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Wonderful Telegraphic Inventions.

One of the most remarkable inven-
tiOns in the way of telegraphy was re-
Gently exhibited at the office of the Do
miniOn telegraph company, at Bradford,
Ontario. 1t consists of an apparatus by
which musical sounds can be Transmitted
over telegraphiC wires, and every word
and note be as distinctly heard at the
end of the wires as at the place where
the music originates. In short, when
the invention is in working order, it is
held that concert given at San Fran
cisco can be as plainly heard in New
York as at that place. A second i'm
provement, 500 to be exhibited, is that of
sending messages already written out,
without the usual telegraphic operations,
and pictures as well. The plan is to
have the message written on shellac
paper, then placed into a machine made
for the purpose. 1t is received at the
other terminus upon a piece of shallac
paper from a like machine, plainly writ
ten, like copper plate. Pictures, the in
ventor says, can be perfectly copied by
the same process. All this work can be
done by boys, and if put into operation
will do away with telegraphic operators
altogether Still another discovery,
which it Is claimed can be put into use,
is that of transmitting over single
wire any amount of messages to the
same point, and at the same time. The
plan is to have corresponding number
of instruments at each terminus of the
wire, and one Of each of these tuned to
correspond with one at the other end.
BY this arrangement the entire number
of machines can be operated simuItane-
ously, and each will sound the one tuned
to the corresponding pitch at the other
end, without any interfering with an
other.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29

ETC., and vet we 90 on in the same beateI
track, planting cotton to the exclusion 0
everything else-forcing production by
all artificial means, and extending the
cotton belt up to the very base Of the
| mounta ms.
Three-fourths of the farmers are un
able TO strike lick toward the making
of crop without giving lien. They
give lien and plant all cotton to buy
corn, -four, bacon, and mules. Every
year it has been growing worse, and the
farmers are now more dependent thar
| they were at the surrender. Is it not
high time to face the danger and make
an effort to rescue the agricultural in.
terest from absolute ruin.
Col. Aiken and other writers have
placed this subject before your readers
in almost every possible shape, but SC
far to little purpose, we fear. The great
troubles is the apathy of the planter,
the unconquerable aversion to get out OF
the old ruts. He will readily jump at
any humbug that promises impossibili-
ties, but he is ever slow to go system
atlcally about any change that requires
time, patience, and system.
The remedy is not to be found in any
one expedient-but in a general reform.
We must practice economy in every
thing. We must practice self-denial.
We must realize in the fact that we are
poor, and cannot afford to live as we
once did. We must try to live within
ourselves as much as possible, and not to
run to the store for everything. Pitch
your crop to make your provisions, and
then make all the cotton you can. But
don't pick out tie poorest fields for your
provision crops, and let the grass take
them. Plant a few acres, put down the
manure, and cultivate well.
Five acres of corn, with thirty bushels
cotton seed, and one hundred pounds
acid phosphate to the acre, will make
more than ten planted on poor land,
with half the work, and the same may
be said of oats.
We have glorious climate, and more
land than we have labor Cultivate the
best land and let the poor rest.
Plough deeper, take more pains in pre-
paration, and you will have less trouble
in cultivating. Provide yourself with
grass lots-barley and rye patches, mil
let, or corn lots; use every means to
keep out of the corn crib.
You will be surprised to find how
well you can utilize these little side
lots You will find it far better in the
long run far better than hauling corn
and hay from the depot over bad roads,
when the crop needs work, or the horses
need reSt-ECchdRqe
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29
Prof. Tice and Jack Frost.

In letter to a prominent sugar broker
at New Orleans. Prof Tice says:
| can see 10 reason for believing that a
killing frost will occur in your state dur
ing either the first or second week of
October. None probably will occur in
your state earlier than the 23d OF OctO-
Der, and most likely not before the 25th.
The next greatest danger will be about
November l6.
| expect frosts here (St. LOuis) next
week and over the northwest generally,
but have no idea that they will reach the
gulf states severe enough to do any dam
age to cane.
will here state that / have not yet
studied the phenomena of frosts, that
only attend Arctic high barometers, suf-
ficientlv to forecast their occurrence with
any degree of certainty, but the cOnclu-
sions | have arrived at are fully stated in
the last chapter of my elements OF Me-
teorology.
| shall give particular attention to
them during the present autumn and
approaching winter. In hXlng exact
dates when d 'sturbances will occur, had
to watch and study low barometers and
their invariably attending phenomena,
rain. hail, snow and wind storms, and the
phenomena of high barometers were of
secondry Importance until those of the
low were determined and fixed.
The recent terrible hurricane in Texas
| and that of England testify the surprising
accuracy with which stormy periods can
| be determined.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29
THE TWO SONGS.


When love was young, at Frightening morn,
While high above the yellow corn,
The glad lrrk Shrilled, 10 her whose eyes
Seemed homes of radiant ecstacies
] sang The glory Of the time
Rang through the notes and ruled the rhyme.
The rapture Of the unkissed rose,
When hud-bOuud petals first unclOSe,
Spake from my lips, afire from those
Whose sweetness thrilled my spirit through,
And the songs jubiiant music knew
joys impulse in each soaring strain,
Each cadence low, each glad refrain.
/ turned. Those eyes looked praise and vet
Some shade Of fear or faint regret
Like a thin cloud DER Sunlit stream,
Hovercd a moment and WIS zone.
All i IL that dawn's daring dreJr;
Each soul must shane alonep
Sweet the cares that gsardoa grvs
For that glad song, can shadows start
Ecueath joys sun, Ur passion crave
let closer clasp than heart 70 heartg
The night was young, the night-bir,i's triII
Shook SoitlieT than a iar-heanl Lutte
FROM mat gray CoT'>c beneath the hiiL
And thea WSs nutc,
Her head ciasT.l close alov my heart,
1 sang-l"r that the words would start
From laden lips-a song as low -
Is springs hrSg SjreaEIlet's timfd flow -
Low. vet - happy a. the tears
Which ta!l unchecked from shining evsss,
" hon iEnie, GuilTSting sundering years,
Attains its paradise.
w NhlSpcrs oi trees. when storms have nCd,
lirstr Sgch sweet 5Urien Od0Ts shed
BY ra'u-wa~hed roses through the night
fis1thc Such serene and sure delight
tHts uty song / might not sea
lier eyes IN that lcaf-cumlPrcl place,
Bsi 81 ser drew her tcajcr face,
And pressed her heart 20 ne.
An through the silence and the DIRK
There came a glIlucSS that tho lark
Hath moi song for. Love that lives
Through sorrow such deliverance gives
From fear, its shadow may not start
To chill the clasp Of heart TO hear;,
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The Drama in the OIden Time.

About twenty mobiles (thirtv-fve dol
larSl seem to have been the price of a
copyright of a play. The printed play
was sold for siXpencc, and the usual pres
ent of patron for dedication was ten
dollars. Dramatic poets had free ad-
mission to the theaters. Every play had
to he licensed hy the master of the revels
previous to it being performed. 1t was
usual to carry " table books" to the the
atcr, TO note down the passages which
were made matter Of censUre or applause.
This may account for some Tmultilated
copies of Shakspeare's works, which are
still cXtant. The custom of " damning :"
a play on its first performance is at least
as ancient as that great author No less
than three plays of Ben Johnson suffered
that fate. Before the performance COM
menced, and between the acts, the au-
dienCe amused themselves in various
ways, reading, playing at cards. drinking
ale and smoking tobacco. Refreshments
were supplied by attendants, who cried
the commodities with as much noise a.
our modern tradestOlk. In 1888 women
smoked tobacco in the theater rs well as
men. Rich spectators were allowed to
sit on the stage. Here the fastidious
critic was usually to be met with; the
wit, ambitious of distinction and the
gallant, studious to display his person
and fine clothes. Seated, or reclining on
the rushes of the floor, they RECALLED
themselves with pipes and tobacco, pro-
vided by their pages. The ease of their
situation, or their impertinence, excited
the disgust of the poorer class in the pit.
who frequently hootad, hissed, and threw
dirt on the stage co lcombs; but the gal
lants displayed their high breeding' by
an utter disregard of their behavior.
The audience, too. often vented their
ill-naturc ON the players.
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LIME WATER FOR BrFNs.-A CORE
spondent writes that the readiest and
most useful remedy for scalds and burns
is an embrocation of lime water and
linseed oil. These simple agents COM
bined form thick, cream-like substance,
which effectually excludes the air from
the injured parts and allays the intiam
matioI almost instantly. He mentions
Il case where Il child fell backward into a
bath-tub of boiling water, and was nearly
tiaved from her neck to below her hips.
Her agOnies were indescribable; but her
clothing being gently removed, and the
lime and oil preparation thickly spread
over the injured surface, she was sound
asleep in five minutes. Subsequently
the parts were carefully washed with
warm milk and water three times day,
the oil dressing renewed, and the little
patient rapidly recovered. Though ali
the scalded skin came off, she did not
have a scar. This remedy leaves no hard
coat to dry on the sores, but softens the
parts, and aids nature to repair the in
iurv in the readiest and most expeditions
manner. This mixture may be pro
cured in the drug stores; but if not
thus accessible, slack a lump of quick
lime in water, and as soon as the water
is clear, mix it with the oil and shake il
well. If the case Is urgent, us1 boiling
water over the lime, and it will become
clear in five minutes. The preparation
may be kept ready bottled in the house
and it will be as good six months old al
when first made,-American Farm 'IGir
nal,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29

While demolishing an old house at
Montematre and clearing the site for
the church of the Sacred Heart. the
worEmen made an interesting discovery;
they found that the wainscotiug of one
OF the rooms was composed of wOOG
elegantly carved and gilded. The vari-
Gus pieces when put together showed
that it was an old royal COACH whose
panels had been used ''to stop a hole to
keep the wind away" There is no know
ing how this relic of the ancicnt-regimc
came to be used for building purpose;
the probability is that some BrutJts or
Aristides of the revolution of '93 seized
the royal equipage, and contemptuously
used the materials wherewith to CON
struct a dwelling. 1t may have been the
coach into which Louis XVI. told Lord
Star to step; Mdme. de POmpadour may
have ridden in it; it may have served at
the wedding of Marie Antonette, or
have conveyed Louis XVI. to the seat
fold. The panels are said to prove that
the coach was very old, but il could not
we'll have been built before the fifteenth
century; for in l4O4 thr only suspended
coach which existed belonged to Queen
Isabella; and under Francis there were
only three, one of which belonged to the
Queen, another to Diana, of Poicters,
and the third to Jean dc Laval Ac-
cordin% to Delaurc, there were a great
many Coaches in Paris in 1868, and the
parliament pctitioned the king to pro-
hibit them, rs they took up the whole
street and sPlashed ladies and gentlemen
riding to court. Toward the end Of the
reign of Henry ". Bassompierre had q
carriage built with doors and Windows
PsFjS Letter 10 PoH .IfrH Gazette
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29

An AsTONIsHED MAYOR.-They came
near having duel in Harrisburg, Tex,
the other day. The mayor became of
Tended with one of the citizens, and
challenged him to mortal combat. Citi-
zen declined. Mayor concluded that
citizen was coward, and proceeded to
look him up with a shotgun. Citizen
was easily found, and when mayor tried
to shoot, citizen went for him in the most
approved modern style He took the
shotgun away from the astonished mayor,
and drawing the ramrod, made that hor-
ror-stricken official caper and dance in
the most cheerful manner, but after a
style eminently un-mayorlsh. The re-
suit of that engagement was a par "i
sore legs for the mayor, and great moral
victory for the citizen.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29

This is the neat little title which
goes before the name of the king of Bur
nah: "His Great, Glorious and Most
Excellent Majesty, who reigns over the
Kingdoms of Thunaparanta and Tam
padipa and all the Umbrella bearing
Chiefs of the Eastern country, the King
of the Rising sun, Lord of the Celestial
Elephants, Master of Many White Ele-
plants, the Great Chief OF Righteons'
epss, King of Burmah,"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29
A Plea for Actresses.

If the dramatic professionals one which
it is disgraceful for any lady to adopt,
reason compels us to say that no lady
ought to enter theatre at all. And So
cial inconsistency is still more strongly
brought out when we reflect that how
excessively popular are amateur theatTi-
Gals, and to what professional extent
they are carried. There are several pri-
yatc houses in England which possess a
regular theatre, where every theatrical
COntrivance and stage appurtenances are
to be found, and where performances are
repeated night after night, to which
friends, tenants, and tradespeOple are in
turn invited as spectators. Nobody
thinks there is any harm in this, and as Il
simple matter of fact there is no harm.
Ladies, in the highest sense of the term,
eagerly and brilliantly assist in these per-
formances, which are rapidly becoming
public in every way; for we know that
ladies often act in private theatres 10 pro-
miscuous audience, who pay their money
for admission. Why, then, should edu-
Gated ladies who are born with the dra-
matte instinct strong in them, but have
no other future to look forward to, except,
perhaps, prize in the matrimonial mar
ket, be debarred from adopting the stage
as profession? Surely i is as honor
able to work for livelihood with God
given talents az to sell a handsome face
to wealthy sUitor. Surely it il not less
worthy Of a cleverwOman to teach adults,
from the stage, what they are, and what
they ought to be, than to inculcate the
rudiments of the education III the, school
room. Surely if the theatre is place to
which we may take our wives and daugh-
ters with impunity, we should desire that
the actress whose art they are to witness
should be in their turn women in con-
tact with whom they should have no
cause to shrink from. Is it not a crying
shame, and disgrace to the liberal and
enlightened age in which it is our boast
to live, that, when gentlemen of birth
and education find it necessary to adopt
the stage as their profession, they should
also find it necessary to change their
names, as if they were doing something
of which society thinks they ought to be
ashamed Those who are practically ac-
quainted with the profession know by
bitter experience the toll, the hardships,
the drudgery, the disappointments that
have to be gone through in years Of hard
est work, before a substantial position can
be gained; and society, for whose intel
lcctual amusement and intelligent recre-
alton the theatre exists, should warmly
and heartily recognize the labOrs and eff
forts of those upon whom it depends so
much, and do all in its pOwer-and it can
do great deal-tO elevate and encour-
age all who possess true dramatic genius.
London Society.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29

A TERRIBLE RECORD.-The annua
report of the New York board of health
for 1874 reveals some very startling facts,
not the least of which is the statement
made concerning the deaths from alcohol
ism. The average number OF deaths
from this cause was about seven week
during the winter months, but out of 824
deaths for the week ending July Is, al
coholism carried off more than one-third
of the whole number, viz: 367. The
week following there were 80, out of a
total of SCI, and the week following that
3I1, out of a total of IA, from the same
cause. In the three following weeks 40
deaths are scored to the credit of the de-
mon rum. The death roll to this ter
rible account for the year gives the num-
Der of the victims at 1886. Surely
there is plenty of work set for the tenn
perance advocate.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29

A GIGANTIC CoFFIN.-The stone sar-
cophagus in which Guibord's remains are
to he enclosed is being made by one of
the most skillful workers in marble in
Canada: Each of the two blocks of
Montreal limestone from which the coffin
is t. he made Is seven feet long, four feet
wide, and about two feet thick. In each
stone a cavity Is to be cut off sufficient
width and debth to hold the coffin in
which Guibord's body Is now inclosed.
The wooden coffin having been placed in
one of the cavaties, the two stones will
be accurately.itted to each other and
fastened together with heavy iron bolts
driven through each stone. and rivited at
each end. The whole surface of the sar-
cophagus will then be covered with a
LAYER of Portland cement, wixed with
scrap iron, of a thickness sufficient t. re-
sist the most powerful drills The stone
coffin will weigh nearly nine tons. 1t
will probably be completed on Saturday
next, and the interment will be made
within two or three DAYS afterward
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29

DoN'T bother your head about people
who are going about trying to take away
your character. Very likely it will do
YOU good. Men are very often like a
pair Of boots-the more they are black
ened the more they shine.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29

"A professor asked his class What
is the aurora ?' A student, scratching
his head, replied: " Well, Professor,
did know but have forgotten" 8 Well,
that is sad, very sad, rejoined the pro-
fessor. "The only man in the world that
ever knew has forgotten it."
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sonn nnn 600 AZ stake.

The suit Of the government against lhe
Union Pacific railroad company, which
has been set by the United states SUI
prcmc court for argument on the twenty
sixth instant, involves more money than
any case which has ever been in htiga-
ton In this, or orpcrhaV- any othcrcountry'
The government issued 30 the Union Ia
cifc railroad. the Central Pacific and Us
branches. sixty million dollars m bonds.
They run for thirty years with interest
navsble semi-anuually. These compa-
mics claim that they are not required 10
nav the interest until the end Of the
thirty wears. Meanwhile, the govern
mont has met the semi-annual Install
ments. 1t now wants restitution, ana
has demanded IL. The ease first came up
i'm congress. That body allowed the
companies to 20 to the court Of claims.
That court sustained the point made by
the railroad companies, from when the
government has appealed to the uhllea
States suprcmc court. Encouragement
Pierrepont has had made, 10y experts, a
calculation Of the difference which the
government will have 10 pay IN case the
railroad companic. are sustained by the
suprcme court. II aggregates upward oi
two hundred million dollars. Judge
Picrrepont is giving the case his most
earnest attention, and will personally
make the argument on behalf Of the re-
spondent, the United States.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29

THERE is no changes to speak of in the
election returns from Iowa. The Repub-
lican majority is about thirty-one thoe-
sand.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29

Butter will remove tar spots. Soap
and water will afterwards take out the
grease stains
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29

IT is said that fully three million cubic
yards of levees will be needed for the Ml4-
sissippi river alone, the coming scason' 70
say nothing of Red river the Outchi'a
and the Atchafalays.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29

ONE of the most important, but ono OF
the most difficult things for a powerful
mind, is to be its own master. A pond
may lay quiet in plain, but a kewants
mountains 10 compass and hold 1t in
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SYe2iei=Notiien.
Gin Gtirfuag5nitiel Dou lclteuer Gigen=
i1aft.

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pclde ttne auosre MtrfunS ais tiuitli6e Reisuus es
Appetits berpOrbriu9eI. 8ies lit nibt nur teiu 9ors
tbstt, ~ionOeru ertidteoen na6tbellis, weun bic @ers
bauurgSorsaue f6wah iinb, neil e5 ben Satieuten uers
Iejtet, mebr Su eiien, ais Der baibseIabmte Diagen pers
tra9eu fam, uub neil es Ionit bic llrpcrbauIidtett
periAIimmert. IS siebt aber elm Startanssmittel
,peldes pie ielteue Gi3enidait beiist, Der Grndbrunsss
t~b6tisteit iowoDI 8rait, wie aud OteselmaBisteit Su uers
Isi6sn. EsOftetter's WageI3itterS rnit %seiunSeu
Appetit berpor. neil es ben Ntasen in StanO Test. bas
mas ct ~enlpiduat, in 10 eeiuuOer S3neuistett iu pers
baueu, baB ct sur ~seb6rtsen @Iiens3sit ntdt itarr lit Don
unperOautem Stpif, %ionbern steris mad re@tssttiser
Sea bring. @erobe bic Ebatia9e, baB es bic gerbanuus
erlst4tct, madt bas rationale Osasenmittel 81 etnem 10
mdbtiaen @ebttien Der Natnr bet Der @tuIeituns ienes
neutrality-suspicious.. peIAes SIR @ieoererIangun9
aaeemeiner Geiunbbett iibrt. llnluterbrodsne ~traftiae
Gaatiafeit Der SUPERINTENDENT fOIgt in auen Sauen
benz @ebraub bieies uO%ruebmiteu Srdittsuu9ss nub
acknowledgements. Is