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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
The Origin Of an Old Provorb.

About tho year 1000 B. O., there
lived In the country Of Phrygfa;
in Asia Minor, peasant by the name
of Gordius, who, while blowing in
his field one day, noticed an eagle
alight upon his yoke of oxen, where
it remained all the day. Gordius be-
came very much alarmed at this.
Others believed it to be a prodigy,
and prevailed upon Gordius to CON-
suit the soothsayers Of Telmessus, a
city in Lydia, which country in those
days was famous for the science of
augury. AS he came into the city he
was met by very beautiful young
woman. He related to her the cause
of his coming to Lydia. upon which
she assured him that the prodigy in
dictated his elevation to q throne. AS
an evidence of her faith in her in
depreciation of this extraordinary
omen, she offered to become his wife.
Although Gordius had doubts as to
the verification of the prediction, he
| very willingly embraced this Oppor-
| tunity, and they became man and
| wife.
Not long after this occurrence Sc
dition broke out among his country
men, who were at the time without a
ruler. They finally appealed to the
Oracles for means tostop this anarchy.
| The oracIes advised them to choose a
king. They were to note the first
man who passed the temple of Jupiter,
driving an ox-cart. This person, the
oracles assured them, was destined to
become their ruler. Accordingly, ali
rushed to the temple. Gordius shortly
after passed, driving his ox-cart. The
assembIage hailed him as their SOW
ereign, and he thus became King oil
Phyrgia.
As absurd as this may appear at a
glance, it has many parallels in his
tory. The popular caprice has fire.
quentIy conferred honor and power
upon persons of obscure birth, from
motive no more rational than the
one indicated above. During a Sc
dition in Florence, in the middle
ages, a wool-comber was made chiei
magistrate of the republic, simply
because he picked up a national flag
and waved it over the heads of the
multitude.
To commemorate this remarkable
elevation to throne, GOrdius dedi-
Gated his Ox-cart in the temple OF
Jupiter to regal majesty. He fastened
a knot to the beam Of the cart, SC
dextrously involved and perpiexed
that the oracles promised the domin-
ion of the world to the man who could
unite it. The untying of it probably
was impossible, as both ends were
woven together. Great numbers
tried to unite it, and failed. At length
Alexander the Great came, and after
repeated and fruitless efforts, he drew
his sword and cut it. Thus resulted
the saying, cutting the Gordiar
knott
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Parents run the risk of losing the
love of their children who put aside
their trivial questions as of no conse-
quence. An interrogation point sym
bolizes the life of childhood. 'Why"
and "What" are the keys with which
it unlocks the treasury of the world.
The boys numberless questions often
seem trivial, but the wise parent will
never turn them off unanswered, If he
can help it. 1t is his rich opportunity
of teaching. He is met half way, and
there is all the difference between i'm
pressing truth on an eager mind and
an uninterested one. Thelittle fellow,
helping you at your work and pelting
you with endless questions, may learn
as much in half hour there as in
week when his body is prisoner in
the school-room, and his thoughts are
out of doors.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26

KANGAROO LEATHER.-Ac onsign-
ment of seven thousand kangaroo
skins was received in San Francisco,
several months since. from Australia,
and purchased by parties who propose
TO convert them into leather. The skins
are now being tanned at q tannery
located on the beach opposite Yerba
Buena Island, on the northern out
skirts of Oakland. The SKIN of the
kangaroo is quite thin, but exceeding
ly tough, and when tanned into leather
is very pliable and soft, wearing =
long time without cracking, and turn
ing water better than calf skin.
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These Afflicted with
Consulr ption,
Please Read the Following let.
ter Crop-, a Reliable Druggist.
MouSr VERNON, ILL, April %. ISL.

MEssRs J. ". HARRIS & Co., Cincinnati,
O.-Gentlemen: heard one ofmy CUSTOM
ers speak in such high terms of Aliens Lung
BalSsm to-day, that thought wOuid write
you the substance OF his statement: He says
his mother, who is now sixty years OF age,
has suffered with consumption for several
years, and has been under the care of all OF
our best hysicians, but never received any
permanent benefit; then she resOrted to
most every kind of Cough and Lung Bal
sans that could be procured for her, but all
to no avail. She still grew worse, until she
was confined to her bed and when she was
seized with a paro1y-m of coughing she
would lose power of respiration. and they
were compelled to resort TO various means
to restore breathing; and while she was
COUGHING so hard she could not expectOrate
anything, and the family ana friends had
given up all hope OF her recovery. Her son
noticed the advertisement of Aliens Lung
Balsam in the Christian Advocate, and they
thought they would procure and try 1t. They
commenced giving her the Baisam at D
O'Clock, p, NJ, as directed, a dose every hour
until midnight: then she took another NJ
of coughing, and eNpectCrated 4 mOuthfu
of dark yellow matter, which was some
thing she had not been able to do tor some
time. They continued TO give her the Bal
sam until morning, and then she begun 10
expectorate freely, and within two hours
she expectorated three pintS of mucuOus
matter. which gave her immediate relief,
and since that time she has continued to
improve. She now sits up all day, and can
walk about the house and take considerable
outdoor xerciSe. Her son bought more OF
the Balsam, to-day, and he recommends it
very highly TO every one.
Yours respectfully,
A c. JOHNS0N, Druggist.
Was there ever greater proof OF merit than
the case this letter refers to?
ALIENS LUNG BALSAM is W thout
doubt the best expectOrant remedy ever
offered 10 the afflicted public. II contains
no opium in any form, and Its Use Is harm
less 10 the most delicate.
Directions aPPnrlnlnV each hottie.
IN. HARRIS ts Co, Propristors,
CINCINNATI O.
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To CGusUraptIyeS.

The advertiser, having been PORN anently cur
ed Of that dread disease, Consumption, By a
simple remedy, ia anxious TO make known /.
his fellow sufferers the means of cure. To al
who desire Il. he viii send a copy of the pre-
scription used. free Of CHARGE, with the di
rections for preparing and using tie same,
which they will end sCsE Cure for CoNsUnP-
rIox, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, &c Parties wish
ing the prescription will please address
Rev EDWARD A. WILSON.
sei South 2rd Street, Hilliamsbur2,. n 7.
Dec, ely.
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READ THE TESTIMONY.
MEMPHIsr IENN a PHI It, IoII.
Maccre MapEfiaId A. Hirbpp

Messrs. Mansfield & Higbee:
l am from Albany, New York, whittier
Will return In about two weeks. / have
been troubled with a severe cold, splitting
blood. and many other symptoms of Lung
Diseose, having part of the time. n heavy f.
yer / used your Hungarian BslsaEl with
entire success. 1t afforded quick relief; and
with'the aid OF couple of doses of Match
less Sanative Pills to work out the cold, am
now entirely cured. Believing IL a positive
duty to others who may be similarly affect
ed. thought it best to let you know of 1t.
Three doses of the Hungarian Balsam cur
ed the splitting of blood.
as CHALES A. JONES.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26

A GREAT PAPER the RURAL NEW
YORKER, published By d. D. T. Moore,
Beekman street, New York, is the
Great National Illustrated Agricultur-
al and Family Journal of the Nation,
sixteen large double quarto pages, de-
voted to the Farm, the Garden, the Or
chard, Live Stock, Dairy Business,
Household Affairs, Markets, General
Intelligence, and Choice Reading for
the Family Circle. The Rural has
long been the favorite farm and fireside
| weekly of America, and Is undoubted-
ly the cheapest and best journal OF isf
class now published. We have ex-
pressed ourselves freely and often, that
it ia the greatest paper in all this land
Terms, 81 30 a year. Gazette and RU-
| RAJ SO 30 a year.
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" GET THE REaT.D
TEE BEsT NEWSPAPER IN THE
SOUTH.
The Memphis Appeal for 1879.

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expense we intend, Mt an early day, to pressst
the APPEAL to its readers in entire nav
dress. greatly enlarged and otherwise iIaprov-
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lied the paper while it will be an incentive fer
increased support. Now is the time TO sub
scribe for the Appeal for 1872.
Those who intend to take the paper next
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year G. eat as the Prosperity Of the APPEAL
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sustain good government and honest rulers
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IN the hidden mysteries of 1872. We expect .
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MansGe!d's Hungarian BaIsam Cures
Coughs, Colds and Consumption.

With entire confidence IN its merits, we
would commend tins preparation to all who
may be afflicted with any disease of the
Lungs, as a safe and effectual medicine. II
has been used, particularly in the Western
States, with great success in many cases
where the life.of the patient was deSpaired
Of We believe this to be the best Lung
Remedy now before the public, end worthy
of a fair trial by those having any affection
of the Lungs
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26

Chice at Washington for the year end
ing June l, 1870, are as follows:
Acres improved. 1873, S06, 761
| Acres woodland, 15S, 908, 121
Acres unimprOved SO, 1856, 633
Cash value of farms, SO, 261 IT'S, 121
Agricultural implements 1856, 800, ST.
Wages paid, 310,06S, 473
Farm products, 2,445, 602, 379
Value of live stock, 1,52i.271, ia
Wheat, bushels, 26S, $50, 931
Rye, bushels, 1900, 900
Indian corn, bushels, $50, 963, 204
Oats, bushels, 2S2, 095, 1896
Barley, bushels, %, 764 ,265
| Buckwheat, bushels, S,S21 ,662
Rice, pounds, 1885 ,021
Tobacco, pounds, 282, 729 $40
Cotton, bales, 1893, 72l
Wool, pounds, 102, 1853. 264
Potatoes, bushels, 143, 800, 900
Sweet Potatoes, bushels, 24,634 600
Wine, gallons, 3,096,000
Cheese, pounds, 53,492, 900
Butter, pounds, GA ,OO2, 460
Milk, gallons, 236 100000
Hay, tons, 27,416,O0O
Hops, pounds, 2S.456, $50
Sugar, (cane,) S7,043, 900
Sugar, (maple,) Is, 443, 900
Molasses, (cane,) gallons, 100000
Molasses, Sorghum, )gallons, 16, 041 900
The aggregate of improved and I'M
improved land, as given above, lin
Guiding woodland is but about four
hundred and seven million acres, while
in 1860 it was reported as nearly four
hundred and ten millions, and it GER
tainly is no less now than formerly y.
The cash value of farms as reported is
nearly fifty per cent. greater than in
1860, when it was Sc, $50, 872, 507. The
value of live stock reported in 1860
was 81, 1O7, 400, PIG, showing an in
crease in ten years of nearly forty per
cent. The crops of wheat, hay, oats,
barley, hops, potatoes, butter, cane
sugar and wool have increased since
1860, but there has been no falling off,
if these figures are correct, in cheese,
rice, cotton, tobacco, sweet potatoes,
Indian corn, maple sugar and cane mo-
lasses. Several of the items intro
duced above appear for the first time
in the census tables-woodland, wages
and milk, for example. 1t is to be OBJ
served that the above figures do not
include all the products of the soil, but
only such as are returned in the farm
ing schedules, and not all of those.
The great decrease in the products of
southern industry will be noted; in
1850 our cotton crop was the largest
ever known (5,198,077 bales the to-
bacco crop was 429, 800, I'll pounds, the
rice crop 1877, 140,173, the 7ndion corn
S30451, TOT bushels, etc. The pounds
of cheese reported in 1850 were los,
535, SO3, and in 1860, los, S75, 135, while
now 1T is barely half as many. We
think there must be an error, since our
expectation of cheese has greatly in
creased, and the home consumption of
it cannot be much less than in 1860.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26

BUILDING FELT.-Our readers who
have In contemplation the erection Of
houses or other buildings, VIII be inter
ested In the advertisement of Mr.. g. j.
Fay, in another column. This Felt Is
be water proof to contain no
and to be an excellent covering for
both the outside and inside of buildings.
1t may be used as q substitute for plas-
ter "a walls and ceilings. Mr.. Fay
also manufactures floor carpetings
Felt, which fer durability and cheap
ness be elsins b be much superior 70
oil cloth Of the same cost. These car
pets are painted in various neat designs
by hand. Circulars containing full
particulars sent on application. LII
samples OF all the different grades of
| felt and Competing are wanted send two
| stamp..-PhTenoLogt Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26

HoUsEKEEPERS ATTENTIoN.-Therei is
no stale, sour or heavy bread where
DAwsoN's method has been introduced.
See advertisement.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26

\ NOVEL DISCOVERN.-A process
by which the heat III the waste steam
from one engine can be used TO heat
the boiler of another, and the amount
nf power now obtained by the con-
sumption of fuel doubled, has been
discovered.
When two establishments using
steam power are near each other, the
exhaust steam from one of them can
lie taken 10 heat the boiler of the
other, and no fuel. fireman, or Chin
ucy will bc required for il, and its
engine will run without attention so
long a. the waste steam Is supplied to
heat It's boilers, furnishing an amount
of power fully equal to that of the
first engine from which the waste
steam is received.
The second boiler is heated by pass
ing the waste steam through its fiues,
and is filed with a mixed volatile
LIQUID, composed mainly of the BIZ
sulphide of carbon, which boils at
10 Fahrenheit, and at the tempera-
turc of exhaust steam gives a pressure
i'm the boiler of siXty-five pounds to
the inch. The vapor formed in this
T. .ila- is used to drive the second en-
g.. instead of steam, and after being
u-.i b. condensed 10y cooling, pump
ad into the boiler again, and used
conf Iually with small loss. Two
engines arranged on this plan are
LOW running at the Atlantic Works
F.. E.-. Boston, and a careful measure |
ment Of tHa pUweroi each proves that |
OF tic Vap-r engine % be the great
IarclCr.
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RR0KER,s SALE

C. PET SEWING MACHINE will do the
90 work Of Is pair hands. and as good as any
$50 Machine-lf-oo0 already sold. send q
for one, or two stamps for sample of work and
dress. Pet Sewing Machine Co., Z fremont ST.
Boston. Mass. Tdec, 2-3n,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26

Wanted.-Parties who have a very small
capital, or can give security, and are DESTROYS
OF making money in light, honorable, pleas
M. NJ. TILT0N, Pittsburgh. Pa. Nov. S.-3m.
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More Census Figures.

The Agricultural statistics of the
country, as compiled by the Census
Office at Washington for the year end
ing June l, 1870, are as follows:
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FROM BRAZIL.-A very interest
ing letter, dated "Campenos, Prov
Ince Para, Brazil, Oct II, 1871 ap-
pears in the Camden Ark. Democrat
of late date. 1t was written by Mr..
ID. II. Coulter, and contains some in
tere>ting information in regard TO
agricultural and other affairs in that
country. We make couple of eX-
tracts:
The Americans cultivate their new
lands like the natives for the first
two years, but they use the plow the
third and make more corn than the
natives; cotton about the same. On
old land the Americans can make
about twenty-five TO forty bushels to
the acre of corn. Some land had
been planted in sugar cane forty years
consecutively, broke up and planted
in corn two years, last year yielded
forty bushels; it had never been
plowed until put in corn, and was
roughly plowed the first season. Any
land here makes good rice, of course
the richer the better. The yield is
from fifty To one hundred bushels, rs
reported TO me by an American,
sevcnly-five bushels if the land is
good and properly cultivated, and is
considered a certain crop. Sweet
potatoes yield abundantly. Nege-
tables of all kinds do well. The
orange, lemon, pineapple, fig, and
many other fruits do well Bananas
and plautins were badly injured by
the frost, and will produce nothing
this year. The plants are now grow
ing, but can't bear fruit before June
or July, and then the frost may get
them, rs il has for the past two years.
Ii had not frosted here for many
years before, and may not again.
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Columbia Athenmum.

A First Class School for Young Ls-
neutrality-suspicious. 6rsens, ~
inss-sl0, 600 Apsrstus-Wsil ssleosd Lisrsz
CT 1000 volumss-L.srss Asoitstior IA
Sleeping Rooms, 9th fre in sach-A bundsnfD
yesrs experience-Cour.o % instruction n, -
rough and conpiete-price, rsiueei-En-,h.r
of Matricuiations7,4S , and II: Grsduates-Ns
seetaEianism-sss,iOp opens SEP, 4thICsss-
Dec l0-ly.
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AGENTS WANTED
Tho GrceS Cajcnes ~s

Tho Grees Ohscoss FSrs.
The Growing Horror Of the 18Th e,xtss.
loo, 1000 Persona Reduced to Bexsarys
Fearful seenes-Heartrending 1neldspn.
Sample copy post paid 80 cents. Address
"Goodspeed's' Empire Book, Map and Pio-
tufe House, Cincinnati, st. Louis or New Or
leans.
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a ,~, F. the Nashville Christian
idrDcats SAP, that there is great indif-
ference in many OF the Southern Meth
odist Churches in the sacrament of the
Lords Supper. He mentions one con-
greSation with regular pastor where
the sacrament had not been admins
tered for ten years, and that twere are
churches in the country, with moss on
the roof, that have never had the
Lords Supper celebrated in them.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-01-18
A NEW CHANNEL.

In consequence of the grounding of a
field of heavy ice, covering over twen-
ty-five hundred acres in extent, upon a
bar in the Mississippi at st. Louis, the
current of the river has been thrown to
the east and a new channel is cutting
out which threatens to take in its way
a large section of the bottom land just
below Brooklyn, and to carry away a
portion of Bloody Island. Below, an
artificial promontory known as Long
Dyke, extending fourteen hundred feet
into the river from the Brooklyn land
ing, the current swings almost around
at right angles with its former course,
and has made new channel by cutting
away lands of the Wiggins Ferry COM
pany with deep, curving indenture to
the east. For half or three-quarters of
a mile the current hugs the, eastern
bank, which at the last accounts was
continually caving in.i At one or two
points the river has worn its way with
in fifty or sixty feet of the Chicago aud
does not leave the East st. Louis bank,
except in casetof resistance by obstruc-
tions, until it reaches coal dyke oppo-
site the foot of Choteau avenue, where
it resumes its old course. The result of
this is that all that portion of st. Louis
between the elevator and the new wa
ter-works is now virtually without a
practicable landing for the ordinary
wants of commerce, except in case of
very high water, with a prospect that
unless the current is turned back by ar
tificial means the lower part of the city
may be in "A similar predicament, in
which case st. Louis would find itself
on the wrong side Of the Mississippi.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-01-18
DARWlN'S MAN.

Clark, i'll his Commentaries upon the
Old Testament, asserts his belief to be
that the serpent, who tempted Eve was
not a serpent. but Il monkey, and places
the foundation of that belief upon the
facts that the Hebrew word of the orig
inal text means both monkey and ser
pent, that the being who talked to Eve
stood upright, and that the monkey,
though formed in every respect to walk
like human being, ruus Oh its hands
and feet, and ',eits the dust of the
EARTH"
A further illustration of this theory
occurred on Howard street Tuesday.
A. venerable looking organ grinder, ac-
companied by an active little monkey,
dressed in red, was patiently turning
out his dilapidated melodies for the ben
eft of a couple. of servant girls, when
he was suddenly surrounded by a group
of school boys and girls, who at once
became devoted to the monkey. The
latter, seeing an apple in the hands of
one of the boys, suddenly ceased his
gambols and, d,,snatching the fruit, ran
nimbly up a tree just by. The boy
cried, and his companions laughed,
while the italian alternately swore at
and coaXed the chattering thief, but in
vain, until at last the monkey of its
own accord, came swiftly down, and
springing in front OF a pretty little girl
with long curls, deftly took off his
jaunty cap, and bowling p litely, handed
her the apple. G II b. .l,..i
Now. that monkey kn " very well
that the pretty little desc ldant of Eve
had no right to take the pple, and, of
course, could only have been actuated
by the "apple'' instinct he had derived
from his great ancestor of the garden
0f-Eden fame.-,San Francisco Bulletin.