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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25
History Of Tobacco Using

The tobacco plant is q native Of Amer
ica. IL was introduced into Europe
after the discovery of the new world hy
Columbus. IL was at first used i'm Spain
and Portugal, and afterward introduced
into England by Sir Walter Raleigh. IL
was soon after carried into France, Ger
many, Russia, and Italy.
In Russia the use Of tobacco was pro-
hibited under penalty Of the bastinadO
for the first offense, loss Of the nose for
the second, and deprivation Of life for
the third. In Italy, all who used to-
bacco or snuff in church we're eKcommu-
nicated. In Switz srland all users OF to-
bacco we're punished by the magistrates
as criminals. 10 Consiantinople Turk
was led through the street with his nose
transfxed by a pipestem as warning
to smokers. The Shah OF Persia treated
tobacco using as a capital crime. James
/. also made earnest efforts To suppress
the traffic in tobacco, putting heavy inn
posts upon il.
A brief glance at few statistics will
show how enormous is the amount OF
tobacco raising and using at the present
time.
In 1s45 tobacco cost England more
than slO,OO0,O 900. In the year 1860 IL
cost France the same sum. Last year
QS73) il was estimated that tobacco cost
the English people more than bread.
The United States annually exhausts in
the culture OF tobacco 400, 600 acres OF
its richest soil and employs 10000 me-,
women, boys and girls in it's manufac-
ture. In lS42 the amount Of tobacco
used in this country amounted 10 seven
pounds for each adult person.
Holland has 900, 900, callOw cadav-
erous looking people engaged in the
manufacture of the various forms OF
tobacco.
The present annual production Of the
world is estimated by reliable authori-
ties at /, 900, 900, 600 pounds, which must
cost the consumers at least $500, 100000
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Getting a Living.

A writer in Scribner's says Very
dear to my heart is q certain bit of
writing by a Frenchman, whose name l
cannot recall. He looks into the win
dow of small jewelry shop, and tries
to make out in his mind how the jeweler
gets his living. Suppose he should sell
this ring before Sunday, and that breast
pin next week; even if he sell this ami
that, how can it be enough, for they
have cost him at least so much, and the
profit is not large, surely, and there is
the rent and the fuel; and the family
may be composed of two, three, or four.
How does the jeweler get his living
1t runs on in some such way as that
Just how l cannot tell, for / never read
it, and only remember my friends re-
pert of the little sketch many years
ago. And that is precisely the way
find myself doing. OF course 1t is
wearing upon ones sympathies but
when yOu pass a bake-shOp, and a retail
furniture store, and sewing machine
establishment, and music store, and
the rest, nearly every day of your life,
il is difficult to keep from becoming in
terested in their welfare. ] was sure
that new restaurant over yOnder would
not be able to meet its expenses. The
two walters were sisters, ] should think;
nice, quiet girls of better class than
you generally see in such places. l
think it must have belonged to their
father or uncle. They have closed one
OF their rooms, notice, but keep the
going In the basement.
The trouble was that the prices were so
low that only economical people went
there, and these dined so parsimOni-
ously, excluded so rigidly those little
6ainties which make large part of the
profit, that there was hardly any money
IN the business. There is such thing,
you see, as improbable encouragement |
of economy. ! never saw a single soul |
going into the music store above Third |
street, so l was not surprised when the |
worst came TO pass. But cannot tell |
you how hard it went with me to look |
at them carry out the sheet-music in |
piles, and load it on a wagon. 1t |
seemed to me that sheet music was a |
kind of property not to be converted |
into money with great dispatch. There |
to be no way of turning an
old waltz into Strauss's latest, or melt |
ing over old Dog Trsv' INTO The |
Heart that thou Gavest.' Yes, and even |
in your grand wholesale stores, it is
depressing to see the sales
men with their coats off, standing idly
about the doors, with that emphatic
endeyor of theirs to look busy and
brisk
OF course, II Is a St. Louis paper
that says the Chicago churches offer
fine chromos as prizes for new mem
6srs,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25
Lime and Green Manuring.

Lime is generally applied in guam
ties of from twenty to fifty bushels per
acre. No constituent of the soil is
mere readily removed from it by drain
age-water than lime. Wells that have
previously given soft water have given
hard water soon after the land around
them had been dressed with lime. The
small quantity that could be diIled
along with the seed would be ineffec-
tive. Twenty bushels per acre every
four years would be a moderate appli-
cation, and it should be applied broad
cast, when TedGced to fine powder BY
dry stacking, Immediately before the
wheat ia sown and narrowed in along
with the seed. Forty cents a bushel is
too great cost for profit. Lime ought
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SLIMMER'S MISHAPS.
The Misfortune of Looking Like a Man
rted Man.

The Misfortune of Looking Like Mar
rted Man.
Max Adder has friend named Slim
ner, who deserves pity. He was 60
ing up to Reading not long since, an.l
when reaching the depot he happened
to look in the ladies' room. A woman
sat there with lot of baggage and three
! children, and when she saw Simmer
she rushed toward him, and before he
could defend himself she threw her
arms about his neck, nestled her head
upon his breast, and burst into tears.
! Simmer was amazed, indignant, con-
! founded; and ere he could find utter
ances for his feelings. she exclaimed :
go, Henry, dear Henry we are uni
ted at last. Are you we'll? Is aunt Mar
tha still alive? Haven't you longed to
see your own Louisa q
And she looked into SINNERS face
and smiled through her tears.
Madame" said he solemnly, " if I
am the person alluded to as Henry, per-
nit me to say that you have made
mistake. Ny name is Lemuel, l have
no aunt Martha, and don't own a sOli-
tary Louisa. Oblige me by letting go
my coat it excites remark"
Then she buried her bonnet deeper
into his waistcoat, and began to cry
harder than ever, and said:
go, Henry, how can you treat me so?
How can you pretend that you are not
my husband q
Madame" screamed Simmer, "if
you don't cease stopping my shirt bosom,
and remove your umbrella from my
corn, I shall be obliged to call the pO-
lice. Let me go, say"
"The children are here, "shepersisted.
"They recognize their dear father
don't you, children ?"
eyes, yes" they exclaimed, "it's pa;
it's our own dear pa.
And then they grabbed Simmer by
his trouser.legs and hung to his coat
tail. .
Woman" he shrieked, this is get
ting serious. Unhand me, / say"
And he tried to disengage himself
from her embrace-while all the brake
men and baggage masters, and news
boys, stood around and said his conduct
was infamous.
In the midst of the struggle, stran-
ger entered with a carpet bag. He
looked exactly like Slimmer-and when
he saw his wife in SINNERS arms he
became excited, and foored Simmer
with that carpet bag, and sat on him,
and smote his nose, and caromed on
him, and asked him what he meant.
Simmer was removed on a stretcher,
and the enemy went off with his wife
and family in a cab. He called next
day to apologize. His wife had made
the mistake on account of SINNERS
likeness to him. And now Simmer
wishes he may soon be kicked in the
face by a mule, so that he will resemble
no other human being in the world.
"A French preacher describes hell
as a place where they talk politics all
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A TouCh Yarn

The following characteristic anec-
dote is told of "Old Jim Bridger the
noted scout and guide OF the Rocky
mountains. A literary gentleman en-
gagged in gathering facts, from which to
manufacture work on the west, waited
on cold Jim" to hear, if possible,
something of his history-some of his
adventures and escapes, with which to
enliven his prospective book. But the
old man was 10th to say anything of
himself, as he always is, but, after much
persuadinc, finally told the following
story:
Wal, my friend, it were about'fif-
teen years ago, that me and chum of
mine were down IN the Ute country
prospectin'. The Utes were mighty
Troublesome at that time. One mornin'
early, my chum and me were iist goiD'
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25

Worth, the Paris dressmaker, sus-
tains his reputation for audacious COM
binations, and looking at some of these,
one can but wonder at the simplicity of
the days when Tartan plaids were called
gay by sedate ladies. The brightest
plaid that ever Haunted on Scottish
hillside would look pale and dull be-
side some of these costumes. His last
freak is to unite pinkish gray and cardi-
nal red, which harmoniSe we'll enough.
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to mount our horses to move camp, and
we had the best horses you ever see,
when on hill, not more nor half q
mile away, we see about fifty Utes.
Wal, we lit out right pert, and we run,
and We run all day, and at sundown
there were fifty Utes, not more nor half
mile behind us. So we run on all
night, and in the n1ornin' there were
fifty Utes, not more nor half mile
behind us. About noon we found the
old cusses. were gainin' on us, so we
took up a canon, and the walls of that
canon were straight up about 800 feet
high, and no way to get out. After fol-
lowin' it about ten or twelve mile, we
come to the end of the cussed thing,
and there was the wall risin' 800 feet
straight up in front of us, and them
fifty Utes right behind us, and there
wes no way to get out"
Here the old man paused, and COM
menced whittling-the interviewer wait
ing the while for the rest of the story
but nothing more came, SO he asked
" Well, Nr. Bridger, how did you get
out p
Jim reused up, and after making an
effort, apparently to bring his mind
back to the subject, answered
Sect out why, we never got out,
they killed us right there. "
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"A French preacher describes hell
as a place where they talk politics al
day. What they do at night be does
not report.
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Usefulness of Diamonds.

GSGIUIuGbS VI OldElOluSs
Many persons suppose that diamonds
are only used as jewelry-for rings and
other articles of personal adornment {;
81 d that they are really of no essential
value whatever in the practical arts.
This is a mistaken notion they are used
for a great number OF purposes in the
arts. Thus, for cutting the glass of our
windows into proper sizes, no ether sub
stance can equal it, and it is exclusively
used for this purpose. A natural edge
or point, as it is called, Is used for this
work, and thousands of such are annu-
ally required in our glass factories.
Diamond-points are also required for
engraving on comedians, amethysts, and
other brilliants, and for thu fine cut
ting5 on canoes and seals. Being very
hard, the diamond is also used in chro-
nometers for the steps OF pivots and as
it possesses high refractive power and
little longitudinal alteration, it has
been successfully employed for the
small, deep lenses of single microscopes.
The magnifying power of the diamond,
ip proportion to that of plateglass,
ground to similar form, is as eight to
three. For drawing minute lines on
hard steel and glass, to make micro
metersy there is no substitute for the
diamond-point. The rough diamond is
called bort. and the "points" used for
glass cutting are fragments of the bOrts.
Great care and skill are necessary in
selecting the cutting points, because
the diamond that cuts the glass most
successfully has the cutting edges of
the crystal placed at right angles to each
other and passing through point of
intersection made by crossing the edges.
A polished diamond, however perfect
may be it's edges, when pressed upon
the surface of glass, splinters it with
the slightest of pressure but with the
natural diamond the most accurate lines
are produced on glass, and their sur
faces are so finely FURNISHED that if
ruled close together they compose light.
and afford the most beautiful prismatic
the colors OF the rainbow
fash from them as from the silveER IN
terror of a pearl oyster-shell. Diamonds
are also employed as drili-points to per-
fOrate rubies and draw holes in draw
plates for fine wire, and also for drilling
in hard steel. Some inquiries have been
made recently in regard to using them
as substitute for steel picks IN dress
ing miIl-stones. We apprehend that
they are altogether too expensive for
this purpose at present; but if some of
our inventors would make the discovery
Of manufacturing diamonds as cheaply
as we make charcoal. which is of the
same composition, we might be able to
them to our millers. The !
coke obtained from the interior of gas
retorts, in many cases, is found so hard |
that it will cut glass, but as its point |
endures but for short period, it can
not be made available as a profitable |
substitute for the natural diamond for
such purpose in the arts.
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SOCIABLE JIMMY.

I sent the following home in pri-
vate letter some time ago from a certain
little village. It was in the days when
was public lecturer. ] did it be-
cause l wished TO preserve the memory
OF the most artless, sociable and ex-
haustless talker ever came across. He
did not tell me a single remarkable
thing, or one that was worth remember
ing, and yet he was himself so inter
ested in his small marvels, and they
flowed so naturally and comfortably
from his bps, that his talk got the upper
hand OF my interest, too, and I listened
as one who receives a revelation. Itook
down what he had to say Just as he said
1t, without altering a word or adding
one.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25

WOULDN'T you like to be Milwaukee
girl, and be able to jump six feet high
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-12

A correspond mt sends us the following
and vouciies for the trustworthiness Of his
sourcs Of information in the matter, but is
not personally acquainted with the circum-
stances. We can vouch tor his reliability.
A Haunted House.
1t is in the Town OF Sacred Heart, Rem
vile County. The first settlers in the fall
If 1865 man whose name was, something
ike Cater or Gatherd, came there to
axe claim, which lie did, in Sec. IL,
Town ia, Range 81 1--WE believe.) Soon
liter that another man came, name I'M
<nown, and stopped with Mr.. Cater until
he spring Of 1866, when he disappeared.
liz. Cater took possession Of his property
consisting Of yoke Of oxen, wagon etc.
md some money. Some time after that,
latter sold or disposed Of the property,
.lso his own claim, and then LETT for parts
unknown. There was a rumor that the
lost man was murdered, but nothing was
lone in the matter. Since then the claim
las changed hands several times and diff
rent families have lived in the house,
ach and all Of them but a short time, a.
hey have all agreed on one point viz. that
ne house is haunted. The last man who
we'd in the house says he saw man stand
ng inside the door, he spoke to him, but
sceived no answer, then he struck ut him
ut, to his astonishment, found there was
'othing there. He had, also, heard noises
Up stairs as if some one was there with doz
MS OF iron traps. The spring that supplies
the house with water is also favored with
yhost'y visi'attons. Several persons say
h y have seen man coming from it to-
wards them, at fast walk, and although
IN the dry grass they could hear no foot
steps, SO they became frightened and ran
way. Last spring. when the Threshers
we're in the neighborhood, they wartered
heir horses at this spring, but when ap-
preaching it they became almost unman-
.geable with fright. They have talked Of
having a medium come to the house, but
here being no stove or furniture in the
.louse it has not been done.
A few days ago, however, circle was
ormed at q house about three quarters Of :
nile from the haunted house, and the Ne.
iium was controlled by aspirit which said
it was the spirit Of man who was killed
in house Sd OF . mile from here, six or
seven years ago, that the man he lived
with had killed him for his property,
mounting to about $500, that lie had kill
d him with his fist and q club, that he
had then buried him from two to three feet
leep about three rods southwest Of the
spring, that the only sign there is little
knoll like a Gopher knoll, and, in the
words Of the spirit, ''if you will dig there
you will find my bones, that is all that is
left"
The spirit said it would give the names
It another time and the present wherea-
bouts Of the murderer, and that it has q
sister living in the State Of New York.
(Our Correspondent promises to let Us
know the result Of the digging.
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Special Notice.

Notice is hereby given that : special
meeting Of the Redwood County Agricultu-
raj Association will be held, 1t the Court
House in Redwood Falls, on Friday March
Goth 1874 At o'clock P. n. The amend
ments to the constitution, notice Of which
was given 1t the annual meeting, and
other important business, will b before the
meeting.
By order Of the President.
Gao. W. BRAiBY, ese.
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The End Of the Preliminary Examine
tiOn In the Mccormick Murder case.

We gave, in our last issue, synopsis o.
all the testimony taken in this case. tn
cout met on Friday at O'Clock pm. and Al.
ter briei arguments by counsel, the prison.
er, Patrick Mccormick, was committed 70
trial at the September term OF Court. H.
was taken to the New Ulm Jail. His de-
pertinent, to the end, was characterized b,
the same Indifference that he exhibited i,
the commencement o: the examination
At New Ulm he met his sister, who was o,
her way here from New York. She wa.
in great distress because of the circumstan.
ces and the prisoner was very much affect
ed-cried like child.
The sister is older than the prisoner.
She came to this country over twenty
years ago and had not seen her brothp.
since he was about twelve years Of age
She came on to the neiyhborhood wher
her brothers lived and will remain ther,
for the present.
She impressed those who met her, yer,
favorahlv
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Reduction In Price.

For the next fifteen days Mrs. g. R. Jeft's
will sell goods at greatly refused prices.
She has OH hand general assortment o.
Of goods in her line; Hats, bonnets, trim
mings, Ladies' underwear, ribbons &c. &c.
all Of which are offered at figures much be-
low their yalua.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-12

Mr. Jas. A Case OF St. Paul, Land Agent
Of the Hastings & Dakota Railroad was in
Town few DAYS last week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-12

The New Ulm ''Herald has correspon-
dent in Redwood Falls who inclines to be
facetious.
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Redwood Falls Town Election.

The election. on Tuesday, passed of
very quietly.
Wonderful good humor prevailed
throughout the day. The whole number
Of votes cast was 1T and the vote for the
different candidates stood as follows.
SUPERVISORS.
A. NJ. Cook chm. *l73
Peter Ortt. 1892
Donald Stewart. *l67
y. '. hlker. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
Town CLERK.
James Durtnal. ................. *SS
Robert Watson NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ST
TREASURER.
A. NJ. Northrop. ............... *17G
JrsrIcs OF THE PsAcR.
L. o. Chapman. ................ Mss
CONSTABLE.
J. P. O'Harra. ................. *1l1
E. Slingerland. Observation-Disclosures. St
\ denotes elected.
OvERsEERs OF HlGHwAYs.
lst District j. P. O'Harra; End Hugh
Curry Sd Norman Webster; 4th F. G..
Shaver; 9Th D. Whittett; 9Th E. o. Chap
man; 7th Ezra Truesdell 9Th B. Kingsley
There were scattering votes for nearly a
the offices.
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Church DIRECTORY.
New Tim & Redw God Stage Lines.

IApAiaY SrAGs EACH WAY.
fvnd to- Re Nv I'D Falls Manlsys and Thursday s.
Redwood Falls to Iyn1. tn siavs and FRIDAYS.
Ni,nosnt, Fats to X .lwnri Fails. ivia Yellow
medicine, Tuesdays AMI Fridays. RedWoo Falls I"
Minn,.s., Falls tvia Yellowmedicne Wednesday
and S,tu-,ilvS.
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Town of New Avon.
SUPERVISORS.
Geo R. Davis
Thos. Wolverton
CLERK.
D. NJ. Scriven
TREASURER.
H. Blanchard
Assessor.
David Worst
CONSTABLE.
J. c. Duncan
There were only two supervisors elected
in New Avon. The vote Tor third was L.
lie between J. c. Duncan and W. F. Fol-
som.
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Our friends in Sheridan forgot on cleo
ton day, that ''their little hands were
made to scratch each others eyes out"
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The committee appointed by Gov. Davis
Messrs. Bigham & Porter, to disburse tn: {
portion OF the $1,000 appropriation assign
ed to Redwood County, found about twe.
ty cases which, they consider, came With
the requirements OF the bill.
Mr.. Bigham Informs us that they foun'
great number who have no seed whe;
and no means to get any. 1t is not proba
bic that the Legislative appropriation 70
that purpose will be more than about one
sixth the amount need and unless it i
supplemented in some way, the number
acres seeded, this year, will be much be-
low what it would be if seed was abund
ant
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-12

During the. winter two or three of on
merchants have found that some Of thoi
boxes of Merchandise had been tampere'
with between ST. Paul and here aE,'
could get no clue us to where the troubl
was. Last week, however, they received
notice that the thief had been caught an
also, received q part of the goods, Mr.. c
c. Sickle is still short several pairs
boots and Mr.. Samuel Sickle consider
able portion of two boxes o! candy. Hav
not heard the name o. the thief, who pick
ed him up, nor any o: the particulars,
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Town Ut Sheridan.

Town Of Sheridan.
SUPERVISORS.
Thos. Barr Chm.
TnoS. >loan
Thos. Duty
CLERK.
Adam Alexander
TREASURER.
A. Leonhardt
ASSESSOR.
Thos. Kirby
JUSTICES.
d. B. Whitemore
Lawrence Holton
CoNsTABLEs.
NJ. Coscrove
Lume Hodge.
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you want nice fresh dates, figs and
candies, go t. C.. C. Bit 4 Son.
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MARRIED.

NELsoN--JoHSsox.--O March the End.
by Judge Baldwin, Nels Nelson to Miss
Ann Mary Johnson, all Of Redwood County
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We call attention to the notice given Of
special meeting OF the County AgricuItu-
IA! Association. A full attendance Of all
interested Is desired
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-12

n T. Hoxsie, Auditor Of Yellow Medi.
cine County, gave us a call on Saturday.
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The County Board is in Session at the
time of our going to press.
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NOTICE..

NOTICE.
I soiV pay Is esn's q L4shel for M
l. Wheat, for the mert ten Days, on ac-
count.
C. C.. SzICKLE.