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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-03-31

THE Portuguese arc preparing to exer-
else little coercion on the Chinese.
Portugal never makes much stir in the
world, but when her trade is interfered
with she is very apt to do a little fight
ing or protesting on her own account.
The mail from Shanghai brings the intel
Irence that the Portuguese authorities
n Macao "threaten to remove the Chi
nose Instructions to the trade of that
mort by an armed force of five thousand
troops" The Instructions" consist of
the vessels of the Chinese revenue service.
which have been trying to prevent the
prosecution of the maritime trade of the
city. Macao is situated on a narrow
isthmus on the Chinese coast, at the
mouth of the Canton river. The place
was given to the Portuguese in 1885 by
the emperor of China as a reward for
their services in repelling the invasions
of japanese pirates. In 1S45 the port
was opened to foreigners, but the Chi
nese we're subjected to a tariff until 1S49'
Until 1874 Macao was the great point for
shipping coolies to the west, but the Chi
nese stopped the traffic at that time.
The population is 100000, of whom 80,
600 are Chinese. In the event of a war
growing out of the overt acts of the Chi
nese government, the Portuguese would
doubtless be triumphant.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-03-31
Hot Water Fish.

The following fish story comes from the
mining regions of the west, and is told
in the Territorial. 1t is about a most
singular discovery, as the editor truly
saws, that was made in the mines called
the Savage, Hale and NOrcross
Living fish were found in water that
is now flooding those mines. The fish
found were five in number, and We
hoisted up the incline in the large iron
hoisting tank and dumped into the pump
tank at the bottom of the vertical shaft.
The fish are eyeless, and are only about
three or four inches in length. They are
blood red in color.
The temperature of the water in which
they are found is one hundred and twen-
ty-eight degrees Fahrenheit-almOst
scalding hot. When the fish were taken
out of the hot water in which they were
found, and placed in a bucket of cold
water, for the purpose of being brought
to the surface, they died almost instant
ly. The cold water at once chilled their
life blood.
In appearance these subterranean
members of the fnny tribe somewhat re-
semble gold fish. They seem lively and
sportive enough while in their native hot
water, notwithstanding the fact that they
have no eyes nor even the rudiments of
eyes. The water by which the mines are
flooded broke in mt depth of twenty
two hundred feet in drift that was be-
ing pushed to the northward i'll the Saw
age. 1t rose in the mine-alsO in the
Hale and Norcross, the two mines being
connected-to the height of four hun-
dred feet; that is, up to the eighteen
hundred foot level. This would seem to
prove that a great subterranean reser
voir or lake had been tapped, and from
this lake, doubtless, came the fish hoisted
from the mine.
Eyeless fish are frequently found in
the lakes of large caves, but we have
never before heard of their existence in
either surface or subterranean water the
temperature of which was so high as is
the water in these mines. The lower
workings of the Savage mine are far be
low the bed of the Carson river, below
the bottom of the Washee lake-bei low
any water running or standing anywhere
within a distance Of ten miles of the
mine.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-03-31
Flowers at the Centennial.

The horticultural grounds and exposi.
tiOn of the Centennial comprise forty
acres, covering the whole of n sugar-loaf
hill located near the center of the exposi-
tion inclosure. All the United States
trees will be represented, and the plants
recently introduced from China, Japan
and the east The space reserved for
the display of ornamental gardening will
contain about 10000 Towering, and per-
haps AS many foliage plants, arranged in
the carpet, ribbon and geometrical STYLES
of gardening. The building, exclusive
of the main hall and the four green
houses, is divided into several compart-
ments for the individual exhibits of
florists and gardeners. On the north
and south sides are the two greenhouses,
each thirty by one hundred feet in size.
These and the main hall are heated by
hot water for the exhibition of choice
plants of commerce, tropical and other
exotic productions, The main hall,
eighty by two hundred and thirty in
size, will be ornamented by a handsome
marble fountain surrounded by statuary
and specimens of the ceramic act The
heating of this large building is effected
as follows: Four large return hue-
boilers placed in the basement of the
main hall connect by iron pipes lald un-
derneath the floor of tie passageway,
conveying water to and from the boilers,
and, propelled by heat, the water moves
throughout the building, disseminating
a genial and uniform heat everywhere.
SOME young ladies of Whitmore lake,
Michigan, undertook to get up dona-
tion for Rev. T. L. Pierce, by retailing
kisses, and succeeded in disposing OF
ninety, for which the aggregate receipts
were four dollars and a half. But the
investors complained that the girls
pinched up their lips, and skinned the
measure to such a degree that they made
a profit of one thousand per cent.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-03-31

INTERNAL BEAUTY" HandsOme IS
that handsome does" is an old adage with
truth in it; as witness the boy who was
sliding down hill on his sled last winter
in the street, and ran into a lady's dress.
Springing to his feet, he expressed his
regret at the accident, when the lady
kindly remarked, "There's no great harm
done, my boy; you feel worse about il
than do" "But your dress is ruined" /"
said the lad. "I thought you would be
very angry" "Better have spoiled
dress than a ruffied temper" the lady re-
piled; and as she passed on the boy ex-
claimed to his companions " Isn't she p
beauty?" "Call her a beauty" said
one of them; "she's more than forty and
got wrinklesl 81 dom I care for that, :"
Tetorted the lad; cher soul is handsome,
anvhow.'
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-03-31

" A MAN." says the New York Times,
"may be a failure as a United States
senator; he may even disgrace his coun.
try in foreign official position or he
may steal the peoples money, wear
prison stripes, and still manage to rub
along very comfortably through life.
But to fail as a car conductor is to be a
social and moral wreck. To have ones
bell-punch and twenty-five dollars de-
posit taken away is to be sent upon n
cold and heartless world vagabond."
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-03-31

FOREST planting is thriving in Min
nesota. The st. Paul and Pacific railroad
mas set out over four million young
trees, and altogether it is estimated that
twenty millions have been planted On
the prairie lands.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-11
Fall BOnnets.

French bonnets imported for the fall
and carly winter are exceedingly rich
this seasoh, a fashion journal says. The
shapes are unique, with oddly trimmed
crowns and close clinging fronts. There
is scarcely any face trimming except a
slight frill Of tuile or twist of velvet;
it is an exceptional case to geo flowers
or loops of velvet in front, the only
touch Of color being given by the facing
In the brim or the cord piping on it's
edge. Fine velvets and plush, either
plain or corded in stripes, are used for
covering the frame OF the bonnet
smoothly. French felt bonnets are not
largely imported, and will not be worn
on dressy occasions as much as they
were last winter, but will still be chosen
to match costumes, and as second-best
hats. Contrasts of color and two shades
OF one color will be equally fashionable.
Cream color of the greenish linden
shade will brighten up myrtle green,
ink blue, and plum colored hats. Car
dinal will be worn in contrast with ink
blue, plum, and myrtle green, and also
with black velvets. The bonnet is
usually of the darkest shade. with pip
ings, facing, scarf, etc., of the pale
tint; but occasionally this is reversed, as
in the case of dress bonnets of pale lin
den green velvet trimmed with myrtle
green plush, or OF celeste blue trimmed
with dark cardinal red. The contrast of
color must be odd in order to be stylish,
and two tones of the same color must
represent extreme shades. The trim
ming is heaped in loops and plaitings
on the front of the crown, and there are
usually two long streamers Of ribbon di-
rectly behind, which may hang there as
ornament or be brought forward as
strings.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-11
Price Of Cows.

William Sheldon, of Upper Provi-
dence, well known as one OF the most
extensive dealers in Montgomery coun-
ty, Pa, has furnished the american
with some valuable information on the
subject Of the price of cows for the last
forty years. Mr.. Sheldon is careful,
methodical man, and his statements
may there ofe be relied on. he says
that previous to 1886, and during that
year, good COWS could be bought from
$1S to $24. From 1886 to 1885 the
average price was $40. During the
yeals 8 1887 and 1888, $23. In 1887 the
average was $50 per head; in 1S40,
average $50; with dull trade during
1S41 the average price went down to
$l9, at which price the market stood
the two following years of 1S41 and
1912; in 1843 there was slight rise,
the average going up to $22; in the next
year there was o rise of about 81, the
price being $23 per head; in 1916, $24
per head; in 1S47 and 1848, $22 to $25;
in 1S49, 1850, 1851 and 1852 the market
averaged $26; in 1853 the average Was
the same, but the market was not SO
strong; in 1854 the average was $28;
the highest price was $40 and the lowest
$22 and $23. In 1856 and 1856 the
average was $50. In the spring OF 1857
the market was e1citable, and the aver
age for the year reached $34, but prices
went down very low at the end of the
season. In 1858 and 1859 the market
was low and hard, averaging $29. In
1860 and 1851 good lots brought $35 per
head. During the next three years good
prices were obtained, the average being
about S65 per head; some good lots
averaged over 500. Since then the
markets have been high, and drovers
have done we'll. just now there is a
downward tendency, and the prospect ir
that prices will continue to decline for
somo time. Mr.. Sheldon says that the
best COW he ever sold was from the
mountains, and she made eighteen
pounds of butter per week. She was O
muley Of the common stock.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-11
The Question OF COurtship.

The English custom of courtship,
says the Sun, in answer to CORE
spondcnt, is first to approach the father
in suit for daughters hand, and
seek to gain his consent to the addresses.
1t has much to recommend it, for it i'm
plies a recognition of the parents au-
tho1ity over the daughter, and gives
him opportunity to have something to
say in advance about the propriety of
the proposed engagement. However,
in England, as here, after a girl has
reached the legal manageable age she
may, if she chooses, marry without her
parents consent. In the United States
it is not the custom to ask the fathers
consent to courtship, and SO our CORE
spondent can do as he chooses in the
premises, though it would be moro
proper for him to speak to the girls
father. Still, it will probably be the
girls yes or no which will wholly decide
the matter, since our girls usually claim
the privilege of picking out their hus-
bands themselves without first consult
ing their parents. At any rate, they
tenaciously hold to the notion that their
hearts are better guide in love affairs
than their parents heads.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-11
Perils of Investment.

Among the troubles of the hour, says
Burlcigh, in the Boston Journal, is
what to do with ones money. It is not
safe in the bank. The trust companies
turn ont to be vain things for safety.
The more real estate man has the
worse he is of. There have been q
great many times in the last fifty years
when people could not make money un-
less they had money to make it with.
But there has never been time till now
when people could not make money
with money to make it with. The pecu-
liarity of this panic is that you can do
nothing with the money. No invest
meut seems safe, and millions are lying
idle. The recent furry in New York
shows this. Everybody who could
have taken out their money from real
estate and put it into stocks. A certain
line of stocks was considered as good
as gold. This was especially true OF
coal stocks. All along the line Of the
Lackawanna and kindred roads stock
was held by we'll ll.to-do families. In Q
single house lately families with in
comes from $1,000 to $780, q year
were made penniless. It is said that il
the great railroad men were obliged to
realize at once a larger part of the 30
called millionaires would be as poor az
their neighbors. Nearly all our heavy
companies, if obliged to throw their
real estate on 10 the market, would find
themselves in bad way.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-11
Hints for Travellers.

Take one-fourth more money than
your estimated expenses.
Acquaint yourself with the geography
of the route and region Of travel.
Have good supply of small change,
and no bill or piece higher than ten dol
lars, that you may not take counterfeit
change.
SO arrange as to have but q single
article of luggage to look after.
Dress substantially. Better be too
hot for two or three hours at noon than
to be cool for the remainder of the
twenty-four.
Arrange, under all circumstances, to
be at the place of starting fifteen or
twenty minutes before the time, thus
allowing for unavoidable or uuantici
pated detention on the way.
DO not commence days travel be-
fore breakfast, even if it has to be eaten
at daylight. Dinner or supper, or both,
can bo more healthily dispensed with
than a good warm breakfast.
Put your purse and watch in your
vest pocket and all under your pillow,
and you will not be likely to leave
either.
The best if not entirely secure fasten-
ings of your chamber door is bolt on
the inside if there is none on, lock the
door, turn the key SO that it can be
be drawn partly out, and put the wash
basin under it ; thus, any attempt to use
jimmy or another key will push it out
and cause racket among the crockery,
which will be protty sure to rouse the
sleeper and rout the robber.
A sixpenny sandwich eaten leisurely
in the cars is better for you than a dol
lar dinner bolted ut a railroad station.
Take with you months supply Of
patience, and always think thirteen
times before you reply once to any sup
posed ruderess, insult or inattentiop.
Do lot suppose yourself specially and
desjgnedly neglected if walters at hotels
do not bring what you call for in double
quick time nothing so distinctly marks
the well bred man as quiet waiting on
such occasions passion proves the
puppy.
Do not allow yourself to converse in a
tone loud enough to be heard by per
sou two or three seats from you it is
the mark OF boor if in man, and of
want Of refinement and ladylike delicacy
if i'll women. A gentleman is not
noisy ladies are serene.
Comply cheerfully and gracefully
with the custom of the conveyance in
which you travel, and Of the places
where you stop.
Respect yourself by exhibiting the
manners of gentleman and lady, if you
wish to be treated as such, and then
you will receive the respect of others.
Travel is great leveler take the
position which others assign you from
your conduct rather than from your pre-
tensions. of Health.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-11
OratOry VS.. Journalism.

The day for speeches has gone by,
says the New York Herald, which adds:
Webster Clay, Calhoun, with all their
eloquence, could not move this genera
ton as they did their own age. The rea-
sou is that the press has superseded the
forum. When the country was small
AMI newspapers were few voters were
obliged to depend upon public speakers
for their political ideas. Mass meetings
were then serious matter and had direct
effect upon the canvass. Now they are
nero celebrations, in which parties utter
their enthusiasm. The last of the great
debates was probably when Lincoln met
argued the questions of the day In the
Immediate presence of the people. But
speeches are not now made to be heard,
but to be read. The great orator who
speaks in hall cares far less for his
three or four thousand auditors than for
his hundred thousand readers. Another
reason why oratory is becoming every
year less effective in moving the people
is that it is preceded by the press. MIR.
Bri tow made good speech the other
day in New England, but bis arguments
had all appeared before in the RepubG-
can journals. Mr.. Durand spoke at
Hartford, but his ideas had previously
been expressed in the Democratic news
papers. The true field for political ora
tory, SO far as it is to have direct ef-
feet, is in the State Legislatures or on
the floor of Congress. There personal
magnetism often has an electrical infiu-
ence. This was siRnally shown in the
last session Of the House.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-11
In the Nest.

In the Nest.
Gather them close to your loving heart
Cradle them on your breast;
They will soon enough leave your brooding
care,
Soon enough mount youths topmost stair
Little ones III the nest.
Fret not that the children's hearts are CAV
Thst their restless feet will run;
There may come time in the by-and-bye
When you'll cit in your lonely room and sigh
For a sound Of childish fun;
When you'll long for a repetition sweet,
That sounded through each room,
Or "Mother !" "Mother !" the dear love calls
That echo long in the silent halls,
And add to their stately gloom.
There may come timo when you'll long to
The eager, boyish tread,
The tuneless whistle, the clear, shrill shout,
The busy hustle in and out,
And pattering overhead.
When the boys and girls are all grown up
And scattered far ard wide,
Or gone to the undiscovered shore
Where youth and age come nevermore,
You will miss them from your side.
Then gather them close to your loving heart,
Cradle them on your breast,
They will soon enough leave your brooding
care,
Soon enough mount youths topmost stair
Little ones in the nest.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-11
CHARrrY.-It is said that Mrs. A.

CHARITY.-It is said that Mrs. A. T.
Stewards charities have amounted to
more since the death of her husband
than did his during all his life. How.
ever that may be, it seems that hor
principal object in visiting Europe was
to escape begging letters. Her return
is expected shortly, when the beggsrs
will have fresh chance and the letter
carriers additional work.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-11

Any hard steel tool will cut glass with
great facility when freely weti with CAM
phor dissolved in turpentine. Tho rag
ged edges of glass vessels may be easily
smoothed thus with fat Ale.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-11

The less mon think the more they
talk.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-06-15
Nan SEN pIiisis.len IraaS'n II

Nar sen pI'isissen Mraatsr il:
bic @eltausNelluno in ecn eri'cu Ii Sa-
gen uOn 23s,734 sab!encen YsrloneM be-
lnht wtrSen. @on oiclen tpmmm 78,
PA ouf Den GroHnunas'ag. S!si.a
rinacrehnet war oes Surhibnittsbcluh
ct,ra is. 400, uno nit Muslhlub ovs Or
o1nnnastaoes 1880. Sis i&leHte
@itteruns in Der eyltcn TcGe t0at Dem
@elu0 isbr Gim!yos, absr audi has
eraNtuole Metter Der slueiten uno erlten
Oalitc Der oritten Nph, lcdte nif)t Die
sr,portcic @cIuAsr,abl an. Sic Ybila=
eelphier bottcn BON MnIona an oNr1-
itn;:tliA aui minoeltens 10000 Selu.
der per Sag scrcNnet, lino obcr our6
oas lhlchtc Helultot nod f%eintsipegs
sntmNtbist. Scr ~YGiluotIvtio 9emo.
frat" itrcibt in Se.u9 auf oielen Yunit !:
llebeltriebene gcridte weroen in De,
0rslie Deg 2onoes perbreiiet ii6er bic
GnttauiMuno uno @corildtbeit in Ybi=
laoclpbia lpesen beg Nusblei6ens Der
eruartetsn 8siuhcr. Die @obrbeit lit,
ooB Die Staot uno lire @ciddftslcute int
Monote Moi uno SUM gar Icinen lebr
~ltartcr .3nitrom pcn 6remoen crwartet
boben, i'm Suli uno Nu9ult re9nst man
jehod ouf oos Worlpredefo Der Sommcr-
r%eiisnbcr, i'm Gcptcmber mno Sttcbsr
erlt ani Municipalities Griheinen Jrem-
Der. BON elmer Gnttdui1uns Der Stoot
fam ollp oor feline Gens lein. 0aB lid oie
400 @irtbe, &c%itaurationn unb S9ote.
linbober, ,pclhc in nadlier Ndbe Der
Musneaun9 scbaut unb ~beionbere gu
r%iijtunscn fir Muinabmc ppn 6rsmesn
semadt BADEN, in ibrcn Grportungem
tduldtsn, 1T lire Sade. 9as bat fir
cine Stoot BON SOC, 900 G%inwobnern cine
auBeroroentlih gerings 8soeutung.
Mbcr aud oicle @irtbe wiirosn piel sn
iriib bic Gliissl bdn9en Iallsn, ,penn lie
mad benz 3uipru9 Der eriten paar NO
den ibre Gednuns fir Die sanse 3sit
MAIDEN wo0ten. @er BON ibncn ctwa
taltulirt bat. boB CT i'm 0anoumorebcn
Elm Ycrmogcn MAIDEN tonne, miro lid
ircilid id,uer sstduldt iebcn. Die pratt
tilden geute unter ibmen aber, bic ibrc
Mnssabcm fir Muiit uno Seoienuns etc.
mad 8eoiirfniB resuliren nno i6re bobcn
&runorenten berabhrinsen perocn, fon=
men auf redt CUTE @sldafte rc4nen,
wenn lie nur big sum boben CONNER
ausbalten.- Mlcroinss tbut i6nsn bic
Sonnta9s=S perre eincn cnormM Sda=
Den; bas @olt besinnt, lid on Conn
taseu mad anoeren Ne%r9niigunss @e=
senocn ;u ,ieben, no Die Yreilc biaiSer
uno Die Siersldier sr06er limo. neil es
bod nur Dor Der Gence ocs Musltsaun9s'
Ylases blclben fann."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-06-15
: Sic Gbiueien in Gua!ouS.

= Sic Gbineien in Gns!ano. Sic
gonooner uTaN Mali 8aiette" bonn 10.
Mui brinet oas Toloenbc: yGs ut tsi<
ncsmess nnpabrl4einllh, oaB I'M SouIe
Der nddltsn Sabre Die Gbinelen in MoIe
Dem Mrbeitsmartte %unieies 2o,oss SUI
ltrpmen weroen, ,uie lie CO bereits in
Galiiornicn 9etban baben. slud fann
fcin 3lueiisl barber be1tebcn, bob lie als
9ienltbotcn III pielen britil6en 9ausbalt
ten warme Mufno6mc Ilnoen lueroen, uel=
he fat biz snr 3erriittun9 9e6raGt inn
bur1 Die llnlult, llnrcb!ibfeit uno Sr6g-
felt BON &0den, 9ausmaodcn uno ion=
lti9en 9ienlibnten, Die lid ebenfaus
freuen ncrSen iiber Die ibncn gebotent
6elcgenbeit, biel en- interellanten 6remoer
@erridtungen su ii6erlalisn Ell, oercn Mus=
fl5runs ibnen lelbit ebenlo wioerwdrtiq
mie ernieorigeno ]1eiut.