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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01
Tight Laeiny a Beneil.

A learned doctor, referring to tight
lacing, AYERS that it is positive bene-
fit, inasmuchas it kills all the foolish
girls, and leaves all the wise ones to
grow up to be women.
A case in point: A girl in Chester,
Vt, died recently from tight-lacing.-
For several months previous to her
death, this wretched victim to a foolish
fashion was compelled to sleep with her
corsets on, and strung up to their ut
most power, as by loosing great pains
rose Internally, and no relief but ,by
Was such a woman fit
for q wife or mother? Better out of
the world than i'm it! Here is one
cause of puny children Who die IN iii-
fancy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01
The YalHe eta Good Name.

| If We could tell our boys and pirls
how many hundred times in life, and
IN how many unexpected WAYS, they
will find 1t TO their profit as well as
pleasure to have reputation for truth
fullness and integrity that no suspicious
circumstances can destroy, they would
hardly believe us. And yet lust things
often happen rs are narrated in tliis
story, which we find going round the
papers.
In the school of DIR. Woods. none
Were allowed to enter the conservatory
without leave; but a boys handker.
chief, with his name upon it, had been
found there. Just at the close of the
school, the doctor called the name. of
James Howard. The whole school
became silent with suspense. flames
Howard, what has he done-such no.
BILE boy, such good boy."-all thought.
DIR. Woods himself believed he must
have beer sent into the Conservatory
By the teacher of botany. So he
asked .
James Howard, have YOU been
into the conservatory, today?u
o L have not sir, replied James, in
a clear, calm tone.
believe you, James, - said DIR.
Woods, although your handkerchief
has been found there. You are not the
boy to tell an untruth. "
SO James sat i'm his seat unmoyed.
Evey boy in the school believed him,
and almost envied him his good name.
DIR. Woods said no more on this sub
Jeet, except these words: "Let every
boy learn from this incident the scorth
cf good name, especially when ap-
pearances are against him.
How came James handkerchief In
the conservatory-for as have said, Ii
was contrary to the rules of the school
for q boy to enter there unbidden.
James had loaned it to a small boy,
named John Rand, to tie up some nuts,
the day before, when they had a little
ramble together. The boy forgot to re-
turn it. He also forgot the rule of the
school against entering the conserva-
tory, but, seeing the door open, rushed
in to see some rare flowers. The hand
&erchief, being partly out of his pocket,
dropped to the ground. &c
See the evils of needless forgeffulness
The boy had exposed a schoolmate to
censure; and had itnot been for James
Howard's good name, his teacher
would have surely thought him to be
the offender. At least, so thought
John Rand. .ee -.
How ashamed he felt when i DR..
Woods said those words about a good
aan,e! The words kept ringing in his
ears. He had sbroken q rule of the
school, and was afraid to own it. He
thought the doctor would despise him
il he knew, and so would the boys.
All that day, all that night, he had no
peace. At length he went to James.
Hewas not afraid to tell him all aboutit
did forget 1t, James; truly, hon.
estly, L did, said the child; /" but Pm
afraid the doctor won't believe me as
be does gou. 50 ..1
Yes, hewill, y replied james. You
have been so short q time in school,
there's some excuse for you. Go at
once, and own up; for the longer you
put it oil, the harder it will be. Al
ways own fault at once. Don't be
afraid; the doctor viii forgive your
Thus encouraged, the boy went to
DIR. Woods, confessed his fault, and
was forgiven; but he learned a lesson
against forgetfuiness which he always
.-.s
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01
Something About Gold.

Gold is found sparingly in many hard
rocks, such as granite, mica-slate, chic
rite-slate, and clay-slate, and some
liar rocks 1t occurs far more album
dainty than in quartz, pure unmixed
flint, or silex. In igneOus or metamor-
phic rocks, the quartz usually occurs in
veins, or in large, irregular lunches or
.lu4ps, with veins diverging from
them. These veins are most common
iy1 few feet wide, and for the most
Dart traverse the rocks in vertical or
highly inclined position. Sometimes,
however, veins or irregular masses Oc-
cur many yards across in every direc-
ton and sometimes, but very rarely,
quartz is found in such abundance as
to make what even might be called
hills of itself. The gold is disseminated
in this quartz, sometimes in such eX-
ceedingly minute particles as to be in
visible, not only to the naked eye, but
even to the eye aided by powerful
lens. Most commonly, the gold is seen
as little yellow specks, flakes, or grains
scattered through the quartz. When
the quartz has crystalline structure,
W ulCll IL Oitcu llSts, llttic liCsIc Va Sofu,
likewise crystalline, may be seen en-
bedded between the interlacing crys-
tails OF the quartz. Where the inter-
stices in the quartz are large, these are
sometimes entirely filled up with gold,
but not unfrequently irregular holes
and crevices seem to have been formed
in the quartz by decomposition or rot
tenness, which have sometimes been
subsequently filled with gold. In these
cases the gold assumes irregular forms,
such as melted lead will when poured
into water-fOrms which have given
people the idea of the gold having been
deposited in . state of fusion, a notion
i'm all probability utterly unfounded.--
How the gold got into the quarts, is a
point at present so uncertain, that no
man of science would take upon him.
self the responsibility of answering the
question, The. size of the irregular
humps thus entangled in the quarts vac
ries greatly, the largest hitherto known
single lamp in the world, being an Au-
stralian one of 2.IG6 ounces weight. IL
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01
THE LONG PAST.
Bf PERCY BYssHE SHELLEY


This poem Is one of several discovered In
by Mr.. w. NJ. RossETTI, and
published for the first time in his Life of tht
poetl tft
Like the ghost of "A dear friend dead
Is time long past.
a tone which Is now forever fed,
4 hope which Is now forever past,
4 love so sweet 1t could not last,
Was time long past.
There were sweet dreams in the night
Oftime long past;
And, was IL sadness or delight,
Each day a shadow onward cast,
Which made us wish Ii yet might last
That time long past?
There is regret, almost remorse,
For time long past;
'Tis like child's Beloved corse
4 father watches, till at last
Beauty is like remembrance cast
From the long past.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01
The Inquisitlve Traveller.

| left New York for Albany in no
very pleasant mood. Getting up for
an early train is neither customary nor
agreeable to me; the coffee was muddy
and the toast abominable. got in q
muss with a hackman about my fare to
the depot, my finger was jammed in
the car door, and a fat man stepped on
my toe as / moved to my seat. My
face knew looked forbidding, and,
though the car was full, the seat be-
side me was not taken. We had gone
past one or two stations when a tall,
broad shouldered, farmer looking fell
low got into the car, and withOuta By
YOUR leave, "or " Is this seat engaged"
down he sat by me. gave him a Sc
we're look that ought to have annihila-
ted him, but it didn't. Then 1 looked
out the window, and the car moved on.
By and by my attention was attracted
by gentle touch.
Pleasant day."
gave him to understand, i'll a curt
way, that / didn't care if it was. AT
ter a while he reached his long neck
out by me and said, yawningly:
Looks as eff we should have some
rain soon."
Ilet the remark pass without reply,
determined he should not draw me out.
After some miles he again spoke:
"Killed a hog last night. /"
"Well, what's that to me?" l said
sharply.
"Guess how much it weighed.
"Oh, don't bother .me-six hundred
pounds. -
"Guess agin, after pause.
We'll, say hundred pounds.
The challenge to guess had a trifie of
interest in it, but in moment, asham-
ed of having shown any at all, thrust
my head out of the window, awaiting
my sturdy associates advances. He
made none, and, after 10 or 15 minutes
/ looked round. He was staring out of
the window, apparently lost in refiec-
ton.
"How much did your cussed hog
weigh, any how?" l asked, as surly as
I could.
His face didn't change a muscle,
though / thought his eye looked tri-
fie mischievous, as he replied:
",Don't know; we didn't weigh him. "
Fortunately for my peace of mind,
he got out at Rinecliffe station.-Er.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01
Rest.

Leisure is never SO enjoyable as when
it comes unexpectedly, like the visit of
a long-absent friend. And to be sweet
it must be short. Too much of it pals
upon the appetite. Luxurious as a
warm bath, it is also enervating. He
who finds himself suddenly possessed
of leisure in great plenty, will do well
to dispose of the bulk of it az soon as
possible, by setting himself something
serious to do. Systematized activity is
one of the best preservatives against
"dull care."s Leisureis is hut a sauce of
life, which helps to make work more
palpable and ddigestabie. the one apart
from the other soon becomes disgust.
ing. Men of leisure, as they are called,
are most commonly restless, fidgety
and unhappy men. The kindest thing
which can be done to them is to deprive
them of the greater part Of their leis-
ure. At first sight it does not seem so;
but a very short experience will prove
that is so. Much leisure infers the alb
sence of purpose; and life without
purpose is a perpetual burden.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01

aLizzie, darling, are you i'll? What
is the matter ?'' a
"Oh, William, l have been such a
bad wife! Iheard you tell Mr.. Moore
last e, ening how I have disappointed
you; but T will try to make your home
pleasant, indeed I will, If you will for
give and love me-"
Love you? Oh, Lizzie, you can
not tell how dear ! love you."
As the little wife lay down that night
she thought
81 have won him back again. Bet.
ter than that have learned the way
to keep him."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01
9attry.
By G. W. CUTTER.

1
Dc s,, ,re ~ vour curb and rein:
-, s<,s,v,, fl,a roxver of vo,1r ,,r,,v a,,<s
The ten,IeSf srorns q chat,
,In,r ianohed as Law conceaI'd from sicb,
Eor many countless hour. =
a, tha rr iisaish hoasf AZ hulna,, ,,,;o,t
M tho nride of human nr,rar
-
en ,axE S mon fhe sess A ''o 'a''
creenine alone. n snail-iike hand
ar waifine the wayward bree,ss.
When marsed the neasanf faintiv raar
with the toll which ne daily bore.
As he feebly turned the tartiy wheel.
Or fnoged at the xrearv oar.
sneed e"''" '"e Pa"'i's
The fii0ht nj f,,e rc,,r;cr df,v,a
fSex Snre ,,,a a,s, ,,,s, J,.reed
The lines Of i'm 1af,ent love.
7 conId mot hut fI,i,,tr hoxv the world would
resi- ' ''' '', nv - ~
as these NAV. o,,fst,inn'd afar.
When sho,id tse h<,,,nd m fhe rushing keel,
Or chair,.d to the fiying car.
ta,h.,b., ,b.v found me at last;
The,- inx.;fed me forth at length;
- 4 ,tss - -, ,,y throne with a thunder
hlast ---..- Es-tt
Ia q, p,v IRON strength
o ,.e,, ,,n saW woridrous change
v, on ,rsh ,he ea,ih and the ocean wide,
v,harl :, o,r my fiery armies range,
No' ""i'
.,, t,rrrab ' the waters DER
Tha mountains steep decline:
-r;,,n- -snace~haye Welded to nv power;
iu.e-rpId nr, ,ip,rId the world Is minei
IT. riyers The sun hafh earliest blest.
nr those where his beams decline:
q-,,a yia mi streams of the uueenly West
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01
Old Saoes.


- cliidreIi, you probably think that II
You look very sharply at an old shoe
when yDt throw it away, You will know
.itagain fever it comes back to you.
But tha; doesn't 1T all all follow. One
oftiese days you may button your
dress with an old pair OF slippers, comb
your hair with a boot, or grasp s cast
off gaitef in your hand while you eat
your dinner. You don't see how this
can be.. We'll, ven tell you.
Old shoes arc turned to account by
alan nuIacturers in the following man.
ner: They are cut into very small
pieces, and Kept for a couple of days in
chloride ofsulphur. The effect of this
Is 10 make the leather hard and brittle.
Next, the material j. withdrawn from
the action OF the chloride of sulphur,
ws,sieS! with water, and dried. When
thoroughly dry, itris grOund 10 powder
and mixed with some substance like
glue or gum, that causes il to adhere
together. II is then pressed into
mouls's and shaped into buttons, combs,
kpife~hardles, etc. SO you see how IL
may yet come to pass that you will
comb your hair with 4 boot, and fasten
your clothes with aslipper. /.
So -.>.4--
\ Vermont paper says that Miss LoiI-
is;s Brady, Of Peacham, died receDtiy
from the effects, rs supposed, Of a tall
OH theiee. In the post 3iorfem examin-
atiosrgf her Itnbgs, however, the lover
parts of bosh organs were found to be
Dssiiiesi 10 certain extent, and IN
manner never before observed. There
We're a. great number of small bnDks,
.he longest about an inch in leu3fh.
and VARYING in size and shape It
would I,4 only slight exageration b
ay the lungs were full of them. The
mmediate cause Of death was CONS
ION OF the lungs, however.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01

A fashionable clergyman in Chicago
warns the sinners of his congregation.
that if they don't repent they viii go
to the "place of eternal uneasiness."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01
Less Food.

Less food means temperance. Pre-
cisely this; and nothing more or less.
1t means simply the avoidance of ex-
cess. 1t is the excess, or the little-too-
much, that hurts. 1t is the feather
that breaks the camels back. And is
it then SO hard that this little can't be
avoided? Yes? that is it: we must have
a little more; there is little more room
in the over-crowded stomach. And
what is the consequence? Simply a
very uneasy feeling? Sometimes that
is all; but not always. 1t is however
always hurt that will be felt by and
by, and more and more as the individ-
ual presists. But even for the present,
with many men, it is bad thing A
person will feel stupid; he will have the
blues, because the stomach, through
the nervous influence, affects the whole
system, making the body dumpish, and
the mind dull, and the individual any,
thing but agreeable. Now this is a
common fact; We see it everywhere,
every day, every meal; people "hog
jt:n that is the word. Why not cut
off the little excess, and thus become
cheerful and healthy? Some men do
this. Reader, try it and you will thank
us. Remember, iC is not hard; the hab-
it is soon formed; and then you will
be i'm a new atmosphere; you VIII i've
new life. Think moi you are not the
one aimed at; we all are more or less
at fault here. Much, much more hap.
py as a race should we be If we paid
more attention to diet.-Cbuttry Gea.
ticmdIl.
AN ATTACK BY .ALLIGAToSs.-A A
Southern journal describes a furious
at tack of Alligators on some animals
of a menagerie that We're crossing a
stream in Florida. The keeper started
for the ford with an elephant, two
camels, two dogs, a mare and a colt,
against the remonstrance of those who
knew the ferocity of the alligators of
that region i'm the winter season of the
wear. When about half may across,
the caravan was suddenly beset by
scores of the ugly creatures i'm the
stream, which commenced using their
ponderous jaws with terrible effect.
The two dogs quickly disappeared from
sight, one camel was torn to pieces, and
the colt, after desperate efforts, was
dragged down and devoured. The ele-
phant routed the alligators about her,
buo could not help the other animals.
Only the elephant, with her keeper,
one camel and the mare reached the
opposite bank alive. The account rep
resents the scene to have been terrific.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01

is, however, usually found in small
fakes, grains, and dentrific strings,
weighing only few grains.
7 Whenever the moving waters of the
Sea, by which drift materials We're
formed and deposited, attacked rock
containing gold,: it would of course
break off Jumps Of IL, Just as of any 9TH
er rock, and equally wash, roll, and
smaller fragments round it into peb-
bles, and grind IL into sand. In this
way, much of the gold would be knock
ed out of the rock, and much water
worn gold accumulated, or water-worn
fragments of gold and quartz together.
From this point iof time, however,
there is remarkable differance obsery-
able in the action of the water on the
gold, and on the rock which contains
the gold. All kinds of rock, or earth
or stone, at all events all the common
kinds. are pretty nearly of the same
specific gravity that Is to say, of The
same weight, bulk for bulk. Chalk,
clay, limestone, compact sandstone,
granite, marble, basalt, have all speci-
fic gravities, varying from 2 to 3-that
is, they are twice or thrice the weight
of their bulk OF water. Pure gold has
specific gravity of 10, or is nineteen
times as heavy as its bulk of water;
and the most Impure ore Of gold that
occurs i'm natureshas at least a specific
gravity of II te.15. Gold Is about six
or seven times as heavy as quartz, or
any other stohe il. is likely to be associ7
ated with. The consequence of this is,
that moving water has at least seven
times less power over it-less power to
move it along, either suspended in the
water or rolling its bed. When the
drift, therefore, was formed, vast quan-
titles of stone might be moved to great
distances, while the gold was left be-
hind, not far from its native site. All
the large Jumps of gold will certainly
be but little removed, as also all the
large Jumps of quartz, heavily freight
cd with gold. Grains of gold and small
Jumps may he carried further, while
scale-go,d and fine dust, esq ecially If
fiat and thin, may be carried to very
considerable distances.-Morgan's Brit
ish Trade Journal. - - "A !
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01
Seeds, Plants, Etc. bI MaIl.

Tie following are rates Dy Law :;
For all parcels of fonr ou,lces - cts-
g - eight 6Usess. 4 8.
g one pou,sd t,arcels..... S "
+ - f0ss. /" :" ......s2 I"
No parcels 10 bt. above four pounds.
All parcels should be carefully done
up and sealed. g. .s..s l.s31 -.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01

Needles in the drugget, wind through the
| door,
/, Fire in the fen1er. Don't il beat all:
/. There isn't place where our lady can crawl.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-01-01
A Drurkard's Fate.

h graduate Of an English univefsity y
came 10 me shaking and trembling. lie
said he would come TO me as he would
go to a physician. I said, "You must
drop drinking. Y5n will die" 81 am
afraid ! shall. give it up! lean not"
My wife aud two gentlertien were pres.
ent. | said, "What good does drink do
you" "No good" "Why dc you
drink" 81 must have it," Thinking
that, Being an educated man, be might
give ME some ideas, asked him, "Will
you tell me how yoti feel before YOU be.
gin TO drink and afterward? ?" shall
never forget. He stood up and said,
IAN / can say iS; must have it.'
why ~ 81 feel as if there wetc insects
in my veins! Oh it is horrible | touch
my coat, touch my hands, and jump !
Oh | shall 70 mad-ntaa-lnad Ii |
can not get it without having sound
tooth torn out Of my jaw, bring the in.
strumcnt and wrench it out. | must
have drink, you see so get it. Aud
then stand sti!l that rnar not disturb
its effect. That's what want | want
relief, and feel it. Quick, quick, hot,
it sends the blood through my veins
the insects are gone; and begin to per:
spire. Yes, ] am better, better, better
It's what | want. It's coming, it's com.
ins; it has comic to rtie, felief, like fasi:
Of summers lightning, and it has gone,
and get another" "Then, said you
will die" 81 am afraid / shall. Can
you save me? "Not unless you stop
drinking" 81 cat not stop; have not
offered a prayer to God for sixteen
years" "You must give i. up" II can
not" ! said, "God will help you; "No
lie won't" 81 WILL" said | !; ruy wife
and will take care of tou for four days
if you will. | have four days to spare
for you" We took him, though we
could get no promise from him. w,
nursed him night and day. The third
afternoon he sat with me, his hand iu
mine; end spoke to him of God, and
Christ, and eternity. He said, 81 anu a
man of some common tense, | believe
and | am very we'll aware that l car
never be happy in another world" He
then went out and cut his throat from
ear to ear o, my friends, shall we not
try to save our fellow-men from such &
fate Gough.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-01-01

won't hev O drop to sell en- Stay-I
bev. I'll go before Justis NV the Peece
apd take solemn oath not TO drink any.
thing myself that mite"
"Twon't do," sed my. frcnd, "oaths
dou't count in this ward"
Various plans were rejected. One gen
tlemar proposed that shood be tied
down so that coodent git at the likker,
and that he shood do the honors. His
nose wuz agin him and | declined the
proposishcn. Finally hit upon the
plan. l calkilated that twenty gallons
wood anser, and put that amount in a
barrel. The balance NV the stock lock.
ed in room, and then put the key away
in drawer
"There" sed trumphanty "afore that
twenty gallons is eggsausted l shell be
too far gone to Know where the key to
the room holding the balance of the
stock is. Saved Savedr
1t resulted ez l ANTICIPATED. At first
we he'd speeches and toasts. Mr.. O'Raf.
ierty replied to the toast, "Our adoptid
country" =, He sed the term "Our adopt
Id country" wuz happy one, for SO far
cz Moo York wuz concerned the sons NV
Erin he'd adoptid it. He he'd bin charged
with lack NV love for this country. lie
repealed the charge with scorn. Why
| shood'nt he love this country? In wat
other country wuz votes worth dollar
apiece ? Where - Good sich 4 man e2
J he hey 20 'igh posisben ez Alderman,
! aJsf Only two yelr- on the ground.
Mr. O'Toole lined II the sentiment -
/ Where cleo uuder the canopy Good man
( like h-sglf who coodcnt read he skool
! direcIu,r iIt he'd niI sn been thankful
Sfbgt uriUl A.s lace toward Ameri
/ Ky 10 . lit his time wuz out in the
/ prison at Liverpool. Their wuz less risk
in holdin offs in Moo York; than in bur.
gIary in England; and the results wuz
shoorcr.
Their wuz'nt much more spccch-makin
The drinkin went on fast and furious tho
and ez ANTICIPATED before, the twenty
gallons wuz eggsausted. | wuz very
drunk and incapable nv any effort, men
| tai or physiklc, and the others Hyfe il
very much the same predicament. Foul
or five NV EN- did try to rouse me, to gil
more, but it wuz NV no use they mite
cz well hcv whispered Grey's elegy ir
the car NV dead mule. The most tiy
EN- sltp ez did, on the floor till tho
mornin.
l shell be happy here. hev the sted
dy patronage nv two Aldermen, three
skool directors and four contractors, and
when the Mayor gifts the appintin NV the
polecce there will be twelve poleecemer
whose trade | can count on. There il
my back room is where the preliminary
caucusses for the ward is held, and she
be paid for wat the managers drink till
git an offs myself. At last my lines ii
cast in pleasant places.
PETROLEUM ". NAsBy, p. NJ.
(Wich wuz Post Mastery