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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13
A Hint for Boys.

"What good buttcrnuts ~ cxclaimeJ
James, while visiting at his aunrs.
"Ies,' said she, and they owe their
good flavor 10 the manner in which
they are cured. When gathered they
were thinly and evenly spread Oh a
dry and airy chamber floor, and while
drying were stirred few times, that
they might not heat or mould, as they
will do if spread too thick, or do not
have sufficient air while drying. They
must remain spread till thoroughly
dried, and then they may be put in dry
boxes or barrels.
"1All nuts while curing will lose
much oftheir good flavor il left long Oh
the ground, or arc piled up 50 the air
cannot circulate freely aalong them."
"But," said James, '',loes not the
air circulate freely among them ON the
ground ~
"Yes but though tlfcy need air they
also need dryness; and the dew and
rain is injurious to their flavor. All
nuts, when fully mat,Ired, ought to be
gather when dry, and tbinly spread la
a dry, airy place. They should not lie
left piled up, because one is In hurry
or wishes 10 do something else"
There is something i'm the above
aDecdote that should not be forgotten
by the boys and girls who read this
column. They ought TO do everything
they are told tO do, i'm u careful tidy
manner, leaving nothing piled up or
neglected,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13
Causes or Sudden Deaths.

Very few of the sudden deaths
uh;cb are safd to arise from diseases
of thc heart" do really arise from that
cause. To ascertain the real origin OF
sudden deaths, experiments have been
tried in Europe, and reported 10 a
scientific congress held at Strasbourg.
Sixty.six cases of sudden death were
made the subject of thorough post
eortem examination i'm these cases
only two were found who died with
disease of the heart. Nine out Oh SIN
ty-six had died from appopieA!,
while there were forty-siN cases
of congestion of the lungs-tllat
is. the lungs were SO full of blood
they could not work, there not being
A sufiiciency Of room for "A sufficient
quantity of air TO enter to support life.
The casses that produce congestion
of the lungs ssss rold feet, tight cloth
;uy ca,tiyey ,swsls, sitting still chill
cd ser bsfsg WARMED with Es6QrJo
a rapid w u, going too suddeiay !ron
a close seafctt ioom. into the coitf air
especially after speaking, and suideI
depressing news operating ON ia,
blood. The causes of sudden deatl
being known, an avoidance CT then
NAV serve to leHgthen many valuable
lives. which would otherwise be los
nader the verdict of 'heart com
plaint." That disease is supposed t.
be inevitable and incurable, henc'
many may not take the pains the!
would to avoid sudden death, If the!
knew it lay in theirpower.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13
A Witty Reto:i.

Alta court held in Lynchburg, Va,
distinguished member of the bar,
appealed to the court for the dis
charge of his client, wound up with
the statement that il the court sent
him OH for further trial, stain would
be left upon his character that could
not be washed off "by all the waters
of the blue ocean, and all the soap
that could be manufactured from the
ponderous carcass of the common
monwealth's attorney To this the
POnderous attornc; replied, that,
while he deemed 1t foreign To the
case at the bar, he desired to advise
the court, if they thought it advisa-
BILE to boil his body into soap, that
they should look to the opposite
council for the concentrated lie out
of which 20 make it
Court, bar and spectators exploded,
and our informant kDoweth nothing
more even now.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13
The PheMemcna OF EaAhqaakes

In earthquakes, says the PcopIc's
IAaga5isc, we see the conservative
agency of fire called in to counteract
the destructive agency Of water. Wind
and rain, heat and cold, are continu.
ally at work rending in pieces and
grinding down the solid rock; the dis
ntegrated portions of the rock form
the soil of the lowlands, and this in its
turn is eaten away by running streams,
swept down by heavy rains, to be car
ried by the rivers and deposited in the
sea. 1T is thus that the shadows and
great river deltas are formed; and the
materials so brought down are gradu-
ally, by the action OF the waves, dis
tributed over the bed of the ocean.
This action, if suffered TO continue
without interruption, would In time
level the highes: mountain ranges and
in the place Of varied surface OF land
and water there would be a uniform
shallow sea covering the whole earth.
Here the working Of fire steps in to
counteract the destructiveagency fwa-
ter. It. acts suddenly and with terrific
force, and therefore it is more noted and
more feared than the work which is
done SO silently and slowly, yet so ir-
resistibly, by the gentle flow of rivers.
OF one thing we are sure, that they are
caused by the internal heat of the earth.
They usually occur in volcanic regions;
they are frequently accompanied by
volcanic eruptions; during their con-
tiuuance flames are said to burst from
the earth, springs of boiling water rise
from the soil, and new volcanoes have
been raised as their result. We know
that at a comparativeiy small depth be-
low the surface of the globe there is q
temperature very far exceeding any
thing which We experience at the sur
face. Whether we accept the hypoth-
esis of a vast central fire, or consider
that this heat Is generated by chemical
action or by electric currents, we know
that there are stored up beneath our
feet vast reservoirs of heat. Whatgas-
es are stored under pressure in the cav.
tiles of the earth We know not. But
we know that the increased expansive
force of an elastic fluid under COM
uaratiyely small increase of tempera.
lure would be sufficient to rend asun-
der the solid rock and produce the ef'
fects we see. Perhaps nssure 81
opened may admit water to the heateo
nucleus, there to be instantly convert'
ed into steam with vast increase OF vol.
ume. This exerting enormous pressure
against the rocky walls Of the cavity
in which it is formed causes q wave O
compression in the zone Of the rock I'M
mediately surrounding it, and thi'
wave is propagated onward through
the rock, Just as q wave travels through
water. The confined fluid strikes TIN
walls of its prison chamber q fierc'
blow, which passes along the surfac'
as a shock, whose intensity is the onl!
measure we have of the forces causing
il.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13

DIR. Cornell, in his Guardian vi
Health" is publishing a Family Med
ical directory, froul which we select
the following from the article on
arsenic:
How much arsenic will Hill per-
son? To answer this question will
depend very much upon the cOndi-
tion Of the patient. If he has been
taking arsenic in small doses he can
take much more than he otherwise
could without injury. II is said that
two grains have been known to kill
an adult. DIR. Perrin took draclsm
at once, and got well. The London
Medical and ,Surgical JouiTal gives
the case of a peasant who took daily
in his food ten grains Of arseniOus
acid without iujury. This was a re-
case, and i would advise no
man to follow his example. A child
was poisoned BY eating paste made
to kill rats. The child lived, and
what was remarkable, slept quietly
for three hours and half after the
paste was eaten. A young man, aged
seventeen, took two drachms of arse
mic, with a view to self-destructiOn.
As soon as he had taken it he repent
ed of the act. and in quarter of an
hour made it known. As soon as
practicable six grains of tartar elnet-
ic were given; vomiting came on, and
was kept up by the use of warm wa
ter for two hours. A blister was ap-
piled to the stomach, and in few
days he was as well as ever.
The symptoms from poisoning from
arsenic may vary much in different
patients. Arsenic seems to be an ir-
tant and narcotic combined. If the
person has been addicted to the free
use of opium, or has taken much ar
senic, or has been an Incorporate
man, he may experience nothing
worse than severe collie. and soon
recover. In person ofdiffcrent hab-
its the same dose would prove fatal.
The antedOtes to arsenical poison
ing are numerous, and should be
known to all. Thelfirst thing 10 be
done is to induce vomiting, If pOssi-
BILE; and, if not, use the stomach
pump and warm water freely. The
administer magDesia. Many have ro-
commended that the lnagnesia should
be given in milk it is on record that
girl was found with all Onncc of ar
scnic enclosed in u coagulated sack
formed by the magncsia, milk and the
mucus produced by the irritation OF
the arsenic. Charcoal, finely powder
ed, is anotcer remedy. The hydratc.l
perOxyd ofiron has been used with
success.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13
THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR
BY ALFRED TESEEsoS.

By ALFRED TESEESON.
Full knee deep lies the winter snew;.
And the winter winds are wcarily signing;
Toll ye the church-bells soft and slow
And tread softly and speak low, ..
For the old year lies a-dying- fIe'.
Old year, you must not die;
You cnme 10 us so readily,
You lived with Us so steadll.,
Old year you shall not die.
lie lie,h still; he doth not move;
He will not see the dawn OF day,
He hath no other life above.
He gave me q friend and true true-l"re
And the New-yesr will take 'em away.
Old year you must not go; 8
So long as you have been with u,
Such JOY as you have seen with u,
Old year, you shall not 60.
He froth'd his bumpers to the hrim:
A jollicr year we shall not see,
But tho his eyes are waxing dim.
And tho his foes speak i'll OF him,
lie was n friend to me-.
We did so laugh and ery with ycu.
I've half mind TO die with you,
Old year, if you must die.
lie Wa. so full Of joke and jest,
But all his merry quips are o'er
To see him die, across the waste
Hi son and heir doth ride post haste.
But he'llbe dead before.
Z Esery one'for his owp. ,
The night Is starry anu c"it n.S lrl'h9
The New-year blithe and bold Iuy friend
Comes up to take his own.
How hard he brcathes! over the snow
] hea ri just now the Growing cock,
The shadows flicker TO and fro;
Tho cricket chirps; the light burns lov
'Tis nearly twelve o'clock.
Shakehands. before you die
Old-ycar, we ii dearly rue for you;
What is il we can dc for you?
Speak out before You die.
His face is growing sharp and thin.
Alack our friend is gone,
Close up then his eyel; tie up his chin;
Step from the corpse and let him in
That standeth there alone,
And waiteth at the door.
There's a new foot on the floor, my frien'
And new face at the door, my friend,
new face at the door.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13

Two Cinnamon on the gallows in
Califo, mia, recently, asked that they
might have the name OF the witnesses
who had appeared against them in
court written ON piece of paper, so
that they could take them with them
ON their ngjourney, which was soon
TO begin. The names, after being
written on small pieces of paper by
the Chinese witnesses, were handed
them, and after being carefully folded
were put away ia their jackets 10 be
used on the great day of final accounts
against their accusers, to convict them
Of perjury and false swearing.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13

81 gKAS fsGELcw.
There was once a nest in hollow.
Soft and warm, and fall 10 tho brim: -
Nctcher leaned over il purple and dim.
With buttereu buds 20 follow e -
/ pray yee hesr my song of nes.,
For it is not long.
You shall never light In summer quest
The bushes among
Shall never light on proudef sitter.
a softer eound thsn their tender twitteY,
That wind like did come and 70,
/ had nesiful once OF my own,
All! happy, happy i:
Right dearly loved them; but when they wers
They sp-ead out their winss TO fy-
o, one after one they few away
Far up the heavenl blue.
To the better country, the upper day,
And-I wish was going too.
pray you what Is the nest TO me,
Ny empty nest? -.r
And what ia the sh ore where stoc3 10 see
Nv boat sail down to the West?
Can call that home where anchor yet,
Though my good man has sailed? @
Can call that home where my nest was set.
Now all its hopes have failed?
Nay, but the port where my sailor went,
And the land whore my nestlings be;
There is the home where my thoughts are sent,
The only home for me.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13
How certain Animals Live In Water,
From the Manufacturer and builder.

from the Manufacturer alI Builder.
Our readers know that there are
two kiuds Of respiratory apparatus =
lungs which inhale air, abstract oxy-
gen from il. and give, in return,
chiefly carbonic acid, and gills which
absorb the oxygen dissolved in water
and also give OIL chiefly carbOnic
scid, wiiichis more readily dissolved
in water than tile oxygen. The form
er apparatus is possessed by manuals,
birds, etc, the, latter by sfishes; and
as lungs are incapable of taking oky-
gen out of water, and gills cannot take
It from the air, or, in other words,
Us lnn9s cannot. breathe water and
sills cannot breathe air, animals with
lungs cannot live in water, while fish
are drowned in air. Asinall number
of amphibiOus animals. however,
possess both lungs, and can, therefore
breathe both air and water, and thus
live In both. II has been, however
observed that musk rats and other
swimming aninsals with lungs could
! travel considerable distance under
ice without reaching any breathing
hole on the surface, and it was for a
long time problem how they sue.
ceeding in living 50 long and travel
| ing SO tar without access to the at
mosplcre. The problem has been
answered by s. Newhouse, in work
called the ,'ssTrapper's Guide" from
which we extract the following:
Musk rats have a curious method
Of travelling long distances under the
ice. In their winter excursions to
their feeding grounds, which are fire.
quently at great distances from their
abodes, they take in breath at starting
and remain, under water as long as
they can. They rise to the ice and
breathe out the air in their lungs,
which remains in the bubbles against
the lower surface Of the ice. They
wait till this air RECEIVERS oxygen from
the water and ice and then, take ii
in again, and go OH till the operation
has to be. repeated. In this way they
can travel almost any distance, and
live any length of time under the ice.
"The hunter sometimes takes ad-
vantage of this habit of the musk rat
| in the following manner: FL
| "When tile marshes and ponds
where the musk rats abound arc first
frozen over, and the ice is thin and
clear, on striking into their houses
with his ha.chet, tor the purpose of
setting his traps, he frequently sees i
whole family plunge into the water
and swim away under the ice. Fol-
lowing one for some distance, he secs
him como up TO renew his breath in
| the manner above described. .
".tflcr the animal had brealhcd
against the ice, and before he has
time TO take il in again, the hunter
strikes with his hatchet directly over
him. and drives him away from his
breath. IN this ease he browns in
swimming few rods and the hunter
cutting a hole in the ice takes him
out. Mink, otter and beaver, travel
/ under tho ice in the same way; and
hunters have frequently told me of
! taking ottcrs in the manner J have
/ described, when these aniInals'yisIt
the hcusc- of the musk rat for prey
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13
MAY AND NOVEMBER.

Come Edith, darling. hither, "
Here where the suns warm ray
With foods Of golden gladness -
Bathes the November day;
All me my prudent preachings.
Your laugh hear il say,
"The lessons Of November
Cannot be learnt by May.
The warning voice Of autumn
The spring tide will not hear;
IT'S vain to whisper summer
That winter storms are near.
June will not wed December;
And vainly will essay
The wisdom of November
TO FIX the ear of May.
Easier to turn the current
That dimpline downwards flows:
Easier to catch the perfume
Imprisoned in the rose;
Easier TO bind the sunbeam
That fleets upon its way, .---st.
Than for November's teaching
To hold the heart of May. E
May, with the heaven above il,
Cloudless, divinely clear;
What reeks il if November
With lowering skies h near?
All, me, my Edith darling.
For you may life, pray,
Never become November,
But always still be May.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13

There was young man once i'm the
office of Western railway superinten-
dent. He was occupying position
that four hundred boys in that city
would have wished to get. 1t was
honorable aud /" it paid wcll,nr besides
being in the line of promotion. How
did he get it? Not by having a rich
father, for he was the son of Iaborer.
The secret was his beautiful accuracy.
He began as an errand- boy and did his
work accurately. His leisure time he
used in perfecting his writing and
arithmetic. After while he learned
to telegraph. At each step his employ
er commended his accuracy, and relied
ON what he did because he was just
right. trasf asFrI .r- .-.-.-~.,.F
And il is thus with every occupa-
ton. The accurate boy is the favored
ono. Those who employ men do not
wish 10 be on the. constant lookout, rs
though they were rogues or fools. IL a
carpenter must stand at his journey
mans elbow to be sure that his work is
right, or If a cashier must run over his
bOok-keeper's columns, he might as
well do the work himself as employ
another to do it i'm that way and IL is
very certain that the employer will get
rid of such an inaccurate workman as
soon as he can.-ffesiGle,1 Iatfte.
; The points OF difference and agree.
,inent between the denomination of
! Friends and other religious bodies
are given by an eminent Quaker in
the following form: 'sPeints of
Agreement-The Godhead, Holy
! Scriptures, Resurrection and Judg-
mcnt All Have Sinned, The New
3 Birtby We are saved by Grace
through Faith, Sanctiiication and JUS
tiiication, The Blood OF Christ, Saliva
ton by Jesus Christ alone, Everlast-
ing Life, Baptism of the Spirit, Guid-
ancc of the Spirit. Points of Differ
ence: Human PriesthOods abolished
Distinction Of Clergy and Laity, un-
sound, Call to the Ministry of Christ
alone, WOmen's Preaching authorized,
4 Church Establishment condemned,
Prearrangcd Services unapostolical
Congregational Singing unapOstolical
Rites and Ceremonies abolished, The
True. Communion, the Saving Bap-
tism, War unlawful, Oaths forbidden
Mourning Habits deprecated, also
Fashions, Flattering Titles"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13

On the esth of December, on Bear Creek, by
Esq. Dayis K. HAYES, Mr. Thomas jefferson
Evans. and Miss brown. all Of Bear Creek. |,
Jeffs bretlrr- C Anrara stole her tor L:-,-AL:- u
" for long time in the same way,
the ruin of the handspring.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13

4 Matchmaker in chicago state.
{ that gentleman caInc to his store
5 every morning for a week lately itil
4 his watch, 10 get Il handspring In it
e His regular appearance created sonIe
e suspicion, and ele silversmitiraud re-
e n.irer of watches could not account
4 for the same watch wanting a new
handspring every morning. was
!: none Of his business: however. lie
! kept putting in mainsprings as long
, rs he was paid for them. Finally the
i same watch was brought by lady
~ MARY NJ. ,MaYEs, pl
ExecutriN of the estate of Samuel i Ne
ayes, deceased. sfitatf lr
JoHN FRIERsaS is the Agent fur this /,
onII,any ut Columbia, Tenn ,.f - L.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13

That's very singular said young
lady to gentleman who bad just kissed
her oh, well, nay dear Mics. was the
reply, i viii make it plural, and the
william did.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13

An exchange says it is not good taste
for gentlemen to stay alter ten O'Clock
when visiting young lady. We never
noticed any difference in the taste after
10 o'clock.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13

Major Joseph Nj. Walker, prorrieror
of the National hotel, at Norfolk, Eir-
ginia, committed suicide on Friday,
last. Financial embarrassments in
volved him In forgery, when, rather
than lace the shame, be went several
miles into the country, and blew his
braius ont. The case Is very sad one,
indeed, q the deceased belonged to one
Of the fnest families In Virginia. and
was himself . highly esteemed aud
popular gsntleman.
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A Capital Joke.

Aud all the more palatable becaue.
il is true, and can be v0uched for, tool
place few Sundays since at one of th'
prominent New jersey churches. l
seems that one Of the worthy deacon
had been very Industrious in selling
new church book, costing seyenty-fiv'
cents. At fce service in question tn
minister, just before dismissing th'
congregation rose and said:--"All yo'
who have children to baptize will pre-
sent them next sabbath" The dea
con, who, by the way, was little deaf
having an eye to selling the book, ant
supposing bis pastor was referring Il
them, Immediately jumps up f"'
shouts: "All you that llayn't any,
get as many as you want by calling \,
me, at seventy-iive cents each" :"
The preacher looked cr0ss-eyed C,
the brother, the brother looked at |.
clergyman; the audience punched
audience in the side, the bubble 81
larger till 1t burst into o loud gufi1 =
ladies colored up, blushed, crimson
aud thanked tine Lord for the low n q e
Of peopleing the earth. There was r. r.
betiediction that morning worth spessR
ing of.
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Br col. W. o. M'apoc.
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2petrv.
SONG OF A NEST.
81 JEAN fsGELcY

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MARR

{ JOHN FRIERs0S is the Agent fur thi
Company ut Oolumbia, Tenn. ,.if -.