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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
COrsets for Growing Girls.

A great many little children have
corsets put on them at seven or eight
years old. 1t is useless to tell us that
they are not tight and do no harm;
they are made of firm material, with
bones stitched in every direction. III
they do not positively pinch the form,
they confine and prevent free motion
of the lungs, stomach and abdominal
muscles. Carefully notice how these
children breathe? Do you see? There,
place your arms carelessly around her
she does not i'm breathing use the alb
domical muscles with any degree of
freedom. Look at the little half-breed
girl, innocent of corsets! See how
deep she breathes, how straight she
stands-her shoulder thrown back, her
nostrils distented and eyes flashing !!
Coax her to your side, mother, and no.
tice the round, firm muscles of body
and limbs. Notice how deeply She
breathes-how the chest heaves-what
billow motion of the whole trunk.
Contrast 1t with your white lilies.
"Why can they not breathe as freely 2"
That is what / am telling you. Now
contrast the two girls; the half-breed
is straight as an arrow, your daughter
is stOOp-shouldered; the shoulder
blades of the Indian lie flat ami close
back: those of your childeen are prom
inent. The chest is well rounded in
the Indian your child is fiatbreasted
and has deformed shoulders. The alb
domial muscles of the Indian are tense
and firm, her waist about her belt large !;
your child is soft, flabby and CORES
pondipeIy feeble. The floating ribs of
the Indian are in place, giving width
and q large waist; in your daughter
they have been compressed by her cor
sets and heavy clothes until the breast
bone is naturally prominent, but the
waist Is delicately tapered. .
Please, now you have noticed all
these points, undress your daughter, let
her Jump the rope or play with the
baby until she forgets herself; then
notice the difference in the freedom
and depth of her breathing. Do you
not perceive the contrast? "Why
can she not breathe with this pretty
corset on?n Because the cOrsets are
firm and uryielding in tEeir substance
and structure. Because the added
weight of garments heavy with thread,
and tueks, and folds, and frils, drag
down upon the hips and backs OF the
little victims until all spirit and eias-
ticity departs, and weary, wan, anx-
ious look creeps into their faces and
shadows all their future life.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30

THERE is still another project of
church union. Between the Presby-
terian Church South and the Reformed
fDutch) Church some kindly words
have been exchanged, and the Re
formed Synod, at its late meeting in
Brooklyn, appointed a committee,
consisting Of some of the best of the
Dutchmen, to consider the advisability
and feasibility of q union between
these two bodies. There seems no
good reason why the project should not
succeed. TheOlOgically the two churches
are In strong sympathy. The Dutch
Church has not often hurt the feelings
of the Southern brethren by hard
words about slavery and secession the
Southern Presbyterians would gain a
Northern constituency, and the Re
formed Church would plant its stand
ards in the South. The two bodies
united would form a church of great
respectability in numbers and social
influence and of undoubted conser-
vatism.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
Help Yourself.

Fight your own battles. Hoe your
own row. Ask mo- favors of any one,
and you'll succeed five thousand times
better than one who is always beseech-
inc some ones influence or patronage.
No one will ever help SOU as you caa
help yourself, because no one will be 81
heartily interested in your affairs. The
first step will not be such long one,
perhaps; but carving yourown way up
the mountain, you make one lead 10
another, and stand firm in that while
you chop still another out.
Men who have made fortunes are
not those who have had five thousand
dollars given them to start with but
boys who have started fair with we'll
earned dollar or two. Men who have
acquired fame have never been thrust
into popularity by pulls begged or paid
for, or given in friendly spirit. They
have outstretched their own hands and
touch the public heart.
Men who win love do their own WOO
inf and / never knew a man fail 50
signally as one who induced his alice
tionate grand-mamma to speak good
word for him. Whether you work for
fame, for love, for money, or for any
thing else, work with your hands and
heart any brain Say Il will, and
some day you will Never iee
and man have to say, Il have draggea
you up. Too many friends sometimes
hurt q man more than none at ALL
Grace Greenwood.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
Condition Of LOngfeilew.

A correspondent of Wilkes SP'rIt i9l
the Times. who ought to be posted,
saws he has recently carefully exam
med med Longfeliow, e and is convinced that Il.
he is hopelessly broken down. The
hurt leg is bathed two or three times a
dsy with cold water, and his journey
to the well for that purpose, about thir-
ty wards from the stable, too plainly in
dicates the extent and severity of his
injury. His ankle, which has hereto.
fore frequently in his training given
upmistakable evidence Of weakness. is
now completely disabled, and the sus.
pensory ligaments in the desperate
struggle yielded and gave away 20 his
terrific propelliDg force and, says the
writer, have not the faintest hope
that they can ever sgai9 perform theil
functions.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
IN GENERAL.
THERE are no bees in Montana,

THERE are no bees i'm Montana.
Mr.. BANCROFT is still at work on
his history.
ROME, GA, Is to have q new bridge
over the EtOwah.
MOSQUITOES are on the war path in
Georgia.
THE deaths in New York the past
week aggregate 1853.
FIFTY million postal cards will be re-
quired for 1872.
TOMATO plants are said to reach the
height of Is feet IN California.
RALEIGH, N. c., has IL churches, q
hotels, SO lawyers, and q manufactO-
ries.
Ex- GOVERNOR Stanley of North Car
| Olina died III San Francisco on Friday
night.
FIFTEEN dollars will buy . lovely
homestead of eighty acres in Florida.
SEvENTY-FIvE bushels of oats to the
acre is considered good yield in
Texas.
SAMUEL PLATT, well-known GRIM
inal lawyer of San Francisco, died sud-
denly on Sunday.
MURAT HALsTEAD denies that his
newspaper, the Cincinnati Commercial
is opposed to Greeley.
Two thousand Cinnamon are at work
on the Utah, Montana and Idaho rail-
road.
A TOOTH of the Emperor Napoleon
/. was sold the other day at Brussels
for 165 francs.
A GEORGIAN has recently raised
some oats which average 55l bushels to
the acre.
CHICAGO is to have another lake
water tunnel Of capacity nearly dou.
bic the present one.
CALIFORNIA expects to send five
thousand tons of butter and cheese to
China annually.
Tom SCOTT says "Texas on q whole
is about the finest piece of property 1
have yet seen."
THE Courier-Journa' intimatds that
Schuyler COlfax is to become editor of
the st. Louis Democrat.
A PROPOSITION of the adoption of
the American system of representa-.
ton is before the British House of
Commons.
REAR Admiral Dahlgeen's journals,
soon to be published under his wife's
supervision, date back to his fifteenth
year.
COLONEL Clarence Prentince, the
only living son of George D. Prentice,
ia engaged In lumber business in
Meade county, KY.
THE 10th of October next will be the
25th anniversary of the pastorate of
Henry Ward Beecher over the Ply
mouth church.
1T Is said that the Lacrosse Democrat
has been sold to pay debts. Verify,
filthy journalism does not pay in the
long run.
Mr.. James Kelly, wealth Pennsyl-
vanian, has given $3.50, 600 to found a
school in which poor boys shall be
taught different trades.
A PARLiAMSNTARY return shows
that ninety-nine cotton factories, eng
plOying 65S5 persons, began work. ar
in the United Kingdom in the ye
1872.
A NEW steamship line between New
York and Irish ports has been estab-
lished. The pioneer vessels of the line
will sail from New York for Belfast and
Dublin on the 10th of August.
A MARROW gauge railroad company
has been organized at Omaha. The
read il to extend towards the north
west, and will ultimately intersect the
Northern Pacific.
MAYOR HALL, of New York, had
the novel experience, the other day, of
signing q warrant for $1,000 to pay
Wheeler II. Peckham for prosecuting
Linn
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30

THE Cincinnati Enquirer has the
following mention of a gentleman well
known in Tennessee
The Democratic National Commit
tee have appointed Mr.. A. ID. Banks,
of Mississippi, as their resident Secre'
tary i'm New York for this campaign.
Mr.. Banks was before the war the
editor of the Democrat at Petersburg,
Virginia, and afterward held the same
position upon the Enquirer. We do
not think better selection could have
been made. He has remarkable or
ganizing ability, and we know OF no
man who has such an intimat0
knowledge of the men of influence,
both North and South. An xpe-
rienced and ssgacious politician, an
admirable writer, whose whole soul Is
embarked in the work, he will give to
the committee an activity and energy
that it would not otherwise have pos
sessed. His appointment will be par,
ticularly acceptable to the South and
West, where he has been long known
and most highly appreciated.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
SAYINGS BY JOSH BILLINGS.

| Thare liz no person worth being
jealous of who IL willing to be the
kause Of 1t.
Wise men have but few konfidents
and cunning ones, none.
Pashunce il a good thing for a man
| to hav, provided he don't hav too much
of it; thare IL point at which pa
shunce begins to be ignorance.
Take the mystery out ov things and
they lose twO-thirds Ov their attrack-
shun.
When man IL thoroughly lazy, he
IL good for nothing only tIw shoot at.
Thare would be mighty few sekrets
In this world If folks would tend tew
their own bizness.
The man who wears out liz live a
nimble sixpence-he liz alwus worth
the face, and keeps bright to the last.
Natur never half finishes a job, nor
underlets kontrakt.
Take al the dangers out of this world
and it would be cOward's paradise.
Thare aint ennything that will kom-
pletely kure lazyness, but hav known
second wife to hurry it sum.
A good natured man ha got one Ov
them kind of souls that will grow en-
Dything that liz planted it, good, bad,
or Indifferent.
Thare are men in this world whom
dattery makes stronger, becaus it
makes them more kareful; but such
men are skarse.
Yu kant larn a piggin tew fill also,
nor snail tew trOt fast.
The only safe way for most people to
git along in this world is to watch
others, and do jist as they do.
Human happiness liz like Joseph's
cOat-a thing of many cOlors.
1 kant tell which liz the wuss off, the
man who liz all he'd and no heart, or
the one who liz all heart and no he'd.
Hope is no fiaiterer = she cheats
everybody alike, but, after all, il the
best friend we hav got.
Everybody seems to despize hippo
krit-GOd, man, and the devil.
A idle man is always lazy one-he
spends all hiz time hunting for nOth-
ing to do.
Thare are but phew people i'm this
world who makes more trouble than a
bizzy phoOl.
knowledge is power, no doubt, but
it is not always virtue-there are some
people who only edukate their vices.
Every man should know sumthing
Ov law-if he knows enough to keep
out of it, he liz a pretty good lawyer.
Waiting for a ded mans shos liz just
az mean az stealing the shoes before
the man dies.
The best reformers are those who are
all the time trieing tew reform them
selves, thus presenting tew the world
one good example, worth at least a
dozen precepts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
The Future of American Cotton.

1t has been asked why, in view OF
the present favorable crop prospects,
prices for the fall and early winter
months remain so high! The expla-
nation as we understand it is very
simple:
First-The world needs the coming
year 0O0, 900 bales of American cotton
anything less than that will be q
short crop. The experience of the past
two years has established this fact, and
every one in the trade admits 1t. Oi
course, under such circumstances, and
so early in the season, with the future
weather and other conditions affecting
the crop uncertain. few would be found
to sell on the basis of an excessive
crop.
Second--It appears that even with
American cotton above lid. and some
descriptions of East India cotton scarce
ly Id. q pound higher than year ago,
Manchester spinners show no DISPOSE
ton to curtail consumption, or to turn
upon the East India staple.
notwithstanding the present
visible supply shows an increase over
last year, proDably 800 (?) bales Of the
present European stock is of so poor
quality as to be of little use. Then
again, the average weight is considera-
bly, less than year ago on account OF
the smaller proportion of Americ an,
and the larger proportion of Brazil and
India staple-consequently 1t is claim
ed that of available cotton unless con
sumption is reduced), there will be an
actual scarcity when our next crop be-
gins to come in.-Ftnanciu Chronicle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
Settings Wives.

Women, nowadays, have q choice
of husbands, but in former times they
were sold like slaves or cattle.
1t was the custom in Babylon, five
hundred years before the Christian era,
to have an auction of the unmarried
ladies. In every year, on certain
day, each districts assembled all its
virgins of manageable age. The
most beautiful was put up first, and the
man that paid the highest price gained
possession of her. The second In per-
sonal charms followed her, and SO ON,
that the bidders might crafty them
selves with handsome wives according
to the length of their purses.
When all the comely ones were sold,
the crier ordered the most deformed
one to stand up, and, after demanding
who would marry her for q small sum,
she was adjudged to him who was sat
isfied with the least; and thus the
money raised from the sale OF the
handsome served as . portion to those
who were either of iissgree&ble looks,
or had any other imperfectious.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
Mark Of q Gentleman.

No man is q gentleman who, without
provocatioD, would treat with incivili-
iy the humblest of his species. 1t is
vulgarity for which no accomplishment
of dress or address can ever atone.
Show us the man who desires to make
all around happy, and give cause of Of
fence to no one, and we will show you
q true gentleman, though he may new
er have worn a suit OF broadclOth, no
ever have seen . lexicon. We are
proud to. say, for the honor of our spor
cies, there are men In every throb e-f
whose hearts IL . solicitude for the well
fare of mankind, and whose every
breath Is periumed with kindness.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
A Word to the Wise.

My success is owing to my libe. Atty
In advertising.-Bonner.
Advertising has furnished me with .
competency.-ADaos Laurence.
/ advertised my productions and
made noney.-Nichotas LOng,Oorth.
Constant and persistent advertising
is a sure prelude to wealth.-Stephcn
Giydrd.
He who invests one dollar In business
should invest one dollar In advertising
that business.-A. 7. StetoQrt,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30

THE FAMINE IN PERsIA.-A letter
In the New York Observer from Oroo-
miah. Persia, eays:-" Armenian
writes to rs from TehrAn that 1t is COM
puted that 106, 900 have fallen victims
OF the famine and died in that city.
Probably many were refugees from
other and more destitute places. He
says that 1t Is believed that not less
than 5000, 600 have died Of starvation
In Persia
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30

TUE only true independence is in humil-
ity; for the humble man exacts nothing,
and can not be morti6ed-expects nothing,
and can not be disappointed.-Silliman
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
Paner Clothing.

It isn't great many years since the
American neck was first encircled by q
paper collar, and yet vast industry
has grown out of the manufacture Of
that very questionable article Of beau
ty, which is anything but q joy forever.
Paper shirt fronts and cuffs next came
in, and now We learn that an enterpri-
sing dealer, without the least consider
alton of the rights of washerwoman,
has introduced to the American mar
ket whole suits of paper clothing.
What may come Of this innovation it
is impossible to say; but tifnewspapers
after they become stale, could be used
for purposes of costume, it might be q
good thing, - by the print he wore .
mans political stripe could be at once
known. Liberal Republicans would
deck themselves in Tribune cloaks,
which could be worn either side out ;
Democrats could wrap themselves In
World cloaks, ~ nOW-a-days . good
many of them do in worldly ones !;
Freethinkers might be happy in Gold-
on Age waistcoats; and no end Of peO-
| ple could cover themselves with New
York Herald triple sheets; the only
| trouble being that they are too thin and
won't wash. Joking aside, the days ol
paper clothing are not for distant, and
when they cOme-beware Of showers,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
The Debts Of the States.

The total debts of the States, arranged
in the order of their magnitude, are as
fnIloyS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30

~ ucst House.
U COLUMBIA, TENN,
Having refitted and taken charge OF this
Hotel, solicit q share of public patronage.
NY table shall be supplied with the best the
market affords. Lodgings clean and COM
Portable. Prices to suit the times.
Ian. 1. TIT JAS. L. GUEST.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30

LIQUOR DEALERS.
NHEATHAM a WOODS, Nos. I and 2
" South College st. corner of Church, Nash
Vile, Tenn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-09-06
The Grand Central Hotel.

OF the many modern triumPhS III 81
r,rh hotel ACCOMMODATIONS. the above
house on Broadway. New York. stands
iucomparahiv The greatest. 1t lifts lis
lofty front of white marble eight stories
high. exclusive of basement AMI sub
basement. while towering above tins
immense height are three turrcts ana
Mam>ard roof Ii is divided int" eight
hundred apartments - small world
within itself and the highest floor Is
reached in less than Il minute 10y the
finest Clcr0fOr i'll the world. The Grand
Central has an air of freshness and pu-
ritN about il. with II richness and beau
~ of decoration. combined with Il
wealth of luxury and taste calculated to
please the eye and charm the most ta>-
tidunuS taste. The cuisine is excellent.
the. servants well trained. and the sys-
TEN and discipline superb. The visitor
i impressed that no ConccINahic COM
fort or convenience L. lacking. 1t IL
midway between what the ''tT"tiiIn-
ties" call uptown and clown town,
and con\ cni,mt 10 most of the chirche>
and places of amusement. Mr. IL. l..
Powers. the proprietor, seems naturally
qualified To SIlpcrintcmd this mammoth
establishment. and ministers To the
wants of his numerous guests with Il P"-
likeness and gentle courtesy that recalls
the famous hotels aud obstetrics of the
past. where We had all the comforts and
warmth of home. The prices are only
from - To II per day. according /" 10
cation of room. The Grand Central
nov gathers praise a> il gathers It's
GUESTS frnm every cline.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-09-06
The Bloody Chasm.

Colonel VI. \. lirySon of -. Louis
made. in that city on Thursday might
last. candid reply 70 Senator SchurZ'S
speech of july -. In alluding I" the
cry that the north must he rcconciled
to the south. he said :-''But senator
SchurZ SAWS we wont shake hands
across the bloody chaSm. Well. We
have been offering to 1t" 1t Tor seven
Years. ask him if amy citizen III the
south has been malircltcd III the north !:
What southern man has been treated
otherwise than as IL gentleman III the
north | remember. in lS6I. beng ON
the floor of the Merchants Exchange lii
Cincinnati. met Kirby Smith there.
lou remember he attempted to take
Cincinnati. and many persons sold Their
property for little or nothing. and left.
said. General. | am aStoniShcd IL Sc"
you here. | should think N"u would
feel little strange among these mer-
chants We'll. said he. 4 have been Il
little aStoni>hcd myself. never WAS
better treated in my life. That Is the
way we have been shaking hands across
the bloody chaSm. | have seen ten.
Braureg;Ird treated and Toasted here.
than has tried To wound the feelings of
ANY man ol woman of the south. Can
you say as much of the south (trlcN
of no mo- When senator M"CreclN
of Kentucky pronounced Il cul""N on
General Lee upon the floor of the nj
ted States senate WAS there Il northern
senator that rose tn throw calumnN up
on his memory Moi one, say thar
is right. have treated these men ~
my friends. hui | don't like to Ice asked
/" go too far. to give and not receive.
Don ask It's, a. senator SchIIII has. To
bury the men vi Io fought through the
War in that rha>m and tl;lmplc their
memories in the dust. respect the
memory of every man III the south win"
fought from Il cum\ irtiom ui duty. hut |
ii" ask that they lac satisfied with u less
sacrifice than the di>hou"IIu% "t ON LIN
iIu heroes and fallen dead.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-09-06

the issue. But this is not all. We de
eide now. once and forever. whether
politics shall he made Il profession III
this state. BY politics | here mean the
art of getting into places. That is,
whether we desire to give encourage
ment to every man who with more APP
probation than modesty may think his
superior gitts will compensate for amy
lack of experience OF maturity. When
the people rant Il man. they are not
slow to let him know it. such will
never need Work mp Il campaign. scatter
his money, send out his runners. nor
yilify and traduce one whom the dis
tIict has honorcd with its confidence foI
so many Years.
Will the trecmen of Vermont cncour-
are combinations to "bredk dOTn" Il
quote this phrase a> used 10y Steelr'S
SrIrpoIterS,) Il public servant just at the
very time when he has grown to he of
most service To the public. simply t."
make place for one who covct> his posi-
ton
We shall see.
ONE OF THE CON>TITTE<C1.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-09-06
CREELEYISM NoWHERE!l
Let Us Shake Hands" all Around


Ho'
The election for -t:tt. and county ntti
,.r- held in Vermont ON TUESDAY. has
resulted in another old fashioned Vie
t,r> for thu, Rrpuhlican>. That no one
u..d ,h,r",. II, with uuf,nnr>>. We
have, ,.Is,.v here rn,ui,;r,.d the. vote this
,,.,, with that of I-,;- the. one inst
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t,. p.ruIJi,.,u ,i,.L,,. :, # will h,.