Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30? 1894. The Colorado Beetle. There is DO doubt tb at tbe vaoguard of the great pest of ravagers of potato fields is upoo os. For several days past our gardeners have been perplexed by the appearance opon their potato vines of an on? known and destructive insect, which upon examination proves to be tbe Colorado potato beetle or eotomologi eally speaking the Dorypkora dectm Lineata. First discovered sod reported io the hr West,, he han reverted the coarse of basan migration and turned bis bead eastward, traveling three hundred and sixty miles in six years or sixty miles per an oom, which brought him some years ago to the Northern Atlantic States. How we ha re escaped bis destructive presence thus far it is diffi? cult to say. But bo is here and some . idea may be formed of his possibilities pf .mischief, when it is steted on emi? nent authority that "the result of a single pair, if allowed to increase without molestation, would in ooe season amount to over sixty millions." ?The perfect insect" or beetle is de scribed by the Entomologist of the Agricultural Department in Washing? ton, as "shoot half an inch in length, of a thiek oval shape, and of a yellow? ish cream color, with ten black lines running lengthwise down the wing ' covers-five oo each side." The female deposits her eggs to the number of from 700 to 1200 oo the young leaves of the potato. The Larva?* in which form they appear io j our potato patch 33 and commit their ravages "batch oat in a few days aod feed from 17 to 20 days" when they "bury themselves in the earth where they remain as papas and emerge io 10 or 12 days as perfect beetles to de? posit more eggs for .a second genera? tion." "There are said to be three broods annually io Missouri aod Illi? nois, the last brood remaining under ground all winter aod appearing as per? fect beetles the following spring." He is oot sufficiently oomeroos as yet to materially affect the spring crop which will be matured before he is reinforced by a second generation, but be will assuredly assail io multi? plied force the fall crop. Tbe Larva io which state we see. him is described as follows : "At first dark reddish brown, but becomes paler and brightens as it matures. The head is black, and it bas a ring of black oo the first segment of its body sod two rows of black spots on each side." I have not succeeded in finding the perfect beetle, aod if aoy of the read? ers of this will leave a specimen io your office I will be glad to sse it. It Will be recognized by the description above. , Remedies.-Paris greeo or Loodoo purple seem to be specifies aod safe of use with prudence. The authority from which I have quoted says : "TD summing up all the evidence oo the subject of remedies, it appears that band picking, especially very early io the season, when the in? sects first appear, and before they have had time to hy their eggs is highly advantageous, aod that the use of Paris greeo is recommended by the best authorities; but that wheo usiog this daogeroos poison the greatest ?care should be taken wheo dusting the plants that none of it is carried by the wiod oo the persoo of the operator, Or oo aoy neighbors fruit, vegetables, or forage crops, aod that it should be mixed with at least ten to twelve parts of floor, plaster or some other material, aod that ao overdose is apt to kill the plants, besides leaviog a residum io the soil which may prove injurious to the crops." Mr. Geo. H. Stahl, of Quiocy, III., io a pamphlet oo infects, eke, says : "The best remedy for this pest is Loodoo purple or Paris green usiog ooe pound of the poisoo to 200 gallons of water" aod used as a spray.-Exch In the Cheering-up Business. When the hard tines began last year it was reported that a clever woman declared that if she had to earn her living she would become a "general sympathizer," going to any one who wished to pour out her trou? bles aod worries, listening and com? forting for a fixed 6um per hour ; the interviews to be strictly confidential, and the professional sympathizer never to allow herself to have pains or trials greater than those of her client. This seemed au odd little fancy, as impracticable as original, until a short time ago, wheo, reading over the lists which a Woman's Exchange prepares to meet the wants of its patrons, the eye fell upon this item : "lu the cheering-np business. A lady wbo has had successful expe? rience will read to or amuse invalids or convalesceots." Then there is such an occupation, after all, and one which this cheering lady has made successful as well. How does she manage ber delicate work ? by what cunningly devised means bas she bot? tled np the sunshine which carries its brightness into the lives of those who are strangers to ber ? and from what founts does she draw sparkling exhilarating draogbte? and who, after she bas spent her day in "read? ing to and amusing i i va) ids and con? valescents.'7 cheers her when twilight gives her back to herself? It is a beautiful and self-effacing occupation, demanding speeial gifts of tact and sweetness, and calli for keenness of eye and quickness ear, and also, contradictorily enoug for a certain judicious near-sigh te ness and mental deafness, which c leave unnoticed and unheard ali th tends to mar the perfect harmoi which it is so essential to maintai Yet while as a means of gaining livelihood the business is undoubted new, it is really an old, very ol vocation, to which from time imnc moria! women have spontaneous devoted themselves. In the hon nest, as daughter and sister, a w man learns to express the sympatl of a loving heart, and in the new i lations of wife aud mother her oppo tuuities increase immeasurably ai unceasingly. Upon the so-calh weaker partner has ever fallen tl duty of lightening by her rea< responsive cheerfulness the burdei borne by her lord and master. Wh< everything down town goes wron borne is made to take o? more thi its usual attractiveness, and tl domestic atmosphere has a soothit calm which refreshes the tired ma whose wife and bairnies are at the brightest when poor papa comes i A married man is more apt to r trieve his fallen fortunes and t reinstate himself more speedily thi the unfortunate bachelor, whose onl comfort is that when he puts on h hat his whole family is under it ! It is by no means claimed that w men have a monopoly of this inspiri ing, bliss-imparting quality, yet it always conceded to be such a rig! womanly talent that the highest cou pliment that can be paid to one < the otber sex is to liken his powers < sympathy to those of ours. Th men whom one must depend on in th dark hours of life, when il ness and sorrow and losses depree the most buoyant' nature, ofte possess in the highest degree th power of cheering-physicians, whos mere presence seems to bring heal ing ; lawyers and clergymen, whos help glows with the unaffected good ness of their sunny natures ; am others weighted with the exact inj cares of business life, who yet have ; pleasant word and a bright smile h even the darkest hour of their owi troubles. Blessed be all, of whatever age sex, or condition, who are 'Mn th< cheering up business !" Beginning at the Beginning "What is New Year, anyhow mamma ?" asked a small boy, turning away from a plateful of ?New Yeai presents. "It is the first day of another lon| year," answered ?ais mother. "Win ter and spring and summer and fal all have to find three months apiece for their work in this year of 189i and this is the first day of it." "Won't it be jolly when summer comes?" asked the little fellow. "I'll be a heap bigger boy then, so ] can have a garden of my own. I'll plant it full of strawberries, mother, j and grapes, and apples, and good j things. Simon only has a few old ! potatoes and things, and all the rest turnips. 1 hate turnips. How long will it be before I have strawberries in my garden, mamma f " "Never," she replied, "if you go to work in that way." "What way ?" asked Robert. "Beginning at the wrong end," answered mother. "If you don't do your winter work in winter time, be sure, my man, you wuii't be ready for summer work when summer comes " "There ain't any winter work for me, 1 'spect," said Rob, hastily, going back to his toys on the breakfast-table. The vision of plant ing strawberries was delightful, but he did not feel at all like doing any? thing this particular New Years morning. "Marster Robert," said Simon, coming in with a great tray to carry off the breakfast dishes, "cook says you promised to sweep her a path to the pump for them there doughnuts what she done gi'e you yes'erday." "There !" said Rob's mother, smil? ing? "your work 5s calling you, little man ; and I'll tel! you a secret ; the better you do it to-day, the better your strawberries will ripen next June." "Now, mother, you're just talkin' fun," protested the unwilling little worker. "Simon, does sweeping j snow make strawberries get ripe?" *I don't know 'bout dat, marster," j said Simon, with a chuckle, "but 1 j 'low it make little marster more filten to work dem strawberries and weed j 'em clean, and dat make 'em git j ripe." So Rob's first 6tep in the year's ! work was a clean path to the pump, j -Sunbeam. - The New York Board of Health j wants to have a law passed to pro-1 hibit selling candy "brandy drops" to children. They say there is a big drunk in about six drops. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, of Fhila- j delphia, a poet of no mean reputation, and a good Churchman withal, is giv ! ing readings in the large cities, and the proceeds will be devoted to the preservation of Roanoke Island, N. C., where in 1584 the first foot prints of the English race on this continent were impriuted, and where three years later Virginia Dare, the first American child, was born A tract of 240 acres, including these historic remains, is now for sale, and it is proposed to raise ?15,000, incor? porate a stock company, and preserve from further decay Raleigh's Fort. x?jgMT0r r HATCH $??3$)' OUT A CHICKEN! Neither will proclamations on dead walis revive languishing trade. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING Is the great INK-UBA TOR FOR HATCHING OUT BUSINESS. HAIR DYEING AN ANCIENT ART? Prom Cleopatra Down Women Hare Ba? sorted to tbe Dangerons Practice. The art of dyeing the hair is at least as old ss the time of Christ. It was by resorting to such aids to bean ty that Cle? opatra tried to capture Caesar. All through history ladies of fashion have tried to improve upon nature by artifi? cially coloring that which St. Paul tells us is their glory. In the heyday of Venice the facile beauties of the city of the lagoons dyed their hair a red. to which Titian was not ashamed to affix his name. The belle of belles in that day had red hair-not bright red, but a dull red with glints of crimson. More recently almost in our own time-a rage arose for bright blond hair, as to which there was a tradition that it had been popular with the Greek hetairae. Blond heads blocked the thorough? fares, and young ladies of good repute did not disdain to employ the dyer until his services were monopolized by another class. In our day- the popular color is a bright shade of auburn-the blond cen? dre of the boulevards-and silly girls go through martyrdom to impart that tint to their locks. For the popularity of blond hair the argonaut finds this ex? cuse, that it is rarer than black or brown hair and finer. Everybody knows that the legend of the golden fleece was sug? gested by the ardor with which Jason and other Greek connoisseurs pursued the blond haired maidens of Colchis. Almost all hair dyes consist of sulphur and acetate of lead, both of which are injurious to so delicate a plant as human luir. A steady course of either will im? pair the vitality of the hair papilla and may destroy the medulla altogether. Women who bleach their hair use per? oxide of hydrogen, which after a time imparts an unnatural and wiglike luster to the hair. A more dangerous dye still has for its basis nitrate of silver. When this is used, the hair is first washed with sulphuret of potassium. The nitrate is applied while it is still wet. In all these cases the drug is adul? terated with a pigment of the desired color, and the effect for the time is to substitute that color for the natural hue of tile cortical atestan ce or hair bark. It need hardly be said that the effect of a continued use of such medicaments is to enfeeble and ultimately to rot the root sheaths. Baldness then ensues, and f~. that science has discovered no remedy. Detroit Free Press. A Brave Little Girl. A desperate attempt to wreck a train \ was made at the little town of McComb, 10 miles northwest of Findlay, 0., a few nights ago. The attempt was made on the fast express east bound on the Nickel Plate. A pile of ties were placed on the track half a mile west of town. The ob? struction was discovered by a little 10 year-old girl, who bravely flagged the passenger train in time to prevent its destruction.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch. For Over Fifty Years. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for children teeihinp. lt soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is tbe best remedy for Diar? rhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottle. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. Wh?n she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them Castoria DB. E. C. WEST'S NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT? MENT, a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Fits, Neu? ralgia, Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by nlcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental Depression, Softening of Brain, causing insanity, misery, decay, death, Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power in either sex, Impotency, Leuoorrhcea and all Female Weaknesses, Involuntary Losses, Sperma? torrhoea caned by over-exertion of brain, Self abuse, over-indulgence. A month's treatment, fl, 6 for $5, by mail. With each order for 6 boxes, with $5 will send written guarantee to refund if not cured. Guarantees issued by agent. WEST'S LIVER PILLS cures Sick Headache, Biliousness, Liver Complaint, Sour Stomach, Dyspepsia and Constipation. GUARANTEES issued only by J. F. W. DeLornae, Samter, S. C. ? m RRilUllA rOS EITHER SEX. This remedy I I? RR ILM 7Skb*mS ?nj??*d directly to the se? cf Sab WU VIV %9 those diseases of the Genitourinary Or "?^^^"."^??..?^""? cms, requires no change of diet or nauseous, mercurial or poisonous med? icines to bc token internally. Vf ben , used - - AS A PREVENTIVE j by either sex it 5s impossible to contract j any venereal disease; but in tho case of j those already U sm ?TUS ATELY AITUCTXO I with Gonorrhoea and Gleet, we guarda, too acure. Price by mail, postage- paik, ? ?1 per bas, or C beses for SS* ForsalebyDr. J.F. W. DeLorme, Sumter. S.C. I -.--i-.---?-. i LADIES 1)0 KW KNOW DR. FELIX LE BRUN'S STEEL PD PEHHYBOYHL PILLS are the original and only FRENCH, safe and re? liable cure on the market. Price $1.00; 6ent by mail. Genuine sold only by Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme, Sumter, S. C. "VITAL TO MANHOOD. Y. M. C. A. Until farther notice, the Reading Room of the Y. M. C. ?. will he open daily from 8 30 to 10 Pi M. Dailies, weeklies, monthlies, will be found there. Also, the Library from the S. L. t. has been removed to the rooms of the Y. M. C. A. An earnest invitation is extended to all to visit the rooms and take advan? tage of the reading matter. 0TT0F. WEITERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, AND LIQUOR DEALER, OFFICE AND SALESROOM : 183 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Nov. 7-0 The Great Farm, Industrial and Stock Journal of the South. ONS YE AB. FOB $1. Sample copies will be mailed FREE on ap plication to THE CULTIVATOR PUBLISHING CO., Box 415, Atlanta, Ga. REMOVAL. LEVAN'S BARBER SHOP bas been removed to the room over Mr. B. J. Barnett's store, io bis new building on Main Street." Thanking my friends for past favors I solicit their continued patronage io my new stand, where I am better prepared to serve them with satisfaction to them, as well as myself. Respectfully. JOSEPH LEVAN. Dec 6-4. FOR -FULL ASSORTMENT BEST NEW GARDEN SEED, -FULL LINE Purest Bus ai Chemicals, CALL ON J. S. HUGHSON & CO., Monaghan Block. MAIN STREET, Feb 8. SUMTER, S. C. L.D.JOHNSTON, SUMTER,'S. C. -THE Practical Carpenter, Contractor and Builder, WOULD RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens of Sumter and surrounding country that be is prepared to furnish plans, and estimates on brick and wooden buildings. All work entrusted to bim will be done first class. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Aug 19_ Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO. f. STEFFENS & SON, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C -Ageots for MOTT'S CIDER, RED SEAL CIGARS, and DOVE HAMS. opJE ^CAVEATS JRADE MARKS S COPYRIGHTS CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT? For* prompt answer and an honest opinion, write to MUNN & CO., wbo have had nearly fifty years' experience in the patent business. Com mon i ca? tions strictly confidential. A Handbook of In? formation concerning Patents and how to ob? tain them aent free. Also a Catalogne of mechan? ical and scientific booka sent free. Patents taken through Munn A Co. receive special notice in the Scientific American, and thus are Drought widely before the potf ic with? out cost to the inventor. This splendid paper, {saned weekly, elegantly illustrated, has by far the largest circulation of any scientific work in the i SS a year. Sample copies sent free. [ Ed t?on, monthly, SlSO a year. Single . [pents. Every number contains beau plate*, in Colors, ?nd photographe of new houses, with plana, enabling builders to show the latest deafens and secure contracts. Address MUNN A CU, Nsw TOBE. 361 BROADWAY. for Infants and Children ** Castorfs is so well adapted to childrc. thar I recommend it as superior to any prescription : nowa to EIC" IL A. ASCHER, ZL D., HI So. Oxford Ct., Eroctlyn, Y. "The use of 'Castoria is so universal and i:s merits so well known tnat it seems a work of supererogation tb endorse it Few arc the intelligent families who do cot keep Castoria within easy reach.'* CARLOS MARTYN, D. D... Kew York City TEE CENTAUR COMPACT, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YOSX CITY. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Ells Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di? gestion, Without injurious medication. "For several years I have recommended your 'Castoria,1 and shall always continue to do sa as it has invariably produced beneficial results." EDWH? F. PARDEE, 31. DM 126th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. New Orleans Molasses In Barrels, Half Barrels and Kegs. Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Crackers, Meat, Lard, Cheese, Starch, Soap, And everything nice in the Grocery Line WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Call and See Us. Our Retail Department is Complete. Schwerin & Co. Feb. 7. Watches, Diamonds, Sterling and Plated Silverware! LARGE STOCK SUITABLE FOR WEDDING PRESENTS. Clocks, Optical Goods, Fine Knives, Scissors and Razors, Machine Needles, &c. FOLSOM. SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH. ESTABLISHED 1868. SumteiN S. C. THE INTERNATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. A Modern Work of reference for the Home, Library, Office or School. 15 Royal Octavo Vols., 50,000 Titles, 125 Double Page Maps, 150 Double Page Illustrations. Cash or easy payments. Write for terms to CHAS. H. CHAPMAN, . P, 0 Box, 195, Charleston, S. C, General Southern Agent. Feb 14-x LOW FOR CASE" A CAR LOAD OF Fine Buggy Horses* A Full Line of . OLD HICKORY WAGONS, BUGGIES. CARRIAGES. HARNESS, WHIPS, ETC. ALL FOR SALE LOW FOR CASH. W. M. GRAHAM. Jan. ll. I RETAIL White Corn at 75c. per bushel io sacks, Mixed Oats, at 55c, " " " " Ship Stuff, at $1.25 per 100 lbs., in sacks. Choice Timothy Hay, $1.20 per 100 lbs., in balee. Cotton Seed Meal, at ?1.30 per sack. Cotton Seed Hulls, at $4 50 per ton in bulk. Lime, $1.25 per barrel. I ALSO SELL Rosendale and Portland Cement, Plaster of Paris, Fire Bricks, Flue Pipe, And Other Building Material. Cow Hair, Sewer Pipe, Special Prices on Large Lots, H. HARBY.