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i?umatou9 Department. IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS. A number of men were gathered about the stove, in the rear of a saloon, discussing the ? cold snaps within their recollection or experience. "When I lived up in Maine," remarked a man who bad been born on the Pacific slope and never lived anywhere else, "when I was in Maine in"'54, it was the coldest winter ever heard of. The snow was sixteen feet deep on a dead level, and you never saw so many sundogs in your life. The nails started out of , the timbers, making explosions like a gun. Vegetables froze so solid that they could not be boiled, and the trees contracted so with the cold that they shrank up inside the bark." "Speaking of sun-dogs," chipped in a man from the other side of the stove, "sun-dogs is a sign of cold weather. When I was in British Columbia, I saw flocks and flocks of 'em, * * % 1 !_ I _ ; ASA? ? i and was cnasea several mues oy over uwy. At this point it was quite evident the man was slightly off his tack, and he was fired out. "Boys," chimed in Kettle-Belly Brown, "when I was on the Arctic expedition with Dr. Hayes, I saw some devilish cold weather." Every body bent to listen, for they knew that a master-hand was at the keys, Pausing for a moment to gather inspiration for the effort, the sublime artist continued his voluntary. "When we struck the Arctic ice-belt, we took to the floes and pushed ahead on foot I was one of the advanced scouts, about a hundred miles ahead of the main gang. Eaoh man carried a red-hot stove on his back to keep warm. Sometimes a fog would come up in the afternoon, and a cold current of air sweeping down on us at night would freeze us all up in the fog-bank, so we had to clear a space with hatchets, and wait for the thaw. "I never saw ice get so solid. You could hold a chunk m the flame of a candle for two hours before it would begin to melt. It was just like metal, so help me Davy Jones. Talk aboat this bein' cold! Why, it's regular tropical weather." Here Brown began to stir up the fire and stuff wood into the stove, while none of his auditors spoke a word for the next minute, but sat wrapped in silence and meditation. Pulling out the vox hwnana stop, Brown dashed his hand over the keys pgain. "They all froze to death but me, and I kept right on to the North Pole. Here's a chip I cut out of it, just to show I was there. ? .1 T> 1_ *11 Auy body who 8 ever seen tne roie win recognize it* I see you all recognize it. I liked that country." "What made you leave it, then ?" asked somebody. "The whisky froze up, and I had to come further south and the tears welled up as he recollected how much he had missed during his ten long years in the Arctic regions.? Virginia (Ncv.) Chronicle. THE THIRD HOUSE. A Detroit boy, aged twelve, whose uncle is a member of the Legislature, was permitted to make a trip to Lansing a few days ago in order to visit the State House. He came home chuck full of importance, and when bis little brother run to meet him at the gate, William coldly waved him back and said : "I refer you to the Committee on Fisheries, bub, and how's my dog?" His mother was glad to see him, and when she asked him if he bad enjoyed himself he replied: "Oh, I suppose so, though I now move to strike out after the enacting clause." "What sort of talk is that. Willie dear," she asked iD great surprise. "Never mind the talk, mother, but move the previous question and bring on the pancakes." The hired girl came in with the dinner and wanted to know how he liked Lansing. He looked at her with great dignity and replied : "I now move to lay your petition on' the table, Hannah, for future consideration." She got mad about it, and William shyly informed his mother that it was his opinion that Hannah's title should be made to conform to the body of the bill." He went out to see the boys after dinner, and a painter asked him where No. 657 was. "We'll have a call of the House and see," replied the boy, looking around. "Whose house?" asked the painter. "Or you can rise to a question of privilege," continued the lad. "I don't want no sass ?" said the painter, who thought the boy was making fun of his red nose. x t a. l:n i.? _ "*ur course ljot. uei s pass tue uui iu a third reading, or else go into committee of the whole and debate it." ~k "I think you need dressing down!" growled the painter, and he banged William into r a snow-bank and pushed a heap of snow behind his collar. "Have the minority no rights?" yelled the boy as he kicked the painter on the shin. He would have been wolloped had not his mother appeared. The painter moved away at the sight of her, and he called out? "I'll see you again, boy !" "I'll refer the whole subject to father, with instructions to report a bill to walk you into the Police Court," replied the Representative, and he went in to tell his mother the difference between suspending the rules and rushing a bill, or referring it to the Committee on Cornfields till some one came around with the cigars.?Detroit Free Press. ? His Indian Blood.?Those who knew the late John B. Floyd, of Virginia, will remember that his complexion was dark, and his hair, although of fine texture, very curly, clustering in close ringlets all over his head. He always dressed in exceedingly good taste, and wore the best of broadcloth, so that he presented an exceptionably fine appearance. During the administration of Mr. Buchanan, a reception was given at the White House to a delegatian of Indians-from the plains-acrid Governor Floyd attended, as Secretary of War, to receive the gentle savages and present them to the President. He was arrayed in full evening costume, swallow-tail, choker and white kids, in order that the occasion might be as impressive as possible. The aborigines were gotten up in most extravagant display of paint, feathers and gewgaws. After ? UaJ WrvAn /lAnnlif/^or] Clr\ wornnr IDtJ UCrcUIUUj' uau uucu wuvtuuvu) wfviuui Floyd, by way of divertisement, proudly touched his own manly breast, and remarked to one of the chiefs, in the usual vernacular: "Me Indian?Virginia Indian blood?Pocahontas 1" The chief gazed at him from head to foot, looking very doubting, and then putting his hand on the Governor's head and feeling his curls, gravely answered : "No Indian?no Indian ! Hair heap like nigger!" "Old Buck" roared at the sally, in which Governor Floyd, who loved a joke even at his own expense, heartily joined. But historians say he never subsequently claimed Indian blood. ?. SS?~ One of the United States Marshals at Boston?a man whom all citizens of that small town will remember?was a wit of a dry and quaint sort. When on bis death-bed one of his friends appeared to comfort him. "Well, Colonel," said the sick man, despondently, "I'm going. I shan't be alivean hour from now." The Colonel felt of the invalid's feet. "Nonsense," said he, "your feet are warm. No man was ever known to die when his feet were warm." "Ugh?" said the dying man, sharply. "What about John Rogers?" 1ST A German looked up at the sky, and remarked : "I guess a leedle it vill rain somedime pooty queek." "Yees do, eh?" replied an Irishman. "What business have yees to purtend to know about Ameriken weather, ye furriner?" * ?br (fattu and Reside. Purification of Hen Houses.?Advice like*the following, which we find in the Live Stock Journal, is always in order: As the season advances, poultry keepers should not neglect the purification of the fowl houses. Proper sanitary measures must be taken, or health and successful pojltry raising cannot be expected, oor is r deserved. Lime is an excellent purifier, and, when carbolic acid is added to the whitewash, will effectually keep away vermin from the wJls. After every cleauing of the floor it should be sprinkled with carbolic acid ; dilution, twenty of water to one of acid. This is one of the best disinfectants and antiseptics known, and is not used as much as it deserves. The roosts should be sprinkled with it every week. This whitewashing should be done twice at least, better three times, a year. The nests of setting hens should be sprinkled with carbolic acid to keep off vermin; and the coops also, where young broods are kept for a time, should be purified in this way. If a hen gets lousy, the dilute acid will destroy the lice, if put under the wings, and on the head and neck. 'Wood ashes are excellent to be kept in fowl houses for hens to dust themselves with. They are mach more effectual than sand; but sand should be kept for a bath. Without Droner attention to these matters, poultry keepers cannot expect to succeed. How to Make a Farm Pay.?A Lehigh county farmer writes as follows: A properly conducted farm (and ,when I say properly conducted I mean well managed,) can be brought up to a standard that will remunerate the farmer in such a way as not only to give him a good living, but also a sum more than the legal rate of interest on all his investments. Every inch of ground on the farm must be made use of. The fences take up a great deal of room, and the less fences the more ground for cultivation. They should be kept free from brush, so the plow can pass close by them. Manure and lime are the essential things on a farm and should not be spared. The manure pile should receive a great deal of attention ; all weeds, rubbish, leaves and anything that can be converted into manure should be carefully attended to. An old farmer having been asked if it would pay to buy manure if you put it on a farm, said, "Well, I don't know; but if you put anything on land it will never go back on you; it is perfectly honest." The Crow?The Farmer's Friend.? The poor crow finds every man's hand against him, notwithstanding the service be does to those who till the ground. If they do not kill on sight, it is only because he is usually a match for even the most sharp-sighted gunner. He is quite fond of bugs and worms, and little held mice and youDg snakes, as he is of the farmer's corn. He is a good policeman about the farm-house, and drives away the hawk, who can do twice the amount of mischief he is guilty of. He hunts the grass fields and pulls out the caterpillars and all manner of pests, and probably saves many other crops, if he is bard on the corn. A gentleman had a tame crow who trotted after him as he went out to wage his auuual warfare on the squash bugs. His sable attendant put his head on one side and watched him a few minutes, as if to see how he did it. Comprehending the business at last, he went for those bugs with a will, and .cleared the patch in fine style. He took it for a business j the remainder of the season, insuring a fine crop. . ' Watch your Setting Hens.?The following suggestion is worth trying. Should occasion occur, we would be pleased to hear from any who may try the experiment. If the eggs are broken in the nests take the hen carefully off, and wash the eggs in tepid water; then take the straw out aud put in fresh, and place the eggs under her again. Should the hen leave the nest, from any cause, and the eggs become cold, do not throw them away, even if the hen has been off twenty-four, or more hours. Get a pan or pail of water heated to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, and immerse the eggs in.it. Leave them in uutil they are warmed through, perhaps half an hour, adding more warm water if necessary, then place them under a fresh hen. In the latter stages of incubation, after the eggs have passed the fourteenth day, they have been saved and hatched, after having been deserted for over forty-eight hours. House or Fence Whitewash.?The United Treasury Department has sent out a receipt for whitewashing which is said to an swer on wood or brick almost as well as oil paint, and to be much cheaper: Slake half a bushel of unslacked lime with boiling water, keeping it covered during the process. Strain it, and add a peck of salt, dissolved in warm water; three pounds of ground rice, put in boiling waterboiled to a thin paste; one half-pound powdered Spanish whiting and a pound ofjjlear glue dissolved in warm water; mix thdBe well together, and let the mixture stand for several days. Keep the wash thus prepared in a kettle or portable furnace, and when used put it on as hot as possible with either paiuters' or whitewash brushes. Another Remedy for Hog Cholera.? A simple cure for hog cholera, says the Kentucky Live Stock Record, is au infusion of peach-tree leaves and small twigs in boiling water, given in their slop. Peach leaves are laxative, and they probably exert, to a moderate extent, a sedative influence over the nervous system. They have been used as a worm destroyer with reported success. They have also been recommended as an infusion for irritability of the bladder, in sick stomach and whooping cough. The cases of fatal poisoning from their use in children are on record, as peach leaves contain prussic or hydrocyanic acid, but as it is almost impossible to poison a hog, their use would not be objectionable. The specific is worth a trial. Many persons are in .the habit of eating fruit without removing the skin. Their childmn-?at it in the same manner, and seem never to have been taught that the skin of fruit? be it apple, peach, pear, plum or grape? should never be eaten, especially if uncooked. Fruit skins are so difficult of digestion that there is probably not more than one stomach in a hundred capable of performing the difficult task. The skins are to fruit what shells are to nuts, hides to animals, and husks to grain. To oblige or allow a child to eat his apple or pear unpeeled, is unkind and wrong, for it is no question of daintiness, but of health. I?" When pumkins are fed to milk cows, they should be split open and the seeds removed. The seeds are diuretic in their efI feet, acting strongly upon the kidueys, and therefore reduce the quantity of milk. It is worth the trouble to remove the seeds whenever pumpkins are fed to stock, as anything that irritates the kidneys, or excites them to action unnecessarily, tends to weaken those organs. The seeds are of no value to the cows, medicinally, as either saltpetre or sweet spirits of nitre, is a much better and more certain diuretic to administer when one is needed. Cure for Choking Cattle.?Should cattle be in danger of choking by reason of any foreign substance in the throat, take enough hoe cut chewing tobacco to make a ball as large as a hen's egg; dampen with molasses so that it can be compressed into a ball, and adhere closely; elevate the animal's head, I pull out the tongue, and crowd the ball as far | down the throat as possible. In fifteen minj utes it will have sickness and vomiting, relaxing the muscle8so that the potato, or whatevI er may be choking it, will be thrown up. j@"Do not believe the stories some tell, to1 wit: That the eye of the potato is all that is necessary to plant to get a good yield. The potato itself, as it turns to decay, affords nourI isl^raent to the sprout and renders its growth j more vigorous. |teatlitttj fur the $abhatb. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATH A N. [Original.] THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. There is no profession in which it is more difficult to attain eminence than that of a lawyer. No small amount of labor is-required to keep op with the enactments made by legislatures. Not only so, but one legislature makes laws and the next repeals them. The lawyer has not ouly to inform himself with regard to enactments, but he must keep a close look out for repeals. What was law ten years ago, is not, necessarily, law to-day. | But the difficulties in the way of the lawyer are many. What is law in one land, is not so in other lands. What is enjoined as a duty in one country, is forbidden, as a sin, in some otber countries. This is not all. No small number of the enactments of human legislatures are unconstitutional. . In fact, when human lawe are carefully examined, it will be found that they contain about an equal amount of wisdom and foolishness, expressed in an amount of words that is absolutely burdensome. Compare the laws of any civilized nation on earth with the ten commandments. No greater contrast could be presented. In the code which God gave the human family, every duty that each individual owes both to God, his creator, and to his fellow man, is plainly specified. This is done in fewer words than are contained in any single enactraentgof human legislators. The moral law, which is contained in the ten commandments, is divided into two parts. The first four precepts contain our duty to God. The remaining six contain our duty to our fellow men. It would be a blessed thing for the i world to-day, in a moral point of view, were the first four precepts of the moral law made the guide by which the human family were directed in their choice of an object of worship, and in their mode of worship. The heathen would cast their gods of wood and *"> m/^lno an/} tn-tVio hntjj and Hfi DtUIJC tu blio UIUIVO ?uu w www vwwj who is the maker and upholder of all things, would be worshipped in simplicity, sincerity and truth. Idol worship would cease to be offered to God. The name of God would .no longer be profaned, and the Sabbath would be observed as a day of sacred rest. In a religious point of view, this would be a glorious world were the first four precepts of the moral law observed. God would be loved and worshipped as he is not now. Who can estimate the social and political advantages that would result to the human family, by making the last six precepts of the moral law the rule by which every man is to be guided in all his dealings and intercourse with every other man? Were this change made, the world would immediately assume a new aspect. The family, the base upon which rests the social and political fabric, would be strengthened. Father and mother, son and I daughter, husband and wife, would no longer be words without a meaning ; but, on the contrary, would denote the existence of relationships, which being observed, secure the highest order of civilization, and being disregard ed, result in brutal barbarism. Murder would cease. The sword would be beaten into; a plowshare aud the spear into a pruning hook. Adultery and fornication, which saps political liberty and pollutes society, would cease. The banner of truth and honesty would , float over every dwelling, and envy and coveteousness would die. All that is necessary in .order to make any community a blessed community, is for its members to strictly practice the moral law. They will be under the best government in the world. In the strictest sense of the word, they will be blessed. Preaching the Law.?The terror of the law should be preached, not terribly, but tenderly. In telling impenitent men of their doom, do it with pity. As Jesus "wejpt over the city" doomed to unparalleled woe, so let the minister weep over the unsaved and impenitent in his congregations. Tears will often win where terrors will not alarm. The preacher should never be betrayed into a ranting manner, or harsh tones of voice, or extravagrant expressions, when on this topic. And it is needful to keep close to the written word in preaching upon the destiny of the wicked. There are subjects which can safely employ imagination and philosophical speculation. But on this awful theme, it is safe to keep to the record. Every proposition should be supported by a "thus saith the Lord."' And it is better to leave the truth as it is found in God's word, without our feeble efforts to explain how and why. Why speculate about the literality of "fire and brimstone ?" If we use only God's word, we can safely leave the Spirit to urge home his own meaning. No man can compass God's meaning as to heaven and hell. The language is plain?its meaning is awful?but how muchit means no finite power can determine. Use the truth?the sword of the Spirit?letting it cut where and how deep it will. It is worth something to a dying minister to be able to say, "I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God." A Beautiful Sentiment.?"Life bears us on like the stream of a mighty river. Our boat glides down through the narrow channel?through the playing murmuring of the little brook, and the winding of its grassy borders. The trees shed their blossoms over our young heads, the flowers on the brink seem to offer themselves to our young hands ; we are happy in hope and grasp eagerly at the beauties around us?but the stream hurries on, and still our hands are empty. Our course in youth and manhood is also a wilder flood, amid objects more striking and magnificent. We are animated at the moving pictures of enjoyment and industry passing us ; we are excited at home, short-lived disappointment. ..The stream bears us on, and our joys and griefs are alike left behind us. We maybe shipwrecked, we cannot be delayed ; whether rough or.smobth, the river hastens to its home till the roar of the ocean is in our ears, aud the tossing of the waves is beneath our feet, and the land lessens from our eyes, and the floods are lifted around us, and we take our leave ot eartn ana ids innanitanis, i until of our further voyage there is no witness,; save the Infinite and Eternal."?Heber. Tell It.?Many a physician has gained his practice by one patient telling others of his cure. Tell your neighbors that you have heen to the hospital of Jesus, and been restored, though you hated all manner of meat, and drew near to the gates of death ; and maybe a poor soul, just in the same condition as yourself, will say, "This is a message from God to me." Above all, publish abroad the ! Lord's goodness, for Jesus' sake. He deserves j ! your honor. Will you receive his blessing, and then, like the nine lepers, give Him no praise ? Will you be like the woman in the crowd who was healed by touching the hem i of his garment, and then would have slipped j j away ? If so, I pray that the master may i j say "Somebody hath touched me," and may | I you be compelled to tell the truth, and say, i I was sore sick in soul, but I touched Thee, 0 ; I my blessed Lord, apd Lam saved, and to the i : praise of the glory of Thy grace I will tell it, j 1 though devils should hear me; I will tell it, | and make the world ring it', accorciing to^my j ability, to the praise and glory otThy saving i gr&ce."?Spurgeonr I \ % v . {PBtUmem* fUdittg. A COLORED MAN'S PLATFORM. Open Letter of Representative Hamilton to Mr. Speaker Wallace. Beaufort, March 1, 1877. To the Hon. W. H. Wallace, Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dear Sir?I regret not being present at the hour of adjournment, to congratulate you, by resolution, for the able manner in which you presided, over the Constitutional House of Representatives.' Aud you seem to have nothing in view but to sustain the laws and constitution of our country. I would not wish to vote you a gratuity of a thousand dollars, 1 as the Bayonet House voted their Speaker, but to vote you the well-done of a good a'nd faithful leader. I see that the Democrats in 1 Washington are disturbed by the news that ? ' c *r_ tr u..? iur. onerraan urougni irum iur. aaojco, uut the supporters of the Hampton Government ' between Beaufort and Colleton are not at all alarmed ; they are paying their ten per cent. [ tax cheerfully, and are willing to pay the whole if called for. My advice to those who ' are paying their taxes to the Hampton government is that, as we have rights that our enemies must respect, and that we will maintain, to say to the American people^hat we will not pay our taxes to or obey any other i government but Hampton's; that the Congress of the United States may ignore the < laws and Constitution of the United States, ( but we in South parolina are determined to 1 sustain the laws and the Constitution of- our 1 State, even though we be exterminated by the ) United States army; that we have resolved ' in this section not to allow the Chamberlain ' trial justices to execute a warrant, or to hllow any of his constables to arrest any of our hands; nor will we pay any tax to his gov- ' ernment; and if our employes sustain Chamberlain they will be promptly discharged. ^ This mode of procedure is stronger than force, 1 and will wear out all the United States armies. I You will notice that when the memorial to 1 Congress was on its passage in the House, I spoke and voted against it. I did so because { I do not depend upon the National Government for our support; but I rely entirely up- 1 on the good people or soutn uaroiina mat ' they will not allow any Congress or any Pres- 1 ident to change the verdict that was given by the people on the 7th of November, or to ig- 1 nore the Constitution of the State, without 1 exterminating over a hundred thousand na- 1 tive South Carolipians of both races, who are 1 willing to give themselves up to the cause. Some of our people are worried about the inauguration of Mr. Hayes, but I am not at all uneasy, because I believe that he is one of those with too much integrity, who loves his ' reputation, and, if be does, he cannot recognize any other government in the State but that of Hampton. He cannot afford to count in a government which died at the ballot-box of its own rottenness. He knows that no party can live for any length of time when the representatives of.the people, with salaries of six hundred dollars per year, with no other employment, lose in oue night over fifty thous- 1 and dollars playing "seven-up." He knows 1 that no country can prosper with a Legislature that would pledge the faith and credit of the State, as tltey have done in this State, for 1 the amount of four million dollars in the case, 1 of the ?51 ue Kidge Itaiiroad, Knowing at me time that the security they had from the railroad was not worth the paper it was written npon. I Mr. Hayes ought to know thatlhe supporters of the Hampton government are the taxpaying citizens. And, above all, we do not ask anybody to support Governor Hampton, but we ask them to support the Constitution and laws of the State, and then he is Gover- j nor. We desire to say to "Mr. Haye9 that we ask nothing but to allow us to support and sus- I tain the laws and constitution of our country, ( and we intend to take nothing less. In my ' judgment the contest between Gov. Hampton 1 and Mr. Chamberlain was settled on the 7th of November by the highest court in the land, I and that is the people, aud it has also been I ratified by them by the prompt payment of i their taxes to the Hampton government. In < my judgment, no Court, no Congress, or no l President can revoke this decision. I As you know, I was once a 9trong supporter < of Mr. Chamberlain. In that I was actuated < by numerous reaspns, and the greatest of all I was that he recognized the wealth and intelli- j geuce of my State, and because he shut the < door of the treasury on the political thieves at I that time. When he went back on these prinI ciples, the Conservatives, men of both colors, i dropped him, which they had a right to do, < because he was opposed then by the same men . who are supporting him now. I Now let us say to Mr. Hayes, in an un- 1 questionable manner, that we will have i . j i _ i ui_ :r 4 Hampton ana ma government, peauenmj u < we can, but forcibly if we must, and if we find any judge or any jury trying to take I away our rights, we will be compelled to take ( for our guide the 5th chapter of St. Matthew, j commencing at the 29th verse, which says: i "And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it I out, cast it from thee; for it is profitable for I thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast I into hell." In other words, it will be better i for the people of South Carolina to have no < jury and no judge than to allow them to ig| nore the laws and constitution of the State. Let this policy be firmly followed in our i I State, and our government must live. i Yours respectfully, T. Hamilton. < ? ? i PEOF BELL'S TELEPHONE. the human voice carried a hundred and forty miles. ? Prof. A. Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, comes from the staid old city of the witches?Salem. He is professor of "vocal physiology" in the Boston University. About five years ago he first began to think 1 about the possibility of the transmission of 1 sound by telegraph, and the idea took posses- 1 sionofhim completely. His invention had 1 so far taken form eighteen months ago, that ( with the assistance of a practical electrician, ' Mr. Thomas A. Watson, he began to experi- 1 meat, using for the purpose a wire between ' Boston and Cambridge, about two'miles long. f The success of the invention was to him from 1 the first only a question of time. He had 1 "got it down fine," as the boys say, and the successive experiments were only so many * *.2 1 I j steps rendering tne instrument practical iur general use. 1 The first time the practical success of the telephone was demonstrated to the satisfaction of others, was on October 9, 1876, when 1 an experiment was made over the private ' wire of the Walworth Manufacturing Compa- 1 ny of Cambridge. The telephone then spoke * for itself, and the conversation of the operator 1 in Cambridge could be distinctly heard at the I Boston end of the line. An interesting dia- 1 logue took place, the speakers talking in their < ordinary key. The experiments were continued almost constantly. Prof. Bell and Mr. ' Watson conducted their operations in the fifth story of adodging house in Exeter place, in ' this city, and were exceedingly careful whom | 1 they admitted to their rooms. I found ray ! i way up there to-day, and had an interesting i 1 i chat with Mr. Watson, who seems to be a h bright youug man, and is very enthusiastic i? concerning the telephone. He said that Prof, j * Bell was the sole inventor of the instrument, j ] and no other human being had ever tackled ' the idea. The first patent was taken out about a year ago, and several had been ob- ; tained subsequently. Mr. Watson gave an irnteresting account of the recent experiments I with the machine, most of which have been I over the Eastern Railroad Company's wire i 1 between Salem and Boston. I'he time select-1 | ed for these experiments is generally the Sab- I bath day, because there is then less probabili- *i ty of the wire being in use. | I /One of the experiments, which occurred on January 21, was eminently gratifying in its < results. Not only every word spoken in Bos- 1 ton, but even the tones and inflexions of the I j several voices were accurately transmitted and readily recognized by those at tbe Salem end of the line. Other experiments demonstrated the fact that a lady in Maiden conld sing "The Last Rose of Summer" and every note could be heard in tbe room at 5 Exeter place, Boston. The sound was perfectly clear, and hlra about the same effect as if the listener were at the rear of a concert hall, say one hundred feet away from the singer. Subsequent trials showed that laughter, applause or instrumental music could be equally well transmitted. In the case of the latter, not only the key could be transmitted, but also the quality of the music. A violin could be distinguished from a violoncello. Tbe greatest distance that has been vanquished by the telephone is 143 miles?from Boston to North Conway, N. H. The most recent improvements made on the instrument do away with batteries altogether, and permanent magnets are now employed instead, the electric wave used in transmitting the sounds being generated by the toice itself. This is regarded as a very important step in advance, as the bother and expense of keep ing batteries in order has been the greatest drawback to the employment of the instrument for private purposes. The honor of having received the first newspaper dispatch belongs to the Boston Olobe. A report of a lecture by Prof. Bell, in Salem, was transmitted verbally to it last Monday night This lecture was about the telephone, and in the course of the evening a series of remarkable experiments was made in the presence of the audience. Songs and brief speeches were sent from Boston, and the applause which greeted their reception in Salem was distinctly heard in Boston. Imagine sitting in a hall and hearing a man, eighteen miles away, sing "Hold the Fort." "I haven't the slightest doubt," Mr, Watson said to-day, "that in a few months things will be so that a man can make a lecture here in Boston and be heard by an audience in any part of the country." "Do you expect that the telephone will entirely supersede the present system of telegraphing?" I asked. "Yes, we expect it will, eventually. A company is now forming for the purpose of manufacturing and introducing the instrument. In time it can't fail to replace the old dot and line alphabet system entirely. We expect, at first, it will be used mostly on private lines and for city business, it will probably take the place of the present district telegraph companies and the like, as it will he especially convenient for that class of business." "Won't tbe receiving operators nave to learn shorthand ?" "Yes, I suppose they will. In our experiments we have generally paused after saying a sentence, so that the receiver had time to write out in long hand." Mr. Watson remarked that the introduction of the telephone would probably have the effect of increasing the telegraph business to such an extent that it would hasten the time when the wires would have to be laid under ground instead of being strung -on poles. Apropos to singing by telegraph, I asked if it would net save a good deal of expense to our American opera managers. "An American audience could hear Nilsson, Patti, or any European prima donna, without bringing them across the Atlantic," I suggested. "Just place the receiving machine in the Boston Music Hall, for instance, and let the songstress put her mouth close to the mouthpiece in Paris, London, Vienna or St. Petersburg, and the effect would be the same as if the prima donna herself were present in the flesh." "Certainly," said Mr. Watson, smiling, "and it would be curious to observe what effect the presence of the voice and absence of the person would have t%on~ the critics. Homely singers would probably advance in public esteem, while some of the beautiful cantatrices might suffer a corresponding setback when their voices were judged on their merits." No trial has yet been made, however, of the transmission of sounds to so great a distance as across the Atlantic. Mr. Watson said that as far as they had been able to ascertain, there seemed to be a limit to the distance over which the sounds could be made to travel; but he expressed himself as confilent that in due time any given distance could be annihilated. "We have, in fact," he added, "talked through a wire arranged to give an artificial resistance equal to 40,000 ihms, which is more resistance than the entire length of the Atlantic cable would offer. But there are other obstacles to be overcome in order to transmit the sound of the voice correctly to sucb a distance as that. Prof. Bell and I are constantly at work here perfecting the system you see. When a favorable opportunity offers, we shall try and have i practical test over one of the trans-atlantic sables." The wonderfiil little instrument, of whose future value to civilization the inventor is so janguine, consists of a powerful compound permanent magnet, to the poles of which are attached ordinary telegraphic coils of insulated wire. In front of the poles, surrounded by these coils of wire, is a diaphragm of iron. A. mouthpiece, whose fun<J$on is to converge the sound upon this diaphragm, substantially completes the arrangement. The operation r>f the instrument is thus described by Prof. Bell: The motion of steel or iron in front of the poles of a magnet creates a current of electricity in coils surrounding the poles of the magnet, and the duration of this current of electricity coincides with the duration of the motion of the steel or iron moved or vibrated in the proximity of the magnet. When the human voice causes the diaphragm to vibrate, electrical undulations are induced in the coils around the magnets precisely similar to the undulations of the air produced by the voice. The coils pre connected with the line wire, and the undulations induced in them travel through the'wire, and passing through the coils of another instrument of similar construction at the other end of the line, are again resolved into air undulations by the diaphragm of this instrument. The voltaic battery is entirely dispensed with. The line wire may be of any given length, provided the insulation be good. Prof. Bell further jays that soft tones can be heard across the wires even more distinctly than loud utterances, even a whisper being audible. * -? Hampton on Hayes.?Here is the report :>f an interview with Governor Hampton by the Columbia correspondent of the New York Herald : Governor Hampton having a government md a good deal of business to attend tof it was some time before I could engage bis attention, and even then, be reluctantly consented to a very brief interview. He displayed the courtesy of the gentleman, the brusqueuess of the soldier and the ingenuousness of a novice in politics. This was the conversation that took place: "How will Mr. Hayes* election be regarded by the South?" "I think that, though disappointed io the result, the Southern people will recognize him promptly, will judge him fairly by his acts, ind will not embarrass bis administration by factious opposition. If he deals justly with js, will stand on the Constitution, and will iccord us all our rights, he will be honestly mstained, and will not be embarrassed either ny hostility on the one hand or by-office seekng on the other." "Do you expect recognition from bim of your government?" "I certainly do, for I claim that mine is :he only lawfully authorized government in ;his State?the only one that can enforce the aw and give protection. As Mr. Hayes is pledged to obey the Constitution of the country, I conhdently hope that he will not allow ts most sacred provisions to be violated in :his State. "Strict and impartial justice, plaoing us cn an equality with the other State*, requiring Prom us a full obedience to the laws, and giving to us the right possessed by all other States, to regulate our affairs without Federal interference. This policy will be in accordance with his letter of acceptance of the nomina- * tion for President, where he says 'the great * need of the South is intelligent and honest local government, in which the rights of all will be respected by all. If elected President I will endeavor, by all legitimate agencies, to further '.he establishment of honest and intelligent local government in the Southern * States/ If he fulfills this solemn pledge be will do much to commend him to our people, and he will best promote the interests of the d whole country." . a When Governor Hampton had said this 1 much, Judge Mackey, who visited Mr. Hayes at Columbus some months ago, came in and interrupted the conversation. I heard the distinguished Judge remark that he was going 8i to Washington to participate in the inaugu- 11 ration of Hayes, and I believe he asked jj Hampton for another letter. r ? c A Letter that Wasn't Received for s Over Forty Years.?An application was ? re&ntly received at the dead-letter office in f( Washington, from Palmer Gardner, of Bur- j lington, Racine county, Wisconsin, for a letter mailed to him in 1835. This letter contained a certificate of deposit for $360, issued by the a Onondaga Bank of Syracuse, New York, and f< was sent from there in October of the year 81 mentioned, by William N. Gardner, to his brother, Palmer Gardner, "Detroit, Michigan Territory." Not being claimed at Defroit, it was sent to the dead-letter office, and thence back to the postmaster at Syracuse, who, being ? unable to find the sender, returned it to the ?' dead-letter office again, where it lay nndis- ? turbed in the duBty files until the Centennial n Exhibition. It was then conveyed, with ? other curiosities of the dead-letter office, to ?} Philadelphia, and there it chanced to be seen c by an acquaintance of Mr. Gardner, who in- a formed him of his discovery, and thus, after the lapse of more than 40 years, -the letter ii reached its destination. The postage on the F letter, when it was first mailed from Syracuse, ^ was twenty-five cents. a t&- A man named Jean de Falasie was ? hanged in the 16th century for a series of c murders. To all questions he replied with a d song, and on the scaffold and in the presence of 6,000 persons, he asked and obtained per- r mission to say a few words. Then he begged h the throng to join in the chorus of a popular ditty, "There were four asses in a field, nipping the tender grass," which consisted of im- t] itations of braying. Then said Jean: "I die si happy, because at my last moment I have < heard six thousand asses braying at once, and r I have no desire to live with such fellow-creatures." S TT A \rorvn\J A \TT\ T)VX}fYOUC I ? nft lTII A VJL1 X?L\ U XVUX VSAblXJ. i j FURNITURE AND LOW PRICES AT THE NEW FURNITURE STORE, 0 Opposite the Cotton Hotel,x S CHESTER, S. C. T ONG experience, and having to bay for the I i bouse of MARKS A REIT), of Rock Hill, inconnection with ray own, enables me to buy to superior advantage; and owing to the low price of cotton, I am SELLING AT ALMOST COST. Come and see for yourselves. Goods DELIVERED FREE to all points between Gastonia and Winnsboro. 8. K. MARKS. / December 7 49 tf BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY. AND BOOK BINDERY. , THANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete 1 stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, j consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Fo- ( lio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, of every variety; Envelopes, 8Jates, Ink, Ac, | Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils,* Pen- | Knives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, , BOOK BINDING DONE, 1 in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. ? Ola Books rebound and repaired. PRIHTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY nrnmnfW ntfAndoH tn at Invmt cnnh priced'" E. STOKES, 155 Main Street .Columbia, S. C. ETTENGER & EDMOND. 1 81 RICHMOND, VA. O MANUFACTURERS of Portable and Stationary Engines, Boilers of all kinds, ^ CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, * Crist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pnlleys, Ac., |[ American Turbine * tl WATER WHEELS, P V, and Cameron's Special Steam Pomp. w si Send, fop Catalogue* ^ WM. ETTENGER. H. P. EDMOND. tl November 2 44 ly CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL 3 18 PUBLISHED DAILY, TBI-WEEKLY & WEEKLY, Ir AT AUGUSTA, GA? J By WALSH & WRIGHT, Proprletort. * B FULL Telegraphic Dispatches from all Points. "X T<atest and most accurate Market Reports. Interesting and Reliable Correspondence from all b, parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Washington S' City. Georgia and Carolina News a Specialty. ol di * N DAILY: TRI-WEEKLY:! WEEKLY: One year....$10 One year, $5 00 One year |2 Six months, 5 Six Months, 2 50 | Six Months, 1 flHEER YOUR HOMES WITH HTJSIC. J! HAVE made such arrangements with that enterprising and reliable Southern Wholesale * House, Luriaen and Bates, of Savannah, that I can Jsupply, on short notice, the Mason A Hamlin Or- ~ gans, Pianos of the most celebrated manufactories, Sheet Music, or any other kind of Musical Mer- fi chandize, at the lowest factory prices, and at prices J adapted to these hard times. A settled determine- gj tion to sell nothing I cannot recommend, and a tl ' -1 1 ?v?rtr?TT nflntM wifh QllAll Ol prUUUUHl XUlJUaillUlllw <11 luany jvaig ? UUUm 0 goods, enables me to offer great inducements to lo purchasers. Call at my Photo-Gallery for further particu- el lars. J. R. SCHORB. no December 21 51 tf ta RAILROAD NOTICE. p] I^HE passenger train of the Chester and Lenoir cl Narrow Gauge Railroad, when necessary, will stop for passengers at the following places : Falls' Store, Glenn's Store, Sidney Hill's, CIo- C ver, J. J. Wilson's, Limestone Roaa, Yorkville, R Philadelphia, Guthriesville, McConnellsville, In District Line, Sandy River Road, Lowrysville, tr Smith's and Poor House. EDWARD THOMAS, Superintendent. ?] February 8 6 tf ni ~~ NOTICE. I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears and otner fine-eJged instruments. Prices?for H honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for I sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and f satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. at TOM BALLARD, Barber. w November 30 48 tf J. R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, S 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. V1 A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every convenience, and a determination to do my best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in ? want of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or?better than sunshine for all _ | subjects, except small children. r| I NOTICE ?' IS hereby given that application will be made to ^ the Legislature of this State at its approaching session, to amend the Charter of the Town of h! Yorkville. . | November 16 46 tf ai AGRICULTURAL LIENS, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to ? * Real Estate. For sale at the __ ENQUIRER OFFICE. . ft December 7 49 tf If WRAPPING PAPER. OLD Newspapers, of large siae, suitable for Oi wrapping, for sale at 50 cent* per hnndred, O at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. Oj Maroh 9 5 ly SI T AX rn A9i\ 1*' ' home. Samples worth fl free. T, $0 1 u Stijuok fc Co., Portland, Maine. 19 ly a i (til o a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and terms free. JO tpj.4 TRUE k CO., Augusta, Maine. 19 I7 ft] * WEED! WEED! WEED! 'RE-EMINENTLY AT THE HEAD! AND SO RECOGNIZED. Read the complimentary award of the Centen nial Commissioners. r. STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISSION,) International Exhibition, [ Philadelphia, 1876. ' j The United States Centennial Commission anounce the following report as the basis of an ward to the WEED SEWING MACHINE COM'ANY, Hartford, Conn., for SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINES. REPORT. The new Weed Sewing Machine, employing a traight needle and needle-bar, connected by a ink with a crank on the end of a horizontal snan n the overhanging arm. The needle-bar opening shaft is connected by a link with, and nan a ocktng motion imparted to it by means of, a rank on the lower-rotating shaft. The shuttle stained in a carrier, is reciprocated in' the diaction .of the feed by a crank and link connected rith the rotating shaft, and the four-motioned jed is moved positively. 'OR THE FOLLOWING REASONS, VIZ. s An excellent Shuttle Machine, possessing origlality and simplicity of constructive detail, for ne quality of workmanship and materials, and >r great adaptability to both cloth and leather titching. A. T. GOSHORN, Director-General. J. R. HAWLEY, President Attest: Mtbb'Asoh Asst Secretary. 4 , ? ; " 4 ANALYSIS. An excellent Shuttle Machine?meaning a mabine possessed of great merit the under thread f which is carried in a Shuttle, 'universally adiltted to be the only practicable and durabla. , letbod. Possessing originality and simplicity of onstructive detail?that is, embodying the reuisite number of the most improved mechanical evicea found in any Sewing Machine, free from omplication, consequently readily understood nd easily managed. For fine quality of work- 4 lanshipand materials. All parts being made in nplicate by improved machinery, thus being nterobangeable, making it easy to replace any arts which may become worn or broken. All rearing parts being provided with means of sdostment. Substituting drop-forged wrought iron nd steel in place of cast and malleable iron, ind for great adaptability to both cloth and leathr stitching?being free from sharp angled cams r grinding gears, having substitute simple rank movements, devoid of friction or noise, rawing both upper apd under thread at precisey the same time, finishing each stitch l?depenentlv, a necessity on fine leather work. Lightunnfng, well-balanced parts, admitting or the igheet rate of speed attainable in machine sew ag, which is indispensable in oloth stitching. It will be observed that in no other award are 36se important points?so neoessary to perfect titcUng machine?combined, viz.: "Simplicity of Constructive detail," "Fine Quality of Workmanship and Matelals." "Great Adaptability to both Cloth and Leather titching." > We claim to produce the beet Leatherand Cloth swing Machines now offered to the public, and hall be pleased to substantiate this at any of oar tranoh Offices in the principal qfiies, or agencies . aroughout the United States. i WEED SEWING MACHINE CO., J Hartford, Conn. M BRANCH OFFICE: 1 1 and 58 North Charles Street, Baltimore Md.; fasonio Temple. H. S. DAWLBY, Manager February 22 8 , '8m THE TROPIC STOVEr i o ? mSBm a HI ^ 1 GREENSBORO. N. C. pHE COOKING STOVES mauofhctnred at oar I works in Greensboro, N. (J., Rive universal itlsfaction wherever introdnoed. They are made f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heav>r and thicker plate than any other Stove in the larket, and consequently will the longer withand heat and bard usage. They are of hand >me pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal 1 every other respect to any Cooking 8tove sold i the United States, while it is confidently claimed mt they are the CHEAPE8T. All the usual ieces of ware and cooking utensils are tarnished ith each Stove. An important consideration ith purchasers is the fact (hat our patterns and izes are never changed. 8honld a piece get aoeientally broken at any time, we can replace it at" ie mere cost of casting. Not simply because it i a home production, buton account of its intrinc merits as an article of household economy, do 'f> Mk the natron acre of home nurchaaenr. More lan ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now i use, and among many others having them we jspectfhlly refer to the following: R E. Guthrie, i. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York oonnty ; [rs. Elizabeth J. Wylle, Chester; D. A. Gordon, utbriesville; Jabn A. Brown, Reck HillB. P. oyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. ou can save the freight from the northern oities ad the dealer's profit, which is no small item, y buying of us, and at the same time get a TO YE THAT 18 MORE DURABLE than those f northern make. The following are oar prieea elivered at depot in Greensboro: o. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $S0 00 41 >f 41 M 4? 44 14 44 ' 0 26 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro,'N. C.' . M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkville, 8. G. 0HN R LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, 8. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McConnellsville, ork county, 8. C. . L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester. 8. C. YORK MARBLE YARD. rHE undersigned is still conducting the Marble Business in Yorkville, and would relectfully inform the pnblic that he oan supply lose in want of MONUMENTS or HEADIONES with anything in his line, and at the west cash prices. < -* Monuments designed and finished in the most aborate style, and in point of workmanship and isterial warranted equal to the work of any estblishment in the country. Head aud Footstones, in various styles, from lain to highly-carved work, furnished at short otice, and satisfaction guaranteed. Specimens usually on hand, to an inspection of 1 hfch, those in want of marble work are respect- 1 illy invited. . - 1 Estimates and any other desired information leerfully given at any time, Work delivered at any point *>n the Chester id Lenoir Narrow Gauge ^Railroad, between hester and Dallas, or at any,place between ock Hill and Winnsboro, OrWhe Charlotte, Coimbia and Augusta Railroadf9"ee.of charge for ansportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed pon my establishment, my determination is to lerit a continuance of the same. k F. HAPPERFIELD. January 4 1 ly $250 REWARD. FHE National Board of Fire Underwrite hereby offers areward of TWO HUNDRED AND IFTY DOLLARS, for the detection, Conviction id punishment of the party or parties, charged ~ ith the crime of Arson, in firing the premises M tuate near Yorkville, S. C., being the DWELL- w SQ OF J. T. LOWRY, on April '22d, 1876. 1 lid reward will be paid only on one proof being 1 irnished the Executive Committee of the con- j Iction and actual punishment of said criminals. ' By order of Executive Committee. GEO. T. HOPE, Chairman. I New York, May 8, 1876. 20 tf ! BARBER SHOP. v nHOSE in want of an EABY SHA"^% a fhahL ionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant id luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that HOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsoal, is4tillln business, in his old Shop next door tne Enquirer building, where it will afford m great pleasure to wait upon all who may dere his services. Razors honed and sharpened* id any other work of that kind promptly done, THOMAS BALLARD. December 21 51 tf TERMS?IN ADVANCE s I ne oopy, one year. - 8 00 } ne copy, six months, 1 50 ne copy, three months, 1 00 ingle copy, .... 10 wo oopies, one year, 6 Off . en copies, one year 25 00 To persons who make upoluba often or tore names, an extra oopy of the paper will be irniahed one year, free or charge, . * y \ Ik SMi i ...i >n illl