The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-18

! I|.liC Sicdtcf Is his prospect Ol Dclng killed
Fby needle guns, cannons and other simi-
lar instruments Of civilization. The
more useless, weaker or infirmer the
youth Is, the greater is his prospect of
escaping the recruiting officer and found
ing family" -
A NEW YORK letter to the Philadel-
phia Ledger says: "The profitableness
Of the gas business was further illustra-
ted by an auction sale of securities this
afternoon for instance, 100 shares Man
haitian comDany's stock, par value 500,
sold at $303 and S3O5; 80 shares New
York gas light company, $3.50 and s153!;
GO shares Brooklyn gas-light, $50 par
value, $216, and so on"
STATISTICS of pork packing at the six
leading points during the past week,
show further diminution in the def
cheney in the seasons business as COM
pared with last year. The decrease now
stands about 100000, or some $4,000 less
than it was at the close of the previous
week Cincinnati and indianapolis show
an increase of about 10000 each for the
season, while tho remaining cities show a
falling off of from $4,000 to 155,OO0-the
latter at Chicago.
SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK. who has a
minute and comprehensive knowledge of
his subject, is deeply impressed with the
power and permanent character of the
Chinese empire. Adopting the largest
estimate of the population, he justly
holds that community of 100000
men under a single government and with
the same language and institutions con-
tains in itself sufficient guarantee of
vitality. 1t is his deliberate opinion
that Russia is more liable than China to
permanent disruption.
THE New York Bulletin, in an elabo-
rate article on the. prospects for the
spring trade, sums up its conclusions by
saying that, on the whole, the outlook,
if not wholly unclouded, is as encOur-
aging as could reasonably be anticipated.
For the moment, as is usual at the COM
mencement of February, quiet feeling
predominates in almost every direction,
but underlying all this is a confident ex-
pcctation Of a satisfactory business all
around, which is not likely to be disap-
pointed as the season wears on.
PROF. SWING preached sermon to
young men in Chicago last Sunday
morning, and gave his theory of life
thus: Throw down the god money
from its pedestal, trample that senseless
idol under foot, set up all the higher
ideals, neat home, vines of ones own
planting, few books full of the in
spiration OF genius. few friends worthy
of being loved and able to love in return,
Il hundred pleasures that bring no pesti-
lencc, devotion to the right that will
never swerve a simple religion empty of
all bigotry, full of faith and love, and to
such Il philosophy earth will give up
what JOY it knows"
AT Sheffield, England, short time
ago, ballet-girl, tightly strapped TO a
piece of iron and suspended from the
flies, was burned to death. Her dress
caught fire, and she, without uttering
scream, remained thus suspended until
she was so far injured that presently she
died. Al the inquest the manager praised
the poor girls patience, and the jury
brought in q verdict of accidental
DEATH" and recommended that some
means should be adopted to prevent sim
liar accidents. Such horrible death as |
this should be called something else than |
an accident, and something stronger than |
a recommendation to greater care on the |
managers part should have been given. |
As to the destiny OF the English Ian
guage, the myriads who speak it in Eu-
rope, America, Asia, Africa and Ocean |
lea are fully aware of its capacity to be- |
come the universal linguistic medium, |
which may be realized by looking at the
map of North America, where the Eng |
lish idiom has, within twenty-five years,
spread from the Atlantic and Gulf of .
Mexico to the Pacific and Behring's |
straits, and displaced the Spanish, Indian !
and Russian dialects. Cuba, San Do
mingo, Mexico, Central America. the
Sandwich and Navigators' islands, are
feeling its influence and desire its SWAY;
exclusive China and japan seem to lean
more and more toward America and the
English language across the Pacific. Thus
the tide of empire is not only westward,
but also eastward. 1t meets and mingles |
in America.
\ CORRESPONDENT of the Springfield |
Republican denounces the drinking |
water of London Says he: Fancy |
having to drink liquid which is the wash
ing of five counties, consisting of 1852 |
go acres Upon this land live 900, 900 |
people, sc, 600 horses, 100. 900 cattle, 900 !
600 sheep, and 10000 hogs. The water
which passes through all this population,
their towns, villages, farms, manure fields |
and yards; through drains, with the |
waste matter from tan-pits, paper-mills. |
gas-works ana 50 on, comes down the |
Thames, and when said to be filtered |
well, clear and bright, finds its way to
the tables and homes of nearly all aristo-
cratic as well rs vulgar London. In |
deed the west end Of London, contain
ing the residences Of royalty and nobil- /
ity, has the worst water there is in the |
metropolis. What IS supplied in the |
fashionable quarter is not fit to drink. /