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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
The Real Iron Age.

In the usual archaeological classified
ton of eras the Stone Age precedes that
of Iron, and in the history of bridge
building the same sequence has been
preserved. Though the knowledge of
working iron was acquired by many ma
tions at a prehistoric period, yet in
quite modern times-within this centu-
ry, even-the invention of new processes
and the experience gained of new
methods have SO completely revolution
lied this branch of industry, and given
us such a mastery over this material,
enabling us to apply it to such new
uses, that for the future the real Age Of
Iron will date from the present century.
The knowledge of the arch as meth
cd of construction with stone or brick
both of them materials aptly fitted
for resistance under pressure, but of
comparatively no tensile strengthen
abled the Romans to surpass all nations
that had preceded them in the course
of history in building bridges. The
bridge across the Danube, erected by
Apollodorus, the architect of Trajan's
Column, was the largest bridge built by
the Romans. It was more than three
hundred feet in height, composed of
uDOA bHGllbJ
piers, and was about eight hundred feet
In length. It was after few years de-
stroyed by the emperor Adrain, lest it
should afford a means of passage to the
barbarians, and its ruins are still to be
seen in Hungary
With the advent of railroads, bridge
building became even greater neces-
sity than it had ever been before, and
the use of iron has enabled engineers
to grapple with and oveFce ne difficulties
which only fifty years ago would have
been considered hopelessly insur-
mountable. In this modern use of iron
advantage is taken of it's great tensile
strength, and many iron bridges, over
which enormous trains of heavily-loaded
cars pass hourly, look as though they
were spun from gossamer threads and
yet are stronger than any structure of
wood or stone would be-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
GONE.
BIZ RACHEL PoMERoY.

L.
When rare lives drop, Nature runs on the same;
No dizzy star forgets to hunt its goal,
The moon-drawn tides undertaking roll,
Serene the when first it came,
Fair Hesper starts from sunsets fading fame,
And steady spins our planet round her pole,
So little do they miss a strenuous soul,
SO easy spare noble, vanished name!
Feel you no stir of pity, selfish Earth,
That your white clasp can lock him from our eyes?
Oh, mighty Mother, you that gave him birth,
How still. within your folding arms he lies
tired child, held to your sacred breast,
For love nor tears may break his dreamless rest.
II.
Yet heard he not the peoples cry? nor hears?
The tender passion of Borrowing State,
Mourning nations mourn their good and great;
Nor felt, feels he now aching tears?
Too soon did'st thou take up thy sullen shears
To clip his gracious days. ungraciOus Fate?
And we for whom he wrought lament too late
The generous heart strung with ungenerous Jeers.
Oh, ia that land whereunto he has passed,
This Friend, whose strong fine fibre snapped and
broke
Beneath sore bruises-heavy stroke On stroke
The land where each hath leave to rest at last,-
To human plaudits comfort him above?
Or is he pleased with our remorseful love?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
stammering Inst.tnte,

Opened at the st. Cloud Hotel, par
lor-room No. 80, Nashville, Tenn, under
the charge of DR.. n. A. Moses of Vir-
gina, and J. B. Love of Nashville,
Tenn. for the treatment and cure of
stammering and impediments in speech.
All persons wishing to be relieved of
that distressing malady will avail them
selves of the opportunity at once. Our
success in curing stammering and i'm
pediments in speech has not been
equalcd in this or any other country.
Certificates from Nashville and the
principal cities of the United States
testify to our ability, we both having
been stammerers over forty three years.
We guarantee cure in all cases, where
no malformation of the lungs exists.
Patients of course must be present
Terms reasonable.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
To Get Rid of FleaS.

At late meeting of the New York
Farmers Club, a member said that
there are two or three substances that
are obnoxious to the fiea-he does not
like the smell of them, or they remind
him of something he does not like to
and sulphur. If you want barn thor
oughly purged of weevil, or lice, or
feas, the best way is to fumigate it with
sulphur. But if you whitewash all
around the stable and posts of the yard
with a whitewash made by adding. car
bolic to the time, it will drive most of
these pests away. Washing an animal
thus infested with carbolic soapsuds
will give relief.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

Two handfuls of seed in a gallon and
a half of boiling water, makes tea of a
suitable strength. The seed should be
placed in a vessel, and the water poured
upon it. Cover it closely for a quarter
of an hour or so, and the two quarts of
cold water it is then fit for use. The
american Veterinary Journal says that
this is not only valuable as restora-
tive, but is very effective in cases where
the respiratory or digestive organs are
infamed. The editor of the journal
used it very successfully in the influenza
which prevailed a few weeks ago in the
North, and which has now, if report be
true, nearly run its course in the Gulf
States. The mucilage and oil which
the seed contains lubricates the parts
and soothes the Inflammation, besides
which the nutritious properties are very
considerable. The animal generally
drinks the tea with eagerness, and IN
the event of prostration from the effects
of disease this is TO be reckoned as a
great gain. A little honey added, makes
the tea more palatable, and in case OF
cough, still better as a medicine. 1t is
also useful in acute or chronic diseases
of the urinary organs or of the kidneys.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

A California paper very highly recon-
mends charcoal for fattening turkeys,
and recommends that it should be pull
verified and mixed with mashed potatoes
and corn meal, as well as fed to them in
small Jumps It mentions that in two
lots of turkeys of four each, treated
alike, and one lot given this mixture
and the other not, there was an average
gain in the weight of the first of one
pound and half to each. While we
condem the practice of mixing the pull
verified charcoal with the other food of
turkeys, compelling them to eat it
whether they want to or not, we have
doubt of the excellent effects of supply
ing turkeys with charcoal broken into
small bits, especially when fattening for
market. We have had evidence of what
we say, and for a number of years have
charcoal for this purpose.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
KING OF TEE BLOOD.
THE MOST THOROUGH PURIFIER OF TIE
BLOOD YET DIsCOYEHED.

BLOOD YET DISCOVERED
CURES ALL HUMORS. FROM A COMMON
ERUPTION TO THE WORST SCROFULA.
Ely its use Cancers are cured, cnS
CanccrOus tumors are dispersed without tho qur.
geon's knife--Scrofuia conquered. and Cou,umu-
ton prevented and cured.
VenercaI Diseases. Mercurial and Miner.
al Poisons, and their effects cradicaed and vgor-
Gus health and n sound constitution cstnblishcd
Female Weak nen~ aud Disease.
Dropsy general or partial: SwcllinPs external Of
internal; and Iumors are reduced and dispersed
in n very short time.
ErysipeIas, salt Rhcum. scalI Head. and
Fever Sores are soon removed By this powerful
detergent medicine.
ScOrbutic Diseases, DandruG, scaly
or Rough Skin, and Pnprs quickly give way.
leaving the skin smooth aud fair.
Chronic Diseases, Fever and Aguc d.
ordered Liver. Dyspepsia. rheumatism. NcrvOuI
Affections. General Debility, in short. all th1
numerous diseases caused by bad blood arc co.,
correcto- the King % the Blood.
Each bottle contains between forty and
fifty ordinary doses costing only one dollar.
From one TO four or five bottles viii
cure Salt Rheum. Scald Head Ring Worm, PIN.
ples on the Face, Biles. ordinary Eruptions, etc.
Prom two 10 eight bottles will cure
Scaly Eruptions Of the skin. Ulcers Sores. ana
Canker the Mouth and Stomach Eryspclis etc
From two 10 ten bottles will restore
healthy action TO the Liver and Spleen, viii reg
uate the Bowels and Kidneys.
From two 10 six bottles win be found
effcctual in curing Neuralgia, Sick Headache St
Vitus' Dance and Epilepsy
From five TO twelve bottles will cure
the worst cases Of Scrofua.
From three 90 twelve bottles will
cure severe and obstinate cases Of CatHrrh.
From two 10 four bottles win cure tho
worst cases Of Piles. and regulate Costiye Bowels
From two TO ten bottles viii cure
bad cases OF Dropsy
Price 81 per bottle, or bottlos for IS.
Sold by all Druggists
d. RANSOM, SON & CO., PrOpr's,
See testimonials in local column. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
A Great Colony of Wild Bees.

In a chamber on lofty cliff of the
Cumberland Table Land, looking down
upon the head waters of the Wolf
river in this county (Fentress, Tenn. }
wild bees have made their home.
Thirty feet below its jutting edge, and
nearly a hundred above the ragged
masses of rock piled at its base, the
entrance to their cavern hive is inacces-
sible without more labor or expense
than are within the enterprise of the bee
hunters of this region. Preserved by
this inaccessibility, the little creatures
have for many years perpetuated their
generations in untold numbers, and
stored their treasured sweets in I'M
measured quantities. Vast those stores
must be, for on any fair day the bees
throng from the door of their live,
about six inches in diameter, in solid
column, casting black shadow on the
face of the cliff as thick as four or five
hives swarmlng at once; and old Mr..
Pultz-the "old' in his case meaning
SO years, and whom [ found carrying in
a great black log-tOld me that he had
known the colony since before the war
of 1872, and that it was apparently as
strong when discovered as now, and in
all these years 1t is reasonable to pre-
sumo that their stores have been in
creasing. Other similar colonies have
been found from time to time, but their
rocky Businesses not being so well
chosen, all except this have yielded to
siege; while these have gathered year
by year, their harvest from tulip tree
and linden, and clover and honey dew,
unmolested during the lives of at least
two ordinary generations of men. How
the peace is kept among the subjects of
dozen different queens (for certainly
no less number can produce breed
enough to keep the countless swarms of
workers fulD is a question that must be
solved by more learned bee-ologists
than 1. Many a costly bee palace has
failed within my knowledge, because
queen bees find it as difficult to live in
harmony in the same hive as queens of
greater pretentions to intelligence do to
abide peacefully in the same place to-
gether
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

DIR. PIERCE's Golden Medical Discovery will
cure cough in one-half the time necessary to
cure it with any other medicine, and it does it,
not by drying it up, but by removing the cause
-subduing the irritation and healing the af
fected parts. For all cases of laryngitis,
hoarseness. suppression or loss of voice, bron-
chitis severe chronic or lingering coughs, it
will be found 10 surpass any medicine that has
ever before been offered to the public. Sold
by druggists. go.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
Who Would be a King ?

According to rather rough account,
out of number of about two thousand
five hundred and forty emperors or kings
over sixty-four nations, two hundred
and ninety-nine were dethroned, sixty
four abdicated, twenty committed sui
eide, eleven went mad, one hundred
died on the battlefield, one hundred
and twenty-three were made prisoners,
twenty-five became or were pronounced
martyrs and saints, one hundred and
fifty-one were assassinated, sixty-two
poisoned, and and hundred and eighty
sentenced to death, total: nine hundred
and sixtY-three-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

No Person can take these BttTeHs accord.
ing TO directions, and remaiL ,oug unwel. provided
their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison Other
means and the vital organs wasted beyond the poiRs
of repair
Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Headache, Pair
in the Shoulders COughs Tighness of the Chest, DIX
uiness Sour Eructatons of the Stomach, Bad Taste
Heart Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain IN the regions
? the Kidneys and hundred other painful symptoms.
the ofsPrings Of Dyspepsia. In these complaint
it has equal and Que bottle Will prove letter guar
antee Of its merits than a lengthy advertisement.
For Female Complaints, in young OF old
married or single az the dawn OF womanhosd, OF the
urn of life these Tonic Btters display so decided a.
influence that marked Improvement Is soon percepr
nble.
For Inf1a mmRtory and Chronic Rheu.
matlsm and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Inter
mitten Fevers Diseases Of the Blood Liver Kidney
and Bladder, these ItieTs have no equal. Such Dis
eases are caused by Initiated Blood, which - generally
PRODUCED by arrangement Of the Digestive Organs.
They are Gentle Purgative as well
A Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit q actin
as powerful agent in relieving Congestion OF innam
nation Of the Liver aud Viscera Organs, and IN Bilious
Diseases.
For Skin Diseases, Euptous, letter, DALI
Rheum, Blotches Spots, Pmples Pustules, Bous Car
sipelas Itch Scur Discoorations of the Skin, HamoTs
and Diseases of the Sku of whatever name OF nature
are literally dug up and carried out OF the Ysem IN
short time by the use Of these Bitters.
Grateful Thousands proclaim VI EGAR BIT,
rERs the wonderful lnvgorant that ev7 sustaneo
the sinking system. " -
/ Wakes, Propr. Il. II. Mr DONALD tCO.
Druggists and Cen Agts, San Fra.-asco and Vfork
II SOLD BY ALI DRUGGISTS Dh 'ERS
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
Cheap Paint.

A cheap paint may be made for out
buildings that will last for years, by
taking milk and cement-or "water-
lime, as some call it, mix and apply
three or four coats; any dry color may
be added. This will last for years, and
by renewing once in two or three years,
a building will look as well as if paint
ed with oil paint. To put this on, the
paint should be stirred constantly, as
the finer parts will soon be used out,
and at last you will have nothing but
san [. Have boy to stir it all the time,
mix often. r~- :
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
King Of the RIOOd.

SCRoFULoUs SORES. CGSe.-I was for sew
eral months unable to walk without crutches
in consequent of scrOfulous sores upon my
ankle. They were indOlent ulcers of a very
bad character. 1 was recommended to try
King of the Blood and used several bottles
as directed. | am now entirely recovered
from my lameness, although my ankle is bad
ly SCARED. g. W. HoLLENDRooK,
Toledo, Ohio.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

Mr.. E. H. Hoskins, of Lowell, Mass.
has suggested very useful and practi-
cal way of preserving and giving tough
ness and fiexibility to charred paper,
which has proved to be of much impor-
lance in the identification and copying
of valuable documents, charred by con-
fagrations such as the recent Boston
and Chicago caIamities. We have seen
specimens of handled with impunity.
The printing upon the charred bank
notes can be readily discerned. Ths
preserving process consists, we believe,
in pouring collodiOn upon the surface
of the charred paper. The collodion
forms thin transparent film, dries in a
few minutes, when the process is com
plete.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

Rats have an unaccountable fond
ness for the taste of phosphorus, and to
this fact may be attributed the origin of
many mysterious fires. These rodents
build their nests of infammable mater
ials, and take to them any stray matches
that they find lying around loose. This
accomplished, they undertake to crafty
their appetites by nibbling the coated
ends of the matches, which are at once
ignited, when the nest is set in blaze,
and the destruction of the house which
contains it follows.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
-Earle's Shipbuilding Company, O

-Earle's Shipbuilding Company, of
which Mr.. Reed, the ex-naval construc-
tor of the British Navy, is Chairman,
recently declared an annual dividend of
12k per cent. The Company has now
under construction eight large Atlantic
steamers, two iron-clads, and a number
of river boats. Our country may wise
ly contend for equality, if not preemin-
ence, in so prosperous field of enter
prise as this indicates.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
ID. RANSOM, SON co., PrOpr'S,
See testimonials in local column. Buffalo, N. Y.

So TO $50 per per DAY GAY alas Ag ss Of WORK
lug people, Of either sex young or Old. make more
uney at work for rs, in their spare moments, or
all the time, than at anything else Particulars
free. Address O. STINsON & CO., Portland, Ne.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

DoOLEYs Yeast Powder is convenient. econ
omcal and always reliable. No waste of food
prepared with it, as it is always of the best
quality.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

"A man recently broke off a mar
riage because the lady did not possess
good conversational powers. A cynical
friend commenting on the fact, says ::
{" He should have married her and then
refused her a new bonnet, and then he
would have discovered her conversa-
tional powers p
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

To LET a COLD HAVE ITS OWS WAY Is 10 assist
in laying the foundation Of consumption 10 cure
the most stubborn cough or cold you have only TO
use Judiciously Dr.. Jayne'S EGpectorant
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

Write for circulars to d. Bansom, Son & Co.,
Buffalo, n. Y.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

1t is a curious fact that, if the same
letters of the same size precisely are
painted on two boards, the one white
on back ground, and the other black
on a white ground, the white letters
will appear larger, and be read at
greater distance than the black This
is owing to what is called the irradia-
ton of light. 1t depends on this that
the impression made on the bottom of
the eye by bright objects extends lit
tie wider than the actual portion of the
organ struck by the light, and invading
the space occupied by the darker OBJ
iects, makes the brighter appear larger
than they really are.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

WORTHY OF NoTE.-An exchange says there
If scarcely day passes that we do not hear,
either from persons coming into our office
in some other way, of the success of Johnsoh's
Anodyne Liniment i'll the cure of coughs and
colds, 80 prevalent about town Just now.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
266 RECEIPTS

which cost siaj uIsrnt on receipt or 90 cents. Al.
dress ny. BENJAMIN, -. Louis. NO
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

IF WE can benefit the readers of this paper
any by recommending Parsons Purgative Pills
to be the best anti-biious medicine i'll the
country, we are willing to do so. We have had
about as good a chance TO know as any one.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

THE only genuine folded edge collars are
the Elmwood and Warwick. They are the
best collars ever made.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

"A Wheeling man is doing business
at the sign of ''Homeny, beens, caned
corn, caned tomatoes, buckwheat -four,
rasons."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

For Throat Diseases and Affections of
the chest Browns Bronchial Troches" are
of value. For coughs, irritation of the throat
caused by cold or unusual exertion of the
vocal organs, in speaking in public, or singing,
they nrndnce henefcial resnlts
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

"A couple were recently married in
Naugotuck, Conn, three hours after
their first Introduction to each other
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writing 10 advertiser please mention
w the name Ofthis paper. 40, 3. =. n. 4.
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ihey were attempting to cross the river above
and got caught in the ice and froZe to death
The report of the post mortem examination
says the failure of the circulation was due to
the Emperor's general constitutional condition
The bladder was found to be diseased and the
kidneys were effected. The other organs we're
sound and healthy, but death was simply a
question of time.
The fiues of the boiler of the upward bound
steamer Julia st. Claire collapsed near Eufau-
Ia. Ala, last week, scalding thirteen persons,
mostly colored deck hands and firemen. One
man died instantly, and one was drowned. two
was MORALLY wounded, and one is unaccounted
for. Among the scalded. is engineer Berry.
who was also injured in the face.
Poughkeepsie. \. UT is now stated the
defalcations of Richard f. Clark, Treasurer of
Columbia county. extend from 1864 up to the
present time, and that they will reach hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars. The entire
trust fund of the county is gone.
\ member of the Missouri Legislature has
drawn up bill making IL u msdemeanOr for
any person to give a railroad pass to any MEM
Der of the Legislature, Judge or State or
county officer. the receiver of the same to be
punished by fine on conviction.
Marshal McMahon reports to the President
that the army is not affected by the death
of Napoleon. There are Bonartists among the
officers, but no party which supports the Ma
poleonic dynasty in the army.
Gov. Walker, of Virginia, recommends sell
ing the States interest in railroads, to decrease
the debt. BY close valuation OF personally,
he figures up a possible annual revenue of
So SO0,0 600.
The Commissioners OF the new State Capt
tai Building of New York. on which about
$500 600 has been expended, ask for an ad-
ditional appropriation of a million and a half
of dollars
Woodruff and Colonel Blood have been
recommitted to Ludlow-street jail, IN default of
SIS. 600 bail. asked for by the United States
Commissioners.
The Empress Eugene will soon issue
proclamation to the French people announcing
that she assumes the regency during her sons
minority.
The editor of tho Brooklyn Union has sued
the Tribune for libel for publishing an editorial
from the Brooklyn Eagle, attacking Mr. Bowen.
Phelps, Dodge & Co., of New York, are IN
trouble with the government for under
aluing invoices about million dollars or So
n Spanish Carlist chief, CASTILLO, has been
the government troops.