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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
Fish Farming.

A correspondent of the Country Gen.
uen1aR says that beginners is fish farm
ing should avoid the common error
that they can get something for moth
ing in this industry, more than in any
other. In relation to trout breeding,
he says:
Trout bree.'iug requires capital and
skill, i'm addition TO natural facilities.
IF you have not the requisite skill you
must pay for it, either 10y gaining it in
practical experience, or by hiring it.
II YOU simply wish 20 stock q brook, it
will not cost much. But fyou wish to
raise trout as a business, you must have
capital. Nothing can beexpected from
it under two or three years, and you
must live while you are getting ready
and waiting for trout to grow. The
writer says he should consider il a re-
markable and praiseworthy success if
any establishment, started with a So.
600 capital, reached a paying business
in four years. 1t is not wise then for
every man who has fine brook, large
pond, or a copious spring, to conclude
that he has fortune, and hold his pos
session at a fabulous price. 1t has a
value if developed. AS it lies, unused,
it is very nearly worthless. Let be de-
velOped by those who have the skill
and capital to do il, and be content
with fair share Of the profits. Young
men who lack capital and skill shOu d
not look for sudden fortunes in trout
breeding.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
Rye as q Fertilizer,

Rye will grow and often yield largely on
soil containing not m"re than one and a
quarter per cent. of organic matter. II
affords fine winter pasture for stock. IL
should be sown in the fall, as soon as the
suns heat has SO moderated as not TO kill
the young plants. After rye has advanced
in aye and growth sufficiently to stool out
it is not damaged by the tramping of a
reasonable amount of stock. Grazing II
to reasonable extent in winter and early
spring is rather to increase than to dimin-
ish the yield. If it is net desired by the
farmer to reap and thresh out his whole
crop Of rye. hogs and cattle arc greatly
benefited if turned in upon it. The rye
st.aw, if allowed to remain upon the
ground, shades it, thus aiding in its fertili-
zation by preventing evaporation and the
escape of valuable gases from the soil.
Besides this, the straw makes a positively
large addition to the organic matter in the
sol. II also improves its physical proper
ties Turned under, it renders the ground
pulverizable and permeable to the roots OF
plants and to the rain. In grazing land, it
is Ill important to remember that tramp
ing it by the stock in wet weather is injurI-
Gus. A luxuriant rye patch bears winter
grazing with less injury to the soil than any
other crop we are acquainted with. Should
the farmer prefer to save his whole crop Of
rye, the grain always bears fair price in
market 1t is importantto be careful in
the selection of seed for sowing. Much Of
the rye found in the markets has been cut
too early, or from other cases is defective
in terminating power. After getting a
start in rye culture the farmer should save
his own seed from year to year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
How 10 Destroy Mosquitoes.

The process for destroying mosuui-
toes may he condensed into a few
words. The strongest crystalized car
bonic acid should he placed i'm bottle,
and covered with the same quantity of
strong red cod liver oil; shake the
bottle thoroughly until whitish foam
appears; if such foam does not aIise,
however, a small quantity of powdered
lime should lie added, with a little
water. Pour the mixture into a dish
or other convenient article, and place
it directly under the open window, as
it is from that quarter the mosquito
enters.
i'm my humble opinion, the effect
should be explained in this manner:
The moment the NJ Jsquito enters, it
loses the scent of blood; for, as the
combined odor of the oil and acid is
much more powerful than that of
blood, it follows, as a consequence, that
the mosquito becomes suddenly per
picked. The consequence is, that
after scramb!ing and skirmishing about
i'm the dark, the mosquito is led, as il
were, instinctively into the mixture,
where il is either drowned in the oil or
burned to death in The acid.-Cor.
Scientific american
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
A Word TO Tea Drinkers.

DIR. Arlidge, one of the pottery in
spectors i'm Stafiordshire, has put forth
a very sensible protest, says the Lancet,
against very pernicious custom
which rarely receives sufficient atten-
ton, either from the medical profession
or the public. He says that the women
of the working classes make tea a
principal article of diet instead of an
occasional beverage; they drink il
several times a day, and the result is n
Iamentable amount of sickness. This
is no doubt the case, and, as DIR. Ar
ledge remarks, a portion of the REFORM
ing zeal which keeps up such a fierce
and bitter agitation against intoXicat-
ing drinks might advantageously he
diverted to the repression of this very
serious evil of tea tippling among the
poorer classes. Tea, i'm anything be-
You'd moderate quantities, is as dis
,inctly a narcotic poison rs is opium or
alcohol. 1t is capable of running the
digestion, of enfeebling and disordering
the hearts action, and of generally
SCATTERING the nerves And it must
I've remembered that not merely is il a
question Of narcotic excess, but the
enormous quantity of hot water which
lea bibbers necessarily take is exceed
ingly nrejudicial both to digestion and
nutrition.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
True Faith.

\ blind girl had been in tie habit OF
reading her Bible by means of raised let
tiers, such as are prepared for the use of
the blind; but after awhile, by working in
a factory, the tips of her fingers became so
calloused that she could no more by her
hands read the precious promises. She
cut of the tips of her fingers that her touch
might he more sensitive; but still she fail
ed with her hands to read the raised let
ters. In her sorrow she took the Bible
and said, Farewell, my dear Bible. You
have been the joy of my heart J! Then
she pressed the open page TO her lips and
kissed it, and as she did SO she felt with
her mouth the letters, The Gospel accord
ina 10 81. Mark" Thank Godl she said
IF I cannot read the Bible with my hing
ers. / can read il with my lips =,
o, in that last hour when the world
goes away from our grasp, press this pre-
cious Gospel to our lips, that in that dying
kiss we may taste the sweetness OF The
promise. when thou passest through the
rirer., they shall not overflow thee. Tai
mace.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

THE density of the four satellites O
Jupiter has been ascertained tn b,
nearly fifty per cent. greater than tina
of the planet itself.
MOUNT Fesuvius, it is said, has beer
so much distorted from the internal
commissions from which it, has lately
suffered, that il would hardly be recog-
nized 10y IFS most intimate friends. Iis
familiar outlines have been changed,
and hew gorges, precipices and protu-
berances appear all over its surface.
NITROGEN IN PLANTS.
II is well known that the amount
of nitrogen contained in the crops
exceeds in enormous proportion
that existing in tie manures, the
excess undoubtedly being derived
from the air. 1t is now a question
whether this is extracted directly
from the air by plants, which wOnld
thus have the power of assimilating d.
rectly, or if it is first taken from the air
by the soil so as to combine with organ.
ic matter and form an assimilating
compound. According To Eeherain,
oxygen, i'm the presence of organic mat
ter, combines directly with nitrogen to
form compound analogous to The bu-
mus of the earth, or TO ulmic acid. To
illustrate this he placed in tube oxy-
gen, nitrogen, gincose and ammonia.
On drying the tube and heating it, a
black, nitrogenized matter was left,
ana a portion of The nitrogen i'm the
tube was found Ia have disappeared.
NEW DEVICE FOR TRAVELLING IN THE
AIR.
A test trial has been made i'm Paris
with a balloon of new and ingenious
construction. 1t required three days
ID fill the balloon; the apparatus for
producing the hydrogen by the action
of diluted sulphuric acid aud iron turn
iDgs, consisting of two batteries Of for
ty casks, each producing one operation,
lasting ttreC hours, 1915 cubic feet of
hydrogen, and working alternately.
AT the time Of making the ascent,
there We're about wo-thirds of ton OF
ballast on board, and the balloon was
i'm perfect equilibrium. The hundred
and fifty pounds of ballast were thrown
out, and the ascending force produced
carried the balloon up rapidly.
1t was desired, chiefly, to ascertain
the stability of the balloon, the relative
speed that could be obtained, and the
manner i'm which il Obeyed The rudder
either on fixed course, or ON lacking,
every requisite appliance for accurate
observation being provided.
The result showed that the stability
of the balloon WAS perfect, that it man.
ifested no signs of oscillation under the
action of eight men working the screw,
and that the shifting of the weight in
the car produced no sensible move
ment. TIE vertical axis was only
shifted-umder the most trying circum-
Stances small part of a degree, and
lOngitudinslly there was no change.
In comparing the direction of the
balloon drifting freely before the wind
with the direction given to it when the
screw was in operation, it was found
that the resultant made with the nor.
NAL direction All angle of twelve de-
grees. The speed given to:the balloon,
with twenty-seven and half Tevolu-
tons of the screw, was six and one
third miles an hour, while the rate due
TO the wind alone was from twenty-six
to thirty-seven miles au hour.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
Usage Orange Timber.

The wood of the Usage Orange is
biehly valued i'm the South fer carriage
and wagon building. Changes of
weather are said not TO affect it. the
wheels made of it stand great amount
OF wear and tear without needing re-
pair, while other wheels require to
have the ties shrunk once a year. We
hicles built of this wood. command
higher prices by thirty per cent. than
those of ordinary timber. The wood
yields beautiful orange dye, and it is
proposed TO attempt to obtain this
from the sawdust, which is at present
valueless.
We regard the Usage Orange as
destined eventually TO become of great
value as timber tree, both North end
South. 1t ought to receive more at
tentiou for timber purposes than has
heretofore been accorded to it.-Cot-
mans Rural World
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

HOLMES on FLIES.-Mighty curious
creatures, these same house flies. Talk
about miraclesI Was there ever any
thing more miraculous, so far as our
common observation goes, than the
coming and going of these creatures?
Why didn't Job ask where the flies
come from and where they go to? L
did not say that you and don't know !;
but how many people do know any
thing about it? Where are the cradles
of the young flies? Where are the
cemeteries of the dead ones, or do they
die at all except when we kill them !?
You think ali the flies of the year
are dead and gone, and there comes a
warm day, and all at once there Is a
general resurrection OF 'em; they
have been taking a nap, that is all
September Atlantic. z. =
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

q ern and Southern farms suffer for
richer manure, which can only be
made by feeding moro cattle. Eastern
markets are in . state Of chronic want of
meat. and their demands are mot nearly
supplied by Western stock rsisers Be
sides. the quality of Western beef general
IL is not up to the standard required for .
great bulk of the Eastern consumers. The
way out of the difficulty. felt By both farm
ers and meat consumers in the Eastern
States lies, in q great measure, IT not who'll
", through better use of straw. Straw
itself cannot be relied upon as q fodder
for cattle, and yet such bulky and com
paratively innutritious food is demanded
to great extent BY stock. When used in
conjunction with Western corn the whole
need Of the case is met. Let Eastern far
mers, as soon Is may be, provide stock to
consume all their coarse products, straw,
pea hanIin, bean hanlin, corn stalks, and
as many roots as they can possibly raise,
and purchase corn to feed with
| to furnish the nutritious matter, which il
needs large amount of bulky matter to
he fed with it TO make it most comp etely
digestible. A tua OF straw, fed with a
third of tun of corn meal and tun o
roots, would make a combined feed which
could be used very pro6tably for fatteninl
cattle daily ration Of 30 pounds O
straw, 30 pounds of roots, and 10 pounds
of corn meal, or oil or cotton seed meal
would soon bring an ordinary steer int
market condition. For heavier or grade
shorthorn stock the roots and meal could
very well be increased, but still the
heaviest feeders would fstten readily OF
this mixed diet At the same time thu
farm would receive the benefit of the ex
ira value Of the manure made by this pur
chased food The nitrogen contained il
the articles named is mainly left in thu
manure and would become most valuable
acquisition to the soil and would soon bell
to produce largely increased crops Of graiI
and coarse feed. Cattle SO fed within 5O'
miles of the great Atlantic cities could b.
put into market quite pro6tably in compe
tltion with Western fed stock and by Their
superior quality OF beef would help to en-
large the ability to sustain the competi
ton. We do not need to have our cattl,
fed on the plains of Texas altogether
] there are hundreds of farms within 10,
miles of the eastern coasts on which stool
could be raised and fatted for market il
every way pro6tably. 1t is done in othe
countries, and il our farmers will but fol
low foreign methods, it may be done here
and of those methods the primary one i
to feed every tun of coarse fodder raise,
and to buy concentrated food to use witt
it, with the double purpose we have point
out.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
A Ncw Epoch In Medical History

"Reason and chance" says Pliny,
sled to the discovery of the virtues OF
medicinal herbs" In these modern
days, research and experiment have
perfected the work that reason and ac-
cident began. DIR. WALKERS Vinegar
BIrTERs are the latest result of bOtaui-
cal investigation and pharmaceutical
science. This extraordinary medicine,
composed entirely of vegetable ingre-
dents culled from the soil of our Pacif-
ic Territory, is pronounced a remedy
for every disease-not organic-of the
stomach, the liver, the bowels, the
respiratory system, the kidneys, the
muscles, and the other organs which
make up the machinery of life. All
who have witnessed its effects are in IA
vor of its universal adoption as the
safest and most reliable tonic known.
Free from the taints of alcohol, it is
nevertheless stimulant, though not a
dangerous excitant. One thing is GER
tain-no curative heretofore introduced
to the public through the press, has
ever obtained in so short time, the
celebrity of DIR. Walkers California
Vinegar Bitters, or been supported by
such unimpeacbable testimony. From
that testimony it is evident that this
preparation is specific for Dyspepsia,
Nervous Debility, Intermittent and
Bilious Remittent Fevers, Diarr.'ea,
Dysentery, rheumatism, Cont, and all
disturbances of the secretive and excre-
tive functions.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

We pledge our reputation on the as
sertion that any educated physician,
after acareful examination Of the recipe,
will say that Parsons Purgative Pin
possess more merit than any other pill
now offered for sale.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
EpwARp B.YER ESQ Horton Ki

EDWARD BAYER, ESQ, Horton, Kings
Co., N. S., writes that an astonishing
cure has been effected on his daughter
by the use of JOItnsOn's 1nOdyne Liai
nent. The whole spine became dis
eased, she lost the use of her limbs, and
her back was rounded up like q bow, in
consequence of taking cold after having
been innoculated for kline pox. She
is now we'll
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

$1,000 REWARD is offered by the pro-
prietor of d.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery for medicine that will equal
it in the cure of Bronchitis, severe
Coughs, and the early stages of Con-
sumption. 5S7.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

ELMwooD collars fit the neck beauti-
fully. Elmwood collars fit the neck SO
that you feel as if you had no collar on.
Ask any first-class Furnisher for the
Elmwood collar.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

PROVED ITS SUPERIoRIrY.-Burn
Cocoaine for the hair las proved its
superiority over all other preparations.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
READ THE TESTIMONY,

A. w. Taylor, Deputy sheriff Of shelby county,
Tennessee. states that he has used fhe Iouis,a
Cieoi', Hair Trsforpr' b'm>sli. AND in his family
and thinks IL eci'eiy the best preparation for the
ha'r sold It restored the color of his own hair
completely IN lew weeks
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

How the men Of the iron cefiod
made their iron, has been, hitherto, an
entire mystery. The Engineer an
nounces . find at Merthyr which
throws no little light on one of their
earliest modes. ExcavatiDg at Point
m0rlajs, in an old deposit several feet
below the surface, the owner Of the
ground came upon several huge stones,
and . vessel Of baked fire clay, shaped
like crucible. Great care was then
taken In the exhumation, and the ar
rangements of the primitive furnace is
thus described. In the centre of . cir
Gle Of red ashes, placed on . pitched
ground, was q circular vessel OF fire
clay, . feet In diameter and three
fOurths Of an inch wider ut the bottom
than 1T top. This was evenly lined
within, and ut the bottom, which bore
traces of great heat, were remains of
iron, cinder, lime, and partially fused
bones. Beside the vessel were pieces
Of rusty iron, and . larger collection Of
| the bones Of aDimsls. These bits OF
iron, when fitted together, appeared
very much like the tuyere of blast
furnace for conveying air, and near by,
Q wall was built, little higher than
the vessel, ON which, no doubt, the bel.
lows was erecied.
For making iron, and perhaps steel
thee primitive ironmongers apparent
~ filed the vessel with iron ore, coal
homes for sulphate of lime, limestone
for carbonate Of lime, and from tht
preseDce of mortared bricks IN the vi
cinity, then surrounded the same Will
brick wall, leaving perhaps room fol
. circle of fire, and, certainly, an ar~r
ture for the blast. 1t is supposed tina
a fire ofcoals was built round the vcs
eel, and that, when suificien tly heated
a fire was kindled within, upon whicl
the blast was now brought to bea
through the tuyere from the bellows oi
the wall. Possibly the yield Of tai
primitive stack would amount to fit!
pounds of iron. II fhccontrivauce wa
one for making steel, the Besseme
process certainly Is long Out-dated. AM
the discovery is of still greater int resi-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

USE the best. 1t is the cheapest.
Frank Miller's Harness Oil contains no
Coal or Mineral Oils.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

A WEALTHY Protestant widow in
Yorkshire few years ago married a
Roman Catholic gentleman. She had
two daughters, and as their stepfather
was Catholic of Catholics, they were
taken to Rome. They attached them
selves to a religious sisterhood, said to
be mot quite the straightest of the
sect.n Their step-father had returned
to England, where he died. The
young ladies recently made their APP
pearance in England, and told their
mother that they had seen enough Of
convent life, and were determined
never to go within convent walls again.
A priest came to the house to remon-
strate, but was shown to the door. On
a recent Sunday, the good lady and
her daughters occupied their place in
the old pew in the parish church.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

MAJOR Campbell Wallace, i'm hav-
ing the south and north railroad bridge
built over the Alabama river, used
thirty car loads of stone from Stone
Mountain. One mass of solid rock
weighed eight tons, which was made
the iase of the turn-tahle, on n pier
containing 10000 brick. Although
this turn-tahle is ODD feet long, it is
easily TUNED by one man. The whole
bridge is 7I2 feet i'm length.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
what Merit Can Do.

In these days of close scrutiny into the qualities
OF the various preparations for the hair il must be
article of manifest value that can run SUCCESS
fully the gnantiet of examination and prejudice
But this the Louisiana Creole Hair ReSt,Ser most
decidedly has done. and the most extraordinary
and constant increase in its sales prove I've all
1t claimsa pure article. free from dcIeerious aiuI-
terations, mere dye psr;itfve cure for danrufI
and scalp affections stimulart AMI purifier fot
the hair and elegantly perfumed. II is used by the
mn eI.l d haIle nff NJ
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
CHRIST CHURCH SEMINARY,
IGYIuG ION ~

Church Boarding and Day School for younl
Iafies. Rev SILAS T0rTES, ~. d., Rector. In
sTuctiops given In aIl the branch taught IN the
hest serinareS with careful attention to moral and
religious culture ON The church system Seventh
year begins On the 10Th "t September next. Apply
to the Rector for Circulars.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13
THE LITTLEFOLKS

4 The rising generation age at De
troit. A mature specimen, eight years
old, was hunting about the police station
for stray father the other night.
.iYou see," he remarked, with fiiial
devotion, "the guv'ner's little wild
yet, but he'll grow out of IT,"
If the boy that practices whistling
for an hour every morning at No. 3
Columbus Avenue, will cali at The OPP
posfte house, he can make the &C.
uuaintance Of nitidie-a2ed, nervous
gentleman, who will be glad to show
hun how a cane whistles.-Bost0n
Commercial Bulletin.
AT length the eventfM day arrived
on which Sir Norman was to visit
Crumbush House and behold the pOr-
trait of his future bride. The family,
of course, were discreetly out at the
hour when he was expected. Bill was
at home, and having espied the baro-
net rs he rode upto the door, ejaeu-
ted.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

I'll. FL. SHEUFELDT e Co., Chicago,
alone i'm America distil IMPERIAL
GIN by the HOLLAND PROCESS. Send
for circular.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

FLAGG's INSTANT RELIEF Warranted 10 re-
ieve all Rheumatic Affections. Sprains, Neuralgia,
etc. The best, the surest. and the quickest remedy
for all Bowe, Complaints Relief guaranteed or The
money refunded-CUW.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-09-13

Every Wberc.-The Evening star Stove Is or
sale in all the principal towns and cities through
out the south and West. All respectable dealer