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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-28

S64,s15,5 $40, against $63, 3,6O1, ,149 in 1875, and
S7S,so5,99 in 1874, and the total exports of
| spec.e foots up $14,473,745 against $15,S16,-
273 last year, and SO, Isl JAG in 1874.
The treasury department has pur-
chased two months supply of silver bullion
| at the low rates which prevailed few weeks
ago, the average price paid having been about
| three cents per ounce less than the present
| market rate. This stock, together with the
| bullion fund, will, it is believed, be suf-
fcient for coinage until the annual state
ment at the nints, which will be made in
June.
Treasurer New will Issue a circular
Immediately, warning the country that the
substitution of silver for fractional currency
will undOubtably lead counterfeiters to put
out spurious notes of the denomination of
twenty-five and fifty cents. AS number of
these counterfeit plates are still in possession
of operators in the stuff, the public should
be warned that all the old issue extant of the
first four series will come to light, and as but
few of the genuine notes are to be found in
any one locality, the cOunterfeiters will the
better be able to successfully put out their
stuff and food the country with it.
The supreme court of the United States
has at length decided the celebrated Usage
land case, the decision being in favor of the
settlers against the railroad companies. The
question involved the title of 900, 900 acres of
land in Kansas, and was the largest and per-
haps most important land case ever pre-
sented for adjudication in this country.
There are now on these ceded lands popu-
latiOn of at least fifteen thousand people,
possessing schools, churches and various
industrial establishments. A decision in
favor of the railroad companies would have
abrogated the title of these people to their
property, which was regularly purchased
from the United States.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The new census of Philadelphia, just
taken, shows population of S17 ,42S.
The direct cable has been repaired and
telegraphic communication is restored
Franz ROchell, tobacco merchant of
New York, has become insane, making the
eighth case of lunacy brought to the toombs
from the hiPpOdrome since Moody and
Sankey began their ministrations there.
Mrs. Morgan, sister o the famous Gen.
John Morgan, of Tennessee, committed sui
eide in New York last we Elk by taking laud-
anum. The cause is attri ributed to excessive
grief over the loss of daughter some time
ago.
John Seal, one of the tellers of the
Security savings bank OF New York, is dis
covered to be default@r of $4,000. The
bank is being wound UP by a receiver, and
the discovery was made through settlement
of depositors accounts for payment of divi.
dend.
The baby farming business, as carried
on in Montreal, is attracting considerable
attention. The board of health had a meet
ing and discussed the subject. 1t was shown
that out of seven hundred and nineteen
babies received at the Gray Nun hospital
last year, only eighty-eight survived.
The Washington authorities are ad-
vised that Spain is preparing to send a for.
midable force to Cuba, which will be com.
posed in large part of troops lately under the
command of Don Carlos. The expedition
will not leave till fall, to avoid the sickly
season and be ready for a decisive campaign
before spring and yellow jack return. Our
/ Cuban brethren of the republican persuasion
may look for hot times hext winter.
The foreign commerc of New York
/ last week was: Mercha hdise.imports, 81 1863,
! 522; produce exports, $4 sol 800; and specie
I exports, $s79,9OO. Tho total imports since
the first of Jlnuary hive been S94, ,422, ,4l9
/ against S1O6, ,29l last year, and Sl2l go,
692 in 1874. The expbrts of produce wer,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-28

4 ENGLISH COTToN GiNs.-An improved
hind of cotton gin, constructed with
hubble roller and hopper feed, has
Zen invented and brought into use in
England. 1t is said to do its work
well, being especially adapted to oseparate
cnv description of cotton from its seed,
but particularly so to the class of cotton
|dhering to seeds having the husk, or
fhell, covered with short fibres, techni-
tally termed wOolly seeds, of which the
rrplands is a principal variety. The
4 Tor gin has heretofore proved ineffi-
for this kind of cotton, in conse-
dc of the seeds, after separation, be-
ting entangled with the seed cotton,
II :. obstructing the action of the roller
Ind knives. In the machine in question
Ehis is obviated by the combined action
ID the moving and fixed grids Thus, at
bach elevation of the moving knife, the
rid, which is attached to the same, lifts
he cotton to the level of the fixed knife
/ |Idge and TO the exposed surface of the
||bller, and, on the descent of the moving
/ ||nife, the seeds, which have become sepa-
|'hted from the fibre, are disentangled by
. he prongs of the moving grid passing
4 |etwixt those of the fixed grid. The
.|ut-turn of clean cotton of this class is
bout 120 pounds per hour; of cotton
Having smooth seeds two hundred pounds
Nav be obtained.
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OVER AND OVER AGAIN.


Over and over again,
No matter which way l turn,
always find in the Book of Life
Some lesson have TO learn.
/ must take my turn at the mill,
must grind out the golden grain,
must work at nay task with resolute will
Over and over again.
We cannet measure the need
Of even the tiniest flower,
Nor check the flow Of the golden sands
hat run thu Ough single hour.
But the morning dews must fall,
The sun and the summer rain
Must do their part, and perform it all
Over and over again. r-
Over and over again
The brook through the meadow flows,
And over and over again
The ponderOus mill-wheel goes.
Once doing will not suffice,
Though doing be not in vain,
And blessing failing us once or twice
May come if We try again.
The path that has once been trod
Is never so rough to the feet,
And the lesson we once have learned
Is never so hard to repeat.
Though sorrowful tears may fall,
And the heart to its depths be riven
To render us meet for heaven.
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EAST

In the course of the six million dollar
suit against Boss Tweed, low in progress in
New York, lngersoll, on of the ring con-
victs, who was pardoned dut of the peniten-
tiary that he might give testimony against
his chief, testified that Tw eed spent fully one
million dollars of his i'll, gotten gains in Al
bany corrupting Legislators. He also testified
that he Ingersoll) receive I'd for himself and
friends three million five hundred thousand
dollars, and expressed th4 opinion, with un-
blushing confidence, that his thirty-fve per
cent. of the steal was Justly retained.
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THE CONCISE ROMANCE OF SHEBOY-
GAN.-Story for husbands and wives.
Certain citizen of Sheboygan and partner
of bosom didn't get along together at all.
Monster with emerald optics which doth
cure his own bacon was what was matter
with wife. Wife couldn't stand IL. As
husband wouldn't dOte on her, resolved
TO hide him out. Went TO drug store
and called for strychninc in connection
with rats. Druggist, knowing un-
pleasant state of affairs tween husband
and wife, put up for her powdered sugar
instead Of poison, and went and advised
husband to look out for squalls. Cor
dinghy husband watched wife that night
making pancakes for him, Of which no =
remarkably fond, and saw her slyly
empty pOwder-strychnine she thought,
powdered sugar he kncw-into batter.
Husband devoured all the batter-cakcs
and sighed for more TO devour. Pres
emily pretended TO be mighty sick, drop
ped over on floor and played very dead
dead as door-nail. Wiic then went
out and came back with rope, and was
about to tie it round husbands neck To
make folks think suicide, when husband
jumped up, seized rope and everlastiDgly
salivated wife with it, wore her clean
out leaving nothing but mass of black
and blue stripes And now, when wife,
by use Of DR.. Quarlcs Quigley's Quick
Cure, gets well and up and about again
it's thought they'll be happiest couple
in Sheboygan. - LOuisUiiLc COHrieT-sJOUT.
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A TEACHER in a sunday-schoo

A TEACHER in a Sunday-school was
explaining to his class of boys the meaning
of Jacobs ladder" when one Of the
number, more inguisitive than attentive,
inquired: If the angels had wings,
what was the need OF the ladder TO
them ?" This was poser, and while he
was meditating reply and unable to
answer, another boy exclaimed" I'll
bet can tell what they used the ladder
for" "Out with it, then" said the
teacher. Oh, guess they were molt-
ing"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-28

A CHINAMAN on the passage to Cali
fornia jumped overheard, intending to
kill himself, but in some unaccountable
manner was lodged in the wheelhouse of
the steamer, where he clung tenaciously,
although the utmost exertiOn was neces-
sary to escape the death which he had
sought. He was nearly dead when dis
covered. Upon being restored he cut
his throat efectually.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-28

English VS.. ARAB HORsEs.--In order
to prove the actual difference in speed,
bottom and other points in controversy
between English and Arab horses, il Is
said that the well known race horse
owner, Mr.. Chaplin, NJ. j. for Lincoln.
has purchased and has actually in train
ingat Newmarket four hrst-class of Arabs
that cost an average of $500 each. They
are said to be the best that could be
bought, of the purest blood, and enjoyed
a great reputation in their own country.
In answer TO Mr.. Chaplin's effort Sir
John Ashley says that he will run his
five year old bro.n horse Scamp every
day for a fortnight over the Beacon
course a miles, furlong and l43 yards
at Newmarket-"on down, tOther come
on"-for as much money rs Mr. Chaplin
can rake together. Perhaps when Mr..
Sanford arrives in England he will give
Pfeakness show at the Arabs.-Ae'o
York Sunday Telegram.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-28

IN India, in 1869, one tigress was re-
|orted to have killed 127 people and
Topped public road for many weeks.
b another case in the central provinces
single tigress caused the desertion of
|lirteen villages, and $50 square miles
country were thrown out of cultiva-
|On.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-28

DRY buckwheat -four, il repeatedly
applied, will remove entirely the worst
grease spots on carpets or any other
woollen cloth, and will answer as well as
French chalk for grease spots on silk.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-28

ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY BODIES IN
GUNNY SACKs.-A strange funeral pro-
cession arrived in Santa Fe one day last
week. There were twenty freight
wagons in the procession, and each
wagon was a hearse, loaded with the re-
mains of dead soldiers in different stages
of decay. These had been buried, one
by one, ranging through a period OF
several years, at Fort Craig, and recently
the remains were ordered removed to
the government cemetery ..at Santa Fe.
The bodies were exhumed, packed in
gunny sacks, and each one labeled, just
like sacks of ore. Only one body, that
of Lieutenant Drew, was transported in
a coffin. This officer perisked of thirst
on the JOrnada del Mueria six years ago.
His remains, when exposed to inspection
at Santa Fe, presented rather natural
appearance. The tongue, or what re-
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-28
The Mysterious Smoke in Florida.

A Monticello correspondent of the
Savannah News says: Of the wonderful
secrets of nature that Florida can boast
of possessing within her limits there is
one in this county upon which the eye
of mortal has not yet been permitted to
gaze. For more than thirty years its ex-
istence has been tantalizingly proclaimed
by cloud of smoke that has increasingly
ascended, frequently changing from a
light to dark shade, from an impene-
trable swamp some twenty-five miles
from Monticello, and in the direction of
the Gulf Coast, from which point this
"pillar of cloud" is also visible. Learned
gentlemen. after viewing the landscape
DER" for many years and from variOu
points, have made frequent and persist
ent efforts to solve this long standing and
perplexing mystery. But uptO this time
nothing has been accomplished beyond
unsuccessful attempts to reach the place,
all of which ended in disaster within four
or five miles of the spot on which the
supposed volcano is thought to be located.
am informed that Judge Bell, of this
place, and others are now making fresh
attempt to penetrate to this mysterious
phenomenon, and discover its true char
acter. Judge White, of Quincy, a man
of large literary culture, mas led several
expeditions to that region, but in every
instance failed to effect an entrance
through the closely interviewer and I'M
penetrable underground of the center Of
the swamp, where the volcano IS stu
ated. While some of these attempts
have been feeble and inefficient, others
have been we'll organized and equipped,
and led by men of experience and fixed
ness of purpose. Judge White had an
observatory which he could place in the
tree tops to guide him in the right course.
And yet this undiscovered bourne " re-
mains untrodden by the foot of mod
ern traveller; at least none have ever
returned to report its mystery. One
thing is certain, now that the Okeienokee
swamp has been " done up" Tor the
reading public, that another twelve
months will not pass without witnessing
the successful unfolding of this mystery.
, 1876-10-07
LITERATURE,

HOOKS uEEEIYED.
TUE Two DEsTlNIgs: A ROMANCE. ny TILNiE
CoLLIHs. Anthor Of "Thc Woman Ii White, F"
etc. Illustrated. Paper. New rurk: IEuspcE
4 Brothers. Price, 50 cents,
DANIEL. DEnoanA. I'y GEoAoE ELIOT. Ant.!or Of
..Adam HcLe." Complete in Unu Volume,
Pnper. Harper & Brothers. Price, 90 cents
Go.Nu TO TUE HAp. By EpNusp YATES. Author
William Il Gin l. co. Price, 75 cents.
MAHnYATr, Author Ut .tThe Foisou OF AsnA. ="
Paper. New York: u. Appleton l. Co. Price.
IL ceiita.
PERIODICALS RECEIVED.
National Quarterly RtrEtu--septc;uber Edward I.
sears, New York;. Contents: "MohaInmeI
and lii InsttMtIons;" thicf.Juutlcc Mar
shall;" "The Ethics Of Trades" +" Madame do
Hen1is;" ''OropsY ut columbia Ealtege;"
.'lsea,inont ami Fletcher" 'sOur lcprtstnta-
ttvo Sellnola and Eo1icEcs;n q Presidential
E1CcsIons;" "Nattccs aud ctitIGismn:" .'Ap-
pendix;;, lnsugancc-oood, Had, aud 1atif'
AMtflta" Satnralist for October III. 0. lIoushton
j. Co., nostonl. .--
N!!aoIs seAoonta,t<r for October Cook 4 lIcwett,
NationM 71aehtrs' Monthly for October "A. 8.
liarnes 4 Co., EuW York & ChtcAgu,.
literary liorld for 0cluhoe Is. L. Cfocker, los.
toni. --
MoAfAiy Iltsfern Jarjst fur October (Ntllam Ilill
Il Co.. Bloomington, I'LL
AtpsrfraH Ltbftry y.J0nrHHl-Vot, l., No, 1-9ept.
30 If. Lcypoldt, New York;.
, 1876-10-07

"EIe died poor" 'tls said.
Worldly wealth sle no or desired;
AvaFlcu his heart e'cr fired,
Qaenchless. hercct and rc1t
Wctl he knew the toll,
Sweat, md acl,s Of active living,
For IL chuss the sphere health giving:
I!sler Of tho soil.
, 6nnrfse saw tie Ger,
6ulHmbr. winter-rach glad Acnaon;
Drlef Is life.timc," Was Lila seuson
For the habit rare.
In tho cold and heat,
EARLY, late. he 1aborcl steady;
fet waa meyer Aught than ready h.
10 wend bis weary feet
TO tslr sulfeses's bed,
q to Wants chill, cl,eerlcss dwolltng,-
T9 tic ono q jesus telling,
GeaFing othesa bread.
Not wall OF wo,
0r CRY Of rend!nE sorrow,
'scapea hls prompt atsention7for, ohl
GoudnctA lived lie 30!
Open handed, kind,
TendtF. .heaFte1, charitable.
Doing ali that ho WIS nbla,
Az Scripture hath defined.
.To the world brought
Nolhlng-na4g4t hence can ca1ry;
Thutsf0rs, while Avspln farry.
Loyg-deeas claim each thought"
Wont to reason 10,
Life was hiled with Christ.llke doing,
Heavenly peace thereby accsuinQ,
Heaven hcgau bel0wl
Ills died poor, ",'tls said;
NAught fle left, save rcputxtlon;
LIT the richex Ut Salvation
Au hath gained lustcadI
EDWARD r. NowKkL,
, 1876-10-07

NFs5 N1tfn {t6hN. Rt9Effff.
Passengers on the Valley Railroad arc attract
cd daily by tho conduct Of large aud intclli-
gent dog waiting by thp roadside for tlie duly
Newspaper, which was formerly thrown to him
half milo irata tic rails. The master l,ss been been
dead many mouths, but the faithful dog las not
missed the innil train day since. There Is no
paper Tor that master now, but sometimes the
taggagc1nun in pity for thu dog, tosses . papur
sezcs and starts toyfully over the hills lor Iii
home. When tha tEuin has gone by unl no pa
per 4 thrown he rlshes wildly up aud down the
track, gazing after tho cars with nn alMost hu-
ian look Of lsappointncnts aud togs detected.
ly houeWard.
, 1876-10-07

ton is, q too apparent to need comment. The
President said, also, that It was IN conflict with
the sptrit Of THO whole plan OF the Government.
Il "a the fneatlmablc privilege OF oil American
c1tfzena to aspire for any Office within the gift Of
the people, and Gen. Grant was OF the opinion
that ltfs tcnurca were wholly unnecessary to
amy branch Of tho Government service, with the
exception of the army and navy.
, 1876-10-07
A Remarkable statement.

In communication 10 the French Acadamy
OF Sclenees M. A. MuEet states that during re-
en- tsloon asesn Of Ghsfeourg %ith r. pa
metres, to see the bottom Of the SEQ In ia
ininutcst dctails, though the channel at that
pout must b. TO Or ~ metres deep. Tho rocks
and unaer-cutrents were clearly ylsible. uo
vent slippng disasters due 10 deficiencies in
charts. Some lnerehullty Is expressed at tilEs
report aud tt would be curious to know ut what
Height aud under what atmospheric conditions
1urfaes.
, 1876-10-07
A Dolls FAlr.

Tho October number Of Vida Anoks anuoun-
ces pleasaut charitable project to be called y
"Dol1s Fair." All the lttla girls in the coun-
try ars to he Invited to dress doll anu send IL
10 bostou, ,w!eEe tho dolla will b, exhibited iu
competition for prizes, tun In number, offered for
the best spccinens Of necdluworL. At Christ
mus tbs dolls are to be distributed ~ the sA:A
children fn tAu public hospltala-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-10-13

l will endeavor to keep on hand, al
all times, the best calf, kip and Stoga
Boots, of my own manufacture, and
warrant the same to the No. in every
respect. All rips occurring in work oi
my make will be repaired gratis.
BENZ. GRAVES.
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STATE OF OHIO
Insurance Department,
Columbus, JanuTy 26, 1874.

WHEREAS, The Farmers Insurance Com
w pany, located at Howard, in the State
of Ohio, has filed in this office a sworn
statement by the proper officers thereof,
showing its condition and business, and has
complied in all respects with the laws of this
State, relating to Fire Insurance Companies.
Now, therefore, in pursuance of law Will
liam +. Church, superintendent of Insurance of
the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that said
Company is authorized to transact its appropri-
ate business of Fire Insurance in this State in
accordance with law during the current year.
The condition and business of said Company at
the date of such statement, Dec. 81, 1878, is
shown as follows:
Amount of actual paid up Capital w 500, 600 90
Aggregate am'nt OF Available Assets 1Sl, ,575 28
Aggregate amt of Liabilities Except
capitaD including Reinsurance
only, being fifty per cent. of
Premiums on risks not terminated. 45,11 SO
Amount of Income for the preceding
year in cash............ ............. 80, 74S Is
Amount of Expenditures for the pre-
ding year in cash. 1888 6S
NJ. B. Peterman, District Agent,
Millersburgh, Ohio.
NJ. j. Bugh, Local Agent, Junction
City Ohio.
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DIT ZIG Look at those features and see
l. 1Aa0 the agony depicted the face.
1t cannot be helped while the trouble remains.
The sufferings from piles are of very aggravated
description. You cannot walk with any COM
ease, and the suffering when attending to ma
ture is almost unbearable, and causes such a
feeling of dread that it is put off at great sac
rifce of health and comfort in many cases in
creasing the difficulty to alarming extent
Use DR.. Briggs's Pile Remedies, according to
directions, to cure internal, bleeding, external
and itching piles. Sold by Skinner & Bro,
Druggistst, Somerset, Ohio. j. Briggs & Co.,
Newark, n. j.
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sCRIBNER,s MONTHLY FOR 1875.

The publishers invite attention to the
following list of some Of the attractive
articles secured for Scribne-'s Monthly,
for the coming year. In the held OF
fiction, besides numerous ncvelettes and
shorter stories there will be two Remark
ably Serial Stories by An .rican Au-
thors. The first Of these, row complete
in our hands,
GABRIEL CoNEoY,"
BY Bret. HARTE, begins in the Novem.
Der number, and will rur for twelve
months. This is Mr.. Har = first ex-
tended work. The scenes I'D charac-
ters, which the author has .hosen from
his favorite field, CalifornI are painted
with characteristic vividne-s and power;
and the work is without doubt the most
graphic record of early California life
that has yet appeared.
We shall also begin in the January
number,
PHILIP NOLAN's FRIENDS,
Or, Show Your Passports"
by EDWARD EVERETT HALE. The
scere Of this story is laid in the South
western territory, now forming the States
of Louisiana aud Texas, ct the tine Of
Aaron Burr's treason. The characters
lived in n section which was now Amer
Jean, now French, and now Spanish, and
this record of their adventurous lives
makes a story of intense and unflagging
interest throughout.
A SECOND FARMERS VACA-
TON"
BY Col. GEO. L. WARING, Jr.
Col. Waring is now in Europe, visit
Ing in a row-boat ride Of two hundred
AMI fifty miles, one Of II most fertile and
interesting OF the win. growing valleys
Of Europe. This second series Of pa
pers promises TO be even more interest
ing than that with which our readers are
already familiar.
CENTENNIAL LETTERS,
Edited by JOHN VANCE CHENEY. A
rare collection Of Revolutio AIRY Letters,
mainly from stores in the hands Of the
descendants of Col. Joseph Ward. They
are full of interest, and will be read with
rare relish in connection with the Cen
tennial celebratian Of the year.
Brilliantly illustrated articles on
AMERICAN COLLEGES,
Written respectively by their friends,
will appear durin- the year. The re-
viyed interest IN ilege life makes these
pup ~ especially l neiy, ana VIII secure
J for them unusual attention.
- = g. OLD NEw YORK.
Elegantly illustrated articles an Old
New York, by John f. Mines, will ap.
pear at once, and will attract the atten.
tion ef all, in ci' or country, who mark
with interest Il development of the
great metropolis. and affectionateiy re.
nember'the quaint peculiarities Of itt
oiden time.
Every number ~ profuseiy illustrated
thua enabling na to give TO our descrip.
tive and narrative articles, an interest
and permanent value never attained in
. a non illustrated periodical Under Its
accustomed management the magazine
wiii in'the. future DO devoted, as it has
oeepfin ihe past, to sound literature anC
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-10-13

THrvo G are as useless to the community as
wa Ao misunderstanding old maids, corn
er oafers in large cities, dishonest politicians
no more of aluXury than EPSON salts or castor
oil, and no more desirable for comfort than a
hedgehog is for a parlOr ornament. Briggs
Corn and Bunion Remedies, Alleviator and Gu
rative, eradicates corns, banishes bunions, and
obnoxious torments of the feet. Sold by Skim
ner & Bro, Somerset, Ohio. ]. Briggs . Co.,
Newark N 35y1
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Money Matters are Close.

And mean to sell ST, 900 worth or
goods in the next 40 days, at less figures
than ever befo known in this part OF
Ohio. Call and price my goods. and
see that mean business.
J.. G. CrrRAx,