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Plaster as a Fertilizer.

The most beneficial results of plaster
as a fertilizer, in my experience, has
been whel sown on clover, and is GER
tainly the cheapest and readiest way of
renovating worn out lands. I have
used it and seen it used on corn with
astonishing results, dropping a small
amount on each hill. One man of my
acquaintance put it on his corn by SOW
ing it broadcast. His theory was that
it was more likely to Ee dissolved by
the rain and dew than if dropped on
the hills, and that the roots of the corn
would find it more readily than if placed
directly on the hill. This theory is a
plausible one, for the roots of the corn
penetrate and occupy all the soil that is
in a condition to furnish it food. Your
correspondent from Bartholomew county
asks, would it injure the land by con-
tinued or excessive use. 1t has been
the opinion of some farmers that their
land was not benefited by its use, and
the same men say that clover does ben
eft the land. have known some farm
e.s to SOW clover and pasture it so close
that there could possibly be no benefit
to the land, and if that class of farmers
should SOW plaster on their clover, and
then take all off of the land, I am of
the opinion that the last state would be
worse than the first; as that would be
hard cropping without returning any
thing to the soil. I have seen land bad
ly run down, resto1 ed to a state of fer
tility in ten years by the judicious use
of clover and plaster, with two crops
taken off of the land every three years,
and lightly pastured the third year. /
have only used it experimentally in this
county, and am we'll satisfied if it could
be obtained at fair price and properly
used, that it would be found of great
value. Plaster is cheap in Cleveland,
but the freight is SO outrageously high
that we do not feel like paying the price.
The time will soon come when we must
crop less and increase the product.
The average of wheat per acre, accord
ing to the best and latest reports. is less
than twelve bushels, while it ought to
be twenty-five. Corn, thirty bushels
per acre, when it can be made sixty
with proper care in seed and cultivation.
T. w. Reed, IN Indiana Farmer.
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DIR. WHTTTTER

sO.a By Drusgista Price 50 c,ss
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Oats and Wheat,

Oats are selling higher per pound
than wheat in Chicago nor should this
fact surprise any one. Take the bran
from the gains of wheat and oats alike,
and what remains is richer in muscle
forming elements in the oat than in the
wheat. Good oat meal usually sells
higher than -four ; and the consumption
of the former is on the increase in New
York, imported from Scotland. Dat
meal mixed with corn meal would i'm
prove it for bread or mush. When
chinch bugs do not injure the plant,
oats are an excellent crop. Fall and
winter seeding often pays the best. 1t
is we'll to import seed from Canada or
Scotland, as their climate produces
heavier oats than ours.
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Caste in England.

One of the central characters in Lord
Lytton's Parisians, the English gentle
man par excellence, renounces his love
for the heroine of the novel on the plea
that she it about to become a profess
sional singer and is not diverted from
this sacrifice by the exchange which the
girl makes from a musical to a literary
career. The character has been criti-
cised as exaggerated, and it is probable
that few Englishmen of the intel
hgence with which Grahame Vane is
credited would push their preiudices to
this extremity. Nevertheless, there re-
mains deeply-Footed in the mind of
English society the recognition of a
hard and fast line separating the pro-
fessional from the amateur. The fron-
tier boundary is not always very clearly
defined, nor is the barrier which guards
it by any means insurmountable. Still
it exists, and assumes a shape more or
less definite, according to the particular
profession, trade, or amusement within
reference to which it is established.
In art its outlines are naturally and
properly most fai~ tly marked and least
rigidly maintained. The man of high
est birth may become painter or sculp-
tor almost without protest from the
most scrupulous parent. And, as an
obvious consequence, the artist of sue
cessful genius, though of humble eri-
gin, may make his way without any We
hement opposition, into very high So
cial rank. In the musical world COM
posers are treated with leniency some
what similar, while executants are rele-
gated to far inferior sphere, from which
only exertions almost superhuman can
avail to extricate them. Actors and ac-
tresses hold place at least as undigni-
fed, and it may be long before the i'm
pulse towards better appreciation of
their social position, which has already
set in, can reduce to their limits the
gulf that still separates even the most
successful of them from the highest
society. It is useless to dictate to soci-
ETY. the rate at which it should progress
towards greater hberality in this res
pect. In America, where it was at
tempted simply to fill up or ignore the
gap which the older world still keeps
open, the experiment has not been sue
cessful, nor can be except by gradual
influences. One thing, however, it is
quite safe to assert, that the nearer pro-
tessionals can be raised to a social
equality with amateurs the better Will
be the prospects of art, and more pure
and elevated the ambition of artists.
What is chiefly wanting in our profess
sional men is culture and educational
refinement of the higher order. What
this want is due to is the discourage
ment offered by the fashionable world
to the enlistment of men of high birth
and high education in the professional
ranks. The portrait of Grahame Vane
sitting the birth of genius in the talen-
ted young italian is expressible painful.
But it is form of selfshuess far from
isolated, far from being exploded.
Many genius, quenched by similar in
fuences, has bIushed comparatively
unseen, and in the languid salons of an
amateur coterie wasted the sweetness
which the robust air of professional
life would have developed into excel
Ience.
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POPULAR FAL1ACY AND DEoEPTIoNs.
It is an infrmity of man to cling to the
teachings of past generation, and to
stubbornly resist the light of reform
and progress. Health reform and tenn
perance growth are jealously watched
over by the poison bitters compounders.
One great prevailing deception of the
present age, is the impression that every
human biped of either sex must be
stimulated, and the poisoned chalice is
labeled "medicated bitters," the better
to palliate their use and prolong the
epidemic. One of the most jealous
workers to cure this malady, DIR. Joseph
Walker, inventor and proprietor of the
famed California Vinegar Bitters, be-
heves in making bitters that are "true
medicine" and advises the sick man to
swallow draught that will wash out
the leprosy of his disease. In this faith
he is steadfast, and his Vinegar Bitters,
though a contradiction to the general
character of all other bitters, are, as a
great success and life vitalizer, evidence
of one popular fallacy and corrected.
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Taking Care of Tools.

It will not do, in these days, to leave
| the pillow in the furrow, the harrow in
the field, and the mower or reaper I'm.
! der an open shed with a leaky roof.
These and all lesser implements must
be carefully put away in dry quarters,
| for to allow them to rust during the
winter will iniure them more than sew
eral campaigns of active service. The
depreciation of machinery is very rapid,
even when properly cared for; when
neglected, this depreciation is simply
destruction, quick and sure.
Reapers, mowers and drills should be
taken apart and cleaned, each bolt dip.
pid in melted tallow, and then replaced.
Every portion of wood and exposed iron
should be covered with a good coat of
paint, if not already thus protected,
and all parts made of steel should be
taken off, well Amounted with olive oil
and wrapped in paper or put away in a
damp-proOf tool house or stOre-rOom
The machines themselves should be
kept in a building with tight roof over
it, and fowls should not be permitted
to get access to them. Poultry take a
perverse delight in perching upon such
implements, but no tidy farmer will
crafty them to this extent.
Plows should be brought in well
washed and cleaned from the soil, the
woodwork coated with petroleum and
the shares and mold-boards secured off,
polished and then brushed over with a
thick wash of lime. They will not rust
in the least, and in the spring will come
out clean and bright. No salt should
be brought in contact with tools of any
kind, nor old salt-sacks be thrown over
them. Harrows should be cleaned, the
woodwork oiled with petroleum or
painted, and the teeth taken out and
sharpened for next seasons service. All
repairs should be made against time of
need, to avoid vexatious delays in the
hurry of planting or harvest. Mecha2-
les still work for somewhat less in the
winter than in summer, when they are
buster, and that is an important copsid-
Grafton. Besides, that old adage about
ga stitch in time" applies most forcibly
to farm tools. Wagons should now be
washed clean, and Immediately painted
and put under cover. 1t is only SIM
pie truth that such care of tools and
implements as we suggest will Iengthen
out their period of usefulness far be-
You'd that of their ordinary endurance.
Ne1U York Tribune.
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A Good Farmer.

Harris, in the American Agricultur-
| list, thus describes him "a good
farmer is man who feels that he was
sent into the world to work and think.
| He has more faith in himself than he
has in what some people call nature.
| When the gooseberry saw-fiy first made
its appearance, he did not fold his arms
and let the caterpillars strip every leaf
from his bushes. He consulted the
books and found that it was no new
thing. He availed himself of the ex-
perience of those who had studied the
subject. He set out some good varie-
ties of currants in rows four or five feet
apart, where he could keep the land
clean and mellow with horse noe. He
examined the bushes and found hun
dreds of bead-like eggs glued to the
under side of the leaves, and these he
killed with his thumb and finger. He
found, too, that the insect laid its eggs
on the leaves of the young suckers. He
cut off the suckers, and in this way not
only killed thousands of eggs and
young caterpiilars, but also strength
ened the business by removing a large
quantity of useless growth. He found
that the lady-bugs came to his assist
ance, and felt encouraged to persevere,
and the result is that, while your hedge
row currant-bushes are used up, he gets
big crop of large currants that briug
him five dollars per bushel. And SO
this insect, instead of being an injury,
is in reality an advantage to him. He
gets better prices and far greater profits
than when he 'lets nature take its
course use this as ap illustration of
a general principle. The coddling moth
is destroying thousands and tens of
thousands of barrels of apples in West
ern New York every year. A good
farmer adopts means to hold them in
check, and gets better prices for his
apples than he would if there were no
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Louisianas King of Sugar Planter.

AOuAo4oAd . 4AAAS VI SuSd1 1 4dAO6I' .
The recent rains have been of great
benefit to the sugar crop. The cane on
ali well-cultivated places has a very
healthy and vigorous appearance. It
requires little more growth. In fact,
cool and dry weather is now needed to
promote maturation. The only danger
now to be feared is that from equinoxial
blows. Thus far we have had nothing
to damage this crop. There is an in
equality in the condition of the crops,
even on adjoining plantations, but the
average is excellent, and reminds us
more of the appearance which our cane
fields were wont to present in ante
bellum times. It is quite confidently
believed and predicted by persons ia
miliar with cane cultivation that Mr..
John Burnside's several plantat ons will
aggregate product of 5000 hogsheads
this season. This is within 2, 1000 hogs
heads of the largest yield of Mr.. b.
estates before the war, though he has
added several new plantations to those
which he possessed at that time. It was
Mr.. Burnside's calculation and ambi-
ton to make 10000 hogsheeds before
the war, and then rest on the laurels of
80 great an achievement and enterprise.
-Ne2U Orle ans PicdU2ine
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-09

The Gift Concerts in aid of the Ken
lucky Library are chartered by the state of
Kentucky. The first prize in the next draw
ing, which takes place November 80, is $780,
900. It is reliable institution, and some one
will get that money. That there may be no
doubt as to the honesty of its management,
We cite the fact that the best banks in Louis
vile indorse it, and that Gov. Tho. E. Bran
lette of Louisville, is the general manager,
An institution SO fathered is certainly deserv-
ing of confidence.
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SOWING AND REAPING.
BIZ ADELAIDE PRocroH,

SOW with generous hand,
Pause not for toll or pain:
weary not through the heat of summer.
Weary notthrough the cold spring rain
But wait till the autumn comes
For the sheaves of golden grain.
Scatter the seed, and fear not,
A table will be spread
What matter if you are too weary
To eat your hard-earned breadi
Sow, while the earth is broken.
For the hungry must be fed.
Sow ;-SPhile the seeds are lying
In the warm earth's bosom deem.
And your warm tears fall upon it
They will stir in their quiet sleep.
And the green blades rise the quicker.
PerchaUce for the tears you weep.
Then sow,-fOr the hours are fieetino-
And the seed must fall to-day:
And care not what hands shall reap it,
Or if you have passed away
Before the waving corn-felds
Shall gladden. the sunny day.
Sow; and look onward and upward,
Where the starry light appears
Where, in spite of the towards doubling.
Or your own hearts trembling fears.
You shall reap in Joy the harvest
You have sown to-day, in tears.
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Ladies Desire what Mem Admire. And
this little thing is beauty. What do say is
beautiful? A transparent com plexion and a luxu-
rious head of hair. What will produce these! Ha-
CAMS Magnolia Balm will make any lady of thirty
appear but twenty; and Ly Ons KathairOn will
keep every hair in its place. and make it row like
the April grass. 1t prevents the hair from Iurn-
ing gray, eradlcates Dandruff, and is the finest
Hair Dressing in the world, and at only half ord-
nary cost. If you want TO get rid of saIlowness,
pimples, ring marks moth patches, etc, don't for
get the Magnolia Balm, ladies.
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Reward.-IwilI give 500 for anv case of

Reward will give 500 for any case of flesh
bone or musce ailment like rheumatism, bruise
spawn, strain or lameness, upon either man OF
animal, which the Mexican Mustang Liniment
will not cure when used according to directions
Near thirty years has proved it to be the most
wonderful remedy for neuralgia, burns, swelings
enlarged JOINTS hoof all, screw worm, sting,
caked breasts, ETC., discovered. Who will let
a horse limp when Mustang Linment will cure it ?
Who will let a child cry and suffer from bruises or
chnblains when the Mustang VIII prevent it i:
Who will pay large doctors bills when they can
buy Mexican Liniment for so cts and 800? 1t is
wrapped in steel plate label, signed &c. w.
WestbrOOk, Chemist" VIM. E. Everson, agent
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The Rest Kind of Drummer,

An advertisement i'll your weekly pa
per. It has most of the merits and
none of the vices of the 'travelinq
man." besides many advantages that
are entirely its own.
1t travels in all directions at once.
It visits your customers every week.
1t interests them in your town, and
is building up the general prosperity,
while it is faithfully transacting your
particular business.
It talks with thousands of tongues,
and has the confidence OF its hearers.
It doesn't get drunk.
1t doesn't play faro.
IL doesn't lia-not much
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Opportunity to Try an Organ before
Purchasing.

Many a person is half persuaded that
a Cabinet Organ would be a capital
thing for his family; worth much more
than its cost. Yet they are not sure that
it would be permanently valued, but
fear that after a few months use the
family would tire of it, and so it would
prove a poor investment. The Mason
& Hamlin Organ Go. now offer their
famous Cabinet Organs on terms which
will satisfy all such. They will rent an
organ with privilege of purchase. The
party hiring may try it as long as he
pleases, paying only the rent for it
while SO doing. If he concludes to pur-
chase within year, all the rent he mas
paid is allowed and deducted from the
price Of the organ.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-09

-" Gentlemen, said an orator who
was soliciting the grangers' votes, &c
am proud to be one of you. My father
was farmer, and I am farmer born.
Yes, 1 may truly say, was born he
ture tipsy agriculturist at the other
end of the house hiccoughed out: ga
(hic) pumpkin, by thunder"
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such insect. During the bearing year
he Trims out his fruit, and the next
year, when there is light crop, he gets
an average yield of fine fruit and big
prices. It is the extra price and the
extra yield that farmer must look to
for his profits"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-09

ELMwooD COLLARS are now all the
rage in society. Elmwood Collars make the
homeliest man look stylish. Elmwood Collars
fit the neck beautifully. 1t beats all how
closely the Elmwood Collar initiates linen
Philadelphia EUehirlg Star.
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A Famous Medical Institution.

" The name of DIR. r. Y. Pierce has become
as familiar to the people all over the country
as household words. His wonderful remedies
his pamphlets and books, and his large medi
cal experience have brought him into prOmi.
hence and given him solid reputation. The
Times, in the present issue, presents a whole
page communication from DR.. Pierce, and ouI
readers may gain from it some idea of the vast
proportions of his business and the merits OF
his medicines. He has at Buffalo mammoth
Worlds Dispensary," where patients are treat
ed, and the remedies compounded. Here
nearly a hundred persons are employed in the
several departments, and a corps of able and
skilled physicians stand ready to alleviate the
sufferings of humanity by the most approved
methods. These physicians are in frequent
consultation with DIR. Pierce, and their COM
bined experience are brought to bear on the
successful treatment of obstinate cases. The
doctor is man of a large medical experience,
and his extensive knowledge of medica has
been acknowledged by presentations of de-
grees from Two of the first medical colleges in
the land. How meritorious his works are may
be inferred from the fact that his pamphlets
and books have been translated into German,
Spanish, and other foreign languages, and
have been In heavy demand. As an evidence
OF the business of the dispensary, it is only
necessary to state that for the quarter ending
March 81, 1877, the sum expended for postage
alone, not to speak of that paid on newspapers
received was 2080.70. & perusal of the COM
munication will be found interesting reading,
and will show to what proportions medical
institution can grow under able Management
and well directed effort"
If you would patronize medicines, scientif-
cally prepared by a skilled physician and chem
ist-use DR.. Pierce's Family Medicines. Gold
en- Medical Discovery is nutritious, tonic, al
terative, or blood cleansing, and an unequaled
cough remedy; Pleasant Purgative Pellets,
scarcely larger than mustard seed, constitute
an agreeable and reliable physic; Favorite
cription-aremedyfo for debilitated females;
Extract of Smart Weed, a magical remedy for
pain, bowel complaints, and an unequaled lini-
ment for both human and horse flesh; while
his DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known the
and "cold in head ever given to the public.
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M n.ur onod health tha liver rnr

To HAVE good health the liver must
be kept in order. Sdntords Liner InuigoratOT
has become staple family medicine. Purely
vegetable dthGrtic and TOnic-for all de-
engagements of liver, stomach and bowels
Will clear the complexion, cure sick headache,
etc. Shun limitations. Try SdnfordS LiUe1
TOyj0or0to4.
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-" Is the candidate for sheriff here?"
asked a stranger as he looked into an
Illinois bar-room. eyes; why ?" ans
wered eighteen men as they rose up.
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WISHART'S
PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL

TT now hfteen years since the attention ~ tho
Il public WAS first called by Ur. L.. q g. WI.hAft
10 this wonderful remedy, and well hos o. stu 10
the test of time, that to-day Do not uu.A has the
confidence OF the entire comm nifty. h"i d. mono
frequently pre- cribed by phyriciHu' iu thiir prHr
tlce than any other propri. tary preparation in nc
country. IL Is the Vital principle ~ tie Pine Tree
obtained by peculiar process M the dlstNhtun ~
the Tar, by which It's highest medicinal properties
are retained. For the following vompn o. ", u.
hammation OF the lungs, cons hg, sore thrlnt and
breast bronchitis, consumption. liver complaint,
weak stomach, q seaee of, he kidney H,unrHry CONF
plants, nervous debility, dysprpsit, nud Diseases
arising from an impure condition ut o." blood,
there u remedy H. the world that hos been use a
so successfully or eau show such numb . NJ mar
veious CURES The following VIII serve Co show the
estimation In which this sovereign remedy Ia hrlu
by those who have led a..
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VICTIMS of consumption seeking re-
lief and restored health should use DIR. Wish
arts Pine Tree Tar Cordial This is the only
preparation that develops the full virtue of
Tar Com
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USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

SIZE OF WAGON WHEELS. - Expert.
ments recently made in England indi.
cate that wagons are most easily drawn,
on all kinds of roads, when the fore and
hind wheels are of the same size, and
when the pole lies lower than the axle.
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"A clergyman who owned farm,
found his ploughman sitting on his
pillow, resting his horse. Quoth the
clergyman "John, wouldn't it be a
good plan for you to have good stub
scythe here and be cutting few bushes
along the fence while the horse is rest
ing short time ?'' Wouldn't it be
well, sir" said John, "for you to have
tub of potatoes in the pulpit, and
when they are singing, peel 'em awhile
to be ready for the pot?'