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MAKING LITTLE FISHES* Artificial TPropagration in South Carolina ?How the Process is Carried On?Inter? esting Description of the Newest Art. Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist. Columbia, S. C, June 18,1880. As the subject of fish culture is excit? ing much interest throughout the United States, and millions of dollars are being annually expended by the Government and the various States for this purpose, I have thought a brief account of how it is managed might not be uninteresting to your readers. I am indebted to Hon. A. P. Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture, and M. C. J. Huske, Superintendent of Fisheries, for South Carolina, for the following informatiou: The art of artificial impregnation and batching of fish eggs has long been known and practiced in the civilized world, but at no period in its history, probably, has it been so extensively and successfully carried ou as at present. Its progress is watched with the greatest satisfaction in our own State and the liveliest interested is manifested in the work by our own best citizens. In re? stocking the streams and ponds of the State with the best varieties of fishes we put into the hands of, not a certain class, bat the whole people, a good and whole? some article of food, the need of which is much felt. The Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries of this State has succeeded in placing in oar waters a number of shad, California salmon, California trout, Land Lock salmon and the German carp, and hopes to carry on the work in future seasons to a mach larger extent. The California salmon are taken on McCloud river, California, and donated to the different States Government.?-j They begin the ascent of the river in the month of August, seeking their natun.l spawning grounds, near its sources, where the water is clear and shallow, and where tbey find gravelly beds suitable for the deposit of their eggs. They are captured when going up the river, for the purpose of procuring the spawn, which is done by men proficient in the the art of fish culture. The eggs are forced from the. female by compression of the the abdomen, into dry pans, and are then covered with the milt of the male fish, which is taken in the same way. They are then thoroughly maoi pulated and allowed to stand till im? pregnation takes place, when they are cleaned and placed in wire trays id troughs of running water, prepared for their reception, where they remain till the eye-spots on the egg begins to devel? op. They are then packed in crates pre? paratory to the long journey across th e continent which they mast undergo ere they reach their destination. There i3 probably nothing that takes so long a trip' in this delicate embryo state are these fish. The utmost care and pre? caution is taken in packing, so that usu? ally tbey reach their destination with * but small Idas. In packing, a crats about two feet square and six inches deep, made of white pine is used; in the bottom of this is carefully laid a coat of fine green moss, gathered from the rocks on the mountain sides and.on this a' piece of mosquito netting, just the'size of J the box, then a layer of eggs, and on this another piece of netting, then moss, and so on until five layers of eggs have been placed in, which usually fills the j box. The top is then carefully screwed down, nails not being used because the driving would jar the eggs. Two of] these crates are secured firmly in a., larger one made of slats, with an ice chamber between, and ferns packed firmly on all sides. A free use of ice is then resorted to on the journey, to pre? vent the eggs from becoming overheated en route, for, in such a case, they would batch and perish before reaching the batching bouse, where they- are to be cr. ed for until sufficient size to he re? leased in the different streams.. There is nothing more interesting than the care of these eggs from the time they reach the house. The fish culturist watches for their arrival .anxiously and hails them with delight. When they, arrive the j temperature of the water is taken, and if materially different from the water in which they are to be placed, the water is allowed to run on them until they are about equal coolness. This is done to prevent too sudden a change, as it would prove very detrimental to the eggs.? Hatching honses, in which the trout family are hatched, of which the salmon is a species, are usually located near [ some basin or spring, or the source of | some branch, affording at all times an abundant supply of cool, clear water, with sufficient elevation to enable its being carried into the bouse, three or four feet above the- level of the floor. It is taken up at the fountain-head and conducted by means of troughing trough a filtering race (if necessary to secure water free from sediment) into a large settling tank just above the hatching house. This tank answers a two-fold purpose, in affording the water an oppor? tunity to settle, and if at any time the supply of water is cut off, a sufficient quantity is left to run the hatching house for twelve hours or more. No tank should hold less than enough for this purpose. The water is then conducted in flumes into the house, where each through i* furnished with a regular supply. The troughs are made of common pine, usu? ally twelve to fifteen feet long, ten inches wide and about six inches deep. They are furnished fine wire screens in either end, one where the water comes in and the other just where it flows out, thus the young fish are prevented from escap? ing, the utmost care and vigilance being necessary to confine them, owing to their wonderful proclivity for making new discoveries and investigating every cor? ner of their artificial home. Each trough is furnished with a set of wire trays made fast in the waters by means of small wedges, and can be removed from place to place at will. The eggs, when taken from the crates in which they are packed, are placed on these wire trays and watched attentively every day until hatched, when the trays are removed and the fish allowed to swim at will in the troughs, there remaining but little to do but to keep the troughs clean and the fish from making their escape through the wire screens. Such is the usual mode of hatching this variety of fishes, but by no means the only one. The shad hatching is carried on with different apparatus and ata different sea sou of the year from thatof the salmon and trout. Their eggs must be hatched out near where they are taken, on account of their extreme delicate nature and the short space of time required in hatching, it being usually from four to five days The advantages of artificial propagation over nature is readily seen when we sub? mit a few figures on the subject. A good average female shad yields about twenty thousand ova, and of this number only from eight to ten per cent, are ever im? pregnated, and about five per cent, reach maturity. They are left for ten days a helpless prey to sediment and enemies of numerous kinds before they are able to swim and take care of themselves, and thus many are destroyed. In the arti? ficial hatching, ninety to ninety-five per. cent, are impregnated and of this num? ber eighty per cent, are released, after protecting them until tbey are able to better care fcr themselves. Strange as it may seem, their natural element, the water, will kill the unimpregnated eggs and milk sooner than the air. This is shown by impregnating eggs in a pan of water and in a dry pan. In the former case only fifty per cent, of good eggs can be secured, and in the latter ninety to ninety-five. The shad is one of our finest food fishes, and can be cultivated without limit and our streams made to team with them. There is one seine holder in Al- j bermarle Sound, North Carolina, that caught last Spring thirty-one thousand shad, that netted upwards of twenty cents apiece. This is the third season since shad were artificially propagated and placed in the waters, and the. catch exceeds that for many years previous. It would ceem fair to attribute the increase to artificial propagation. There are those who do not believe that the fish ever return to the waters in which they were released, who have never given the matter much thought, and are ignorant of the habits of the fish and the laws governing them. When we consider that for the small sum of twenty-five cents we can place a thousand shad in a river, when matured will weigh from four to seven pounds each, and sell readily for fifty to seventy five cents in our markets, it is worthy our best efforts, and proper that every means should be used to add this cheap article to our food supply. Resources of the Lands Beyond tbe Mis? sissippi. The United States is as yet compara? tively in its infancy. Heretofore popu? lation has been confined to the eastern portion of tbe continent, even though it is much of it rough and unproductive. The richer portion, tbe central, was hid away until now. Men traveled over it, and said it was desert or valueless. Grasshoppers swarmed from it, and men they are living there, and thousands more are coming. Some of the land that was called worthless may now be bought for five dollars per acre, other for twenty-five dollars, and there is considerable call for it. For example, the demand this year for lands in the Red River Valley of the North has been unprecedented. In April the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Man? itoba Railroad Company sold 27,401 acres; and siuce January 1,1880, this company has sold 113,039 acres, the ave? rage price being four dollars and seventy three cents per acre. Undoubtedly, other land-graut roads have sold in the same proportion. It may be asked if there is much of this land. Looking from the Mississippi River to tbe Pacific we see an area 2 4-10 times as large as all that part of the Union east of that river to the Atlantic. This great West would make thirty-seven States as large as Illinois, which was once called a large State. When this western territory is as densely populated as Illinois was in 1870 even, it will have over ninety-six million people, whereas it now has only one-fifth our population. Surely there is much land yet to be pos? sessed, of the very best sort, too?some of it. An observi?g traveler in western Ne? braska recently said: "The land here was trodden down bard by the buffalo and herds of cattle roaming over it. So that when rain fell it did not penetrate below the dry sod; but as soon as the land is broken up, and the soil pulver? ized on the surface, tbe rain wets down in some places fifteen feet." If this be true, we may expect that all these vast grazing areas will be cut up into farms, and owned by the industrious people who come to ihe agricultural States to make themselves homes. This same gentle? man said: "Some idea of tbe rush of emigrants to Nebraska this year could be gathered from the fact that on the first week of March, 1879, the Chicago, Bur? lington & Quincy Railroad took sixty three car loads of emigrants into Ne? braska at Plattsmouth; while on tbe first week of March, 1880, the same com? pany took 169 car loads of emigrants into the State at the same place.*' This is only a repetition of what is being done on all the trunk lines from St. Louis to Dtrluth. What are the possibilities of this great land? It is the land of bread. Take Illinois and Iowa?the former has 35, 462,400 acres, the latter 35,228,800. In one year Illinois produced 283,081,600 bushels of corn, 25,329,026 of wheat, and 66,519,146 of oats; and both States pro? duced 519,332,772 bushels of corn, wheat and oats. Minnesota has 53,459,840 acres, and of this 41,000,000 arable land. In one year, with one-tenth of this forty million acres under tbe plow, its soil pro? duced 31,475,000 bushels of wheat, 15, 775,000 of corn, and 9,500,000 of oats, making 56,250,000 in all; when the full capacity of the State is called for, it can produce half a billion bushels. But west of her is Dakota, almost three times as large as Illinois, and from present prospects will surpass even Minnesota as a wheat-growing State; and west of Dakota is Montana, having 93,000,000 acres, (I give round numbers); of these 16.000,000 are agricultural; 3S,000,000 grazing; 12,000,000 timber; 5,000,000 mineral; 22,000,000 mountains?so it is said. U??r grazing and agricultural areas are one-half larger than Illinois. Mr. Sargent, general manager of the North? ern Pacific Railroad, says the cattle in some of these valleys graze all the winter, and fatten all the time. The specimens of wheat raised, he says, are a much larger berry than even the Red River wheat, yet this vast empire has hardly been taken into account; very likely, as soon as tbe Northern Pacific is completed it will attract immigration. Then the other great territories must have each their attractions. To this great land the millions are coming from the over? crowded countries of the Old World. Unquestionably, the richest farming, grazing and mineral lands on the conti? nent are in that part of the Union between the Mississippi and the Pacfic. Dangers of the Skipping Rope.? Dr. Peck of the Surgical Institute has just performed asurgical operation on the leg of a young girl by the name of Jordan, from Illinois, sent there for treatment. The bones of both her legs will have to be partly removed, and the littlesufferer will have to submit to two painful operations. The cause of her affliction is from "jum? ping the rope," a pastime engaged in by girls?necrosis, or death of the bone. The doctor 6tated to a reporter in this con? nection, that similar cases were constant? ly occuring from this same cause, but more frequently resulting in necrosis of the spine, and that not a month passes, but more or fewer cases ofthat character come to the Institute for treatmemt. He says that rope jumping produces contin? uous concussions on the joints which im? pinge upon the bone, causing at the stage periostetis, and finally resulting in the death of the bone. He thinks that pa? rents and teachers should be warned of this dangerous sport and eradicate it en? tirely from the play-grounds of children, as it is ruinous in it effects, and is the prime cause of more cripples among the female portion of the community than probably any one cause. He also adds that during the practice of his profession deaths have been occurring, coming un? der his observation, which were the re? sult of this pernicious pastime. In con? clusion, he said ; "I would warn children against rope jumping, and would advise parents and teachers to prohibit it un? der all circumstances.?Indianapolis Sen? tinel. -_ ? "I understand at a recent conven? tion held in a place called Chicago, my name was used to some extent. 1 beg to state that such usiug was entirely unau? thorized. I have been away from home lately and did not even hear of this con? vention until to-day.?U. S. Grant." ? Cards are said to have been invented in France in 1391, to amnse Charles IV. during the intervals of a melancholy dis? order. Piquet and all the early games are French. A Great Enterprise.?The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company is one of Rochester's greatest business enter? prises. Their Hop Bitters have reached a sale beyond all precedent, having from their intrinsic value found their way into almost every household in the land. ?Graphic. THE GREAT WEST. said tie never can live there; but A GREAT MOGUL EMPRESS. An Indian Bathshclm Whoso Husband Played the Part of Uriah. Noor Mahal was the daughter of Ak bar's lord high treasurer. He and his wife were Usbegs, whose early life had been passed amid the hardslups and per? ils of central Asia. In the Winter of 1590 the lord treasurer's wife and daugh? ter visited Akbar's principal wife. Mih ml Nissa, "the sun of womeu," born in the wilderness during her parents' jour? ney to India, was at that time in the full bloom of girlish beauty, happiness and prosperity. "She was clothed in glistening gauze and satin, dancing the dance of her na? tive land, and singing the song^of Balkh for the amusement of the queen. * * * * Poor Mahal's beauty was not tho mere surface beauty of form and color, of which men tire in week; it was a more ethereal attraction. You hardly Knew in her whether you admired body or spir? it. She had a tall figure, a'cypress waist,' a walk more free aud indepent than most women?a walk acquired from her moth? er, and rare amo*ig the shuffling steps of women reared in the harem. Her head was small and proudly carried on her shoulders, which sloped with pleasing curves. She had a small oval face, with i regular features, Her every movement | was unstudied grace; her every look a I thought. She had dark, almond-shaped eyes?eastern eyes, with their finely-pen-1 ciled eye brows. They were hazel eyes, large and soft as those of a gazelle?eyes that showed every movement of the soul within, that lighted up brightly when she was pleased, that bad a far-away, misty look when she thought, and that flashed and kindled when she was angry, which was rare." Noor Mahal was engaged to a young Persian, Shere Afghan, the richest, most accomplished, and most powerful noble at the court of Akbar. The prospect of this match ought to have satisfied, one would have thought, the most ambitious girl, but it did not satisfy Noor Mahal. She coveted royal rank, and she loved and was beloved by Prince Selim, the Empe? ror's son. He besought his father to an? nul Noor Mahal's engagement, but the Emperor was too just to accede the re? quest. The girl's father also was opposed to giving his daughter to Prince Selim, drunken, debauched, cruel, ferocious, and given to violent bursts of rage. As to Shere Afghan little recked he of the Prince's rivalry or of the danger which might ensue, and he would have been a bold man who dared to propose to him that he should break off the match. The marriage accordingly took place when Shere Afghan wasouly 25, and his bride a few years younger. When on the wed? ding day Noor Mahal was first seen uu veiled "by her noble hearted hus? band, her only remark was, "How hideous is thy black skin, Persian cap. The sooner thou art attired in a more courtly and manly attire the better." "Fie upon thee, child" cried her mother, scandalized; "what an unmannerly speech!" "A blow from the hand we love is sweeter than raisins," answered the bridegroom, gallantly. Years passed away, and Selim ascend ded the throne under the tile of Jehang ire, A cruel persecutor he proved to his successful rival. On one occasion he con? trived a combat between Shere Afghan unarmed and a tiger. The heroic Per? sian, though desperately wounded in the struggle, slew the tiger. On another oc? casion, at the instigation of the Emper? or, an elephaut was driven to crush him ashepassed in his litter wounded. With one stroke of his sword the destined vic? tim cut off the elephant's trunk. Once again forty assassins were seut to mur? der him in his bedroom. Half of tis as? sailants he disabled; the remainder fled. To avoid further attempts on his life he returned to his vast estates in Bengal. Jehangireappointed a newgovernor, with express orders to slay Shere Afghan, and this time valor availed not. "Shere Afghan was paying a friendly visit to the new governor,and he had but two servants with him when he was sud? denly attacked. He killed six men with his own hand, the treacherous governor being the first man who fell to his aveng? ing sword. Seei ng that he must be borne down by numbers, he invited his assail auts severally to single combat; but he begged in vain. Then he turned his face toward the sun, and taking some dust in his hands, in lieu of water, thew it, by way of ablution, over bis head, and stood seemingly unconcerned. Six bullets en? tered his body in different parts bet?re he fell. His enemies had scarely the cour age to come near him until they saw him in the agonies of death." With indecent haste Jehangire imme? diately married the widow of his vic? tim, still beautiful and attractive in eve? ry respect. With curious inconsistency he, however, refused to see, when she ar? rived at Agra, the woman whom he had so ardently loved, and to win whom he had stained his soul with so foul a murder. For four years she remained in the zen? ana, meanly lodged, and never once visi? ted by the Emperor, who was even wont to turn away with a shudder at the mere mention of her name. This extraordina? ry neglect, the authoress declares, "was not dictated by caprice. The redeeming features of his character, cruel and drunk? en as he was, was an occult love of truth and justice." The deserted beauty bore her ill fortune with apparent equanimity. She occupied her time in designing and causing her slaves to execute the most exquisite embroidery. "She showed her artistic and inventive genius, not only in embroidiries, but also in planning new jewelry and in painting silk. No one in theseralgia who would be in the fashion * * * thought of adorning herself except In the work of Noor Mahal and her slaves." She also displayed the most perfect tact and powers of conciliation. The consequence was that she became ex? tremely popular, and the palace rang with "reports of her witty sayings, her sweetness, her amiability, her extraordi? nary beauty, and the wondrous hangings of her rooms." Specimens of her taste, moreover, met the eye of Jehangire wherever he turned. One day, therefore, he resolved to see her. He disclosed his intention to no one, and, coming suddenly into her apart? ments, was so struck with her exquisite loveliness, so charmed with her grace and act, that a second love, like an Indian Summer, fell upon him. "When he rose to depart, with tears in his eyes, he begged her forgiveness for his long unkindness, and threw round her neck a necklace he wore, containing for? ty pearls, each being valued at ?40,000. From the wretched quarters which had been allotted to her, Noor Mahal was re? moved nextday to those of the fa vorito sul? tana, which she never left. For twenty years she ruled the Ki?g and the king? dom. No important offices of State were given away without her consent, no trea? ties with foreign Stafes concluded with? out her knowledge. She was given the very unusual honor of being called "Sha j hi"?Empress. Money was coined in her j name, and Jehangire said "gold had I gained a new values since it bore the name of Noor Mahal." * * * Noor Ma? hal's abilities soon rendered her absolute in govcrument, in which, on all hands, women are considered incapable of bear? ing a part. Jehangire more than ever gave himself over to drink and pleasure, for, as he said, "his wife had wit enough in her little finger to rule the whole king? dom without his troubling his head about it." This was the secret of her power over this sensualist?she was invaluable to him. Noor Mahal was a great builder. By her orders rose mosques aud serais, gardens and fountians of many cities, many of which still stand. v Noor Mahal for twenty years"wjas ab? solutely mistress over both Jehanguie and the Empire. She even managed to\free herself from the restraints of custom *pd she used to drive in the streets of A^Jft unveiled, seated by the side of her lituV band, in a bullock carriage. Evil days were, however, in store for her. Her high-handed government excited discon? tent, and at length, trying to crush Mo habit Khan, a great general, of whose growing influence she was jealous, she nearly lose her husband his crown. In a desperate battle between the Imperial army and Mohabit Khan she placed her? self in the van, and, though wounded, emptied four quivers.full of arrows. Jo hangire was, however, defeated, and Mohabit extorted from Jehangire the condemnation to death of Noor Mahal. She succeeded in obtaining an interview with the Emperor, who burst into tears on seeing her, and interceded for her life with Mohabit. He chivalrously re? plied: "The Emperor of the Moguls should never ask in vain," nnd Noor Mahal escaped. Mahaoit had reason be? fore long to regrets his generosity. Noor Mahal soon re-established her power, and the first use she made of it was to beseech the Emperor to order Mohabit'sexcution. On his refusal she attempted private as sassinaton, but was unsuccessful, and soon after Jehangire died. Owing to the fact of her daughter being his successor's favorite wife, Noor Mahal parsed the rest of her life unmolested, but without influ? ence. She died and was buried at La? hore. Thus ended peacefully the stormy and adventurous life of one of tlie most remarkable women of any age.?Invasions of India. ? The havoc of the army-worm among the farms of New Jersey and Long Is? land bids fair to be complete and without remedy. The vineyard and farm lands of Burlington and Ocean Counties, New Jersey, a tract greater than that lately burned over, are being eaten clean by the pests, and a large portion of Long Island is being overrun by them, though the multitude is thickest on the south side around Islip, Amityville and Freeport. They march in solid column, eating ev? erything as they go; corn-fields are ruined in a night, and wheat, rye, oats, bar? ley and grass fall before them, and noth? ing but clover escapes them. At Baby ton the roads are black, at Westhampton and Mattituck they are likened to the sands of the seashore, and their advance -.hrough the grass can be plainly heard. The worst thing about it is that the far? mers seem utterly helpless ; uone of the usual remedies have been successful; Paris green and London purple have no apparent effect, and their number is so great that tar proves but a temporary check. Many of the farmers are there? fore cutting their half-ripe grain to use for fodder. Prof. Biley, the Government entomologist, will visit Long Island, but says little can be done now, and that the j only sure protection is to burn the stubble j in winter or early spring. The only hope of the farmers now is that a prolonged period of hot weather will check the creatures. ? The news from Constantinople gives warning that everything is going there from bad to worse. It is not only the row in Albania or the frightful state of things in Armenia. Anarchy is eating into the heart of the empire. The dis? organization in the capital is only less than that in the Provinces. There is no public revenue. The officials squeeze the taxpayers, but is like drawing blood from turnips. Not a single promise or undertaking entered into by the Turkish government with respect to the internal administration of the country has been observed, and what is thought most ominous in the future is that the Sultan protests so much. ? There is not only a great deal in the art of saying things, but of doing things also, as was lately illustrated in a Ger? man comic paper, which had a picture of a youth astride of a horse, which the boy's father was anxious to dispose of to a cus? tomer who stood by. The lad, in igno? rance of the nature of the bargain, is rep? resented as leaning forward and in an audible whisper asking his parent: "Fa? ther, ?hall I ride him to buy or to sell ?" How much of the world's business to-day is done on that priuciple?shall I ride him to buy or to sell? In the one case depreciate the article, in the other praise it. ? St. Augustine Fla., has always been accouuted the most ancient town in the republic. While a landing was made there by Spaniards as early as 1512, there wns no settlement until fifty-three years, later, when a fort was built, fixing its age, to date, at 315. This honor of antiquity is now disputed by a Western village, Tucson, Arizona, organized, it is claim? ed, us a pueblo or Spanish town site in 1542, nearly twenty-three years earlier than the settlement of St. Augustine. It has ever since kept up its right to the tract of land which is by Spanish law granted to an incorporated settlement. ? There are several flourishing schools in China conducted by American teach? ers, and through the translation depart? ment of the empire more than 80,000 vol? umes of translated works in science, art, etc., have been soid. In the schools of this country 120 Chinese youths are re? ceiving instruction. ? Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is credited with saying of that dashing rebel caval rymau, Gen. Forrest, that "he was the brightest military genius the war pro? duced on cither side, if we were to judge him by the rule of accomplishing the largest results with the least material." ? There is not a single liquor saloon in any town on the line of the East Ten? nessee and Georgia railroad, between Chattanooga and Knoxville, a distance of 112 miles. A Giiu. on Boys.?Boys are not like g"irls ; they are different. A boy likes to spin a top, fly a kite, or ride a horse, or go a fishing; but if you call it work, then they won't unless they are whipped. I don't think it would be fun to go fishing and fall in the creek and uot get out, and drown, and have your mother say you had been in swimming, though I expect they can swim as well as boys, if they know how. A turtle can swim faster than a boy, but a dogfish can beat them both. Dogfishes are not good to eat, but a dog can bite better than a fish. Boys like to go with girls; when they don't go with them, it is because they don't want to, not because they cau't. Boys like to kiss girls. One kissed me once; I see lots of girls here that would like to be kissed, but they must not all depend on?well, I won't say now. Somebody in this town told me it was no fun to kiss a girl when her mother was lookiug. I said : "Did you ever try it ?" He said ; "Y-e-a." When boys get married, they general? ly marry a girl; though I have known some old boys who marry a girl's mother. I guess that was because the mother was willing and the girl wasn't. If I hadn't been a girl, I guess I'd been a boy. If I was a boy I would like the girls. My ma calls me a tomboy some? times, but tomboys don't like the girls. That's all I know about boys. How an Arab Lady Perfumes Her? self.?In the floor of the tent or hut, as it may chance to be, a small hole is exca? vated sufficiently large so contain a com? mon champagne bottle ; a tire of charcoal or simply glowing embers is made with? in the hole, into which the woman about to be scented throws a handful of drugs. She then takes off the cloth or "tope" which forms her dress and crouches naked over the fumes, while she arranges her robe to fall as a mantle from her neck to the ground like a tent. She now be? gins to perspire freely in the hot air-bath, and the pores of the skin being thus opened and moist the volatile oil from the smoke of the burning perfumes is im? mediately absorbed. By the time that the fire has expired the scenting process is completed, and both her person and robe arc reduleut with incense, with which they are so thoroughly impregnated that I have frequently smelt a party of wo? men strongly ai lull a hundred yards dis? tance when the wind has been blowing from their diiectiou.?tiir William Baker. Fatal Result oe a Rencontre Be? tween Brothers.?For some time past a bad state of feeling has existed between Cy. and Tom Campbell, colored broth? ers, who live on the Kistler place about a mile and a half South wcstof town. Cy. has for some time, it is alleged, carried a razor for his brother, and is charged fur? ther with having aaid that he would as soon kill him as a snake. Last Saturday they fell out over some trivial matter, and Cy. ran Tom out of the house. Tom is smaller than the other, and a cripple. Having cursed and abused him at a great rate, the aggressor followed him out of the door with the Biipposod purpose of doing violence to him, when Tom seized a hoo, and, after a warning which was unheeded, struck the pursuer over the head with it. Cy. fell and had to be carried in the house. It was evident that he was badly hurt. Dr. M. W. Hill was called in and, probed the wound and found a severe fracture. Monday he and Dr. Anderson went to remove the broken bone from off the brar and took outseveral pieces of the skull. The brain was badly bruised and the man lay in an unconscious state until Wednesday noon when he died. A post mortem examina? tion revealed that the whole left side of the skull had been broken from the arch down the forehead to the orbital hone. The slayer continued plowing from the time he dealt the blow until Wednesday morning, when he voluntarily came to town, surrendered himself to Justice Stimson and was committed to jail.? Slatcm/tc (JV. C.) Landmark. ? Arizona sends a wailing cry to the East for 15,000 women, but we can't spare them. If all our women are to be dragg? ed West, we'd like to know what provis? ion is going to be made for the support of the men who sit on the grocery coun? ters and tell what tremendous men their grandfathers were. ? Thecreditof the State of Mississippi is at par. Her warrants are equal to currency, and are paid on demand. Her bonds command n premium in the market. LUMBER! LUMBER! ALARGE lot of goou Lumber is kept constantly on band at my Lumber Yard a* the Blue Ridge Depot in Anderson, and orders for large or small lots of any kind desired will be promptly filled at low prices. Air. Robert Mayneld is my agent for the sale of Lumber at Anderson, and will furnish any information desired to persons wishing to make an order. JOHN KAUFMAN. Jan 30, ltf7u 29_ly MARBLE YARD. ALL persons wanting TOMBSTONES will do well to call on me. as I have on hand all grades of Marble, and v.-ork all the new designs. I warrant my work to give satisfaction. Trices to suit the times. I am prepared to take care of the County travel and regular boarding at reasonable rates at the Benson House. Meals '2~> cents. Lodging 2? cents. THOS. M. WHITE. Fob 20, 1880 33 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. All persons holding claims against the Estate of William Moorbcad, deceased, arc notified to present them to the under? signed within the time allowed by law. properly proven, or they will be burred ; and persons indebted to the Estate are no? tified to make prompt payment to the un? dersigned. ROBERT MOOUItEAI), Adm'r. May 27, 1.S80 40 3 APPLICATION FOR CHARTER. Notice is hereby given that an appli? cation for a Charter for Long Branch Church will be made, according to law, before the Clerk of the Court at Anderson, S. C, on the 8th day of Julv next, at 10 o'clock a. m. J. MATT. COO LEY. C. C. June 10,1880_4S 5? OLD NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE AT INTELLIGENCER OFFICE. WANTED! FIFTY dozen EGGS, and seventy-five frving Chickens and grown lien's. A. B. TOWERS ? CO. CANNOT BE EQUALLED! HOME INSTITUTION. THE CELEBRATED VICTORY DASH! EVERY Lady should have one. It will Churn in from three to rive minutes. The fol? lowing are the sizes: 4A, 5, 5J and six inches. The price is 50 per cent, less than any Patent Dash ever sold in this market. Come and buy one of L. II. SEEL, Anderson, 8. C March 25, 1880_??T State and County Rights for sale._ F. W. WAGENER & CO., CHARLESTON, - SOUTH CAROLINA, Cotton Factors, Wholesale Grocers, AND LIQUOR DEALERS. AGENTS FOR Oriental Gun Powder, Fruits and Flowers Smoking Tobacco, Celebrated Reversible Cotton Tie, Wagener and Georgia Grange Fertilizers. BST* Samples of anything in our line sent on application with pleasure. F. W. WAGENER. G. A. WAGENER. May 13,1880 44 ly INDUCEMENTS EXTRAORDINARY. o-:r,:e_a.t ba.:r,gla.i:lts i REDUCTION IN PRICES AT TOLLY'S FURNITURE STORE! DURING the SUMMER MONTHS I will sell for CASH at the following remarkable low figures:? Maple Bedsteads, Slats and Castors, complete, $2.50 and upwards. Walnut Bedsteads, 6 feet 0 inches high, $7.50 and upwards. Cane Seat Chairs, per set, from $5.00 and upwards. Towelend and Drawer Washstands, from $1.35 and upwards. Picture Frames and Chromos cheaper than anywhere else. Walnut Motto Frames, with Glass and Gilt lining at 30 cents. 8x10 Frames, same kind, 25 cents. 11x14. same kind, at 30 cents. The largest size of Pictures, 24x30, Walnut Frames, at $1.40. Smaller sizes, same frame, at. $1.20. FINE CHILDREN CARRIAGES at$7;60and upwards. A large lot of Window Shades from 8 cents a piece and lupwards, and everything else in proportion. I have on hand a very large stock of all kinds and description. Come and see me, as I will not he undersold bv any house in the State. Ci. F. TOLLY. May 13, 18S0 14 EAGLE AND PHENIX PERFECT BALL SEWING THREAD. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. PREPARED BF A PROCESS USED IN KO OTHER MILL. I6 Balls to Pound, I lb. Packages. 20 Balls to Pound, 2 lb. Paper Boxes. _Packed In Cases of 20, 30, 50, I00 or 500 Pounds each. Uniform Price. Invariable Discounts. tt^Soia "toy ?,11 To"b"bers>8 ASK FOR "EAGLE & PHENIX." USE NO OTHER The Great Carriage Manufacturing House of the World. EMERSON, FISHER & CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO. TOP B1I? AND PfiHTOKS. Best material, good workmanship, handsome styles, strong nnd durable Vehicles in every respect. 70,000 CARRIAGES, Manufactured by EMERSON, FISHER & CO., are now in use in every part of the American Continent. They give unfailing satisfaction. All their work is warranted. They have re? ceived testimonials from all parts of the country of purport similar to the following, hundreds of which are on file subject to inspection : OALVA. ILLINOIS, July Hi, 1870. Messrs. Emerson, Fisher A' Co. : I have used one of your Top Buggies three years in my liherv stable, and they have given me perfect satisfaction and are in constant use. OSCAR SM ALLEY. KEWBERRY, S. G, July 1 1870. Mem*. Coppock& Johnson?Dear Sirs: I have been using the Emerson it t\ .jr Buggy I bought from you as roughly I suppose as any one could. I had a fast horse, drove him at full speed, sometimes with two grown Indies nnd myself in the buggy, nnd it is to-day worth all the money I paid for it. 1 say the Emerson ?t Fisher Buggies will do. A. M. TEAGUE, Farmer. The favorable reputation the Carriages have made in localities where they have been used for several years by Liverymen, Physicians, Farmers and others requiring hard and constant use, has led to an increased demand from those localities, to meet which the manufacturing facilities of their mammoth establishment have been ex? tended, enabling them now to turn out in good style, 360 CARRIAGES A WEEK. Emerson, Fisher & Co.'s Carriages are the Best. Nov 27,1870 -0 10m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. A. Y. .Shirley and Win. II. Cartee, 1 Ma in tills, against Rachel K. Harris, Kmalinc Junes, It. A. Shirley. Sallie Wilson, Helen McDanU-l. B. F. Shirley, John N .Shirley, Let I ie Shirley, Thomas Shirley, Newton Shirley, Uichatd Shirley, Rebecca J. .lack, Fanny L. Shirley, Kl/.ora Mckory .Htiiiiia (Sooisby.nn'd Franklin Shirley, Defendants.? Summons fur Relief?IStmpluint ttOtStrreil. To I lie Defendants aiiove named : YOU are hereby summoned and required to an? swer the complaint in this action, a cony ?ff which is tiled In the office of :ho Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. II., S. C, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, Ander? son C. II., S. ft, within twenty days after the ser? vice hereof, exclusive of the day of .such service; and il yon fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, lb.' plaintiil' in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated May 25. A. D. 1880. .1. L. TP.IBBI.F, Plaintiff* Attorney, Anderson, S. C. [t.. s.]?John W. Danikls, C. C. 1'. To tlie Defendants above named: Take notice that the object of this action, In which a summons is herewith served upon you, is to remove cloud from Titles to Real Estate assign? ed to Plaintiffs by the Probate Court, and to con? firm proceeding* in Probate Court to partition the P.eal Estate of James Shirley, deceased. The premises in question are described as follows: Tract No. 1, containing one hundred and sixty three acres, more or less, mid Tract No. 2, contain? ing one hundred and twenty-three, acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Mrs. Sophia Millwee, Hugh Bush and James Krskinc. No personal claim is made against von. J. L. TKIBBLE, Plaintiffs' Attorney. To the Defendants: Take notice that the complaint and summons in this action were filed in the office of John W. Daniels. C. C. P., Anderson County, on the 38th day of May, isso. 'J. I* TBIBBLE, Plaintiffs' Attorney. June:.. 1880 47 ('. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Henry B. Smith, Plaintiff, against S. A. Smith, Defendant.?Copy Summons for Relief? Comjiluint Served. To the Defendant fi. A. Smith : YOU arc hereby summoned and required to an sycr th? complaint in this action, of which a copy Is herewith served upon von, anil to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office in the City of Greenville, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclu? sive of the day ol such service ; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiil' in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated 12th May, 1S30. WHITNER SYMMES, PlaintifPs Attorney. Attkst: JOHN W. DANIELS, C. C P. To the Defendant S. A. Smith : YOU will tako notice that the summons and complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas at Ander? son Court House, the J-lth day ol May, 1880. WHITNER SYMMES, Plainti!l"s Attorney. June 10, 1880 48 6 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. A. S. Armstrong, Ailm'r., "| vs. \ Sarah J. Armstrong, ct al. .1 In the Common Pleas?Complaint for Parti? tion, Payment of Dchts, dr. PURSUANT to an order of Court in the above statetl case, all creditors of the Estate of A. M. Armstrong, deceased, ate hereby notified to establish their claims before me on or by the 1st day of July nexi, or be barred. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. May 27, ISS id (i i-7?r.3 .TD PATZ.iT LIVER P * Dl Nrvft. <'r.z; H'.Tin. Can ?k Made aw ru I/esircI). i.a.': TwtCK An Lets. 7.-.>.i'.ii "mi sfcics: Sr-ssisj ;'-? ":::ta. rrr. r.% Chilis nn-i Fever, Mwr Complaint, Dyfpfpsii, ffcarafcia, Khtaos&a, Ccs'ivfutss, Fr.aile fteakn?, Sir!; k hum / mis f':.>0Jri?J-v. - W H W Tv*c P'"N fin-e .nil iV.i.ve? t>7 .*1 -err-ticn. Nex'omi ri?-'.Oils.nr :'":?'?.?:??!!< ,'Ifil:c!r*m?r-l.i into the Stornach. Tin; I'M* pr? we ii n?vr lbs f f thrStcraach, rorr in? the iirent S'tvi? ('ci*i .i!.-o the Liver and Stomach. A genil?; tfaonnbh Tonicis sb?orhfii Into theclrcula?oc ot the P!f?edi!p?i Liver, purifying :!i(!l)b-.Hl.5ti:niilating the l.lvrsfd Kidney* to healthy action, and str?nirthi<a!r.R t'n Stomach todigestford. J'arctt op ;><? fl am-. Si each. Sold by ai.:. Bncoctflrs.or.sentby Mai! < * Express. Manufactured at 39 & H y. ,kth Libk.ity St., V.ALTIMORIE. MS. WILHITE it WILHITE Agents, Ander? son, S. C. 37?ly Hernia or Rupture Cured ! Genuine Stamped " I. B. SEELEY, WARRANTED." Its.3 A. Ko.3 Concave. No. 8 Seely's Ward Rubber Trasses, made in every desirable pattern,shape or strength. Springs coated with hard rub? ber. Light, coo], cleanly. Frco from all sour, rusty or padding unpleasant tie: Suspensory Bandages, Shoulder Unices, Adominal Supporters, etc. Complete assortment, for sale by WILHITE et WILTHTE. .T.iv Correct adjustment a speciality. May 20, IS80 ?!"> la in uhHottite and irrcMMlMe cur?, for M"r.a< M, tntcnipera'ircpn'i, ttravac (? Optant. iOj PtAo.V.iire<imlho?.';tft tuefyt ihcuLrjif idcrins the tigteur'loM.v t . t !>ra jn: ?g Ij RodlotwanddKri tin'. t?jvli* evriyope J*??;{ IniidirresLH^taeontriii w?i s..oiicty of them Wives nn<t their frie...!s. It nrcnsiis that n!>.-ot i.e physical nr.-l mornl InnMnttlonthotrt-n^M t.., s .Idea bn*kte? oU J.'rcic ?Mug Kttointuits ornim'uticSi Pucks r.i,e-Ki".t>e - Ho5persons,S3, ornt vord ?..???'??-???'?? Tinvv-nr -r weierlf M- ull rw^mnwndIt It < :-rf< eily I inuic saint ucvtr.li?il!aif. SHonBit'.erif.'itJ. Co-.K-Kh isle.-.K.V.SoleAjjonU i3 , -.ti: . ? and nererf . mi! . t hi ... mils lycum. _ W Pad r->r > :or..- '?. T.ircr p:?1 ICI 'n -j^, lV;--nnerl-irt i;. lit ' ? CurrtiioralwoTpifcro. HH g Hop trnirrs .:-:,..>r. n ^"j^jP^ Q l'pGK SA'-^?*? ALL DRUCQISTSJ " '; LE POWDERS /A, FOU HORSE AMD OA v. !!1 enrn or; yc . ent ?Rlronpe. r. vil\ die of < oi !<?, Hots or LrNG Fa powdrrs ma iise<| in i imc. vulture rtnd prevent lloaCBOiKSj, ,-i ?r'll pfvi-nt UaI'RS is Kowts, r* ?' ii !? : ? ?? the cpeintliy Of milk / p.-r cei.u ainl iiiulie tue butter firm vi:::. I; eon': r .? r. Foi I): ib.' -t In i .v. p . . ?"I ri:;-o or pmvent almost xtebt ii ?r'-es ::n'I 1 attle are sttt'.lect. ?? WILL OIVK SATtSFACTIC:;. ?' ::. FCCTZ, Proprietor, BALTIKOK?. Md. For sale by WILHITE A WILHITE, .Anderson, and M. W. CO I.K.MAN .t CO., Seneca (it v. Nov W, 1879 18 * ly Valuable Property for Sale. IWILL sell on FRIDAY. 15lli dav of OCT01JER next, at the late residence of Willis Allen, deceased, one TRACT OF LAND, known as the "Sboal Tract," con? taining sixty-eight acres. On this Tract is one o| tile best .Shoals on Saltlda River, with a fall of 14 feet, and unrivalled sins for erecting buildings for machinery. This Shoal is just one-quarter mile fromH. A; r. R. R. Terms made known on dav nf ssil?. J. I). ALLEN*, Kx'r. Aprils, 18S0 3D lam?sept 15, cw P, KIND. G. DIEUCKS, Superintendents Proprietor. PHENIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C, MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES, "Water and Horse Powers, COLUMNS FOR STORE FRONTS, Kallings for Balconies. SAW AND GRIST MILLS. ALL kinds of CASTINGS done at short notice and low prices. Work done in good, workmanlike manner. Repairing of all kinds Machinery and Engines, WATSON\t SON, Agents, Anderson, S. C. June18*0 47 3m THE Buckeye Reaper and Mower, Har? vester and Self-Binder. The Economizer,! Canton Monitor, Self Propelling and other Steam Engines. The Farquhar Thresher and Separator, Saw and Grist Mills, Cotton Gins, Conden? sers, Feeders and Presses, and all Planta? tion Machinery. For descriptive circulars, price lists, ?Sic., address J. M. MATTHEWS. Agent, Bclton, S. C. ^22?- All kinds of machinery repaired. May <>, I860 43 3m Notice to Stove Buyers. ONE HUNDRED STOVES to be sold cheap?of the celebrated make of Thomas Robert Stephenson ?t Co.?togood parties on the Cotton Option or for Cash. Come and see them. STE A M COOK EES at low prices. Nos. 0, $1.00; 8, $3.50; 7, .$3.00 ; 0, $2.$0. L. H. SEEL, West End Waverly House. March 18, 1880 3(3 New Advertisements. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY Engines, Cotton Presses, Mills, die. '6 -M?ri^?5??*^ ? 3 PLANTATION MACHINERY op at.l ji::;ds. SCHOFIELD'S IRON WORKS, t&- Send for Prico List. MACOItf, GA. A VICAR and expense* to agents. Out? fit Free. Address 1\ O. VICKEEY, Au? gusta, Maine._ TO ADVERTISERS.?Lowest Rate? for adver? tising in 970 good newspapers sent free. Ad? dress G ICO. P. KOWELL & CO., 10 Spruce St., N. Y MfHAiitSTTSrM-liXCCIiKE, U'ililsaMlo?, Sosft CuMu. S"jtt?. Aixnrl ImHer. .?!. M., $.$>., frtii<tt?t. f s.r..i(.i. - n !!??? Kiml MV?! in KiAmiy ?nd Anguit, f F.irli P,--i-1! .i? J'l ?crt< i- .iimd lato four Vwt Section*; [and f..li ?y - ???*. v.i.T.'!..n. 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Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. On and after .Monday, May 17, isso, the prssen ger Trains over the Greenville and Coluiubls Rail? road will be run daily, Sundays excepted: UP. Leave Columbia at.10 40 a ui Leave Alston.11 .'i.'I a m Leave Newberry.12 "> p in Leave Hodges.."..,'( 33 j> m Leave Helton. I 35 p in Arrive at Greenville. 0 ID p ni DOWN. Leave Greenville at.s 40 a m Leave Helton. '.) 57 a in Leave Hodges.II 17 p in Leave Newberry. 1 4.'t p in Leave Alston. 3 ?0 p m Arrive at Columbia. 4 10 p m ANDERSON BRANCH A BLUE RIDGE R. R. UP. Leave Bclton.? DO p m Leave Anderson. .,"> 48 p m Leave Pendleton. i> 4"> p in Leave Pcrryville. 7 23 p m Leave Seneca City. 7 40 p m Arrive at Walhalla. 8 LI p m DOWN. Leave Walhalla. 5 fti a m Leave Seneca. ? 4S a m Leave Pcrryville.5 55 a m Leave Pendleton.G 38 a :n Leave Anderson. 6 40 a ni Arrive at Helton.8 IS a m 3. W. FRY, Geu.Supt. .T. P. M kkkimtii, Master Transportation. Jaiiks Norton, .Ih., Gen. Ticket Agent. South Carolina Railroad. On and after Sunday, MAY |?, 1880, Passen? ger trains will run as follows: day train, sundays kxckptk!) Leave Columbia. 4.1"> p m Arrive at Charleston. 9.00 p m Leave Charleston. . .V4~>ain Arrive at Columbia.10.3') ? ui nk1ht KXfltKSS accommodation train. Leave Columbia.3.30 p in Arrive at Charleston.7.30 a in Leave Charleston.y.O.'i p m Arrive al Columbia.tt.lo a ill Close connections made with Greenville and Co? lumbia Railroad to and from Walhalla, Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg, Flat Lock and Ilendemon vlllc. John is. Peck, Gen. Snpt. P. c. Ai.i.kn. Gen. Tickel Agt., Charleston, C. Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line R. R. On and alter Sunday, June 1st, is-7'.i, Double Dai lv Trains will run on ibis rood ns follow* ? GOING EAST. Night Mail and Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca.y ex) p m Leave Seneca.U 0] p m Day Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca.;i yt ? :n Leave Seneca.U 13 a in GOING WEST. Night Mail and Passenger Train. Arrive Seueeu.r, :t:< a in Leave Seneca. ti 34 a m Day Passenger Train. Arrive Senecp..-, i; p m Leave Seneca..'? Hi p m Through Tickets on sale at Gainesville, Seie ca City, Greenville and Spartanburg to all points East and West. W. J. HOUSTON, Ii. T. and P. AKcut