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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-03-30
UNCLE NEn.s DErENcr.

My bredren an sIstahs, rise fob to 'splain
DIS mattah dat yOus talkin' bout hopes to make
1t plain.
ps berry sorry dat de ting hsb come befo' de
Fob when 'splains it you will see dat it am muffin
much.
My frien's, your humble speakah, while ;rabliu'
here below,
Hab nebber cared to hoard up gold ar silver foh to
show,
We's only sioppin' here spell, we all hab sot to
die,
An so always tries to lay my treasahs up on high
Dar's jest one ting dat posters me, an dat dis,
De ravens fed old 'Jah, but de critters wOne feed
Deys got above dar business an jest goes swoopin'
'roun'.
An nebber turns to look at me a-waitin' on de
groun'.
waited mighty sartin like; my faith was pow'rul
reckoned dat dem pesky birds would shuahly be
along.
But oh, my frien'ly hearahs, my faith it eotched
fall,
De aggrevatin fowls went by an nebber stopped at
all.
De meal an fou was almos' gone, de pork bar'l
An so one day i''cluded dat had bettgh go
To Brudder Johnson's 'tater patch an borrow jest
Twas evenin lore got to start, had SO mach to
do.
1t happened dat de night was dark, but dat didn't
knowed de way to dat ar patch, twas easy nuff to
fin,
An den I didn't car to meet dat johnson, for 1
knowed
Dat he would me bout de mess ob 'tstcrs dat
owed.
got de baskit full at las, an tuk em on iny back
An den was gwine to tote eiu off, when sornethin'
went ker-w hack.
fought it a cannon, but 1t just turned out to
be
Dat Jehnsons ole hoss pistll po;ntin' straight at
me.
l tried TO argufy wid him f; I 'pologizad heap.
But he said dat steain' 'tsteTs mean Is -tealn
sheep.
Oh course couldn't take dat ar; it had an ugly
sOun'
The only ting for me to do jist to knock him
DOWN.
My bredren and sistahs, de story am all told
(0f course pounded johnson till he yelled foh me
to hold /; }
An now hopes you 'grees wid dst dis yere case
an such.
Am berry trifln mattahs to fetch belo &C chu'ch.
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IMPORTANT CAUTION.

None are genuine unless the signature of
J. HAYDOCK, as agent for the United States,
surrounds each box of Pills, and Ointment.
handsome reward will be given to any one
rendering such information as may lead to
the detection of any party or parties coTn-
terfeiting the medicines or vending the same,
@a@Sold at the mandatory of Professor
HOLLOWAY & Co., New York, And by all
respectable druggists and dealers in medi
cines throughout the civilized world, in boxe
at % cents, 62 cents and 81 each.
9s-There is considerable saving by ia kin
the largest sizes.
N B.-Dnections for the guidance of pa
tients in every disorder are affixed to each
box.
ONCE, TIA Liberty street, New York.
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TRIMS GOING SOUTH.

TRAIN No. l connects at Decatur with
Memphis & Charleston r. r.; at Calera with
S, r. d ID. r. r., at Gnthrie with st. Louis
& Southeastern sR'y; at Mckenzie with
Nashville & Northwestern R'y; at Montgom-
cry with Mobile & Montgomery r. r. for
Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans.
TRAIN No 3 connects at Decatur east and
west with Memphis & Charleston Railroad; !;
at birmingham with Alabama & Chattanooga
Railroad: at Calera with Selma, Rome &
Dalton Railroad; at Montgomery with West
ern Railroad (of Alabams), Montgomery &
EufauIa and Mobile and Montgomery Rail-
road.
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For Stomachs Out of Order.

No medicines will so effectuslly improve
tie tones of the stomach as these Pills; they
remove all acidity occaSioned either by in
temperance or improper diet. They reach
the liver and reduce it to healthy action
they are wonderfully eficacious in cases of
all disorders of the Liver and stomach. d.
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS are the best known
in the world for the following diseases
Ague, Asthma, Bilious Complaints, Blotches
on the Skin, Consumption of the
Bowels, Consumption, Debility, Drop
sy, Dysentery, Erysipelas, Female Ir-
Irregularities, Fevers of afl kinds, Fits, Gout,
Headache, Indigestion, Inflammation, Jaun-
dice, Liver Complaints, Lumbago, Piles,
Rheumatism, Retention of urine, Scrofula or
Kings Evil, Sore Throats, Stone and Gravel,
Tie e-Doulourex, Tumors, Ulcers, Worms of
all kinds Weakness from any cause etc
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H OLLOwA Y'S PILLS..
Invariably cnre the following diseases
Disorder of the Kidneys.

In all diseases affecting these organs,
whether they secret too much or too little
water; or whether they be afflicted with
stone OF gravel, or with aches and pains set
tied in the loins or over the regions of the
kindnevs, these Pills should be taken accord
ing to the printed directions, and the Oint-
ment should be well rubbed into the small
of the back at bed time. This treatment
will give almost immediate relief when all
other means have failed.
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Mark These Facts.
The TetimnnY of The Whole World.

HOLLOWA VS. PILLS
az had no appetite; Holloway's Pills give
me hearty one"
"Your Pills are marvellous"
"I send for another box, and keep them in
the house."
"Dr. Holloway has cured my headache that
was chronic"
81 gave one of your Pills to my babe for
cholera morbus. The dear little thing is now
cured"
"My nausea of morning is now cured"
"Your box of Holloway's Ointment cured
me of noises in the head. [ rubbed some of
your Ointment behind the ears, and the
noise has left"
"Send ME two boxes 1 want one fora poor
family"
'T enclose dollar; your price is % cents,
but the medicine to me is worth dollar"
"SeDd me five boxes of your pills"
"Let nae have three boxes of Pills by re-
turn mall for Chills and Fever"
have over 2G0 such testimonials as these,
but want of space compels me TO conclude.
For Cutaneous Disorders.
And all eruptions of the skin, this Ointment
is most invaluable. 1t does not heal exter-
nally alone, but penetrates with the most
searching effects to the very root of the
evil.
x-sG DTT
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Al en- PILE OINTMENT,
THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE
FERTILIZATION.

The reputation Of this Medicine is now well es-
tabished that liberal minded men in the medical
profession throughout the Union recommend it TO
their patients tie very best Of all remedies for
Piles. Hundreds of the most painful Of Piles
have been cured by its use in very short time
No medicine has ever obtained higher more
deserving reputation than Aliens Pile Ointment.
Aliens Pile Ointment is a remedy of universal
usefulness whenever oil cerate salve ointment
embrocation is required in cases of Burns, Scalds,
BlisteTs Sprans, Bruises, AbrasionS, Cuts, Ulcers
Salt RBeum, letter, Eczema, Ring Worm, BarbeT's
Itch, Frosted Limbs, Chilblains, Cbapped SKIN,
Fever Blisters, Bed So es, sore Feet, Bunioas,
Vegetable Poisoning, Bites OF Insects, etc.
There is no known remedy that gives such lasting
relief as Aliens Pile Ointment. 1t is new de-
lightful and wonderful remedy, designed and war
ranted to sdpersede all other Ointments yet dis
Aliens Pile Ointment is entirely different from
cOTere.
any other Ointment in the hole world perfectly
harmless for the infant aged il is cooling 6Bd
grateful to the burning brow throbbing temples and
iever-parched system il " i'll hanish pain and aay
in illumination more rapidly than any curative COM
pound in this or in any other country.
Price so cents box, six boxes for So 90. If
yoIIK druggist storekeeper does not have it, We
win fod@ard half dozen to any address on receipt
of price,
Prepared only by
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SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.
THE Ecountenanceis paleand leaden-
L colored, with occasional hushcs, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks the eyes become dull the pu-
pills dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eyelid the nose is ir-
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds !;
swelling ofthc upperliP occasional
headache, with humming or throb-
bing of the ears ; an unusual secretion
of saliva; Shiny or furred tongue;
breath very foul, particularly i'll the
morning; appetite variable, some
times voracious, with gnawing SEN
sation ofthe stomach, at others, entire
lygone ;fleeting painsin the stomach ;
occasional nausea and vomiting vio-
lent pains throughout the abdomen;
bowels irregular, at times costive;
stools Shiny not nnfrequently tinged
with blood; belly swollen and hard ;
urine turbid respiration occasionally
difficult, and accompanied by hlc-
cough cough sometimes dry and con-
vulsive uneasy and disturbed sleep,
with grinding of the teeth; temper
variable, but generally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DIR. G. MCLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect cure.
1T DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
III any form tbs an innocent prepara-
ton, not capable Of doing tile slight
est injury to the most tender infant.
The genuine DR.. MCLANE's YER
MIFUGE bears the signatures of c.
MCLANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
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ALIENS LIVER PILLS

Regulate the organs of the system, restoring func-
tiona harmony ami securing the secretion OF the
proper constituents of each organ. BY ther action
the secreteS its allotted proportion of bile the
lungs carbon, the skin sweat, the kidneys urine
etc, and are always reliable as purgaEve.
The aged, and persons subjected TO Constipation,
PARALYSIS, and Weakness Of the Bowels Kidneys
and Bladder etc, that have to resort to Injections
by takiug two oI three of A,len't Liver Pills will
enjoy natural discharges, and by the ssions use
of them have regular operations In tree cases
their strengthening and nutritious principles are
exhibited every dose will add strength to the
Bowels, Liver Kidneys, etc, that may be worn or
dep'eted by age.
In these Pills, want that science has ever failed
to supply is secured and this Is thorough purga-
tive that be given in safety in of eruptve
fevers, as Smallpox, Erysipelas, Yellow Fever,
scarlet and Typhoid Eevers. hen the Mucous
Mem brane becomes liberated, these Pills act thor
ouShly. yet heal liberated and exeoTiated parts.
They are made from ext aets-from new Ingredients
entirely vegetable superior in respect 10 the
ordinary powders and substances of the common
advertised Pills, and have safe, certain and uni
form action.
Price 25 cents box, or six boxes for S1.25. If
your druggist or stoTe-keeper does not have them,
ze will forward half doZ. n boxes to any address
on receipt OF the price Prepared only by
AMERICAN MEDICINE co.
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Pullman Palace Cars Without Change
Are Run Between
New Orleans and Louisville,
uniSomery on No. and No.
MEMPHIS and NASHVILLE

VIA MCKENZIE.
For information about Tickets and Emf
grant Rates to Florida, Arkansas, and Texas,
addres, j. n. BOOKS,
Pass. Agent
orc. y. ATMORE.
GeH'l Pass. & Ticket Ag't,
n. q, lo76. Louisville, Ky.
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Aliens Strengthening Cordial

Is the great blood purifier, Syphilis, and re-
moves Einples and HumOrs on the face
Reason should teach that a bOtehy, rough or
pinpled skin depends entirely upon internal
cause and no outward application can ever cure the
defect.
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1t viii eradicate from The system every taint oi
Scrofula and ScrsfulOus Humor. 1t has permanently
cured thousands of helpless cases where all other
known remedies failed.
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Tumors, Ulcers, or Old Sores

Are caused by impure state of the blood cleanse
the blood thoroughly with Aliens Strength
eHiHg Cordial and the complaints will disap-
T.pa
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-23
qro wARRANro.

The words quo earrunto have become.
In the last few months. 30 common in
newspaper dispatches that they can al.
most DO said to be anglicissd. And yet
there are thousands Of our readers who
do not understand thar meaning. They
are Latin words. and tho literal mean
ing IL. "by what warrant or title" A
quo '~earranto suit il simply q suit which
Is brought by q contestant for an Office
calling upon the man who holds II to
show by what title he claims it. II Mr..
Tldsn should bring a quo ~,rdrrunto &c
ton asainst President Hayes. the latter
would Be forced TO prove his right to his
seat In the White House. In other
words. he would have to prove In the
Supreme Court "by what warrant F" he
holds the ONCE Of President Of the
United States.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-23
NEVADA ITEMS.

Fred. Hart has this 10 say In the
Austin Rsreils: Winter not only lin.
gers in the lap Of Spring, but has sal
down right here In Austin as II II had
come to stay. High winds, frost, snow
and q general elemental unpleasantness
have prevailed for the "a or 10 houn
ending ut 2 o'clock 4. N. to-day.
The Reno Journal says: There ART
at present nine prisoners in the County
Jail. representing the following offenses
Two for murier. one for horse stealing,
four for petty larceny. one Chinaman "
days for disturbing tho peace ut Verdi,
and one Chinainan 60 days for grabbing
trout at Verdi.
The Carson Tribune says: We under
stand that the public school will close
in . few days and will not reopen foI
four months. This is merely the tall
Of the school children.
Governor Bradley was in Reno on
Saturday.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-23

DuLL.-During our rounds in seach
Of local news this forenoon, We inter
viewed nearly every business man on
Main street. and found q great unanim.
lily Of opinion existing among them on
the one point that 1t was the dullest day
seen in Austin for n long time. One
prominent merchant whose store we en-
tered was sitting in an armchair In his
ofice. with his feet elevated on the
eounter-dssk and in that condition
twiIt asleep and awake. "Any nsws?"
we asked. "Not n doegoned thing"
WI replied. "but you can put my feet
in the Rsrsile IL you wan to-" We in
formed him with ~ much politeness as
he could command under the circum-
stances that the business Of the Rereile
did not admit Of its enlargement to the
size OF the London Times. - reese
Rirsr Rereius.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-23
,sIAs Cravings for opium.

Most psopls know that the opium
habit il Increasing throughout the coun.
try. but few are aware Of its growth In
New England. In Providence the city
druggists report q moro or less rapid In.
crease in the number Of their opium
customers, and physicians find thai fe-
male patients cannot be affected by less
than four times an ordinary dose oil
morphine.
Some try to conceal their purchase OF
the drug by buying In different stores,
until almost tho whole city has been
gone over; others appear as regularly
at the same place. Saturday evening. a.
the evening comes. The wish TO con-
ceal the habits universal. and II Is never
taken, as liquors are drank. in an open
crowd and with msrry-naking. A
grain Of opium. or an eighth q . much
morphine, IL dose fer . beginner. but
the desire and ability to take II grow 80
rapidly that Ave and even ten grains Of
morphine are taken In q day. perhaps
In three hours.
An opium-eatsr In Providence, q few
months AGO, ate 1876 grains Of opium in
"a hours, and q woman drinks q coffee
cup full Of laudanum without harm.
There arc . large number Of men whose
weekly purchase Of opium indicates that
they use about25 grains aday. Anovsl
method OF taking opium Is BY the use Of
the hypodermio syringe tiny instru-
msnt with q needle point. which Is stuck
through the skin. and through which
the liquid Is conveyed directly into the
blood. Tho effect whom administered
In this way Is much more immediate
than when taken in the usual way a. q
powder or In little pellets. Physicians
addicted to the habit land there isa sur.
prising number OF thsm) usually adopt
the hypodermic method. and one doctor
il known whose body Is In spots SCARED
like the smallpox from the marks Of
his morphine syringe.
The high cost Is one hindranco to lis
use. Really poor people cannot afford
to extensively use An article that costs
50 90 to s. 30 an ounce. Nevertheless,
with the habit once formed. q man or
woman will do anything to get the
opium that tho most inveterate drunk
ard would do to get rum. Opium.eating
il. IL possible. o seductive than
liquor-drinking. and the confirmed
opium-eatsr can have scarcely q hope OF
escape from its power; the victim Is in
misery whenever hs Is not under the In.
fiuence Of the drug.
II is said that there Is m opium.eater
in Providence who has fully counted tho
cost. He began TO eat opium when
about thirty.6vs years old, and finding a
few years later the habit fastened upon
him. determined that he could not live
at the longest more than thirty years.
He was then taking half u grim u day.
lie figured up the amount he would re-
quire in thirty years. allowing M in.
crease Of u quarter Of u grain a year.
lie then made u deposit Of sufficient to
supply him al. those years. and now
goes about continually under Its influ.
encs. viewing life and the world In
which he moves ~ II he saw them from
the large end Of an opsra-glass.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-23
TRuckEE ITEMS.

Prom the Truekes Republican. April ais,l
Hurl's Hall Is about finished and Is
now one OF the finest halls outside OF
San Francisco. II has been whitened,
grained. the stage moved to the back
part Of the hall. and other. important
improvements have been made. Truckee
nov has = public hall II can be proud OF.
The COMMITTEES Of Arrangements will
have II beautifully decorated on the
18th instant.
Supervisor Thompson has a gang OF
men at work putting the road leading
from town toward Martins valley in order.
The new grade built by the county last
Spring was badly washed out during tho
Winter. and Is being filed up and a great
many large rocks being taken out.
A largo quantity OF four.foot wood is
being cut between Truckee and Bonner
Lake.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-23
STAR CLOTHING HOUSE.

We have sought By all fair and honorsbie
means 10 gain the eonfiietee of the community
In which we lice. OR motto and belief has
ever bssn that "uones,y L. the Hest Policy"
by jad'eicus buying. striet economy. fair DIAL
Ing and -tdet attention 10 business, we have
gained and inteld TO r-tsin the c~onnience and
sd will Il ths people of storey county. In
ori~r 10 uur ianfe anil groving
pArcnAge ue have op ned . branch c.oihihg.
hon . In Go q HILL. s.eoid &c nothinx Of the
Kind IN oold ilul OF virsinis CITY. TINS store
Ne i.tead 10 run In esonrsti"a with the ne In
Virginia C.ty. 30 a. tn Accommudste both ends
81 the cbmstoSk. both sto.cs will b .,upIiisd
Of o., tim . With the very lAte.t styles, si.i =
stet OF goods which. In quality. quantity.
vaiirty and eh-apns-s. eannut be exeellei By
ANY clothing hoase In the state Oar rtocks Of
me DIVES aod buiaess quits IL unexcellei In
the ssAtr. Our boys' aud youths' stock Is i'm
men-e. In The line Of hat. caps, boots aud
saosr. ADD gents Furnishing goois, ~~ deity
eompctsion. Friends and patron. Of Virginia
CITY and God Hill. RENT. abr that We have al
Ways at tsriy and squarely With sou /; that
ue n.v'r have tried 90 make yoa bsl.evc that
ue sell sosds b~lo~ coat. while actually max.
IND Q pfont. Our motto has always been
"tair pvsling." We intend In the futnre. as
in the pest. To make u ~ Jour advau'acr 90
psironiss Ne. By art, buyinl ,ur soois 1. the
Kat. which We can do at rates that win enable
Ne ~ reil AZ ain. Of nsnres that will always give
yoa the full worth Of your money , seconaiy.
By fair. honest and &C -omnsoiaiing dealing
wth al Who nay favor Nc With . call. Re-
menabrr TIE pisoe. PiAtt 4 Rich. .llAli's build.
lag opposite the NEws once. Main street,
Colo Hill. and 70 south q street, Virginia
CITY. ~
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CALIFORNIA ITEMS.

A man by the name Of John McKen-
zis was frozen to death In the Mineral
King mines, Talars county. about the
81 instant. He had undertaken TO 60
over to the Redwood meadows and had
been gone about ten days, when parties
undertook TO ascertain what II was that
delayed his return. and he was found
dead on the south hillside only about .
half mile from camp. He had been In
the meadows during the late storm. and
bad crossed the mountains In three or
four feet Of snow. The man seems to
have struggled until he was exhausted.
and then TO have fallen over backward
dad. There was no snow around him
when found.
A man by the name Of Dstion. work.
ing In the big tunnel OF the Nevada
Company's claim at You Bet, was In.
jured by q blast on Thursday last. The
particulars are as follows:. A number Of
holes had been drilled and charged for
blasting. Mr.. Bstton was engaged in
lighting the fuses. when n OF the
charges exploded. throwing him down;
be got up and started up out OF the
tunnel, and MAS near the mouth, when
the remainder went of. the concussion
throwing him or his feet and stunning
him. He Was removed to his residence
ii Gold Run.
The Pioneer Society OF Stockton has
decided to have photographs taken Of
ali its active members for the purpose
Of forming a picture gallery in its hall.
and accordingly six large. heavy black
walnut frames. each containing q dozen
photographs, now grace the walls Of the
Socisty's rooms. photographs OF de-
ceased members are also to be procured.
where practicable, copied and enlarged.
and placed among the pictures OF the
living members. with some distinguish
ing feature to denote tho fact VI their
decease.
On the 18th instant, Frank jordan.
an old man and q pioneer in Tularo
county, was taken with q at while herd
ing hogs on Tulare Lake. and fell into
the camp fire. where he seems to have
lain for q space Of some two hours. The
fiesh Of his thighs was burned to a crisp.
The unfortunate man was taken to Vi
salia. where he died OIL Friday.
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NgLsON's DEATH.

Having been referred TO to settle
little dispute a. 10 the place and nanne'
of the death OF Lord Nelson. 70 vii
state that ~accsrdins 10 the A"sersom
Cycloped;a Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson
Was killed at the naval battle OF Traf'
alsar, October 81. 1905. He was in
command OF the English Mediterranean
feet, and encountered the combined
French and Spanish fests OF Cape
Trafalgar. On that day be were his
Animals coat. bearing upon left breast
the insignia Of the Orders with which
he hal been invested. Ts all remon-
straness against wearing 80 conspicuous
q uniform he replied. referring TO the In.
sigma: elm honor I have gained them
and in hosor I will die with thsu." Al
li:io a. NJ. while bearing down on the
enemy. be boosted the signal England
expects every man TO do his duty"
which Was received with tremendous
cheering By the whole feet. At tim
MINUTES after noon the action began.
In the heat Of the battle. at quarter paAt
I o'clock p. NJ. he was struck In the
shoulder by q muskst hall. "Thsy
have done for ms ut last. Hardy" said
he. a. he was raised mp frvm the deck.
"my backbone is shot through" He
was carried below. and the surgeon eI.
aiming the wound pronounced IL NOR
tai. He continually Expressed the great
est anxiety ii to the result OF battle.
Al length Captain Hardy came down
from the deck and congratulated his
dying Commander on having gained a
complete victory. Al hali-pasta o'clock
r. n. the gallant Nelson died without a
,roan. AMI his last words were. ''rhank
God I have done my duty"