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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
Winter Reading.

As the long winter evenings come on
the farmers should lay i'll supply OF
good reading, whether it be dir tlyy re-
lating to their own business or OF hlsto-
nv, travel, or science. And to the resi-
dent of the country, unaccustomed to
strain upon the eye, the primary consld-
Grafton should be having bright, clear
unfickering light. 1t has long ago been
demonstrated that the flame derived
from pure petroleum oils is the best OF
all others for reading or study, from ITS
peculiarity in containing the rays which
accord more harmoniously with the
structure of the human eye, but so many
have been the accidents from careless
ness that even those who felt almost
compelled to use it did so with most ex-
treme caution. However as now science
has produced these oils of high gravity
and entire safety, even many persons in
the city who study and write by night
have adopted them instead of gas. The
farmer can thus provide himself with
that light which experience of our first
scholars has proven to be the best for
the eyes, and really have in his home as
safe, and far more reliable and cheap
er light than any we get from our city
gas.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
Action of the Brain.

NJ. Fournie communicates to Les
Mondes the following experiment on
the cerebo-spinal nervous system of
animals. He says 81 wished to de-
termine a process which would permit
me to injure any portion of the brain with
out destroying life. With this view I
made small hole in the head of living
animal by means of the instrument
used in surgery for osseous sutures;
then across this hole I introduced the
needle of hypodermic syring (seringue
PraUGz,0 and, at the point of the brain
wished to destroy, L injected caustic
solution, chloride of zinc colored blue.
The part touched by the fluid was in
iured; consequently it ceased to fulfill
its functions. After the subject had re-
posed, | noted the symptoms presented
for some twenty-four hours and then
killed the animal / discovered readily
the injured part by the induration of
the tissues and the blue coloration. The
experiments show plainly that simple
perception resides in the optic couches
(couches optiQues,) that distinct percep-
tion and memory require the integ-
rity of the cortical periphery, and that
the lesion of the circumvolutions is not
accompanied by paralysis of the mem
bers but only by weakening" The
author proposes to extend these ex-
periments with a view of arriving at
further important results.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
SDARROK.S.


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Little birds cit ON the telegraph rirer,
And chitter and filter, and fold ts-lr wings;
Maybe they think that for them aud thssT sire-
stretched always, ON purpose, these woDderi"
strings:
And periIabs the thought that the world insptrp'
Did plan for birds, amoug other things.
Little npds sit on the slender lines.
And the hsws If the world runs under their ieei
How value riser, and how declines,
How kingD with their armies In battle meet
And all the while, mid the soundless signs.
The chirp their small gossipings, foolish sweet.
Little things light on the lines Cf oui lives
Hopes, aud Joys, and acts uf to-day
And we think that for these che Lord cpntrNer,
Nor catch what the hidden hghhings cay,
Tet from end to end Ills meaning arrifes,
And Iiis words run underneath oil the WAY,
Is life only wires and lightnings then,
Apart from that which about II clingsg
Are the thoughts, and the works and the prayer Of
mcu .. .
oniy sparrJyys y =. G"i'z teioEra I,h strings
Holding a moment and gUne again?
Nay lie planned for the birds, with the larger
things.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
Rendering Iron Infiammable.

The ecombustibilityo of iron has recently
been demonstrated in a remarkable man
ner by Professor Magnus, of Berlin.
He takes a straight bar magnet of con-
siderable power, and sprinkles iron
filings on one of its poles. These filings
of course arrange themselves in ac-
cordance with the lines of magnetic
force, and however close they may ap-
pear to be packed, of course no two OF
the metallic filaments are parallel, and
consequently certain portion of air is
inclosed as in metallic sponge. The
flame of a spirit lamp or gas burner
readily ignites thefnely divided particles
of iron. and it continues to burn for
it considerable time Ifthe experimenter
stands ON little elevation, and moves
the magnet to and fro while burning, a
magnificent rain of fire is produced.
This phenomenon of the combustibility
or infammability of iron may also be
produced by dusting iron filings through
a large copper covering with lamp cot
ton soked in alcohol and set fire to.
The effect of this is very large flame,
though by daylight not very visible;
The effect produced when the filings fall
into it is very fine; the whole flame be-
comes intensely luminous as each
particle of iron burns with those bril-
liant scintillations which are charac-
teristic of it combustion.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
HORACE GREELEY BEFORE TIE
BURLAH
y EbMuNn c. srrkn,1,

% HDASHSD =. S1EADAANs
karth, let thy ,softest mantle rest
4. Ehis Eesried Child to thee rstuftjino,
"soss youth was nurtursd at thy breast.
Who loved thee with such tender yearntn.
He knew thy fields and woodlands ways.
And thy humblest son his brother;
AsIeep, peyOAu Uur umnIv -.
We yield him back, gentle Mother.
Of praise, of blame he drank his fill,
Who has not read the lifelong storyY
And we hold his famei but stiil
TIE ifian @as dearpr than Ills 0lorx
Anu now TO Us are left alotie
T1ne closet where his shadow fingers
ne yacaRt chairs-sthat was throne
The pen, just fallen from Ills fngers..
wrath changed to kindness on that rsn;
o,la hoough og dipped in gall it flowed with honey !,
Thn nasn 81. from out the cloud, and then
~, Inc skies with smile and Jest were sunny;
vi nate ne surely lacked the art,
VINO made his enemy his lover:
reverend head and Christian heart!
where now their like the round world over?
ne saw the goodness, not the tAint,
IN Ia many poor, do-nothing creature
anu gave to sinner and to saint,
bat kept faith in human natureI
Eercnance he was not worldly wise,
aet he who noted, standing nearer,
Inc shrewd, kind twinkle in his eyes,
For every weakness held him desreri
Alas that unto him who gave
30 much, so little should be given
himself alone, he might not
VI All for whom his hands had striven.
Place, freedom, fame, his work bestowed;
Men took, and passed, and left him lonely =
What marvel if beneath his load,
At times he craved-for justice oplyl
let thsnkiessIiees, tnty sor .e.,t's SCcttt.,,
His lofty purpose could not alter;
Toll had no power to bend his youth,
Or make his lusty manhood falter;
From envys sling, from SANDERS dart
That armored soul the body shielded,
Till one dark sorrow chilled his heart
And then he bowed his head and yieIdei
Now, now, measure as its worth
The gracious presence gone foreverl
The wrinkled East, that gave him birth.
,L3Inents with every laboring river;
Wild moan the FREQ winds of the West
For him who gathered to her prairies,
Inc sons OF men, and made each crest
Inc haunt OF happy household fairies.
And anguish sits upon the mouth
OF her who came to know him latest;
His heart was ever thine, o South
He was thy truest friend, and greatest
He Stunned thee in thy splendid shame
He stayed thee in thy voiceless sorrow.
The day thou shalt forget his name,
Falr south, can have no sadder morrow
The that tears that fell from eyes unused
The hands above his grave united
Ihe words of men whose lips he loosed,
whose cross he bore, whose wrongs he righted,-
Gould he but know, and rest with this
Yet stay, through Deaths low-lying hollow
His one last foes insstiate hiss
On that benignant shade would follow.
Peace while shroud this man of men
Let no unhallOwed word be spoken!
He will not answer thee again,
His mouth is sealed, his wand is broken
Some holler cause, some vaster trust
Beyond the vail, he doth inherit!
gentle Earth, receive his dust,
And Heaven soothe his troubled spirit
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
Golden Notices.

The Vain Mans: Win gold and
wear it.
The Generous Mans: Win gold and
share it.
The Miser's: Win gold and spare it.
The Profigate's: Win gold and spend
it.
The Pawnbroker's: Win gold and
lend it.
The Fools: Win gold and spend it..
The Gamblers: Win gold and lose
it.
The Sailors: Win gold and cruise IT.
The Merchants: Win gold and use
it
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03

1t is unoficially bruited about that
in the next difficulty with England-if
one there should be-the loss of the
United States through the Canadian
horse disease, will be included in the
''indirect damages"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03

somebody blesses you for the guiding
ray, and, above all, that you are praying
for me-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03

-Agassiz, having thoroughly figured
ont the matter, gives Lake Erie just
eighteen thousand five hundred years
to dry up.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-16
PEERLESS
ESS
10TH ES
WRINGER
Half Alive

IT Is sad thing to pass through life only hall
alive. Yet there are thousands whose habitual
condition IL one Of ~lansuOr and debility. They
complain of no specific disease; they suffer no pos.
tive pain, but they have no relish for anything
which affords mental or scnsuous pleasure to their
more robust aud energetic fellow beings.
In nine cases out of ten this state of lassitude and
turpor arises from n morbid stomach. Indigestion
! destroys the energy Of both mind and body. When
the waste OF nature is not supplid by II due and
regular assimilation III the food, every organ Is
starved, every function Interrupted.
Now, what does iOmmOn sense suggest under
these circumstances of depression ? The system
needs rOuSlng and strengthening not merely for
an hour or twO, to sink afterwards into Il more
pitiablp condition than ever AS IL aSSnredly would
do If an ordinary alcoholic stimulant were resOrted
to but radically and permanently.
How Is THIS desirable object to be accomplished ?
The answer to this question, founded on the unva-
~ ny experience Ot u quarter Oft century, ~ easily
given. lniuSp new yigOr into the digestive organs,
by Il course of liOStetter'S stomach BltterS. DO
not waste time in administering temporary rene
dies, but wake the system up by recupeTaiing the
fountain head of physical strength and energy.
/ g great organ upon which all Other organs de
pond + their nurlnf" and support.
BY the time that u dozen doses of the great vcgc-
icchlc frame of dNHpcpttC Will begin TO IT, it,
h"nigu influence. Appetite VIII he created, and
with appetite thrcRpaClty to digest what II Graves.
Irrscvor" until the cure IL complete unit health.
iul blood, III 10 he the material OF flesh and muscle
Hud bone and uerV0 aud brain, flows through the
channels ui circulation instead of The wdtcry pa,
Lulum with which they have heretofore been i'm.
perfectly nouri,hci.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-16
AGRICULTURAL
Build Sheds.

II is an old saying that shelter is feed.
While it is true that good shelter will
ave n large amount of food that stock
would be compelled otherwise to con-
tume to save life, yet it will not do to
/; urnish only shelter, they must have
food besides. But if we wish TO save
II half or One-third Of the food that
would be required to feed them in n GER
tain condition, we can do 70 by provid-
ing shelter. That is TO say, an animal
exposed to the cold, storms, winds, and
weather, and compelled TO sleep on the
cold, frozen or wet ground, will require
Mt least one third more food to keep it
in good condition, than it would require
to keep it in the anne condition if in a
warm, dry shed or stable, where no such
exposure was experienced. As our
crops have been cut short by the drouth
this year, and it is necessary TO save all
we can, the advisability Of making
shelter Of some kind, must be apparent
to all.
Every farmer has the material at hand
to make cheap shelter. If he has not
the boards or plank he can go TO the
woods and cut posts and poles and make
n covering Of straw or cheap hay. He
can put mp mind breaks about his yard
or sheds, and make comfortable quar-
tcrs for his stock. He can thus save
food, and saye the Cravings Of con
science, for conscience must rcproyc the
owner when his stock stands shiyering
in the fence corners exposed to the pitt
less storms. The cows refuse to give
milk, the cattle and horses lose their
flesh and spirit, their bones daily be-
come more visible, and if the graveyard
is not n recipient Of their carcasscs it is
a wonder. From such farming as this
deliver us. II il unchristian, inhuman.
No One has n moral right to keep more
stock than he can keep comfortably.
Bnt on the point Of economy it will pay
to make shelter. TTb food that will be-
thus saved will more than pay for MAX
ing the shelter, letting alone the hu.
manitarian question entirely. Corn
stalks can be used as n covering.
II il not profitable to keep stock un-
less it is Kept thriving. II is the worst
economy that n nan can use to let stock
lose in winter all they have gained IN
mmmer They not only bring no re.
turn for the feed in winter, if allowed tt
get poor, but lose that and all they have
gained in summer besides. If stocks
are always kept thriving, in winter On
summer, they arc daily becoming more
valuable, and what il fed to them value
il received for. There is u gain instead
Of n loss. Every day they lose in ilesl
the farmer loses. Every day they gaiI
tho farmers pocket gains. -RVra
WOrid,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-16
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-16

The attention of our many readers is
called to the attractive advertisement of
J. n. Harris e Co., advertising thoir
great and valuable lung remedy,
ALIENS Lung Balsam." This balsam
has been before the public for ten years.
notwithstanding this long period, it has
never lost one whit of its popularity, or
shown the least sign Of becoming I'M
popular, but, on the contrary, the call
Tor IT has been constantly increasing.
II nj no previous time has thedemand
been so great, or the quantity made been
30 large, as ut this day. We earnestly
recommend its trial by any one who may
be afflicted with n cough or cold. and
We warrant it to cure if directions ara
followed. IL is sold by all our city
druggists.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-16
The Sheep as a Renovation.

A correspondent of the Southern
Farm and Home journal gives his
experience with the "nnimul with the
golden fleece" which will be found in.
teresting by the readers Of this paper
think know II lirst-ratc rcnovntor
which will pay for itself by its own in
crease in n year, and leave the good it
does for the land clear profit. When |
VIA IN Virginia, following the flag OF
Stoncwall Jackson, | had occasion tc
zee what sheep did for that country
and when | came home dcad-brokc, Will
nothing but n small worn out fnrm, my
own labor, and the help Of II half-growl
son, ! determined to buy n few sheer
with the first money | could spare, and
try what they would do for me.
bought in the fall Of one year fol
$40 ten twO-year-old cws that were in
lamb. lput them in II small field close
to my house, that was full of briars and
weeds, and that would have had to be
tickled nightly to make it produce
eight bushels of corn. They soon ut,
up the briars and grass in the fence cor
ncrs, and by their constant trampinp
bnck and forth, they destroyed all the
weeds. | gave them plenty of water, 4
little meal or shorts, or sometimes wheat
bran every day, and | saltcd them fire.
qnehtly. ] kept them in That field dur
ing that winter, provided them with
ride shelter for bad weather; fed then
regularly with turnips and beets, an,
some swamp hay | had saved. The,
throve finely, and in the spring | Ina,
thirteen as fine lambs ms ever were seen
worth IN much M | gave for the ewes
and | considered thnt the wool nm,
mnnure paid mi much more than tn,
cost Of the feed. | plowcd the field il
time for corn planting, planted il il
corn tho regular way, and gathered from
thirty to tlirty-fve bushels Of fine corr
to the acre, while ON the spot immcdi
ately around the shelter where they uset
to gather Mt night, | am sure at the rat,
of Owe fifty bushels.
| have kept up the use of this rcnova
tor ever since, and | find that it pay
handsomely. | have never bought N
ounce OF gnnno or phosphate. max,
fine crops of corn, and wheat and Glove
and turnips. l have n splendid flock o
sheep, and hope soon not to have 4
single worn mere of land on my farm.
My %renoyatOr has not cost me anything,
and it lasts more than "A year. | will
hear from it for several years.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-16

In view OF the present high price of
nickel, DIR. Percy, the eminent mctnllur-
gist, proposes to substitute manganese
for 1t in the preparation of German
silver, and maintains that it is impossi-
bic for the most experienced manipula-
tor to determine the difference, except
chemically. A further article on this
subject, inthe Chemical News, indicates
the best method OF obtaining manganese
sufficiently pure for the purpose, as also
for refining it and it is there suggested
that there is nothing to prevent rure
metal being obtained in large quantity
and mt n comparatively low price.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-16

BASE BALL is undoubtedly good exer-
cise and capital amusement, but it often coca
sions bunged eyes, broken skins and blistered
hands. We can tell you that in all such cases,
if Johnson's Anodyne Liniment il resorted to,
it will reduce the swelling and stop the pain.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-16

WE DO not recommend the frequent
or c instant use Of any medicine. 1t il impor-
tant to take even a good article judiciously.
Parsons Purgatiyo Pills are safe, prompt and
reliable an a laxative or cathartic.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-16
ARE YOU D~EBILITATED.

~--@ often in the history Of al.
q !; :: Sc: !; !: !; !: : :: :: :: !: :: !: 6: c :: : !: !:
GME&<@f~ seems to clog and weaken,
~ accompanied with u loss
lfA les languOr or depression
fG of mind, the stomach has
become de- angcd and hence the entire system sur
fer.. II becomes evident that a correcting tome,
with pure stimulating properties, IL absolutely ue
manded and Il wide spread experience mas Demon
strRted the fact that DR.. smiths OLD STYLE
BITTERS Is just the thing needed. Thoroughly
renOvates and strengthens the stomach, imphrlnB
new strength, lost vigOr and preparing FOR lts leglt'
innate work, regulates the lOin, thus restoring dlBes
ton to It's healthy state; appetite returns ana Wig
OrOus strength soon takes the place OF weak ness,
aud thus does this great life protector ward, on ana
destroy what might, If left nncnred, result IN u Sc
riOus attack Of illness, and to prevent disease, IL
much safer than curing 1t. A small dose or ms
great tonic taken before each meal VIII never ialll
to prevent dyspepsia, from which so many, need
leSsly suffer, for the OLD STYLE never fhllS 10
give relief IN this distressing complaint. For SAFE
by the best druggists. Ahdre's, UNION bEDl-
CINE o O and y North Second street, 81. LOUIS,
Missouri.
For collie, cholera morbns, dlarrhpa, niiamma'
ton of the Kidneys and bladder, neuralgia head
ache earaChc, tUOtha he. lameness, bruises, pam
In the side or chest, lame back, cnillbla. ms, burns
freezes, sprains, cuts, bites of reptiles, stings ol
bees and insects, etc, use the celebrated DR.. smiths
Z lden liniment II Is the only remedy that gives
universal satisfaction.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-16

A BUsINEssTuAT PAYS. Soeadvertise-
mont OF Wealth md Wonders ~ tho Bound
le-n West Oneagoni - clearing s200pcr week.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-16

TIIt Ia g"st workshop of the body IL the liver
whose ONCE II ~ I withdraw the bile from the
h God. When this important organ acts sluggishly
or from any cause becomes diseased. Dr. JAynp's
Snnati . ItliH rnorl immediate r. let, and soon
bring about natural action.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-16

NOW To LAY M A SQUARE or GROUND.
Measure 200 feet on each side and
you will have a square acre within an
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