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Bunyan's 8 Wife.

A correspondent of an English paper
expresses the opinion that while honors
are paid to the memory of Bunyan,
some mention onght to be had of his
heroic wife, who used persistent efforts
to procure her husbands release from
jail. He says: "Three times she
made the attempt, twice to Lord Chief
Hale, and nothing could daunt her !;
she would obtain hearing. This young
woman, without creature to befriend
or sustain her, entered the courtroom
and stood before the judges. She ad-
dressed herself with trembling heart
directly to Lord Chief Justice Hale,
who wore in his countenance SO clearly
the lines of that gentleness and good
ness for which he was illustrious. How
eloquently does she plead on her hus-
bands behalf My lord, make bold
to come once again to your lordship to
know what may be done to my hus-
band. He is kept unlawfully in prison.
They clapped him up before there were
any proclamations against the meetings.
He desires to live peaceably, and to
follow his calling, that his family may
be maintained and moreover, my lord,
/ have four small children that cannot
help themselves, and have nothing to
live on but charity of good people; and
because my husband is tinker and
poor man, therefore he is despised and
can not have justice done him. He dare
not leave preaching as long as he can
speak. He preacheth nothing but the
Word of God, who hath owned him and
done much good by him.
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Why the Mouth is not Opened.

The st. Louis Times, of the 28th ult.,
gives hint to the grangers, and tells
in very simple and ineligible terms
why congress has failed to agree on any
decisive practical action in our behalf:
Do the people of the west and south
know why the Mississippi river has not
been opened? The reason is clear. Ev-
ery grain of wheat, corn or barley that
finds its way cut of the country through
the mouth of the Mississippi is so much
business taken from New York, Boston
or some northeastern city; hence their
objection. This influence against the
IMPROVEMENT of the Mississippi orig
mated long before the inauguration of
of railroads and now that the antagon-
ism of interest of these vast corpora
tions is set against the work, its chan
ces are still more reduced.
Whatever congress has done in the
way of clearing the mouth, or remov-
ing distractions, as it is phrased in the
appropriation bill, has been done in the
way of pretense to keep quiet the in
terest that has so long been prayed up
on-a sort of tub to the agricultural
whale, whose grain is utterly eaten up
by freight tariffs before it reaches New
York or any other eastern seaport. It
has never been the intention of the
northeastern ring to permit the mouth
of the great river to be cleared out so
that a depth of water of sixteen feet
could be relied on. Less than that
depth, with the prevailing uncertainty
of the channels, they can afford to ig-
more less than that would make the
protest troublesome, and your northeast
monopolist is quiet sort of bug. He
would rather not take the whole pie, if
there is to be fuss about it.
Now, if the grangers of the Mississippi
valley want to direct their efforts
against combination that is yearly
taking money from their pockets and
bread out of their children's mouths,
here is work for them. This is not pol
itics it is plain demand of tribute.
made upon rural by an urban district
Boston, New York and Philadelphia de-
mand that the west shall send its grain
to them, and let the profits of production
60 to the traffickers and transporters
they have the power to do-pre-
vent the deepening of the Mississippi's
mouth, so that this grain, after being
literally foated down the river at slight
expense compared with the cost of rail
road carriage to New York, can get to
sea, and from New Orleans the cost to
Europe is no greater than from New
York. Let the grangers of the great
valley act on this hint, and they can
have millions of dollars poured into the
lap of the west that is now enricling
their opposers and strengthening the
bonds which bind them tributary to the
greed of the lake region and the north
oaat
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A London correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer says: Every day l
meet the most pitiable looking objects,
imploring charity only by their looks,
for they dare not reach forth hand.
Begging seems 10 be n poor investment
here. They don't get rich and retire
like they do in America. / never saw
such squalor and wretchedness in my
lifetime in America as / can see in Lon
don streets in one day. don't like
the extremes here. Here the papers
are bowling because the government
does not expend more money In buying
paintings for the national art gallery,
while under the very shadows OF that
magnificent edifice people are writhing
in poverty. Another thing that strikes
me are the innumerable charitable in
stitutions / see on every hand, oil sup
ported by private charity. They have
asylums for cripples, blind, the aged
and the orphans. But there is DO chari-
ty in English law like there ia in the
Ohio statutes. These people are cared
for here only when they cannot care for
themselves, and often not then while
the broad humanity OF our law gathers
the young under shelter-not merely 70
shelter, but 10 educate and nurture INTO
manhood and womanhood and uHeinl
citizenship. The subjects OF English
charity 20 from the asylums TO the
or. veyards, while they in cur country
90 from this kindly shelter into &C cd
and useful life, and repay an hundr m
fold the money expended for their %
fort by the state,
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The Fate of Old Women Among the
Colorado River Indians.

The life of an Indian maiden is blithe
and merry for few years, but when
she becomes wife she is soon broken
down with the pains of motherhood and
the heavy labors which fall to her lot,
and she soon becomes wrinkled, garru-
lous, cross, scolding, in fact an old hag.
Of course such hags are not pleasant
company in camp, and i'll the belief of
the Numa such old hags grow uglier
and meaner until they dry up and
whirlwinds carry them away, when they
are transformed into witches and lest
such fate should befall old women,
they are taught that it is their duty to
die when they are no longer needed,
and if they do not die by natural means
in reasonable time, they must commit
suicide. This they seem very willing to
do rather than to meet that terrible fate
of being transformed into witches and
being compelled to live in snake skins,
and wriggle about among the rocks,
their emily delight being to repeat the
words of passers-by in mockery. / once
saw three old women thus voluntarily
starving themselves. / rode up to what
was almost deserted camp, the three
old women only remaining, sitting by
the fire and intently gazing into the
embers. They seemed to heed not my
approach, but sat there numbling and
groaning until they rose, each dragging
up her weight with a staff, and then
they joined in sidewise, shutting, tot
tering, senile dance around the fire,
propped up by their stats, and singing
a doleful song. Having finished which,
they sat again on their heels and gazed
into the fire, and rode away. On COM
ing to the new camp of the tribe the
next day, and inquiring of Chui-at-au-
um-peak, their chief, why these women
we're left behind and what they were
doing, I was informed they had deter
mined to commit suicide, fearing lest
they should be transformed into witches.
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A POPULAR Comet.

The World has received information
that the comet is very popular among
young lovers, and they never tire of the
heavenly hunt, but endure with aston
ishing resignation the constantly recur-
ring collisions consequent upon the sud
den movements of their heads in oppo-
site directions. Now and then the
young fellow is sure he sees 1t, and then
in the excitement of the moment he
passes his arm about his companions
neck, and with his hand under her chin
raises her face toward that of the starry
armament where he thinks he has dis
covered the celestial wanderer. Full of
enthusiasm the girl remains gazing in
this position long and earnestly, the
silver moonlight illuminating her coun-
tenance with radiance that gives to
every feature an angelic charm, and
suggesting the idea that she herself
might be beautiful star, moulded into
human form and sent upon the earth for
the delectation of mankind. But at this
interesting point of the search the voice
of a sleepy and unromantic father PEN
etrates the shadows of the garden
"Ja a-a-ne it is ten o'clock, and the
charm is broken,
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Thin Out the Fruit.

If this important matter has not al
ready been attended to, it should be
done without delay. There is no ex-
ceIlence without labor and care, and
this is particularly true of fruit grow
ing. Daily vigilance is indispensably
requisite in order to insure success.
In horticulture, sound judgment is re-
vuired, and nerve sufficient to execute
it's commands. When the time arrives
for thinning out fruit, it must be done.
We know that excessive production is
always at the expense of both quantity
and quality, and often results in seri-
ously impairing the vitality of the tree.
We agree with Mr.. MehaD, that Gone
half the trees which bear fruit every
wear would be benefited by one-half
of the fruit taken off as soon as it is
well set and the overbearing of tree
will in few years destroy it.
But it requiles courage to thin out
fruit as it should be. As q rule, the
fruit should be thinned ont SO that,
when fully grown, they will not touch
each other. Indeed, it would be still
better to thin out peaches SO that the
distance between them should be from
two to four inches. In the latter case
the result will be that what fruit is al
lowed to remain on will be of large size,
and usually of fine color, and will COM
raand a ready sale in market at high
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-24
Influenza of Climate on Health.

Statistics have been gathered from
the last two census reports of the Unitet
States 1S60 and 1870 which reveal
| great amount of information respectins
| the healthfulness of the different states
The principal diseases showing effect
of climate are consumption and cancer
| which prevail in the same regions anC
are similarly affected. There seems tc
be two definite laws governing these
| diseases.
First These two diseases are most
abundant near the sea and diminish as
you recede from it.
Second At equal distances from the
sea they prevail most at the north and
diminish as you go south.
For example, if you begin at Massa-
chusetts and go westward, the proper
ton of deaths from consumption to
deaths from all causes regularly dimin-
ishes as you recede from the Atlantic.
Here sre the figures Deaths from con-
sumption in Massachusetts,, 25 per cent. 4;
New York, 90 per cent; Ohio, Is per
cent; INDIANA. IA per cent; Illinois,
IL per cent; Missouri, 8 pr cent. !;
Kansas, 8 per cent; Colorado, s per
cent; Utah, 6 per cent; and then, if
you go down to California, it increases
again to IA per cent, on account of the
proximity of the Pacific Ocean.
similar decrease is observed if we
go from north to south, as follows ::
Michigan, 16 per cent. Indiana, Ia per
cent; Kentucky, IA per cent; Tennes-
see, II per cent, Alabama, 6 per cent.
From this it follows that the best re-
sort for consumptive or cancer patient
is some point which is at the same time
as far south and as far 6om the sea as
possible. Such place is New Mexico,
where the deaths from consumption are
only per cent. or Arkansas, where
they are per cent. while in cold and
seag1rt New England they are 25 per
cent. Probably the uplands of Old
Mexico would do still better. Colora.
do, having cool, dry, enjoyable eli
mate and excellent conveniences for
living, would be perhaps the very best
of all the western territories for place
of residence. The average of 8 per
cent. in Colorado is too high, and is
due to the deaths of invalids who have
just come from abroad, and not to the
deaths of those who have been perma-
nent residents for some years.
Passing northward, we find Minneso-
Ia ranking largest in proportion of
Deaths, having IA per cent. of deaths.
This is due not to the climate itself,
but the constant influx of invali1s too
lar gone in disease to recover. The
best places in the country are as
as follows: New Mexico, per cent. !;
Arkansas, 5 per cent Florida, per
cent. Georgia, 5 per cent. South Car
olina. 5 per cent. Utah, 6 per cent. /;
md Colorado, per cent.
The census of 1870, as compared with
he one taken ten years before, shows a
considerable increase of consumption |
n the southern states and diminution
If it at the north. This is probably
lue to the moving of invalids south
ward in search of health, which only
,art of them succeed in attaining.
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Mules and Women.

Some unknown party writes me as
follows:
"Mr. M quad pleas advise me in your
next colum what to do with a kicking
mual-Shell pound him or not
"my wife is also trecherous as the
mual believe her tongue is hung on
the middle and flies at both ends
T. T. II.
No, sir, don't pound your mule. I
know it is customary for owners of
mules to commence on the animal at
sunrise with a crowbar and pound him
until bedtime, but I have always found
kindness more successful. Seek to gain
the friendship of your mule, and as
soon as you succeed you can do any
thing with him. When you go into the
barn in the morning, have a kind word
for him, instead of knocking him down
with the neck-yoke. Ask after the
health of his family-show him that
you are interested in his welfare-be
civil and yet dignifed, and as soon as
that mule finds out that some one in
this cold world loves him he will be a
different mule.
All mules kick, nay dear sir, just as
all men love to hold fat Office, but
there's a remedy for it. Get an old
stove boiler, fill it with bricks, and hang
it by a rope so that it will just swing
against the animals heels. Every time
he kicks it will fly back, like the pen
dulum of clock, and the patience of
the most enduring mule will, in time,
wear out I tried this once, and the
mule kicked twenty-four days and
nights before he surrendered, but after
that you might lun steamboat on his
heels, and he wouldn't raise a hoof.
Feed your mule well. I know of
farmers who throw keg of nails or an
old sap-pan into the manger, and ex-
pect mule to grow fat on such forage,
but it embitters their feelings and
makes 'em more set in their ways. OF
course I don't say that you must feed
mule on fried eggs, currant jelly, raisin
cake, and the like of that, but don't
expect he can fe ed on rails and feel en-
thusiastic all the time.
About your wife. Don't try to stop
her from talking unless you want to kill
her. It's natural for woman to talk,
sir. My first wife used to nearly kill
nae, but I now remember with strict
grief how I deliberately planned her
death. I bet $40 that she couldn't
keep right on talking for three weeks,
and she commenced. had to go away
from home, but she was a woman that
wouldn't lie, and I trusted to her honor.
I returned home at the end of three
weeks. There was NO one around the
house, but on a chair where left my
dear wife sitting, was a corset, dress,
a dozen buttons and a back comb-the
last sad relicts of my loving partner.
She had talked herself to death, and
as I began to weep the corset spoke up
and said:
"Come down with that little ten dol
lars, if you please" M. QUAD.
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Grangers and Capitalists.

Advices received by eminent banking
firms show that serious awakening
among the grangers is imminent, and
that they are beginning to view with
some apprehension the strong hostile
feeling their policy has evoked in the
centers of eastern capital. 1t is fact
that a number of leading houses in
Canada and the east have communicated
with some of the heaviest firms in Mil
waukee, inviting them to close their ac-
counts, and signifying their intention to
withdraw their interests from all the
sections in which the grange sentiment
is so overwhelming. They say they do
not propose to subject themselves to
the risks of business under such arbi-
trary and even coercieve restrictions
and influences. It was also reported
that the Astors, Moses Taylor, and
other leading New York capitalists
have decided to withhold all contem-
plated investments, and withdraw their
existing interests from the dangers of
such control. It is very evident that in
the event of any further aggressive
movement against capital in the west
the east is prepared to resort to very
extreme measures against the states so
influenced, both as means of self-pro-
lection and retaliation.-N Y. Times.
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Cape Coast Bulls.

The most curious relic of the Asian
tee campaign brought home by the new
ly-returned troops is Cape Coast bull,
a perfect kitten of the species. He is
described as not SO tall as an umbrella,
and, Judging from his build and actiYi-
ty, might be as safely trusted to peram-
bulate the fragile groves of a crockery
warehouse as the most docile dog. He
was allowed to be loose on the. deck,
and was the pet and plaything of the
crew, who teased him until he ran at
and butted them as the goat does.
Twelve of these animals were shipped
as fresh food on the voyage, and some
idea may be formed of this representa-
tive Liliputian "live beef" when it is
stated that of the eleven that were
killed not one exceeded forty-seven
pounds In weight as a dressed carcass.
THE young lady who mistook bo tie
of mucilage for hair oil has been too
s'stuck up" to go to any parties since.
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THE EARLY BIRD.

Daintily over the dsw-wet grass
Trfpped blue-eyed Milly, the farmers lass,
Swinging her mflkpafl to and fro,
As she murmured love-song, soft and low.
Many q suitor Milly had,
From the squire's son to the herdman's lad
But she smiled on all with merry glance
And gave each wCoer an equal chance.
Now faithful Donald. the herdsmau's lad,
The more he loved her the more was sad;
For what with the squire's son" thought he,
She never will turn thought to me !"
But down in the meadow he raked the hay,
When Milly went singing along that way.
he watched her pass. and she cried, in jest:
Tis the early bird you know the rest! T"
Then suddenly Donald grew so bold
That the " old. old story - was quickly told;
And blus-eyed Milly was nothing 10th
On that summers morn tng to plight her troll
" Oh foolish Donald % she cried in glee,
" To wait so long for hint from me J"
Then merrily over the dew wet grass
ripped Donald and Milly, his own sweet lass.
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A Newspaner from the Ark.

Mount Ararat has been encroached
upon by journalistic enterprise, and
Whiffs from Ararat, has
been established by the American pill
grims at the very foot of the mountain.
This paper contains some curious and
local topics, quotes the
price of girls as wives in the Armenian
villages, varying from e2 to e16, and
discusses the peasant notion that the
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Love of the Beautiful.

Place young girl under the care of
a kind-h hearted, graceful woman, and
she, unconsciously to herself, grows in
to a graceful lady. Place a boy into
the establishment of thorough-going,
straightforward business man, and he
becomes a reliant practical business
man. Children are susceptible crsa-
lures, aud circumstances and scenes,
and actions always impress. As you
influence them, not by arbitrary rules,
nor by stern example alone, but in a
thousand other ways that speak through
beautiful forms, pretty pictures, etc, so
they will grow. Teach your children,
then to love the beautiful. If you are
able. give them a corner in the garden
of flowers allow them to have their
fayorite trees; teach them to wander in
the prettiest woodlet; show them where
they can best view the sunset; rouse
them in the morning, not with the stern
50 time for work, " but with the enthusi-
astic "see the beautiful sunshine !"
Buy for them pretty pictures and encour-
age them to deck their rooms in his or
her childish way, Give them an inch,
and they will go a mile. Allow them
the privilege, and they will make your
home pleasant and beautiful.
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and remunerative figures. In no in
stance is fruit so good when the tree or
plant is overloaded, nor will it attain
its proper size. The price obtained is
always much less, the customers dissat-
isfed, and your trees suffer therefrom.
-RaEy'dL World,
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world rests on large OK, which, being
irritated by fly, tosses its head and
thus causes earthquakes, and the belief
of the natives in the neighborhood of
the mount that impassable barriers sur
round Ararat to prevent it's being desc
Grated by mortal feet, while angels
keep guard on the summit lest one
piece of the indestructible wood of the
ark should be borne away.
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"A dead body found III the Missis-
sippi is feelingly alluded TO in the local
columns of the st. Louis press as "ap-
ther Hoater found"
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

HtD ALEXANDER,
M Attorney -at-Law and Solicitor in Chancery,
Columbia, Tennessee,
Office: Whitthorne Block. Jan'y. I6 1y