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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
Cost of Conyertinp the Heathen.

Mr.. Francis T. Abbott argued before
the Free Religionist Convention at New
York that the foreign missions of the
Christian churches had been failure,
in the fact that they had accomplished
comparatively few conversions at very
large expense. That we may give his
position correctly, we quote his state
ment from the report of the Herald
The American Board of Missions has
been established about 63 years. Dur
ing the first 90 years it has received a
grand total of 81, 1S3, 24S. 60, or an aV-
erage per year of 1929, 084. IS. Up to
the year 1868 the number of converts
was 1926, $50. The cost of each convert
was therefore 1857. 56. The total num-
Der of laborers in the mission field was
I,278. The number of missionaries
was 539; of missionary churches,
173; which gave an average
of 81 members and laborers to
each church. During 81 years there
was an annual average gain of 3SS men,
bers. If they went to the general sta
tistics of Christendom as to this, by
statistics taken from the Encyclopedia
Britannica to 1857 and from statistics
furnished by DIR. Lowry and DIR. Ander-
son, from that year to 1868, the total
amount spent on missions by the sup
pOrters of the Protestant faith was
S47, 276, 339. The expenses of the mis-
sions for the IL years showed that the
cost of each convert was 1,311. There
was no reason to suppose that the price
was less to-day. The population of the
globe is l, 100000, 900 of people. The
Protestant part is 100,000,000, which
gave a remainder of 100000 as a
proper subject for conversion. Now the
fact is that the world to-day does not
contain money enough to purchase its
own salvation. Look, too, at the time
it would take for the conversion of the
world at the rate of 3,258 per year. For
the accomplishment of this it would re-
quire period of not less than 267, 212
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
VIE CnInrS OF Candy

The &C YRS of candy often excite re-
mark. ne are supposed to be poi
sonous, and on this subject the Manu-
.tactttrcr ana BUiidor remarks: Lit
mus, indigo and aniline blue are harm
less blue colOrs white chlorophvl. or
the green coloriHg matter of leaves, is
harmless; green aniline green might
also 50 be used. The idea that aniline
colOrs are poisonous is erroneous. 1t is
true that the anihne oil itself Ga color
less fluid from which the aniline colors
are made) is poison but the anhdote
Is to add something to change it into an
aniline color, when it becomes compare
lively harmless. The aniline colors are
also SO very powerful a coloring material
that only a very minute quantity is
needed to color very large amounts of
candy, so that, even If somewhat poi
sonous or injurious, it would be neces-
Safy to consume several hundred pounds
OF candy at once in order to produce
any poisonous effect of the cOlOring
matter This VIII interest Young chill
dren and school girls, " 10 would gladly
run the nsk Of danger could they ban
quet on such liberal scale. Another
good authority, however, u.a.....;n ms that
all AM inc dyes are at least suspicious,
and Therefore united for AT culinary
purposes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
A Juror Excused.

Recently a juror approached the
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court
and stated that it would be impossible
for him to serve.
"Why not ?" inquired the Clerk.
Because I'm deaf, responded the
juror.
The Clerk had reason for incredulity,
and so informed the deaf man in whls-
per that he would report his case to the
Judge. Turning to HIS Honor, he
said !: "Mr. Badman, of Manchester,
desires to be excused.
"What are his reasons ?" asked His
Honor, without raising his eyes from
the paper he was reading.
"He says he is deaf" responded the
Clerk.
"He is excused" said the Judge,
quickly; if he is deaf, we don't want
him; if he is a liar, we don't want
him"
Mr.. Badman is at home now
Nashua telegraph.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
How Pastors are Paid in New York.

Ministers are probably no better
qualified than other men 10 live without
the wherewithal 10 procure subsistence,
though il is n sad truth that may of
them receive hardly enough for their
services to keep body and soul together,
the salaries of pastors in some places
being scarcely equal to the earnings Of
day laborers. In New York, however,
there is not much occasion 10 complain
on this score, for, with n few exceptions,
ministers are paid as Literally M any
other class of intellectual workers, and
more literally than many. The highest
salaries are paid in the Episcopal Church,
though in at least one Of the small de-
nominations the average is higher then
come the Presbyterian, Unitarian, Bap-
fist, Dutch Reformed, Methodist, aud
finally the Roman Catholic. The fol.
lowing table shows the average, highest,
and lowest of each denomination. IL
may be promised that several churches
furnish their pastors with residences IN
addition 20 the salaries, and this II true
of oil the Roman Catholic churches
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
For the Benefit Of the Poor.

A lot of minstrels went to town not
far from Boston lately, and advertised
to give performance for "the benefit
of the poor-tickets reduced to ten
cents" The hall was crammed full.
The next morning committee of the
poor called upon the treasurer OF the
concern for the amount said benefit had
Melted. The treasurer expressed aston
ishment at the demand. II thought, "
said the chairman of the committee,
"you advertised this concert for the
benefit of the poor" Replied the treas
urer Didn't we put the tickets down
to ten cents so that tho poor could all
come 9"'+The committee vanished,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
81 ThOupht So -

A minister had a negro in his family.
One Sunday, when he was preaching,
he happened to look in the pew where
the negro was, and could hardly contain
himself as he saw the negro, who could
not read nor write a word, scribbling
away most industriously. After meet
ing he said to the negro, "Tom, what
were you doing in church p 4" Taking
notes, massa; all de gemmen takes
notes" bring your notes here and
let me see them" Tom brought his
notes, which looked more like Chinese
than English. "Why, Tom, that is al
nonsense" 81 thought so, massa, al
the time that you was preaching it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
} Roman Catholic chnrcheR

in order that a wrong impression may
not be conveyed by the foregoing table,
it is proper to explain that only few
ministers receive salaries represented
by the higher figures. OF the whole
number in the city, only sixty receive
So, 900 or upward, while the number who
receive over that sum is only thirty, and
only ten of the thirty are paid $4,000
or over. Six Of these fortunate ten are
pastors of Episcopal churches.-Now
YorE Times
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
HOW Eggs are Matched.

People have an idea that the hen sits
| on the eggs for a time, and when the
| time comes for Matching the chick bursts
| forth. There never was a greater mis-
| take. The chick, until liberated from
the shell by outside aid, is as incapable
of motion as if it formed solid egg,
which it nearly does. You might as well
enclose a man in an iron boiler, and tell
him to get out of the shell without help.
The chick grows on the inside of the
shell, until at last the excrescence on the
point of the beak of the bird presses
against the inside of the shell, and
bursts up a very small scale. OF course
when it does this, it at the same time
breaks in that spot the inside of the
egg. This admits the air in a short
time it breathes and gets strength to cry
loudly. The hen then sets to work to
hberate it !; she brings it forward under
the feathers of the crop, and supporting
it between the breastbOne and the nest.
begins the work of setting it free. She
bitches the point of her beak into the
hole formed by the raising of the scale
by the chicks beak, and breaks away
the egg-skin or shell all around the
greatest diameter of the egg. The joint
efforts of the hen without and the chick
within then hberate the prisoner, and
he struggles into existence, and gets
dry under the feathers and the natural
heat of the hen. All female birds which
sit on their eggs to hatch them have the
hook in the beak strongly developed.
Even the broad-billed duck and goose
have those hooks specially developed
and with them they iberate their
young. In Australia, where everything
seems to be by contraries, it is the cock
of the bush turkey that matches the
eggs, and not the hen. 1t would be in
teresting to know whether the hook of
the beak is better adapted for this ser
vice in the male bird than in the female.
The hook of the beak of the ordinary
cock of the common fowl is quite differ
ent from that of the hen-it is adapted
for wounding in fighting, but not for
Matching of eggs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
52,5l6,9 1853 6O,511,343 100, 1O2, 8s7
West Virginia taken from Virginia since 1860.

West Virginia taken from Virginia since 1860.
Thus, Notwithstanding the ravages of
war, and especially the destruction of
farm interests in the Southern States,
the wool crop has increased about 40,
900, 900 within the last decade. This,
considering the artificial stimulus to
wool-growing by the tariff, which was
afterward materially withdrawn, is a
pretty fair showing for the production
of that textile fabric. NjLa0aukee
.LO2kl1lnL OF, GOalla cree
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
Rights of Married Women.

Laws allowing married women to
trade upon their own account, and
making them and their separate estate
liable for the debts of the business, are,
and must continue to be, the source of
a good deal of litigation. In Bangor,
Me-, the wife being in the millinery
business, she and her husband we're
sued for goods charged and billed 10
the wife alone, The court charged shat
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
A Remarkable Petrifaction

There is one of the most beautiful
specimens of petrifaction lying on the
top of one of the high points of bluff
near the Big Sioux river, about eight
miles northwest of here, and about half
a mile east of Hardin's place on that
stream. It is the body of large tree,
at least two feet and a half in diameter,
and not less than twenty feet in length,
with the bark peeled off in places, ex-
posing the wood. There are two or
three short limbs projecting out from
the body, and many fragments of the
bark lying around it, all like the body,
composed of the solidest limestone.
The granting of the wood and bark are
just as perfect as the day, probably
centuries ago, when it stood full of life
and vigor beating back the fercest
storms of winter. The most remarkable
thing connected with it is the fact of its
being on the top of the highest point in
that neighborhCod, and not the least
particle of sign of a stump of any
kind, either petrifed or the hole where
one may have rotted, anywhere to be
found on the whole top of the bluff 1t
surely must have foated there in some
great deluge ages ago. It would well
repay the trouble of visit to it, as such
perfect specimens are extremely rare
SiO1C city Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28

on every lip, he was observed to falter
suddenly and sit down. He groaned,
and his head fell upon his breast. They
rushed to him and raised his aged
frame, they applied restoratives, but in
vain. The centennial had been too
much for the centenarian Joseph Has
kins WAS dead
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28

1Orind .tacie she alone was liable But
if the husband had joint interest in
the business, not merely an interest as
a husband, but over and above that as a
partner, or 80 held himself out, then he
was liable; otherwise not The jury
found that the husband "never prom
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28

AN Anti Chinese Convention was held
at San Francisco a few days ago, and a
committee was formed to draft an adj
dress to the people of the United States
on the subject of Chinese immigration.
When hundreds of thousands of me-
chanics are out of employment through
out the country, the best of reasons ex-
list why we should endeavor to put a
stop to the further arrival of heathens
who are ready to work for what no civ
ilized man can live on, and who promise
to be of no benefit to us in any shape
or manner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28

HE Sioux INDIANS 1t is a curious
historical fact that the progress of civil
z ton in the West has cause the powe
of one Indian nation to increase. The
Sioux, if not more numerous than they
ever were, have certainly extended their
conquests, and control larger extent of
territory than before. ThejPoncas, Paw
nees and Rees are unable to withstand
them, though at the date of Catlin's
journeyings on the upper Missouri there
were several tribes on that river that
were rivals of the Sioux. The Sioux
nation numbers about forty thousand
souls, and can send three thousand war
riors on the war-path Fortunately it is
divided into bands which follow differ
entleaders, so that their power to do mis-
chief is not so great as if all were united
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
Suicide in the United States.

The statistics of 1870 show an in
creasing tendency to suicide throughout
the country. The per centage was 3. 06
per 1OO,0 900. In 1850 it was 3.O2 and in
1850 2O1. As usual, the male sex
greatly predominates, more than three
fourths being men. Suicide is rare
among women who have reached matu-
rity, the majority of the cases being
confined to the romantic period of girl
hood. Men, on the contrary, resort to
it in numbers increasing with age. Ten
suicides occur among the whites to one
among the blacks; the cheerful, con-
tented disposition of the latter shows
where lies the exciting cause of suicide.
1t is the product, not of mental rust,
but of wear and tear. The rate is higher
in the bustling communities of the
North than in the more quiet South.
BuC the German and French minds, of
all others, appear to be particularly
prone to suicide. These nationahties
stand nearly as three to one as compared
with the Irish, and four to one COM
pared with the native American.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28

HARDENING SMALL TooLs.-Accord-
ing to J. Scheuszleder, watchmakers
and engravers harden their tools in seal
ing-wax. The article is made white hot
and thrust into sealing-wax, allowed to
remain a moment, then withdrawn and
thrust into another place, and this treat
ment is continued until the steel is cold,
and will no more enter the wax. The
hardness thus attained is extreme, and
comparable to that of the diamond in
fact, steel hardened this way may be used
for boring or engraving steel hardened
by other processes, the tool being pre-
viously moistened With oil Of turpen-
tine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
The Amount of Gold in the World

washington Cor. new 4Ork tribune.
Joseph S. Wilson, Land Commits
gold yield and the gold aggre-
gate of the world in 1867. He tabu-
lated the gold and silver at about SO,
107, 1915, $50 for the total yield of the
Western hemisphere since its dis
covery; the gold alone being $1,000,
$50, 900, the silver being nearly twice
the gold in amount. He estimated the
yield per annum for North and South
America to be: Gold, $75,OOO,OOO a
year, and silver, SOL, 900, 900. Adding
the gold and silver yield of Europe,
Asia, Africa, and Polynesia, he esti-
mated the total amount mined on the
globe since Columbus, S., 1T, 900, 900
gold, and $3.50, 900, 900 silver. He
also ventured a guess at the gold and
silver existing prior to the discovery
of America, and estimated it as low
as $60,000,00O gold and $40, 900, 900
silver.
In short, he put the amount of gold
on the globe at little less than six
billions ($5, 876, S54. 400, and of silver
at above seven billions (total, $12, &c.,
S26, $500. America had turned out
nine-tenths of the whole.
Michael Chevalier, in 1848-Califor-
MIA and Australia hardly yet at work
thought the world contained in gold and
silver-specie, bullion, plate, ETC.
about So, 500, 600, 900, of which only
one-eighth was gold. Another authority
set the amount of gold down in 1850 at
So, 900, 900, 900.
About the first of the year 1873, the
following were the deposits of specie or
it's equivalent in Immediately redeem
able paper in the great moneymar-
kets:
In London ................$6 $500, 900, coo
In Paris. Observation-Disclosures. $4,000, OO0
In New YORK. Observation-Disclosures. 2OO,OOO,OO0
In the German Empire ........... 10000, 00O
IObdl s%OpOfOOO'oOO
This is a small amount of specie COM
pared to the vast sum figured out by Mr..
Wilson; it is only one-sixth of the gold
extant only one-twelfth of the gold and
silver. If twice as much existed in the
form of plate, iewelry, etc, where was
the rest? Hoarded, it would seem. be-
yond the reach of Jew or trader, or, as
my informant said above, hidden away
among the Jews and money-seekers OF
despotic and semi-civilized States. The
common understanding, tradition, and
superstition of men makes the Nj ngol
return his gold to his country, the Hin
doc secrete it from his Prince, the Ger
man exact his indemnity in it, and the
Jew recover his lost inheritance by
tracing up the wanderings and routes OF
gold A man is worse than an Atheist
in the sight of nations who denies
gold to be the standard of value. Fol
this Abraham. bought a place to Lay
his bones, Judas sold his master, and
Gen. Butler lost the confidence of Mr..
Parton.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28

JUTE.-The jute market is attracting
attention in India, and it appears to be
now conceded in Calcutta circles that
this fiber, rather than cotton, is des-
tined to be the permanent staple of In
dia. In the two years between 1870 and
1872 the shipment of jute from Calcutta
rose from 90, 900 to 1900, 900 bales. At
tine same time the fiber has been applied
to more delicate purposes, and a de-
mand for finer qualities has sprung up.
In breach of promise case at Fort
Wayne the lover was convicted of writ
ing mi hart beets oanley for the, mi
darling huney,'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28

NEVADA, with the smallest population
or any State in the Union, has one of the
most numerously attended and popular
State prisons in the country,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28
The wool Cron for Three DECADES.

The following table is interesting as
showing the increase in the product of
some of our leading fabrics in the sew
eral States and Territories
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28

The CLAIMANT. excitement in
London about the Tichborne case is
very great. The "Tichborne bonds"
are rising, and some are said to have
changed hands at e9fo the G1O0 bond.
The police force at the door of the court
room has to be increased every day
DR.. Kenealy has become the lion of the
hour. There are whispers that if the
claimant is discharged he will be at once
arrested and shipped to Australia to be
tried for some crime committed there );
it is certain that neither a conviction
nor transfer of his body to any vessel
or prison can occur without serious
rioting.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-28

APPLES. eminent French physi-
clan thinks that the decrease of dys,
pepsia and bilious affections in Paris is
owing to the increased consumption OF
apples, which fruit he maintains is an
admirable prophylactic and tonic, as
well as a very nourishing and easily
digested article of food. The Parisians
devour a hundred million bushels o.
apples every winter. American people
should profit by this hint, for they well
know the meaning of the word dys.
11anSia
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-06-23
RELIGIOUS.

WHAT IS BELIEviSG?-"l believe In Edd e
Morse Mrs. Elton heard her little son say to
MS companions, as he blde them "loOd-eNen-
ing," when his mother opened the uoor to ad-
init him, OH his return from school.
"Do you know what Is meant by the words
You have Just spoken, my SOM" said MIS-. Ea-
ton.
"Oh yes, nolhar," was the ready ,eply; IL
meant that / could trust him every time, and
feel sure that he would stick to me"
"But why, my by. 10 YOU place so much
confidence in Eldie Morse? Are you sure he
deserves ~" again asked the lady
"Why, mother, if you knew Eddie, you would
never ash. such question. He is just the graud-
est Toy in school, and Wien u fellow once takes
Eddie fl his chtn, he may feel sure OF him
through thick aud thin. Ee'll never desert his
friends, nor fail Of the least thing that he prom
iscs. Everybody believes in Eddie"
81 am truly glad, ny son, that you can give
such an account Of Your friend, but do you
know that in praising him you have uncon-
sciously hren dwelling on the very traits for
which commended to you our dear Saviour
and how You answered me that you did not un-
derstand what believing in Jesus mean,-it all
seemed so strange and mysterious? Now lust
apply TO the loving Redeeiner what you have
been saying Of yorr friend; only remembering
that it is all true in far higher aud nobler
sense OF the Lord Jesus than it can possibly be
of any mere human being. Our dear Lord Is
just the '5randest being in heaven or on earth,
and when one once receives him for a friend he
may feel sure OF him in every possible emer-
gency. He never was known to desert Il fiiend
Or fail in the fuifilment Of single p omise.-
You under stand what it is to believe in Eddie:
can't you in the same way believe in Jesus
place all your reliance OH his finished sacrifice
for sin, and love, and cleave TO, and obey him
now and pvprmpre frelin1 asSlirpl tlat in sirl;
ness or health, lif. or death, time or eternity,
he will never leave or forsAke those that put
their trust In him? This Is believing in Jesus,
and it is just as simple an act as that expressed
by your assertion that you believed In Eddie
rse."-Ndtiondi Baptist.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-06-23
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE %. 1873
THE HOLY NAME.

IT'S said when pious Moseins walk abroad,
II on the path they spy floating bit
Ofpaper, reverently they turn aside
And shun the scrap, nor set n foot on II,
Lest haply thereon the awful name
Of mighty Allah should by chance be writ.
We smile at the vain dread; but blind and dull
The soul that only smiles, and cannot see
A thought OF perfect beauty folded In
The zealOt's reyerent fear, as In some free
And Haunting iower-cup may be hive d and he'd
One drop Of precious honey for the bee.
Small wind blown things they are which any day
Float by in air or on our pathway lie,
Swit-winged moments speeding ON their way,
Brief opportunities which We pass by
Heed:ess and smiling, little subtle threads
Ofinnucn e--intiinatiuns soft and sly.
Careless we tread them down a., pressing on
Our eager inconsiderate feet we yet
On the unvalued treasures where they lie
We are too blind to prize or to regret,
Too dull to recognize the mystic Nam,
Grasehupon them rs on All amulet.
All dear, let us no longer do this thing.
And this the swester life lose and let tall;
But with annonted eyes and reverent feet
Pass on our way, noting and prizing all,
Knowing that Gods great token-sign Is set
Not on the large things, only, but the small