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HOTT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON 0. H., S. 0., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1873. VOLUME IX.?NO. 10. Benefits of Frnit as a Diet; by dku^Jra^K, (gf ^kter, s. c. In early life I contracted a passion for the cultivation of fruit, which has been occasion? ally a.soBJce of pleasure and recreation to me ever sincti; but owing-, to an arduous profession, and a m^ehce on a piipe-clay soil, the most ?unfavorable to the. culti vation of fruit, my o^ jw.rturiiti<?;for indulging this taste have been quite'IfnfitOTr'"^*'^ As my profession is that of a physician, I propose to say something in regard "to the pro? priety of ma^i?^r9itB.pa7t.?f-:olJr daily diet.: Ajnoat pernicious prejudice prevails wi.th.some persons that fruit is a. great cause of sicknesss during our summer ctr.d autumnal months, when directly the reverse is1 true, where good ripe froit is taken ;with any degree of modera? tion. ; :It its true that green, decayed or badly matured- fruit sometimes causes diarrhoea in children; or that persons unaccustomed to ? regular-supply may occasionally, when an op .pertunity occurs, surfeit their stomachs, causing thereby slight illness; but persons who have a regular supply-of good fruits, seldom derange5 their systems by it. Our ancestors came from: the north of Europe,, where the summers are; comparatively short, arid the .tnermometer scarcely ever ranges above the temperature of: eighty degrees, and they brought with them the manners Jjjd customs adapted to that temperate ! climate. Now, it is notorious that there is nothing a people a^hereJo. wit^reatertenaci-. iyj&an their accustomed food and beverages. We, to this day, generally prefer bacon or other fat.meat as the chief articles of diet, .and as a beverage, whiskey or ?otjher.strong drink, caring joofc so much for culinary vegetables, and rare? ly making^iruit a necessary part .of oor ordina- \ ry meals. We have consequently suffered the penalty of our-disobedience to the laws of cli- ?! mate, by short lives, from fever and biliary diseases. .The French, Italiansi and Spaniards, en^gra^ihjg from a warmer climate, where every xne:.l is composed chiefly of fruit and vegetables, and their beverages the light wines of their na rivewuntry, their descendants still adhere to the?tetomscf their ancestors to a considerable extent. Now, it is a fact well .known to physi? cians of the South, thai;, the; French, Italian and Spanish families suffer much less from the malignant fevers and biliary diseases,'incident to our hoi? summers, than the Scotch, English, Irish and.'Gcerm?n. I recollect xvelf of tearing Dr. Dickson, of] Charleston, dwell upocthe comparative immu? nity of -the French aid Spaniards from the yellow and other feversabout Charleston, Mo? bile and New Orleans.;.Both theory and the practical observation if the customs of the ?different climes clearlyjstablish the truth, that the inhabitants of warn countries require a diet almost entirely di&rent from those of cold latitudes. The Greenlaider.can eat two pounds of bacon or train oil and drink a . quart ofj whiskey daily with inb unity; whilst the na? tives of the tropics sue ist chiefly upon cooling acid fruits peculiar to heir climate. In high latitudes, a fat oily dieta's essentially required to supply the carbon ncessary to generate ani? mal neat; but in our log summers, where the temperature cons tan tlyipproaches, and some? times even rises abov that of our bodies, we require but little carbcj to develop heat, and much cooling acid frufe. It is most worthy of j remark, in this place,, iat good ripe fruit con? tains only from" 10 to. 1 per.. cent, of carbon? the great generator of .nimal heat, and chief | constituent of bile?teilst bacon or oil con? tains 66 to 80 per cat. of that material. In the processfof tollang4h^^carijnj^,''m^t loses many of "its most impctanf elements, necessa? ry to ' tfie- formation d healthy blood ; conse? quently,- it fs found tti.t salt bacon, or other meat, and bread eve, with the addition ofj sugar and coffee,, wil not sustain human life long, without the addjion ofjotber aliments. This has been, thoroghly tested in the navy and large armies, whej it was impracticable to procure fruit, fresh m=t, .or, vegetables; under such circumstances, ijarvy, a disease of the blood, invariably made ts appearance, defying all treatment, unless l'nh fruit and vegetables, necessary to the elabcation of perfect blood can procured?wbejver they, can be ob? tained in sufficient qualities, the disease soon disappears. It is said jat in Europe the low? est population, whose db consists of Irish pota? toes or oaten1 bread- alo&, which, do not contain all the elements of blod in their proper pro? portion'; have arabst ifcrior- physical -organi? zation ; being hinge-jcited, pot-bellied, and extremely, ugly, with beds and faces like some of our^rice.plantation legroes. A reasonable deduction; from what I tve said is this: If we wisn'our' children ~tb tqtiire a fine physical constitution, which, appjrs to be necessary to the>b^st mental developient, health and great? est longevity, we should as one pf the means to attain that end, endavor to supply; them daily, particularly in thiwarm seasons, with good npe; fruit,, as a par t>f their aliment, ? for without it we cannot exget a perfect elabora? tion of the blood?the reat pabnlum from which, all our organs andi3sues are formed. It haB been truly said tibt "no culture of in? tellect that does, not enlace, the culture of I health?no wealth, no moiHty, and not eyen a religion, that does net emtace the preservation of the physical system fr?i all deterioration, and its cultivation' to th highest perfection, wiU^vcjtlasfe;long. ; No nfon or people will ever preserve the weight oiinfluence to which they arcMJaturaliy entihled;mong<)thers, with? out manliness of developmnt as the only re? liable foundation of.manlfess and reliability of character." It would be well for th<? who think that there.is.ao necessity for a <iange in our. cus? toms,; with regard to diet, tf recollect that we are the most'ill-formed, unfealthy, and short? lived people under the sun^>ccupying as fine a climate and having as mamof the comforts of | life within our reach. \% cannot compare with the same class of peop? in the south of | Europe, who make fruit j chief component part of their diet. make Iruit lei lxg.?One ol\l Home Keadixg.?One oifthe most pleasant and noblest duties of the hep of the family is to furnish its members, with bod reading. Let good reading go into a homeland the very at? mosphere of that home jjeatly but surely changes. The boys begin to*row ambitious, to talk about men, places, books the past and the future. The giris begin to fell a new life open? ing before them in knowledd duty and .love. They see new fields of useful?ss and pleasure; and so the family changes, anfout of its number will grow intelligent men ai3 women to fill honorable.places, and be useft members of so? ciety. Let the torch of intelgence be lit in every household. Let the olcpmd young vie with each other in introducing new and useful topics of investigation, and iniherishing a love of reading, study and improvement, - , mm ? m I - ? According to the MempMs Ledger, there is in West Tennessee a great, ajct of professing Christians known as the T&masites, whose distinguishing belief is the annihilation of the wicked after Christ shall mak#His second ad? vent to reign over the earth athousand years. The second coming tbey belief will take place in 1880 or JS81. From thefynchourg Virginian. Blood and Fire?General Jobal Early Ex? poses a Terrible Plot. Lynchbtjrg, August 29,1873.' Sir : As our recent Historical Convention at vthe Montgomery White has kicked up a great muss among our "loyal" brethren of the North, whose imaginations are disturbed by "chimeras dire" and-Si sorts of queer notions, I hasten to. lay before the public the Allowing letter, this ! morning received .from the "Return Letter ! Office," Washington .city. It seems that the t officer haying charge of that business has, after opening ana reading it, deemed the letter of such value as to cause , him incontinently to isubject the Government to the payment of six .cents in official stamps, and myself to six cents in the ordinary stamps, in order that I might receive the valuable communication (on which :the postage was not prepaid) before there was time for it to coal. i^I .copy the letter literally,, spelling, pronun? ciation and all, as far as Lam able to decipher 'it; and it will make a fitting accompaniment to the recent Charlotteaville letter to the New York Times. The name of the writer I cannot make out, as it is some unspellable, as well as unpronounceable, German name, written in what are to me hieroglyghics: ' "New York, August 18,1873. ^"Southern Gentlemen of the Historical Society, and Very HonorabU President, Mr. Jubal A. Early, General and'Esquire: ? "Dear Sir? It is my first occasion to announce to you and all those gentle wich suffered for the Southern cause a kind of a eonsolid air re? lief! "You and all may give up the Southern cause as a lost cause. I do and will nol; give ^p the idea, that the ;3outh and West must and will Jiave their independenzy from hungrey, corrupt, fiendish brute yankee rule 1 "And I have the great remedy for it! "I am the inventor of a perfect flying ma? chine for to navigate the current; with that fly? ing machine every aeronaut may bombard cities like New York,' Boston, Philadelphia, and every Yankee city, and burn it to ashes. If we use it as artillery in the air, if another civil war break? out?and it will come again, mark my words, gentlemen?I will dedicate my so important invention for the Southern cause and .her independence, and keep it as secret That side of a Government wish nas employed myflying mashine must bevictorious! Because with my flying machine every seronaut is able to destroy man-of-war fortifications of every description and troops on the battle-field, or on the marsh, or encampments. I am a American citizen, but for the South, more as better one as for the North! I am born in Germany, and hate the swindling maggots of humbugging Yankees like a good Christian must hate the Devil! "Bismark's motto is Blood and Iron I "And my motto is Blood and Fi re i I am in very poor circumstances and seek for help with my invention which are very valuable, for in? stance I have invented new motors which are saving 100 lbs. of fuel and no danger of explo? sion possible etc and no morel "It I had the honor to see any of you gen? tlemen here iu New York or send me that much money for to go to Montgomery etc it would be for you and all the greatest fortune! "Now General, Youra Eespectfully "Obt Servt ct_ . "Engineer and Inventor." Forewarned is to be forearmed, and if tine denizens of Northern cities shall, some fine morning> be awakened from their slumbers by a sheet of fire and brimstone pouring down from a fleet of flying machines upon their de? voted habitations, then it will not be because they have not been warned of their danger. Whether it would be better for the President to call at once for ah increase of the army and navy, or rely upon the "Grand Army of the Republic" and the militia, to meet this new danger which threatens the "life of the nation," it is for wiser heads than mine to suggest. The original of the above letter is at the command of the "Archive Office," if it thinks proper to file it among the records of the "re? bellion," so-called, and it can be had for much less than the $75,000 paid John T. Picket for his probably bogus documents. In ? conclusion, I will say that if a trap was designed by the foregoing, it was very poorly set i but if it really comes from some poor for? eigner, whose brain has been unsettled by striving after-impossible inventions, then the question arises, whether tb.e person at the head of the "Return Letter Office" would have leen half as prompt to return a letter enclosing money or a check: as he has been to forward to me this most important.and valuable docu? ment? Respectfully, J. A.. Early. The Lnvention of the Cotton Gin.?As is pretty well-known, EH Whitney in the year 1793, invented the cotton saw gin, and thus laid the foundation for the edifice of this country's greatness as a cotton producing area. Whit? ney was a native of Massachusetts and moved to Georgia. With scarcely any "appliances usu? ally considered requisite, he set about his work, which he brought to a successful issue, though various and vast improvements have been since made, upon Whitney's mechanism. Whitney died in 1825, and is buried in the cemetery, New Haven, Conn. While in Georgia, Whitney boarded with a woman named Green, who owned a large plan? tation near the city of Savannah. On one oc? casion a number of planters were invited to dine at Mrs. Green's house, and in the course of the day a discussion aroSe upon cotton und its management. One gentleman of large ex? perience, observed that if some means were de? vised whereby the seed could be separated from The lint, cotton planting would become a great business. Mrs. Green, aware probably of the proclivities of her lodger, invited him to lake part in the conversation. On the require? ment being mentioned to him, he stated that he could invent a machine to do the work. How be kept his word is well known, for soon after? wards appeared the raw cotton gin. In spite, however, of the great boon which he conferred upon the country, Whitney died a poor man, like very many of the world's greatest benefac? tors.? The South. . A Model Candidate.?Mr. W. C. Kenuer ly, of Virginia, is a model office-seeker. An? nouncing himself for the Legislature, he pre? sents his claim as follows: "When I reflect and contemplate the long line of men of brilliant genius which for the past thirty years has been furnished by Clarke to our State Legislature, and when I contem? plate their valuable and distinguished services, lam seized with an overwhelming desire to go and do likewise, and be enabled, after ' life's fitful fever is over,' to leave my children (all that I will have to leave) the rich legacy and proud epitaph of 'Here lies one more of Clarke's distinguished sons, statesmen and pa? triots, who nobly fell battling for the spoils of ofljee and tbe right* of man.' " The Good Fortune of a Confederate General. It would appear as if a kind Providence had ?specially intervened to protect from poverty, misfortune, and the other ills of life, those true and gallant officers who risked their all in the struggle for the independence of the Southern States. We know few of them who have not improved their worldly condition since the war, or who are not in better circumstances than .they were previous to that event. It is an agreeable reflection that, in this as in other acts of devotion to duty and patriotism, honesty has proved the best policy. The instance of'General S. B. Buckner is a striking and cheerful one. General Buckner lived In a State which never seceded, arid a majority of its people were opposed to the movement. All his own and his wife's prop? erty must be left to the tender mercies of the enemy, in case he should join the Confede? rates. -It was a magnificent property, the large income of which enabled the General to live in a stvle suited to his refined and elegant tastes. And yet all this, he risked when, Impelled by his sympathies and convictions, he abandoned his beautiful home, joined the Confederates and fought through the war with distinguished gallantry and unflinching fidelity. At the close of the war General Buckner found him? self stripped of everything. Locating in New Orleans, he set to work first as a journalist, on the Crescent, and 'afterwards engaged in the business of life insurance, ?wherein he achieved a brilliant success. He then took measures to recover his property in1 Kentucky and his wife's property in Chicago. There were serious obstacles to the success of these efforts. Large suits had been brought against him for damages inflicted by the Con? federate forces under his command. On these suits his property had been attached and much of it sold. It was a severe, tedious, and expen? sive litigation, in which he became involved ; but his efforts were finally crowned with victo? ry. His property was restored to him, and the claims for damages against him were all de? feated. Next he instituted proceedings to recover his wife's property. . And here was developed an intensely interesting romance. Mrs. Buckner had, before joining her husband in the Con federacy, conveyed her property to her brother, under a deed of trust. The obligation rested upon his honor to preserve and reconvey the property to her after the war. In the progress of the war this brother married and accepted a commission in the Federal service. Further to j complicate affairs, he became a father. In case j he should prove faithless to his obligation to hisj sister, this child would inherit a large for? tune. Here was a great temptation to the young man whose natural affections for his sister were antagonized by hiC ardent hostility to the cause with which she was identified, and to his paternal instincts and affections. It was for him alone to determine whether this large property should accrue to the wife of a rebel, in preference to his own offspring. Honor anlf brotherly affection, it is true, demanded a cer? tain course; but how rarely, in these selfish and materialistic times, do these principles control the aets of men! This young man, however, recognized their obligation, and on the eve of battle he made his*will reconveying to his sister the property she had confided to him. After making one of these wills he went forth with the intrepidity of a man conscious of an act of high self-con? trol, to encounter the enemy, and met the fate of a brave soldier at the battle of Sharpsburg. The General of his corps know of the will ho had made. All honor to him that he kept the secret, and, after the war, communicated to his old comrade in arms, his recent foe, but now his friend and brother, the facts, and gave ev? ery aid to recover the instrument. This was General Burnside. By this generous assistance, and through the indefatigable devotion and energies of one of General Buckner's staff, the gallant and gifted Colonel "Wooley, of Lexington, Kentucky, the testamentary proofs were procured* and the ti? tle of Mrs. Buckner to her patrimouy was fully established, and after a legal contest she was reinvested with the same, and now is in full, undisturbed enjoyment of a magnificent estate ?and do couple ever more justly merited this happy fortune, this victory over the most for? midable difficulties and perils which could arise in the path of duty and honor, but which nev? er for a moment dismayed or swerved them from the line which patriotism and conscience had marked out for tnem.?Mobile Register. Desperate Fioht/with a Snake.?If we can credit a perfect reliable gentle man, we have to relate the fiercest conflict with a snake on record. Our informant lives on Beaver Creek, Mitchell?conn ty, and is a gentleman en? tirely trustworthy in every particular. His statement is substantially this: . John Masters had gone at an early hour on Monday last to fell some young trees, when he felt a peculiar motion under his feet, on re? moving he was thunderstruck on seeing a snake raising his head and body rapidly, and in a perpendicular direction, with eyes glaring fiercely. Without a moment's hesitation and almost' without thought of the consequence, Masters grasped the body of the snake at a distance of about sixteen inches from the head and held it firmly. Meantime the snake was coiling around the lower part of his body in circles, and press? ing him so severely as to lead him to believe that his bones would give way to the pressure. The snake now moving his head to the right andjleft,|darting at Masters' head, while he was compelled to dodge so as to avoid the snake's attack. Masters at this time, finding himself losing ground while the snake was gaining strength and vigor, recollected that he had a jack knife in his pocket, and after much trouble and nerve, succeeded in getting hold of it, and, by a vigorous effort, he cut the body of the snake across, about an inch from the spot where he held it. It was, perhaps, the greatest relief he j ever experienced to find the snake's body relax? ing and ultimately falling from him. The head and upper part of the snake, although still active, were evidently getting weaker, and Masters ultimately succeeded, by means of his knife, in slaying the reptile. It measured nine feet eight inches in length.?Hickory Press. ? Mr. AV. C, a conceited snob, was so fond of fine clothes that he revelled in them by day and dreamed of them by night. One evening he visited a lady, and removed his overcoat, etc.,-in the hall,* preparatory to entering the parlor, when the lady heard him utter the fol? lowing sensible words. Taking his ov?j?'coat and hanging it up, he said: "Hang there, you fifty dollar overcoat 1" Pulling off his gloves, and putting them on the table, "Lay there, you five dollar gloves!" Placing his hat on the rack, "Hang there, you ten dollar hat 1" Put? ting his cane in the corner, "Stand there, you fifteen dollar cane !" Then, entering the par? lor, he was about to sit down, when the lady pulled the chair from under him, and as she left the room, said : "Lay there, you ten cent fool !" Ho has not been around that house since. Tobacco Chewing in Church. The annexed article was contributed last year to the Working Christian, and we are in? debted to the author, whose initials will be re? cognized by many of our readers, for a copy recently forwarded. All persons addicted to the abominable practice of chewing tobacco and spitting over the church floor are asked to consider the logical argument against this practice, as embodied in the stinging rebuke of the faithful old negro: When I was pastor of the church at Roberts ville, before the war, as 1 was coming out of the pulpit on a certain Sabbath, one of the deacons met me and said, "Brother Williams, when you preach to the negroes this afternoon, I want you to reprimand them severely for chewing and spitting tobacco all over the floor in the galleries. To-day, while you were preaching, a perfect sluice came running down through a erevice, and has ruined Miss-'s beau? tiful, new white satin bonnet." It occurred to me, forthwith, that I would put this duty oh old Brother Jack, our faithful old leader among onr colored members, who had a wonderful talent for upbraiding, or as, he used to call it, rebraying offenders, which talent made him greatly feared and respected among the people. A tongue-lashing from Father Jack, which he never was loath to 'administer, was one thing from which all of them wanted to be delivered. I immediately sought Brother Jack, and brought the case to his notice, and begged him to give them a talk about it when we met that after? noon, which was a special service for the col ? ored people. The old man was indignant, and said, "Yes, I'm de berry man to do it; when I'm done wid 'em da wont want to chaw and spit no more tobacker up in dem galries." In the afternoon we met, and after giving; them a short sermon, (for I wanted Brother Jack to have plenty of room for his sermon,) I turned to him and said, "Brother Jack, have you anything to say for the good of this Con? gregation?" Brother Jack was soon on his feet, and here is his sermon, a sermon I com? mend to the reading of all those who are guil? ty of the indecent and irreverent practice of chewing and spitting tobacco all over the House of God: . "My Bredrm?0\iT pasture is jest lodged a berry great complain agin you. You come to church ebry Sunday to hear de gospel, and oh ! what a privileg dat is; but i?stia of having your mout wide open to ketch ebry wud of dfe preacher, you got 'em chock full of tobacker. Do church is de place to feed on de gospel, but you come here to feed on dat nasty tobacker. If a man come to your house and chaw and spit tobacker on yonr floor you no like it, and tell urn so, and den if he no stop, you show urn de door; well, now, I'll .ax you one question? is your house any better dan de Lord's house, dat you must turn it into a great big spit box ? Don't you tink de Lord is as nice and pertikler bout His house as you is bout yourn ? Why, do Lord spises nasness. It shows a bad breedin to spit tobacker over a man's house; but, oh! my bredrin, it shows a bery wicked breedin to be a chawin and spittin it over de Lord's house. But I aint done wid you yet. Don't you know dat to spit upon a man is de greatest insult you can put 'pon him ? Why its puttin him wid de dogs, and de biggest coward will fight ef spit 'pon him, and pertikler tobacker juice. Well, de Lord is iu His holy Temple; His presence full up His house ; He's wid dc preacher in de Sulpit, wid de white folks in de pews, and wid P niggers in the galries, and eory time you spit tobacker in dis house, you spit it 'pon de .Lord, and data worse dan spilindat lady's nice, purty bonnet. May de Lord help you to mena your ebil ways,_and pcrtickler this wicked, nasty way of chaMjfr and spittin tobacker ober .de House ob de'Ewa " After this bonnets and.dresses were safe from the galleries. The Saviour scourged and drove the money changers out of the Temple for pro? faning it, and I believe, that if he had gone in? to the Temple and found it all besmeared with tobacco spittle, He would have sent the chew ers howling after- the changers. But Brother Jack's sermon dont need any exhortation after it. And now, can any* one, after reading this sermon of a faithful negro preacher, say that negroes have no soul's ? I'd sooner believe that Anel has no soul than believe that old brother Jack hadn't. J. G. W. G~r. Jo^n 0. Breckinkip?e.?The most extreme, vindictive, unscrupulous, and unre? lenting Radical in the United States cannot object to the course of this distinguished gen? tleman since the close of the war. Casting his destiny with the South in her great struggle for her rights and for the perpetuation of the prin? ciples of that government to which he was so tenderly devoted, he did his whole duty with an unselfishness that commanded the love and esteem of every Southron. When disaster and defeat overlooked our glorious cause, to avoid personal indignities and petty persecutions at the hands of our op? pressors, he quietlv withdrew from the country and took up his anode in a foreign land until such time as he could return to that land which had been honored in giving him birth, and which he had in turn honored by his brilliant services and his unselfish devotion to aid in its prosperity and leading it on to greatuess. When reason had partially returned and our leaders were shown some rights, Gen. Breckinridge re? turned to Kentucky and devoted his God-given talents closely to the legal profession, and to those local interests which tended to give pros? perity to his section. He has carefully avoided politics, knowing that whatever he might say would be miscon? strued and turned to our disadvantage by Rad? ical hate and malignity. He has not left his homo since his return, save on urgent business, and he has carefully avoided all ostentations display and attention, and conducted himself in the most becoming manner. A nobler specimen of manhood in. every imaginable particular than Gen. John C. Breck? inridge never gfaced the earth, and the people of the South love him with a zeal rarely known in the history of auy man, aud pray that he may be spared many years to come, and that the greatest imaginable prosperity may always follow him.?Gri?n {Qa.) Nctos. ? A San Francisco milliner recently, hit upon a novel expedient to advertise her store. She had among her assistants one remarkably handsome young woman, and, having attired this damsel in the choicest garments of the establishment, placed her in the window of the store. The girl stood in a half reclining atti? tude, perfectly still, and very soon an immense crowd of people had assembled to see the mil? liner's beautiful sign. The crowd soon grew to a perfect mob, quite blocking the street, until the curtains were lowered aud the living model relieved from her position. ? An exchange remarks that iiowithstanding the fact that the recent tornado in Iowa blew the feathers off from poultry, we have yet to hear a single instauce of a woman losing her false hair. The moral of which is, that chick? ens should use hair-pins when venturing out in h tornado. ' Sanitary Value of Flowers and Shrubbery. It seems that the New York Hygiene has been investigating the sanitary value of flowers, and has elicited responses from persons of ex? perience in the malarious regions of South Carolina, which we find copied into'the Sep? tember number of the Rural Carolinian. As a matter of interest to our readers, now per? plexed and disturbed by the appearance of ma? larious diseases in sections hitherto exempt, we make the following extracts from the articles 'referred to. The first emanates from Dr. Wm. M. Shuler, whose labors and observations have been entirely confined to Coljeton County, which is emphatically the malarious region of the State. He says: Popular opinion here is in favor of the healthfulness of the odor of many plants; in some instances, even those of well known' poisonous properties, whose flowers emit an agreeable odor, as the jessamine, poppy, etc, are regarded beneficent purifyer3 of the atmos? phere, while those like the Jamestown weed, which possess an offensive perfume, are avoided and considered dangerous. It is confidently believed that the odor of the pine, bay, dogwood, cherry, gardenia, sunflower, mock orange, cotton-poplar and cedar exerts an influence destructive in its effects upon that form of malaria which produces remittent and intermittent fevers. I am not convinced that the cultivation of flowers, independent of other hygienic meas? ures, does exempt an individual or community from the effects of malaria; but I am satisfied that the proximity of plants and flowers, to one's residence, as an auxiliary to drainage, ventilation, cleanliness, pure water and whole? some food, is a measure of such weighty im? portance that it should never be neglected in any instance where the object is the protec? tion of the health, either of the family or com? munity. I have under my care several private resi? dences, surrounded by long leaf pines and a few gardenias, mock oranges, etc., where the families, for the last twenty years, have enjoyed almost entire immunity from malarious dis? eases i hence it is my opinion, that even here in Colleton Couuty, were we to locate our gar? den near the house, and exercise prudence with regard to diet, water, etc., as indicated above, our climate would be a3 free from disease as the valley of the Yadkin, or the peaks of the Blue Ridge. Afiother correspondent, writing from Charles? ton, gives the result of his experience in the cultivation of flowers and shrubbery as a pre? ventive against fevers: In August, 1866, 1 bought a small house in the upper part of Charleston, in a locality where fevers were of a frequent occurrence; I at once set to work, drained as much as pos? sible the lands around the house, and laid out the grounds for a flower garden. My friends warn'cd me, and predicted that before the end of the year I would leave the locality on account of the prevailing fever. I did not mind them, but kept steadily improving my property* ? During the winter I had planted a great many rose bushes, oleanders, shrubs, etc., as also a few fig and peach trees. In the spring, I planted a great many summer flowers, as well as lavender, mint, etc., and wherever a small space was left I planted sunflowers. The consequence was, that although several of my neighbors were down with fever, I escaped with .my family entirely, and have not had a fever to this day. Several of my neighbors have followed my plan, and the locality is now almost entirely healthy. . Here I Would also state, that to escape from fever in the coast regions of South Carolina, it is also necessary to abstain entirely from Eork or bacou. Hog meat does not suit for a ot climate like ours, and the less we eat of it, the healthier we shall be. The Capabilities of the South.?The Amberst (Va.} Enterprise discourses on the ca? pabilities of the Southern States, and urges the use of our own materials and products for manufacturing and business purposes. The building up of the home markets is the first desideratum. . Its remarks are well worth the consideration of the Southern people, and all who are interested in the future welfare and prosperity of the South. We quote: "Suppose all toe cotton, tobacco and grain are manufac? tured 'on the hill;' suppose the hides, horns and bones of the cattl?ftue converted into har? ness;, shoes, saddles, bridles, buttons, combs, etc., in our own towns: suppose the iron of Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama?of the whole South and West?is turned into machinery and utensils, from the steam engine to'the nail, from the columbiad to the cambric needle, at home; suppose the forests of the^South and West are turned to use at home, from the cedar bucket to-the live oak frigate. Our hickory will make carriages; our sweetgum, lasts; our maple, shoe-pegs. If wo work up all our wool and wood, our iron and copper, our cotton, to? bacco and grain; make and refine our own su? gar; make our own glass, earthenware and pa? per; what need have we for other than a home, market? .Our cities can build their own Bhips, and transport the manufactured products of their own back countries. Now what do we need? Power? We have, from Texas to Ma? ryland, the finest water-power, and abundance of coal, iron and timber. Capital? It will come from Europe, from the North (vide Sprague with a Georgian cotton-factory) and from our people, as they save a little clear money. We are coming to it." Remains of an Unknown Human Race. ?The Dahlonega Signal publishes the follow? ing strange facts: On the farm of Mr. Harrison Whaley, near Moorficld, in Lumpkin couuty, Ga., is a skirt of woods which possesses characteristics of deep interest. About three inches below the surface of the entire tract may be found innu? merable bones, evidently the remains of an ex? tinct specie of the human race. Several mounds are also in the woods, and in one which has been partially explored were fouud skulls and bones which, from their size, must have be? longed to a race far more gigantic than the race which now inhabit the earth. In this mound were also found clay utensils^ also, arrow heads cut out of solid rock, and pipes of the name material. Such a memorial of the past starts many inquiries. Was the place once a battle ground, where the aborigines fought to maiutain the glory of their respective tribes? Or was it a common burial ground? The first seems the most plausible theory, inas? much as the whole tract, covering at least fif? teen acres, has millions of bones but a few inches beneath the surface. It is evident that they were buried, but originally exposed to view, until the accumulated deposits of time formed the black, rich soil which covers them. But whatever theory may be adopted, it is certain that these ebony memorials antedate history, and furnish another proof of how little is known of the races and iribo3 who flour? ished) i' rnny F.prr.1, .*v?nturies ag^>. A Browning Han's Sensation. Dr. Hoffman?a survivor of the late disaster by the fall of a bridge at Dixon, 111., in which several persons were drowned?gives the fol? lowing account of his experien ce: "My wife and I went to see the baptism of the converts, and took up a position oirthe bridge about thirty feet from the first pier, and between it and the abutment. "We were sur? rounded by people?men, women and children. Suddenly, while Mr. Pratt was "entering-'the water with a female, I heard a report similar to that made by a small cannon, and in ian instant the water closed over me, and I felt something was pressing me down. A heavy weight ap? peared to be over me. I did not sink to the bottom. I was perfectly conscious, and imme? diately thought of getting out if possible. My hands came in contact with the trestle-work, and crawling up as if ascending a ladder, I was fortunate in finding an opening through which I crawled and immediately rose to the surface. I was then, as near as.I can judge, seventy or eighty feet from the shore, I swam toward the bank, bat when near it my Blrength gave Trat, and I sank. . While swimming, some person, who must have been -under the water, caught hold of my left leg, and grasped it tight, for a . minute preventing me from going forward. The person let go as suddenly as he had taken hold, and I gave a stroke or two, when I encountered a dress. Thinking it was my wife, who was standing by me w.hen the span fell, I grappled it, but, having become enervated, I was obliged to let it go. I was almost exhausted at the time, and do not know that the dress was that of my wife I did not notice it particularly. My thoughts were almost solely confined to her, and I imagined when I saw the dress that it was hers. When I sank I was still sensible of the surroundings. I could feel the water running down my throat and in my ears, and all at once experienced the most delightful sensation., I seemed to be at peace with every? thing, and perfectly happy. My whole life passed before me like a flash of lightning, the . events appeared in sequence, the most promi? nent appearing to be indelibly impressed upon my mind. Circumstances I bad forgotten ap? peared vividly, and I did.not to want be dis? turbed, I should have preferred to remain where I was. While in the midst of a beaptific reverie, thinking what my wile would do if she were saved, and I drown?d, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I was pulled out and placed upon a rock. I was almost insensible, but gradually came to myself. 0, how sick and wretched I felt! After remaining on the rock about an hour I was taken home. Heire I commenced vomiting, and frequently ejected water and partially digested food until four o'clock in the afternoon. I jvas taken out of the water about six hundred feet below the bridge. I was very thirsty after vomiting, and triea to eh'nk some water, but the taste was so disagreeable that I could not bear it. The only way I could quench my thirst was by putting vinegar into the wa? ter, about an ounce and a hal f to a quarter of a pint. That struck me as rather a curious cir? cumstance. I was astonished at the great num? ber of events that passed through my mind while under the water. Nothing that occurred dnri:;~ childhood was evident, but everything since I waa about nineteen appeared before me as if photographed. The sensation I experi? enced while the water was going down , my throat was not unpleasant. It seemed as if I was going on a journey and was surrounded by all kinds of beautiful thing's. While on the rock I felt very badly . and desired to be left aipne. Tbe sudden transition from the beatific state iu t?e water to the dry knd seemed to have a bad effect, and made me indifferent to what was going on around me. Several per? sons came to me and wanted to take me home, but I told them to let me alone, I was so miser? able." About WMskey. The following statements and startling calcu? lations are presented on this subject by the Christian Intelligencer: An item in one of our exchanges states that Louisville, Kentucky, has five whiskey distille? ries, and that during the past six months they have produced nine hundred! and fifty-six thou? sand eight hundred and eighteen gallons of whiskey. It does not state now many bright hopes these five distilleries have blasted, how many brilliant young men they have ruined, how many heart-aches they have caused, how much crime and misery they have produced^ how many drunkards' graves they have filled* Themen who manufacture, or sell whiskey have no fondness for statistics of that kind. And, in truth, it would be an appalling and a difficult investigation to trace out all the thousand evil* which these few distilleries in a single one of our cities have -rained upon,our country and people. . Tnere are some results sujrzested by this brief item, not of a moral or religious character, which are more easily computed. For instance, how much time has been wasted in the mere act of drinking the product of these five distil? leries, and what has been the cost in dollars and cents of the time thus lost? It is fair to presume that all these gallons?nearly a mil? lion?have been consumed as a beverage. The average "drink" of a dram drinker is one gill, and in the six months' production above men? tioned there "are thirty millions, six hundred and eighteen thousand, one hundred and sev? enty-six gills or separate "drinlcs." Now, on . the presumption that ?ich man spends fifteen minutes only in going to and from the place where this beverage is sold, and in drinking it when there, the total amount of time consumed in drinking these millions of gills would be seven hundred and sixty-five thousand, four hundred and fifty-four days., of ten hours each, which have been worse ihan thrown away, at a loss to the tipplers, counting their time to "be worth ?10 more than $2.50 s. day, of $1,913,685, for which, at ten cents a drink, they paid $3,? 061,817, or an aggregate of $4,975,452, which prodigious amount is just so much abstracted from the productive wealth of the country, and from the means of that portion of our people who drank this six months' product of five whiskey manufactories of a single one of our cities. If we multiply these figures by two, we have the wasted time and the cost of it for a year, namely, over one million and a half of day.s wasted, at a cost of $3,827,270, or a total cost in time and money of nearly $10,000,000. And to this product "of the distilleries of a sin? gle one of our cities be added the lost time and money caused by the product of the myri? ads of distilleries in our country at large, and the cost of time and money occasioned by the offeuscs committed under the influence of whis? key and expiated in jails and prisons; and finally, if we add to all this the sum of all the shame and misery, and anguish and broken lives, and impaired bodies and early and shameful graves, it makes a total so terrific that we cannot understand how the manufac? turer or vender of liquor can contemplate it without horror or without abandoning his in? famous occupation, conscience stricken and in. a panic of remorse. ? Chinquepins will soon be on the market, and then for more chills among the ''little onef<."