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, 1870-02-07

wurEl1xe, r. VI, Fen. e-The senste ~
ilouae resoiuEon for the impeachment Of Judge
MI. l11Eisou, Of ine Seventh Juatc,al Nlstrlc:.
In the House yesterday, the political stroxxe oses
contest taas has ever t1Anspited 10 the Legislature
at tae state. The liberal amt straight Repnoll.
carr, with lew exceptions, united ID the passage
In the Governor.
, 1870-02-07

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FLORIDA.
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f,nrrYcor Heet, was ei,cd 10 the EpESe Int MS
ty Adopting the niuorttf report, by Vote Of
ID 2l.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
The Southern Scorpion.

The scorpion is frequently found in
Georgia, yet it is net abundant. 1t is
a lhtls venomOus reptile, about an inch
and half or two inches in length, of a
brown color, and in general appear
ance somewhat resembling small
crawfish, except the tail, which, in
stead of being flat, Is armed with q
horny spear, and within which is a
very sharp poisonous sting which can
be used at will. The tail is curved
over on its back, i'm the form of hook.
The sting or wound it infiicts is very
poisonous and painful, although have
never known it to prove fatal. AS
their abode is generally under rotten
logs, persoas engaged in clearing new
lands are sometimes stung in the hand
by them; the hand and arm swell up
rapidly, and become much infiamed,
and the victim is laid up for two or
three weeks, and then slowly RECEIVERS.
Its habits are the most interesting
part, however. The female, after be-
ing impregnated by the male, falls to
and eats him up; she then lays five or
six eggs and fastens them upon her
own back, where they are Matched !;
she then turns her tail over her back
and stings all to death nhe can reach !;
q portion of the brood, however, usual
ally escapes; those that are killed the
mother devours when they fall off.
The young that escape death, as they
increase in strength and age, begin to
devour the mother, by eating into her
back and vitals, and finally kill her,
Georgia correspondent Gc,mantoun
telegraph.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
A Cinder In the Eye.

1t is comparatively easy when q cin-
der or any other substance is under the
lid of the eye, to get it out-if you only
know how A writer i'm Hearth and
Home will tell you how in the follow.
ing extract:
Nothing is mord distressing than a
piece of cinder i'm the eye, and no disor-
der is more easily remedied. The cin-
der will be found just underneath the
margin of the upper lid, where there
is small groove or gutter for the flow
of tears to the inner angle of the eye.
Foreign bodies tend to fall into this
groove, and if they are very angular,
like cinder, they adhere in spite of the
current of fears, which now flow in
greater abundance, and will sooner or
later carry off smooth substances.
Now, if you will raise the margin of
the upper lid and turn it over, the cin-
der or grain of sand will be exposed,
and may easily be removed with the
point of pencil, or with the finger
covered with handkerchief.
then demonstrated this simple Op-
Grafton On one of the boys, thus =
Taking my pencil in my right fingers,
with the thumb and first finger of my
left hand seized the eyelashes of the
upper lid, and drawing the lid gently
out from the ball, pressed the point of
the pencil downward upon the upper
surface of the lid, about one-fourth of
an inch from its margin, and at the
same time carried the margin upward
over the pencil by the eyelashcs, when
the lid readily rolled over the pencil SO
as to expose completely the gutter de-
scribed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
Description or Christ.

The following epistle was taken by
Napoleon from the records of Rome,
when he deprived tlrat city of so many
valuable manuscripts. 1t was written
at the time and Oh the spot where Je-
sus commenced his ministry by Publ
us Lentulus, Governor of Judea, to the
Senate of room-C@sar, Emperor. 1t
was the custom in those days for the
Governor to write home any event of
Importance which transpired while he
held his office:
Coascript Fbthers There appeared
i'm these, our days, man named Jesus
Christ, who is yet living among us, and
of the Gentle. is accepted as n prophet
of great truth; but his own disciples
call him the Son of God. He hath
raised the dead, and cured all manner
of t!ieases. He is man Of stature
somewhat tall and comely; with We
nv ruddy countenance, such as the be-
holder may both love and fear. His
hair is of the color of u filbert when
fully ripe, plain to his ear, whence
downward, 1t is more of orient color,
curling and waving on his shoulders ;
in the middle of his head there is a
seam of long hair; after the. manner
of the Nazarite. His forehead in plain
and delicate, his face without spot OF
wrinkle, beautiful, with comely red
his nose and mouth are exactly form
ed /; his beard is the color of his hair,
and thick; not of any length, but fork.
ed. In reproving, he is terrible in
admonishing, courteous; in speaking
very modest and wise in proportion
of body, well shaped. None have seeI
him laugh-many have seen him weep
A man for his surprising beauty, ex
ceiling the children of men.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
Internal Revenue Receipts from the
Southern States.

The receipts from internal revenue
from the Southern States is rapidly in
creasing in amount. supervisor Pres
berry reports that the taxes collected on
manufactured tobacco from the lst of
March, 1859, to the 3lst of January,
1870, was S., 429, ,025.99, while for the
same time in 1868 it was only S556, ,S79.
Here, then, is an increase OF $50, S92, :
l5G, or gain of 625 per cent. The
shipments in bonds for the same peri
cd in 1869 reached about S1S,000, 600
poynds, which, added TO the tobacco
tax, makes a total of nearly $50, ,000,-
OOo orounds of plug and smoking tobac-
co made since March 1869.
1t appears from statistics published
that Notwithstanding all the late diias-
ters and troubles by which Virginia has
been visited, only nine of her sister
States contribute more to the internal
revenue than herself. She pays 81
Sc, ,066, leading all the Southern States.
Seventeen of the States fall below ST.
000, 900.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
A kentucky Trial.

A few days ago, i'm Breckinridge
county, a rough rider entered small
town, got on a spree, and assaulted ..
citizen of the place. Toward evening
the community determined oil his al
rest. He was taken before IL magis-
trate, and his case demanding more le-
gal knowledge than he pessessed, the
prisoner was sent te magistrate in
the country for trial. The prisoner re-
marked, ''they had better hurry up, as
he had no time to fool around if they
didn't look sharp he'd get on his horse
and Ieave.r Thus admonished, the
majesty of the court was brought into
reuuisitiOD and the trial proceeded.
The prisoner seemed to object To the
whole proceeding, and observing piss
tol in the pocket Of "a coat hanging on
the wall, he drew it out, and as it hap
pened to be the only weapon i'm court,
held winning hand. He requested
the magistrate and officers to dance OH
the floor, and conduct themselves in a
highly ridiculous manner. When he
was satisfied with the performance, he
ordered the Squire to have his horse
brought out, which he mounted, and
then made that officer of the law show
him short cut to the nearest main
road. Seeing a clear way out of his
difficulties, lie dismissed the Squire
and gaIloped of, remarking that ne
had captured the pistol in war, aud he
claimed it as his own. 1t is needless
to say she rough rider disappeared
from the vicinity in all haste, and left
not a trace behind him, save the recol-
lection of his ludicrotrs impudence-
Louisville Commercial.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
A Word For Boys.

Truth is one of the rarest gems
Many youth has been lost to society
by allowing it to tarnish, and foolishly
throwing it away. If this gem still
shines in your bosom, suffer nothing to
displace or dim its lustre.
Profanity is a mark of low breeding
show US the man who commands the
highest respect; an oath never trembles
on his tongue. Read the catalogue Of
crime. Inquire the character of those
who depart from virtue, Without q
single exception, you will find them to
be profane. Think Of this; and not let
a vile word disgrace you.
Honesty, frankness, generosity viz
tue-blessed traits! Be those yours,
my boys, and we shall not fear. You
will claim the respect and love of all.
You are watched by your elders. Men
who are looking for clerks and appren-
tees, have their eyes on you. III you
are prOfane, vulgar, theatre going they
will not choose you. If you afe up
right, steady and industrious, before
long you will find good places, kind
masters, and the prospect of useful
life before you.-Erchonge.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11

"Charlie! Charlie ~ Clear aud
sweet as q note struck from silver
bell, the voice rippled over the COM
mon.
"That's mother" cried one Of the
boys; and he instantly threw down
his bat, and picked up his jacket and
cap.
Finish the gamew Try 1t again W
cried the players in noisy chorus.
al must go right off-this very min
ute. / told her I'd come whenever she
called"
Make b'lieve you didn't hear her"
they all exclaimed.
"But did hear"
"She won't know you did,"
But know it, and"
"Let him go,r said by-stander.-
"You can't do anything with him.
He's tied to his mothers apron
string"
"That's sor' said Charlie. cheerily,
land it's to what every boy ought to
be tied, and in hard knot, too"
"But wouldn't be such q baby a.
to run the minute she called" said one.
81 don't call it babyish to keep ones
word to his mother" answered the
obedient boy, a beautiful light glowing
i'm his blue eye. call that manly, and
the boy who don't keep his word to her
will never keepit to any one else; you
see if he does :" and he hurried away to
his cottage home.
Thirty years have passed since those
boys played ball ON the comnl0n.--
Charles Grey is now a prosperous busi-
ness man; and his mercantile friends
say of him that his word Is as coed
as his bond" We asked him how he
acquired such reputation?
81 never broke my word when o
boy, no matter how great the tempta-
ton, and the habit thus formed has
clung to me through life.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
PetrlmctiOn.

w. b. Balm, NJ. D., writes as fol-
lows to the Lancet, on the subject of
DIR. Marini's preparations OF the human
body:
"Having handled some OF the pre-
parations in Florence last autumn,
am able to say that he is the inventor
of mode of turning the human body
or any part of it into stone, in any at
titude that may be desired. / enclose
the photograph of a Senator of the
Italian Parliament taken four months
after his decease, i'm which he is repre-
sented seated i'm his chair, with his
clothes on, just as when alive, his eyes
retaining i'm an astonishing degree the
viyacity of life. also enclose the pho
tograph of a table, the slab. of which is
formed of pieces of the human body
brain, muscles, etc.,-all turned into
stone, and which, when struck by me,
sounded as q marble table. / also in
spected lady's foot, likewise petrified,
and which had every appearance of
marble, until, upon close Inspection,
the texture of the skin was apparent.
DR.. Marini showed me, too, some
specimens of the human body which
were i'm a sound and perfect condition,
preserved for years. He assured me,
also, that the week before he had
dined off u duck which had been killed
months previously. The foot of a
mummy was i'm his apartment at the
time of life, and the toes were perfectly
flexible.
81 am perfectly certain that thest
inventions are genuine, and of higl
Yalue.N
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
A FOx's Revenge.

A respectable man of the county of
Montgomery, lived on the banks Of the
Hudson River One day he went to .
bay on the river to shoot ducks or wild
geese. When he came to the river he
saw six geese beyond shot. He deter
mined to wait for them to approach the
shore. While sitting there he saw q
fox come down to the shore, stand
some time and observe the geese. At
length he turned and went into the
woods, and came out with q large
bunch of moss in his mouth. He then
entered the water very silently, sank
himself, and then, keeping the moss
above the water, himself concealed, he
fioated among the geese. Suddenly
one of them was drawn under the wa
ter, and the fox soon appeared on the
shore with the goose on his back. He
ascended the bank and found hole
made by the tearing up of tree. This
hole he cleared, laid in the goose, and
covered il with great care, strewing
leaves over it. The fox then left /; and
while he was away the hunter unburi-
ed the goose and closed the hole, and
then resolved to await the issue. Ip
about an hour. the fox returned with
another fox i'm company. They went
directly to the place where the goose
had been buried, and threw out the
earth. The goose could not be found.
They stood regarding each other for
some time, when suddenly the second
fox attacked the other furiously, % II
offended by the trick of his friend
Aurr0ys Creation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
A Protean PuzEle.

We clip the following riddle from an
exchange, and submit 1t for the consid-
Grafton of the readers of the Youths
Department" The answer is with
held until next week. Who will be
first to discover 1t:
lam to be net with i'm many more
shapes than one, and will tax your in
genuity by giving you few to dis
cover.
1. You will meet with me in water,
I'm a park or large landscape garden.
=. You will find me at sea, where i
generally get very wet through, or am
torn into strips.
3. / am to be met with IN an oven,
with plenty of cakes and biscuit ON me.
4. ! am composed of several metals,
and am sometimes stout, sometimes
attenuated.
D. am necessary part Of your bed,
and bear your signature very often.
8. am to lie met with i'm the water
butt, during Jack Frost's reign.
Z. j am u manufactured article, some
times tinged with an infinite number
of hues, more generally of none at all.
s. am bound, and yet free, and
have twenty-four pages in waiting.
o. | am transparent, colorless and
fragile.
10. l am enc Of the wax-hower ma
ker's material.
II. lam given to cotton and addicted
quilts.
Lastly, | am the criminals uniform,
the ghosts sole garment, and the like
ness of yourself when blanched with
terror
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
Wear a Smile.

Which will you do: smile and make
others happy, or I've Grabbed and make
everybody around you miserable: ::
You can live among flowers and sing
ing birds, or in the mire surrounded by
fogs and frogs. The amount OF happi-
ness which you can produce ts iiicalc J.
liable, if you will only show a smiling
face, a kind heart, and speak pleasant
words. Or the other hand, hy sour
looks, cross words, and a fretfnI dispo-
sition, you can make hundreds unhap-
nv almost beyond endurance. Which
viii you do? Wear pleasant counte-
nance; let joy beam in your eve and
love glow ON your forehead. There is
no joy so great as that which springs
from kind act or pleasant deed, and
you may feel IL ut night when YOU rest
and at morning when you rise, and
throughout the day when about your
ally business.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
Remarkable Longevity.

On Thursday last, there died in this
county % negro man named David
Smart, who had lived to attain the re-
markable age of l06 years. He was
born in Virginia, i'm 1854, and came to
Kentucky in 1850 with his master,
whose sirname he bore through life.
From that time he>h has continued res
ident of this county, being well known
hers for many years for his venerable
age and his wonderful vigor of consti-
tuition. He became free a great while
ago, and was the owner of a small
farm about three miles from town, on
the old Harrodsburg road, upon which
he had lived from period almost be-
yond the memory of any one i'm the
neighborhood. He was of powerful
frame, being six feet three inches i'm
height, and known until within very
few years as of great strength, preserv-
ing his erect carriage and activity in a
remarkable degree, and having raised
q crop last year by his own labor. The
conformation of his chest was peculiar,
it being said that he had no ribs, but
that his sides were solid plate of bone.
His faculties continued bright almost to
the day of his death, and his recollec-
lection and account of the incidents in
the early history of the country were
full of thrilling interest, as he was here
before the Indian were expelled, and
had his share of adventures in the war
fare between them and the first settlers.
One of the hunting stories, as told by
him to a friend of ours, will bear repe-
tition. He says that when he first
came to Kentucky, deer and turkeys
were abundant, but he found it difficult
to get any of the latter. One day,
while the snow was five or six inches
deep, he saw large flock of turkeys
feeding i'm the woods along with some
hogs, which We're black. Observing
that they were at home with hogs,
even to the extent of flying upon their
backs, it occurred to him that if he
would divest him. elf of his clothes and
crawl on all-fours they would not
know him from a black hog, and he
might slip up close enough to grab one
or more by the feet He accordingly
did so; but with all his perseverance
they would not let him approach near
enough, and he was compelled to aban
don the experiment, after being nearly
frozen to death. He was a very uxu-
rious man, and is said to have been
married after a fashion twenty-five
times. He had, however, survived his
children, and leaves only a niece, who
cared for him in his latter days, as the
sole heiress of his small estate. One
peculiar fact deserving of mention is,
that though so old and from Virginia,
lie never claimed to he the body ser
want of General Washington.-Kcn-
tucky Yeoma,,, Feb. IA.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
WYOMING.
The Dawn OF the Mtllennium-A
Grand Jury OF Women Sworn-A
Lady DnflfR Attends Them.

q
LARAMIE CRY, W. r., March7.
The judiciary of Wyoming sustains
the right of women to serve as grand
Jurors. All the ladies drawn as grand
jurors were present at IL o'clock. A
motion to quash the panel was not sus-
tanned. AT 11:55 A. NJ. the first panel
of lady grand jurors in the world was
sworn. None asked to he excused. A
lady bailiff was appointed for The
grand jurors. a splendid address was
delivered by Chief. Justice Howe.
In impanneling and charging the
grand jury, Judge Howe said: La
dies and gentlemen of the Grand Jury
1t is novelty to see, as we do to-
rors. The extension of political rights
and franchise to women is a subject
that is agitating the whole country. ]
have never taken-an active part in dis
cussions, but have long seen that wo-
man was a victim to the vices, crimes
and immortality of man, with no power
to protect and defend herself from
these evils. / have long felt that such
powers of protection should be confer
red upon woman, and it has fallen to
our lot here to act as the pioneer in
this movement, and to test the ques-
ton. The eyes of the world are to-day
fixed upon this jury of Albany county,
There is not the slightest impropriety
in any lady occupying the position,
and wish to assure you that the null
est protection of the court shall be ac-
corded to you. 1t would be most
shameful scandal upon our temple of
justice and courts Of law is anything
should be permitted which the most
sensitive lady might not hear with
propriety and witness: and here, let
me add, it will be a sorry day for any
man who shall SO far forget the eOurte-
sizes due and paid by every American
gentleman to every American lady as
to even by word or act endeavor to
deter you from the exercise of those
rights with which the laws have in
vested you.
"I will conclude with this remark.
This is question for you to decide
for yourself; no man has any right to
interfere. 1t seems to be proper for
women to sit upon grand iuries, which
will give them the best possible OppOr-
tunity TO aid i'm suppressing dens of in.
fanny which curse the country. Ishall
be glad of your assistance in the ac-
complishment of this object. Edo not
make these remarks for any distrust of
gentlemen; OH the contrary, am ex-
ceedingly pleased and gratified with
the indications of intelligence, love of
law, and good order and gentlemanly
department which / see manifested.
] will now listen to any reason which
any jurors make for being excused"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
NARCOTIC DEATH.
Z" Soothing syrup" as an Opiate for

A letter from druggist is published
i'm the New York World, which calls
attention to the enormous sale of a
preparation known as soothing syr-
up" an analysis of which is alleged to
detect a large per centage of morphine,
and from which several cases of mar
cotic poisoning have been reported in
medical periodicals of high authority.
1t is averred that not only are children
propOrtionately less tolerant than
adults of the action of opiates, but that
exceedingly capriciOus and uncertain !;
and hence medical writers are unani-
nous in impressing the utmost caution
i'm their administration to the young
Hoffman states that Opiates are dam
gerous to children, not only i'm their
effects, but as leading in SOME einstances
to permanent mental imbecility and
loss of muscular power" and warns
against the popular custom of giving
anodynes for slight attacks>of collie or
other pain. TrOusseau asserts that he
has frequently seen infants poisoned by
a dose of opium containing not more
than One-hundredth of a grain Of OPT
um. Hundreds of cases are recorded in
which children, ranging i'm age from a
few days to year or more, have been
fatally poisoned by preparations con-
tanning opiates, and thousands of older
invalids are suffering the consequences
of drugged infancy. Self-indulgent pa
rents or unprincipled nurses may quiet
fretful children with plain parego ic or
disguised carminative and soothing
syrups, but the desired end is purchased
at fearful risk. The World suggests
that it would be well if the compound
ers of all "patent medicine" whether
intended for children or grown people,
were forced by law to print upon the
label of every box or bottle of their
wares, the names and proportions of
the different ingredients, in order that
the purchaser might judge for himself,
or ascertain from proper authority,
whether they are devoid of danger.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-11
WATERPROOF Goods.

Probably few of our readers know
how waterproof goods are made, or
rather how the goods are made water
proof. The process, briefly described,
is as follows: The cloth is first sub
mitted to the action of moderately sui
phuric acid, the time of such action va
rying with the nature of the fabric, but
never exceeding two minutes. A
thorough washing follows, and when
dried the material is ready for use.
The action of the acid is to decompose
the wool or cotton fibres into a glutin-
Gus material, the gum filling up the
spaces between the threads, and there.
by preventing the passage of the wa
ter.