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Year: 1873

No DOLLAR, No ELECTION
Herschel V. johnson told the fol-
lowing story at the dinner given to
him by the Macon bar a short time
since. He said that once only he
ran for the Legislature. His party
was largely in the sscendency. Be-
fore the election he attended a bar
becue, which was followed by a
shooting match. We quote: "One
of the 'sOvereigns' approached me
and asked for a dollar, TO enable
him to purchase a chance in the
match. l replied: My friend, were
not a candidate, l would cheerful
ly give you the desired sum; but
how could l take the oath of office,
If elected, should l comply with
your request? p The voter replied,
well, if you are too mean to paw
one dollar to aid your election, 1
viii see that you are beaten And
sure enough was defeated"
Year: 1873

fastening THE RIPENING OF
FRUIF.-Acting upon the principle,
that renewal of the earth immedi-
ately surrounding the roots increas-
es their activity, and accelsrates the
maturing OF all parts of the plant,
including the fruit, Mr.. Stall remov-
ed the earth about an early pear
tree, eight weeks before the normal
period of ripening, for a space of
thirteen to fifteen feet in diameter,
and to such an extent as to leave a
depth of earth over the roots of only
about 2-2.4 inches, which could be
thoroughly warmed by the SUM- He
was surprised not only by the ripen-
ing of the fruit in the middle of
July, but also of its superior juici-
ness and flavor. In another expert
ment, the removal of the earth from
the north side of tree, alone, caus-
ed the fruit on that side to ripen
several days earlier than that on the
south side. Frequent watering was
Of course necessary in the above ex-
periments.
Year: 1873

LET OUR FRIENDS REMEMBER. that if they
expect another number Of The Grange Id
uance they must send ntheir subscriptions
We can no more give away the paper than
the farmer can giveawa his wheat. Send
in your subscription at once, and thus Sc
cure the paper on the very start. a. ssi
Year: 1873

!. The government weighed the six Modocss
October Sd, and found them wanting Of,
breath. To save time they were all swung
off on one beam at the same time, and the.
authorities took a little pains to have ,
the Poor Indian present to see that the
thing was all done fair.
Year: 1873

The decision of Justice Boardman will be
given to-day on the application Of stokess counsel for
new trial on the bill o, exceptions to the Judges ruling
On the last trial II trial is refused motion for


stay of proceedings Will be argued for the purpose OF
obtaining a review Of the case.


motion for an order to show cause why stay OF
proceedings should not be granted was made before
Judge Davis Monday last, grounds separate from
those on which exceptions were taken. Judge Davis
thought that it would be better TO have the order ar
eued before the Justice who tried the cae and there
fore made it returnable before Judge Boardman.


Mr. Tremain believes that II the motion for new trial
ia refused the order for stay Of proceedings VIII De
granted in which the counsel will go before tne
next General OF the Supreme Court for review OF
the case refused there they viii go before the Court
of Appeals.
Year: 1873

There is now, it is said, in one Of the
principal hotels at the Branch. lady DO
careful of her complexion, which 10 said to
be remarkable in many respects, that che
never leaves her room during tho day, and
has all her meals brought to her. She re.
mains in darkened room all day long,
gloomy and desolate, fearing that the sun,
shining through, may freckle her fair face
or turn it to . healthy brown. What
pleasure has she, pray, at the Branchi
Every night she comes out radiantly
beautiful, the gaslight giving . soft glow to
her fair cheek and . sparkle to her, eve.
She has spent time At the toilet; you may
be sure, and she moves grandly about
among the crowds in the corridors, in the
parlors, and on the piazza for half an hour:
them what! She goes to her room and stays
there for another twenty four houre.-Long
Branch Letter.
Year: 1873

A Mrs King had a surprise at
Shawneetown, Ills., the other day.
1t was an accident that Mrs. King
happened to be at ShaWneetown.
She did not intend to go there, but
the steamboat Jennie Howell, on
which she was travelling, struck a
snag and sunk in the Ohio River.
Several OF the passengers were
drowned, and among them some
children. Mrs. King had child
! on board whom she mourned as


lost, and was taken to Shawnee.


town without her babe. The Jen-
ME Howell sank deeD in the water,


and the next morning men went
TO the vessel TO recover the bodies


of the lost. Soon after daylight


O mattress was discovered floating


in the cabin, which was filled with


water nearly to the ceiling. Up


on examination a child. u little


boy, was discovered on the mat


tress sleeping as peacefully as il


nothing had happened. His bed


was not very dry, for it had sunk


good deal from soaking, but sus-
tanned its living freight. In due
time the childwAssent to Shawnee


town, where the other passengers
had been landed the evening be-
fore. It's coming made an excite
ment among the wretched travel
ers for more than one mother
had lost children by the disaster.
1t was a touching scene when
Mrs. King recognized the child as
her boy whom she had mourned
for nearly twenty-four hours
The preservation Of Moses in the
bulrushes was not so miraculous
as the safety of Mrs. Kings boy.
Ke had been tossing about on the
waste of waters i'll tue cabin all
night, and Was brought to his
mother alive in the hour of her
deepest aflliction.
Year: 1873

SUMTER, August 2, 1873.


A most exciting battle took


place few miles from this town


few days days since between q
well-tO-do farmer and a snake de.


scribed by the gentleman as


moccasin, perhaps of the high


land species. The gentleman,


who is we'll known to me, and for


whose accuracy and truthfulness.


| can safely voucb, was returning


home from town with his wife and
child in a buggy drawn by two
spirited horses, when his horses
stopped in evident alright at the
sight of monster snake lying r.
cross the track at some distance


in front of them. Giving the
reins to his wife the gentleman
left the buggy AID selecting a
piece of fence rail advanced and
struck the snake one blow, when
the rail unfortunately broke and
left him defenseless. The snake
Immediately dashed at him and
ran him fercely until finding he
was about to be Oyertaken the
gentleman made for his buggy,
which he barely reached in time,
the snake springing up with great
force against the wheel as he
jumped in alongside his wife.


In a moment the gentleman
had his buggy-whip in hand, and
with the butt of it had a desper-
ate fight with the monster, which.
continued its efforts to effect an.
entrance to the buggy. The
horses becoming uneasy and the
wife dreadfully alarmed, the lines.
in her hands were somewhat re-
laxed, and the team made q squirt
which az once carried the party
a hundred yards from the scene of
conflict. Looking back and find
ing that his enemy held the field
and showed no disposition to run,
the gentleman again left his bug
gy, and, securing a stout and re-
liable club, returned and renewed
the fight. As he advanced, and
when within a few feet, the snake
sprung at him with distended jaws.
when a well directed blow laid him
on the ground, where he was soon
dispatched. The snake was five
inches in diameter and nearly nine
feet long, and altogether the dog
days are considered as infusiDg
more than ordinary venom and
maligDity into the serpent tribe,
yet this furnishes one Of the first
instances in this section of a snake
attacking and engaging in per.
sistent and continuous fight with
a man, and showing no signs of
retreat, but acting on the often
sive throughout and fighting to
the death.
Year: 1873




Things that Never Die
The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth;
The impulse to wOrldless prayer,
The dreams of love and truth,
The longing after something lost
The spirits yeaTning cry,
The striving after better hopes
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need,
The kindly word in grief's dark hour,
That proves afriend indeed;
The plea of mercy, softly breathed,
When justice threatened high,
The sorrow of eOntrite heart
These things shall never die.
The memory of a clasping hand,
The pressure of kiss,
And all the trifes sweet and frail
That makes up life's first bliss;
If with firm, unchanging faith,
And holy trust on high,
Those hands have clasped and lips have met
These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word
That wounded as it fell;
The chilling want of sympathy
We feel but never tell,
The hard repulse that chills the heart,
Whose hopes were bounding high,
In an unfading record kept
These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do;
Lose not chance to awaken 10 We,
Be firm, and just, and true,
So shall a light that cannot fade
Beam on the form ON high,
And angel voices say to thee
These things shall never die
Year: 1873

An incident worth recording
happened in a restaurant on Fifth
street day or two ago. Con.
nected with the press OF this city
Is young man who spent the
years 81, '6S, and part of 90 a.
long the line of the Union Pa.
cifc Railroad, then in process of
construction. On the morning
in question the newspaper GttGche
went into the restaurant and sat
down at a table. ViS-d-UiS sat an
other young man, who presen tly
ac Osted the newspaper man:


sinister, it strikes me I've seen
- you before"


Quiet likely, was the response.


"Wern't you at Cheyenne in the
spring OF 'G0?'


"Yes."


didn't you and Chance H
help fellow down off a barrel
that was st up on end under A
tree one night?"


This was the introduction. 1t
renewed an acquaintance that be-
gan by the saving of a life when its
owner was pinioued, rope about
his neck, with the other end tied
to the limb of tree, while a saw
age and unrelenting committee
of safety stood waiting for the
barrel on which the poor wretch
stood to be kicked out from under
him. The doomed man was A
gambler, but be was a quiet,
peaceable fellow who harmed no
one. One night he had won a
sum of money from II man who
belonged TO the committee of safe,
ty, and the latter attempted to
make him give it back. In the
affair which ensued IA vacancy was
made in the committee. This
was what had brought A into
the presence of death there under
the tee. The two men had gone
among the mob, aud by entreaty
and eXpostulat on had succeeded
in getting the poor fellows sudden
sentence 'commuted," on condi
tioD he should leave the town in
thirty minutes. They took him
down off the barrel, united the
rope from his neck, and Cheyenne
saw him no more. After five
years he and one Of the preservers
of his life met thus by odd chance
1t is well enough to add that the
life was saved to some purpose,
for the man who ''stood upon the
barrel" is now the trusted agent
of mining company operating
In Montana, and is in all respect:
IA useful citizen. 1t was a close
shave.
Year: 1873

A man in Vermont recently
found in a gorge between the
rocks on Sutton mountains seven
alternatelayers OF snow and leaves,
which would indicate that the
snow had not melted in that place
for seven years.
Year: 1873

From the Detroit Free Press


A man named Andrew Stead
man, who buys cattle, deals in
hides, and occasionally makes a
dollar by buying and selling pro-
duce, went out to NaDkin Town.
ship a few days ago to buy span
of horses which were wanted by a
firm in the city. Upon reaching
the farmers house he found that
the man was working with a neigh
Dor a mile away. To save the
distance he cut across lots, but
was warned before be started to
look out for savage bovine which
had the run of a ten acre field


Thinking of how he was going to
get that span of horses for fifty
dollars less than their value, Sted.
man kept plOdding across the field,
which had a strip OF bushes two
or three rods wide running half
way across it. There were a few
stumps and logs, one small tree,
but nothing which prevented any
one from crossing the strip. The
DetrOiteT was about ten rods from
the bushes when be heard "a dis
tant thunder souEd;" and looking
around to see from which way
the shower was coming, about
thirty rods away he beheld the
old bovine coming for him, head
down, back Hp and eyes blazing.
Steadman was satisfied that he was
the man who wanted to be max
ing the gravel fly, and he went
for the bushes. He thought the
bull would stop and run around
the strip, and was startled when
the old fellow dashed through
them on his trail, uttering a deep
"boom!" every instant. Stead
man lodged this way and that, but
the bovine tore along after him,
smashing bushes and leapIng logs,
and it was Citing to be a red-hot
affair, when the man spied the
opened end of large hollow log.
The bull was not over forty feet
behind, and into the log went
Steadman, finding al orilice about
twelve feet long, and large enough
to be roomy. The bovine had
seen the movement, and stopped
at the log and ripped of a bushel
of bark at the first dash.


Then putting his horns under
it he gave it roll, and Stgadman
spun around like a dried pea hi a
policeman's whistle. The log was
large, but old and tender, and
every time the bull hauled back
and jumped for it he covered him
self with glory and clouds of bark
and wood. Sometimes he whirled
one end, and, then he gave the
center a heave, and ii en- he knock
ed a foot CtI the other end. Stead
man swore, shrieked and pleaded,
his eyes full of bark and his
mouth stopped up, and every act
of his life passed before him like
vision. "W-o-o-h! whoop!' bel
owed the bovine as he slammed
away at the log, and every mo-
ment Steadman expected to see
the roof cave in on him. He was
In despair, when he heard the
barking Of dogs and the shouts of
men, and after few minutes the
farmers succeeded in releasing him,
but it took a good hour to get the
kinks out of bis back and the rot.
ton wood from his ears and eyes.


The Montgomery City (MissOu-
ri) Standard adds a few lines to
history in the following paragraph:


Andy Johnson, of Tennessee,
when he was a boy, practiced
tight-rope walking, with the In
tentiOn of becoming a circus per-
former, but afterwards concluded
Year: 1873

Probably the most expert "a
mong the different classes of
which thiefdom is composed are
shoplifters and pickpockets.-
The former are male sometimes,
but generally females, for their
dress is better adapted to con-
ceal the various articles which
they make habit of lifting
Two of these will probably trav-
el together, and as a rule dry
goods stores are selected. One
Year: 1873

The Weather I'm This City Yesterday.


The following record will show the changes in
the temperature for the past twenty-lour hours
in comparison with the corresponding day OF last
year. as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's
Pharmacy HERALD Building
Year: 1873

The last heat was the fastest tnird-best ever
made over the Nashville course JACK OF TTumps
Tell and threw his rider IN the second heat.


The second race was for the Association purse OF
1900 mile heats,
Year: 1873

In first class laundry starch is made
in the usual manner; to pail of starch
a whole sperm candle is used. When
the linen is dry, it is dipped in the cold
starch and ironed in the ordinary way !;
then it is dampened with wet cloth
and the polish-iron passed over it. This
is an ordinary smoothing iron, ground
off SO that the edges are all rounding.
To this last manipulation the linen is
indebted for the peculiar laundry gloss
we admire so much, but which many
house-keepers have vainly striyen to
leave upon the wristbands and bosoms
of their husbands shirts.
Year: 1873

pend upon their own Judgment, and if
the the party be responsfbie U m lust @ as % much
as in any other, The law in the case is
laid down by New York Judge as fol-
lows: IF a, man warrant horse, it is
not necessary to say, "I warrant that
horse" but any distinct affirmation in
regard to the quality or condition of a
horse made to operate, and which does
operate, on the sale, amounts to war
rantee. If man don't want to war
rant, he must keep his mouth shut; and
if he open his mouth, he must tell the
truth.
Year: 1873

;. We do not mention the subject of car
ing for early lambs because farmers are
not aware of their duties, but as re-
minder It is well known that for mar
ket an early lamb is worth more than q
late one, and it follows that extra care
should be taken of the first. 1t is not
economy to attempt to watch the flock
in the field, and assist the lambs as they
appear, but provision should be made
for their protection before that period.


Ewes that are soon to suclzle should be
separated frem the flock, and put where
they will not be subject to exposure,


even if the lambs should not come on a
stormy night Sheep have again be-
come valuable, both for the wool and
meat they furnish, and they should be
incentives to watchfulness, if humanity
does not lead to it. Where lambs be-
come chilled, take them at once to the
house, and after being in warm room
for half an hour, put them under the
stove where it is hot, and give them
milk from the mother until they become
able to walk, and then take them back
to the sheep. IF the mother is not in
clined to take her own offspring, shut
the two up in a small pen or box to-
gether for day or two, and hold the
eve for few times for the lamb to draw
his rations. Farmer. =
Year: 1873

APRoPos of the case of Mrs. Eliza
Collier, woman of Georgia, for the
arrest of whose supposed murderer the
Governor of that State recently offered
a reward, the Philadelphia Medical
Times contains a letter from the physi-
clan who made post mortem examina-
ton of her remains, and who attributes
her death to spontaneous combustion,
the greater part of her body being abso-
head with the skeleton of the left shoul-
der and arm, portions of the spine and
ribs, and the upper part Of one thigh
bone.
Year: 1873

The Prairie Farmer is responsible
for the following principles of chick
enry: s


I. Never set q. hen in a box above the
ground or floor of the chicken-house, il
possible, as the eggs dry too fast and
lose their vitality. If possible to set hens
on the ground you will have much better
success. =


q. Never set more than fifteen eggs,
no matter how large the hen. Some set
only ten or twelve, but under ordinary
fowls thirteen or fourteen will hatch as
readily as less number, though more
are waste.


8. Always be careful to mark the eggs
set with the date of setting, as other
hens often lay on the same nest with a
setting hen, and when the brood is ready
to come off, extra unmatched eggs are
left in the nest which you cannot ac-
count for, and do not know how to dis
pose of except by waste, not knowing
when they were laid.


4. Keep memoranda of all hens set,
with dates when they should come off,
that you may have coops and proper
food prepared for them. Also take
the young chicks from the hen as
they dry, because sometimes they may
run over their time a little, or hatch
earlier. @


5. Better let hens come off thei,
| nests for short time. for food and wa
ter than to confne them to feed on tbs
nest.


Two boards nailed together at one
! end, with slate of lath across them IL
the form of an A make an excellen'
COOP.
Year: 1873

We are SO accustomed to the steady
tick-ticking of the seconds, and clear,
bell-like striking of the hours by our
trusty clocks, that we scarcely know
how to value time as we should. If we
could be suddenly deprived of every
watch and clock, and forced to guess at
every hour, we might have some idea of
how much Importance our time-pieces
were to us. What if clock disease
were to break out this year?


In savage nations the value of time is
not recognized as it is among civilized
people, but even barbarians feel the
need of some means of measuring the
hours. Most savages reckon time by
the position of the sun or moon, but the
natives of the Aru Islands have invented
a very simple water-clock, which an
swers its purpose admirably, though, if
left to itself, it cannot measure more
than one hour.


The clock is merely bucket full of
water, in which floats the half of a well
cleaned cocoanut-shel. In the bottom
of this shell Is bored very small hole,
So that when placed to float in the
bucket fine thread of water comes up
into the shell. This tiny stream gradu-
ally fills the shell, SO that it sinks and
goes to the bottom at the end of an hour.
So exactly is the size of the hole adapted
to the capacity of the shell that an En-
glish traveller, having repeatedly tested
the time required to fill the shell,
found scarcely the variation of half a
minute between his watch and the wa
| ter-clock.


The final sinking of the shell in the
water. is accompanied by gurgllne
sound, which attracts attention. The
shell is then emptied and replaced on
the surface of the water, and the time OF
day or night is reckoned by the number
of times the shell has filed since sun
rise or sunset Thus, Asfour shells from
sunrise" may mean that the hour is 1t
! a. M, or &c six shells from sunset" may
indicate that it is midnight.
Year: 1873

Fts HOW nAuch Will Aecp u 11OTscs


A horse weighing from ten to twelve
hundred pounds Will eat about six tons
of hay, or It's, equivalent, in a year. And
we suppose the real point to get at is,
whether one can keep his horses cheaper
ON some other product than hay. This
is an exceedingly difficult question to
answer-it depends so much on circum-
stances. We shall not attempt to an
swer it fully at this time, but will
merely say that, in our opinion, three
and half tons of corn stalks and two
and half tons corn would keep a horse
a year in fully as good condition as six
tons of good hay.


We may estimate, also, that it will
take three and a half tons of oat straw
and two and half tons of oats to keep
horse a year. A bushel of oats weighs
thirty-two pounds, SO that it will take
over 155 bushels and three and half
tons of straw to keep horse a year. 1t
would take about two acres of good land
to produce this amount.
Year: 1873

Smith, the colored caterer and politician
of Boston. Is a very fine specimen of the
better type of his race, with Moorish rather
than negro leatures-straight hair, which
was bluc-blaek until age whitened it. lie
Is still really handsome man, even in com
parison with his Caucasian associates. His
face and figure are among the most familiar
in Boston, where he has catered, for two gen
erations of distinguished people in public
and in private. He has never had his equal
here for excellence in this line, and, in view
of the very large business that he has done,
he should he a rich man, and presume is
very comfortably off in worldly matters. He
has always been respected. | have seen him
invited by company Of cultivated gentle


men to leave his kitchen, where he was
cooking in person (as he is in the habit of
doing on extraordinary occasions), TO take
glass Of wine and sit ut the board with


them. On an occasion of this character,
once heard him relate an incident Of his
early life. Some thirty wears ago, when Il
spruce young fellow, he dressed himself in
immaculate white from top to toe, on a
Fourth of July morning, never feeling
prouder in his life, as he said, and started to
20 toward the centre Of the city. On the
way, he had occasion to pass white man
washing of the sidewalk with long g-handled
brush The fellow could not bear to see
''darkey' 50 smartly attired, and, moved by
the mean maleyolcnce OF race 50 common in
those days among a certain class, he took his
brush, soused it thoroughly in the dirty
water. and then struck Mr.. Smith square on
the breast with it, bespattering him COM
pletely in every portion of his front. Mr..
Smith said he thought he must whip him or
die d; but he was unexpectedly spared that
hazardous qualification Another white
man. of different type, had been passing
and had seen the whole transaction. He
stepped instantly between the parties.
'.Stop - said he to Mr.. Smith Il want to
fight that fellow You can't do it ON fair
terms. If a black man undertakes to whip