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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05
Why Black?

It is nothing but fashion that compels
the black garb as the sign of grief
that may be more apparent than real.
In this respect many of the oriental ma
tions are more poetical than we, for
they adopt not black, but yellow, as the
color to be worn by those whose friends
have preceded them to the grave. They
do this because yellow symbolizes the
entrance of the departed spirit into the
great yellow light of the rising dawn of
eternity, day that is to be, where there
shall be no such thing as night or dark
ness.
The compulsory wearing of black
among christian nations may be q small
matter to the rich when one of their
family or friends departs to better
world but to the poor it is serious
business, and adds a new terror to the
death which they deplore ; the terror of
an expenditure which they cannot afford
without depriving the living of that
which is necessary to their life, and
Gripping their resources for many
months, or it may be years, of painful
abnegation. The luxury of woe to the
men and women of ten thousand may
be as attractive luxury as any other,
and the black attire may be made as CO.
quetish to the female eye and mind as
the gaudiest colors in which it may
please beauty to bedizen herself, or re-
spectabiIity to make herself look more
seemingly respectable. But to the wo-
man in the middle or lower classes, with
possibly half dozen children to fit out
with suits of the prescribed color of
death, the question of mourning, which
fashion forces upon the observance of
rich and poor alike, is one that may
sometimes be too closely connected with
insolvency or the pinching of the stom-
ach to be agreeable to the contempla-
ton of the head of the family, or of her
who claims to be more than half the
head and the whole heart of the estab-
ishment
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05
The Legend Of the Felt Eat.

There is legend among the matters
that felt was invented by no less per-
sonage than st. Clement, the patron
saint of their trade. Wishing to make a
pilgrimage to the Holy sepulcher, and
at the same time to do penance for sun
dry unexpiated peccadilloes, the pious
monk started on his journey afoot. As
to whether he was afflicted with corns or
kindred miseries, the ancient chronicle
from which this information is derived
is silent; but, at all events, few days
successive tramping soon began to bills.
ter his feet. In order to obtain relief,
it occurred to him to line his shoes with
the fur of rabbit. This he did, and,
on arriving at his destination, was sur
prised to find that the warmth and mois-
ture of his feet had worked the soft hair
into cloth-like mass. The idea thus
suggested he elaborated in the solitude
of his cell, and, finally, there being no
patent laws in existence in those days.
he gratuitously presented to his fellow
mortals the result of his genius in the
shape of a felt hat.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

The recent tragedies in Kern county,
California, are painful illustrations of
border life. A wandering Mexican
called at a ranch in search of employ
ment. The proprietor did not want
help, but entertained the wanderer over
night. There were several men in the
house, and in the middle of the night
the Mexican got up and made desper-
ate effort to murder them all. He killed
one, wounded others, but found his
butchering capacity fell short of his es-
innate of it and ran, taking with him a
rifle and some ammunition. The next
day hunt for the Mexican was institu-
ted, and just at night he was brought to
bay in a thick copse. Under cover of
the weeds he commenced firing upon his
pursuers, and they were forced to re-
treat to a little distance, where they
built fire, and concluded to wait till
morning before they attempted to dis
lodge their game. The night was cold
and the Mexican had no coat, and the
thought occurred to them to desert
their fire and build another one some
distance off, in the hope that the Mexi-
can might come out to warm himself by
the fire. The ruse succeeded. It was
the fire. His pursuers then crept close
upon him in the darkness, and he was
neatly dispatched.
Here is another incident showing how
men throw away their lives out there.
There was an election at Sageland, and
two men who were friends got drunk at
it. One of them became so helpless
that he was put to bed. The other
knocked around until it got very dull
with him. He wanted excitement; so
he went to his sleeping friend, woke
him up and asked him if he had voted.
The friend said eyes" "Who for?"
Reed" Then the individual in search
of excitement struck the man and left
him. He was told he ought not to have
struck a man helplessly drunk. He
then said: 81 will go back and kill
him" and he went back and did kill
him by breaking his skull and slashing
his body with a knife. A bystander
tried to arrest the murderer, and sharp
fight with knives ensued. Both men
fell dead about the same time. With
these exceptions the election at Sage
land passed off in peace and h4rmony,
and the ballot-box was triumphant, with
the votes of three dead men in it,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

A BEAUTIFUL WoMAN.-The percep-
tive faculty of women is usually keener
than the same chronological organ in
men. Women know that beauty, rather
than genius, is worshiped by the stern
er sex. A man may talk with his lips
of the latter to his lady-love, but the
keenness of the woman knows that he
is thinking of the former in his heart.
All women have an innate desire to
please their beaux. They are fond of
admiration, hence, one of their longings
is to be beautiful. The grand secret of
female beauty is health-the secret of
health is the power to eat, digest and
assimilate proper quantity of whole
some food. Take Vinegar Bitters. 1t
will cleanse the stomach, tone the vital
organs, give a perfect disgestion, purify
the blood, clear up the complexion and
produce state of mental and physical
electricity which gives symmetry of
form, bright eyes, white skin, glossy
hair and genuine type of female love
illness which no cosmetic can compare
with.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05
Hints to Bergh.

Griswold, the "Fat Contributor, &"
contributes the following "hints to
Bergh -
It seems to me your Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, al
though a good thing so far as it goes,
stops short of what it might accomplish.
I offer a few suggestions as to the en-
largement of its sphere of usefulness.
Eight hours should be days work
on dog-churn, the dog to be allowed
one day in the week to himself. Let
every dog have his day.
Life-preservers for Newfoundland
dogs, to guard against sudden cramps.
A fine for imposing bogus watches on
watch dogs. The watch dogs honest
bark has often been raised against the
swindle.
Protection of ants from their nephews
and nieces.
Cushioned toad-stools would be high
ly appreciated by toads after chop. "
Punish boys who brighten the frogs
and make them Jump. Sudden shocks
are sometimes fatal to a nervous organ
ization.
Encourage trout to write poetry. We
have seen some very beautiful trout
lines ere now.
Rostrums in the ocean for whales to
"spout" from. This is a want long
felt and the whales pout about it.
Abolish mosquito bars. They make
mosquitoes irregular about their meals.
Introduce the German language into
our schools of fish.
Pocket handkerchiefs for crocodiles
to wipe away their tears on.
A school in accounts for adders, who
also multiply rapidly.
Encourage the cultivation of plum
trees for the comfort of that fastidious
epicure, the curculio, who can feed up
on nothing else.
An inebriate asylum for "biled
owls" and others who get drunk as
Badges for hawks so we can tell one
from hernshaw.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05
RONALD, DON'T CALL IN THE
MORNING,

o, Ronald, you know that love you,
You know that my promise is true,
And think there is nothing more pleasant
Than leading the German with you;
But listen, have something to whisper:
Be sure tbs no perilous warning.
Put your fears all to rest, tits simple request,
Please, Ronald, don't call in the morning.
Now, Ronald, don't wrinkle your forehead,
And open your eyes like goose
Don't try to look rueful or horrid
My love, it will be of no use:
One can't arrange puff, braid and ringlet, 4
With only half minutes warning,
And when en- dishabiLEe, why, one really don't fee
Like having a call in the morning
Besides, mamma thinks it is silly
And, surely dear mamma must know,
For she's been leader of fashion
These thirty odd seasons or so
Don't talk of simplicity, dearest,
What is beauty without some adjoining?
And one looks like fright after dancing all night
So, Ronald, don't call in the morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05
Getting Clothes.

When a woman buys an article of
wearing apparel, it is all right. She is
not counseled to take it back because
of this or that defect. She ignores
mans knowledge in the matter, and he
is only too glad to escape to make any
protest. But when he upholsters him
self in any particular, she gives the
article the most critical examination,
and in nine cases out of ten hurries him
right back with it. Between that mans
regard for his wife and fear of the mer-
chant, he loses a great deal that is
pleasant in this world. It is also lit.
tie singular what a wonderful effect the
store where you have made the pur-
chases has upon the fit of the article.
I have known a man to go back three
times with q coat. The first time it
pinched him a little under the arms.
The dealer had him try it on then
pulled it down in the back, stood off
and squinted at it, and then said, elbow
does that feel now ?" The man perspir-
ing at every pore, and feeling that he
was guilty, in some way, of taking I'M
fair advantage of a trusting fellow
mortal. confessed it was much better,
and went off,
AL1O l4CAO bOJ 4AO o'PECSNA$NJ WIN viz
impression that there was no wool in
the cloth his wife said so. The sales
man gave him such pitying glance, and
whipped the coat over from one side to
the other so rapidly, and talked so fast
about texture and wool, that the miser-
able wretch was glad to get the garment
back, and get out of the store.
Two days later. he sneaked in again
with the coat under his arm. This time
it pinched across the back. The tailor
had him try it on again, and then rub
bed it across the back and pulled it at
the front, and said he never saw any
thing fit like that in his life and the
man went off with similar belief. He
didn't go back any more but he used
to stand in front of that store, when no
one was looking, and shake his fist
through the window at the tailor, and
think up the things he want ed to do to
him, but which there appeared no i'm
mediate prospect of doing.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

The liver is more frequently the seat
Of disease than is generally supposed, for up
ure, the powers OF the stomach, bowels, BRAIN
and the whole nervous system. Regulate that
important organ by taking Simmons Liver
Regulator, and you prevent most of the diseases
that flesh is heir to.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

We often see large stock of cattle
which do not seem to thrive, and come out
"spring poor" all for want of something to
start them in the right direction. One dollars
worth of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Pow
ders, given to such stock occasionally during
the winter, would be worth more than an ex-
ira half ton of hay.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

MAGNETISM, THE MOVER AND MYSTERY
OF THE WORLD New facts are constantly
coming to light in regard to this potent agent
in nature. The Magnetic springs of Michigan
and other localities are attracting the profound
attention of scientific men. Many cures are
claimed to have been accomplished through
the agency of the Magnetic waters. If those
waters are impregnated with magnetism, is it
at all wonderful that DR.. Trask should be able
to combine magnetism with vegetable extracts,
and present to the world an electric or Magnet
ic Ointment?
DIR. Trask claims to have discovered and &C
complished this result. From it's powerful
penetrating qualities, it seems to possess
strong magnetic qualities, and is worthy trial
by the public. See advertisement.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

TITLEs.-An anecdote on Critics in
the United States, which Mr.. Jefferson
used to tell in relation to the subject,
which is authentic, is too good to be
lost. The ancedote has been repeated
by one who has heard Mr.. Jefferson
mention it. In the convention for form
ing the constitution of the United States,
it was proposed that titles should be
given to high officers of the government,
and the proposition met with favor.
The discussion of the subject had gone
on for some time, when Mr. Franklin
arose, and with apparent gravity re-
marked 'That as this matter seemed
to be seriously entertained, and might
be carried, he had to suggest one title
which would be new and appropriate
it was a title for vice president and it
was, His most superhuous highness!
There was not much more said about
ties after this.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05
Foa Ioss NJ anpetita dvspepsta. indieestj

FoR loss OF appetite, dyspepsia, Indigestion,
depression Of spirits and general debility,
ELIXIR Of CAIIsAXA, made by OAswELL, HAz-
ARD & Co., New York, and sold by all druggists,
is the best tonic. AS a stimulant tonic for pa
tients recovering from fever or other sickness
it has no equal. II taken during the season it
prevents fever and ague and other intermit-
tent fevers.-COnB.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05
Chicago,
Milwaukee
& st. Paul
Railway.
milwaukee & st. Paul Railway Coz

TXTENDTNG from Chicago to Milwaukee La
II Crosse, WinOna, Hastings, st. Paul and Min
neapolis. Also to Madison, Prairie du CHEN, Aus
tin, OwatOpna. Charles city, Mason city and AL
coma; also to GAINESVILLE, Monroe, Ripon, Berlin
and Oshkosh
Embracing more business centres and pleasure
resorts than any other northwestern line.
CHICAGO DEPOT-COrner Canal and Madison
streets, with Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Pennsyl-
vania, and Chicago, Alton and st. Louis railways.
MILWAUKEE, DEPoT-Corner Reed and South
Water streets.
Connecting in st. Paul with all railways diverg-
ing thence.
New York office, 319 Broadway.
Boston Office Court street.
General Offices Milwaukee, Wis.
s. S. merrill, Gen. Manager
JNO, G. GAULT, Asst Gen. Manager.
A. V. II. CARPENTER, g. p. and I. Agent.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

PILES can be cured only by Anakesis,
the greatest discovery of the age and
the sole, infallible remedy for the worst
cases of piles. Thousands of sufferers,
after trying in vain all manner OF To-
have been instantly relieved and per-
fectly cured by Anakesis. It is the hap
Ply discovery of DIR. Silsbee, regular
scientific physician, and doctors of all
schools endorse and recommend it.
Price $10O. Sold by druggists every
where. Sent free by mail on receipt of
price by P. Neustaedter & Co. Princi-
pal depot, 46 Walker street, New York.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

D1sINFECTANT.-Copperas may be used
to disinfect the discharges from patients
affected with dangerous diseases. Ten
pounds of copperas in pailful of water,
and a quart or two poured into places
needing publication, will be effectuaI.
Chloride of zinc, chloride of mangan-
csc, or proro-chloride of iron, may be
used in place of copperas,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

HAVE you a severe wrench or sprain ?
Have you rheumatism in any form? Have
you stiff neck, or punches caused by rheumat-
ic pains If so, Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
is specific remedy, used internally and exter-
nally.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

For colds, coughs and throat disor-
ders, use Browns Bronchial Troches, having
proved their efficacy by test of many years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

The most popular collars of the day
are the Elmwood and Warwick; because they
are made out of finer stock, look and fit bet
ter than any others.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

To CAUSE THE HAIR OF NAME AND
TAIL To GROw.-I beg to give the fol-
lowing recipe, which / have personally
proven to be efficient in restoring a
healthy growth of hair on the tails and
names of horses: Corrosive sublimate
(hyd. bichlorIde), oxymuriate of mer-
curry, each four grains, in one ounce of
distilled water. Wash the parts where
the hair is thin with warm water and
soap, then rub dry with a linen cloth,
and Immediately after rub in some of
the above linament If the hair has
been rubbed off by the animals own en-
deavors to allay cutaneous irritation,
then dress with the following ointment ::
One ounce of fine -four sulphur, one
ounce of fine pulverized saltpeter, made
into soft ointment with fresh butter or
fresh-rendered hogs lard rub in at
night and wash out in the morning
with warm water and soap repeat three
or four times. If the hair is scant from
natural debility of the capillary organs,
then simply use cold water applied with
a soft sponge; avoid all combing or
brushing, and clean the name and tail,
as the Arabs do, with a coarse flannel
rubber.-lfiddy Morgan.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

MARK TWAIN QUoTNG SCRIPTURE.
While the inimitable Mark Twain was
IN London, he made draft upon GER
tain parties here which was to be paid
IN Elmira. The parties failed before
the draft reached this country, and, as
natural consequence, it was protested.
A copy of the protest was sent to Twain
at the city of Hartford, which he found
upon his arrival. He returned the pro-
test to Elmira, saying that "In the al
most biblical language of the document
before me, the holders look to me for
payment thereof Thereof is a good
word, thereof is always a good word.
There is no objection in looking to me,
and no offense-none in the world. SO
l will only say, as the Canaanites said
to Joshua when he came to look at their
land, 1t is harmless thing, look and
be id"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05

ALL articles we think that are packed
and sold Full Weight should have the
patronage of consumers, also of dealers.
We are glad to notice in the article of
SOAP that PROCTOR & CANDLES EXTRA
OLIVE SOAP is always packed ae'1uaI
weight.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-12-05
Some Railroad Evils and Their
Remedy.

Both railroads and large cities like
New York rest on universal suffrage,
but railroad stockholders are to this de-
gree in a worse condition than the in
habitants of such a city as New York,
that they are scattered over the four
quarters of the earth, have no acquaint-
ance with each other, and no Opportu-
nifty for concerted action. It will be re-
membered that during the Tweed rule
in New York, the stockholders in that
municipal cooperation always voted regu-
Iarly, or went through the form of vot-
ing, just as many stockholders of the
Erie railroad at that time may, for all
we know, have been in the habit of
sending their proxies to the annual
meeting of that corporation for the pur-
pose of keeping Fisk and Gould in
Office. There was very little differ
ence between the n1Odus OperG91dj of
the two cases. By shrewd maneuvers,
the purchase in the one case of votes, in
the other of proxies, two or three men
get control of a majority of the stock
or the votes, and after that keep the
control by new issues of stock or by
fraudulent returns. In how many roads
this has been done we do not know, but
the facility with which it may be done
is now pretty generally understood.
OF course there are in cases like these
a large number of persons who always
wish to to know "what is proposed as a
remedy" For ourselves we propose no
remedy at all. The only remedy for
dishonesty is honesty, and the only
remedy for absurd investments is safe
investments. The remedy proposed by
the farmers, of taking away from the
stockholders what little profit is left
them, hardly seems likely to be carried
out; the remedy of handing the rail
roads over to the state or the United
States is not practical question among
intelligent people; and there remains
nothing but to leave them in the hands
which now manage them, to leave
freights to be governed by the law of
supply and demand, and to leave stock
holders to discover that the industry of
building railroads in new countries is
highly speculative, and that, if they
choose to invest in undertakings whose
actual condition they have no means of
ascertaining, they must take the conse-
quences. Atlantic MO1tbJU
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WRINGER

CORDIALLY commend Hamilton, ILL.,, ''Water
Cure"-ReU. Dr. Wallace, Monmouth College
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Nothing really succeeds which is
not based on reality; sham, in large
sense, is never successful; IN the life of
the individual, as..in the more compre-
hensive life of the state, pretension is
nothing and power is everything
WRipple,