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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-17
What it will Do.

Iron made into steel, rod one-fourth
of an inch in diameter willsustain 5000
lbs. before breaking; tin steel, 1000
lbs. iron wire, 5000 lbs. bar iron,
1000 lbs. inferior bar iron, 1000 lbs. !;
cast iron, 1000 to 5000 lbs. copper
wire, 5000 lbs. silver, 1900 lbs. gold,
$500 lbs; tin, 5000 lbs; cast zinc, 100
lbs; sheet zinc, 1000 lbs; cast lead, 55
lbs; milled lead, 200 lbs. Of wood,
box and locust, the same size, will hold
200 lbs; toughest hickory and ash,
1000 lbs; elm, 800 lbs; beach, $50
bs.; poplar, 450 lbs. Wood which will
bear a very heavy weight for minute
or two will break with two-thirds the
force acting long time. A rop of iron
is about ten times as strong as a hempen
cord. A rope an inch in diameter will
bear about two and half tons, but in
practice it is not safe to submit it to q
strain of more than about one ton. Half
an inch in diameter, the strength will be
one-quarter as much /; quarter of an
inch, one-sixteenth as much.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-17

WEAR OF BRAIN WoRK.-A scientific
paper says that brain work costs more
food than hand-work. According to
careful estimates and analyses, three
hours of hard study wear out the body
more than a whole day of severe physi-
cal labor. Anothe revidence of the cost
of brain-work is obtained from the fact
that, though the brain is only one-for-
tieth the weight of the body, it receives
about one-ffth of all the blood sent by
the heart into the system. Brain-work-
ers, therefore, require more liberal
supply of food, and richer food, than
manual laborers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-17
Running Amuck.

The st. Louis Republican says: "We
sometimes hear of Texas steers on the
rampage in the thronged streets of a
city. There is terror in their wild
ness, and people give them wide berth
when they are fortunate enough to be
able to get out of their way. They are
no respecters of persons whom they
meet, and appear to regard all the world
as arrayed against them in a deadly
strife. When Texas steer gets on such
q frolic, his career is near its close. He
never gives up the chase but with life
A Texas man appears to be a still more
dangerous animal, and one of the kind
closely related to the brute lately broke
loose in Galveston. He started out
much as the steer starts, except that, in
addition to his horns, he carried large
knife, which he took occasion to plunge
in the backs and sides of people who
were in his way. He stabbed six men
in all, killing. one outright, mortally
wounding another, and making sore
places for four others. 1t was police
man he killed, and another policeman
whom he mortally wounded-the other
four were common riff-raf. He was
finally taken alive, and at the prelimin-
airy examination he tried to make it ap-
pear that he was suffering from delirium
tremens. He seemed to regret that he
killed only one of the six, and thinks
he could do better than that if he had
another trial with better knife. For
time some of the people thought that
legal forms in his case would be of no
use, and almost made up their minds to
take charge of him, but they finally con-
cluded to let the law take it's course.
His name is James B. Helm, and his
father and mother live in Floyd County,
Virginia.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-17
Revealing a Husbands Secrets.

Lady Davies, in her recollections
tells the following amusing story: While
we were both standing opposite Mr..
W-'s dressing-room, the door of
which in the haste of his departure had
been left open, I perceived a gentle
mans wig hanging there, and inquired
of Mrs. W to whom it could belong,
for Mr.. W was the last man sus-
pected of wearing one. She burst out
laughing at my question, and in reply
to it exclaimed, "for goodness sake,
don't let him know-pray never say
that I told you; but that whig belongs
to my husband. Nor that alone, for he
had four in alone with very short
hair, as if it had just been cut another
with very long hair, as if it wanted cut
ting another with the hair moderately
long and one elaborately dressed for
parties. Sometimes" she added, Il
can scarcely prevent myself from laugh
ing when L hear an intimate friend ad-
wise him to go and get his hair cut, and
perceive how, by change of wig, it is
supposed that such advice has been
promptly taken"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-17

A Michigan Dutchman lately killed
himself by drinking three pints of
sweet milk and three pints of sour milk
to cure the ague.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-17

"Sir Understanding that you in
sert rhymes in your excellent paper, l
send You some" "Sir We do not
insert rhymes without reason"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-17

Several miners were killed by fire
damp explosion in the Parish Of Rhiwa-
bon, North Wales.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
The Seven Wonders.

The seven wonders of the world are
among the traditions of childhood, and
yet it is a remarkable fact that ninety
nine persons out of one hundred who
might be asked the question could not
name them. They are the Pyramids
the mystery of the past-the enigma of
the present-and the enduring for the
future ages of this world. The temple,
the walls and the hanging gardens of
Babylon, the most celebrated city of
Assyria, and the residence of the kings
of that country after the destruction of
Ninevah. The Chryselephantine statue
of Jupiter Olympus, the most renown-
ed work of Phidias ; the illustrious ar
fist of Greece. The statue was formed
of gold and was sitting on a throne al
most touching the SUBMITS of the tenn
pie, which was seventy feet high. The
Temple of Diana at Ephesus, which was
220 years in building, and which was
425 feet in length and 900 feet in
breadth, and supported by 127 marble
columns of the Ionic order, sixty feet
high. The Mausoleum at Halicarnas-
sus, erected in the memory of Mausolus
the King of Caria, by his wife Arlene
STA, B. G. 353 The Pharos at Alexan-
dria, lighthouse erected by Polmey
Softer at the entrance of the harbor of
Alexandria. 1t was $50 feet high, and
could be seen at distance of one hun
bred miles, and upon which was inscrib-
ed king Ptolmey, to the gods, the
saviours, for the benefit of sailors. 1"
Lastly, the Colossus at Rhodes, braz-
en- image of Apolla, los Greecian feet
in height, and which was to be located
at the entrance of one of the harbors of
the city of Rhodes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

A healthy liver eecretes each day about two
and half pounds of bile, which contains
a great amount of waste material taken from
the blood. When the liver becomes torpid or
congested, it fails to eliminate this vast
amount of noxious substance, which, there
fore, remains to poison the blood and be con-
veyed to every part of the system What must
be the condition of the blood when it is receiving
and retaining each day two and half pounds of
poison? Nature tries to work off this poison
through other channels and organs the kim
news, lungs skin, etc.; but these organs be-
come overtaxed in performing this labor, in
addition to their natural functions and can not
long Withstand the pressure, but become va
riously diseased.
The brain, which is the great electrical cen
ire of all vitality, is unduly stimulated by the
unhealthy blood which passes to 1t from the
heart and it fails to perform its Office health
fully Hence the symptoms of bile poisoning
which are dullness, headache, incapacity to
keep the mind on any object, impairment of
memory. dizzy, sleepy, or nervous feelings
gloomy forebodings and irritability OF temper.
The blood itself being diseased, as it forms the
sweat upon the surface of the skin, ia 30 ira
tating and poisonous that it produces discol-
ored brown spots, pimples, blotches, and other
eruptions Sores boils, carbuncles and scrofu-
lous tumors The stomach, bowels, and other
organs spoken of, cannot escape becoming af-
fected, sooner or later and costiveness piles,
dropsy, dyspepsia, diarrh9a female weakness,
and many other forms of chronic diseases, are
among the necessary results. As remedy for
all these manifestations OF disease, DR.. Pierce 8
Golden Medical Discovery is positively une-
qualled. By it the liver and rtomach are
changed to an active and healthy state, the AZ
petite regulated and restored, the blood and
secretions thoroughly purified and enriched,
and the whole system renovated and built up
anew. Sold by all frst-class druggists. 625.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
Be Sensible.

Do not be above your business. He
who turns up his nose at his work quar-
rels with bread and butter. He is a
poor smith who is afraid of his own
sparks there is some discomfort in all
trades except chimney sweeping. If
sailors give up going to sea because of
wet if bakers left off baking bread be-
cause it is hot work; if ploughmen
would not plough because of cold and
heat if tailors would not make our
clothes for fear of picking their fin
gers, what a pass we would come to.
Nonsense, my fine fellow, there no
shame about honest calling don't be
afraid of soiling your hands, there's
plenty of soap to be had.
You must not be afraid of work if
you wish health and wealth. You can
not get honey if you are frightened at
the bees, nor plant corn if you are
afraid of getting mud on yonr boots.
When bars of iron melt under the south
wind when you can dig the fields with
toothpicks blow ships along with fans;
manure the crops with lavender water,
and grow plum cakes in flower pots,
there will be fine times for dandies
but until the millennium comes we shall
all have q deal to put up with.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
RAILROAD NEWS.
Railroad Building iva the United States
In 1879.
Nearly Eight Thousand Miles Construct-
ed During the Year-Vnluable StRtis-


Nearly Eight Thousand Miles Consf ruct-
ed During the Year-ValuabIe Statis-
tics.
Notwithstanding the sore financial
embarrassments which have prevailed
during the year just passed, railway
construction has been on the increase.
when we consider how intimately con-
nected are money and railway building,
and if the figures were not presented
many sane men might very reasonably
doubt the statement we have made.
But, while we propose to give the fig
ures concerning this matter, we shall
also rely for proof upon the railway
articles which have appeared almost
daily in The Tribune during the past
year, containing accounts of the begin
nings, fnishings, openings, and extern
sions of railroads in the west. IF our
readers will recall how many of these
articles we have published they will not
doubt that railway construction in 1872
has been carried on with even greater
activity during the past year than any
previous years. The following valuable
statistics from the Chicago RailUay
Revie1r of last week, upon railway con-
struction 1872, tabulate much of the
information which has appeared in The
Tribune during the year just past.
Notwithstanding the financial embar-
easements of the past two years, the
vastly increased ratio of progress shown
in 1870 over the average of the previous
years has been more than maintained.
The number of miles added during 1872
and each of preceding five years, has
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
Constitution of the Sun,

Multltudes of theories respecting the
physical character of the sun, once
popular, have been abandoned for more
rational views.
That the sun was an inextinguishabIe
ball of fire, warming all regions of
space by its radiating caloric, was a cur
rent opinion. But as it neither dimin-
ished In volume nor became cooler,
that theory was abandoned for another
quite as ridiculous, which has had its
advocates, viz, that other globes in
their revolutions round the sun were
gradually drawn into the fiery furnace,
like fuel under boiler, and thus kept
Up perpetual conhagration That in
genious explanation had the go-by at
last, as time enough had elapsed since
the creation of the sun, according to
ed all the stars in the Milky Way.
They are still in their appointed places,
shining as brilliantly as when Job and
and the Pleiades.
The latest opinion, that the sun is
surrounded by vast body of luminous
matter, the source of light in the solar
system, whether phosphorescent or not
still to be determined, has the support
of ocular examination. From the reve-
lations of the spectroscope it is very
nearly demonstrated that the compost
ton of the sun cannot differ essentially
from the earth. 1t probably abounds
in metals, and has its lofty mountains
and broad oceans.
When some rich man wishes to i'm
mortalize himself in the annals of
science by ordering tho construction of
larger refracting telescope than has
ever been made, with an object glass
ten feet in diameter, we shall know far
more of the mysteries of other worlds
than has been revealed by instruments
in the service of the Herschels, Lord
Ross, or any observatory of Europe or
Amnriea
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
a Mammoth Shin.

That the Devastation, the new En-
glish ship of war is success, SO far as
has been tried, is now admitted The
ponderous monster which squats upon
the astonished waters with q dead
weight of 10, 600 tons, takes any ordina-
Nv wave with stolid indifference, wheth-
er she receives it end-on, or upon bow,
beam, or quarter, while the prodigious
hill of foam which her stem piles up
when under way, as was expected,
washes clean over her forward deck,
and she is often submerged aft but
her massive midsection rides quietly
enough, and those ON board her when
anchored in the rolling tide way at Spit
head say that she was :" steadier than
houses ashore" She turns with great
readiness and in small circle, and her
speed as proved in six trials along the
measured mile, is not only equal to the
promise of her designers but exceeds
expectation. The mighty engines driv-
ing this island of iron, with an indicat-
ed power of 1000 horses, with seventy
seven revolutions per minute, got fifteen
knots and half out of the ship, and
her mean rate at full steam is thirteen
knots and three-quarters. Here, there
fore, is craft which is vulnerable only
to very few guns, has the swiftness of
a mail packet, and the hardness
thanks to her twin screws-of a tug,
while she could utilize these qualities
to hurl upon the sides of an opponent
the awful force of all her ten thousand
tons moving with the velocity of
spear On board of this remarkable
man of war there are no less than thir-
ty-four distinct and separate engines,
and, indeed, the value she represents is
as serious as her fighting capacity.
What remains to be learned is the be-
havior of the ugly giant in real Biscay
gale; and whether or no the cul-de-sac
which she carries aft will or will not
prove a mistake in a heavy following
sea. With stability assured to 55 de-
grees, with no top gear to set her over,
and with decks which can be hermetical-
ly sealed, she is safe enough, but when
she does roll, or pitch, or scud, the riv-
cts and fittings in her huge body will
be shrewdly tried. Except the Russian
monitor Peter the Great, nothing float
ing could resist or even challenge such
a vessel, at once so strong and swift.
The Torpedo, no doubt, may yet be so
developed as to make the Devastation,
and all her terrible sisters, impotent
against defended coast. On the high
seas at present she has no superior.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
Foul Air and Heart Disease.

To keep the body in perfect health it
must be duly oxygenated. There must
be free and ample interchange between
the blood in the lungs and the air en-
tering the pulmonary cells. The life
stream must be purified by it's elimina-
ton of carbonic acid it must be ylvl-
fed by the absorption of oxygen. The
fulfilment of these conditions demands
full, free and constant admission of
pure air into the lungs. This full, free
and constant admission of pure air can
not be obtained in badly-ventillated
houses, crowded buildings, school
houses Gas at present constructed),
theatres, manufactures, pits, under
ground railways, and the like.
When the body has reached the age
at which natural decay or degeneration
has begun, the absence of pure air has
tens and increases the degenerative ten
dency. Where the heart is more prone
than other organs to disease, the want
of pure air falls with powerful effect
upon the tissues of the right heart.
Their nutrition is defective by reason of
the impurity of the blood with which
they are fed, their vital force is lowered,
their muscular fibre loses its tenacity,
OhAC VIC lfAeAOO
of active nutrition and power. If, in
this condition, any stress is thrown
upon the heart, by hurried walking, by
lifting, climbing, violent defamation,
passional expression, singing, laughing,
or by any unusual exercise of the voice,
the tricuspid valve gives way, it hence
forth fails to close its aperture, and the
results of back-fooding of blood upon
the venous system of the body begin to
follow. If none of these exciting causes
occur, the continued breathing of i'm
pure air is followed by constantly pro-
crossing degeneration of the tissues of
the valves and muscular structure of the
right heart; they become soft and fee
BILE; their atoms shrink; the segments
of the tricuspid are at length unable to
meet their attempt to close their aper-
ture; small chink or slit is left be-
tween them; through this the blood
finds its way into the auricle above at
every contraction of the heart and soon
reorganization is followed by the second
airy consequences produced in the gen
eral system, congestion of the liver,
stomach, spleen, kidneys, bowels, by
hemorhoids, general dropsy, and occa-
sionally celebral mischief. Popular
Science Monthly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
~ WERE 4 SnNBEAM.

Bx LUCY LARcoM. @
II I were q sunbeam,
I know what I'd do;
I would seek white lilies
Rainy woodlands through,
I would steal among them
Softest light I'd shed |;
Until every lilly
Raised its dropping head.
ali I were a sunbeam,
/ know where I'd 60;
Into lowliest novels,
Dark with want and woe,
Till sad hearts looked upward,
1 would shine and shine;
Then they'd think of heaven,
Their sweet home and mine"
Art thou not a sunbeam,
Child, whose life is glad,
With an inner radiance
Sunshine never had?
Oh as God hath blessed thee,
Scatter rays divineI
For there is no sunbeam
But must die CT shine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
OUR NOSES

The human nose is feature capable
of wonderful depth of expression. 1t
may, indeed, be called the gnomon of
the mental dial In the human face. and
indicates what " time of day" it is with
the individual. 1t is the handle bv
which one In enabled to lay hold of his
capacities and susceptibihties, and par
ticularly to estimate his courage. It is
the presiding seat of instinct and sa-
gacity. 1t is here that nature has
placed the feelers of animals, from the
gigantic proboscis or trunk of the ele-
plant to the delicate and diminutiYe
antenna Of the ay.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

The number of miles of road actually
under construction Tin addition to that
of bed on which track was laid) is given
as 6, 742. This figure falls materially
below the actual amount. In the table
below is given the results of construc-
ton in thirty-fve States and Territories,
and the Canadian Provinces. Progress
was made on $50 roads; 1925 miles of
road were fully completed, and on 6, TAP
the preparation for the track was in ad
vanced progress in fine, work was done
on 14,667 miles of road. The aggre-
gates for each State are herewith given
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14

DYSPEPSIA OR INDIaEsTIoN.-Who of
our readers has not suffered from the
ills and varied forms of this hydra
headed tormenter, which originates from
loss of tone in the stomach, or more
particularly in its muscular or fibrous
coating, which becomes pale and feeble.
It would require pages to describe all
the symptoms and various symathetic
affections of Indigestion, and the torture
to which the dyspeptic is subjected, but
which may be compressed into one brief
comprehensive sentence You feel sick,
depressed, and unfit for the duties of
life. Nevertheless, there is nothing
more certain than that dyspepsia in all
its phases, can be thoroughly eradicated.
There is but one way to cure indiges-
ton, viz by toning and strengthening
tho stomach and general system, gently
relaxing the bowels if eonstipated, and
regulating the liver if disordered. A
remedy for this human peace-destoyer
is CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BTTTERs, which
have the rare merit of containing no
alcohol, the virtues of the medicinal
California plants. which constitutes
their healing and curing agencies, being
extracted by q new chemical process
The popular verdict is that they are the
most perfect article for the stomach,
and are to be taken as circumstances
may require, with the fullest confidence,
and that by their means can the return
of this distressing malady be prevented.
We are satisfied this remedy is of great
value