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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05
Death.Rate i'm New York.

From late reported statistics it has
been ascertained that one half of the
entire population of New York City
live i'm tenement houses, all densely
crowded together; and that among
this class occur more than 50 per cent.
of all the deaths of the city. They
live so crowded and filthy, that it is
next to impossible to introduce and
keep up anything like proper sanitary
regulations among tnat tenant-living
population. The death-rate is also on
a rapid increase among them; and
many of the hitherto most philan-
thropic of the metropOlitans are fast
losing interest i'm looking after those
miserable people, but now take up their
time in lavishing sympathy Oh "He
brother" ofanOther color. The condition
ofour colored people, owing to their lack
of industry and thrift, is bad enough in
all conscience, but they'll stand the
comparison with the crowded, misera-
BILE deniZens of Gotham. We have
room, and labor and land for all we
have, and more too, if they will just get
out into our rural districts to live,
and work to make a liviDg.-EeteypriSe.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05
Lost Health Regnincd.

Selfneglect lays the foundation Of much bodily
suffering As rule men more solicitous 10 re-
pair and preserve their houses, stock In trade and
other perishabIe property than to repair and pre-
serve themselves. They can when a wall re
quires a prop, a weak structure girder, but
appear to be unconscious of, iadiffereno to, the
cracks and flaws and evidences of decaa In thcir
own frail and sensitive organizations.
The consequence OF this want of common pru-
dence is that thousands fall by the wahside in the
prime of life, every year, who might have lived "a
enjoy hale and hearty old age IL they had resorte
to the proper means of recruiting their failing vgor
at the proper time.
Seeing what that famous Nitalizing and inviCora-
ting elixir, HOstettcrs Stomach Btters has done
for countless multitudes of the enervated and bro
ken down. and with the long. unbrOken record OF
its cures before him, it seems amazing that any
sufferer from premature decay, nervous weakness
dyspepsia. biliousness, chronic constipation, dis
eases OF a remittent or intermittent character
should delay, even for hour, to seek the aid
which its tonns regulating and invigoratng pro
pertes have never failed to afford.
1t is exagc' ration to say that HoSteter,s Slom
och Biters is the most faithful ally OF nature in heI
struggles with weakness and disease, that medical
botany and honest chemistry have yet given t.
the world.-COm.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05
Compost Heaps.

IT is often recommended that when
manure is thrown into heaps in the
field, it sh ould be covered with lay er
of earth to prevent the escape of ammo
MIA. The experiments of DIR. Noelcker
at the Royal Agricultural College at
Cirencester, in England, have estab-
lished the fact that the evaporation of
ammonia, from the large heaps of ma
nure goes on but slightly; for the rea-
sob that during the composition of the
manure, certoin o. mic acids are
formed at the same time the smmonia
is evolved, and then Immediately unite
with the ammonia, forming nOnvola-
compounds. There is an active escape
of ammonia from the interior of large
heaps, where the heat is to great for
the chemical changes above referred to;
but as it approaches the exterior part
of the heap, where the heat is very
much less, the ammonia is complete
ly taken up by the organic acids and
retained. There will be but a trifiipg
escape of ammonia wdere there is suf-
ficient moisture to retain it, for water
absorbs and retains many hundred
times its bulk of ammonia gas at Ordi
nary temperatures. These nOn-vOla-
tile compounds, from being highly so
luble in water, are liable to be washed
away at every rain storm, giving The
well-knOwn color to the DRAWINGS of
manure heaps.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05
How to Get Rid of SuperluOus Flesh.

Not long ago a gentleman OF three
score, who had hardly ever been sick
in his life, though he WAS too heshy
and began to Bantamize. He succeed
famously, and boosted to lis friends
that he had got rid of ten pounds in a
few weeks. A little later he was at.
tackled with painful and dangerous
malady, from which he was suffering
more than a year. II man can sleep
soundly, has q good appetite, with no
unpleasant reminders after meals, the
bodily habits being regular every day,
he had better leave himself alone,
whether he is as big As hogshead or
as thin and dry as u fence rail. Sever
al cases of Brlght's disease have been
reported by medical men of reputation
as direct result of practicing Ban
tam's plan of getting lean. The very
best and safest way to get rid of fat -
to work it oil. This may be aided by
eating food which contains a large
amount of nitrogen and a small amount
of carbon. Nitrogen food is that which
gives strength, power to work, AZ lean
meats; carbOuaceOus food are those
which make fat, such ~ cheese, pOta-
toes. rice, corn, peas, beans, :apiOca,
arrowroot. corn-stsrch, milk, sugar,
syrup, and oily and fat food. Raw
fruit and berries largely eaten aregreat
aids in reducing weight. But, after all,
the great reliance should be on exercise
aud work in the open air. Barclay, the
great English pedestrian, who perform
ed greater feats than Weston, lost ten
pounds in two or three days walking,
and was never the worse for it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05
Extraordinary Cures.

We have read many accounts of the
extraordinary cures of DIR. Walkers
California Vinegar Bitters, which have
seemed incredible. We are inclined to
believe them, as many of those who
vOuch for them are persons whose verac-
ity VIC can guarantee. The newspapers
teen with testimonials of this character
and there is an air of particularly and
of truth about them which cannot be
resisted. One manifest superiority the
Vinegar Bittcrs possesses over other
Alternative and Tonic preparations. 1t
contains none of the burning fluids with
which most advertised Bitters are i'm
pregnated. 1t cannot create Fever.
Instead of clouding the brain, it clears
it if clouded. 1t is well known that al
cohol, even of the purest description,
weakens and untOnes the stomach in
stead of bracing it, and is, therefore,
poison in cases of Indigestion. Fancy,
then. what must be the effect of the
cheap FTrc-,0atcr employed i'll making
ordinary Bitters and rincturcs, ON the
weakened and in1amed digestive organs.
Vinegar Bitters, on the other hand,
soothes the stomach, while it increases
the appetite and relaxeS the bowels.
DIR. Walker is a regular physician, and
his remedies have Just as much authori-
ty Us any standard remedies of the
faculty. We believe they are destined
to become a household medicine. Com.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05
Hearing.

The art of not hearing is fully as inn
pOrtant to domestic happiness as cul-
tivated ear, for which SO much time and
money is expended. There are so many
things which are SO painful to hear,
many of which, if heard, will disturb
the temper and detract from content
ment and happiness, that every one
should be educated to take in or shut
out sounds at will. If a man falls into
a violent passion and calls me all man.
her of names, the first word shuts my
ears, and / hear no more. If in my
quiet voyage of life am caught in one
of these domestic whirlwi,Ids of scOld-
ing, l shut up my eai- as a sailor would
furl his sail, and, making all tight, scud
before the gale. If hot and restless
man begins to iDflame my feelings, l
consider what mischief these sparks
might do in the magazine below, where
my temper is kept, and instantly close
the door. Does gaddlng, mischief
making fellow begin to inform me what
people are saying about me, down drops
the portculis of my ear, and he cannot
get i'll any further. Some people seem
SO very anxious to hear everything that
VIII vex and annoy them, they set
about searching and finding it out. If
all the pretty things said OF one by the
needless o. ill-natured idlers We're to
be brought home to him, he would be-
come mere walking piH-cushion,
stuck full of sharp remarks. l should
as soon thank man for emptying OH
my head bushei of nettles, or setting
loose swarm of musketOes in my
chamber, or raising a pungent in my
house generally, as to bring upon me
all the tattle of spiteful people. IfyOu
would be happy, when among good
men open your ears; when among
bad, shut them. 1t is not worth while
to hear what your servants say when
they have slammed the door; what
beggar says whose petition you have
rejected; whit your neighbOrs say
about your C. iIdren; what your rivals
say about your business or dress. l
have noticed that a well-hred woman
never hears an impertiueDt remark. A
Kind of discreet rCa LESS saves one from
not little appa. ent connivance in dis
honorable conversation. - Springfield
Republican.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05
ImDrOper Mulching.

We lately saw some trees that had
been killed, we have no doubt, by ex-
cessive mulchiug. They had been
planted in lawn, and the grass, that
had been moved for some distance
around the trees, had been gathered up
and heaped around them. Grass new
ly cut will heat when gathered into
heaps, and this heating will cause much
evaporation from the soil, besides Sc.
riously affecting the roots which are
near the surface. Thus, All exactly OPP
poslte effect to that produced by proper
mulching is caused, ard instead of an
accession of moisture to the soil, the
soil is rapidly deprived OF what it al
ready hal, by the heat. Mulching
should not be so excessive as to cause
heating, but only sufficient TO prevent
evaporation from the soil and to retain
moisture. Hearth and Home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05
THE LITTLE PEOPLE.

Mamma, dou know what the largest
species of ants are? You shake your
head. Well Ill tell you; they're ele-
plants.
A schoolboy, writing on Extremes. :"
sagely observes that "we should en-
deavor to avoid extremes, especially of
wasps and bees"
Rector's daughter Ito Sunday-school
scholar oh, you have an elder bro
Their; well, how old is he? School-boy
Dunno, miss, but he's just started O
swearing.
Said youngster in high glee, dis
playing his purchase to a bosom friend
on the sidewalk 1.-Two cocoa-nuts for
ten cents; that will make me sick to-
morrow, and l won't have to go to
school"
"What have you been doing with
your bow and arrow, my son?' "Play-
ing William Tell with John" "Did you
hit the applet" "Ycs, ma, 1 hit the
apple of Johns eye right in the center"
Little Ruth wanted to join her papa
in long walk. at is too far for you
you will get tired" said her papa.
"Oh, no won't; and if 1 do, can 60
hipity-hop, You know"
Said a teacher to pupil: You are
very stupid, James-a real little donkey;
and what do they do to donkeys to cure
them of their stupidity? James replied,
They feed them better and kick them
less.
A boy eleven years old, at a boarding
school, receiving visit from his father,
he performed the ceremony of introduce
ton between parent and teacher, O. Ia
young America, by saying to the latter,
"Mr. W., this is father of mine"
In discourse on duty to a neighbor-
ing school, the pastor asked what it was
in every little boy and girl that must
approve their actions if they would do
right, and was macadamized with aston
ishment when a youth with a sorrel
summit vehemently shouted, "The Bal
timore Convention. "-Dan6vy NclOS.
A pretty, bright little juvenile friend
some five years old, named Rosa, was
leased good deal bv gentleman who
visited the family. He finally wound
mp by saying, "Rosa, don't love YOU"
"But you've got to love me-" said the
Clilu. llOW 81. stShtu llC
ter. "Why, the Bible says that You
must love them that hate you, and am
sure that l hate you,' said Rosa.
The following is a fact. A clerical
gentleman in examining n Sunday
school, asked .he class before him if
any of them could tell him anything
about the Apostle Peter. A little girl
raised her hand, much to the gratitica-
ton of the eDminer.
"Come up here, my little GIRL" said
he; 81 am glad you remember your
Bible lessons so well. Now tell the other
boys and girls what you know of st.
Peter"
The little girl was quite willing, and
commenced
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had a wife and couldn't keep her;
lie put her in a."
But before she could get to pump
kin-shell' the school was in a roar.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05

1 suppose we all, those Of us who
write i'm verse and prose, have the
habitual feeling that we should like to
be remembered. 1t is to be awOke
when all of those who were round us
have been long wrapped in slumber.
1T is q pleasant thought enough that
the name by which we have been call
ed shall be familiar on the lips of those
who come after us, and the thoughts
that wrought themselves out in our
intelligence, the emotions that trem-
bled through our frames, shall live
themselves over again in the minds
and hearts of others.
But is there rot something of rest, of
calm, in the thought of gently and
gradually fading away out OF human
remembrance? What line have we
written that was on a level with our
conceptions? What page of ours that
does not betray some weakness we
would fain have left unrecOrded? To
become classic and share the life of a
language is to be ever open to criti-
cisms, to comparisons, to the caprices
of successive generations, to be called
into court ana stand trial before
new jury, once or more than once i'll
every century. To be forgotten is to
sleep in peace with the undisturbed
myriads, no longer subject to the cfills
and heat, the blasts, the sic ct, the dust,
which assail in endless succession that
shadow of a man which we call his
reputation. The line which dying we
would wish to blot has been blOtted out
for us by a hand so tender, SO patient,
so used to its kindly task. that the
page looks as fair as if it had never
borne the record of our infirmity or
our transgressiOn. And then so few
would be wholly content with their
legacy of fame. The dignity of silent
memory is not TO be undervalued.
Fame is after all kind of rude hand
ling. and name that is often on vul-
gar lips seems to borrow something
that is not desired, as the paper-money
which passes from hand TO hand gains
something which is a loss thereby.
o sweet, tranquil refuge of oblivion, SO
far as earth is cor CT med, for us poor
laundering, stammering, misbehaving
creatures who can not turn over leaf
of our life's diary without feeling
thankful that its failure can no longer
stare us in the face! Not unwelcome
shall be the baptism of dust which
hides forever the name that was given
in the baptism of water We shall
have good company whose names are
lett unspoken by lOsterity. "WhO
knows whether the best of men be
known, or whether there be not more
remarkable persons FORGOTTEN than any
| that stand remembered in the known
account of time? The greater part
must lie content to be as though they
had not been, to be found i'm the regis
ter of God, not in the record of man.
Twenty-seven names make up the first
story before the flood, and the record
ed names ever since contain not one
living century, OliuGr Wendell
Holmes, in the atlantic MOnttly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05

For Heavens sake save the children
from becoming automatons of falsity
and artifciality Disgusting as it may
seem, the fashion of dressing children
with false hair is very commonly prac-
ticed in England. Childhood is about
all left that is not artificial and affected,
and it is hoped that that may not too
soon be led into the folly of the mothers
and elder sisters. If there is no decency
on the part of mothers, it is time there
was some authority on the part of
fathers. Maybe t. e latter will net have
to be called into requisition, however,
as we see it stated that Queen Victoria
and the Princess of Wales do not wear
false hair, and are much opposed to the
chignon abom1nation, which may have
more weight with the silly adherents of
fashion than any ideas of correct taste
and physical well-being.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05

The different kinds of fruits named
usually contain the same proportion of
wate-, namely about IS per cent.
There is, however, considerable varia-
ton, according to the perfection of
ripening, &C., but this is the average.
Most of this is driven off in drying, but
we cannot tell how much q bushel is
reduced in bulk or weight by the ordi-
nary process. 1t is usual. y reckOned
that ten bushels of peaches are re, ,uired
for one of good dried fruit, the stones a. ID
skins taking out a large quantity be-
sides the water. We are informed that
by the Alden process of drying apples,
which is more perfect than the COM
mOu modes, bushel of apples, or 50
lbs, will yield 8 dried pounds 1.-TWO of
which are cores, and skins for jellIes,
&C., leaving tbs., or about one-sev-
enth in weight of the original fruit.
We are unable to answer the question
in relation to canning, wine-making,
&c, and must leave these for manufac-
turers To answer, who are familiar with
figures and details.-CO,a,tyy Gentle
man.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05

tits pleasant to observe that the
grape has, and still continues to elicit
much attention, nearly or quite all
over New Epgl; nj 1t Is a1nu lily be-
coming more common in our markets,
and the quality and favor have been
gradually improved. Some OF them
may he pronounced as excellent. Much
however, remains to be learned OF their
habits, and of the best modes OF culti-
waiting them as regards location and
soil. Especially is it necessary that
better prcatices should prevail in IT.
gard to the manner of preparing them
Tor market. Many of those exhibited
for sale keep but short time, owing
to the bunglipg and imperfect manner
adopted in harvesting them. They are
handled too roughly, which not only
rubs off the beautiful bloom that COW
era them. but often bruises them. II
hacked in boxes, they are sometimes SO
numerous that the weight of the top
LAYERS alone is sufficient to press the
lower ones out Of shape, and perhaps to
burst some of them.
Grapes of the greatest excellence of
their kind will be found, ia the long
run, to prove the most profitable. If
thew are of the Concord variety, for
instance, it would be advisable to grade
them, Let the lunches which are
the most perfect in form, cOlor and
flavor, he put by themselves, and those
of a second quality by themselves. In
this -way they will sell for q much
larger price than if the best and second
quality were together.
To hyvlk
cultivator might go step further, and
find advantage in it. In order that the
grapes may he kept well, and retain
its sOuudness aud sweetness for many
weeks. the lunches should not he rude
ly plucked from the vines by the hand,
but be carefully cut of with a pair of
sharp shears, or twig cutters, and the
cut covered Immediately by touching
the end into little gum shellac dis
solved in alcohol. This could lie dOue
| instantaneously, almost, and would
tend to prevent the fruit from shrink
| ing, and thus prevent the deteriora-
| ton which it is almost certain to un-
dergo, if this precaution is not attendt d
TO, The person who, by some care OF
this nature, can offer excellent fruit in
the market two or three weeks beyond
the usual time, will be certain to find
all his extra care most abundantly re-
paid. This would be the case with the
grape, because it is in season at all
times. 1t would be more accepta-
BILE, even after the flush of the Wiz
tage had gone by.
The grape is very easy cultivated
fruit, and there is good leason why, al
this day, every person who Owns
garden spot, should not at least pos
sess one vine. 1t will necessarily oc'
cupy but little room, as it may be
planted near the fence, against which
it may be conveniently trained for sup
port, and as it shades but little, when
properly managed, will prove no inju
ry to the soil.
In setting out vine, we would sug
gest that it is no more work to set anC
tend one that produces excellent fruit
than it is to produce one whose fruit
will be Indifferent and worthless. Fol
AL outdoor grape, perhaps there Is
nothing better at presert than the
Concord. England Farmer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05
4 Font of Tyne.

As scrap of information, we give
the proportions in Inch the different
letters are cast to a font of type, and
in which they occur in print: Letter
e, l,5O9; t, 600; a, $50; II, o, :, j, 500;
h, $40; r, 620; d, 40; ], 100; IL, $40
c, m, 800; $50: W, y, 200; g, p, 10;
b, 100; v, 10; X, 50; q, SO; j, X, 40;
z, 20. Besides, there are the combined
letters, ii, 40; IL, 40; fl, 20; fiji, Is; fiji,
10; &c. 10; 9, 5. The proportion fol
capitals and small capitals differs from
the small letters. In those, i takes
the first place, then Il, then A, and
then L, etc.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05
How TO Reduce Bones for Agricultural
I1SeS

A writer in the HOrticulturi5 says he
buys bones of the butcher at dollar
the hundred pounds, and considers them
the cheapest fertilizer he can obtain.
He transforms them into meal by the
following simple and effective process:
have large water-tight hogshead stand
ing out doors, near the kitchen. In the
s,sring / cover the bottom about six
inches deep with dry soil. On this 1
put layer of bones about the same
depth, and cover them entirely with I'M
bleached ashes. On these another layer
of bones, then ashes, and so on until
the hogshead is full. 1 leave it then
exposed to the sun and rain all summer
and winter until next spring. Then, on
removing the contents OF the hogshead,
I find nearly all the bones SO soft that
thew will crumble to powder under a
yery slight pressure, and, mixed with
the ashes and soil, they give nice little
nile of manure, ready for immediate
use. Any of the bones not sniilclent ayy
again for another years slumber'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05

The rates of postage in England are
sometimes compared with ours unfavor-
ably to the latter. By recent reductions
the weights allowed for given rate of
postage have been increased. One
Ource can now be sent to auy part of
the kingdom for one penny 1.-TWO cents, }
and greater weights for even proportion
ally less. Thus, letters exceeding two
ounces, but not exceeding four ounces,
cost two pence; exceeding six ounces,
but not exceeding eight ounces, three
pence. A letter weighing twelve ounces
would cost eight cents postage in Eng
land here it would cost seventy-two
cents, or just nine times as much. But
it must be remembered that England is
much more compactly settled than the
United States; and on an average, let
tiers passing through our postoffice have
to be carried a much greater distance,
and of course, at increased expense.