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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
Crow, Chapman, Crow.

The rooster, as a political emblem,
had its origin in the memorable presi.
Dental canvass of 1910, between Harri,
son and Tyler, the WING candidates for
president and vice-president, and Van
Buren, and Johnson, the democratic
nominees for those offices. In the sum-
mer of that year special election for
some purpose was held in one of the
Indiana counties, which resulted in a
Van Buren, victory. A democrat, not
acquainted with Mr.. Chapman, the
then editor of the Indianapolis Senti-
mel, Van Buren, state organ, wrote a
letter to a friend in indianapolis, in
which he advised him to state the re-
suit, and he added these words "Tell
Chapman to crow" Chapman did crow,
and as a significant illustration he
brought out picture of a chanticleer.
The democrats had few opportunities of
Growing afterward in that year, but
subsequently the rooster was adopted
as the emblem of democratic success,
and as such has ever since remained.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
How Dry it Was !!

An honest old farmer from the coun-
try gave his recollections of the late hot
spell as follows:
1t was so dry we couldn't spare water
to put in our whisky.
The grass was so dry that every time
the wind blew it flew around like so
much ashes.
There wasn't tear shed at funeral
for a month.
The sun dried up all the cattle, and
burnt off the hair till they looked like
Mexican dogs, and the sheep all like
poodle puppies. they shrank up SO.
We had to soak all our hogs to make
'em hold swill, and if any cattle were
killed in the morning, they'd be dried
beef at dark.
The woods dried up SO that the farm
ers chopped seasoned timbers all through
August, and there amt a match through
all the country-in fact, no wedding
since the widow Glenn married old
Baker, three months ago.
What few grasshoppers are left are
all skin and legs, and I didn't hear
tea-kettle sing for six months.
We eat our potatoes baked, they
being all ready, and we couldn't spare
water to boil 'em.
All the red-hedded girls were afraid
to stir out of the house IN daylight, and
tell you, YVES afraid the devil had
moved out of his old home and settled
down with us for life.
Why, We had to haul water all sum-
mer to keep the ferry running, and
say, it's getting dry 1; let's take suthin.
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Crafts from Bearing Tees

Colman's Rural World has the follow
ing: "From long experience, We have
not been able to see a difference whether
the ciops be cut from bearing trees or
young ones in the nursery. The whole
thing depends upon the stock upon
which the gratis are worked. Will take
the top of a Seeding but one year old,
graft it upon bearing tree, and have
fruit the third year, nine times out of
ten; while the same Seeding, if left to
grow to bearing, would, in all probable
isy, take eight or ten years. We have
often gathered apples from nursery
trees when they we're but three years
old, simply because in digging out
other trees near it, its roots got cut
somewhat. The reason that in old
times gratis bore, was owing to the
fact that the stocks they grated
were somewhat stunted. Vigorous
growth is always adverse to productive
ness. We never go to any trouble to
get gratis from bearing trees, if we are
sure of the variety; but when any IN
certainty exists, by all means resort to
the bearing ones"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

HEART DISEASE Many persons suf-
fer with heart disease without knowing
it-snddenly they drop of, and their
friends are astonished, on a post NOR
TEN examination, to learn that they
died Of heart disease. The heart, like
the brain, is the seat Of life--its dis
cases are of several characters. The
most common are valvular disease, fatty
degeneration, and functional derauge-
ment. II the liver becomes deranged,
and digestion is impaired, the heart,
through sympathy and iuztapositiou,
becomes abnormal. The following symp.
toms indicate approaching disease !;
palpitation, giddiness, faintness, ner-
vous prostratIon, dersEged digestion,
vertigo, cold extremities, etc, etc, for
which the old school will administer
iron, opium, anthony, mercury, and
many other mineral pOisons. Heart
disease is q blood disease-purify the
blood remove distractions to o limpid
circulation by taking that Vegetable
Alternative, Vinegar Bitters, and You
will be a sound person in two or three
months,
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Then he sat still, and looked as if he
was interviewing his secret soul. At
length he remarked J" MINI we'll,
if she is that kind of woman. don't
want her. Left this morning, did she ?
MINI cost me some money, though.
Had three women cooking for a week.
Big supper. Well, I must push out.
Be more'n a hundred people there wait
ing for us when I get home. MINI
Look here, if you see Mr.. Starr you
tell him if he can make any use of them
papers he can have 'em. Well, must
push out"
And John Harness pushed out for
home. How he faced his more than a
hundred guests un-Harnessed as he was,
cannot be figured up accurately till
that out-township's return are all in.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
4 Breeding Mule,

The greatest curiosity at the famous
acclimatizing garden in the Bots de
BOulogne, near Paris, is a mule that
drops a foal every year. The Chase
Illustree publishes an excellent likeness
of the mule, her two colts a, d their
sire, an African barb. The mother is
AT Arabian mule, admirably formed and
gray in color. The sire of her colts is
a light bay, with star. The first colt,
a FLY, now nineteen months old, was
foaled at Orleansville, Algeria, on the
23i of April, 1873. The period of GEES
tation was ten months and twenty three
days. Her next, also q FLY, was foaled
at Paris, April %, 1874. The period of
CESSATION was eleven months and nine
teen days. The same mule is now in
foal to the handsome white jack so much
admired at the Garden of Plants. The
two fillies, both iron gray, with stars,
are much more like the sire than the
dana.
A fertile breed of mules may be de-
veloped like the fertile hybrid between
the American buffalo of the plains and
our common European cattle. This
cross is valueless; but if all female
mules would raise colts the advantage
would be worth millions to the farming
interest
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

The UNHAPPY VmLAGE.-Show me
two villages, one embowered in trees
aud blazing in all the glories of Octo-
Der, the other merely trivial and tree
less waste, or with only single tree or
two for suicides, and shall be sure
that in the latter will be found the most
starved and bigoted religionists and the
most desperate drinkers. Every wash
tub and milk-can and grave-stone will
be exposed. The inhabitants will dis
appear abruptly behind their barns and
houses, like desert Arabs amid their
rocks, and 1 shall look to see spears in
their hands. They will be ready TO
accept the most barren and forlorn
doctrine, AS that the world is speedily
coming to an end, or has already got to
it, or that they themselves are turned
wrong side outward. They will per-
chance crack their dry joints at one an
other and call it spiritual communica-
tion.-TROreGu.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
What Rats are Good For.

OF what use is the rat to man ? Well,
not very much that We know of yet a
few items may be mentioned. Probably
we must not attach much Importance to
the alleged prophetic powers Of the rat
that if he gnaWs a persons clothes
that person will speedily die; that if
he suddenly quit q house that house
will very shortly be burned down that
If he desert snip the ship Is in a sink
ing state. A mill at PEBBLES was sud
denly deserted by whole colony of
rats about twenty years ago two hours
afterward the mill was burned down.
But it must be confessed that the logic
is very weak which proves from these
facts the possession of any prophetic
power by MIR. Rat. We have evidence
that he has sometimes been mace use
full as an Il. a. James, in his military
dictionary, says RATS are sometimes
used IN military opera ions, particularly
In enterprises for the purpose OF setting
fire to gUnpOwder. On these occasions
Lighted match Is tied to the tail Of the
animal. Marshal Vauban recommends,
therefore, that the walls of powder
magazine should be made very thick,
and the passages Tor light and air So
narrow as not TO admit rats We do
not know whether a cruel sport can be
called a useful employment Of rats but
an account is given Of a strange pro-
ceeding at Rome. 4 lsrge number of
rats were dipped in spirits f turpen-
tine, set on fire, and made to rush down
an open flight of steps near the Vati-
can. They reached the bottom as
masses of charred flesh, amid the shouts !
Of the pOpulace. Rats are worth three |
shillings a dozen, to furnish a supply |
to those brutal exhibitions IN which |
rat-killing terriers show their power. !
Rats are also caught for the value of |
their skins. There is a firm at Paris |
which buys the skins for this purpose /:
The fur Is dressed into a very good sub |
stitute for beaver, while the pelt or |
membrane is dressed into leather so |
fine, elastic, and close as to be used for |
the thumbs of the best gloves. If any |
one believes that rats are not used for |
human food he must change his opinion.
In Paris the cheff1nIers or bona-grub- |
bers eat them. Gypsies eat such rats
as are caught in stacks and barns, and |
are less strong in flavor aud odor than
those that feed omniverously. In China |
split rats are bought as a dainty. An
English surgeon OF some note had them
cooked for his eating. In a man-of-
war, where the rats made havoc with |
the biscuit, the sailors had q regular
battue, aud brought down numbers of |
them. Jack made rat pie, baked it, |
and liked it. At the siege Of Malta the
French garrison when fsmished offered
as much as a dollar ahead for rats, or
two dollars if ,barn-fed. During the
siege of Paris in the late Franco. Ger
man war many tasted rat who never
tasted il before. All the Year Round.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
The Farmer Of To-Day.

This is what is said of him Gt sounds
like Joseph Harris) in the Agricultur-
list: Altogether, the farmer has bis
hands full. He needs an active brain
in an active body. If he has good
health the work should not discourage
him. He will pull through. he should
not get excited he should not worry.
He should keep cool and the best way
to do this, in more senses than one, is
to keep steadily at work. Work will
clear the mind and cool the body. But
it should be energetic, spirited work,
not slow, 'ploddirg drudgery. Every
stroke should be directed by the mind
and given with a will. 1t is such work
that tells. Few of us realize how much
the character of farm work has changed.
1t is better to run a moving machine
than TO swing a scythe all day, but
theirs are men who are not happy unless
they are engaged in some hard, steady
work. They have not patience enough
to manage the machine. They are men
tai sluggards. They want a machine
TO put itself together, to tighten its own
bolts, to be self sharpening and self
oiling. Such men are born hewers of
wood and drawers of water. They will
not make successful modern farmers,
The farmer who has his mower, tedder,
unloading fork, self-rakiug and self
binding reaper who cuts feed, turns
the grind-stone, and pumps water by
wind or horse power who plants HE
corn with a drill, hoes it with harrow,
cultivates within an inch Of the rows,
cuts up the crop, and husks it with a
machine, is a very different man from
Hodge, the farmer, as he exists IN the
mind of the novelist or poet.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
Curing Hay.

The Paris correspondent of the Amer
loan Farmer says an analysis made in
Belgium of two samples of hay, de-
rived from the same field, mown at the
same time, but saved differently, one
left thirteen days exposed to wind and
weather and the other housed in three
days, showed nine per cent. difference
in the soluble elements of what was
originally the same grass. Five-sixths
of the putrition value of the long ex-
posed hay WAS lost. The wood IN the
stems of grass straw remains, but not
the substances that form the blood,
flesh and bones of farm stock.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
RIue Grasa.

A correspondent of the Iowa Live
Stock Gazette says that it is fact that
many varieties of seed lose their vitality
but a short time In a dry state. By
cutting and sowing as soon as cut, it
will generally prove successful where it
is sown on land that has been well
tramped by cattle, and the vegetation
mostly killed out. Sowing on old pas
lures where the cultivated grasses have
been partially killed out, is very good
plan for starting blue grass. Sowing
on the ground with no covering is the
most natural as well as most successful
plan with all kinds Of grass seed.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

RAPID TRANSIT OF THE DEAD.-The
dead are be to furnished with "rapid
transit in Vienna by means of pneu-
matte subterraneous railroad, with ter
mini extending from the cellars of CEN
trally-located chapels in the city to the
cemeteries. After the funeral service
in the chapel, the coffin will be placed
lengthwise on a small platform-car
moving on rails and then shot off
through the tunnel to the cemetery at
the rate of 40 miles. or so an hour, when
the undertaken will receive it. Then
the mourners will dispense from the
chapel and the funeral will be over,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

WHEN old Sam Crowder, down in
Pike, was running for justice OF the
peace, his wife, in anticipation of hon
ors in store for her, said
My dear, when you get TO be ins-
tice of the peace what will 1 be-"
You" said old Sam, "why, you'll l
be the same old fool you always was.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
AGRICULTURE.
Eat i'm the Best Grasses.

Prof. Way, for many years chemist to
the Royal agricultural society of Eng
land, found six and half per cent. of
fat in the best meadow grasses when
grown and growing, after perfect dry
ing. Allowing these grasses to ripen
their seeds, and then testing for fat, he
found only two per cent. of fat left
more than two-thirds was lost. 1t is
green and fat heritage that pays best
to fatten bullocks, wethers, dry ewes
and lambs for the London market.
Rich plant food improves the quality
of grass,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

On the death of one Of highlands
most eminent physicians all his effects were
sold by auction, and among other things was
a sealed packet, marked Advice 10 Physi-
clans, which brought great price. The pur-
chaser on opening The packet, read AZ follows:
Keep the head cool the bowels open and the
feet warm" II physic is necessary, uEe Par
sons Purgative Pills they are the most scien-
tifically prepared pill that has appeared in the
last hundred years.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

The most stylish collar that is worn
now s the Improved Warwick. It fits better
than any other ON a low cut shirt. All the
edges being folded. aud the surface looking 20
much like linen, we recommend all 10 try
it. Ask your gents furnisher for the Inn
proved Warwick.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

IT is now proposed that since the use,
fulness of whales has largely diminished
through the discovery of mineral oils
for illuminating purposes, the animals
might be domesticated and employed
for towing ships.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

WE received a very pleasant letter Of
thanks from our old friend Kendall, since his
return home, for bottle Of JohnsOns AuO-
dyne Linimeut which we gave him, and which
lac SAYS has entirely cured him Of the trouble
some and dangerous cough ne had when here.
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air in our corn as in our fruit trees.
That result being secured, we can plant
as close as we please.-Cor. Country
Gentleman.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

Foul Breath, Flatulence, Constipation, BIZ
ious. ColicB Sick Headache, Indigestion, Pain in
The PIT Of Tho stomch are cured by Intt'. PILE.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29

THE military force in Manitoba con-
sists of 40 officers and eighteen pri-
vate soldiers, and they talk of discharg-
ing ten of the soldiers to even things up.
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60 to Riverside Water Cure. Hamilton, Ill
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Then here's to the man, be he poor or rich,
Who'll stand by friend to the lowest pitch!
And who, when poor, thirsty devil will ask
For draft of whatever he's got in his flask,
Will hold his hand out and say ''Take it, old rip!
There's never slip tween this cup and the lip !"
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"THER E'S MANY SLIP 'TWIXT THE
CUP AND THE LIP"

In Iifes dull round, when a CLEAN Of light
Breaks through the darkness OF the night,
And star of hope is glittering through
Depending clouds of darkling hue.
Too oft, ere the nectar of pleasure we sip,
There's many slip 'twixt the cut aud the lip.
II.
There's courage and strength to be bought from
pain,
And there's wealth from losses as well as from
gain;
There are honest hearts that are ours in sorrow,
That, when rich, no gold could buy or borrow;
But whether tbs ale or champagne we sip,
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
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ALEXANDRIA, VA. FRIDAY. MARCH B. 1875
.7UCTIOE SALES.
BYE. A. Kerby, AuctiOneer.

TRUSTEES SALE OF 347 ACRES OF
1. HEAVILY TIMBERED WOOD LAND
IN ORIGINAL GkOWTH-By virtue OF
deed Of trust executed to me on the 18th day OF
March, 1873, by Harrison Freeman, trustee or
Mrs. Frances jackson, to secure the paymentto9
w. II. Hutt of three notes, one for i've hundred
dollars, and the other two for fifteen hundred
dollars each, with interest from the 18th OF
March, 1873, I shall, on TUESDAY, the 10Th
day Of March, 1875, al Il o'clock NJ, in front OF
lie auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, that
VALUABLE TRACT OF WOOD LAND.
lying in Fairfax county, Virginia, near the IN
tersection of Pohck Rolling road and Hoe new
road to Occoquan, containing three hundred and
torty-seven acres, conveyed by VIM. b. Hutt to
Harrison Freeman, trustee. This is an exceed
ing valuable tract Of land on accoun: of the large
quantity of valuable timber on it, For further
information apply to o
SALEOF VALUABLE PROPERTY .-Pur-
- suant to the decree of the Circuit Ceurt "f
Fairfax county, entered st February term, 1870
in the suit OF Bsyliss VS.. Bayliss,' the under
on the 18th DAY OF MARCH, 1876, (court
day) before the door of the Court House of said
county, sell t. the highest bidder, ct public sale,
sll the REAL ESTATE, Except widows dow
er) Of which the late Henry Bsyliss died seized,
containing by regent survey 6O 9oUloy acres acres.
burg Railroad anc is divived into two lots by the
county road and adjoins B. Bayliss, Narrower
and others. 1t will be sold in two parcels of
which plat will be exhibited at SALE No ln-
provements.
Terms: So much cash in hand as will be re-
ouired to pay the costs and expenses of sale and
TIE residue in three equal annual payments to
bear interest from the day of sale, to be secured
by the notes of the purchaser with good personal
security and retention OF tie until the last pay
ment is made. THOMAS MOORE,
Commissioner of Sale.
FairfsY co febl2-Wts