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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18


From the days of Socrates to Charles
Dickens there has been one long sue
cession of unfortunate examples. Poet
and planter, dramatist and novelist,
philosopher and linguist-the Molieres,
the Millions, the Byrons, the Bulwers,
Durers, the Scalligers, the Sheridans,
the Thackerays-willm marry and quar-
rel in the future as in the past. All
these men, without exception, will, in
the future, as in the past, blame their
catastrophes. And yet what a re-
cord of heartlessness and indifference
our greatest men have left of their do
nestle life. DIR. Franklin, that old
utilitarfan kite-hyer, went to Europe,
leaving lis wife behind, and never
saw her face for eleven years. She had
shared his poverty, and practiced his
Poor Richard maxims, pinched and
economical, patched and darned, work.
ed early and late, bred children, nursed
them through jaundice, red gum,
hopping cough, measles, scarlet fever
and fits, while Benjamin enjoyed the
splendor Of court, velvet cushions.
great dinners and choice society. OF
course, when he came back, the poor
drudge was no match for the philosO-
pher; there was great gulf between
them. That her heart rebelled is mani
fest in the headsstrong acts of her
children. He quarreled with his sons,
and disinherited one of them. Thus
the mother was revenged. A just
retribution for any wrong on woman is
sure to come, in the vice and crime of
her children, to the third and fourth
generations. Henry Clay thought he
could safely leave his wife at Ashland
to bear children and make butter for
the Lexington market, while he made
laws for the nation and love to the
lovely women in Washington. There
his heart stood always open as my
clearinghouse door, but shut against
her who was playing Solomon's wise
woman on a farm i'm Kentucky, cut
ting out lindsey and jeans for the
"nigger." His dream of ambition
over, sick and sad, he went back to
Ashland to find that the domestic
drudge, called by the holy name of
wife, had reared up for him race of
degenerate and hayward children. He
was filled with the bitterness of disap-
pointment. But they measured the
depth of the mothers humilia-
ton. The angles of indifference and
retaliation were but equal. Was it the
sorrowful mother that made one son
crazy with hopeless love; another, a
sour, discontented man, overcome
through life with sense of inferiority;
and jockeys and gamblers of the rest?
Truly, wisdom is justified by her
children. We do not gather grapes
from thistles, nor figs from thorns.
By their fruits We shall know them.
Great pacificator! How could he
fathom the cause of our social wrongs
We cannot quench our thirst at sweet
and pleasant streams, whose fountains
we have poisoned. He might despise
the wife who ministered to him in
carnal things, but just and mighty was
her revenge. Henry Clay is dead his
compromise measuers are scattered to
the winds but his misdeeds live after
him. His own Theodore still fingers
in the asylum at Lexington. There is
but one thing immortal, and that is
love,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18
Transferring Bees.

Here is my plan of transferring.
Blow smoke in the entrance, invert
the hive, place thin cloth over it to
prevent the bees coming out, and rap
on the hive for two or three minutes.
The bees will fill themselves and
gather at one corner of the cloth. Now
take off one side of the hive and re-
move one card of brood, and at in a
frame and hang 1t in the new hive.
Take the blanket with the bees that
have gathered and cover the new hive;
then turn the old hive down 50 the
entrance of the two hives come to-
gether, rap on the old hive, and the
Dees will travel ON double quick. ]
transferred twenty-four stocks this
summer without the loss of a queep.-
Cor. Bee Keeper's Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

At the royal palace Of Whitehall, ON
the Sd of September, 1858, . man lay
diving. Eight days before he felt 20
confident Of life that he told his wife
not to think he should die, a. he felt
sure of the contrary. Now he was
speechless, sinking; and the last thing
about which he was eeriously troubled
himself was q curious metaphysical
one. "Tell me-" he said to Sterry, .
minister who stood by him, sis it inn
possible to fall from grace?" 'sIt Is
not possible" said the minister.
'rThen," exclaimed the dying man,
~ am safe; for I know that / was
once in grace" And then he prayed.
"Lord, though miserable and wretch
ed creature, am in covenant with
thee through thy grace, and may and
will come to thee for thy people. Thou
hast made me a mean instrument to
do them some good and thee service.
Many of them set too high o value
upon me, though others would be glad
of my death. Lord, however thou dis
posest of me, continue to go on to do
good for them. Teach those who look
too much upon the instruments, to de-
pend more upon myself, and pardon
dust q poor worm, for they are thy
people, too.n The attention of all
England was riveted on the eick room
at Whitehall, with keen and sincere
interest. From the lips of many went
forth earnest prayers that God would
be pleased to spare the invalid's life
in the hearts of many there were fears
and misgivings as to what would come
in the event of that prayer being re-
jected; in other hearts there were joy
and exultation over the death of sim
ner while in others, that should have
been kindly disposed, there was q GER
tain sort of assurance that there is
something in the misfortunes Of our
greatest friends which Is not displeas-
ing to us. A frightful wind-storm
ragged, roofing up the trees in the park,
and tearing off the roofs of houses in
London. The friends of the dying
argued that God was giving warming
of his intention to take to himself the
soul OF the sufferer; his enemies argued
that "the prince of the powers of the
air" were holding fearful revels amid
the storm-driven clouds in honor of
the prospects of Selling on great
offenders soul. The dying man was
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of
England and Ireland, the man who
for ten years governed the kingdom in
a right kingly way, and made it strong
er and more respected by all foreign
powers than it had been since the days
of Henry V. and Agincourt. 1t was
the Sd of September, the day Cromwell
was wont to call his fortunate day. On
a third of September he overcame the
Scots army at Dunbar, when, looking
at the position of his army in a mill
tary point of view, he was committed
to certain destruction at their hands;
on third of September he had fought
the battle of Worcester, the Lords
browning mercy to him." as he called
it, when the ROyalist cause was lost in
England, 50 long as Cromwell could
move a regiment or man a ship. In
this last sense surely the third of Sep
TENDER was still CrOmwell's fortunate
day, for if ever man was Weary of
life and anxious to be quit of the cares
of it, Cromwell must have been that
man.-HiSOTicdl Sketches.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18
Hyglenic Rules.

Never eat when much fatigued; wait I'M
til rested.
Never eat just before you expect to en-
gage In any severe mental or physical exer-
else.
Never eat while in q passion. or when
under great medical excitement depressing
or elevating.
Never eat just before taking bath of
any kind, or just before retiring at night.
Never eat between regular meals.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18
For Offensive Breath.

For removing this disagreeable affec-
ton almost the only safe and effective
thing to use is the concentrated solu-
ton of chloride of soda. From six to
ten drops of it in a wine-glassful of
pure spring water, taken Immediately
after the operations of the morning are
completed. In some cases the OdOr
arising from carinus teeth is combined
with that of the stomach. If the
mouth be well rinsed with a teaspoon
full of the solution of the chloride in q
tumbler of water the bad odor of the
teeth will be removed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18
Tie Dividing Point.

There is a place in the north where a
man may stand and toss q cup of water
on the one side and it will run south.
ward until it mingles with the waters
of the Gulf of Mexico; II thrown in the
opposite direction, it will out through
the st. Lawrence and finally empty in
to the Northern Atlantic. 81 It Is in
life; the dividing line is 81 exceeding
ly thin, that the slightest impulse will
incline the person one way or the 9TH
er-one of which will lead to happi-
ness, prosperity and honor, and the
other to misery, ruin and degradation.
Happy are they who catch the spirit of
tie moment and set their faces IN the
right direction,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

If you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated,
Respondent, have frequent Headache,
mouth tastes badly in morning. ifregu-
lar appetite and tongue coated, you are
suffering from Torpid Liver or Bill
iousness." In many cases of oliver
Complaint" only part of these symp-
toms are experienced. As remedy
for all such cases, DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery has no equal, as it
effects perfect cures, leaving the liver
strengthened and healthy. Sold by all
first-class druggists. 500.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18
Oliver Wendell Holmes Fun-The Dry
Goods Salesman.

"The Poet at the Breakfast Table"
says Tin the August Atidntic) that he
treasures up with interest all the words
uttered by the salesman-and then goes
on to make sketch of that person
1t must have been noticed that he
very rarely, speaks. Perhaps he has an
inner life, with his own deep emotional
and lofty contemplative elements, but
as we see him he is the boarder reduced
to the simplest expression of that term.
Yet, like most human creatures, he has
generic and specific characters not un-
worthy of being studied. I notice par
ticularly certain electrical briskness of
movement, such as one may see in
squirrel, which belongs to his calling.
The dry goods mans life behind his
counter is succession of sudden, snap
py perceptions, and brief series of CO.
ordinated spasms, as, thus ::
"Purple calico, three>quartes wide,
six yards "
Up goes the arm; bangl tumbles out
the fiat roll, and turns half dozen
somersets, as if for the fun of the thing;
the six yards of calico hurry over the
measuring-nails, launching their backs
up, like six canker-worms out jump
the scissors snip, clip, rip; the stuff is
wisped.up, brown-papered, tied, labeled,
delivered, and the man is himself again,
like child just come out of q convul-
sion fit. Think of a mans having some
hundreds of these semi>epileptic seiz-
ures every day. and you need not won
der that he does not say much these
fits take the talk out of him.
But because he, or any other man,
does not say much, it does not follow
that he may not have, as have said,
an exalted and intense inner life. /
have known number of cases where a
man who seemed thoroughly common
place and unemotionalhas all at oncesur-
prised everybody by telling the story of
his hidden life far more pointedly and
dramatically than any play-wrighter or
novelist or poet could have told it for
him. I will not insult yourintelligence,
Beloved, by saying how he has told it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

Farmers and Others who raise poultry
should save their early chickens, and
select the best to breed from, changing
eggs occasionally with those of their
Deigbb0rs who take the same pains "a
themselves. In this way, instead of
having their fowls ''run out,". they
would improve. A little attention 10
this direction will pay the breeders of
fowls, as know by experience.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18
Ey@.

What variety Of eyes there are in
the world! There are loving eyes, cd
miring eyes, LONGING eyer, fnquisitive
eyes, Jealous eyes, envious eyes, mali
cious eyes, smiling eyes, fearful eyes,
and eyes that look and yet zee nothing;
besides many other kind Of eyes which
in their own peculiar way, are peering
into the worlds mysteries.
A good way to make loving eyes Is
to be true, devoted and thoughtful of
home comforts.
To attract admiring eyes, be cheerful,
tidy and industrious.
To cure longing eyes, call in and give
some supper to the poor, half-starved
little creature, who is gazing in at
your bountifully supplied table.
To salty iDquisitive eyes, let them
see the very thing they had rather not.
To avoid jealous eycs, be neither dis
trustful nor do that. to another which
you would not have done to you.
To avoid envious eyes, be squint-eyed
pock-marked, hump-backed, equatty,
disagreeable, and no sort of use to any.
body.
To keep clear Of malicious eyes, die
at once and 60 to heaven.
To cause smiling eyes, speak kindly,
deal gently and be light-hearted and
merry, remembering life is to enjoy.
Have fearful eyes whenever the heart
is fkll. 1t is q good way to work OF
trobles and tighten the spirit.
To avoid meddlesome eyes, stay ut
home, lock all doors and draw the cur
tain. Then if they look through the
keyhole, throw hot water on them, il
you are over-sensitive; otherwise go
ahead with your own affairs in your
own way, and let them NEEDLE.
Penetrating eyes must lock up and
try to forget all the secrets discovered
of the shortcomings of others, only re-
membering the beautiful things which
the blind cannot see.
For eyes that look and see nothing
there is no cure, excepting an awaken
ing of soul or intellectual energies.
Viii 1t not be heaven when all eyes see
clearly and from kindly motives?-
Kim Or3O7s
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18
What is Man?

What is man to himself but a mys-
terry; amidst the wonderous works of
creation he goes forth, looks on the
distant stars, and longs to he familiar
with their glories for here is, in the
vast expanse, a .magnanimous source
for the springtide of happiness, with
out which, life passeth like dreamy
sleep, both useless and unemployed. 1t
would be bliss to feel ourselves the
beings that we really are, but for the
thought of what the spirit is, and
what it might be. A holy thing is life
i'm him whose mind can dwell with
God amidst his works.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

We take delight in referring our
afflicted friends to the drug stores where
that most estimable medicine, DIR. 8.
o. Richardson's Sherry Wine Bitters,
can be procured. We advise cur friends
to uss it, because we know its value in
curing Fever and Ague, diseases COM
mon in the west, and all new countries.
It should be kept at hand in every fam
lily.
Sold by all Druggists.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18
Defend Your Health.

The fall of the leaves not only symbolizes human
decay, but promotes IT, In other words, the ef1iu-
via from dying and rotting vegetation is unfavor-
able to health. To this and other causes-especial
" excess of moisture IN the atmosphere -tuay be
ascrioed the prevalence of acute disorders OF the
stomach, bowe.s aud liver at this season. Every
person OF bilious habit is liable to be very bilious IN
the fall. Then. too, all persons whose digestion is
weak are more than ordinarily dyspeptic. and in
dividuals predisposed to collie, diarrhes and dys-
enteiy are particularly likely 10 be attacked by
these complaints. The most complete defence
against each and all Of these distressing ailments
is bodily vigor To obtain this blessing in all its
plentitude where 1t does not exist, Hostetters
Stomach Bitters Is earnestly recommended It is
the peculiar Office o: this preparation to reinforce
and regulate the important organs which digest
and temper the food. and convert IL into life-sus-
tanning blood. Bodily vigor depends upon the
nourishing qualities of that fluid. aid the nutri-
tiousness OF the blood depends upon the functional
activity and regularity which 1t is the special prov
idence of the Btters TO secure Hence it Is the best
seasons. When dysentery, daI rhRa- Dllioos cuticr
and Other violent affections OF the bowers oesDme
epidemic. they often do In certain paris OF INT
who have been wise enough to resort 70 the Bffters
Is preventive are almost Invariably exempted
pom the sccurge.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

MANY valuable horses die from the
effects of collie. The best thing to do
in cases of this kind is to pour bottle
of JOhnson's Anodyne Liniment into a
long-necked Junk bottle, add half pint
of molasses and water, then pour the
whole down the horses throat. In ten
minutes the horse will begin to eat.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

i'm u crowded tavern, Judge and
an Irishman were once obliged to room
together. CHOW, Pat" said the Judge,
"you would have had to have staid q
long time in Ireland before you would
have slept with Judge" GAY, ay,
STRIP answered Pat, 'au' yer Honor
would have had to have staid long
time in Ireland afore you'd been a
Iud0eu
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18
,cnuaa -TIcKNoR & CO.,

\tkSUHAl. the celebrated cloth,
iers. announce the Introduction of a plan
of ordering clothing by letter. TO which
they call your special attention. They
will, on application, send you their i'm
proved and accurate rules Tor Self-Mess-
urement, Illustrated circular and Price
list, with a full line of samples from their
immense stock of Cloths. cassimeres, &C..
&c, Thus enabling parties in any part OF
the country tn order logbing direct from
their hou Z. with the certainty III receiv-
ing tarmen' Of the very latest style and
mo perfect n attainab,e.
Goods ordered Will be sent by express to
he paid for ON delivery. with the under
stand ng that If not satisfactory. they can
be returned at Ticknor's expense
As Is well known throughout the south
and West, they have for IL years EX
GELLED in all departments OF th"ir bust
ness which Is n guarantee as TO the char
acter OF the goods they will send out,
YOir orders are solicited, ami when In
st. Louis, you are invited TO call AT the ex-
tensive establishment of ficknor " u,
manufacturers and retailers o. mems and
boys Clothing md Furnishing Goo -. tJl
aud 6B North Fourth stree 81. Louis,
Mo. Boys clothing u speciality.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

The largest vineyard in the South.
ern States is near Fayetteville, N. c.,
and contains one hundred acres, on
which there are 1000 vines. These
vines are chiefly the Scuppernong, but
Also include the Flowers. Catawba, and
other varieties. 1t Is supposed that the
yield from these vines this year will be
fully $1,000 gallous Of wine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

There are now painted in New
Jersey 5000 acres with cranberries.
Two years from now they will be il
full bearing, when that State will take
the lead In cranberry culture, as she
did few } ears ago with strawberries,
raspberries and black berries.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

The annual return of the number
of paupers receiving out door and IN
door relief i'm England and wales
places the figures on Janury ], 1877, at
9Sl, 042, being one in twenty-three OF
the population.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

Parsons Puvgatiue Pills will greatly
relieve, if not entirely cure, dyspepsia
when everything else fails. They have
been tried in some desperate cases, and
have given more relief than any other
medicine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
kEMEDY FOR WHITE HAIRS

kEMEDY FOR WHITE HAIRS
A correspondent Of the Massachusetts
Poughnsdn recommends the following
remedy for white hairs which some-
times appear on horses from the use Of
the saddle Take q piece of lard, large
enough to give the spot q good greas-
ing rub the same with the hand until
1t becomes right hot, repeating the
operation ut least three or foul times;
and the white hairs will soon come out
and hair of q natural color take their
place.
The Boston Journal of Chemistry
says that house plants ought to be slim
uiated gently, once or twice q week.
Rain water, 30 refreshing to summe.
flowers, always contains ammonia,
which also abOunds in all liquid man
ures. An ounce of pulverized carbon
ate of ammonia, dissolved in q gallon
of water, will make apring water more
stimulapt to plants than rain water
A tablespoonful of guano to q pail of
water will make stimulating liquid
manure.
sPRAINs AND BRUISES.
These injuries are sometimes very
distressing and their consequences
very serious. The dense ligaments
and synvvial membranes Of the joints
swells and sometimes iDflame, as the
result of local injuries, and the pain is
often extreme. But simple water Is all
the treatment necessary in any case.
1t should, however, be of tempera-
ture adapted to the circumstances, the
intention being to unlosd the longest
ed vessels of the uniDjured part as
much as possible. IF the part is hot
and painful, apply cold water or cold
wet cloths, frequently renewed, until
the heat becomes normal. II there is
pain or tenderness without increased
heat, apply lamentations until the
pail is relieved. All the after dosing
required in either case is q wet cloth
covered with q dry one, and worn un-
til all tenderness is gone. This simple
treatment will do all that any medica-
ton can do, and is better than all the
llniments and lotions, plasters and
poultices, that were ever invented.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

The Fruit Recorder and Cottage Gar
dener is Exclusively devoted to fruit
growing and homes adornments. Ed
tied by life long fruit grower. Speci-
mems sent free or from Sept. to Dec.
four mouths, % cts. A. NJ. Purdy, Pal
myra, N. Y.
An exchange is puzzled by the
question of correspondent: "Wnether
Mr.. Jefferson, who is playing RIP
Van Wrinkle at the theatre, IS the
same man that was President of the
United States, or is it his sOn?" The
anxious inquirer of this question
should be pat in the same category
with the New Jeiseyman WHO, having
heard that Columbus was in Ohio,
Immediately started West to interview
the old man about the voyage which
resulted in the discovery of America.
An Irishman called on lady and
gentleman, i'm whose employ he was,
for the purpose Of getting some tea and
tobacco. ~ had IL drame last night,
yer honor" said he to the gentleman.
"What is it, Pat?' "Why, 1 drained
that yer honor made me q present. of
pound of tobaccy, and her ladyship
there-heaven HESS her-gave me
some tay for the goo wife" "Ah,
Pat, dreams go by the cont aries, you
know" said the gentleman. Faith,
and they may that" sii Pat; $50 her
ladyship is 10 give the tobacky and his
honor the tayo
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

LUXURY, Health, Economy insured by
using Dooley's Yeast Powder. Elegant
Light Rolls, Biscuits, &c, prepared in
ten minutes. Try it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

Why are the blacksmiths always
wicked men? Because they are given
to vice,
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S5OO REWARD All Book and Magazine can
@oOO vassers send your address Immediately 10
-Smith's Dollar Magazine New York. Very i'm
pOTtdTt.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

A FLEMISH army surgeon recon-
mends wooden shoes as u preventive OF
rheumatism.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18
THE HOUSEWIVES TABLE.

The following tables will very ma
terial.y aid persons not having scales
at hand to measure any article wanted.
Allowances should be made for extra
ordinary dryness or excessive moisture
of the articles needed:
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THE COME OF
A Nervous Invalid.

Published for the benefit OF young men and others
who suffer from Nervous Debility, etc., supplying
the MEANS SELF-cURE. Written by one who
cured himself, and sent free on receiving post
paid directed envelope. Address NATHANIEL
MAYFAIR BROOKLYN. ~