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Go West.


The sentiment and conclusion OF this
article from the Journal Of agriculture,
so fully accord and chime in with what
the Snn has frequently said to its rea.
ders on the subject of "going West,' y
that we insert without further com.
ment. -l....-
So frequently and SO positively has
the injunction at the head of this article
been in the mouths Of Eastern newspa-
per writer's, that the emigrant for some
years back, who land upon our hospit.
able shores, merely looks upon New
York or Boston as a resting place, sits
westward as fast rs train can carry
him 10 claim his pro rata Of the fatness
OF The Eidorsdic West. Not only for.
eigners, out the inhabitants Of the sea,
board of the United States, have lis.
tened 10 the siren notes of these would
be benefactors Of their race, and they
I TOO have given up comfortable homes
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From oar SPECIAL Correspondent.
Neics From nn Old Mans Remi-
niGaHncH

EDlToRs HERALD AND TRIBUNE:-"
is very true | am no scholar, yet l have
been close and acute observer Of both
men an things, all my life, and my head
has become a regular store. house of facts
CLEANED from the great Book Of Nature,
and few of these facts now jot down
for your perusal.
"For instance, if you will inform ire
where the common rush grows, / will
tell you ihs. the soil is, greater part Of
il, ciny. discovered this when trav
elliDg in New EDgla, i, AS there are
hut few places where the rash will'grow
in New Erglaud, wherever you find il:
growing, there is the spot for brick.
yard. r
81 have also observed that in New
England where some pine forests had heen
cleared aud the brush burned, that Oaks.
would spring up here and there in diff
erent portions Of it, as thick as grass, and
yet there had been no Oak tree in all
the place round about. | have dug up
these youus Oaks to see if could find "A
thiinble or an acorn busk. but could
never find single one and | have
taken item up when so small that only
two leaves we're developed.
"And ag am in New England, near the
large manufacturing cities, as have
crossed the farmers fields, | could tell by
the weeds that grew there whether they
ma lie use of Nj ght SOIL from the city sor
manure, for this manure causes the
growtn Of peculiar plants. knew them
by sight, but as am no botanist, am
unable to class them, or tell you their
names, only ] noticed that they differed
from those which were produced in places
where this manure was never used.' 10
Il have also observed that in an old
Church.yard in England which has been
for hun lrsds Of years, and every grave
opened over and over ag4in every few
years, till tie soil had a dark appear.
ance and was all mixed with Ioues. Il ere
hgrew two, if not more, plants, that nev,
er saw in any other locality"
There is no mind so humble, so ignor-
ant, or so uncultivated but what you
might CLEAN from il some useful informa.
tion if you could only come into close
contact with it. There are thousands
who live long, useful and industrious
Ives, WHO have watched nature very
closely ard discovered many facts that
have, perhaps escaped the scrutiny OF
even our greatest Scientists. But these
discoveries have been lost to the world
because no record has been made Of them
therefore it is that l have penned these
few items for the public.
'' e. D S.
Snowville, Pulaski Co. Va. Feb. 10, 1875
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A Pretty Woman.

The subjoined waif was picked up many
long Yeas ago, aud wearmster it now to
our columns at tn, spec al request OF Du-
merous lady friends, as beautiful speci>
men of bUouterie. We desire that :hcy
all appropriate it to themselves and re,
gard 1t as their special property but We
would gently caution them not to put
on airs on account of it.
"A pretty woman is one of the institu
tions of me country now, an angel 10 dry
goods and glory. She makes sunshine,
blue sky, fourth of July and gushing hap.
piuess wherever she goes. Her path is
one Of delicious roses, perfume ana boa u,
ty. She is sweet poem, written in rare
curls, choice caliso aud good priaci pl. S.
Men stand up before her as 50 many ad,
miration points, to met into cream and
then into butter. Her words float round
the ear like music, birds Of paradise, OF
the chimes of Sabbath bells. Without
her society would lose It's truest attrac-
ton, the church its irmest reliance, and
young men the very best of comforts and
company. Her influence and generosity
restrain the vicious, strength en- the weak,
raise the lowly, flannel shirt the he ,theu
and encourage the faint-hearted Wher.
ever you find virtuous woman YOU alsc
fp.i pleasant fireside bouquets, clean
clothes, foe order, good living, gentle
hearts, sweet music, light and model insti'
tutions generally, and fall make up fS'
happy houses. She is the fairest flower,
tbs richest dover, and the brightest hour
Of humanity avery Venus in divinity
aud her ins piratiOh is the breath of heag'
en--beayen's last best eft to man W.
respect her for her moral worth. admire
her for her bsuty. aud love her becaus'
We cannot helf ourselyeL
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Snowville, Pulaski Co. Va. Feb. 10, lS7
Frsm the Lone Star state. =.

MEsSRs. EDITORS II again assume
the responsibility Of submitting few
items to your many readers, providing
you will allow me space in the columns of
your valuable paper.
This has been an extraordinary cold
and severe winter for Texas since Christ.
mas, with the exception of this week,
the weather has been cold and dismal with
scarcely ray Of sunshine to dispel the
gloom and a person OF the most sanguine
habits would often relax into state Gt
bypOcbondria. . s..
But this week has been warm and de-
lightiul. The, frogs have commenced
chanting their tuueful lay. The sun dis
seminating his warm genial and eiulgeut
rays is beginning TO arouse inanimate
.'Nature" IRON its dormant lethargy all
Of which indicate the near approach Of
spring. Soon the vast Prairie will be
covered with its mantle Of green. present.
ing to the eye and imagination beau iful
aud sublime aspect. Farmers are now
engaged in sowing oats, aud will soon be-
gin to prepare for planting corn, Wheat
looks well. considering the severe winter.
Wheat is worth one dollar, corn one
dollar. oats fifty cents. bacon fifteen cents
People have plenty Of the above named
articles to subsist upcn ; and some few
bave surplus; out generally speaking
money is cut a the question. -s a &
The .disoordaDt m elody Of "hard times
and the ,'scarrity Of money is pipod or
every tongue in the streets and on the
public highway. Farm wages are ot
the decline, ranging from twelve to eigh
teen dollars per month. The net pro
ceed Of last years crop is svery near ex.
hsusted, aud many farmers are unable "a
pay hands till the coming years crop
made, good hands command fair wage
bat loafers are considered an nuisance
aud meet with poor success, Texas, lik'
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tennessee, needs more labor, and h r
call is for laboring men, She is now
completely flooded with Law, ers, Doc,
tors Agents and professional men OF all
kinds and classes, mingling the destiny
here, and continually harrasslng the peo.
pie. In the city of Dallas. which has
grown up asif by magic, I noticed some
working for their board. I vii, now
close by promising to give some minor
details of Texas, its advantages. and
many Disadvantages at some future time.
Information will be heartily given to in
quiring persons,
Respectfully,
JOHN W. BAYLESS.
R"ckwall, Texas, Feb, 18th 1875.
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A Legal Wag.

Judson T. Mills, of South Carolins.
was Judge of District Court In North.
ern Texas, fond of joke. but was very
decided ia the discharge of his duty.
Thomas Fannin Smith was practicing
lawyer at the bar. and having shame,
fully missta ed the law in his address
to the jury, turned to the Court and
asked the Judge to charge the jury &C.
cordingly. The Judge was indignant,
and rema ked:
Does the counsel take the Court to
be fool?'
Smith was not abashed by this re.
proof, but instantly responded:
81 trust yom Honor will not insist on
an answer to that question, as might
in answering it truly, be considered
guilty of contempt Of Court"
Fine the counsel $40, Dir. Clarke"
said the Judge.
Smith Immediately paid the money,
and remarked, at was $40 more than
the Court could show"
Fine the counsel SJO," said the
Judge.
The fine was entered by The clerk.
and Smith, not being able TO respond
in that sum, sat down.
The next morning. on the opening
of Court, Saith rose, and, with much
Difference Of manner, began:
"May 1t please your Honor, the clerk
took that little joke OF yours Yesterday
about the $50 as serious, as perceive
from the reading OF the minutes VIII
your IionHr be pleased to inform him
/ OF his error, and have it efased9"
The GOODNESS of the request. and the
implied apology, pleased the Iaaz>,
and he RENTED the ans.
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sizs in the Eye.

Size with the eye, as with the brain, in
generally conceded to be measure Of
capacity. A large eye has wi Ter range
OF vision, as il unquestiJnably has OF ex,
preston, than small one. A large eye
will take in more at a glance, though
perhaps with less attention to detail, than
small one. Generally speaking, large
eyes see things in general and small eyes
things in particular. The one sees
n any things as whole considering them
in philosophical Or speculative way,
often seeing through and beyond them !;
the other sees fewer things, but usually
looks keenly into them, and is Opprciative
of detail. Some eyes, however. hook at
everything and yet see nothing,
Fullness Of the eye, causing a bulging
of the lower cyclid, is the well, known sign
Of Language. Persons with this sign
large have no: only speaking eyi but
also a speaking tongue whereof their
fellows do not long remain in ignorance.
A general projection or fullnes of the eye
above Snd below, which brings the eyeball
forward on line with the face and eye
brow, denotes the quality Of physical per-.
ception' or the capcity to see quickly
whatever appears upgn the surface of
things. A person with such an eye, on
entering room for the FIRST time would
note rapidly tho shupe, size, arrangement,
and general appearance of the different
articles of furniture in it, the color Of the
walls, curtain, etc. take in with equal
facility, the features, the color of eyes
and bair, size aud appearance of any
persons who might be present. In look
ing at II picture such persons would at
once incline to exa nine the. deta;s of
color. number grouping, attitude, and
costume of the figures composing it,
Annaal Of PhcaoIiJy and Phys,oyaoa.y
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A ROMANCE.
a JEALOUS GIRLS REVENGE.
who Is the Fair Ome-WiiI yaier
Xxi, ,h"rds plrase Show up the
800 Eolicc mani

Waslingtons best society is being con.
yul cd with the particulars Of a very
,harmug young mans exploits. 1t ap>
orars that he was pretty, but impecunious.
He wore good clothes, arranged bis hair
after the manner Of the noble Briton, I. e.,
orr ell il in the middle. and was altogeth. /.
,r an exquisite Of the first water. This
young man was net entirely uuconuected
with u certain legation accredited him,
and if there i, any thing which renders the
fashionable woman bigger fool than the
economy Of nature intended, it is for
eiguer, and particularly count. lie
loved ma6ly not one, but two, who we're
fair. Tie elder was the step.motler o
tn G ,ourg lady. Size was pious, fash ion
able, a,d rich, and being on the shqdy
ide of thirty, but still looking we'll. a.
light, if you we're not too near, she, of
course, was Jealous Of her beautiful but
mpecuuious step daughter. The young
allaut swors eternal affection to both.
One evening last week the young lady,
who had just return d from fashionable
party which the mamma had not attend.
ed, sat down by the FIRE few minutes
beiors retiring, probably to amuse at the
sweet things she heard during the evening.
She was frightened nearly to death at see
ing (tbrough the halt-open door, man
come in at the front door and gently steal
up stairs. She Immediately seized a
shawl, threw it over her ball dress and
head. and rushed out for policeman,
luckily finding one near. She told him
burglar was in the house. and probably
BY this time had murdered her dear
mamma. He called two others, and with
them started to capture the robber. They
could 6nd no trace Of hiGi. aud they
could get no response from mamma.
Fearing shs was indeed killed. an officer
breke in the trapsom, and saw, we'll, your
blushing writer would not fsr worlds say
what that policeman did see.
lie saw enough. however, to convince
him that mamma was III no danger OF be-
ing killed. The widow gave them u hun'
drcd dolla,s each, aud they left. The
youug lady took to her own room. and
next day went to live with her uncle. "
course il couldn't be kept still, and t,:S
tongues Of all the old maids. aud young
ones. for that matter, arc let loose. The
young gentleman who adopted the Hud;
Drastic method II wooiug widow. is on 8
visit to New York, and tbs best societ,
bewails two Of its bnsh,es. ornaments, al
The widow is going abroad next Saturday
| tfor her health. )so she teii me Sunday.
II is sad, by some malicious p ople
that recognized her false lover
and therefore determined 10 be revenget
on step-msmms and him at once.
But | dent believe it. Biessber inno
cent heart. | think she had no idea o
ANYTHING naughty. end really mis'oO!
young-at the--Lesation for bur
r,s-i-Asr CieaHS Times.
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Eeys and their Mothers.

Some one bas written beautifully to
the boys in the following amer. Here
Is aWhole sermon in few sentences =
Of all the love affairs in the world
none can surpass the true love of the big
boy Tor his mother. 1t is a love pure and
noble, honorable 10 the highest degree to
both. ] do not mean merely dutiful af,
lection. l mean love which makes a
boy gallant and courteous to his mother,
saying to everybody llainly that he is
fairly in love with her. Next to the love
of her husband, nothing 50 crowns a wo.
mans life with honor as this second love,
tins devotion of her son to her. And
never yet knew boy turn out bad who
began with falling in love with his mother.
Any man may fall in love With fresh,
faced girl, and the man who is gallant
with the girl may cruelty neglect the worn
and weary wife But the boy WHO is a
lover to bis mother in her middle age is
a true knight, who will love his wife as
much in the sere.leaved autumn as be did
IN tue daiSied spring-time.'
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4 SISTERS Love.

Who can tell the thoughts that cluster
around the word Sister? How ready she
is to forgive the errsrs, to excuse the fol.
bles Of brother She never deselt IS him.
10 adversity she clings closely to him and
in trial she cheers him, And when the
bitter voice Of reproach is poured in bis
ears, she is ever ready to hush It's hard
tones, and turn his attention away from
its painful notes. But let blm move in a
Howsry path and she bangs clusters of
smiles about him. 10 watching bis favor,
ed career. and listening to his euogy, she
feels the pure>t satisfactson. The cod
grave canaot crush ber affection for him.
1t outl'yes her tears and sighs and hence,
she often wanders to the spot where he
reposeS, with the frag'a ant ros ebush and
creeping honeysu exile, and plant them on
his tomb. And who will dare to affirm
her love perishcs when she fades away
from earth? Nlay it not live far of in the
glorious land-and live on, increasing in
fervor and intensity, during the endless
ages of eternity?
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Salt on Wheas.

Some soils are benefited by an appica-
tion Of salt, but we do not believe there
is any efficacy in it to keep wheat from
freezing out. Thorough drainage is the
remedy for that. Every one knows, or
ought to know, the value Of ashes as fer
tilizer. Salt furnishes two of the most
important elements Of the ashes of plants
sodium and chlorine, and hence it will
be valuable to lands deficient in these.
Every farmer must determine for himself
whether his lands need salt or any other
substance. Sow salt ON alternate strips
Of your wheat, marking where you sowed
and whereyou did not, ard then observe
the difference in the crop next year.
Where the constituents Of salt are wanting,
wheat will Utmost always ledge, even
though the crop Of salt be light II you
have been troubled with this. salt will be
useful, though we should prefer to mix it
with the manure.
Professor Mapes' famous receipt is !:
One bushel salt, three bushels Of marl !;
ct lie under cover four months, ard mix
it With one cord Of muck. This is no
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fafe, Of Advertise. q.
Announcing Candidates
Municipal, % County, IS; State, so.

| N'Pio1 hehI u DaSk In the
genial suns of Western places and grow
rich upon the soil which knows no AZ.
haustlon. The commercial centersof
Missouri. Kansas asd California srs
'iied to repletion with young men seek.
ing their fortunes '.in the Western
wilds." Still the flow continues west.
ward, and as an answer to the fatal al.
vice go Westp rings out the moans
OF pest ridden communities, who have
Succumbed to visitations of grasshop.
pers or chinch tugs, and arc claiming
the charities Of their fellows to assist
them in their dire distress Yes-there
IN the blessed West where we have
learned to believe kind Providence
has scattered the treasures of the earth
whole communities sre begging their
nelghbors for bread. PeUp,e are star.
vng-actually starving-with broad
acres around them, and emigrants are
s'lll arriving with nothing but their
good hands to help them to deyour
their share OF that which others stand
so sorsiJ in sart Of 1t is time stop
was put to this universal movement
West. There is room for earnest, self.
reliant workngmen everywhere. The
stalwalt tillers of the soil, the intelli>
gent, brawny mechanics, the bone and
slnew of the land, will find work in the
West as we'll as in the East-but those
who do nothing for living at home
had better remain there and 10 il, than
saddle our people with their care. and
ask from those who have but little or
nothing to give. We notice an account
IN an exchange not long since, de-
scr'bing the advent in suffering Kansas
OF number ofpoor French immi.
grants, who were dumped out in the
midst Of pest ridden people, to add
Others to those air, ady suffering for
food and clothing. What was 10 be
done? The railroad company had
transported The ignorant foreigners to
what they had been led to believe
would be a land of milk and honey.
and here they were without work and
without means to procure a living, far
away from home and friends, miserable
teggars in a new land. This is only
one instance in thousand and it 10
high time the truth were tod in regard
to the conditions of things in certain
portions of the Vest. The railroad
companies are interested in settling
up the country" and care little what
becomes of passengers after they have
paid their iare and gotten off the train.
1t is not for them to say "Go some.
where else, this country cannot support
you just now" That would interfere
with business. In fact we 10 not know
but we shall incur the condemnation Of
the enterprising land spectators 'out
West for speaking out in this connec.
ton, which matters little however, il
what we have written will deter surplus
people from subjecling themselves to
suffering and distress, in changing o
comparatively comfortable home for
none at all. Times are hard tout
West" as the emaciated emigrants
training daily through the streets Of
our city on their way back home" will
tell you.
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ii " TO riay the Piano.

II was a young woman with as many
white 6ounces round her as the planet
Saturn has rings, that did it. She give
the music stool whrl or two,aud f,pped
down ob it like u twirl Of sope suds IN
hand basin. Then she pushed up her
cuG, us it she was goug 10 IL 1t for the
champioh's belt, then show worked her
wrists d hands to Timber 'em, [ supposl
aud spread out fingers I'LL ,Ley rlooied
as they w)uld pretty much cover the key.
board, from the growing end down to
the little squeaAy Que. Thcp these two
haads Of hers made jump at he keys
as il they were couple Of tigers coming
down upon Aock Of black and white
sheep, and the piano give a great howl as
1t its tail had been trod on. Then another
howl as il the piano had two tails aD d
YOU bad trod on both OF en- at ohCe and
then grand clatter and scramble and
string OF jumps, up and down, back and
forward, one hand over the other, like a
stampede Of rats aud mice more than
any Thing | call music.-[Oiicer WetdeH
Holmes r. s-n4