Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HOT. Di?l you say it wns hot ? Did t/ou ? I thought somebody said 'twas hot ? Or wns 1 mistaken? I never knew A .May so blistering, or I've forgot This morning the dew on the grass Flushed once when the sun arose ; Flushed once and was gone. Alas, nlas, Knch wind is hot aud hotter that blows. Cool breeze? No, there's no such thing ! Cool place? Where? In the forest's shade? ]ty the waves of the deep Itandusian Spring ? Or iu some quiet w oodland glade ? Alas, if you find a pleasant place lu a deep, thick shude where you miyht be cool, Where the trees with a grand and stately grace O'crhang a deep, pellucid pool, You'll find also ticks, bugs and worms, Muskcetcrs, flics and such like things, Hnakcs au<l beetles that'll make you squirm, And scornions with their devilish stings. () for a shower to lay the dust ! 0 for a shower of pouring rain ! Earth gapes through all her upper crust Ati'l sighs for the showers to conic again. [Newberry News. .? ? ? YOU LOVE THE BOYS THE BEST. Ii'h no use talking?no use talking? 'Tis useless to contest; You know it is a standing fact? You lore the boys the best. You needn't turn your noses up? Deception I tie!est? And toss your head and curl your lips : You love the boys the best. O, you may say the boys aro bores, Nuisances and pests : Hut give you an hoacst trial And we'll sec whffc you love best. You know it, and they know it, too, And so do all the rest ; And it's uonsense now to say you don't? You do love them (ho best. 1 don't deny the fact myself; /viAiVnow'tfift't in my heart of hearts I love the boys the best. [ Florida Girl, in Xcw Vork World. - - . # A Mkan Advantage.?There were a score or more of women gathered together at a Mr. Johnson's house. Mr. Johnson is a clever hearted man, and a respectable citizen, though ho is rather skeptical in some things. The women had just organized ''The Foreign llcnevolent Society," when Mr. .Johnson entered the room, lie was at once appealed to to donate a few dollars as a foundation to work on, aud then, 31rs. (iraham added : "It would be so pleasant in after years for you to remember that you gave this socicty its first dollar, and its first kind word." lie slowly opened his wallet, drew out a ten dollar bill, and as the ladies smacked their lips a:id clapped their hands he asked : "Is this society organized to aid the poor of foreign countries?" "Yes?yes?yes!" they chorused. "Aud it wants money "Yes?yes !" 'Well, now,' said Johnson, as lie folded the bill in a tempting shape, "there are twenty lliorr iiiil n'Atiimi Knvn 1^ t)i opa orn li Ttnnn of you who can inako oath that you have couibeil the children's hair this morning, washed the dishes, blacked the cook stove, made tip the beds, I'll donate ten dollars." "I have," answered two of the crowd, and the rest said: "Why, now, Mr. Johnson !" "If fifteen of you can make oath that your husbands are not wearing socks with holes in the heels, the money is yours," continued the wretch. "Just hear him !" they exclaimed, each one loooking at the other. "If ten of you have boys without holes in the knees of their pants, this X goes to the society," said Mr. Johnson. "If there are Gvo pairs of stockings in this room that do not need darning, I'll hand over the money," he went on. "Mr. Johnson," said Mrs. (irahatn, with great dignity, "the rules of this society declare that no money shall be contributed except by members, and, as you are not a member, I beg that you will withdraw and let us proceed with the routine of business." Sound Looic.?The Philadelphia hi *purer, in an elaborate article upon the subject of the great ami rapidly increasing destruction of property by fire, concludes by one of two things?we must cither burn up less property or pay more lor insuring it." On which the Cincinnati Commercial lieview remarks : "In this conclusion the Inquirer makes the common mistake that insurance repairs all the damage and loss by fire, forgetting that the value of property burned, whether insured or not, is just so much of the wealth of the country nnnihi latctl. Wc must burn less property. Wc must exercise more care in the construction of buildings, must be more careful about exposing to fire, must use every appliance for the prevention and prompt extinguishment of fires, and must promptly and severely punish incendiarism. If we burn less property, as wc should do, there will bo no necessity for paying more for insurance. A Pennsylvania alarmist says tho government ought to interfere at once and put a stop to further pumping and boring for oil. lie is quite certain the oil is drawn through these wells from the bearing of the earth's axis, and that tho earth will cease to turn when the lubrication ceases. ? The President is in the humor just now, and would veto the declaration of independence, the Cincinnati platform, or his own letter of acceptance, if presented by (be "brigadiers." Laying IJy Corn.?Let the last working bo thorough ; whatever coru is goiug to do, it must do quickly; it will soon tassel and silk, and the development of tho ear must follow rapidly. It cannot wait for seasons?give it therefore every opportunity, kill every buuch of grass and every weed, if nny there bo to dispute the grouud with it. Make tho surface mellow, that air and moisture may penetrate if it should be dry. Plough shallow, so as not to injuro the roots?the plant must feed rapidly, and will need every mouth it has. Early coru will bo "laid by" this mouth and peas ought, by all uieaus, to bo broadcasted at thn lust ploughing. They will be early enough to mature, but a more important consideration is the improvement of the laud. One bushel of seed per acre is too little?1 i to 2 bushels will answer. Let the peas be thick enough to smother crabgrass. Our coru fields arc tho nurseries in which this plaut perfects its seed nod fills our lands with them. If the crop has bccu properly cultivated aud the last ploughing is thorough, (not deep,) and a thick crop of peas grown on the laud, it will be iu elegant order for a succeeding crop?clean, mellow, and filled with an abundance of nitrogen.? Southern Cultivator. Dietetic Hints.?Most chronie diseases, and many acute ones, arc produced at the table. As a rule, no fluid of auy kind should be taken at the meal, especially * I? -4 U 1. rpi.? .A II 11113 SlUIIIillU uu ntak, 1uu owuiuvii should never be over-loaded; not more than two or three articles should be taken at ouc meal; no stimulants used before eating; tobacco arrests digestion.? Milk is the best diet for infants and children. Tomatoes with cream and sugar are healthy and nutritious. JJread and butter is the staff of life, and is easily digested. Too much salt irritates the stomach. Colds are frequently produced by drinking hot tea and exposure afterwards. Late suppers t.carc diseases. Pastry and cakes constipate the bowels. Fresh fish strengthens the nervous system, Foiled potatoes arc not as healthy as baked ones. Fruits should be eaten at breakfast and dinner.? The stomach requires much rest to be hcaLhy, purgative medicines weaken the bowels. Cheerful conversation promotes digestion, anger prevents it.? So. Farmer's Monthly. Mowing Strawberry Fki>>.?Mr. J. 15. Moore, of Massachusetts, a successful cultivator of strawberries, says, immediately after a crop he invariably mows the green leaves from the beds?that he cannot got a secoud good crop without mowing, lie contends that the object of the leaves is not so much to act as the lungs of the plant, as to elaborate the sap, untiniately to perfect the fruit and seed, and having done this are of no further use. That, immediately after bearing a crop of fruit, the roots turn black and begin to decay, after which they throw out a new set of roots immediately above the old ones. The leaves bold on persistently at this critical period when the old roots arc dying and new oucs have not formed, causing a severe drain upon the vitality of the plant. Mowing the tops secures a second crop ; neglect of it renders failure certain. If this is not scientific, so much the worse for science. ? - Cotton.?Cotton should now make "weed"?preparatory to fruiting in July and August. Work it therefore as often as possible. If it is small and the grouud is hard, plough pretty deep in the middles ?if the soil is clean and soft, sweepings or harrowing* will answer. Let the hoes go over carefully and remove all grass which may have been overlooked. If well-done, little or no hoeing will be needed thereafter ?light ploughings until the liuibs meet it; the middles will make the crop. Give it every opportunity to push forward and make weed no ?r. Hring to a stand at once, if not already done, and plough as often as practicable. When cotton gets fully under way developing fruil the workings may be at longer interval? and increasingly shallow, as it will then bi desirable to moderate the growth of the plant.?Southern Cultivator. To aid farmers in arriving at accuracy ir estimating the amount of land in different fields under cultivation, the following tabh is given : 5 yards wide by 908 long con tains one acre ; 10 yards wide by 481 lonj contains ono acre; 20 yards wide by 241 long contains one acre ; -10 yards wide b? i* "'.Ar-i n: TO vurds wid< by ti'.ll long contains one acre; SO yard wide by (101 long contains one aero; G< ieci wiuo t?y Tli.S long contains 0110 acre 110 feet wide by 397 long contains on< ace; 130 feet wide hy 303 long contain: one acre; 220 feet wide by 1S1A long con tains one aero; 110 feat wide by 99 lunj. contains one aero. Don Bitk.?An aged forester has pub lished the following in a Leipzig journal: ''1 do not wish to carry to my gravo my much proved cure for the bites of mad dogs, but will publish the same as the last service which I can offer the world : Wash the would perfectly clean with wine vinegar and tepid water; then dry it. Afterward pour into the wound a few drops of muriatic acids for mineral acid destroy the poison of the dog's saliva. - (iunpowdcr is claimed to bo an czccllant preventive against jniasmntic influences, hy those who inhabit tropical fever districts. The usual method is to burn a small portion in the sleeping-room just before retiring at night, and the influence of the gas thus generated is said to be a sure protection against all malarial attacks. A bankrupt was condoled the other day for his embarrassment. 'Oh, I'm not embarrassed at all, said he ; it's my creditors who are embarrassed." Fivk Minutes.?At tho .Commence incut at Charlicr Institute, Dr. S. Irenieus c Prime spoke to the young men as follows: a 1 am iuvitcd to speak to you fivo minutes, mil only five. Little may be said,aud much may be douc iu five miuutcs. Iu c fivo minutes you may fire a city, souttlo a u ship, or ruin a soul. The error of a ino mcnt makes the sorrow of a life. Get thut thought well into your hearts, and my work is done in a miuuto instead of five. Tempted to sin, remember that in five minutes you may destroy your good name, till your soul with undying remorse, and bring, with sorrow, your father's gray hairs to the grave. Hut if you can do so much evil, so you may do a mighty sum of good in fivo miuutes. You may decide to live for usefulness and honor. Everything hangs on that choice, aud it may be made in fivo minutes. Take care of the pence and the pounds will tako care of themselves; take care of - I ...f.. I MIC Uiiuuics niiu tin" iiuurs uru auiu. x made a little book iu this way : in the breakfast-room wero pen and ink and paper; and if, when tho hour for breakfast came, all was not ready I wrote a few words . or-lines, as time allowed. Tho book was finished and it had bccu published scarcely a week before I heard it had saved a soul; it has saved many since. It did uot cost uic one minute that would have been used for anything else. Five minutes in the morning and as mauy in the cveuiug, will make you the master of a new language in two or three years. . Uefore you urc of middle age you may speak all the modern tongues, if you will but improve the spare minutes of the years now flying by. Minutes are more than jewels; they arc "tho stuff that life is made of;" they are diamond stepping-stones to wisdom, usefulness and wealth ; the ladder to heaven. It will not take five miuutcs to do a good deed, and odd a day will make a life of hou1 or and usefulness, with glory beyond. Secrets of Masonry.?Old Zach Wheeler was quite a character in his time, being a clever, easy-going, confiding man, who managed to let everybody cheat him out of his iuheritcd estates. Just as his last farm was about to slip out of his hands he succeeded in raisiug the money to lift tho mortgage. Aaron lleuier, a prominent Mason, accompauicd him to tho town. As they were riding on horse-back, Zach says to Aaron, in a confiding tone : "Now, Aaron, we are here alone, and I want you to tell me the secrets of Masonry." ui can't V,ach ; they would kill me." "Why, they won't know j they'll never find it out." "Yes, they will; you'll speak of it." "No, I swear L won't." "Well, if you'll ride close alongside of me, and put your hand upon my thigh, and take the oath I'll administer, I'll tell you the secrets of Masonry." Zack was not slow to comply, and a most powerful "irou-elad" oath was administered and taken. "Now for the secrets." exclaimed the impatient and unsuspecting victim. "Well," said Aaron, with mock solemnity and secrecy, "in the first place, we Masons combine together to cheat everybody as much as we can. This is the first grand secret. The second is like unto it. When we can't fiud any body else to cheat, we cheat each other, but as little as we can." "Well," exclaimed Zacli, "I swear I'll joiu. I wish 1 had done it tweuty years ago. I might have been a rich man afore now." Hkkinkd Language.?Men and women should acquire in early life the habit of using good language, both in speaking and in writing, and also avoid the use of slang words and phrases. The longer they live * 1. . 1! rC 1 it. . !_!i! 1* _ .1 i ino uiuro umiciui uie acquisition 01 goon | language will be, and if the golden age of youth, the proper time for the acquisition i of language, he passed iu abuse, the unfori tunatc victim is very properly doomed to s talk slang for life. Money is not necessary ; to procure this education. Every person has it in his power. He has to use the language which he reads instead of the i slang which he hears; to form taste from t the best speakers and poets of the country ; 5 to treasure choice phrases in his memory, - and habituate himself to their use, avoiding ; at the same time that pedantic precision - and bombast which show rather the weakir ness of ambition than the polish of an cduf cat:d miml. ? ?' .?. ? ??' I*Af.KKTINK IN TIIE JI.\NDS OF JK\VS,? ; A most striking commentary upon the j power of money and the wealth of the Jews i isshown by the statement that Karon Koths child is practically sole owner of tho land j of the Bible, having received from Turkey a mortgage upon the whole of Palestine in return for a loan to the Porte of 200,000, 000 francs. As it is scarelv nossihlo il.oi J K *i,MV Turkey will over be able to repay this loan Rothschild is virtually the possessor of the i land of his fathers. This circumstance ici calls the oft-inootcd subject of the return of the Jews to Palestine. It is stated that a large number have already gone to Jerusalem, engaged in business and are doing much toward reviving the ancient commercial power of that famous city. A moth destroying tincture is mndo as follows : One ounce of gum camphor and one ounce powdered shell of red pepper are macerated in eight ounces of strong alcohol for seven days and then strained.? With this tincture the furs or cloths arc sprinkled over and rolled up in sheets.? i This remedy is used in Russia under the name of Chinese tincture for moths." and is found very effective. I The object of all ambition should be to bo happy at home. If wo arc not happy there, wo cannot be happy elsewhere. Dare to change your uiiud, coufess your rror and alter your conduct, wheu you ro convincod you aro wrong. A man's curiosity never reaches the highs' standard until souio one tells hiui his mnic was iu the last paper. 0 v 5" I a W M g & I ? ? SotT T? S 1 3 ? fcj g S ? f ? J.? ! ? W ? S3 3 i- ^ c? 2 td - ^ B la i I' 2? 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Cheapest!! 2 NEW GOODS, ?FOR THE? SPRIG ill SUMMER i rr <\ jl. m ** WK invito tlic attention of buyers t( our New Stock of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS which have been selected with a view to the ro quircmcnts of our Customers and which we pro pose to sell at prices in SYMPATHY WITH THE TIMES As usual, our storo is filled with every thinf demanded by the wants nnd tastes of the Coun try, from the most ELEQANT FABRICS for Ladies' and Gentlemen's wear, to PliAXTATIOX .SHI*PI,IKS. Call nnd sec our gooils and hear our prices, Rice & McLure. April 25 17 If Fans! Fans! ! YOU can "raise a breeze" at my Store that will keep you cool all summer, liy buying a fan from my largo stock. I've got them of nil qualities nnd at all prices S. W. POKTKK. May 9 19 if Gloves, A 1,1, sizes, all colors and all qualities, at the lowest prices, at M. tV. I'OKTKK'S Cheap Store. May 9 19 If HATS. RBAT bargains in lints. New styles in K straw goods for men and boys, (.adits' rrimtned Hats. R|<'K & Mt.'I.URK. May 2 IS if Hosiery. r|lHK cheapest and licst. at JL S. W. rORTKICS Cheap Storo. May 9 19 if James H. Rodger > * ?DEALER IN? GROCERIES, HARDWARE, BOOTS AND SHOES. MANUFACTURER OF TIN WARE, STOVE PIPE A3D SHEET IKON PANS. ROOFING-, GUTTERING AND REPAIRING DONE AT SHORT NOTICE. :o: III AVE just rccoircd a largo lot of Groceries, consisting of Sugars. Coffee, Tea, Molasses and Syrups, liacon, Lard and Salt,. Flour, Rice and Grists v Cheese und Canned Goods, ALSO A COMPLETE STOCK OF BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS. HARDWARE. In this line 1 have everything you may waul, from a Cambric Needle to a Droad Axo. Cooking and Heating Stoves. NEVER SO CHEAP BEFORE. I invite an examination of my Stock, knowing that 1 can please in quality, quantity and price. Do You Want Tin Ware? I manufacture my own Tin Ware, Stove ripe and Sheet Iron Pans, which I warrant to be of tha very best quality, HOOFING, GUTTERING and REPAIRING DONE PROMPTLY AND WELL. Castings for Stoves furnishod at the Shortest Notice. DOS'T XEGLECT TO CALL OX J. II. Il01> ii:K. Not 29 48 if Ladies' ancf Gout's Shoes. ALL the leading styles. An unusually good line of Ladies' Philadelphia made fine shoes. Ladies' Kid Slippers aud New ports in large variety. RICE k McLUItK. May 2 18 tf Greenville and Columbia R. R. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daily, Sundays exscpted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad up and down. On and after MONDAY, May 29lh, the following will bo the schodule: vr. Leave Columbia at 7.45 a m Leave Alston 9.80 a in Leave Newberry 10.50 a ni Leave Cokcsbury 2.17 pin Leave Belton 4.00 p m Arrive at Greenville .... 5.85 p in DOWN. Leave Greenville at 8.05 a m Leave Helton 9.55 a m Leave Cokcsbury 11.88 a m I o ?A ? ? IIOIITOI J *1" |> IU I/Cave Alston 4.20 p nr. ) Arrive nt Columbia 5.55 p m ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE RIDGE DIVISION, nrtwx. rr. | Leave Walhalla*.. ,f>. 1 >"? a m Arrive 7.1"? p m Leave Perryville...7.00 a m Arrive 0.40 p rn Leave Pendleton...7.50 a m Arrive 0.00 p m Leave Anderson...8.00 a m Arrive 5.00 p m Arrive at Belton...0.40 a m Leave 4.00 p m THOMAS DODAMF.AD, General Superintendent. .Iahtz Noiiton, Jr., General Ticket Agent. June 0, 1876. 23 if Floncor Taper Manufacturing Company, f 1\/T A N U F ACT U R E US of Book, News and * * 1VX wrapping l'ATER. John W Xi<'llol?on. Agent, Athens, Ga For sample of News, see this sheet. Nov 22 45 tf J. C. WALLACE, Ali'OIlVEY AT LAW AND TRIAL JUSTICE, UNION C. II , So. Ca. 1VILL practice in all Courts of this State.? Prompt attention to business. Trial Justice business transacted without delay. Office opposite Hotel, in II. L. Goss' new llllililinrr April 1R 10 3tn C. C. CUI^P, ATTORNEY AT LAW. O F F I C E OVER sn AND A M IJNrtO. Will practice in the Circuit and Supreme a CourlM of the StAtc. I Jnn 0 f>ms.* SAMUEL S. STOKES, T11IAL JIIHTIC K , I n ion C, Jf., f. All business in the jurisdiction of a Trial Jus ilive attended to with promptness. Office over Steed man & Kawls' law office. Jan 3 1 tf DAVID JOHNSON, JR., ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLED, %, Will practice in the Supreme and CirCtii Courts of the Stale, also in United Stales Court for the District of South Carolina. Dec 13 hit dm