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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-30
Down South in Dixie.

The Northern man or foreigner who
contemplate a move in order to better
his condition, especially as a farmer,
would do well, in point of mere self
interest, to consider the claims of the
Cotton States. In point of agrieultu-
raj production there is one signal adj
vantage. While corn, wheat, oats, sweet
and irish potatoes, clover, all the fruits,
in fact every variety of food product
commonly consumed flourish to perfee-
ton, these States possess, so far as the
rest of this country is concerned,
monopoly of the production of cotton,
which is suter than any general crop to
put money in farmers pocket. If he
will raise his own meat, bread, pota-
toes, etc., which he can easily do, he
can scarcely fail, at any price to which
cotton can fall, to have surplus money
at the end of the year. A bale of cot
ton of 500 pounds is worth 800, some
times more, sometimes less. A bale
can be raised on an acre of good land
without manure. With little help one
man can make ten bales a season, and
when gathered and baled it can be kept
until the price suits Chat is if you are
not IN debit, without danger of moth
and rust. Great numbers of the old
estates are offered for sale very cheap.
The emigrant can come either as an in
dividual or in colony, just as it suits
HIM. would advise to come. down in
the fall, after the LIST of October, pick
cotton for two or three dollars per day if
funds are scarce, look around and either
rent orpurchase for the coming year, and
then bring on family or colony.-F
BLedSoe, Grenada, Mss, to Nea0 York
Tribune.
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Treatment of the Boys.

Somebody says / have a recipe to
offer. It is a compound, being cOmpos-
ed of several ingredients. 1t is an ex-
cellent remedy, and when properly APP
piled, has an amazing good effect upon
farmers boys, keeping them at home in
the evening when they ought to be
there, and making them better than any
other place on earth. Here are the in
gradients
l. Treat them as partners with you.
Give them to understand that they are
interested in the success of the farm
ing operations as much as you are your
self.
2. Converse freely with them. Get
their opinions, and give them yours. If
at all prudent, make use of their plans,
and when you think your own best, ex-
plain to them why you did not adopt
theirs. Don't keep them altogether in
the dark with reference to your plans
for the future.
8. Don't require them to stay at home
In the evenings all the time. When
there is any meeting or entertainment
from which they might receive benefit,
be sure to let them go.
4. Provide them with p enty of good
books and papers especially referring
TO agriculture. Let them be well posted
in their own misunderstanding.
5. Never scold them because they
don't do their work or attend to the
business of the farm as well as you do.
Encourage them.
6. Give them holiday now and then:
They look for it, and they need 1t and
it will be better for you and them to let
them have it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-30
Departure of Plants from their Origin
al Types.

Few people have clear idea of how
widely some plants have departed from
their original types. New races o +
plants come into existence which are 50
different from the plants from which
they sprung that, if found in a wild
state, no botanist would hesitate mo-
ment to place them in different genera.
The caulifower and the cabbage, for
instance, have all progressed" from
the same original, which is a coarse
weed wild on the chalk hills along the
sea-coast of Europe, and so unlike both
the cabbage and the caulifower that no
one would suspect it to be the parent of
either of them. These facts have been
seized on by some evolutionists as fav-
oring their theory. But, without re-
gard here to our own opinion on the
truth of evolutionary views, as general
ly held, and with sole view to truth
as science presents it to us, we think
these facts do not aid these views very
much; for, different as these two kinds
of plants are from their wild type, they
themselves show no disposition to go
any further. The wild plant brought
forth a cabbage, caulifower and a few
other forms of " table-greens but the
cabbage and caalifower show no dis
position to produce other distinct
things, but, rather, to bring forth close
ly after their own kind Christian
Union.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-30
Put Yourself i'm His Place.

Reader, put yourself in the place of q dyspeptic
and bilious patient under the old fashioned regu-
lar treatment AllopaIhic doses OF blue pill, pur-
gatfSes that go through him with the impetuous
rush of an avalanche, opium when he can't sleep,
and little beef tea to keep him alive under the
assaults OF the medicine men upon his stomach
his intestines, his liver, and his BRAIN all these be
has to endure Is it any wonder that he becomes
dreadfully weak, emaciated and detected? Read
er, if you have any gumption you would, I'M
der any circumstances, and at ali hazards, decline
to put yourself-otherwise than suppositiously-in
that mans place. Now put yourself in the place
of person with the same complaints, who has
had the sense to resort to Hostetters Stomach
Bitters remedy. he takes that agreeable and
potent vegetable tonic and Alternative, we VIII say
three times day. AS a necessary consequence
his appetite returns, his digestion improves, his
bodily strength Increases, his bowels become free
and regular his sleep is sound and refreshing his
spirits grow buoyant the tlnge of health returns
to his complexion, and in a few weeks the cure is
complete. This is no fancy picture, it is a brief
abstract of the ex perence of thousands of dyspep
tic, debilitated and despairing patients. Is IL ne
to ask the reader in which of the places
he would put himself if afflicted with any disease
of the stomach, the bowels, liver or the nerves?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-30
The Autumn of Life

1t is the solemn thought connected
with middle life, that life's last bust
ness is begun in earnest, and it is then,
midway between the cradle and the
grave, that man begins to marvel that
he let the days of youth go by SO half
enjoyed. 1t is the pensive autumn feel
ing, it is the sensation of half-sadness
that we experience when the longest
day of the year is passed, and every
day that follows is shorter, and the
light fainter, and the feebler shadows
tell that Nature is fastening with gigan-
tic footsteps to her winter grave. So
does the man look back upon his youth.
When the first gray hairs become visi-
BILE, when the unwelcome truth fastens
itself upon the mind that man is no
longer going up hill, but down, and
that the sun is always westerning, he
looks back on things behind. When
we were children we thought as chill
dren. But now there lies before us
manhood, with its earnest work, and
then old age, and then the grave, and
then home. There is a second youth
for man, better and holier than his first,
if he will look on, and not look back
f. ". Robertson.
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at TINS season OF the year, when it be-
hooves us TO scrub and re-gravel our
bird-cages, it's more than likely that
your canary will get out.
In such case prompt and decisive
action is required. 1t is useless for the
whole family to collect and shout at the
canary and make desperate attempts to
watt Observation-Disclosures over him.
Life is too short to be wasted In this
way.
And maddened efforts to clap hats
over him generally amount to very lit
tie, especially when he is up tree.
And just here we may remark, that
there are few methods of taking exer-
else that may be relied upon to hold ont
like that of following a loose canary
around village, reaching out at arms
length towards him a good-sized bird
cage, and endeavoring by a series of
monotonous and irrelevant chirps to
make him believe he wants to go in.
Sugar and cuttle-fsh bone, as engines
of seduction, are not to be depended
upon. The average coaxation into cages
by sugar of the ordinary canary of
North America is in the proportion of a
wheelbarrovful of the one to a feather
of the other.
We will also state in this connection
that man with new shoes on, and a
big cage in one hand, can furnish an in
teresting spectacle to over forty by
ISLANDERS by simply climbing tree to
offer why Establishments to an enfran-
chised canary.
The real way to catch loose canary,
and the only way which can be warrant
ed for term of years, is to collect all
your friends and family and post them
around the tree or fence where the cana
ry is at bay. Let them all furnish
themselves with plenty of bits of kind
ling wood, sods of grass, Jumps of dirt,
hunks of brick, curry-combs, bootiacks,
porter-bottles, and other handy missiles
and let them fire away boldly at the ca
nary. If the bird cowardly turns tail
and heis of, let everybody follow and
slam-bang at him with their utmost
vigor. 1t will be hard to confine this
entertainment to your immediate circle
No boy whose heart is in the right place
and who has any legs will refrain from
the pursuit, and there are men who
would leave dentists chair to mingle
in the fray. There are cases, too, where
a funeral would hang by thread, as it
we're, In the vicinity of a canary-hunt.
Even from the windows of upper rooms,
where sickness or .dishabille may detain
unfortunate enthusiasts, there will
come, ever and anon, a frantic wash
bowl or a whizzing lamp-chimney to
testify the universally of the public
interest, Of course, in this rapid free
distribution of tire-wood and paving
materials, it will not be long before sew
eral of your relations will wish they
brought a tin umbrella along. But
considerations of mere personal COM
fort must not be allowed to interfere.
If you keep this thing up long enough,
and you all fire pretty straight, you'll
be suro to get your canary. And then
you can have him stuffed. Beautiful
glass eyes can be had for twenty cents
a pair but you had better buy your
glass eyes by the dozen, for of course
you'll soon be getting another canary,
so as not to waste the cage.-Scri6ner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-30

say perfectly any Greek chapter in st.
Paul's epistles, or anything else which
he had learned long before, but forgot
whatsoever was newly told him, his
memory, like an inn, retaining old
guests, but having no room to entertain
new.-IhOnlGS Fuller.
Sydney Smith says, I am astonished
that our ministers neglect the common
precaution of foolometer, with which
no public man should be unprovided
I mean the acquaintance and society of
three or four regular British fools as
test of public opinion. Every cabinet
minister should Judge of all his meas
ures by his foolometer, as navigator
crowds or shortens sail by the barome-
ter in his cabin. / have very valua-
bic instrument of that kind myself,
which have used for many years; and
I would be bound to predict, with the
utmost nicely, by the help of this ma
chine, the precise effect which any
measure would produce upon public
opinion.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-30
AN INVITATION.

The blades of grass that clothe the hills,
BFckon to us. who toll and plod,
To LIST the melody of rill,
g. And breathe among the works of God.
The flowers are springing into life;
The birds, in meadow and in grove,
While all around with bloom is rife,
Pour forth their swelling songs of love.
And I, who move in darkened ways
Shall pass on with lowered eyes,
Nor drink the music of their lays,
Nor upward look to azure skies
Who in the past, in wave and stream,
Still found voice of tender strain,
That told of many boyish dream,
In tones the man may still retain?
The waving trees, with arms outspread,
While rustling winds through green leaves creep
Invite MS TO the Swallowed bed
The fancies of the MONDAY sleep.
I come, o trees come, o streams!
On grassy hills my feet shall press;
III taste the bliss of MONDAY dreams
III drink the Joy Of Springs caress.
Overland MonfhIv
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-30
Mozarts's Requiem.

One day, as Mozart was seated In his
study, in a profound reverie, he heard a
carriage stop at his door. A stranger
was announced, who asked to speak
with him. He was an aged man, very
well dressed, of noble and imposing
manners. He said to the composer =
81 am commissioned by a great man
to come and find you"
"The name of this man, if you
please ?" said Mozart.
He does not wish to be known"
every well what are his wishes?"
"He has lost a very dear friend,
whose memory will be forever precious
to him. He wishes to commemorate her
death, every year, by a solemn service,
and he wants you to compose a requiem
for the occasion"
Mozart was deeply impressed by
these words spoken so sOlemnly, and
by the air of mystery that seemed to
pervade the interview. He promised to
compose the requiem. The stranger
continued -
Put to this work your entire genius,
for you compose it for a connoiseur in
music"
$50 much the better" said Mozart.
GLOW much time do you want for the
task?"
-Four weeks"
"Well, 1 will come for it in four
weeks. What will be your price ?"
lone hundred ducats."
The stranger counted out the money
upon the table and disappeared. Mo-
Fart remained plunged in deep thought
for few moments, then called for pen,
ink and paper and began to write the
requiem. Notwithstanding the remon-
strances of his wife, he wrought upon
it night and day. But his body, al
ready feeble, could not endure this con
tinual strain, and he finally fellfainting
Mt his task. Then he was obliged to
rest. Several days after, his wife sought
to divert his mind from its sadness by
some playful remark. He replied earn
estly:
lone thing is certain; 1 am compos-
ing my own requiem 1T Will serve to
perpetuate my own memory"
In proportion as he wrought, his
strength diminished, from day to day,
and the requiem advanced very slowly.
The four weeks'were finally gone, and
the stranger returned.
cit has been impossible for me to
keep my word, said Mozart, sadly.
Never mind, " said the man, chow
much more time do you require p
"I want four weeks more. The work
has inspired me with deeper interest
than l supposed, and have given to 1t
more study than intended"
''In that case it is right that I in
crease the price. Here are 90 ducats
more for your pay"
I'm establishment Mozart asked,
"Who are yen"
"That is nothing to the purpose 1
will return in four weeks"
As the stranger left the house, Mozart
called a servant and requested him to
follow this extraordinary man and find
out who he was; but the laundering
man soon returned, saying that he could
find no trace of him. Poor Mozart had
conceived the idea that this stranger
was no ordinary mortal, but was one of
his friends in the immortal world, sent
to warn him of his approaching death.
He applied himself with redoubled ar
dor to his requiem, which he regarded
as the most enduring monument to his
genius. He tainted many times at his
toll. Finally, it was accomplished be-
fore the expiration of the four weeks.
The stranger came for it at the given
time but Mozart was dead.-FrOm the
French.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-30
81 EDWARD ELLIS.

Joy for the heart with no grief or repining,
Such Joy as the sun naust enjoy in its shining,
Yea look for it closely, tits hard to discover;
But strong as an eagle, than any dove sweeter,
Is love, and the peace thereof-grander, completer
Than men can say in their idle divining;
Whose heart il at rest, he alone is lover,
The winters shall change not, the storms leave I'M
shaken,
Whose love shall endure, though all blossoms be
taken,
Whose love shall endure, when earth's durance is
over,
Whose love shall enfold, though the world have
forsaken.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-30

w. s. VAN METER & BROTHER, pro-
prietors of the celebrated Grayson Springs,
Grayson county, KY, have completed and ele-
gantly furnished both of their hotel buildings,
which gives them accommodations for 600 per-
sons. These are the acknowledged best min
eral springs in the country, there being 126
springs on single acre of ground. 1t GER
tainly is the most delightful place ON the con-
tinent to spend the warm months. Besides the
finest scenery, 1t is always cool, no mosquitoes,
good hunting and fishing, boarding moderate,
etc. These springs will now be the favorite
resort during the warm months. They are
only thirty minutes drive from Grayson Sta
ton, on the FlizabethtOwn Il Paducah r. II.
THINK Simmons Liver Regulator
one of the best medicines ever made or the
liver. l have seen it used by my wife and
by many others who were sick 1t seems to
always cure. E. III. Spaik ks, Albany. Ga.
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"A Young man becoming a little d

"A young man becoming little dis
satisfied with the coquettish actions of
his young lady while she was shopping
on Saturday, retired to another part of
the store. and resting his elbow on the
dummy figure of a woman, gave him
self up to gloomy reflections, from
which he was rudely aroused by sharp
push, while the dummy received Wig
orous slap over the head from an indig-
nant lady's parasol. There is hardly
enough of the English language to do
justice to the scene that followed.
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CHAPPED HANDS face, rough skin, pimples,
ringworm, salt-rheum, and other cutaneous
affections cured, and the skin made soft and
smooth, by using the JUNIPER TAR SOAP, made
by CAswELL, HAZARD & Co., New York. Be
certain to get the Juniper Tar Soap, made by
rs. az there are many limitations made with
somuion tar which are worthless Com,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-30

The Poison MoNGERs who advertise
compounds of fluid fire and pungent
alkalies as "balsamic medicines, " safe
and harmless tonic" ard ''genial invig-
orants," are worthy of being classed
with the old Barnegat wreckers who
kindled deceptive beacons, in order to
decoy mariners to inevitable death.
But time came when the lures of the
coast bandits failed, and time has come
when the vendors of FILTERED alcohol
fail to impress the reading public with
a belief in their fctions.
1t is due to that conscientious and
able physician, DR.. Joseph Walker of
California, to say that he has largely
contributed to this desirable end, by
providing the world with tonic correc-
tive and anti-febrile vegetable prepare
ton, which accomplishes all that is
mendaciously promised on behalf of the
alcoholic nostrums. His California
Vinegar Bitters, prepared from botanic
productions, now for the first time en-
ployed IN che pharmacy of civilization,
is the leading tonic in every state and
territory of the Union. The fact that
this wonderful elixir contains no alco-
hol, no mineral, no dangerous element,
is one of the causes of its immense pop
ularity; another is that as a stomachic
invigorant, blood purifier, Alternative,
anti-spasmodic and anti-bilious medi-
cine, it is as far ahead of every other
preparation as temperance is ahead of
drunkenness.
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sCHENcK's MANDRAKE PILLS.

rtase pills are cCmpOsed exclusively of vegeta.
HE Ingredients and although they entirely super
sede the use of mercury, do not leave any Or ils
Injurious effects. They act directly upon the liver,
and are "a valuable remedy in all cases 81 derange-
ment resulting from dtsordered state OF that or
gan. Liver complaint, binOus disorders, indigss-
ton. sick headache, typhoid and other fevers etc,
an succumb % the free use OF SCHkNCK's MAN
DRAKE Pills.
For sale BY all druggists and dealers
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Want of prudence is too frequently
the want of virtue; nor is there on
earth more powerful advocate for vice
than DOverty
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"A young Iowa lady, who goes strong
for woman's rights, has been presented
with pair of pants. She painted fer
freedom, she painted for renown; that
made a pair of pants, and she put them
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Agents for the celebrated
MOWER AND REAPER.

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SUCCESS BASED Upon MERIT. 1t is a
subie t of general remark, among both whole
sale and retail druggists, that no medicine in
troduced TO the American public has ever
gained such popularity and met with so large
a sale in all parts of the land, in the same
length of time. as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. This cannot depend upon its hav-
ing been more largely advertised than any other
medicine, as such is not the case. The correct
explanation, we think, is fond in the fact
that this medicine produces the most wonder
full and perfect cures of very bad cases of
bronchial, throat and lung diseases, is I'M
doubtedly the most perfect and efficient reme-
dy for all kinds of coughs that has ever been
introduced to the public, and at the same time
possesses the greatest of b ood-purifying and
strengthening properties that medical science
has been able to produce, thus rendering it
sovereign remedy not only in the cure of COD
sumption, bronchitis, hoarseness and coughs,
but also for all diseases of the liver and blood,
as scrofulous diseases, blotches. rough skim
pimples, black specks and discolorations. 1t
has therefore wide range of application and
usefulness, and it not only gives the most per-
feet satisfaction to all who use it, but far
exceeds the expectations of the most sanguine,
thus eliciting the loudest praise, and making
permanent living advertising mediums of all
who use it. For these reasons it is that there
is not perhaps druggist in all the vast do
main of this continent, who tries to please his
customers and supply their wants, that does
not keep and sell large quantities of this most
valuable medicine. 64O
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Olive Logan tells of nice young
man who waltzed superbly. All the
girls went for him. Nobody else could
catch their pace as we'll as he. When
asked how he managed it so handsome
ly, he replied that he never thought
about it, he never tried hard-all he did
was to hold his partner in his arms and
LET her kick.
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For what port is man bound dur
ing courtship? Bound to Havre.