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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-11-17

Poison AS A REGULAR DIET.--It is q COM
mon assertion that "the human body can ac-
custom itself to anything" ard though this is
an exaggeration, the capacity of the physical
system to sustain conditions which, it would
seem, should destroy it, is most wonderful
fact. Opium-eaters commonly reach capaci-
ty for assimilating or neutralizing the deadly
properties of the drug, almost inconceivable,
when we consider that very small proportions
of it will destroy life in those not so habitua-
ted. Arsenic and belladonna are much more
commonly used than is generally supposed
used chiefly by the fair sex, to improve their
personal appearance and apparent health. AS
to the use of arsenic, there abound in some
districts of lower Austria and Styria, and espe-
cially in the mountainous regions bordering on
Hungary, numbers OF persons ,N, VINO make a
constant practice of eating as much arsenic l
per diem as would serve to kill off large pop,
ulation of such as were not regularly educated
to the "arsenic habit This habit obtains
chiefly among the peasants of these localities,
and is followed for the purpose of encouraging
a healthy appearance Of the skin; arsenic be-
ing, as has already been shown, a remarkable
preservative of the form and color of the tis-
sues, even after death. 1t is also eaten in those
mountainous countries to improve respiration
in climbing lofty and nearly inaccessible
heights. A norsel of this poison, dissolved in
the mouth, produces the most surprising re-
suits, and enables the pedestrian to bear expo
sure and fatigue without difficulty or danger.
These poison eaters commence with something
less than half grain, taken fasting, and grad
ually increase in dose, eating it daily through
long life, and only suffering when, by any ac-
cidcnt, they are compelled to dispense with it.
One hale and hearty old man, upward of sixty
years of age, had taken arsenic in four grain
doses daily for moro than forty years. Many,
however, die from carelessness in its use; and
it is found that cessation from the practice pro-
duces the symptoms of poisoning by arsenic,
and health is only regained by return to the
habit. In Vienna, arsenic is commonly given
to horses to make them fat and sleek. In
Constantinople, and in Peru and Bolivia, cor
rosive sublimate is eaten for the same purpose.
1t is very remarkable fact that nearly all pei
SONS have been found to be antidotes to other
poisons, and also curative agents for diseases
which present the same morbid conditions.
Thus, in India, arsenic is one of the ingredi-
ents of very valuable antidote against the
poison of serpents.-Appleton's Journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-11-17

- Among che noted arrivals at New York
last week was the entrance of runaway horse
Tito the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-11-17

A New RADICAL DopeE-LooK Our,
SAMBo, FOR Your H1DE.-Forney in his
Philadelphia Press felicitates his party on the
fact that recent experiments have demonstra.
ted that the cuticlc of negro can be engrafte,d1
on white man, 'If," says Forney, "a small
piece of dark skin can be made to grow upon
a white man, his whole cutaneous covering
might thus be changed to that of an African
hue and structure. And if the skin, why may
not the hair meaning the wooD be transplant
ed too?" :,
This is a dangerous discovery, for we shall
expect to hear Of carpet-baggers who are daily ~
growing out of favor with the sooty sons OF
ping into their skins. Once establish the fact
that a mean white man can transfer his cuticle
in this way, and we would not insure the life
of negro in the State. They will be scalped
from their crowns to their heels by their Radi-
cal friends, who will willingly be fayed alive
20 enable them to fill the offices of the country.
Having forfeited their characters, it will be a
small matter to give up their hides for the sake
of securing the negro vote.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-11-17

MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF EGGs.-Wc find
the following in an exchange: The white OF an
egg has proved of late the most effcaclous rem
edy d for burns. Seven or eight applications OF
this substance sooths the pain, and ehectually
excludes the burned parts from the air; This
simple remedy seems preferable to collodion, or or
even cotton. Extraordinary stories are % tola Of .:
the healing properties of new oil which n, is
easily made from the yGksa OF ne mems t eggs Inc
then then removed, crushed and placed over the fire,
where they are carefully stirred until the whole
substance is just on the point of catching, fire,
when the oil separates and may be poured off.
One yolk will yield nearly two teaspoonfuls OF
oil. 1t is in general use among the coionists OF
South Russia as a means of curing cuts, bruises
and scratches.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-11-17

- 1t is not always he who has the most nose,
who knows the most.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-11-17

PRODUCE MORE AND BUY LESS.
AS an individual grows rich by what he saves
rather than by what he makes 80 community
thr;yes by the amount of its surplus more than
by the extent of its sales. How often has the
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-05-27

GREEK gRIGANDs.

There is curious account, published in
January, 1869, of the system of brigand-
age as it is now carried on in Greece. The
pamphlet, written in modern Greek, is by
certain Andrew Moskonisco, a cavalry
lieutenant. He states that after the fall OF
Constantinople, in 1853, ard the subjuga-
ton of Greece by the Turks, bands of pa
triots, particularly from among the tribes
known as the Cleptai and the Armatoli
joined together to resist the tyrants, and,
retreating to the mountains and fastholds
OF nature, there set up code of laws, and
formed a small but independent govern
ment in the midst ofthe conquered country
Gradually, however, these heroes dwindled
into robbers; and the warfare against tyr
amy became spelling of the weak
Their code of laws, as at present existing
is strange mixture of barbarity and chiv.
airy. 1t contains fifteen clauses, which are
as follows:
l. All treachery to be punished by cut
ting OFT the extremities of the traitor, as an
example to others.
2. On second offence, the traitor to be
killed and exposed.
3. The rich to the captured, and not al
lowed to depart till they have paid ransom
and sworn not to injure the brigands by a
relation of their adventures to the authori-
ties
4. The captives, if not ransomed, to be
strangled.
5. If the ransom be short of the sum
named, lots to be drawn whether the cap
tive shall go free, having one ear cut off to
show that the sum was deficient, or shall
be killed.
6. Captives once ransomed must, if re-
captured, pay second time.
Z. All soldiers to be killed.
s. The bearers of the ransom to be re-
spected, and small money to be given them
on their departure.
0. After the ransom is paid, before the
captive is released, he is to be kept and en-
tertained some few days, to see what man
ner of man he is; and before he goes his
beard is to be shaved off
10. All robbers plotting with govern
ment to be killed.
II. No one to be admitted into the band
as member who has not previously com
mitted criminal act.
IL. Should captive escape his keeper
is to be held responsible, and expelled from
the band.
10. Never to steal the goats and sheep
from the shepherds, but to pay for all ia
ken.
IA. To offer gifts at any monastery or
hermitage, by way ofexpiration for sin.
IS. Not to be cruel to captives; to go
shares in everything; and never to injure
women.
1t is the shepherds who support the bri-
pands and by whose means they are so well
hid from the authorities. The shepherds
supply them with bread meat, and wine,
serve them as guides IN hines of danger,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-05-27

sY@ A guilty conscience is the devils
anvil, on which he fabricates all those
swords and spears with which the sinner
pierces himself,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-05-27
The Language of the Beasts and Birds.

1t is common saying that man is dis
tlnguished from brutes by the noble Gift of
speech, but in this we are assuming alto
gether too much We call all animals
dumb, and imply certain pity in the
word; but in some native language of their
own they may be calling us likewise poor
dumb creatures, and commiserating our in
ability to frame their speech. The sounds
they utter, which are unintelligible to us,
and which we are content to describe as
Growing, cackling, neighing, mewing,
chlrplng, barking, may each be the articu-
lated words of unwritten dialects, in which
every species finds expression for its
thought and desire. Who ever heard a
Hook ducks quacking together as they
waddled along i'll single file toward pond
and was not convinced that they were hold
ing sweet and earnest converse by the way?
who can listen to quarrel between
martins and swallows in early spring, be-
fore some besieged and airy domicile, and
believe that all their vociferous chatterinp
IS meaningless to them? 1t is plainly evil
dent that they are calling each other fea-
thered rascals and villains, and dealing
out threats and objurgations in epithets that
no nearer can mistake. The deep-voiced
frogs that croak through all the country
side under the starlight and dews, may be
gurgling tender serenades, in their cold
blooded fashion, to ladyloves beneath the
waves, although Aristophanes failed to
translate them into his rough Greek. When
we come upon a solemn company of crows
that have settled on the tall tree of q lone
ly wood, we stop to listen to their hoarse
notes in full faith that they carry much mean
ing in such sepulchral tones, and that thew
have halted there to discuss their prospects
and determine upon some plan for the next
campaign. For aught we know they NAV
be repeating the substance of that fine old
English ballad, which tells how three of
Their race sat upon tree, debating where
they should dine, and that one described
how, in a lonesome glen, noble knight
lay freshly slain, and then summoned them
to banquet on his bony blue seen, and his
white breast bone, adding that the golden
down on his young chin would do to wrap
their young ones in. At any rate they
have, doubtless, their orators and dema-
gogues, who are versed in all the tricks of
stump speaking, and who sway at will the
less gifted of their kind. But until they
shall invent writing for themselves and an
alphabet and furnish us with q skilled in
terpreter, we shall have to call their elo-
quence and their small talk the veriest jar
gon, and find pleasure only in the sweet
warbling OF merrier birds; since music and
laughter, in which these joyous little souls
delight, are the only utterances that DOS.
sess universal and unvarying speech
From the Boston Journal
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-05-27

For the 1Egis d Lateiiigencer.
BALLAD OF THE BRIDES OF QUAR-.

For the 1Egis d Hteiiigencer.
BALLAD Of THE BRIDES OF QUAR-.
BR IsA CRAIG.
stiffness crept about the house.
At eveniall, in noontide glare
Upon the silent hills looked forth
The many Widowed house of QUAR-.
The peacock on the terrace screamed
Browsed ON the lawn the timd hare
The great trees grew i the avenue
Calm by the sheltered house Lf Oulir
The pool was still around its brim
The alders sickened all the air;
There came no murmur from the stream
Tho nigh flowed Leithen, Tweed and QUAR-
The days hold on their wonted pace
And men to court and camp repair,
Their part to FILL of go cd or i'll,
While women keep the house of QUAR-.
And one is clad in widows weeds,
And one is madeu-like and fair,
ANA day by day they seek the paths,
About the lonely fields of QUAR-,
10 see the trout leap in the stream
The summer clouds reflected there;
Tho maiden loves in happy dreams
To hang DER silver Tweed or QUAR-;
Or oft, in pail black velvet clad
Sat stately in the oaken chair
Like many dame of her ancient name
The mother of the House of QUAR-
Her daughter brodered by her side
WIN heavy, dropping, golden hair,
And listened to her frequent plaint-
Ill iare the brides that come to QUAR-
For more than one hath lived in pine.
And more than one hath died Of care
And more than one hath sorely sinned
Left lonely in the House of QUAR-.
"Alasl and ere thy father died.,
had not in his heart a share:
And now-may God forefend her ills
Thy brother brings his bride to QUAR-"
She came; they kissed her in the hall,
They kissed her ON the winding stair.
They led her to her chamber high,
The fairest IN the House of QUAR-
They bade her from the window look.
And mark the scene how passing fair,
Among whose ways the quiet days
Would linger DER the Wife of QUAR-
It's fair" she said on looking forth.
But what although 'twere bleak and bare
She looked the love she did not speak
Ana broke the ancient curse of QUAR-
"Where'er he goes whereer he dwells,
Ills dangers and his tolls share!"
what need be said She was not one
vi the Inflated Brides of QUAR-
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-05-27

NEGRO JURIEs.-The first negro jury Of
Missouri, sat in a case of assault and bate
ny in Magistrates Court at st. Louis a
few days since. After most humiliating
spectacle of besotted ignorance, the sable
jury found the accused not guilty, and fined
her $20 The Justice sent them back with
instructions how to find verdict, but they
could not get it through their wool, as one
lawyer said she was not guilty, and the
other that she ought to fined, so the case
had to be remanded for a new trial. We
shall soon be favored with the inestimable
privilege of having the same experience
here, under the benefcent provisions of the
18th amendment and the Civil Rights
Bill, unless the white men of Maryland
unite to keep control of the State.-Easton
Journal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-05-27

WASHINGTON AND HIS GARpENER.-G.
w. p. GUSTS, in Lis recollections of Wash
ington, gives copy Of a contract written
in Washingtons own hand, between George
Washington and Philip Barton, his gard
ener. After the usual clauses, it provides
that the said Barton twill not at any time
suffer himself to be disguised with liquor
except ON such terms as hereafter mention
ed" After enumerating the clothing, etc.,
to be furnished, it further says he was to
be allowed "four dollars at Christmas, with
which he may be drunk four days and
nights; also two dollars at Whitsuntide,
to be drunk two days. also dram in the
morning, and drink of grog at dinner, at
noon." 1t is proper to remark,.in extenu-
alton of the habits of the people of
the last century, that in those honest
and brave old days, the words brandy, rum,
gin and whiskey, indicated the unadulter-
ated and unextended articles severally
known by those names,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-05-27

AN INDIAN BURYING GRoUND.-The la
borers on the Columbia & Port Deposit Rail
road have discovered, on the east bank of
the Octoraro Greek, near the site of the old
Incline Planes, what they suppose to be a
burying ground of the aborigines of the
country. The bones found seem to have
been deposited in round holes, some of them
not more than two feet below the surface.
The spot being low ground the action of the
rain has not disturbed the soil, so that it re-
mains as it was left by the Indian grave
diggers, perhaps centuries ago. In the mar
row space of ground dug up by opening side
bitches for the road, forty graves have been
discovered. In one human jaw bone was
unearthed, having double row of teeth all
the way round. One of the sons of Erin,
who discovered this formidable jaw-bone
exclaimed: "Be jabers, what fellow that
was to smash 'pertaties. '"-Ceca Wing.
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Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-02-24

ing water. Halt pint of syrup lit you
wish it, and water enough, with one
quart rye meal, to make rs stiff a
dough as you can; stir with large
spoon. Mix thoroughly and put IN a
deep pan or kettle, making n loaf three
or four inches thick. Smooth it over
the top with wet hands, and set it on
the top of the stove to rise, letting it
stew and bake Oh the bottom, but not
burn. In an hour and a quarter, or
more, it will show wide cracks over
the surface. Then put it in an oven
and bake quite brown. Let it stand
in the oven three or four hours, or all
night. 1t makes a nice breakfast loaf
good, warm or cold-and will cut
moist and sweet for several days.
Yeast and soda should never be used
with corn meal. One spoils its deli
cate sweetness by souring it, and the
other by burning it.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-02-24
Explanatory.

A paper designed for the home
circle seems never quite complete
without department especially for
the ladies. Though well aware that
the feminine minds of this age are ex-
panding and their ideas enlarging to
such a degree that they are interested
in all the topics that agitate the politi.
cal world, nevertheless, as they have
not yet laid aside domestic avocations,
we are convinced that there are times
when political haraugues and fine
spun theories of government will ex-
asperate rather than charm and inter-
est the tired housewife; when practi-
cal words of advice on the duties Of
motherhood will be better appreciat-
ed than exhortations on the duties of
voters. And when the Spring months
come, bringing languor to the limbs
and dullness to the palate, when the
vegetables fail in the cellar and the
fruit jars show thinned ranks, she that
'looketh well to the ways of the
household" will be quite as well
pleased with suggestions that shall aid
her in keeping her table suppliediwith
wholesome and palatable dishes as she
would teby the most elaborate railroad
or tariff article.
AS this is to be the ladies own col.
umn, we hope they will feel an inter-
est and pride in it sufficient to induce
themtoput their shoulders to the wheel
and give aid by contributing recipes,
hints to house wives, and their own
thoughts on ali subjects concerning
the happiness and we'll beng of wo-
men. BY this means we hope to
avoid the necessity Of dishing out to
readers those dreary bits of masculine
advice to wives" and "mothers"
which are always floating within easy
reach, and are of such convenient
length to fill up columns when copy
falls short and thoughts fail. There
would be no need of women being
longer drenched by these waves of
selishness and egotism if they would
but put their own thoughts and expe-
rience on paper and give to each other
the aid and sympathy which is based
upon knowledge and not our assump-
ton of facts.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-02-24

Securing KNlvEs.-Miss III. NJ. S.,
in American Agricult.rsit, says: Place
a quantity of brick-dust on a board,
and having a katie perfectly dry, press
it down hard and rub it back and
forth crosswlse of the blade, when
bright, turn over and scour the other
side. Then wipe off with chamois
leather. Knives thus treated will re-
tain their brightness much longer, and
have new look after years OF usage.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-02-24
RURAL s DOMESTIC.
For the Republican.
Look 10 Your Fruit Trees.

Farmers and Horticulturists who
have not already examined their fruit
trees, should do so at once.
One day spent in destroying en-
bryo insect pests, will do more good
than many days in capturing and de-
stroying the living ones.
1t will be well to arm yourself with
small stick Of soft wood with the end
sharpened, and take with you a
basket, or pail. With your stick rub
the body of the tree from the branches
to the ground You will thus remove
moss and other excrescent growths
that live and iced upon the vitality of
your trees. This operation takes off
the loose bark which forms home
and hiding place for bark lice, and
other insect enemies. Thrust the end
of your stick into all holes and cracks
that you may find in the trunks of
your trees, and thus destroy webs and
cocoons that have been placed there
for safe keeping by the vigilant parent
insect.
Next, examine the branches of your
trees. You find leaves rolled and
glued fast to the branches; sometimes
the leaf has blown away and only the
little roll remains. These are the lar
vac of the leaf roller, and should all
be picked, and put in your basket
You will find other leaves sligtly fold
ed, with a web inside. These contain
the eggs of the codling moth; and
should be placed in the basket. 1t is
not sufficient to tear them from the
trees, and throw them upon the ground,
for this is their ultimate destination
any how. They hatch into grub, en-
ter the ground, and spend few weeks
in retirement, then crawl out into the
warm sunshine, burst the skin that
letters them, and fly away to engage
in the active duties Of life which
seems to be to multiply their species;
without caring how much. fruit they
injurc, or how many fruit trees they
destroy.
Many of the leaves that remain up
On fruit trees during Winter, when ex-
amined microscopically, are found to
contain eggs of minute insects, inju.
rious to fruit and fruit trees. Cater
pillars encircle the twigs and smaller
limbs with their eggs closely glued TO-.
gether, and vanished over with wa
ter proof coating. These eggs can be
easily removed to your basket, and
thus save the havoc they ave wont TO
make in Spring, as we'll as the hldeous
sight OF the ugly worms. The con-
tents Of the basket may be cmptied in
to the fire in the stove.
The growth of fruit trees will be
promoted by hopping the body and
branches occasionally with strong worn'
soap suds. BLUFF.
IRVING, Feb. II, 1870.
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