The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Condemn no man for not thinking
as you think.
Men willingly believe what they
wish to be true.
BY the street of By-and-by'' one
arrives atithe house of "Never.n
This term is equally applicable to all
ranks-whOever is ignorant, is vulgar.
Joy has its limits-we but borrow
one hour of mirth from months of sor-
row.
Gratitude is duty none can be ex-
cused from, because it is always at our
disposal.
The more earnestly you eXllOrt your
cOnfldant to secrecy, the more likely he
is to tell.
The Influence of costume is incalcu-
liable. Dress boy as a man, and he
will at once change his own conception
of himself.
TO draw Rusted Nail.-First drive
it i'm little, which breaks the hold,
and then it may be Drawn out much
easier.
A lady clearinghouse keeper, who
was afflicted with bOaIdels with very
extensive appetites, seasoned their
hash with snuff, because she heard the
articles recOmmendeda as q certain 'cure
for consumption"
1t is an established fact that there
is no other State in the world that oc-
cupies itself so largely with the educa-
tiOn of women as Russia. As much
care should be bestowed upon the
higher education of girls as boys.
A young lady, while standing i'm a
window in MOrgantOwn, Butler COun-
ty, KY, received a slight shock from a
flash of Lightning. On her recovery,
it was found that an ailanthus tree,
standing near the window, had been
accurately photographed, by the cleo
trio flash, upon her breast.
To cure ear-ache, apply a warm
pOultice or warm oil to the ear. Rub
the back of the car with warm lauda-
mum. In case of fetid discharge,
carefully syringe the ear with warm
milk and water. In all cases keep the
ear thoroughly cIeansed. Relief is
often given by rubbing the back of the
ear with little hartshOrn and water.
A Norwegian, seventy years old, at
White Bear Lake, had the most extra.
ordinary fight with a wolf on record,
recently. The animal tackled him, and
he fought, first with club, then with
a pitchfOrk, and finally he got rope
around the neck of the beast, and
Herewith drew him to a carpenters
vice, into which he screwed his head.
Then he got gun, and killed him.
A cement of great adhesive power
may be made by rubbing together, in
a mortar, two parts Of nitrate of lime,
twenty-five of water, and twenty of
powdered gum arabic, thus forming
transparent cement of remarkable
strength, and applicable to wood, pOr-
celain, glass aIpi stone. The surfaces
to be united are painted with the ce-
ment, and bound together till the
drying is complete.
A young German architect i'm Chi
cagO has drawn a plan whereby the
great fire shall be cOmmemorated. His
design is to erect in one of the public
parks a tower about one hundred feet
in height, which shall be surmounted
by PhRnix-the tower to be built
with blocks of stone or bricks taken
from the prominent buildings destroyed
by the fire. On each of these blocks
the names of the building, from the
ruins of which it was taken, is to be
consricuously engraved. That all these
names may be seen by the curious of
future years, the top of the tower is to
be reached by an exterior wiuding
stairway.
a correspondent recommends tur-
pen.ine as cure for lockjaw. He
says: "Let any one who has an at
tack of lockjaw take small quantity of
turpentine, warm it and pour it OH the
wound, no matter where the wound is,
or of what nature it is, and relief will
follow in less than one minute. Moth
ing better can he applied to a severe
cut than cold turpentine. 1t will give
certain relief almost instantly. Tur-
pentine is also sure remedy for Group.
Saturate a piece of flannel on the
throat and chest, and i'm very severe
cases, three to five drops OH lump of
sugar may be taken inwardly. Every
family should have bottle ON hand"
This remedy is simple, and can be easi-
ly tested. In all serious cases, an ap-
plication should be made under med