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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27
A Cheap Fashion.

I observe, says a Paris correspond
ent, that white, and if not white the
nearest approach towhite, is everywhere
the rage. White wells, white bonnets,
white dresses, white flowers, white rib
bons, white fans-all must be white.
Fashion has not been so lightly in
clined for many years past. The black
that was so universally patronized last
year and the year before last is entirely
discarded now-black barege, black
grenadine is no longer seen, unless, of
course, in cases of mourning-and the
lighter the hue of your dress the better.
All sorts of cheap cotton materials,
cheap in themselves, but excessively
dear if made up by the fashionable
dressmakers, are enormously worn.
There is a particular style of coarse
linen known in Paris as Oxford, which
is sold there at five sous a yard, and
this is the stuff which all Paris is trying
its hardest to buy in great quantities,
and make up into most elaborately
trimmed seaside dresses. One of the
most elegant women in Paris appeared
at a garden party the other day in a
bewiidering costume of Oxford, and
she was telling every one who gathered
about her to admire its multitudinous
developments of frill and founee that
it cost her seven francs and half only
She had bought the stuff at five sous a
yard, and her lady's-maid had made it
instead of the dressmaker.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27
RandOlph's Religious Services.

John Randolph was a great bible
reader and was deeply concerned with
religious subjects. He employed an
excellent and eloquent man, Mr.. Abner
Clopton, to preach every Sunday to his
negroes, in the large chapel he had
erected on his plantation. When at
home he invariably attended these ser
vices, taking his seat by the preacher on
the open platform, from which the
preacher conducted the services. On
many occasions, while kneeling beside
the preacher, who was prone to be car
ried away by the fervor of prayer, Ran
dolph would slap him on the hack and
call out loudly, CloptoD, that won't
do; that's not sound doctrine. Clop.
ton, take that back" and if Clopton
demonstrated, Randolph, though keep
ing him elf on his knees, was ready at
once for an argument to maintain his
point. No one but Mr.. Clopton, who
knew the ecce ntricity and honest mo-
tives of the man, could have borne with
these irreverent Interruptions while IN
the midst of prayer; but Mr.. Clopton,
when he found Randolph determined to
argue the point. either gracefully yield
ed or proposed to note the point and
argue IL at Iu0 u"SllAAB -AOueO' IL
visitors at the chapel, and they were
many, these scenes were exceedingly
curious and sometimes absurdly ludi-
crous. But that was Mr.. Randolph's
way.
1t is said that on one cold Sunday, In
this chapel on Mr.. Randolph's planta-
tion, while giving out the hyran in the
old. fashioned way, two lines at a time
and it was being lustiley sung by the
negroes, Mr.. Clopton, the preacher,
observed negro man put his foot, upon
which was a new brogan, on the hot
stove. Turning toward him, he said in
his measured voice, "You rascal you,
you'll burn your shoe;" as this was the
rhyme of the exact metre of the hymn,
the negroes all sung it in their loudesr
tones. Smiling at the error, the preached
attempted mildly to explain by saying
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27
Hints on Bathing.

The shock which all experience on
first going into cold water is communi-
Gated to the system at large. and the
first symptoms of it is a gasp, partly
nervous, and partly in consequence of
internal Organs-lungs and heart espe-
cially, the heart being quickened.
Quickly, in a strong, healthy person or
this first shock is succeeded by re-
action, this reaction being the natural
effort of the system to restore the
balance of circulating and nervous
power. In the sea this reactionary
effort is much assisted by the stimula-
ting effect exerted upon the Ekin by
the saline ingredients of the water, and
it is still more aided if the body be ex-
posed to the dash of the waves. In
fresh water, these aids to reaction being
absent, it is not SO thoroughly or
quickly established. According to your
power of reaction, which you cannot
fail to discover before long, should be
your exposure to the sea. If you re
main in the water until the system be-
comes so depressed that the power OF
reaction is nullified, nothing but injury
can result You come from your bath
cold, blue and pinched looking, your
fingers white and dead, and your teeth
mayhap, chattering like nut cracker,
and for the rest of the day you are
probably languid, sleepy, miserable.
A strong person, and swimmer, may
stay In the water quarter OF an hour
or twenty minutes-even longer-and
retain his power of reaction; but for
some persons two or three minutes i'm
mersion, or even a single plunge, is
quite as much as they can bear, at
least at first, and until they have gained
strength by their residence at the sea-
side. Even if the shortest possible dip
is not followed by the health glow upon
the skin, and sensations of exhilaratlon
and increased power, it Is better not to
repeat it for few days. The want OF
reaction or the production of depression
is summed up shortly-abstraction OF
caloric or animal heat and we need
scarcely remark that the very fact of a
person unused to it, entirely stripping
in the open air, is one means of sending
off this heat, and that exposure to the
cold wafer is another most potent
means, albeit, loss of animal heat in
wolves depression of vital action. There
are, however, other circumstances
beyond the constitution of the indi-
vidual to be taken into consideration
with respect to bathing agreeing or not,
and these are such as increase or mitl-
gate the depressing effects. Thus, a
person who could not bathe on toler-
ably cold day might do so in the very
height of summer, and especially on
those low, sandy shores where the water
becomes raised in temperature by
passing over an extent of sand pre-
viously heated by the sun the water in
such situations-aa everybody knows
who has any bathing experienoe-being
warmer than on O rocky or steep,
shingly shore.-Dr. Spencer Thomson.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27
SaratOga's Propriety.

Mr.. Samuel Bowles has been taking
notes at Saratoga, and these are among
the things that particularly impressed
him: While Saratoga does not seem to
be the last station on the straight and
narrow road to heaven by any means,
yet for so large and so miscellaneous a
company there certainly is curious
lack of outward vice. The amount of
wine drank at the hotels is very small !;
at the dinner tables not more than a
quarter or a fifth of a European table
d'hOte. You never see many people in
the bar-~ooms while during the fort
night Mr.. Bowles was there he not only
did not see an intoxicated person any
where in the streets, at the hotels, on
the race grounds, at John Morrissey's
pool-rooms, but not even a man under
the apparent influence of liquor. Nor.
while weak women and silly girls and
vulgar dressing do abound to degree
most discouraging for the future of
American society, is there apparent in
any quarter the slightest wantonness of
behavior on the part of either Sex. He
doesn't forget that John Morrissey is q
sort of patron saint in this vicinage !;
but if his club house was the home of
the Young Mems Christian Association
it could not be more decorOus Outwardly,
nor more serene and silent within; while
the race grounds, which are under his
supervision, are the perfection of good
order and discipline and good admins
tration generally.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27
The Danes Of Havana.

Speakinp Of society in Havana n
writer saws. There are at least three
times more males than females. Hardly
apy other women than negresses are 10
lac seen about. Ladies with any preten-
tion 10 youth and beauty would sooner
die than venture out unprotected, even
for their early mass and so uncommon ~
the sight of decent women unattended
i'm the streets that foreign ladies unac-
ouainted with the custom, and saunter-
inc from shop 20 shop, become the
oLiects of a curiosity not unirequently
Ja,onerating into imperiinence. Tho
c,1se of this is that, besides the priests
and soIdiers and sailors, the crowds OF
Snanisb immigrants are attracted there
Nv bipb wages and do not OF course tako
t6eir families. Among the upper clnHses
an exclusive male society IL cultivated.
Tbe cbarn,s of cafe and club life, such
40 tbov are. weau the Havana husband
frorn n home where real feminine ac-
o,r,,Iisbmentg are Gs unknown az
6oa,tb.ruos and fiat. irons. HouHekeep-
ing IN the town, and still more IN the
sn6urbs is terribly mp hill work. Mans
life in Havana IL wholly out-oi doors
ybiIe for women there iE no life within
thon, 7, no town in France or Italy
oro ibore so many or, proportionately.
sncb % snmptuous aud constantly crowded
oo'GD. and restaurants. The Havana
,oorcbant U" ia as eager 10 make money as
be ia ready 20 squauder 1t. But tue
town supplies little besides gross mate nate,
U riaI ENJOYMENT for his money. A box
80 in"' ,is tIird.r rate opera, a drive IN his
dreary prado, are all the amusemen's men s,S h9
can have in common with his wiio ana
Janabter a. For the rest the women are
left TO NOPE at home, playing Do,PeeP 9e,,l
gratipgg, or pacing the fiat roois ..ol ol
their houses like so many SISTER ann, AuioA
waiting for those who are never coming
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27

The boding shepherd heaves a sigh,
For see! rainbow spans the sky;
The walls are damp, the bitches smell
Closed in the pink-eyed pimperneu;
The squalid toads at dusk are seen
Slowly crawling DER the green;
Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry,
The distant hills are looking nigh;
Hark how the chairs and tables crack,
Old Betty's joints are on the rack;
And see yon rocks, how odd their flight
They initiate the gliding kite,
Or seem precipitate to fall,
As if they felt the piercing ball
How restless are the snorting swine,
The busy flies disturb the kline;
Low DER the grass the swallow wings,
The cricket, too, how sharp che sings;
Puss on the hearth with velvet paws,
Sits wiping DER her whiskered jaws;
The wind, unsteady, veers around,
Or, settling, in the south is found;
The whirling wind the dust obeys,
And DER the rapid eddy plays;
The leech disturbed is newly risen
Quite to the summit of his prison;
Twill surely rain, see with sorrow,
Our jaunt must be put off tomorrow"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27

JOHN RUsKIN ON MossEs. -" Meek
creatures the first mercy of the earth,
yelling with hushed softness its dintless
rocks creatures full of pity, covering
with strange aud tender honor the
SCARED disgrace of ruin-laying quiet
finger upon the tumbling stones to
teach them rest. No words that 1
know of will say what these mosses are.
None are delicate enough, none perfect
enough, none rich enough.
Strong in lowliness, they neither blanch
in heat nor pine in frost. To them,
slow-fingered, constant-hearted, is en-
trusted the weaving of the dark, eternal
tapestries of the hills to them, slow
penciled, irisdyed, the tender framing
of their endless imagery. Sharing the
stiffness of the unimpassioned rock,
they share also its endurance ; and
while the winds of departing spring
scatter the white hawthorn blossom like
drifted snow, and summer dims on the
parched meadow the dropping of its
cowslip- gold, far above, among the
mountains, the silver lichen-spots, star
like, on the stone and the gathering
orange stain upon the edge of yonder
western peak reflects the sunsets of a
thousand years"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27
A DAY OF SUMMER BEAUTY.
BIZ c. BROOKE,

Out in the golden summer air,
Amid the purple heather,
woman sat with dropping head,
And hands close knit together:
Never bitter word she said,
Though all her life looked cold and dead
Cold in the glowing haze that lay
Over the fair green earth that day,
That day Of summer beauty.
Far, far away where leafy woods
Touched the sky, cloud-riven,
thousand birds rang out life's bliss
In jubilee to heaven:
HOW could the poor old withered throat
Carol echoes 10 each soft note?
Every soul musr pay life's cost
her deepest silence praised God most,
That day Of summer beauty.
Too dulled her soul. too worn, to feel
Summer delight scLtely;
while earth was praising God aloud
Her patience praised him mutely.
Her narrow life Of thought and care
Not life to live. but life to bear,
Contented that her soul as sad,
While all Gods sOuliess things were glad,
That day Of summer beauty.
And where she stayed, dusky speck
In gOrse and heather glory
weary spirit watched ana read
I'he pathOs Of her story:
spirit doubt-Opprest and worn,
Had found another more forlOrn,
That trustfUl stayed, nor sought to guess
LIES meanings-which are fathomless,
Through all the summer beauty.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27

A WOMAN FREEMAsoN --Harper's Ba-
zar says that it is a mistake to suppose
that the lady who concealed herself in
a room where lodge" was about to
TO be held, and who when discovered
was compelled or allowed to beinitiated,
is a myth. The clock case may be a
myth, but the lady is not. She was the
Hon. Mrs. Aldworth, and continued
through life to take an active interest in
the orderi into which in her youth she had
80 ostrangelygained admission. She found
ed the Dublin benevolent institution for
orphan daughters of mssons. Her por-
trait still hangs in the principal lodge
room in Cork, and under it in a glass
case the apron and jewel she used to
wear when she attended lodge meetings
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27

BYRoN.-A correspondent Of the New
York Evening Post, who was introduced
to Lord Byron by Richard Brlnsley
Sheridan in the green. room OF the old
Drury Lane Theater, thus describes the
appearance of the distinguished poet /:
"Lord Byron was standing against
one of the pillars which supported a
fantastic lantern. He was dressed IN
dark blue dress coat, loose white panta-
looms, and yellowvest. The pantalo o2s
were very long and almost covered his
feet. A patural defect rendered him
very sensitive regarding one foot, at
least. He could not bear that 1t should
be looked at. His shirt collar was am.
pie and turned down over the collar Of
his coat, 80 as to show his neck, OF
which he had reason TO be vain. 1t
was long and white and supported a no,
BILE head, then decorated with natural
brown curls. remarked that his hands,
one of which supported his head against
the pillar, were small and white"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27
UYGATHERED LOVE


WI en- the autumn vinda 60 wailing
Through branches yellow and brown
Wnen the gray sad light - falling,
And the day is going down
hear the dcsolate evening sing
or a love that bloomed tn the early spring
And which no heart had for gathering.
and my love we dwslt apart,
We twain may never be- onc-=
We shal never stand heart to heart,
Then what can be said ur done,
When winds, aui water, and Huug-hifdr sing
OF a love tuHt blossomed Boa the early tprinHi
And which no heart had for gathornR3
When the day il over aud night desctndH,
And dark misis circle and rise,
fan asleep. aud slumber beiriendsf
For dream Of Aptil skies.
But I wake 20 hear the silence sing
OF love that boomtd la tho early Hpr hki
And which no heart had for gathering
When the dawn comes IN with the wind aud rain
Aud the birds awake la tho oayef,
And tain-drops smite the window-pane'
And dreuch the eddyiug leaves
hear the voice OF tho daybreak sing
or love that bllomcd N the early Hprinr'
And which no heart had Tor gathering.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27

'Tis the brooks motion,
| Clear, without strife,
Fleetiug To ocean,
After its l.fei
'Tis loving and serving,
The Highest and best;
lis onward unswWwng--
And that is truo rest.
EDGAR PoE's "Raven has been
translated into French 10y Stephani Hal
larme, with original illustrations 10y
Edouard Manet, and has just beeR pub-
lished into Sfolio form in Paris. The
English verSest are placed side by side
with the trihslaaion. The illustrations
are said 10 be very fantastic.
To be a doctor among the Indians in
wolves no little risk az Inyo, Caliior-
mia, a short time ago, medicine man
was stabbed and shot byone Of the tribe
because OF his failure 20 cure his third
patient: this fact, according 10 an old
Indian tradition, authorizing the near
est relative of the dead man 10 kill the
physician at sight
HEAT is evolved by friction OF Zoe.
Mr.. A. Taylor, in paper recently read
before the Geographical society OF
London, shows that heat evolved 10y
friction of ice upon ice is an important
element in glacial movement. By
simple apparatus he reduced ice %
water in temperature of thirty-two de-
prees, nj the rate of one and a quarter
pound an hour, 10y friction only of ico
upon ice, the pressure applied being
but two pounds 10 the square inch. by
simple evaporation, the ice in the samo
Temperature lost one quarter Of pound
in the same time. In temperature OF
fifty.four degrees the production OF
water under friction was three and
quarter times greater than 10y simple
melting when there was no friction.
The actual heat evolved by friction OF
ice upon ice is nearly the same "a from
oak upon oak, when we'll lubucated
LAST verse Of an Cde 10 q Chicago
belle, lust published in st. Louis
Her mouth q mouth q nooting hash
From ear TO ear n lovely garh!s
o mouth for kisses
q CANDY cavern, HlopiuE down,
Ilhurl myself within aud drown,
In awful bli--es!
IT is well known that in the compart-
ment style of railway carriages used IN
much comfort depends upon
selecting ones travelling companions.
Various devices are resorted TO 10 pre-
vent intruders, and where party OF
tourists can secure a baby for company.
they are generally avoided, and have
the compartment 10 themselves. Hence
this curious advertisement in a London
paper
"ARTIFIcIAL BABEs FOR TRAvELERs.'
The tariff of pric is as follows
Common travelling infants, yielding
cries of fear, aud capable
Of being put in the pocket-lO Hhillings'
Second.class, crying not too loudly,
but lamentably and insupportably-2O
5hil!ings. ..
"Third class, full squallers, with q
very piercing and agravating voice OF
i've octavcs-E2.
"The same arranged as prompt re-
peater-E2 6s.
"Fifth.class, first quality, capable OF
continued squalling-
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27

A TABLEsPooNFUL of black pepper put
in the first water in which gray and buff
linens are washed will keep them from
spotting. 1t will also generally keep the
colors of blahk or colored cambrics or
muslins from running, and does not
harden the water.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27
3" MY colored friends, indeed you are

"My colored friends, indeed you are
wrong; 1 didn't intend that for the
so1g;" but there it. was again, another
rhyme in good measure, so the negroes
sung that too with pious fervor. Turn
ing to his congregation, the preacher
said somewhat sharply, 81 hope you
will not sing again, until I have had
time to explain ;" but this only aroused
the negroes, who sang the last word
with increased vigor. Mr.. Clopten,
feeling that his tongue seemed to be
tuned to rhyme, abandoned all efforts
at explanation, and went on with his
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27
Some Embarrassing Questions.

A gentleman who recently passed over
tbe ola Central railroad, from lSochesto.
IN Svracuse. relates an amusing lhclIolp
mat came undor his obaervahoh beiyio
reocbipg Auburn. An officer was on ~
train. having IN charge two cohNloIa ~
destined for Auburn prison. ne nHnua ~
~ tbe convicts we're free, and they say
onnositeo one another, with irons on tllelt
ankles, the officers occupying 'no ,,,,io.
with one of them. Presently Bon'tiS
man came in, whose hooked.nos oiu
IN, bioped silk hat and general seeuy NJ
nearance indicated inqulhltlNen,'h'
came along and took the vacant seat Dc
aide tbe convict, not noticing the ir0hh.
Tbe convict was an intelligent iello"
and eved his fellow. passenger closely
Presently the stranger said iietly
allow train. this" Convict-"l suPposo,
n is rather slow when one ~ IN hurry
Stran0er--"Yes you going down the
road lar ?" Convict" No, ar: ! bLoP
off at Auburn" Strauger-"Asl 10
20, live tbere2" Convict-"l have no.
formerly" Strauger-"But you thlnE s,, q,
taking Ip your residence there, DO you.
ConyictL6I am thinking seriously oi ~,
YES sir Stranger-"What business
are YOU in, il ] may ask Convict =
expect 10 be in theemPloy OF the sIauo.
TIE stranger saw the irons and the ssh
ab nut the same time, ana e!acul"'u,u, ~
"Oi an, yes, see, y ana went in'o 'lo
next car.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27

A Turkish PoRT CEDED TO THE kHE-
nrvp-Tbe Ottoman government AL
WAYS considered the port leliah as
forming part Of the district OF .,,. Hodei,
dab in the province Of Yemen, although
situated on the African coast ot the
Red sea. The revenues Of the town only
amounted TO about $500 per RnnuIn,
and in an autograph letter sent ~
his aid-de.camp, Rhaln Pasha, his
majesty allows the khedive 10 take pos
session of the place on condition OF IN
creasing the Egyptian tribute by Cl5,-
600. The JoUy0urO,tiiOb on the subject
has been issued by the porte. One OF
the conditions OF the document rs that
the sums already received by the minis
ter of finance from the port IN question
shall be placed TO the credit OF the
Egyptian government.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

REsr il not quitting
Tho busy career
Rost Is the fitting
or self 20 its sphere;
lis the brooks motion,
Clear. without strife,
Fleetiug to ocean,
After its life4
'Tis loving and serving,
The Highest and best;
'ris onward. unswWving-
And that il true rest.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-27
THE NIAGARA FALLS HORROR.
From the Niagara Falls Register.

EaaulEed IL The Care Of me Winds oad Dra,rH
into the Vorte-r of Deofh-A Feorloss Woman
aud BrGuc Nan DrOtrncd.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-02
F r A N @ e.
y9he Constitutional Bill Under Discussion
In tho Assembly.
MacMahon Must Be Commander.
in-Chief.

PARis, Feb. I, ls5A
In the Assembly to-day the consideration Of the
Constitutional bill proposed By N. Do ventsvon
Wa continued.
N. Barthe, OF the Lett Centre. introduced an
amendment providing that the Presidents shall not
b On titled to assume chief command OF the forces
n. Chaband Ia Tour. Minister Of the Interior.
said be had authority 10 state that "Marshal
MacManon would resign the Presidency II Do
barred from drawing his sword In defence Of the
country"
The amendment was thereupon Withdrawn.
TIE powEB OF prssoLvyxo THE AssENLy
The amendment offered By N. WALTON. giving
sne Presioent, IN occurrence with the Senate,
the power to dissolve the Assembly. was referred
70 the Committee on the Constitutional bills.
The committee subsequently reported against
shat portion OF the amendment which requires
the concurrence OF the senate and IN favor Of
granting the power Of dissolution to MscMahon
alone. the power, however, not to DO continued to
other Presidents.
This decision Is contrary TO the vote OF last Sat.
urdsy, whereby the Assembly Indicated that Il
vas In favor OF the creation Of constitution ~
opposed 10 personal law.
AN xxcrrrNG DEBATE ExPEcTBD
The report Of the committee will be taken up 70
morrow. when IN important debate u expecred.