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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-11
Cure for Anger.

Two little girls, one seven and the
other five years old, were playing to-
gether, when little difference rose
between them. Lucy, the elder, feel
ing that anger was rising, said:
~ am getting angry, / had better
60 out of the room few minutes"
She went-Out and soon returned
with all the angry feeling gone. How
she spent the few minutes / think
most of our little readers well knew.
Lucy had not read her Bible i'm vain,
she knew the sweet aud encouraging
words: "Ask and it shall be given;"
and many times she hid proved them
to be true when fighting against her
naturally hasty temper. How many
sad scenes would be avoided if all
children would follow the example OF
little Lucy.
Ifany one offend you, before an
swering try to call to mind this golden
sentence: "a soft answer turneth
away wrath; but grievOus words stil
up anger" and if you attend to il
you will save yourself hours of regret
and repentance.-Bib.R Rec.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-11
Summer Rating.

We eat to keep warm and TO sustain
strength, aud all articles of food have
those two elements In varying prupor.
ton. Oils, tallow and whale Eubber
are almost wholly of the warming eIe.
ment; hence In Greenland, where the
thermometer is many degrees below
zero, and . great deal Of heat Is re-
quired, o native viii drink half Q doz-
en- gallons Of oil every day, or ten
pounds Of tallow. In the hottest eli
mates Of the world the inhabitants
live to great extent on fruits and
vegetables, which have but very little
Of the heating qualities. In our clim-
ate, which is between the two, meats,
vegetables and fruits are eaten all the
year round; but II eaten judiciously,
u eaten according to the season
more Of fruits and vegetables In sum-
E:er and less of meats and fhts-an in
calculable amount of sickness would be
prevented every year. We would
think q man dera7ged who should
keep a. large fires burning In his house
In summer as in winter, anG yet we
all persist in eating meats and fats and
butter all through the summer. Meats
and butter are on our tables three times
q day, when in reality they ought to
be sparingiy used during the summer
months, at least by the young, the old
and feeble, and by all who ale most of
the time in door, or who have no ac-
tive employment. For the classes
just named very appropriate diet for
the summer would be rs follows:
Cold bread and butter, q
slice Of cold meat, or in its place
couple e eggs, or saucerAg berries or
stewed fruit without milk, cream, or
sugar. The same for dinner, with one
vegetable; no other desert. For sup
per some cold bread and butter, and q
cup of hot drink, and nothing else
nothing whatever between meals. So
far from starving on such q diet the
class of persons above named would
thrive on it, would grow itronger,
would have more bodily vigor, more
mental elasticity, and . greater flow
Of animal spirits, and for the reason
that few would eat too much there
would be nothing to overtempt the
appetite, hence the stomach would
not be over.worked; what worn it did
perform would be well done; the blosd
made would be pure, life-giving, and
energizing. ANY man of ordinary in
telligence and observation, who will
give fair trial to the above sTstem of
feeding. will scarcely fail to be con-
vinced of its value within week after
he begins it.-Journdt Of Health.
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" Where is the Liquor -

On a certain occasion ono Paul
Denton, Methodist preacher i'm
Texas, advertised a barbecue. with
better liquor than is usually furnish
ed. When the people assembled, a
desperate i'm the crowd cried out,
"Mr. Paul Denton, your reverence
has lied. You promised not only a
good barbecue, but better liquor
Where's the liquor?"
"Thcrep answered the missionary
in tones of thunder, and pointing
his long, bony finger at the match
less double spring, gushing up in two
strong columns, with a sound like a
shout Of JOY, from the bosom of the
earth. "Thcrew he repeated, with a
look terrible as ligbt1ine, while his
enemy actually trcmbls1 at bis feet |;
"thcrc is the liquor which God, the
Eternal, brcws for his children"
"NOt in the simmering still, over
smoky fires choked with poisonous
i gases, and surrounded with the
stencil of sickcniDg odors and cor
ruption, doth your Father in heaven
prepare the precious essence of life
pure cold water. But in the glade
and grassy dell, where the red deer
wander and the child loves to play,
there God brews il; and down, low
down in the deepest valleys, where
the fountain murmurs and the rills
sing; and high up on the mountain
tops, where the naked granite gilt
tiers like gold in the sun, where the
storm clouds brood aud the thunder
storms crash; and out on the wild,
wide sea, where the hurricane howls
music, and the big waves roar the
chorus, sweeping the march of God
there He brcws it-thc beverage
of life, health-giving water. And
everywhere it is thing of beauty,
cleaning in the dewdrop, singing IN
the summer rain, shining in the ice
gem. till they seem turned TO living
jewels; spreading golden veil over
the setting sun, or a white gauze
around the midnight moon; sport
ing in the cataract, sleeping in the
glacier, dancing i'm the hail-shower
folding its bright curtains softly
around the wintry world, and weav.
ing the many-colored bow, that
seraph's zone OF the air, whose warp
is the raip-drops of the earth, and
whose woOf is the sunbcams ol
heaven, all checkcred over with the
celestial flowers of the mystic hand
of refrt ctiOn-that blessed life-giy.
ing water. No poison bubbles on
its brink; its foam brings not mad
ness and murder; no bleod stains
its liquid glass; pale widows and
starving children weep not burning
tears in its depths! Speak out my
friends; would you exchange it for
the demons drink-l'roholr
A shout like IT,. roar of the
tempest answered, ". John b.
Cough.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-11
The Ardennes Dog.

The dog of the Ardcnnes accOmpa
nies the flock when it leaves the pen
fold in spring, only to return wher
the winters snow drives the shecI
home again for shelter. Each shep'
herd possesses one or two Of these
dogs, according 20 the size of hi:
flock, to act as sentinels. Their of.
fec is not to run about and bark, and
keep the sheep i'm order, but to pro-
tect them from outside foes. When
the herdsman has gathered his flock
in some rieh:valley, these white, shag-
gy monst ers crouch on the ground,
apparently half asleep, but now and
then the great sagaciOus eyes will
open, and passing over the whole of
their charge, remain for q while fixed
on the distant horizon as though
they followed n train of thought
which led them away from the earth,
SO sadly do they gaze into the inf
mite.
But let the mountain breeze bear
to his ever-moving nostril the scent
of the hated wolf, or his quick ear
tCtCIt al uHhliOWh II hOlSO tiiCu 10 tiiC
time to see one of these dogs i'm mis-
glory. His eyes become black with
ficrcencss his hair stands erect; his
upper lip becomes wrinkled, show
ing range of white, formidable
teeth, while low growl alone es-
eapes from his throat. When his
keen faculties have detected the
whereabouts of his foe, he rushes for
ward with bound that overleaps all
obstacles, and bark that echoes from
all the surrounding hills.
Everv dog of the like breed that
may be near, takes up the note and
rushes cleaning through the BUSH
wood to join in the attack. Tender
as the childhood he protects, woe to
him who dare lift hand on one of
the little ones with whom he has
been brought up. 1t is not he who
buys him who is his master; it is he
who fed him when pup, who petted
and shared his pittance with him
he it is who has his love, add who re-
ciprOcatcs bis faithful Affection
Orerla,sd Monthly.
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True,

No young woman ever looks so well
to q sensible man as when dressed in a
plain, neat, modest attire with but lit
tie ornament about her. She looks
then as though she possessed worth In
herself, and needed no artificial rig
ging to enhance her virtue. II a
young woman would spend as much
time In improving her mind, training
her temper, cherishing kindness, mer-
cy and other good qualities, as most
do in extra dress and ornaments to in
crease their personal charms, she
would at least be recognized among a
thousand-her character would be
read in her countenance.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-11

CLEANSE THE SKIN.-It is a curious
fact illustrating the necessity Of clean
illness, and of keeping the pores of the
skin open, that if a coat Of varnish or
other substance impervious to moist
ure be applied to the exterior of the
body, death will ensue in about six
hours. The experiment was once tried
on q child at Florence. On the Oc-
casion of Pope Leo the Tenth's assem-
sion to the Papal ch:ir, it was desired
to have living figure to represent the
Golden Age, and so child was gilded
all over with varnish and gold leaf.
The child died in a few'hours. If the
fur of rabbit or the skin Of pig be
covered with solution of India rub
Der in naptha, the animal ceases to
breathe in a couple of hours.
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Stand on one OF the crowded
streets and note the passers-by, and
any one can see how a vacant mind
has made a vacant eye; how a
thOughtless, aimless mind has rob-
bed the features; how vanity has
made everything about its victim
petty; how frivolity has faded the
luster of the countenance how baby
thoughts have made baby faces; how
pride has cut disdain into the fea-
lures and made the face q chronic
sneer; how seifishness has shriveled
and wriDkled and withered up the
personality how hatred has deform-
ed and demoralized those who yield
cd to its powers how every bad
passion has published its disgraceful
story in the lines of the face and the
look of the eyes how the old man,
who has given himself to every sort
of wickedness, is branded all over
with deformity and responsiveness;
and all will find a new idea of what
retribution Is.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-11

The DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTER.
In the gradual development of bud
into a beautiful and full-grown
flower, there is something that in
vites our deepest admiration. But
there is development surprising this
in beauty and grandncss-thcdcvelop
ment ofhuman character. Whhat OBJ
ject more worthy our contemplation
than that of human soul passing
through each successive stage of its
existence, the rapid cultivation of
our intellect, and the bringing out of
that which God has endowed us
with? We are bonn with the gem of
character within us and as our bod
les develop themselves, so do cur
characters. Some traits of our charac-
ter nccessaril, unfold themselves
with our growth; others need to tc
stimulated and excited into growth
by some particular influence. The
man of genius has that Within him
which is to stamp him as much. The
great general has the foundation of
scneralship born with him; all that
is needed is some power of influence
to develop it.
We might give many illustrations
of our meaning, all tending to estab-
lish the principle which we wish to
dcvelop-that human character is
ever growing, developing itself, rc-
ceiviDg nourishment and stimulant
from without; that particular traits
of charactcr-traits that distinguish
one man from another-are brought
out by some particular influence.
The thoughtlcss and tickle character
receiving Impressions of sorrow and
misfortune, is subducd and the more
serious and mcditative character is
developed, and grows into the image
of its Creator. AT times il may be
but trifle that revcrscs the wheel:
of the soul, and develops character
that rises higher and higher above il,
fellow, reaching iuto heaven, and, al
last, resting upon the highest pinnacle
Of eminence that is possible for man
to attain.
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FIGURING MILLS
FOR SALE.

rTHE UNDERSIGNED DESIRE TO DIS
pose of their Steam FIGURING Mills at Pleas
ant Grove, Immediately on the Nashville and
Decatur Railroad. The surrounding country
N etate, and the best Southern markets are
in asy and spsady connection. The Mills will
be sold for money, en- time, estate. for realc
Apply to DIX. J. 1. ANN
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T OST-ON WEDNESDAY LAST
IL in Columbia, a Roll Of GFeenbacks
containing S15. The finder will be literally
rewarded by returning the same to me, al NJ,
Pleasant. or leaving it at Mayes x Dodson' 5
Livery Stable, Columbia, Tenn.
my5.'3i. BENZ. HARRIS, JR.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-11

Nine-tenths of all the school teach
ers in Massachusetts are women.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-11
TIN WAR T..

Messrs. Treppard & Co. sell all kinds
of Tin, Plate, Copper, Bucket Covers,
Sheet Iron, &C., &c. Country Shops
will find it to their interest to pur-
chase from this house as they buy
from the importers and consequently
can sell at the lowest prices. They
warrant all goods of the best quality
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FARMING TOOLS,

Trcppard & Co., keep for sale all
kinds of Farming Tools, such as Hoes
Chains, Lines, Cradles, Cotton Scrap
ers, Rakes, Snothes, sc. Sold whole.
sale and retail at bottom prices. Don't
forget their numbers No. 19 and q
North College Street, Nashville,
Tenn, .". tIt..
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Messrs. Trenpard y Co., deal IN the
best brands only of Plated Ware, all
ofwbich they warrant to be best and
purest quality of Silver Plating
Their prices for this line of goods is
worry low
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Terrible Death OF q Father and
Son.

A Chicago correspondent Of the
Hartford Couwant furnishes the fol-
lowing:
Chicago has recently witnessed a
double suicide, of a character par
ticularly painful and shocking. Its
details have been excluded from our
local papers, but 1 see no reason why
its moral should be lost abroad. DR..
was one of the most conspicu-
GUS, wealthy and trusted physicians
of Chicago. He was an alderman
also, and member of the Board of
Education-a man of much power
and considerable culture, but, like
some other doctors, be had fallen a
victim to the cup. His practice did
not perceptibly diminish on that ac--
count, for there is prevalent super
stition that great success in medicine
is incompatible with temperate prin-
ciples and habits. The doctors faith.
er was a man of similar temperament,
and a "free liver" also. He, too,
was a citizen of prominence and had
held several places of trust
Three weeks ago, father and son
went deliberately forth "on a spree. ;"
They wallowed together in beastli-
ness. They deserted their homes for
the season Of dissipation, and lodged
among the unclean. AtTthe end of a
week the fathers endurance was ex-
hausted, and he sunk down upon the
street and was taken home with the
dezi;ri;uns tremerss. He fingered two
days, suffering all the torments of
perdition, and died a horrible death,
his son being dragged in from the
streets long enough to take a drunk
en- leer at the coffin. Last week, the
sons better constitution gave way,
and he too, was taken home, crazed
with whiskey. He fingered longer,
but the liquid fire burned its way to
his yitals, and, after raving through
the terrible nights, and crying for
more, he finally died in the midst OF
imaginary reptiles, and his body was
laid by the side Of the fresh mound
Of his father. This double suicide,
90 rapid and terrible, by two promi-
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Z lKAIsoM1N1Na vs.. WH1TswAsH.-

lKA1sox1N1Na vs.. WH1TswAsH.-
Theinconvenience of ordinary white
wash" is that it rubs Of with the
slightest touch. Many recipes are
aAoat to prevent this disadvantage
of using simply suspended lime. The
kalsomining process is simple; cheap.
and forms fine fnish.. The follow.
ing is the process: ,a,! .a, '...,. Ia
Soak four ounces of fine. 8, white
glue in one quart Of. warm water for
twenty-four hours; then add q pint
of water, and place the vessel that
contains the glue into 3: vessel of
boiling, water, until the glue is per.
fectly dissolved. =, Put five pounds Of
good Paris white into a bucket, add
hot water enough to make it of the.
consistency of cream. Add to it the
glue water, and mix thoroughly by
stirring. The beauty and success Of
the result depends much on the ap.
plication Of the compound. II should
be put.on evenly with q good brush,
no streaks being left. fhe .consis-
tency may be properly produced BY
the addition Of hot water. Two
coats should be given,. and, # well
done, it is equal to any other more
expensive finish. Paris white ls
common chalk that has been ground 70
fine powder and thoroughly washed.
1t is q cheap article.-our. Home l
Journal, ~ ba..- 81. ra:..t
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A GossipiRg OldaRichmond Barber
on Things OF the ,Pasts,.I,l
Loma1 Smith, "a barberlnl the E1-

Vu AMu6S VA-tNHH!1t aSst,!%
Lomax Smith, a barberin the E1-
change Il ,HE9tsls E}Sifihhfa o1Rd,,iiy, relic
Of the palmy days g, Of fe9ilr;ggii Virginia. lia A
writer on the Petersburg Progress
satin the old. geitlemahIs, chair, to
whom Smith Sgossiped about sgtines:
GA nice collection of gentlemen,
sir" said Lomax, "this Convention
at Assembly Hall; many very gen.
teel and able persons there, sir sir 1t
does me good TO see again in Virginia
the best people coming forward to
take part in politics. And yet, Ssir,
there are, some great men here, to6-
scattered about among the, hundreds
r don't, know; but excuse me, Sir,
turn your face a little to the left
you can't remember the . convention
of 20, can you? Too yonngl Yes.
yesl Well, there was, M" Jeems
Madison, and that other. gentleman,
very smart but. rather Aighty, Mr..
Randolph, ..iof Roanoke, and more
than I can tell now. You: have got
big men here to-day, but bless my
soul, sir, they was all giants then;
there wasn't humble, individual
here. Giants, sir, giants, every. one"
And Loma1 restrapped his razor,
turned our head gently and began
again So s,.iet = ..,.,.,,.
Omnibuses, hacks? Not theyl, 4Pn-
vate carriages, private servants, and
each had. q square mahogany boz,
with silver mountings,. InIthis were
four square bottles, trimmed with
vines and leaves of gold; one held
old pine. apple rum, one brandy ,apda
honey-peach. and honey, sir; one
sherry and one MadeirarlN No whis-
key and no drinking at bars: The
case was in every delegates room,
with the key put away. butY and
hers Loma1 thoughtfully and 5sug.
gestively drew his razor through the
palm of an honest hand, "stheir con-
stituents knew where theil key. was,
Sir. Yes,, sirl And shaving them
was fifty cents. No changel Those
were daysl.r Why nothing now is :, as
good as it was, and I can tell the rea-
son. Ever since 1850, ghen they
got up the universal suffrage, things
have been going down, down, down.
1 never used to, shave anybody that
was nobody, and now I hardly ever
shave anybody that is anybody. Yes,
sir, that 1850 suffrage commenced
the whole thing, and: now nothing is
like it used o;be. Why sausage
The old Virginia luxury rThat is it
now? It used to be made ont Of the
choicest part Of the hog,1 and now
you're, lucky if it's a hog t,all ). and
when it is there is nothing but girls
tie and lean" Lomax drew. a long
sigh, we gently rose, and g declining
the change" left the premises with
the conviction that Aoma1 was more
than half right. t.arns rs { ci * .-4
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Maud's sorrow. Poor grill If there
were only something he could do to
aid or comfort her. Hetook his hat
and went out. with come vague pur-
pose of offering his help, which the
fall wind shattered as it blew across
his brow. OF course there was moth
ing he could do-he could not even
speak to her on the subject. Her
grief would be sacred-and he, had
he not been used this many, a month
to the idea that he was nothing to
her any more: ~ "a asa,7
Still he went on, in a purposeless
sort of way, toward her house !; went
on, until he saw slender figure
coming as if to meet him, under the
leafess maple boughs, over the dead
and rustling leaves, which lay thick
upon the wood-path. He had meant
to pass with just a g. good evening
but when she put out her hand to
him, and he looked into her fair, still
face, the words came before he knew
it to his lips: .ar g >.
at have seen it all in the paper,
Maud, and I am so sorry" ~ J: e
eyes" y" she said, gently; will
ruin him, I am afraid. .
"And you? 7 thought most of
you. You were to have been marri-
ed so soon.'' .oai:es
"Not to him" she said, hurriedly,
never to him. That was done with
two months ago. l had never loved
him. 1t was vanity which made me
consent to marry him. He was hand
some and gallant, and he promised
me all the things of this life. But l
found after awhile, that none of them
would pay me for myself, and I told
him the TRUTH" / n; :...,i-s .'} .',}
Something in her hurried, earnest
tones, or the swift color that stained
her cheek, or her shy, half-veiled eyes,
or all together, gave Robert Max
well courage, and he said, holding
her hand still: :
"It was because I had none of the
good things Of this life to promise
you, Maud, that / dared not tell you
how dearly Loved you and always
should. You seemed too bright and
fair to settle down here, just as the
wife of Cannonsville farmer"
But what if I liked that best p
said she softly, and her hand stayed
in his.
And so Robert Maxwell won his
hearts desire. .5 ~
There are some souls that I like
to think, dear children of the Heav-
enly Father, who learn, easily the
lessons BE sets them who do not
need over much chastising /; ready to
take the lowest seat at feast or syna-
gogue. There is a divine and ap-
proving tenderness, IN the voice
which says, Friends, come.up High
er.
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The Best Investment.

~
Ben Adam had golden coin one day,
Which he put out at interest with a
Year after year, awaiting him it lay, L.,
Until the doubled coin two pieces
And these two, four-so on till the peo-
pie said:
"How rich Ben Adam is!' and bowed
the servile head.
Ben Selim had golden coin that day,
Which to stranger asking aims ne
Who vent rejoicing on his unknown way.
Ben Selim died, too poor to own a
grave;
But when his soul reached heaven, an
gels with pride =, -, -.
Showed him the wealth to which his
: |i'7 coin had multiplied.
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NOTICE..

"A LII Persons indebted to the Subscri.
N her as Executors of the Estates Of
LANES F.rLOWRY and, W., C. MO,
RAGNE. decd, must make satisfactory
arran dement's In regard thereto by tho
15th October next. Those failing TO do
so. their Notes will be putin, suit. ., T a
q. w. CARWILE, Ex'or.
Sept 1s, 1871. ~ '','se"
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nent and respectable men, has created
a profound, sensation, ,ain. ALL circles
where the facts are aknown..4e ynA