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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-10
Western Patents.

Farwell, Ellsworth & Co... J. Far
well, Ex-Gov. of Wisconsin, and for
seven years Examiner OF Inventions in the
United States Patent Office at Washing
ton, and E. A. Ellsworth. Attorney before
che same bureau, are new Solicitors of
Patents and Counsellors in Patent causes
at 162 Lake street, Chicago They report
the following patents as issued by the Pa
tent Office Department, August "a, 1869.
FOR ILLINOIS.
Washing Machine-C. M. Bohlender, Peoria.
Lamp Extinguisher-Wm. Grayeon. Odell.
Saw Sharpener-George Price, Peoria.
Buggy Top-John =. Wayne, Quincy.
Grinding Mill-Nelson BUR-, Batavia
Corn Planter, B. Chapman. Morrison.
Street Car-Marinus DeGraft, Chicago.
Cultiyator-Hany & Estes, Peoria.
Safety DoorLC Christian Hesse, Champaign.
Sewing Machines-G. w. Hoffman, Hicks Mills.
Diaphragm for Wash Boilers. r. Nanny, Chi
cago.
Generating Gas for Motive Power, &C.. G.
" heller, Chicago.
Milk CooerSG. A. whitcomb, Morrison.
Plow-. w. Jones, Thomson.
FOR wIscoNsIN-
Seeding Machine-T N. Corbett, Milwaukee.
Spring Evans, Eureka
Window Shuttcr-B. A Jennings, Lacrosse.
Lamp Eghter-John Rigby, Fort Howard.
Steam Engines-Levi Griswold, York.
FOR MINNESOTA.
Horse Collar and Harnese-Connick Lea, Mimi.
Can't Hook-FrantZ & Broad, St Anthony.
Grain Bnder-N r. Gilman, Rochester.
Photograph Camera Stand-G. s. Knapp, Winona.
FOR IOWA.
Wagon Tire-Jacob Dodder, Washington.
Floor Catch for Table Legs-J. M. Lemon, Polk
City.
Tanning Mll-Darius Wilcox, Charlton.
Stone Drilling Machine. p. Frizel- Keokuk.
Water Wheels. Sherwood, Independence.
FOR INDIANA.
Picker for Wool-H. W. AFFORD, Richmond.
Gate-Stepen Elliott, Richmond.
Quadrant Ainge-Nathaniel Jones, Lockporf.
Corn Row Marker-John Roberts, Greennelh.
Steam Engine Govenor-C. Ducloe, New Har-
mony.
Grain sepsrator-wm. Spencer. winalow.
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Eating Fruits.

DR.. Snow, of Providence, r. l., a we'll
known collector of vital statistics, who has
given much attention to the causes ofdeath,
in note to the Providence Journal, Civ
ing the number of deaths in that city in
the month of July, says:
We are treated at this season witk the
usual amount of caution in the newspa-
pers against the use of fruits and vegetables
and are called upon to believe that the in
crease of mortality which always occurs
during the hot weather, is almost wholly
caused by eating them. Itisquite likely that
eating unripe and wilted fruit and vegeta-
bles causes disturbance in the stomach and
sickness; but it is of a temporary charac-
ter, and would generally cure itself if no
other cause was present. 1t is well to use
caution in the selection of fruits and vege-
tables, but it is not well to be unnecessari-
ly troubled and frightened about them,
and it is still worse TO avoid them alto
gether.
The slightest examination of the causes
of death given shows that fruit and vege-
tables had almost no influence whatever in
the mortality reported from summer COM
plants. Nearly all the decedents from
these causes were very young children
who do not eat fruit and vegetables at all
All but five of the decedents from sum-
mer complaints in July were under two
years of age, and only two of the whole
number were over four years of age. ~
In certain seasons, when epidemic chol-
era may be present, and when the systems
of the people may be prepared for disease
by the poisoned air they breathe, it is pos
sfble that wilted fruit and vegetables may
be the exciting causes of fatal sickness,
but even the air that is breathed is more
truly the cause of death than the food
that is eaten. In ordinary seasons, when
no epidemic is present, impure air causes
thousand fold more mortality than
fruit and vegetables. In fact, it is proia-
BILE that total abstinence from fruit and
vegetables by the whole community would
produce more fatal sickness than the most
unlimited indulgence in them. The safest
rule is, however, temperance in all things
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Thinning Out Grapes.

VERY few persons prune their grape
vines sufficiently in winter or carly spring
to make the thinning of the fruit in sum-
mer unnecessary. In fact, it is, taking all
things into consideration, better to prune
the vines rather long, and then thin out
the punches. But the amateur, and some
times the professional grape-grower, who
has said to himself at the time of the
annual pruning, II will leave little more
wood than usual, and then thin out the
fruit" often finds his greediness gets the
better of his judgment, and too much fruit
is allowed to remain. A few punches,
perhaps, were taken out month or two
ago, but there is, and the owner and
gardener knows it, far too much left for the
good of both vine and fruit How many
times we have seen young two or three
year-old vines with one or two hundred
punches of grapes upon them, and perhaps
the owner invites his friends to view the
wonder; but this is generally before they
are ripe, because that particular time
seldom comes with such prodigies of pro-
ductiveness. Not many years since we
were asked to step into friends garden,
and see three-year-old Delaware vine,
upon which there were two hundred and
fifty punches of very large and handsome
grapes-not ripe, hOwever-and our friend
said that he could not account for their
lateness in maturing, because it was then
the last of September, and Delawares
should ripen by the first. To one who is
not accustomed to such freaks of nature,
it does seem strange that vine is capable
of producing and carrying to full size a
crop of grapes, and yet not be able to
ripen them; but this is often the case, be-
cause the fruit does not call for but very
little nutriment until the seeds form and
ripening commences. 1t is the seeds and
saccharine matter in the fruit that tax the
strength of the vine; therefore thinning
out the punches or cutting away large
portion of them when there are too many,
may be done with benefit any time before
the seeds are hard and ripening COM
mences.
Those who have neglected to thin out
their grapes should do so Immediately,
and not be afraid of lessening the number
of punches, because few well ripened are
far better than many green ones.-Hearth
and Home.
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A Suggestion.

THE Detroit Free Press wants modern
improvements worked into school reading
books, and offers the following as a sample
of the sort that would be up to the spirit
of the age:
"Here is man. He is fireman. He
belongs to No. 10. If you are good boy,
you will some day be an angel like that
fireman 1t is dangerous thing to be a
fireman. They sometimes get their heads
broken.
"Do you see that small boy? He is a
good boy and supports his mother by sell
ing newspapers. His father don't have to
work any more now.
"Here is the picture of young widow.
See how sad she looks. Her husband
could not pay her ry-goods' bill, and so
he-died. Do you think she will get an
other man? She will try hard.
"Here is the face of reporter. See
how joyful he looks. He has just heard
that man has cut his own throat, and he
is going for the item. Should you like to
be reporter, and get licked on dark
nights, and see dead persons, and climb up
four pairs of stairs?"
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Care Of Your Team in Summer.

A merciful man is merciful unto his
beasts; and there is no season of the year
when people should be reminded of the
gratitude and mercy they owe their beasts
of burden with more earnestness than this
They who use horses or oxen under the
blazing sun of the hot July or August
days should exercise the greatest prudence
towards these dumb beasts, who minister
to their pleasure and necessities. They
should have plenty of nourishing food and
good pure water.
Don't expect team to thrive and keep
well and do heavy work on grass. In fact,
the less grass horses or cattle get while
working, the better it is for them. Occa-
sionally give them little, merely to keep
the stomach and bowels from becoming
constipated. Imagine a person doing a
mans work and eating nothing but greens
and potatoes. That some persons could
do it is quite possible. That it is the best
diet for hard work no one believes. For
hot weather work give your team the
most nourishment with the least bulk.
Do not let your team carry about a load of
hay for few pounds of nourishment
Ground feed, or better still, cracked grain,
oats, rye, barley with little corn is good
food for working animals during the
spring and summer work. If the miller
insists on grinding feed fine, let farmers
insist still stronger that it must be ground
coarse.
Some people water their teams morn
ing, noon and night, without regard to the
difference of the days temperature, or the
demands they make upon it. 1t is down.
right cruelty to work team six hours in
a day without drop of water, and after
the work of the forenoon is done on the
way to the stable, or before feeding, allow
it to drink all it will. The better plan is
in the middle of the half days work to
give each horse halfpail of water, and
another halfpail each just before feeding,
first giving the team half hours rest
Feed light at noon, merely enough to
refresh the team, and water freely few
moments before resuming work Repeat
the watering in the afternoon. Two or
three hours after the day work is finished,
water and give the largest feed of the day,
and only little less than experience
shows the animal will eat If on the road,
water as often as the horse will drink, re-
Numbering not to let it stand after drink
ing if it be warm. If the horse is very
warm do not give him all that his natural
thirst will crave for like many silly man,
he will drink too much.
Again, people will turn their horses out
to bait" and if they see a shower coming
will hurry them under cover. On the
contrary, if horses are in the stable and
shower comes up and it is warm, turn
them out and let them have good "show
er bath" it will do them good. When the
rain is over put them in the barn and rub
them until they are dry and warm. These
hints are thrown out for the benefit of
those who look upon the horse and the OK
as some Of Gods best gifts to man, and
feel that He who notes even the fall of one
poor sparrow, will hold US responsible for
our treatment of His noble but dumb crea-
tures-Americdn Stock Journal.
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threescore years and ten, who yet hardly
know from their own experience what an
uninterrupted nights sleep means and
whole nights are ordinarily broken by
hours of wakefulness.
The will has much to do with ones sleep.
By training, the mind and body may be
taught to obey pretty generally the deter
mutations of the will John Wesley
learned to 90 to sleep when hewould, and
where he would, and to sleep as long as
he would. If he had hall an hours leisure,
and needed sleep, he would throw himself
down and take the required rest. Daniel
Webster, if we mistake not, had something
of the same power of going to sleep when
he would. And though everybody cannot
do exactly as Wesley or Webster did, they
may approximate towards them, by the
persistent exercise Of the will in control
ling mind and body; an6 even partial sue
cess will pay well for the trouble taken
Boston Traveller.
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wood should be thoroughly seasoned be-
fore using. Many dairymen invariably
select poor packages because. they are
cheap. To save few cents on the pack.
age, they are willing to run the risk OF
losing considerable sum on the butter
which is to fill it. If sold Immediately
however the loss will fall on. somebody
else
The season has now arrived when care
and attention is required of the butter
maker to secure product that will go into
the market sweet and good. In preparing
firkins and tubs for use, boiling water
should be poured into them to soak for
twenty four hours Then fill with strong
brine for two or three days, turn out and
rinse with pure cold water, and rub the
sides with pure fine salt. Tubs after being
filed should be headed and brine poured
in at a hole in the top so as to fill all inter-
vening spaces Firkins when filled may
be covered with thin piece of muslin,
upon which is spread layer of fine salt,
and then closed with the wooden cover.
Store in clean, sweet, well ventilated
butter cellar until ready for market-Kest
ern Rural.
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Buying Gloves in Gibraltar.

A VERY handsome young lady in the
store offered me pair of blue gloves. l
did not want blue, but she said they would
look very pretty on hand like mine.
The remark touched me tenderly. l
glanced fu-tively at my hand, and some
how it did seem rather cOmely member.
l tried glove on my left, and blushed
little. Manifestly the size was too small
for me. But l felt gratified when she
said:
"Oh, it is just right yet 1 knew it
was no such thing.
Itugged at it diligently, but it was dis
couraging work She said:
"Ah! see you are accustomed to wear
ing kid gloves, but some gentlemen are SO
awkward about putting them on"
1t was the last compliment had expect
ed. l only understand about putting on
the buckskin article perfectly. l made
another effort, and tore the glove from the
base of the thumb into the palm of the
hand and tried to hide the rent. She
kept up her compliments, and kept up
my determination to deserve them or die.
"Ah, you have had experienced A
rip down the back of the hand. "They
are Just right for you-your hand is very
small-if they tear you need not pay for
them" A rent acoss the middle. 81
can always tell when gentleman under
stands putting on kid gloves. There
is grace about it that only comes with
long practice" THE whole afterguard of
the glove fetched away" as the sailors
say, the fabric parted across the knuckles,
and nothing was left but melancholy
ruin.
was too much flattered to make an ex-
posture and threw the merchandise on the
angels hands. l was hot, ve1ed, confused,
but still happy, but 1 hated the other boys
for taking such an absorbing interest in
the proceedings. wished they were in
Jericho. felt exquisitely mean when l
said, cheerfully;
"'This one does very well; it fits elegant
ly. l like glove that fits. No, never
mind, ma'am, never mind; I'll put the
other on in the street. 1t is warm here"
1t was warm. 1t was the warmest place
I ever was in. Ipaid the bill, and as
passed out with a fascinating bow, l
thought detected light in the womanS
eye that was gently ironical, and when l
| looked back from the street, and she was
laughing to herself about something or
other, I said to myself with whitening
sarcasm, "Oh, certainly; you know how
to put on kid gloves, don't you?-a self
complacent ass, ready to be flattered out of
your senses by every petticoat that chooses
to take the trouble to do it
MARK TWAIN.
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how tocut whole family Of paper dolls,
and how 70 make pretty things for Willie
out Of the paper. Then he got out . tea
tray and showed her how to roll Q marble
round it.
And 30 she found many q pleasant
amusement, and when bedtime came she
kissed Uncle Jack and said.
"Good night, dear Uncle Jack"
"Good night, little sunshine-maker,"
said Uncle Jack.
And she dreamed that night that Uncle
Jack had built great house, and put
sign over the door which read:
SUNSHINE FACTORY.
UNCLE JACK AND LITTLE JENNIE.
She made Uncle Jack laugh when she
told him her dream; but she never forget
what you must remember, a cheerful heart
makes its own sunshine.-1he Little Folks
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Let us Discuss the Great Question.
What is the most important OF all earthly bless
ings, IN the estimation of every intelligent human
beings
Clearly, 1t is HEALTH; for soundness OF body and
mind is essential to the enjoyment Of all the other
good gifts of Providence.
How, then, shall those who possess this inestima-
Bile treasure endeayor to preserve 1t, and how shall
those who have lost it seek to retrieve it?
These questions have been asked in all ages, but
never have they been satisfactorily responded to
as at the present day, and the answers when COM
mon sense enlightened by science and experience,
gives to them in the Nineteenth Century may be
briefly stated thus: .
To protect the system against all influences That
tend to generate disease, THERE Is NOTHING LIKE
lNvIGORATI0N. a..
To rs-cstablish the health a firm basis, when II
has been lost by imprudence or any other cause the
system must be SIMULTANEOUSLY STRENGTHENED,
REGULATED AND PURIFIED.
These ends can only be attained through the
agency of a preparation which combines the attri-
butes OF a TONIC, a CORRECTIVE, BLOOD DEPURKsT,
and an APERIENT.
All these essentials are effectually blended In
HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BiTTERS. They con-
tain nothing drastic, irritating or infammatory.
The Juices and extracts of sanatve herbs roots and
barks are their sole medicinal ingredients, and
these are rendered dif1usible- by combination with
the sprituous essence Of rye the purest OF all alco
holic stimulants.
The week and feeble, and especially those suffer-
ing nom biliousness, indigestion and nervousness
absolutely require the renoyafng aid of this pow
erful tonic and Alternative during the heated term,
and cannot prudently postpone Its use for q single
day. A word to the wise Is sufficient.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-10

"A writer in the Dirie Farmer, advo-
Gates the application of the oxyd of iron
to the soil about apple trees, with a view
of increasing the color of the fruit. He
says: Very deep red clay underlies one
ridge in my orchard under another, the
clay is not so red, (the red in the clay is
certainly impaired by oxyd of irony. The
fruit on this red clay is more highly
colored than on the lighter. Some ten
years ago, l applied anvildust, cinders,
etc, to the soil under certain apple trees
the effect for several years was more high
ly colored fruit than formerly, the strealxs
as finely drawn as if penciled, with uni
form waxen appearance. This was an
experiment at home, to prove to myself
the effect of iron on coloring. The prai-
ries lie near, underlaid by pale, and in
many places yellow sub-soil. The ap-
Piles will color pretty well for one or two
crops, but afterwards their color is only n
dull rusty red, showing the coloring mat
ter has become mostly exhausted.
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and when the cakes are nearly cool turn
one upside down, spread on one-third Of
the icing and then layer of grated cocoa
nut, then the next cake in the same way
with the icing and cocoa-nut, and the third
cake with the icing and cocoa-nut, and it
Just makes a beautiful loaf and is really
very delicious like little tartaric acid
in the icing.-Germantoson telegraph.
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tn. RET axp o.IarnsI To.1s on LEO

TEE BEET AND oKIarnAL TONIC or InoH--rnoe-
phorus and Calisaya known Is FerroPhosphssed
Elixir OF Calseya Bark. The Iron restores color 70
the blood the phosphorus rerevs waste OF tne nerve
tissue. and the casays gives natural .one
to the digestive organs, thereby curing aJspepns -
Its various forms. wakefulness. general aeoiy. %
fever and ague One pint contains the virtues OF one
ounce OF cslissya, and one tsasPoonful. . grain OF
iron and phosphorus. Manufactured only By cAswxLL
HAzAxp Co, successcrs to casveii. MACK . Co..
New York. sold By Druggists.
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"A CORRESPONDENT of the London ,]ou,

"A correspondent of the London Jour
nal Of Horticulture gives plan Of grow
ing Mignonette as little tree for the con-
servatory. He says "sow a pinch OF
seed in the centre of as many three inch
pots as there are plants required. When
the plants are strong enough thin them by
degrees to one plant in a pot, and that
must be the strongest. Train that up to a
stake to the height required, pinch out all
side shoots and the heads of bloom, but
do not divest the stem of its leaves until
the plant has attained its full height. To
form head about three are left at the
ton"
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RRMOVav.

Messrs. Blymyer, Fearing q Co., Of Chicago, man.
nfacturers OF agricultural Implements cane ma
chinery and bells, have recently moved into their
new warehouse, corner Beach and Sebor streets OPP
posite ii. ii. Taylor's agricultural warehouse, and
on the line of the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne Chicago
Railroad. This gives them side track and direct
communication with their extensive manufactures,
one of which, Blymyer, Day q Co.. Is located at
Mansfield, o., and the other, Blymyer, Norton Co..
Cincinnati. o. See advertisement In this paper
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-10

Louis Napoleon, finding on examina-
ton of the facts in relation to smokers and
non-smokers of tobacco in all the public
schools, that the latter were decidedly
superior in physical health, intellectual
requirements and moral department, for
babe by law its use in public institutions
of educatiOn
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-10

THE LuNes IS THE GREAT LABORATORY
m rv. HnsAy SYsrEN.-when once destroyed
thew can never betmade sound again. We should
.a,oSe the frrt cause which tends to their de-
st,nctjon' When sores forming, il Is indicated
nv cough or pains in the chest. or difficulty Of
breafbipg Now ALIENS LUNG BAisxN will check
these symptoms at once, IL it u used in time, and
prevent fatal Consumption.
For ale by all Druggists.
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ESSENCE OF INK."-Beautiful Black
Ink for 10 cts a half pint; the only ink that
viii not corrode steel pens. For sale by
stationers, druggists, &c. SPERRY & Co.,
Manufacturers, 500 Broadway, New York.
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Let us Discuss the Great Question.

kansas City has tailor whose name
is A. Swindler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-02-05
DI II ID.

kiDGEI1 Suddenly, on THURSDAY the 4th
instant. DAVID q. RIDGELY, aged al yeas
Tne friends OF the family invited to attend
hlsiuneral on Sunday. at O'Clock o. IN If em III,
late residences. Nc 124 Ps. avenue. IT
PASSWORD On Thursday February T. ISABEL
LIN hAL sEsSEUhD, aGrd years an mo tbs
Slaughter OF Joseph b. and sslie q ses.rord
funeral fricAy AT o'elocS ,. m. Relatives and
friends are invited. .
smIIH. OF c"Hsumption. on the 9Th instant.
INN =, be loved wife Of JACOB p. Smith
she Eas failen aeleep In Jesus.
Her funeral Will take place from her residence,
Mo- 900 l. street, between 7th aud 8th streets, on
sged al.
DopGE On the an instant, at o'clock ,. m ..
FLORA EMMA. second daughter Of w. NJ and
b v. Dodge, aged " afs and months
The relatives and friends the family are
quested TO attend her funeral from her parents
residence, ID street east between q and streets
north Saturday, the Sth inst 81 O'Clock ,. M.
= BoSEkT AZ o'c,ock 2 m, on the i.h inst,
10Th year Of his age
he will be taken TO Laurel, Md. for interuent,
sn saturday, on the T7.JD train. Services at co.
Phnhps church. Lsnrel. at 20 clio, *
New York Tribune please COPY I
DkCkL: On the Sd instant, Of consumpt on DR.
.. i. RkUEL, In the S4th year If his age.
HOOh- On Thursday morning, 9Th instsnst. at
the reslde nee OF his son IN Jaw, DR.. VIM John
cop, BERNARD BOOZE, Esq formerly OF Alex
sDdrfa- va IN the 99tn year OF bis age