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How 10 See Down a We'll.

1t is not generally known how easy
matter it is TO explore the bottom Of
we'll, cistern or pond Of water by the
use Of n common mirror. When the
sun il shining brightly, hold mirror 10
that tho reflected rays of light will foil
into the water. A bright spot will bo
seen at the bottom-so light rs 10 show
the smallest object plainly. BY this
means you msy examine the bottom Of
wells rfty feet deep, when half full or
more of water Tho smallest straw or
other objects may be perfectly seen from
the surface. ID well or cistem be
under cover, or shaded by n building 80
that the sunligh. will not fall near tho
opening, IL j. only necessary 10 employ
two mirrors-usiug one To reflect the
light to the opening, and the other 30
reflect it down into tho water. Light
may be thrown fifty or a hundred yards
to the precise spot desired, and then
downward. Hall a dozen reflections
may be made though each mirror di-
minishes the brilliancy Of the light.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16
PRICES Mrsr COME DowN.-The +

PRICES MUST COME DowN.-The fall
in the price of dry goods is the first in
dicatiOn of n return to sound business.
Dealers in other descriptions of mer-
chandise must follow suit, or they will
stand but a poor chance of doing any
business this winter. The charges ex-
acted for everything that one wears or
uses in the house have long been out Of
all proportion to the worth of the arti-
Gle. Persons of all ages have had to
suffer From the childs toy to the old
mans overcoat there las been extortlon
practiced on all sides. The toy stores
generally look for good trade from
this time forth, but they will not get it
unless they ask something like reasona-
BILE prices for their articles. So with
other branches of trade. The public
will now keep their money in their pock-
cts unless they are treated with common
fairness, and we are glad to see the dry
goods dealers setting an excellent ex-
York Times.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16

On Wednesday last, at Cold Spring,
considerable interest was excited by the
announcement that an enormous cannon
was to be cast at the foundry, which
would require thirty-three tons of molt-
en- iron for the rough casting, and which
was to weigh 60, 480 pounds when fin
ished. A number of scientific gentle
men and interested spectators were
gathered to witness the work, but unfor-
tunately, when about half of the metal
was safely conduited to the mold, the
weight and height of the column burst
the box, and the entire contents escaped.
The metal had to be drawn from the
furnaces and cast in the sand, that it
might be reheated for another trial.
The loss is variously estimated, some
placing it as high as $4,000. --PoHgh-
keep8ie IN. W Press.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16
SLEIGH-BELLS.

Do you hear the merry bells,
Defiant, wild and gay7
How their ringing joy dispels
Tie gloom Of life away!
Ringing, dancing, on they come,
Enticing those within
Tasks and books away therefrOm-
With their persuasive din.
Ding-a-linP, a-ling, a-ling :"
The stars come out ana laugh;
" Laugh away - the sleigh-hells ring,
1--WE dOa't do things by half"
See the horses tess their heads,
The snDw-balls-hOW they fly
Upward thrown, as each gtCed treads
The snow, 80 crisp and dry.
Youthful voices from the sleigh
CommiEgls with the rhyme
Sleigh-bells, laughter, speed away,
Enjoy it-uOW's the time.
Ponies, shake your jetty msnes;
My iasseg, spend your wit;
Dash away DER hills and plains,
The queen Of night has lit.
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Capt. Fry.

Capt. Joseph Fry, the commander of
the Virginius, was native of Florida,
and son of Maj. Fry of the United States
army, who was killed in the Seminole
war. Capt. Fry entered the Naval
Academy at Annapolis in 1914, and re-
manned in the navy until 1861, when he
resigned and entered the Confederate
service. While midshipman he mar
ried Miss Sands, of Mobile, daugh-
ter of Capt. Sands, of the United States
Navy, and the niece of Rear-Admiral
Sands, of the Washington Observatory.
He commanded one of the forts in the
South in the war. He lived in New
Orleans until he took command of the
Virginius, and sailed on the 4th of Oc-
tober from New York in the Atlas. He
was over six feet in height, and of heavy
b1ild, and A years old. His military
and naval records are good, and he was
deemed a competent officer. He leaves
a wife and seven children in New Or
leans, the oldest cripple, and the
youngest four years of age.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16

USE OF RAW HDR.-The skin OF an
animal, whether COW, calf, colt, or horse,
that dies on the farm, is wortL more nj
home than at the tanners. Cut IL into
narrow strips, and shave OF tho hair
with q sharp knife before tho kitchen
fire, or nyour Workshop, on stormy days
and evenings. You may make them
soft by rubbing. A rawhide halter
strap an inch wide, will hold n horse
better, and last longer than an inch
rope. IL is stronger than hoop iron and
more durable, and may be used 10 hoop
dry casks and boxes, and for hinges.
Try it on n broken thill, or any wood
work that has been split. Put il ON
well, and nail fast Thin skins mako
the best bag strings in the world. A
rawhide rope is a good substitute for n
chain. 1t is valuable TO mend a broken
link in trace chain. For some pur-
poses it is best 10 use in its natural
state. For some purposes it may be
dressed soft.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16
GHTPRIuInING
The amount of tonnage built during

The amount of tonnage built during
the year exceeds that of any year since
1865. It is attributable to two causes
the unusual great, if not unprecedented
losses at sea and the fact that, owing
to the advance in prices of labor and
materials abroad, the cost of American
built ships is now but slightly greater
than that of the best British. The to-
tai number of vessels built during the
past two fiscal years, with the tonnage
of each class Is shnWn below
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16

The number of iron vessels built
during the year is %; tonnage, 26, 548;
which are all steam vessels.
OF the foregoing, three were ocean
steamers of the largest class, built for
foreign trade.
Below is shown the tonnage built in
the country since 1868:
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16

The HUMAN INFLow.-Contraryt to ex-
pectation, the immigration of last year
is eohpsed by that of the present year.
The official tables have just been pub
ished. 1t appears that the emigration
to this country from Great Britain and
Germany during the fiscal year was
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16

The amount of tonnage employed in
the whole fisheries has decreased dur
ing the. last year. The whole amount
on the Sd of June, 1873, was 1877 YES
sells, A, 755 tons, which shows a de-
cline of so vessels and 6, 1923 tons, as fol-
lows.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16

FIas.-The annual importation of
preserved figs into the United States is
about six million pounds, and the i'm
portation price or cost is about seven
cents per pound, amounting in round
figures to $4,000 Nearly all the figs
consumed in the United States comes
from Turkey, which country supplies
Great Britain with the same article,
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The proportion Of the steam tonnage
of the country employed in foreign
trade is 1877 per cent. The increase in
the aggregate tonnage of the country
during the year,, 55S vessels, 258, $50
tons-is made up as follows The sail
ing tonnage has increased 294 vessels,
58,42S tons the steam tonnage, 262
vessels, A, 8O1 tons the canal-boat
tonnage, 8S5 vessels, lis, SIS tons, and
the barge tonnage, III vessels, 80, 348
tons
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@ ulnmsia Gerald.
TURKEY.
A TRANSFORMING ODE.

When is the turkey handsomest?
with sunshine on his bragen breast,
when every feather is like q scale
on q glittering suit Of knightly mail;
When his tail is spread, a splendid fan,
As he struts before his faithful clan,
With blue, bald head and threatening eye,
And wattles red as a stormy sky?
With lofty step and war-cry loud
He marshals forth the quittering crowd,
or leads their dance across the plain,
or heads their march through waving gram
Intent on plumber, red with pride,
Like warrior not to be defed,
In All the pOmp Of battle drest-
Then is the turkey handsOmest
When il the turkey handsomest?
When he is killed and plucked and dressed /;
His spurs hacked eff and thrown aside
With all the trappIngs Of his pride,
He lies, gOOdly shape Of snow,
On stall or dresser, making show
OF swelling breast and rampant legs;
or, dangling from the larder's pegs,
Tells to the cOek-maid's practiced eye
How fast the days are fitting by,
How soon appears the day of days,
The hour Of Turkeys reign and praise;
There, hanging in his smooth white vest
Is not the turkey haudsomestg
When is the turkey handsomest?
All when again he shows his breast,
Brown with the sunshine Of the FIRE,
Crisp as lady's silk attire,
With unetuous juices dripping down
In pools Of gravy rich and brown
OdOrOus as any spicy air
That blows across an orchard fair,
His bosom sweled with sayory meat
OF sausAges and bread-crumbs sweet,
His pIniOus neatly skowered and tied
With giblets tucked in either side;
His legs resigned to any fate,
Rampant no more, but mQekly straight;
Beside him cranberry, ruby clear,
With groves Of brittle celery near;
A. stately as a king he lies,
The center Of admiriug eyes.
Now Is The turkey handsOmsst,
Arrayed before the hungry guest,
OF all the visnds first and best
His life ", u lived, his woes at rest,
And the platter he lies on gayly dressed,
Now is the turkey handsOmest!
Our Young Folks
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16
Cuba,

Cuba is the largest of the West India
Islands, is at the entrance of the Gulf
of Mexico, 1870 miles south of Florida,
and about 100 miles from Jamaica. Its
coast line is some 900 miles in length,
and its area about At, 200 square miles.
It is intersected longitudinally by a
range of mountains which diminish in
height from east to west. At the east
end, where they cover nearly the entire
surface, they are some 5000 feet in
height. On either side of these noun
tains are rich productive plains.
It is divided into Eastern and West
ern Cuba-the former being the home
of the rebellion The population of
Eastern Cuba is as follows
Whites. 100, 900
Colored' .....'....'. .....'..'..''.' OoO
That of Western Cuba is as follows
Mhtes: ............... ...-'...... SUN
Free colored. ................ $4,000
Thus, Western Cuba contains a popu-
lation more than three times greater
than that of Eastern Cuba. OF the
whites, about one-fifth are Spaniards,
one-tenth natives of the Canary islands,
and a few thousand French, English,
Americans, ETC., the rest being Creoles,
or whites, born on the island.
The largest city in Western Cuba is
Havana, which has population of over
125, 900. The largest city of Eastern
Cuba is Puerto Principe, whose popula-
ton is 81, 900. The next largest city in
Eastern Cuba is the one made memora-
BILE by the atrocious massacre of the crew
and passengers of the Inflated Virginius,
Santiago de Cuba. It's population in
1858, when the last census was taken,
was nearly 5000. 1t is place of much
commercial importance, and is situated
upon the Santiago river, six miles from
the mouth of that river, and near the
eastern extremity of the south coast OF
the island. Its streets are wide and its
stone houses are substantially built.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16

The increase of tonnage built over the
preceding year was therefore 62S YES
sels-150, 1914 tons.
The tonnage of vessels built during
the last two years within the several
grand divisions of the country are
shown below:
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16
TONNAGE AND sHIPBUILDING.

Annual Report of the Registrar of the
Treasury-COmpIete Statement of the
Tonnage and the ShipbuiIdinS Interests
of the Country.
The forthcoming report of the Regis
trar of the Treasury shows that the
work of the bureau has been performed
by less number of clerks than usual,
although the work in many of the di-
visions has increased. In the loan
division the total number of cou-
pom and registered bonds issued
during the year was 6S,O67; the num-
Der of coupon and registered bonds
cancelled, 298.O47. The amount of
bonds issued during the year was as fol-
lows: Original issue, $45, 191, 900;
coupon converted into registered, $12,-
622,2OO: transfers of registered stock,
S97, 416, $50 total amount issued, $780,
23O.6 $50. The amount of coupon and
registered bonds cancelled was as fol-
lows: Coupon bonds exchanged for
registered, S12, 500, 200; registered
bonds transferred, $97, 116, $50 coupon
and registered bonds redeemed, $780,,
1O3, 900; total, $249, 142, $50. The
amount of cancelled coupons turned
was 1922, O08, $50.
the number of treasury notes and gold
certificates counted, assorted, arranged,
registered, and examined was 80, 759,
amounting to SIS, 377, 73O. The num-
Der of Fonds registered, examined,
scheduled, numbered, and delivered to
the committee for destruction was 315,-
TAO, amounting to 1852, 899, $50, with
SO, 973, 129 coupons attached The num-
Der of coin checks registered and exam
med was 10,098, amounting to
IS, 1921, $50. The number of de-
tached coupons counted, assort-
ed, and arranged numerically was
5,021, $50. In the note and fractional
currency division the amount of notes
counted, examined, cancelled, and de-
stroyed was $106, O73, 73S, showing a
decrease of 81, $50, 68S as compared
with the year before while the num-
Der of notes was 159, 100, 301, showing
an increase over the year before of q, =
1913, 179.
TONNAGE.
The tonnage employed in foreign
trade has increased 10, 493 tons, and the
tonnage employed in coastwise trade has
increased 233, 688 tons. The total in
crease of tonnage, including that en-
ployed in fisheries, is 259, $50 tons, as
- 49,, -, +Ia folIoIriDcy foI,IaS
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The tonnage engaged in fisheries dur
no the past two years is as follows

The tonnage employed in the cod and
mackerel fisheries seems to be steadily
increasing. The following table shows
the amount of tonnage employed in the
cod and mackerel fisheries, with the per-
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16

1868 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. / 1873.
Sailingi
vessels. None. 1899 6T9I 1907 None None,
8 m
vessels. 2,SO1 3,545 1902 Is, 412 IL, 766 2654S
Total . sO1 4545I 1921 1547o II 1856 26548
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CH1oRoFoRM will remove paint from q
garment or elsewhere, when kepzoIe or
bi-sulphide of carbon fails,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16

A. I. STEwARr has been In business
In New York city Just hall century,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16

A TERRE HAUTE Gnd. woman held q
burglar by the whiskers until police
man came to the rescue.
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Totals. ...... .... 217 5I,6Os 1877 A.,
A Cheerful View of the Situation.

OF the above 81 per cent. belongs at
New Bedford.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-08-15
I'll u r. r. q In I!
FOR TIE
Bookstore Man ! !

Z HAVE just received from Baltimore
4 new supply Of fine Siailonery. consist.
ing of Initial Tinted and Plain Papers.
call the attention of the Public 10 my
stock Of Window Shades. bo,h paper and
linen. | venture the assertion that pref.
tier patterns OF Paper Shades cannot be
found ir town. have also Fire Screens
and a we'll selected stock Of Shade Fix
lures. including Hartshorn Patent Shade
Roller. the best that is now in use.
keep on hand and furni-h 10 order
Picture Frames. Picture Cord, Picture
lass ls, Nails. &c.
! call the sienlion Of The public 10 the
fact that have now on hand stock OF
WALL PAPER. and purpose adding to
ii {, ON time 10 time. and ask that the
community give me their patronage. in:
stead Of going to The city or nrighboring
towns. can sell paper as cheap as II
can be bough, any where. as ] buy direct
from the manufacturers. IF the papers in
the house do not sui, the taste OF parties.
! will order fot them any pattern they
may desire.
G% Thankful for The patronage extern
ded TO me in the past. ask for larger
share in the future.
JAS. E. BARNHART.
May %, 1874. #
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-08-15

The chronicles Of knavery are enliy-
ened once more by the record OF an alb
scouding scamp who seems 10 have had
q very gullible sort Of people to deal
with. The Peoples Fire Insurance
Company Of Philadelphia was forced to
suspend last "Wednesday by the discov.
cry that the treasurer and manager Of
the company, Harrison Prindle, bad de-
camped- Tor parts unknown, taking with
him all its assets. The company was
organized in 1859, and did for q short
time good business, but il got in bad
repute through want Of capital, and has
since been struggling along. Besides
the funds Of the insurance company, he
has taken with him large sums belong
ing 10 others, amounting ia the aggre-
gate, il is thought, 70 fully 100000.
He owes the Atlantic aud Pacific COM
pany S23. 900, and the Mercantile CON-
pa#y 5000. He never paid anything
to the Fire and Marine insurance. com
pany, and owes the Central about ST.
900. There is not thing left Of the
Peoples company, and there is about
sI5,Ooo 10 losses that would soo1 have
TO be paid.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-08-15

WALwoRTH, THE PARRIcIDE, INSANE.
1t has been reported for sometime
past that the health of Frank Wal
worth, the parricide, was failing fast,
and it now appears that reports were
founded in fact. 1t was apparent to all
who SAW him, even after he had been in
prison but few months, that he would
bear up only short time under the ter
rible monotony Of convict life. In De
cember last he was examined by DIR.
Ordrinaux, the State commissioner in
lunacy, who pronounced him an eplep-
tic subject 1t was recommended that
he be assigned to the prison hospital as
an attendant, and while serving in that
capacity appeared to improve in health
and appearance for short time, when
he began to fail again. We now learn
from the Auburn Bulletin that on Mon
day last he was again examined by Drs.
Ordrinaux, Butler and Wilkie, the re-
suit of which was joint recommends
ton that he be transferred to the State
asylum for insane convicts connected
with the prison. The conclusion arrived
at by the medical gentlemen was that if
kept in the PRISON, and especially in the
hospital, where scenes Of sickness and
sufferinu were constantly presented to
his view, he would soon fall into a state
OF hopeless dementia.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-08-15

THE PRAyIxG SAILoRs-A ship once
sprang leak in mid ocean, and there
seemed no escape for the crew from 4
watery grave. The captain, with deep
emotion gathered his men around him,
thirty-two in number, and BRIEFLY stated
to them their condition. "Are youpre-
pared for it ?" he asked, feelingly.
Two men stepped forward. Cap
tain, we believe that we are prepared
for death.
Then" said he. 'pray for me and
your shipmates. l acknowledge that
am not prepared.
The two men knelt down with the
company, and earnestly prayed God to
save them all for His dear Sons sake.
There was no jeering now at their
praying shipmatcs. No one to scofl at
their religion. Every one felt that
there was comfort and safety for them
only in God While they were praying
their signal Of distress was seen, and n
life-bo sent to their rescue. They felt
as if God had sent an angel to their
help, and their Thanksgiving were as
earnest as their prayer for assistance
had been. A daily prayermeeting was
established among them, and before the
port was reached each one Of the thirty
two was hopefully converted.
1t is blessing beyond every other
earthly good to be associated in life
with praying, Christian people. We do
not know how many times the Lord
wards off danger and trouble from us
on this account, and how many bless
Jugs come to US in answer to their pray
ers. Choose such company in prefer
euce to any other, if you would enjoy
the blessing God beStows in this life,
and be fitted at last for such compan-
ionship in tie life beyond.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-08-15

TIE SIGNERs OF THE DECLARATIoS.-
An exchange says: son looking over
the immortal roll of the signers OF the
declaration Of independence, curiosity
had led us 10 examine from what stock
they sprung. We find that three OF
them were natives OF Ireland viz !:
Thornton, Smith aud Taylor. and one,
Rutledge, of Irish ancestry; two natives
of Scotland, Wilson and Witherspoon;
one of Wales, Lewis; and one OF Eng
land, Robert Morris There are also
three of direct Welsh origin, Williams,
Floyd Originally Lloyd and Lewis
Morris; three of Irish, Carol, Read and
Mexican; two of Scotch, Hooper and
Livingstone; one of Swedish, Morton;
one of Norman; Bartlett; and one OF
Austria, Lynch. The others are of old
English stock generally; though there
is Welsh blood in the ancestry of John
Adams, Jefferson, Clymer, Gwinnett
Originally Gwynnsdd) and probably
Hewes, and perhaps Robert Morris
Morris was born in Lancashire, near
Wales, and from the name there cannot
be much doubt of his Welsh origin.
Clymer aud bis wife, the daughter OF
Reese Meredith Originally Meredydd)
were both of Welsh origin. The tbir-
teen signers from New England were
generally direct descendants from the
Phritans.