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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26

According to the table of maximum
and minimum temperature i'm the
month of June, prepared by the Smith
sonian Institute, Michigan and Kansas
during the hot days in the latter part
of the month exhibit the highest range
of heat In both of these States the
Thermometer marked lo6 and los, South
Carolina 95, Virginia 10o. The aver
age mean temperature for the month,
however, is the most reliable for COM
parison Texas was the highest, 81,
and Maine the lowest, 6S 2; Michigan
was 6S s; Georgia 75 8; Alabama I6 !;
Florida 80; New York II q, etc. Rain
fell i'm Tennesseesto the average depth
of 9.2inches; in California 00.l-equiv-
alent to none at all. In Kansas, Ne
braska, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota
less than = inches fell; in Michigan,
3.5 inches. Next to Tennessee, Ala
bama, Florida, South Carolina and
Florida had the most rain, little less
than inches.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26
ssnner Rules.

DIR. Hall, i'm his JGsraal Of Health,
says: If you have walking or riding to
do, ride first, because IL you walk you
may get overheated, and then, when
you ride, ycu may be exposed to an
open window or draft Of air while
you are i'm a still position, to be follow
ed by . chill, pleurisy, or lung fever,
which Is pneumonia.
II on any occasion you find yourself
the least lit noticeably cool, or notice
the very slightest disposition TO chill
running along the back, as you value
health and life, begin brisk walk In
simultaneously, and keep :tup until per-
spiratiOn begins to return; this will
seldom fail 10 ward off q summer cold,
which Is more dangerous than q cold
taken in winter 10 all persons having
the slightest tendency to consumption.
DRINKING WATER.-If very thirsty
and warm, take but a swallow at a
time, taking the glass from your lips,
with adozen seconds between the swal-
lows, then you will never fall dead
while taking a drink, as many have:
in this way half the amount of water
will abundantly satisfy the thirst.
Soda water Ean agreeable beverage,
but half q glass of cold water will bet
ter and more safely satisfy the thirst
and cost nothing. Besides, in taking a
glass of water, you stop when you feel
you have had enough; this you never
do with glass of soda, but keep ON
drinking after 4 Is positively Disagree
able; and you hate to stop, but drink
OH again, to prevent wasting Il.
Never sleep in the daytime uncoy-
cred, i'm summer; II is always danger.
Gus, even if it be but half an hour on a
bed; lace shawl is better for n cover
ering than nothing. Many Lie down
coming from walk, viii, or shopping;
they do not intend TO 60 to sleep, Just
TO rest minute or two; but many
times they go to sleep and wake up
with an indistinct chilly feeling, follow
ed i'm many cases by serious illness.
When you reach home tired and
weak, and may be accompanied with
an indefinabIe feeling Of sadness or de-
preston, without being conscious of
any adequate cause for Il, don't take a
drink of ice water, however Thirsty,
nor q glass of soda, nor 4 drink of wine,
but cup of hot tea, as hot rs you can
swallow comfortably; the heat Is Of
more value than the tea itself, but both
are of incalcplable value; II
you are sitting down to . meal I'm this
tired condition of body, aud mental de-
some hot tea, taken before
is eaten, will rouse the circu-
lation, exhiierate the stomach, rally
the spirits, and make you different, n
better, and u happier man In less than
ten minutes, because the iecreasing
debility and downward progress Of the
system is arrested by the warmth of
the water and active quQllty Of the
tea, until strength begins b be impair
ted to the system from the 5bod taken.
1t is safe to cool oneself 0T by dab
bling the hands i'm cold water; safer
and more natural II the water Is warm,
by the rapid evaporation every time
the hand is lifted out of the water. But |
it is positively dangerous to wash the |
face in cold water when much heated. |
1t is not dangerous but pleasantly en-
eacious if warm water Is used.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26
A man in Wisconsin has ms,Is ,

A man i'm Wisconsin has made = ~
markabIe exhibition Of ingenious wu1k,
From a piece of pine board tweuty-tW6
inches long, four inches wide, an1 eev-
en-eighths of an inch i'm thickne ~
has Whitfield seven pairs of deaSBts'
forceps, three pairs Of pliers, six pairs
of blacksmiths' tongs, one pair Of
horseshoe pinclers, one twisted link
chain with swivel, one straight link
chain, horse in stall, and two balls
in a box-in all forty-seven distinct
joints, all of which are connected and
play with the utmost freedom. When
closed up, this singular piece of work
is the size of the board above described:
but when open or spread out for exhi-
bition, it covers space about two feet'
square. He was occupied upon the
work six weeks.
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rf1xpI. FRIDAy oc
COLQNbiA' IrrSNIo01It MIA AUUUoI TO- lotU

him, at this sight. Shoot and make
an end of ity .f
"No,' he said, uncocking his pistol,
Il have seen you tFembfe yoa are afsaid
to dier - : q
D" With this he vent to tl,e door, but
on the threshold he turned toward the
picture, cooked bis pistol, and without
taking aim, fired. That I might be
sure Of his unerring aim, he had driven
his bullet upon mine. Ny people did
not dare to detain him; in dumb terror
they let him depart. IhAve never seen
Sylvio since; be re-entered the service,
and fell, as ] haye feard, at 6ebasto-
MI ~ tF-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26

The Sunday School Times, In the fol-
lowing incident, presents one Of the
best arguments in favor of Adult Bible
Classes -, .r,..f..i,,I. 60
Father, I don't want TO 90 to sun
day school any longer. Fred Jones
and Harry Smith who are in INV class.
have quit, and want to quit, t0o."
"Why, my son w
"Oh, because 1t IS so dull to be con-
fined TO Sunday school this warm
weather and then / havn't any time to
set my lessons, and then-and then"
ia" Then what ?''
o. "Why, Fred and Harry say Il Is all
nonsense for such big boys as me 10 be
tied to Sunday school. 1t does very
well for our Charley, but think I am
tOoold 10 60 to Sunday school. Don't
you think so, father ?' 4al -
No, my son. The Sunday school Is
O great and good institution. All our
best men are i'm favor of ID. II keeps
boys out of mischief, Sundays. Il Is
respected too. People think more of
you II you are Sunday school scholar
If you wanted to get q situation In q
store, to be regular member of q Sun
day school would be recomuanda-
ti0n for you. Then, you learn 50 much
that Is good. 1t Is right TO study the
Bible, and learn these things. M soo
I think the Sunday school is . 9nnd
thing for you. l do not want you to
stop. You are not too old to g0.
When shall be, father? How old
were you when you stopped rs
.Oh, Idon't know, Thomas meyer
mind tbat.u fE
But, father, If the Sunday school is
such great thing, and ali that you
have been telling me-if we were new
er too old to go, why don't YOU 20? I'll
agree to 1t, ii you will go with me-
[ Exit Tom.
4 "Well, he caught me this time; turn
eu my own sermon upon myse3f
don't see but that must agree 70 the
bargain. / shall feel rather strange at
sunday school, for, to tell the truth, ]
have not been for twenty years. Pe0-
pie Will stare a little at first, but II II
VIII keep Tom in school and out q mis-
,hief, | will CO."
! =
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26
WOMEN IN NALL SfREEf.

( AT Saratoga, In July 1858, three
young ladies', possessed OF will and
several thousand dollars q their own,
made up "pool" in Harlem on their
own individual account, and bought
1900 share for the neighborhood Of 100.
Within four weeks the rise of III
showed them to be winneFs to the
amount of $4,000. This seemed to
justify them for going into the ward
robe line. Consequently they might
have been seen every 1sy Sitting on
paashioned stools et G14wegfss - A.
ing heavy investments IN molle am
tique, Mechlin lace, and India sIlawls.
But alas for the vanity OF human ex-
pectations! they did not sell their Har-
lem, and i'm six or eight weeks from
that time they receiyed-n0t o billet
dOux, but call for more margin, for
Harlem had sold down to IS, and In
stead of making $75, 600, would, If they
sold, now lose $4,000. Fortunately,
all of these young ladies belonged to the
heroic world, and instead Of going into
mysteries, or sitting down and having q
good cry, they went manfully, or ratil-
er womanly, to work and raised the
money, furnished the necessary mar
gin to their broker, and vowed by Ne.
mesis that they would hold their HAr-
lem till they could make their SO, 900
once more.
Their heroism In six months was re-
warded, for In the latter part 0f April,
1854, while the Commodore was hoist
ing Harlem, they drew $50, 600 out Of
their brokers' hands.
One of the notable female specula-
tors in Wall street b q maiden lady,
who counts her property BY the million.
She is never seen fHece, however, ex-
cept when the stocks are falling. In
these seasons she may be seen IN her
customary suit Of solemn black, trip
ping down to her brokers' ONCE, pre-
pared to buy at the lowest Prices, and
when stocks 60 up she always sends
word to her broker to sell out. Her
profits from these investments some
times exceeded 500, 1000 per annum.
The most remarkable case Of all is
that of Miss NJ. She belongs to
the class of the strong minded ones.
Her face is that of gOshawk, and the
white dove which she wears sometimes
upon her jocky hat seems constantly
in the act of playfully swooping down
upon the less amiable bird beneath. In
her views on financial questions she
has always taken high moral ground,
discountenancing al attempts to raise
the price Of gold. During her ten
years experience she has made and lost
a fortune evesy year. In the great rise
of 1854, she stend $3.50, 900 better than
she was in 1888. Then, woman like,
her hopes rose 70 the ambitious height
'of half a million, which seems to be
the goal which most spectators pro-
pose to themselvea. But
.' when lovely woiAan stoops so folly,
She finds, too late. that stocks betray."
and brokers beguiles She awoke from
Der dream of fortune ON the Sth Of
April, 1854, when panic was raging,
with the residue of her fortune, about
$1,000 fast locked up in the hands of
her broker, who had 1hiled, and was un-
able to pay her even this small balance.
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Religions 0xcn-

A gentleman travelling i'm Texas met
ON the road wagon drawn by four
oxen, driven by a countryman, who,
i'm addition to the skillful flourish and
crack of his whip, was vociferously en-
couragipg his horned horses after this
fashion: 'sHaw Presbyterian!r "Gee,
Baptist ~ Whoa, EpiscopaIian.
Get up, Methodistr' The traveller
stopped the driver, remarking that he
had strange names for his oxen, and
that he would like to know why he
thus called them. Said the driver, ~
call this OK Presbyterian, because he Is
true blue ;butif the yoke gets little too
tight he kicks and tries to draw clear
Of the traces. / call this Baptist, be-
cause be Is always after water, and
seems as though he'd never drink
enough; then again he won't eat with
the Others. call this OK Episc0palian
because he has mighty way Of keep-
ing up the good looks Of my team, by
holding up his head and appearing dig
nified. call this OK Methodist, be-
cause he pufis and blows, and bellows,
as he goes along, and you'd think he
was pulling all creation, but he don't
pull a pound unless you continually
stir him up"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26

The Appeal has been publishing q
number Of articles on the subject Of The
Southern Pacific Railroad some elito
rial and some selected or c6mm0niea-
ted. 1t published, and then reviewed
with force and truth, an article ffosn
the Cincinnati BailDnad Record, which
insisted npon having the Southern
Road put under contrDl Of Southern
men, such as q Davis, Lee or Hamp-
toni The Appeal very tinently
would be glad IL Congress s16uld be-
come willing to give our most pfoni-
nent men the building and manage
ment Of this Southern Road, but baye
we any reason to believe this will Hbe
done? aad IL we cannot get 1t built by
Southern men, would Il not be well to
have il built, as the Appeal says, !" by
New York or Boston, London or Paris?'
The Appeal pays . high and deserved
compliment to the sStantonsr who are
building the Alabama and ChattanOor,
N road, and says: "I1et railroad men
Ike the Messrs. Stanton, build the Pas
cific Road, and It win be well, cheaply
and speedily eqp2p pletsd - - But Ae,
g.. 81 s.ss s!s:
through New Orleans ana Ch&ttan0os
90 10 Boston, and owned by this ring
Of Boston capitalists.r Awriter In the
Appeal takes issue with that paper up..
on the proposition that the Boston,
capitalisfs intend to get control Of the
whole line from San Diego to. B0stop,
and insists that this is an impOssibfIity.
under existing circumstances, and that
the great object of the Boston, capifal-.
lists Is to build or assist In building this
road IN order that they may connect
wftliit. He also agrees in the opinion
with the Appeal that the Stantons VIII
and can build this road more speedily
and better than any other company. .fItl
Is o matter Of great interest to Memphis
to have the road built from San Diego
to some central point in Texas, aud fifI
the Stantons can build it sooner and
better than any company and do not
intend to use it to the pEejudine of cur
city, we would be glad to see them do,
it, and the sooner the better. - -
Some Of the remarks of the Appeal in
reply to the Railroad Record are Of pc
culiar significance and we'll worthy of
attention. Since the Appeal Is an able
and consistent advocate Of the Demo-.
cratic party, we hope our Northern con-
will echo the sentiment of
the Appeal, when it says: 1--WE are
not Of those who would be governed In
this matter by any sectional prejudice ''
The fact that = leading paper in the
South advocates the building of this
road, even If 1t has % be done, by a
Northern company, shows he liberal
feeling among our people upon all
questions where our material interests
are involved, and should begef q Ieel-
ing of equal liberality among Ndftheffi
people and in Congress towards eur
section. So far as we are concerned, 1t
is matter of very little interest TO us
by what company the road is- built, so
that the agreement made at the Com
mercial Convention i'm this city IS car
ried out in good faith, and this we he
lieve will le done by whatever Compass
ny may build 1t, because, il. will .he TO
the interest of the company to do so.-
Lomier's Real Estate BMietm.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26

3 A Pittsburg magistrate, who unites
with the official functions of the busi-
ness of az undertaken, holds court IN
bis wareroon, and deals out NfIce
with one hand upon plate beaxi1g the
name OF some person deceased, o4d the
other upon 6>sS of orders fox Rnor-
ais. The litigants sit upon colllns
while their cases are being disro1od -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26

w wtLe Western railroad will run from
,be esS Point Georgia, to Selma, about
acso % hrst OF September. The bridge
10, 'oss The Alabama river will be COM
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.era eravs'fftrs,booW


BY.J. II. JOHNSON cs lruBA DAMP 81 Z
Across the way are two windows bright
With curtains white as snow;
M sss sSass : sRpslsss tnsSy Nli ias n
Fantastic shadows throw = , q
shadows that come and 60.
But the shadows that oftenest iinser there,
AS the mtin!ght hourxrlraw near,
With tapering waist ana curIing hair,
Bending with listening ear,
well-known step TO hear.
And as the night wears on apace
Comes another shadow tail, = - Ttssf
With hasty step and manly graco, "a
STOPPING TO meet an upturned face
Clasping the waiste SO small,
Blended, the shadows fall.
A moment thus, by the cheerful light,
Is the blended shadow thrown,
Then darkness shades those windows bright
And am left done
No shadow but my own.
/ 1yF a ga -s--,-- s.-o~--A rf4EtfA6
wAIfiNe ron Us-AMABRlaAI.!.h
BY HRaSK.
rhs.ss .1s1s..,,ss l,sss sh'Is nv .hss elaos
The f;tirest you ever did see;
And IL wfnks at the stars and II mods to the
bro0k-.lGFssf 4gts
Waiting for you and for me.
There's aiittIe blue-bell shrinking down in
fasi .sffsr glade, hB7izs tra sz3ris i1'
3 ~ As modest as ever can be; e.r,-... 3 49, =,
All nestled in clover and buried In shade \
Waiting for you and for me. -. ~ !. n
There's littIe i,,, red rose that hangs under a
Where hold breezes clasp 1t so free;
Though hundreds have passed IL, it Is hang
" ing there stifl, ~ n
Waiting for you and for me.
There's little sweet kiss dancing round on
lip,
And archfng it over with glee-
A gcm-drop Of love where a god would fain
Waiting for you-or for me. 80. Il
If I walk in the woodland or stray DER the
Or tip through the gorges with thee,
When the blue-befl is plucked and the lily
Is gone,
Shall the rose wait for you, or for me :?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26

Some forty years ago there lived in .
certain town an old man who lad o
propensity for /" hooking small porta-
Die article that came in his way. As
he was poor and past labor, and well
known about town, no further notice
was taken of his pecullarities than to
keep q sharp look k-out when he was
around. A dealer had q quantity Of
dry fish landed on the wharf at an hour
too late toget them into his store, and
as he was about covering them with an
old sail-cloth he espied old B.. appar-
emily accommodating. Selecting q
couple Of the fish, ne said: "Here,
Briggs, 1 must leave these fisi, out here
tonight, and VIII give you these two
il you promise me that you win Tot
steal any, THAT Is q fair offer, Mr..
A., but-well-I don't KNOW with q
glance at The offered fish then at the
pile, "Itsak 4 can do 6efferrr
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26

= A writer in Good Health gives some
valuable hints tnr the treatment of this
fearful disease, which Is now making
such rayages among children. He
says: Undress the child and bring
it to bed at the very fifst sight of sick-
ness. If ithas' FEVER give t0thing but
sourish lenlo1iade, with some gum ana
bic dissolvetiin IL; tlseieove It's aldo
men with dry fianDcl.f Take q we'll
folded sheet and dip itin hot water;
wiring it dry, and put this over the
flannel en the chiid's abdomen. Then
cover the whole and wait. The hot
cloth will require repeated heat. Ac-
cording to the severity Of the case and
its stage of progress, Precipitation viii
M the ciillds I'm from ten
minutes to two hours. The child is
then saved and its recovery will be rs
steady as the growth Of q green-house
plant. As the Inclination for food re-
turns, help the bowels by injections of
warm water, oil, and d little CASTLE
soap. These directions are for the ear
ly symptoms of the disease. IL the
child has illusions of the heart or brain,
these will not save it.; but il these REM
edies are applied IN COOL time, not one
in hundred Children win die Of scar
let fever" r3s ~ =
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26

The following notice appeared upon
the west end of country meeting
house: Anybody sticking bills against
this church will be prosecuted according
b law, or any other nuisance"
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Patience on a monumental slow
marble cutter.
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suxDaIIso!

- - y - =
A vivid idea Of the weakness Q
chicken soup was conveyesf in = wage
query to his win ut sdinneri = Can't
you coax tnat cnlcken 70 wade tnrouga
tne soup once naQfe si;.;I,.s..
Il A Detroit man who. committed sui.
eide, left n0ee say14g that he wanted
to go and 2 I, inssndests e seste s, ss,as .ns n..es
Nj 49, IL, 40, ss, - - " E,3t;x, sN,'r
'.,,S ..'e ss's,fS - -. ~...1
"A oieeuing coriespolqeut at Saf1tO-
S8 wFites: eve9y negso expeces 70
make enough IN tne nHee m0nshs' Sar
ratoga cam3aa695oka ka1n-hAn the rest
OF the year IN amueQces and ne gener-
auy manages II! !,
| "A s7fi6snse correspondent says that
most Of the Souther1f ]genfl81nen at
White SulphR Springs. yirginjA. are
the worst dressed and the best hammered
men In the cIvilised world. Judges 20
to dinneriin lissen ceatsv and Generals
go 70 preakiaet ~ dress epsts o. an as-
se-oss'a"' - s'''' eu'-s ~ .,.s.. .l u
some Gays ago, ~ DrIgnt ittie Hye-
ME, nveyeg.t orag nA1le9 xeoes va
teased q goQ4 q9Q&AQ = of1epenfwno
|uf5 ~ 8yine 0hosf love y><n.f
. M 3kf505 11QGi( 00jQC -
the chdtk' = !. How, e. : aslEed the -tnrs
mentor. sWhy, answered Rosa s:the,
bible saws yoii intist love them that
llste ven. and i al sure fiat 1aisaSel
you.f n y -, -. -.
Er..,.-;.r A.. d.. ,.I. ,~,,.. .t;v,n..
t;zsd v,ar A. % ~. S ~ sfost,,os s:ss nm
% 7 = " an III - 5t.s,st., sss,s 10y ~ f;s'
n;sf,S~ js S,,l - Dssi, "s,,. " SS~.,. 49, W.
q Tbay. = = ca "a w.. a. ;..,,s ~
bottie i wr;ttsn a. tbe der have
won battles tfsf h@i already given
up for lost, and have been beaten when
victory was already nearly in my
grasp" ffcfsA - -
For several daysliupe posters appear-
ed on the Wills ibout voolwjch. Eng
land, anuomichselav vRblic meeting in
favor of vgu1ugisHU515WV~t0t at the
hour ai5p6lUlzs14hH h16 c&ufaineda 4 ve
persons only. ont Of regulation of - :
tOO souls. this - ~ t0m rvisj,,s, owe
bow. bsIl.keepep srIHl .fhree ID. vomen.
-Ira;s,,s |. ,ss,s.,; ss,I,e., =. ,,,.,.,,,,....
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1fD41I111uN -
ooa -. - Ilssl- - shss ~ = ~
~ - 10 sloes azs enpey. n 4 b -
l..-2::!!: - =: - e one IN ny n.us< <s,1ussl,av
II y = lltls half-worn shoe. NOT th1u5 snsusk
And q g 8 saee sssl sense Of s.ssr los
As .tssS s eben, two sesr. ago, i eus y,
.nhqft4fwain.
o. nttle leet. that weary not, wan ~ hen
Fbr an driising on the tide. and they have
reached the shore;
And while the binding tear-drops wet those
Itry to think ms dariing's feet are treading
"a. streets OF gold - M
And then lay them down again, and al.
CO, ,y ,xays turn . 70 say. =
And whes 1 thus am standing, almost seem
The little fo-m beside me, Just as ID used to
The llss,s s1 ssss up'ined with Its son aaa 'sn-
Al me! might have known that look w.sr
born Of Paradise. :.
Iireach my arms oct fondIy, but they clasp
the empty air, -
For Where's nothing Of my darling buf the
shoes he used to wear. -
Oh! the bittcfnessofpa parting cannot bs done
awaYs.s .sa9Fue.. fSfig- sSsI -1s
Until Meet my darling where his feet can
never STRAY,
When NO more ana drifted upon ths suss-
Ing tide,
Bat With him xsfely landed upon tho river
b pssisst. heartI while waiting 10 - the
'or the mile Rect In the golden street can
:. never 90 asttay- M