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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12
Pulvcrlze the Soil.

!. After the many deluges of rain
which have characterized the past
winter, and the aim nst unprecedented
heavy snow falls at the North and
West look for dry and psrched sum-
mer. How shall we tillers of the SOIL
avert the disastrous consequences OF
long and parching drouth? By deep
breaking up (first) and thorough pull
veriza, ion of our lands afterwards.
The famous Jetbro Tull, of Euglsnd,
many years ago clearly demons rated
the gre at utility OF making the sOil as
fine as possible, in Or'er to insure lux
uriant crops, and TO enable plants to
resist the effects of q long continued
drouth He went SO far in regard to
this matter, as to assert his belief that
this deep breaking up and fine pull
yerizatiUn of the soil was all that was
really Necessary; that manuring was
of little consequence, where the pull
verizing idea was fully carried out.
Now, of course, we do not go as far as
this with Tull; we advocate feeding
crops and giving them, literally, that
pabulum sustenaEce which few SOILS
co1tain in perfection. The proper or
specific maBuring of plants, trees,
vines, ETC., is one of our modern ad.
vanced ideas, the sOrndDess Ut which
can neither he gainsaid or questigned.
Let US judiciOusiy use all the manure
or plant food we can possibly obtain /;
but let us place this food in such q
position that it may be made available
and profitable. How is this to be
done? By pulverizing the soil, and
intermingling with and through it
every particle of manure which you
apply-thus increasing its sOlubility
and diffusing it so that the plant may
take up aud use it, according to its
needs. Home journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12
Poulury Keeping for Women.

There are macy women who, espe-
cially within the last half do en- years
while the price of eggs has been so
high, make money much faster by tend
ing poultry than by sewing. It's an
occupation especially suited towomen,
because it involves patience and con-
slant attention to details, rather than
strength. Then again the hardest
thing for men to learn, in handling
either poultry or BEES is gentleness.
How many times we have seen boys,
and men with no more sense than boys,
Jerk hens roughly from the nests, enter
The pouitry-house abruptly and fright
en- the occupants till they rush in a
iuttering mass into the farthest corn
er, and keep the poultry community in
constant agitation and distress. But
all domestic animals appreciate the
manners of women attendants when
they are fortunate enough to be cared
for by them. Now there are women
gardeners and florists who by COM
mendable industry and business quail
ties have risen to eminence in those
callings, and while one of the most
successful. If not the most successful,
bee-keepers in the whole country IS
woman, we hope to see others give
poultry more attention than it has
hitherto received. Aside from profit,
the keeping of the fine poultry for
fancy is an elegant pastime very popu-
Lar with English ladies, and we see no
reason why the fashion should not be
adopted here. Poultry World.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12
A Word Of Kerosene.

DIR. James r. Nichols, editor of the
Boston Journal of Chemistry, writes
the following on kerosene:
kerosene is not explosive; a light
ed taper may be thrust it or fame ap-
piled to it, with perfect safety. Ac-
cidents from kerosene occur from two
causes: imperfect manufacture and
adutteratiOR. Naptha is volatile, in
fiammable, and dangerous, and with
imperfect distiliat;on of kerosene some
naptha remains, and further, unprin-
cipled dealers add naptha to kerosene.
But even naptha is not explosive; to
render it CT the vapor that rises from
it explosive it must be naired arith air,
and this is the great secret of the ter
rible accidents now so frequent. A
lamp full, or nearly full, is comparative
~ safe. In using impure oil, above
the line of oil is inexplosive vapor,
(not gas, and as long as it is warm
and quiet no air can reach the oil; but
when the lamp coos, the vapor con-
denses, and a vacuum is formed which
is instantly filed with air and the mix
ture is more or less explosive. Let the
lamp be suddenly shaken and an ex-
plosion is probable; riet an unreplen-
ished lamp be lighted and there is sim
liar danger. Cold air striking a par
TALLY filled lamp will condense the va
por, air viii rush in and there will be
an explosion. So much for impure
kerosene. Moral: Buy of responsible
parties, and always keep your lamps
well filled. "The whole hazard comes
from mixed vapor."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12

likely to be completed soon, and the
Cairo and Fulton considerably ex-
tended, if not completed, during the
year.
Memphis and Little Rock.-This
road was completed early in the year
by the laying fifteen miles of track.
Little Rock aud Fort Smith.-There
was q section of the read, 80 miles
long, ready for the iron at the begin
ming of the year; but we have no in
formation that any track was laid
during the year.
Little Rock, Pine Bluff and New Or
leans-This road had is miles of track
laid i'm the beginning of the yrar, and
by the latest report had . miles
more
Carlo and Fulton.-Early in the
year the track was laid from Carlo
northwest 20 miles, ami in November
the roadbei Was nearly ready for 80
miles further, and it was promised
that track would be laid Oh this Sec
ton by the end of the year. We have
no Information, however, that this
has been done.
Arkansas Central.-This railroad was
made ready for the iron from Helena a
little west of north to White river at
Aberdeen, q distance of As miles, and
it was to have the track laid on this
section; but we have no information
that it has been done. 1t is of 3-feet
gauge.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12
SWEARING.

ID Inference Between Judicial. 0afhs
ana Swearing.
Beecher, in recent discourse on
Swearing, said:
There is great difference between a
judicial oath and profane swearing,
although both are appeals for assis-
lance from on high. He did not be.
lieve that an oath taken in court OF
justice added anything to the sanctity
of the statements made. In fact, il
has become a farce. A man of con-
science will tell the truth under all
circumstances, while man devoid OF
all conscience and accustomed to lying
will not come nearer the truth when
placed Under oath. sv -s t.-.s 2
1t is disgraceful, degrading and ig-
noble to call upon God upon every
petty occasion, and use his name as
one would foot ball. Who that has
any spirit would permit another to cast
vile epithets upon his mother, wife,
sister, or any one that is dear to him.
The great God to whom we owe every
thing, whom we should love better
than all else. is called upon to damn
others, and lend assistance to all that
is vile and cruel.
He was sorry to say that women
swore-women of culture and eminence
in society, women that he knew-and
there is tendency in that direction.
He spoke of the alarming prevalence
of the vice, and wondered that wo-
men, in whose name all that is
pure and good is associated,
could become so degraded and so
loathsome; that mother addicted to
profanity would dare look upon her
innocent children. Among children
the vice was widely spreading, but he
hoped he was mistaken in its extent.
There are men standing high in So
ciety, good to their families and look
ed upon with great favor by their fell
Iow-men, who are guilty of this vice.
They see no harm in it. They do not
mean anything by it; it is mere
thoughtlessness. All, but that won't
do. There is sacred reverence
which they owe to their Creator that
must not be disregarded. Like steal
ing, which becomes such habit with
some that they really do not know
when they do steal, SO does profane
swearing become habitual. Young
men will enter the society of the re-
fined and cultivated, and pollute the
atmosphere around them with vile
oaths, and when forced to leave by the
police or others, and demonstrated
with for their disgraceful conduct, say,
"Did 1 do so and SO? Really it was
pure thoughtlessness."
Some will tell you that it is not the
bad and evil disposed who are profane
swearers. There is a General, fine
brave man, the very soul Of honor,
whose oaths fly as fast as the cannon
shot in battle, and there is an Admiral,
who is otherwise a good man, but in
dulges in profanity. He claimed that
a person had no more right to take the
name of the Lord in vain than they
had to insult him or his family, and
closed by calling upon the young men
in the congregation to take one more
oath, and let that be to never again
use profane language.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12
Sugar Prospects.
From the N. Y. Bulletin

From the N. l.. bulfet10.l
The prospects for the coming
season are that the present prices Of
of sugar will be maintained. These
prices are somewhat in advance Of
what was anticipated, but sugars are
really not high as compared. with
other articles OF prime necessity.
Persons who have recently arrived
from Cuba represent that the eastern
part Of the island is virtually in the
hands of the insurgents, and that no
sugar need be expected from Nuevitas
for year or two, the plantations in
that nrishborhOod being generally de-
stroyel. This being one of the
largest shipping ports, its being closed
to commerce is seriously felt. The
planters in a large portion of the
Island are compelled to guard their
plantations with troops, and as this Is
very expensive, it adds to the cost of
production. These circumstances OF
course add to the price of the sugar in
the market. and when the diminished
yie.d is considered. the present rates
are not astonishing. 1t Is usual that
prices fall off after the fist of the
season, fer by that time the bulk OF
the crop is upon the Market, aud the
planters are anxious to realize. In
anticipation of this decline many Of
the refiners in this city have held back
their orders, but in spite of this
prices continue firm. This can only
be accounted for b. the immense
quantity of paper money which is at
present afioat ia Cuba, for py means of
this the planter is able to keep in
stock until he can dispose of it at his
own price. Most of the sugar markets
of the world are affected i'm the same
manner. In France and Austria there
is also an abundance of paper cur
rency, and it has enabled the pro-
ducers to carry their crops. The short
crops OF beet sugars this year, how
ever, has much t. do with the present
prices, and already large orders are in
the Cuban markets for European ac-
counts and this will materially dimin-
ish the supply for the U0ited States.
Within the last year the consumption
of sugar has increased in this country
about sixteen per cent. and this
i'm the face of diminished supply. In
Europe the consumption has like
wise increased, and as their crops have
been short the advance in rates is not
to be wondered at. 1t is a noteworthy
and significant fact that one Of the
weal,hiest refiners in the city has con-
trscted with one importing house for
IL, 900 hOg-heads centrifugal sugars,
at prices that show their foresight and
enterprise, and indicate the feeling
pervading all classes of sugar dealers
that the price of centrifugal sugars
must rule high until some more GER
tain and prolific source Of supply is
found.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12
Exercises for Articulati on.

In the Richmond Normal School O
few days ago, the lesson in elocution
was upon articulation" and various
examples of difficult enuDciatiOn were
cited aid practiced. At the close of the
exercise The Principal called for such
examples to he bapGed IN as the pupils
might know or he able to fiud. The
following are some of the results of
the investigation, and furnish q very
good collection for practice: ST.
amidst The mists and coolest frOsts,
Wi bsrest wrists and SION est boasts,
He ihrus ) his isis g in! the posts.
Ard s.Ill in IT, he sees the ghosts"
"Of all the saws / ever saw saw, /
never saw saw saw as this saw
saws"
"Crazy Craycroft caught crate of
crickled crabs,
A crate of crickled crabs crazy Cray
croft caught;
If crazy Craycroft caught q crate of
crickIed crabs,
Where's the crate of crickled crabs
crazy Craycroft caught ?"
"Tbou wreath'd'st aud muzz'd'st
the far-fetch'd OK, and imprison'd'st
him i'm the volcanic Mexican noun.
tain Of Pop.o-cat-a-pet-l in CO-to-
pax-i."
"Pe:er Piper picked a peck of
picked peppers; IA peck OF picked
peppers Peter Piper picked. Ii Peter
Piper picked peck of picked peppers,
where's the peck of picked peppers
Peter Piper picked?'
when a twistsr twisting. would twist him
twist.
For twisting twist. three twists he VIII twist.
Il Il one OF the twists untwists from the twist,
I he twist uutwi<t.rg. uniwi,ts the twist"
Robert Row!ey rolled q round roll
round; round roll Robert ROwley
rolled round. Where rolled the round
roll Robert Rowley rolled round?"
"Theodore Thistle, the successful
thistle sitter, in sitting sieveful of
thistles, thrust three thousand thisties
through the thick Of his thumb.
Peter Prang!e, the prickIy pear
picker, picked three pecks of prickly
prangly pears from the prsngly pear
trees on the peasant prairies.
Wiley Vie and wife vent on q
voyage to Vest Windsor and Vest
Vindham Won Wilson Wednesday,"
"Bardy legged Borachio Mustachio
WhiskerifIcius, the bald but brave
Bombardino of Bagdag, helped Abor-
milique, Bashaw of Balemandeb, to
beat down an abOminable humble Of
Baslaw." @
] saw Esau kissing Kate;
The fact we all three saw:
saw Ecu, he saw me,
Ana she saw SAW Esau'"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12
Bee-Keeping in the South.

q S. W. Cole, of Andrew Chapel, Ten
nessee, writes to the Field and Fac
tory as follows: .....-. o.
Ny attention was first called to the
subject of bee culture through articles
from the pen of General Adair, of Ken
lucky. / always had fondness for
bees, and the idea of having an Occu-
patton that would give me a good in
come, without so much drudgery and
exposure to bad weather, and would
allow me to stay at home in my own
yard, where 1 could always be on hand
to help my "better half in her work,
was SO facinating that at once avail
ed myself of all the attainable sources
of information, such as books, period
icals, ETC., ON the subject, and went to
work in earnest to master the mysteries
of bee-keeping. I soon provided my
self with all the modern improvements
in bee-keeping, including movable
comb-hives, honey extractors, Italian
bees, ETC., and although I had been
keeping bees for years, learned more
about them in one year, in using NOV
able comb hives than / had in all my
life before. 1 learned that colonies of
bees could be kept strong in numbers,
and if so, would always protect them
selves from the moth. That the num-
Der of colonies could be diminished or
increased at will, artifcially. 1 COM
menced with the belief that 1 could
clear ten dollars from every good stock
of bees wintered. My experience OF
five wears, with improved modes, has
convinced me that / can do better than
that, for 1 re this year averaged
nearly twenty dollars per hive for all
colonies commenced within the spring.
Iexpect to have long felt wish
gratified next spring, in seeing one
hundred colonies of italian bees in my
yard, and should not be willing to
pay a very high premium to be insured
an income of one thousand dollars
from them from the sale of honey
alone. 1 have on my table now, offers
from two large honey-dealers, North.
to buy, each, ten thousand pounds of
extracted honey from me next season.
Often have ! thought, on quiet Sab
bath mornings, in the bright summer
time. when I had leisure to recline on
the grass in the shade near onr hives,
and listen to the low, gentle murmur
of the bees, in their ceaseless labor.
that if there was one spot nearer to
Heaven than another, it was here, and
on warm days now, when I hear the
first music of their gentle humming-
SO suggestive of the coming spring
time, with sll its glorious promises,
and think of the 1nyriads of flowers
soon to blossom in the sunny South,
holding each their tiny cup of nectar,
to be evaporated and lost, and OF the
tons of honey on every farm, that is
thus going to waste every year for
want of bees to gather it, it eonstrains
me to make some effort to induce 9TH
ers to engage in this most delightful
and remunerative, but much neglected
pursuit. r .-.. 80.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12
An Invention for Loading Railroad
Cars.

A patent has recently been issued on
an invention designed to facilitate the
loading of freight cars or locomotive
tenders, consisting of box holding a
sufficient quantity to load the tender
with fuel or the car with freight. The
box is pivoted on frame higher than
the tender and car, so as to tilt toward
the tender and car; and the side of the
box which swings down is hinged so as
to be let fall upon the top of the tender
or car and form chute for conducting
the contents into the vehicle to be
loaded. The ends of the hinged side
have pieces similar to the end boards
of the box, which assume a vertical
position when the side falls down, and
form sides to the chute, preventing the
escape OF the contents of the box over
the ends. For loading tenders the box
is much smaller than is required for
discharging car load at once into a
car, and is arranged in vertical WAYS.
A hosting drum, and other necessary
apparatus for lifting the box from the
ground to the proper elevation for dis
charging, is employed; but, for load
ing cars, the freight should be as high
as the box to be put into it, or it may
be carried up by elevators. The frame
supporting this loading apparatus is
mounted on car wheels to be run along
temporary track, to facilitate the
taking of the wood or coal from differ
ent positions, and conveying the load
to the proper place for discharging.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12
Keep up Your Fires.

There is one cause of sore throat and
lung disease which las hardly been
thought of, and deserves to be repri-
manded. That cause is chilly houses
in damp weather. Nothing in the
limits of bad housekeeping more ex-
cites the ire of sensitive person than
the poor economy of putting out fires
as soon as the almanac marks the time
when warm weather is due. After the
first of May most housekeepers have
stoves taken down and heaters remov-
ed, leaving the family to shiver through
the May storms and chilly Mornings in
June.
The cause of at least one third of the
diseases common in spring we believe
be the half chilled condition in which
the people force themselves to live.
When women go about the house
wrapped in -shawls, it is sure sign
that fires are needed. One grand
maxim of life is to keep comfortable,
and there is much more in that SEN
tence than most of the people see. 1t
does not enjoin mere self-indulgence;
but it compels one to keep ones body
and mind in the best working order.
You cant be useful or good-humored
when suffering, and regard for others,
as well as your own happiness, will
prompt you to do both. So have the
fires lighted if you are cold, even in
August.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12

We heard eedy-looking individual
with an alarmingly red nose remark to
a brother soaker that he had "jnst had
his bitters, but he did not mind taking
another nip.' His remark suggested
train of reflection. How was 1t, we
asked ourselves, that the word "bitters''
had grown to be a synonym for gin,
whisky, rum, and other alcoholic stim-
ulants, to which it was applied indis-
criminately. Bitters, we reasoned,
suggested the idea of a healthful tonic,
not of q poisonous stimulant; some
thing invigorating to the system, not
an alcoholic irritant, full Of fusel oil,
producing present intoxication and ul-
innate insanity, idiocy, or premature
death. Moreover, our idea OF bitters
was totally irreconcilable with "gin
cocktails, rum punches, and "bran-
dy smashes," which, we are informed,
are sweetened with sugar, and rendered
doubly Injurious with essences colored
by means of mineral poison. This was
bitter-sweet with vengeance. We
mentioned this problem to friend.
He solved. it by exclaIming "Why,
don't you know that most of these Bit
tiers advertised as remedies are only
drains in disguise. Topers know it, if
you do not. / must make one except
ton, however," he added, Sand that's
DR.. WALKERS CALIFoKNA VINEGAR
Buffers there isn't particle Of aleo-
hol or fermented liquor in it, and it is
the best vegetable tonic and alternative
in America" sii
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12

Regarded from O medical ST dndpoint
Sp-ing is not the delectaSle season de-
sc ibed by vernal poets. On tt contrary,
its yield of Intermittent fevers. bilious at
tacks, rheumatic pains, disord ,rs of the
stomach, nervous complaints. aud pulmo-
may diseases, is almost as large as It's crop
of violets, snowdrops and cherry blossoms
The invisible seeds of idnumsl able mala-
dies rise with the morning mists, and are
scattered broadcast by the vapors of night,
Who can resist their mephitic influence
Certainly not The weak by nature, or thoze
whose nervous energies Lave been over.
tn ked by mental or ply icaI lator, unless
they tone and invi sOrate their sys.eIns, and
thus enable them TO cope with the I'M
healthy influences by which they are sur
rounded. .-E .- ia- s-aI.s - 8l-r. IL
The Only meiici nal agent bv which thi
object can be RAPID y and s@fe.y accom-
pli>hcd, * the great NegettJe IenOyanS and
inv gorant. Hos.ettei's = Omacn III, ers.
The Ope alton of tbs ce.et fi'ted spe Inc J.
four-fuid. II strengthens the digestive oIs
gsns regulates the secretions, inPrOy Is the
CONDITION of The hood, supe induces reg
ular hapit OF body, and thereby 1mpaIis
such V gor and -ici:y TO the whole pay
steal 81 !uc!ure, as 10 ItDuer 1T ci,p.sbIe. oil
resisting the action of The poi, onous misS-
ma, win which toe spring atmo pLete l.
always to some ex mt Im p- eSna ca. Here,
then, is a ready aud certain means OF
e. Gaping the disorders prevalent at TINS
season, or Of they have aliea1y fastened
upon the vs,enI of cOnquering them
speedily and thoroughly. The flavor OF q
med cine - not of much consequence, pro
videI it does iIS wOIk p ope .ly, but OF Hos.
letters ifiers IL may be fairly 81 81, thai
they effect q cure without OutIagtpy the
patients sense OF taste. ..HHt Ir -