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Year: 1871

WE HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN AN
w nouncing to the public an extensive sale
of some of the best property in East Memphis,
on terms in which every possible inducement
is held out to purchasers. The property Ii
that portion of the original 0verton tract be-
longing to Mr.. Brinkley. situated on the site
of the original Fair Grounds, lying between
the Raleigh road and the Louisville railroad-
q beautiful and extended plateau of ground,
Immediately on the present east limit OF the
city. Wishing to keep pace with the progress
of the age, it is laid off in lots of ample size,
with spacious streets and public squares, de-
signed to beautify the grounds and to promote
the health and comfort of the population, on
a scale of liberal ty which places East Mem
phis far in advance of her elder sister on the
river bank.


The terms of the sale are intended to be as
fixed at one-fourth cash on delivery of the
deed, and the balance in monthly installments
of ten dollars. without interest before ma
turity, secured by trust deed, no. to be fore
closed until default of six installments; and
il the proper should be sold under the trust
deed, the sale to be made only TO carry out the
terms of the original contract, and not for all
cash, thus protecting tho original purchaser
from the possible sacrifice of a cashsale. We
cannot too earnestly direct public attention
to this sale, as presenting inducements alto
gether unprecedented by any former sale in
this market, both as to property offered and
the terms of the sale. Plans are in prepara,,
ton and will be issued from our office, and
amined before the day Of sale.


pf5- Plans now ready.


R0YSTER. TREZEVANT & CO..


Auctioneers.
Year: 1871

untrue to ones self, or mere echo of
others, which is 10 me the alpha and
omega of disgustingDess. Heaven save
us from colorless characters, what else
soever it inAicts upon us; people who
don't know what they think till they ask
somebody. I'd rather put out my feelers,
and crudely blunder twenty times day,
than never to make move without some
body at my elbow to prop me up,


" Trying" to admire thinEsl 1t is
like loving; it is all over with you, take
my word for it, when you have to try"
to do it. Either you are destitute OF ca
pacity, or there is nothing in the object
to draw love out. ! should modestly
add-at least, that is my nnasSisted
opinion. Fanny Fern. am
Year: 1871

SALT ron SrocK.-A correspondent OF tho
Buffalo IN. Y. Live stock Journal found by
experiment that depriving COW Of salt for
three days reduced yield Of milk Eve per cent,
Five days deprivation reduced the yield seven
per cent. These experiments were made in
June. Withholding salt for two weeks in
November, when the cows were regularly fed
upon hay to supply the lack Of failing grass,
produce no appreciable effect. His conclusion
In regard to these results is, that cows should
have access to clean salt al liJit,m, and that
it is safer to trust to natural cravings than ID
the detu;:ols Of imperfect experience.
Year: 1871

BEsT TINE foRPASTING HOUSES. Tho best
time for painting the exterior Of buildings is
late in autsmn, or during tho winter. Paint
then applied will endure twice as long as
when applied early simmer or In hot %erther
In the former it dries slowly and becomes very
hard, like glazed surface, not easily affected
afterwards by the weather, or worn of by tho
beating of storms. But in very hot weather the
oil in the paint Soakes into the wood at ohce,
as into sponge, leaving the lead nearly dry
and nearly ready to crumbe off. The last diff
fculty, however, might In measure be suar-
ded against, though at an increased expense,
by first going over the surface with raw OIL
BY paintingin in cold weather, one annoyance
might certainly be escaped namely the ccllcc-
tion Of small flies on fresh painting - qeehnos
iogiSi.
Year: 1871

o, there's power TO make each hour


As sweet as Heaven designed 1t;
Nor need we roam to bring it home,


Though few there be that find 1t.
We seek too high for things close by,
And lose what nature found US;
For life hath here no charms so dear


Ashome and friends around US.
We oft destroy the present joy


For future hopes-and praise tnemi
While flowers as sweet, bloom at our ieet,
II we'd but stoop to raise them;
For things afar still sweeter are.


When youths bright spell hath bound us
But soon we're taught the earth hath naught
Like home and friends around Us.
The friends that speed in time of need,


When hopes las, reed is shakeh,
Do show Us still that, come what will,


We are not quite forsaken.
Though all were night, if but the light
From Frienship's altar crowned us,
'Twould prove the bliss if earth was this
Our home and friends around US.
Year: 1871

From the Spectator of New York City we ex-
tract as follows " The New England Mutual stands
forth as a fitting type of what company should be
in regard its method Of business Seeking rather to
establish reputation for stability and soundness,
than present novel and promising but untried and
unapproved features in underwriting; conducting all
the companys affairs with the strctest economy and
adopting only those proved by experience to
be the wises the directors of the company have
ceeded in establishing for it reputation for reliability
second TO other similar organization in the country
Yet great is the degree of caution manifested in
the adoption of every new measure, the company is
conducted in a manner fully in unison with the pro-
gressive spirit of the age. AS regards its dealings
with policy holders, few mpanies are liberal
and honest"


" The business of the New England Mutual is con-
Quoted in the most economical and able manner; its
terms liberal and just; its success has been uni
form and extended and its perfect reliability safety
the natural consequences attendant upon the posses
sion of such features and which should be the great
desideratum with insurance company,
Instance eresiied."


For further particulars please call upon


CASTLE 4 COOKE,


49-3nc Agents for the Hawaiian Islands.
Year: 1871

The GERMAN CONFUSION or ToNGUKs.-A Ber-
lin correspondent Of the Chicago Tribune writes:


1t is amusing to get among squad Of soldiers
one sometimes finds them in the hospitals, and
hear the difference and often confusion in their
language. Many cannot understand each other
at all, especially of those living in widely sePa-
rated rural districts. The people Of the cities
and the educated classes speak the same language
everywhere, and yet even among these No
nich soldier uses words that a Berner never
heard. me Hamburgers are accused Of speaking
fat the saxons Of singing. the East Provinces Of
a Polish, and the Phalz Of French accent, and
so on, each thinking that he speaks the correct
German, and being surprised that others speak
differently. Germany offers very Babel in its
languages. This war is having the good effect
the opposite Of that Of the Babel Scattering-of
bringing the people together and working unity
in their manners and views The unity Of Ger
many would hardly be possible without some such
previous unity Of the people. We experienced
some good from this source 10 our war in break
ing down sectional and sectarian differences bat
here there is much more nOed Of il, there being
more difference in the customs within fifty square
miles than one will find between the Atlantic and
the Mississippi Among the French. the differ
ence is perhaps still greater as the prisoners
abundantly illustrate. Both French and Germans
speak Of the " literary" language Q. e., the gram
maticaD as quite distinct from the conversational
Year: 1871

THE conspiracy at Camp Apache recalls an incident in Gen. Crooks history. It occurred about fifteen years ago, when he was stationed with a handful of regulars near the Klamath Reservation. The h. dians were found to be censpiring with view 10 murdering every white person and stealing accordingly, roundabout. They even set the morning for the work to com mence, and were already going in,' when they suddenly discovered the young west Pointer set across every avenue of escape Those Indians that survived that cross fire, took no farther stock in conspiracles.

 Here was a chance to have taught these Apaches the most salutary lesson they ever got, but the opportunity was lost for want of a man to improve it.
Year: 1871

So far are we from agreeing with the proverb that Republics are un- grateful that we verify belitve there are thousands of criminals constantly being let off with a reprieve and good rations who should have been let down with rope. The world, too, Is much better than it gets credit for. With all its shams and slowneSS to see the truth, the deserving usually get their due. The newspaper press, which can make and uumake men, as 1t were, Is found to be nearer correct in the end than it at first appears. 1t would much rather record actions than ln- dulge in comments, for the public Is a great maw always hungry for news. There is most money ill news, and least "unpleasantness' in dealing 1t out. There never is a good deed performed that the press does not sooner or later award just mention. Its fault if any is in overpraise through this hurry for news. The military is in cur minds eye now. It is there we look-when we look rightly-as a general thing, for the more meritorious or ridiculous in the line heroic. Cloth, etc. seem to conspire with or against a man, all the more. It is useless for the congre- oation. much less the smaller circle of white neck ties, to think of washing a fallen minister's dirty linen and keep inc. it white before the world. The sooner the fault is known and change takes place, the better for all hands.

 We want no one to say that our l:te strictures on the military outfit ill Arizona will tend to demoralize that institution any farther; as whole It couldn't be done. We have generally mentioned names ill that particular. knowing that there are many good officers who can't do any good from the very nature of things. But like those in every sphere of life, be satisfied with your innocent food, raiment, &c. and bide your time.

 This is not the first and most disa- greeable duty we have had to perform in this line. For instance, that Idaho siege, where the officer commanding was worthless ill every respect; the savages killed over two hundred trav- elers alone on one road in one year. Post commanders seemed benumbed, except in one instance where a Major (now on duty in Arizona) threatened to bring his howitzer to town and de- stroy the 'd-n printing-office.' That would have been relief both ways, for change. A few months after wards, however, Gen. Crook dropped m there quietly. as an Apache, and soon demonstrated to the Major that his half company of soldiers could get a hundred miles away from camp in the snow, and go through a rancheria of nearly hundred Indians, when the mercury was below zero. The Major has been our well-wisher ever since.

 We have not lost all hope ill the case of our friend Col. Green, and that his two hundred and fifty soldiers are but to look at and protect hostile savages We shall labor with him. He may yet experience light. And we may all be happy yet. But every tub must stand on its own bottom.
Year: 1871

The game is said TO have had its Oriain
i'll the fifth century, at the court OF a
powerful prince in the Indies, who had
forced a great number OF sOvereignS to
pay tribute to him, and submit to his
government. Forgetting that a king
ought to be the father OF his people, ne
grievously oppressed them, and put To
death those who dared to remonstratc
with him; till the people, borne down


by q weight of unsuppOrtable tyranny,


began to revolt, and the tributary prin~
ees, persuaded that in losing the love OF
his people he had lost the essence of his
power, were preparing to throw of the
yoke, and to carry war into his estate,


vt length u Brahmin, or Indian PhiIOS-
Opher, named Sissea, the son of Daher
touched with the misfOrtUnes of his
country, undertook to make the prince
open his eyes to the fatal effects which
his conduct was likely to produce. But,
instructed by the example of those who
had gone before him, he was sensible
his lesson would not prove of any ser
vice, until the prince should make the
application of it to himself, and not
think that it was done by another.
With this view he invented the game of
chess, where the king, although the
most considerable of the pieces, is both
impotent to attack, as well as to defend
himself against his enemies, without
the assistance of his subjects and sol
diers. The new game soon became ia
nous; the King of the Indies heard oft,
and would learn it. The Brahmin SIS
sea was pitched upon to teach him; and
under the pretext of explaining the
rules of the game, and showing him the
skill required to mako use Of the other
pieces for the kings defence, lie made
him perceive and relish important
truths which he had hitherto refused To
hear. The king, convinced that in tho
peoples love of their ruler consisted all
his strength, altered his conduct, and
prevented the misfortpRes that threat
ened him.
Year: 1871

TIE PoTAroE.- The following
article is extracted from an old book
on agriculture, printed in dublio
in I767:


This root increases prodigiouslI,
and is very proper for feeding and
fattening cattle. They arc boiled in
water and require but little boiling,
though they have been kept two
months In the store. Cattle eat them
raw, but for the table they are whole
somer boiled. ] earnestly recon-
mend the culture of this plant to
husbaudmen, rs it is not only excel
lent for cattle, but good food for man
in years of scarcity. After Il little
use, the taste becomes at lastas agree
able as turnips, and particularly if
the potatoes are boiled with bacon
and salt pork. The consumption of
them in the English islands is aston
ishiug, and many are eat in some Of
the French provinces. They yield 8
very white meal, which mixed with
wheat meal makes good bread. i
have eat of it when there was no
more wheat meal in il than was ncc-
cssary TO make it rise"
Year: 1871

4 clever writer says Providence
meant woman To make the world
beautiful as much as flowers and but
terflies, and there is no sin in tasteful
dress, but only In devOting to it much
money or too much time"


This most sensible view, and is the
true medium between the one extreme
of straight and rigid simplicity and
devotion Of the best energies of a life
time to vanity and frivOlity. But, af-
ter all, what is this rage for dress but
an effort after the beautiful? The
reason why the beautiful is not always
the result, is because so many women
are ignorant or merely imitatiye


They have no sense of fitness. The
short wear what belongs to the tall,
brunettes sarifice their natural beauty
t. look blondes, as we'll they may, for
blondes seem generally preferable
Year: 1871

To TIZ EDITOR OF THE HERAID:-


Ono OF the most unprincpled propositions ever
appearing In q civilized community to seize and
mortgage and take without consideration the pri
vate property OF widows, married women and chill
dren, by self-constituted concave is displayed In
the HERALD OF the Goth ult., some Of whom 1t Is
known now fraudulently occupy some of this very
property they propose, by wholesale, to ask the
Legislature to let them steal II appears that they met
at the respectable banklng house OF Duncan Sher-
man to hear read report Of their own committee,
intended, as they pretend ask the Legislature 70
enact law they have no power under the constitu-
assessment for taxes made upon staten Island and
some OF the profounds In law doubt II there has
legal sale OF real estate there Of any kind. the
neglect to execute legal warrant OF survey OF the
included patents issued properly to the Surveyor
General and the placing OF the same on record
oient notice to suspend the statute OF limitations
under the law until the warrant was executed
by interior lines could taEe place upon the inclusive
patent, and It is doubted whether the included
It is ascertancd that their bounds are not fraudu.
lent. II the warrant OF survey had been issued to
the inclusive p; paten,e;e % instead Of the Surveyor
the warrant as the SURVEYOR General has DONE all
sne state could do In that event would be to pass q
property OF private citizens the State ofIcers by
their neglect have prevented them from
wssa in s state %oua ss the he * assp C

the proposition OF the vandazing cabal at
Duncan y Snerman's bank. II they were desrous
Of beneniing the Island they would have taken the
opposite course TO clear the title instead OF nvolv.
ing by nunctiens, and have gone to the Legislature
legally, as the Inclusive patent has gone to the Sur
yeyor General BY petition to execute the warrant.
they would nave petttioncd the Legislature to make
an appropriation TO survey the included patents so
that the inclusive patentees could legally have
veyed their interior lines and prepared themselves
TO meet the inclnded patentees In any Just
able Improvement for the general good. The impli-
cation their course raises against themselves
IL that they do not want the included patents
veyed under the warrant particularly as 1t is known
some nave taken more than their patents call for,
and some have patents they not entitled TO, be-
cause they obtained them fraudulently, without q
survey, and therefore cannot segregate. This
trouble thot has existed on this island Is now rem
dered simpler by being understood, and II the Legs-


ature should think proper to grant 70 the inclusive
patentees or their surveyor the execution OF the
warrant and make the appropriation for the M
cluded patents as they are bound 70 do It shan De
executed nom the initial points and connected with
tho rianguaons OF the exterior lines Of the inclu
siye patent made BY the pnited StateA n.
Year: 1871

We don't like stinginess. We don't
like economy, when 1t comes down to
rags and starvation. We have no SYM
pathy with the notion that poor man
should hitch himself fast to post, and
stand still, while the rest of the world
moves forward. 1t is no mans duty to
deny himself every amusement, every
recreation, every comfort, that he may
get rich. 1t is no mans duty to make
an iceberg of himself, to shut his eyes
and ears to the suflerings of his fellows,
aud deny himself the enjoyment that
results from generous actions, merely
that he may hoard wealth for his heirs to
quarrel about. But there is an economy
which is every mans duty, and which
is especially commendable In the man
who struggles with poverty-an econo-
my which is consistent with happiness,
and which must be practised If the poor
man would secure independence. 1t is
almost every mans privilege, and 1t
becomes his duty to live within his
means - not up to them, but within
them. Wealth does not make the man,
we admit, and should never be taken
into account in our judgment Of men,
but competence should always be Sc
cured, when it can be, by the practice
of economy and selfdenial to only a
tolerable extent. 1t should be secured,
not so much for Others to look upon, or
raise US in the enstimation Of others, as
to secure the consciousness Of indepen-
dence, and the constant satisfaction
which is derived from Its requirement
and possession.
Year: 1871

1t is important, in making butter at
this season of the year, that the cream
should be kept at an even temperature
previous to the churning. 1t ought not
to be allowed to fall below fifty-five de-
grees, or at most below fifty degrees,
and if ii does there will be trouble H.
making the butter come.


Ii is often good plan, where the ia
clities for keeping the milk at uni.
form temperature do not exist, to scald
the milk by setting it in the pan upon
the stove TIL it "crinkles" on the edges
OF the coating of cream that rises, and
then to set it away where the tempora.
ture will not fall below the point
named. The cream will rise rapidly
and the churning will be easier.


Where few cows only are kept, and
the quantity Of cream is not sufficient
to churn more than once or twice a
week, keep the cream in crock or jar
and when new cream is added, stir the
whole well together, adding a small
quantity of fine salt at the same time.
1t will facilitate the churning very
greatly. We have known this simple
method to be adopted and followed
with great success.


But the feeding of the cows in the
butter dairy at this season of the yeal
and in Winter is of special Importance
since they are deprived OF the sweet
and nutritious grasses of the Spring
and Fall, on which they naturally pro
duce the highest quality and quantity
Of butter. For the present, many farm
ers have few pumpkins left. Others
feed apples, small potatoes and othe
substances. Some of these, like pump
kins, make rich milk. But, as a gener
al thing, the butter dairy farmer will
"fnd his account" in adding a litti,
bran or shorts or middlings, or in wan
of these a small quantity of NEAL
These add very greatly to the qualit,
of the milk and butter, and at presen
prices are not over and above expeu
siye as compared with feeding alone OF
hay. .t.
| A little extra pains in preparing tn
food for cows in milk In cold weathe
is good economy. And II we take tn
trouble to warm the water and make
sort of mash by mixing the bran int
1t, the result will be still more tatisfaC
tory. When allowed to drink all Tn
cold water they want, the chill is 5
great that it shrinks them more or les:
Turf, Field and Farm,
Year: 1871

Live for some purpose in the world.
Always act your part well. Fill up the
measure of duty to others. Conduct
yourselves so you shall be missed with
sorrow when your gone. Multitudes of
our species are living in such a selfish
manner that they are not likely to be
remembered after their disappearance.
They leave behind them scarcely any
traces of their existence, and are forgot.
ten almost as though they had never
been. They are, while they live, like
some pebble lying unobserved among a
million on the shore; and when they
die they are like that same pebble
thrown into the sea, which just ruffle;
the surface, sinks, and is forgotten
without being missed from the beach
They are neither regretted by the rich
wanted by the poor, nor celebrated by
the learned. Who has been the better
for their life? Whose tears have they
dried up? Whose wants supplied I
Whose misery have thoy healed? Who
would unbar the gate OF life to re.admit
them to existence? or what face would
greet them back again to our world
with smile? Wretched, unproductive
mode of existence! Selfshness is its
own curse; it is a starving vice. The
man who does no good gets none. He
is like the heath in the desert, neither
yielding fruit nor seeing when good
cometh; stunted, dwarflsh, mistrable
shrub.