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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
4 Question for Physicians.

Judge Ball, who is collecting facts for
a history of Hoosick Falls, furnishes
the following:
ain the year 1893 several eases of
smallpox occurred IT, the town, and q
dwelling near the village Of HOosick
Falls was used as II pest-house. Seventy
years afterward the house (having been
occupied al that time as u dwelling,
with no case of smallpox or unusual
sickness) was repaired. One of the
workmen employed OIL the repairs was
taken Gown with q disease which
proved to be malignant small pox, to
which he had not otherwise been eX-
posed than by working on this old pest
house,
If smallpox virus can be retained for
several years in the walls, floors, ceiling,
or furniture of dwelling house,
greater care and more stringent
measures will be necessary TO insure
protection FROM this loathsome disease.
Troy Press.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

WASHING CALICOS.-Calico clothes,
before they are put in water; should
have the grease spots rubbed out, as
they cannot be seen when the whole of
the garment is wet. They should new
er be washed in very hot soap-suds;
that which is mildly warm will cleanse
them quite as well, and will not ex-
tract the colors so much. Soft soap
should never be used for calicos, ex-
cepting for the various shades of yell
low, which look the best washed with
soft soap, and not rinsed in fair water.
Other cOlOrs should be rinsed iii fair
water and dried in the shade. When
warm water, beef's gall in the proper
ton of teacupful to four five gallons
of water should be used. Rinse them
in fair water; no soap is necessary I'M
less the clothes are very dirty. If so,
wash them in luke warm sIds, after
they have been first rubbed out in
beefs gall water. The beefs gall can
be kept several months by squeezing
it out of the skin in which it lie enclosed
adding salt to it, and bottling and
cOrking it tight. a little vinegar in
the rinsing water of pink, red and
green calicOs is good to brighten the
cOlors and keep them from mixing.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
Tanning Lambs Pelts.

To remove the wool, take equal parts
of ashes and new lime, make them
into thin paste, and if you wish to
preserve the wool, apply to the tleshy
side, letting it remain until the wool
will come off easily. Then clean the
pelt with Gull knife, remove all fat
and flesh from it, and put it in strong
solution of alum water; let it remin
from twenty-four to forty-eight hours,
according to size, when remove and
wash in soft water. Hang IN the smoke
house and smoke for day, then re-
move and work until dry. TO tan
with the wool on, take equal parts of
alum and common salt, sprinkle the
flesh side (ifdry, soak with soft water,
thoroughly, told up and lay away for
a few deys, then smoke and work until
dry-COr. Practical Ftt,naer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
A Good Cistern.

A good cistern where rain water can
be kept cool aud fresh for months, and
where it can be thoroughly FILTERED be-
fore passing into its receptacle, has
great value from hygienic point of
view, especially in regions where soft
and pure we'll and spring water can
not be obtained. The following sensi-
BILE method of building q cistern, as
given by the Plantation, will be priced
by those who wish to construct one in
the hest manner:
"Excavate in circular form (fOr eco
nomical reasOns) TO the depth of 16 feet
or more, wall up all round from bottom
10 feet, at this point turn an arch for
top, leaving man-hole for the purpose
of cleaning, and continue an opening
or flue to the surface of the ground.
The filter can then be built on the top
of the arch, or aeeny convenient point
near it. This filter b also under the sur
face, and contains, first, q layer of char
coal; second, layer of gravel; third,
layer of charcoal, pounded fine, not
dust; fourth, another layer of gravel;
then a layer of sharp sand. A filter
constructed in this way will arrest all
vegetable and sOliI matter that may
be washed off the roof. Rain-water, if
caught in this way, then stored Is feet
deep under ground, with feet of earth
above the cistern. can develOpe no ami
NAL life, because the temperature is be-
low that which brings animal germs to
life. =
From sixteen to fifty or sixty feet be-
low the earth's surface may termed the
region of invariable temperature, which
is put down at, say fifty-three degrees.
Now if rain-water in winter at thirty
two degrees is allowed to enter Q cis-
tern at the depth mentioned above, it
follows that it will soon become heated
to fifty-tbree, or equilibrium. Like
wise, if summer rains are allowed to
the same cistern at temperature of
eighty-five degrees, following the same
law of equilibrium, they will soon be
cooled to fifty-three degrees, the tenn
peratuIe of well-water. Every obser-
yer must have noticed that water may
stand undisturbed a whole summer i'm
wells without developing animal life,
or becoming impure; but if brought to
the surface and exposed to the summer
temperature the organic matter in it
soon decompOses, and life developes in
it with astonishing rapidity. My at
tentiOn was called to this matter by the
superior GOODNESS and purity of the
water of a cistern located in deep Gel
lar, and an investigation convinced me
that its superiority was due, not to the
shaded position of the cisterD, but to
the invariable temperature at which
the water WAS stOred.D
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

D'Arlincourt's autographic telegraph
has been working for more than three
months On the Marseilles line with
entirely satisfactory results. A remark.
ably neat and distinct facsimile of the
original dispatch is produced, the
velocity of transmission being the same
as with the Hughes apparatus.
The automatic motor for sewing ma
chimes, by Mile Garcia and M. Adam,
and patented in the principal States OF
Europe and America, is attracting at
tention in French industrial circles.
The power is communicated by clock
work, which acts for two or three hours
after each winding.
DR.. A. ID. Blipkerd recommends a
mixture of pulverized extract of
licorice and oil Of anise seed, about the
consistency of cream, for cleansing the
skin from Venice turpentine, tar, pitch,
or any like sticky substance that resists
SOAP and warm. water. To be rubbed
on thoroughly with the hand and fol-
lowed with good soap, sponge, and
warm water.
DIR. Anstie enumerates four exciting
causes of hereditary nervous diseases |:
deficient nutrition in childhood, pre-
ponderance of emotion over steady in
tellecutai work in the ordinary BRAIN
life, the occurrence of phthisis or of sny
disease which, by involving protracted
suppuration, or in any other way
exerts a prolonged and steady depres-
sion of nutrition; unwise intermar-
riageS.
NJ. Jansen deduces from his observa-
ton on the solar eclipse in India the
conclusions that there is vast amount
of cosmical matter, independent of the
sun. in its immediate neighborhood.
and that there is an exceedingly rare
atmosphere, with a bass OF hydrogen
extending far beyond the chrome
sphere and protuberances, and deriving
its supplies from the matter which is
elected in the formation OF the protu-
berances.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
How to Cook a Ham.

The late General Winfield Scott,
an acknowlged authority in the cult
nary art, was of opinion that few cooks
knew how to cook ham, because
they did not boil it until soft enough
to be eaten with a spoon! A great
artist once told the writer never to
serve ham under one year old; it
was then to he soaked all night in soft
water, and if possible in running
water; to be put on the fire in large
pot Of cod water, and slowly boiled at
least twenty minutes for every pourd
it might weigh; and as for skinning q
ham, he held it to be al outrage, a
sacrifice of quality to mere appear
ances, which no sensible man should
be guilty Of If your ham Is served
cold, as il always done in Europe, it
should he souzed in snow or ice-water
Immediately after coming from tnepot,
because the sudden cold prevents the
flow and escape of the juices.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
The Onion MaggOt.

The Plowman says various remedies
have been tried in Essex county,
where the onion is extensively Guilt
waited. Mr.. =. 7. Ware, of Marble
head, prevents the attack Of tie fly BY
sowing the seed, two inches deeper
than he otherwise would, SO at the
fly cannot get to it to lay its eggs. The
maggots usually appear in Essex
county about the middle of May, and
by the third week in August most Of
them change into the pupa or chrysalis
state. The egg from which the maggot
comes is laid near the root by the onion
fly. The use of SCOT in the drills has
generally been regarded as the best
preventive known to eu,tivators. but
Mr.. Ware has found deep planting
equally efficacious, and is certainly less
trouble in application.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

A fall of rain, it is observed, genera
ly lessons sickness; while drouth aug
ments it. A heavy fall of rain is better
than light shower. A wet summer is
more apt to be healthy season than a
dry summer. DR.. Billiard says that
rain in summer operates more favorably
than rain in winter This must be true,
especially in warm climates, as the air
in summer is more apt to be in want of
that degree of moisture which is neces-
sary to the good of animal life, and wet
air being good conductor, is more apt
to carry the malaria that may be created
in one locality, to another.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
How Not 10 Die.

Thousands fall prey TO disease not because
the maladies that affect them are necessarily
fatal, but because they lack the requisite
amount of active vitality to make valiant
resistance to the enemy. 1t is wise precau-
ton TO keep the body always in state OF
defence-always prepared to "fend of =" the
germs of epidemic and other disorders, and
to battle the evil influence of damp miasma
and sudden thermometrical changes. There
is no difficulty in doing this. 1t is a fact as
we'll authenticated as that two and two
make four, that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
is specially adapted to this purpose, and for
the simple reason that its invigorating and
regulating properties are superior to those
of auy other medicine in the world. During
the twecfy years that 1t has been In general
use. ample opportunities have been afforded
to compare its medicinal properties with
those of other preparations claiming to be
n similar class, and the result has been Its
adoption by the American people as the
standard tonic of the age, Its introduction
into every civilized portion of the Western
hemisphere, and an annual sale which
dwarfs into insignlhcance the demand for all
its would-be competitors.
The record upon which its popularity rests
is a curiosity i'll medical literature, for 1t in
cIudes an almost unlimited variety of human
ailments and disabilities. In fact, no other
remedy possesses such a variety of hygienic
virtues, and 1t Is TO these characteristics that
il owes its prestige as n household medicine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
Lime for Fruit Trees.

1t is q good plan for all fruit growers
to apply lime freely in their orchards
every two or three years. A halt
hushel to each tree, or 100 bushels
broadcast per acre, will suffice, and
shell lime is better than the usual stone
ime'
Blessed are they who do His COM
mandments, that they may have
right to the tree of life, and enter in
through the gates into the city.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
A gentleman one evening was seated

A gentleman one evening was seated
near q lovely woman when the comps-
ny around him were proposing cOnun-
drums to each other, and turning to his
companions, he said: Why is lady
like a mirror? She gave it up. Be
cause, said the rude fellow, mirror re-
fleets without speaking; lady speaks
without rejecting. Very good, said
she. Now answer me, why IS man
unlike mirror? cannot tell you.
Because a mirror is polished, and
man is not.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

A female Joe Smith, or rather n
counterpart of that prophet, has arisen
in the West. She breaches the doctrine
of a plurality of husbands, and shows
stones carved with hierogIyphics,
which she swears came direct from
heaven, and which entitle a woman to
an indefinite number of lords. AS yet
the number OF these Latest-Day Saints
is small, and their prophecies only
habitation is an old army tent.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

The early severity of the past winter
may be partly explained by the peculi-
arity Of the winds that led to the loss
of cur whaling fleet. The prevailing
summer wind In Alaska is from the
north, and ii works the ice off the land
and disperses 1t. But last summer the
off-shore winds Were not so strong as
usual, and the ice returned in heavy
pack before il had been melted, so that
ships could neither get through it nor
hold against it At anchor.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

PINrs AND QUARTS of filthy catarrhal
discharges. Where does it all come
from? The mucous membrane, lining
the chambers of the nose, and its little
glands, are diseased, sc that they draw
from the blood its liquid, and exposure
to the air changes it into corruption.
This life-iquid was to build up the sys-
TEN, but it is extracted and the system
is weakened by the loss. To cure. gain
flesh and strength by using DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, which also
acts directly upon these glands, correct
ing them, apply DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy with DIR. Pierce's Nasal Douche,
the only method of reaching the upper
cavities where the discharge accumu-
lates and comes from. The instrument
and two medicines sold for 81 by all
Druggists. oil.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

A good definition of the difference be-
tween old school, and "new school,
was given by Hon J. b. GrinneI, of
Iowa. GAS near as I can understand
said he, ''the children of the Old School
Presbyterians sin as soon as they are
born, and the children of the Ne,o
School Presbyterians as soon as they
know how"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

DR.. =. o. RICHARDSON'S SHERRY WINE
BrT-rERs.-A pharmaceutical preparation by
a regularly educated physician, Is one of the
most pleasant and valuable TONES of the
day. Persons recovering from prOtlscted
illness, or those who at this particular season
of the year are subject to jaundice, hsbiiual
constipation, or any disease arising from a
disordered stomach, liver or bowels, will FL
i'm the sherry Wine Bitters "A friend more to
be desired than gold.
LII L.,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

"Burnett's Superior Flavoring Ex-
tracts Lemon, Vanilla, Almond, Rose,
Nectarine, &c, are strictly STANDARD"
uniform in quality, and give entire sat
isfaction; in fact they are unquestion-
ably the best and cheapest in use.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

How foolish to imagine that the
earnest study of means cripples the
genius 1t is only from a mastery OF
them that free creative power can ema-
nate it is only when familiar with all
the paths which have already been
trodden, and moving mith ease in them,
and the mind can discover new ONES
G, M. Won Weber.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

Patience is always crowned with sue
cess. This rule is without an exception.
1t may not be splendid success, but
patience never takes anything in hand
that she does not succeed with in some
form.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

Loss OF Time.-Housekeeper should not
experiment with untried stoves, II they
would save time and money. The Charter
Oak has been tested by time, and proved
success in doing more and better work than
any Stove made, and is guaranteed or your
money refunded.
This is a truth easily proved. Ask your
HeishDOr
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
Letter from DR. X. II. shore, one Of
fle First Physicians Of shelby

MESsRs. MANSFIELD d Co., MEMPHIS -
Genttenien-I have always had a disinclina-
cine of which did not know the component
parts; but have noticed, for several years,
a medicine which you prepare, styled Hun
garisn Basam of Life, for the cure OF Colds,
and other affections of the throat and lungs,
which has proved, in every instance that mas
come under my observation, to be the best
and most sovereign remedy for these COM
plants ever knew. lean say with all can
dor that your remedy for lung diseases Is
very superior specific, as Wei rs scientific
preparation, essentially different from all
others of its class with which am acquaint-
ed most cordially endorse its success. and
will do everything IN my power to make its
extraordinary effects known to the public.
lam respectfully yours, r. B. SHORE.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
To CONSUMPTIVES.

The advertiser having been permanently
cured OF that dread disease, Consumption,
By a simple remedy, is anxious to make
known to his feiIow-sufferers the means oil
cure. TO all who desire 1t he Will send a
COPY of the prescription, free OF charged
with the directions for preparing and using
the same, which they Will find q SURF CURE
for CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRONCHiTIs,
&c. Parties wishing the prescription VIII
please address
Rsv. EDWARD n. WILSON,
26i South 3rd Sti eet, Williamsburg, N. Y.
Dao R-1v.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

ave have every reason 10 believe that
Mansfeld's Hungarian Balsam Is the best
preparation for the lungs before the public
MANY of its cures are indeed wonderful. 1t
has saved many from an early grave. Ii Is q
pure article, and is prepared by the highest
originated, the physicians depend almost
entirely upon it i'll their practice. No one
who has Trouble with The lungs or throat can
afford TO refuse TO giye it a trial. There Is
not a case that it viii not do good, and in
many. effect "a cure"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

Our acts make or mar us; we are the
children of our deeds.-[Victor Hugo.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
A Fixed Fact i'm Pharmacy.

Considering the multitude of diseases
it is amazing that we live; in view of
the countless remedies for them, it is
wonderful that we die. Unfortunately,
however, all the diseases are realities;
whereas most of the remedies" are
hunabugs. One exception to the latter
rule demands the recognition and ap-
prevail of the press. Wei refer to DR..
Joseph Walkers Vinegar Bitters. Of
the Doctor himself, we know nothing;
but of his medicine we can speak from
observation, for it seems to have found
it's way into almost every household.
Probably it is more extensively used
in this country, as family remedy,
than any other preparation, although it
has not yet been before the world three
years. Wherever We go We hear of it,
and whenever we hear of it, the COM
ments on its efficacy are enthusiastic.
We have questioned sufferers from liver
complaint, remittent fever, fever and
ague, chronic headache, vertigo, irregu
larities of the bowels, indigestion, rheu-
matism, neuralgia, govt, kidney dis
eases, and affections of the lungs, as to
its effects, and the uniform answer has
been, at is doing me good" Believ-
ing that "what everybody says must be
true" we have no hesitation in admit
ting that Vinegar Bitters is the Great
Medical Success of the present century
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24

THE all-gone feeling which people
sometimes speak of, is caused by want
of proper action of the liver and heart.
These MAY be assisted, and the bowels
regulated, by Parsons Pryatire Pills
in small doses.
Corn and -four are staple articles; but
not mole so than JOinsOn's AnodyIae
Linin,ent, where known. 1t is good for
children or adults, for any internal sore
ness of the chest or bowels, and the best
Pain Killer prepared, under whatever
name.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
pY~A DOZEN REASONS Nsa
WHY THE
Pain-Ri11er
MANUFACTURED by
PERRY DAVIS & SON

Is
BEST FAMILY MEDICINE OF THE AGE.
And uiiy is should be kept df,ooys near al hand:
1st Pain X iIier is the most certain Cholera cure
that medical science has produced
I'll Pain. X iIier as a Diarrhoea and Dysentary
remedy is unequaled IL seldom ever failss
ard Pain u iIIer will cure Cramps, or Pains in
any part of the system. single dose
USUALLY effects q cJre-
Ith Pain Il dIer will cure Dyspepsia and Indi-
gestIon, If used according To directions.
5th Pain. * ilIer Is an almost never failing cure
for sudden Colds, Coughs, &c
9th. Pain. Il iller has proved itself Sovereign
Remedy for Fever and Ague, and Chill
Fever; 1t has cured the most obstinate cases.
eth paiu-KiIIer as a liniment Is unequalIed
For Frost Bites, Chilblains, Burns, Bruises,
Cuts Sprains, &c, no Physician do more
than it,
tism and Neuralgia after years standing.
9th Puiu. X iiIer will DESTROY BoiIs Felons
Whitows, Old Sores and Swelled Joints Civ.
ing relief from Pain after the first application
10th. Pain X iller cures Headache Tootbache
and Eeursigic Pains Ia any part of the body.
Ilih Pain-k HER will save you days OF sick ness
and many "a Dollar IN time and Doctors bib
12ih. faiE- X iIIer is purely Vegetable prepare
ton, safe 10 Keep and use in every family
The simplicity attending its use, together
with the great variety OF diseases that may
be- entirely eradicated by 1t, and the great
amount of pain and suffering that can be al
leTlated by Its Use, ~ AXE it Imperative upon
every person to supply themselves with this
valuable remedy, and 10 keep II always near
at hand.
The PAIN-KILLER is now known and appre-
ciated in every quarser OF the Globe. Physicians
recommend IL In their practice, while all classes OF
society have found In IL relief and comfort
Give il a trial.
Don't be deceived or induced to buy the many
worthless Nostrums offered by unprincipled men
travelling through the country.
no Directions accompany each bottle.
D.,oo l.n+s .A.ts ouI a. mn Dotuo
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-19

alarm, and that the lives of the unfortunate
girls might have been saved had proper ef-
forts been made in time.
Major Powell, the explorer, recently ar
rived at Salt Lake City, from Arizona. He
reports the expedition of great interest and
scientific value.
The National Commercial Convention n
session at st. Louis effected a permanent
organization on the 18th. Delegates were
present from fifteen States.
A Washington telegram of the 18th says
the Attorney General, with the approval of
the President, hae proposed plan for the
settlement of the Legislative difficulties in
Alabama, which provides that the officers of
each organization claiming to be The General
Assembly of the State should tender their
designations, to take effect on the permanent
organization of the Assembly, and that
new canvass should be had of the votes in
Marengo County.
Acting Governor Pinchbeck issued a pro-
clamation at New Orleans on the 18th, con-
tanning a dispatch from Attorney-General
Williams to the effect that he (Pinchbeck)
was recognized by the President as the law
full executive of Louisiana. The decision of
the Eighth District Court is to the effect that
Warmoth's impeachment is null and void,
the Kellogg Legislature having no legal
standing. The Court also sentenced Pinch
beck to ten days imprisonment for con-
tamDt