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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
Care of Machines and Implements.

AGRICULTURAL machines and imp1e-
ments are costly, and it is of great import
ance that they should be taken proper care
of 1t is well-know'th that machine or nipple
ment which is kept in repair, painted and
Oiled and housed, when not in use, will
last twice as long as one that is left under
the weather, rotting or rusting in the rain,
or warping or splitting in the sun. There
are some farmers who complain of the high
price of threshing machines, reapers and
mowers seed drills, etc. yet do not take the
least precaution to keep them from dam
age by exposure to the weather, or from
want of painting, oiiing or repairing. One
of the most necessary buildings on farm
is tool house, or implement shed, in which
all the machines, implements and tools
used on the farm can be arranged under
the owners eye, and kept safe from damage
from rain or sun.
1t is not advisable to keep machines or
implements in the barn, for they not only
take up too much room, but are more liza
BILE to be destroyed by fire than when kept
in a detached house or she'd The barn
from its superior height and magnitude is
more liable to be struck by lightning than
lower buildings, and from the constant &C
cess to it of careless persons, and the neg
ligent or malicious handling of can
dies, matches, etc, it is more likely to
be destroyed by accidental or incen-
binary fires than houses or sheds of less
importance. The newspapers frequently
contain accounts of the destruction of
barns by fire, and it is sometimes stated
that they contained live stock, machines,
implements, hay, grain, wool, etc, and it
generally turns out that there was no in
surance on the premises or their contents
The frequency of such disastrous fires
ought to be sufficient to impress on farm
ers the importance of insuring their
houses, in some respectable office or offices,
so that in case of fire some capital will be
available to replace that which has been
lost No money is more judiciously ex-
pended than that which is paid for insur-
ing life or property.
Every building of any considerable size
should have at least one lightning rod.
Thousands of dollars have sometimes been
lost by the carelessness or penuriousness
of proprietor, neglecting or refusing to
put up lightning rod. When a farmer,
or any other person, has insured his build
ings and other destructible property, put
up lightning rod or rods, and taken all
and extraordinary precautions
against fire, he may, in case of an unfor-
seen calamity of this kind, console him.
self with the reflection that he has done
all in his power to prevent it. Western
Rural
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

If you are buying carpet for durability
choose small figures.
SCOTCH snuff put in holes where crickets
come out will destroy them.
STAGNANT or foul water, says the Stock
Journal, is very injurious. 1t causes
poisoning, and this leads to many
febrile complaints, and is one of the great
causes of abortion in cows and other ami
mails
AN extensive fruit grower, who within
few years has set out thirty thousand
trees, says that, as to peaches, pears, and
plums, he would prefer them at one year
old, and the apple at two years. Much
depends on future cultivation.
1T is stated that green copperas, dissolved
in rain water, will effectually concentrate
and destroy the fOulest smells, and if
placed under the bed in hospitals and sick
rooms will render the air free and pure.
For butchers stalls, fish markets, sinks,
and wherever there are offensive putrid
gases, dissolved copperas sprinkled about
will in few days purify the atmosphere,
and an application once a week will keep
it sweet and healthy.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific Amer
lean gives this advice to hOrsemen
Whenever they notice their horse direct
ing his ears to any point whatever, or in
dicating the slightest disposition to become
afraid, let them, instead of pulling the rein
to bring the horse toward the object caus-
ing its nervousness, pull it on the opposite
side. This will instantly divert the atten-
ton Of the horse from the object which is
exciting his suspicion, and in ninety-nine
cases out of hundred the horse will pay
no more attention to the object from which
he will fly away if forcibly driven to it by
pulling the wrong rein"
SHARPENING AUeERs-Newa ugers and
augcr-bits cannot be made to bore many
times without the application of pressure
equal to the weight of man. The diff
Guilty is usually attributable to the incor.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
Shoes for Striking or Cutting.

A GREAT number of horses are in the
habit of striking one leg against another
and great deal of ingenuity has been at
different times exercised in search of a
remedy for this very troublesome practice
Both the fore and hind legs.are subject to
cutting, the latter, perhaps, most frequent
"; but in them it is confined to the fet-
lock joint whereas, in the fore legs the
horse may hit either the fetlock, the leg,
just above the pasterns, or just under the
knee, where it is called speedy cut, from
its occurring chiefly in fast action.
1t is advisable before applying remedy
to ascertain if possible, the cause, and the
Part which strikes, whether the shoe or the
foot, and, if the latter, what part Of it.
Many horses strike from weakness, and
cease to do so when they gain strength
and condition. This is more particularly
observable with young horses. Others cut
from faulty conformation of the limbs,
which are sometimes too close to each
other; and sometimes the toe is turned too
much out, or too much in when the toe
is turned in, the horse usually cuts just
under the knee.
The objects to be kept in view, in shoe
ing such horses, must be to remedy, as
much as we can, the faulty action, and to
remove, if possible, the part which cuts
The part of the foot which strikes is gen.
orally between the toe and the inside quar-
ter, sometimes the inside quarter itself, but
very rarely the heels of the shoe. If the
horse turns his toe in, in all probability
he wears the inside of the shoe most; and,
if so, it should be made much thicker than
the outside. If the contrary, the outside
heel ShOuld he thicker than tho in side
The shoe should be beveled off on the in
side quarter, which should also be free
from nails.
In the hind legs we often find that a
three quarter shoe will prevent cutting
when other plans fail; for here the part
which cuts is not situated so forward as
In the forelegs, so that the removal of the
iron altogether from the inside quarter
will often accomplish our aim. 1t some
times happens that every plan we can
adopt will not prevent cutting, and then
the only resource is the adoption of boots.
Prairie Farmer
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Our Turn Must Come.

GENERATION after generation, says a
fine writer, have felt as we now feel, and
their lives were active as our own. They
passed like vapor, while Nature wore the
same aspect of beauty as when her Crea-
tor commanded her to be. The heavens
shall be as bright over our graves as they
now are around our path. Yet a little
while, and all will have happened. The
thrObbing heart will be stilled and shall be
at rest. Our funeral will find its way, and
prayers will be said, and then we shall be
left alone in silence and darkness for the
worms. And it may be short time we
shall be spoken of, but the things of life
will creep in, and our names will soon be
forgotten. Days will continue to move on,
and song and laughter will be heard in the
room in which we died; and the eye
which mourned for US will be dried and
glisten again with Joy, and even our chill
dren will cease to think of us, and will
not remember to lisp our names.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

SHEET MUsIC-Snoring.
RINGLEADER-the parson at the mar
rage service.
crow.
In the North German army, last year
134 soldiers committed suicide.
A MACHINE has been invented in Eng
land for making hay by machinery. The
grass, as soon as cut, is subjected to
currents of hot air, thus placing the farmer
Independent of the old saying, make hay
when the sun shines"
A FRIEND asked little girl (Which
do you love best, your cat or your doll ?"
The little girl thought some time before
answering, and then whispered in the ear
of her questiOner: 81 love my cat best,
but please don't tell dolly"
WHILE the Chicago commercial party
were at the mines on Treasure Hill, New,
their presence excited considerable curl
rade: (which is the Chicagoans, any
how?" when the individual addressed
promptly responded, "Why, don't you
know them it's those chaps wonder that
have to grease their legs to get their pants
on"
A TOUCHING commentary upon the un-
satisfactory nature of wealth, as compared
with health, was afforded by Mr. Keep
about year ago He had been an invalid
for long time and ON one occasion re-
marked to a friend that he would most
gladly give up all his enormous wealth, il
he could but regain the physical comfort
which he enjoyed in his younger days
when he was poor.
A WRITER to the Dire Farmer vouches
that person in his neighborhood has ex.
hibited, this season, wheat and chess grow
ing from the same root. The bunch or
stool on exhibition was carefully taken up,
and all the soil washed from the roots, SO
as to give every one that examines the
opportunity of judging for himself The
stool, or bunch, consists of six stalks
three of them wheat, and three chess-all
of them tolerably well developed. No one
that has seen this stool, or those exhibited
by the same friend, last summer, has re-
naming doubt of the assertion, that, under
certain circumstances, wheat frequently
turns to chess.
A MOUNTED officer was riding by field
in which there were some apple-trees
laden with early fruit, and some Struggling
persimmon-trees covered with green per-
simmons. He saw some soldiers attempt
ing to hide, and at once suspected that
they were rObbing the orchard. So he
halted, and the following colloquy took
place: "Halloo, what are you doing
there?" said the officer. 1--WE come to get
some simmons" "Apples, 1 suspect
Why, the persimmons are green enough
to pucker up your mouths" "That's jist
what we want with EN- We want to
make our mouths little to suit the size OF
our rationsi"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27

formed by assemblages of rays. Between
these larger masses the circumference OF
the lunar orb was filled up by radiate lines
of brilliant light, extending on an average
q digit and half in height, of 125, 600 miles
from the suns surface. 1t was noticeable
that this continuous band was the most
narrow on the lower left hand side (south-
west by south) averaging about two-thirds
of the width elsewhere, and was badly
broken on its entire outline, as il the regu-
larity were interfered with by the action
of the string of bead-like protuberances
jutting up through the interior portion OF
its volume.
The full amount of this irregularity was
not perceptible with the naked eye, but the
general distribution of long and short rays
was the same. To the unaided vision the
narrower portions of the corona were visi
BILE and bright but the tongue-like exten
sions faded out into nothingness, whereas
the telescope gave definite outline all
around, except at the summit of the first
named protrusion. We do not claim that
the relative lengths of the different por-
tons were exactly as laid down here they
were estimated at the instant, and trans
ferred to paper directly; but the time al
lowed for observation Qess than three
minutes) was so short that it can scarcely
be considered possible to reproduce every
part of the outline with unfailing accu-
racy.
As stated in the letter from Des MOines,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
Greatest Discovery of the Age
DIR A. TRAsK,S
Magnetic Ointment !

This remarkable and most Interesting remedy q
composed Of the concentrated Juices OF the most
powerful and the most soothing Plants and Roots In
nature, Chemically com0ined and insulated in we'll
sealed glass bottles, and charged by a powerful Bat
terry: Thus possessing In addition It's superior med
ical virtues, strong MAGNETIC E1EcrBIo proper
ties profoundly penetrating and erninently qufsSing
and soothing. It relieves Pain and Inflammation 81
once, Cvhen frequently appled) relaxing the strained
muscles and nerves giving new lie and vitality By fs
life giving qualities 70 Psrayzed parts and Chronic
Nervous pain, (Neuralgia.) Irritation, and Removing
Distractions like charm. Indeed all who have used
teem t BY far superior TO any and all other external
remedies IN use applied In season 1T an untaing
nation Of the Lsngs, Bowels. Liver. Kidneys and
other Organs, Rheumatism. Spinal Irritation, Azue
In the Breast and at all times Nervous Headaehe
Neuralgia Sore Eyes, Ear Ache, Tooth Ache Ague In
the Face, Pmples and Eruptions of all kinds Piles,
Bruised and Sprained Limbs. Burns, Frozen parts,
Chilblains ndoient and long standing Sores Wolnds,
&c. &C. 1t viii also restore the Hair to the Bald Head,
and prevents the Hair from falling.
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Rules Applicable to Business Men.

RULE 1-Getup late in the morning and
eat hasty breakfast.
Rule 2.-Rush at once to the cars to
avoid excess of air and exercise
Rule 3.-Wear a pair of tight boots.
Rule Eat peanuts, smoke cigars,
drink brandy or whisky between breakfast
and dinner
Rule 5.-Lunch at restaurant on
bakers bread, soggy potatoes, and mince-
pie.
Rule 6.-Do all your business in hur-
ry.
Rule Eat hearty dinner at six
o'clock of all sorts of indigestibie COM
pounds.
Rule 8.-Retire late. Follow these di-
rections, and it will be easy to be misera-
BILE.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
Sailing Hay.

Severa. years ago the practice of sailing
hay was al but universal 1t was recon.
mended, not alone because it was supposed
that the hay was better cured by its use,
but because it enabled the farmer, az he
supposed, to house hay imperfectly cured,
or that which had got wet In the open air.
This was carried so far, in some instances,
that from eight to sixteen quarts of salt
would be scattered over a single ton of
hay. This practice afforded a constant
temptation to get in hay in slovenly and
imperfect manner, and must have resulted
injuriously in the second place by depre-
eating the health and value of the stock
that was obliged to feed upon it.
We refer to the subject, at present, be-
cause in a catching" hay season there
are strong inducements to resort to this in
furious practice, unless some ecialthought
is given to the subject.
In judicious hands, little salt, quart
or two to the ton, occasionally, may do no
harm, but, possibly, prove beneficial The
true way, however, is to cure the hay in
dependently of salt, and administer the
condiment by itself when it is needed.
If continued diet of salt junk brings
the scurvy upon the poor sailor, we cannot
well see why similar diet will not bring
some dire disease upon stock that is COM
PEELED to feed upon it. The practice is
dangerous one, and ought to be resorted
to with great care.-NeU England Farmer
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DR.. RANSOM'S
HIVE syrup and TOLU |

Dr.. Ransoms Hive Syrup and Tolu, In addition 10
Ingredients for ordinary Hive Syruo contains Balsan
Of rolu. Dccoction OF skunk Cabbage Koot, Lobclis
and Hops; combination that must commend it to
every one - superior rene y for Group whooping
Cough, Asthma Bronchitis Coughs and Colds. indeed
FOR al affections o. the Throat and Lungs whe>e .
cough medicine 10 necessary This syrup Is carefully
prepared under the personal drectoEof irregular ply
eician of twenty years practice whose signature
Is attached the directions the bottle. It's very
pleasant taste makes It an agreeable medicine for
children; every person should keep bottle OF Ran
SONS HIVE SYRUP AND T0LU in the house
not only q universal Cough Medicine, but g. sur
and ready remedy sudden attacks OF Group anon,
the children
Remember that Consumption Is caused, In hoH
cases. by negiectfng . slight cough
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The CHLDREN's HOUR.-The Septem-
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During the month of July there were
exported to Canada, from the port of Mil
waukee, in American bottoms, 66,2G0
bushels of wheat, valued at $4,000, and
SIS barrels of flour valued at $500. In
British bottoms $500 bushels of wheat,
valued at $117,5O0. Total exports, 151,-
600 bushels of wheat and 2S5 barrels of
-four, valued at 1926, 500.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27

"A correspondent of Hearth and Home
advises market gardeners to raise their
own seeds, being satisfied that it is the
best and most economical plan For this
purpose the best specimens of vegetables,
etc, should be selected as used,
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FEVER AND AGUE.

Cleanse the system; then, the time for chn
drsws on, cover warmly In bed and take cupfu OF
hot water, with one two teaspoonfus OF the Mag
netic Balm sw. etened with brown sugar, also battle
the back and stomach with the Balm and remain
quiet Repeat, IL necessary.
- All the above Medicines are Sold b.
DrugKfsts Everywhere.
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The Conditions Of Health.

1t is idle to expect health il the precautions ne
cessary to secure it are neglected. The human Of
ganization is a delicate piece of mechanism, and
requires much intelligent care and watchfulness
to keep it in order, requisite in the manage
ment of the most complicated combination OF
levers, wheels and pinisns.
At this season OF the year the body Is peculiarly
sensitive. because 1t is greatly weakened and re-
laxed by the continuous heat The skin, i'm sum-
mer, with its millions of pores wide Open is very
different sort of tegument from the compact brous
covering which it becomes under the action of the
winters cold. The muscles too, are comparatively
haccid, the nerves tremulOus, the blood DOOR, and
the whole frame less capable of enduring fatigue
and resisting disease. than in cool weather These
indications of a depressed condition of the vital
forces are so many unmstakable hints that nature
needs reinforcing.
Ordinary stimulants will not effect this object
They ilfiame and excite, but do not strengthen
The only preparation which can be depended upon
TO impart staminal vigor to the system. and cna-
without giving way under the pressure, is HOS
TETTER'S STOMACH BlTTERS, tonic and cor
receive so pure, harmless, SO utterly free from
the drawbacks which render many OF the powerful
astringents employed in medical practice more
dangerous than the ailments they are employed to
cure, that il may be administered without fear to
the feeblest female invalid, the most delicate
child The cathartic and Alternative vegetable in
gradients, which are combined with those of atomic
nature in its composition, keep the bowels
moderately free and perfectly regular, while the
work of IMMIGRATION is going on The finest blood
depurents which the herbal kingdom affords are
also among its components, so that it recruits,
purifes and regulates the system simultaneously.
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GEORGE SAND says, 81 don't like money,
but ] do love to spend It," 49,
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THE LUNGS Is THE GREAT LABORATORY
OF THE HUMAN SYsrEn.-When once destroyed
they cali never be made sound again. We should
remove the first cause which tends 10 their de-
struction When sores are forming, il is indicated
by cough or pains in the chest. or dimculty OF
breathing. Now ALIENS LUsG BALsAM VIII check
these symptoms ut once, If it Is used In time, and
prevent fatal Consumption.
For sale by all Druggists.