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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24
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Cotton in KanRaa.

O. w. Miller of Howard county, Kan
sas, sends to the Kansas Farmer the re-
suits of mis- experiment in growing cot
ton this season. He says ST planted
my cotton this season on the 9Th of
May, and planted it about four or four
and half feet apart. / had the land
broke as for corn, and laid off with
small diamond pillow, and covered the
seed with a double-shevel. I planted
about one bushel Of seed per acre;
though half the amout would have
done as we'll. I scraped twice with a
hoe, and plowed twice, and thinned to
about SIX inches apart in the rows.
About the 9th of July I noticed the
first blossoms, which is considered ear
ly for this latitude. It is estimated
that cotton will blossom sixty days from
the time of planting, if the season is
favorable, and will open cotton in about
fifty days from the time it blossoms.
l will have cotton opened by the 25th
of this month, which is considered ear
ly for this latitude. There is about
fifty acres planted to cotton in this vi
cinity, and as general thing it looks
we'll. This is new business to most
of the people here. IF the cotton
planted here this year should make a
fair crop there will be a large crop
planted next season. l planted this
season one acre of sod 90 cotton as an
experiment, and am satisfied that it will
pay as well on sod as on old land. I
did not get as good stand as it ought
to be, but the cotton plants seem to be
as we'll set with bolls as that on old
land, and will yield as much per stock
as old ground cotton. I cut the sod
with a spade after it was turned, and
put from two to five seeds in place,
about foot apart in the drill, and the
rows being about four feet apart. II ]
had d, opped six to ten in a hill would
have had good stand and a full crop.
/ expect next year to plant more sod,
and with better results. Will growing
cotton in Kansas pay? is the question
asked by every one who is not acquain-
ted with cotton growing. Convince
them that there is money in it, and all
will be willing to take hold of it. How
are we to convince the people that there
is money to be made growing cotton?
Why, by actual results. Let all who
wish to develop our natural resources
engage a portion of their time and
means to growing something that will
command money in the market; and
situated as we are here in Howard coun-
ty, away from any commercial thorough
fare, there is nothing, perhaps, at pre-
sent that we can grow to so much profit
as cotton; then it is the duty of those
who are acquainted with the growth of
that plant to be at a little trouble to
give the people the fgElres, showing the
cost and profit of their crops this sea-
son. 1 expect to be able to show, when
my crop is gathered this season, the
cost of cultivation and gathering, with
the sale and profit, and then leave the
people to judge whether there is pay
in ~ -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24
The Land of Fish.

The fish of the United States are I'M
surpassed in flavor in the world. Sports
men who, with rod and line, have whip
ped European waters, say that there is
nothing like them there from the Nor
way fords to the Granddaughter. Africa
and Asia are both poor in this respect.
Even in China, where the fish is an
abundant article of food, and is found
in great variety, the flesh is coarse. The
salmon of the Scotch lochs afford the
nearest approach to the succulence and
tender de icacy of our mountain trout
and the f1aky tie derness of our salmon
trout. Then there are the white-fish,
the bass, the shsd, and an innumerable
multitude of others. We have but one
rival, and that prolific but small one.
1t is the French sardine when fresh.
This delicious little Ash will, in a few
years, cease its rivalry, however, if re-
ports are true from the coast of France.
At present the sardine fisheries employ
twenty Thousand sailors, and some
eighteen thousand men, women, and
children on land to prepare the fish
for market. Each year shows an ad-
vance in the price and diminution in
the catch, and in no very great length
of time everlasting will have produced
its usual consequence failure of the
fish,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24
Farmers MaXims,

Five thousand farmers assembled at
Carrollton, ILL.,, on Wednesday last.
The following were some of the inscrip-
lions on the banners
Presidents, $5O,00O a year congress-
men, 81, 500; farmers, Is cents week.
If any political party stand between
us and our rights, let it die.
A fair remuneration paid for honest
toll
Equal and exact justice to all.
Farmers to the front politicians take
back seats.
We vote for no man who can be bought
by grab or steal.
We will obey the laws, and monopo-
lies must do the same.
If our present coneressmen can't
serve the people for $1,000 year, ask
them to resign, and we will send men
who will.
When you put your hand to the
pillow don't look back Represented by
farmer at the pillow and member of
the "cliGue" coming up behind him
and patting him on the shoulder.)
Corporations must obey the laws as
we'll as individuals
The farmers feed the world.
Brother, let us organize and educate,
for knowledge is power.
We are the labOrers.
No more Credit-Mobilier swindles,
nor congressional grabs.
Farmers are not much on the crow,
but are all right on the goose.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24
Rain Gauges.

Every planter ought to keep a rain
gauge. 1t is very useful to know how
much rain has fallen at any time, and
to compare one season with another in
this respect. It is very difficult to
form a correct or even approximate
knowledge of the amount of any rain
fall without measurement. This know
ledge would often save time and trouble
to the farmer. A rain falls at night !;
the planter thinks it but slight one !;
sends his plows to the fields and finds
the ground saturated with wat, r. In
the same way, he may sometimes imag-
inc a slight rain to have been a heavy
one. Nov, the dip of the graduated
rod into his gauge will show him in the
one case, perhaps, two or three inches !;
in the other only a few tenths. Many
are no doubt prevented from keeping
one by the idea that there is some diff
Guilty about it; whereas, nothing is east
er. A simple cylinder of brass or tin,
eight or nine inches long and three or
four inches In diameter, and a wooden
measuring rod divided into inches and
tenths are sufficient Place the cylin-
der in ali open space, with the surface
horizontal and about six inches from
the ground. After rain insert the rod,
and the height to which it is wet will
give the amount of rain. The eye can
form a pretty good estimate of space
betveeu the tenths. Rural Alabama
Holm q breckenridge is coming to
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24
Day DREAM.
81 KATE PUTNAM osaooD.


Here, in the heart Of the hills, lie,
Nothing but me 'twixt earth and sky
An amethyst and an emerald stone
Hung and followed for me alone!
Ia Ii dream. or can IL be
That there is life apart from me7-
larger world than the circling bound
OF light and color that lap me round
Drowsily, duly, through my brain,
Like some recurrent, vague refrain,
world Of fancy comes and goes
ShAdOwy pleasures, shadowy woes.
Spectral tolls snd troubles seem
Fashioned out Of this foolish dream:
Round my charmed quiet creep
Phantom creatures that laugh and weep.
Nay, know they are meaningless,
Visions Of utter idleness:
Nothing was, nor ever will be,
Save the hills and the heavens and me.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

SO SUCCESSFUL has DIR. Pierces Gold
en- Medical Discovery proven as a constitution
al treatment for catarrh when coupled with the
use of DIR. Sage's catarrh remedy, applied To-
cally by the use of DR.. Pierce's nasal douche,
the only method of reaching the upper and
back cavities of the head, that the proprietor
of these medicines has long offered stand
ing reward of $500 for a case of catarrh which
he can not cure. The two medicines with in
strument for 80, by all druggists. Gel
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

TERRA CoTTA.-But little is known in
this country of terra Gotta, which
abroad enters SO largely into ornamen-
tai architecture. In its manufacture
c'ly, flint, glass, and fossils containing
phosphate of lime are powdered and
mixed with water into paste, which is
then ground and beaten until all air
bubbles are expelled. It is then nodded
directly by the artist and burned, hav-
ing first been glazed or tinted to suit
the taste. The material thus formed is
both cheap and durable. Neither heat,
cold, nor moisture affects it. And there
is this further advantage in its use, that
It can be nodded by the artist himself
as if it were so much clay; whereas
stone must be cut by the hand of an i'll
tervening workman. There seems to
be no good reason why terra Gotta
should not come into general use In this
country for building purposes. In Eng
land it has long been favorite materl-
al, and it enters largely into parts Of
the elegant Albert memorial hall, as
also of the South Kensington museum.
American architects have so far had a
prejudice against it, which it is hoped
will soon yield before enlightenment as
10 it's many admirable qualities.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

In connection with the meeting of
the association for the advancement of
science, at Lyons, the story is told of a
T ba ooo G 6 Brq tb Fp t5it
Of the association into the country. thew
were thrown upon the resources of a
second-rate cafe for refreshment. The
professor demanded of the garcon if
they had any chicoy. yes" and
more?" Certainly > and some more
made its appearance. is this all 2.
" Yes, monsieur, that is all our supply"
Now, will you make us some coffee ?"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

The reckless slaughter of buffaloes
on the plains continues, and the borders
of Kansas and Nebraska are dotted with
carcasses from which not a pound of
meat has been taken. The SINNERS, as
they are called, go in parties of from
two to ten in number, and destroy whole
herds with their repeating rifles. Two
men who were met recently on the
line of the Kansas Pacific stated that
they had killed and skinned four hun
bred buffaloes on two small creeks not
twenty miles long. Over thousand
pounds of meat is left to rot upon the
prairies for every animal slain, and the
price for each raw hide is a dollar and
a quarter only. It is evident that meas
ures must be taken to stop this wicked
waste of valuable food, or the buffalo
will soon be exterminated.-N. Y Su1e.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

The treasury department is send
ing out circulars calling the attention
of importers, exchange dealers, and the
public generally, to i" An act to estab-
lish the custom-house value of the SOW
ereign or pound sterling of Great Bri-
tain, and to fix the par of exchange, "
passed in March last, and to be pro-
claimed on the LIST day of January next.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

One question, which seems not to
have attracted much attention, but
which has an important bearing on the
monetary troubles, is now receiving
notice that is, how much of the cur
rency which has been issued by the
government and banks has actually and
absolutely been withdrawn, by having
been destroyed or lost. It is not posi-
BILE to estimate this loss accurately; but
that large quantities have been burned
in great fires and sunk with wrecked
vessels is well known. Besides, the
ordinary loss of small amounts has been,
in the aggregate for several years,
very large sum. The total amount, of
currency that has been thus taken out
of the nominal amount of currency that
is in circulation amounts to many mill
ions. It is not believed that enough of
the legal tender reserve of $44, O00,0 600
has been paid out, or will be, to make
good the amount lost. These facts will
be made the ground of strong appeal
to congress, by western interests, for an
increase of currncey.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

Some idea of the rate at which the
forests of the northwest are falling be-
meath the ak of the lumberman may be
gathered from the following The to-
tai amount of lumber run out of Cass
river, Michigan, this season, is about
O,OOO, 900 feet, out of the Au Gras
$4,000, 600, out of the Rife booms Co.
900, 900, and out of the Saginaw river
TX ono 600
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

"A French project recently wrote to
one of the mayors of his department,
advising him, as the cholera had broken
out in the district, to take all the neces-
sary precautions. After some time the
MAYOR wrote to say that he had taken
all the proper steps, and upon the pre-
feet sending to see that they were effec-
tual, he found that the only preparation
the mayor had made consisted in having
large number of graves dug in the
church ward.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24
DIR. TRAsK's MAGNETIC OINTMENT RE

DIR. TRAsK's MAGNETIC OINTMENT RE
STORES THE HAIR.-It seems to magnetic the
scalp removing all dandruff and roughness of
surface, giving it brilliant gloss. 1t should
be applied once in "a hours, brushed in with
soft brush.
1t will greatly promote the growth and lux
uriousness of the hair. 1t makes a superb
hair dressing; for this purpose it may be per-
fumed with bergamot or any of the essential
oils. See advertisement.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

Mr.. Joseph Arch states that he has
come to this country because either he,
with six hundred thousand of his fell
low-Iaborers, must bow to tyranny, or
they must emigrate. If he finds that
the are freedom, plenty, and happi-
ness for laborers in Canada or the Uni
ted States, and English farmers con-
tinue to crush them, he will stay here
five years t II he has brought the men
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

"A Woodward avenue business man
found a counterfeit fifty-cent. script
among his currency the other day, and
he put it in his vest and that afternoon
gave it to a little girl begging on the
streets. When he came back from tea
he found the same piece of scrip in the
drawer again, and, questioning the
clerk, he learned that a little girl had
brought it in, bought stick of gum
and gone away with forty-nine cents in
good money. That bank has suspended
on currency payments to beggars.-
Detroit Free Press.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

ALI. 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
Soar that Proctor & CANDLES EXTRA
OLIVE Soar is always packed actual
weight.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24
THR HOUSEHOLD Pa CEA ,
AND
FAMILY LINIMENT

Ia the best remedy in the world for the following
complaints, viz: Cramps in the limbs and ston-
ach, pain In the stomach. bowels or side, rheumR-
t!sm in all its forms. bilious colic neuralgia
cholera dosentery. colds, flesh wounds, burns sore
throat, spinal complaints, sprains and bruises
chfIls and fever. For internal and external use
Its operation is not only tC relssve the patient,
but entirely removes the cause Of the complaint
Il penStEates and pervsdes the whole systern, re-
-tor1ng healthy action to all its parts. and quicken
ing the blood.
The Household Panacea Is purely Veg.
etable and all healing.
Prepared by
CURTIS a BROWN,
No. ais Fulton street. New York.
For sale by all druggists.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24
THE National Life Insurance q

The National Life Insurance Com
pany of the United States of America
is in no respect affected by the suspen-
sion of Jay Cooke & Co. Its invest
ments in mortgages and governments
are much larger than its total liabilities,
and its other assets exceed in value one
million dollars The company never
had dollar in Northern Pacific bonds
or stocks, as collateral or otherwise,
and never made deposits with Jay Cooke
& Co. It's policy holders need entertain
no question of its stability. Its future
will be prosperous.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

81 WISH I was dead p is an expression
not unfrequently made use of by the dyspeptic
and sufferer from liver disease, the depressed
spirits uniting the mind for anything, anu al
most driving him to despair. But be of good
cheer. there is life and health for you yet, so
those who have taken Simmons Liver Regula-
tor attest 1t regulates the liver, dispels de-
spondency, and restores health.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

CHAPPED HANDS, face, rough skin, pirnples.
affections cured, and the skin made soft and
smooth, by using the JUMPER TAB soar, made
by CAswELL, HAZARD & Co., New York. Be
certain to get the Juniper Tar Soap, made by
rs. as there are many limitations made With
common tar which are worthless.-CoTa
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

THERE is no disease flesh is heir to
more troublesome to manage than rheumatism.
1t comes when you least expect it, and gener-
ally remains till it gets ready to go away The
most conspicuous remedy for this complaint is
JOhnson's Anodyne Liniment
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

There was nothing very attractive
about the manner IN which Mr.. Arnold
of johnson county, Mo-, met his death.
In attempting to extinguish the flames
in thre-hing machine that was run
ming and burning at the same time, he
was caught by the cylinder, OF course,
and, to prevent his being drawn In, his
brother seized an ak and chopped his
legs off at three blows. The aggregate
damage was too much for Mr., Arnold
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

The power OF love receives a fresh
and striking illustration in the case of
the Milwaukee girl who knocked her
lover heels over head down a flight of
stairs because he wanted to stop kissing
long enough to get good long breath.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

VARIOUS TALENTS NEEDED. There
is strong disposition in men of oppo-
site minds to despise each other. A
grave man cannot conceive what is the
use of wit in society; person who
takes a strong, cOmmon-sense view of
subject is for pushing out, by the head
aud shoulders, an ingenious theorist,
who catches at the lightest and faintest
analogies and another man who scents
the ridiculous from afar, will hold no
converse with him who tastes, exqui-
sitely, the fine feelings of the heart, and
is alive to nothing else whereas talent
is talent, and mind is mind, in all its
branches. Wit gives to life one of its
best havOrs cOmmOn-sense leads to
immediate action, and gives to society
it's daily motion large and comprehen-
sive views its annual rotation ridicule
chastises folly and impudence, and
keeps men in their proper sphere; sub
tlety siezes hold of the fine threads of
truth analogy darts away to the most
sublime discoveries feeling paints all
the exquisite passions of mans soul,
and rewards him, by thousand inward
visitations, for the SORROWS that come
from without. God made it all It is
all good We must despise no sort of
talent they all improve, exalt, and
gladden. life.-Sydney Smith.
SOCIAL JNTER-DEPENDENCE.- sit
idle, aloft, like living statues, like alb
surd epicures, gods in pampered isola-
ton, IN exclusion, from the glorious,
fateful battlefield of this God's-world,
it is poor life for man, when all up
holsterers and French cooks have done
their utmost for it ! Nay, what shall
low delusion is this we have all got in
to! That any man should, or can,
keep himself apart from men, have no
business with them, except a cash.ac-
count business 1t is the silliest tale a
distressed generation of men ever took
to telling one another. Men cannot
live isolated ; we are all bound togeth-
err for mutual good, or else for mutual
misery, as living nerves in the same
body. No highest man can disunite
himself from any 'owest. Men rever-
ence men. Men do worship in that
Zone temple of the world" as Novalis
calls it, the presence of man. In
this world there is one God-like thing,
the essence of all that ever was or ever
will be of God-like in this world the
veneration done to human worth by the
hearts of men.-CGTIyIe.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

A BUSINESS THAT PAYs.-See adver-
tisement of Wealth and Wonders of the
Boundless West" One agent is clearing 5000
per week.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

Two OR THREE doses of Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition Powders will cure horse
of any common cough or cold, and the very
worst cases may be cured in few weeks. We
know this from experience.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

SOMETHING THAT TAKEs.-The three
fold combination agency for selling Wealth
and Wonders of the Boundless West" There
is much sure money in it. See advertisement.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24
J. C. Pickard, superintendent of

j. c. Plckard, superintendent Of
the Chicago public schools, has been
irving the effect of abolishing corporal
punishment on the discipline and condi-
ton of the schools, substituting there
fore an "appeal to the better feel
ings" of the refractory pupils. He con-
siders that the plan has been very sue
cessful.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

SECURITY men almost uni
versally recognize the necessity of fire insur
ance in order to protect themselves from the
great risks in business, and in fact merchant
would not be considered worthy of trust if he
fore. recognize the necessity of insuring their
property, many fail to see that their lives also
have certain insured value to their families,
especially those that have no capital, as their
which in case of death is lost to them. The
only means by which this value may be in
sured is by means of a policy of life insur
ance in a good company. One of the best of
these is the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of Philadelphia, in which policies may
be obtained by application o the home Office,
921 Chestnut street, or to I. W. Iredeu super
intendent of western agencies, No. IS West
Sd street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

ers of the Boundless West" 1t is new, and
having a wonderful sale. Advertised in this
paper.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-24

"NEvER put off till tomorrow, what
can be done to-day" and so go at once
to the best furnishing store and buy either the
Elmwood or Warwick collar.