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Sound Reasoning.

CONSUMPTION IL decay. Soothing, expectOrant
remedies are only useful a. paliaives they do not
reach the cause-Ihey do not stop the decay. Tonic
medicines strengthen the life forces and prolong
the battle but the decay steadily on, and soon
or or later the victim mast yield climate changes
are sometimes good, but they seldom wholly cure.
ia short the very drsl thing to be done Is to STOP
THE DECAY: then apply the restorative, tonic and
strength giving treatment. Thiuk moment. The
Iuug- are decaying-tu bercles. ulceratons. caVl-
tics aud deposits Of poisonous matter tPusl are Tor
ming The circulation carries this poison all over
the body. Wasting. loss OF appett', eugryation,
nj zht .wpats and all tue terrible symptoms appear
81 worth while 70 Decor fhe symptoms winch are
/ merely the rs-ult- while the decay which j. the
cause Is eating up tue life springer
/ These two thin-s are well known by the besl
/ physicians:
/ ist CarJulic acid positively arrests Decay, | i
1 the must power al anti-vptc IN the known world
Even dead bodies preseryed by 1t. Entering in
10 the circulation. Il az grappes with corrup
/ ton, and decay ceases. II purifes the sources
! disease.
| Cd Cod Liver Oil Is Natures best assistant In re
sstiug Consumption. IL Is at once u food, a tonic
! a purifier, and healer. 1t braces up and SUPPLE
the vital forces feeds the wasted system, and ena
bles nature tn regain her foothOld. FOR these puI
poses nothing eau compare with Cod Liver on
This Is the theory Of
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CARBOLTC TROCHES

A SPECIALITY FOR SORE THROAT THE CAR
n bolic Acid Of which the Truches are, in pari,
composed, acting A. d HEALING AGENT, ana eeFlnS
all forms Of CELEBRATED and tSFLANED surfaces oil
the Iaryux and epiglottis.
s1ecialtg for hoarseness. the CLEANSING power
Of the Carholic Acid tending to eNpel all Sollec-
tCur and formations Of mucous matter phlt4Hl'
etc and restoring healthy action TO the sensitive
and delicate organs OF tine throat and windpipe.
A speciality against contracting Infections dis-
eases The peculiar properties OF Caroohc AclH
in preventing Infection aud contaglon nav i9u-
been known and EDEY'S CARBOiIC TROCHEs
NAV be- safely relied on preventive In case= Of
SMALL PoN. NABiOLOID, etc. etc.
A speciality FOR common colds, coughs ana at
] Disorder VI the throat chest. and lungs.
Price - cents per box. Sold 5E Druggists every
where.
| JOHN ?. HENRY, CURRAN & CO..
/ Sole Prouretor-.
/ No. College Place, ..-..-----...-.'..Nh" holsN
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without a rival. Most youths. aside from their
tn5irs are pertectlv capable of aoing all the job
printing in their fathers business.
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The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-08

Liver Complaint Is one Of the most prominent
causes of Consumption.
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cATAzaH, INFLUENZA AND HAY FEVER

or Summer Colds which often end in serious Lung
trouble, cured by the Inhalation of Dr. Kennedyfs
Prairie Weed.
am perfectly amazed at the remarkable cures of
severe bleeding and consumption of the lungs
which this new remedy performs for me every
week Send for a circular.
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WILSON'S
CARBOLATED COD LIVER OIL

T. not a secret empirical nostrnm. II il happy
combination OF two remedies known 90 physicians
everywhere a. the best means Of combating CON
sumption This combination is Mr. Wilson's dis
coyery and j. founded upon the following
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Wilson's
CARBOLATED COD LIVER OIL
ISIS Specific and Radical Cure for
co N SU NJ P TT @ N
M scRoTULouS DISEASES

AND SSRoFuLouS DISEASES.
Remember the name 'Willsons Carbolated Cod
Liver OIL" Itcomes in large wedge-shsped bottles
bearing the invent RS signature, and is sold by the
best druggists.
Prepared by J. H. WILSON, 80 John street, N
Y. Sold by gil Druggists. Richardson u Co., st.
Louis, and Hurlbut Il Edsall, Chicago Wholesale
Al,Mnta, T-2adAwly
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31
Fattening Hogs.

It will now be time for putting up
hogs for fattening, and the quicker
they are fit to kill the more will be the
profit. Before the weather gets excess
sively severe it will require less feed to
get them up to the proper weight. If
left till the severe cold sets in they will
have to be supplied with rations suf6-
cient not only to enable them to pro-
Press with the fattening process, but
also with an excess of food tc keep up
the animal heat. Therefore, those who
may be so situated as to enable them to
accomplish it should commence feeding
forthwith. First and foremost, procure
for them and mix in their Stops flour of
sulphur, a teaspoonful for each, and
give it two or three times a week for
two or three weeks. Afterwards give
them. a handful of powdered charcoal
every few days, or a mixture of ashes
and salt. These condiments act as reg
ulators of the bowels, and puts them
in a condition afterwards to do their
work of fattening with great zest. Soft
food, such as roots, apples, pumpkins,
squashes, should first be given, and If
cooked, and have added to them meal
and bran, the more readily they will
fatten. Soft corn, as husked out, may
then be added to their messes. Al
though we cannot hope to induce many
to attend to the process of cooking,
still we have reason to believe that even
in supplying unground corn In this con
dition will result in a saving of fourth
of the food requisite.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31
Habits of the Baltimore Oyster.

In conversation with prominent
oyster-packer some curious and inter
asting features of the oyster trade were
related. As is we'll known, the habits
of this bivalve are an entire mystery :;
what it eats and how it lives are ques-
lions not yet understood. The spawn
of the oyster floats around with the ac-
ton of the waves and tide, and adheres
10 whatever it NAV come into contact
Oysters taken from a rocky bed are of
superior quality, those taken from a
soft bottom are comparatively poor in
quality. Thousands of "poor innocent "
oysters die annually from resting on a
soft bottom, a fact which should arouse
the sympathies of all tender-heerted
people.
The weight of the oyster, as it gradu-
ally natures, sinks il beneath the sur
face, and as soon as it is covered with
sediment or mud it dies. Many people
suppose that the oyster really eats, and
kind-hearted people, buying oysters in
the shell, sometimes throw corn-meal
over them, thinking to feed them. The
peculiar noise emanating from them has
been supposed to be produced by feed
ing. All shellfsh at times have their
stantly close them. The noise thus
produced has been mistaken for masti-
cation, when, in reality, it is from
fright.
Most of the Baltimore dealers in raw
oysters during the summer months
transact their business at Fair Haven,
Connecticut, where large beds of Balti-
more oysters have been transplanted.
The beds are so arranged that on the
receeding of the salt water tide, fresh
water from a small stream covers the
oysters it is said that this fattens oys-
ters better than any other method.
Orders are received for the article in
question during the summer months,
and they are taken from the beds and
shipped with the greatest possible dis
patch, and many eat them with appa-
rent relish, Notwithstanding the warmth
of the season. Altogether the oyster
packing trade of Baltimore is an enor-
nous one, and in connection with fruit
aud vegetable packing business, en-
ploys a capital of about $25, 900, 900, a
fact which sufficiently expresses the
great Importance of this interest to
Baltimore. Baltimore american.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31
Love-.
Musfe's Spell.
Effects of superphosphate.

The Rochester Rural Home gives the
results of the application of superphos-
phate on the farm of Geo. M. Hodges,
in Henrietta, New York, nine miles from
Rochester Hondges' farm, we are
informed, has been hard run for term
of years by his father, his policy being
to get all he could from the land, in
order to leave his defendants q compe-
tency; thus virtually "killing the goose
that laid the golden egg" The field
of wheat, the best we had seen of any
size in our nine miles ride, contained
about eighteen acres, was remarkably
! even and would yield, we should Judge,
about thirty bushels per acre, twenty
five bushels of which no one can doubt
who sees it. is due wholly and alone to
the use of 200 pounds per acre of super
phosphate, applied at the time of SOW
ing by means of a fertilizer attachment
to drill which drops the fertilizer with
the seed as sown. There might be no
question as to the result. Mr.. H.,
when sowing, went four times across the
field in different places with no phos-
phate in the drill. These strips can be
seen as far as the field can be seen, and
arrest the attention of all passers, very
many having stopped during the sum-
mer TO inquire what allied the wheat on
those bare strips. At a distance the
field looks as though four swaths had
been cut through it with q cradle, and
on close inspection the difference is even
more striking, the strips not offering
wheat enough to pay for harvesting and
thrashing, so that nearly the whole crop
is evidently due to the superphOsphate
and this, after allowing Sc an acre, the
cost of the fertilizer, is clear profit, as
it costs Just the same for preparation
and seed on the four barren strips. We
never saw more satisfactory and con-
vincing experiment. This might be
looked upon as an exceptional case,
leaving room for a doubt as to the adj
vantage of its general use, had not Mr..
81. practiced using it for four consecu-
tive years with the same, and in one in
stance he informs us with even more
striking results than in this case. Three
years ago he applied superphosphate to
one acre of corn, putting 1t In the hill
ut planting. The result was forty-tour
bushels more by measure of sound ears
on the acre thus treated than on any
other acre In the field. This field of
corn was afterward plowed and sowed
to wheat without any additional super
phosphate. Now, for the result While
the rest of the field presented no unu-
sual appearance the one acre did pre-
sent a very singular one, the position
of the rows and every hill of corn be-
ing distinctly perceptible, the wheat
being nearly a foot higher on the hills
than it was between them. The effects
of the phosphate are also distinctly
seen in the crops of clover grown on the
same land. We have never been much
Of a believer in these commercial
fertilizers" never having witnessed, we
thought, results commensurate with
the expense and trouble; but in this
case seeing was believing, and we write
what we saw.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31

"A story is told in Arkansas of a
pedagogue who once came from Tennes-
see to establish school. He secured a
small cabin on Crowley's ridge for q
school-room, and, after giving due no.
tice, opened his institution. Presently
the door opened and there appeared at
the threshold two tall, ungainly youths,
each with shotgun on his shoulder.
After placing their guns in the corner
of the room, these promising pupils
took seats on one of the rear benches
The teacher examined them in regard
to some of their requirements, and
found them both ignorant of their al
phabet One OF the young men was at
once taken in hand, and the teacher
very properly began with an attempt to
fix the letter A in his mind. The fire.
quent repititi of the name of this let
ter attracted the attention of the pupil,
who came forward and asked to be
shown A. His reasonable request was
granted, when, after moments exam
nation of the letter, he turned up his
nose contemtuously, saying, "Doggone
A If that's all he is, he'll be no go in
Arkansas" whereupon both the boys
shouldered their guns and marched off,
leaving the schoolmaster alone in his
glory. The pedagogue came to the
conclusion that he had made a mistake
in selecting his field of operations.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31
How the Greenlanders Dress.

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune with the Juniata expedition
says of the Greenlanders. that to one
ignorant of their style of dress, and the
similarity of the dress of both sexes, it
would be difficult to distinguish the man
from the woman. The man combs his
hair straight down and over his fore
head, only parting it sufficiently to en-
able him to see directly ahead of him,
while the woman combs her hair In a
long plat, forming it into knot on top
of the head, which is elevated about
four inches from the scalp, and tied
with strip of ribbon either of black,
blue or red color, the widow being dis
tinguished by black ribbon, the wife
by the blue, and the maiden by the red
one. The complexion is coppery like
that of the Indian, their hair black, and
their nose fiat, while their cheek-bones
arc broad and prominent, nearly hiding
the nasal appendage when the profile is
presented. The kapetah, or jumper
with hood attachment, worn by both
sexes, the hood of the woman's being
made larger in which to carry the young
babe, is of sealskin with trimmings of
dog-skin. The pantaloons and boots
are also worn by both sexes, those of
the women being in most cases very
deliberately and artistically trimmed.
The pantaloons of the woman reach on
~ to the knee, while the boots, made of
finely tanned seal-skin, nicely crimped
and sewed with the sinews of the deer,
make them look comfortable.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31
An Obituary Editor. l

The st. Louis Republican has an APP
plicant for the position of obituary edi-
tor. His letter asking for the situation
gives sample of his abilities. He
says:
Our parents were wealthy but honest,
and of course we are now poor but we
can live on very little, because Mary
Ann and 1 have made ourselves into q
grange and buy at wholesale prices.
May be you have full corpse to do
your funny writing, SO if you will en-
gage me I will do any thing in the
obituarian line; it will suit our feelings
better, for Mary Ann and / have been
IN affection lately. Great-grandmother
Peck died last week, aged CXIX. She
died once before, when she was ninety-six,
but just after she was laid out she seemed
to remember somehow that she had for
gotten to finish footing stocking for
her youngest boy, who was only seven
ty-four years of age, so she came to
again; and as winter was coming on,
and 30 much knitting to be done, she
concluded to keep on for twenty years
or SO. The doctors thinks If she amt
disturbed she is gone for good this time.
Me and Mary Ann sat up with her to
the last, and she was checked off into
the full fruition of all her faculties. l
couldn't help moralizing as sat by her
bedside how lean a person can get and
yet consume so much Cruel, she beat
any thing all hollow that 1 ever saw.
Poor old soul, she was so lean that the
mosquitoes had ceased to be burden
they used to light on her and hammer
on her skull with their bills till the
room sounded like telegraph office,
then they would scratch their heads
with their hind legs and sail out of the
window, worn out. She seemed to gain
a little flesh after we came here from
Chicago, and got new spirits but some
body told her that her name was acct
dentally left out of Edwards directory
and she fell off again. She hadn't
walked any to speak of for the last
twenty-five years, and it used to console
her to think how much she had saved
on shoes. When look at the old cali
co cushion with its faded roses that she
sat EMPOWERED in since she was 104, I
heave a sigh at the transformers of all
sublunarian comfort. Her eyes got so
weak that she wore seven pair of glasses
for a spell, but they warnt strong
enough for her to get the sense out of
her Scriptures, so we had a pair of opera
glasses mounted so that she could wear
them on her nose. She sat up the
heftiest part of the day before she
snuffed out, and toldme many things con-
fdentiarily. She remembered distinctly
when Gen'l Washington got the check
cashed that Cakes Ames gave him for
signing the Pacific railroad billiard
she was quite big girl when Cyrus
Field and Hendrick Hudson brung the
Atlantic cable over in the May Flower.
What is home without a great-grand-
mother.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31
Or. A. TRASK'S
MAGNETIC OINTMENT
FOR THE CURE OF
INFLANMAToRY DISEASES.

DIR. Trask was engaged for twenty years in
a course of experiments upon the medical prop
critics and power OF vegetables, separate ana
combined AT the age of seventy years he sue
Ceeded in presenting to the world, as the result
of his experiments, a combination OF vegetable
extracts, the power of which in removing dis
eases is uneQualed i'll the annals of Medicine.
His discovery consists in cOmbina-
ton of these powerful Vegetable Extracts with
Electricity or Magnetism in the form of an Oint-
ment.
Certain. ft is, that the remarkable and
unprecedented success which has attended its
application in the cure of diseases, stamps 1t at
once as the greatest discovery of the age, and
calls for a trial and close Investigation OF It's
properties: Ia, -,r. .,,ouo ,or,o;ns srr.
ficient life to restore natural and heaithy &C,
ton to the capillary vessels Of the body, and
equaize the circulation of the blood. By this
means a controlling power is gained over the
most malignant forms of disease, which cannot
be obtained from any other remedy.
Such is the power of this eomDInas
ton, that it penetTates to every portion OF
the human frame; every bone and muscle, VEN,
nerve and Iigament is searched out and made
sensible of its purifying and healing influence.
HeAss it copes as readily with internal as ez-
terRal disease.
NHnerOus instances are on record
where this remedy has restored health to pa.
tients so near the grave that the most powerful
internal remedies failed to produce any effect.
such has frequently been the case in Infamma-
ton of the Bowels.
No patient ever need die with this
disease where the Magnetic OlntnlehC Cah oC OD-
tanned.
FOR KnfIammatory Rheumatism
this Ointment is the most complete remedy ever
prepared. For Diphtheria or Putrid Sore Throat
ii is unrvaled.
I'm nfnety-nine cases out of a
hundred it will afford entire relief TO the worst
cases of Nervous Headache in thirty minutes
For Nervous Diseases this medicine is
of immense value.
Affections of the Spine, Rheumatism,
Lameness, liberated Sore Throat, Bronchitis
Collie Cholera MOrDuB.
the Face or Breast, Burns, Scald Head, SCr0fula,
Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Infamed Eyes, Fever
Sores Sores, etc. will be Immediately relieved
bytbe use of DR. Trask's Magnetic Ointment
d. RANSOM, Son 81 Co., Propr's, Buffalo, N. Y
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31
A few Words about Horses.

Hay and oats make the best feed for
horses that are obliged to work hard and
regularly. If the hay is cut fine, and
the oats bruised or ground, the whole
mixed and moistened, the horse will
eat his rations quicker, digest them
sooner, and thus have more time for
resting and renewing his power for Ia
Dor. Farmers horses that work little
during winter time may be kept cheaper
by cutting and mixing bright straw and
hay in equal quantities, and adding
ration of steamed potatoes or raw car
rots. Colts should be fed literally on
good hay-bright clover is best-and
bruised oats; give them roomy box
stall in stormy weather, and during
nights. Litter freely, and do not let
the manure accumulate under them.
Sawdust of spent tan makes a good and
convenient bedding in cities and vii
lagos they are often cheaper than straw.
Groom hols es we'll, and let them have
exercise every day: run in the yard is
excellent. See that stable floors over
easements are sound and strong. Ar
range the feeding racks so that the dust
and hay-seed will not fall into horses
names or eyes some horsemen build
their managers too high, thus forcing
the animal to take an unnatural and
painful position while eating. Farm
horses that are not worked should have
their shoes taken off, and those that are
driven on the road should be kept we'll
ahO6
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31

IT Runs LIKE A PRAIRIE FIRE DIR.
Walkers Vinegar Bitters runs like a
prairie fire. The fame of the temper
ance tonic is, however, but poorly ex-
emplifed by this figure of speech for a
prairie fire runs only in one direction,
whereas the reputation of the bitters
spreads toward all points of the COM
pass. There is not square mile of in
habited territory in the United States,
where this meritorious preparation is
not appreciated. If any theoretical gen.
tleman thinks he is prepared to show
that there is nothing in it, we advise
him to go to the prairie states, in the Mis-
sissippi valley, to the. deltas of the south
ern rivers, to New England, in fact,
anywhere within the limits of "Uncle
Sans real estate" and ventilate his
views. By so doing he can raise hear
tier and more general laugh than has
ever yet shaken the sides Of an intelli-
gent people. Persons who have been
cured can't help laughing at other peo-
pie, who tell them that the medicine
which saved their lives is a failure.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31
NEW YORK 1871 WEEKLY sENIWEEKLY, AND DAILY


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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31

WHEN money is scarce and times are
hard, then, if ever, there is need of life
insurance. Low rates should be sought,
however, coupled with abundant secu-
rity, and these are offered by the Nation
al Life Insurance Company of the Uni
ted States of America. E. A. Rollins,
president. Branch office at Philadel-
phia. Agents wanted everywhere. No
better company can be found.-Con1.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31

BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec. Is, 1870.-DR.
r. Y. PIERoE-For the past six months have
used your Golden Medical Discovery in my
practice, and in that time 1 have tested it's
merits in severe coughs, both acute and chron-
ic, in chronic diseases of the throat, severe
cases of bronchitis, general arrangement of
the system, constipated condition Of the bow
els, and wherever a thorough alternative or
blood purifier has been indicated. In all cases
have found it to act gently yet thoroughly
and effectually in removing the various dis
eased conditions, and bringing about healthy
action throughout the system. Yours, etc,
662 II. L. HALL
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-31

The Phoebe Record says: eve
have many beautiful meteors these au-
tumn nights. One evening tender
swain said to his sweetness: Some
of these falling stars seem to leave be-
hind them bright path, as if they were
celestial messengers flying earthward,
the dust of heaven falling from their
feet, and making a track of light be-
hind To which the maid replied:
'They alters makes me think about the
circus man that swallowed fire."