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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-01-14

No feature of the grange movement
ovcites more interest than the efforts to
establish stores, at which goods can be
obtained cheaply. 1t strikes directly at
the country merchants and, If 1t con
tinues TO any serious extent, 1T must
have an important influence on their
history.
This il 10y no means the first time,
when an attempt was made 70 e5tablish
co-operatIve union stores. About
twenty-five year- ago it was quite gene
raj in the manufacturing districts, ana
particularly in New England. The object
was to share the profits Of the middle
men with the producers. For year or
two the consumers had dividends OF from
ten to twenty per cent. on their pur-
chases. But this was too good to last.
The managers Of the stores did not un-
derstand their business, and bought an
inferior class of goods that drove away
persons TO the old-fashioned stores.
Then hard times" occurred, and it was
not possible to refuse credit 10 men who
had dealt with them 80 many years. At
last the inevitable doom Of bankruptcy
overlook the business. But as the credits
had been nearly given TO working men,
with no capital but their labor 10 fall
back upon, assets were nominal, and the
collections were not worth the trouble Of
looking after In the remote hooks Of
New England the remains Of the famous
union stores are to be found. In Groton,
Mass, the old union is still pointed out,
where George Boutwell, secretary Of the
treasury of the United States, made his
first attempt in finances, by trading Off
candies for pennies with the neighboring
children. II is said 10 be matter of re-
gret in certain quarters that Mr.. Bout
well ever left his original vocatioa. 1t
is evident that there are many points Of
resemblance between the old fashioned
Union Stores and the new w-fashioned
grange movement, and the grangers
would do well if they compare the two
systems, and accept or reject what ap-
pears more injurious TO the order,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-01-14
Remedy for fhe Hog Choiera.

A writer in the Southern CultivatOr
relates the following experience, which
will be interesting to our readers: Last
year | lost nearly all my hogs with hog
cholera My neighbOr lost none scarcely,
which led me to believe that ne must
possess a sovereign remedy for this evil.
| asked him why he lost no hogs. His
reply was that he kept them clear of
worms and stimulated with black pep
per- Said he, 8 1 first fed them on corn
soaked in lye and copperas, and clear
them of worms atterward gave them
plenty of black pepper. Those that were
sick got well, and those that were well
remain 50, of course This year | have
given my hogs an occasional dose, twice
a week, of kerosene oil, said to be pre-
ventive of cholera. Several of my
neighbors lost nearly all their hogs, and
six weeks ago mine showed signs of dis
ease, and | concluded to try the lye and
pepper l prepared it as follows: First,
Shell an ear of corn and soak in strong
I've all night next morning add a half
tea-spoonful of pulverized cOpperas-miX
and feed i'm a trough This was repeated
on the following morning, and hall tea
spoonful of black pepper was added.
After this | put tca-spoonful of pull
verized pepper in the food, boiled grits,
every morning for 4 week. g ResUt-My
hogs stopped dying, all that ate got well,
and are as thrifty now As ! could wish.
The above is the dose for q single hog.
1t is simple and reliable; as a PRIV -ntiye
it can't be beat, and have seen hogs
sick, too, restored to good health by the
use of this remedy
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An Imnndent Follow.

Mr.. Hepworth Dixon's new book on
America, entitled "The White Conquest" p"
has the following anecdote of heather
Chince:" "You can form no notion of
the impHdcnce of these rascals," says a
San Francisco magnate, denouncing the
Chinese. "Only the other day, in our
rainy season, when the mud was fifteen
inches deep in Montgomery street, a
yellow chap, in fur tiPpet and purple
satin gown, was crossing over the road -
a plank, when one of Our worthy citizens,
seeing how nicely he WAS dressed, more
like a lady than 4 tradcsman, ran on the
plank to meet him, and, when the fellow
stopped and stared, Just gaze him little
Jerk, and whisked him, with Il ~aPgisil
laugh, into the bed of slush. Ha! ha
You should have seen the crowd of peo-
plemockiug the impudent heathen Chinee
as he picked himself up in his soiled
tippet and satin gown!' "Did any one
in the crowd stand drinks all round?"
g Wen, no; that heathcn Chince rather
turned the laugh aside" "Ah; how
was that?' "No white man can con
ceive the impudence of these Chinese.
Moonface picked himself up, shook off a
little of the mire, and, looking mildly at
our worthy citizen, curtseyed like girl,
saying to him in a voice tLat every one
standing round could hear: You Chris
tian me heather: good bye
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How CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES
Mr.. Albert Rhodes, writing on WO-
mans Occupations" in the Galaxy,
saws: The moral sense takes different
forms in different countries. The Greek
pilgrim, having bathcd in the Jordan,
where Christ was baptized, believes him
self sure of Heaven and entitled to
large license in the conduct of life. In
Sparta it was not 50 much the crime Of
stealing as the discovery that was culpa-
bic. In France bankruptcy is social Os-
tracism. and in the United States it Is
an event which hardly affects the social
position. The married woman of France
who distributes her favors to Others than
her husband may possibly be regarded
with indulgence, but if she attempts to
cheat her creditors she Is hurried before
the tribunals of justice. In America she
NAV connive with her husband in evad-
ing creditors by having property trans
frrred to her. but she may not put stabs
n tie marriage contract. 1t Is wei,
therefore, mot 10 assume moral ~ap"rori-
ty, for virtue As mole o. less relative or
conventional,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-01-14
shcrt lessons in Natural History.

Frogs, toads and serpents never take
any food but that which they are salts
fed is alive. If bee, wasp or hornet
stings, it is nearly always at the expense
of his life. Serpcnts are 50 tenacious Of
life that they will live six months with
out food. The head Of a rattlesnake has
been known to inhict fatal wound after
being separated from the body. If the
eve of a newt is put out another perfect
eye is soon supplied by rapid growth.
Fishes have no eyelids, and necessarily
sleep with open eyes. Alligators fall into
a Icthargic sleep during the winter, like
a toad. There are agricultural ants in
Texas that actually plant grain and reap
before the harvest. Naturalists say that
A single swallow will devour six thousand
flies 4 day The tarantula of Texas IS
nothing more than an enormous spider.
4 single Goldfish produces more than
100000 eggs in one season. \ whale
suckles its young, and is therefore not a
fish. The mothers affection is remarka-
ble. Toads become torpid in winter and
hide themselves, taking no food for five
or six months. Serpents of all species
shed their skins annually like crabs, seals
and Holsters Turtles and tortOises have
their skeletons outside of, instead of
within. the body. 1t IS believed that
crocodiles live to be hundreds of years
old. The ancient Egyptians embalmed
tboD1
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RoTHsCHUD's SENTIMENT.-The Jew
ish Messenger says Baron Edward de
Rothschild is expected to be among the
visitors at the Centennial, and he will
undoubtedly be in great demand. Dur
ing one of the fairs in Paris some years
ago Baron James de Rothschild was
patron. CHANGING to pass stand where
some pretty young ladies were installed,
he asked n a bantering tone, Z" Well, my
dears, what can do for yOu?' " All,
Baron" said one, you can give Us your
autograph" " With pleasure" re
sponded the gallant old Baron, " if you
will preface it with an agreeable senti-
ment." So the young lBdy, without
ado. wrote on dainty slip of paper: Il
hereby donate to- charity, ten thousand
franc" and the Baron Immediately
signed lis name in full, and smilingly
paid the amount to the enterprising
Partisan.
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SOUTHERN CLAIMS.
a large Proportion DfsaIIOWed by tFle
Commission.

The fifth general report of the south
ern claims commission, recently transmit
ted to congress, shows falling off in the
amount of business1as compared with the
three preceding reports, which diminu-
ton is accounted for by delays occasioned
by a recent amendment to the law,
which requires the signature of each of
the three commissioners to be placed
upon every report. The report en-
braces ,56l cases, 775 of which were
allowed, and 786 disallowed. The fol-
lowing table shows the extent of the
work done by the commission in the last
year:
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SOBERED.

Wasser marrer VII i'm? Jakey,
W asser marrer wi you-say7
III n genn'le-gen-tle-mu
- Lynn round in this here way.
tie up! Kick yOul HELPS Clumbiai
Gone to sleep by guclz-gosh
'Sh, my babe, lie sull'n Summer
Ge' upl Postum game wunk-wash!
Fas' asleep n bo' eyes open,
DOes'n take nobody in.
Wha' you starin At, ole feler?
Come now, Jake, it's toO-ic thin.
Jake, didin go to hurt you,
Did FL fOgiye you though;
But don't allow no feller
Call me liar-tbht you know.
Ge' up, Jakey; I've fo'guv you
Anfmos'ty-wha' y call 2-slecpsl
don't hold no grudge hig gin you;
AIIs fo'givcn-scuse thess weeps.
Saw don't be a dam-ioel, Jakey
Lemme get you out the mudl
Well, Il YOU gon' he stiff about IT
Woss all this that's wet yOu-bloodf
Jakev, dom you hear me? Wake mp
Guess we berr' be gettin' home.
Morn likely little 1ommy's
Watchin' out 70 see you come.
Be man Don give up this way
Member, jake you've got Wle
She'll he tired waitiE' fur you
Where'd l get this bloody knife u
Blood Blood Blood My hands are bloody
He went down-What made him iRu
Steady, let me think minutel
What's the meaning Of IL all2
Stony eyes what makes you stare 80
Ghastly face with crimson stain -
This IS death Ny God It's murder
-Poleg ALk1rrigh
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| Who tiIIs his land tn his own stout hand
And knows not the lust of gold.
No sailor he on the stormy sea, gs EE
No soldier trumpet-strred 81
Aud he shuns the town and the naughty frOwn
OF the eourtier's fawning herd. ~
But he bids the vine with her tendrils twine
Around the poplar tall, q s-A taa 2
And he adds a graft with a gardners craft,
To the tree that climbs his wall.
Or grazier keen, DER the pastures green
He sees his oxen feed
Or he shears his flock or he brews a stock
Oi his rustic nectar mead. q .
And when autumn at length, in his manly strength
Has raised his fruit-crowned head,
lie pluckS the pear with its flavor rare
And the grape with its clusters red.
With his knee on the sod, he thanks his God
For His mercies and fayOrsfree- ..
And he lays him along while he lists to the song
Of the thrush in the old oak tree -sr
While the waters glide with their rippling tide,
And the zephyrs solftIy creep
Der the quivering leaves midst the mumurng trees
AND Iulf the sense TO sleep
But when laundering Jove from his stores above,
Sends wintry SHOWS and rain,
And rock and wood and field and flood
- Lie bound in his fey chain,
With many hound in the words around
He hunts the gTisly boar;
And ere daylight fade his cleaning blade
Is red with the monsters gore
When the sun has set, he spre:ds his net,
And the partridge, fiuttering, dies;
He takes his hare in his crafty snare
And the crane, goodly prize.
Mid joys like these what ills can tease?
Who could remember pain
He feels no wrong, and he laughs at the thlong
OF cares that swell loves train
If a loving wife-best staff OF life
Be his, and children dear,
The fire burns bright with its Tuddy light
His homeward step TO cheer.
At the cottage door, when his toll is Der
She stands with her smile so sweet,
And holds up her face, with modest grace,
His welcome kiss TO meet.
And his children glad swarm round their dad
But the hungry man must dine;
So she preads the CLOTH and he sups his broth
While she pours out the homemade wine.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-01-14

EXPORTING CoTToN GooDs. ex-
port movement of cotton fabrics from
this country to England is still an up
permost topic among eastern drv goods
men, and the interest exhibited seems
rather to increase than lessen, since the
question Is at once suggested, why may
we not export woolens as well, and may
it not be possible, with the diminishing
cost of production, to compete success
fully in much wider range of manufac-
tured products? New York mark ats,
have recently filed orders from South
.im ica aud samples are hcilg d>i.bc-
ted through Vienna, Hamburg, HAvre,
and other centers of trade. The recent
order for $4,000 pieces received in Fall
River Is the most notable outcome Of the
agitation, thus far
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Rad Enncfs of Rcnr.nrinkinm.

The worst results from accidents in the
London Hospitals are said to be dray-
men. Though they are apparently
models Of health and strength, yet, if
one of them receives a serious injury, it
is nearly always necessary to amputate,
in order to give him the most distant
chance of life. The draymen have the
unlimited privilege of the brewery cellar.
Sir Ashley Cooper was once called to 4
drayman, who was powerful, fresh
colered, healthy-looking man, and had
suffered an injury in his finger, from
small splinter of stave. The wound,
trihiDg, suppurated. He opened the
small absctss with his lancet. He found,
on retiring, he had left his lancet. Re
turning for it, he found the man in
dying condition. The man died in Il
short time. DIR. Gordon says, "The
moment beer-drinkers are attacked with
acute diseases, they are not able to bear
depletion. and die" DIR. Edwards SAYS
of beer-drinkers, "Their diseases are
always of a dangerous character, and in
case of accident, they can never undergo
even the most trihing operation with the
security of the temperate. They most
invariably die under it." DR.. Buchan
says, Malt liquors render the blood
shy and unfit for circulation hence pro-
ceeds Instructions and Inflammation of
the lungs. There are few great beer
drinkers who are not phthisicai, brought
on by the glutinous and indigestible ma
ture of ale and porter. y These
liquors infamc the blood and tear the
tender vessels of the lungs to pieces.
DR.. Mason says, intoxicating drinks,
whether taken in the form of termented
or distilled liquors, are a very frequent
predisposing. cause of disease" The
hospitals of New York show an equally
unfavOrable record of the intcmperate,
and private practitioners everywhere
have the same eNperience.-SaaitariaH
for ,TJH3iGrV
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Granny Welch always makes two no.
table.exceptions now when she speaks of
Himperdint spalpeens" Indeed, she
has learned to like all boys better for the
sake of q thin tinder-hearted young
gintlemin, the Willin' tons" IN Y. IN
dependent
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Total ..................... g. ,3II %

The time for presenting claims to this
commission expired March 3, 1873. Up
to that date %, 298 claims were filed, of
which 1906 are still to be disposed of
The time allowed to the commission to
conclude their labors will expire March,
1877, having been once extended for two
years.
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EAST.

The city treasurer of Buffalo, Bork by
name, has proved a dcfaulter to the tune of
about a quarter million dollars. He has gone
where the woodbine twincth.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
cites several instances showing the great
shrinlage Of rents in that city. \ store on
Grand street. near Broadway, which has
heretofore rented for 900 per year, has
been rented for 5000 for the first year, be-
ginning May /, $4,000 per annum for each of
the two years following; another store, in the
same ncighborhood, which was formerly
leased at $4,000 per annum, has been taken
for the coming year at $4,000; and Sl2, 900 is
the best offer that can be gotten for another
store which in more prosperous times rented
for $4,000. In rents for ordinary property
there are indications of a decline compared
with last year, bus in no case so marked in
the cases above named.
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TIMELY TOPICS.

Mr.. PLIBIsOLL has secured immortality
already, whether he ever has monu-
ment or not A short yellow band, painted
amidships, about six inches below that
which has always been regarded as the
ships water-line, which is being put upon
British vessels by order of the Board of
Admiralty, is called by the sailors Plim-
soils mark" 1t will make a considerable
difference in the amount of cargo which
it will be lawful for the ship to carry.
OF the several States Of the Union in
respect to annual wealth, according to
the census of 1870. Illinois is ahead in
horses and swine; Missouri in mules and
asses; New York in mich cows; Texas
in working oxen and other cattle, and
Ohio in sheep. New York is far ahead
of any State in dairy products, furnishing
one-ffth of the butter Of the country,
nearly half the cheese and more than
half the milk sold. The value of all live
stock in New York is greater in the ag-
gregate than in any other State.
THE opinion prevails, not only on the
continent but in England, that a general
European war is imminent. The Duke
of Cambridge, head of the British army,
in a speech he made few days ago said
that not only was it a mistake to suppose
that the danger of a war with China was
over; not only were England's relations
with Burmah still critical; not only was
England now involved in difficulty in
the Malay settlement, but the condition
Of affairs on the continent made it prob
able that a general war would break
out. cit may be before we are many
weeks older" "The state of affairs, (" he
added, '.is really 50 serious that it is i'm
possible for a man in my position to dwell
too strongly upon it."
II the Sanitarian for January we find |
some interesting statistics with reference
to the public health in cities. The sta
tistics of mortalitype /, 900 inhabitants,
annually, from all causes and certain |
special causes, are as follows: The re !
ports for the month of November, 1875, |
for Memphis, population $4,000, shows |
the death rate to have been 21.33 per |
1000 inhabitants. Nashville, with n |
population rated at y 900, death rate, |
@0.S1; Knoxville, population 1000, |
death rate 2l.S1; Cincinnati, population
262,396, death rate 1883; New York, |
population 1860 900, death rate 22.76;
Brooklyn, population 500 600, death rate
2j.G4; Boston, population 342, 600, death |
rate 25.45; New Orleans, population
100000, death rate 2G.O1; Washington,
population 100000, death rate 22.33;
Newark, New Jersey, population 1866
600. death rate 25.O4; Charleston, popu-
lation 5G,54o, death rate 2lS4; Mobile,
poDulatio1, lD OuO death rata 81 6O
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LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
SOUTIg.

The culture of tobacco in western
North Carolina is now a settled fact Thou
sands oi pounds Of fancy wrappers are now
produced where ten years ago the crop was
scarcely known.
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FRWr.g4sS.


There were I9,2"9 deaths III Ireland
during the hrSt three-quar'ers Oh 1872 III a
ppPulaiI"h Oh ","o0,ooo, the greatest m"r'u-
NY preN'"lnS IN Ulster Emisra'l"h mas
gre'ty decreased 1000 emisrants less nav
ing been reported than IN the corresponding
period "i last year. y Ncnhs"erlpIe decrease
h pauPerisn ana crime is also recorded.
spain Is more or less agItated over the
prospective euiyreturn of cX-tlucen Isabella
that country. It is said that her return
twould prove disastrous to the Altonsois
cause, as it would produce nothing less than
a revolt in the army. Her son, the reigning
monarch, insists on her again entering Spain
while the ministry are decidedly opposed.
Venezuela Is in an unpleasant position
\ Dutch fleet is concentrating at t.
Thomas, preparatory to an effort to compel
the Venezuelan government to reopen the
ports of Marucaibo and Coro which we're
closed to Holland not long ago, and a great
revolution has broken out in Maturin.
headed hv Gen. Colina. who proposes to
overthrow the government Of President
Blanco and place himself at the head Of the
repubIic. Between two such fires BIanco
will doubtless get the worst of il.
4 Madrid speciaI states that Count
pupouro,tro is in P9ris officially ,r,,ncir,,
Tor the return Of ex-Oueen Isabel, 70 Snain
Kin. Alfonso opuoses the ministry ON this
important matter. He declares thu. minis.
ters may resign. but that his mother must
have an ASYLUM in Spain Her residence is
f., briu VaII4doIiI Madrid i NOT consiI-
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Mo- Teefh in Her Tpper Jaw.


A city gentleman who had Just pur-
chased a farm in the country, wished to
buy some cattle with which to stock il.
He therefore attended an auction where
cows were to be sold. One of them was
a remarkably fine animal and he bought
her at a fair price. lie was examining
his purchase, when farmer. who unlor-
tunatelv arrived too late to buy the cow
himself as he intended, drove up and
thus accosted him " say, friend, did
Won bid off that COW r a did" was
the reply Well, did you know that
she had no teeth in the upper jaw 2?
" No" replied the gentleman, indignant
Iv. efis that SOP You can see for
Yourself" The gentleman examined the
mouth of the COW, and finding no upper
teeth. Immediately went to the auctiOn-
ecr and requested him to sell the cow
arain. What's the trouble ?' asked
the auctioneer. She hasn't any upper
front teeth" WIS the reply. Very
we'll" replied the auctioneer, with
smile. " I'll put her up once more" He
did so, and the shrewd farmer who had
given the information to the city gentle
man bid her of at the same price.
DYNAMrE.-Dyn the substance
which is said to have caused the explosion
at Brcmcrhayen, Is also known by the
name of "giant powder" and was in
vented bv n Swedish chemist named
Nobel. 1t is chiefly used for blasting
purposes. and is the most powerful eX-
plosive agent known TO chemistry. 1t Is
composed of fnely-pulverized slick, or
silicious ashes, or infusorial earth, found
in Hanover, Germany, and known as
EiesseIplhr. Ii will absorb and retain
three times its weight Of nitro glycerine,
and has the consistency of, and closely
resembles common brown sugar If
ipnited in the open air, and not confined
in anv space, it will burn quietly, emit
ting nitrous fumes. 1t is generally rec
ogniZed a. the safest Of all explosives, as
it IS not liable to explode by light shocks,
like pure glycerine, and is not affected
bv hfgh temperature. II is usually ex-
pioded bv fuse or a cap. Its greatest
danger. according to NJ. Guyot, a French
chemist, arises from the fact that the
nitro-glycerine is liable to separate from
the mixture and assume its original
state, when it may explode upon re-
ceiying a slight conclusion.
FISH HCULTUKE.-Th United Statesfsh
Matching establishment on the McCloud
river. a branch of the upper Sacramento,
has been operated with great success
during the past year. Over 100000
salmon eggs have been obtained, of which
6.21O,O 900 were sent east, arriving in good
condition and with small loss in hatch
irg The remainder when developed
will be placed in the Sacramento river.
The eggs shipped east were put up in
pa. kaees of $4,000 each. in alternate
layers with damp moss. They were then
packed in crates in pairs, surrounded by
stuffing to prevent jaTing. The total
weight of the consignment was over 20,
600 pounds; the bulk of the eggs alone
was 80 bushels.
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THE LAIRD Ar HOME.

Oh, blest is he, from business free,
Like the merry men of old,
w no this his land with his own stout hand
And knows not the lust of gold.