davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
Practical Joke by a Fish.

A gentleman living on the Savannah
river, Georgia, was in the habit of send
ing his negroes down the river to fish
with nets as the tide served. On one
occasion two of his boys reached the
fishing ground before the tide had fallen
sufficiently for. their purposes. Cuffee
always goes to sleep when he has
nothing else TO do. So, pushing pole
into the mud, they tied the canoe
thereto, and, lying down, intended to
sleep till the tide settled. But along
came huge devil-fsh, which grabbed
up the pole, and, tucking it under his
fipper, began to tow the canoe and its
contents toward the deep water. When
the negroes awoke they were terrified
well-nigh out of their wits. They we're
proceeding to sea at the rate of about
four miles an hour, but the power pro-
polling was invisible. The first i'm
pulse was to Jump overheard, but it
occurred to them in time, fortunately,
that they were unable to swim. Final
ly the rope by which master devil fish
was towing them was cut, and they
reached the land in a pitiable state of
terror. An individual of this species
has been known to take up the kedge of
a small schooner and carry it for upward
of mile, towing the vessel that dis
lance, when he dropped the anchor, ap-
parently fatigued with the amusement.
.Galary for June.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03

Colonel S. D. Harris, in a recent
communication to the Buckeye Farmer,
says: The common practice of farme. s
who compete for premiums at the agri-
cultural fairs in the fall is to put off all
concern in the matter until few days
before the fair is held, and then if they
have any thing which is extra good in
the way of farm crop they will select
a sample and take it to the fair. This
is not the way they should do such
things, as there is no practical credit
due to a man for an accidental good
crop. The real objects of premiums is
to stimulate people to work for them !;
it is very low motive when a man
completes for q prize only that he may
win the money which is offered he
should strive, not so much for the mere
object of taking the premium as to
show what can be done in the way of
raising crops by trying for IT in earnest.
And now is the time to begin; think of
this while you are blowing the land,
while you are putting in the seed,
while you are tending the crop, and at
the time of harvest it will be no small
qualification that you took good aim at
success and hit the mark.
It seems that every we'll directed eff
fort of the farmers arm in the days of
seed time is an act of faith and prayer,
and that the like, in time of harvest, is
an act of praise and thanksgiving.
Then, whether, you take a premium or
not, You have achieved success, which
is better
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
THE BANKRUPT LAW.
Provisions of the New Bill Passed b
Congress.

GEoNASAOhS Oh inc NSw Dill EaBSCO ny
Congress.
The principal points of the new
bankrupt bill, which only requires the
are as follows Forty days are allowed
to elapse before merchant or trader
who fails to pay his commercial paper
is liable to be thrown into bankruptcy.
The assent of one-fo1rth in number
and one-third in value of the creditors
is required to throw debtor into bank
ruptcy. This provision relates back to
the list of last December. Proceedings
may be discontinued whenever a debtor
pays those secured debts which we're
the ground of throwing him into bank
ruptcy, or henever, with the consent
of the court, he and majority of the
creditors shall ask for discontinuance
of the proceedings. In order to set
aside hypothecated pledges or liens on
the bankrupt's estate, it must appear
that the party dealing with the bank
rupt knew that he intended TO perpe-
trate fraud on the bankrupt law, and
that he intended to go into bankruptcy.
When loan is made to bankrupt in
good faith and security taken. with the
intention of aiding him to pull through,
it shall be considered as having actual
value, and the security shall not be in
validated by proceedings in bankruptcy.
A voluntary bankrupt may have his dis
charge if his estate pays 80 per cent. of
his debts, or provided he obtains the
assent of the same number of his cred
itors as is necessary to throw him into
bankruptcy. An involuntary bankrupt
can get his discharge if his conduct is
free from all fraud. and he is innocent
of any violation or infringement of
the bankrupt act. Assignees are pro-
hibited from dividing fees with other
persons engaged in the case. Compost
ton of creditors may be made with the
debtor, providing a majority of the
creditors join, were approved by the
court, for the release and discharge of
the debtor. The fees and expenses are
reduced one-half until the judges of
the supreme court shall establish per-
manent reduction and simplify pro-
ceedings. All the acts of the persons
connected with the execution of the law
shall be made public in the shape of
full and minute reports from the clerk,
the assignee, the marshal and the regis
ter. Original jurisdiction is conferred
upon the territorial courts, with an
appeal to the supreme court of the ter
ritOrv
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
Old stYle Visiting Cards.

Visiting cards century ago were not
mere bits of pasteboard, with an indi-
vidual's name and address, as now in
stead, charming vignettes-real models
of art and composition, by great artists
found their place on cards made for
fashionable people. The taste for these
elegancies undoubtedly originated in
Paris, but their use was not by any man.
ner of means confined to that gay city
ornamental cards were carried by the
elite all over Europe, and their design
ers not only exercised their ingenuity
upon those made for visiting purposes
alone, but they found profitable work in
theater and concert tickets, letters an
nouncing marriages, ceremonies, pro-
grammes, etc. Some four or five hun
dred of these cards, used in the days
when all sorts of devices were found on
them, have been collected from different
sources by NJ. Piogey, Frenchman.
Among them are found not only many
great names and the work of celebrated
artists, but some exceedingly unique
designs. One is described as ornament
ed with the picture of an ass carrying a
flag, with name inscribed thereon; an
other has a wreath of roses bordered
with olives. Mr.. Adam Bertsch, of vi
emma, left two specimens worthy of no.
tice, and showing very plainly his love
for the canine species. One, a spaniel,
is holding the card bearing his address
in his mouth; another is savage dog,
which has just torn roll of paper
marked with the date of 1895; beneath
is written "Adam Bertsch has the
pleasure of presenting his compliments
and good wishes for the new year. +"
Fischer, of Berne, made a rebus of his
name his card presented the picture
of two men and a woman drawing a net.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
An Old Volume.

Among the copies of Shakespeare
works in the state library of Virginia,
is one of the famous first folio, 1923.
The frontispiece is embellished with a
likeness of the Bard of Avon, and is
inscribed, " Mr.. William Shakespeare
comedies, histories and tragedies. Pub
Iished according to the Three Original
Copies. London, printed by Isaac Jag
gard and Ed. Blunt, 1923" This edi-
ton is dedicated "TO the most noble
and incompatible paire of brethren,
William Earle of Pembroke, etc., Lord
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
Enchanted Park in Colorado.

1t is beautiful valley about a mile
in length, walled in on either side by per-
pendicular walls from two to three hun
bred feet in height. There is but one en-
trance to this enchanted spot, and that
is by very rugged and dangerous
pathway, and the footman experiences
great difficulty in the descent. Upon
reaching the valley we could hear the
rustling of the wind through the lofty
pines on the cliffs above US, sounding
like the roar of some devastating hurri-
cane, while the grass beneath our feet
lay as calm and still as death. Not even
the slightest breath of air could be felt.
Everything was so still that person
standing at the lower part of the valley
could distinctly comprehend persons
speaking at the upper end.-DenUer
Mirror.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
Sunfowers.

They are rich in honey and are conse-
quentiy good neighbours for bees. Oil,
hardly to be distinguished from olive
oil by any one but an expert, may be
extracted from the seeds, in the proper
ton of one gallon to one bushel. One
acre will produce something like fifty
bushels of seeds. The seeds, too,
make food, not unpalatable for human
beings, and very good for animals and
poultry. The Portuguese and the
American Indians make a kind of bread
from them, and r, asted they may be
ground and used as a substitute for
coffee. The stalks may be used as bean
poles while growing. Dry, they make
passable roofs for sheds and the like,
and burn readily on the hearth. The
ashes are very rich in potash. Alto
gether it is very useful plant, and to
crown all, it has a reputation which the
scientists have never disproved, for alb
sorbing malaria, and acting as an effect
ual screen against that scourge of low
lying districts, fever and ague.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
Wasted Fertilizer.

The Farmers Home Journal says :
On every old place in central Kentucky
there are such things as old wood piles,
where chips have accumulated and de-
composed for fifty years then there are
old piles Of ashes, sometimes three or
four feet deep, which have been accu-
mulating for the same length of time !;
then there are old straw-piles and
heaps of stable manure which have
never been hauled out ; again there are
deposits under the hen-roosts, some
times two feet deep, which are equal to
the best Peruvian guano, and when thes Q
are all hauled ont, we will go to an in
exhau tible supply of rich molds and
alluvial deposits of decayed vegetable
matter, which have been collecting for
ages, in places on branches and creeks
which run through most farms. We
have still another supply yet in the
muck mud, which, if dug out in the
summer time, when the marshes and
swampy places are dry and hard, it can
be hauled close to, if not quite to where
it is wanted, and the winter freezing
will pulverize it and put it in fine con-
dition for a crop next season.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
MOTHER HUBBARD AND her DOG.

The aged and venerable maternal representative
Of family which descended from ances-
trail progenitor known in his time by the
patronymic appellation of Hubbard (perhAps
from his having been one of the early poets
or bards of the Hub),
Wended her way to the small apartment ordinarily
devoted to the storage of crockery and such
portions Of the family provisions as were
left unused at the prandtal meal,
To obtain for the qualification Of her favorite but
emaciated specimen of the genus CAMS
fragment of osseous nature once compos-
ing an integral portion of the skeleton of an
animal whether bovine, pOrcine other
wise the narrator was not able to determine
Satisfactorily from which she had reason to
believe her petted quadruped would obtain
aHment.
When by continuous progressive motion she had
arrived at the end Of her brief journey, and
in fact had reached the objective point and
the goal of her desire,
Her fond anticipations were not realized, and her
calculation came TO naught; for the family
receptacle before alluded to proved to be
entirely denuded of everything in the way of
that sustenance which tends to prolong life
when received within and assimilated by the
animal organism;
Consequently this INDECENT and Iong-suffering
member of the higher class of vertebrates
called mammals, but Familiarity known as the
"pOOr dog" failed on this occasion to obtain
anything to appease his unsated and yora-
leve had previously been whetted by the
anticipation of the favorable result of the
visit of his friend and protector to the usual
storehOuse of his supplies.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
r. r. r.
RAILWAYS
Ready Relief.
The Cheapest and Best Medicine for
Family Use in the World
ono so Cont Bottle


WILL CURE MORE COMPLAINTS AND
PREVENT THE SYSTEM AHAINSTSUDDEN
ATTACKS OF EPIDEMICS AND CONrA-
GIOUS DISEASES THAN ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS EXPENDED FOR OTHER MED
ICINRS OR MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
THE MOMENT RAILWAYS READY RE-
LIEF Is APPLIED EXTERNALLY-OR Ia
KEN INTERNALLY ACCORDING TO De
RECTIONS PAIN, FROM WHATEVER
CAUSE, CEASES TO EXIST
IMPORTA NT-Miner,, Formers and Others re-
std ng In sparse ysettled districts where 70 n ais
cult 20 secure the services Of a physician, RAD.
WAYS READY RELi . " invhlualie N can
be used with pOluve Assurance ~ doing good In
all cases where rain or discomfort IN o. perlruret
or fsezed with irhuenza, DlpthrriA, rpro lnflftii
Bad Coughs. HOarspnvss, hilluuH collie, lutarn
nation OF the Bowels. stomach, Lungs, Liver Kid
with Neuralgia. Headache Tic Dblor-uH. foJ b.
ache, Earache; or with LumbaEo, Pain IN t't
Back, or kheuma'ism; or with DlhrrhuA, Chole
Morbus, or DyHentery; or with hurnh. s0Aatt
or Bruises; or with strains Cramps Or - alaf.
The application Of RADwAY'- READY re
LIEF win cure yoI OF the worst OF there com
plants In n few hours
Twenty drops IN half tumhler Of waier vi, IN
a few moments cue tHA Ml'H SPAHMH, toUN
STOMACH. HEARTHURN, SICK HEADACuE,
DI AHRHEA, DYSENTERY, COLO, WlNntN
THE ROWELs and all INTERNAL PA ms,
Travellers should always carry bottle Of RAD
WAYS READY RELIEF with them, A iew drors
change ofwater. 10 Is better than French Brady
or Bittcrs IA a stimulaut.
Sold by Druggists. Price so Cents
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03

laces are so attenuated that the slight
est motion in the air foils the worker,
and even when this is imperceptible,
north wind has the same effect. So gos-
samer-like are some of the flaments,
that separate threads are almost undis-
tinguishable to the naked eye, unless
backed by color,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
Dr. mi " PIERcE- aft 1he World,s de.

Or. Ii. V. FIERCE, OF Inc NOrlQ DIS
pensary, Buffalo, n. Y, whose Family Medi-
cines have won gol en- opinions and achieved
worldwide reputation, after patient study and
much experimenting, succeeded in perfecting
a Compound Extract of Smart-Weed, or Water
Pepper, that is destined to become as celebra-
ted as his other medicines. 1t owes its eff
cacy not entirely to the Smart-Weed, which,
however, is a sovereign remedial agent, but
largely to happy combination of that herb
with Jamaica Ginger and other vegetable
agents. The combination is such as to make
it a very pleasant remedy to take. Taken in
ternally, it cures Darrhna, Dysentery Cor
Bloody Flux), Sumner Complaint, Cholera,
Cholera Morbus, Cholera Infantum, Collie,
Cramps and Pain in the Stomach, breaks up
Colds, Cramps, Febrile and InflammatOry At
tacks, rheumatism and Neuralgia. Applied
externally, 1t cures Sprans and Bru SEES, Frost
Bites, Chilblains, Felons Rheumatic Affec-
TONS Scalds, Burns, Cuts, Neuralgia, Pain in
Back. Soreness or Stiffness of JOINTS, Stings
and Bites of Poisonous Insects and Reptiles
Caked Breast or "Ague in Breast" and En-
| larged Glands; in short is an unexcelled Lini-
ment for man and beast. 1t is sold by all drug
gists.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
Go to Riverside Water Cure, Hamilton Ill.

TEE SECRET OF CAPTIvATIoN.-Features of Gre
cian mould, well-turned neck and beautifully
rounded arms, are no doubt very nice things to
have and ladies who possess these charms have
to be thankful to Mother Nature; yet, after ALL
the most captivating of all womanly charms is a
pure, fresh and brilliant complexion. This superla
tive fascination any lady may secure by using
HAGAN's MAGNOLIA BALM
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.

CURE FOR CATARRn.-According to
Hamilton, the severest catarrhal cold
can be removed in about ten hours by
a mixture of carbolic acid, ten drops /;
tincture of iodine and chloroform, each
seven and one-half drops. A few drops
of the mixture should be heated over
spirit lamp, in a test tube, the mouth
of which should be applied to the nos
trils as soon as mobilization is effected.
The operation should be effected in
about two minutes, when, after the pa
tient sneezes a number of times, the
troublesome symptoms rapidly disap-
pear.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03

Chamberlain to the Kings most ex-
cellent Majesty, and Philip Earle of
Montgomery, etc., Gentleman of His
Majesties Bed Chamber. Both Knights
of the most noble order of the Garter,
and our singular good Lords"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
English IaceS,

Some specimens of English laces were
shown at the South Kensington exhibit
ton this year, the thread of which cost
$500 per pound. Much of this thread
had to be wasted, not being sufficiently
perfect. The threads of these and other
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03

"A New Hampshire man wants seven
dollars from a village board as damages
for his wife's broken leg, but he'll prob
ably settle for three, as he'll save four
dollars worth of provisions while her
appetite is poor.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03

COLUMBUS discovered America, but it
has been found that the only economical shoes
for children are the celebrated SILVER TIP
PED. Never wear out at the toe and are
worth two pairs without Tips. All dealers sell
them
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03

TERMINATING rHz HAIR.-When the hair ceases
to draw from the scalp the natural u ricant which
is its s9stenance its vitality is it were, suspend
ed, and not promptly attended to, badness will
be the certain result. The one sure method of
avoiding such an unpleasant catastrophe is to use
LYONS KATHA1RoN, which, when well rubbed into
the scalp, will speedily re-animate the hair and pre-
vent it from falling ont.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
Summer Resorts.

st. Paul, Minneapolis, Madison, Wis,
the Lake country of Wisconsin, Devils
Lake, Oconomowoc, Green Lake, Wan
kesha, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Duluth,
Marquette, and all Wisconsin and Min
nesota summer resorts are reached from
Chicago Ella the Chicago and North
western railway. Send to W. Fl. STEM
nett, General Passenger Agent Chicago
and Northwestern railway, Chicago, for
guide-b Dok. 1t will he sent you free.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND
'ERMIFUGE COMFIrs

CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND
SICK
from no other cause than having worms In the
stomach
BROWNS vBRMIFUGE COMETS
will destroy worms without Injury to the child,
being perfectly WHITE and free from all color
ing other INJURIOUS ingredients usually used in
worm preparations.
CURTIS q BROWN, Proprietors,
No 215 Fulton street, New York.
Sold by druggists and chemists, and dealers In
medicines, at twenty five cents a bottle.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
"A new counterfeit of the recent j

"A new counterfeit of the recent is
sue of fifty-cent scrip has just made its
appearance. It is one-sixteenth of an
inch shorter in length and width than
the genuine, and the line connecting
the two upright lines of the letter N in
the small words engraved, engraving
and printing, at the end of the scrip is
reversed in every instance but one. In
the counterfeit there is no distinction
between the white cravat and shirt bo-
som of Samuel Dexter, while in the
genuine they are well defined. 1t is
likely to deceive in the evening or with
the rapid money changer.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03

FLING HANDsAws.-In filing hand
saws that are intended to cut only one
way, the majority of mechanics file to-
ward the handle, which leaves the teeth
with more bevel on the back than on the
front, which is caused by the taper of
the file. A few persons file their saws
toward the point, which gives more bev-
ell to tie front or cutting side of the
teeth. Some think that the back side
of the teeth should be filed nearly
square across, and that the saw will cut
equally well and remain sharp much
longer. The front side of the teeth
should be beveled to suit the timber;
soft wood requires more bevel than hard
wood.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
EURTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF AN
nI.n MILF

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is the prescEtp-
ton of one OF the best female physicians and
nurses in he United States. and has been used 10
thirty years with never failing safety and success
by millions OF mothers and children, from the Zee
BILE infant Of week old TO the adult corrsctn
AcidIty OF the stomach, relieves wind collie roEu-
ates the bowels, and gives rest health and comfort
TO mother and child. We believe It TO be the beet
and surest remedy in the world In all cases Of ayS-
EMERY and diarrhoea In children, whether 1t arises
from teethng or from any other CAUSE Full d.
rections for using Will accompany each bottle
None genuine unless the facsimile OF CURTIS a
PERKINS is on the on side Wrapper.
ssld by all medicine dealers.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
YE OLD N1ExIcAy MUsTASg LINTlrxr has pro-

YE OLD MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT has pro-
duced more cures of rheumatism, neuralgia,
sprains, scalds, burns, salt rheum, sore nipples,
yelling lameness, chapped hands, poisonous bites
stings, bruises, etc., on men, women and children {;
and sprains, strains, gals, stiff joints, inhamma-
ton, etc. in beasts, than all other hniments put to-
gether. 1t will do what is promised ye money
refunded.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
THE GRAND REVOLUTION IN MEDICAL TIRE

THE GRAND REVOLUTION IN MEDICAL IREAT-
MENT which commenced in 1860, is still in pro-
gress. Nothing stop it, for it is founded on the
principle, universally acknowledged, that
physical vigor is the most formidable antagonist Of
all human ailments, and experience has shown that
PLANTATION BrrTERs is a peerless invigorant, as
well as the best possible safeguard against epidemic
diseases.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03

1t is a solemn thing-a very solemn
thin, to get married-to feel that
herceforth through life the mild-eyed
QirI. at vOur right is to be the only fe-
male in the vide world duly licensed to
throw iat-irons Of your head.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03

1t is said that there is not toll
gate in all Switzerland-the roads all
being free.