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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-03
IN MENORLAM.
Andrea johnson.
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The night-lamps dimly burn. a
The death-moth's ghostly tap is on the floor,
Inc gray owl silent fits around the tarn,
ana low winds creep along the wild OLD moor,
HE cold, pale stars cast through
No I6e 6e; sS9ddiIg clouds solemn, ghastly glowi
AND gray bats through the gloom dart to and fro.
Within the darksorne deTls
The deadly nightshade spreads her poison leaves
And through the acacia bouRhs with solemn swells
And cadences mournful ss,them grieves --
wherefore is al this sadness?
Ihroughout the golden, fOwery summer day
Ine birds and breezes chanted notes of gladness-
Why traileth sorrows sable robes this way
Paler. yes, fainter grow
The mystic stars the night i almost spent;
Inc 1e Paiild morn looks in, and, bowling low,
her tears are with the morning breezes bIent
Win dropping wing each bird
Eorgets to greet the erayly dawnng sun,
anu NeHd, unearthly music soft is heard,
AS Ger Eolian harps the sad winds play.
Afar the matin bell
Rings out dreary, sullen monotone.
wherefore is this? Yestere,n the witehing spell
VI joyous beauty Ger the glad earth shone-
NOW, in the ailing breeze
The crimson-hearted fuschia slowly swings,
AND IN the somber depths Of shuddering trees
The caterpillar weayes her flmy rings.
Ahl ere the suns gold ray
Did food the Southern hills with ruby wines,
=" andrew Johnsons life hath passed away"
Came flashing DER the telegraphic lines.
Grief spreA Is her tear-stsepei
From brosd Atlsntic's silyery sanded shore
Unto Pscifc's coast. The patton mourns-
patriotic statesman is more.
Out from the purple Wet
Being flowers. o, sorroWing South, thy rarest
bloom
Bring thou. Thy garlands bring, oh North and
East,
Wherewith TO wreath the noble patriots tomb
All! stills the thrilling voice
That changed all hearts vito glowing eloouence
Ia uRbidden gue-t his sable wing did poise
Beside or nohlest brave, and bore him hence
To that bright country where
No tears e'er fan, no darksome tempests rise
Beyond the track Of weird Nights dusky car
On tennessee . thy proudest, brightest star
Is crowned with bays beneath unfolding skiesI
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Mrs. ABE LNCoLy.-A correspond
ent. writing from st. Charles, IN the
vicinity Of Bellevue Asylum, says YOU
viii be glad to learn, aud this is the iirst
public intimation Of it, that Mrs. Lin
coin is pronounced well enough to leave
the asylum and visit her sister, Mrs.
Edwards, Of Springfield IL ia not
likely that she will return 10 Bellevue
place. as there is come feeling mani
tested in the manner Of her incarcera-
tion by her friends, vino refuse 10 be-
lieye her insane. A leading lady lawyer
of Chicago has been with her much oi
late. and with the assistance OF her legal
husband, will assist in Mra. L'ncoln
restorafion To the world. She is do
oidedly better, sleeps and eats well, and
shows no tendency 10 any mania; but
whether the cure is permanent or not
the test Of active life and time VIII
prOVe,
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SAYINGS AND DOIyGs.

IF your girl, or her big brother, comes
along and points a pistol at you, ana
| tells you 10 walk down 20 the minister
and be married, go right along and 40
it the marriage will be bogus. That
has recently been decided by the SUI
preme court Of New York.
A BRooKLYs girl was heard TO remark
as she was leaving church last Sunday
evening: "There's my foolish tatner
has gone and given $50 20 the heather;
and the new spring hats are out ana
shall have TO buy a cheap one or put up
with straw"
AN ordinary lighthouse where oil is
used, gives an illuminating power equal
to about 200 candles. An electric light
IN England flashes over the North sea
Its condensed beams, each Of which ~
more than an equivalent 20 the COM
bined light OF 800, 900 candles.
A PREooCIoUs boy was asked which
was the greater evil Of the two, hurting
another's feelings or his finRer2 He
said the former. Right, my dear
child" said the gratified quostioner.
And why is il worse to hurt the feel
ings ?" "Because you can't tie a rag
around them," explained the dear child.
A PROJECT for tunneling the Mersey
has been revived, and apropos thereto
Mr.. Gladstone writes: Assuredly is
will seem strange TO future times that
we should in 1875 have been far adj
vanced in maturing n project for tun-
mel under the Straits Of Dover, whilo
we have not vet tunneled under a single
river OF the many that indent our
shores" Mr.. Gladstone seems TO have
forgotten the Thames tunnel.
A BOY of five years old was "playing
railroad" with his sister OF two and
half Drawing her upon a footstool, he
imagined himself both tie engine and
the conductor. After initiating the
pufliug noise of the steam, he stopped
and called out "New York, and, IN a
moment after, Paterson" and then
4" Philadelphia." His knowledge OF
towns was now exhausted, aud the next
place he cried "Heaven." His little
sister said eagerly: "Top, des III
det out here"
Az old-fashioned clergyman named
More was riding on horseback one
stormy day, enveloped in loose cloak
Of large proportions and having broad,
scarlet collar. by the action OF the
wind the cloak was tossing about IN all
directions, when Rentlem IN rode mp
on a spirited horse, which shied and al
most threw the rider. "That cloak Of
yours would frighteu the devil, said
the gentleman. "You don't say SOL
replied Mr.. Morej; :" why, that's just my
.rade."
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-03
A Beautiful ParlOr Ornament.

A beautiful ornament for the sitting
room can be made by covering COM
mon glass tumbler with moss, the latter
fastened in place by sewing cotton
wound round. Then glue dried NOES
upon a saucer, into which set the tum-
bier, filling it and the remaining space
in the saucer with loose earth from the
woods. Plant the former with a variety
of ferns and the latter with wood vio-
let's. On the edge of the grass also
plant some of the nameless little ever
green vines which bear red (scarlet)
berries, and whose dark, glossy, ivy
like foliage will trail over the fresh
blue and white of the violet with
beautiful effect. Another good plan is
to Gil rather deep plate with some of
the nameless but beautiful silvery and
light green and delicate pink MOSES,
which are met with in profusion in all
swamps and marshes. This can be Kept
fresh and beautiful as long as it is not
neglected to water it profusely once a
day. 1t must, of course, be placed in
the shade, or the moss will blaneh and
die. In the center of this a clump Of
large azure violets should bo placed,
adding some curious lichens and pretty
fungus growth from the barks of forest
trees, and a few cones, shells and
pebbles.
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Two were speared

ing large number. Two were speared
by Narcisse himself.
The blacks have no knowledge of any
Superior Being, and no form of religion
OF any kind whatever. The dead are
tied up with cords after the fashion of
mummy, and exposed to the action of
the sun either in the forks of trees or on
a rough scaffold. He describes the
treatment he has received from the tribe
as having been uniformly kind, and he
thinks they would treat any white man
well. They are not afraid, he says, of
white men, but of white mems guns.
They are not cannibals, nor does he
think that any of the tribes in that re-
gion are SO. He states that he has heard
that in his tribe there was an old white
man who had lived among them for
many years, and was at last drowned
while out fishing. He does not recollect
having seen this man himself, and is
not sure when his death occurred.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-03

A CooLER.-A writer on public health
recommends that dish or basin large
enough TO present good surface Of wa wa
ter be placed in rooms where the heat rs
oppressive, and the water changed once
or twice on very hot days, TO secure
general lowering Of the temp' rHture.
The hot air of the room takes mp the
water in the form Of atmospheric vaapor,
and diffuses the greater oooinesa OF the
vapor throughout the room, unhl ar
and water become Of the same tempera-
ture. When this takes place frosh wa
ter should be put in the dish. Ile says
chat he has found a tumbleriul OF water
"potential" enough when he has been
sitting in a small study, but tho greater
the surface OF the water in contact with
the mir the more effectual will be the
diffusion Of the atmospheric vapor.
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SOMEBODY interviewed George francis
Train. and the latter said DO yOu
see these hands? SEQ the blood rms
into them. There's health ior you2 All
comes from vegetable diet, sir. No
meat for me. / cat nothing but veget.
ables. Vegetable make muscle, sinew,
strength. manhood" Yes, George" :"
said his auditor, laughing, ''you re right,
meat is weakening. j always notios all
the strong animals live ON vegetables.
There's the weak lion aud pnither, they
live on meat (; and there'a tie sturdy
sheep, the goose, the calf, and lackasH.
they live on vegetables entirely They
A." II always makes me mad 10 talk TO an
Internal fool" said Train, coloying mp,
while he turned on his heel and left in "A
huff.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-03

A SCoTCH granite monument at Cam
bridge City, Indiana, was recently
struck by lightning, the current follow
ing the shaft to the limestone base, tax
ing out every pal ticle of red color, and
leaving white zig-zag strip about an
inch III width. The monument was not
injured.
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What an Army of TOad,Sto, Is Di

bid Won ever think how strong the
growing plants must be TO force their
way up through the earth2 Even the
green daisy tips and the tiny blades OF
grass. that bow before breath, have 10
exert force in coming through, that, in
proportion TO their size, is greater than
You would exert in rising from under n
mound of cobble stones. And think OF
toad stools-what soft, tender things
they are, breaking at "A touch. Yet. i
can tell you, they're quite mighty in
their way.
Charles Kingsley, the celebrated Eng
lish priest and novelist. was a very close
observer of nature. One evening I'm
noticed particularly q square flat sto nR
that I should say, was about as looig
and rs broad as the length Of three be,
burdock leaves, He thought il would
require quite strong man 10 lift stone
like that In the morning he looked
again, and 10 the stone was raised so
that he could see the light under it.
What was his aurprise TO find on closer
examination, that crop OF toad-stoole
had sprung mp under the stone IN ths
night and raised it mp on their little
round shoulders as thew came
m told th0t canon hNiEHltg BlNos MI
account of THE in his book called
Christmas in the West ludies," but Il
was in Eugland that lac saw It.
Knowing that he was so close an OBJ
server, / shouldn't be one bit surprised
if he went still further and found out
that one secret of the toad-stools being
able TO lift the stone was that they
didn't waste time and strength in urging
each other 60 the work, but each one
did his very best without quarreling
about whose turn it was, or whether
Pink Shoulder or Brown Button was
Sinking his share. But then the toad
stools must have been strong.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-03

BETTER TACuCs.-A young mechanic
recently got married to the girl OF his
choice, ana the happy pair went to house
keeping. After the honeymoon was
over, the young wife discovered that
her hubby's temper was none OF the
sweetest, and that attempts to molliiy
him by sweet smiles and kisses were
generally fat failures while his dander
was up; so, like a sensible young woman,
she resolved on another plan OF action,
and soon had an opportunity to try IT.
Hubby was rather captious about hrs
steak, but she made 10 excuse. " It's
tough, " said hubby. "and it's not cooked
half enough :" The young wife smiled,
but made no defense Then hubby got
fearfully mad he lifted h plate, and
dashed il on the floor, with the remark,
"curse that steak T. His wife raised mp
her plate, too, and dashed it on the
stove, with the remark, "thats me y
Hubby stared at the plate, at his wife,
then at the floor, and said, why, Eliza.
Won should not mind me. IL am n
little hasty, i soon get over it." And 80
he did.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-03

Travellers 10 ST. Petersburg, Russia,
ON any but pressing business are likely.
says correspondent, TO be more select
than numerous, as the cost OF living
there has become enormous. Bread,
for instance, is three times as dear a. in
Paris, and every other oatable, from
butchers meat downward, is nearly
double as costly as It was some years
ago.
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Washing Days in the Olden Time.

| dSuluS uAy, HOW DuSD6Hr III every
| household, does not seem to have been
much of an institution in the days oi
our great-great grandmothers, says the
American Grocer. Indeed, we are forced
to the conclusion, nortifying as it is,
that they were not very cleanly in their
personal habits. Linen and cotton,
materials that can be washed, were not
popular in England two centuries and a
half ago. Velvets, taffets and rich silks
were, in the middle ages, often worn by
the wealthy without any under-clothing
whatever, while the domestics and the
people of the lower order wore coarse
linen, also without under-clothing. The
possession of linen shirt, even with
the highest mobiles, was matter of
note, and it was but few wardrobes that
contained them. Under the Tudors,
night gowns were worn, though they
had not been before, but they were
formed mostly of silk or velvet, so that
no washing was required. Anne Bo-
leyne's night-dress was made of black
satin, bound with black taffets, and
edged with velvet of the same color.
One of Queen Elizabeth's night-gowns
was Of black velvet, trimmed with silk
lace and lined with fur, and in 1868 her
majesty ordered George Bradyman to
deliver three score and six shymies,
to furnish as night-gown." In another
warrant from her majesty in 1872 she
olders the delivery of Z" twelve yards of
purple velvet, frizzed on the back side
with white or russell silks" for a night
gown for herself, and also orders the
delivery of fourteen yards of murry
damask for the "making of a night.
gown for the Earl of Leycester." Night
dresses for ladies were of later eriod.
called night-veils, and in the reign of
Queen Anne it became the fashion for
them tC be WON in the day time on the
streets, over the usual dress. A. Mica
looking overdress they must have been,
particularly if the ladies of Queen
Anne's time were as restless sleepers as
some of their descendants. If anything
were needed to show that the "good
old times never existed, and that the
present is infinitely superior as a time
to live in to the past, it would be that
the reign of the washerwoman has sue
ceeded that of the dyer and scourer
Cleanliness is said to be next to godli-
ness, but We believe it is the right hand
of godliness, and that godliness seldom
exists without its most important mem
bnr
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sun SPOTS.
What thev Hare to Do ,oith Terrestrial Phe-
noHlend.

What theV Haze to Do 'u9th Terrestrial Phe-
nomenG.
In the opinion of many distinguished
scientists there is an intimatic connec-
ton between the connections that occur
in the sun, and which are indicated by
the appearance of spots, and various
terrestrial phenomena of general ma
ture. The extent of the solar spots
varies from year to year, being greatest
at periods about ten or eleven years
apart. Beginning with a maximum
year, the spots decrease in extent for
ABOUT i've years, on an average, and
then gradually increase till a second
maximum is reached in about five years
more, after which the decrease begins
again and so on in continual alterna-
ton. This interval of ten or eleven
years is called the "sun-spot cycle"
The researches of Mr.. Meldrum, the
director of the Meteorological Observa-
tory of Mauritius, indicated q connec.
ton between the cyclones of the Indian
ocean and of the West Indies and the
sun-spots the one varying with the
other. Prof. Loomis' has shown that
there is striking similarity between
the curves that represent the changes
in the extent of the solar spots and
those which represent respectively the
mean daily range of the magnetic de-
clination, and the number of auroras
observed each year. According to
Poey, the connections of the earth re.
spond to those in the sun, and earth
quakes and volcanic eruption vary in
their frequency with the fluctuations of
the solar spots.
From ninety-three tables of rainfall
for various parts of the world, almost
entirely excluding America, Mr.. Meld-
rum has found that, without exception,
more rain falls in the maxima than in
minima sun-spot years. A late discus
sion of Mr.. G. A. Schott's article on the
Rainfall of the United States" III
which the respective rainfalls at one
hundred and seven stations are taken
for comparison, points to the same con-
cIusion.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-03

MOBILE people Judge of a man 8
wealth by the size of the cigar. stub he
throws away. If he smokes it close he
is looked upon as fellow of no account.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-04
Farm Chats, No. 26.

May l6. The season still holds backward.
Not much stock out as yet. Grass starting
finely but very slow. Feed will net get so
that stock can get full bite before the first
of June. Pasturage to let is plenty and the
demand for stock to pasture is great. Ev-
cry day almost some one calls to zee if we
have any stock to hire pastured. The ask
ing price per week Is, for yesrlings, II cts;
two or three year olds, 25 cts, and guaran.
tee good feed with plenty OF water. Cows
are still in good demand. Store cattle are
selling we'll and several hundred head have
been brought into town from the West. Pigs
arescarce and high. Five to SIX weeksold pigs
sell at S. to So. A few days ago drove
Of very nice six weeks pigs passed here going
north. Were picked up in Columbia Co.
N. Y. The parties were selling from TWEEN.
ty to thirty daily at s. to SO each. No
shotes in market.
May II. This morning the ground was
frozen quite hard and ice on the water was
ne-iourth of an inch thick. Had a thou.
sand cabbage plants that had been set out
ten days and tonight nearly half of them
are dead. This mornings freeze was toe
much for them. Oats that were up look
rather pale aud on the whole it was a tough
night for tho 18th of May. The day has
been fine. The finest day Of spring thus far
the land has dried and worked splendidly.
Have put in one acre of Lanes Imperial
Sugar Beets to-day grow my roots upon
the land where raised mangolds last year
Land was plowed aud narrowed fine, late
last fall. This spring we put on forty.twO
horse loads (of one.haf cord each) per acre
Of stable manure and plowed it in, then gave
the land a very thorough narrowing, theu
marked the rows thirty inches apart, and
upon these marks sowed at the rate Of 400
lbs. per acre a fertilizer composed of equal
parts by weight, Of superphosphate, bSne
salt and plaster. This compost was naked
three or four weeks before wanted 80 that il
would get we'll mellowed and worked togeth.
cry With a Pettengill horseshoe ridged
the land making the ridges about ten inches
high directly over the fertilizer. These
ridges were then merely smoothed and clean
ed Of rubbish with short headed spike-tooth'
ed rakes, just enough 50 that the seed sower
would work we'll. With a Matthews garden
seed drill five pounds of seed were sown per
acre. The job was finished by going Ovel
the ground with the heavy two-horse roller
which hattened the ridges to about one fool
in width and four inches high. Perhaps some
might think that there was a good deal Of
needless work put in, but 10 my experience,
in root raising am satisfied that good des
Of hand hOeing is saved by fitting the lant
thoroughly. Why Nor
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-04

A republican form Of government, and q
declaration OF democratic principles Is all
that can be found. The republicans at the
South and the democrats at the East are
both In the same boat. They both throw
overheard the federal chart, aud follow their
own imagiuations to do evil They make
splendid promises which they do not intend
to fulfill, and by both willfuness and neg.
ligence make laws to crush down those who
uplifted them.
The high funotionaries Of a state, against
the laws they have made and are sworn To
execute, furnish wine 10 the president of the
nation at the expense Of the commonwealth.
Whilst this is done the poor man is made to
pay double rates for sending his child q
spelling-book through the mails, and to pay
taxes on what he does not possess. For the
encouragement Of manufactures and com.
merce the capitalist is not taxed for ten
years on his mill and railroad, but for the
encouragement Of labor the poor man Is
taxed for his hand-saw and dinncr.can. The
great defaulter is allowed to 90 at large, and
is honored with ovations, whilst the poor
tramp who cannot get pay for the work he
may mud to do is continuously shut up Il
live on pea soup aud potato swill
If the poor man has some education and
seeks to better his condition by the honest
use Of it he is upbraided for being gentle
man. Should he leave his arithmetic for BIZ
ak, he is sure to be blamed for not using hi
brains to better advantage. If he essay t.
teach district school the democratic commit
tee will require him to vote that ticket, anC
the republican superintendent will ridicul,
him for his ambition. The whole town viii
make up a subscription TO balance the los
Of rich rebel captain, and kick poor lam,
soldier into the street.
Democracy is farce, republcauism
sham, and the government q fraud. Any
newspaper with Independence enough to say
so is about the only public thing worthy o.
credit. Speak to them, Mr.. FARMER.
PARvo.