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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
Curing the Erysipelas.

The following cure for this violent
disease is given by the Maine Farmer,
who vouches for its truth:
A neighbor had died of eryHpelas,
and In lay ing him out, another man
took it, and in a few days it spread
over his left arm till it was quite raw
from the wrist to the elbow. He kept
it open to the air and went about his
work on the farm with his arm un-
covered. In nsying time he was in
the barn sailing his hay, and as he
threw it about with his right hand, his
left arm was covered with it. 1t fell
quite comfortable, but not knowing
how it might work, he went into the
house and washed it off. The next
day he covered it in the same way, but
let it remain instead of washing it of.
The upper side of his arm soon got
well, but the sore remained under
meath till he bound salt upon it when
it got well. He has had symptoms. OF
it in his face several times since, and
would just wet his finger in salt. and
apply and it would prevent further
trouble. He fully believes that COM
mon salt, applied in season, will cure
most if not all cases of this kind.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
An Ancient Humorist.

Hierocles, why lived IN the sixth cen
tury, collected twenty-one jests under the
general title of the j" Pedants," and in this
fossil jestbook we find jokes that have
been handed down through succeeding col
lections, and have become old and fami-
liar friends. Among these ancient jests is
the account of the man who, for fear OF
drowning, determined not to enter the
water until he was master OF the art OF
swimming of the man who complained
that his horse died just as he had taught
it to live without food; of the philosopher
who carried s.one about with him as a
specimen of his house OF one who stood
before a glass with his eyes shut to see
how he looked when he was a sleep OF the
man who bought crow to see whether II
would live two hundred years; and OF
one who went into boat on horseback
because he was in hurry. Here we
find the very-new story of man who;
meeting friend, asked whether it was he
or his brother who was buried and the
laundering excuse of the person who,
not having attended to the request of a
friend, said. when he me. him, I'm sorry
never received the letter which you wrote
to me about the book
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
Good Speaking.

Good speaking is better than good
reading. Preachers should be free
from the trammels of parchment.
Their message is direct, personal, to
the conscience, the heart, and will,
and calls for immediate action. Sue
cess depends more on convincing the
Judgment, moving the feelings, in
spring enthusiasm, than upon graft
flying the taste. Their theme de
mands strength, warmth, persua-
siveness, more than artistic finish,
and these are attained in extempora-
neous speaking more perfectly than in
reading. Educated minds are strongly
tempted to sacrifice force to finish !;
they delight in finely-turned sentences,
well-wrought figures, beautiful tropes
and similes, and are reluctant to sac
rifice them to force and warmth.
But common, active, worldly men are
not fastidious. They call for substance,
and are more affected by strong, di-
rect presentation of facts and logic
than beauty expression; they think
more of the keenness of the
blade than the ornament Of the hilt or
the flash of the polished surface.
Preachers of the Gospel are sent to
convince, persuade, convert; and the
more directly their thoughts and feel
ing are pressed upon their hearers,
the more successful will they be in
their efforts-the- more converts will
they make.-Babtist Union.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29

With fifteen years hard-earned szpe-
rience in cooking for invalids. we thnk
we can place upon our table any deiien-
cy of the day prepared so palatably and
harmlessly any one may take with pleas
ure, and without injury. This We con-
slider boon to the dyspeptic almost .
valuable as his existence.
ROAST TURKEY. Gts
Dressing made of stale white bread,
pouring enough hot water over it to
moisten and steam it thoroughly, after
which add enough sweet cream and salt
to make pleasant to the taste.
FRUIT CAKE. cTs
Sift the desired amount of Graham
-four with coarse sieve, using one tea
spoonful of baking powder to one quart
of the -four, adding sugar In proportion
to the size of the cake to be made and
richness desired, with salt TO take off
the freshness and raisins, chopped fgs,
dates, or prunes of sufficient quantity;
after which, mix the whole with cream
enough to make batter as thick as can
conveniently be thoroughly stirred with
a spoon.
Pie crust can be made very fine and
lighter than with white -four and lard,
besides being perfectly digestible and
palatable, by taking one teaspoonful OF
baking powder to one quart of sifted
Graham flour, mixed up with sweet
cream to a much thinner consistency
than white flour dough, and rolled out
in the usual manner.
Excellent pumpkin pie NAV be made
without eggs by using one tablespoon
full of cream in the place of an, egg, and
proceeding otherwise in the accustomed
manner. " ~
Very fine biscuit can also be made
without eggs by using one tablespoon
full of cream in the place of an egg. and
proceeding otherwise in the accustom-
ed manner. ~ 70
Very fine biscuit can also be made BY
mixing milk or cream. with Graham
-four and kneading well; the more the
better they are. These receipts all re-
quire a very hot oven in cooking. No
farmer need have the excuse that cream
cannot be obtained; and if others who
think they cannot indulge in the luxury
would try the experiment in connection
with plain living, they would find their
expenses really curtailed by the reduce
tion of their doctors bills.
To complete our dinner, vegetables
should abound. Such fruits as apples,
figs, pine-apples, raisins, prunes, &c.,
may be eaten with impunity. These
receipts are worthy of trial, especially
by those who have poor digestion.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
Taking Off the Hides of Animals.

A leather worker gives the following
direction in the Canada Fhrmer !:
We suppose the animal dea1 and
placed on its back; the operator, by
thrusting his knife point foremost aud
edge up, makes slit the entire length
of the carcass from the chin over the
centre of the breast in the line of the
naval to the vent. Let him now stand
by its side, with his face lying the way
the head lies, and taking the forefOOt
in his left hand, run the point of his
knife in the line of the cleft of the foot
and cap of the knee, up the front of
the leg and into the central slit of its
bosom. For the hind leg, having re-
versed his position, let the slit be made
in the point of the heel. over the
centre OF the cap of the hook down
the back of the ham, into the central
slit. In this way the hide when spread
out will .shave a square form without
long projections, and cOnsequentsdeep
indentions of its outline"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
The Great Adventurer.

Over the mountains
And over the waves,
Under the fountains
And under the graves;
Under the floods that are deepest,
Which Neptune obey; -
Over rocks that are steepest
Love will find out the way "a
Where there Is no place -
For the glow-worm to lie;
Where there is no space
For receipt of a fly; "a
Where the midge dares not venture
Lest herself fast she lay:
II love come, he will enter
And soon find out bis way.
You may esteem him
A child for his might:
Or you may deem him
A coward from his flight;
If she whom love doth honor
Be concealed from the day,
Set thousand guards upon her,
Love will find out the way.
Some think to loose him
By having him confined;
And some TO suppose him.
Poor thing, to be blind;
But If e'er SO close ye wall him,
Do the best that you may
Blind love, if so you call him,
Will find out his way
You may train the eagle
To stoop to your fist;
Or you may inveigle
The phenlx of the East
The lioness, We may move her
To give DER her prey;
But you'll ne'er stop a lover;
He will find out his way,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
Hydrate OF Choral and Rattlesnske
Poison. -,

Hydrate of choral seems to develop
fresh virtues every day. A case of
rattlesnake poison has lately been
cured by it, at Point Pleasant, N. j.,
A young man bitten by the rattiesnake,
and exhibiting the usual violent symp-
toms was treated with the hydrate,
five doses of twenty grains each being
administered, when sleep followed,
and the patient awoke after several
hours with every symptom or the
poison gone. At the same time We
would warn non.professional persons
against tampering with this powerful
agent, the official strength Of which
does not seem to have been agreed
upon by the pharmaceutists. -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29

The London Athenaum calls at
tention to the fact that the birthplace
of Shakespeare at Stratford-on-Avon is
not altogether free from the danger
which nearly destroyed Canterbury
Cathedral. 1t would require no large
spark falling through a crevice on very
dry, and in some places, aecayed wood,
to set the whole building in a short
time i'm a blaze. Great precautions are
taken, but, of course, no amount OF
care is altogether effectual against the
acts of reckless and foolish people.
A few days ago one of the visitors
hought fit to strike a match for, his
igar in one of the rooms, and was in
ignant at being demonstrated with.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
An Empty Past.

The reflection is almost saddening
that there is no history, or fable, or
tradition that tells any story of this
wonderful country. Pixies Peak and
Cheyenne are silent monuments of
eternal silence brooding over a faith
Omless abyss of unbroken mystery.
There is no name carved or any mark
made by human hands on any stone !;
there is no tradition. The mountains
are speechless, and the, loftiest of them
hides its face and Is silent beneath its
mantle of eternal srow. Surely no
race of men or gods dwelt here, breath
ing its atmosphere, as eXhilarating as
champagne, and contemplating all
these marvellous scenes. so full of in
spiration to leave no evidence even Of
their own existence: Surely this was
Gods country reserved for race of
men to become gods. Record even
now on imperishable stone the pre-
dictiOn that, in the midst of this won
derful scenery, with vision as bound
less as these endless plains, and aspira-
tiOns as lofty as these mountains, there
will come a race of men more gOdlike
and transcending in genius all who
have created or overturned empires.
There is poetry, Hnd painting and
eloquence in every deep glen and dizzy
height, in every sparkling waterfall,
in lagughing waterbrooks that come
leaping down these rugged mountain
sides, in health-giving' fountain, burst
ing up as if forced from untaxed dis
tilleries in goblins' abodes. There is
here that clearness of physical vision
which distinguished the spiritual eye
of prophesy. There is poetry in the un-
equaled brightness of the stars that
shape the shepherds and wayfarer's
course over endless plains as over the
oceans wastes. There is visible sub
Unity and grandeur in all these noun
tains and boundless deserts such as
blind poets alone, Milton and Homer,
have contemplated, but never beheld.
The worlds masters in thought and ac-
ton, its poets, painters, heroes and
statesmen will be born and reared even
here where the world has no history,
where even mound-builders have left
no trace of their curious handiwork.
An original country will give origin to
the Coming Race. e."-AppeaL. n FH
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29

Capt. Rodolphus Sheldon recently
captured at the mouth of the st. Lucie
river, Florida, a large sea-cow, or
manatee, which weighed i $50, was II
feet in girth and 13 feet long.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29

-Talladega is in population the sixth
town in Alabama, says the Reporter.
The following is the order in which
they rank: Mobile, Montgomery,
Selma, Huntsville, Eufala and TalIa-
dega.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29

Walt Whitman warns the Ameri-
can people OF hi, purpose to read his
poems in public.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
OLD GREENLAND ITSELF

was not a creation of Scandinavian
romance: but the actual remains of
the colony have been brought to light /;
and modern discoveries have verified
the ancient descriptions of the country,
its climate, and products. Besides the
foundations and walls of houses, now
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29

Mobile has the latest thing in the
way of rings. 1t it is an incendiary
ing, and the mayor says he knows
hem ali.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
win You Never 10 to sleep!

The San Francisco Ne,Cs Letter gets
off the following good one:
Returning home late the other night,
a man living on Mason street disrobed
without lighting the gas, and lay
peacefully down beside the partner OF
his joys. Sinking back upon the pill.
low he straightway raised himself and
remarked:
"I say, wife, how's your pillow
warm?"
"Why, what a foolish question: re-
turned She; "my pillow is all right"
ais it real warm ?" he asked.
"Certainly it is; Pve had my head
on it for three hours" -..
Apparently satisfied, he laid down
and was silent for some time, when a
vigorous nudging in the side of his
wife proved he had another idea.
81 say, wife?" -.
"For goodness sake, what do you
want ?" petulantly answered the sleepy
dame. ,r {,
~ say, you don't use hair oil, do
your" -
"Of course not. You know that as
well as anybody else. Do, for mercy's
sake, go to sleep" r-. ~ I-1
Another half hour passed in silence,
broken by the solemn ticking OF the
clock in the darkness. Then there
was another spasmodic nudging.
"I say, wife, you didn't put that calf
under the bed, did you?'
"Gracious meH returned the mat
ron. what is the matter of you? Of
course the calf is not under the bed.
Will you never go to sleep" Es.
"Well," continued her lord, Sliding
his legs sideways out of bed, "Fm id
if there amt something live under
here"
There was the sound of scrambling
round, partial upheaval of the couch,
the quick gleam of a white garment
making for the open window, through
which it disappeared, thrashing
sound in the rosebushes. outside-and
all was still again. lHH, <Ifi
The custody of the children has been
awarded to the husband.
Indian Corn-Its Value.
Late scientific experiments, and a
better acquaintance with the habits OF
the North American Indians, have
shown that a vegetable oil answers the
some purposes as animal food that one
pound of parched Indian corn, or an
equal quantity corn meal, made into
bread, is more than equivalent to two
pounds of fatrmeat.
Meal from Indian corn contains
more than four times as much oleagin-
Gus matter as wheat flour; more starch,
and consequently capable of producing
more sugar, and though less gluten, in
other important compounds it contains
nearly as much heterogeneous matter.
The combination of alimentary COM
pounds in Indian corn. renders it alone
he mixed diet capable of sustaining
man under the most extraordinary cir
cumstances. In it there is a natural
coalesc ence of elementary principles
which constitute the basis OF organic
life, that :exists in no other vegetable
production. In ultimate composition,
in nutritious properties, in indigesti-
bility, and in its adaptation to the
varied necessities of animal life in the
different climates of the earth, corn
meal is capable of supplying more of
the absolute wants of the adult human
81 stem than any other single substance
in nature. Hunts Monthly Magazine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29

NOTICE TO HUNTERS
IN AND DTRESPASSERS.
All persons hunting or trespassing on our
iAnos wiz be prosecuted to the extent Of the
Elizabeth DoweIl, &. C. wisensr,
J. W. Wisener, X. HuIl.
y. b. ForEsy, r. Haywood.
solomon Haywood. w. c. West,
Au. M. j. West, Mrs. J. Sssrs.
Us. West. l.W. Thomas.
stephen Williams, W.J.Bstss.
David K. Dertch.
Dee. Only.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29

-Blotting paper grows wild in Colo
RADIO.
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m&@AH

"Sdqfto" said she, under her breath, and
looking at him with awe.
just at that moment the door opened hes-
tatingly from without
"Elphinsione, began voice, 81 cOullat
walt MAY -"
80 Dennis, Dennis!' cried Nelly, with
great sob, and flew into the only arms that
had a right 10 hold her.
They stood as ii they could not part, cling
ing to one another as if fOr ife-heart 10
heart, eye to eye, lip 10 lip; breathing mur-
murs of bliss and wonder, multering broken
endralmenls All Ncly's sad cold expert
ence, all Dennis misery and despair, fled
away like dream.
Somebody, quite unnoliccd, slnod looking
AT them for Il moment, 81 need up implor-
ingly AT the sky beyond the window hclved
sigh, and want away u was Simfto lie
shut the door softly; there was no grand
abandonment in his manner. a crossing
sweeper begged Of him he had passed but
he went back, and amended lis neglect: t.
stray cur ran under his feet, and looked mp
In his face, with an imploling whine and
stare; Shhito stopped and palj'd him: Il lutte
child tumhled down; Shailo picked ner up,
and consoled her with siSpehCe
lie was quite gentle with his servant when
the latter Ncnlued u remark on his master,
pale face, and said hr was IA little tired, and
wanted To be quite quiet, that was all,
lie sal without stirring till the warm sum
mCr twilight darkcncd the rupm, with his eyes
ON Ii e ground, with something in his hand
which he put on h $ finger at llsi, and winch
vii. never leave il mun-thr ring which
should have made Nelly Western hi, wife
Dennis came and thanked him next day,
and Nelly wrote To him more kindly, more
warmly far than when he was her accepted
| lover
lie did moi 20 10 the wedding hut he sent
| Nelly the Jewels which were To have been
Mrs Elplinsonc's, all the same
But the family diamonds" said one, re-
bulting him
There is no one left of my family hut
me, said Shalto and added in Il perfectly
malicr-ol- fact tone, land shall never marry. y
Nelly happiness, ilhlier passionate, wild,
| imperfect first love, was supreme; for both
she unl Denuis had suffered enough moi to
trie with the joy so long denied, so dearly
bought at last.
sllafto did not die of grief, or 90 wrong in
any way, and lay the blame on Nelly, mol
rush indeed into any extreme You may see
him in the Park, sometimes, looking much
like other men, without any great tragic
shadow ON his kind ugly face, or grand fits
of passion and gloom
He does his duty ON his estate and, indeed,
wherever he goes and is particularly tender
towards unfortunate lovers He is honest,
and sweet tempered, and frank as ever
But there is a calm eternal aching within
him which will never he stilled till the hand
of death lies cold on that tender and loya
hcar-till he has found, fully and forever
those ''true joys, which he clung TO in hi'
day of earthly despair
THE END.
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iy2I-m Dire or
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EHEGhRAY INSTITuTE.-Estab
~ IN New York in l~4 Engllsh and Frencn, for
Yuu Ladies amt Misses Boarding and Day Pupils
IS The LanHnase ui the family, and is constantly
spoken u the Institute
MADAME D'HERvlLLY,
lel2-eOdfm lrinNlnMl.
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The Direct Route 1879,
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RIOATREAi. ,t! -. q - aud QUEBEC,
is VIA THE q .SNEUlitUi hIt kR AiLRoAD
LiNh,
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Falls, hn lana Mil SOL "tnte AlVrT junction.
Wells River and d al 49, ,nJiJtr IN II sy other
IUute TO WHITE dt UNT 4
Fg-Fast gpress Train '. v.
Leaving new YORK al $40
" Spring field at $40
Arriving at Montieal AZ 98i A.. M
Pulman's Pa. ice Sleeping Cars IN ali night
Trains.
ET-Ths is the only lile running Xpress Trains
through from New orr Mumtleal Ii but ono
change.
~ rasseng, r, can trueure ick IS II all tho
principal llOtes and I'll :, also Il NV urS an
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Or. Wells Extract Of Jurubeba,

retains all the m. dciual virtues peculiar to the
plant and must be taken as permanent curative
agent.
IL there wan Of action in your Liver anr spleen?
Unless r evtd AZ once, the blonh bet ONES impure
by deleteriOus sGcreticns producing scrO'ul US or
skin Diseases blotches felons, pus s.ules, canker,
pimples &c., &c.
Take Jnrubaha to cleanse, purify and rest lre the
vitiated blf oh To noallhy action
Have YOU Dy4pertic Stoma n Unles digestion
IN rmn ly aided the system Is dehili ated vi Ii tss
II vital foiue poveiy OF the 81 od, Drop cal ten
denotes general weakness or assitude.
Take ii to assist dig witho Il reacttOn,tt Will
tmpart y0uthfuvigor to the weary sufferer.
Have you weakness Of he Int stines Yeu are
in danger of Chronic pidrruma or the dreadful lu-
1amaiion of the buwes.
. axe it to allay irritation and ward OFF tendency
to infamatiOns.
Uans ? You must procure instant relief UT you are
liable to suffer worse than d"ath.
Take IL 10 strengthen organic weakness or life
becomes burden.
system in perfect he Ilth or you ar" Otherwise In
great danger of maaral, miasmatc or contagious
JOHN @, KELLOGG, 1s Plltt ST., N. Y,
5ole Agent TOR the Ulnued StatJa,
Price, 81 per bottle, Send for circular iyl54S
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