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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
How One of the Eddy Materializers
was Brought to Grief.

Mrs. HuntOOn, the person caught per-
| sOnating a spirit, is sister of William
Eddy, the materializing medium,
formerly of Chittenden, Vt, but now OF
Ancora, n. J., where he is practicing his
profession with eminent success. Hav-
ing dissolved partnership with his brother
HoratiO, the latter, in conjunction with
Mrs. HuntOOG. has been carrying on bust
ness at the old stand, making occasional
sOrties into the country roundabout, and
turning up at last in Webster, Mass,
where Mrs. HuntOon has come to grief in
the manner described by our cOrrespOn-
dent below.
At about half past seven o'clock the cir
Gle was arranged, the lights were turned
low, and the invisible soon manifested
their presence, at first family and with
interruption, butsas conditions" in
proved by some Encouragement of the
parties present, there was a marked
change in the degree of their power and
daring. At length the curtain was
thrown out at one side, and some OF us
couldssee a low, bending figure, with ap-
parently a night-capped head, seeking
recognition. 1t was, however, shy Of the
light, which it was found necessary to di-
minish considerably. Hands were now
presented at the Orifce in the curtain,
faces appeared behind it, and at length
an old lady, protesting to be the mother
of Mrs. Flint, desired recognition. Mrs.
Flint approached the curtain, when the
delicate, futtering hand of the spirit
could be seen in eager effort to grasp her
daughters hand, which of course con-
tinued by its earthly magnetism to repel
the ETHEREAL form, causing it to dance be-
fore, but to elude the grasp it professed
to seek. With the question, is this my
dear mother?" to which was replied in
a hoaTse and broken whisper, yes, | am
your mother" Mrs. F. succeeded in ar
resting the attention of supposed spirit,
and mt that instant seized and held the
profered hand. Instantly lawyer Wood
turned on the gas which had been left
burning for that purpose, revealing to the
audience Mrs. HuntOOn secure in the
hands of the captOr, but endeavoring TO
sink upon the floor. Both Mr.. Davis
and Mr.. Flint rushed TO the rescue. BIT.
Flint raised her and succeeded in setting
her on her feet, but while he was still en-
deavoring to support her, and in the
face of the entire audience, in the full
light of the gas, she threw herself from
his support, with the exclamation,
" there, you've broke both my arms "
and fell nearly prostrate upon the floor.
Boston Herald.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
A Granger at the Centennial.


Many strangers at the Centennial are
not-yet aware that they can't get out
even for a moment, and get back on the
same entrance-fee. saw an old man, ev-
identity a granger, try it the other day.
He says to the gateman:
81 want to go out a minute. You'll
know me when | come back, won't you ?"
Gateman-Yes, Pn know you by fif-
ty-cent stamp.
Granger-What! Amt my money
paid good for all day.
Gateman-Yes, it's good for all day if
you stay in all day.
Granger-But want bite t'eat. It'll
cost me fifty cents in here.
Gateman-That's the rule, old man,
and you'll II have TO stand it. But I'll tell
you what you can do. You can go down
by then, pailings, and there's some boys
outside viii give you a sandwich for
twenty cents.
followed the old gentleman down by
the pailings to witness his investment.
Sure enough he found an auburn haired
boy with sandwiches, and taking one
through the Stats, passed fifty cents.
Then he held his hand through for
change.
"This is 1876" says the brick-tOp
Arab.
Granger-Well, l guess knowed that
before. Gin my change.
Arab-This is centennial year.
Granger-(slapping his hands ner-
vously throug the crack). Here boy, 1
don't want any foolin'. Gin my money
right away.
Arab Don't you know this is centen-
nial year.
Granger-You cussed, internal, red
headed brat of Satan, if you don't gim
me thirty cents. I'll come out there and
get policeman hold of you.
Arab-Now, mister, that wouldn't be
business. You wouldn't come out here
and pay fifty cents to get back, just for
thirty cents, and if you were to do it
for spite, where'd | be when YOU got
out ? You see this is centennial year.
Have to make our jack this year. Now
you 90 along nice and quiet and it'll be
all the same next centennial.
Finale-Arab performs a short war
dance and yells: Run here, Jimmy,
I've done it to another of 'em
Granger walks off frubbing his bothered
brow, and muttering:
'Well, I'll be eternally dig blasted
intew gourd seed if this amt the skip
pinist place ever saw
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
Apple Butter.

A Pennsylvania famer's wife says
There is a great difference in the quality
/ of apple butter, even where it is the
! product Of our best farmers wives
! Sometimes it il too acid, or too soft. or
too light or lumpy. These are the results
of improper proportions Of cider and ap-
pies, or that the apples were not sweet
enough, or that the mass was not boiled
and stirred enough. Apple butter is q
wholesome and desirable relish on the
supper table, or it can be made intomosJ
ey rellNnt taris
The way make my apple butter is as
follows: If you have barrel kettle,
take thiity gallous of sweet cider, that
Just from the press is to be preferred; /;
boil it down to one-third OF the quantity,
then add altogether about two bushels Of
pared, CHARTERED, and cored sweet sp-
pies, about one-third at a time, judging rs
to the quantity of apples; then stir the
whole mass constantly with long handle
wooden stirrer, reaching down to the
bottom this stirrer must be from four
to five inches broad at the bottom.
rounded a little to ct the bottom Of the
kettle, and have a dozen or more half
inch holes bored through it. The mass
must be kept boiling and stirred until
the whole is reduced to say one-half oi
the original quantity, or cider assumes
dark color and is perfectly smooth and
pala:able. For this purpose samples
should from time to time be taken out
and tasted. When done il should be put
in jars, well tied over with paper, and
placed in a cool place. Otherwise it may
g work and lose 4 great deal Of its
value.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
ALWAYS In Danger.

We are never safe. Perils surround us
by night and by day. We never go into
the street without running personal risk
of death or disaster. 4 runaway horse,
falling stone, the steam-car, the disease
that turks within us, the sun that may
smite us, are but few among the foes that
Law in wait for our lives; but which OF us
provides for such sudden calamity, or
remembers that for the want of some lit
tie token upon us friends may look valnly
for our return, and never know that in
some hospital our dumb lips try to speak
their names, our eager eyes look vainly
for their coming? 1t is the more strange
that we so rarely carry any record o
cur own identity when we remember how
careful we are about our personal prop
erty. We mark cur silver, our dogs we
brand our sheep; we put our names upon
the clothes if they are to go TO the
laundry. We know the dangerof thieves,
and the power of accident, when a spoon,
or a handkerchief is concerned, but we
feel our individuality so strongly that we
have no fear of flosing;ourselves. Living,
or dead, at home, or among strangers, We
feel as if We asserted ourselves so strong
ly that nothing can ever beiall us, and
the world not know it. But that is a
grave error. ANY one of Us might die
tomorrow, and drop out Of life unknown,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
1t Didm't Suit.

Two or three weeks ago Detroit bov,
after finishing the last chapter Of a bool;
called "The Pleasures Of the Deep"
pleaded with his father to let him ship
aboard a lake schooner. The old man
smiled grim smile, took the case under
consideration, and in a few days the boy
was on the rolling deep, having shipped
as a greenhOrn on Il vessel In the lumber
trade. He sailed to Saginaw,:came down
and crossed to Toledo, and next day he
appeared in Detroit, lame and stiff, his
throat sore, one eye nearly shut, and a
feeling of humbleness running all through
him.
"Whati back again ?" cried the old
man as the boy entered the house.
Yes, father, / want TO saw all the
wood for winter, bring in all tine coal,
clean out the cellar and paint the barn,
and you needn't give me but two meals
day"
Don't you like sailing ~
Father, you don't begin to realize
anything about it. The captain sailed
right along on Sunday, the same as any
other day, and | believe he swore even
harder. He wouldn't give me an UNI
brella when it raiGed, lie made me sit up
most all night, and two or three times he
called me up at midnight and made me
baul on ropes and drag old sails around.
There wasn't a single night when all Of
Us got off at nine o'clock, and there
wasn't day that he didn't boss Us
around and break in on Us every time
we got to reading anything good! |
like land, father, and | wish you owned
a farm r'-DetT0H Tree Press.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
A Chinese Story Of Murder.

A Chinese merchant, late in August,
iourneyed by river from ShaOhOng to
Hangehow witt six hundred dollars in
pocket and bag. Two boatmen whom
he had hired determined to murder him
Accordingly they moored the boat at
dusk in a secluded spot and remarked to
him that as one of them was sick they
could not go on to the village that night.
Their faces belied their tongues; the
merchant, suspecting foul play, hailed
four small boats and offered the fisher
men q dollar apiece if they would stay
by him all night. They agreed; the
night passed quietly. When morning
came the two c0nyalescent sailors pre-
sented each fisherman with q dollar and
n half and the merchants compliments.
A fsherman's wife suggested that they
should go on board and thank the meT-
chant for giving them more than they
had bargained for. Her husband as
sented; they stepped on board there lay
the merchant with his throat cut from
ear to ear. The murderers offered them
share of the spOils, and the husbands
palm itched and his eyes did wink. But
the good wife had sensitive conscience.
" What !" she cried "here this poor man
appealed to us Tor protection, because he
suspected he was in danger, and paid us
for it, too; and now that he is murdered
are we to reap the benefits p
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
HCTY People get Sick.

Eating too much and too fast swal-
lowing imperfectly masticated food; by
taking too much fluid at meals; drink
ing poisonous whiskey and other intoxi-
eating drinks; keeping late hours at
night, and sleeping too late in the morn
ing; wearing clothes too tight, so az to
relax the circulation; wearing thin shoes;
neglecting to take sufficient exercise to
keep the hands and feet warm; neglect
ing to wash the body sufficiently to keep
the pores open; exchanging the warm
clothes worn in a warm room during the
day for costumes and exposure incident
to evening parties; starving the stomach
to crafty vain and foolish passion for
dress; keeping up constant excitement
fretting the mind with borrowed troubles;
swallowing quack nostrums for every
imaginary i'll taking meals at irregular
intervals
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
A Practical Joke.

A Charlemont marketmen, when de-
livering goods one morning, discovered on
leaving the house ofa customer 4 custard
pie setting in a window where the lady
of the house had placed it to cool for
dinner. He at once appropriated it, and
driving directly TO the store of the lady'=
husband, called him out and told him he
had hooked a nice custard pie, and if
he would get some cheese they would
have a nice time eating it. OF course
the cheese was forthcoming, and after
satisfactorily disposing Of the pie the
question arose what to DO with the plate.
The merchant said that he would take
care of that, and, suiting his actions 10
his words, dashed it against the wall.
When the merchant went home to dinner
that day mis- vile apologized for not hav-
ing any desert, saying she made custard
pie for dinner and left it in the window
to cool, and she supposed some boys
must have stolen it. Her husband wasn't
pie hungry, and seemed quite pleased
about something, but kept mum"
Next morning the merchant, meeting the
marketman, sang out "pie!" In reply
the other said Cheese And whose
plate was that you smashed?"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
Items for the Ladies.

A girl in Charleston has dark blue
hair.
The shop girls of Boston number nearly
one-tenth of the entire population of the
city.
Out of the fifteen applicants for admis-
sion to Michigan university, none were
| rejected.
A young man on the West side. Chica-
go, has been Tilted by his girl for singing
''Meet me by moonlight" Her father
is a stockhOlder in a gas company.
Miss Alice Rings5ury is chiseliing her
way to renown as q sculpture in San
Francisco, after making her mark as an
actress
Miss Lucy c. Brigden, a graduate of
the Medford (Mass.) high school, has be-
come hopelessly insane. This high pres
sure system OF education is more disas-
trOus to health than tightlacing and It's
sue-paper shoes.
Ladies who have plants to protect are
informed by the st. Louis Democrat that
$75 oyercoat VIII not cover more
plants than two 2-cent newspapers.
Grace Greenwood rode on a cowcatcher
for forty miles, and when she was
helped down it took her half day to
get the wrinkles out of her nose.
Miss Ogden, Of Pittsburgh, graduate
of the Philadelphia medical college, has
received an appointment from the Amer.
ican board of commissioners for foreign
missions to the missions at Madura,
India.
The great question is at last settled.
a Pennsylvania woman says she can
walk twenty miles day in mems clothes
and only twelve in female apparel.
Mrs. Livernnore weeps because she is
q woman.
Mrs. Miller, of California, has line of
stages.
A woman came slowly along the main
building. She was in great perplexity,
but being a wise woman, she stopped to |
ask for information, and this is what she !
asked: "Can you tell me, sir, IS this the |
other end of the building ?' ~ think |.
it is" "Well, SIR" she cried, "can you
tell me where l shall go next ?"
The grandmother of the late Gen. Nc |
PhersOn, whose monument was unveiled |
at Washington by the society of the !
army of the Tennessee on Wednesday. |
was invited to be present at the ceremO |
nies, but died the day before the invita- |
ton reached its destination. She was
years old.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17

spirit. 1t will cure sorrow. Indeed, we
make a long list OF nervous and other
maladies that sleep will cure. The cure
of sleeplessness requires a clean, good
bed, sufficient exercise to promote weari-
ness pleasant occupation, good air, and
not too warm a room a clear conscience,
and avoidance of stimulants and narcot-
les. For those who are overworked,
haggard, nervous, who pass sleepless
nights, We commend the adoption of such
habits as will secure sleep; otherwise life
will be short, and what there is of it
sadly imperfect.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
A Spiders Large Game.

Many remarkable anecdotes have seen
told illustrating the skill and seeming
intelligence of the subtle spider but none
more worthy Of note than a circumstance
which occurred the other day, and which
was witnessed by a number OF cur osity
lovers. In the cellar of Mr.. Nelson
Williams a spider had prepared his web
between a barrel and tub, and there, sus
pended from the ground, hung small
snake about ten or eleven inches in
length. The thread OF the wen had be- u
ingeniously twisted or woven around the
tail of the unfortunate reptile, and il was
evident that he had been drawn up from
the ground TO a periloUs position. The
spider seemed anxiously watching his
squirming victim from one corner OF the
web, probably waiting Tor life to become
extinct, when he would probably indulge
in a reptile repa-t, as reward FOR his
cunning. The snake remained in this
precarious attitude for thirty-six hours
after 1t was discovered, and then es-
capped, cheating the sdroit spider after all.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17

unrecognized, our fate forever shrouded
in mystery. When we read a descrip-
tion of the man or woman who was found
dead, why might it not be one of our ac-
quaintances? Some of them are sad
enough to wish to die, some of them are
sick enough to render death probable at
any time. The story runs of itself when
is told, but we who see victims in
Others never imagine that we are our
selves perhaps to be the next who viii
add to the tale of some winter night, and
that we would be wise to take some
reasonable precsutiOn against adding
ourselves to the long list of the not iden-
tilted
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
Brown Paper Cigars.

II is stated that not a steamer leaves
New York for Havana that does not
take out from two thousand TO FIVE thou
sand reams, or in occasional instances as
high as thirty thousand reams Of
coarse brown wrapping paper. What this
paper was used for was for q long time
a mystery but it has recently been dis
covered that it enters into the manufact-
ure Of "purc Havana cigars" 1t IL said,
when saturated In The Juice Of tobacco
stems, the straw paper makes Filling
almost equal, il not superior 10 the gen
uine leaf In fact il Is sometimes impOs-
sible TO detect the delicate film Of paper
interlapped with leaves in the finished
cigar. For this purpose, we are told, 1t
serves admirably, the paper, under COM
bustion, leaving no residuum ether than
q pure white ash. To such refinement
of art has this business been carried that
bv the use OF mach.nes rolled over tne
sheet Of paper an almost perfect impress
sion of the tobacco leaf is obtained, the
peculiar spot being printed as ou
calico. Smokers OF Havana cigars, VIII,
no doubt, consume their tweed" with
added zost after learning Of what It ia
probably composed.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
SIeeD as a Medicine.

A physician says that the cry for rest
has always been louder than the cry for
food. Not that it is more important,
but it is often harder to obtain. The best
rest comes from sound sleep. Of two men
or women, otherwise equal, the one who
sleeps the best will be the most healthy
and efficient. Sleep viii do much to
cure irritability of temper, peevishness
and uneasiness. It viii restore vigor 10
n overworlted brain. 1t Will build up
nd make strong a weak body. 1t will
ure a headache. IL will cure broken
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
FORE T.mH-iscs.

am the flower that every age he's suag,
ny name has trenbied on the unwilling tOngne
MID SAD iarewels show mOurufuuy kha ruHg
Forget He not
/ image best the heaven s eternal blpel
ihough transient clouds may hide 81 from ths D..
II shineth sin, fdths never changing hue,
Forget me not
Inc restless brook, the rivers deeper flow
Dt~loe my quiet home still come and go:
Mss the waters, muWUriug soft and low,
Forget Inc mot.
4 ne birds above me lowering on the wing.
List the bush Va hi Hpers and the wcodla al rinQ
WIN the light choral as they answering nc,
Forget me not.
The laughing eddrs fastening % tha srs
With ripping echus mock The avmphouv
The rude winds t0,s IL on 'hsir pini0ns free,
Forget uie not
And human voices catch the sweet reftan,
Ia towing cconfs fIsught with human pair,
Repeating stiil the nrver-dyiug strain,
Forget ne not.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17

CONE DowN, BRIoHAM.-Four car
riaces. three wagons, one pair Of mules,
one span Of horses, one harness and three
cows. the property of Brigham Young,
were recently sold at public auction by
the commissioner 10 pay the awari Of
the court in the Ann Eliza case. The
y,rone1tv brought eleven hundred and
dielity-fve dollars. Further seizures Of
property will be made.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
TRALNS CONC SOUTH.

TRAIN No. l connects at Decatur with
Memphis & Charleston r. R.; at Calera with
s., r. & D. Z. R., at Guthrie with st. Louis
& Southeastern R'y; at Mckenzie with
Nashville & Northwestern R'y; at MOntgOm
cry with Mobile Montgomery r. r. for
Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans.
TRAM No connects at Decatur east and
west with Memphis 4 Charleston Railroad; /;
at Birmingham with Alabama q Chattanooga
Railroad: at Calera with Selma, Rome Il
Dalton Railroad; at Montgomery with West
ern Railroad (Of Alabama) Montgomery &
Eufaula and Mobile and Montgomery Rail-
road.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17

WHEN an old hotel cook died in Detroit
the other day the reporters stood around
with uncovered heads and solcmuly said
Peace be to his hsshes."
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-11-17
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Jan, 80, 1876,

TRAIN No. ? connects at Nashville with
n. c. & st. Louis R'y West for Memphis; at
Lebanon June. with Knoxville and Rich
mond Branches; at Cincinnati juno. with L.
c. & l.. r. r. for the North and East; at
Louisville with U. s. Mail Boats for Cincin-
natl and with o. & NJ. R'y and J. NJ. d l. r.
R. for the North, East and West.
TRAIN No. connects at Glasgow juno.
to and from Glasgow; at Cave City TO and
from Mammoth Cave; at Cincinnati June
with l.. c. & L. R. Il. for the North and East
at Louisville with o. & NJ. and J. NJ. & l. 2.
r. for the North, East and West, and with
q. S. Mail Line steamers for Cincinnati.
TRAIN No. 6 connects at Glasgow juno.
to and from GLASGOW; at Cave City to and
from Mammoth Cave; at Cincinnati June.
with L., c. L. R. r. for the North and East;
at Louisville with q. & NJ. and J. NJ. & |.
r. for the North, East and West, and with
u. S. Mail Line steamers for Cincinnati.
Tourists will find this route offers great in
ducements to those going to the Centennial
Exposition. Direct connections are made in
Lou Vile with through cars running direct
to the Centennial grounds.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-17

MARCH TERM-HoN. HENRY RIvEs PRE-
HIDING.

MARCH TERM-HON. HENRY RIVES PRE-.
SIDING.
The Court met pursuant to adjourn
ment, Judge Henry Rives presiding,
and the following proceedings were
had:
L. M. Haley vs.. r. NJ. Beatty; case
argued and taken under advisement to
allow counsel to file briefs.
Ruby Con. M. Co. VS.. Fl. Heynne-
mann ct al; five days additional time
given to denlur or move to strike out a
portion of answer.
Joseph Mendes VS.. J.. III. Haynes;
case continued until the second sitting
OF the calendar.
Court adjourned until this morning
at 10 o'clock.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-17

BoUNp To BK SoLD-To make room for a
large stock of Stationery coming from the
East. Will sell for the next sixty days, AT
COST. 80 reams OF paper, 200 bottles OF Ar
nold's writing iaid-quart bottles at 81 per
bottle; q very large assortment Of round
lsdgers, daybooks. journals, etc., cheaper
than you can got them from San Francisco,
and various other articles in the stationery
line too numerous to mention. deceived from
the manu- actory $50 lamps of oil descriptions,
and will soil them 20 per cent. cheaper than
any house in Eureka. Also n very large
amount of Patent Medici es. oil, window
glass, paint and brushes. Como and see for
yourself, and you will be astonished at the
prices. These article. must be sold belore l
start Tor the Centennial. .
Prescriptions carefully compounded. VIII
prescribe free Of charge for the sick.
l.. FERRY, M. D.
ja20tf City Drug Store. Eureka. New.