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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28
The Comfort Of Old Shoes.

Sufferers who moan over new shoes
will relish this pleasant bit from the
Christian Union:
Nothing seems TO affect the vitality
of the old shoe. Its characteristic age
postulates at once freedom from the
restraints and Affections of youth
that is, newness. Hence its benig-
nant look. Hence its comforting ap-
peaTance. Like weather-beaten frig-
ate, it smiles upon you from each
yawning seam and wornout button
hole. How easily does it fit, and how
snugly do you nestle within it! Wa
ter only makes it the softer, and you
are never anxious after its welfare in
mud. Even in a new shoe the stand
ard of beauty is at best capricious.
Now fashion DEGREES square" toes,
now "roundn toes, and now "boxn
toes. To-day, she mods graciously at
shoes of kid; tomorrow, she deifies
shoes of cloth. Buttons are first her
detestation, and then her admiration.
Buckles she loves; and soon buckles
she hates. Now, beauty you do not
look for in an old shoe, no more than
you expect the proportions ofa Venus
de Medici in your aged grandmother,
or the brightness Of azure and crimson
in the starry flag when blackened
with powder and riddled with shot
mid the thickening smoke of the battle.
1t would embarrass you if you found
it, and you should be reluctant TO out
rage its graceful symmetry and luxu-
riousness of shape by inserting there
in your ungainly foot.
In a shoe, beauty is but cloth or
leather deep, and were one to limit
his affection to the mere surface of
the shoe his love would be truly SUI
perficlal. Every scar, every cash,
every disjointed seam, every eruption
on the side, or abrasion on the sole
these only add to your affection. Love
soon changes into reverence, as day
after day the marks of age rapidly
increase. The shoe SO often worn is
now treading the downward path;
and, at last, when relentless fashion
condemns the shoe as shabby" be-
cause, forsooth, the once radiant leath-
er is wreathed in rings of SNOW, tine
once gorgeous buttons have disappear
ed, and the formerly sedate button
holes yawn beyond all decency, then
fittingly, though reluctantly, you part
with it. Its usefulness has now passed
to a higher stage; one might almost
call it a translation. You place it on
some dingy shelfin a dingier closet,
along with perhaps an old hat or coat,
and other memorials Of departed great
ness, there ID muse sadly over the
decay of glory and fickleness of for
tune, as exemplitied even in shoe.
4 boy in Ohio watched 4 flock OF
quails running along the rows vi corn,
and prcsuming they were pulling up the
corn, he killed one, and found in its crop
one cut worm, twentv-one striped GU
cumber bugs and one hundred clipch
bugs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28

AFTER DINNER NAPS.-Many per-
sons are in the habit of sleeping for
half an hour or hour Immediately af-
ter dinner. This is a bal practice.
Ten minutes more sleep before dinner
is worth more than an hour after. 1t
rests and refreshes and prepares the
system for vigorous digestion. If
sleep is taken after dinner it should be
in the sitting posture, as the horizon
tai position is unfavOrable to health
ful digestion. Let these who need
rest and sleep during the day, take it
before dinner instead Of after, and
they will soon find that they will feel
better, and that their digestion VIII be
thereby.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28
Il LOURING MILLS
FOR SALE.

TNIIE UNDERSIGNED DESIRE TO DIS
L pose Of their Steam FIGURING Mills at Pleas
ant Grove, Immediately on the Nashville and
Decatur Railroad. The surrounding country
Is one of the finest wheat t-growing sections in
N ctate, and the best Southern markets are
In asy and speedy connection. The Mills will
be sold for money, on time, estate. for reale
Apply TO Dr. j. J. ANN
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Il RANKIN IIOU Sc.
Columbia- 'Tenuucssec

Having rcftied and taken charge Of this Ho-
el, | solicit share of public patronage. My
table shall be supplied with the best the market
affords. Lodgings clean and comfortable.
Prices tn suit the time.
Julyl5-tf JAMES l.. GUEST.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28
FARMING TOOLS

Treppard & 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. IL and q
North College Street, Nashville,
Tenn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28

The Wilmington North Cardinal
Journal says: "a very skillful and
successful medical Cperation-that of
the translation of blood from a lamb
TO human body-was performed in
this city Oh last Friday afternoon by
Drs. J. f. King and j. L. Winans.
The subject was q cOlOred man, an
inmate of the City Hospital, who had
been suffering for some time past, and
who had lately seemed in danger of
death from mere exhaustion. When
laid upon the table he was too weak
TO talk, and appeared tohave but few
hours of life left in him. When his
vein was opened but one drop of blood
fell from it. The carotid artery of the
lamb was opened and the blood was
forced from thence, by the palpitation
of the animals heart, through a small
glass tube into the patients cephalie
vein. In this way about eight ounces
of blood was conveyed from the lamb
to the man. The operation was en-
tirely satisfactory in its results, and
the patient is now doing very weil.n
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28

Fragments OF his dream Ofhuman life,
Adapted by himself with newly learned a.
should we be simply disgusted when
our poor relations try 10 do the same
thing? A monkey, with a grOtesque
appearance of being little lower than
negro, fills many benevolent people
with intense repugnance; the infant,
who has yet developed scarcely any
faculties that il does not possess IN
common with the lower animals, af-
fects them to tears by simIlar inCsca-
tons of nascent intellect. Sympathy
does not seem to increase in any in
telligible ratio to the resemblance Of
Its object TO ourselves. We are de-
lighted with haby because it is like
US in slightly inferior degree; and
we are pleased again with dog be-
cause it shows some traces Of an in
tellect such as our own, though at a
still more remote distance. How are
We to discover a formula which will
account for these vagaries Of feeling,
and show how the successive terms Of
a continuous series produce alternate
ly loathing and delight?"
The ReCietC is not, however, alto
gether sure of itself, for having set out
with the statement that there Is no
sentiment ''that strikes Us as more
thoroughly amiable than a love OF
children" and then having argued
that il is nevertheless on Irrational
ii comes back to its first
ground, because it has no desire to
shock prOsaic persons without neces-
sity," and ayOws its profound and
opinion that, in the pres
ent constitution Of society, "mOtheT5
ought to love their children It goes
further. and eOnfesses that a love of
even by men and childleSs
women, sis generally a harmless and
even a laudable instinct though it
gives a caution as TO the danger Of
carrying il to excess.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28

SAVING PLUMs.-J. j. Thomas, n.
Y, has a plum orchard of eighty
trees. Previous TO '66 he had obtained
but very little fruit from the orchard
on account of the curculio. Since
then he has saved the fruit by jarring
down the insects on sheets. An iron
spike is placed in each tree, oil which
Il sharp blow is struck.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28
JACOB HARRIS,

r AIL y Il,
COLUMBIA, - TENN.
Cutting done in tho most fashionable III amer,
and warranted TO fit.
Cleaning and Repairing dono in On accepta-
bic manner, on short tice.
rE- Ifyou want Sui handsomely made 60
order, bring me the cloth.
SHor-Two doors above tho Nelson House,
May p. 1871. ly.
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CRATES AND manifest
SILVER PLATED WARE.

hessrs. Trcppard Il Co., deal in the
best brands only Of Plated Ware, all
cfwbich they warrant to be best and
purest quality of Silver Plating.
Their prices for this line of goods is
very low
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28

STOVES.

After nearly thirty years Of eXpe-
rience in the manufacture and sale of
Stoves in the Southern States, Messrs.
Treppard g. Co., have succeeded in
procuring an article which is gener-
aIly conceded to be superior TO all
others, which is named The FAvoRITE
COOKING STOVE, and which has now
been In use for something over ten
wears. There is probably no article
of Household use about which there
ace generally so many complaints as
the kitchen stove and which when out
Of order is as great a nuisance down
stairs as piano out of tune is up
stairs. The great advantage the FA
voRITE offers over all other Stoves is
the small quantity of wood it burns,
the uniform heat it produces and the
facility with which its various COM
partments can be adjusted to any de-
Scrfption of cooking. Mcssrs. Trep-
pard g. Co, being familiar With the
wants of the people in Tennessee and |
ether middle and Southern State |
brought out the FAvoRITE COOKING |
STovB, and the immense number they |
are selling is the best of evidence that |
the FAvoRITE is the best of all Cook |
ing Stoves sold in Nashville, and we
know of none better sold elsewhere. |
hessrs. Treppsrd & Co. are now
enc Of the oldest and largest dealer
IN Stoves in the States, and keep con-
ssantly on hand a large variety of |
every description of Cooking and
Heating Stoves, suited TO the South
ern Trade. They have twenty differ
ent sizes of Cooking Stoves for Coal
and Wood, at prices ranging from
$1,000 to $4,000.
TIN WARE.
Messrs. Treppard & Co. sell all kinds
sf Tin, Plato, Copper, Bucket Covers,
Sheet Iron, &c, &c. Country Shops
will find it to their interest to pur-
chase from this house as they buy
nom the importers and consequently
can sell at the lowest prices. They
warrant all goods Of the best quality
HARD WARE.
The House of Messrs. Treppard &
&C., keep on hand and for sale, large
assortment of American and English
Hardware. They buy from Import
crs and Manufacturers only, and can
sell goods in this line at the lowest
rates. Their stock of Hardware con-
lists ofan the goods usually found in
houses of this kind. Their stock OF
Table Cutlery is the finest in the city ,
-osting from 60 cents TO So per sc
BRITANIA WARE. 4
They keep 8 large assortment of all I
linds of Britannia Ware, consisting in ,
part OF Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, Soup
ladies, Spoons, Drinking Cups, Tea
spoons, Table Spoons, Water Dip
,ers, Molasses Mugs, etc, etc. 1
CRATES AND SEANTESL
The House Of Messrs. Treppard Il
%. keep the finest assortment of 7
dantels and Crates kept in the city, !
'ensisting Of ten different styles Of
dsRtles, and one hundred assorted |
,aterns OF Crates. They sell the +
,ttent of all kinds of Crates made.
heir prices for Crates and Mantles
re the lowest in the city, ranging
rom $500 10 S35 iur Crates, and from
- to 500 for Mantcls, If YOU want
ood. in this line you need look no L
lrther for quality or price, for what
rev have not got to show you is not -
'orth having. E
SILVER PLATED WARE.
hessrs. Trcppard & Co., deal in the
ost bropJS only Of plated Wara oil
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28
Children.


The Saturday RevieIO prints one Of
the most cynical Of its articles on the
subject of the "Love Of Children"
which, it insists, in a vein of humOr
that might almost be taken for seri-
GUS argument, is an absurd and ira
tionaI sentiment. "Why," it asks,
'isiiould we be called upon to love a
email lump Of fat and gristle, with
an infnitesimal infusion of soul, rath-
er than frIlly-develOped human be-
ing?" Not, it argues, because the
child Is innocent, for we do not admire
an idiot, and after explaining all it
means by this statement of a fact, $50
far as the sentiment is TO be estimated
by its accordance with reason, the
baby-hater would just have as good a
justification as the baby-lOver, and
the only sensible frame Of mind would
seem to be a complete Indifference to
these rough draughts of humanity"
Then, too, the RcUietr argues in the
same vein, that infant suffering ought
not to affect us so strongly as the
spectacle Of suffering in those who
have been afflicted for a much longer
time. But il reaches the climax Of
cynicism when it makes q descending
series of men and other animals, "OuT
poor relations"
''The range which we give to our
sympathies seems TO be strangely ca
PRECIOUS. Sensible people are fond Of
a child as soon as it begins to talk i'll
telligibly, but do not care much for
children who are below or much above
that limit. A boy of ten or eleven IS
a no1ious being in the eyes Of many
who are profoundly affected by the
sight of child just able G. 'ottcr
about on uncertain limbs. More
---sI-sNt> pCUPlo sV IIttie fuTther, ana
are fond even Of an infant in arms,
but then, for the most part, they draw
a hard and fast line between children
and monkeys. Why, if we are pro-
ioundly touched by the petty attempts
ofa child to initiate grown Up people,
by the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28

4 boy in Ohio watched 4 flock OF
quails running along the rows vi corn,
and prcsuming they were pulling up the
corn, he killed one, and found in its crop
one cut worm, twentv-One striped GU
cumber bugs and one hundred clipch
bugs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28
TIN WARE.

Messrs. Treppard & Co. sell all kinds
sf Tin, Plato, 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
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-28
HARD WARE.
RRITANIA WARE.

They Keep s largo AssOrImenJ OF All
kinds of Britannia Ware, consisting in
part OF Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, Soup
Ladies', Spoons, Drinking Cups, Tea
Spoons, Table Spoons, Water Dip
pers, Molasses Mugs, etc, etc.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-03-29

llEkRS All You CAN.-Ncver omit
an opportunity TO learn all you can.
Sir Walter Scott said that even IN o
stage coach, he always found some
body who could tell him something he
did not know. Conversation Is ire
0ucuilv more useful than hooks for
purposes of knowledge IL Is. there
tore. a mistake 20 be morose and silent
among persons whom you think iEnO-
rant. for little sociabiifv On your
part viii draw them out, and they
will be able 10 teach you something.
no matter how ordinary thoir employ
ment Indeed some OF thc most saga
cious remarks arc made by persons ct
this description respecting their par
ticuiar pursuit Hugh Miller. the
Scotch reolocist, owes not a Eltie Of
his fame 20 observations made Wien q
iourncvmau stone mason. and work
ing IN q quarry. Socrates well said
that there was but one good. which Is
knowledge. and one evil, which Is ig
norance. Every grain uf sand goes
TO make heap. A gold digger takes
The smallest uuggcis, and is not fool
enough 10 throw them away, bcoanso
he hupcs % End a hinge lump some
time. 50 in acquiring knOEledge, we
should never dcsnise an opportunity,
however uupromSnC II theirs is a
moments lcisurc spend it over a good
book or IN instructive taking win the
first one you meet
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-03-29

ALaNE-Al1nc Gh, bitter sunder
ing Of the golden hands and links thai
formed the chain AZ ioyous home-ciilo,
whose on tried tenure love aud good
ness render 80 elastic and 50 firm
Alas the bolts OF death and The can
kcrous rust of osrth's deep s0rrows
haze rivcn aud destroyed the mystic
Gordon and It's mortal couplets
Alone +. nay, not uione for stiil in
memory I wander u the homes Of
those whose loving hearts beat iu
unison aud fellowship with mine. aud
whose tears mingled with my sadness.
Oh, happy cottage home Of childhood :
sunny davs, when visions fraught
with Joy and pleasure wovo lhcir
beauties round each soul, and thrGst
out cares and t1iis that sought 70 ,iiiH
and sa6den bovhood's merry morning,
Alone not al alone; for each little
turf home, made and fashioned by
hands that knew them not, c0mcth
The sweet spiritvoice Of thosc whose
wandcrings have led them onward 90
their immortal and glorious posses.
si1ns. A mothers prayer, a tathcr's
kindly chiiing, and a SISTERS tender
Ness, arc al remembered, and thCir
xwhrf memories create a friendship
that lad It's birth with angels Thus
/ an not alone, for in TIC dark and
chilling Eight of earthly pilgrimage,
the star Of eternal hope illumines my
pathway, and the sacrcd teaching oi
that heavenly home group rekisd!css
the smouldering cmbers of Affection
upon my hearts altar.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-03-29

KIgsMAN.-For this hearty English
word. full of manhood and warm blood,
elegant people have forced upon Us
two very vague, misty substitutes
relation aud connection. By the use
Of the latter words in place of the
former, nothing is gained and much Is
lost. Both OF them are very general
terms Men have'rclatiUns OF vari-
ous kinds, and connections are OF sill
wider distribution. Even in regard
20 family and friends, il is impossible
10 give these words exactness OF mean
ing: whereas mans kinsmUu are only
those of his blood. His cousin Is his
kinsman, but his brother in-iaw is not.
Yot relation is made 10 express both
connections. one of blood and the
other OF law. In losing the kinsman
we lose also bis frank. sweet Tipped
sister, kinswoman, and are obliged 20
give her place 10 that poor, meSnly
mouihed, ili made OF laiin intcrloper
fomalp relation
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-03-29

Go Is, BoTs Prominent poiii-
clans, according TO a Washington cor
respondent OF the Pittsburgh Conner
cal, assert that the country must
either make Gen. Grants conduct 20.
warts sumner a personal matter Tor
winch be alone should DC held respon-
sible, OF let the fuli weight OF the blow
be born hy the Republican party, with
nll its direiul consequences. i i
stated iha, ii the impression can only
be disseminated that Grant rs not 90
be the next Presidential candidate,
and such probability has now been
rendered more remote thau ever there
need be no fear Of a party rupture
but if ID is given 10 be understood bat
there Is no other alternative than %
take him as The next candidate. 8
third party moFomeni win be render
Cd inevitable.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-03-29


SLTEr.-How many persons arc
there that 20 20 bed at reasonable
hour Many viii SIT up reading or
or couversing until twelve, one, CT
even two O'Clock at night This Is
kept up. and finally becomes a habit.
aud when they do retire, cannot
sleep. They gradually lose flesh,
become dyspepHc and dcbiIiiaicd I;
being unable 10 account for this ema-
ciation, they consult a physician
Certain medicines are prescribed and
still the difficulty exists The medi-
cal adviser has probably neglected %
interrOgate his patient as TO his hab.
its, and be, too, Is al loss 10 understand
why hisromediul agents have not the
proper salutary effect The patient
now changes physicians, and so be
continues until from oxhaustaiion be
is compelled 10 remain in bed, and
nature regain Der grand rocuporaiir5
power Of sleep, and the patient com
paratively RECEIVERS for lew months
when, VI the same habit is continued.
be rclapses into bis former condition
Many persons will tell you ihey can.
not sleep IL they 80 10 bed al nine or
ten o'clock IN the evening" ana this
Is true, when the nervous system has
been abused; but when persons viii
retire at a reasonable hour, they viii
soon fall asleep and one hours sleep,
previous TO twelve O'Clock al nirhi,
viii do the system more good tnan
three hours after that time Sitting
up late al night impairs the eyes and
destroys the complexion. which ACIDS
much misery 10 The life OF young la.
dies. Young men should bear IN
mind, when they infic. their society
on the fair sex iill a late hour q
night, that they eau leave when they
feel Inclined, but their hostess Is CON.
PEELED 10 entertain them during thci.
visit--Wsl Rfp1rfsr.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-03-29
Twins Born OF a Railway Train.

The Columbus C0hio) Statesman
tells the following:
"The Pacific express train. on the
Panhandle Railroad, left the Columbus
depot one Friday evening lately, at
eight o'clock, underline charge Of Con-
ductor DruTy. Nothing iranspired 10
disturb the mOnotony Of the conduc.
tors call on drowsy passengers for
"iickets, gentlemen" until the train
was between Dennison and Steuben-
vile Then he was notified that
lady passenger desired his presence.
lie found the lady evidently in some
embarrassment To his Affirmative
response 10 the query whether he was
a married man. tho lady sinfad tl.at
she was on her way from Cincinnati
10 meet her husband in New York,
and that crisis was impending, in
volving theappearanec ofan additional
passenger This startled the cohduc-
Tor, OF course; but with heart as
big as an elephant, he set 20 work to
make the lady comfortable All the
we're Immediately shufiied
INTO another car, and such female as
sistanee Us could be procured on the
train was brought into rcquisition.-
ln q brief time the little stranger-a
fine, bouncing girl is the phrase-put
IN an appearance, and the conductor
congratulated himself on q happy es-
cape from a dilemma. With heart
overfowing with sympathy, be ar
ranged an imprOmptn wardrobe for
the very young lady from his own I'M
derclothing 1t was not exactly in
the style OF those infant outfits ad-
vertised in tho New York papers, yet
il served a good purpose.
"But this was not all. The train
left Steubenville on time, and was
soon laundering through and around
the hills Of West Virginia, when the
conductor recei~ed another shock
Thistime, it was fine, bouncing boy
Twins, by jove One a Buckeye aud
the other Panhandler The remain
der of Drurys linen went TO start the
little fellow on his Journey through
the world. Then, for fear Of what
might have happened, the train was
hurried up; in due time it reached
Pittsburgh, and the lady and two IN
ticketed passengers were tenderly con
veyed TO comfortable quarters at the
Union Depot Hotel, when telegram
was forwarded to the husband va New
York, which VIII probably lii him out
Of bis boots
SAT last advices, the mother and
children were doing well