The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03

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trils as soon as volatilization is effected.
The operation should be effected in
about two minutes, when, after the pa
tient sneezes a number of times, the
troublesome symptoms rapidly disap-
pear.
FLING HANDsAws.-In filing hand
saws that are intended to cut only one
way, the majority of mechanics file to-
ward the handle, which leaves the teeth
with more bevel on the back than on the
front, which is caused by the taper of
the file. A few persons file their saws
toward the point, which gives more bev-
ell to tie front or cutting side of the
teeth. Some think that the back side
of the teeth should be filed nearly
square across, and that the saw will cut
equally well and remain sharp much
longer. The front side of the teeth
should be beveled to suit the timber
soft wood requires more bevel than hard
wood.
USEFUL NEWSPAPERS. Newspapers
are beginning to be appreciated. 1t is
found that they are better than cedar
hests for keeping wooden clothing in,
over summer the moths don't like to
am 10 AhC AC"oDshDCA0 bhCg hAO" Dtb-
ter. Whip the coats, shawls, ETC.,
particularly about the
seams then fold them snugly in a
large printed sheet, and paste the pa
per tight-gum-arabic mucilage is best.
Then fasten it all tightly in linen or
cotton sheet. This, we are assured by
those who have had years of experience
with all kinds of preventives, is the
most effectual protection of wooden
clothing from the ravages of moths.
DRESSED BANANAs.-They can be SIM
ply peeled and sliced, and dressed with
sugar dissolved in water to the taste.
letting them stand few hours to impart
their flavor to the dressing. It is an
improvement to add little lemon Juice,
using about half lemon to one dozen
bananas. But a far better dressing con-
sists of the juice of oranges sweetened
and poured over the sliced bananas.
Let 1t stand three or four hours before
using, and stir before dishing, but not
enough to break the slices, This is a
happy combination of favors. As the
season advances and oranges become
scarce, substitute the Juice of pine-ap-
pie. These are somewhat expensive
dishes, but they are delicate and deli
ciOus.
UNTHINKABLE MECHANICS
of a tiny diamond point at the end of
a machine, composed of exquisitely
graduating systems of lessening wheels,
a Mr.. William Webb, of London, is
able to write upon glass the whole of
the Lords prayer within the space of
a two hundred and ninety-fourth of an
inch in length and one four hundred
g., ..Al =
the measurement of the dot of an
"i in print. He could write the
whole 3, 566, 4S0 letters of the Old and
New Testament eight times over in the
space of one square inch of glass and |
when this wonderful microscopical
writing is enlarged by photography,
every letter and point are perfect, and
can be read. Amazing as this is, how
ever, a wealthy banker of London,
named Peters, invented a machine in
1855 that could write three times as
finely as Mr.. Webb's.
THE MANNER OF Shooting HoRsEs.-
Although this subject has engaged the
attention of mankind from the earliest
ages, in consequence of its importance, it !
is wonderful how little we have vet real !
lied IN the way of securing a covering
for the horses hoOf which shall answer
the purposes required. Many scores of |
different shoes have been designed by
persons ready to vouch for their excel !
lence, but they have generally been
false in theory. OF the many methods
of hOrse-shoeing, that known as the
GOOdenOugh system alone seems to be
founded upon correct principles. The
frog must be preserved, or eventually
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reason is beginning, in this respect, to
slowly dawn upon the rising generation
of blacksmiths. Let us hope, for the
horses sake, that that instrument of
torture, the old bar shoe, may soon be
brought to mind only with memories of
the iHquisition.
PLANETARY FLIRTATToNs.-The fash
Unable events in celestial society for the
ensuing months of the present year will
be as follows At sunset ON the 9th
of June the silvery planet Mercury,
seldom distinguishable on account of
its close proximity to the sun, will be
brightly visible in the west. At five
minutes of nine o'clock on the morn
ing of July 9Th Mars and the sun will
be in conjunction. On the 10Th of Au-
gust, three minutes past seven in the
evening, Jupiter and Venus will APP
proach within one degree of each other
presenting a rare and beautiful spec
tacle. An annular eclipse of the sun,
visible in Asia, and partly in Africa and
northern Europe, will occur on the 10th
of October. The magnificent Venus will
be at her nearest to our earth on the
night of November 10th. One month
thence, on the 10th of December, will
occur the great centennial transit of the
beautiful planets across the disk of the
sun, by elaborate observation of which
the astronomers of the world hope to
establish the exact distance of our world
from the sun. On the mornings of the
14th and 18th of the same month,
too, Mars and Venus will come within
three minutes of each other, so as to
seem in actual contact.
LITERARY CURIOSTTY.-TheTe is a
real literary curiosity in New York, just
now, the autograph of Charles Dickens,
as contained in the manuscript of "Our
Mutual Friend" 1t is a fat volume,
with the hundreds of sheets packed
with the masters cramped hand and in
some places almost illegible copy,
neatly bound mp and prefaced by the
skeleton pages where Dickens has
sketched out his plans. He evidently
followed the curious plan of question |
ing and answering himself on paper, as
Mt the head of one of these skeletons |
we find Bella-three chapters? Yes"
Farther down he writes down the name |
of another character, and queries wheth- |
er he shall dispose of it in a certain |
manner-then subjoins a curt " No." as |
if disappearing his own original plan. |
This manuscript Is the property of |
George W. Childs, of Philadelphia. |
who purchased it from a critic in
London TO whom it was given by Dick !
ens) for q, 24O in gold. 1t is said that |
the critic sold it to spite Dickens, or his |
memory, don't know which, because |
of some disagreement which they had |
subsequent to the gift. Some of the |
pages of this manuscript must have |
been terrible upon the eyes of the |
printers, for they are scored through
and through with laborious corrections. |
Sou as Manure.