The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
SUNDRIES,

The Emperor of Russia is to visit
Berlin in July.
The latest style of bonnet is des-
cribed as "the size of a scalp.ni pr =. 81 =
Louisiana promises rice crop this
season, of about l6, 100000 lbs.slT an
As early as 1857, canal boat was
built of iron in Wiley, England.
A colossal statue is reported to have
been exhumed at Gainesville, Ga. o.
Louis Napoleon is suffering from
rheumatism at Chiselhurst, England.
The Hoosac tunnel is bored 1906
feet, and 1887 feet remain to be bored.
A colony of one hundred New Jer-
sey families are about to settle in Ten
nessee.
If the Partisan women are not al
lowed to vote it surely is not because
they cannot fight. %.
A gentleman of Bedford, Mass, is
now repairing his house, which was
built 237 years ago. -
Five hundred and twenty-five thou
sand six hundred trains leave London
in the course of one year.
Three hundred and ninety-two
works on American topics were pub
lished in Germany last year.
In the States of Iowa and Indiana,
about two hundred women are work
ing farms on their own account
In London, it is said, for many years
mercantile men have been the most
liberal supporters of the fine arts.
1t will take sixty years to restore to
France the forests ruthlessly wasted
III the military operations of the late
war.
The Emperor of China is said TO
have an income from gaming houses
estimated at not less than 100000 a
year.
The word gentleman" occurs 45j
times i'll Shakespeare; but the word
''gent" is not found in any of his
writings.
The total amount of currency lost or
worn out while in circulation will eX-
coed Sc, 50O,OO or 10 per cent of the
whole issue. %.
st. Louis has recently opened a
boulevard eight miles long ard one
hundred feet wide, which is now the
fashionable drive.
The Medical Reporter estimates that
the people of the United States pay
sl25, 100000 annually for medicines
and medical services.
Six and a half millions of pounds of
tooacco were last year raised in Con-
netticut-an average OF so pounds
to the acre cultivated. o..
The announcement is made by a
Maine newspaper that the number Of
candidates for Governor of that State
is narrowed down" to eighteen.
1t is pleasant, in these tOrid DAYS,
to think that Capt. Hall takes with
him i'll his Arctic voy age thermome-
ter which will register IS degrees be-
low zero.
London Is swarming with visitors
There are about $1,000 Germans now
there, about 10000 French, about
% 600 of other continental countries,
and about 10000 Americans
To remove ink spots, put the article
stained over warm flat iron, stretch
il well, then squeeze a few drops of
lemon juice on it, and the spot will
disappear at once. Wash immediate
ly in cold water
Iii stated that This year foreign to-
bacco has been sold and smoked in
Havana, and also that Florida tobacco
has been imported there, manufacture
ed into cigars, and then sent abroad
again rs legitimate Nuelta Abajo.
1t will probably surprise many peo-
pie to learn that the territory called
the British Isles,n Of which Great
Britain and Ireland are the chief of
the European continent, are fully 500
in number, and that l75 are inhabited.
The members Of the principal reIigi-
Gus denominations in the world are
estimated as follows: Greek Church,
90, gU2, 7OO; the six other Oriental
Churches, q, 5O0, 900; Roman Catholics,
l9j,0lD,0oO; Protestants, $3.50, 600;
MOhammedans, lG0,O0O0OG Buddhists
$1,000, 600; other Asiatic religions, 260,-
100000; Pagans, 100000, 000 Jews, g.
0O, 600