v;n*ler the SoperrlstAa of tho Executive.
Committee of Pomona Grans?.
1 ? " ' ? g' jLLilllgJLigwai.
Deep or Shallow Culture,
As that time in the life of our princi?
pal crops.is at hand, when their roots are
ramirying in every direction and filling
the ground in search of food, it becomes
those who practice deep culture to pause
and consider whether that practice is
best, and give a reason for their manner
of cultivating. Whatever those reasons
may be, and however plausible, tbere is
not a proposition connected with the
whole science of agriculture more falla?
cious, or a practice mora hurtful in its
effects, than deep culture. To contend
for deep culture is to ignore the very
irst principles of vegetable fife. Roots
ire the feeders of the plant, through
which it receives those chemical elements
' of the soil necessary to its growth and
development. Nature supplies these
feeders just as she furnishes arteries and
?,-oius to the animal organisation, and
precisely for the . some purpose. Not a
root is ever-put forth by a plant that is
not necessary for the growth and matura?
tion of that plant, and required during
its existence. Nature does no superflu?
ous work. The roots of the forest oak,
that lives for an age, continues during
all this time to grow and ramify?perme?
ating the soil, wide and deep, in every
direction. The same fact holds in regard
to minor plants?such as our annuals,
that mature in one reason. The'little
Sbrib that spring out as the seed vege?
tates, continue to grow through the sea?
son; enlarging and extending themselves
to the utmost depth of the pulverized
soil. They ramify and spread themselves
in every possible direction, and complete?
ly occupy the soil. Cut these tender
fibrils and you destroy what axe destined
to be the- main supporting roots of the
plant during the season of fruiting. You
stun the plant, inflicting an injury from
which it does not recover.
Timo is an import element with our
? annual cultivated crops. ? The season of
growth.is short at best, and crops need to
be stimulated instead of retarded. Tear?
ing and cutting the roots > f a plant
arrests its growth and shortens its season
of maturation. Nature . sets to work
afresh to repair damage done. This -re?
paration process consumes time, and the
second growth of roots is much less vig?
orous than the original. Consequently,
the plant does not recover from the in?
jury, and its crop of fr?h is proportion?
ally shortened. The argument that
. nature more than compensates this loss
by the multiplied ncmber of roots put
forth in lieu of the lacerated ones, but
proves the extent of the .injury and the
' Importance of time :n its. reparation.
What, then,.do these facts teach us in
leference to.the cultivation of field crops?
2f corn and cotton require roots, why dp
violence to the laws of nature by con?
stantly tearing them of? Nature is our
best guide. Assist, but never frustrate
her designs. In this consists the policy
of him who cultivates the soil, as well as
the true philosophy of life. This prin?
ciple holds in (he vegetable as in animal
life. As we. dare not sever an artery or
\eiu with the expectation of invigorating
the health of au animal, so we must not
lacerate the roots of a plant, expecting
to promote its growth. In the one case
we debilitate the animal, and in the
other cripple the plant. In both we do
mischief instead of good. The lesson
t iught us in this study of nature's laws
i.i their application to vegetation is un?
mistakably plain. The soil, properly en?
riched and prepared, should be given to
the planted crop. Let it have undis?
turbed possession during its season of
growth and maturation, that its roots
may thoroughly permeate .and occupy
the soil. They are feeding the plant that
i? to produce .the fruit, and ofttimes run
out to a considerable distance in search
of food. Let not the plough-share in?
vade this domain to disturb this quiet
' process of nature; its business is on the
surface, attacking the grass and weeds
that may appear there. Having once
deeply subsoiled and pulverized the land,
it will need no more breaking during the
season. The roots of the planted crop
will readily penetrate its depth, despite
the impacting effects of the heaviest
nuns. To subsoil a;.?ain and again is
more than folly. No good can possibly
result, and a great deal of barm will be
the inevitable consequence, for it is non?
sense to talk of ploughing corn, cotton
or any other crop deep without cutting
the roots. It cannot be done. The only
rational course left the planter, who is
disposed to observe the dictates of na?
ture in this regard is to adopt a system
of surface cultivation merely keeping
under the grass and weeds and letting
his crops grow. He can no more make
his corn grow by cutting off its roots
than the surgeon cai make a wound
heal by constantly leaving it open. Na?
ture in both cases d'-mands non-inter?
ference. She alone can make a bale of
cotton or heal a wound, and her dictates
should be the guide of all who expect
success.
There are other facts connected with
this subject that should not be overlooked
in estimating the comparative advantages
of deep or shallow culture. These facta
resolve themselves into the proposition,
that surface culture husbands the mois?
ture of the soil and allows it to be appro?
priated by the growing crop, while deep
culture promotes its evaporation and
escape. Turn up the soil deeply in a
hot summer day, and you expose it both
to the action of the sun and wind, which
rapidly carry off the moisture by evapo?
ration, whereas, by using the winged
sweep no such exposure is made. The
moisture from the rains of winter and
spring lies embedded in the soil, and
cannot so readily escape, under the con?
servative operation of surface cultiva?
tion. A certain degree of moisture of
the soil is indispensably necessary to the
growing crop, in dissolving the fertilizing
properties of the soil, and facilitating
their assimilation by the plants. To col?
lect a due supply of water is one of the
objects in deep breaking, and to preserve
and retain it for the use and benefit of
the growing crop is an important deside?
ratum with the cultivator. It behooves
him to preserve it carefully. He may
' r.cr.d it in the approaching drought To
thk end he must use the sweep instead
. of t je shovel. Adopt the shallow instead
of the deep system of cul! are.
The practice of deep culture is plainly
violative of the law?? of ?al?re, and is
the cource of more ill-success in farming
than aBy other one mistake. It is con?
trary to the principles of reason and
common sense, and not sustained by
practical experience. It is an error both
in theory and practice, und cannot be
justified by the liberal construction of
any principle in nature.
Let us, then, as agriculturists, awake
to a proper conception of the magnitude
of this error. Let us heed the teachings
of nature so long as we are dependent
upon her productions; she is our best
guide, and when We violate her precepts
we may not claim her blessings.
THE MICROPHONE.
How Prof. Hughe* Dlsooved the Mean* of
Magnifying Sounds?The Tramp of a Fly
tinctly Audible.
A paper lately read before the Royal
Societv announces the invention, by
Prof. Hughes, of this astonishing instru?
ment or apparatus, which opeus to our
ears a univese of sounds hitherto inaudi?
ble?iust as the microscope revealed a
worla of minute life and structure un?
known before. Like Mr. Edison, Prof.
Hughes was one day employing the tele?
phone for acoustic experiments* He
wished to investigate the effect of sono?
rous vibrations upon the electrical be?
havior of conductors, led to this idea by
the way in which selenium is known to
become electrically affected by light, and
also by the researches of Sir William
Thomson upon the electrical conduct of
strained wires. The Professor had a
stretched wire on his telephonic circuit,
and, though he talked and plucked at it,
no effect followed until it broke. At
thai moment the telephone uttered a sort
of "3hh," which was very curious. He
placed the broken ends together under a
weight, and obtained again faint sounds,
which were improved when the wires
were connected by iron nails, or a steel
watch chain?the more pieces and more
diverse in substance from the conductor
seemingly the better. Experimenting
still further with bis broken circuit, es?
pecially in the direction of this whisper
from Science about "more pieces," he
found metallic powder or fine metal
filings wonderfully augment the power of
transmitting sounds; while shot, in a
bright condition, platinum, carbon, and
mercury also gave good results, particu?
larly the last. Following up this clue,
Prof. Hughes hit upon a plan of sus?
pending finely divided mercury in a stick
of charcoal by heating the latter and
plunging it into quickmlver, whe.eupon
the charcoal becomes i ifiltrated with the
mercury in minutest but continuous par?
ticle.. Inserting a "transmitter" of this
sort in his circuit an absolutely amazing
sensitiveness to sound, as well as power,
of conveying it with the utmost fidelity,
was displayed by the apparatus. A
touch of the finger on the vibrating
plate was conducted to the speaking end
in volume of vibration like the rustle of
aforast; the stroking of a camel's hair
brush on a card was magnified into the
sound of a loud whisper; the beating of
a pulse or the tick of a watch wrs found
to pass with perfect clearness through a
resistance representing a hundred miles
of space; and, when a fly happened to
walk over the plate, the tramp of its feet
was most distinctly caught, like that of
some six legged horse trotting, and it
was, moreover, beard to trumpet from its
raised proboscis like an elephant in an
Indian jungle. Sounds, in fact, totally
inaudible before to human ears were ar?
rested and reported by this simple and
accidental expedient of interrupting the
electrical circuit with a finely divided
conducting material. There is almost
no doubt that the perfected microphone
will convey to us that hidden ripple of
the sap rising in growing trees and
plants, which Humboldt said might be a
continuous melody in the auditory or
Sus of earth's smallest creatures.?Lon
n Telegraph.
Body Snatching in Ohio.?As has
already been announced, there is intense
excitement in Cincinnati over the finding
of the hedy of the Hon. John Scott Har?
rison, son of ex-President Harrison, in a
medical college in that city. He died
suddenly Saturday night or Sunday
monr'ng, and the funeral took place
Tuesday morning, the body being in?
terred in the family burying ground, at
North Bend. When preparing the
grave, it was found that the grave of
August Devins, who died two days ago.
had been despoiled. Devins was a friend
of the Harrisons, and tbe discovery
caused them to be especially careful in
preparing the grave of John Scott Har?
rison. It was strongly walled up, the
body, in a metalic casket, placed in, and
a stone as heavy as sixteen mcu could
handle put ou it. The funeral over,
Carte: Harrison, a son of deceased, and
George Eaton, a grand-son, came to Cin?
cinnati to search for the body of their
friend Devins. Guided by a clue given
by an item in the morning papers, they
went to-the Ohio Medical College, and
in the dissecting room, a rope being
drawn from tbe chute, a body was found
attached to it. Mr. Harrison said: "This
is not my friend; he was much wasted
with consumption, while this is a stout
man." Col. Snell Baker, chief of police,
who was with him, suggested that he
take a good look. A cloth over the face,
the only covering about the body, was
remoTed, when Carter Harrison trem?
bled and turned pale, saying, "Great
God! it's father." The body was not
mutilated, but the whiskers were cut off
and the jugular vein cut and blood let
out. The body was taken to an under?
taker's and prepared for reburial. The
discovery of the robbery was made on
Wednesday morning, and friends came
to Cincinnati to find tbe body already
recovered. The big stone had been re- (
moved, and tbe guard placed to watch
the grave is nowhere to be found.
? Jonathan R. Bass of Cambria, Ni?
agara County, N. Y., has not a joint in
his body. He went to bed in 1857 and
has never been out of it since. He can?
not move even a finger. He ran as cap?
tain of a canal boat between Buffalo and
Rochester in 1850, and was getting stiff
then. When he could not do any work
he had to quit canal boating, and then
went to book-keeping. His joints kept
getting stiffer and stiffer. The doctors
could do him no good, and, after twenty
one years, be has been abed at tbe farm
homestead of h a family, between Lock
port and Lewiston. His trouble com?
menced with a pain shooting through
tbe bottom of his right foot, that tum?
bled him to the ground. The foot com?
menced to swell and got to be almost
twice its natural size. Stiffness in the
joints followed. Now Bass is laterally a
Done man. There is no more bend to
bis legs, arms and body, than there is to a
marble statue. His arms are as fast to
his sides as if they were nailed there.
For eight years after he went to bed he
could move his arms, but tbe joints
finally became solid bone. They have to
feed him with a spoon. Hin jaws are as
immovable as his other joints. There is
a space between his t6eth that is just
wide enough to get food through. In
1869 he Decame blind. His mind is
sound, but be speaks with difficulty.
? Somebody estimated that every man
who lives to be sixty years old has spent
seven months buttoning his shirt collar.
Thirty years more ought to be added for
hunting up the collar button.
? An observing young gentleman, of
almost three years, said during a pause
in the coo venation: "Mrs. Jones, let
your teeth down again."
The Vitality of the Shark.
During the Spring of the year, 1862,
when the war was in progess, a number of
army officers left Boston in the new sail?
ing ship "Merchant" for" a voyage On
Ship Islands-.
AmOlig the passengers were Dr. Hook?
er, Lieutenant Prince and Emerson, and
the writer; and we all witnessed the
scene I am about to describe.
Early one morning, Dr. Hooker called
from the deck to us below that a shark
was following the ship. We took this to
be a practical joke and did not muve
from our staterooms.
i Bat When we did go tipdn deck, about
six o'clock, we looked over the stern of
the ship and there saw un enormous,
shovel-nosed shark following us, but
keeping his distance about two hundred
feet. Every person ou board was called
to look at the huge fish.
The old sea captain said it was no un
usal incident to nave a shark follow a
ship for an entire voyage. They subsist
largely oh the waste matter thrown over
j board; and, as they are very fast swim
1 triers, can always keep up with a vessel.
It was proposed by Captain Lewis, one
of tho captains on" board, to make an ef?
fort to capture him.
We threw into the ocean pieces of
bread and other articles of food, and
were greatly interested to see him eat
them, The ship was searched but there
was not a harpoon to be found; there
was not even ? shark hook. The pros?
pect of capturing this great fish was not
very bright, until Captain Lewis pro?
posed to make a noose and lower it down
into the water, and thus entangle him.
But Sir Shark kept away from the rope.
I then proposed to put a piece of pork
big as my hand, on a common fish line,
and by a little maneuvering of the bait
induce the fish to pass his head into the
noose. But he was very cautious and
would not near tbe ship when I lowered
the piece of pork, until two little pilot
fish,that rode on bis back, one on each
side of the great fin, came forward and
inspected the bait, then returned and
took their places.
They had barely time to finish this
action when the shark swam under the
stern of tbe ship, and opening his pon?
derous jaws attempted to take the bait
But I held it just above hip nose, noting
he possessed no power to leap or jump
up as many fish do.
I also watched with curious interest
the pilot fish,which, having performed
their office, were now quietly clinging
beside tbe fin of bis back.
While Captain Lewis was preparing a
noose which was to be slipped over the
shark's head, I asked about the pilot fish.
"Every shark has one," said the cap?
tain, "and sometimes two ; and when the
shark is without one he is shy and will
seldom approach very near u ship.'*
These pilot fish seemed to be five or
six inches long, and of a yellowish
brown color, having longitudinal dark
strips on their sides and resembling much
the perch of New England ponds. It
seemed strang that so powerful a fish
should place so much dependence on such
insignificant creatures.
The captain again lowered his rope,
but tbe current of water drew it aside
and the attempt to entrap the fish was
again a failure.
Then, some one suggested holding the
noose open by retaining the "bite" in
hand, and when the shark put his head
over the rope in order to get at the pork
still dangling from the end of the little
line, to let the noose drop and pull away
at the end till the large rope tightened
around bis body. This was tried, but
the shark slipped out. He was, however,
so hungry that he immediately returned,
and tbe maneuver was repeated, and with
success, the second time.
The moment Captain Lewis got the
noose around bis body, eight or ten per?
sons pushed away at the rope, and it was
hardly a minute before it began to tight?
en around the shark's body, and, as it did
so, it slipped down to his tail ; and when
he felt it getting uncomfortably tight he
paid no more attention to the bait, but
turning slightly gave one flap with his
mi&hty tail that nearly took the whole of
us overboard. Captaiu Lewis, with the
rapidity almost of thought, made a turn
of the rope about a fastening, but so
powerful was the fish that he seemed to
retard the movement of the ship, if
not to drag her backwards.
A large number of men now got hold
of the rope and succeeded in drawing
him'out of the water, and left him sus?
pended under the stern.
After the shark had time to expire?
for he never stirred after being pulled
out of the water?the sailors hitched a
tackle to him nnd swung him around to
.the side of the ship, where he remained
until nearly noon-time, when the sailors
got permissiou to open him and take out
the blubber, which is charged with oil
that is extremely serviceable about a
ship. This was found to contain several
pailsful of oil.
After dinner, one of the passengers,
Dr. Hooker, signified bis desire to nave
the jaws of the shark as a memento of
the. unusual scene. So the great crea?
ture was drawn on deck and the rope
taken off.
Scarcely was this done, when, instead
of being dead, he was found to be so
thoroughly alive that he cleared the deck
of men in two moments; for as be com?
menced his contortions and twisting
about the deck, we all scampered to
places of safety.
His vitality struck us with wonder
and alarm. He bad bung on the outside
of the ship, in the broiling sun, during
more than half a day. He had been de?
spoiled of a portion of his vi.alizing ap
Earatus ; yet uow, after we had supposed
im dead for hours, we found him able
to keep the whole ship's crew at bay.
The men soon commenced hostilities,
but still for a long time he was able to
maintain himself against great odds.
He bent his body and with suprising
strength threw himself from side to side ;
and, as he did so, he opened his huge
jaws and barely missed from time to time,
seizing our legs. He showed successive
rows of sharp teeth, and by the aid of
bis cartilagenou8 tail, be tuned forward
and backward and obliquely along tbe
deck, and really seemed empowered with
a million lives.
For two full hours did the battle con?
tinue. At last a thrust through tbe heart
was the finishing touch. He gave one
spring, twisting his body powerfully, and
fastened bis great jaws on a spar that
was lashed at the side of tbe deck; and,
..".erwards, we found it hard to disen?
gage his grip, and could only do so by
tearing out splinters from the spar.
We found he measured fifteen feet in
length.
The two doctors on board were ardent
physiologists, and they did not desire to
let such an opportunity slip to obtain an
increase of knowledge.
So they began their investigations by
examining many parts of the shark, and
they finally removed his heart.
The fact about to be recorded is prop?
erly vouched for, and yet it seems almost
incredible.
Although the shark was dead and
emptied of blood, yet his heart, when re?
moved from bis body and resting on the
deck, kept up its contractions for a peri?
od of from twenty minutes co half an
hour, just the same as when in place,
and performing its office of pumping the
blood to the various parts of the body.
This wonderful power seems to be in
harmony with the belief of some scien?
tists, who say the heart possesses a ner?
vous centre and power over its own life,
separate and distinct from the brain, for
the protection of life in times of acci?
dent.? Wide Awake.
? A Sunday school boy, at Maysville,
Kentucky, was asked by the superinten?
dent if Iiis father was a Christain. "Yes,
sir," he replied, "but be is not working
at it much,"
ANONYMOUS LETTERS.
A Funny Recommendation from n I-ou
islunti IluUtlor.er?Straight Out Protest
Against Amtcr-on'- Appoltittnen?;
Among the letters transmitted by the
President to the Potter investigating
committee on last Friday were the fol?
lowing unique letters:
West Feliciana, La., May 17, 1877.
Hon. Wm. M. Evarts, Secretary of State,
Washington, D. C.:
Sir?Understanding that Mr. James
e. Anderson, (carpet-bagger^) of New
Orleans( is an applicant for a consulship;
and that he Would like letters from those
who know him, I take the liberty to in?
close this to you. I am the person who
attempted to rid the State of him last
fall (to see his testimony before the con?
gressional committee in New Orleans).
Being unfortunately unsuccessful in my
attempt the people of this State look to
you for relief, aud with one voice im?
plore you, if you have any vacant consul?
ship at any earthquake-shaken point,
any cholera-infected city, any yellow
fever point, or any small-pox ridden com?
munity, or any vacant commission to the
fiercest of our Indian tribes, to send him
to one of these places at once, because
we consider the said Anderson a person
who has just sufficient character to serve
the party that pays the most money, and
of the class of patriots who can best serve
their country by dying for it. Hopeful
of an affirmative response, I subscribe
myself John W. Bulldozer.
Indorsed 25th of May, 1877 : Charges
against James E. Anderson, (La.,) pre?
ferred by John W. Bulldozer.
[During the reading of this letter aud
its indorsement the Republican members
of the committee indulged in a laugh of
satisfaction, and even the chairman and
the Democratic members smiled, as if in
sympathy with the sentiment expressed
by tue anonymous correspondent.]
Washington, D. C, May 26,1877.
Hon. R. B. Hayes, President: As a
friend of yours, and one who earnestly
desires that your whole administration
may be eminently successful, I asked
you to withhold the appointment of
James E. Anderson as consul toFunchal,
who falsaly represents himself as being
from Ohio. He is blowing around
among his acquaintances in my presence
that he will "feather his nest" while he
is in office. The general reputation he
is totally lacking in one redeeming qual?
ity. Whoever recommended him did not
know him, evidently. His testimony be?
fore the Louisiana committees is suffi?
cient condemnation of the man, as he
tried to sell out to the Democrats, and
did everything that was low and dis?
honorable. I will see you further about
it if you wish, and show you proof of
what I say. Yours, truly,
J. A. Straight.
"We, the People."
It was said by Condy Raguet, fh the
Examiner and Journal of Political Econo?
my, which he published during the Nul?
lification controversy, that the phrase,
"We, the people," employed in the pre?
amble to the Federal Constitution, con?
stitutes the chief ground upon which the
consolidation school of politicians .rely
for the support of their theory. It is not
a little singular that the great cause of
constitutional liberty should be endang?
ered, purely by the imperfection of the
English language; and that the descend?
ants of the freest nation in Europe should
be in danger of becoming slaves, merely
because they .speak the English language.
The word "people" in all other languages
has a plural. Thus in Greek, laos has
laoi; in Latin, populus has populi; in
French, peuple has peuples; in Spanish,
peublo has peublos; in Portuguese, povo
has povos, and in Italian, popolo has
Sopoli. Unfortunately, in English we
o not use a plural to people; but had
the idiom of our language admitted of it,
there can be no doubt that the language
admitted of the Constitution would have
been, "we, the peoples." If any one
will refer to the journal of the Conven?
tion, he will there find that in the origi?
nal draft of the preamble the words were,
"We, the people of the States of New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations, Connecticut,
New York, Sec." In this case the plural,
"We, the peoples," would unquestionably
have been used, and there could have
been no reason for changing it, merely
because in the amendment made in the
phraseology by the committee appointed
to revise the style, the enumeration of the
names of the States was omitted, and in
their places was substituted the shorter
but equivalent phrase "of the United
States." In speaking of several nations
at the same time, a Frenchman would
say, for example, "les peuples of Spain,
Portugal and Italy are favorable to con?
stitutional government." We would say
in English, "the people of Spain, Portu?
gal and Italy, &c.," and yet no one from
this would infer that we supposed the
inhabitant] of those three countries con?
stituted one nation. Had the Constitu?
tion been drawn up in Latin, it would
have read "vox populi," and in that case
we ?never should have heard of the doc?
trine of an aggregate mass or consolida?
ted government.
? Thomas D. Jones, a Syracuse (N.
Y.) Welshman, has had a dream with
"millions in it," for it has already
secured him $100,000 or so within ten
months, and promises to yield other
golden eggs in the future. Jones is a
miller, and from boyhood has brooded
over some means of improving flour by
granulating instead of crushing the ker?
nels of wheat. He was poor, and it was
slow, tedious work experimenting in
other men's mills, but one night the idea
came to him in a dream at a Toledo
hotel. It is to apply diamond quartz to
the mill-stones instead of picking them,
the secret being in applying the quartz.
Senator Bowett, an Ohio Quaker, gave
Jones the opportunity to prove his
method a success in his mills, but after
receiving $100,000 for its introduction
here, the inventor went to Great Britain,
where he sold the right to use his pat?
ent by counties for hundreds of thousands
of dollars in the aggregate. Jones is
now improving his patents at Utica and
Rochester, but sails again in a week to
introduce them in France and Germany.
? The Chilian Times says : A singu?
lar discovery has been made on board of
the Irvin, a ful!-rigged vessel, recently
arrived at England from Peru. The
body of a woman was found imbedded in
the cargo, which consisted of nitrate of
soda. The body was found in a good
state of preservation, and is supposed to
be that of a victim of an earthquake,
which occurred many hundred years ago
in Peru. The body is at present lying in
the captain's bath room in crouching
position Rings are inserted in the cars.
? A bachelor merchant's advice in
selecting a wife: "Get hold of a piece of
calico that will wash."
The Laboratory of the System.
The stomach Is the laboratory of the system, in
which certain mysterious processes are constantly
going on. These result in the production of that
wonderful vivifying agent the blood, which In a
state of health rushes laden with the elements of
vitality to the remotest parts of the system. But
when the stomach is semi-paralyzed by dyspepsia,
blood manufacture is carried ou imperfectly, the
circulation grows thin and sluggish, aud the sys?
tem suffers In consequence. Moreover, indigestion
reacts upon the liver and bowels, rendering the
first sluggish and tho latter constipated. The
brain also mitTers by sympathy, and sick headaches,
sleeplessness aud nervous symptoms are engen?
dered. HoHtctter's Stomach Hitters reforms this
state of things, gives permanent tone and regulari?
ty to the stomach and its cssoclote organs, the
bowels and liver, and ensures complete nourish?
ment and increased vigor of the system. It is the
most popular as well as (be must efficient anti
dyspeptic and tonic in America.
has
all that know him is that he
? Economy consists in putting a ten
cant picture in a ten-dollar frame.
? A Chicago chap has discovered per?
petual motion; It is his wife's tongue:
? It is said that eating onions will
prevent the lips from chapping. It will
certainly keep the chaps from girl's lips.
? It is absurd to suppose that a man
can speak above his breath, since his
mouth is below his nose.
? A young man sent sixty cents to a
firm in Michigan who advertised a recipe
to prevent bad dreams. He received a
slip of paper on which was written:
"Don't go to sleep."
A New Life id the Land I
THE Exhibition in Anderson was one of
the most remarkable events since the
war. In point of numbers, talents and dis?
tinguished ability, nothing could have ex?
ceeded it. At every stage of its proceed?
ings it was manifest that a new life is in the
land.
The celebrated Dr. HEixiTsn was there,
and advocated Southern Medicines for
Southern people. His Family Medicines
are household remedies.
HEINTTSH'S QUEEN'S DELIGHT pu?
rifies the blood.
HEINTTSH'S BLOOD AND LIVER
PILLS?For Liver Complaint, Sick
Headache, Dull Feelings, Loss of
Appetite.
HEINITSH'S ROSE CORDIAL ?For
Bowel Corriplalht?
STANLEY'S COUGH SYRUP?Cures
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Catarrh.
MOTHER DARLING'S INFANT COR?
DIAL?For all complaints incident
to Teething, Sour Stomach, Crying.
THE QUEEN'S DELIGHT is the great?
est Pharmaceutical product ever
discovered for all disorders and dis?
eases which have their origin in the
blood. Health may now be regain?
ed. Life prolonged. Beauty re?
stored.
QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Scrofula,
Swelling of the Glands, Goitre.
QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Nervous De?
bility.
QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Indigestion,
Liver Complaint,
QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Consumptive
Patients as an invigorating cordial.
QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For General Pros?
tration.
QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For all Cutaneous
Diseases, Blotches, Boils, Pimples,
?fcc, &c.
FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS.
PREPARED BY
E. H. HEINITSH & SON,
Columbia, S. C.
Aug 16, 4877_5_ly
Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral
For Diseases of the
Throat and Lungs,
suoh as Coughs,
Colds, Whooping
Cough, Bronchitis,
Asthma, and Con?
sumption.
The reputation It has attained, In
consequence of the marvellous cures it
has produced during the lost half cen?
tury, is a sufficient assurance to the
public that It will continue to realize
the happiest results that can be desired.
In almost every section of country
there are persons, publicly known, who
have been restored frdm alarming and
even desperate diseases of the lungs,
by its use. All who have tried it ac?
knowledge its superiority; and where
Its virtues are known, no one hesitates
as to what medicine to employ to re?
lieve the distress and suffering peculiar
to pulmonary affection's. Cuehry Pec
toual always affords instant relief, and
performs rapid cures of the milder va?
rieties of bronchial disorder, as well as
the more formidable diseases of the
lungs.
As a safeguard to children, amid
the distressing diseases which beset
the Throat and Chest of Childhood, it
is invaluable; for, by its timely use,
multitudes arc rescued and restored to
health.
This medicine gains friends at
every trial, as the cures it is constantly
producing arc too remarkable to be
forgotten. No family should be with?
out it, and those who have once used
it never will.
Eminent Physicians throughout the
country prescribe it, and Clergymen
often recommend It from their knowl?
edge of its effects.
PREPARED BT
Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass.,
Practical and Analytical Chemist*.
BOLD bt ALL DRUGGISTS evkkywbehe.
M?RRIED
i? i
No. 12 N. Eighth St,
St Louis, Mo.
Who tau had greater experience In the treatment of the
?ciuol trTrt.it? of hi<:\ nialr and female thin any phyilclan
In the T*. -t, invc? the rrn.lt? of nil Ion* andiucoe.afl?
practica In bll ciolow warka,Jujtpuhliiurd, entUlod
The PHYSIOLOGY OF MARRIAGE
The PRIVATE MEDICAL ADVISER
BooVi that up' '.fAllr flaldVa lid B>1 Mm niton In all toat
ten peruinlnr; to ? ??huod and TTsnaak?*?. and eupply
want Ion? felt. They araWiaUrall, lilutraltd, and In plain
lai.jruaite, ernlly understood. The two book* snbraci:M5
pafn, and cor.taln nlu.M. UrnrmaUos for both married and
?ingle,withall C.e recentlmproTrmenti m medical treatment
Bead whotour homipaperi lay i "The knowledge Imparted
m Dr. Bitu'new worki Ii Inno way of queftlonibie char?
acter, but Ii aomething tail eiiryeoo ikoaM know. Th.
Youth, the Tlctimofnrlr IndUcrrhon; tko ???.ctherwieo
Pfrtertly healthy maybe, but with wtuijngrleor Inthoprlrae
of life, and tko Wowan, In roller
from the many Uli her OCX Ii bei
to."?St. Loula Journal.
rortun mints ?oo eti. etchJ
both In ore volume, 81; In clnlhano
?ritt. Zi cti. extra. Sent under i.al, on
receipt of prloo la money or itampa.
OPIUM
?ad Morphine hahlt rnrrd.
Opium Eitlof. to VY. B. Squire,
Worislnfu.a. Green; Co, Ind.
LUMBER! LUMBER!
ALARGE lot of good Lumber is kept
constantly on hand at my Lumber
Yard at. the Blue Ridge Depot in Anderson,
and orders for large or small lots of any
kind desired will be promptly filled at low
prices. Mr. Rudolph Kaufman is my agent
for the sale of Lumber ut Anderson, and
will furnish any information desired to
persons wishing to make an order.
JOHN KAUFMAN.
April 11, 1878_39_
Thi Knody or tko lllk Cetilaiy.
Barham's Infallible
PILE CURE.
Manufactured by the
B&rb&n Pilo Cut Co., Inbh&a, tf. C.
It a.T*r'alia to tan H?nc.rTl.o!r!#
or rile*, ?In a car* la pcaalsU*
rri ~ f.hl and tveaa Odt UiUmaaiali
farxliae* ?? aapUtnUaa
VIRGINIA HOUSE
No. 41 Main St., Near State House,
COLUMBIA^_- - S. C.
A. J. DODAMEAD, Proprietor.
Terms, $1.50 per day. Satisfaction guar?
anteed.
B. A. WILSON. Manager.
May 2, 1878_42_
?can make money faster at work for us tlian ut
anything else. Capital not requlntl; we will
ntart you. 812 per day at home made by the
Industrious. Men, women, boys and girls wan?
ted eTorywhere to work for OS. Now is the time.
Costly outfit ind terras free. Address True 4 Co.,
ilug-.ista, Maine
C5??C a week In your own town. 85 out fit free.
4)00 No risk, header, If you waut a business at
which persons of either sex can make great i.ay all
the tlnio tbey work, write for particulars to II
HaLLETT & Co., Portland, Maine.
PRESCRIPTION FREE!
For the speedy Cm re of Seminal Weakness. Lost
IIonhocxf and all dl?ordora brought on by Indis?
cretion or excuss. Any Druggist has tlio Inurr
dienu. Addrcaa, Or. W. JAOIJE*} ?ft CO.,
180 TTc? Hlxlh Htract, Cincinnati, O.
P Watch*? HI to M. rte-i-ol v e
7K ?3.60.Ovar 100Ut?3tJ<'OTi5t?.
Ai'tiwontad.Bo.?orpljCo.ViJhvIlle.TeBn.
F. W. WAGENER & CO.,
CHARLESTON, S. C,
COTTON FACTORS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS.
Agents for the Celebrated Hook Cotton Tie.
Agents for the Oriental Gun Powder Company.
Agents for the California Vinegar Company.
Agents for the Georgia Grange Fertilizers.
Agents for Old Crow Whiskey.
In addition to our Cotton and Naval Store Department, we have extablnhcd a
Country Produce Department, for which we solicit shipments.
April 18. 1878 ' i" ly
THE EMPORIUM OF FASHION RE-ESTABLISHED.
NEW SPRING PRINTS,
DRESS GOODS, HATS,
And Other Desirable Goods Just being Opened !
And Sold at Very Great Bargains lor CASH!
At the Emporium of Fashion, Leader of Low Prices !
THANKS for former patronage, and I only ask YOU ALL to call and examine my
Goods before purchasing elsewhere.
JE. D. CIIAMBLEE, Proprietor.
Feb 28, 1878 _33 _ly
W IB. ? 9
LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST.
MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS
THE acknowledged LEADER OF FASHION and FIRST CLASS GOODS
has just returned from the North, where she superintended the
selection of A LARGE and HANDSOME LOT of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
Which she proposes to sell CHEAP for CASH.
The MANTUA and MILLINERY Departments are of the first class, and no
pains will be spared to gratify the taste ana accommodate the purse of customers.
Our stock is large and in varied tints and texture, and great variety.
Thanking the public for past favors, we beg them to give us a call before pur?
chasing elsewhere.
March 28,1878 37 _
MUSICAL DEPOT,
OR BRANCH HOUSE,
GREAT SOUTHERN MUSICAL HOUSE!
Parlor Favorite,
Southern Gem,
Haines & Bro.,
Mathushek,
Hallet & Davis & Co.,
Chlckering & Co.
All the above Pianos for less money than
[ you pay by sending North.
.11A SOX &. HAMLIX-Thc on?
ly PERFECT ORGAN made. It is
THE Organ of the day.
None of the Stops are dumb?every
one speaks the moment it is used.
Look out for Bogus Organs.
PIANOS, ORGANS, and all kinds MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR SALE.
SHEET MUSIC received daily. Music sent post-paid on receipt of price. Save money
and buy at home from THE McSMITH MUSIC HOUSE. GREENVILLE,
I S. C, or address MRS. S. A. McSMITH, Box 18, Greenville, S. C.
March 14, 1878_35 3m
FUr^NITURE^FURNITURE.
CHEAPEK THAN EVER.
TOLLY the Leader of LOW PKIOES.
00K at some of the figures at which you can buy Furniture at in Anderson :?
i
Good Hard Wood Cottage BcdHtcads at $3.001 without Slots and Castors, $2.50.
Towel End and Drawer Washstands, $1.35. Large Wardrobes, $11.00.
Large Tin Safes, with two doors and drawer, $5.00.
Good, strong Rocking Chairs, $1.40. Cane Bottom Chairs, per set, $5.00.
Painted Chamber Sets, consisting of Dress Bureau, Bedstead, Washstand and
Table, $15.00 ; with four Chairs and Rocking Chair, complete, $21.00.
Walnut Chamber Suits, consisting of high head-board French Bedstead, Bureau,
with Arch Standard and Glass, Wash-stand and Table, $23.75"; with four fine
Walnut Chairs and Oval Back Rocking Chair, $32.75.
And everything else in proportion.
I have on hand a very large Stock, from a fifteen dollar Suit up to a two hundred
dollar Suit. I claim to sell cheaper than Greenville, and will duplicate any bill that can
be bought there.
G. F. TOLLY, Depot Street.
Oct 4,1877_12_
CONCAREE IRONWORKS,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
John A.lexander5 Proprietor.
Reduced Prices Vertical Cane Mill.
LIST OF PRICES.
2 Rollers, 10 inches diameter.$35 00
2 " 12 " " . 45 00
2 " 14 " " . 55 00
3 " 10 " " . 60 00
3 " 12 " " . 70 00
3 " 14 " " . 80 00
Above prices complete with Frame. Without Frame, $10 lets on each Mill.
HORIZONTAL?3 Roll Mill, for Steam or Water Power. $150 00
Steam Engines, Boilers, Cotton Presses, Grist Mills,
AND SAW MILL (it! A KING,
Of all kinds to order. IRON and BRASS CASTINGS on short notic? and most rcasona
ablc terms.
REDUCED PRICES.
Gin Gearing constantly on hand of the follovriui; size*:
8 feet wheel and pinion.$21 00
9
10
11
12
14
23 00
25 00
30 00
35 00
40 00
. With Bolts, $3.50 extra for each set.
Anti-friction Plates and Balls for Cotton Press, $10 and $12 per set.
Would respectfully call attention to ten new patterns of Patent Iron Railings; can be
run any length without posts. Also ten new patterns of Bannisters, got up expressly by
J. Alexander for the Fair. I have a great many different patterns at my shop of old
style; will be pleased to show any one around who may call.
Terms Cash on delivery at Railroad Depot in Columbia. Works foot of Lady Street,
opposite Greenville Railroad Freight Depot.
SULLIVAN & CO., Agents, Anderson, 6. C.
Oct 4.1877 _12_ly
?sfor?'TEm
!/w.m morse P?y/eh. Sorghum mills
:T -'rc ? rjfiulA/? wwsiiip & Bro.
atlanta.ga.
Gr. V. DeG-RAAF,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
FURNITURE DEALER i UNDERTAKER.
Undertaking' in all its Branches.
147, 147 1-2 & 149 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
TO THE PUBLIC.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, N<?v. I, 1877.
MY customers know that I have heretofore led the "Fcrnitl ue" trade of the South, in
style, quality and prices. The time has some when these goods can ba purchased as
cheap from me as in the North and West. I do not go backwards, but eoiitiiiuallv raise
the standard of my goods, and add new styles. I hove made reductions in prices wherever
possible, and spared no expense to place in your hands a Price List that will help you to
purchase goods. I respectfully invite you to call and examine my stork and prices before
purchasing elsewhere. Orders by mail will receive as much attention asif given in person.
It won''' aiakc the list too large to describe and copv all the different prices of Uedroom,
Parloi .-iilt*, Dining Room, Ollicc, Standing, Parlor and Ladies' Desks, Secretaries, Dwarf
Libraries, and Book Cues, manufactured by me, and therefore, this list contains only a
few of the prices of goods kept by me.
Thanking you for past favors, I remain, vours respect fully,
G. V. DeGRAAF.
?fS' ? No chai'ge for Drayagc or for Packing.
Nov 1,1871 , 16 ly
ftew Advertisements.
Can insert an advertisement in our list of twenty
six STANDARD WEEK LIES'at ten dollars a ice
without losing money. Tiiw advertisers ?hr>
want to obtain the best possible circulation without
expending more than from $30 to $100 should
address GEO. P. ROWELL A CO., 10 Spruco St.,
New York.
SWEET m&zm NAY Y
Awarded night* prise at Centennial Erpoiltten for
chewing qualities and txctSena and lotting char?
acter of twetUning and flavoring. The b??t tob*?>
ever made. As oar bluo strip trade-mark b elo?ely
imitated on Inferior froodt. Me that Jadctcm't Bo u
on every pine. Sold by all dealer*. Send for laranlf,
fne. to C, A. Jaccsobt k Co., Ufrs., Petenbnrt;, fa.
PIANO cfrdT,p!?lno?nr 0B?M
$1.600. only $425. Superb Grand Square Pianos,
cost $1,100, only $255. Elegant Upright Pianos,
cost ?C00, only $1M. New Style Upright Pianos
$112.00. Organs $35. Organs 12 stops, 8*2.50.
Church Organs, If, stops, cost $300, only $11S.
Elegant $:I75 Mirror Top Organs only $105. Tre?
mendous satritice to close out present stock. New
Steam Factory soon to bo erected. Newspaper
with much information about cost of Pianos and
Organs sent free. Please address DANIEL F.
BKATTY, Washington, N. J._
d?>?f A DAY to Agents canvassing for the FIRE
q> / SIDE VISITOR. Terms and Outfit Free.
' ' Iress P. Q. VICKEBY, Augusta, Maine.
$10. $20. $50. $100.
Invested Judiciously in Stocks (Options or Privi?
leges), ts a sure road to rapid fortune. Foil tlett.Ha
and Official Stock Exchange Reports free. Address
T. POTTER WIGHT 4 CO., bankers, 35 Wall
Street, New York.
READ THIS CARD FROM
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and accurate. Perfect fit and satisfaction guaran?
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America ! !
HAMMOCKS.?Wc are importers and wholesale)
dealers in Hammocks!! Retail price, $2.75'each.
On receipt of 83.2.? will send by mall, postage paid.
Foil size U. S. A. nickel-plated Remington I'.E
\ OL\ EltS, with one hundred cartridges, sent ex?
press paid to any part of the country on receipt
of $8.00. * r
THE BOSTON SHOOTING SUIT.
First prize, silver medal, over all competitors;
made only by G. W. Simmons 4 Son. Each gar?
ment stamped ! Sent by mall or express, to any
address. Complete suit $13.00.
Illustrated circular with samples sent free.
English Rugby Footballs, Military Goods, White
Trousers, Band Uniforms, Base Ball anl Bicycle.
Suits. Address
G. W. SIMMONS A SON, OAK HALL,
_Boston, Jkfass.
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South Carolina Railroad.
Charleston, March 8, 1878.
On and after Sunday, Ird Passenger Trains
will run as follows:
for acgcsta.
(Sunday morning excepted.)
Leave Charleston at.9:00 a m and 7.30 p si
Arrive at Augusta.5:00 p m aud 6:5." a ra
for columbia.
(Sunday morning excepted.)
Leave Charleston at.5:00 a m aid il:30 p m
Arrive at Columbia.10:50 a m and 7:45 a m
for cuaruht0x.
(Sunday morning exceptefi.)
Leave Augusta at..8:30 a m and 7:40 p ra
Arrive at Charleston.?4:20 p m and*7:45 a m
Leave Columbia at....6:00 p m and Sa? p m
Arrive at Charleston.12:15 night and >3:45 a m
Above Schedule makes close connection at Co?
lumbia with GrccnvMe and Columbia Railroad
and Charlotte road, and at Augusta with Macec
and Atlanta trains,
S. S. SOLOMONS, Superintendent.
S. B. Pickkss, General Ticket Agent.
Greenville and Columbia Railroad
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Passenger Trains run daily, Sunday excepted,
connecting with Fast Day Trains en South Caro?
lina Railroad, up and down. On and after
Wcdnesdar, November 14,1877, the following will
be the schedule:
UP.
Leave Columbia at.11 10 a m
Leave Alston. 1 10 |> n
Leave Ncwbcrry. 2 23 p m
Leave Hodges. S 18 p re
Leave Belton.7 OS p ra
Arrive at Greenville. 8 85 p m
DOWN.
Leave Greenville at. 7 28 a m
Leave Belton. S 10 a m
Leave Hodges.M 47 a m
Leave Ncwbcrry. 1 42 p m
Leave Alston.a 20 p iu
Arrive at Columbia.- 8 CO p m
ANDERSON BRANCH-UP.
Leave Bcltou. 7 05 p ru
Leave Anderson..v.._ 7 80 p m
Leave Pcndleton. 8 43 p in
Leave Perryvllle. 9 20 p m
Arrive at Walhalla.-.10 00 p m
DOWN.
Leave Walhalla.-.s 50 a iu
Leave Perryvllle.? J; 30 a m
Leave Penaleton...-.-. i 20 a m
Leave Anderson.{. 10 a ra
Arrive at Belton.-.?> 80 ? m
THOMAS DOPAMEAD, Gen. Suo't