The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-23
SELECTED MISCILLANY.

The nail manufacturers of the
country have sort of ring, like that
which existed for so many years
among the paper manufacturers, with
q machine for raising or lowering
the price Of nails according to the
opportunities and exigencies of the
market. The Chicago fire was one of
the blessings in disguise to these gen.
tlemen, and under its losses and de-
mands they have been enabled to
make two advances in the prices of
their productions. The last one car
ries up the rate for ''ten pennies" to
$4.75 cask.
OF late years the whalemen have
been making q wholesale slaughter
of the walrus in the Arctic regions
for their oil and ivory. 1t is estimated
that in 1870 upwards Of SO, 900 female
walrus were killed, and they are now
80 shy that the natives on the Arctic
shores, from Cape Thaddeus to the
Anadyir sea, who depend upon them
almost wholly for food, clothing,
boats and dwellings,, are unable to
supply the necessities of life. The
Arctic walrus are nearly all females,
who 60 into the Arctic in the summer
months to bring forth and nurse their
young.
Illinois takes q new departure on
the liquor question. A bill has just
passed both branches Of the Legisls-
ture, which enacts that no intoxieat-
ing liquors shall hereafter be sold in
the state, without license, and that
no license shall be issued unless the
party applying therefor shall give
bonds in s., 900 that he will pay all
damages to any person, incurred in
person and property, by the selling
Of liquor under said license the PEN
atty to be recovered in the name of
the state for the use Of any person in
jured by liquor sold by such licensed
persons.
Offlclal reports show in Ohio an
annual loss of $1,000, 900 in sheep
killed by dogs, and nearly 81, 900, 600
in injuries-a loss equivalent to g.
COZ, 900 pounds Of wool, or q tax Of
two per cent. upon the total sum in.
vested in sheep in this State. 1t Is
said that in two years, from 1858 to
1870, Illinois sank from the sixth to the
ninth rank among the States In the
number and value Of Its sheep, and
this great falling off Is attributed to q
proportionate increase in the number
of dogs, and the lack Of proper legis.
lation to prevent their ravages among
the sheep. The Legislature of Mary
1.-H 10 Xonai6 op;p ~ 4 ho q su,o IN, NJ oot
The returns from five counties re.
port over 100 sheep killed in one
year by dogs.
The usefulness Of earthquakes was
q favorite subject with the late SiI
John Herschel. Were it not for the
changes in the earth's crust which
are constantly being effected by the
action of subterranean forces, ofwhich
the earthquake is the most active
manifestation, there can be no doubt
that the action of the sea beating
upon the land, together with the
denuding power of rain, would en-
evitably cover the entire earth with
one vast ocean. "Had the primeval
world been constructed a. 1t now
exists" says Sir John Hershel, "time
enough has elapsed and force enough
directed to that end has been in &C
tivity, to have long ago destroyed
every vestige of land"
Speaking Of ancient churches, the
Christian Union wants to know '.if
there is one in this country that can
show . better record than the First
Presbyterian Church at Elizabeth, N.
J.? Il was organized in 1864, and for
two hundred and seven years it has not
missed . service. Age however, has
not impaired its vitality and capacity
for growth. Within the last ten years
395 persons have been added to the
membership"