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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14
Growing the Tomato.

One would suppose that at this late
day we knew pretty much all about
cultivating the tomato; but it seems
we do not, inasmCch Is we daily see
recommendations as to the best mode
of getting the most fruit, from all quar-
tiers, even from persons that one would
suppose had flight little higher than
specializing in tomato seed, and under
taking, fancy men as they are, to tell
rs old practical cultivators how to raise
it! Some people train the vines over
elaborate trestle-work or frames, at no
little expense; others trellis the N; 9TH
ers stick them with brush about the
size or little larger than that used for
peas; others simply throw brush down
for them to rum over; and Others allow
the vines to creep over the ground with
out any support, only previously
mulching the ground with grass or
straw.
We have tried every mode here men
toned, and we have found that where
the plants are stuck, brushed, trellised,
frame-wOrked or allowed to run uDsup.
ported over the ground, the yield is
about the same. We prefer the brush
sticking process. 1t produces full as
great q crop as any other mode, with
only halt the trouble and expense, and
looking more picturesque and not SO
artificial as the trellises and frames;
and if the brush is firmly inserted in
the ground, it admits of passing be
tween the rows to pick the fruit, and
gives free access to the air. When the
vines are allowed to run over The ground
unsupported, however much the ground
may be mulched, the flavor of the to.
mato is more or less extracted by the
natural attractions of the soil, by whict
the fruit is rendered almost worthless
besides the vines are all in a mass, an(
to get at the fruit is convenient to the
picker and injurious to the crop.-Ger.
DldRtOaca Teleqroph.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14
A Bug.PrOOf Potato.

A scotsman is advertising that he
has a potato (which is a. nearly bug
proof as potato can be-" This has al
fusion to the celebrated Colorado pota-
to bug, which has wrought such havoc
on the potato fields of the West, and
will no doubt be here before q couple
of years or so pass over Us. 1t seems
strange at first thought that a potato
bug will not eat any kind of potato as
well as another; but it is really so, that
they have preference for some varieties.
In Illinois, the writer once saw guam
tity of potatoes set out for experiment,
one row each OF many kinds. Some
of these rows had the bugs as thick as
black berries along their whole length,
while the neighboring rows had none.
1t is astonishing how soon these vora.
cious beetles will strip row of foliage
But though they have a choice they
are by no means particular. They act
on the principle usual with human
mOrtals, that crust of bread ia better
than none, and as soon as their first
choice is gone, readily take to the sec
ond and devour that too. A bug proof
potato is therefore not in the bills. II
one has has but single kind, and no
choice, it will go the way of all the
rest WeeklU Press.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14
Boiler IucrustatiOn.

DR.. Phipson, an eminent English
chemist, has published pamphlet on
the nature and treatment of boiler in
crustations, in which he enumerates
the principal ingredients which have
been proposed as means of prevention.
OF boiler compositions which act only
mechanically, DIR. Phipson mentions
scrap iron, clay, starch and potato
parings. A varnish for coating the
interior of boilers is compounded OF
equal parts OF black lead and suet,
with quantities of charcoal dust and
coal-tar oil but, as an objection to this
lacquer, it is said to require frequent
renewal. Professor Chameleon, OF
Liege, recommends a mixture of five
parts of bullock's blood, two parts each
of starch and carbonate of soda. The
use of sal-ammoniac is condemned on
account of its rusting the plates. Ac-
cording to DIR. Phipson, the most efli-
cacious remedies are the carbonate and
hydrate of soda, and he proposes 10
feed the boiler with water from which
the lime and magnesia salts have been
previously precipitated by addition of
alkali to the contents of the supply
tank, twenty-four grains of the car
Donate of soda, or fourteen of the ny
drate, being allowed for every gallon of
water.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14

The theory that human beings whose strength
has been exhausted by pain and sickness can be
restored by depicting medicines and water Cruel II
not absolutely dead delusion, is in the last ago
mics OF dissolution. at length it Is understood that
strength cannot be purei into a debilitated frame
though life may be easily purged out of it, and
that IS about wise TO withhold heaIthfu stin-
ulant from the weak, in the expectation that they
will rally without one, il would be to deprive
lamp of oil and expect to burn the brighter for it,
The immense and uniform success which has at
tended the use of that wonderful combination OF a
pure stmulant with the finest medicinal herbs
known as HOstetter's Stomach Bitters, has largely
assisted in dispellng the absurd chimera. Frantic
attempts are made to revive it, but in vain. When
the sick feel that their strength is departing and
that unless invigorated they must utterly break
down, it is in vain to tender them fecuent Stops in
the place of genuine restOratives. They may be
imposed upon in this way once. but the imposition
cannot be repeated. They desire to be refreshed
comforted, braced up, and decline to be griped a
second time.
Under the operation of the Bitters, on the other
hand all the processes necessary to physical restor
alton go on simultaneously. The system is stimu.
lated and toned, the bowels regulated the appetite
cultivated, the nerves composed and the condition
of the blood improved at one and the same time by
single medicine. Common sense Tel us that
such a preparation must be Invaluable
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14
WHY Some Are Poor.

Cream is allowed to mold and spoil
Silver spoons are used to scrape ket.
ties.
The scrubbiDg brush is left in the
water.
Bones are burned that would make
soap.
Nice handled knives are thrown into
not water.
Brooms are never hung up and are
soon spoiled.
Dish cloths are thrown where mice
can destroy them
Tubs and barrels are left i'm the sun
to dry and fall apart.
Clothes are teft on the line to whip to
pieces in the wind.
Pie crust is left sour, instead of max
ing few tarts for tea.
Vegetables are thrown away that
would warm over for breakfast.
Dried fruit are not taken care of i'm
season, and become wOrmy.
Bits of meat are thrown out that
would make hashed meat or hash.
The cork is left out of the mOlasses
Jug, and the flies take possession.
Pork spoils for the want Of salt, and
beef because the brine wants scalding.
Coffee, tea; pepper and spices are left
te stand open and lose their strength.
Potatoes in the celler grow, and the
sprouts are not removed until they be-
come useless.
The -four is siited in wasteful man.
ner, and the bread pan left with the
dough sticking to it.
Vinegar is drawn in tin basin, and
allowed TO stand till both basin and
vinegar arc spoiled.
Cold pudding are considered gooe for
nothing, when often can be steamed
or the next day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14
A Man of Honor.

A man of honor! What glorious title
that is Who would not rather have it
than any that kings can bestow? 1t is
worth all the gold and silver in all the
earth. He who merits it wears a Jewel
within his soul, and needs none upon
his bosom. His word is as god as his
bond" If there were nolaw in the land,
one might deal just as safely with him.
To take unfair advantage is not in
him; to bubble and guard his speech,
so that he leads others to suppose that
he means something that he does not
mean, even while they can never prove
that it is so, would be impossible to his
frank nature. His speeches are never
riddles. He looks you in the eye and
says straight out the thing he has to
say, and he does unto others as he
would that others should do unto him.
And it is not only in business that the
man shows right to his glorious title
Who ever saw the man of honor engaged
in little affair of the heart with anoth-
er mans wife? Who ever heard him
betray the little faults and follies of his
friends, or speak slightingly of his near
kindred? Who ever knew him to "kiss
and tel, /" or to boast of his conguests?
and who ever knew him to carry OF one
Of those rascally little firtations always
easily entered into with supplemented
and affectionate women, who always be-
Geve the men they love to be men of
honor, in which love is made by glances
and vague speeches and sly kisses; and
while trying to win a heart, the wooer
keeps for himself loop-hole by which
to escape when he is weary of the fun?
Why, the man of honor could no more
do that than he could steal his neigh
boris purse.
The man of honor is always good
son, good brother, and, when the time
comes, makes good husband. Making
the VOW to love and cherish and protect,
with perfect comprehension of its holi-
ness, he never breaks it; and what We
man need fear to promise to obey mar
of honor?
Heaven be thanked that, amid the
rascals and tricksters of this world, there
are few such men left. They may not
be rich or celebrated, though they often
are, but they are certain to be loved
and respected by all who know them.
And when you look into their bright,
fearless eyes-eyes that never shun
yours, having never had need to fear the
eye of mortal man-you are pretty sure
to recognize them for what they are. if
you have a soul that is worth anything
yourself.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14

Shear steel began to be made in |
Sheffield in 1900. The inventions Of
Mushet and Lucas in 1900 and 1904
further extended the manufacture.
Forks and scissors were made by roll
ing in 1905. From this time, immense
cutlery works sprang up in England,
France, and Germany, and the compe-
tition between the three countries has
been highly beneficial, for while
England stands undoubtedly foremost,
vet both France and Germany possess
their own peculiar excellencies.
Among st the imports connected with
Sheffield an annual consumption OF
more than seventy tuns of ivory for
the handles of knives and forks, and
about 5000 operatives, are employed in
forging and grinding the blades. An
equal number of workpeople are en-
gagged on pen and pocket knives,
made annually to the value of $500, GOO.
Very many are occupied in fabricating
razors and scissors.
French cutlery is chiefly fabricated
at Etienne and Theirs, where many
hands are employed. Table cutlery is
here produced at rate almost incredi-
bly, cheap.
Germany, despite the superior natu-
raj advantages of England, exports
knives and edged tools to consider
able amount. Solingen has received
the appellation of the Sheffield of Ger
MANY, and has, since the middle ages,
been celebrated for its cutlery being
especially famous for its swords, the
blades of which sometimes sell for
$500.
In Austria, scythes, sickles, and
table knives are made annually by
millions, at an exceedingly small cost
of production. 1t is computed that
sc, 900 Bavarian grindsones are con-
sumed annually in the preparation of
these implements.
With the rapid development of the
mechanical arts, the manufacture of
tools has correspondingly grown. Atone
time England possessed monopoly.
and the English trade mark was a
guarantee of quality throughout the
| world. The efforts of European States,
however, have been rewarded with a
share i'm the manufacture, while the
demand for cheaper tools has extended
British trade, and yet allowed con-
siderable portion TO fall to foreign cut
lers. Operatives in wood work, as
carpenters, joiners, builders, turner's,
and cabinet makers, employ great
variety of cutlery tools; sculptors,
modellers, and pattern makers require
steel tools of many kinds, and all their
branches of industry and art are much
increased. The demand, therefore, for
planes, augeIs, chisels, saws, and
gravers is continually increasing. In
some instances, the French and Ger
mans claim to have Outstripped the
English. English planes, however,
are as yet unequaled. Paris, on the
other hand, since the period when
Dubois and Lupuytren advanced prac-
teal surgery to the high scientific po-
sition it now holds, has prepared the
finest surgical instruments, particu-
larry for dentistry. The most perfect
steel work has now been enlisted in
the service of science, and delicate
balances and other philosophical APP
paratus have contributed to the investi-
cations made by our chemists and as
trOnOmers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14

Use Magic Arntca Imminent for Aches
and Pains.
trial VIII satisfy all that this beautiful aromatic
crease 10 commonly sold under the name of lini-
ment It "a an instantaneous destroyer Of pains.
READ THE FOLLOWING:
IUKA, Miss, June 3, 1859.
Messrs Mnnsfeid & Hipoee:
6Jenftems7l The following are voluntary state.
ments make them alone for the good OF the SUI,
fering. When 1 was in your city you recommendeo
TO me and advised me to buy the Magic Arniea
patent nostruins. L told you of a hurt / received
eleven years since that had not been renewed, out
with a bottle OF this liniment. took IL through
courtesy TO you. week after got home con-
Guided 10 use it, applied it twice each day Tor two
weeks. Since THAT time have felt no pain, Dut
feel well I did twenty years ago Inc oo as
has been worth more to me than the Dottle niesi
with gold would have been. recommend the iinl-
ment to all who find suffering with pam Iroli
strains bruises, rheumatism or any other cause
whatever IL recommends itself wherever SOIL L
am, dear slrs, yours, etc., :. j. WAphEi.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14
VALUABLE RECIPES.

For PAPERING WALLS.-Take of
silver gloss starch five tablespo0nfuls
to three quarts of water, boil, and when
cold, spread lightly. The most deli
cate cOlOrs can be put on in this way
without injury.
FRIZZLED BEEF, OR LIVER DRIED
AS BEAF.-Put piece of butter the
size of an egg into skillet; silver up
some beef and put in, turning all the
time, till done. Put the meat 10 one
side of the skillet, and put little cream
milk or water, for gravy.
To EXPEL FLIEs.-Dr. Hewson, of
Philadelphia, says hanging branches of
Mayweed or wild chamomile in flower
about room, will expel flies, or even
strewing the dried flowers about will
answer. Also, partially burnt black
pepper by putting it on a hot shovel
Throwing a netting over the bed will
keep them out, no matter how large
the meshes, so there is not q door or
window behind the bed, so that the
light will shine directly on it.
GRAFTON MILK BISCUITS. and
crate two white potatoes; add two tea
spOOnfuls of brown sugar; pour boiling
water over these, enough to soften
them. When tepid, add one small tea
cup OF yeast; when light, warm three
ounces of butter in one pint of milk;
little salt, and flour enough to make
a stiff sponge; when risen, roll into
cakes and let them stand an hour.
Bake in q quick oven. These biscuits
are perfect.
GLOSS FOR SHIRTS BOsOMs.-A
laundress gives the following recipe
for doing up shirt bosorns: Take two
ounces of fine white gum arabic pow
der, put into a pitcher, and pour on
pint or more of water, and then, hav-
ing covered it, let it stand all night.
In the morning pour it carefully from
the dregs into clean hottie, cork it,
and keep it for use. A teaspOOnful of
gum water, stirred into pint of starch
made in the usual manner, will give to
lawns, either white or printed, look
of newness, when nothing else can re-
store them, after they have been washed.
How TO TREAT A FELoN.-PIace the
felon in white lye four or five minutes,
or until you can scrape the outside skin
of; then apply the following pOultice:
S,reaked maple bark, scraped or pull
verified, one part, AMI wheat bran, two
parts, mixed with boiling water to the
consistency of thick pudding. When
the poultice becomes dry, moisten, aud
then apply as before. l had three fell
ons in one year, and either would have
been nearly enough to kill common
man, if allowed to go through But
they were rendered perfectly painless
by the application of the above poultice.
The fame poultice for bOils and car
punches will render them perfectly
painless.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14
The Way TO he Miserable.

Sit idly down and allow your
thoughts to dwell upon the "might
have BEEN" Never extend to your
fellow-man in the hour of need, help
ing hand. When friend offends you,
in word or deed, NOPE it out in a mu-
lish pout. To allow self, and all its
sensual qualifications to predominant
over your better virtues, and mistrust
all around you.
Now is this the way to live? Is this
the way to pass away the life that has
been bestowed upon us by our benefi-
cent Creator? Can We, leading such
a life as this, prepare for the grave Be
yond? The echo of my heart answers
me back, "no, no."
Then let us be up and doing; let not
the golden hours pass uuheedingiy by.
Dwell not too earnestly upon the past
for yesterday we were, to-day We are,
and tomorrow we hope to be.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14

A BAPTIST CHAPEL IN ROME
There was a large meeting of the
Baptists of Baltimore on last Sunday
afternoon at the Seventh church, for
the purpose of raising $1,000, the
amount pledged by the American dele
gates to the late Southern Baptist Con-
vention toward building a Baptist
Church i'll Rome. Appropriate adj
dresses were made by Drs. Fuller,
Brantly, Williams, Wilson, and A.
Fuller Crane, Esq. DR.. Cote, the
Baptist Missionary resident in Rome,
was also presents and delivered an elo-
quent appeal in behalf of his mission.
The sum pledged. for the subject was
raised in cash and subscriptions.
The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church in the United States,
met in Richmond, Va, last week.
The Rev. DIR. Welch, of Arkansas,
was elected Moderator, and Rev. r. p.
Bunting, of Texas, Clerk, About a
hundred delegates were present. Near
ly all Of the Presbyterian churches in
the late Confederate States, and many
in Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri,
are embraced within the jurisdiction of
tn ; Body. According to the statistical
reports of 1871, there are in connection
with the General Assembly II synOds,
% presbyteries, 912 ministers and licen-
tiates, 1S4 candidates for the ministry,
and SIS churches. In the year above
named, 46 churches were organized.
The number of persons added to the
church on examination was 1902, and
on certificate 3,173. The number of
commuicants was S7,529. The con-
tributions made by the churches in
connection with this General Assembly
in 1870 were as follows: To sustenta-
ton, SOL ,l01 foreign missions, So, 1856 !;
education, S39, 4O4; publication, 1926;
Presbyterial purposes, S474 ,043; Mis-
cellaneous purposes, SD, $50; whole
amount contributed, 81 ,034, 800.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14
Sources of FERTILITY.

The sources of fertility to the farm
are the refuse of the crops which they
bear, modified by the farm stock, and
preserved and judiciously applied by
the husbandman. There is not a
vegetable matter grown upon the
farm, be it considered never so use
less or obnoxious, but will after it
has served ordinary useful purposes,
impart fertility to the soil, and con-
tribute to the growth of new gen.
Grafton of plants, if it is judiciously
husbanded and applied. There is not
an animal substance, be it solid, liquid
or gaseous-be it bone, horn, hair,
urine, wood or flesh, or the gases
which are generated by the decompo-
sition of these matters-but, with like
care and skill, may be converted into
new vegetable, and afterwards into
new animal matters. TO ecOnOmize
and apply all these fertilizing materials
is the province and the duty of the
husbandman.-[ Exchange.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14
What Strawberries to PLANT.

Every epring receive scores of let
ters with the inquiry: "What variety
of strawberry do you advise to plant?"
and invariably do have to answer
that no one variety suits all tastes
nor All soils and climates. The bear
inc season of any one variety is hardly
longer than two weeks, so that to ex-
tend the luxury of Strawberries as
long as possible it requires at least
three varieties under any circum-
stances.
From many years careful observa-
ton at our own fruit farm, as well as
from the results of fruit growing on
soils different from ours, l recon-
mend for general cultivation the fol-
lowing select list of Strawberries as best
adapted to the widest extent of terri
tory and the different systems of Guilt
walton:
On heavy soil, Nicanor for early:
Wilson and Charles Downing for me-
dunn or main crop; Triomphe de
Gand and LUCINDA for late; Napoleon
III. for the latest. On light soil, Down
er for early; Wilson and Charles Down.
ing, main crop; Seth Boyden and
green prolific late, and Kentucky for
latest.
All these varieties are valuable for
the market on account of their firm
ness. In the home garden, however,
where hardness of fruit is of but secon-
Diary importance, would not omit the
exquisitely aromatic "black defiance"
and the pineapple favored Jennings
White"
On the judicious selection of varieties
and qualities of the plants depends
much of the treatment of the plants
when received from the nursery.
Spring is the best time for planting.
From the thawipg of the ground till
the opening of the blossoms the p ant
ing may be done with more safeta than
at any other season of the year. Wien
the field or bed has been well prepared
by deep ploughing or spading aud thor
| Ough pulverizatiOn Of tie soil with inter
mixing of plenty of manure, the plants
should be set out as soon as received. If,
however, the ground is not ready, or
for some other cause tie planting las
to be deferred, open the package or box
at once. The plants may have become
heated, as the temperature in the pack
| ages increases, few hours delay may
destroy their vitality.
If the plants are found to be warm,
open each bundle, take the plants apart
AMI put them between clean, damp
moss in a cellar. In this way they
may be left for one or two days without
Injury, but W hen the planting to the
permanent bed cannot he done before
several days, they should he heeled in
carefully. With a spade or hoe make
a trench as deep as the roots of the
plants are long, place the plants, with
their roots Strengthened, alongside OF
each other against the bank of the
trench and cover the roots about one
inch deep with fine pulverized soil,
press this firmly down and ill up to
the level. The soil must be well UP
and around the crows of the plants
without covering them. Should the
ground be very dry, free watering in
the evening will be beneficial. Thus
plants may be left without risk fol
weeks II necessary, but of course, the
sooner they are transferred to the per
| manent bed the better. -HOrticuituriJ
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14

In the course ofexcavationsa at Capua
a prize vase has recently been found,
which was won at the gymnastic sports
at Athens i'm the year $50 b. c. The
skeleton that lay in the tomb beside it
is probably that of the winner. Unlike
our costly cups, it is simply.an amphora
os clay, with painting that represents
on oneside the goddess Athene hurting
her spear and striding between two col
umns, which indicate the place of con-
test, each column being surmounted
by a figure of victory on the other
side a group of wrestlers, with a youth
on the left looking on, and an umpire
on the right, a bearded old man, with
branch of Office in his hand. On the
front is written the name of the chief
magistrate at Athens for the year, and
the words, "a prize from Athens"
Such vases are rare, and, apart from
their archaeological value i'll determin-
ing the character of this branch of art
at a particular time, awaken a more
general interest from the circumstances
in which they are found.