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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-29
A Continent Covered with Ice.

Prof. Agassiz comes to the conclu-
sion that the continent of North Amer
lea was once covered with ice milo in
thickness, thereby agreeing with Prof.
Hitchcock and other eminent geologi-
cal writer's concerning the glacial
period. In proof of this conclusion,
he says that the slopes ofthe. Alleghe-
ny range of mountains are glacier-worn
to the very top, except a few points
which were above the level of the ice
N ass. Mount Washington. for in
stance, is over six thousand feet high,
and the rough, unpublished surface of
its summit, covered with loose frag-
ments, just below the level of which
glacier marks come to an end, tells that
It lifted its head alone above the desc
late waste of ice and snow.
In this region, then, the thickness of
the ice cannot have been much less
than six thousand feet, and this is in
keeping with the same kind of evidence
in other parts of the country; for when
the mountains are much below six
thousand feet, the ice seems to have
passed directly over them, while. the
few peaks rising to that hight are I'M
touched. The glacier, he argues, was
Gods great pillow, and when the ice
vanished from the face of the land, if
left it prepared for the hand of the
husbandman.
The hard surface of the rocks were
ground to powder, the elements of the
soil were mingled in fair proportions,
granite was carried into lime regions,
lime was mingled with the more arid
and unproductive granite regions, and
a soil was prepared fit for the agricul-
tural uses of man. There areevidences
all over the polar regions to show that
at one period the heat of the tropics
extended all over the globe. The ice
period is supposed to be long subse-
quent to this, and next to the last be.
fore the advent of man.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-29
What Congress Costs.

Do you know what it cost to pay
our Senator's salaries and mileage per
annum? -Four hundred thousand dol
lars! Cheap at half the money! Do
you know what it costs the House for
the same 2 One million But half :?
The officers, clerks and messengers Of
the Senate get, besides, $3.50, 900; and
the same officers of the House get
about $500, 600. The police, who patrol
the capitol, and sit around the little
parks enclosing it, cost $43, 600. The
stationery and Newspapers of the
Senate cost about $4,000, and for the
House $37 900. The little pages, who
run round the floor, cost in tie House
$500, and in the Senate, $1,000.
What does the Senate want with so
many pages, when the more numer-
Gus body acquires 80 few ? 1t costs the
Senate sac, 600 for packing boxes, fold
ing documents, furniture, fuel, gas
and furniture wagons. 1t costs the
House for - wagons and carriage
Sic, 600. The committee clerks of the
House cost $50, 900, and of the Senate
SIS, 900. The secretary of the Senate
and the clerk of the House get 81 800
each, and the librarian of Congress
gets 81 600. All the clerks in the
library Of Congress, taken together,
require S26, 600 . year and the library
is ailowed only $l2, 500 per annum to
buy books, purchase files or periodicals
and newspapers, and exchange public
documents with foreign governments.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-29
Rich without Monty. :

Many man is. rich, without money.
Thousands of men with nothingi ntbeir
pocket, are rich. A man born with q
good sound constitution, a good stom-
ach, a good heart, and good limbs,
and pretty good head-piece, is rich.
Good bones are better than gold;
tough muscles better than silver; and
nerves that flash fire and carry energy
to every function, are better than
houses or land. 1t is better than a
landed estate to have the right kind of
father and mother. Good breeds and
bad exist among men as really as
among herds and horses. Education
may do much to check evil Tendencies
or to develop good ones; but it is o
greater thing to inherit the right pro-
portion Of faculties to start with The
man is rich who has good disposition
who is naturally kind, patient, cheer
full, hopeful, and who has favor of
wit and fun in his disposition. The
hardest thing to get on with in this
life, is . mans own self. A cross,
selfish fellow-a responding and COM
planning fellow-a timid aud r, care
burdened man-these are all bori
deformed on tho inside. Their feet do
not limp, but their thoughts do. 3
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-29
Poetry.

D y 7
Poetry has a natural alliance with
our best affections. It delights in the
beauty and sublimily Of the outward
creation, and of the soul. 1t indeed
portrays, with terrible energy, the ex-
cesses of the passions which show a
mighty nature, which are full of pow
er, which command awe, and excite q
deep, though shuddering, sympathy.
Its great tendency and purpose is to
carry the nina beyond and above the
beaten, dusty, weary walks of ordinary
life; to lift it into purer element; and
to breathe into it more profound and
generous emotion. 1t reveals to us
the loneliness of nature, brings back
the freshness of early feeling, reyives
the relish of simple pleasures, keeps
unquenched the enthusiasm which
warmed the spring-time of our being,
refnes youthful love, strengthens our
interest in hnman nature, by vivid de-
ineations of its tenderest and loftiest
feelings, spreads our sympathies over
all classes of society, knits US by new
ties with universal being, and through
the brightness of its prophetic visions,
helps faith to lay hold on the future
life. Charming. ID '. . . go.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-29
New Mode Of Grating.

/ will state an experiment that
proved successful with me this srriDg
in grating pear tree of pretty large
size, and which I hope will prove use
full in grating large trees without SO
much expense and time as is generally
necessary. ~ 81 al 4. pa lsnfi'S -
II usea blade, Oneshalf an n IN
broad, with which Iimake a stab OBJ
liquely into the side of q large limb or
body of the tree, the knife making q
sharp angle with the tree, passing into
the wood and between. the wood and
bark rs near as can, so that when
the knife is pushed in as far as de-
sign, it is hid by the bark about an
inch and quarter, and the bark very
little broken or cracked except i'm q
very large tree. The graft is so
sharpered that it slips in Were the
knife came out, and Just fits with the
slope mostly on the side next the tree.
The cut being oblique, the perpendicu-
lar fibre, of bark binds the graft tight
The inner bark of the tree and, graft
has ABUNDANT opportunity TO unite all
along the .sloping side of graft and
next the wood of the tree; aud as the
whole end of the graft is entirely
covered, there is no place. for evapo-
ration. The gratis were only in tOler.
able good order. The time, was April
/. A little wax was used to make sure
the tightness of the union. They were
put in in one fifth the time you could
put on q bud or q graft. They can be
put in almost as fast as the eDd of the
graft can be slOped off. If only one
in ten should grow, still large tree
could he worked over in this wsy
much faster than the common way.
Whether this process can be successful
later in the season, i do not yet know,
but will try it. 'IT-if 81 -'I i,
fear now that have not described
it as accurately as it should be, but it
is pretty hard to do so in every par
ticular without an engraving. It diff
fers from the French spur budding in
this very particular-the insertion is
slightly ObliQue, SO that portion OF
strong, thick bark made more tenseby
the graft being wedged under, it press
es on the graft, keeping in solid and
nearly closing up the wound. And
then another advantage is, that as the
body of the limb or tree emerges
during the summer, there is no per-
pendicular cut to gap open there is it
is true, an incision, but it is very small
and not within, half an inch Of. where
the graft and tree began to unite
Cor. Gardeners MOathly. -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-29

The helpful life is the holy life.
Holiness is help; sin is hinderance.
At whatever point we touch life to
help it. in whatever way we help the
world and do mot hinder it; whether
by our prayers, and songs, and SER
mons, and industry in the church, OF
by the creation of locomotive, or the
construction Of a railroad, or the paint
ing of a picture, or the writing of a
o book, or the digging of drain, or
the forging of q horseshoe, or the
fighting of a battle-in whatsoever
thing we do, five really help and do
not hinder, then that. is a holy life.
And in whatsoever way we hinder the
world, and stand in the way Of its life,
its healthy, hearty growth. by doing
what Will hurt or hinder men in the
largest sense, then that, being the re-
verse of helpful is sinful ife.-ROb-
ert COllyer.s s'f T. ~" .s-N rE
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What the Doctors Saw:

Amos woolly, M. D., of Koscusko county, In
diana, saysas For three years past / have used
Aliens Lung Balsam extensively in my practice,
and am satisfied there Is no better medicine for
lung diseases in user frif ialftf. fr NtHf. "a
Isaac a. Doron, NJ D., of Logan county, Ohio
says: Aliens Lung Baisam not only sells rapid
'ly, but gives perfect satisfaction m every case
within my knowledge. Having confidence in 1t,
and knowing that it possesses valuable medicinal
properties freely use 1t in my daily practice, and
with unbounded success. AS an expectorant il is
mos, certainly ahead OF any preparation have
Naihanief Harris, NJ. d.. Of Middlebury, Yer
mont. says: Il haye.nodoubt Ii Will soon become
Classical remedial agent for the of all dis
cases of the throat, bronchial tube and the lungs"
Physicians do not recommend medicine which
has mo merit " hat they say about Aliens Lung
test it at ence. wv Ntt- l'tNft F.u- t-.
b 1t is harmless to the most dehcatechild
- 1t contans no opium in any form. .... I'D
Call for ALIENS Lung Baisam,r and shun the
use OF any other Balsam: unprineipied men may
deceive you with worthless. preparations.
]. n HARRIS q CO.. Proprs-, Cincinnati, o.
Sold by medicine dealers generally ~
e Southern Wholesale ACKNOWLEDGMENT &
CALLER, Nashville, Tenn. a.. Rae Ill. ...l
For sale by Berry 4 Demoville, Evin, PendIe-
ton u Co, Litterer & Cabler, Nashville; r. A.
Robinson SbCo-, Louisville, Ky trlfs.- q
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-29
THE HERO OF THE c0nMUNE.
An Incident of tIsc Paris Siege.
MRS NARGaRETJ PRESTON.

by MRS. MARGARET ]. PRESTON. -
"GARCoN,-You--you
SHARED along with this cursed crew:
fonly child, and yet 50 bold,
Scarcely much as ten years old
DO you hear? Do you know
Why the pendGr'aes put you there, in the row, =
lou,-with those Commune wretches tall,
With face TO the wall?'
".Know:'-To be sure know, Why not:
We're here TO be shot;
Fighting for France, my father fell:
That's just the way Twould chase to fall,
With my back TO the WALL"
Il T III q r II
'lSacrc Fair, open fight say, ~ X
Is right magnificent III It's way,
And tine for warming the blood; but who
Wants woliish work like this To do?
BAIL IT'S a butchers UNSATISFACTORY
The boy Is beckoning 70 me now:
knew his poor child's heart would fail:
Quick, Say your say: for don't you see,
When the church clock yondeT tolls out Three,
You're all 10 be ~
s.cuse you ono naonenti' Ohio, no,
d ye think 10 fool a Ndtiondt so?"
.But, sir, here's watch that q friend. one day,
My fathers friend. just over the way
J4sni me; and if you'll let me free
tIt still lacks seven minutes of IhTeel...
IN come ON the Murrl OF a soldiers sen,
Straight back into line, when my errands done "
"IIa, ha, No doubt Of IT, OF! Begone!
II Now, good Saint Martin! speed hum on!
The work will be easier since he's saved;
For I hardly think could have braved
The ardor OF that innocent eye,
As he stood and heard
Me give the word,
booming him ike a dog 10 die.-'j
VI
" Ia time We'll, thanks that my desire
Was granted; and now i IN ready FIRE!
One word; that's all:
oull let me turn my tack TO the WALTZ
VII.
.sIaryIleu Come out OF the line. sayi
Come out - Who said his name was Mgr
Uar France will hear of him yet one day"')
--4>cTiG5ier's Monthly for April.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-29

The Grand central Hotel, on Broadway,
Sew Yori, has OF lafe beeonie a famil ar
name with most of our people, In view of
this publicity, a few facts concerning II win
not be ainiss, 1t occupies both the sight Of
the old Lafrage, House and the former
southern Hotel opposite Bond ST., favorite
hotels in, their day with Southern and
Western people, Il covers, also, the entire
block through 70 Mercer street, its massive
ifront-of marble encompsssing besides Che
foundations. of several other largo houses,
II cost nearly two millions of dollars and
II saidt o be the finest hotel in the word. il.
1t is certainly one OF the grandest struc-
lures that adorns the city, and New York
boasts Of itshotels. 1t was a costly expert
ment to raise the huge pile Of marble. with
its palace appointments, but its central
location, combined with other advantages,
caused its success from the start, not less
than a Thousand guests frequently enjoy ing
its hospitalities 1T one time. 1t Is undoubt-
eddy the largest hotel, with the least prices,
charging from q dollar to two dollars per
day less than an other. being the only hotel
,inNew YorktlIats has adopted the plan of
reduction. Mr. H.. Lyman Powers, the
proprietor, deserves, as he will receive it,
much credit for this last important change
in hotel Inanagernenf.s vesitH1 IH II $50 q
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what spring Bri.e., wt.b f..

!. Regarded from medical fsf andpoint,
Spring is not the. deiectabfe season de-
scribed by yernai poets. On IL contrary.
its yield of intermittent feyers, bilious at
tacks, rheumatic pains, disord ,rs of the
stomach, nervous complaints. and pulmo-
navy diseases, is almost as large as its crop
of yiolets, snowdrops and cherry blossoms.
The invisible seeds of tnnumerable maia-
dies Iise 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 those
whose nervous energies nave been over
tasked by mental or physical 1aCOr, unless
they tone and invigorate their systems, and
thus enable them TO cope with the' I'M
healthy influences by which they are sur
rounded. 10 s,..-t q. Al .. b.. ...f =
The only medicinal agent by which this
object can be rapidly and safely accom-,
plfshed, is the great vegetable Tenovant and
The operation Of this celebrated speclnc /
.four.fold. 1t strengthens the digestive ors
gans regulates the secretions, improves tn-
condition of the blood, superinduces rege
ular habit or body, and, thereby lmParts
such vigof and elasticity to the whole pay.
seal structure, as 70 render !. capable 60 OF
ma, with which the spring atmos pherel Is
always to some extent fmpregnated. Here,
then, Is; a ready and certain means. OF
escaping the disorders prevalent at THIS
season, or Qf they, have already Iastened
upon the system) Of conqueIing tnem
medicine rs not of much consequence, pro
vided 1t does its work properly, oot 81 Hos
letters Bisters IL may be fairly said, tina
they effect Q cure without outreelng IN
patients sense OF taStA
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l,tnnil,.l ,,...npe,zanal. !.

Ifrsuc led rrss Personal. ~ .zsH
= fieknocs 4 cd, the -celehr ated 'clofhiers OF
81. Louis, Mo-, announce the introduction
of aplan of ordenitg csotllng by letter, to
which, theyl call lyour special attention,
Tbey.ifi required ..wflI send you their i'm
proved and accurate rules for seif-fneasur-.
snaent, and full'lif,e of samples. from their
iaifneuss slock efN cloths, csssimeres, coat
ing, sc. Thus enabliiig parties IN any part
of the country to order their ciothing direct
from ihem, with the eeriaIuty Of receiving
garments of.tiie very latest style and most
perfect lit attainabis, - c oods orierei will be
sent BY express. 70 be paid on delivery, pro-
vftiing that If they do not it, they can be
returned at their expense. ASA wei known
'throusn the South and West they ha; c for
fiiteeii years exec He'd IN, air departments OF
their business. which is a guarantee as 10
|; the character, Of the goods they would send
OUT Rules for ssl6measurmenLsamp OF
goods, illustrated circular and price list sent
free on . pplieatian. iTicknor 4, Co., manu-
ufaeturerss and dealers in mems and boys
eliot hir 9 and furnishing goods, either ready
I rdade ar Tnneles to, cfdery Cot and s6B n.
Fourth streets corner OF Washin etons Ave,
I,rN B.4Wherin ST. Louisy on are Invited
yOvisir our nRnuno 9TH estabishment,w where
ton eanS lind thousands aud thousands Of
garment Is of superior quality and worku an
ship manufactured expressly for the best
retail trade. Boys clofhfng speciality
with MS aues cur stock in this line h very
extensive. sssdi eeIuc-, TpCKNoR 4 Co.
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fafeffl- 81 81 ->-,rs ,@ifB19lf ntN
IOvRRs.Z -Four cups of -four,
four eggs, four cups of milk, piece Of
butter size OF tive nutmess, half A. tea
spoon Of salt, mel, h \ an; and bqtter,.,,5,i..l
Observation-Disclosures Ham. a-lIIalf
pound beef marrow thoroughly SOAK
cd, melted and strained; tinctnre Of
Tcantharides, one ounce; oil Of lberga-
mos,atYelye drops.dt "a, I'D, s.,u6 -
! To CnEANliK A. Ham, BRUsnA oPut a
tablespoohf Ill of spirits of haftshom in
pint OF water. and wish the brush in
it. it !, II win quickly make the, brush dis
clean as new; We have tried It. ,,lssii 2.
To 1wHrfEN THE HlSps.IWine.
glassfnI OF eau de cologne, and anoth-
er, of lemon juice; then ,.scrape two
cakes ofihome-m made soap to a powder,
and mix well in a. lmold.,l When shard
it will be an excellent soap forwhiten2
ing the 'hands...ns ,-'fgIaiIIs.'f'i ii'fs p
WALNUT SrX1x.@Spiriss of turpenl
tine, 1 gallon; pulyerized gum asphalt
pp, two pounds: put in sa iron ket-
tie and dissolve. by heat, stirring till
a a. rs sn VIII: lnrpennstine 10
sne oeSiieo sliius; lIsess 70 hs4s, on y
ssofe 20 PfeYell' p4lfang- .~telHian. = =
"a ROSEWOOD SrAIN. Alcohol, one
gallon; camwood, 2 ounces; let it Stand
two or three days in q, warm place. and
then add 2 or 8 ounces of extract of
logwoOd, or more, if You want a. dark;
er shade; aquafortas, II ounce. Ono,
two, or more coats, TO SUIT your fancy;
80 OtEAsNGs Observation-Disclosures
when MIXED with turpentine. ) and "A.
plied in the usual monrletlsis bl,ck or,
more glossy and durable than When
mixed with a11y other Jion1id 70 The
turpentiine ! prevents rustl and when
put ON an old rusty stove. will make
1t look as well as new.san .iIir'u :,
=, - -, e-iJ, *, II
~ o ~ Eoaat a Me- e ~ So;lad Gne po1
%s.;i IL =, 90 , oe oo mi - ,pu
49, i; ~ LII. la~e ,,a au.' '. sSS Z,
~ LII tIto paw aa' a." tI
Ar ~ asntshin - IN ti..:.a1 : noos %
w nJ s ors v.ssi srfer;o p ~ aa pune
~ - = 'iH-i-N--SO - = II tn Y1t-''il
.FRANEIIN SOAP-()nn sYlOIfDd com
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LADIES' DEPARTMENT.

Peruvian railways have ladies'
smoking cars. So, aE =.
California laddies and ilassies are
going crazy over wild flowers.
1t is not uncommon for girls of ten
and eleven years of age to be married
III Japan. - --,.rs p UfL Is
The fourteen wives of a prominent
Mormon have opened a bagnio in St.
Louis. .
In Marysville, Ohio, a robust Ger
man woman supports herself in lux
ury by driving.a dray. Hst
"Simplicity and freshnessn are de-
clared to be the two. grand Character
istics Of tile Spring piletSAulL
The man whose hair turned white
i'm a single night is surpassed by the
New. York, girl who lost hers conf
pletely off in one dance.
A Kentucky lady, Miss Mary Bran
min, has bought one of the finest
plantations in Louisiana, on the New
Orleans aud Opelousas Railroad, near
NermllllOnVllie. -s,t s,.rh isi
A bachelor says "all'' he would re-
quire in a wife would be good dis
position, beauty, good figure and con-
nections, conversational talents, ele-
CANT and polished manners and.
money. ~ .it ts7
Heinrich Heine said every woman
wrote with one eve on her page, and.
the other on some man-except the:
Countess of Haw-Haw, who had but
one eye. IL sr5.e
Three rascals whose business it was
to rob graves for the purpose of sup
plying the chignon market have been
arrested and imprisoned at Lyons,
France. .,..,... 81
Miss Adele Caroline Longfellow,
SAYS the Westminster Gazette, niece
to the celebrated poet of that name,
was received into the Roman Catholic
church, at Boston, in the latter end
of November last. - is.i afi
Mrs. Brettell, who recently died in
England in her ninetieth year, was
for seventy years faithful servant in
the households of George I'LL. George
w., William ". and Queen Vie
toria. ta
At a fancy ball i'm Florence the
Princess Strozzi wore dress so heavy
with jewels and gold damask that as
soon as all her guests had arrived
she changed it for lighter costume,
which would enable her to move with
something like ease.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-29

RHEUaAT1sM IN Cows.TThe symp-
toms of rheumatism are swelling of the
joint or joints, as for instance the fet-
lock joint. The swelling is accompa-
MED by lameness, and the disease
has O tendency to shift from one leg to
the other, or to effect more parts of the
body than that in which it first ap-
peared. The most frequent causes of
rheumatism are damp, badly drained
stables or cow-sheds, exposed to cold
winds; and an important item in the
treatment Of the disease is to protect
the animal from any of the causes
mentioned. The swollen joints should
be gently rubbed with camphorated
spirit, and half an ounce carbonate of
potash given twice day in a quart of
tepid water. Diet should be of rather
q laxative kind.