The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-07

I
: and grape trade may be formed from
the fact that this year there will be pro-
duced there twelve million gallons OF
wine, two million pounds of grapes for
table use. and two hNndred and fifty
thousand pounds of raislns, besides the
brandy of which we have no statistics.
Forty thousand acres are in vineyard,
and the area is constantly increasing.
want to be a granger,
horny-headed farmer,
With q haystaok In my band.
Beneath the tall tomato tree
IN swing the glittering hoe,
| And Emite the wild potAtO-bug
As he skips DER the snow.
I've bought myself Durham ram
And gray alpaca COW,
look-stitch Usage orange hedge,
And patentIoather plow.
Pearls are apt 10 acquire blackish
hue If kept in contact with the skin, by
their capacity of absorbing the per-
spiration. Soap or any other greasy
substance, will iniure them in a similar
manner by being absorbed. Pearls cut
in half turn quicker than whole ones.
The reason some keep their color longer
than others is on account of the cell be-
ing more minute.
"A little shaver WAS sitting near his
mother, who was picking over raisins,
when she was called out Of the room,
and as she left, said: "Now, sonny,
don't touch any of those raisins when /
am gone" Presently his mother re-
turned and inquired "Well, Char
ley, did you take any raisinsp" mo
mamma" "You know if you did, God
saw you" Yes, know He did, but
| de won't tell.
"A young lady in Fon du Lac, while
out walking with her lover, was attacked
by a savage dog, who seized her by tho
breast and tore il from her body. The
lover tainted with horror At the sight,
but the young lady, much mortified,
went for the dog with picket, remark
ing that "That ere cost dollar and
half, and want made for no dog 10
chaw up"
"A Frenchman has lately patented
process for the manufacture Of paper
from the sheath of the hop-stalk. By
removing this outer skin, and subject
| ing IL to a certain chemical process, a
textile substance possessing the quail
ties which make rags so valuable in
paper rmaking-length, suppleness, and
delicacy of texture-has been produced.
DIR. Adam Smith, a noted English
physician, recommends the use OF tea
in the following cases After a full
meal, when the system is oppressed
for the corpnlent and the old for hot
climates, and especially for those who,
living there, eat freely or drink milk
or alohohol, and in cases of suspended
animation.
Cracked wheat, which can be had
at almost any grocery, boiled in a small
ouoptitx ~ ,uofar for Hyo or gfv ho,,rS
and eaten cold with cream, makes O very
healthful and palatsble article for tea
or breakfast. Nothing can be better
for children; but IL must be we'll cooked,
adding water as IL seems inclined 10
stick.
Lake Merced, in California, used as
a breeding place for trout. contains
SO, 900, and the Acclimatizing society
has 200, 900 in its ponds. Lake Tahoe
contains a great number, the oldest Of
which were Matched less than three
years ago, but some Of them are foot
and half long.
"A recent invention is the cheaper
ing of the ponderous hy-wheels Of
large engines by making them hollow
and filling them with iron ore sand,
which is packed and pressed into the
hollow space OF the wheel, making the
weight nearly equal 10 the saved metal.
The Indians of Bad river are not
such bad lot after all. This year they
have raised 5000 bushels Of oats, 1000
Of corn, 5000 of potatoes, 1900 Of ruta-
bagas, and 300 tons of hay. And they
have gathered 800 bushels Of crapber-
ries and two tons Of rice.
-Gen1 Custar was a listener at Du-
nth to q lecture on how 10 save the
Indians. He admitted that the lectur-
sr's doctrines were good for the interior
)f a church, but insisted that n man
,ould not practice them upon the plains
md save his hair.
The people of Chicago are getting
more from their great lake tunnel than
II not only supplies them
With water, but the Tribune says that
people "spoon fish out Of their coffee
md catch small eels in their mustaohea
IS they quaff the sparkling water"
The Darwinians are jubilant over a
'ecently discovered reptile in Australia
,alled the "Frilled Lizard" which
runs about on its hind legs,
eldom or never touching the ground
With it's fore feet, the latter being but
eebly developed.
An Alternative female letter writer
ays that, if she could divest herself Of
Ter troubles and petticoats and be man
or a twelve-month, she would choose
or that space TO occupy the pulpit,
,antaloons and perquisities OF Henry
Ward Beecher.
The Lacon Home Journal man has
made this nerve-quieting discovery
If anybody sees a row of buttons com
n9 down street, let him preserve his
quilibrium and think not Of supernatu-
al agencies. There's a woman behind
hem"
DIR. Gaudin of Paris taxes our
redulity by asserting that in a drop OF
yater weighing a grain and half there
re as many atoms of oxygen and hy-
rogen as 1t takes grains Of sand 10
over the bottom of the sea.
"A gum which has many of the vain.
BILE qualities Of rubber, and which
lay be vulcanized with sulphur, has
cen produced by An experimenting
canadian from the milk-weed plant, and
ak and other seeds.
Did you ever hear the noise Of
uartz-crushing machine when in full
peration? Well, that lie nothing com
ared to the clatter that would Ill the
7orld if good resolutions we're made Of
lass or crockery-ware.
"A baby was born on a street railway
ar in st. Louis. II it's a boy IL ought
D be christened H'os-car. - World But
3 it's girl the mother has determined
o name IL Carline.
The Chicago Times thinks "thO
ron infant can run alone after seventy
ears of nourishment at the public eS-
ense,