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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-21
Curing Pea Vines.

The common field pea has been styled
the clover of the South. It well merits
the title. In fact, where both succeed
perfectly, we are net sure that the pea
is not the more Valuable, of the two.
AS we have often remarked, there is no
crop that can be raised on the light
soils of the southern states that,
with the same labor, will yield so
large a return as the field pea,
when grown for its fruit alone In ad-
dition to this, the best timothy and
clover hay does not; IN our estimation,
equal good pea. vine hay for either work
ing stock or mich cows. How foolish
the regret, therefore, that we can not
raise the clover in perfection where the
field pea grows SO well. There is but
one drawback to the production of pea
vine hay, the difficulty of properly c. r
ing it. But even in this there is not so
much laber and trouble as is generally
imagined.
The vines should be cut during set
tied, dry weather, if possible, and only
cut in the morning. In the evening of
the same day they should be rolled up
into little heaps of perhaps q hundrel
pounds each: Thus they are to remain
until the SECOND tn6rning thereafter, or
the third after being cut, when they
should be "hauled il" AMI stored as
loosely as possible in freely ventilated
loft or crib. A still better house for
them is one made of rails with the rail
floor at least two feet from the ground.
Upon this floor throw in the vines loose
~ to the depth of two feet then put
in another floor, then another two feet
of vines, and so on till your crop is
stored. After the first, each floor should
press lightly upon the vines below !;
thus in settling will give plenty of room
for circ- lation of air above and below
them, thus preventing all danger from
heat or mildew. Thus stored, each
chamber of the pen can be emptied
without interfering at all with the 9th
ers, simply by slipping out two or three
rails from one side. OF course the pen
must be sectirely covered, the sides will
need no protection other than the rails.
This is no book farming fancy, but real
practice that in our farming days suited
us 50 we'll both in the saving of pen
vine and potato vine hay that we had no
use for any other of the hundred and
one ways to cure "pea vines" In our
travels through the rural districts next
fall we hope to see these extemporized
happens as common as the rail cotton
pens used to be in the old time. Our
Home Journal.
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Common Sense in Flowing.

Teams drawing loads on the road get
a breathing spell ON the descending
ground, while in blowing; the draft is
the same from morning till night. There
is certain number of pounds that
team can draw day after day and not
worry them, but if more be added,
even as light as fifteen or twenty
pounds, they walk unsteadily, fret, and
soon tire. No amount of feeding will
keep them in condition. I have seen
many plows in use on which it would
have been sn easy matter to decrease
the draft twenty fve pounds, and if
men were drawing them instead of
horses itwould have been done. It must
be plain to the farmer that every pound
he can take off from the draft of bis
plow is so much gained for his horses.
It may be done in this way. For any
soil except sand or gravel use a steel
plow. Their cost is but little more,
and the draft enough less to pay the
difference in blowing twenty acres. In
blowing soil the coulter does a great
deal of the work, and should be kept
sharp by forging at the blacksmith's
and grinding every day, If necessary.
Of course it will wear out sooner, but
new coulters are cheaper than new
teams. Set the coulter in line with the
pIow, the edge square in front, with an
angle of forty-fye degrees from the
point to which it is attached to the
beam. When the share gets worn short
it is poor economy to use it any longer,
but replace it with a new one. Let the
traces be as short as will sllow the
horses to walk without hitting their
heels against the whifietrees, and
just pressure enough of the wheel
of the ground to make the pillow
run steady. If the handles crowd
continually one way, the draft is not
right, and if the pillow is good one it
can be easily remedied at the clevis.
To prevent the horses tteppipg over the
traces in turning, fasten a weight of
about three -fourths of a pound on the
outside end when you turn to the left,
and Uice VerSG. Every observing farmer
knows that horses are susceptible to
kindness and equally so to uDkindness.
1 have seen horses that were working
steadily made reeking with sweat in a
short time by sharp word or jerk on
the bit. Let your horses do their work
as you do yours, as easily as possible,
and be as willing to overlook their mis-
takes as you would the mistakes of
human beings.-COr. Detroit Free
Press
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-21

They live longest, as a class, who lead
calm and even lives, Tcentally and phys
ically who are most exempt from the
turmoil and shocks and strains which
are incident to human existence and
who are assured of to-morrow's bread.
There is no one thing, aside from the
blessedness of an implicit reliance on the
providence of God, which has such a
direct influence in promoting longevity
as an assurance, felt to be we'll
grounded, Of a comfortable provision
for life, for all the ordinary wants Ct
our station. Not long ago a man died
in poor-house in England, where he
had been taken care of for ninety
years; lie had 10 anxiety for tomorrow
bread he had no quarters day to pro-
vide against in default of which wife
and children would be turned into the
streets from the doors of the elegant
brown stone mansion. He had no notes
to meet in bank which if not paid by a
day and an hour would involve protest
and financial ruin. All, this load of
debt, how it grinds ones manhood to
powder it agonizes the sensitive heart;
it shames a mans honor it has driven
to desperation, drunk enness, to suicide,
to murder How the anguish of it
takes tue energy and health out Of a
man, and ma es him pine and languish
for weary days and weeks on beds of
thorns,- which pierce through the body
into the soul So, one way to avoid
sickness and premature death is to
avoid debts as you would the devil.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-21

The heat of summer, as well az tvs Sudden
changes of temperature incident to autuilA.
coupled with the use of unripe vegetables and
fruits and other unwholesome articles of food,
rest1t e7ety season in producing much suffer
ing from diafrh iea,r dy5eptary; cholera morbus,
collie and other d5rangenaents ~ chs stoffach
and bowels. remedy that wfll rroiptly re-
leva these suferings and restore tons and
forfhH Aation to the relaxed and debilitated
alimentary caasf 70 surely Q boon to the affiie-
ted. DIR. r. Y. Pierce whose tausily medicines
have acquired worldwide reputation; BIZ long
study and careful chemical experiments has
sttcHeeded in extracting, by a cold process,
from smaTs-5eea; or water pepper, that modest
little plant seen in WEI gfrrnds by the road
side and in neglected grounds Sna pasture
fields, remedial principle which, when skill
fully combined with the extract of Jamaica
gitfsoT and other pleasant modifying agents,
in what he cslls bis Compound Extract OF
Smart-Weed, forms most felahle specific for
all such arrangements and sutterfftgs: 4, II II
pleasant and safe to take, yet powerful TO
cure. Its wonderful efficacy is further con-
firmation of the Doctors idea that God has
caused to grow, in each climate and region,
those medicinal plants best calculated for the
cure of the diseases that prevail in the sec.
ton Of county TheF5 thgse PLANTS are found
that the leaves wer6 for TIE healing Of the
nations" and that the fewer fsr-fet6hsd rpm
edies we employ the better, il we would thor
oughly investigate and understand those We
have at home. The Doctors Extract of Smart
Weed is sold by druggists generally.
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A Law-Abiding MAGISTRATE.

We once heard of justice of the
peace in Mad river bottom getting into
a rough-and-tum fight with contu-
macious witness. The witness was
about proving the better man, and had
the rural Dogberry down, when sudden
Iy the last named assumed the judicial
ermine and commanded the peace. The
law an1-order combatant at once de-
sisted and permitted his antagonist to
come to perpendicular. Immediately
the 'SquiI renewed the fight, and in q
second was on bis back, at the mercy of
his enemy; This time he not only COM
manded the peace, but called out a
posse co81itotus from the by-standers,
who separated the pugilists. The third
time the maddenei magistrate tried this
appeal, the witness, sitting astraddle of
the Justice, said
"Now look here, Squire, want this
thing understood atwixt US. I want
more fight aud less peace, or more peace
and less fight; and you've got to decide
the case mighty quick or I'll bust your
skull. - Washington Cap
itGL.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-21

NIT themselves to be reelected. Mr..
Saunders, the first master of the ma
tlonal grange, refused absolutely re-
election, and when he was compelled by
by the national grange to accept the
laborious and thankless Office of chair
man of the executive etmmtttee, he put
himself under the order of the other
officers. The revenues of the national
grange, under the great and healthy in
crease Of the order, are now of consid-
cradle amount the aggregation IF mil
lion of littless but every dollar of its
expenditures being accounted for, and
its books are now, as they always have
been. open to the examination of every
member of the order. There is no con-
tingent or secret service fund, no money
to be used in brides. or TO be squander-
ed by pampered ofncials or expended
for political or other sinister purposes.
The salaries of all the officers of the
national grange, though they are the
hardest worked men in the United
States, are less than those which any
wholesale merchant psys to his clerks;
and it is true TO day that the salaried
officers Of the national grange are poor
er than they would have hean had they
remained in their 5everal previous avo-
cations. The records of any secret So
ciety in this or any other country may
be searched in vain for a nobler, purer
and more patriotic showing than these
earnest and patient men have made and
can make of their connection with the
national graHge. The whole story of
the connection of the grange with poll
tics and political parties is equally false,
and to any member of the order is per-
fectly absurd. The constitution Of the
national, state, and subordinate oranges
requires that NO political or partisan
topic shall be discussed in the grange,
and no rule is more strictly enforced.
The members Of the order are from all
political parties, and from every shade
or section of each, and their political
views are never questioned or influenced
in the grange. Belonging to the great
agricultural class, it is fair to presume
that they will seek to have the state and
national legislation such as will pro-
mote and iacili ate, in the highest and
widest sense, the interests of agricul-
ture and as these are affiliated with all
others, they will not probably wrong
any others. They are, so far as we
knew, unite in favor of honesty. capacity
and economy in the MANAGEMENT CT
national and state affairs. But even
these principles, against which no sin
cere patriot can raise any objection, can
not be discussed in the grange.
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Startling Rumor.

The San Francisco Commercial Her
aid publishes the following:
Very important information has
reached us from what we deem an au-
thentic source, to the effect that over
turss have been made by the Mexican
government to that of the United
StateJ to cede all the territory of the
former lying north Ct line of latitude
drawn directly from the mouth of the
Rio Qrande to the Pacific ocean, and that
congress at its next session, with the
greatest probability of its acceptance.
What are to be the considerations for
this cession of territory we are not in
formed, and it is likely that the point
has not yet been settled. One thing is
positive, a number of our heaviest CAPT
talists and bold operators have very re
Gently been actively in pursuit of mines
lying in the territory to be ceded. Sew
eral in Lower California have already
changed hands, and mining engineers
have been dispafc hed to Sonora and
chihuahua, It is evident to us that
much commotion exists about this mat
ter in certain circles, and that there is
good foundation for the report. By
acquire Nueya Leon, Coahuila, Chihua-
hUa, Sonora, Lower California and por-
tiOns of Sinaloa and Durango. It is
probable that the postponement of final
decision by the Mexican and American
joint commissions was based upon this
consideration, and it is not unlikely that
tire Mexican government may have been
influenced by the attitude taken by the
United States government in reference
to Mexican inroads upon our territory,
Mexico has need of money, the states
named are distant from the capital, and
there are no railroads or other even
moderate means of connection. They
cannot be controlled by their Federal
authorities, and are almost constantly
in an uproar. In these and similar rea-
sons may be found the inducements
which have actuated che Mexican gov
erDment
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-21
About Salt Lake,

A correspondent of the Baltimore
American, writing from Salt Lake City,
says: "The city of Salt Lake is at the
foot of the range of the Wahsatch Noun
tains, and extends somewhat on the up
land p ain. A long valley lies beyond,
affording fine cult walton for those am
| bilious to extend their farms and gar
dens beyond the city suburbs. The
mountains rise like the sides of basin,
containing in many places deep riffs of
snow upon which the suns rays have no
visible effect. The most attractive fea-
ture about the city is their method of
irrigation. A mountain stream is turned
from its natural course, to form clear,
beautiful brooks, flowing over pebbly
beds, on either side of the streets,
which are themselves one hundred and
thirty-three feet wide. The old houses
are adobe, but many fine buildings
are noticeable, and judging from the
freshness of their appearance, the city
must have greatly changed in the past
few years. It is now laid out IL wards.
twenty IN number, of eight blocks each.
Every ward has bishop presiding over
it, subject TO the chief of the council of
bishops. This arrangement accounts
for the entire absence of beggars. The
pal streets; adjoining it the foundation
of the new temple, which, if ever COM
Melted. viii be very elegant. On The
same street are the Lion House and Bee
Hive-homelike, comfortable buildings
and the prominent houses of the pres
ident. Still further on is the family
school house. A solid stone wall en-
closes all these buildings, leaving the
stranger to wonder what such life can
be. for f sign of animation reveals
its workings to the outer world. On
the opposite side of the street. Brigham
Young is building spacious residence
valued at one hundred thousand dollars. /
Houses of other wives are scattered
about in the neighborhood, and the neat
little cottoge of Ann Eliza stands va
cant. They tell us there are eighteen Ia
dies who answer to the name of Mrs.
Young in Salt Lake, and others in the
towns throughout the Territory. Mrs.
Amelia Young is an adept in the very
important art of nursing and is also an
educated lady, and this is key to all
that is mysterious about Mormon /
women. As a class they are not educa-
ted, and they certainly do not belong to |
the order of fine ladies. They come |
from a laboring class of people, where |
labor means hard and continuous toll,
with no time or thought to devote to |
the refnements of life. Some were |
peasant girls from European countries
to whom higher wages out at service |
was the inducement offered. They do |
not look like happy women, and the |
natural inference is that they are not; |
hut they zealously defend their mode of |
life because they consider it a part of /
their religion, and there Is no bigotry |
so difficult to overcome as that founded |
upon religious convictions.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-21
" Pilates Wife. =

Gustave Dore's new painting with the
above title is described by the London
Academy as a wonderful drama on can
vas. The picture represents Pilates
wife standing on staircase with an
angel on her left hand the right wing of
the angel is rudy with the reflected
glow of the torches in the deserted bed
room the left is purple with visionary
light. He is opening her spiritual
sight TO the scene OF the morrow III the
pr@torium where Plate appears, aud
to much beside. Pilates wife and the
angel stsnd at the top of the picture,
at the spectators left hand the scene
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-21
THRICE.

7.
A fair child in the standing corn
Upon gleaTny summer morn,
Red peoples in her bosom bortss;
Her hair pale gold of dawnipg skies,
Blue depths of innocence her eyes,
Stirred with a sudden light surprise.
H.
A maiden standing pensively
Beside a silver flashing sea,
She kcareth ocean fiowrt Is three:
sweet face ON a stainless heaven,
Bright hair upon the bright wind driven
foam-bow with its colors seven.
III.
gray sky DER EiYer mead
waving wall OF aoxsry reed,
White Cleans that Ger the low plain speed,
Bark! some one siDgeth sweetly there,
White water-lilies in her hair,
The songs words are of. promise fair.
Victoria Magazine.
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in the prmtorium faces them above, and
near to them on the left is balcony,
where the oppressed Of ELL ages seem
to be stretching their chained hands to
the great victim of oppression below,
at the hcttem of the right side of the
picture, is a gorgeous, ssitrtea group of
oppressors between them is the pro
cession to Calvary, which transforms
itself into another procession, which
seems meant fof The eternal crusade OF
humanity, with warriors in mail, and
prelates with cleaning crosiers, march
ing up to the cross that CLEANS amid
the hierarchies of heaven.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-21

The Grand Revolution IN MEDICAL
TREATMENT which was commenced In 1850 10 stil
in progress Nothing can stop #, for it is founded
on the principle, nos universally acknowledges
that physical vigot is the most formidable antsgon
ist OF all human ailments and experience has shown
that PLANTATION BrrrERs is q peerless invisorEut'
as well as the best possible safeguard against cpl
dennic diseases
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Not quito SO Fast. Mr.. JON es!-A hott

NOt quite SO Fast, MIR. Jon es!-A horse
doctor in Philadelphia was caught changing tne
celebrated Mexican Mustang Eminent into other
bottles, and usiHg it as his own recipe. Honesty
is always the best policy. These medicine men Ike
to follow mp such fellows It cured the lame horse
all the same; but it damaged tie Doctors reputa-
ton, and benefited the proprietor in proportion.
We have heard of so many Rheumatic persons erq
lame horses being cured by the Mustang Lnlmens
that we advise every housekeeper, livery ENC t
panter to invest in so ct. $l.O0 bottle, against
accident Beware OF counterfeits. 1t Is wrapped
in steel engraving, signed sc. W. WestorooK'
Chemist
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-21

Ur. y. haikeT NaiilOThld WIZ
egar BitterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from TIE ma
tive herbs found OH the lower ranges Of
the Sierra Nevada mountains ~ Calilor-
MIA, thu medicinal properties Of which
are extracted therctfom without the pse
of Alcohol. The question h almOsn
daily asked, "What is the cause Of tho
unparalleled success of NINEGAR BIZ
TFPsPo our answer Is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health They are the grr
blood purifier and a he giving princr-.-,
a perfect RenOyntur and layigorat0
of the system Never before in the
historv or the world has . medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
Qualities Of NIEB0AR bITrERs no healing the
sick of every disease man is heir n. They
are 0 gentle Pmgative ~ well m 'cnic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation ct
tho Liver ard yisccral Organs, "a Bilious
Diseases
The properties Of DIR. WAIHERs
vIYEGAR BlrviERs are Apericnt, Diaphor'tc'
Carminative. Nutritious. Laxative, bureuc.
Sedatiye. Cuunter-luitaut Sudouhc AlhF
tive. and Anti Bilious
n. ~. MCDONALD a. CO..
Druri-ists and Cen. A CTS. SlI trlnclset 'lnThaE
anil cor ~ Washington and Charlton STA. ~ ~
sold by all Druggists aud Dealers
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a
IA NetD IrOendOn HoBoUeHi IfsT1 d ano
secured by Letters Patent. --..-.-- -.
2-Makes a perfect LccK STITCH, alb on noit
sides on ell Kinds of goods.
3-RUNs LTsHr, SMOOTH, MOBILES ana RAPID
hest combination Of qualities.
4-DUR. ALE Rams FOR Years withou Repairs
5.-W1u do all va iety Of Work aud Faney Siteh.
fig in a superior manner.
is Most Easily Managed by the opf ratoT
Length of stitch may be altered while runnlng'
and machine can be threaded without passing
thread through holes.
7-DesiEn Simple In. eniots, EepdHt. forming
the stitch 7Cfiltout the use OF cog wheel Gears,
Ro'ary Cams or lever Arms. Has the automatic
n, m, Feed which fnyres uniform isRCft Of stitch
n, ana sDesd Has our new Thrcnd Controller.
which allows cay movement Of needle bar and
prevents injury 10 thrend.
s-CoNsTRUcTIoS most careful and FINISHED
n Is Manufactured by the most skfllftd a erofri
snced mechanics a. the celebrated bennington
Armory, Hon, N. Y. New York once,
No, G Madison square, tkurtZ's Build-
ing BRANCH OFFICES, ass state 81,
chicago, III., 27O Superior ST., Cleveland,
OhIo.; ISL Four n ST., CINCINNATI o.; aus
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Philadelphia, Pa 10 sixth ST. flAts-
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Some singers at concert were
somewhat startled the other evening by
finding that the selection. When
wea led watchers sink to Sleep, had
been printed on their programmes
" When married wretches," etc.
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A California Bird that Kills Snakes.

A California Bird that Kills Snakes.
The California road runner is a bird
of remarkable aspect and of most sing
ular habits. The body of the bird is
about the size of blue jay, and its tail.
which Is elevated at an angle of (say)
twenty two and half degrees, is foot
or more In length. The head is crown
ed with crest of blue, streaked with
with white, and the feathers of the
head and neck are mostly bristle tipped.
The upper plumage is lustrous bronze
green, the side and neck being tawny
brown striped with black. The bird
seldom flies, but is endowed with extra
ordinary swiftness of foot, and will Jump
to the height of eight feet. Aided by its
wings. held as outriggers, the birds will
tax fleet horse in race. It is said to
he able to run five miles on a stretch.
It's food consists of reptiles, shellfish
and insects. It has acquired the name
rattlesnake killer from Its skill In catch
ing that game The San Luis Obispo
Tribune narrates the following story of
it's method of slaughtering the snake.
We give it for what it is worth. at
has strong passion for this kind of
business. 1t watches the snake until
it goes to sleep; it then flies to the
cactus buds and brings their pricklcs
and makes a regular corral about the
snake. This is the death line. The run
ner does not let the snake die in this
easy manner; he flies over him and
dIofs the poisonous pr. ckles down upon
him, and IN this manner accomplishes
the work of death" The road-runner
belongs to the family of the Cuculid@,
or cuckoos.