Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?emperaiuc (![olunu. CoNI?l'CrKl? UY TIIK W. C. T. U. "(Jitu.s, Don't Do It."?"Don't do what?" our fair young readers will ask. There are a great many things you ought to do and still a greater number that you had better not do. Foremost and promincut among the latter is. to undertake to reform a drunkard by marry ing him. Depend upon it, if you canuot keep him sober during those days of the average woman's strongest influenco over wayward men, the season of courtship, the chances will be against success. Some \vouien have succeeded in this labor of Iovo> but there arc 10,000 failures to one success. It is a Gel 1 of missionary labor that few of the sex are Gtted to outer. If John gets drunk once a month whilst ho is billing and cooing, depend upon it he will require semimonthly seasons of Dacchanalian recreation | when lie becomes a benedict. A man who gets drunk is necessarily a bad or foolish uiau when he is under thu influence of liquor, and is very apt to soon become a bad man whether drunk or sober. The romantic idea that a woman who can reform a drunkard is deserving a crown of glory is all the veriest bosh. They would be shocked by the suggestion that a man who marries a fallen woman and restores her to a life of virtue would bo deserving the praise of all mankind. The l ttcr would be a much easier task than the former, and more likely to succeed. The debasement in one case is generally incurable, aud scorns the influence of kindness and affection ; whilst in the other the opportunity to escape from a life of degradation would iu most cases insurc hearty co operation with the missionary iu such a field. But the drunkard, as is generally the case, may be addicted to a number of other vices, each ono of which ought to bo considered as repulsive as that ofdriuking. Still we fiud pure, virtuous, refined aud delicate women risking their ^ lives and happiness in the delusive hope of / rescuing and restoring them. Instances of f the terrible failures in this missionary field are to be found in every street and lane of a great city, with the accompanimcut of scores of the desolate widows and orphans of those who have staggered into drunkard's gravesStill the experiment is tried by new votaries who think they can succeed where others fail. It is a terrible delusion. Love aud devotion are powerless on a drunkard.? Nothing but an iron will and a firmucss that few women possess can check the career of a man who has ouee taken hold ofstroug drink. lie must become subject to her will, and be restrained from evil courses by a power stronger than love or kindness.? There are enough uieu who become drunkards after marriage for all reasonable pu r poses of experiment, without taking them fully trained in a career of vice and debauchery. Therefore \vc say, "Girls, dou't do it!" A Peculiar Suicide.?Dr. Martin, who committed suicide iu Candelaria recently, says, the the Tuscarora (Nov.) Mining News, did so in a remarkable manner. It is said that he, with u number of others, were enjoying themselves in a "bibulous" way at Jones's saloon. In the midst of their drunken songs lie suddenly grew grave and pos. itively sober. Ho drew the crowd around him and told them how he had fought against his unquenchable thirst for liquor, but all in vain. lie said that he was certain that he could become somebody if he would brace up, but it could not be ; "at tho hour of one o'cloek I will leave this vain and sinful world. Put, boys, as a last favor, allow mo to do so by music," The crowd, all of which were his friends, summoned up the Italian players, and to the music of the harp and the violin he took a dose of morphine. Everybody regarded it as a hoax ; and thought the stuff he took was salts. After a while he dropped peacefully asleep in a chair. One by one the crowd left tho saloon, until none were left there except the sleeping Martin and Jones. Not wishing to arouse him from such u seemingly peaceful sleep, Jones locked up the place and retired for the night. Upon opening the saloon in the moruimr Martin was found dead. Let it Alone?"No, liquor won't hurl you if you lot it alone," said one man, with a sneer, to another who was making a strong fight lo have it kept out of town by law.? "You needn't meddle with it. If others take it, that is their lookout." But liquor does hurt thousands who let it alone, who hate it utterly, and never set foot in a saloon." "I should like your evidence," said the other, a little puzzled. "Just step around the corner into Mrs. Watson's house?a pretty little house, but it will tint be her's much longer. Benson, the rnmscller, has it in his grip; I hear she must move out t is week. Watson is work? ing on Benson's new veranda, which is to run around three sides of the tavern, to pay up another liquor-bill, while his wife and children are staiving. They never touch: liquor, but it has hurt them; whose lookout , is that?" A VorTIIKtJI. (I It A n IlEATII Ell.?Jesao I A II iinsey is doubt'ess the y?^rand 1 father in the Slate. ! 1?; is barely !>(? years , of aj?c and lias a grandson, Master Lester Nelson, who is now 18 mouths old. Mr. Kimsey's parents and jrrand parents are! also living, and hid fair to do so for many , years.? Wiwhrrtrr ( A//) D> morr<tt. I watkumki.ons vs lluo cliui.kll-v.? Tho Albany, Geo. News, has bccu furnished I wiih the following valuable information by \ Mr. W. II. Talloy, the pioneer of the watermelon industry in Lowndes coun'yi t Ga : Mr. Talloy is a strong advocate of inu watermelon, ana nag experimented with t it in more ways than one. He says that i watermelons not only afford excellent pas- a turage for hogs, but that they are a good, t preventive of cholera. He has never lost a hog from cholera siucc he has been plant? 1 ing melons. After all the marketable tncl- ] ons havo been gathered ho throws those | that are left into heaps, taking pains to I break every melon us lie casts it into the i heap. In a few days they begin to sour and foment, aud the hogs prefer them in [ this state to any other. Each heap finally becomes a mass of sour mash, and the hog8 r will continue to eat it as loug as there is a 1 piece of riud or a seed left. Melous thrown together in this way will furnish all tho food necessary for two mouths or more. lu ( fiet, the hogs will uot leave them for anything else, aid will fatten every day. Mr- , Talley says that he is satisfied from cxperi- | ciice that it would pay every farmer who ] raises hogs to plant a few acres iu water melons for them every year. He pastures his hogs ou the remains of his uiclou crop through the months of August and ^ September, and they get as fat as they can ^ roll. lie docs not attempt to account upou ^ any known theory or scientific principle, for the fact that melons arc a preventive ! ot cholera iu hogs, but he says that experience has satisfied him that the same is a fact, nevertheless. At one time the hogs of a neighbor of ' his, separated from his own only by a cross fence, nearly all died with the cholera, while his ucvorshowed the slightest symptom of the disease. Ilis hogs were pastured on watermelons, while his neighbor's were not. Fiually he gave his neighbor the privilege of hauling as many melons as he wauted to ^ his hogs, and as soon as the melous were . < given them the deadly havoc of tho cholera ceased. Mr. Talley furnishes other instances which seem to clearly establish the fact that the watcrme.on is not only a good fattening food for hogs, but a Buro preventive of cholera. Simple Home Remedies?Nearly all i of the following remedies have been tried and found efficacious, aud we therefore 1 couimeud them to the careful consideration l of our numerous readers : < Ivy Poisoning.?For dog-wood or ivy ? poisoning the following is said to be an iu- 1 fallible remedy : Roil wood ashes euough < to make a stroug lye; wash the poisoned ] parts iu this, let it remain a few minutes and wash off in soft, lukewarm water, when dry auoint with grease. Repeat this pro- I cess as the poison develops itself, aud one or two applications will cure the most obstinate cases. It acts like magic. ; Sure Remedy for Diphtheria.?Put the person suffering from diphtheria into a warm bed. Take a shovel of red hot coals from the fire, sprinkle a tablespoonI'ul or two of flour of sulphur on the hot coals and place under the bed. Remove the shovel out of the room when the afflicted pcrsou . begins to cough. Let this be done for two or three nights, and it will be found that the fumes from the sulphur will kill the throat fungus called diphtheria. TlIK USE ok Ak.NICA.?If the arnica with wliich braised liuihs arc bathed be heated, its good effects .are preceptible much earlier than if it is applied while cold If arnica is to be taken as a remedy, us so many physicians recommend in cases of severe sprains, it should be prepared with water iu this proportion?a teaspoontul of arnh ca in a goblet two thirds full of water, aud of this a leaspoonful is to be taken once an hour or once in two hours, as tho severity of the case determines. Treatment ok Colds.?Colds, which are prevalent just uow, need immediate atteution. Remedies at hand will sometimes save valuable l:ves, an amount of suffering, besides large doctor bills. Ten ccuts worth of Dover's powders will last a family i a long time. When symptoms of a cold arc felt take a small powder about two 1 hours before retiring, repeating tho dose upon retiring, enlarging the powder. Tour 1 druggist will give you a sample powder, i After once using no one will do without | them. These powders have saved us huu?. I dreds of dollars beside the suffering. < Raisin*} His Own Pork?Col. B. II. Ruteman, an intelligent and practical IIousf.nn nnnnltr (Innrrrin nrmor nl'wao .... .j, uivnca ? > iiivciestii?s letter to the Mirror and Advertiser ' as fellows : l'I am now determined to raise every bog 1 can, and raise peanuts and potatoes to fatten them. I intend to raise, if I can, 1,000 pounds of pork for every plow I run. I cannot live and give two pounds ofcottm for one pound of bacon. The on- , tire country is dependent upon the farmer, . and we must show ourselvet equaHto the occasion and not bo disheartened and wea- , ken our energies by croaking. We must look i ur troubles square in the face and " come up to the scratch like men." 1 Aikk.n Kntkiu'IMsk?The Town Coun- | cil of Aiken propose to convey ten acres of j land to the Carolina, Cumberland Cap and | Chicago Railway Company for the erection f of the machine shops, ike., of the road. It , is estimated that the location of these shops in Aiken would add an increase of at least f?00 to the population of the town. t How to Make a Good Wife.?Mak<icr home as oomfortable as jour rneau* rill allow. Respectfully listen to her opinions, giving hem such consideration as they deserve. Give her means to repair the woar and car of household effects. Woman is natu ally nuibitious and tasteful. Iler good icnso makes her economical/ Sho wfll make he most of her meaua. Re chsorful when you enter your homo, ^ever deceive her. Bo over triuY^to her fail your conduct be such that sho will bo jroud of you. Be so upright that sho will >o happy iu teaching your children to honor pou. Do not sit silent all the eveniug absorbed n your book or newspaper. Give your family some of your attentionTell them the amusing things that bavo irigh toned your day's labors. Speaks kindly to the children. Play or talk with thorn a few moments ifter supper. Interest yourself in your wife's omploynont. Encourage her when ?ho is down hearted. Be glad with her whon sho is happy. Let her know by words and actions th at ihc is appreciated, and you uiado happier ;hat she walks by your sido. Don't wait ;o tell the world upon marble that which will be so grateful to her loving hearj^jto hoar froui your lips. Sb'aro with her "your ?ood fortune as unselfishly as you do your ill. Let her walk by your side, your honored :ompanion ; your strong hand holping her )vcr the rough places, and sustaining her when wearied, lest she faint by t he way ? Gospel Banner. Timeto Plant Bottom Corn.?Strictly bottom land, with alluvial soil, and which dries off later in the spring than adjacent uplands, should be planted in May. Ear'* licr plantings are exceedingly apt to be destroyed by the bud worm. If planted when upland usually is, the corn might fho Km! worm Knf on Mi I*irw1 io aurily too cold rud wet at that period to lduiitof planting. We have plauted that lescriptiou of laud fifr many years from ihe aiiddlc to the last of May witii'good results md great immuuity i'roui bud worms, i'here is no successful preventive of bud worm, if the corn germinates about the liuio they begin their activity. This time raries with the spring ; if it is warm and sarly the worm appears earlier than when die spring is cold and wet , from the 10th if April to the 10th of May they commit greatest depredation on corn in this latitude. Kerosene acts much like gas tar?do not think it any better?gas tar has proved rather the best remedy with us.?Southern Cultivator. - ? Cl.oVKil is not apt to give good cuttings more than two seasons. The plant usually becomes exhausted by that time and dies. Especially is this the case if it is allowed to mature a full crop of tiecd, which it will be apt to do if the second crop is not mowed. It is good practice not to cut the second crop the year that one proposes to plow it under, because a large quantity of vegetable matter is thus added to the soil, and because if a full crop of clover seed is ploughed in the land may at any subsequent time be reset in clover, (without reseeding) simply by sowing it down in grain or grass. Hut if it is d-sired to perpetuate tho^clover mow it twice a year, l'lnster is hard to improve on, where it suits, but sometimes ashes make ;;n excellent dressing for clover. Moderate applications of acid phosphate, also produce excellent results.?Southern Cultivator. Split Hoop.?I have a valuable horse that has split hoof There is a large crack from the hair to the toe, which causes him to be very lame at times, especially when hi? shoes are old, or off. Cau you givo uic a remedy ? Answer?To get a new growth of hoof above the crack, run a small rod of iron heated red hot, across the hair where it joins the hoof, just enough to make a scab there. To provent lameness for the present, pare the edge of the hoof three quarters of an inch, on each sido of tho crack, as thin as possible and cut off tho lower edge of the hoof three quarters of an inch on oacii side jf crack, so that the hoof ucar the crack will aothavc any bearing on the shoe. Keep the hoof annuintcd and the crack filled frequently with a mixture of tar and grease.?Southern Culitvator. A Nkoro on the Stock Law.-*-A atiu. scriber of The Cultivator at West Point, Ha., sends us the substance of a conversation that he overheard between two negroes who were discussing the workings of the no fence law." Hill asks Jim how ho ikes the now law, and gets the following reply: "Man, if you links I don't like dis aw, you jist couic to my house en I'll show ^ou de fattest pig I ever had. I voted igin de law, but I don't want' pin to turn t back for nuffin. I toll you its a heap ess work to fence agio my cow don dat old umpiiig heifer of yourri an deui long-leg togs of your boss. I tell you I'm a no once nigger, I is, an don't yer ferget it.' Iiin was fully convinced by the argument. Past services should uot be forgotten by he recipients. . 7 S E L L 11 SBL.LI] SELL! Selling out m gardlei I am selling* < on tl I am selling* i the I am selling Ha 1 am selling Coats 50c 01 I am selling Dr the I AM SELLING iiTimmn F An / dliVIJiilto ouu \ GENTS SHIRTS, SCAR CHIEFS 60c Calicoes, Blee goods at L Yor! TICKING, HICKORY TOW* ON TI Haitian Edging, t ana Frilling aim LACES, LACE TIES and EMI AT HA These are prices that cannc now determined on selling on are sold, at D. Oct 20 WOOD'S ODONTIN FOR WHITENING and PRESERVII T IK E TEETH, KEEPING THE BREATJ PURE AIND WWEEl AND HARDENING THE GUMS Formula by DR. T. T. MOORE. For sale by \V. C. FISHER. I)u. J. M. Oihiies, Columbia, 8. Union C. II. March 9 10 1 GOUT! ISTG OUT ! N G OUT! y entire stock re3S of Cost. :o: Slothing- at 50c le dollar Shoes at 60c on dollar * ts 50c on the dollar and Mil Jackets at 1 tie- dollar, ess goods at 50c on dollar, C:?C JEANS AND CASJN THE DOLLAR, FS, SOCKS AND HANDEKR ON THE DOLLAR. Lching" and white ess than New k Cost, ]LS AND TABLE DAMASK, AT G5c IE DOLLAR. nserting, Pafflna Biffing ost $3 for one dollar COLLARS, LACE SROIDERED SETS T TP PPTni?, UJ.' _L XDX V7JLJ| )t be matched in the world, as I am it, call early before the choice goods C. FLYNN, Leader of Low Prices. 32 E I - Tl A T.Ti'B ?HEALTHCORSET Increasea In popularity every (ley, as ladles find ft COM FORT A BI.B PERFECT KITTINO corset ever worn. Merelmnts my It five stlie best sntlsrartlon of any corset they ever rold. Wftrriint?4 aatlsfartory or money re^ funded. For sale by FOSTER A WILK1N8. ly Feb lfl 7 tf r / COLUMBIA AND OREENVIK RAILROAD, PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, Columbia, 3. C., March 12th, 188' On and after Monday, March 12d, 1888, 1 m\ senger Trains will run as herewith iudicu upon this lload and its branches. ?-? DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAYS. No. 53 UP TASSENOER. Lcavo Columbia A 11.47 p . Leavo Alston 1.02 Leave Newberry "2;1I p A. XI Leave Ninety-Six 8.58 p.) Leave Hodges 4.60 p.| ~~ .Leave Ilelton 6.22 p Kfnto Awv.wa nroonuillrt \ . / CO I No. 52 DOWN PASSENGER. lift C Leave Greenville at 10.30 pi Leave Helton 12 10 p^y^' " Leave Hodges 1.41 flP?> l>ar Leave Ninety-Six 2.59 p* linn Leave Newberry 4.33 |V Leave Alston 5 42 ? Arrive at Columbia F 7-00 m n'Ja ' i Qillii SPARTANEURG, UNION & COLUMBIA ? No. 63 Up Passknokr. re her Leaves Alston, 1 15 ^^ver tl Strothers 2 Ol^^opy is Shelton ... 2 82^B?py ol Fish Dam the s fantnc 3 2ri^Hiiti tw Union 4 of tl Jonesviile. 4 ItyHu an Arrivo at Spartanburg E 5 4*^^^^^ No. 52 Down Passknokr. . liCavo Spartan hunt. It. k D. Depot H. r . .t'2 S|mrtnnlnirK, S. U. A C. Depot, 0. 1 04 Jonesviile 2 08 p^^^K Union 2 47 p |H[ Snntuc 3 30 ptt^H Fish l)ani Jo^B Shelton ...... 4 20 p'tl^B Strnthers 4 51 p i, V Arrives at Alston 5 38 p *1 H ? LAURENS RAILROAD. JtH to Leave Newberry 4.40 p.(g Arrive at Laurens C II 7.30 p Leave Laurens C. II 9.45 a ryt^H Arrive at Newberry 12.40 p ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Leave Hodges 5.00 p Arrive nt Abbeville 0.12 p Leave Abbeville 12.23 Arrive at llodges 1.35 p^^^H BLUB RIDOE RAILROAD and ANDERSON BRA^^^H Leave Belton Leave Anderson . Leave Pendleton Leave Seueca C H fl H Arrive at Wnlhalla Leave Wallialla . 9 Leave Seneca (' Leave Pendleton 10.48 Leave Anderson 1136 M.^^H Arrive at Belton 12.10 CONNECTIONS. MB A. With the South Carolina Railroad f't'jflHfl Charleston. With Wilmington, Columbia and Railroad from Wilmington and all points Willi Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta road from Charlotte and nil poiuts North thrf It. with Aslieville and Spartanburg Rail? H H for points in Western North Carolina.C With A. andC. Dir., R. and D. 11. R... all points South aud West. 1). With A. and t.^Jiv., R. and D. R. R. W * Atlanta and eyond. [ K. With A. and C. Dir., R. and 1). R. K.,1 all points South nud West. | & F. With South Carolina Railiond ft ' # lesion. m} crm g Willi Wilmington, Columbia an. II, \ I ? Railroad for Wilmington nnd the 1. ( jj U JL _ sj With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad for Charlotte and the North. <}. With Ashcville aud Spartanburg Rail- j rond from Ilendcrsonville. II. With A. nml C. Div.t R. and D. R. R., from Chnrlottc and beyond. ] Standard Time ueed is Washington, 1). C., Which is fifteen minutes faster than ColumbiaT. M. R. TALCATT, General manager. J. W. FRY, Superintendent. M. Slauoiitkr, General Passenger Agent. 1>. Caudwkli., Asst General Passenger Agt. April 15 14 tf THE SEDGWICK Steel Wire Fence. of a strong, cheap aud durable Steel Wirc\ Fence which is now being used at the North And Northwest in preference to any other kind of fencing. Wherever it has been tried it haa given great satisfaction. it is a net work without barbs and will keep out small pigs or any other animals that may injure gardens or farm crops. i, _?i.? ??i -* "* ? v 111 iiitm uu biiuuv umi HiiDuurs no ententes crops or poultry. It is just the fence for Gardeus, Lots, Lawns Parks nnd Cemeteries. Being dipped in Rustproof paint it will lost a life time, and is better than board fence in every respect. It is easily and quickly put up. A (Specimen or Fence nnd Onto Can be seen at the Union Tim km Offioe, where all information as to price, &o., can he obtained. It. M. k a. S. STOKES, Sole Agents for Union County. July 29 29 tf TTIO f?l n?C life > sweeping by, go and n.\ I dare before you die, something JLv 1 ik/ JL mighty and sublime leave behind to conquer time." $66 a ' week in your own town. $5 outfit free. No risk. Everything new. Capital not required. We wiil furnish you everything. Many nre making fortunes. Ladies make as much as men, and boys am) girls moke great pay. Reader, if you want business at which you can make gpeat pay all the time, write for particulars to II. IIai^ett k Co., Portland, Maine. Feb 23 8 1* WAliNINO, ALL persons indebted to us arc hereby notlr 4 tied IliAt our Hooks are open fur settlement. Debtors who neglect to hted this noticp, mu?( not complain if they are sued. J. T. HILL & CO. Feb 2 6 tf Old Payors for Hole. IiVIQUITtJJ at this office. f J t r