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The Story OF a Mummery.

For seven years the most curious OBJ
iect in the museum of the Tennessee
historical society has been the Egyptian
mummy. 1t has very singular history
In 1860. Col. jeremiah George
Harris was a purser on a United States,
man-ofwar in the Egyptian waters.
He went on shore, and was at once
ushered into the august presence of the
khedive and his numerous household.
He was walking one day with member
of the khedive's staff, when the latter
was set upon by ruffians. Col. Harris,
who is a man of great strength, inter
posed, and the ruffians were vanquished.
What can / do, asked the Egyptian
oa;cer, "to show adequate appreciation
of the services you have rendered me p
"Give me a MUMMY" laughingly
suggested Col. Harris.
"a mummy ?" repeated the officer,
holding mis- breath and pondering. "Did
you know, sir, that our laws prohibit
the removal of mummies, under penalty
of death? But, never mind your re-
quest shall be fulfilled. just before
your vessel leaves the harbor a boat will
come alongside. 1t will contain that
for which you have asked"
Col Harris had dismissed the subject
from his mind. but just before the hour
for the departure of the ship three ma
tives were seen pulling toward the vessel.
The boat contained bundle directed TO
Col. Harris. The bundle was not
opened until the arrival of the ship at
Boston, when it was discovered that
there were six mummies instead of one.
They were unwraPped, and the best one
forwarded to the Tennessee Historical
society, of which Col. Harris was and is
still a member.
When Prof. Huxley was here he ex-
amined the mummy with a great deal of
interest, and said that he believed it to
be the best-preserved specimen either in
America or in Europe.
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E. MCDOWELL. ]. WEBSTER.
MCDOWELL & WEBSTER,
Attorneys at Law,
COLUMBIA. TENNESSEE.
Sep'l5 1875.
GUEST HOUSE.
South Main street,
COLUMBIA, 80. TENNESSEE
Board G- Der Day.
carriages, buggies or saddle horses furnished On
application to the proprietor,
JAMES L GUEST.
THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE.
Experience OF a Steamboat Captain

Experience OF a Steamboat Captain.
Capt. Charles Mclean, of the
steamer Geneva, ssnnk at Hugunillos
in the great earthquake on the
Pacific coast, on the 18th inst, re-
Gently arrived at New York, and
tells the story of his experiences. He
says, though apparently safely anchored,
his ship became entangled with others
near as they tossed wildly about crush
ing against each other, sinking almost
Immediately in fifteen fathoms of water.
On the first alarm he came up from be-
tween the decks. 1t was about eight and
half pm. There had been several
shocks in the previous twenty days, but
he had completed his cargo of guano and
was expecting to sail next morning.
Aside from thefrightful rumbling sound
his attentionSwas arrested by the extra
ordinary phenomena on shore, the noun
tains above being so much agitated that
great rocks become detached and rolled
down toward the sea, resembling balls of
fire. Furthermore, the water at the an
chorage suddenly receded so that the
ships in eight fathoms touched bottom.
At the same time it was observed that
the ships were surgiDg round and round
and in opposite directions. and the an
chor chains became entangled beneath
the copper yards and interIocking, while
the air resounded with falling spars and
crash of the bulwarks. The water came
surging in like a maelstrom. causing the
Geneva to swing round at the rate of
eight or ten fathoms an hour in great cir
cles until she struck against rock, which
tore out part of her bottom. The ship
was forced in an opposite direction and
went down. The other vessel were as
violently driven ashore or went to the
bottom, as in the case of the English
ship Avonmore, Capt. Garfield, which
took down with her the captains wife,
three children and several others. Capt.
Mclean says it seemed to him from the
sulphurous or electrical appearance of
the mountain that the volcano was burst
ing out its sides. The rocks were tumb-
ling about with frightful noise. and
everything was lighted up. He thinks
the damage to shipping was caused not
so much by the tidal wave as the upward
rush of the water and rotary currents
driving the ships repeatedly against each
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THE COLORED SISTERS CHOICE.

/ am one of the color'd sisterin,
And can't tell whar I'm gwine
For rs troubled bout my ligious faith,
And don't know what church to line
Try on, try on, this poor old heart says try.
FOR want to be an angel white
With the good Lord when die.
Each tells NE theirn's the only church.
And theirn's the christian band,
1hat'n take me strait to heben's gate,
And to the promised land.
Try on, try on, this poor old heart says try.
Oars de Mefodist-I like their shout,
But the sprinklin will not do,
But they lubs We sisters mighty well
And our good fried chicken too
Try on, try on, this poor old heart says try.
Dar's de 'Piscopals- says they is rixht.
And they all seem mighty intent,
And tells me will go to heben,
If only die in lent.
Try on, try on, this poor old heart says try.
But then, they says-for forty days,
Dis niger must fast aud pray,
So I'll give them up hard old case,
And try heben an udder way.
Try on, try on, this poor old heart says try
Now de Pres 'terians-is de stocTacy church.,
And they are mighty quiet and still,
They mOut let me jine their little band,
For DON'T live ON ''The Hill"
Try on, try on, this poor olo heart says try.
De Hardshen Baptist-they comes next,
The best people ever born,
They will wash dis humble nigger's feet,
And let her take horn.
Try on, try on, this poor old heart says Try.
But they is opposed to the mission cause,
And oppose to de sunday schools,
Then what would become of my Lizer Jane,
And her books and de Ieticule.
Try on, try on, this poor old heart saye tIy.
De Missionary BapIist-stiIl is left,
For this poor soul to toy,
Their good lord went down in the rising stream
And as l think will I.
I'll try, I'll try. this poor old heart says try.
So Baptist Baptist is my name,
And will be till die:
I'll be baptized in the Baptist faith
And eat Of the Baptist pie.
Now shout, yes, shout; FlI shout till die,
For now I'll be an angel white
Wild de good Lord in de sky.
Macon Telegraph and Messenger
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Ages of the Euroneon SovereIpns.

Queen Victoria has just attained her
fifty-eighth birthday. Only twelve
others Of the reigning sovei eigns OF
Christendom (Out of thirty eight in all)
have attained to this age. The oldest on
the list is the Pope, who was eighty five
on May IS. OF temporal princes the
German emperor has seen the greatest
. number of years, his eightieth birthday
having been reached few years ago.
The car is older than the queen by
about a year, having been born on the
29th of April 1918. The king of Italy Is
some ten months younger than the queen,
the date of his birth being March IA,
1920. The emperor Francis joseph IS
not yet forty-seven. He was born IN the
wear of revolu tions. 1880, and assembled
the throne in the year of revolutions,
IS4S. The youngest reigning sovereign
is Alphonso XII, Of Spain, who is not
yet twenty,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-06-29
Easy Lesson in Physiology.

SuppOsing your age to be 10 or there
about. You have 100 bones and 500
muscles; your blood weighs % pounds,
and your heart is inches in length and
3 inches in diameter, it beats 40 times
per minute, 1920 times per hour, 1OO,
800 times per day, and 36,772, 200 times
per year. At each beat a little over 2
ounces of blood is thrown out of it; and
each day it receives and discharges about
7 tons of that wonderful fluid. Your
lungs will contain a gallon of air, and
you inhale "a 600 gallons per day. The
aggregate surface of the cells of your
lungs, suppesing them to be spread out,
exceeds $4,000 square inches. The
weight of your brain is pounds when
you are a man it will weigh about 8
ounces more. Your nerves exceed l0,-
900 900 in number. Your skin is com
posed of three layers, and varies from
to ! of an inch in thickness. The area
of you skin is about LOO square inches.
Each square inch contains 3, $40 sweating
tubes or perspiratory pores, each of
which may be likened to a little drain
tile / of an inch long, making an aggre-
gate length on the entire surface of your
body of POI, ,166 feet, ora tile ditch for
draining the body almost 40 miles long.
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The Dollar Of our Fathers.

There seems to be a race out west as TO
which Of the two parties will be TIE first to
get on the silver platform. 1t is clear
now that the democrats will be the first
in the field, and are determined TO pre-
sent the silver issue as the controlling
one in the fall elections. 1t is notable,
however, that the leading republican
organs of the west, the Cincinnati Com
mercial and the Chicago Tribune, arc
strongly committed TO the old silver dol
lar, and it is an open secret that Presi-
dent Hayes is profoundly convinced Of
the unwisdom of paying the public debt
in dearer currency than that in which,.
was contracted. Senator Thurman, Of
Ohio, one of the most high-minded and
conservative democrats in the country,
has come out in a strong argument In
favor OF this old silver dollar" II is
as certain as any event Of the future,
that when congress meets, there will be
scarcely any effective opposition to silver
as well as gold, being recognized as a
legal tender for all debts, public as well
as Driyate.-N ~. GrGphie.
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POLAR EXPLORATION.
Capt. IIOwgate Proposes 10 Start an Ex
pedItIOn in July.

Capt. HOWgate Proposes 20 Start an EU-
pedItIOn in July.
In anticipation of the next congress
apporpriating the $4,000 recommended
by the committe on naval affairs Of the
last congress, Capt. HOwgate, of the sig
nal service, Washington, proposes this
year to send out a small vessel to the
northern seas about July l, under the
command of Capt Tyson, of Polaris fame,
to gather together during the present
season Espuimaux, dogs, sledges and
clothing for the regular expedition,
which will start next spring, the supplies
so collected to Re transferred 20 the
regular vessel at Disco in August of 1878,
and the little ono to return then to the
United States. This will insure good
material for the colony and prevent
delay. To do this without delay, money
to the amount of So, 900 or SIC, 900 must
be raised by subscription.
Capt. Tyson has made rough estimate
of the cost of this advance guard, which
amounts to $8 $50. To this small expe-
dition a whaling outfit is provided for.
Tho object of this is to fill up proftably
the otherwise unoccupied time of the
crew, and it is believed that the catch of
Oil-whale and seal-will repay the whole
cost of the expedition, if only average
success is met with. Capt. Howgate ap-
peals to the business men of New York
and elsewhere to help him to raise the
sum needed for the outfit. Only SO 400
in cash is wanted. Five hundred dollars
OF this amount the captain himself sub
scribed. Merchants having casks, boats,
whaling gear, bread, -four, pork, etc,
can subscribe these articles in kind.-N.
Y. World.
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Without a NeMspaper.

A cotemporary thus strikes the key
note, and reaches the truth of this mat
ter in the following: Nothing presents
a sadder commentary upon the present
condition of society than the large num-
Der of families, both in town and coun-
try, but more especially the latter, that
subscribe to no paper of any kind.
Hundreds and thousands of families are
thus growing up utterly ignorant of what
is transpiring in the world around them
ignorant Of the mighty events Of the
day. But who can tell the vast amount
ofiniury that is being inflicted on the
rising generation-those who are to take
our place in the busy world at no distant
day. growing up without any knowledge
of the present, or any study of the past,
this ignorance, too, being imbued into
than by the sanction Of those who should,
and doubtless DO, know better, did they
only think of the injurious effect of their
insane course. Let the head Of every
family think of this, and place in tho
hands of those for whom he is responsi-
BILE the means of acquiring some knOwl-
edge of the moving panorama in which
we act our different parts.
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bosom. For several days the young
chieftain's life was despaired of During
this time the Lady Gromlaith made a
vow to bestow a silver lamp upon the
blessed st. Finan Lobhra if her son re-
covered fIom his present danger. She
also made gift to monastery to defray
the expense of keeping the lamp con-
stantly burning before the altar, both by
day and night. The Chief of the Glen
recovered, but the legend says he never
afterwards had the use of his right arm,
which was the cause of his having the ap
pellation of Scanlan the Scathed," and
that Elline fell victim to the dreadful
pestilence which ravaged this fair island.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-06-29
How Virginia's whisky Law Works.

1t may interest some to know Just how
A late law enacted by the Virginia legis-
lature regulating the sale of liquor in
bar-roOms operates. What is called a
registering apparatus was provided for in
the act, and is described az follows by the
Lynchburg Virginian; "On one side is a
crank, and on another dials like those Of
a gas meter The bar-keeper turns the
crank round at every sale of drink,
bell strikes, aud the dial reg isters orc.
The object of the device is TO determine
the amount of tax to be collected, at tae
rate of one cent on every drink. AL
though heavy fine may be imposed for
neglect to use these machines properly,
or for tampering with them in any way
and there are officers whose duty II is
to detect such offenses-the belief is that
they will not answer the purpose, because
drinkers will generally connive at viola.
tions of the law.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-06-29
Aliens Liver Pills.

Pea fectly tasteless elegantly coated. For the
cure OF all disorders of Stomach, Liver Bowels,
Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases Headache,
Constipation. Cnstiveness, Indigestion. Dyspepsia,
and all Bilious Diseases such as Constipation, In
ward Piles, Full Ness Of Blood to the Head, Acidity
of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for
Food. Fullness Weight in the Stomach, Sour
EruetatiOns Sinking Fluttering at the Pit OF the
Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried and DIFF
fcult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart Choking
or Suffocaiing Sensations when in lying posture,
Dimness of Vision, Dots Wehs before the Sight,
Fever or dull pain in the Head, Difficulty of Per-
sprS ton YelOwness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain IN
the Side Chest, Limbs, and Sudden Flushes sf
Hext Burning of the Flesh, etc.
Aliens LirPI. Pills may always be relied
ON as safe and edectual remedy, and may be taken
by both sexes at all times with beneficial results
Nv their use the weak are made strong distress
after eating, inward Weakness, Languor, Want of
Appetite, are at once removed by dose or two OF
these Pills. Thousands of persons who have used
these Pills we have vet to hear the FIRST com plant
from one who has tried them. They always give
IL
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Formulation ofSt. Louis.

Under the direction of the school
board a census Of all the children be-
tween and 20 years has just been
taken, tho census dating April Sd 1877.
The enrolment shows III ,96l white
children, and i,76S colored Children. Al
the time of taking the number Of
children, a complete census of the pOpH-
lation of the city was made, and giving
the following result: Whole number
of white persons in the city, 2s5, OH ;
whole number of colored persons. II, 222,
making the total population 29s ,293,
This includes the entire city within the
limits as extended since the separation
of the city and county.
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SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

SHMP OMS OF WOhMo.
THE Ecountenanceis paleand leaden-
L colored, with occasional fiushcs, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks the eyes become dull the pu-
pills dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eyelid the nose is ir-
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
swelling of the upperlip occasional
headache, with humming or throb-
bing of the ears ; an unusual secretion
of saliva; Shiny or furred tongue;
breath very foul, particularly in the
morning; appetite variable, some
times voracious, with gnawing SEN
sation ofthe stomach, at others, entire
Iygone ;fleeting painsin the stomach;
occasional nausea and vomiting vio-
lent pains throughout the abdomen;
bowels irregular, at times costivc;
stools Shiny not unfrequently tinged
with blood belly swollen and hard;
urine turbid respiration occasionally
difficult, and accompanied by hic-
cough cough sometimes dry and con-
vulsive; uneasy and disturbed sleep,
with grinding of the teeth : temper
variable, but generally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DIR. c. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect cure.
1T DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
IN any form it is an innocentp prepara-
ton, not capable Of doing the slight
est injury to the most tender infant.
The genuine DIR. MCLANE's YER
MIFUGE bears the signatures of {.
MCLANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
WranDer. =:O:-
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ALIENS LIVER PILLS

Regulate the organs of the system, restoring func
tional harmony and securing the secretion OF the
proper constituents of each organ By their sction
the liver secretes its allotted proportion of bilethe
lungs carbon, the skin sweat the kidneys urine,
etc, and are always reliable a purgative
The aged, and persons subjected 10 Constipation,
Paralysis, and Weakness of the Bowels, Kidneys
and Bladder, ETC. that have 10 resort TO Injections
by taking two three of Allen't Liver Pills, will
enjoy natural discharges, and by the occasional
of them have regular operations In the cases
their strengthening and nutritious principles
ex hibited every dose will add strength TO the
Bowels Liver, Kidneys, etc, that may be worn or
depleted by age.
In these Pills, want that science has ever failed
to supply is secured and this is thorough purga-
tive that be given in safety in of ernptve
fevers. as Smallpox, Erysipelas, Yellow Fever
Scarlet and Typhoid Fevers. When the Mucous
Membrane becomes liberated, these Pills act thor
oughiy, vet heal liberated and excOriated parts.
They are made from exttacts-from new ingredients
ENTIRELY vegetable superior in every respect to the
ordinary powders and substances OF the common
advertised Pills. and have safe, certain and uni
form actien.
Price IS cents box, or six boxes for SIPS. If
your druggist or store-keeper does not have them,
We will forward half dozen boxes to any address
on receipt Of the price. Prepared only by
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ALIENS PILE OINTMENT,
THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE
PREPA

The reputation Of this Medicine is now so well es-
tabished that liberal minded men in the medical
profession throughout the Union recommend ii 10
their patients the very best of all remedies for
Piles. Hundreds of the mo painful cases OF Piles
have been cured by its use in very short time
No medicine has ever obtained higher or more
deserving reputation than Aliens Pile Ointment
Aliens Pile Ointment is a remedy of universal
usefulness whenever oil cerate salve ointment or
embrOcatOn is required in cases of Burns, Scalds,
BlisteTs Sprains, oruises, AbTasiOns, Cuts, Ulcers
Salt Rheum, ietter, Eczema, Ring Worm, BARRIERS
Itch, Frosted Limbs, Chibains, Chapped Skin,
Fever Blisters, Bed So e7, sore Feet, Bunioas,
Vegetable Poisoning, Bites Of Insects, etc.
There is no known remedy that gives such lasting
relief as Aliens Pile Ointment. 1t is a new, de-
lightful and wonderful remedy, designed and war
ranted to supersede all other Ointments yet dis
Aliens Pile Ointment is entirely different from
cOvere
any other Ointment in the whole world perfectly
harmless for the infant aged ii is cooling and
grateful to the burning brow throbbing temples and
fever-parched system il will bansh pain and alay
Inflammation more rapidly than any curative COM
pound in this or in any other country.
Price so cents box, or six boxes for 81 co. II
your druggist store-keeper does not have it, we
win forward half dozen to any address on receipt
of price,
Prepared only by
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Aliens Strengthening Cordial

Is the great blood purifier Syphilis, and re-
moves Fimples and Humors on the face
Reason should tsach that a blOtchy, rough or
pimpled skin dcpJ nds entirely upon internal
cause, and outward application can ever cure the
defect.
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