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1 THE RECORDER. mm BY DRAYTON & McCRACKEX. AIKEN, S. C., TUESDAY, YEB. 5, 1884. VOLUME 3.—NUMBER 14. Professional Advertisements. Bailroad Schedules. D. S. Hexdeiwojj. E. P. Hf.xdebson. Henderson Brothers, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. 1 Geo. W. Citorr. J. Zed Dc.vlap. Croft & Dunlap, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, James Aldrich, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Practices in the State and United States Courts for South Carolina. P. A. Emanuel, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all the State and United States Courts. Special atten tion paid to collections and invest ments of money. W. (Juitinan Davis, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the Courts of this Circuit. Specia attention given to collections. 0. C. Jordan, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. V. Emil Ludekens, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all the Courts of this State. All business transacted with promptness. James E. Davis, —Attorney at Law,— Barnwell Court House, S. C. Claude E. Sawyer. Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all the Courts, and give special attention to Convey ancing, preparing Abstracts of Titles and Negotiating Loans. B: F. GUNTER, LTTOHNEY AT LAW, AlKEN, S. C. Will practice in all the Courts of mth Carolina. Prompt attention Iventothe collection of Claims. w. DEVORE. M. Aiken, S. C. DeVore & Woodw tTTORsriY at Law, Aikk this State. B. WOODWARD. Aiken, S. C. South Carolina Railway. Commencing Jan. 20, 1SS4, trains will run as follows by Eastern time, which is about 28 minutes faster than Central time: MAIN DINE—WESTWARD DAILY, Leave Charleston— 7.00 a. m., 4 p. m., 10.15 p. m Leave Aiken— 11.20 a. m., 8.38 p. m., 6.00 a. m Arrive Augusta— 12.05 a. m., 9.06 p.*m., 7.15 a. m MAIN LINE—EASTWARD DAILY. Leave Augusta— 0.08 a. m., 5 p. m., 9.30 p. m Leave Aiken— 6.55 a. in., 5.49 p. m. t 10.38 p. m Arrive Charleston— 11.23 a. m., 10.10 p. m., 5.15 a. m TO AND FROM COLUMBIA—Dally. Leave Augusta 6.08 a. m., 5 p. m. Leave Aiken 6.55 a. in., 5.49 p. m. Due Columbia. .11.40 a. m., 10.32 p. m. west—Daily. Leav'C Columbia 6.40 a. m., 5.34 p. m Due Aiken 11.20 a. m., 5 30 a. m. Due Augusta 12.05 p. m., 7.10 a. ni TO AND FROM CAMDEN. (East—Daily, except Sundays.) Leave Augusta 6.0Sa. m. Lejivo Aiken 6.55 a. m. Due Camden 1.55 p. m. (West—Daily, except Sundays.; Leave Camden 4.15p. in. Due Aiken 5.36 a. m. Due Augusta 7.10a.m. Connections.—Connections made at Augusta with Georgia Bailroad to and from all points West and South ; with through sleepers between At lanta and Charleston on train leaving Augusta at 9.30 p. m. and arriving at 7.16 a. m. Pullman sleepers are run between Aiken and Wilmington via Charleston and Atlantic Coast Line on trains leaving Augusta at 5.G0 p m. and arriving at 12.05 p. m. Connections also n^ade wifti Cen tral Bui'road to and from points south and southwest. Connections made a^ Blackville with Barnwell Railroad to and from Barnwell. On Saturdays connection is made at Charleston with steamers for New York. Through tickets can be purchased and bagirage checked to all points North, South and west by applying to agent at depot. D. C. ALLEN, Gen. Pas. and Ticket Agent. John B." Peck, General Manager. , Official Directory. Dr. B. H. Teague, Dentist. )FFICE ON- Richland Avenue, Aiken, S. 0. Dr. J. H. Burnett, Dentist. OFFICE AT Graniteville, Aiken County, S. 0. Dr. J. R. Smith, Dentist. OFFICE AT Williston, Barnwell County, S. 0. Will attend calls to the country. R. 0. Turner, M. D. VAUCLUSE, - - S. C. Office at the store of G. W. Turner. THE Georgia Chemical Works. Manufacturers of all kinds of Fertili zers. M. C. STOVALL, Secretary and Treasurer, Augusta, Ga. Langley Brothers, 164 King St., CHARLESTON, S. C., Manufacturers of Ladies' and Gents' UNDER WEAR. :o: H AVE your Osnaburg Underwear for Rheumatism, made by Langley Bros., and save money. t2?"Full price list and directions for measurement sent out by Langley Bros., on application. * Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad. GOING NORTH. Leave Augusta 10 10 a. m. Graniteville 10 55 Trenton 11 27 Batesburg 12 30 r. M. Leesville 12 36 Columbia 2 42 Arrive Charlotte 7 ... 7 30 GOING SOUTH. Leave Charlotte 1 05 p. M. Columbia 5 32 Leesville 7 23 Batesburg £ 30 Trenton 8 35 _'anitcville : 9H^— — Arrive Augusta ‘....7. a 45 GOING NORTH. Leave Augusta 6 00 P. M. Graniteville 6 38 Trenton 7 32 Batesburg 8 35 Leesville...; 8 42 Arrive Columbia 10 20 GOING SOUTH. Leave Columbia 6 15 A. M. Leesville 8 02 Batesburg 8 08 Trenton 9 12 Graniteville 9 45 Arrive Augusta 10 25 G. R. TALCOTT, Supt. T. M. R. Talcott, Gen. Manager. -O F- Pure Cod Liver Augusta and Knoxville Railroad Gen’l Pass’r Agent’s Office,) Augusta, Ga., Oct. 8, 1882. ) Commencing Monday, 9th instant, the following schedule will be oper ated. Trains run by Augusta time. No. 1—North. Leave Augusta 7 45 am Arrive at Greenwood I 10 p m No. 2—South. Leave Greenwood 2 15 p m Arrive at Augusta 7 15 p m Connect at Greenwood with Colum bia and Greenville Railroad for al points West. G. P. HILL, General Passenger Agent. E. F. VERDERY, Gen’l Manager. SUMMERV ILLE HOUSE. H. A. Smyser, (Formerly of Aiken, S. C'.,) H AS a fine large house and cottage for the accommodation of hoard ers in the beautiful village of Summer ville, near Augusta, Ga., finely situ ated, with splendid drives and pleasant walks. Churches very convenient to the house. The house is neatly and comfortably furnished with everything necessary. Rooms and halls well ven tilated and heated. Mails delivered daily. Terms moderate. Apply to H. A. SMYSER, Sand Hills, Augusta, Georgia. Augusta Hotel, LEWIS & DOOLITTLE, Proprietors. Large and well ventillated rooms; Rates $2 per day; centrally located near railroad crossing; telegraph office and barbershop in the building. Augusta Hotel restaurant and lunch room; choice wines, liquors and cigars. CST’Meals to order at all hours. WITH IRISH moss and Hypopliosphitcs of Lime and Soda. T HE most valuable preparation oi Cod Liver Oil for Colds, Coughs, Consumption, Ancemia, General De bility and all pulmonary affections. Prepared bv ANDREW A. KItOEG, Charleston, S. C. Price $1; small bottle 50 cents. For sale by all druggists. GO TO flORMaNY’SlflRTjfGflLLEBY, [A^ADe’s Old Stand,] 706 Broad St. - - AUGUSTA, GA. :o: W E have the same portrait artist, Mr. Branson, ami can give you fine city work in every branch of art. Call ami sec us. The State. Governor, Hugh S. Thompson. Lieutenant-Governor, John C. Sheppard. Secretary of State, James N. Lipscomb. A ttorncy- General, Charles Richardson Miles. State Treasurer, John PETEfc Richardson. Comptroller-General, William E. Stoney. Superintendent of Education, Asbury Coward. Adjutant and Inspector-General, A. M. Manigault. United States Senators, Wade Hampton, M. C. Butler Congressmen, First District—Samuel Dibble. Second District—Geo. D. Tillman, Third District—D. Wyatt Aiken. Fourth District—John H. Evins. Fifth District—John J. Hemphill. Sixth District—George W. Dargan Seventh District—E. W#M. Mackey Agricultural Department, A. P. Butler, superintendent. L. A. Ransom, secretary. Railroad Comm isstoners, M. L. Bonham, L. J. Walker, D. P. Duncan. Penitentiary, T. J. Lipscomb, superintendent. Supreme Court, W. D. Simpson, Chief Justice. Henry McIvek, Associate Justice. S. McGowan, Associate Justice. Circuit Courts, First Circuit—B. C. Pressley. Second Circuit—A. P. Aldrich. Third Circuit—T. B. Fraser. Fourth Circuit—I. II. Hudson. Fifth Circuit—J. B. Kershaw. Sixth Circuit—J. 1). Witherspoon. Seventh Circuit—Win. H. Wallace. Eighth Circuit—James S. Cothran. Solicitor Second Circuit, F. Hay Gantt. Congress meets on the . first Monday in December of each year. tSpThe Legislature meets on the fourth Tuesday in November of each year. dPThe Circuit Court for Aiken County meets three times a year, as follows: first Monday in April, third Monday in June, fourth Monday in September. Congressional Districts. First—Charleston and Berkley— (St. Phillips ami St. Michaels, Mount ‘‘leasant, Moultrieville, St. James Goosecreek, Summerville), ten town ships of ColletosL fourteen townships of Orangeburg, and the entire County of Lexington. Second—Hampton, Barnwell, Ai- Ken, Edgefield, auid Colleton—(Brox- son and Warren); Third—Abbe V r' 1 WASHINGTON GOSSIP. ^ CHANGES OX THE FLOOR CONGRESS. OF Now’berry, ^i^URTH--f’fc^TiVillc, "Spartanburg —(except WhitW Plains and Lime stone Townshi Laurens, Union— (except GoudeyaK ille and Drayton- villo Townships)], Fairfield, Richland —(Upper Township, Columbia and Centre). Fifth—York! Chester, Lancaster, Union—(Goudeysville and Drayton- ville), Spartanjburg—(White Plains and Limestowe), Chesterfield and Kershaw. / Sixth—Clarendon, Williamsburg— (Kiugstree, 1 Sumter, Lees, Johnsons and Lake), Darlington, Marlboro’, Marion and Horry. SEVENTH-r-Georgetown, Williams burg — (except Kingstree, Sumter, Lees, Lake and Johnsons), Sumter, Richland—(Lower Township), seven townships of Orangeburg, Cliarleston and Berkley not in First District, six townships of Colleton, and the entire County of Beaufort. Judicial Circuits. First—Charleston, Berkeley and Orangeburg. Second—Aiken, Barnwell, Beau fort, Colleton and Hampton. Third—Sumter, Clarendon, Wil liamsburg and Georgetown. Fourth—Chesterfield , Marlboro’, Darlington, Marion and Horry. Fifth—Kershaw, Richland, Edge- field and Lexington. Sixth—Chester, Lancaster, .York and Fairfield. Seventh—Newberry, Laurens, Spar tanburg and Union. ^ Eighth—Abbeville, Oconee, Ander son, Pickens and Greenville. Talk About Mackey and His Doings, [Correspondence News and Courier.] Washington, Jan. 29.—Old Father Time does not appear to have moved any more rapidly than usual during the last year or two, j’et a change seems to have come over the House of Representatives. To the old habit ues of the galleries the present mem bership seems that of an entirely new body. When a member gets up to speak now the chances are the repor ters begin to ask, “Who is that?” and the laborious process of getting ac quainted with the faces of the new people was never so laborious in the Reporters’ gallery as now. One misses the familiar face of Secor Robeson, tiie old leader of the Keifer'House of Representatives, whose rotund figure wae continually blocking up the cen tre aisle on days of great debate. Then there was Mr. Burrows, the silver- tongued orator from Michigan, whose sonorous voice sounded throughout th3 hall on field days and could be heard from the Ipbbies outside the galleries. Robeson, as practical chair man of the naval committee, one of the leading members of the commit tee on appropriations, and a member of two or three other committees of the Keifer House, seemed continually on end, and Burrows, who was chair man of two committees, and also a member of two or three others, seem ed continually attuned and vociferous. Then there was Hazelton', who was also in command of a couple of com mittees, whose little squeaky voice vibrated harshly upon the auditory nerve; and Page, of California, the burly, red-faced chairman of the com mittee on commerce, quitej^-fpromi- nent a figure as was Mi^Robeson. Then there was Bntterwortn, of Ohio, Errett, of Pennsylvania, and a couple of score of others. They are all gone, and the places which knew them once enow them no more, and wx* hope will know them no more forever. These were the pets of tLo last House organ ization; they controlled legislation, and other members were heard through their grace. Perhaps it was because they were so closely identified with everything that was said and everything that was done, and because i hey monopolized the Record, as they did the floor, that we miss them so much now. The mutations of time never told so heavily upon the House of Representatives as it has in the re- <hese stat Butler’s Bill mid the Negroes, fjmvannah Morning News.] The tdueof the South Carolina press indicates that Senator Butler’s bill to abolish all internal revenue taxes is not popular in that State. It isn’t popular in any Southern State. The Southen^people, it is true, would like to be rid. of the spies and informers which tiie internal revenue system supports, but there is not as much ground for complaint against internal revenue officials as there used to be. The Southern people know that if in ternal rdvenue taxes are abolished it will be long while before there will be any material reduction in the tar iff. What they want is cheap necessa ries, not cheap whiskey. They do not care how dear whiskey is. In a num ber of Southern States there is a rap idly growing temperance movement. This movement is not supported alone by those enthusiasts who desire to save people from the evil effects of intemperance. It is advocated and aided by planters, farmers and tax payers generally, who see that whis key imposes additional burdens upon them in the shape of heavy criminal expenses and lessons their ability to bear theife burdens by destroying their laborers. Whiskey is the greatest e»- emj r of the negro. It is impossible to approximately estimate the propor tion of the earnings of the negroes of the South which is spent for whis key, but it is safe to assume that it is greater than the amount they spend for bread, clothes and the education of their children. The belief is that intemperance among them is on the increase, and it is certain that as in temperance increases their worth as laborers MU decrease. Free whiskey would encourage intemperance, be cause it would be more easily obtain ed. Make whiskey cheap and the ne groes would buy it by the gallon iu- instead of by the dram. The whiskey jug and demijohn would soon become familiar objects in their cabins. The very cheapness of the article would be a temptation for them to buy it. Under such circumstances the im provement in their condition would be slow. If, however, the cost of the necessaries were lessened the tenden cy would be to encourage the negroes. They would be able, perhaps, to save something from their .wages, and ncKvu PAVILION HOTEL. Charleston. S. C PASSENGER ELEVATOR AND ELECTRIC BELLS. House fresh and clean throughout. Table best in the South. Pavilion Transfer Coaches and Wagons at all trains and Boats. Rates reduced. Beware of giving your Check to any one on Train. Rates ^2 00 (<? $2 50. Cormick’s Harbor Shoi). I AM in the same old place and am ready to please my customers by strict attention to business and good work. Shaving, Hair Cutting and Shampooing executed by good work men. W. F. CORMICK, Main St. (West Side) Aiken, S. C. J. A. Wright, ——BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, North side Park Avenue, Aiken, S. C. The best of material used, and any style of boot or shoe made to order. The County. Senator, D. S. Henderson. Rcjjrcseniativcs, John M. Bell, George W. Croft, F. P. Woodward, Thus. J. Davies. Sheriff, Milledge T. Holley. Clerk of Court, Wm. M. Jordan. Probate Judge, W. W. Williams. School Commissioner, Luther W. Williams. County Commissioners, Wm. M. Foley, J. Cal. Courtney, William Stevens. O. P. Champlain, clerk of board. Treasurer, J. E. Murray. A uditor, David II. Wise. Corone r, S. P. Kitciiixo. Jury Commissioner, R. L. Evans. who constitutes the Board, with the i following ex-officio members, viz., i the Auditor ami the chairman of the. Board of County Commissioners. Board of School Examiners, Luther W. Williams, ex-officio ch’m. James E. Crosland, Charles E. R. Drayton. Board of Assessors, B. W. Moseley, Aiken. J. II. Quattlebaum, Chinquapin J. G. Sally, Giddy Swamp. James Powell, Gregg. H. L. I'! ay son, Hammond. Macom Gunter, Hopewell. W. E. Sawyer, McTier. Martin Holley, Millbrook. Daniel Jefcoat, Rocky Grove. James M. Cook, Rocky Spring. J. D. Taylor, Shaw’s. Jus. C. Hammond, Shultz. R. S. Hankiuson, Silvertou. Joe Stallings, Sleepy Hollow. James K. Broilie. Tabernacle. R. I.. Evans, Windsor. Chairman—H. L. Mayson. Secretary—J. D. Taylor. Ex-officio Clerk—J. H. Morgan. ere fer’s arrangement of the committees of the House that his most conspicu ous leaders are those retired to the shades of private life. It is the most favorable commentary on the House as organized by Mr. Carlisle that this conspicuous disregard of the member ship of the House forms no part of the new organization. mackey’s death. The sudden death of Mr. Mackey, of Soutli Carolina, has revived in the minds of the delegation the record which Mackey made in Congress. It would be difficult for anybody cut of South Carolina circles to understand the feeling existing in the delegation toward the late member. “I am cu rious to know,” said one of these to me, “who wil rise and pronounce eu logies on Mackey. I never saw a man so bad but that some one would pro nounce a eulogy on his character; but what can be said for Mr. Mackey? He assumed to control all the Federal officers of South Carolina. He not only assumed to doso, but he actually controlled them. He was not satisfied with managing the public offices of his own district, but he reached out for the offices of my district and those of my colleagues, including every postotfice on which he could lay his hands. In this he had the assistance of Frank Hatton at the postotfice de partment, who is operating in the in terest of Arthur for the next Presiden tial candidate. Only a day or two ago he turned out the poor widow of a white man in my own town and put in her place an ignorant negro, upon the recommendation of twenty-five or thirty negroes, half of whom could not write their names. The only pur pose Mackey could have had in this crusade against the whites of South Carolina was the design to rule the delegation in the next National Con vention. I appealed to the postoffice department in this ease in vain just as other members of our delegation had appealed in similar cases. Where- ever he could get a negro to till a post otfice by turning out a white man Mackey did it. I would rather have Smalls or Lee fora colleague here than the white negro who has just died His sympathies were with the negro race merely for political purposes. It was eminently fitting and proper that tiie only man who would rise in the House of Representatives and propose adjournment out of respect to Mack ey’s death should lie a negro from North Carolina, and the only negro in tiie house. There is not a man in my State who could have a good word to say for Mackey so far as I know.” Your correspondent inquired who was likely to succeed Mackey, and was informed that Smalls, who it is generally supposed was purchased out of the road by Mackey, would be re turned. Sam Lee, however, has aspira tions. Lee is here, having been ap pointed by Mackey to some Federal office in the South, but he is here most of the time. “It is a district,” said Mr. Aiken, “in which the Democrats have very little interest, as it is given over to the negro race entirely. The right thing for them to do is to send Smalls or some equally reputable ne gro here to fill Mackey’s place. I suppose they will do it.” eventually purchase such implements and tools as they would need to culti vate small patches of ground for them selves. They would see the possibili ty of purchasing small, comfortable homes, and would strive to accom- complish that object. The eflect of fi-oo Ypifcfc-«.y on ** J —-no«rr<; iin»Hllatioil ' ' “ i^s'l bill is not zonular in the South. The planters tvanr, their laborers improv ed, not /demoralized. So far as the white people of the South are con cerned there can he no question that they would prefer cheap necessaries wpiskey. to cheap Ail vice to Wives. Wives often regret that their hus bands do not talk to them. This is not the place to discuss the shortcom- ot a man, but sometimes when mgs ) I have listiened to the fault-findings, the garrulous repetitions, frivolous details, thg childish exactions of sym pathy andinttention with which some women bore their husbands when they are over-burdened and anxious with care and work, I have not won dered that some men grow taciturn in their homes. But it is a great loss if a man is silent among his wife and children. The husband and wife live so much of the time in a different world that a free intercourse can be a great help and pleasure to each of them. You will not be likely to make a man talk by telling him that he ought to talk, or scolding him because lie does not do so. Make it a pleasure for him to talk with you. Exercise good sense, good temper, and tact in drawing him out on topics of inter est to himself. Be patient under his moods of silence. Be deserving the companionship of a sensible man. Avoid talking of persons, or insignifi cant details concerning yourself or your work. Have something inter esting or valuable to sliy. The story of youi child’s prattle may be full of interest. The number of pies you have made or the rooms you have swept may not be worth repeating. Cultivate the graces of character, speech; and tones of voice, and you may find that the man who was glad to escape froni tl the loquacious, com woman, goes rcluc- who knows when to be silent, ‘who with wisdom, and law of kindness.’ plaining, oxac tantly from t to talk and v denieth her whose tongue The Mou^mg Politicians. (Philadelphia Record.) How hard it is to reawaken the smoldering fires of sectional hatred is shown by the cold indifference with which the country receives the bloody shirt speeches which have been lately made in Congress in opposition to the Fitz John Porter bill, and upon other irrelevant occasions. Thank Heaven the war is over, and its hatred and malignities are perished, except in the minds of mousing politicians, who are nothing if not malevolent. The A Conservative Utterance from a Colored Editor. [New Era, of Charleston.! The senseless and indiscriminate application of the term “boarbou” to the culture and honesty of Carolina, has made us of necessity tell the truth of those social elements in their rela tion to party and politics—only that and nothing more. Nor have we feared to say that the negro, as a race, is not yet qualified to fulfill govern mental functions on a par with a counter race which has enjoyed un broken liberty and all the advantages that centuries of education and expe rience can bestow. There are plenty of able and refined negroes who are capable of illustrating the highest de mands on capacity; but the race, as a race, we are sincerely sorry to say, is not so constituted yet. We doubt not at all that in time they will be. The negro’s long servitude has debarred him the experience that comes of the conflict and clash of coequal man hood. The Caucasian, never having known degrading “chains,” mental or physical, of necessity is far better fitted to rule than the unfortunate “brother in black.” No editor who knows his duty will endeavor to “pull the wool” over -wide awake eyes by teaching the contrary. Remember that other people than negroes have been slaves, and hence the fortunate circumstance that history can be avail ed for guidance in shaping our con duct. If to be above counselling an unfortunate people, more unfortunate in their surroundings, to arson and assassination be Democratic, or of “Democratic proclivity,” we arc grate ful to be so honorably placed, and re gret that we cannot similarly felicitate the editor of The Globe. The Era is an independent negro journal, pins its faith to no extraneous auxiliary or party, hence it is never caught coquet- iug in turn with independents and partisans, as inflated coxcombry has done. Lift your voice, and strong arms too, until they touch the highest heaven, for justice to the negro; but, for God’s sake, put aside assassination and arson, for they are the methods of the poltroon and sneak. THE FARM AND FIRESIDE. AliMANAC FOR THE WEEK. fcM W >• FEBRUARY. SUN SUN MOON X RISES SETS R & 8 5'Tuesdav 7:07 5:22 1:54 6 Wednesday 7:06 5:23 2:58 7 Thursday 7:05 5:25 3:57 8 Friday 7:04 5:26 4:49 9 Saturday 7:02 5:27 o i3o lOjSunday.. 7:01 5:28 6:16 lljMouday 7:00 5:29. rises. MISCELLANEOUS. Encourage reading newspaper among your children, and yoq will soon discover what a fondness they will have for their home paper, and how rapidly they will improve. The business failures in the United States last year exceeded nine thou sand, which is an increase of more than two thousand four hundred, or thirty- - ~~a»iiver those of 1882. There were only eleven members of the House who voted for the repeal of the iron-clad oath. If they were as sensitive to public opinion as they are inappreciative of tiie spirit of the times, they would henceforth become modern Men in the Iron Masks. Gen. Hancock is just as handsome as when he was a Presidential candi date, and ho weighs just about as much. He no longer entertains the opinion, however, that the tariff' is a “local” question. He now thinks that it is a national question. The Republican Governors up North have nearly all given the colored man and brother the go-by in dividing out tiie offices under their appointment. Gov. Waller, the Democratic Gover nor of Connecticut, has just appointed a colored man on the Board of .State Prison Directors. At a microscopic exhibition in Bos ton lately, the sting of a honey bee was thrown upon the screen, the point of which was so sharp as to he hardly distinguishable. At the time the finest of fine needles was shown, under the same power of the microscope, and the end of the needle measured five inches across. Botany in its Relation to Agriculture. (II. \V. Ravencl in The Wcckh News.) The impression on the minds of many in regard to the science of bot any is that it consists merely in learn ing the names of plants and in keep ing in memory a number of hard Latin words to those whose business it is to grow them. This is an erro neous idea. Botany has to do with plant-life, the habits of plants, their structure and organization, their mode of life and manner of growth,, the pe- cu’i-ir qualities they possess, the adap- ation to climate and soil, the best and most direct way of improving field crops and all other cultivated plants; in a word, it treats of every thing connected with plant-life. Whether they are used for economical purposes, as field crops, garden crops, fruit orchard, ornamental trees and shrubbery, or tbe flower garden, or the hot-house, they all come under botan ical laws. The fact is that agriculture in its higher objects has relations to many of the sciences, and is in a manner dependent upon them for much useful information to the farmer, and for much of the progress it has made. It is not necessary that the average suc cessful farmers should thoroughly un derstand these sciences, though some acquaintance with them would al ways be found useful. He lias the benefit of the results which have been studied and worked out for him by those who perhaps may know very little of practical fanning. The chem ist in his laboratory analyzes the fer tilizers and tells him of what they consist and of their value. It is through his agency that the commer cial fertilizers now in use have been brought to public notice and made available. He can suggest combina tions which may economize their use, and thus make them more profitable. He can point out the most judicious mode of composting raw materials, and by analysis of soils often detect certain defects which may cheaply and easily be removed. Sir J. Bennet Lawc^, of Rothamstead, England, who tyas been for nearly half a century' fully stu'ffK Tf of I The smallest invention sometimes proves the most lucrative. A San Francisco lady, inventor of a baby carriage, received $14,000 for her pat ent. The paper pail, the invention of a Chicago lady, yields a large income. The gimlet pointed screw, the idea of a little girl, has realized millions of dollars to its patentee. The New York Sun gives as a test of genuine Persian carpets, that used by the natives themselves, namely, to drop a pieco of red hot charcoal upon it. This leaves a singed round spot. If the carpet is a good one of the first quality, the hand can then brush off' the singed wool without the least trace of the burn being afterward seen. Worst Kiiul of Fatuity. (New York Times.) It is the worst kind of fatuity for Republicans in Congress to spend their time in discussing Southern out rages and attempting to renew sec tional antagonism. It will win no Democrats and will repel thousands of independent and sensible Republi cans. It is a piece of folly that will go fai toward offsetting the stupid blunder of the Democrats in proclaim ing their purpose to degrade the pub lic seflvice to the spoils system again. Capt. Cash, an old sea captain, wants the Secretaries of War and Navy to offer a reward of $50,000 to any whaler who shall rescue the Gree- ly Arctic exploring party. He thinks that the whalers, who are to start out in a short time, would exert them selves, if such a reward were offered, to reach Greely, and the rescue would thus be effected probably before a gov ernment expedition could be fitted out. The Southern Cultivator says: Those who grow oats sometimes claim they draw more from the soil than wheat, but one who has given the mat ter attention states that where he has known an average crop of corn to take seventy-six pounds of nitrogen and wheat thirty-nine, oats took only thirty, and of potash and phosphoric acid oats took less than either corn or wheat. He thinks, however, that oats derive less from ths atmosphere than other crops, receiving their nour ishment from the soil alone; and, while lie knows that his crop requires less nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid than wheat or corn, yet, for some unacountable i *son, it seems to be harder on sale than the others. perhips contributed more than any living man to elucidating farm econ omy and the best methods, has done so through the practical application of his chemical knowledge to farming operations. And so it is that there are other departments of science whicl^ contributes and are equally necessary to the progress of agricul ture. The reason why plants receive scien tific names is simply this: that they may be classified and arranged ac cording to their natural affinities, and by these names may be known and distinguished from each other. We can often foretell the character, habits and qualities of an unknown plant by recognizing its affinities with others that are known. As to the necessity of a scientific nomenclature, we may judge what endless and Inconceivable confusion there would be without such designation. No one could ever know what was meant when they were talked about, just as it is now where every locality has a different name for a grass or a common weed. These scientific names are one and the same all over the world. The local or com mon names are those of the neigh borhood, and vary so much as often to mislead. Ostrich Farming iu this Country. (Scientific American.) Tiie ostrich farm in California is reached over a sandy road leading from Anaheim, part of the way being over the old bed of the Santa Ana River. The land on which the farm is located comprises 640 acres of alkali soil. The same kind of soil is found in Africa, and it was considered no obstacle. To rid it of its alkaline properties, it was plowed very deep and water turned on it from a well 300 feet yielding many thousands of gal lons of water a day. The water was allowed to remain for awhile, when it was drawn off’, taking with it a por tion of tiie alkaline in solution was c mtinued until the land had been washed sufficiently to be put under cultivation. According to the San Francisco Bulletin, the farm hasyield- cd three crops of alfalfa and a fourth is ready to cut. The twenty one birds on the farm were brought, in a round about way, 22,0000 miles part of the | distance by car. When young they are kind and tractable, but after three years become vicious and deceitful. Blind-folding them—generally accom plished by pulling a stocking over their heads—takes away their pugnac- it3 r , and they will not kick, except they know what they are kicking at. The eggs are not fruitful because, the owner states, the birds are becoming acclimated. Even if all attempts to hatch the eggs should unsuccess ful, the feathers will cover tiie ex pense of tending the birds for the year. The attempt to raise ostriches in Florida has just been commenced, three pairs of birds having been ta ken there. Ostrich eggs are about six inches long by five wide, and are equal in bulk to 24 hens’ eggs. The chick is hatched in 42 days, and a few days after reaches the size of a com mon hen. A light brown down cov ers it, and at tiie back and wings are projecting needles, similar to those of a hedge-hog At the age of one month the size of a turkey is reached, and small feathers begin to up pear. At half a year the feathers have attained a good size, but are not cast off until the bird becomes a yearling; young ostriches are kept in flocks of from twelve to fifteen, and separate from the old ones. Generally the feathers are cut oft’only once a year, but birds which receive special attention yield two or even three crops of feathery. The best feathers now come from North Africa, hut the crop is insignifi cant campared with that of Cape Col ony, Natal, and the Transvaal. Since 1862, ostrich farming has greatly mul tiplied in those countries, and it is now estimated that there are 100,000 domestic ostriches which yield feath ers worth $4,500,000. Ensilage. (From The Savannah News.) The enthusiasm respecting ensilago > as food for cattle has received several severe checks lately. Little attention has been given to the preparation of ensilage in the South, although many farmers in Virginia have experiment ed with it. In the North, however, it has many advocates, and is extensive ly fed to horses and cows. Lately a large New York firm, extensively en gaged iu manufacturing condensed milk, refused to accept milk from cows fed on ensilage. The firm claimed that the milk was of Inferior quality. At the ensilage congress, which met in New York last Wednesday, there were about one hundred stock farmers present, and some of them related ex periences with ensilage which were not calculated to increase confidence in it,. J)r. Baxter, of Virginia, said that he fed ten horses on ensilage for one week and in that time eight of them died. A Connecticut farmer said that a number of his horses died from eating ensilage. Ensilage is very acid, ai^d the theory is that it produces stomach worms and drives them into the throats of horses, causing suffoca tion and death. It does not appear to affect cows iu this way. Prof. Manly Miles, of the Amherst Agricultural College, said that his experiments showed presence of bacteria in the ensilage, and that he was now trying to discover a way to prevent these from feeding upon it. It is evident that ensilage must undergo a very considerable improvement before it will be generally accepted as an arti- - cle of food for cattle. Farmers’ Boys. [Froni Forest, Forge and Farmer. | Agricultural journals have much to^» say about boys leaving the farm be cause they do not like tiie hard work that fttr.n-'iifo iiivr>L»rcu We never t ImI in exactly the sam^ liglr farmers do. They always blame the boys; we don’t. We unintentionally struck the key note when, the word “blame” was written,, just above. Certainly the tyranical bearing that characterizes the act? of many farmers toward their sons, the continual blaming of them and fiudjug fault with everything they do t-bAt is not quite up to the mark, and. always withholding praise when it i?. due—this is what makes tiie boy dislfke farming, not the hard work altogether. The trouble is that men sometimes forget that they were boys themselves once, and somehow lose all sympathy for boyhood. Of course, boys are sometimes, perhaps often, to blame, and should be reproved* hut theirs Is not always the fault. Above all, when a boy does a certain piece of work well, ahd he has taken pride in doing it so, a word of compliment won’t hurt the father one bit and it will do the boy a world of good. Another thing: we believe in giving a boy a plot of ground, some sheep or fowls, for the care of which he shall be responsible, and in the pro ceeds of which he may have a share. If you object to giving him much spending mouey then give him a chance to cam it, and when he has urned it, has sold his garden produce or fruit or wool, don’t pocket the pro ceeds yourself. Yet we happen to know men who do this very thing. Js it any wonder the boys get impatient, dissatisfied and disgusted ? Put your self in his place once in a while and think what you might do. % J? 'Jm Hereditary Iiisunit}’. [Brooklyn Eagle.) Hereditary insanity is the most ter- rible disease that can bo transmitted from parent to child. Itoften remains lotent and unsuspected, however, for a generation, or perhaps longer, and then only manifests itself in a single member of the household, and is set down to personal idiosyncrasy- Like fire to gunpowder, so calamity which appeals intensely to the brain la liable to ignite the fire of madness. A strange case of this kind is reported from Halifax. One member of the family, Roger Amer, is in jail at Bos ton, awaiting his trial for murder. This so worked upon the brain of his married sister that she had to be con veyed to a lunatic asylum. Soon after ward tiie brother of the accused pris oner became insane at his residence near Digby, N. 8., and his malady has increased so that he also will have to be confined in an asylum. In a lit tle while a younger sister showed the same symptoms, and is now a mani ac. Thus three members of one fam ily have lost their reason through tho meutal agony of having a brother ac cused of murder. If they were sure of his innocence one can scarcely con ceive of their being thus affected. Even if they have knowledge or be lief of hisguilt the trlpple coincidence of a brother and two sisters becoming insane from the same grief seems to point beyond a doubt to hereditary predisposition. Possibly the ulledged murderer may also be insane and his crime may nave been the result of brain disease.