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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26
POking Fun at Greatness

The New York Tribue finds food
comment in the tendency of an ire
erent age to make fun of everything
great and good in the past and present
The recent recurrence of Washington's s
birthday las afforded an instance of
this. s. If there is a great figure in
history" it goes on to say, Calculated
by its dignity to strike the most invet-
crate joker dumb, it is that of the
father of the country. In the first
place. he was himself sobr1ety incar-
t1ate. In the cottrse of a long and
active life, associatihg constantly with
his fellow countrymen in the discharge
of public duty, Washington was always
serious, and carried himself with
kind of aristocratic reserve. We can
remember only two jests attributed to
him, and but one of them was a good
one. Almost while living he passed
into the demigod stage, and he has
stayed there ever since, until men,
grown weary of so much goodness and
greatness, have revolted, and have re-
freshed themselves by considering him
as human being. Long ago, Mr..
John Brougham, in his short-lived
comic newspaper, printed various jokes
DdS0u upon d 1SJG6F WFlGG0u DY WdSu-
ington ordering a pair of leather
breeches, which he particularly desired
should be made sufficiently large.
Then came the little Latchet story,
which took with the public wonderfully,
and has been travestied until its capa-
bilities are about exhausted, Of course
it did duty the other day, but the most
ingenious funny man cannot make
much out of it now. Itisa deal easier
to start entirely original jokes to say,
as one newspaper does, that Washing
ton combed his own hair when he was
only five years old, parting it behind
with wonderful precision or that he
never got up in the morning at o'clock,
and howled because his breakfast wasn't
ready or that when he. whistled his
mouth had a sanity expression rarely
seen this side of Paradise while one
editor actually speaks in free and
easy way of sc. W. and another
thinks it a pity he had no middle
mama ;"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26
Calunny.


In this world of ours, thousands
thoughtlessly lie sleeping in careless
serenity, little concerned about the ca
Iumniator's poison. Relying upon the
liberty of a Tree conscience, AMI repos-
ing IN tie fancied security of personal
integrity, they slumber on, as If invul-
nerable to calumny's stroke.
-''Be thou chaste as ice pure as snow,
And yet thou shalt not escape calumny.'
SO said the great painter of human
thoughts and feelings three centuries
ago-so echoes many blighted hearts :
and scores of desOlate hearths send the
echo back. Give the calumniator a
thread of news-no matter how light,
fragile, or unsubstantial- by skill
full, plant manipulation, the thread, by
cunning legerdemain, Is soon dexter
ously transformed into a vast cable of
SANDER. In this age of reformation,
our vials of wrath and indignation are
too often poured out upon dead issues.
We load our guns and fire at tomb
stones. and real, living, vital matters
are held in allegiance until a more con-
venient season. The sacred pulpit is
too much devoted to discussions of ab-
struse doctrine, while the evils of the
human heart are but too seldom touched.
The ministers, who should stand forth
and illuminate their condemnation of
these inward passions of envy, jealousy,
hate, calumny, &C., are often too much
engrossed by the thought of uttering
something strongly polemical or sweet
and sugary.
If there's one thing above another
truly satanic, it is calumny. A fiend,
g., l. l.
is one who strives to rob you of repu-
tatiOn. The homicide who, in fit of
anger, jealousy, or rage, hurls his vic
tim into premature grave, is far more
excusable than the cool, systematic
persevering assailant of character and
fair fsme. Aud who are the victims of
these calumniOus snakes? Not the
hbertine, for no charge against him
would be accounted calumny; not the
rogue, swindler, or any disreputable
parsonage. Oh, no calumny has a
higher mark. The pure shaft of limo
cence rearing its virtuous head heaven
ward is the thing upon which calumny
strives to throw the garbage of slander.
It's the young man of promise, or
talent, or popularity, who presents a
mark for these shafts. The young lady
of attraction-of beauty-stands forth
fair target for calumny. Not the dis
sOlute, but the pure, are the ones at
whom the calumniator-Of Ofttimes with
William Tell precision-lets fly the ar
row of slander and many a prosecuted
wife, pnre daughter, upright son, proud
parent, are, 10y SANDERS agency, sent
through life, or rather hnrrled through
this existence, with hearts bowed
down by weight of Woe"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26
/" Making Money"

Gay" writing to the Louisville
Courier-J Journal of how money is made
at the treasury department, says: "Take
a one dollar treasury note and look at
it. There is q fine steel engraving of
Washington-the man, not the city, in
the middle of the note. In the left
hand corner there is 'The Landing of
Columbus There is fine lace-work for
the denominations, and the note has a
lace-work border. Different artisans
make these designs. It is not all the
work of one engraver, for each one has
his specially. No engraver can make
two plates exactly alike, no more than
the same man can paint two portraits SO
alike but what there will be some little
shade or line in one that does not exist
in the Other. So, after the engravers
make designs for the notes and the
secretary has accepted the design, the
plate beng Of hard metal is subjected
TO a cylinder of solid steel, the metal of
which is softer than the plate. The
cylinder is laid on the plate and sub
jected to a pressure of from one to
twenty tons. AS the plate is depressed,
so are the figures and characters raised
on the cylinder, which then undergoes
a hardening process, and the plates for
the notes are taken from the cylinder.
From these all our notes are printed.
By this process every note printed is
exactly alike and counterfeits can be
easily detected. These plates and CYL
inders can be used constantly for three
months, when the plates are retouched
by skillful workmen, who have an
apartment especially devoted to their
branch of work. In this room there
are many beautiful specimens of fine
steel engravings, for our country took
the prize at Vienna for such work"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26
UNDER THE Daisies.

It is strange what great deal of trouble take,
Yhat sacrifice most of us willingly make,
HOW the lips will smile, though the heart may ache
And we bend to the ways of the world for the SAX
OF its poor and scanty praises.
And time runs with such pitiless how,
That our lives are wasted before we know
What work to finish before we go
To our long rest under the daisies
And too often we fail in useless fight:
For wrong is so much in the place of right,
And the end is go far beyond our sight
"Tis as one starts on chase by night,
An unknown shade pursuing
Even so do we see, when our race is run
That of all we have striven for little is won
And of all the work our strength has DONE
How little was worth the doing.
So most of us travel with very poor speed,
Failing in thought where we conquer in deed,
Least brave in the hour of greatest need,
And making riddle that few may read
Of our life's intricate mazes.
Such labyrinth of right and wrong,
rs it strange that heart, once brave and strong,
Should falter at last, and most earnestly long
For calm sleep under the daisies?
But if one poor troubled heart can say
" His kindness softened my life's rough way"
And the tears fall over our 1ifeless clay,
We shall stand up in heaven in brighter array
Than if all earth rang with our praises.
For the good we have done shall never fade,
Though the work be wrought and the wages paid,
And the wearied frame O. the laborer laid
Al peacefully anlsSsh daisies.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26
Business Prospects in the South.

The condition of the south and the
prospect for the coming season are very
fairly set forth in the following extract
from letter to sthe commercial agency
of McKilop &S Sprauge, St. Louis.
The letter is dated at Pensacola, Flor
ida, and we are informed represents the
state of affairs in most of the southern
states, with the exception of Texas ::
"We are thirty three per cent. worse
off than we were year ago. We have
one of the most beautiful sites for a
large commercial city in the south, but
it does not improve as it ought to with
the natural advantages it has. This l
attribute to the fact that our large tim
Der merchants who make money here,
invariably spend it away from home,
and our only increase in size comes
from men of moderate means, who
simply lay out their money to make a
small home. With all the facts sta ing
me in the face, certainly advertise all
dealers to limit their lines of credits
against any portion of the south. The
people are as honest as any in the
world, but they have no means, and
while it is gratifying to know that bus
mess men are honest, it does not assist
the creditors, if they are unable to pay
We are going to have very dull sum-
mer, and l fear that maLy of our bus
mess men will go under"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26
The Fuel of the sun

The matter from which the worlds
we're formed come into the hands Oi
Omnipotence in its most attenuate
state. Throughout space there rolls a
vast ocean of this material, which sci
ence calls cosmical matter-star dust.
Tt is to a constant rain of this star dust
and meteoralites into the SUI that this
heat is due. It is law of matter that
retarded motion shall evolve heat.
When we shoot ball against rock its
surface will become heated in proper
tion to the velocity of the missile. So
does the rain of matter develop heat by
its being retarded by the suns surface.
A fine example of the way in which the
fires of the sun are fed may be seen in
the fall of the meteoralites upon the
earth. These vagrants are caused TO
emit light and eat by friction during
their passage through the air, and by
striking the earth. It is sad to con
template the end to which the demand
of the suns greed must inevitably lead,
for when the supply of star dust is ex-
hausted, and comets and meteors are
no more the planets will obey the stern
summons, and one after another fall
into the funeral pile OF the worlds.
Those nearest the sun will first respond,
until the most distant courtier Will
come at his call to feed the last flicker
ing flame. Then will he grow cold and
hang in space a dead, cheerless thing,
the ashes of a great corfiagration.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26
Source of the Amazon.

The source of the Amazon has long
been a cause Of dispute among travellers.
Mr.. Marcoy agrees with DR.. Santiago
Tavara, of the Peruvian photographic
commission, that as the Ucsyali has
greater length and volume it must be
regarded ss the Rio Madre del Amazo-
mas. Many attempts have been made
to navigate the upper tributaries on the
right bank of the Amazon, but with
disappointing results. u is well known
that the waters of some OF the Amazo-
nian tributaries ere, like Rio Negro, OF
very dark color, resembling coffee.
this has not been very satisfactory &C
counted for and it would hardly seem
to be owing to the nature of the ground
over which the rivers flow, as this is Of
very diverse kind. When looked at
through a glass the water is colorless; 1t
is only in cases where the current Is
slow or imperceptible that i has a
brown tint. Animals OF all kinds
abound i'll and around these curious
waters.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26

Were each individual of the forty odd
millions of our people the possessor of
Stentor's voice ten times magni6ed, and
at some set hour, or minute, all wotild
exercise their vocal power in a con-
demnatory shout of calumny, the effect
would be none too great to give express
sion to what should be intense abhor-
renee of this Dipping, frosty evil. This
vocal power we do not possess, nor, as
nation, can we, as in one voice, cry
down this evil; but as individuals we
can, and should, draw the bow of our
condemnation, and "shoot" calumny
Gas If flies. -
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26
Masked Balls in France.

A writer in the Steele gives some
"reminiscences on the subject of masked
balls. He says " Respectable people
allege that under the Restoration OPP
era balls he still some of the charm
which recommended them to the last
century, when princes OF royal blood
and even a queen of France did not
fear to visit them. One night Marie
Antoinette was recognized at an opera
ball. She was assailed on all sides,
and behaved very courageously under
the trying circumstances. The roman
tic character of these balls began to
fade almost Immediately afthe the July
revolution. The great Musard set up
rival establishments, where dancing
took the place of Irritation. 1t was
then that the cancan. came to life in
France, and if the Memories du vi
comte d'Ermis are TO be credited, this
dance was improvised as a political
manifestation against citizen royalty
by young peers of France who had re-
mained faithful to legitimate monarchy,
and by officers of the royal guard whom
the revolution had just deprived of
their salary. 1t is curious to trace to
this origin a dance which is so popular
among the lower orders of society.
When Musard assured the direction OF
the opera halls his first innovation was
Gallop Internal, in which pistol
shots were fred, and soon after lie in
troduced extravagant quadrilIes. 1t
was from this moment that the domino
the long and severe black robe so dear
to every woman who has small feet and
pretty hanis-began to give way be-
fore the invasion of Chicards and Lari-
has. It was the time when men dressed
up as clocks, mushrooms, and other
fantastic objects. When Musard, or
rather Napoleon Musard, as he was
called by his delirious followers, had
appeared, the generation of PIerrots
and Debardeurs came into existence.
Under the empire the public could not
even be got to dance at the opera
Dancers had to be hired by the man.
ager, and thus began the era of the
Clodoches."
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an everlasting cause of hatred and an
inevitable pretext for war"
Thus the Bonapartists-are ready, and
/ may add there is reason to suppose
that on Sunday the electors of the
Seine -et- Disc will send to the assembly
the Duo de Padoue, connection of the
imperial family. In presence of this
immediate danger, the royalist party
feels its terrors Increase. London
Letter - Il - IL ----L.- ----t L
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26
Geniality of Manner.

It is curious with what avidity we
form impressions of others how fire.
quently we treat others coldty by rea-
son of hastily formed and arbitrary
opinions originally conceived of them !;
how our imperfect knowledge of par
tial acquaintance causes us often to
misunderstood and fail to appreciate
them. Primary opinions formed of
others are seldom abandoned, never
entirely Obliterated. Some people
always produce favorable impression;
others invariably leave something to be
desired in them. The manners of some
are easy and affable; they bow cour-
teously, smile politely, speak cheerily;
a warmth and glow pervades them
which extends to others, and they
throw a life and vigor into their words
and acts that never fail to attract.
/ They enter warmly into our projects,
speak of topics of interest to us, adapt
| themselves Immediately to every object
of discussion, and render themselves
uniformly agreeable. This geniality
of manner and bearing renders life en-
joyable, and adds zest to every sociable
enjoyment it makes the household, as
well as the ball room, reSOUnd with
hearty laughter and enjoyment; makes
happy many a home, and fragrant with
pleasant memories many an otherwise
dreary hour. 1t cools the heated brow
of thought, dries up the turbid stream
of melancholy, washes away hundreds
of daily aggravations, and furnishes
relief to the wesried soul. This spon-
taneity is found everywhere-among
the rich and poor, old and young,
thoughtful and otherwise. 1t creates
the urbanity of the statesman, the
/ plausibility of the popular leader, the
suavity of the diplomat, the inspira-
/ tlon of the author, and the courtesy of
/ the true gentleman. 1t is the most
/ positive adornment of domestic life,
and surest guarantee of pleasant home.
In women 1T is the most remarkable,
rendering their manners charming,
their devotion spontaneous, and their
conversation rapid, brilliant and viva
cious. 1t has the most potent infu-
ence in rendering them ever welcome
and beloved. Could all but estimate so
valuable an acquisition, none would
disregard it, and our enjoyments would
be greatly augmented and increased
thereby.
WHAT, with the improvements at the
mouth of the Mississippi and the pro
| posed Ieservoir5 at its head waters,
/ there IS a fair prospect that engineer
( ing science viii convert that hitherto
/ eccentric and ungovegnable torrent
/ into a very tractable and civilized
] stream, after all.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26

EARACHE IN CHmDREN.-When a
child's ear becomes painful, as it 20
often does, everything should be done
to soothe it, and all strong Irritating
applications should be avoided. Pieces
of hot onion or fig should not be put in
but warm haDnels should be applied,
with fermentation, if the pain
does not soon subside. How much
children suffer from their ears-un-
pitied because unknown-it would
probably wiring the hearts of those who
love them, suddenly to discover. 1t is
often very hard, even for medical men,
to ascertain that the cause of young
chiId's distress is seated in the ear, and
frequently sudden discharge from it,
with a cessation of pain, first reveals
the secret of a mysterious attack which
has really been an infamm alton of the
drum. The watchlulness of a parent,
however, would probably suffice TO de
tect the cause of suffering, if directed
to this point, as well as to others. II
children cry habitually when their ears
are washed, that should not be neglected;
there Is, most likely, some cause for
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26

WHAT SLEEP WILL CURE.-A physi-
clan says that the cry for rest has al
ways been louder than for food not
thai it is often harder to obtain. The
rest comes from SOUND SLEEP. OF two
men or women, otherwise equal, the
one who sleeps the best will be the most
moral, healthy and efficient. Sleep
will do much to cure irritability of tenn
per, peevishness and uneasiness. 1t
restores to vIgor an overworked brain.
it will build up aud make strong a
weary body. 1t will cure a headache.
1t will cure a broken spirit. 1t will
cure sorrow. Indeed, we might make
long list of nervous and other mAladies
that sleep wilt cure. This cure of sleep
lessness requires a clear conscience,
and avoidants of stimulants and mar
coiics. For those who are overwoiked,
haggard, nervous, who pass sleePless
nights, we commend the adoption of
such habits as shall secure sleep; 9th
erwise, life will be short, and what
there is of it sadly imperfect.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26
SHAKEN DEwDroPs.
KATE HILLARl


On tae white bosom Of a fair tall flower
AEo pearly dewdrops lie;
Freeh Win the eoolness OF the midnight hour,
The quiet OF the sky
Each drop is rounded into full co.npleteness:
ne mirror Of its breast
Rsects tl1e perfect picture Of earth's sweetness,
The seublauce Of heaYens rest -
T4sre % comes little EVIL whis Der through the roses,
Fresh 81, ming through Al the silent garden-sloses
- 800 ~ fbs 8 their heads in mute devotion
l ~ "a - ops culver With the sudden motion.
ana -emble, ,lnto one -A'0''U'
Us, dear heart, the shock OF sus,sa,, ,-,,,,,,o
swept Der each waiting soul, 'A'"N4o
And life was so lonely, being doub
Became one perfect whole,
Now thou and I, content p..o.,,..- -
In one securely rest =. ''1e 'OS'os-91s
FoIde ~ AZ storn's of lifes capricious weather,
-GaEarv for Harrk.
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HY the Apostle Paul, shadows to-
night have struck more terror To the
soul of Richard than can the substance
of ten thousand soldiers. Shakespeare
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