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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28
THE CROPS.
The Bufeah EepOrf-The Opening Pros
Pect n FulI Average. AS Com.
pared with Late Years

| paFeu WIN LATE Ieslfe.
The May and June report of the agri-
| cultural bureau has reached us; it has
the following respecting cotton:
"The june returns indicate q slight
reduction in area in cotton, compdra-
lively late planting, good stands, except
IN cases Of too early planting or inunda-
ton; growth not up to the average for
the season, healthy and Improving con-
ditien, and clean culture, with the ex-
ceptions caused by heavy rains that stim-
ulate growth and prevent working. The
| largest local reduction in area has been
in Louisiana, caused by the overflow and
wet weather in the planting season. The
next largest is in Tennessee, where the
season has been cold and wet. In certain
districts in Texas there has been an effort
to substitute corn for cotton, but in one
| fourth of the counties there has been a
positive increase, and in nearly half the
remainder no decrease, while the enlarge
| ment of the total area of arabic crops is
rapidly increasing. The figures for acre
age are as follows: North Carolina,
ninety-eight; South Carolina, ninety
nine; Georgia, ninety-four; Florida,
eighty-nine; Alabama, one hundred !,
Mississippi, ninety-&ight; Louisiana.
eighty-nine; Texas, one hundred; Ar
kansas, one hundred; Tennessee, ninety
five. The reduction in the entire area
is about three per cent, In Virginia and
North Carolina there is some co nplaint
of bad stands and small growth from cold
nights, though the plants are healthy,
and the culture generally clean. The
late planting promises well in South
Carolina. Early seeding has been pro-
ductive of poor stands. The condition
averages very high in Georgia, owing to
seasouable rains, fine weather for work,
and abundant labor. Drought at the
time of planting has affected the crop I'M
favorably ir Florida. Stands are gener-
ally good in Mississippi and Alabama,
and the plants healthy though small. In
Louisiana OveTflows have seriously in
jured the crop in the exposed localities
DrOughts in some parts OF Texas have
been injurious. The plant is looking
well in Arkansas and Tennessee, except
in places where it was injured by inces-
SAINT rains or foundations. The condition
of the several states Is rs follows: North
Carolina, one hundred and one South
Carolina, ninety-eight; Georgia, one
hundred and three; Florida, eighty two;
Alabama, ninetyfour; Mississippi, ninety
two; Louisiana, eighty-nine; Texas,
ninety; Arkansas, ninety five; Tennessee,
ninety-three. An analysis of the figures
shows that one condition Of the crop is
nearly but not quite so favorable rs on
the first day of June, 1875; the June Az
erage of 1876 is also less than in 1872
and 1870, but greater than 1874, 1873,
and 1871. The opening prospect for the
growing crop is, then, at least full av-
erage with late years, but it character
and producLiveness depend upon the
subsequent developments of the season
and the culture bestowed upon it,"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28
An Old-Time Girl.

We saw her on Fourth street yester-
day. She wore neatly fitting, plainly
cut and modestly trimmed calico dress.
Her modest face beamed with youth and
beauty beneath the graceful folds of a
gauzy green veil, and her rosy cheeks
shone through it like pair of large
cherries. She didn't carry one-half of
her dress in her hand high up to crafty
the vulgar gaze of blackguards or to
draw forth ludicrous and ungentlemanly
remarks of corner loafers. Nor was she
pinned back so tight she couldn't step,
and her heels didn't kick her tilter as
high as the small of her back. She
didn't walk like mule with loose set
of harness on and flies bad. No; she
wasn't dressed in style calculated to
attract the attention of any but true
gentlemen, and of these she commanded
the utmost respect, and it was paid her
by all who, in meeting, admired her.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28
The Salaries of Governors.

New York pays to its governor an
annual salary of $4,000, which is the
highest paid in the union. Louisiana
pays 5000, California, 81 1000, Nevada,
$4,000. Eight Kentucky, Mas
sachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wis.
consin-pay $1,000, MARYLAND 81 500.
Three states - Alabama. Georoia and
Ohio 81, 900. Arkansas, South Caro-
lima and Florida pay each s., 500. Kan
sas, Indiana, Minnesota, Mississippi.
New Jersey and Tennessee pay each
$4,000. Illinois, Iowa and Maine paw
each $500. West Virginia pays 81, zoo
Connecticut $4,000, Oregon 81 800, Del.
aware 81 300. and Michigan, Nebraska
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Yer
mont pay their governors respectively
a salary of just 81 900.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28
FOR EIGEa

A revolution at Cuzzo, Peru, was sup
pressed with the loss of thirty lives.
The Standards Belgrade special says
Seven thousand Servians wounded are lying
in villages Oh the rivers Save and Mo-
ruva. Bedding, bandages and medical re-
quisites are sadly deficient. There are no
surgeons or trained nurses. The Turks take
no prisoners, and Systematically refuse to
give quarter. The Servians are more hu
name. The line of Timak and the position
of Laitschar is still an important point and
where the tug of war will take place. Cen
eral Leschgarian's forces have been raised to
thirty thousand.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28
A PRODIGAL'S RETURN.
a Wanderer Commits Suicide In his Old
Home.
New York World.


Twenty years ago Wellington Cole
man, then aged sixteen years, disappear
ed from his fathers home in WestpOrt,
Pennsylvania. His room was found in
disorder and bloody garments and dirk
on the floor. 1t was supposed that the
boy had been murdered by his French
tutor, who disappeared at the same time,
and his body hidden. Long and diligent
search, however, failed to reveal the boy,
either dead or alive. The father left the
town, and the affair was nearly forgot
ten, when last week a stranger appeared
at the village hotel, and said that he was
Wellington Coleman. He related the
story of his leaving home, from a desire
to go to sea, and his subsequent wander
ings and hardships. He was drawn home
by desire to see his father, whom he
had not heard from after going abroad.
He was penniless and broken in health
ard spirits. He visited his old home.
which had been for many years deserted.
Some one passing the house soon after,
heard two pistol-shots. Search was made
and the stranger was found dead in one
of the rooms, with two plstol-shot
wounds in the head
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28

In an emergency almost every nation
here mentioned could more than double
its strength by calling oct militia re-
serves of various kinds. In such con-
dition of affairs, it is no wonder that we
have constant rumors of war, Tor, with
be no permanent peace. When 80 many
men are drawn away from productive
employment, and kept to fatten on the
small spark is needed TO start the confia-
grafton. Such material was never yet
allowed to rust long in inaction; hence
somebody is sure of getting soundly
thrashed before the Turkish difficulty is
settled.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28

The question i often asked at what
time in the day should fruit be eaten.
In tropical countries, where fruit is the
chief article of food, the rule appears TO
he that the earlier in the day it is taken
the better, and the later the worst. In
hot weather many wise people will eat
none after noon, alleging that the diges-
tion then declines in power with the
decline of the day and the fruit, instead
of digestion, decOmPoses, owing TO the
presence Of the saccharine matter. The
objection to fruit and certain kinds of
vegetables late in the day, be the
exclamation what it may, is certainly
justified by an ample experiences, though
some persons can eat fruit at all hours
without feeling any Inconvenience.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28
7 2T3T4 Al 6I7I Q 10 II

" Now" says she, " If two of you gen
tlemen will go into No. l bedroom and
wait few minutes I'll find spare room
for you as soon as | have shown the
Others to their rooms " Well, now, hav-
ing thus bestowed two gentleman in No
[, she puts the third in No. 2, the fourth
in No. 3, the fifth in No. 4, the sixth in
No s. the seventh in No. 6, the eighth
in No. Z, the ninth in No. s, the tenth in
No. 9. the eleventh in No. 10. She then
came back to No. +, where you will re-
member she had left the twelfth gentle
man alone with the first, and said, "I've
accommodated all the rest and have still
a room to spare, 50 if one of you will step
into No. II you will find it empty"
Thus the twelfth man got his bedroom.
OF course there is hole in the saucepan
somewhere, but we leave the reader to
determine exactly where the fallacy is,
with just warning to think twice be-
fore declaring as to which, if any, of the
travellers was the "odd man out"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28

Ali people have tangles in their life
and affairs that cannot be unraveled /;
sofrowfui things, which they think can
not be helped. Do not lock the closet
door upon the skeleton; bring it out and
air it; perhaps it may prove to be only
the skeleton of a cat, or even no skeleton
oil oil
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28
A BLACKSMITH was summoned to

A BLACKSMITH was summoned to a
country court as a witness in dispute
b~tween tv OF his wOrkmen. The judge
after hearing the testimony, asked him
why he did not advise them to settle, as
the cost had already amounted to three
times the disputed sum. He replied ::
& | told the fools to settle for / said the
clerk would take their coats, the lawyesr
their shirts, and if they'd got into your
honor's court, you'd skin 'em,"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28

Several cases of yellow fever, brought
from Havana have appeared at quarantine
below New York. There have been two
deaths.
In the case of the Nellie Mcguire Pris-
oners, on trial at Pottsville, Pa, for the MUIR
der of the mining boss, Sanger, the jury rem
dered a verdict of murder in the first de-
gree
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28
mISCEMLANEnua

The commissioners appointed by the
northern and southern Methodist churches
respectively, Ito the duty of adjusting the
differences between these sects, will meet at
Cape May on August 10th. The southern
commission will hold a separate session on
18th of August.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28
EurOpe's Fighting. Men.
From the n. Y. World.

From st. Petersburg TO Lisbon, Europe
is quaking with the tread Ct armed men,
gladiators hired by the million TO slay
and waste at the beck Of their royal mas
ters. According to the latest statistics,
the leading powers of the continent can
take the field with the forces credited to
tbem i'm tie subioined table
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28

a pint of the juice; bell ten minutes +;
bottle it, and your lemonade is ready.
Put table spoonful or two of this
lemon sirup in glass of water, and you
have cooling, healthful drink.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28
4 WOman's Ingenuity.
GAINESVILLE Courier

A Dublin chambermaid IN said to have
got twelve commercial travellers into
eleven bedrooms, and yet to have given
each a separate room. Here we have the
eleven separate bedrooms:
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28

The centennial plan for making horse
car conductors honest is to fire off ;
small cannon after the reception of eacl
fare.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28

In the senate on the 18th the impeach-
ment trial was resumed, but owing to the alb
sence of Evans the senate sitting as a court
of impeachment adjourned till Wednesday.
The senate then considered the river and
harbor bill. Mr.. Thurman said it was true
that the bill had broken down all party lines
1t broke through everything, He did not
think the government could afford TO apnro-
pirate more than $4,OOO,OOO this wear Tor the
rivers and hnrbors, and it was a great faIlaGy
to advocate the e&travaGance on the ground
that the resources, of this country were
boWndless. The debate was continued by
Logan, CaPerton, Wallace and Morton.
Pending the discussion the senate went into
cxecntiye session and soon adinuIned
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28

CUSTER was an experienced Indian
fighter, and it was probably to this fact
that he owes his death. He knew too
much about Indians, and much fam
iliarity had bred contempt. 1t is the
veteran railroad man who gets ground
up, and the veteran Indian fighter even
tually loses his hair. Custer was one of
those dashing fatalists who believe that
man has an allotted time TO die, and can
neither hasten or retard t.-LadianGpoIis
Herdd
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-03-03
MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT.
The following is brief synopsis of the

The following is brief synopsis of the
weather for the month of February:
Tuesday, Morning, cloudy; fore.
| noon, afternoon, and evening, rain and
snow, with high and cold wind.
Wednesday, 2.-MorniDg, snow about
| four inches, and still showing; forenoon.
variable, sunshine and snow; afternoon
and evening, clear and quite pleasant.
Thursday, 3.-Morning, cloudy: fore
noon, afternoon, and evening, snow ::
snow about six inches in depth.
Friday, CLEAR and cold all day and
evening; first and only ysleighing this
winter.
Saturday, 5.-Clear and pleasant all
day and evening.
Sunday, 6.-Morning, cloudy; fore
noon, afternoon, and evening, clear and
quite warm and pleasant.
Monday. Clear and pleasant all
day and evening; feels like spring
Tuesday, S-Clear and pleasant all
day; evening cloudy and quite warm.
Wednesday, 9.-Very rainy and disa-
greeable all day and evening; 9, p NJ,
clearing; moon shining.
Thursday, 10.-Cloudy, dark and dis.
agreeable, day and evening; 10, P NJ,
moon and stars shining brightly.
Friday, 11.-Morning, 5, A. NJ, heavy
thunder shower, with sharp lightning;
forenoon, afternoon, and evening, clear
and pleasant.
Saturday, 12.-Clear and very pleas
ant, day and evening; Blanchard very
high; banks overflowing.
Sunday, 13.-Morning, forenoon, and
afternoon, clear and warm; evening,
heavy thunder shower, with very sharp
lightning, and wind blowing a perfect
gale.
Monday, 14-Morning, cloudy and
cool; forenoon and afternoon, change
able, clouds and sunshine: evening,
cloudy.
Tuesday, 15-Morning and forenoon,
snow storm; II, NJ, partly clear, sun
shining; afternoon, snow; evening,
cloudy.
Wednesday, ,16.-Light snow, with high
winds all day and evening, and very cold.
cloudy and cold; afternoon and evening,
clear and pleasant; night, heavy frost.
Friday, 1S.-Clear and pleasant. day
and evening; night, frost.
Saturday, 19.-Clear and very pleas
ant all Qdy anu evening.
Sunday, 20.-Clear and pleasant all
day; feels like spring; evening, cloudy
and cold.
Monday, 21.-Morning, cloudy; re-
mainder of day, rain, with snow, and
very windy.
Tuesday, 22.-Clear and quite cold all
day and evening, and very windy.
Wednesday, 23.- Morning, cloudy;
forenoon, afternoon, and evening, clear
and very cold; Thermometer II degrees
above zero.
Thursday, 25.-Morning, light snow;
remainder of day and evening, clear and
quite pleasant.
Friday, 25.-Clear, warm, and very
pleasant, all day and evening; almost
like spring.
Saturday, 26.-Morning and forenoon,
clear; afternoon, cloudy; evening, rain,
with sleet; cold and very aisagreeable.
Sunday, 27.-Very stormy and disa-
greeable; sleet, and very slippery, with
trees, streets, and pavements one perfect
glare of ice; evening, rain, with thunder
and lightning.
Monday, 2S.-Morning, cloudy and
cold; forenoon, afternoon, and evening,
snow, cold, rainy and disagreeable.
Tuesday, 29.-Morning and forenoon,
light snow; afternoon and evening,
cloudy and cold.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-03-03
TURNPIKES.

EDS. JEFB. would like to know if
any of ouf farmers have estimated how
much we have lost this winter in corse-
quence of bad roads and for want of
good turnpikes? We have in Hancock
county about 1900 farms, at an average
of 160 acres each. Now, it is safe to es-
innate that on an average each farmer
has lost 81 90 in wear and tear of team
and loss of time, making loss of $500,
600; at $4,000 per mile this amount
would build one hundred miles of good
pike. We have 416, 900 acres of land in
this county, and it is also safe to esti
nate that if there were one hundred
miles of pike built in our county, it
would increase the value of every acre
of land from S5 to SIS per acre-say an
average of $40 per acre-making an in
crease of our wealth S4, 16O, 900, and yet
farmers, and would-be progressive gram
gers, are petitioning our Legislature not
to pass law to authorize our Commits
sioners to levy a tax of two mills to i'm
prove our roads. If this is the way
grangers are progressing, do not want
to be one of them much longer.
A GRANGER.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-03-03
Iirc Sfnrk sMarkefs.
NEW YORK, Marc

NEW IOkh, harCn Il.
Beeves-Receipts yesterday and to-day
2,100 head, against 9 900 head for the same
time last week; quality about medium; mar
ket weak and irregular; good to prime
steers at Mondays prices; common to fair
at a reduction Of 1M,4c; best car load in the
market 12ac; very choice lots at lie; COM
mon to good steers 9611lc.
Sheep-Receipts for two days 3 200 head,
against $500 head for the same time last
week Market shade better at 5f@7gc.
for common To good sheep; a few lambs at
S(GS4c.
Swine-Receipts since Monday 6, $50 head,
against 1850 head for the same time last
week. None offered alive.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, March 1.
Cattle-Receipts to-day 459 head, making
l ,42S head for two days, all for sale here
Selling slow at 81 00@5 10
Hogs-Receipts to-day .j95 head, making
for two days 1850 head. Workers 81 75@
s 90, and Philadelphia as 76(G9 p.
Sheep-Receipts for to-day $500 heal
making for two days 7,00J head; selling at
81 00@7 %.
CHICAGO. March I.
Cattle-Receipts to-day estimated at 81
900 head; market modestly active and prices
firm and a shade higher; extreme range S2 =
S0@6 50; sales of good steers at 81 2O@4,-
80; choice do 81 00@5 30; extra graded
81 50@6 30; shipments 900 head.
HOgs-lfcr"'ni> 600 head; market active
and opened 5Cg 10, higher for light grades,
but closed rather easier for packing at 81
9O@S %; shippers 50 2J@S 81; Philadel-
phias 80 %; shipments $500 head
Sheep-ReceipiS 2,501 head. Market ac-
tive and firm for common to choice, at 81,
G3l@6 60.
BALTIMORE. March l.
Cattle-Market dull and prices g@4c low
er. Very best 81 1906 37I. First quality
81 75@G 10. Medium or good fair quality
81 25a4 %. Ordinary thin steers, oxen
and cows, s. OO@4 %, Most sales at 81
37l@5 %. Receipts l,754 head. Sales l.
55l head.
Hogs-QCiet and unchanged. Range
10f@!1sc, and few extra at Re Receipts
5,02l head
Sheep--ln firm demand at unchanged
rates. Range 4!@71c. Receipts 2,0Gi head.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-03-03
New Embellishments.
Notice.

ILARISSA COOK, widow, Joseph Cook
" David Cook and John Cook, residing IN
Hancock county. Ohio, Mary Calvin and Ben
jamin r. Calvin, her husband, Matilda Z. Too
man and Samuel ). Tooman, her husband
John Tooman, Eli Tooman, residing in Hills
dale county, Michigan. David Tooman anC
Eugene TOOman, residing near COldwater
Michigan. Martin Tooman, residing In Polk
county, Iowa, Mary Cook. Arnettle Cook
Elizabeth Cook, Franklin Cook and William
Cook, residing In Wood county, Ohio, heirs al
Jaw of David Cook, late of Hancock county
deceased, will take notice that q. +. Cook, Ad
ministrator of the estate of David Cook, de
ceased, on the 26th day of February, A ID. 1876
filed his petition IN the Probate Court, within
and for the county of Hancock, and State o
Ohio, alleging that the personal estate of SAID
decedent is insufficient to pay the debts ant
costs of administering his estate that he diet
seized in fee simple of the following described
reai estate, situate in said Hancock county
10 wit: The southeast quarter of section one
in township two, north range nine east, ex
cepting thereiIom one acre out of the south
east corner thereof, heretofore conveyed to
one Thomas Miller, and that said Clarisss
Cook as widow of said decedent, is entitled 10
dover in said premises. TIE prayer of said
petition is for the assignment of dover to said
Clarissa Cook. and for a sale of said premi es
subject to such dover estate, for the payment
of the debts and charges aforesaid. Said petit
ton will be for hearing on the Both day oi
March. A. ID. 1875, or soon thereafter as
leave can be obtained
&c. COOK, Administrator
of the estate of David Cook, deceased.
HENRY BROWN, Attorney. mar3w4
February 26, a. ID. 1875.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-03-03
AGRAND SUCCESS.
A Years Work for Live Men

On another page is noticed McKnight's
Our Western Border" Considering
the extreme stringency of the times, the
run which this portly and elegant Book
is having all over the country, is some
thing extraordinary. Scarcely out two
months, the TENTH EDITION is now being
made. This book is sold only by agents,
and is so cheap, beautifully illustrated,
and intensely thrilling from cover to
cover, that, wherever it is known it is
out, the best and most successful agents
are Cropping all else, and taking it
Agents sales are enormous. In Pitts
burgh, one sold forty three on his first
day; another twenty eight in four hours;
another. seventy five in three days.
Country agents report sales at almost
every house, notwithstanding dull times.
All good judges confess this timely Book
to be the best and fullest work on BOR-
DER LIFE, STRUGGLE, and ADVENTURE
ever yet published. Everybody wants
it, and al. who read it are delighted. 1t
cannot be had at the book stores, but is
sold only by agents. Active, thorough
going canvassers-male and female-are
wanted in every township. Address,
stating past success, and first and second
choice of territory, at the Office nearest
you, J. c. MCCURDY & CO., Philadel-
phia, Pa, Cincinnati, o., Chicago, ILL.,,
or st. Louis, Mo.
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died.

WISELEY-On Thursday morning, at
her residence in Marion township, February
"a, 1876, ct two O'Clock, Mrs Elizabeth
Wiseley, widow of the late W. p. Wiseley,
aged 35 years.
Mr.. Wiseley and the two little boys died
not quite two years ago, and now his widow
has joined him in better world, leaving
two little ones Mrs. W. has long been an
earnest and consistent member of the U. b.
church, and was highly esteemed by all who
knew her
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-03-03
Prompt reinforcement.

When the physical energies are overtasked
or flag through weakness or disease, they
need prompt reinforcement. Renewed Wig
or is most speedily supplied through the
medium of a tonic stimulant, and, among
medicinal resources of that class ,Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters assuredly deserve a pre-
eminent place: Weakness, whether consti-
tutional or arising from disease or over IA
tigue, cannot be better compensated for than
by resort to this prime strengthening cor
dial. The enfeebled invalid, the GONZALES
cent, and the aged and infirm, find that it is
an unfailing source of vigor and comfort.
Its combined tonic and Alternative properties
also constitute it an invaluable remedy for
indigestion, weakness of the organs of urin-
alton, constipation, torpidity of the liver, and
many other irregularities and disabilities,
and render it an invaluable protection
against malaria, as well as disorders of the
stomach and bowels. mar3w4