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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-02-24
ron COUNTY TRUsTEE.

We are authorized TO announce Thomas
NJ. Greer as q candidate for Trustee Of Mad
ison county. Election first Thursday in
August, 1872.
We are authorized TO announce W. II.
Parham as q candidate for Trustee of Mad.
ison county. Election, first Thursday in
August, 1872.
We are authorized to announce Jonas
Mavo as a candidate for reelection TO the
otfice of Trustee of Madison county. Elee-
tion, frs Thursday in August, lSI2-
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-02-24

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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-02-24
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
Appiauding Italian Singers.

To appreciate italian singing one
should first learn to understand the
language. Not many years since
the writer was in large Western city,
acting occasionally, as musical critic
of an influential paper there. To in
crease the value of his criticisms,
whenever possible, he would induce
some really good musician to accom-
pany him to all entertainments in
which the performers were of unu-
sual ability. On one such occasion
he was accompanied 10y lady, who
was q graduate of the Conservative of
Milan. The concert was given by the
Strakosch troupe, and several of the
singers had known her in that city.
The concert was good one, and
nothing unusual was noticed until in
duet slight jar was apparent, but
which was applauded vociferously toy
the audience The lady with the critic
began to laugh, and was unable to
subdue her mirth until the conclusion
of the piece. In explanation she stat
ed that the singers were making fun
of the audience, and that one OF them
had asked her by name if it was not
rich to have an audience applaud such
poor singing as they were then hear
ing. She said their remarks were
laughable in the extreme, but being
sung in Italian, were of course under
stood by but few of the audience, the
greater portion, with their libiettos
before them, imagining that the trans.
lation kept them "posted" on what
was going on.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
Throw I'm ReiufOrcesnents.

The Citadel of Life is in state of siege all
through the year, but is never more closely in
vested than in mid-wintsr. The liver usually
somewhat torpid, and the bowels more or less con-
stpated at this season, and dyspepsia often as
sumes its most aggravated form in cold and wet
weather. short, the sluggish system seems in
cIined 10 intermit or shrk some of its most i'm
portant duties under the influence of a low tenn
perature, and requires wholesome stimulation.
The spur required is Hostetter's Stomach Ritters,
the only medicine which quick ems the action OF
the secretve organs and brings out the latent vi
talty of the system, without creating any febrile
symptoms, or the slightest nervous excitement.
The great Vegetable Tonic is not recommended
as c specific for coughs, colds and consumption
that field being left open TO the concoctOrs OF pre-
parations which can not by any possibility reach
the lungsl but specific for the constitutional
md physical weakness which invite pulmonary
disease, IL IL literally fnfRlib!e The most insid-
Gus and terrible enemy OF human life is not dis
ease itself, but the weakness which affords II an
opportunity TO gain a firm hold OF the vital sys-
tenn. Remember that stamina, vital energy-the
life principle, whatever you may choose to call
the resistant power which battles against the
causes Of disease and death. is the grand safe
guard OF health. 1t is the garrison of the human
fortress and when IL wakes weak, the true policy
is to throw in reinf orcements. In other words
when such an emergency occurs, commence a
c0urseof Hostetters BtteTs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
Clover as a Fertilizer.

Mr.. Frank Graves of Marcellus-
Falls, New York, writing to the Ger
neanto,Dn Telegraph, on this subject
says:
Not only should we bring to our as
sistance every available stimulant to
vegetable growth, but also at the same
time that kind should come first
which is the cheapest. A great deal
has been written about composing,
collecting forest leaves, dissolving
bones, and saving rubbish generally,
all good in a measure and adding
their mite to the er.riching of the
land, but not wholly satisfying the
great craving of the soil for food. 1t
is the deduction our leading farmers
make from years of experience, that
clover is the cheapest manure. A
principal item is the cost of applying
fertilizers. | set man at work haul
ing barnyard manure. He must have
a team, wagon and fork. He does a
good days work if he covers an acre. /
clover-seed on his soulders, and when
night comes he has seeded down ten
acres or more. He has added more
fertility to the soil than is contained in
one hundred loads of common barn
yard manure. A not very distant
farmer says: Il cannot afford to put
my straw back on my land" so at
five dollars ton his wheat straw goes
to the paper-mill and is Immediately
converted into paper, and he buys
clover seed with the money. Of course
he can afford to put it back, though
the resulting profit would not be near
so great as is commonly estima>
ted. 1t seems to me better to grow
clover-seed and keep the straw too.
Glover protects the surface. hence it
may truly be called mulch. A thick
mat of clover prevents the escape from
the earth of fertilizing properties that
would otherwise be wasted. Leave a
board on the ground for few months,
and no matter how barren the soil,
proper amount of fertiliZing material
will accumulate under the board. Just
in this way does the clover plant fetch
mp barren, worn-out land to a pro-
ducing state. Possibly as much humus
is kept back to the earth in this way
as is drawn from the air by the leaves
of the plant. Again, clover melloWs
the soil. Land having a natural ten
dency to become pasty, heavy and
tough, may be converted, with lib
eral seeding into a mellow, frable,
seed bed, and when we have got a
mellow soil we have reduced the ex-
pense of cultivation.
Again a heavy coat of clover keeps
down many kinds of weeds that would
otherwise spring up abuudaDtly. 1t
heads them off, just as tobacco plant
shading the ground stops effeotually
any growth beneath its leaves. Finally
as fodder it is indispensable. Sheep
prefer clover hay to the best of tim
othy and other fine grasses. Dairy
men rank clover high and seed their
land accordingly. In fact many farm
ers here sow nothing else. But then
there are acres and acres of land that
will not unassisted grow a clover plant
two inches high. For such gypsum is
the resort, the natural food. We have
only to come down with this dust and
then leave the rest to nature. The
common course here is to seed down
literally and. top-dress with gypsum in
the spring, NOW once the next year
more top-dressing, and either stock
lightly or NOW again and plow under
the after-growth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
The Vagabond Sage.

An old man Of very ancient ply
siognomy, answering to the name o
Jacob Wiimot, was brought to the
Police Court. His clothes looked as
though they might have been bought
secondhand in his youthful prime
for they had suffered more from rubE
of the world than the proprietor him
self.
"What business ?"
None; / am traveller"
GA vagabond, perhaps?"
"YOu are not far wrong. Travel
ers and vagabonds are about the same
thing. The difference is that the
latter travels without money and the
former without brai'ls."
Where have you travelled ?"
"All over the continent"
For what purpose"
Observation"
"What have you observed?n
"a little to commend, much to GEN.
sure, ane a great deal to laugh at"
"Humph! what do you commend?'
"a handsome woman who will
stay at home, an eloquent preacher
who will preach short sermons, q
good writer that will not write too
much, and fool that has sense
enough to hold his tongue"
"What do you censure?"
"a man that marries a girl for her
fine clothing, a youth who studies
medicine while he has the use of his
hands, and the people who will elect
a drunkard to office"
"What do you laugh at?"
81 laugh at man who expects his
position to command that respect
which his personal qualifications and
qualities do not merit"
He was dismissed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
Queen Elizabeth.

In Paul Eeintzner's "TraveIs," 1893,
is the following description: "She
was said to be fifty-five wears old.
Her face was rather long, white, and
somewhat wrinkled; her eyes small,
black, and gracious; her nose some
what bent; her lips compressed; her
teeth black from eating sugar.. She
had earrings of pearls, red hair but
artificial, and wore small crown.
Her breast was uncovered fas is the
case with all unmarried ladies in
England), and around her neck was a
chain of precious gems. Her hands
were graceful, her fingers long. She
was of medium size, but stepped on
majesti"aliy. She was gracious ami
kind in her address. The dress she
wore was of white silk, with pearls as
large as beans. Her cloak was of
black silk, with silver lace, and long
train was carried by a marchioness.
She spoke English, French and Ital-
ian; but she knew also Greek and
Latin. and understood Spanish, Scotch
and Dutch. Wherever she turned her
eyes people fell on their knees. When
she came to the door of the chapel.
books were handed TO her, and the
people called out, God saw the Queen
Elizabeth = whereupon the queen
answered, Il thanke you, myn good
peuple,'O
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
Artemus Ward.

Mark Twain lectured in Chicago OF
A. Ward, and told the following anec
dote:
As Artemus was once travelling in the
cars, dreading to be bored and feeling
miserable, man approached him, sal
down, and said
'Did you hear that last thing OF
Horace Greeley"
"Greeley? Greeley" said Artemus,
Horace Greeley? Who is he?"
The man was quiet about five min,
utes. Pretty soon he said
George Francis Train is kicking up
good deal of row over in England.
Do you think they will put him in a
bastile?"
"Train? Train? George Francis
Train?" said Artemus solemnly. 81
never heard of him."
This ignorance kept the man quiet
for fifteen minutes, when he said
"What do you think about General
Grants chances for the presidency?
Do you think they will run him."
"Grant? Grant? Hang it, man.
said Artemus, 'you appear to know
more strangers than any man l ever
saw"
The man was furious. He walked
up the car, but at last came back and
said
you COMPOUNDED ignoramus, did
You ever hear of Adam?n
Artemus looked up and said
s'What was his other name?.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
VALUABLE RECIPES.
4As AAswfns recipes We gfe4n from
the American Stock Journal:

ne AAsw1ns recipes We giexn from
the American Stock Journal:
ELAvERINu HORSES. 1t is stated on
the best authority that a dose or two
OF dry wheat bran has never failed in
curing siobbers In horses.
SADDLE SORES. take little fine-
ly-powdered alum, and dredge it over
the diseased part three or four times
Day until dry scab is secured.
TO PREVENT WOUNDS FROM Nor
TYING. Sprinkle sugar on them.
The Turks wash fresh wounds with
winor and sprinkle sugar en- them.
Obs tnxte ulcers may be cured with
sugar dissolved In strong decoction
of walnut leaves.
Foul FEET IN CArTLE.-Cleanse the
sore, and cut away all the loose or
separated horn and proud flesh, and
afterwards dress the sore with a little
butyr of antimony, and turn the beast
into dry pasture. Keep dry while
under treatment.
| WORMS IN HORSES. elk
ounces of iron filings among twelve
balls, and give one every morning I'M
til they are finished, and then give o
dose OF aloes (six drachms, IN ball
with two drachms of ginger which
will cause the expulsion Ofany worms
which may remain in the horses m
testines.
FROST IN Cows TEArs.-The besi
remedy l know of Is the following
Take equal parts of snow water 1.-THE
snow being melted by the FREE and
fax seed oil, mix well, and apply il
morning and evening. A few dress
.ings will cure the worst cases. 1t has
for me. Try 1t.
KIDNEY DISEASE IN HoGs.-A
spoonful ofspirits of turpentine rubbed
on over the Kidneys twice a day, and
if the skin ia rough and hard, rub il
first with curry comb to open the
pores. Ihave seen hogs that had been
disabled three weeks cured in three
days by this treatment, and never
heard of failure.
CURE ON THE HOCK.-A recent
curb is generally easily reduced by
rest, cooling and afterwards stimulat-
ing applications or blistering. By
these means it may often be perfectly
cureI; sometimes permanently. But
this is By no means certain; for it Il
no way improbable that it will be
brought on again by exertion.
HEAvEs IN HoRsEs.-Treatment
to do good permanently, must be by
gradual and progressive Improvement
five grain doses of arsenic given once
in twenty-four hours, for two weeks
then, after a weeks intermission
commencing as before, will cure any
cases. Give as little hay orrough feet
in large bulk, as possible. Improve
the condition of the horse by every
way or means, and the animal viii
be relieved.
HOG CHoLERA.-The best remedy
we have ever tried is to take one peel
of wood ashes, four pounds salt, ont
pound black antimoDy, one pount
copperas, one pound sulphur, quartz
, pound saltpetre, pound and mix tho
roughly; moisten enough to proven
. waste: put in g trough in dry plac
where the hogs can at all times eat jus
as much as they please of it. If pre-
disposed to cholera they will eat j
very freely, and it will make some
, thing of an item of expense for time
at other times they will eat less, o
: perhaps none at all.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
THE GLACIERS OF AMERICA.
Interesting spsoulsslsns RSgurdmg
Their OriYfn.

Prof. James D. Dana, the diatin-
guished geologist of Yale, has just
puDnsnco in the american Journal of
Science an interesting and valuable pa
per con the position and height Of the
elevated plateau IN which tho glacier
of New England IN the glacial era, had
It's origin" The professor Introduces
his research with the remark that "the
existencs of a region Of high elevation
in Northern America Is che source of
continued glacier in the glacial era
has often been assumed, but rather BE-
cause the glacial theory was lame with
out it than as a result OF special re-
search with respect to the extent and
location of such q region" Professor
Dana then concisely gives The direc-
ton of the glacial burrows or scratches
crossing the Green and White noun
tains, and shows that they could not
have been made with the land of North
America at its present level, and that
these scratches on the rocky summit of
New England point toward some great
region of elevated lands, on the slopes
of which the stupendous glacier began
its southerly motion. he gives it as
his opinion that the icy plateau whence
the great glacier took its departure
must have existed somewhere on the
western border of Hudson's bay, and
that the glacier moved southeastward-
ly down the valley of the Ottawa and
on the slopes to the east Of it, having,
to this distant day, the track of its
course engraved deeply in the Rocky
mountain TANKS. With from 5000 to
5000 feet thickness of ice, the glacier
kept on its ,urse, guided only by the
general slol of the land, but at the
same time T. Guided itself into the
larger valley a I'd into many even of the
local slopes. The inten5e cold that is
known to have existed in the American
glacial era is also naturally accounted
for if the land of Northern Canada was
great plateau, being an elevation
, higher than the summit of Mount
Washington.
The upward movement of the glacial
era, which carried the north at least
5000 feet above it's present level, was
followed by the slow subsistence of the
"Champlain period" when the same
lands sunk to greater extent than
they had previously been raised, let
ting down the valley of tho st. Law
renee, about Montreal, five hundred
feet below its present level, and proba-
bly, one thousand feet below its glacial
era level. With this sinking of the
land began the melting of the glacier.
Owing to the sinking of the surface in
the north, northern and southernrivers
had their slope greatly lessened. and
in some cases made quite level for long
distances, and by vast deposits of drift
the Niagara and other rivers had theil
channels so DISTRACTED that they were
, forced to cut new passages, VIII lie 9th
t er water courses of the glacial era were
wholly cut off, as that from the Cham
r plain lake down the Hudson valley
, Then came the "terrace era," during
which the land reached its presen
: level, while the river channels were
: deepened, and the lake and river ter
1 races, which now cover the continent
were formed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
Artificial Rain.

In England, where experimental
agriculture is carried to an extent al
most unknown with us, the invention
of methods of irrigation has been very
ingenious. At Stoke Pars, a tract OF
twenty acres is irrigated by artificial
rain, the system being quite success
full. The water was applied every
night last summer in showers, except
when natural rain made it unnecessa-
ry. The apparatus consist of pipes
laid in the ground, supplied from an
elevated reservoir, into which water
is pumped by machinery. The finan-
cial exhibits made by the results of the
experiment is said to be good one.
The interest on the money invested In
the necessary machinery, and the cost
of operating it, aggregated sos per
acre for the entire tract of twenty
acres. Likewise the income per acre
aggregated $500, being made up OF the
proceeds of one crop of grass and graz
ing in autumn of 1870, and two crops
of hay in 1871. The net profit was
thus sos per acre. On land of the
same tract and same character, used
for the sam. purpose, but where the
irrigation was omitted, the net profit
per acre was $45.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26

NEW USE FOR ELECTRICITY. -
Electricity has achieved new tri-
umph. Already employed to restore
vigor and nimbleness to the equity
limbs of decrepit 6Ons vivants, the re-
cent discoveries of DR.. Bernier, a
French physician, show electricity
to be an efficient remedy for the evil
effects of excessive drinking on the
human nose. The doctor maintains
that by the application of an electric
current to noses even of the most
Bacchanalian hue, the flesh may be
made "to come again as the flesh of
a little child" and he supports his
assertion by case performed on a
female patient of his own, woman
of high rank
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
After perusing the Omaha Legal En-

After perusing the Omaha Legal En-
terprise in aid of Mercy Hospital. OF
Omaha, we must confess that we are
astonished at the fairness of the Omaha
Library drawing and also the endorse
ment of this second scheme, under the
auspices of the Sisters Of Mercy, which
includes all the authorities of the state,
from the Governor down to the civil
and military. The tickets are 50 each,
or two for S.; highest prize $4,000.
The drawing takes place in public Jan.
30th. DIR. Gardiner, physician to Mer-
cy Hospital has associated with him
Mr. Pattee. Full particulars can be
had by addressing, PATTEE s. GARDI-
NER. Omaha, Neb. Journal,
". Y.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26

THE COUNTRY SEEMS TO BE FILLED
WITH SPEcIFIo-For the cure of Lung
Diseases, that one scarcely knows which
to use, for want of confidence in their
medical properties; but from the re-
markable cures and the high order and
extraordinary efficacy of Aliens Lung
Balsam, that we are compelled to regard
the evidences Of our senses, and con-
fidently state for Cough and Cold. and
that Hydra Headed Monster Consump-
ton, We think that preparation safe
and certain cure that is now before the
public.
For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
Our Foreign Population.

Mr.. De Bow, after great labor, fixes
the number of foreigners and their
descendants at II, liz, 662 and of white
Americans, descended from residents
in the country in 1870, at q, 323, 1888.
The population tables of the ninth
census partially confirm the correct
ness of these results. Table four
gives 10, 500, 0l5 as the number of in
habitants having one or both parents
of foreign birth, while the number of
foreign born is but 5, $50, $40. Mr.. De
Bows is perhaps million too small.
Twenty years ago, by the census of
1850, the whole foreign-born popula-
ton numbered 3, 244 500, but the in
crease has been very large since 1850.