The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-12-01
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Dare to be honest, good and sincere,
Dare to please God, aud you never need fear
| Dare to be brave in the cause Of the right,
| Dare with the enemy ever 90 fight.
Dare to be loving aud patient each day,
| Dare speak the truth whatever you say.
| Dare to be gentle and orJerly too,
| Dare shun the evil whatever you do.
| Dare to speak kindly and ever be true
Dane to d. II hit and you'll ind your way through.
SENATOR NORWOOD, of Georgia, says
a southern paper, is forty.six years old,
and the son of a tanner. When elected
to the United States senate he said he
did not know thirty members of the leg
isIature that elected him. He is known
as " "Tanyard Tom" and can beat any
man in Georgia telling Il joke.
Mr.. KEATING, of California, thus
wrote to a widow: " Ne thinks some
times when lay awake in the morning
and think of thee, 1 fancy | see the can
opy of heaven open and a bright vista
appear from it, and lol- | see thee, my
angelic girl" She weighs one hundred
and ninety pounds and has sued him for
breach of promise.
CRADLE SONG.
Sleep, my baby, beside the fire,
Sleep, child, sleep;
Winds are wailing higher and higher,
Waves are rising higher and higher,
Sleep, child, sleep;
While thy father, out on The sea,
Tolls all night for thee and me.
Sleep. my baby, content and blest,
Sleep, child, sleep;
Whether the heart in thy mothers breast
BE light or heavy--so best. so bostl
Sleep, child, sleep!
While thy father, out on the sea
Tolls all night for thee and me.
Mrs. MUloct.
FEW persons are aware that veritable
Egyptian mummies are ground up into
paint. But i'm this country and in
Europe mummies are used for this pur-
pose-the asphaltum with which they
are impregnatcd being OF quality su-
perior to that which can elsewhere be OBJ
tained, producing a peculiar brownish
tint when made TO paint, which is priced
by distinguished artists both Of this and
IF other Countries Washington Gazette.
q AN willing to risk NY reputation
IS n public man." wrote Edward Hine
o the Liverpool Mercury, if the worst
,ase of small pox can not be cured in
hree days, simply by the use Of cream
dissolved in a pint Of water, drank mt
intervals, when cold, is certain never
ailing remedy. II has cured thousands,
lever leaves q mark, never causes blind
less, and avoids tedious lingering"
rATER DUIITrE lilies.
Behold Him on the Cross. \ light divine
Iurns on His brow. In lIs uplifted gaze
s grand silent poem Of tears and praise
sacred anguish that doth not repine;
BEHOLD Him on the Gross! Oh, human brain,
'hou canst not fathom this sou's bitterness
lush! Listen breathie-s. The pale lips
unclose:
What is the fatal sentence Of Ills foes?
,ay, even His dying accents can but bless:
Father forgive them" Oh, sublimcst
,h, boundles; love! The angry spears are
hurled;
lis head bows down, like to some tender
shoot
hat the storm beats. His patients lips are
mute.
10 dies Christ Jesus to redeem the world
From the Spanish Bondidc.
For .carf pins and finger rings the cat
ye has become one Of the most fashion
BILE stones used. 1t is n species OF the
apphire, and the most desirable color is
f a yellow green tint. 1t has threads OF
rhite aGestos within it, and the light is
effected from these in an intense and pc
uliar manner. When this stone is prop
rly cut a white band sf lignJ is seen
oating in its interior that changes posi-
ion as the gem is moved before the eye,
which pecuIiarity probably suggested
he name by which it is generally known.
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