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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
Training a Heifer to Milk.

Cows usually become addicted to
kicking when heifers, from being milk
ed by abusive mixers. 1 have never
seen an old COW become kicker unless
abused Instead of COWS being averse
to being MIXED when giving large
quantity, I have ever found it the re-
verse. When pasturage is good, and
cows come home at night with udders
distended with milk, they seem CRATE
full to have it removed. Milking a heif-
er for the first time requires patience,
for they will almost invariably kick. In
such a case, put broad strap around
her body, just in front of the udder,
and buckle it up moderately tight, and
as soon as she gets quiet, (for she may
dance around a little at first,) take your
pail, sit down and go to milking, for she
is as helpless as a kitten. Do not at
tempt to use a rope instead of a strap,
for It will not answer This is a much
better method than tying the legs, etc,
as it does not hurt the animal in the
least. A few applications of the strap,
with plenty of patience and kindness,
viii cure the most obstinate case.-Ru-
rat Home
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
The True End of a Home.

What is the end of human habita-
ton? Is it merely aplace wherein fellow
mortals meet to eat, drink, and sleep
securely beneath a roof? A house is
reared to be home-the centre where
a family may gather into one; to be
serene retreat, where the tenderest
affections may find rest that within its
walls love may have dwelling place,
and the charities of life gain ample
scope and happiness that parents and
children may there press one another
heart to heart that sorrows and joys
may be freely shared in confidence !;
that troubled spirits may disburden
themselves, and be blessed with pardon
and peace; and, in a word, that the
great work of training human beings for
the duties of the present life, and the
perfection of another, may be begun
and carried on. These are the true
ends of human dwelling. AS we pass
through the streets of city what a
thought of undying interest it is that
within these numberless homes are rich
romances of domestic life-hearths,
which are gathered, at eveEfing, the
members of family scattered by day
husbands and wives, parents and chill
dren, brothers and sisters-the sick and
suffering nJlrsed by the strong, the aged
waited on by the respectful assiduity of
the young, amidst all the sympa-
thies, labors, hopes, joys, sorrows of
disinterested love DR.. Charming.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
Health and Talent.

1t is no exaggeration to say that
health is large ingredient in what the
world calls talent. A man without it
may be a giant in intellect, but his
deeds Will be the deeds of dwarf. On
the contrary, let him have a quick cir
culation, a good digestion, the bulk,
thews and sinews of a man, and the
alacrity, the unthinking confidence in
spired by these, and, though having
but thimbleful of brains, he will
either blunder upon success or set fail
ure at defiance. It is true, especially
in this country, that the number of
centaurs III every community-of men
in whom heroic intellects are allied
with bodily constitution as tough as
those of horses-is small; that, in gen.
eral. a man has reason to think himself
well off in the lottery of life, if he
draws the prize of healthy stomach
without a mind, or the prize of a fine
intellect with crazy stomach. But of
the two a weak mind in Herculean
frame is better than giant mind in a
crazy constitution. A pound of energy,
with an ounce of talent, will achieve
greater results than a pound of talent
with an ounce of energy. The first
requisite to success in life is to be
good animal. In any of the learned
professions, vigorous constitution is
equal to at least fifty per cent. more
brain. Wit, judgment, imagination,
eloquence, all the qualities of the mind,
attain thereby force and splendor to
which they could never approach with
out it. But intellect in weak body is
1" like gold in a spent swimmers pock-
ct. A mechanic may have tools of the
sharpest edge and highest polish but
what are these without a vigorous arm
or hand? OF what use is it that your
mind has become vast granary of
knowledge, if you have not strength to
turn the key?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
Grating Wax.

This is an article that every farmer
should keep on hand, ready for use
whenever needed, for it is valuable for
various other purposes besides that of
grating. Wounds made in pruning
large trees will heal over much sooner
if coated with this wax, and if a piece
of bark is accidentally stripped from a,
tree, the place should be covered over
with it, and the wood will remain sound
and healthy underneath. There are
several receipts for preparing this wax,
but have found the following better
than any other one tried: Melt in a
basin one pound of tallow, two pounds
of beeswax, and four pounds of rosin ;
stir well together, and keep in cool
place in the dish in which it was melt
ed. If beeswax is a very costly item,
one third less quantity can be used.
This wax is most excellent for sealing
the corks of bottles whose contents are
desired to be alright over preserve
Jars. It can be melted over when re-
ouired for use, and it will spread with
knife upon bandages, &C.; it is the best
sealing wax that can be used for many
p1IrDOSeS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

INTOXICATING NosTRUMs. The per-
sons who have scruples of conscience
against "perpendicular drinking" ut
tavern bars can become blind drunk on
almost any of the advertised "tonics
or "invigorants in half an hour.
There is however one exception to this
rule. Nobody can "get over the bay"
ON VINEGAR BTTTERs, for the simple
reason that this famous renovating and
regulating medicine contains no diffu-
sive stimilant of any kind. Yet its
strength-reserving properties are mar
velous. 1t restores the relish for food
when all other appetizers fail; imparts
unwonted vigor to the digestive func-
tions; regulates the flow of bile; soothes
the nervous system; promotes healthful
sleep; and tends to produce that condi-
ton of body and brain which is supposed
to be most conducive to longevity and
the enjoyment of life. Its specific effects
in acute and chronic disorders affecting
the stomach, the bowels, the spine, the
kidneys, the feshy fibre, the muscles
and the lungs, are considered by COM
petent judges the most extraordinary
medical phenomena of the age. Vinegar
Bitters has now larger sale than any
of the spirituous astringents, and its
immense popularity in a land where the
people observe closely, test thoroughly,
and act independently, is in itself a suf
ficient guarantee of the excellence of the
medicine. We recommend tito all.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
An Item for House.Rni1dine.

Plaster-of-Paris has been we'll known
as o fire-proof material. 1t is easily
cast inmoulds fn7any desired form. It
is cheap Mixed in proper proportions
with other materials it may be made in
blocks as capable of resisting pressure
as good brick. In Europe it is used extern
sively in buildings, for partitions wall,
&c. A company in Chicago has obtain
ed patent and began manufacturing
what it calls "patent fire-proof casting
for partition walls" These castings are
simply hollow blocks of plaster, mixed
perhaps, with some kind of cement and
sand On Monday before Christmas
this company had a test of their new
material before a committee of archi-
tects, builders, the Fire Commissioners,
Board of Public Works, Fire Marshal
and Wardens, the Board of Underwriters
and Others Several rooms were con-
structed of the blocks, side floors, and
top being of the fire-proof material. One
room was filed with straw, which was
set ON fire. Three cords of fire-wood
were set on fire in another room. In
the third room dinner-table was set, at
raging. The walls were only seven and
uet11 lLCI1 dl4tA uI1C 61AlcS bOWdIo
the flames were heated to a glowing
white heat, yet no heat came through.
indeed the thermometer, hung on the
outside of the wall of the rooms in
which the fire was indicated zero, while
the thermometer in the room where the
party dined indicated As degrees above
zero. The walls did not crack calcine,
deteriorate; only the smooth white finish
was smoked and the usual "hard finish
peeled off. By replacing that, the walls
would be as good as new again. These
facts, which a very high recommendation
of the plaster blocks, are certified to in
the report of the committee. The re-
port says that, with fre-proof doors and
windows, the use of this material will,
in their opinion, in all cases, confne
any in to the room in which it originates,
and prevent its injuring the walls of the
building.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
KING OF TEE BLOOD.
THE MOST THOROUGH PURIFIER OF THE
RInnD YET nIaCOYEREn-

BLOOD YET DISCOVERED.
CURES ALL HUMORS, FROM A COMMON
ERUPTION TO THE WORST SCROFULA.
Ry its use Cancers are cured, and
Cancerous tumnrs are dispersed without the sur
geons knife--Sc-ofull conquered. and Consump-
tion prevented and cured.
VeuPrcal Diseases. Melcurial and Miner
al POisOnS. AMI thG Fl cts rrad Gated, and vigor-
Gus health aud sOuni constitution established.
Female WeIkneS~ aud Disease.
Dropsy general or ptrti a.: Sweliings. external OF
internal; and THmprs arc reduced and dispersed
in a very shOrl time.
ErySipelas, Salt RhcT~. Scall Head. and
Fever Sores are soon removed b. this powerful
detergent medicine.
Scorbutsc Diseases, Daudrun, Scaly
or Rough Skin. and Pinplcs quickly give way.
leaving the skin smooth and fair
Chronic Diseases. Fever and Ague Dis
ordered Ljvar. Dyspepsia, rheumatism, Nervous
Af;,ciiaas. General Debility, in short. all tn,
na,nc~O L d'a'ases caused by bad blood arr con-
qHerel md give way before this most powerful
cOrrectu~ tht King If the Blood.
Each bottle contains between forty and
fifty ordinary doses costing only one dollar.
From one 30 four or five bottles viii
cure Salt lsheIm Scild Head. Ring Worm. PIN
piles on the Face. Bilcs. ordinary Erupfions etc.
From two 20 eight bottles will cure
Scaly Eruptions of the skin. Ulcers. Sores. and
Cauker in the Mouth and Stomach. Eryspelas, etc.
From two to Gen bottles will restore
healthy action TO the Liver and Spleen, viii reg
ulate the Bowels and Kidneys.
From two to six bottles will be found
effectual in curing Neuralgia, Sick Headache st.
Wins Dance. ana Epilepsy
From five to twelve bottles will cure
the worst cases of Scrofua.
From three to twelve bottles will
cure severe and obstinate cases of Catarrh,
From two to four bottles will cure the
worst cases of Piles, and regulate Costive Bowels
From TWO 10 ten bottles will cure
bad cases OF Dropsy.
Price 81 per bottle, or bottles for s..
Sold by all Druggists
ID. RANSOM, SON & CO., PrOpr's,
Zee testimonials in local column. Buffalo, N. u
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
He Was Persuaded to Leave.

Some time ago there lived a gentle
man of indolent habits, who made a
business in the winter seasons of WIS.,
iting his friends extensively. After
wearing out his welcome in his own i'm
mediate vicinity, last winter, he
thought he would visit an old Quaker
friend, some twelve miles distant, who
had been an old school-fellow of his
On his arrival he was cordially received
by the Quaker, he thinking his visitor
had been much pains to come SD for to
see him. He treated his friend with
great attention and politeness for sew
eral days, but as he did not see any
sign of leaving, he became uneasy, but
bore it with patience until the morning
of the eighth day, when he said to him ::
g My friend, I am afraid thee will never
visit me again. "Oh, yes, I shall, :"
said the visitor; 81 shall certainly come
again" Nay" said the Quaker, 81
think thee will never visit me again.
90 What makes you think will never
come again?" asked the visitor elf
thee does not leave, said the Quaker,
how canst thou come again . The
visitor left
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
Sheep.

The best way to feed hay to sheep is
to cut it into chaff by horsepower. 1t
is little trouble to feed, and there is lit
tie or no waste. And we are not sure
that it is not better to cut up straw and
stalks also, and feed them with little
meal rs we do cattle The first point
in the management of sheep is to pro-
vide dry quarters; I'd, To avoid over
crowding; Sd, To litter lightly and
regularly every day; and 4th, to guard
against any fermentation of the manure
under the sheep. Give fresh water
every day, and salt regularly. Feed
literally before shutdown. Let there be
straw or other food in the racks for the
sheen to eat during the night.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
Draining Fields.

A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
gives these directions for draining fields
without the use of the spade First
stake out the linz for the ditch, then
pillow three, four or five furrows,7 de-
pending on the size of the pillow and the
depth of the ditch wanted, taking the
last furrow from where you want the
centre of the ditch, then with team
and scraper Ga good road scraper an
swers very welD scrape the earth each
way, carrying it back one, two or even
three rods, if there is any low place to
be filled up, sloping the banks so that
you eau drive a team and wagon or
pillow through without any difficulty;
then if the land is fiat or level, pillow at
right angles from the ditch in lands
fourteen or sixteen PAGES wide, opening
the last or dead furrow into the ditch
Plow in the same manner twice or three
times if necessary, bring the last or
dead furrow in the same place until
your land is dry, and in rolling beds
fourteen or sixteen PAGES wide. You
can then cross the lands or beds and
your land will remain rolling and dry.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

On THE death of one of England's most emil
nent physicians, all his effects were sold by
auction and among other things was a sealed
packet, marked advice to Physicians, which
brought a great price. The purchaser on
opening the packet, read as follows Keep
the head cool, the bowels open, and the feet
warm" If physique is necessary, use Parsons
Purgative Pills; they are the most scientifically
prepared pill that has appeared in the last hun
bred wears.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

A ros;rum famous in ye olden times
For purifying souls that stunk with crimes
sort of antisepc salt,
That Jealous Iietjstf do much eXat.
For keeping souls of sinners sweet,
Just our kitchen salt keeps meat.
The knaEes set out on the day,
Peas in their hoes to go and pay,
But very different was their speed wot;
One of the sinners trotted on
Light as bullet from gun,
The other liTnped as if he had been shot.
One reached the shrine, and soon peccavi cried,
Had his soul whitewashed all SO clever,
When hone again he nimbly hied,
Made fit with saints to live forever.
In coming bach, however, let us say,
He met his brother rogue about half way,
Hobbling with Outstretched paws and bending
knee,
CUrsing tie sous and bodies OF the peas
His eyes ill tears, his cheeks and brow in sweat
Deep syml athizing with his grooming feet.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
Care of Horses.

All horses must not be fed in the same
proportions, without regard to their
ages, their constitutions and their work !;
the improperly of such a practice is
self-evident. Yet it is constantly done,
and is the basis of disease of every kind.
Never use bad hay on account of its
cheapness, because there is no proper
nourishment III it.
Damaged corn is exceedingly injuri-
Gus, because it brings on Inflammation
of the bowels and skin diseases.
Chaff is better for old horses than
hay, because they can chew and digest
it better.
Mix chaff with corn or beans, and do
not give the latter alone, because it
makes the horse chew his food more and
digest it better.
Hay or grass alone will not support
horse under hard work, because there is
not sufficient nutritive body in either.
When horse is worked hard its food
should be chiefly oats-if not worked
hard its food should be chiefly hay
because oats supply more nourishment
and discriminating material than any
other kind of food ; hay not SO much.
For saddle or coach horse, half a
peck of sound oats and eighteen pounds
of good hay are sufficient If the hay
is not good, add q quarter of a peck
more oats. A horse which works harder
may have rather more of each one that
works little should have less.
Rack feeding is wasteful. The better
plan is to feed with chopped hay from a
manger, because the food is not then
thrown about, and is more easily chew
ed and digested.
Sprinkle the hay with water that has
salt dissolved in it, because.itis pleasing
to the animals taste, and more easily
digested. A teaspoonful of salt in
bucket of water is sufficient.
Oats should be bruised for an old
horse, but not for young one, because
the former, through age and defective
teeth, cannot chew them properly. The
young horse can do so; they are thus
properly mixed with saliva, and turned
into wholesome nutriment.-London
Horse Book
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

WHEN applied with DIR. Pierce's Nasal Dou-
che and accompanied with DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery as constitutional teatment
Dr. Gage's Catarrh Remedy produces perfect
cures of the worst cases of Catarrh and Ozena
of many years standing This thorough course
of medication, constitutes the only scientific,
national, safe and successful manner of treat
ing this odious disease that has ever been
offered to the afflicted. The instrument and
two medicines sold for 80 by all druggists.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

We find promulgator of the anti
pork theory making use of such appetite
ing words and expressions as the follow
ing: Blood-impurities, pernicious in
fuence, scrofula, filth, Immoral pro-
perties, infammatory effects, vermin,
grub in the liver, and, what is more
serious still, crysticerous. It now re-
mains to be seen whether pork can after
this continue to constitute one of the
most common articles of human food.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

With its gloomy attendants, low spirits, depres-
sion, Involuntary emissions, loss Of semen, speTma-
tOrrhRa loss of power dizzy head. loss of memory.
and threatened impotence and imbeclIity; nnd
sovereign cure i'm HUM HREYl' HOMEOPATHIC
IC SPECIFIC. No. TWENTY-EIGIiT. This Sow
erei0u Remedy tones up the system, frrests the
discharges and lpparts vig,r and energy. life and
vitality TO the entire man. They have cured thou
sands OF cases. Price - per package of i've boxes
and large - vial. which is very importan in oh
stinate or old cases or q pei single box sold By
all druggists. and sent by mall receipt of price
Address II UMPHREYS' HOMEOPATHICME MED
ICINE CO.. $50 Broadway, n, Y.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

but you are a good workman and an
honest fellow, and don't want you to
leave me. Stay on, and you shall have
your Sundays all right"
The manager kept his promise, and
never afterward asked the good Welsh
man to work on the Sabbath.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

Among the minor and still very seri-
Gus and irreparable losses occasiened
by the Bosten confagration was the
complete destruction of the letters, pa
pers and manuscripts of the historian
Prescott. During the absence in Europe
of the members of the family into
whose possession they had come, these
valuable documents had been stored
''for safety" in one of the warehouses
which disappeared under the stress of
the tremendous confagration. Mr.
Prescott's physical infrmity had made
it necessary for him to cause copies to
be taken of an immense number and
variety of ancient and authentic docu-
ments concerning Spain and the two
Americas, and the destruction of these
as well as of his own correspondence
and literary memoranda is in its way
public calamity to the world of letters
With these also persisted some of the
finest portraits ever painted by Copley,
the father of Lord Lyndhurst, and the
first of American artists to win a name
and fame in the world
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

WE received a very pleasant letter of thanks
from Gu old friend Kendall, since his return
home for a bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Lini-
ment which gave him, and which he says
has entirely cured him of the troublesome and
DANGEROUS couch he had when here.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
Schenck's Pulmonio Syrup, Sea-
weed Tonic and Mandrake pilla

These the only medicines that will cure Pul-
monte Consumption. Dr. Schenck OF Philadelphia,
has been in constant practice for thirty years
continually eXAming lungs, and knows his nedi-
cines ~ properly taken. will cure consumption.
His Mandrake Pills cicRrsps the liver and stom-
ach ri~ weed IOnh' dts~oiNes the food. stmH-
ates the coating OF be stuIuu d. and aids digestion
throws ii or without any e&ertion, For salu by all
druREisls.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07

No Person take these Uttuorn Hccofd
ING 10 direcuons. and renaL ,ong unwel, provided
their bones destroyed by mineral poison OF ohel
MEANS and the vital organs wasted beyond the poiE'
Of repair. - =
Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Headache, Pals
m the Shoulders Coughs, Tghtness Of the Chest DIX
riness, Sour Eructations Of the Stomach Bad Taste
NJ the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Papitauon OF the
Heart Inflammation of the Lungs Pain in the Tegont
the Kidneys and a hundred other painful symptoms.
are the ofsprings Of Dyspepsia. In these complaint
il has equal, and bottle will prove letter guAr
antee Of its merits than lengthy advertisement.
For Female Complaints, IN young or ola
married or single az the dawn Of womanhood, or the
rn of life these Tonic Bitters display so decided a.
influence that marked improvement 10 soon perecp
hbs.
For Infia m matOry and Chronic Rheu-
natIarn and Gout Bilious, Remlttent and Inter
and Bladder, these BtteTs have no equal. Such DIS
eases are caused by Initiated Blood, which - generally
produceo by derangement Of the Digestive Organs
They ARE n Gentle PurgattYe as VOL .
Tonic. possessing also the peculiar merit o. asin
As puwerfii agent in renewing Congestion OF lnham
nation Of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in bhous
Diseases.
For skin Diseases, Eruphons, TetieI, Sail
Rheuul, Blotches Sluts Pmpes Pustues, Boils, Car
buuces, Rug-wuTuis. Scald Head, Sore Eyes Ely
sipelas Itch Scurfs DiscoOra,ous Of the Skin, humoTt
and Diseases Of the I'm. Of whatever OF nature,
i'erally aug up suo arried out OF the ys'em IN
shorf BY the use t'i tieSc Bltters.
Grateful Thousands proclaim VI sGAR BIT.
rHRS The wonderful luvgorant that eV"' sustained
The sukiue system. L. . -.
JNALKEE. Prpr q. HIM DONALD ECO.
Druggists aud t,.u Asts san Fra-sisco and Vf0Th
n 500 u ~ 49, DRUGGISTS & Oh hrs