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VOLUME XXX. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUN^ 29, 1871.. > v < NtJ^jBR X^ '
TERMS.
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Office at the Kershaw House.
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On and after March the 1st., tho undersigned
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tf Dentist
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MORAL POWER OF MUSCLE.
BY JUDGE CLABK.
It is about a dozen years since business?
not pleasure?took me to New Jericho, the
terminus of civilization and "the Whammelovpr
Rail Road. And a " hard road to travei,"
that was. It had steeper grades, sharper
curves, and more of them than, it is to be
hoped, ever put in peril the public life and
limb before or since.
It was Saturday afternoon, and we were
to reach- Jericho at some indefinite hour
that evening, "time not being the essence
of the contract."
At a place called Blurin, we stopped fifteen
minutes to "liquor." There had been
a cock fight, and several other fights; and a
big crowd there that day, and everybody was
in hisrh dec.
The New Jericho delegation returned by
our train, and rougher looking samples of
rustic rowdydom it would have been difficult
to find, even in that favored region, ^mong
them was a six-footer, a very Hercules in
proportions, with a cock-o'-the-walk sort of
swagger about him, who took possession Of
two seats, depositing his body on one and
deadheading his legs on the other. One
cheek was puffed out by an underlying quid,
while ever and anon, with a back-action
jerk, he would send near a gill of tobacco
juice over his shoulder, which those in
range had the privilege of dodging or taking
the consequences of, as they liked. As
for his conversation, the curse of Emulphus
or the table-talk of a Flandcr's mess-room in
Uncle Toby's time* in point of maledictory
power, was weak in comparison.
At the next station a young lady came on
board, as beautiful as Venus and modest as
Diana. How so rare a flower came to bloom
in such a wild, was a question to puzzle over.
But there was 110 time to settle it. The
lady was standing and all the seats were occupied.
I was on the point of offering mine,
when a youthful looking gentleman, of prepossessing
manners and appearance, stepped
forwurd and addressed the couchant Hcrculos:
.
"Allow me," he said politely,' "to turn
over the back of this seat."
"Ilcy ?" the other grunted.
The roquest was repeated.
"See you dod darned first!" was the gruff
response.
"But sir," the gentleman began to expostulate.
"lookee here, you I" mustered tnc Duuy,
"don't you offer for to go to rile ine !?that'"
my advice, an' I gives it free gratia, 'cause I
feels an intrust in you."
"But thi3 lady is entitled to a seat," the
stranger persist id.
"Give her yourn then, doi drot you! an'
stop your chin music, or, by Iloky, you'll rile
me 1" '
As a last resort, tffe gentleman appealed
to the couductor, who happened .to be,passing.
But the latter declined to interfere.
Such th|ngs must be left to courtesy. Besides,
il wasn't his place to take part in the
disputes of passengers.
So-saying, he went his way, punching
tickets, and taking no further heed.
"Dud bkist you, you have riled me!"
shouted the bully, springing to his feet and
striding up to the young man, who didn't
seem quite sensible of his danger. "You've
gone and stuck your nose into other people's
business, an' I'm goiu' to pull it."
An attempt was made to suit the action to
the word; but before the. metaphorically
offending member had been so much as
touched, something?it moved so swiftly I
could not be positive it was the gentleman's
fist.?tnnlr Heronles dirootlv between the
eyes and sent him sprawling to the other
ehd of the car. He didn't get up immediately,
and when he did, he seemed bewildered
as to whether he had been knocked down
or the train had run off the track. He had
enough, at all events, wherever it came from,
as was evident from the subdued air with
which be took his departure for the smoking
car, whither his compapions soon followed,
no doubt secretly chuckling at the result, as
usually do the chums of a whipped bully.
Tap Kilderkin, the proprietor of the New
Jericho Rest, was the most communicative
of hosts. Before bedtime that night, I was
thoroughly and accurately "up" ?in all the
gossip of the place, and its scandalous statistics
at my fingers' ends.
Among other things, I learned that
"stated preaching" had hitherto been among
the wants of the community, but that a
"supply" had been at length obtained, and
the minister was expected to enter on his
duties on the morrow.
"And a refreshin' season he'll hev of it,"
said Pap.
"Why so ?"J asked.
"Oh! Bill Griukey an' t'other chaps is
goin to brake him in to-morrow; an' efyou
want to see fun, I'd cdwise you to go thar."
And *1 did go, not "to see the fun," as
Pap Kilderkin suggested, but, I trust, from
better motives. Pap went too?by what
prompted, I prefer hot judging.
When wc reached the church, the minister
had not yet made his appearance,
though a goodly number of hearers had
already assembled. A few minutes later,
yesterday's delegation to the Bluruin"cock
fight, headed by the vanquished bully, with
botlrhis eyes in full mourning, satfntored
in, and proceeded noisilv down the aisle.
"That's Bill Grinkey," whispered Pap,
"and them's t'other chaps."
"Make way for the mourners!" sang out
Bill, crowding, with hiB companions, into
a front seat, where a boisterous conversation
was struck, up, mingled with an* incessant
cracking of peanuts. r
"I kin tell you^thar programmy," Pap.
continued j '"a pack of shootin' crackers
will be tctched off durin' the fust hyme,
and a pair of game chikkens, as a couple
of them chaps Jiev got in thar pockets, '11
be sot to fightin' as soon as the tex is gin
out, arter which gyn'ral Ned '11 be in-order."
A sudden slienco fell upon the congregation'
Not a murmur was heard, and the
peanuts ceased.to crack. Looking up, I
saw the new minister in the pulpit, and
guess my suprise at recognizing him at the
young man that had struck <Jut so deftly
from his shoulders the day before!
With a clear, manly voice, ho gave out
a hymn , which was sung through without
interruption. A prayer was offered up amid
profound and decourous silence. Another
hymn 'followed, and then a sormon,
earnest, plain, practical, without a word of
cant in it. From the beginning to the end
of the exercises, save a single incipient crow,
promptly choked off, from one of the invisible
chickens, order was observed.
"I say Bill," I overheard from one of
"t' other chaps," as they made their way
out, "that parson's a trump; he preaches
a downright good lick,-and fights fair,without
bitin' or gougitr\"
It was to see the new minister's status
was settled. I have siqce heard that Bill
flrinL-eir hna Wrrnio on f>Yf>mnl.arv mfcmher
of the church, and the parson the happy
husband of the young lady, as whose champion
lie first achieved popularity.
The Warm Hand op Sympathy.?Till
we have reflected on it, we are scarcely aware
how much the sum of human happiness
in the world is indebted to this one feeling?
sympathy, We get cheerfulness and vigor,
we scarcely know how or when, from mere
association with our fellow men, and from
the looks reflected on us of gladness and enjoyment.
We catch inspiration and power
to go on, from human presence and from
cheerful looks. The workman works with'
added energy from having others by. The
full family circle has a strength and life peculiar
to its own. The substantial and the
cffectunl relief which men exteud to one is
trifling. It is by thpse, but by something
far less costly, that the work is done. God
has insured it by much mere simple machinery.
He has given to" the weakest and
poorest the power to contribute largely to
the common stock of gladness. The child's
?-i J i t. ?
smiie anu mugii are jui^iuj puncio m who
world. When bereavement has left you
desolate, what substantial benefit is there
which makes condolences acceptable? It
cannot replace the loved ones you have ltfst.
It can bestow upon you nothing permanent.
But a warm hand has touched yours, and
its thrill told you that there was a living rethere
to your emotion. One look, one human
sigh, has done more for you than the
costliest present could convey.
A FytE Poke.?How can a person be
attached to a house that has no center of
attraction, no soul in it, in the visible form
of a glowing fire, and an warm chimney,
like the heart in the body ? When you
think of the old homestead, if ever you do/
your thoughts go straight to the wide chimney
and its burning logs. No wonder
that you are ready to move from one fircplacelcss
house into another. But you have
something just as good, you say. Yes, I
have heard of it. This ago, which imitates
everything, even to the virtues of our ancestors,
has invented a fireplace, with artificial,
iron, or composition logs in it, hacked and
painted, in which gas is burned so that it
has the appearance of a wood fire.?This
1 11 1 T\ -
seems to t>e Diaspncmy. uo you uiuik a
cat would lie down before it ? Can you
poke it ? If you can't poke it, it is a fraud.
To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment
than almost anything else in the world.
The crowning human virtue in a man is to
let his wife, poke the fire.*' I do not know
how any virtue whatever is possible over an
imitation gas fog. . What a sense in sincerity
the family must have, if they indulge in the
hipocrisy of gathering about it. With this
center of untruthfulness what must the life
in the family be? Perhaps the father will
be living at the rate of ten thousand a year
on a salary of fou - thousoand : perhaps the
mother, more beautiful and younger than
her beautified daughters, will rouge; perhaps
the young ladies will make wax-work." A
cynic might suggest as the motto of.modern
life this simple legend?"Just as good as
the real." Put I am not a. cynic, and I
hope for the rekindling.of wood fires, and a
return of the beautiful light from them. If
a wood fice is a luxury, it is cheaper than
many in which we indulge without thought
and cheaper than the visits of a doctor,
made necessary by tbo want of ventilation
of the house. Not that I have anything
against doctora; I only wish,-after they
have been to see us in a way that seems so
friendly, they had nothing against us.
From "Back-Log S/iulirs," by Charles D.
Warner; Scribners Monthly.
Don't be too Sensitive.?There, are
snmp rmrmlp vps m.inv nnnnlfi alwjivs look
rwur,w; - ^ i?i j
ing out for slights. They cannot carry on
the daily intercourse of the family without
some offence is designed. They .arc as touchy
as hair triggers. If they meet an acquaintance
in the street, who happens to be preoccupied
with business, they attribute his
abstraction in some mode personal to themselves,
and take umbrage accordingly.?
They lay on others tho fault of their irritability.
A fit of indigestion makes-them sec
impertinence in everybody they come in contact
with. Innocent persons, who never
dreamed of offence, are astonished to find
some unfortunate word, or somo momentary 1
tncturnity, mistaken for an insult. To say
the least, the habit is unfortunate. It is far :
wiser to take t?he more charitable'view of our 1
fellow beings, and not suppose a slight is intended
unless tho nejilcet is open and its 1
use in a great degree from the color of our
mind. If we are frank and generous, the
world treats us kindly. If. on the contrary,
wo are suspicious, men learn to be cautious
tons. Let a person get the reputation of
being touchy, aud everybody is under more
or less restraint; and in this way the chances
of an imaginary evil are vastly increased.
' A schoolmistress asked a pupil to toll 1
what words the letters S double E spelled ?
The child was dull, and so the mistress cries,
" What is it, ou dune*, I do with my eyes?"
" Oh, yes," replied the child, "I know the
word now, ma'm, S double E iquint." 1
Important to Dealers in Real Estate.?At
the last session of the Legislature
rind Act was passed entitled "An Act to
Furthor Amend an Act Entitled "An Aot
Providing for the Assessment and. Taxation
of Property," and in that Act we find the
following paragraph, to which we would call
the particular attention of parties purchasing
lands: .
Amend Section 90 by adding: "And provided
further, That each county Auditor shall
keep a record of all sales or conveyances of
real-property made in his county, in which
he shall enter, in columns, the names of the
purcfeflsw and seller, the quality of land convcycdj^-location
and price of the same, and
ther^bmTorrectthe county duplicates annually;
and for the purpose of carrying out
this provision, the Clerks of Courts and
Registers of Mesne Conveyance of each
county arc ncreDy required to nave tne endorsement
of the county Auditor on each
and every deed of conveyance for real property,
that the same is on record in his office,"
before the same can be placed on record in
the offices of said.Olnrks of Courts or Registers
of Mesno Conveyances, and the.said county.'
Auditor shall be entitled to col]pct a fee of
twenty-five cents, for his own use, for making
such entry and endorsement."
Tiie Value op Local Governments.
?There are but few, even of the Democracy,
who appreciate fully the peril.of this nation.
It is admitted on nearly every hand that our
Government, under the control of the Republican
party, has for the period of that
control, been undergoing a" rapid and alarming
change; that the strong federal, features 1
originally impressed upon the Constitution
are fast fading away, and that we are mov-,
ing steadily into the formation of a central- 1
ized despotism. But it has not generally been 1
observed that we are incorporating into our
civil policy features which mdst centralized "
governments arc free from, and which exist 1
only in the odious tyrannies."' When it is ;
remarked that we-are losing our right of local
government, few appreciate fully the ex- 1
tont of that loss, and fewer still know that in 1
losing it the most revolting military despot- 1
ism follows as a natufal aud almost inevitable 1
LUUBUtj UULUJO. IUUCUUj uui ttuv/coiuio uiiMuivu
this right under the British Constitution, j
and when it was assailed, they regarded the <
provocation as sufficient to warrant revolu-'
tion.
if Radical Congress and a drunken Presi- i
dent have, in a few short months, deprived
us of what our ancestors won through seven <
long years of suffering and blood. No more .
fitting illustration fcould be suggested than
the fool who destroyed the beautiful temple 1
whose construction progressed through ages,
whose architecture was the handiwork of ge- i
nius and whose altar was the repository of <
jewels. These facts are worthy of cool and !
solemn reflection. The people cannot reflect t
too deliberately upon the character of their 1
rights, the source from which they spring, i
and the fearful price with which they were
bought. Peace is always desirable tud
should be the wish of cvory good citizen.? ]
But there is darger in the delusions of a i
safety purchased at tho cxpense-of all that is i
worth living for. There was a goherous de- <
spair that sprung from the high sentiments <
of nnr fntVinra TrtiifOi mnrln flipm tnn nohlfl tr? '
be followed by i ervile children. They presen- i
ted human nature in its grandest form.? ]
There is something sublime in the record of <
their glorious achievements. Kings were I
not only their pupils but their suppliants, i
and princes were not regarded as targets too i
good for their "villainous, saltpetre." Ttyey i
had a scorn of danger and a fierce, tiger I
spirit, that not only made them brave but
terrible. They knew their rights and main- j
tained them. They .were not appalled at i
impossibilities. They plucked victory from
the very jaws of despair, and won the right !
to live as freemen.?N. Hampshire Patriot. '
A Model Legislator.?A correspond- (
ent, M., in a long communication to the
Chesterfield Democrat, charges R. James i
Donaldson with being the instigator , if not
the actual perpetrator, of all the so-called Ku ;
klux outrages in the county, includig then ]
murder of Melton. Ho gets forth the rca- ,
sons for his belief at length. Donaldson, it
will be recollected, is one of the very worst of
the carpet-baggers that were stranded on this
shore by the receding tide of war, and has j
been a thorn in the flesh of the people of the 1
Pee Dec country from '65 to this day. J ike ;
Whiltcmore, Donaldson is a Northern Meth- j
oiiint preacner. ne nas neen cngagea in
politics, gold mines, the lnnd commission and
general merchandise. JIc is now. or lately
has been internal revenue collector, and in
all these several widely different employments
has somehow managed to get the ill-will of all
honest men with whom he came in contact.
One of the most proininct Republican officials
is our authority for his goneral character.
Daily Ncia.
Tin: ^Situation in Nortii Carolina.
An address to the people of North Carolina
appears in the Raleigh Sentinel, signed by
W. II. Battle, B. F. Moore, T. Bragg, G.
V. Strong, L. H. Rogers, and men recognized
as conservative leaders, which is in avowed
response to one put forth not long ago*
by Gov. Caldwell, in which that funcdona- 1
ry lamented a lawlessness which he assert- 1
ed prevailed in a number of localities, and j
threatened the people that if it was not put
down ho would call for tnoops to put it
down. The present address reminds the i
people that tho lawless bands are confined i
to a very few localities and have no political j
affiliation whatever. But the conservative i
nartv is held responsible for all violence of i
this'sort. Tho signers call, therefore, upon <
all good men of the State to assist the officers <
of the law in ferreting out secret offenders,
in bringing them to punishment, and
establishing order and law, everywhere. ]
Especially are all illicit organisations de- 1
nounced. . - j
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At Hartford, Conn., Frederick C. Hall, <
(colored,) convicted of murder, has been sen- i
teneed to be hanged oa the 3d of July, 1372, ]
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CAptotte Qjr A Wild MAH.-7Somptime
before the ITul: o?last"month, jhe attention
of persons living near the nae of Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, and in the neighborhood
of Backbone Cut, had been directed
to a colored man, who seemed to be dodging
about the woods and unwilling to be
seen. On Oednesday week he approached
too near the hands of Mr- Mason, who were
at work on the railrosd, who, to their
astonishment found the man to be as naked
as when he came into the world.
He was arrested by them, but failed to
answer a single question, he being cither unable
or unwilling. Every motion and gesture
and even the expression of the fellow's eyes,
proved conclusively that he was not only an
A xl_ MJ TT _ _
iuiol uut pcnecuy wiia. xie was enuny
unable to give an account of himself, and
did not even know bis name. The only
sound be could make resembled tbo jabbor
of monkeys. He was taken in charge, and
rbe proper authorities will probaly send him
to a lunatic asylum.?Richmond Cispaich.
Now that the war between Frano# and
Prussia is over, the German heroes wko carried
away from the occupied French districts
such war "trophies" as clocks, bronzes,
clothing, gold and silver wartchesr jewelry
and other handy relics, whereby to remember
the dayff^f conflict^ will be compelled,
by official decree, to surrender these articles,
to the German authorities. Rigorous'search
will be made* where it is suspected that articles
are concealed. Only articles taken on
the battfe-hcld or in arsenals will be permit-:
ted to remain in private possession -as souenirs
of the. campaign, and even- these will
have to he paid for at a valuation io be fixed
by the authorities. It is not stated, however,
that these eaptured spoils are to. he.restored?
to their FrenchcOwhers. r
The Charlottesville (Va.) InteUigenctr
jays: A few dayB ago, twedty or thirty
persons, who had joined a bojored church
near Charlottsuijln,' were baptized.After
the baptismal reroce, the membersnll jyithdrow
to -the meeting house,- tcpretake of
sacrament It was then made known that
several of the newly baptised had, voted the
Conservative ticket during the recent election,
whereupon"they were not permitted to!
commune with the rest. - 7
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A despatch from London annonrfces that
a marriage has been negotiated between the
Duke of'Edinburg and the Prinoesa Thyra,
of Denmark, sister to the Princess of Wales.
If the announcement is true, the Duke must
be congratulated, as the -Princess is said to
be a very pretty and aimiable girl. The
King of Denmark is the best matchmaker
in Europe. One of his daughters will be
Queen of Great Britian, another will be
Empress of Russia, and now we have a third
to bo the Duchess of Edinburg. As is well
known, the present King of Greece is his
3on.
A Chinese Will.?A Chinaman died,
leaving his property by will to his three
sons as follows: To Fum-Hum, his eldest,
me-half thereof; Nu.Pin, his. second son,
Dno-third thereof, and Ding-Bat, his youngjst,
one-ninth thereof. When the property
ivas inventoried it was found to consist of
nothing more nor less than seventeen elephants,
and it puzzled these throe heirs to
decide how to divide the property according
to the terms of the will withodtrchopping
up the- seventeen elephants, and thereby
impair their value. Finally they applied t&
i wise neighboi, Slum-Punk, for advice.
Sum-Punk had an elephant of his own.
He drove it into thdyard with the seventeen,
and said: "Now we will'Buppose that your
father left these eighteen elephants. FunHum,
take your half and depart."" So FunHum
took nine elephants and went his
way. "Now, Nu-Pin, said the wise man,
'take your third and git." So Nu-Pin took
six elephants and traveUed. "Now, DingBat,"
said the wise man, "take yonr ninth
and begoue." So Ding-Bat took two elephants
and absquatulated. Then SumPunk
took his own elephant and drove him
homo again. Query?Was the property
divided according to the terms of tne will ?
Exchange.
Thfl ChieflW* Trilmnp. miowatu in ti'pw nf
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the conviction of the Hon. Mr. Bowen for
bieamy, that it would be well, since the
Bowens and Whittemores are developing so
plentifully in the Palmetto State, for the
electors of that commonwealth to choose one
or two alternates at each election, to tako
the seats in the House as fast as they are
vacated by the expulsion of members, or their
conviction of felonies. Bowen was not, to
be sure, sent to prison until after his term
expired; but then he was, as one might say,
eligible to that institution during his entire
term.
Drinking in the Dark.?People should
aever drink in the dark, Louis Lorelli, rending
at 352 East 'street, If. Y., feeling
thirsty last Thursday night, rose from his
bod and drank what he supposed to be water,
there being no light in the room. He immediately
experienced a dreadful sensation
[n the throat, and he soon discovered that he
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poor man (llod in great agony before daybreak.
" What are you disturbing|thc whole house
with your yells in this way for? do:landed
\ New Jersey landlord of a guest whom k?
Found late at night in seeming pursuit of inrisible
foes, and yelling at the top of his
iroice. " I'm shouting the battle cry of fleaiom,"
answered the guest, as he went ahead
with his search and his yells.
A library in the museum at Cassel, Germany,
is made from. 500 European trees. -The
jack of each volume is formed of the bark of
i tree, the sides of the porfetft wood, the top
)f young wood and the bottom of old. When
jpened, the book is found to be a box, containing
the flower, seed; fruit, and leaves of
tie tree, githqc dried or imprinted on wax.
Tbi Aurora ft -^n "of Storm.
.From'tHS Nether-Locbftber Correspond once of
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A meteorological- fact wbrtb chronicling is
that ovary 'storm "of Spy violence that has occurred
within the. l^fc;j?veh- W>bths;Tuu? In . ^
every instance without exception, been heralded
by f an auroral, display, of more dofclees
brillianoy, the storm generally proving yiobrill.ancy
of^tbe^auroril!li|^^'^^^^5ag
to our meteorological notofnlicL icQ find' tbat
the storm and &urom were generally operated
by an in terval of from ten to fifteen hours
four and twenty hours elapsing * only in,Wo v
instances, and m these cases the storm, even
if severe, was hut of short duration,' as if
its force had been well-nigh1! expended'and
its energies exhausted ere it reached, in*: So
marked, indeed, and constant was the connection
thus observabled>etween the aurora
and storms toward the end: of Jast;!*?Uubn
and winter and spring months, that it perforce
fastened itself on the attention,"of the
meet careless, and unobservant of 'such .phenomena,
so that^it became ^qtiifea .common
thing latterly id hear it remarked among the
people, "We \shall. have* .storm soon4the
merry, daooersr were very brightdast, pight"
We had occasion'tobe riding homewaphs
at a late hoar on the night of the 2d inst.,
under a clear starlit 8kyf !whenitowafd midnight
the north and' northwestern heavens
suddenly, stared up-, VJth bright ' aurora
light, which spread out. .in - Inroad sheets
through;which^wa^e after-*{jve, iast apd
furious as the fluttering of a banner In-a gale
of wind, flashed and flickered with astonishing
rapidity, and .-a vis tipa that seemed
thoroughly to -pendente, ito-every particle,
and to excite them infO ihe. .liveliest possible
action; : It.contioued thus for-upward of an t
houi'V3^hefl it suddenly ifesoWeif itself into a
pale-green .flush on toe face of the heavens
and soon after finally' disappeared. Next
morng was one of- bright Junshine,. with a
gentle breesedromthe^iflhj,andyojn would lave
said that any ene^femarklug "that it
iras.a fine day, . and likely- to- continue so,
could hardly 1m--mistaken;' Remembering the
previous night; tfowefejr, we observed to
a plowman on his waj with his horses to a
field; that be would probably h^ve to unyoke
before the usual hour' in thisevening, for
that antorm of wind and lain was imminent,
for all so fine a morning aa it seemed^. RuantiTAts^
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ed its, Bright, unclouded circumference, and
looked atus with astonishment, .bo impressed
was he with the ttnlihelihoodness of
our prediction being verified ' on this- occasion
; at all events, though, as a rule, he
professed no small faith at the value of our
meteorological vaticination. Verified, however,
it was, and to the letter, for before dinner
one of the severest gales of the season
suddenly Sprang up from the south, with
deluges of cold, sleety rain, that in less than
one hour's time filled the rivers to overflowing,
and sent each mountain rivulet a red
and roaring torrent to the sea. We speak,
of course, of our own West Highlands only,
when we affirm that it may he taken as a rulo
which an occasional.exception will only.tend
to establish the moVe firmly, that a bright
auroral display js always and invariably followed
by a heavy rainfall:'
The. second annual coined of the Indian
Tribes inhabiting the Indian Territory is in
session at Ocmulgee for.the purpose.-of forming
? rnrififc-t.ntihn^frtr a np>miirw?nt.
merit During the"first day's session speeches
w^jre made, to the Indians by Qens. . .8her- man
and Marcy.. -The delegates are mostly educated
men, and are exceedingly anxious c.
ttf bring the tribes together under a civilized
form of government. *-" -:J '
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CtJttlOUS PUTREFACTION.?A Western K
exchange vouches for the following: ...
A few days ago, about a dozen men were *
engaged in clearing a large spring from .
which the people obtain water for irrigation, .
they found, standing erect in the spring,
what had been a two year, old heifer in,an
advanced stage of petrefaotion. Xhe ani
mal is so complete unit even the ear marks
are plainly visible. The work of pefrefah
i J..1 r it. o it*
wuu uap pruceeueu so jar in me cage ai hub
heifer that it is quite hard, and if left in tbo
spring sometime longer, it would, doubtless
be completed. We think that it would be
advisable to let it remain until the full result
is obtained, as a petrefied animal entire,
would be a great curiosity, and would be a
valuable acquisition to the growing and. interesting
specimens at the Deserct Museum.
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Saining Knowledge.?Learning will:
accumulate wonderfully if you add a little
every day. Do not wait for a long period of'
leisure. Pick up the book and gain one new
idea, if no more. Save that one, and add'
another as soon as you can. Says an old;.
Sootch adage: Many a little makes a mickl&,
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The sweet potato has a great future, lb
has been discovered that from it can bq extracted
a syrup that far surpasses that of the
beet, and even the sorghum, in delicacy of'
flavor, while the yield is more abundant..
The average produot of a bushel of sweet potatoes
of the yam variety is alleged to be over
two gallons, which would give from 3CK> to.
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rage production on poor and sandy soil ik
from 150 to 180 bushels per acre'. iAnd
even after the svrup has been extracted tho
residue is pronounced a valuable edible for
both man and beast. It thus seems that the
sweet potato is- to play the same role in eer-*
^arts of our countrv. where it is rata#*! in
gre^t abundance, as the bread-fruit in the
South Sea Islands; as it.can be used in ita
various forms as an esculent in making bread,
in the brewing of beer, as a substitute far
ooffee for the production of syrup, and far
fattening pigs and other farm animals.
The Postoffice Department ia congratulating
itself on the increased prospect of ma.
king the postal service self-sustaining. It
is found that the revenue thereof for the
present year is $1,000,000 more than it was
hat year.
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