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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
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AS top dressing for fruit trees, vines
grain crops or garden crops of any
sort, on ground that has been some
what exhausted by cultivation. The
preparation described below will be
found very useful. It would improve
the mixture, however, to add to the
ashes about a peck Of good, newly
slack d lime, which would bring the
potash OF the ashes to Q caustic state
and enable it more speedily to soften
and dissolve the bones, which, when
lime is thus used, need not be necessa.
ry in the absence of quickliUe. With
its use in this way, and with sufilcien-
cy of unleached (hard) wood ashes,
the bones, which have been merely
cracked up with the hammer, may be
easily be softened.
Take one barrel Of pure, Underground
bone, mixed with q barrel of good
Thardl wood ashes; during the mixing
add gradually three pailsful of water.
The heap may be made upon the floor
of an out-building, or upon the barn
floor; and by the use of the hoe, the
bone and ashes must be thoroughly
blended together. The water added Is
just sufficient to liberate the caustic
alkalies. potash and soda; aud these
react upon the gelatine of the bone,
dissolving the little atoms, forming q
kind Of soap, and fitting 1t for plant
aliment. 1t must be used in email
quantities, or i'm about the same way
as the so-called superphosphates. A
barrel of this mixture Is worth two OF
any of the commercial fertilizers and
the cost will be about half as much.
If the bone meal aud ashes are very
dry, four pailsful of water may be re-
quired, but care must be exercised not
to have it inconveniently moist. 1t
may be ready for use in week after it
is made. Pure, raw, finely ground
bone and the hest of ashes should be
employed. of Chemistry.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
Pasturing Clover.

Il. L. Shepard, Lowell. Ohio, says:
GAS l have been puzzled by conflicting
testimony in regard to turning cattle
into clover, part of which thought
good and part decidedly bad, de,er.
mined to give some rules so plain that
the wayfariD8man need not err there
in, and here they are:
"First- Never put anything into fresh
clover pasture on an empty stomach.
'SecOnd-Never when the grass is
wet.
'Third-Never put them in when
the weather is changing from warm TO
cold. ~
"Fourtll-Do not give any salt for at
least twenty-Iour hours before putting
in the first time, nor until the evening
of the second day.
"Fiftn-DO not let them remain In
more than twenty minutes the first
time, after which they may run wet or
dry with perfect safety"
Without such precautiOn there is
danger of swelling from bloat, and val
able animals are often lost in this way.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
DESTROYING Weeds.

To pay more attention to getting
farms free from weeds, and then keep
ing them so, are points Tn which most
Southern farmers need pay more atten-
ton. For the best results We need not
only 10 keep our crops reasonably clean
but we should aim at the destruction of
the crop of weeds. And each time we
allow weeds to riPen their seeds We
greatly increase the difficulty of our
task. The wonderfully;proliiic nature of
many weeds should be kept in mind.
1t is possible to have ground quite free
from weeds, but when it is the condi-
ton of most farms that this cal, only
be secured by much labor. Every
weed seed that commences growth and
is then killed helps along the work. So
long as the seed remains in the ground
until it loses its vitality-its power of
causing trouble is not finished; when it
has produced q plant, and that plant,
is destroyed, we have nothing more to
fea- from it. Killing weeks-any plant
out Of place on the farm may be called
weed--when young, and soon after
they have commenced their growth
the better, is part Of farm work of
which we must do more.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
Lost Health RegniRed.

Seif-neglect lays the foundation of much bodily
suffering. As "A rule men are more soIcitous 60 re-
pair and preserve their houses stock In trade and
ether perishabe property than to repair and pre-
serve themselves. They can see when a wall re-
quires a prop, or a weak structure n girder hut
appear to be unconscious OF, or indifference to- the
cracks and flaws and evidences of decsa In their
own frail and sensitive organizations.
The consequence of this want OF common pru-
ience is that thousands fall by the wal,side the
prime of life every year. who might have lived 10
enjoy hale and hearty old age VI they had resorted
to the proper Of recruiting Their failing vior
at the proper time.
Seeing what that famous vitaizi"g and invigora-
ting elixir Hostetter's siiomstt S"'srs, has done
for countless mutitudes of TIE epciysted and bro
ken down, and with the Icrg uphIcEen record OF
its cures before him, it seems eIpaytng that any
sufferer from premature de- - weakness,
dyspepsia bilicgsuess chronic constipation, dis
eases of n remtttsnt or intermittent character,
should delay. even for hour. To seek the aid
which its ioning. regulating and invif,.rstipg pro-
pertIea have never failed tn afford.
IL Is exsggeration to say that RoSfef;crx StOD,-
dct Buffers The most faithful ally of nature in her
struggles with weakness and disease, that medical
botany and honest chemistry have yet given To
the wprld.-fpHi.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
What TO do in a Case Of SunstrOke.

Now that the nature of the disease is
known, the method of Treatment be-
comes most obvious, and we learn not
merely what to do, but also what not
to do. AS heat is the cause of the
symptoms, common sense points to
the abstraction of the heat in some
way as the mode of cure. And here
again vivisectioD comes into play. l
have ken an animal, cOmatOsc, para
lyzed uy heat, apparently dying, and
plunged it into bucket Of cold water.
The temperature of the sufferer ut
once rapidly fell until it reached the
normal point, and just in proportion
that of the water i'm the bucket rose.
As the animal cooled, its respirations
became more regular, the unsteady
whiri of the heart was stilled, by-and
by the eyeli,ls were lifted, and out from
the CLASSY eye came the beams Of new
life. If the period of Inconsistencies
had been short, the animal was In n
few hours apparently as well n ever,
If long, the animal would recover sui
ficiently to recognize its surroundings
and to struggle for release, but when
allowed to escape, the paraly zed limits
and the slow, imperfect progression
Indicated the profound injury the
nervous system had received, and IN u
few hours the animal would be dead.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
Keep q Horse.

The Christian Register gives the fol-
lowing advice:
81 love horse as family adjunct,
as supplement- to the nursery. He
saves more than he costs. He is third
estate in the household-better to your
wife than All extra servant, better to
yourself than the club. love him for
the real domestic pleasure to which he
contributes, the cheap and pure, the
rational and healthy delight he makes
possible for the aches, the blues, the
troubles, the doctors bill he drives
away; for the smiles that come to the
children, and the relief to the good wife
as they jog along the pleasant country
roads. 1 believe in q family horse as
the cOunter-ifritant of domestic life.
A drive smOoths down asperities of
brain and body, aud its result is heal
thier than a sermon or pill. If q
man of worried or exacting life, or one
whose wife has young children, would
introduce charm into his establish
ment, lift worry and fret, and making
life all around Drawer living aud truer
pleasure, let him go buy horse. 1t is
the cheapest indulgence a man can
aetVSf ShN ~ oAC<SoSo SiiC ihOots IL uOCO
not cost me SO much to keep a horse as
it does many man for cigars. Many
awife's superfluOus dresses costs more.
Parties and theatres cost more. Give
up these, give up fashionable travel or
summer board aud equip yourself with
proper domestic establishment, go
from business to make wife and chill.
dren happy by ride, and you will save
money on it, save health by it, secure
and multiply happiness. Even where
one is obliged to submit to the prices of
city board, it would be all economy,
while one in the suburbs or in the coun-
try by little prudence, will find that
he can save mOney-if the thing must
be put en- a mercantile basis-by giving
bp personal, pet indulgences, consider
the welfare and happiness of the whole
rather than the selfish qualification of
the one. No one thing is more quick
ly adduced against man, or supposed a
surer indication of eXtravagance or in
cipient dissipation than the owning of
a horse, while it is, indeed, the source
of the cheapest and most enduring
benefits. Let every father and mother
give up useless costs, and try it.p
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

The usefulness of eM ihquakes was a
favorite subject with the late Sir John
Hers"hel. Were it not for the changes
in the caIth's crust which are constant
ly being effected by the subterranean
forces-Of which the earthquake is the
most active manifestation-there can
be no doubt that the action of the sea
heating upon the land, together with
the denudIng power of rain, would in
evitably cover the entire earth with
one vast ocean. "Had the primeval
world been constructed as it nowexisis, :"
says Sir John Herself, 'timc enough
has elapsed and force enough directed
to that end has been i'm activity, to have
long ago destroyed every vestige Of
land"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
Number Of Shingles in a Roof,

J. ID. Tat gives to the New York Far
mers' Clud a rule for estimating the
number of shingles required for roof
of any size, one which ne thinks every
mechanic and farmer should remem
Der. First, find the number of square
inches in one side of the roof; cut off
the right hand or unit figure, and the
result will be the number of shingles
required to cover both sides of the roof,
laying five inches to the..weather. The
ridge board provides for the double
courses at the bottom. illustrations:
Length of roof. 100 feet; width of one
side Observation-Disclosures 600. Cut
Ting of the RICH hand figure We ha We
As, 200 as the number ossshingles re-
uuired.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
A Hint 10 Parents.

Nervous children suffer untold ago
mics ftom fear when put to bed alone.
Ne tongue can tell the horrors of :,
lonesome room to such children. a
little delicate boy whose parents were
drilling him for to sleep alone used to
cry violently every night, and his
father would come i'm and whip him.
He mistOOk his pertinacity for OBJ
siinaey, and he thought it his duty TO
conquer the chi.d's will.
Que night he said, "Why do you
always scream SO. when you know you
will be pun'shed?"
"Ob, father, fatheru' said the little
fellow, AZ don't mind your whipping
me, if you only stay with me-"
The fathers eyes were opened from
that moment. He saw that human
being cannot be governed by dead rules
like plant or an animal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

WHETHER for use On man or beast,
the Merchants CargliDg Oil will he
found an invaluable Liniment, and uor-
thy of use by every resident of the land.
We know Of no proprietary medicine or
article now used in the United States
which shares the good will Of the poo
pie to greater degree than this.-M. Y
hadcpc,utc'at.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

YTRA % DI N AK The "PEoPLTs'
A MONTHLY" Pittsburgh, :ciitls free, and JJ,,xf-
age pdid tr,TN yearly subscriber. either at
choice heautiftl Chruno ia thu Ss,,,t az '.mouu-
ted - cents It.re) t'CO iar-C TX " inch ensrs-
wings, oi different SUBJECTS. ass one :ixU engra-
wing for every yearly snhscrpt'on in addition to
ones or this superb Is p-" family paper sent
on fTiGi, from June to January. nos) with 2tysi
engraving and only -. 10 n the oHiv illustrated
paper 81 any prci,nsons out side Of New York; Is
entering IL S.cund year. and its large citcuIa-
ton furnishes the best test OF merit. Permanent
canyassprS wanted ~, rgIrseT,. Big profits gu1F-
dy1oest. Address. for CIRCULAR and outfit"
PEOPLES MONTHLY, PITTSBURGH. PA,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
Condition Powder Tor Horses.

The Turf, Field and FduDa says those
keeping horses should twice aweek
throw in a handful of salt and ashes.
Mix TENN by putting in three parts of
salt to one of ashes. Horses relish this
aud il will keep their hair soft and fine.
1t will prevent bots, collie, etc. Alittle
ground sulphur mixed with salt and
ashes, and given once in two or three
weeks, is also beneficial. All domes-
tic animals will be thus benefited.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

A CROWD of "Horse Men, and others.
daily throng the stores in country and
town for &eridon's CaraiTy Condifiom
Po'cders. They understand that horses
cannot be kept in good condition with
out them, and with them can be on
much less quantity of grain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

The Folded Edges Of the Elmwood
Collar, marks a new era in the manufac-
ture of paper collars. IL does not show
the sharp raw edge of other collars and
is perfect imitation of linen. Examine
The Elmwood at tue Gents Furnishing
Stores. Com.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

The relaxing power Of Jotnson's An-
odyne Lininscnt is truly wonderful.
Gases are already numerous where bent
and stiffened limbs have been limberet
and Strengthened by it. When used for
this purpose, the part should be washed
and rubbed thoroughly. Apply the
liniment cold and rub it in with the
hand.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

We copy the following from an ex-
change, which is important, if true =
Chronic diar, hea of long standing, also
dysentery, and all similar complaints
common at this season of the year. can
be cured by the use INTERNALLY of John
SIMS Anodyne Linincnt. We know
whereof we atfirm.-Cona.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

Hs Person can take these naf4sRs aeeprd.
ing TO directions. and remain hog wusn provided
their bones not destroyed By minssa1 poison o. eeh
means. and he vital organs Sasssd bs5usd ~ -
DysPelsia or Indigsstisn. Hsad.eAe Yzs
/. shs SAOalde.s Coughs. rghnes q a. CAs.t. Dis
= d Mouth. Bilious AsaeLs. Palp;i.t;o. 4 a
Heart, Inflammation Of he Lungs Pzs b he reeiosD
a the Kineya and hundred osher p.inlh synps1usL
s's ., a.S oas Sos n S.s. .
ansee Of ID merits than leng!hy sdvezdssnas.
Fer Eenale Complaints, b ~ % ~
married q sssle. z 4, a.xn e 49, -
inauenes thaf marked inprovensnf b ssss psresp-
6ble
mitseot Fevers, Diseases Of Inc Blood. uWi Ed.eT
and Bladder, these Btten have 10 sgs.l Ss<A D,s-
eases are caused BY vitixsed Blood vhieA = gsssaiI
p'1S Ssa s srs Cent. =:
a Tonic, possessing aIso the peculiar nesse q ssssA
as a powerful agent in reviewing Congssooa g lam
nation Of the Liver and Viscera OsBzns - s'seo'
For Skin Diseases, Emp6es1 Tsss. S.ls
Rheum, Blotches Spots Pimples PusrulsA Bella Car
bances. Ring-woms, Sczld- Head, Sore fycr3 ED-
and Diseases Of the Skin. Of whatever naos q nature
are literally dug up and carried oct d ths ysem N
short time by the use Of these RiterA
Grateful Thousands proclaim hsooAn BIT.
rxrs the most wondssu Invigosans hat sv~ sussained
the sinking system.
] WALKER, Prop'r Il. III. McDONALr9 CO..
Druggists and Gen. Agts San Francisco and ~ ZOE
~ SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS & Dks -ERS.
TH 4 4. s.HA NON, renss.. Law ~ y DOL.
TIE REASONS IT'S PROSPERITY
The year lust clusesl has been the most Stut
since the war, and the reasons for this prosperity
arr -
n The Whole. course has been cplscI,scti .n:' YEN
MONTHS. IN whish time . stuiieut VII yrs1'irsls
and get ~ LICENSE Free
I. IN. Professors are eminent lawyers cn'i tcaC!
erS and devote their entire time To Teaching n
yuuug man studying i'm office cHurt set rcrtn-
nous and regular ten hing frOni lawyer 10 ~ IN
% pr5c.ice. n.
Z The M,nt Court system fdni,arizss the -iu'i' nj
yiI the del ais Of practice am sI,llths-N htIn ior
tn, N, ,pacr,npnt Of suit as he reti ONE
IrIaron L. r.ttBc,l and healthy f"u y. rnd Ptl-
nils are treated with great kDtnsSs by the 'tilrits
'rh.. Catalogue shows .. pupils. with aiUu' :"
-r,sIt,;.,cs MANY oi the lssi.ling awycrs oi the
South- west are graduates Of This S,licol-
For particulars atldTU-S - -,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

The carthasics used and approved by
thephysicians comprising the various
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of this State are now
compounded and sold under the name
of Parsons Purgdtiue Pius.-CODa.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

Rupture can be cured without suffer
ing. Elastic Trusses are supers,sliDg
all others. Before buying Metal Trusses
or Supporters, send for a descriptive
circular to the Elastic Truss Co., GS3
Broadway, N. Y.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

Men eat too much, fret too much,
exercise too little, and then drink
whisky. Let them turn themselves
into the fresh air, eat simple food, sleep
enough, and they will be healthy. II
you want to keep q dead man, put him
In whisky; if you want to kill q living
man, put whisky into him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
Josh Billings on What Know About
Farming.

A farm nowadays of one hundred
acres will produce more buckwheat
and pancakes run on theory than il
would 60 years ago run with manure and
hard knocks. There's nothing like
book larnin' and time will eventually
come when man won't have to have
only one of Josh Billings Farmers AL
miilaX to run a farm or camp-meet-
i'm with. Often now il amt uncommon
TO see two or three or four hired men
on farm, with three or four plows
and oxen, standing all still while the
boss goes into the library and reads
himself up for the days blowing. If i
was running a farm nowadays |
would rather have thirty-six bushels
of potatoes raised ON theory than to
have eighty-four bushels raised i'm the
mean, underhand way of our late be-
nighted grandparents. once took a
farm myself. 1 took it on shares and
ran it on theory, and the thing figured
up on this way: done all the work
and furnished all the theory, and had
the aguO nine months out of the twelve
for my share of the profits, and the other
fellow paid all the taxes on the farm
with his share of the profits. BY
mutual consent we both quit that farm
at the end of the year.
What | know about farming amt
worth Dragging about anyhow. If a
man really anxious TO make money on
to u farm, the less theory he have the
better, and he must do pretty much all
the work himself, and feed his family
on what he can't sell, and go ragged
enough all the time and hunt bees.
know of many farmers who are so
afflicted with theory that they won't
set gate-post until they have had
the ground analysed by some professor
of anatomy, TO see if the earth hasgot
the right kind of ingredients in it for
post holes. That's what L call run
ming theory into the ground.
Inever knew farm that was worked
pretty much by theory but what was
"for sale or TO let' every few years;
and I never knew farm that was
worked in the good old ignorant way
of our ancestors but what WAS handed
down from father to son, and was
always noted for raising brawny-armed
boys, buxom lasses, and first-rate po-
tatoes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

IL the divine earnestness within us
only shifts and does not die, it matters
little what becomes of our mere uheol-
ogy; and deep hearted, practical faith
fulness is not separated long from true
thOughted, practical faith.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
Branes, BY Josh Billings.

Branes are sort ov animal pulp, and
by common konsent are supposed tew
be the medium of thought.
How emmy boldly knows that the
branes do the thinking, or are the in
terpreters Ov thought, liz more than i
kan tell and, for what kno, this
theory may be one of thoze remarkable
discoverys ov man which Amt SO.
These subjeks are tew mulch for q
man ov mi learning tew lift. kant
prove emmy ov them, and i have too
mulch venerashun tew guess at them.
Branes are generally supposed tew be
lokated in the he'd, but investigashun
satisfys me that they are planted all
over the boldly.
1 find that dancing masters are sit
uated in hiz heels and toze, while q
fiddler's all center in hiz elbows.
Sum peoples branes seem to be
placed in their hands and fingers, which
explains their CRATE genius for taking
things which they kan reach.
hav seen kases WHARF all the branes
seem to kongregate in the tongue; and
once in crate while they inhabit the
ears, and then we hav good listener,
but theze are sodium cases.
Thare seems tew be kases WHARF thare
amt emmy branes at all, but thiz liz 4
mistake; thot had cum akrost one
ov theze kind once, but after watching
the pashunt for an hour, and see him
drink 5 horns ov poor whisky during
the time, had no trouble in telling
WHARF his branes all lay.
l have finally cum tew the konklushun
that branes, or sumthing else that is
good tew think with, are excellent tew
hav; but yu want tew keep yure eye ON
them, and not let them phool away
their time, nor yure's neither.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

Sir Charles Lyell calculat hat The
entire continent of North America will
be washed away into the ocean in four
and half millions of years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

The Oak IrcaG-Tbe ssnsine Charter Oak
Stoves have oak leaf on The side doors, and
STAMPED with the name of Giles T.. Fiey, ~ g
Louis When buying one of them, therefore. look
for these proofs of genuinensss, and reject all
hat de- uat them
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

It;snot certain that Martin Farquhar
r,,nnor Is the author of the following
nrafaund remark, but it certainly has
Z Tnpperish sound: /" II y you want tt, to
him n when he is wet and hungry: 1.-The
T. am;able then, dry him and I'LL him
mn and YOU have an angel"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

On the island of Borneo has been
found certain race of wild creatures,
of which kindred varieties have been
discovered on the Philippine Islands,
i'm Terra del Fuego, and in South
America. They walked unusually,
almost erect on two legs, and i'm that
attitude measure about four feet in
height. They are dark, wrinkIed and
hairy. They construct no habitations,
form no families, scarcely associate to-
gether, sleep in caves and trees; feed on
snakes and rcrmin, on ants, eggs, and
on each other. They can not be tanned
or forced TO any labor, and are hunted
and shot among the trees like the great
gorilla, of which they are stunted
COPY. When they are captured alive,
one finds with surprise that their I'M
couth iabbering sounds like articulate
Language. They turn up human face
to gaze at their captors, and females
have instincts of modesty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

Wash goods are fast gaining i'm pop
ularity, and very expensive silks is not
now Indispensable for fashionable
lady's promenade.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

A farmer in Cherokee county, Ala.
prop ,sed planting, this spring, fifteen
acr-s IN water-melOns.