which has never been published, but
which / had from the lady's own lips.
Just as she was about to leave, at the
end of Mr.. Johnson's administration,
the steward of the house took an inven-
tory, and found that not one article of
furniture was missing or broken, not a
sheet, towel or napkin was lost, and
the house was in perfect order from top
to bottom. She told me another fact,
which I know the wives and daughters
of the farmers of Wisconsin will be glad
to hear. When they went into the
white house she purchased two excel
lent COWS. From the milk of these
COWS she made all the butter, used all
the cream, and made all the ice cream
used in the presidents family during
his term. When she went home, she
shipped these cows 10 Tennessee. Is it
any wonder, ladies, that Mrs. Patterson
received the first premium on batter at
their fair. last fall ?"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
A New WAY TO Do IL.

NJ. Paraf is'the first discoverer OF a
method of doing without rain-he has
solved the problem of artificial irriga-
ton. He is known as successful
chemist and inventor. Those who wish
10 know more OF him may be informed
that he is a pupil Of the College OF
France, and a fellow. associate with
Prof. Schutzenbergcr. NJ. Paraf knew
that the air is full Of moisture, and ho
knew that chloride of calcium would
attract and condense it. He has applied
this chloride on sand hills, on grass, on
all sorts of soil, successfully, and has
ascertained that it will produce the ir-
riRation of land more cheaply and ell 70
GENTLY than any other artificial method.
One OF M. Parai's applications will pro
duce and retain abundant moisture for
three DAYS, when the same amount OF
water introduced by ordinary methods
will evaporate in one hour. nj. Paraf
states that his preparation lis less ex-
pensive than canal irrigation, and be-
iieves that il will not only produce two
blades of grass where but one now
grows, but will render possible fields,
meadows and prosperity where now
there is nothing but sand and desert
Waste.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
The Wondrous Green Vault"

A correspondent of the Chicago Jour.
nal, sp aking of the art collections of
Dresden, says: For wealth of con
tents, the Green Vault excels any
and all the rest of the collections. The
sGreen Vault consists of several vault
ed apartments on the ground floor of
the museum, each of which is devoted
to some one kind of valuable object.
In one are FIorentine and other mosa-
les in another gold and silver plate
which adorned the banquets OF the
Saxon kings; in another vessels formed
of half precious stones, among which
are two goblets, valued at So, 600 each.
In the last are found articles the most
valuable of all: one, called the court
of the great mogul, consists of 1873
figures of pure gold and enamelled, and
cost $58, 600; and finally comes glass
case filed with most precious suits Of
costly iswels, sapphires, emeralds. ru-
bies, pearls, and, in still greater profu-
sion, diamonds. One hardly knows
which to be astonished at most, the
wonderful richness of the collection or
the wonderful folly of the princes who,
from taxes no doubt levied upon their
subjects, would collect such an amount
of wealth to lie for years as dead
pital,'
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
A Pet of a Wife.

"Small size this is the echo o.
most mems wishes. They want som,
one to pet, to fondle, to protect, they
say and this is truth when they fee
| good natured. Cynical women say they
| want some one thew eau tyrannize over,
but we are not inclined to take q cynical
view of the subject.
Very few men willfully tyrannize
over their wives and children, but the
tyranny is there, nevertheless, and in
tellectual men, such as the world ad-
mlre, are most prone to exercise ii.
They are so wrapped in their own plans,
theories and speculations they do not
discover the fact that their own house
holds are famishiDg for the bread of
love, and fainting for the gushing
springs of sympathy. They are SO ac-
customed to adulation abroad that the
simple home affection seems tame and
spiritless as the purest water of the
deepest well is tasteless to one accus-
toned to the sparkling and burning,
but poisonous draughts of intoxication.
In our zeal to vindicate the "lords
of creation from the charge of wiiful
tyranny we are leaving our two bache-
lors and their imaginary wives too long
neglected.
Small size is mans fancy, not the
physiological knowledge. 1t is an al
most universal fancy. The larger, the
rougher, more burly the man, the more
sure he is to prefer small-sized woman.
&" I am determined to have a wife whom
can pick up in my arms and carry her
over all the rough places" said a
young farmer, whose softest tones
sounded like clap of thunder. As he
spoke he snatched the largest and
heaviest girl in all his acquaintance,
and lifted her over the brook. His
words are echoed in the selection made
by most large sized and stentorian-
voiced men. Their ideal is of some
thing the reverse of themselves, and
thus fragile figures and low tones are
to tham the perfection of feminine at
traction. Our solution of the problem
lies in the supposition that it is an un-
educated action OF philoprogenitive-
ness, shown in the desire for some small
creature to pet, to fondle, to caress.
Those who have watched the world for
fifty years know how sfteD is enacted
the sad tragedy which may be named,
The Bride of a Year.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
Child Life in shakerdom

Children that are placed with the
Shakers at Lebanon are indentured to
Benjamin Gates, or some authority, un-
til they "become of age," he agreeing
in papers to provide them food, cloth
ing, etc. They are then placed in the
children's order, under the charge Of
sisters designated to care for them, who
commence at once to install into their
minds the glories of the creed. In their
management never a blow is struck.
Refractory ones are punished by being
laid fat upon the floor, face down.
When they have been thus kept pros
trate for a length of time, they are
taken up and "talked to-" the enormity
of the offenses pointed out, and are ex.
horted to behave better in the future.
Those from eight to a dozen years of
age "go to confession" every Saturday,
and "own up" Cor are supposed .to) to
the little sins of the week that have es-
capped the notice of their guardians
And as they receive special approval af-
ter an apparently very full confession,
they carly learn to coniure up quite
enormous stories, knowing that they
"gull' their confessors into a deeper
belief in their penitence. "Now, don t
you feel better after confessing all
that?" asks the ancient virgin who has
heard the story. "Yea, yea," says the
little miss, and tipping a wink to her
companions, she walks out as sedately
as spinster OF seventy. Another meth
Cd of punishment is to put the young
ster into large sack, tying it tightly
around the neck. Should the child re-
fuse to get into the bag, it is drawn
over the refractory one, and then, head,
feet and all enveloped, he or she is left
to repent of the offensive disobedience.
The children are sent to school four
months each year-the boys in the win
ter and the girls in he summer. Coed
ucation hasn't the slightest support
here. The girls and the boys
must not converse together. If they
happen to meet, and if a roguisb young
ster is bold enough to break the silence
with some pretty maiden, the maiden
must be deaf and dumb to him. "Isn't
there some boy here that you are Just
little fonder of than the others ?" is a
standing question in the confessional
The reply always is "Nay," and the
blind old goodies believe it
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
A Canadian Phrase.

CAnada's bright and sensible COVER
nor general, Lord Dufferin, has given
the dominion people a new by-word,
which has spread with electric rapidly
from one end of Canada to the other.
On his voyage out, being called upon by
the emigrants to address them, he allu-
des to this phrase, which had grated
harshly on his ears " He had the mis-.
fortune to have too many children. "
Lord d. said : ~ remarked that per-
haps 10 better idea could be given of
the differences between the old country
and their new home than by the fact
that whereas in England a struggling
man might be overweighted in the bat
tie of life by numerous family, in the
land to which they we're going a man
could scarcely have too many children.
Here I was applauded Justify, with a
cheerful accompaniment of laughter al
so, when l was further greeted with an
approving thump on the back by a stal.
wart young emigrant, who cried ont.
Right you are, sir; that's what I've
been telling Emily" The Canadians
have got up the slang phrase, "That's
what I've been telling Emily" having
had the anecdote made familiar by GO
ing the round of the papers, and one
hears every where, "That's what I've
been telling Emily. ."-Harpers'.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
Great Natural Curiosity.

Among the many curious and unac,
countable formations of nature in her
makeup of the animal creation, there is
not one instance recorded that will
compare with the animal now under
consideration.
This most wonderful curiosity is a
shOrt-horned Brahmin or sacred bull
imported from Calcutta by Mr.. William
Denison Folger, and can be seen on
board of the ship 9cfndia, at present
| docked at the Empire store, near Cath
crime ferry, Brooklyn. This animal was
purchased at large sum by Mr.. Folger
from Col. Umber Jung, Bahadoor Rama,
representative of his majesty the king
| of Napaul, who raised him he is four
years old. The colonel has made for
tune by this bull from the natives of
Calcutta, who worshiped him. This
bull, like many others of his breed, has
very prominent feshy protuberance
on the top of the shoulders or withers,
which is about seven inches 10 diameter,
and this lump has q distinct pocket in
the back part Of it toward the hips.
The natives, when coming to worship
him, used to deposit their service money
in this pocket for the colonel. This
bull has still greater curiosity attached
to him, this being most perfect re-
semblance of human arm from the
shoulder down to the fingers, showing
every joint as in the human arm, hand
and fingers, with the carpal bones.
The arm is attached to the centre por-
tion of the shoulder blade, about six
inches from the top or upper portion of
blade. The natives have tied, by means
of gold cord or wire, silver ornament
around the wrist of this arm, where it
still remains.
When this sacred animal was being
put on board the ship, there were about
three thousand natives assembled to-
gether, who kneeled down and wor-
SHIPPED him, and bid him long and last
farewell.
His present owner will take him to
England. Several American gentlemen
waited upon Mr.. Folger and offered him
several thousand dollars for this bull,
desiring to keep the great wonder in
this country but Mr.. Folger has so far
refused all offers for him. suppose he
thinks he can get much larger sum for
him i'll England than he can in this coun-
try. Mr.. Folger does not hinder any
one from seeing this great living curl
oslty. The sailors sometimes find lit
tie fault with those desiring to see this
animal but some small fractional cur
rency will readily overcome all Difficult
ty. His sacred majesty is in the forward
cabin of the vessel above named, and
can only be seen by means of an oil
lamp or candle. = TUrJ, Field and
Farm
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
About Eels.

The eel season is now at hand the re-
cent rains having started them in the
Susqnehanna and all the creeks and
streams on their fall journey back to
tide-water, and the consequence is that
large numbers have been caught in diff
ferent parts of the country within the
past few days. The eel travels up stream
in the spring, and returns down to the
salt waters in the fall, always going in
large schools. There are a great many
peculiarities connected with the eel that
but few people know of. For instance,
there are some eight or ten kinds of
them, of which several never enter into
fresh water. Some Of the varieties are,
when full grown, ten or twelve feet in
length, weighing one hundred pounds.
The kind here, the common fresh and
salt water eel, is usually from twelve to
twenty four inches in length. Eels, it
has been proved, have both sexes in one,
and spawn somewhat after the manner
of other fish. Like the turtle, they can
travel out of the water for some dis
tance, from stream to stream, so that in
almost every rivulet, however small,
they can be found. The gills or breath
ing organs. are covered up by a most
delicate curtain, which acts like valve
and reservoir for water, so to speak,
to keep its gills moist during the time
it is out of the stream. It has heart
in its tail, the same as is known to xist
in the salmon, with pulsations at about
ninety. four to the minute. PennsyI.
Ua11jG paper.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
A Circus Trick.

An interesting incident has Just oo-
Cured in Bucharest, and has created a
profound sensation in theatrical circles
in that place. It seems that the pro-
prietOr of the Suhr circus, anxious to
provide amusement for the public, late.
ly published an announcement that a
challenge given by Jules Rigal, a
wrestler attached to the circus, had
been accepted by gentleman, who,
wishing to preserve a strict incognito,
would appear before the public in a
week. The amateur athlete, who, it
was stated, was person occupying a
high social position, was rumored TO be
no other than Prince Stourdia, Molda-
Wan noble, who has the reputation of
possessing. herculean strength. On the
evening when "the great unknown"
made his first appearance in the circus,
the Stalls were filed with eager gpecta-
tors long before the commencement of
the performance. Rigal and his masked
opponent, having made their bow TO the
audience, at once commence the strug-
gle, which was. however, of short dura
tion, for the distinguished unknown in
few minutes, amid frantic app ause,
floored his professional antagonist. So
great was the success of the spectacle
that the manager announced to the ad-
miring audience that the nobleman
wrestler had condescsnded to appear
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27

in which original charges are first made
will not be received in evidence as a
book of original entries.
A stamp impressed upon an instru-
ment by way of a seall is as good as a
seal if it creates double impression in
the texture of the paper.
An agreement by the holder of a note
to give the principal debtor time for
payment, without depriving him of the
right to serve, does not discharge the
surety.
The opinion of witnesses as to the
value of dog that has been killed, is
not admissible in evidence. The value
of the dog is to be decided by the jury.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
THE SABBATH BELLS.

The old man sits in his easy chair,
And his ear has caught the ringing
OF many church-bell far and near,
Their own sweet music singing.
And his head sinks low on his aged breast
While his thoughts far back are reaching
To the Sabbath morns of his bOyish days,
And a mothers sacred teaching.
A few years later. and 10 : the bells
A merrier strain were pealing,
Aud feaven ward bore the message vows
Which his manhOOd's joys were sealing.
But the old mans eyes we're dimming now
As memory holds before him
The sad, sd picture of later years,
When the tide Of grief rolled DER him.
When the bells were tolliDg for loved ones gone
For the wife, for the sons and daughters
Who, one by one, from his home went out,
And down into deaths dark waters.
But the aged heart has still one Joy
Which his old life daily blesses,
And his eyes grow bright and his pulses warm
Meath grandchild's sweet caresses.
But the old man wakes from his reverie,
And his dear old face is smiling
While the child with her serious eyes reads on,
The Sabba'h hours beguiling.
An, bells, once more ye will ring for him,
When the heavenly hand shall sever
The cord Of life, and his freed soul flies
To d Sell with its own forever
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again before them On the following
evening, when the performance was ac,
cordingly repeated, and was continued
for several successive nights, until an
indisc~eet member of the troupe unfor-
tunately divulged the fact that the
masked wrestler was not distinguished
nobleman but only one of the clowns
attached to the circus. This led to
disturbance-the" "great unknown mar
rowly escaped being torn to pieces by
his late admirers, the manager and his
troop had to fly for their lives, and the
circus building would probably have
been dismantled and destroyed but for
the exertions of the police, who with
great difficulty succeeded in repressing
what promised to be serious riot.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27

"A Milwaukee man, having heard
that a piece of salt pork, inserted in
the ear, will cure the ear-ache, picked
pig, and dropped it in under the flap
of his starbosrd auricular appendage.
As nothing wss heard of it, he sent
down a yesrling porker. At last ac-
counts, he was inquiring anxiously for a
picked elephant.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27

To fill the place of the jauntS lace
pockets that ladies took delight in
wearing on the left side all summer,
fashion has decreed for winter a saucy-
looking, but very pretty, pocket made
of fur. The European style, we hear
from correspondent, is made of mink,
with an edging of seal, or seal, with
sable edging, ornamented with silk or
silk and chenille tassels. They are at
tached to the waist with heavy brown
silk cord. Mink will again be largely
worn, cut seal is all the rage-sealekin
jackets especially.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27

Rev. J. 81. Todd, of Sioux City,
played a rather neat little joke on his
wife, the other day. While she was un-
suspectingly engaged in half soling his
winter trousers, he quietly slipped out
at the back gate and eloped with mil
liner.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27

At Neuilly, in the suburbs Of Paris,
there is harem, which the police have
inquired into and-left alone. 1t is the
home of Turk. He has $50 wives,
but keeps the mass of them at Constan-
tinople, and only brings twelve to Paris
at time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-08
THE CITY.
M kG M p HISS
Thursday evening, Oct. 8, 1874.
Amusenents.

MEMPHIS THEATER The Stetson
Combination appeared in the Streets of
New York at the theater last night. The
play was we'll presented and was well
received. Tonight the same bill will be
presented, and tomorrow there will be
matinee, when Under the Gaslight will
be the attraction. Tomorrow night the
Stetsons will appear for the last time,
and will present the Marble. Heart.
There will be no dramatic attractions at
the theater ON Saturday, as the Stetson
Company leaves for New Orleans early
on Saturday morning. Monday next
Spalding and Pope's St. Louis Dramatic
Company will appear, with Charles Pope
as Samson"
New YORK GIFT SHow.-At the As
sembly Hall last night the great New
York Gift Show gave their initial enter
tainment before large audience. Per-
formances will be given each night this
week and at matinee on Saturday, when
every child will receive present. Hun
dreds of gifts will be distributed at each
entertainment. Howard, the wonder
worker, has been engaged by the man
agement of this mammoth enterprise for
the last seven years at an enormous ex-
pense. His apparatus is the finest in
this country, being purchased by himself
last year in Paris Professor friedrich,
the South American ventriloquist, ap-
pears at each entertainment.
JEFFERSON OPERA HoUsE.-Manager
Steele continues to present attractive
variety performances at his theater on
jefferson street. New programmes are
introduced each evening and new people
continue to arrive. Tonight new peo'
pie will appear in pleasing and attrac
tive specialties, well calculated to draw
large audience. Do not fail to visit the
Opera House and witness the perform
ances Of the new stars.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-08

Smith, and leaves this Thursday even
ing; and we hope our merchants will sp-
preciate Captain Bowlin, who is identi-
fed with Memphis, and give him good
trip. Capt. Jim Bowlin her noble com
mander, who formerly commanded the
Fort Gibson, always worked in the inter-
ests of Memphis, and we would like to
see his kind intentions reciprocated.
Captain Dick Lightburne is her able re-
preventative, and will make engage
ments for her.