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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07
Job DOWIing's Funeral.

s. s. Cox writes the following: Many
years ago [ was one Of party in Wash
ington city, when south and north We'd
with each other in cOnvivial life. An
other of the party was Gen. Dawson,
member from Western Pennsylvania,
whose homestead was Albert Gallatin's
old home. He was an admirable story
teller. [ recall somewhat sadly, now
that he is gone, how well he illustrated
the laziness of a class of Virginlans.
The story was part of his congress
sional canvassing. On one occasion he
got across the Pennsylvania line into
little village of Virginia. He was in
the midst of group around the tavern.
While treating and talking, procession
| approached which looked like funeral.
! He asked who vas to be buried? 'JOb
| DJwling," said they. "Poor Job -
sighed the general. He was good
natured, good-for- nothing, lazy fellow,
living on the few fish he caught and the
squirrels he killed, but mostly or the
donations of his neighbors. $50 poor
Job is dead, is hep" "No, he ain,t
dead, zactly," said they. "Not dead
not i Yet you are going to bury
him ?' "Fact is, general, he has got
can't afford him any more. He's got so
lazy that the grass began to grow over
his shoes-so everlasting lazy that he
put ont one of his eyls to save the
| trouble of winkin' when ont gunnin."
But" says the general, "this must
not be. It will disgrace my neighbor-
! hood. Try him a while longer, can't
you?" Cant; too late-cOffin cost
C1 ro ON hOnf tins
| time the procession came up and halted,
when the general proposed if they would
take Job out he would send over bag
| of corn. On this announcement the
lids of the coffin opened and Job Ian
guidly sat up: the cents dropped from
his ewes as he asked, els the corn
sheIied, general ?" No, not shelled." ]"
'"Then. said Job, as he lazily lay down,
''go on with the funeral T.
A "BLAsPHEMoUs" PICTURE.-Speak-
ing of the Cocoran Gallery in Washing
ton. a writer says: Especially is it to
be hoped that advantage will be taken
of the earliest excuse to remove from
these walls Cabanel's Death of Moses,
picture which the people pass by with
brows contracted in horror, as II they
listened to blasphemy. For here IN
tllll1 Color anu AOAAA NIAc
artist has insulted the beauty of hol-
hess, and angels and greater than angels
have not been spared the sacrllege OF
| his touch. 1t is time that the world
| should know the bad taste of attempt
ing to portray any higher being than
man, for such delineatlon can be moth
ing better than gross caricature, 1t mat
| ters not how brilliant and reverend the
imagination that conceives it. In re-
! ligiou is there no resort between the
painted angels of superstition on the
one hand and the blank of skepticism on
the other, and would not slight infu-
sion of pantheism elevate the former
and win to it souls from the ranks of
| the latter? What wonder that we are
becoming race of unbehevers, when
we consider the nature of the Sunday
school books forced upon the chill dren,
and the gloomy shapes which the beau
! tiful peOple and stories of the Old Iesta-
ment assume IN our pictures
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07
A Loan Exhibition.

Describing the loan exhibition IN
Philadelphia, the Telegraph of that
city says: "Among the portraits of
distinguished men will be found orig
.inal portraits of Monroe, Madison, and
Jefferson, by the celebrated Gilbert
Stuart; an original of the first Napoleon,
painted by Bertrand, formerly owned
by Judge Hepkinson portrait OF Mr..
Stretch. by Sir Joshua Reynolds, the
possession of the Meade family; and
portraits of Gen. Green, OF the revolu-
tionary war; Richard Meade, formerly
minister to Spain, and Gen. George @.
Meade, his son John Sargeant, DIR.
Benjamin Rush, Woodrop Sims, father
of Mrs. Eliza Burd, and other import
ant persons. On the second floor the
front and back rooms on the north are
thrown into one for the proper display
of Mr.. Maxw il Somerville's cabinet of
gems, valued at over $50, 900, and a
choice number of pictures. This cabl-
net has been collected by its owner dur
ing years of travel in Europe, Asia, and
Africa, and embraces examples OF Egyp'
tian, Assyrian, Etruscan, Greek, Roman,
Medieval, Renaissance, and modern
art, engraved on agate, amber, amethyst,
carnelian, emerald, garnet, Jasper, mall
achite, onyx, ruby, sapphire, sardonyx,
topaz, &c. 1t forms one Of the most,
if not the most, attractive features OF
the exhibition"
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lowed his profession of comedian almost
constantly, and with ever-increasing
popularity. In 1857 he ard his
brothers, Neil and Jerry, organized the
troop known as the "Corkonians," and
opened Mechanics Hall, 472 Broadway.
In July, 1868, he essayed the Irish char
acter of Handy Andy in the Winter
Garden Theatre, and so successfully
that he changed his line of acting and
figured as an Irishman until 1868, trav-
cling as star IN this country and Eug-
land. In 1868 he returned to minstrelsy,
and in 1872 his snug little theatre in
Twenty-third street was opened. He
leaves a wife and five children
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07
Tbnrman (slowIv and mournfuIlvl

Thurman Slowly and mournfully)-
'"Ihere is nothing to publish it TOR m
work is done. l do not know what
shall do, where shall go. It was tn
harmony of those dates that convinced
me that Jesus was the Christ, and nov
I do not know what to believe"
THE SCENES
attendant upon the breakup of tn
meeting battle description. Some trie,
to cheer the more broken-spirited b,
suggesting various possibilities of tn
prophetic dates extending for some tim
longer. Foyen, whose Joy and happi
ness in anticipation had been boundless
stood up and said, in voice broker
with sobs
cit is no use It is no use W,
are either disappointed or We are no
disappointed, and if we are not disap
pointed then we did expect Jesus with
faith. Nothing but Jesus can cheer oul
hearts tonight. My heart is broken.
[ never expect to see my home again, ol
do another stroke of work. feel bit
ter, bitter, disappointed. The tears
poured down his cheeks, and his grief
seemed to be intolerably great. This
is the feeling of my heart. Nothing
can satisfy me but the coming of Jesus.
I don't know what shall do if Jesus
don't come. Lord, help me! hate
to go to my home again"
They wept and fell on one another s
necks. Many of them did not know
where to go or-whatito do, as they had
relinquished their lodgings, and given
away their furniture and everything. In
the extremity of their distress, their
affections still clung to Thurman. The
men all came to him and gave him the
kiss of peace, according to their fashion.
One of them pressed him to come and
stay with him. Thurman said, sadly ::
81 don't feel like seeing anybody now.
I wish I could sink into my grave. !"
The women gathered around him, and
he shook hands with them, for Thurman.
varies from ministerial usage by never
kissing the women, reserving that en-
tirely for the men. A number of people
had to remain where they were. Others
went to the houses of those who were
fortunate enough to retain homes. One
man named Miller, who had disposed of
over $6, 900 of property, asked Dermis-
sion of a brother to sleep on his floor
that night. An old, white haired wo-
man said that she had a place to go to
tonight, but what she should do next
God only knew. The children were
crying, babies squalling, and women
wringing their hands in anguish, as at
about half,past one the assembly dis
persed, pursuing their melancholy way
to such quarters as they could go to.
Thurman accompanied Foyen to his
house on the corner of Clark and Wis
consin streets, but what his movements
in the future will be he does not know.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07
AN ANNIvERsARY.

In q chamber old aud oaken,
In faint and faltering way,
Half dozen words were spokeD'
. Just eleven years to-day
What was bound snd what was DroAeh'
Let a womanis conscience say.
Half 3 dozen words excited,
whispered by q lovers side;
Half delighted. half afrighied,
Half in pleasure, hRlf in pride:
And a maiGen's truth is plighted,
And a false lOve-knOt is tied.
Has a maiden not feeling
That can swell, and sing, IIttCII
Came not DER her spirit stea jllE
Thoughts Of things that Wer beite
In her heart did no revealing
Tell her love was something mole
Barely half dozen glancee.
Half in earnest, half in mirth-
Five, or six, or seven dances
Mnat Is sucn a woolng worth?
Cuurtsh1p in which no romance II,
cannot give a true love rth
Passion is a Pafn and power
SoSly growing unto might,
by long ytgtls, not the hour
Tea love IS not az sight;
lis weed: his not Howe
That arises in a ni ht.
Lightly is the promise
Lightly is tie love-k
And the maid redeems tn
Living at her husbands side
Aud her heart it is not broken,
But it is not in its pride.
With The years shall come feeling,
Never, may be, felt be fore;
She shall fnd her heart concSaling
Wants II Cii not know o. yJre;
Silently the truth revealing,
Real love is something more.
-ChaBber's J0wH1L
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07

CAUSES or APoPLExY.-A blood YES
sci of the brain has lost some Of It's
elastic strength; food is abundant,
digestion is good; blood is made IN
abundance, but little is worked of iu
exercise; the tension on every artery
and vein is alta maximum rate, the even
circuitous flow is temporarily impeded
at some point, throwing a dangerous
pressure on another; the vessel which
has lost its elastic strength, gives way,
blood is poured out, n clot Ia formed,
which, by its pressure on the brain, pro
duces complete unconsciousness, Thus
is the apoplectic stroke.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07
Cruel Trick on a Prima Donna.

Tuesday night, during the perform
ance of ''Mme. PArchiduc," at the st.
Charles theatre, in this city, Henry
Gallagher became so charmed with Mile.
Soldene's singing that he could not re-
sist the temptation of throwing her a
bouquet. Mile. PArchiduc did not see
it at first, as she was singing with her
back partly turned to the audience, but
as soon as she tur ed to make the usual
bow in acknowledgement of round of
applause her delightful eyes fell upon
the nosegay, and she gracefully stopped
to secure it. just as she did so the
seemingly enchanted flowers moved a
few feet from where they had fallen
upon the stage. The Diva paused for a
moment and then made another attempt,
when 10 the flowers again drifted away
from her grasp. The idea now flashed
across her mind, ''the thing has got a
string to it, and, suiting the action to
the thought, she made desperate rush,
pOunced upon the flowers and sent them
whirling back into the face of the mali
cious spectator. Then striking a ma
jestic pose, she cast contemptuous
and whitening look upon the discom-
flied Gallagher, who at the same mo-
ment felt the heavy hand of a policeman
resting upon his shoulder. The Sol
dene's tormentor was taken to the
first precinct station, charged with dis
turbing the peace, and Monsieur PAR
chiduc, upon hearing about the matter,
declared that he rather liked TIT
was rather original. "-NeaO Orleans
Picayltne.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07
A Love Chase.

am a detective, acute as Argus, high
souled as Bayard, impressionable as Ro-
meo, white e-glOved and massive booted
as the best of ScOtland-yard
If Miss Braddon could only see. me
she would be sure to put me in a novel.
/ n Just the active and intelligent to
suit her.
love an angel and-rapture !-she
is not Indifferent to me She is fair
haired, like Lady Audley-as 1 saw her
at the play last time / was off duty. She
came in her carriage to the station, for
all the world like the queen or the chief
commissioner. She is welded to q
wealthy wretch. How shall I get rid
of him ? Stay He must have COM
mitted bigamy. They generally do. ]
will find out all about him, and then
claim her hand and her handsome
jointure, as Jim gives does in that
beautiful story in the Bobby's Budget.
Let me set to work at once. Where are
the handouts
was not deceived-I never am. He
has committed bigamy. Bigamy, did ]
say? TrigamY, quadrigamy, polygamy
She shall be mine l have the proofs
of his guilt, and now await him round
the corner, by his favorite public house,
where he seeks to make a still further
victim of the beauteous barmaid.
loved her once, but she despised me.
Never mind I will save her and seize
him. He wants to take a theatre for
her Ha ha He leaves that bar only
for the dock.
He approaches. I grasp him and
close the handouts. Cusses they are
too large! He eludes the grip and
knocks me down, halls passing hand
som, and disappears. I, hear him say
to the cabby, "To Charing Cross" He
will escape by the channel tunnel. Not
so-nOt so.
Irecover. I rush to the police station
and provide myself with smaller brace
lets. l hurry to the railway station.
Horror ! the train has gone! He will
be in Franco beyond my reach. | faint
before the ticket office.
When 1 revive [ am in the hands of
Mr.. Scott, of Leeds. He takes me to
the refreshment room and gives me
brandy. I tell him my sad story.
"Cheer up" ne says, "you will soon
overtake him. have in my pocket one
of my patent flying machines, by the
aid of which l have Travelled hundred
miles in ten minutes. Mount ard fly !!
When you see the steamer beneath you
release the spring and descend seize
the culprit, and ascend with him into
the air, as the roc did with old Sinbad. "
1 am afoat and going at lightning
speed towards the south coast. l see
the lights of Dover and the steamer just
leaving the pier. On the deck L per-
ceive my man. I prepare to descend.
Just as near the masthead the escape
funnel gives an awful roar, the pent-up
steam blows my flying machine to smith
Greens, and 1 fall into the water and am
drowned. And being 50, must per-
force conclude.-Ftt7l.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07
Easily Understood.

Every BOBBY knows that it is rude to
take another persons seat as soon as it
is vacated, and that it is an unpardon-
able offense to sit in one chair and put
his feet in another. The subtle philos-
ophies of the rudeness of those actions
he probably would take a lifetime to
learn. Even after he had received such
indignities many times ne would be
puzzled to know why they gave him
such offense. Chesterfield himself
probably never analysed the actions, or
resolved them into their elementary
significance; the first meaning, 81 pre-
fer your room to your company the
second being equivalent to saying, 81
regard the ease of my feet and this
comfortable position more than I do
your tired limbs, or your offended sense
of propriety. do not care if it is dis
agreeable to you to look at the dirty
soles of my boots" Let us analyze au-
other common rule of good society ::
"On entering house or room, always
speak first to the lady of the house,
and always take leave of her first. "
Why should we do so? Because the
house and room are for the time hers.
She gave the invitation or permission
to enter. You are for the time her
guest, and under obligations to her.
She is entitled to your first and last act
of respect and attention. Having paid
her that attention, be sure not to
monopolize her time and conversation,
because she has other guests to enter
tain rs we'll as yourself. Several lady
correspondents have asked if it was
proper to invite a gentleman escorting
them from an evening party to come in.
Ask yourselves, "Why should | ask
him to enter? ?" Has he not been with
you all the evening, and walked home
besides? Can he not call some other
time, and unless he has been agreeable,
why should you ask him even to call
again? It is as much his duty to ask
permission to call as yours to invite
him to do so. What right have you to
disturb your parents or the members of
your family at late hour with a casual
acquaintance who has accompanied you
home from party?
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07

LONGEVITY. There are frequent and
remarkable instances Of longevity
among the Russians. A man born in
1850 has Just died. lie was six feet
five inches in height, and was possessed
Of immense strength mp 30 the time OF
his death, which resulted from fall.
Another man born in the same year rs
still living. Among the notabilities at
court are a number Of Octogenarians,
and one lady, nonagennrian, who
reads without spectaclcs, and walks
without a stick. Her eyesight. must
always have been remarkable, az the
Russian alphabet looks as If 1t were
drunk, and must be a hard thing 10
keep the run of.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07
An Unfortunate Debutante.

A sad accident occurred to a young
debutante at an amateur musical enter
tainment in Washington a few nights
ago. The beautiful creature walked to
the foot-lights with the grace of a queen
and the ease of a professional. She
warbled the first stanza like Nilsson.
The accompanist struck up the inter
lude, and of course this was the time
when the fair singer should raise her
'lace- kerchief to her face. With a
regal curve of the left arm she did so,
her eyes fixed on the admiring audience,
when bOTribile dictaG, q most delicately
constructed silk stocking displayed it
self in wavy folds. It seems that her
maid in her excitement had placed a
stocking in the place where the other
article ought to be, and hence her ludi
crous mistake. She stood ,transfxed,
resembling an auctioneer of hosiery at
a bankrupt sale. The audience roared.
The buttons flew, and stalwart men
grasped their sides in fearful agony.
Fashionable ladies forgot their propri-
ETY., and Just screeched. OF course the
best thing under the circumstances for
Mile. Blank to do was to faint. She
did it as we'll as Clara Morris could.
Up IuSASo OSIdbOI lO SC1DCO d
pitcher of water and soused the pros
trate form of the unfortunate singer.
This had the desired effect, and so it
would any female when her $500 dress
was ruined. With a whizzing sound
she left the platform; the entertainment
was ended the fair singer has taken
herself to nunnery.
WHAT THE SUTRo TUNNEL Is.-The
Sutro tunnel, of which so much has
been said in connection with the Com
stock mines of Nevada, is a gigantic
undertaking only partially complete.
The COmstOck lode is a fssure several
miles long and of unknown depth. To
reach the ore, shafts are sunk all along
the vein, some to the depth of two
thousand feet. The lowest mines are the
richest, but the air in them is so vicious
that laborers can work but a few mo-
ments at a time, and only after long
intervals of rest, thus rendering the
landing of the ore highly expensive.
Sutro's plan comprehends a tunnel from
the foot of the mountain, meeting the
lode at right angles, and then following
it for eight miles. This would make a
highway into the bowels of the earth,
draining and ventilating the mines.
The tunnel is only about third done.
It is fourteen feet wide by ten in height,
and will cost eight millions of dollars.
The builders compensation is to be the
tolls charged on ore raised through the
tunnel.
A PORTSMOUTH (Va.) man, after two
years useless labor in trying to raise
the frigate Cumberland, sunk by the
confederate ram Merrimac, off Newport
News, in 1862, has sold out for s., ZOO
to Detroit, (Mich.) parties, who are
now trying to get up the safe. which is
said to contain 5000, 600 in gold and the
first issue of greenback currency. This
is the fifth firm that has engaged in the
enterprise.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07

The DEATH OF DAN BRYANT.-Daniel
Webster O'Brien, better known through
out the country as "Dan Bryant" +" the
most popular comedian that ever played
under a mask of burnt cork, died of
pneumonia in his residence in New York
at 20 West Sixtieth street on Saturday.
He was born in Troy in 1888 In
1S45 he made his first appearance on
the stage as a dancer i'll VauxhalI Gar
den, the occasion being a benefit to<his
brother Jerry, and from then he fol-
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07
The Ladies' Yew-Faneled Demi-Traius,

The --latest novelty" in woman's attire
does lot sound comfortable. She has,
it seems, adopted a garment IN which 1t
is almost impossible TO walk or sit
down, or TO enter a carriage, and which
can only be worn by throwing the body
in the most painful cOntortiOns accord
ing TO instructions specially given by
the dressmakers who manufacture II.
The Paris correspondent of the Queen
gives the following account of this new
article of dress. "Demi trairs," says
the correspondent, "are incOnvenient
for the street and even for getting INTO
a carriage, and they are so tied back
and banded with elastic that walking
and, above all, sitting down are not the
easy, careless movements OF yore.
Some dressmakers give Instructions as
to the management of these demi-trains.
The best manner of gathering mp the
train is to turn to the right, bending
slightly backwards, and to take hold of
the dress as low down as possible with
the right hand. When you straighten
and stand upright again the skirt will be
slightly lifted, and thus become no
longer than a short costume. When
you wish to let the skirt trail again you
must throw it back with a sweep OF
the right hand. This will be found
much more graceful way preserving the
train from contact with the streets than
by lifting it each side with both hands"
Man dressed in a coat or pair of trousers
involving so much trouble and agony
would hardly feel up to performing
those duties which woman kindly pro-
poses TO take on her own hands; she is,
however, very strong minded, and de-
lights in life of active occupation. -
PlLL bfIH Gdzette.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07

Ice two inches thick will support a
man at a thickness of three inches
and a half it will support a man on
horseback five inches of ice will sup
port an eighty FOUNDER. cannon eight
inches, battery of artillery, with
carriages and horses attached and,
finally, ice ten inches thick will sup.
port an army-an innumerable multi-
tude.
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WHATEVER there is of terrible, what
ever there is of beautiful in human
events, all that shakes the soul to and
fro and is remembered while thought
and flesh cling together, all these have
their origin from the passions. AS it is
only in storms, and when their coming
water is driven up into the air, that we
catch a signt of the depths of the sea,
it is only in the season of perturbation
that we have glimpse of the real in
ternal nature of man. It is then only
that the might of these eruptions, shak-
ing his frame, dissipate ali the feeble
coverings of opinion, and rend in pieces
that cob-web veil with which fashion
hides the feeling of the heart. Sidney
Smith,