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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

Statistics of industrial production shows |
that persons engaged In mechanical and |
manufacturing work, on an average produce |
in value over twelve hundred dollars each, |
yearly. This being so, it is plain that the
producers do not have what is equitably
their right By some "hocus pocus" there
Is diversion and the lions share is taken
by some one else. The problem is, to de-
termine where it goes to, then stop the d.
version, and see that each producer an has
equitable share Of the result of his brain and
muscle work. This inr0lues the relation
Of labor and capital. but outside of this,
there is point phich deserves attention;
the producing class, or the sponqinq
drones scho liUe on Others labor These a6-
Sor6 cast amount, and tn the resolution OF
social encomics, hop TO lift the incubus
from labor and society is no insignificant
question. He that will not labor shall not
eat has been laid down as the rule, and if
it could be made operative. would effect
cure. With all the forces of community
acting in unison on the basis of productive
the conduct of human affairs and many of
the evils incident to our present social
state would disappear. A large idle class
AhsAne Wltcr 10 du CicuCht QSotiuCdfC
of morality; also stimulant of crime.
The true reformer will take as the base of
his operation, and the primary measure of
his efforts. the lessening of the idle classes,
turning them into productive laborers,
whereby they will directly increase the ma
tional wealth and be removed from those
temptation which lure to vicious courses.
To do this effectually, the curse must be
wrought by training the young All the
converative forces of society should be di,
rected towards establishing an educational
system which shall make each of its sub
Ject wiser, better, and more useful members
of society. Our present system is well
enough, as far as it goes; there is need
that its scope be widened; that it compress
something more than mere intellectual gym
nastics; it must reach out to infuse high
er ideal, one which shall comprehend Fife
and its issues, covering all the relations the
individual sustains to his fellows, in sc
veralty and the aggregate a.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

The illegibility Of signatures of many Of
the cashiers Of the the banks Of the coun-
try Is wen as those Of chief clerks in Gov
eminent departments, become . fruitful
source of complaint. Experts in hand
writing give it up" when asked TO deer
pher some Of their scraMls which dis6gare
the checks and bills issued by the banks in
various quarters. ~ X
It is the same affectation 10 great ex-
tent in handwriting that causes men in
Government positions, and those who con-
duct vast business affairs, to write sigma
ture resembling the struggles Of 3 dying
spider, that governs men who affect to be
great artists. authors or musicians, and
who seem to think that an unkempt head,
loose, untidy neck cloth, and general care
lessness of wardrobe, betrays the man Of
genius. sa5s - ~
While upon this matter of handwriting,
let us recommend to young men that they
| afix their real signatures after receipt
which they give for their employers, un-
| less they are ashamed of them. Brisk,
Credit b Co, per Jinks."', means nothing;
there are q hundred Jinkses, and which
particular great Jinksa this is that signs
bis name like foreign nobleman, it is diff
| fcult to understand. -. -,
Another faulty style OF receipt is "Snooh
& Higgins, per r." Who Is II? Tom, o.
Theodore, or Timothy?
Why not provide against all liability o.
mistakes by signing the real name, Brisk
Credit & Co., per Geo. .Jinks, or Shocks 4
Higgins. by VIM. Todd tt5s.,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
Cattle i'm Europe.

In paper recently read Herr J. Ruegg
at Seebezirk, in Switzerland, in aggregate
number of cattle in all Europe is estimate
at 9i,70On,0T0 head OF this number ID
million are found in Germany, Is millions
in Austria, II in France. 10 million in
England, millions in Turkey, u millions
in Spain and Portugal. 4 millions in Den
mark, % millions Italy. q millions in Nor
way and Sweden, 2 millions in Holland,
and Belgium, / million in Greece and
million in Switzerland. In proportion to
superficial and number of population
Switzerland stands at the top of The list,
having 26s head of cattle to every one
l,0a0 acres, and $50 head to every 900 in
habitants. In Spain, on the other hand,
there are only head Of cattle to every
LOCO acres.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.

The cotton factory of Fitzgerald &
Co, recently burnt, is to be rebuilt imme-
diately.
Knoxville, Tennessee, has the most
extensive nail factory south of Pittsburgh.
The South and North Alabama Rail
road was completed and trains passed
through last Monday. The great through
Southern route between Louisville and
Montgomery, Alabama. is now in success
full operation.
Birmingham, Ma, is soon to have sew
eral large iron furnaces in operation. The
immense. mineral wealth of that city is at
tracing capitalists from Europe and the
North and very sooE we may expect to e
a manufacturing city spring up there, sur
passing anything of the kind in the South.
Southern Press. 81
The farmers of Minnesota will have
not less than 20,000,00O bushels of surplus
wheat to put in the market.
American pig iron will be exported to
Europe within two years This is the pro-
phecy Of an old iron master.
The news from the cranberry district
is not very favorable The drought and
early frost have damaged the crop very
badly. 40 81 ..
The second crop of grass. in New
Hampshire this year viii be equivalent to
the full crop of hay made in the State last
year. -. ~ 80 80
After rather prolonged depression;in
mining stocks IN San Franeisco they
have taken another turn, and are now ad
vancing.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

Dlrectibns ~ Glsanslng sSHkx 0oeds.'
When silk cushions, or silk cover
ingB Of furniture, becomes dingy, rub
dry brand on them gently with WOOL
en- cloth till clean. Remove the grease
spots and stains. Silk garments should
have the spots extracted before being
washed. Use hard soap for all colofs
but yellow. for which eoft soap is the
best. Put the soap into hot water,
beat 1t till 1t is perfectly dissolved; Z
then add sufficient cold water to make
it just lukewarm. Putin the silks and
rub them in IL till clean; take them
out without wringing, and rinse them
in fair lukewarm water. Rinse in
another water; and for bright ysli0ws,
crimsons and maroons, add sulphric
acid enough to the water to give it an
acid taste before xinsing the garments
u it. To restore the colors of the diff
ferent shades of pink, put In the second
rinsing water a little vinegar or lemon
| juice; for scarlet, use q solution Of tin;
for blue, puppies and other shades, use
pearl ash; and for olive greens, dis
solve verdigris in the Iinsing water
fawns and browns shot{ld be rinsed in
pure water. Dip the silks up and
down in the rinsing water take them
out Ut it without wringfng and dry
them in the shade. Fold them up
quite damp; let them remain to have
the dampness strike through all parts
of them alike; then put them in a
mangle; If you have not one, iron
them on the wrong side with an iron
lust hot enough to smooth them. A
little isinglass or gum arabic dissolved
in the rinsing water of gauze shawls
| or ribbons, is good to stiffen them. The
water in which pared potatoes has
been boiled, is an excellent thing for
| to wash black silks In; it stifens and
makes them glossy. and black. Beefs
gall in lukewarn water Is also q nice
thing to restore rusty silk, and soap
snds answers very well. They look
better not to be rinsed in clear water,
but they should be rinscd in two diff
ferent waters. No person should ever
crush q piece of silk when it is wet,
because the creases thus made will
remain forever, If the silk is thick and
hard. The way to wash silk is to
spread it smoothly upon q clean board,
rub white soap upon it. and brush it
1 with q clean hard brush. The silk
must be rubbed until all the grease is
extracted, then the soap should be
brushed off with clean cold water, and
applied to both sides. The cleansing
of silk is very nice operation. Most
of the colors are liable to be extracted
with washing in hot suds, especially
blue and green colors. A little alum
dissolved in the last water that is
brushed on the silk, tends to prevent
the colors from running. Alcohol and
camphene are used for removing
i greese from silk. s81 .1r 81, }
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

The only scientific. rational and sue
cessful mode of treating Catarrh in the
head, that has been devised, consists in
applying DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
with DR.. Pierce's Nasal Douche (the
only method of reaching the upper
chambers of the nose) AID taking DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as
Constitutional treatment. To this
thorough course of treatment the dis
ease yields as surely as fire is extin-
guished by water. The Douche and
two medicines for 50 by all druggists.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
Natural Decay-Protect the System.


The human body is machine. and therefore
cannot endure forever; but, like a watch sew
ing machine, it will last much longer if properly
regulated and duly repaired. that if no pains were
n to keep it in order. The great object Of every
one who desires long and healthy life should be
TO put his body in a condition to resist the life
threatening influences by which we are all more
or less surrounded; and no invigorant and correc-
tive at present known so effectively answers this
purpose as the vitalizing elixir which. under the
unpretending name of Hestetter,s Stomach Btters,
has been for more than twenty years the standard
tonic of America. In crowded Cities where the
atmosphere Is contaminated with the effiuvia in
separable from large populations; in marshy re-
giOns, where the snggy soil reeks with miasma ;
the prairies and in tn forests where every ial
the air Is tanned with exhalatons from rotting
weeds and grasses Ut decOmpoflng leaves-fn short,
in every locality where malaria exists, this pow
erful vegetable antidote is urgently needed. Fee
yer and ague biliuus fevers, dysentery, congestion
of the liver, jaundice. rheumatism. and all diseases
which are generated by in fected air, impure weter
by siren thenng and regulating the system in ad
vance with Hostetter's Bitters. Autumn l. always
"A season OF peril especially to weak, susceptible
organizations. Even the more vigorous are apt to
be in some measure depressed b the humid at
mosphere, loaded with deieterious gases produced
by vegetable decay. The fall Is a period OF the
year when the renovation and regulation of the
living machine is peculiarly important, and the
Btters should therefore be taken daily at this crit
~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

THE Protestant Episcopal church in
the United States has So bishops ls;x
missionary, $500 clergy, or one bishop
for every 81 clergymen; 225,OOO COM
municants, p, 00O Sunday-school teach
ers: $4,000 Sunday-school scholars,
and contributes for church purposes
S5,000,0C0.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

TIE Fruit Recorder and Cottage Gar
dener is exclusively devoted to fruit
growing and homes adornments. Eds
tied by life long fruit grower. Speci-
mems free or from Sept. to Dec, four
months, 25 cts. A. NJ. Purdy, Palmyra,
N, n.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

We take delight in referring our
afflicted friends to the drug stores where
that most estimable medicine, DIR. S
o. Richardson's Sherry Wine Bitters,
can be procured. We advise our friends
to use it, because we know its value in
curing Fever and Agne,. diseases com
mon in the west, and all new countries.
1t should be kept,at hand in every fam
lily.
Sold by all Druggists. q
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

Hitherto the husk OFFICE, or rice chair
has been considered refuse in the South.
1t has lately, however, been discovered to
be quite valuable in protecting glassware
and other delicate articles when packed
for shipment, and large demand has
sprung up for it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
Pennsylvania Railroad Go.
Office of General Superintendent.

7 Office of General Superintendent.
NrLEMEN:-The watches manufac-
tured by You have been in use TN this
Railroad for several years by our engine
men, 10 whom we furnish watches as
part of our equipment There are some
THREE HUNDRED OF THEM CAR
RIED ON OURLINE, and we consid-
err them GOOD and RELIABLE TINE
KEEPERS. Indeed have great salts
faction in saying YOUR WATCHES
GIVE Us LESS TROUBLE and have
worn and do wear much longer without
repair than any watches we have ever
had in use ON this road. As you are
aware we formerly trusted to those of
English manufacture, of acknowledged
good reputation, but as class they
never keep time as correctly, nor have
they done as good service as yours.
In these statements am sustained
by my predecessor, Mr.. Lewis, whose
experience extended over series of
years. Respectfully,
EDWARD H. WILLIAMS,
-~. General Superintendent.
American Watch Co., Waltham.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

Our IMPRUDENCE THE CAUSE OF Con-
sUMPTIoN.-How many of US can date
the cause of our last sickness to either
a crowded room, and then coming out
in cold air, or wearing damp clothes,
causing cough which settles upon the
lungs, producing seated pains in the
chest. Aliens Lung Balsam will check
the disease and restore health to the
system, if only used in time.
Remember and call at the Drug Store
for Aliens Lung Blsam. Every family
should keep it at hand.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

Tnrzz il NO discs AesA il hsif 70
more Troublesome t6manage than rheu-
matism. II comes when you least ex-
pect it, and generally remains TIL 1t
gets ready to go agay. The most con-
spicuous remedy for this complaint IL
Johnson's Anodyne Linimepk.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

Rupture can be cured without suffer
ing. Elastic Trusses are superseding
all others. Before buying Metal Trusses
or Supporters, send for descriptive
circular to the Elastic Truss Co., $50
Broadway, N. 2.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

Two or three doses of Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition POWDERS viii cure .
horse of any common cough or cold,
and the very worst cases way be cured
in few weeks. We know this from ex-
perience. 7He
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

TO HAVE elegant light Biscuits, Rolls,
Buckwheat Cakes, Fruit Dumpings,
&C., you should use Dooley's Yeast Pow
der. Ask your grocer for it. It is q
pure Baking Powder. II
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

The Conyregdtionnlist gives this
hint to church choirs: "At the last Sab
bath service which we had the pleasure
Of attending as listeners, the fine
quartette choir sang an impressive
opening piece. 1t was this: Solo
'Hyah thar fayar fra M'siah aw bla
CIV aw miah iniquioah.'l Chorus
Cab me nav waya, etc. We mention
the fact, as some other church quartette
may like to purchase the music and
per .OTm the same. The effect on the
worshipper is peculiar"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

"A failure Of the British potato crop
would Of course increase the demand for
cregn breadstnfs. The crop is estimat.
ed to he equal to 100 0.000 bushels OF
wheat.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

LIKE lightning are the miraculous effected
with Flags Instant Relief Aches. Pains, sprains,
Bowel Compaints, etc. ftianOt Erist If this great
medicine is usei. Relief warranted, or money
tuyned.-COn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

The Hawaiian Evangelical Asso-
citation. at its late meeting, resolved to
establish a theological seminary at
Honolulu. Theological instruction has
heretofore been Given in private classes
by single missionaries, but now a
thoroughly oganized seminary is to be
established.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

CRIsToDoRoS EXCELSIOR HAIR. DYE is the
most sure and complete preparation Of its kind In
the world; its effects are magical, its character
harmless its Iints natural Its qualities enduring
Com.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

The Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road Company, in addition to its vast min
ing and steamship operations, has now
gone into the express business. 1t an
nounces that it will transmit money, par
cells and freight committed to its care over
its own railroads and all connecting lines.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

The Memphis Christian Adroco,e, OF the zsth
February last said,
you have an ache or pain, goto Mansfield 4
Higbee's and get bottle OF their Arnice Ituimrnt
It Is an excellent remedy. We have tried u, and
can recommend 1t. Another valuable article, man
ufactured and sold by them is their Creole Re
storative for the hair Mrs. Blew has tried u. and
thinks 1t has been Of great benefit to her, She says
she must have more Of it.. rtta
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
MAeUIRE'S bENnE Plant.

This extraordinary medicine, ths fame Of which
u spread broadcast throughout The country, 70 IN
douhtedly superior TO any remedy ever onerea 70
cd. We have in our possession testimonizls Iur-
nished voluntarily BY Col. Long, zte Chiec Iopo,,
Fitz Henry Warren, Gen. Pieasxnton and other, OF
the army; Fsfher p. J. DeSmet, tbs ceieoeAted M
hospital stewards, commanders Of nearly every
steamer plying the Mississippi and trfbutary nv
army chaplains and others too numerous 70 men
tiou. Likewise highest enconlums OF the prsss.
praising lis valuable medicinal qualities In the hign-
est terms. No other medicine has such rscommenn-
dations- We can also refer TO his exesiIensy. ~.
r. Blair, Jr., u. 8. SENATOR, and HON. yosepn
brown, Mayor Of the eity Of g. Louis. ana msh z
this advertisement. AGKxrs-Mckess hnp-
bins Nos. 81 and IS Fulton ST. New lork. sSia oy
druggists and medicine dealers everywhere.
J. a G. MAGUIBE, Sole Proprietors:
q. w, corner OF Olive and Second sts.. st. LOUIS,
No. Price, - eeats Per 60eelo.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

Chattanooga is rapidly becoming an
important manufacturing city.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11
Established in 1885.
at Cincinnati Exposition.

EXAMINE BLYS PATENT LEGS AND ARMS.
The best for comfort and service. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Pamphlets free. CsH or address,
CHAS VI. EVANS. Mani Isl w. 18th st. C1n'cti %
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

THE EVIDENCE.

Cramps in the stoma Oh or limbs are cured at once
by brisk rubbing with Magic Arnica Liniment-
has no equal as q linime mt. For sale by all drug
sfsts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-11

There are in Ohio 200 Congrega-
ton churches.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-04-02
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The ladies of the fredericksburg Bap-
list church are holding fair.
A colored man, named Isaiah Hopper,
was run over by railway train at Norfolk,
on Saturday evening, and instantly killed,
his body being literally cut in two.
The Bristol News says that so far as
its observation extends, there ls'not left IN
that vicinity the germ of single peach,
every bud having been killed by the ex-
tremely cold weather in December.
The grand jury of the United States
District court, in Lynchburg, on Friday,
found true bills against j. II. Trotter, OF
Pittsylyania; G. A. Pritchett, Of Pittsyl-
yania: G.. W. Pass, of Roanoke, and
Thorpe FL. Nance, of Bedford, for viola
tions of the revenue law. The case OF
Blackwell VS.. Armistead, in chancery,
involving the ownership Of the Durham
trademark, was argued.
The remarkable fatality in the family Of
the late MIR. G. L. Lloyd, in Leesburg, Va,
is creating intense excitement in that neigh
borhood, suspicion being strongly directed
to the widow of Mr.. Lloyd, the sole survi-
wing member of the family. The first
death was that of an aunt of Mrs. Lloyd,
an old lady named Jacobs, mat OF the nus
band followed it was succeeded by that
of two boys, who died very sud.
denly one day last summer, il
was said, from eating berries. One
little girl died suddenly last month, and thu
only remaining child, another little girl
died without previous sickness last Satur
day week. A coroner's inquest was helt
upon the last corpse, post morton exami
nation made, and as it was stated tina
Mrs. Lloyd had on several occasions bough
arsenic from the drug stores in the town
tie stomach of the child and its contenti
were taken to Baltimore by Recorder X
NJ. Bentley, for analysis--the jury AVA
ing his return before rendering the verdict
Mrs. Lloyd has been informed Of tn ter
rible suspicious regarding her, and is lyin
at her home dangerously i'll.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-04-02
IRON MANUFACTURERS.
THE FINE ARTS. &c.


VIACTS WORTH KNOWING AND RECORD
II ING IN YOUR MEMORANDUM BOOK
FOR CONVENIENCE AND SAYING OF
MONEY
offer for sale, by payments of weekly install,
ments the largest, best and cheapest stock OF
PICTURES south Of Washington.
Italian, French German, and American
CHRONIC AND OIL PAINTINGS
a specially.
Having made arrangements with leading Inn
porting and publishing houses of New York and
Philadelphia, offer them as low as can be bought
in America. will furnish any Chrome that Is
in the American market or imported. kramine
in all descriptions of moulding on the shortest
notice, cheaper than any house in the city.
Looking Glasses all sizes, styles and descrip-
tons. Mouldngs in length sold cheap, or manu-
featured by the foot. Photograph and Rustic
Frames, Mats, Passepatots. Fancy Nails and
Cord &C. Large Family Bibles, (the most recog-
nized editions.) magniflcently bound in morocco
and gold with treble gilt clasps. Family Album
with Certificate and Record attached, size IL by
Is. Clocks from the most eminent manufactur
ers in the United States. Carpets, John Grossly
Sons English Brussels extra super1ine ana
fine, &C., and other descriptions Also, Watches
and Clocks repaired by skillful workman ana
guaranteed.
Being the first to introduce the system OF pay
ing for goods by weekly installments, and the
large patronage have received for the last fiye
years in this city, is desideratum for the future
I am constantly adding other goods to the above
enumerated. WILLIAM DAFfhON.
Sc 25-d6m 1888 Main street.