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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
Elevating Hay.

A correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer writes as follows /: "Take two
poles, twenty-five or thirty feet long,
according to the desired height of the
stack tie them together at the top
ends, fasten there two guy ropes, and a
pulley having lifting rope running
through it. Place the but-ends of the
poles between the place for stack and
the wagon, and about fifteen feet apart.
Secure them in an upright position by
tying one guy rope to stake on the op-
posiet of the wagon and the other one
on the opposite side of the stack, Civ
ing slack enough for the top of thepoles
to play from the wagon to the centre of
the stack. Then drive a pulley stake
on the slack side of the foot of the
poles. This stake must be little in
side of the foot and about two feet from
it. Now, all things being ready, the
the fork and start the horse. When the
fork reaches the pulley above, the lift
ing-rope pulls the top of the poles over
and the hay is dropped on the stack.
The end of the trip-cord is tied to the
guy-rope over the wagon, and the latter
rope is drawn within reach, and by this
the top of the poles is easily pulled over
the wagon. This derrick is cheap, SIM
pie, and effective, and can be used in a
barn by having short poles placed on
the scaffold above. It requires about
sixty feet of inch rope, and one hundred
feet one half inch for guy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
The Bottom Of the Atlantic.

The soundings which were made between
Ireland and Newfoundland before laying
the Atlantic cable have made the bottom
of the Atlantic almost as well known as
the surface of Europe or America. 1t is
covered With fine mud, the remains of
microscopic insects, which will one day
doubtless harden into chalk. Of the inc
qualities of this ocean bottom, Prof. Hux-
ley says:
1T is a prodigious plain-one of the
widest and most even plains in the world.
If the sea were drained off. you might
drive wagon all the way from Valentia,
on the west coast of Ireland, to Trinity Bay
in Newfoundland; and, except upon one
sharp incline, about 200 miles from Valen-
tia, am not quite sure that it would ever
be necessary to put the skid on, SO gentle
are the ascents and descents upon that
long route From VaIentia the road would
lie down hill for ABOUT two hundred miles,
to the point at which the bottom is now
covered by seventeen hundred fathoms of
sea-water Then would come the central
plain more than one thousand miles wide,
the inequalities of the surface of which
would be hardly perceptible.
Beyond this the ascent on fhe American
side commences, and gradually leads for
about three hundred miles to the New
foundland shores"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
The Art Of Making Money.

One great cause of the poverty of the
present day is the failure Of many
people to appreciate small things. They
say that if they cannot save large
sums they will not save anything.
They do not realize how a daily ad-
dition, be it ever SO small, will soon
make large pile. If the young men
and women of to-day will only begin,
and begin now, 10 save little of their
earnings, and invest it in some savings
bank, and weekly or monthly add to
their mite, they will wear happy
smile of content and indendence when
they reach middle life. Not only the
pile itself will increase, but the desire
and ability to increase it will soon
grow. Let the clerk and tradesman,
labOrer and artisan, make now and at
once beginning. Store up some OF
your youthful force and vigor for future
contingency. Let parents teach their
children to begin early to save. Begin
at the fountain head to control the
stream of extravagance. and then the
work will be easy to choose between
poverty and riches. Let our youth go
on in the habits of extravaganza, fol-
fifteen years to come, as they have for
fifty years past, and We shall be beg
gars with a moDeyed aristocraey. LIE,
a generation such as save in small
sums he reared, and we shall be free
from want. Do not be ambitious fol
extravaQant fortunes, but seek that
which it is the duty of every man tC
obtain-independen and a comfort
able home. Wealth in sufficient guam.
titles is within the reach of all. Il
can be had by one process-saving.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
DOit Now.

Don't live a single hour of your life
without doing exactly what is to be
done in it, and going straight through
it, from beginning to end. Work, play,
study, whatever it is-take hold at
once and finish it up squarely and
cleanly; and then to the next thing,
aOith0ut letting any moment drop Olt
bettDeen. 1t is wonderful to see how
many hours these prompt people con-
trive to make of day it is as if they
picked up the the moments that the
dawdlers lost. And if ever you find
yourself where you haveso many things
pressing upon you that you hardly know
how to begin, let me tell you a secret ;
take hold Of the very first one that
comes to hand, and you will find the
rest all fall into file and follow after
like company of well-drilled soldiers
and though work may be hard to meet
when it charges in squad, it is easily
vanquished If you can bring it into
line. You may have often seen the
anecdOte of the man who was asked
how he had accomplished SO much in
his life. "My father taught me-" was
the reply, "when 1 had anything
to do, to 90 and do it," There is the
secret-the magic word nOtU.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
In Autumn.

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The year grows splendid; on fthe mountain
steeep
Now Ease-s long the warm and gorseou.
light.
Dying by slow degrees into the deep.
Delicious nightJ
The fatal triumph of the perfect year
Raises the woods magnificent array;
Beyond, the purple heights appear
And slope away.
The elm. with musical. slow motion. laves
His long. 1.-THE branches on the tender air.
While from his top of gray. Sordello waves
His scarlet hair. -,
Where Spring first hid her vioiets meath the
Where Summers fingers opened, fold and
fold,
The odorous wild, red rose head now burn
The leaves of gold.
The loftiest hill-the l,wliest towering herb
The fairest fruit of season and of cline
All wear alike the mood of the supurb
Autumnal Cline.
Now nature pours her last and noblest wine
Olko eOmt DaCCuoutes pcsAoSS s1S SAAAe@- .
streams
Reclines enchanted day. wrapped in divine.
Impassioned dreams
But where the painted leaves are falling fast.
Among the wales beyond the furthest hill.
There sits shadow-dim. and sad. and vast,
And fingers still. . -fb
And still we hear a voice among the hills, -
A voice that moans among the haunted woods
And with the mystery of sorrows fills
The soiituies.
For while gay Autumn gilds the fruit and leaf,
And not her fairest festsl garment wear.
Lo! time, all noiseless. in his mighty sheaf.
Binds up the year.
The mighty sbeaf which never is unbound
The reaper whom your souls beseech in vain,
The loved, lost year, which never may be
found,
Or loy ed again.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
Social Happiness.

The Sun sends down his golden
smile; every star in the the heavens
beams or wrinkles with delight; all
nature is full of the songs of birds
the very flowers we weave into fragrant
boquets are arrsyed in gala robes OF
beauty and gsiety, and myriads OF
streams and rivers and rivulets sing
their liquid songs of joy as they roll
onward to the parent sea. Why should
man, and especially women, whose
cheeks are lovelier as they grow merry
with dimpled smiles, and whose mouth
is more musical when laughter
ripples over her red lips in little spark
ling cataracts of exuberant delight,
be consigned to the tomb of the Capu-
lets because she is on the equinoxial
line of life, or, still young, has only
obeyed a great law of sexuality by
mating herself to manhood? Forbid
it, progress! Let the dead past bury its
dead, and. lower than plummet can
sound, consigu to eternal death that
fogyism which cripples the heart OF
manhood or womanhoOd, and would
make this glorious, God-created earth
a miserable ball of aqueous woe, 8
rotund cask of vinegar swinging aroud
a laughing sun.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
The influence Of School Life ON Sight.

DR.. Liebreich, opthalmic surgeon and
lecturer at ST. Thomas Hospital, London,
has lust made investigations on this sub
iect in English schools, and finds almost
everywhere arrangements more or less IN
furious 10 the organ of sight. 1t Is I'M
portant that this subject should be consld-
cred in our own schools. An article IN the
American Artisan gives an abstract OF Dr..
Liebreich's remarks, from which we select
the following:
The changes in the functions Of the
visual organ developed under the influence
of school life are three in number:
l. Decrease of the range of vision.
2. Decrease of the aeuteness Of vision.
3. Decrease of the endurance of vision.
Decrease of the range of vision, or short
sightedness, is developed almost exclusive
ly during school-life. 1t is true that short
sightedness is often hereditary, but this
must not be thought to mean that the chill.
dren of short sighted parents are born WITH
this defect They have only the predispo-
sition to become short sighted. and this
predisposition is developed during school
fife, more or less, according to circum-
stances.
Decrease of acuteness of vision Is gem
orally the result of positive diseases OF the
eye, which may exceptionally be induced
at school, This defect is, however, often
produced in one eye by unsuitable Or
rangements for work, which disturb the
common action of the two eyes, and weak
en- the eve which is excluded from use.
Decrease of endurance is a very fre-
quent affection. and arises principally
from two causes The first is a congenital
condition, called hypermetropia, which can
be corrected by convex glasses, and which
cannot therefore be laid at the door OF
schoollife. The second is a disturbance
in the harmonious action of the muscles
of the eye-a defect which is difficult to
cure, and which is generally caused BY un-
suitable arrangements of work.
These three anomalies all arise from the
same circumstances, VIZ: insufficient or
ill.arranged light, or a wrong position dur
ing work.
In order to prevent these evils the light
should be sufficiently strong, and fall on
the table from the left hand side; and, a.
far as possible, from above. The students
should sit straight, and not have the book
nearer to the eys than ten inches at tho
least. Besides this the book should be
raised 20 degrees for writing, and about 40
degrees for reading. The proper light il
most easily obtained if the classroom IL
of an oblong shape; the windows being in
one of the long sides, and the desks ar
ranged parallel to the short walls, so
that the light falls from the left side. The
desk of the master should be placed near
the short wall toward which the scholars
look
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
The Hair.

From small volume, the "Secret of
Beauty" we find the following hints
how to judge the character from the
color of the hair:
"COarse black hair and dark skin
signify great power of character, with
q tendency to sensuality. Fine hair
and dark skin indicate strength of
character along with purity and good
ness. Stiff, straight black hair and
beard indicate a strong. rigid, straight
forward character. Fine dark brown
hair signify the combination Of es-
quisite sensibility with great force of
character. Flat, clinging, straight
hair, melancholy. but extremely con-
slant character. Coarse red hair and
whiskers indicate powerful animal
passions, together with correspond
ing strength of character. Auburn
hair, with florid countenance, denote
the highest order of sentiment and
intensity of feeling, purity of character
with the highest capacity for enjoy
ment and suffering. Straight, even,
smooth and glossy hair denotes
strength, harmony and evenness of
character, hearty affections, a clear
head and superior talents. Fine silky,
supple hair is the mark of delicate
and sensitive temperament, and speaks
in favor of the mind and character of
the owner. Crisp, curly hair indicates
a hasty, somewhat impetuOus and rash
character. White hair denotes lynn
phatic and indOient constitution, and
we may add that, besides these quail
ties, there are chemical properties re-
siding in the coloring matter of the
hair-tube which undoubtedly have
some effect upon the disposition. Thus
red-haired people are nOtOriously pas
sionate. Now, red hair is proved by
analysis to constitute a large amount
of sulphur, while very black is colored
by pure carbon. The presence of these
matters in the blood points to pecu-
liarities of temperament and feeling
which are almost universally associated
with them. The very way in which
the hair flows is strongly indicative of
the ruling passions and inclinations,
and perhaps a clever person could
give shrewd guess at the manner of
a man or wOman's disposition by only
seeing the hack of their heads"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
Human Safety Valves.

Small men are very large in little
circles. While you are measured only
by your village you are possibly q
phenomenon. But the town shrinks
us all, and the state is really unkind
in the swiftness of our self-reduction.
The lord of the village town meeting
with a fluent tongue swells suddenly
into the size of statesman to the vii
lage eye. Off he goes to the legisla-
ture, and he finds plenty of peers.
Higher still he rises to Congress, and
he is silent. The village wonders that
its great man has dwindled so sadly,
and that his eloquent voice is not
heard But the truth is that the Leg
islature and Congress have lifted his
lid, and the vapOr of conceit has es-
capped. He, too, would have exploded
in the village, but the world has been
his safety-valve. For the higher a
man rises the more Immediately he is
measured by picked men. The public,
we think, is often deceived, and even
prefer gilt to gold. But the world
knows great deal about its greatest
men despite the proverb. 1t does not
admire Shadwell, but it defies Shaks-
peare. The instinct of respect for
Washington is as true as any other
law of Nature. Lucy sings sweetly i'm
the parlor, and we smile or weep as
she sways us with her song. What
more could Pasta do, or Catalani? So
Lucy must go to Paris and be a prima
donna. But then it is no longer Jane
in the next house, and Mrs. Jones,
who sings in the choir, with whom she
is to be measured it is with Malabran,
with Jenny Lind. And only if she be
really one of the great singers will she
stand the tremendous test.
1t is so with your verses, my dear
CorydOn. You must have the post of
homer in the county paper. You are
the poet at the cattle show, and yours
are the odes on the Fourth of July and
the original hymns when the new pas
tor is ordained. 1t is understood that
you are genius, and such brisk fire
of adulation is kept up under your
boilers that you are perilously full Of
steam. 1t would be sad that such an
excellent boiler should burst for want
of safety-valve. And as you have
just published neat volume of the
poetry that has been commended by
the paper in which most of it first APP
peared as combining the sublimity of
Milton with the sweetness of Thomas
Moore, your pressure of steam Is extra
ordinary. Really no man and no
boiler ought to carry so much; and
when you find a safety-valve in the
great city journal, you ought to be
grateful that you have been saved from
catastrope-but / fear that you are
not.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
The Last Scene at Appomattox.

There was reunion of the Society of
the Army of the Potomac, held at Cincin-
matt, on the 9th inst. AT this celebration
an Grafton was delivered by Gen. Stewart
L. Woodford, of New York-and from this
Grafton We make the following extracts
The morning crept slowly on-frst into
gray dawn, then into rosy flush. Still on
Still on The mists crept upward and into
line you wheeled, and on your muskets lay
down, each man in place, to get scant rest,
er sought nor needed. You were squarely
across Lees front, and had closed forever
his last line of retreat.
The enemy, reaching your cavalry ad-
vance, saw the serried line of Union troop
ers. Gordon gathered and massed his
men for their last charge. Tattered and
hungry, worn by ceaseless marching and
fighting, with no hope of victory, with lit
tie possibility of escape, they closed their
lines with fidelity of discipline and a sol
dierly resolution, to which words can do
little justice, but which each soldier heart
must recognize and honor.
As the old guard closed around their EN-
peror at Waterloo, SO those men closed
around the flags of their lost cause. My
heart abhors their treason. But it warns
beyond restraint to their manhood so
grandly brave, even in disloyalty. Slowly
they advanced to their last attack. No
battle yell, no crack of the skirmisher &
rifle broke the strange stiffness OF that
Sabbath morn. Steadily, silently they
came when Sheridan drew back his horse
men, as parts some mighty curtain and
there stood the close formed battallons OF
infantry, the cannon cleaning in the open
ngs, quietly awaiting the coming of Cor
don's men.
Instinctively your enemy halted. Mean
while Lee has turned back to meet Grant
and surrendered his command. Sheridan
swung his cavalry around upon Gordon
left, and was about to charge, when Custar
reached Longstreet. Assurance of sur
render was given, and the end had come.
That Sabbath day, with tears and in sor'
row, Southern men folded the banners Of
the Lost Cause" and their bravest and
best sought honorably to bury them from
sight forever.
How sad it is that poor ambitions, jeal
ousies of race, the wretched greed of pelt
and place, and the miserable hates of so
cial rivalries should so often disturb the
hearty reconciliation OF that surrender
and for a time revive the bitterness which
you then sought to bury in common
grave.
This hour is no time for politics. Mine
are not the lips, l trust, to introduce them
here. But when think of the heroic pas,
which your faces and presence so vividly
recall. and then how trading trickster poll
ticians, forgetful of what baptism of blood
sealed the new birth OF TIE nation. seek tc
array races in deathless hostility: to excite
the ignorance Of the one and the brutal
prejudices of the other, l would like tc
summon a guard, half from the rebel army
of Northern Virginia, and half from the
loyal army of the Potomac, take such NAL
contents out, give them drum head court
martial, immediate execution, and soldier
ly burial under the apple tree at Appomat
|
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
Fear Of Want.

The fear that want will overtake us or
our children is wearing out the ma
chinery of life, and bringing thousands
annually to an untimely grave. What
we want is free; social intercommuni-
cation of the sexes, without the con-
straint imposed BY long tongues and
vinegar-faced fools-iD fine, the full
and unrestrained enjoyment of all the
social and institutional pleasures of the
present in way that it was intended
rational people should act and live.
Down with all casks of acid, and up
with the glorious honey of fife made
sweet and sunny by vigor and limo.
cence!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
Teaching Horses.

In teaching a young horse to drive
well, do not hurry to see how fast he
can trot. Keep each pace clear and
distinct from the other that is walk
ing, make him walk and do not allow
him to trot. While trotting, be equally
careful that he keeps steady at his
pace, and do not allow him to slacken
into o walk the rains, while driving;
should he kept snug, and when pushed
to the top of his speed, keep him well In
hand, that he may learn to bear upon
the bit. so that when going at high
rate of speed, he can be held at his
mace. but do not allow him to pull too
hard. for it is not only unpleasant, but
makes it difficult to manage him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
Presence of Mind.

Self-control and presence of mind
are doubtless, in some measure, natur-
al gifts; but they may be greatly
strengthened and increased by culture.
Young folks may learn valuable les
son from the heroic conduct of little
Annie Lamb, girl of twelve years.
She had taken passage with her mother
on the propeller I" Fountain City, "
from Chicago to Buffalo. The day
after the departure of the boat the
little girl, going into the kitchen, re-
marked that the stove smoked, to
which the cook replied she was mis-
taken. The child had heard her
mother often say that she dreaded GO
ing OH boat for fear of fire. With
this in her mind, and, taking another
look at the place where the smoke
seemed to come from, she saw that it
did issue from the stove. Going on
deck she discovered the woodwork
around the smoke-stack OH fire, and
the flames just eating their way into
the cabin. Without giving any gen.
eral alarm, she went to the steward,
and told him the boat was on fire. He
informed the captain, who called the
deck hands aft, and they extinguished
the fire without one of the passengers
being aware that anything of the
kind had occurred. There were TWEEN.
ty.two ladies sitting on deck, on the
bow of the boat-among them the
mother of Annie-when this was GO
ing on.
After the work had been done Annie
went to her mother, and said ''Don't
be frightened, mother; the boat has
been on fire, but it is all out now"
The captain was so greatly pleased
with the cool, calm ana quiet manner
in which the child performed her part,
that he refused the passage money OF
both and offered to take them back to
Chicago free of charge. Had little
Annie screamed "Fire ~ as most chill
dren and the majority of grown people
would have done, a panic would doubt.
less have occurred among the passen-
gers, and disastrous consequences en-.
onod
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

Bishop Johns, of Virginia, in re-
cent address to his diocese, alludes to
the round dance as "that lasciviOus
mode of promiscuous dancing" a
demoralizing dissipation, disgusting to
the delicacy of refined sensibility OF
the renewed mind, and scandal not
to be tolerated in the Church OF
Christ"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

Two marble tablets were lately put
in the First Presbyterian church Of
Richmond, Va to commemorate the
names and virtues of Rev. Drs. Arm
strong and Moore, former able and he
loved pastors Of that Church.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

"A Woman's Baptist Missionary So
ciety at Richmond Virginia, composed
of ladies of all the Baptist churches of
the city, has undertaken the support Of
Miss Moore as q missionary to China.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

Rev. Ambrose F. Driskill, of the
Church South, now in the fiftieth year
of his ministry, for'y-Dine years ago
was a missionary on the South side of
the Tennessee river.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

Milwaukee and . large AREA Of
country adjacent has been visited by .
heavy rain and thunder storm, which
resulted in the loss, Sd far as heard
from, of fonr lives, and the destruction
of considerable property.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

The Southern CIuiuator contains the
statement of a Georgia husbandman who
by rotation of crops, turning under
green crops, and composing with his
Stable manure what he can gather
from the woods, yards, and fence cor
ners, has greatly increased the fer
tility of his fields, making each acre pay
in its products for the fertilizing and
labor bestowed upon it. He says some
farmers still continue the scratch sys-
tenn, going over great extent of worn
out land to get three or four bushels of
wheat to the acre, while he has now
proved by the proper preparation Of a
few acres that 80 to So bushels may be
had from the acre. He promises that
if the extended scratching system was
abandoned and the stakes drawn into a
small area, the space within them well
manured and cultivated, every farmer
might have his crib. barn, and smoke
house filed, and he would be independ.
ent of the corn and bacon of the North.
West