The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, June 09, 1847, Image 4
Tlic Woman of Mind.
My wife is a woman of mind,
And Deville who examined her bumps,
Vow'd that never were found in a woman
Such large intellectual lumps.
Ideality" big as an egg,
Willi "Causality," great, was combined ;
He charg'd me ton shillings, and said,
"Sir, your wife is a woman of mind."
She's too clover to care how she looks,
And will horrid blue spectacles wear,
Not bccausc she supposes they give her
A fine intellectual air ;
2.7o ! she pays no regard to appearance,
Anil combs all her front hair behind,
Not because she is proud of'lier forehead,
But because she's a woman of mind.
She makes me a bushel of verses,
But never a pudding or tart.
If I hint I should like one, she vows
I'm an animal merely at heart;
Tho' I've notie'd she spurns not the pastry,
When e'er at a friend's we have din'd,
And has always had two plates of pudding,
Such plates! for a woman ?f mind.
Not ;i stitch does she do but a distitch,
. A]ends her pen too instead of my clothes ;
I havc'nt a shirt with a button,
Nor a stocking that's sound at the toes ;
If 1 ask her to darn nie a pair,
She replies she has work more refined :
Besides being1 seen darning stockings!
Is it fit for a woman of mind?
The children arc squalling all duy.
For they're left to the care of a maid ;
]\Iy wife can't attend to "the units,"
" The millions" are wanting her aid.
And it's vulgar to care for one's offspring?
The mere brute has a love of its kind?
i But sine loves the whole human family^
For she is a woman of mind
E very-thing is an inch thick in dust,
And the servants do just as they please ;
The ceilings are cover'd with cobwebs,
The beds are all swarming with fleas ;
The windows liavo never been cleaivu.
And as black as your hat is each blind;
But my wile's nobler things to attend to,
For she is a woman of mind.
The nurse steals the tea and the sugar,
The cook sells the candles as grease,
And gives all the cold moat away
To her lover who's in the police ;
When 1 hint that the housekeeping's heavy
And hard is the money to find,
" Money's vile filthy dross!" she declares,
And unworthy a woman of mind.
Wlicnc'r she goes out to a dance
She refuses to join in the measure,
For dancing she can.t but regard
As an unintcllectual pleasure;
So she gives herself up to enjoyments
Of a more philosophical kind*
And picks all the people to pieces,
Like a regular woman of mind.
She speaks of her favorite authors
In terms far from pleasant to hear;
" Charles Dickens," she vows, "is a darling;"
"And Buhvev," she says, "is a dear;"
" Douglas Jerrold," with her, "is an angel,"
And I'm an "illiterate hind,
Upon whom her fine intellect's wasted,
I'm not fit for a woman of mind.
She goes not to church on a Sunday,
Church is all very well in its way,
But she is too highly informed
Not to know all the parson can say;
It does well enough for the servants,
And was for poor people design'd,
But bless you! its no good to her
For sue is a woman of mind.
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Culture of the Horse Radish.
The soil most suitable for the production
af horse-radish in perfection, is that which
is light and friable, and of considerable depth;
and if any part of the garden is damper than
another, that should de appropiated, but it
should be saturated with water. In autumn,
let the ground be trenched three feet
deep, turning down with the surface soil a
liberal dressing of good barn-yad manure.
uki u ne, rougn, and exposed to the weather,
during winter. In spring, at the time of
planting, add^ second dressing of decomposed
manure, turning it under two feet
deep.. The whole of the manure will now
be two feet, or nearly so, below the surface
x>f the ground.
..In proceeding with the planting, first measure
the ground into rows eighteen inches
and four feet apart altern&tely- > Stretch the,
the lihfe at the first row, and dig a narrow
trench two apd a half feet deep, placing the
earth bevnnd th? fi?? m #
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ces of horse-radish roots six inches long and
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place them about ten or twelve inches apart j
in the bottom of the trench. It is quite immaterial
which part of the root is planted as
every part grows without tho least difficulty.
When this is done, remove the line to the
next row, and trench the earth as before
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jiiuuiuy me auu uver me ursi row pianica,
and so continue until the plot is finished,
when the soil taken out of the first trench
will fill the last. During the summer, keep
the ground well forked over and clear of
weeds ; and to strenghten the plants, two or
three supplies of manure-water will be of
great service, as tho plant delights in moisture.
When liquid manure is applied, it
should be given in sufficient quantities to
reach the lowest roots.
In taking up horse-radish for use, a
trench should be opened at one end of a
double row, as deep as th<v lower roots in order
that they may be taken up of a proper
length, and that a sufficient Supply may be
dug to last two or three months in winter
and spring, as ti may be kept in excellant
i preservation for a long time in sand. In
j cutting up the roots, from four to six inches
i of the bottom part should be left in the
ground, for the purpose of insuring good
growth ; for the same ground and the same
roots, when once planted, will continue
forever, if the same cultivation as recommended
above be pursued from year to
year.
: If these directions arc carried out, we
I have no hesitation in stating that, in one
! season after planting, an article will be proj
duced credible to any market, the truth of
i which will be4made manifest to any one
who will take the trouble to visit the garden
of Mr. Julious Smith, at Astoria on Long
Island.?Anicrican Agriculturist.
; Dried Strawberries.?Last summer,
| by the way of experiment, when strawberj
lies were plentiful, I attached threads to
i their stalks and hung" up a few of them
which was over ripe to dry. I placed them
j inside a window facing the south where
| they remained from June last to the present
| time, March. They have just been tasted,
j and the result is most satisfactory. That
sweet refreshing acid which is peuliar to
the strawberry in full perfection, the flavor
of the fruit, without any watery taste, is
delicious; it dissolves in the mouth as slowly
as a lozenge, and it is infinitely superior to
the raisin, which so soon brings on feeling
j of satiety. The strawberry thus dried is a
j stomachic. The experiment may be tried
; when the fruit is so ripe as to be scarcely
1 worth gathering, without any further
trouble or expense than being hilng up.
London Paper.
Rice Bread.?Take one pound of rice,
and boil it gently to a thick paste, which,
when mixed with the usual quantity of
yeast, will be sufficient to make five pounds
of wheat or barlay meal into a doUgh.
When risen, bake it the usual way.
Sweet Apple Pudding.?Take one pint
of scalding milk, half a pint of Indian meal,
a teaspoonful of salf, and six sweet apples
cut into small pieces^ and bake not less than
three hours the apples will afford an excel
lent rich jelley. This 's truly one of the
most luxuriant yet sinlple Yankee puddings
made.
i Watery Potatoes.?We every day
j hear complaints about watey potatoes. Put
j into the pot a piece of lime as laage a a hen's
I e?&) arid how watery soever the potatoes
may have been, when the water is poured
off, the potatoes will be perfectly dry and
mealy.
Chickens.?A disease called the gapes,
so destructive among chickens, may be prevented.
and if not too far sir!v;innnrml
by a slight mixture ofassfcetida in their food,
Four ounces, six cents per ounce, dissolved
in water and mixed once a day in food, is
enough for four hundred chickens.
Hints about Bedrooms.?Their small
size and their lowness render them very insalubrious;
and the case is rendered worse
by close windows and thick curtains and
hangings, with which the beds are often so
carefully sorrounded, as to prevent the possibility
of the air being renewed. The consequence
is, that we are breathing the vitiated
air during the greater part of the night;
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mub ig uuiiii^ iiiuic 111.MI U Villi U JJilll Ul OUT
lives : and thus the period of rCpose, vi'hich
is necessary for the renovation of our mental
and bodily vigour, becomes a source of
disease. Sleep, under such circumstances,
is very often disturbed, and always much
less refreshing than when enjoyed in a
well-ventilated room; it often happens, indeed,
that such repose, instead of being followed
by renovated strength and activity, is
succeeded by a degree of heaviness and
languor, which is not overcome till the per
son has been some time in a purer air. Nor
is this the only evil arising from sleep in illvpnlilnlorl
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viivi?v?bvu Mpui%iiiw(iic ff uc/ii il 13 Known
that the blood undergoes most important
changes in its circulation through the lungs
by means of the air which we breathe, and
that these vital changes can only be effected
by the respiration of pure air, it will be
easily understood how the healthy functions
of the lungs must be impeded by inhaling
for many successive hours the vitiated air of
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our oearooms, ana now tne health must be
as effectually destroyed "by respiring impure
air, as bv living on unwholesome or inntitritious
food. In the case of ehifdreni and
. young persons predisposed to' consumption,
it is of still more urgent consequence that
they shotlld breathe pure air by night as
well as by day, by securing a continuous
renewal of the air in their bedrooms, nurse*
few
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ries, schools, ett. Let a mother, who has
been made anxious by the sickly looks of
her children, go from pure air into their bedrooms
in the morning before a door or window
has been opened, and remark the state
of the atmosphere?the close, oppressive,
and often fetid odor of the room?and she
may cease to wonder at the pale, sickly aspect
of her children. Let her pay a similar
visit some morning after means have beeu
taken by the chimney ventilator, or otherwise,
to secure a full supply and continual
rnnmvnl ofihfi nir in thfi hodrnnms fliirincr
the night, and she will be able to account
for the move healthy appearance of her childern,
which is sure to be the consequence of
supplying them with pure air to breathe.
Si? James Clark on "The Sanilive Influence
of Climate."
A Vision.?The following story is related
in a German journal :?Dr. Westphal a
clergyman of Brunswick died on the 20th
of February. Many persons intimate with
the deceased allege, that for several years
just past he had looked to the 20 of Febuary
1847 as the day of his death. This super.>i;..'^c
. i.? r?..
oimwuo ^indcuiiiicui. nu av,Luu(iiuu iui ao iur
lows :?"He declared that whilst he was officiating
as ihe pastor of a secluded country
vllage he Was aroused one night by a knocking
at his door. On rising from his bed
and looking out of his camber window he
perceived a man with a lantern in his hand.
.Supposing that some sick or dying person
required his spiritual aid, he hastily dressed
himself an-J opened the door. To his
questions the man replied only by signs his
wish that Dr. Westphal should follow him.
The Dr. did so; and, to his astonishment,
was conducted through the chiilchyard and
to the front of the church door. On the
church door lie saw distinctly writteri the
following words :?Dr. Westphal died Feb.
20th, 1847." Whilst he stood intently
gnzmg-on this inscription his conductor disappeared.
The doctor made some marks
on the church-door, and these marks were
visible next day when we went to look for
them, a fact which served to convince him
that he had not been under the delusion of
a dream. He communicated these circumstances
to his family to whom for several
years past, the month of Feb'y has been an
interval of fear and anxiety. Whether
from the efforts of nervous excitement, or
from whatever cause it is possible to determine,
but Dr. Westphal expired on the day
which he had long confidently looked for
ward as the last of his existence?the 20th
of Febuary, 1347.
Public Libraries.?According to a table
compiled from the researches of a literary
gentleman in New York, there arc in the
United States no les's than 235 public libraries.
The aggregate number of volumes
is set down at 2,351,260. It appears that
the State of New York has 33 libraries,
with 174,000 volumes; Pennsylvania, 30
libraries, with 68,000 volumes ; Maryland,
11 libraries, with 54,200 volumes ; the District
of Columbia, 9 libraries, with 75.600
volumes, and the other States smaller numVioro
Tr>l o *-? /4 * V* ? ?
wiOj tvuwuu lOiaiiUj III plUJIUI 11UII IU I1CI' pU"
pulation. has the largest number of volumes
of any State in the Union.
Trophies of War,?Among the
most beautiful trophies which have
been sent to the United States, are
some of the flowers of Mexico. If
our officers would recollect fine additions
they are competent to make to
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uui grccu nouse, irom trie great storehouse
of the productions which they
have conquered, they would imitate
the example of General Patterson,
Lieut, Albert, arid Paymaster Rich.
Mexico abounds with the various and
beautiful productions of the garden,
and none more remarkable than the
extraordinary family of the cacti,
we hope the collection in the Conser
vatory of the Patent Office may be
enlarged by additional trophies of this
description. Our intelligent friend
Brackenridge, who attended Captain
Wilkes in his expedition, and gathered
many of the exotics which grace
the Conservitory, is an excellent botanist;
and one of the most agreeable
visits we ever pay in Washington, is
to his flower garden. The other evening
he was polite enough to show us
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ins spiunuiu cacti, now in moom, ana
to point out some of the flowers
which have been sent to him from
Mexico. Among theijri were flowers
sent by General Patterson from
Tampico expressly for the Conservatory,
viz: one barrel of plants, consisting
of six pieces of cacti; one
yucca, or Spanish bayonet; six species
of tilandsia; seven eplphitic. or air
plants. Among the last were oncidiums,
epidendrums, brass avola,
&c. &c. all in good condition.
Washington Union.
wo l*ainiao f a Iao wr? /ootrft T)U Z1
. . ? vjwavu |?V 1V/UI II O 1/110 X 1111*
adelphia Inquirer) that the reports of
Vin extensive injury to Gen. Taylor's
farm, by an overflowing of the Mississippi
are not correct.
The Journal of Commerce says
that the Macedonian will probably
sail early this week. We understand
that the Boston Relief Committee
have determind to fill up this vessel.
They have $50,000 yet at their command.
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The Millerites are flourishing still,
in Cincinnati, Ohio. They have lately
built a church on Seventh-street,
West of Mound, on the "Barr Estate."
It is an unpretending wooden edifice,
of goodly capacity, and arched ceiling,
which will ere long echo the warning
cries of the coming crash. Strange as
it may appear to many, some very
able men of that city have espoused
the doctrines of Millerism*
Tt inatatpfl that !VTr f o rtr wk;? I
ker has lost so far the use of aN
powers of speech, from long continued
excessive labor, as scarcely to be
able to articulate distinctly the shortest
expressions,
There is a medical gentleman, at
present lecturing in New-York city,
who contends ihat the brain is nothing
more nor less than a mag|
netic battery, and that the nerves are
the means by which the magnetic
fluid is conducted to all parts of the
system.
Mr. Thomas Sully, of Philadelphia,
is now in Washington, engaged in
painting the portraits of the President
of the United States and of the
i Secretary of the Navy, ot the request !
j and at the expence of the two soci- I
j etieties of Chapel Hill, North Cari
olin i, of which they are alumni.
Attention Lower Battalion !
m There will bo a Court Martial
a held at Bradley's < Id Field on
CT Saturday the 2Gih of June, to try
all defaulting non-commissioned
officers anil Privates.
The Court will consist of the
following' officers :
SKfyJ Captains E R Mills, Presi*. I
J dent?Capts. S C Sanier, E O
UL/ Rngin, and Lients. George Pathn
tersou, G. M. Brown.
Bv order of
Col. M. O. TALMAN.
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May 19lh 12 tf
Head Quarters.
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vuLiuiuDui, ivpni zun, io<w. |
GENERAL ORDER NO. 4. j
RICHARD J. MANNING, and CAMPBELL R.
BRYCE, Esquires, having been appointed Aidsde-Camp
to tho Commander-in-Chief, with tho j
rank of Lieutenant Colonel, will be obeyed and respected
accordingly.
By order of tho Commander-in-chief. i
J. W. CANTEY,
Adj't and Insp'r. General.
May 26. 13 3w
Head Quarters.
COLUMBIA, 18th May, 1847.
GENERAL ORDER.
All officers of Militia of this Slate ordering
elections of officers of the lino of whatever
grt.de or rank, or making appointments of of.
ticers of the staff, will report the names of the
officers so elected or appointed to the Secret
tary of State, who is directed thereupon to
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I mi ii]> uiiu iorwaru ineir commissions without ;
I delay, und he ia. also further directed not to
issue any blank military commission.
All communications addressed to the Secretary
of State under this order to be endorsed
' Militia Service."
The Brigadier Generals, are eharged with
the extension of this order.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief.
J. W. CANTEY,
Adj't. and Inspt. Gen.
May 19th 12 6w
Notice to absent Heirs. .
Alfred Mounce, Willis Mounce, and Michael
Lowery and Nancy his wife who reside without
this State, and Distributees of W. D.
Mounce dec'd, are hereby notified, that the
Administrator R. G. Goulding will be ready to
seine tneir portion of" the Estate on or before
the 18th June 1847, and holding their money
in readiness at that time will not be accounta.
bio for interest longer.
March 18. R G. GOULDING, Adm'r
March 31 5 tt
Notice to absent Heirs &c.
All persons having demands, or owing the
Estate of Israel Smith deceased, will present
them by the first Monday in July next, at
which time the Estate will be settled and
closed in the Ordinary's Office, Abbeville
District S. C.t at which time and place, the
Heirs, (if any io this country") will apply for
their shares of the Estate.
J. T. DRENNAN, Ad'm'r.
April 1st 1847. 7 If
Dr. C. H. KINGSMORE,
Having made arrangements to locato in the '
Village of Due West, would respectfully offer
his services as Physician, to the citizens of the
Village and adjacent country.?Office at Mr.
A K Paitons.
Duo West, Feb. 16. 51 tf
Just Received,
A fresh and handsome stock of Printed
Lawns, printed Jaconcl and Brocade Muslins.
some of New St vie* .* also mourninar
Muslins. R, H. & WARD LAW, ~
Abbeville C. H., April 20lh 1847. 6 tf
Job Printing,
Executed in its various branches at
this Office, with neatwcn and despatch.
BLANKS frr ?de ai this Office.
I
Just Received
A Fresh supply of Now and Valuable Medicines?among
which are the following:
Dr. Spencer1 s Vegetable Pills,
and
Restorative Bitters,
Designed for, and will cure, Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint, Piles, Scrofula, Jaundice*
and all kindred diseases resulting from a dis?
ordered stomach or impure state of blood.
Dr. Hull's Worm Lozenges,
The Safest, most Effectual, and pleasant pre?>
parution before the public, for the Eradication
of Worms, in Children or Adults.
HulCs Cough Lozenges,
Will Prevent Consumption, and Cure all
cases of Colds, Asthma, Spitting of blood, /
pains in the side, shortness of breath, and all ^
other Pulmonary Complaints. I
?ALSO? ?
Dr. HulPs Fever and Ague Pills.
Well known as a Safe, Certain, and Effectual
Cure tor Fever and Ague, Chills and Fever,
Intermittent and all other Fevers.
Price reduced to 75 cents per Box
The above Medicines, Fresh and Genuine,
are for sale by Wardlaw & Dendy, and at tho
Post. Office.
For certificates of recommendation and
other information concerning the above Medicines,
see future advertisements, also pamphlets
which may be obtained of the Ajrents.
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The State of South Carolina.
ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, V
hi the. Coin t of Common Pleas.
Benjamin F. Spikes, who has been nrn'Sted,
and is now confined within the bounds of the
jail of Abbeville District, by virtue of a writ'
of capias ad satisfaciendum, at the suit of
Wade S Cothran and James Sproul, having
filed his petition, with a schedule, on oath, of
his whole estate and effects, for the purpose of
obtaining the benefit of the Acts of the General
Assembly commonly called "the Insolvent
Debtors Act ?Public Notice is hereby given :?
that the petition of the said Bonjamin F.
Snikes will be hrmrr1 nrul nnnsidonxl in ti.m
Court of Common Pleas to be holden for Abbeville
District, at Abbeville Court House, on
the third Monday of October next, or on such
other dny thereafter as the said Court may
order; and nil the creditors of the said Benjamin
F. Spikes are hereby summoned person-.
ally or by attorney to be and appear then and
there, in the said Court, to shew cause, if any
they can, why the benefit of the Acts aforesaid
should not be granted to the said Benjamin
F Spikes, upon his taking the oath, aqd exe- \
cutin? the assign.nent required by the Acts
aforesaid. J F LIVINGSTON, Clerk.
Clerk's Office, Dec 26, 1846 44 t3mO
The State of South Carolina. I
ABBEVILLE DISTRICT.
In Equity.
Thomas M. Finley. and Reuben J. Finley, \
Nancy A. Finley by next friend, T. /
M. Finley, v. Alexander Hunter, Nancy /
Finley, Granville H. Finlev and others. /
?Bill for Account, Partition, Delivery j
of Slaves ami Relief. !
i It appearing to my satisfaction, that Nancy Finley, /.
! Granville II. Finley, Isaac N. Finley, Robt. Oak-'
Ioy and Rlioda his wife, Ahi Deck and Polly Ann
his wife, and Jano K. Finley, 1/eieiidants in this
case, reside without the limits of this Stato: Ordered
that the above named Defendants do appear
! and plead, answer or demur, to the said Hill withft*
i three months from the publication of this order, or
Judgment Pio conkebso, will be rendered agains
them. II. A. JONES, c. f.. a. i?.
Commissioner's Ofllce, March 6th, 1847.
March 10. ?
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Land for Sale.
fifc The subscriber having deter- 4ft
^ mined to remove West. ofT-rs for^Jj
saiu his TRACT ot LAND on which hu resides.
There is between 8 and 900 acres, betwoon
5 and 600 eleared and in excellent repair. On tho
plantation is two excellent settlements?TWO
good TYVO-STORY HOUSES at each placc?
Gin bouses, scrcw, and every necessary out-building.
The plantation lies in two and a half miles of
a good landing on Savannah river. It is presumed *
no one would purchase without examination, as
such further description is unnncassary?a bargain
will be given. ROBERT E. BELCHER.
May 12. . 11 tf
The State of South Carolina.
ABBEVILLE DISTRICT.
Jesse Reagin, vs. Caiherin Reagin and
others.?Partition in Ordinary.
It appearing that Nicholas Reagin, one of tlv* Defondants
in this case, resides without the limitc of
this State: It is ordered that he do appear and object
to tho sale or division of tho Real Estate of
Young Reagin dee'd, on or before the.20th day of
May 1847, or his consent to tho same will bo entered
of Rccord. DAVID LESLY, Ordinary.
Feb. 20th, 1847. / 13m
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Citation.
Whorcas, Thomas M. Finly, by Thomas Thomson
his Attorney applies to me to grant him letters
of Administration on tho Estate of Reuben Finly
dee'd : These are thercforo to cite the kindred and
creditors of tho deceased, to appear before me in
Ordinary on Wednesday 9th J uno next, to show
cause why said Administration should not b*
granted.
Given under my hand at Abbeville C. H.. 24th
May, 1847. " D. LESLY, Ordinary.
Muy 26th. 13 2w
Matress Making.
We whose names are hereunto subscribed, having
used the Matresscs Manufactured by Mr. James H.
Price of the Village of Abbevillo, do hereby
rccommend his work to the public, and himself aa
worthy of their patronage.
THOMAS P. SP1ERIN,
T. P. MOSELY.
THOMAS B. DENDY,
v ?.
O* Persons in the country desiriftg Matreases,
would do well to give me a call, and examine/far
themselves/ My terms will be found reasonable,and
the matresses will show what they -are. Shop*
opposite Mr. Hcnter's Gin Shop.
JAS, H. PRICE. %
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may niij ici/. 19 IDl
Notice. t '
I would refer my friends and clients to John l?Wilson
Esq., with whom 1 baye left mywheje ha* ^
sinew, and who, during my a boo n e 'jkf
necessary iuforftiatiofl ind ae?irt|BtffilLa :'"F
have hitherto^m>n, or