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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
FiHger-Mark

A short time since, u gentleman en-
ployed q mason to do some work for
him, and among other things, to thin
whitenu the walls of one of his cham
bers. This thin whitening is almost
eolorless until dried. The gentleman
was much surprised, OH the morningaf-
ter the chamber was finished, to find
on the drawer of his bureau, standing
i'm the room, white finger-marks. Open
ing the drawer, he found the same OH
the articles i'm it, and also ON a pocket
book. An examination revealed the
same marks on the contents of a bag.
This proved clearly that the mason,
with his wet hands, had opened the
drawer, and searched the bag, which
contained no money, and had then
closed the drawer without once think
ing that any one would ever Know II.
The "thin-whitening" which happened
to be on his hands did not show Mt first,
and he probably had no idea that twelve
hours drying would reveal his wicked
ness. r... r...r
As the work was all done OH the af-
ternoon the drawer was opened, the
man did not come again, and to this
day does not know that his acts are
known to his employer.
Children, beware of evil thoughts and
deeds. They all leaye their finger
marks, which will one day be revealed.
If you disobey your parents, or tell q
f;tlsehood, or take what is not your own,
you make sad stains on your character.
And so it is with all sin. IL defiles the
soul. 1t betrays those who engage I'm
it, by the marks it makes OH them-
These marks may be almost, If not
quite, invisible mt first. But, even If
they should not be seen during any OF
your days OH earth, (which Is not at all
likely, yet there is u day coming In
which every sin will be made manifest.
Never suppose that you can do what
Is wrong without having blot made
on your soul. 1t is impossible. If you
injure another, you, by that very deed,
hurt your own self. If you disregard a
law of God, the damage is your own.
Think-ever bear it in mind-dear chill
dren, that every sin you commit leaves
a blemish upon yourselves. Even
should it not he seen by those around
you OH earth, it will be seen, to your
Condemnation, at the bar of Cod
Home .JOl7l6i
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
Medical Hints.
By AN NJ. d.

Without good stomach it is impos-
sible to attain great age; yet it is the
best abused organ in the body.
Don't doctor for every little ailment.
If half the sensible people in the world
had c0nan,o,s sense it would be better
for them.
A consumptive should not go South
to get cured. The colder the air the
purer it is, and pure air is what is
wanted. FT u ~ ~
The doctor who advises a young man
to take brandy twice day for brOnchi-
lis, will probably be guilty of making
one drunkdrd.
Soap and water is the best dentifrice
that can he used. fr4
The habit of eating cloves, cachous,
jokes, trix, hunkidori, and all such
trash, is ruinous to the stomach, and
will eventually produce dyspepsia.
Children should never put shop or
visiting cards in their mouths; the
glazing is poisonous.
Ripe, raw, fresh fruit is good, and
may be eaten with safety, but should
also he eaten in moderation.
Vinegar diluted with water. and
sweetened, makes a good drink i'm fe-
yer. Heated hot, the steam of pure
vinegar is good for sore throats. 1t
should he inhaled from the mouth of
a teapot, or other similar vessel.
Fresh lard rubbed into the chest dali
ly, with the warm hand, is useful in
consumption. E-
O1ions, well boiled, are useful ar
ticle of food. They are stimulating
and act upon the secretions, and also
promote digestion. The juice of the
onion is recommended in drorsy.-M-
restigdt0rs. "a 10
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
Rules for Making Yourself Miserable

1, Get up late i'm the morning, SO as
not to have time TO eat a wholesome
breakfast before going to your busi-
hess.
=. Rush at once TO the cars, where
YOU will sit from half an hour to an
hour, i'm an unventilated room, before
reaching your place of business
3. Wear pair of tight boots, and al
low your feet to get cold as soon as pos
sible.
4. Eat peanuts, smoke vile cigars,
drink worse brandy or whisky, between
breakfast and dinner.
3. Lunch at a restaurant on bakers
bread, soggy potatoes, mince pie, and
as many other denominations as you
can.
6. Do all your business in such a
haste as to Use up all your strength fas-
ter than il is manufactured by the pro-
cess of digestion and assimilation.
Z. Eat hearty dinner at six O'Clock
of indigestible compound, neither nour-
ishing and healthful: 4Fs
). Retire late, so you cannot possibly
recuperate for another days work in
the time allotted for sleep.-Hcrtd OF
Health. Ist
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
IsWorIled and Earned Ii.

A few weeks ago, q gentleman liv-
ing i'm an eastern town was called cut
of his bed one morning by several Wig
orotls raps upon his front door. Hastt-
ly dressing himself, he responded TO
the call, and found standing upon the
steps an uncouth, roughly clad boy
with an axe ON his shoulder, who hasti-
ly thrusting his hand into his panta-
looms pocket, drew out small roll, and
handing it to Judge H said: .,.b
"There's seventy-tiNe e dollars which
I want you to put i'll the savings bank," "
and hastily turned on his heels and
started away. .-.. ,..1..
The Judge, slightly Disconnected at
the curious proceedings, scarce knew
what to say, till at length recoving his
wits, he cried out after theboy:
"Stop! cone back here. How did
YOU come by this money! m
t"I worked, and earned it, sir. My
time was out last night, and | got my
money. Tve got job of chopping,
which began on this morning, and
thought I'd leave the money with you
as went to my work, and then II
wouldn't take up my time this evening
when want to study" -
"What is your name, my boy"'
asked the Judge. =.
al wrote it ON the paper that /
wrapped the money up in" shouted the
little wood chopper as he passed ON to
his work.
That boys note for thousand dol
lars due ten years hence would be as
good as gold. If he has his health, he
will be worth double that then.
He is beginning in the right way.
The very day his time was out for the
summer he entered upon another job,
and Immediately placed the money be
had worked for, where that would work
for him; and with an economy OF time
which is more to be praised than his
forethought with regard to money, he
could not endure to have a mOmentd de-
voted to anything but his books when
the long evenings came.
Five years from to-day with good
education, with good habits, with 6
few hundred dollars, which he has
earned by work, his chances for place
in the business and political world will
be far greater than those of the spend
thrift boy, who born with q fortune,
begins without knowing the worth OF
money, and instead of going up, goes
down
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
Interesting to Gotten Planters.

3 In a recent number of the st. Louis
Republican, we observe a description
of a machine for separating cotton
from the bOlls, and cleaning it of all
dirt and trash, which, if it really does
all that is claimed for it by the paten-
tees, is of the highest value and impor-
tance to cotton planters, particularly
since the decrease i'm steady hand labor
on the plantations. This machine will
take i'm the cotton bolls, picked i'm the
rough from the plants i'm the field, and
separates the lint completely from them
and as completely as was accomplished
by the Whitney and other saw gins;
and by using it, three times as much
cotton can be picked in day as under
the old system, and the planters who
adopt it can send their hands into the
fields to gather the cotton that is ma
ture, with the husks, trash, etc., to be
stored away until il cail be separated
from the bOlls, leaves, steams, dirt and
sand by picker before being put
through the gin. This machine is an
Improvement upon an older invention
patented by the late Mr.. John G. Page,
of Memphis, i'm 1866, and in its new
form it combines both cleaner and
gin, the new process of ginning break
ing the fibres much less than the origi-
nal one; it requires one-fourth less pow
er than the first invention, while it
yields more lint and without nipping.
1t Is claimed that it will effect a saving
of labor of at least one-third, and en-
hance the merchantable value of the
cotton ten per cent. The Republican
says:
1.-The visitors were shown the ma
chine, which was put i'm operation by
DIR. Andrews. 1t resembles a large
grain separator, and was run by steam |
power, To test the experiment, sack |
Of roughly gathered cotton bolls was
opened and placed on feed apron at |
the forward part of the machine. The |
balls, cotton, dirt, and other substances,
were swallowed up, and disappeared.
It was first operated on by beating |
pans and forced against strong currents
If air. BY this operation, the flores
we're cleaned and separated from the
lulls and dust Then it is pushed for
ward to the gin saws, which strips the
int from the seeds, the dropping by
Is weight into box or receptacle. At
his point the lint Is cleaned and separa-
ed from the seed; it is then carried
through a reverted fiue' to the lint
DOM, where it drops gently down like
nOw-fakes, ready for baling.n
When 1t Is remembered that most
,lanters have not within q thirl of
he labor at their command which they
lad few years since, and that large
of the crops grown last
eas0n were left standing unpicked in
he fields, for want of hands to get out,
t must be evident that this invention
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
If the Earth We're 10 Stand Still.

If the revolution of the earth on its
axis were to be suddenly stopped, the
temperature of everything would be
raised to such degree as to be incapa-
bic of existing in any other form than
vapor. When a bullet strikes the tar
get it becomes so hot that it cannot be
held in the hand. Its velocity is at the
rate of 100 feet second, but what
must be the heat produced when body
like the earth, moving at the rate of
9O, ,OOO, 900 feet a second, is suddenly ar
rested! 1t would soon be converted
into a sea of fire, and ali life would be-
come extinct 1t is not probable that
this catastrophe will take place in our
generation, but rs the light of the sun
is said to be due TO the combustion Of
worlds in its atmosphere, our time may
sometime come to add fued to the
flames.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
4 Poser.

The worthy gentleman who rules the
rising generation of boys i'm certain
town in q Western State, had occasion
to correct an urchin named JOHNNY
Now Johnny got into fit of what is
called the "sulks," because he was
whipped, and, I'm order to convince him
that he was justly and necessarily pun
ished, his teacher had recourse to the
following argument:
Well, Johnny, supposing you were
riding a big horse to water, and had q
keen switch in your hand, and all at
once the horse were to stop and refuse
to go any further, what would you do
Johnny stifled his sobs for a moment,
and, looking up through his tears, re-
piled:
I'd cluck to him, sir.
But, Johnny, suppose he wouldn't
go for your clucking, what would you
do then? -
I'd get down and lead him, sir.
And what If he were obstinate, and
would not let you lead him?
Why, I'd take off the bride and turn
him loose, and walk home, sir.
You may go and take your seat,
Johnny, said the teacher.
Johnny could not be made to see the
Necessity for using the switch.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
This Side Up.

We saw Jake mailing up a box, the
other day, containing some articles
which he intended to send by express.
From the nature of the contents, we
knew that it was essential that the box
should not be inverted on the passage;
so we ventured the suggestion to Jake
10 place the much abused "This side
up" ETC., conspicuously upon the CO.
yer. A few days after we saw Jake.
Heard from your goods Jake? Did
they go there safely?"
Every one broke,' replied Jake,
suddenly. Lost the hull lot! Hang
the Express Companyv
Did you put this side up as we
tod you?'
Yes, / did; AID fur fear they
shouldn't see it on the kiver, / put il
Oh the bottom, too-confound 'eni.'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

Is of the highest importance to them,
as it may enable them to save and
send to market every pound of cotton
grown. The patent is owned by Messrs.
Dowdall, Page 4 CO.. Of ST. Louis,
who are engaged in manufacturing the
machine in time for the next crop. No
information as to the cost is given by
the RepuJlicda, nor are we aware that
any agency for the sale of the machine
has been established in this city. But
we have thought the invention of 50
much importance to the cotton plant
ers that We call the subject to their at
tention.-N. u. Rcdwtf,e.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

BOWED LEGs.-Bowed legs are not
caused by baby's being placed upon
its feet too early, but to habit children
have of rubbing the soles of their feet
together. They appear to enjoy the
contact only when the feet are naked;
they don't attempt to make it when
they are socked. So the remedy Is OBJ
yious; keep the baby's feet covered
Knock knees is aseribed to different
childish habit-that of sleepingo ON one
side, with one knee tucked into the
hollow behind the other. Where one
leg has been bowed inward more than
the other, the patient has always slept
on one side, and the uppermost MEM
Der has been that most deformed.-
Here the preventive is to be careful ev-
cry night to place the child to sleep in
different positions. Indeed, all through
life it is well to sleep on either side.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

AN absent-minded old bachelor is in
the habit, when he comes home to tea,
of putting the kettle on the stove, and
taking a snooze until the kettle begins
to sing, when he would get up and
make his tea. The other evening, be-
ing little prostrated on account of old
Simpkins' daughter cuttingn him on
the street, he put the kettle on the
lounge and got on the stove himself,
never discovered the mistake until he
began to sing.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
How TO Tell a Persons Age.

The following table of figures will
correctly tell a PERSONS age by adding
together the figures at the top of the
lines in which the age is to. be found.
For example, we will suppose the age
to be 30. BY glancing at the table you
will observe 80 to be in the ID, Sd, 4th
and 9Th lines. Then run your eye to
the top figures of those lines, and you
will find that 2 and 4, and 8 and is
make 80.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
4 Boys First Roots.

The boot period Is the dividing line
between a babyhoOd and boyhOOd. Be
fore the boots, one is tramped upon by
comrades, and stuck with pins, and We
walk with an air of apology for the
fact that we were born at all. Robust
school-fellows strike us across the
cheek, and when we turn to them the
cry, "WhO are you looking at" or,
what is worse than any possible insult,
have somebody chuck us under the
chin and call us .Bub.n Before the
crisis of boots, the country boy carries a
handkerchief. This keeps him in state
of constant humiliation. Whatever
handkerchief. This is the very un-
popular period of snuffies. But at last
the period of boots dawns upon boy.
Look out how you call him "Bub."
He parts his hair OH the side, has the
end of his white handkerchief sticking
out of the top of his side pocket as if it
were recently arranged so; has a dig
nified and manly mode of expectora-
ton, and walks down the road with
long strides, as much as to say, "Clear
the track for my bootsv' We have
seen imposing men, but none who have
impressed us so much as the shoemaker
who, with waxy hand, delivered into
our possession our first pedal adOrn-
ments. As he put the awl through the
leather, and then inserted the bristles,
and drew them through It, and then,
bending over the lap-stOne, grasped
the threads with a jerk that made the
shop shake, we said to Ourself, "Here
is a gracefulness for you, and power"
1t was Sabbath day when we broke
them in. o! the rapture of that mo.
ment when we lay hold Of the straps
at one end, and our big brother push-
ing at the other, the loot went ON D!
We fear that We got but little adyan-
tage that day from the services. All
the pulpit admonition about woridli-
L ess and pride struck the toe OF our
boots and fell back. We trampled un--
der our feet all, good counsel. We
have to repent that, while some trust
in horses and some in chariots, We put
too much stress upon leather. Though
our purchase was SO tight In the in
step that as soon as we got to the woods
we went limping away-what boots 1t?
We felt that in such q cause 1t was no !
BILE to suffer. For some reason, boots |
are not what they used to be. You
pay big price, and you might walk all |
Ilay without hearing from them; but |
the original pair which tell of, spake |
out for themselves. No one doubted |
you had been TO church after
you had once walked up the aisle in
company with leather. 1t was pure |
sloquence of calfskin.-HcaTh and
Home.
Boston churcl-goers complain that
4 their ministers keep on using such
big words they will be compelled to
larry dictionaries as we'll as PRAYER
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

In all cases of impaired digestion, al
eohol is dangerous, although 1t relieves
unpleasant sensations for time; but
it helps patient in the same way that
it helps poor man TO get drunk es-
pecially if, by so doing, he deseends to
a position of greater poverty ana
brings upon himself fit Of sickness to
boot.-Dr. Roth, bs Good Health.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

- &&& E-N ~ > I
BY w.LI'x ,rILEs HRrAsT. : : :
How shall I know ts~s. a. =, .l,,.
The di;embodied ar,ts Of o.. !. s,..,,,saf II7I
"hes sleens sa Oh tnee t time could witheerr
AND psr'shes among Ne dust we tread. I
For shall feel the stingt ce.s.,... ,,.,u
Nor hear the voice of iovA spirit not;
In thy serenest aer d leaS sSonssni. asa1n
WIN tSsra nSs thy own meek he demand me
rh1s siRens Rea.t whose fondest tn, ' to me was
MY nd name me- on earth was ever in tn Sor.xer
AN" VIII thou never utter it i'm RSSen''
IN meadows ,ad N tanned by heavens life-hSasns
Inths resplenaence or MAT glorious spfsre.
Ana % ,arser movements of the unfettefSi
Will THOU forget the love that joined us
mere. tai. s-a-
The love that lived through all the stormy
And meekIyw with my harsher nature bore,
ana deeper grew, and tenderer TO the last,
Shaif II expire with life and be no more?
A happier lot than mine, and larger light,
Await thee there; for thou hast bowed Thy
In cheerful homage to the rule right,
And lowest all. and renderesf good for i'll.
For me, tie sordid cares in which / dwell,
Shrink and consume my heart as heat the
scroll,
And wrath has Ieft its scar-that fire of hell
Has left its frightful scar upon my soul.
Yet, though thou wear'st the glory of the
sky, : - - Z
Wilt thou not keep the same beloved name
The same fair thoughtful brow and gentle
eye, -
Lovelier in heavens sweet climate, yet the
name? Ftf 4tt'--l FL =
Shalt thou not teach me In that calmer home
The wisdom that learned SO i'll in this
The wisdom which Is love-till become
Thy At companion In that land of bliss I?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

There are 1s5, 227 volumes in the Con-
gressional Library, at Washington,
exclusive Of pamphlets aud periodicals.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
'alaaA's gtrsrtmtsl.'
BY EDGAR rAwcErr.

BY EDGAR FAwcErr. aTSf
Is Grandma awakes Never fear shall wake
III sit by the bedside and speak very low,
And out of my lapfnl of buttercups make ner
Albright liftfe nosegay 'twlu giaaasn nef
The days since her sickness, are duller and
But then what a blessing she suffers no
Every night ask Col, "Piease TO iet'her
And S" be my dear, wilo-awake Grandma
again! ei.a fsfas f1N
How queer it would seem if slept through
And never rose up when the birds bad be-
And cared 's' no, at all fer ti'is beautiful May
So scented cent with blossoms and merry with
sun. 'f w II -
Heigh-ho. suppose ,S we all become older
We are wearier, feebler, more willing 70
Nurse says it's the way of the world, and /
Ihoped-ihat the worlds way would mend
by-and-by. --.t. a.. rf
Nurse shook her head sadly; perhaps she
was thinking
How would be resting as Grandma rests
. there.
Nor know ifthe red sun were rising or sink
But darken my tired old eyes, and not care.
And perhaps nurse is right. Well, think I'm
those hours
OF slumber. that pleasantcr dreams would
appear, ,,.
III a child whom loved brought a lapfuii OF
flowers, -.
And watched by my bedside as I'm watch
ing here.
Our Young Folks.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

{ Boston church-goers complain that
If their ministers keep on using such
big words they will he compelled to-
carry dictionaries as well as prayer
books to meeting.D
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

Newfoundland has now population
of IA, ,636. In 1867 it had 124, 2SS in
habitants. -.-.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-07-01

THE DoTY WASHING MAculNE.-Geo.s
PHILIPPE, Esq., associate editor Of the Chi.
cago Tribune, Gays: ts,
Doty's Washing Machine has been before
the public now for several years, and has
had u full and fair trial IN innumerablc
households. We have had one of them in
use in our family from the first day of their
public sale, and it gives 10 real pleasure to
hear testimony to their great excellence, use
and value There is NO mistake about them.
They perform all the work that 10 claimed
for them by the makers. The hands never
touch the hot water We have known 4
little girl of fourteen, and even one young.
er than that, go through . weeks heavy
washing easily in half day, aud tho wash
ing is always thorough, and the linen made
pure and white. Washing day is no longer
terror TO US, as 1t used to DC, when two Or
more old crones. half drunk all the time,
used to take possession of our kitchen, and
scO!d and swear over wash tubs. half blind
with the foam of the soap, and their hands
blistcr.d and sore with the labor Of scrub.
bling and rinsing. Now little, neat ma.
chine. about the size Of sclloolboy's ''bOx"
takes the place Of the old. cumbr0us, I'M
wieldy tubs. and instead Ut those frowsy
beldames aforesaid doing the work. . pretty
little girl lays gently hold of the handle Of
the machine, and turns out article after ar.
ticle without noise or fuss or wesriness.
These celebrated machines are for sale at
r. B. Miller's. Deer Lodge.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-07-01
An Equestrian Feat by Corella.-Wc

An Equestrian Feat by Corella.-wc 10.
Called "Corella in trouble and OUT" last
week, but like Banquo's ghost that would mt
stay down, she wouldn't stay out. TO cap
the climax Of her ''scnsation" acting in
Deer Lodge, she had to trade horses with u
dealer here, and the said horses, when up
near Blackfoot, smashed her wagon, blasted
her prospects and got blasted IN turn. She
came back, demanded rue bargain; was
refused; took both teams and departed. The
entreatics of Dick Dickinson. armed with
proper papers, prevailed on her to return,
after gcntlcr measures had failed, and she
turned her attention to law-succcssfully
Her brother and " Jersey" came up from
Bear, deposited 5000 as security for the re-
plevied team, and again she Left on Tuesday
for Bcartown, with all tho horses. And here
is the way the dealer puts it up: Now,
sec here; Corcl!a came here with Two horses
and had two-I traded with her and gave
her 500 10 boot. Now she is gone, has all
four horses aud my 500, while hav'n. a
ID thing but law suit. May be this
is all right, but I can't see it." And strange
As It appears that's the way it is. About
two more trips to Deer Lodge and Corell.
will have the town, or first class funeral
will come off without previous notice.