The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-06
General Joe Johnston.

General Joseph E. Johnston is here.
He came the other day, dressed in black,
with a straw hat and black band,
looking the typical old-timed southern
gentleman. He carries the finest head
at the springs. As DR.. Johnson said of
Burke: eff you should meet him, a
stranger, under q bridge during a
shower, you would know that you were
in the presence of distinguished
man." He is about the medium height,
straight as an Indian, with a noble
head upon shapely shoulders, keen,
dark eyes, regular features, closely
clipped gray whiskers, thin, gray hair,
and as quick in his motions as a SPUR
rel. No man upon the grounds, of his
age, or any other age, was about to
say, is so active. He is now probably
near sixty five; certainly not younger,
for he was in the Black Hawk war with
Lincoln forty-three years ago. He
came from plain farmer stock, was born
near the Tennessee line, in Virginia, and
has several brothers, all of some prom
inence, but none that will rank in history
with Joseph e. "When the history of
the war comes to be written by an in
partial hand years hence" said Senator
ChptEtOu ~ Il6, IuS Olu6E udy, HO
southern leader will stand in front of
Joseph E. Johnston" The general
now lives in Savannah, and is, | believe,
connected with some railroad. He
spends his summers here rugularly, as
much for pleasure as for health per-
haps, fer in all the long years of his
life he has never known a days sick
ness White Sul20hor Springs (Va.)
Letter.
CANNED GooDs PACKERS. The Amer
lean Grocer notices q new organization
Eve trust it will not run into an often
sive monopoly. Last week, in Phila-
elphia there was summing up of the
work of the convention of canned goods
packers. Over forty packing firms
were represented, with constant and
undiminished attendance of over sew
enty gentlemen during the two days of
the meeting.
A national association of canned
goods packers was formed, which en-
rolls the names of over twenty of the
leading houses in the business. It has
abolis he'd the fallacious designation for
cans, of 1 pound, 2 pounds, etc, and
the simple Nos. l, 2, q, 3.
It has designated the contents of Nos.
l and 2 for oysters, and referred the
of the contents of other
articles to tie executive committee, but |
every can of every sizs and every class |
of goods, whether first or second quail |
ity, must be as full as it is practicable |
to make them, aud no sO-called light or |
slack weight goods are to be counte-
nanced. 1t has adopted an associated |
trade mark, to be used by members of |
the association only. The reform is to |
date from January next.
THE VIRTUE OF AsPARAGUs.-The Sci
eatific American says A medical COR
of an English journal says
that the advantages of asparagus are not
sufficiently appreciated. Those who
suffer with rheumatism are cured in a
ew avs by feeding on this delicious
esculent and more chronic cases are
much relieved, especially if the patient
avoids eli acids, whether in food or hev-
erage. The Jerusalem art1choke has
similar effect in relieving rheumatism.
It may be we'll to remark that most
plants which grow naturally near the
3eacoast contain more or less iodine, and
in all rheumatic complaints iodine has
.ong been a1avorite remedy. One who has
been in the drug business told the writer
some years ago that many of the popu-
ar patent nostrums which some disin-
jere8ted people" for the good of their
fellow creatures" sold at two dollars
bottle consisted simply of few cents
worth of iodine in solution. Iodine is
dangerous, however, in overdoses, af-
Getting espe cially the eye.
WHILE some workmen were making
IN excavation in Monroe county, Michi-
,an. few days ago, they came upon a
quantity of bones, forming the skeleton
# mastodoD, which were examined.
)ne of the tusks measured eleven feet
n length and seven inches in diameter
t the smallest extremity, where por-
ion seemed to have been broken off.
several teeth were found in fair state
f preservation, measuring six inches
n diameter, the largest weighing i've
'ounds. One of the ribs was nearly
light feet long, and the entir" skeleton
7as from twenty to thirty feet in length.
N attempt will be made to recover
lore Of the remains.
"Two dollars worth of collar on
Eenty cents worth of dog, IL one OF
be Indianapolis weaknesses rebnked by | ,,
na thrifty Herald