The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-26
FROM ALL SOURCES.

IN SuC0 Httlfe tn3I one 1and was constantly
occupied in reefng the slack of his breeches
after the manner of holding up shirts at the
present time. American gentlemen attach
the character of gambler on a man who
wears many jewels and rings, and recognize
cognate vulgarity in the lady who similarly
Overpads herself ON occasions when personal
adorlment is not in keeping. What we
mean is that there is a modesty and sobriety
of attire and even of bearing among recog-
nized gentlemen which the recognized lady
has not yet attained.-Sprfa9Sea Republican.
1t is probable that the project of
constructing a ship canal across the isthmus
of Darien will ere long sssume tangible shape.
A large amount of money has been expended
by the United States government in surveys
and voluminous reports, and, Ia fact, so far
has this country gone in the matter that it
will not look well to abandon the enterprise
to foreign powers, who will surely obtain the
honor which the construction of such valu-
able worlds highway will give them if the
United States does not act A commission of
engineers will meet in Washington next
month TO take into consideration the various
routes which have been surveyed, and they
will then make report in January as to the
feasibility of the project The Colombian
government has made an appropriation for
surveys, and has expressed its Willingness to
cooperate with the United States government
in the prosecution of this great work, which
is of equal importance with the Suez Canal.
In the long run the most comfort
able people are the most moral. Those who
live In good houses and are well fed are they
who most obey the deealOgue. 1t has been no.
ticed in Now York, as well as in London,
Petkin, and other large cities, that over
crowding produces moral degeneracy. Ten
years ago Glasgow, Scotland, suddenly awoke
to the fact that the criminals in densely pop
ulated districts were peculiarly reckless and
Thn NTH nrffI los
ordered the destruction of those neighbor-
hoods and redistribution of population.
In five wears four thousand rookeries were
condemned and removed, and during the
next three years the crimes fell off from 1O,-
500 to 1869, those who removed to comfort
able houses giving up their vicious habits
There seems to be as much science IN the
history of crime as in the perturbation OF the
stars.
A raspy Cincinnati woman thus
speaks her mind, after a ride on the railroad:
1--WE have seen the married man, after seat
ing his wife, leave her and GO into the smok-
ing car, which is prinld fdc6e evidence that
his love for tobacco predOminates over the
entertainment afforded by his travelling com
paniOn. We have also observed married
man comfortably seat himself alongside an
other masculine, while his wife, for the want
of seat was left to lean on the arm OF the
chair. We have noticed married men, when
accompanied by their wives on the train,
occupy their time by reading, or looking
vacantly out of the window, instead Ct con-
versing with their wives while at other
times, and in company with other ladies,
their merry laugh and repartee could be
heard over the shriH whistle of the locomO-
tive"
The difficulty between England and
China, which seriously threatened at one
time to lead to war, has been adjusted. The
Chinese government, yielding to the demands
of the British ambassador, consents to send a
political mission to England, charged with
the delivery of a letter to Queen Victoria
containing public and full apology for the
past; a commission of inquiry is to be dis
patched from Pel1in to inquire into the cir.
cumstances of Mr.. Margary's murder; this
commission is to be composed of high rank
mandarins line of communication between
HindOostan, Birmah and CAina is to be open
ed; and foreigners and the foreign trade in
China are to be treated hencefOTth in a just
and liberal spirit. These are very large con
cessions, and denote the conviction on the
part of the Chinese government that "out
vide, barbarians" can no longer be treated
m - and injustice.
Inc recent attempt of the Turkish
government to extricate itseIr iron Iuancia
embarrassment by an act of repudi ton has
stirred up the creditors to such a., extent
that II the Porte holds to the plan of sup
pressing half the interest on the debt of one
thousand millions and giving the bondhold
ers bonds at five per cent. at par, in lieu
thereof, 1T is very likely that the governments
VINO nave been furnishing the Sultan money
Tor his harems and summer palaces wifi
come to the conclusion that it does not nav
to uphold rotten, Asiastic government in
Europe. Turkish five per cents are now
down to %, and holders of those securities
who take 273 per cent. in each and 2 u in
bonds will naturally suffer very materially
It Will be hard for Turkey to obtain new
loan.
The increase in the amount of sala-
rles paid to pOstmasters during the last fiscal
year is 1891 900, or 10 per centum of the en-
tire amount paid. This increase is attrib-
uted to the law which provides that
the salaries of ipostmasters shall be regu-
lated according to the amount of business
transacted. The bad effects OF this law have
been observed IN the causes where practi-
cally fraudulent sales of stamps have been
mac made IN order to increase salaries. While
Cnls law has increased pOstmasters' salaries
about 10 per centum, it has added only about
10 lOO OF per centum to the revenue.
The birth of a daughter to the
duchess of Edinburgh increases the tally of
the queens grandchildren to twentv-seyen.
tWen%-iour OF whom are still alive, and that
OF her total living progeny to thirty-tbree
including three unmarried children and tbe
Prlncess Louise, who is married but without
lamlly' The duke and duchess of Edinburgh
were married at st. Petersburg January 90
1874, and the first child, son, was horn to
IN mem upon the 10th of the following October.
Inc cost OF maintaining limited monarchy
IN England is apparently increasing at an
alarming ratio. - az On
1he expenditures Of the postoffice is
q SUBJECT OF much concern to the postmaster
general, and it does not seem TO be easv 70
reduce the annual charge of Sc, 600 600 unon
the treasury. The increase of postage re-
celpts, instead of being per cent as used IN
De customary, has fallen to IL ner cent
MS Is largely attributed to decrease of
leVter postage consequent upon the depres
sIoh IN business, but is partly attributable to
! .ne loss to the revenue byfranking the conn
try newspapers. '0"N
The steady and rapid growth of the
Ma M1dI! y. OF New 1erk has scarcely any par.1
a aI IN the history of commerce We hold
tne commercial sceptre over 100000 neo.
pie we are the principal factor of conn
try which grows 100000 bales of cotton
ana the quantity is constantly Increasing
IL IS to certain extent national rnbnonoIS
without 1t the manufacturing wealth ~ |
England would languish and gradually he. |
become almost extinct.-NelO York World.
Prof. r. W. Raymond, the mining
commissioner, sets the yield of gold and
silver for four years, from all of our terrific |
ries as follows: - / ! =
1S6O........~ SCI $4,000 1871 SEC 663 600
IS'O......... 66,0O0,O0O 1S72......., 63943'S57 |
since then the yield has been about an |
average of these four wears. until this ZEE a.
when 1t was believed that it yvouIJ hs ~
creased to nearly 100000 OOO IT, Yyha4a-