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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-08-29

SPAIN AND KINGoRAFr.-Don Carlos
has made his appearance in Spain once
more, and it is probable that Amadeus
will have to fight for his throne. The
business of "kingcraft" is perilous
one, and wien tho profit and loss ac-
count is summed up, it is generally
found that the balance is largely on tie
loss side. The capital Of ones life is in
perpetual danger, and there is an every
day probability OF being thrust out OF
the business into the streets of tho great
world by some more fortunate specula-
tor. Europe is filled with retired"
sovereigns, who have quit reigning, not
81 sreir own volition, but by the force OF
circumstances too strong for them to ro-
sist. Some Of them have settled down
quietly, and ara living. merely as private
individuals, almost unnoticed in the
busy whirl Of the great human mael.
strom. Isabella, who made such signal
failure in the business. is living content
edly on her ''private fortune, forgetting
her reyerses of the past as sovereign,
in the luxurious life OF wealthy patri-
oian. Amadeus may one day have to
follow suit, and leave Spain either to the
enjoyment of Repnblicanism or the mis-
rule OF the Carlists.
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A shocking narrative of devastation.
suffering and misery comes from South
ern Hungary. BY neglect and bad ma
nngemcnt, dikes have broken down and
IN immonse tract of arabic country in.
undated. Crops spared by the dood
have been destroyed by hail storms of
such severity ns to ruin vineyards and
orchards. 10 add to the misfortunes of
the afflicted people, the authorities are
seizing tho cattle for arrears of taxes.
Agriculture is ruined, industry paralyzcd
and trade vanished; famine now threat
ems tho unfortunate district. It is diff.
cult to believe TINT the powers Mt Pesth
and Vionna are cognizant OF tho inlu-
man conduct Of their tax gntherers, and
TINT they will not make all haste to allo.
yiate The sutferings Of their soroly strick
eli subjects.
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Real Estate for Sale.

fTHE undersigned will soil. on TUESDAY,
1 the 18th of September next, all that tract
rurnipseed place. and called Jenkinsvilie,
containing 10S acres OF land, with Store house
and all necessary outbuiidings newly put up.
1t is three miles from Aston Depot and s the
best stand in this part OF tho country for
merchandising. Terms cash.
Aug POT LORICk .E SWYGERT,
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LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS s.
Jacob Levin-Corn, Bacon.
%. q. Heinitsh- Medicine.
Or. W. d. Cornwell- Sale.
Tnrrant's Seltzer Aperient.
Q. II. Baldwin-Notice. -
Lorick & Swygert-Keal Estate.
Communication Acacia Lodge. #
Boyce & Co.-Dexter Stables.
Grand Gift Concert, Louisville, Ky.
Il. O'Neale, Jr.-Cook Wanted.
OFFICIAL RAFFLE NUMpEns Char.cs,on Chari. /.
table Association. for benefit Free School fund: !:
RAFFLE CLASS No. 55.--Norninq-Auoust %.
H-2-49-27 4-40-9-13-l c. -56-93
Witness our hande. at Charleston. this 2sth
August, 1871. FEM PECK,
JAMES GILLILAND,
August 70 Sworn Commissioners.
Mn p. P. ToALE's NEW OrFIcg AND SALES
RooMs.-We are happy to inform our readers
that their old acquaintance, Mr.. P. p. Toale.
while continuing mis- manuiactory OF doors.
snshes, blinds, etc., on Horlbcck'p wharf
Charleston, =. o., las opened handsome
olice and extensive sales rooms at No. 20
Hayne street. whore they will fnd it mora
convenient to call on him when they visit the
city. The sales rooms extend TO No. 33
Pinckney street, where there is another en-
trance. Send and get new and extended
prico list OF latest styles, etc. See advertire-
meht. July II 1mot
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COMPARATIVE GRowrH OF POPULATION.
The total population of the United States,
according to the last revision of the tn
bles in the census office, is 38, $40, 0S7.
The recent census of Great Britain gives
the population of the United Kingdom
at 81, l,465, ,460, leaving superiority Of
7,O84, 6O7 here. The increase in Eng
land in the Inst decade was 2.637. .89I.
and in Scotland 296, ,3l9-ten per cent.
while Ireland loses 396. 208, leaving net
gain of about nine per cent The Irish
emigration in the last ton yenrs is re-
ported ut $4,000. Aside from this loss
Of population there, not made good by
immigration from England, it seems
that the increase in the latter country
and in Scotland has chiefly been of the
dangerous classes, and TINT the excess Of
females has maintained more than its
former level. The population, too, tend
more and moro to tho cities, leaving an
insufficient supply in the rural districts.
In this country tho increase has been
E.l06. 676, in Great Britain 2. 538, ,O95, in
the decade, gain of 4,56S, 5S1 in the
growth of this country over that of the
other. And this occurs, too, notwith-
standing Great Britain has enjoyed al
most uninterrupted peace, and hns been
enabled to enrich herself by the rare ep-
portunities furnished by our civil war
and the war of France and Germany.
She has had every exceptional aid for
increment, while in all of our history
there was never term TINT so checked
immigration, that caused 80 many deaths,
and induced 80 many to seek other homes.
How 1T IS DONE. Tho telegraph has
stated largo number OF suits for da-
images haye been commenced against the
ferry company on behalf of sufferers by
the Westfeld ferry boat) disaster at Now
York. A reporter visiting some of the
surviving patients ut Bellevue Hospital
learns TINT housing attorneys had beon
to them and procured them to aign con-
tracts empowering tic attorneys to pro-
secute quits, with the agreement that they
should receive huff of any judgments
that might be recovered.
A meeting and reorganization Of tho
toward Association is called for in
Charleston.
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Acacia Lodge No. 81, A. F.M.

Acacia Lodge No. 80, a. f. ID.
"a AN EXTRA Communication Of this
XYLodSe will 6e held in Masonic Hall,
/~\THlS Tuesday EVENING, at s
O'Clock. The f. a. Degree will be conferred.
BY order OF the w. NJ.
f. NJ. BRENNAN, Jn.,
August % Socretarv
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A difficulty occurred in Charleston, on
Saturday might, between two young
mon, uamcd George Bourko and John
Kelley, when tho latter was stabbed
seven times and severely wounded.
a narrow gnngo railroad il suggested
to connect Ashcville, North Carolina,
with Pendloton or Anderson, South ca.
rolina.
4 now style OF obituary item hns been
invented. Here is II sample: "Francis
lIollIa, Of New York-third story win
dow"
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Dexter Stables.

Dexter Stables.
WE will sell ono fine MULE, several good
w HORSES, tmatched and SINGLE good
secondhand HARNESSES, &c. Good bar
gains can bo got within five days.
Terms cash. DOYCE g. CO
August % --L-- 4
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Wa ted,

4 GOOD COOK c. find employment bv
"A applying at once TO
Aug 20 r. oNEALE, in.
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Corn, Bacon, &c.

Aaother .drriual and offered Lo,c for Cash.
Enn BUSHELS PRIME WHITE CORN.
wv in two and three bushcl sacks.
loo bushels prime Yellow, in two bushel
sacks,
Clear Rib Bacon Sides,
DIS 3;id,.ios,
D. s. Bellies,
lrimc Sugar-curcl Strips,
Prime Canvasscd Hams
Call at my Auction Room and see for your
self. JACOH LEVIN
Auction ami Commission Merchant
Corner Assembly and Plain strcots.
August ~ z
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Imported Ale and Porter.

Ok CASkS-i'ints- best brands. in store
~ and for sale GEO. SIMAENS.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29
J.. s. +.
Blue Grass.

The hest horse doctor in America for farmers
can be readily had by ALL if they will set apart a
small lot, not large One for the earliest possible
growth Of blue grass, and as spring comes,
and there is "goOd bite" sufficient to fill up the
horses to all that they eat, let them have it.
Saturday evening is the proper time to give farm
horses good dose of this healthy food physc; or
If there should be a heavy rain making the ground
too wet to pillow, the time il better for farmer to
give the horses pic mic and feast than when all
are busy ut work. Stablemen and jockeys in the
cities use poison ('ball") in the early spring
to condition their horses. This is better than
nothing when the animal needs physc; lent full
feed of twcnty-four hours in clean pasture lot,
where the fresh grass will tempt the horses to
Craze half of tf~ night through, is worth more tn
a farmer than fully equipped college veterina-
rian As soon the pasture is sufficiently advan-
ced, Piow horses ought to go ont after being fed
every night Any kind of team horses where the
motion required is not faster than a walk, ought
to go on grass at night after they have finished
eating grain When quick motion is needed, hor-
SEES should he kept from full feed of every sort
several hours before use.-RWrdi Uorld.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29
VIII Potato Rugs MN sheep and lambs,

The above inquiry is suggested by finding, a few
day since, several lambs and one old sheep dead,
and another old sheep nearly dead, upon piece
of ground where potatoes were planted last year,
but which were completely destroyed by the
bugs rs not to be worth digging. The sheep SO
nearly dead was brought to the house and exam
incd, when several potato bugs were found upon
it. These were picked of, mild cathartic adj
ministcred, when it soon recovered, and il now
apparently WELL The rest Of the flock were i'm
metiately driven to another field since which
no deaths have occurred, notwithstanding several
lambs have been dropped No other cause can be
assigned, as the sheep were all apparently heal
thy, and in good condition.
My theory in, that IA the sheep were troubled
somewhat with ticks, they would, while biting
them, become poisoned by the bugs which swarm
ed upon them.
At all events, if potato bugs will not kill sheep,
they are bound, from present indications, to kill
all the potatoes planted this year, As they have
already made their appearance in great numbers
upon them. Would it no be well for those who
have planted many potatoes, to plant corn be-
tween the hills, as, in this way, one crop at least
will he saved, and the corn will not materially
intefere with the potatoes, should the bugs spare
them f-WcsferH Ruful.
LivONIA, Mich, j. +.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29
duration Of Grape Wines.

By notice somewhere lately, we saw it stated
that crop of grapes in vineyard cannot be
depended on longer than four seasons, thus for
ming serious drawback to their culture. If this
il so there can Ike but little doubt il il owing to
the severe pruning they receive, to keep them
within the prescribed bounds of the vne-tlrcssers
As il is well known, our native grapes are very
luxuriant growers, and to confine their growth to
two or three sticks few feet high is enough to
cause any sensible grape to rebel.
One thing is quite certain, no such short-lived
fruitfulness is observed in the grape when grown
on trellises or cracks" used SO frequently East,
nor when they have the side of the large bull
ding to ramble on. Here they can often be met
with many years DID, bearing heavy crops of grapes
every year.
Cannot hint be taken from this to construct
the support for vineyard culture, that new space
may be given vine each year, or rs its growth
seems to require it. This we are confident would
help the vines retain their vigor for IA number of
years.
To grow in this style would require much few
er plants although at first it might not be amiss
to plant moderately thick, cropping those heavy,
it might he desirable to take out altogether the
permanent ones might require the room Always
remembering that to Over-frut the permanent
ones might defeat the ultimate object, az there
can be but little doubt vines are often much in
iured by early Over-bearing.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29
How to Improve Oar csnno. Swine.

I. Select the largest, healthiest, and most vigO-
rous Of our common sows. Let them have plenty
of food and exercise, and otherwise take good
care of them.
9. Do not breed from them until a year old.
3. Select afine-bOned, thoroughbred boar. The
longer his pedigree, or, in other words, the more
thoroughly the breed is established, the better.
This is the most essential point.
4. fla white hog is desired, get Yorkshire
boar. If dark color is no objection, get the TX
sex or Berkshire. We should prefer one that is
somewhat small and highly refined, rather than
one that is large and coarse.
S. Feed the SOW well; and when the pigs are
two or three weeks old, commence to feed them in
a small though separate from the SOW. Push
them forward as rapidly possible Alter them
at month or six weeks old, and wean them two
weeks aftcrwarl Wean them gradually. Feed
literally and regularly, and keep the pens and
troughs scrupulously clean. Let the pens be dry,
warm, and well ventilated. Let thepig have the
run of good, clean pasture, and feed grain at the
same time, with what milk and wash from the
house that can be had.
6. Keep them growing rapidly all the time, and
do not be afraid Of their getting too fat.
z. Let them always have access to fresh water
to drink, and if they were washed occasionally it
would he great advantage.
&. At any rate, provide them scratching posts,
against which they can rub their back, Sides &c.
rail placed between two posts, say ten or twelve
inches from the ground at one end, and two or
three feet at the other, will accommodate pigs
of different sizes.
g. Give plenty Of ashes and charcoal, with a lit
tie salt and sulphur, occasionally in the food.
10. Keep them quiet.
We think these ten rules, with the exercise OF
common sense, will enable any farmer to greatly
can make any profit in feeding such pigs, depends
the cost Of the food and the price of pork. But
one thing is certain if il will not pay to raise and
feed such pigs, it will pay still less to raise and
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29
The praIvlcS.

The Illinois correspondent Of the Country Cen
HtnaR says:
1.-THE mystery why the prairies prairics
seems to he slowly CLEARING mp. The prairie fire
hypothesis, that trees have been kept down
by the annual burnings Of the surface, is pretty
well demolished, when the fact is stated that over
the whole oak opening region of northern Illinois,
Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, fires have run
and ragged annually since (and nobody knpws how
long before) the country has been known to the
whites. These fires were, before the settlement
and fencing general and strong as to eat up all
the dead and down timber, and 40 to dwarf the
oaks, that whole uninhabited townships presented
the appearance of vast orchards or parks laid
down to grass. But the soil of this opening re-
gion is calcarcous having sandy gravelly sub
soil, and therefore good drainage. Such also is
the formation in almost every where groves
and bodies of timber occur in Illinois. To a very
great extent the whole bare prairie region of II
linOis is underlaid with unpermeable blue clay.
Timber in narrow fringes is found here along the
streams; but the river bed and slough courses af-
ford a kind of half drainage, which saves the trees
Settlement and cultivation brOadens the AREA of
the groves and widens the timber fringcs along
the creeks and rivers, because settlement and cul-
tivation tames, drains and dries the land. Under
the fostering Of man, trees will grow and
flourish where the blue clay comes pretty near the
surface; but let no one hope to succeed with Or
chartls and new plantations with thorough
underdrainage, another will the natural
timber soil without it.
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Fencing.

This subject is one of deep concern to Kansas
agriculturalists. 1t is undcniable fact that we
have not the timber standing upon the soil to
fence One-lalf the quarter sections of our prries.
True, have stone i'm abundance in most parts
Of the State, but the construction of stone walls
involves an outlay of labor and money that the
settler is not able to bear only as il is provided
for by crops taken from his farm.
Hedge fences can he grown mt comparatively
little cost in money, it requiring three or four
years to make them efficient to turn stock. But
what is the farmer to do while this fence is being
grown! He can do no more than protect his
growing hedge from the depredations of stock rum
ming Mt large. To attempt the raising of crops
during this time would he folly. Many of the best
of this subject, yet plan has received form and
shape in the public mind, it must do, before be-
ing crystalized into statute law.
We are of the opinion that a stock law must be
enacted, that will compel the owners of animals
to for them, at least far crops within the
line of a growing hedge is concerned. This can
he done by making surrounding of hedge plants
a legal fence from the time Of setting.
We have before u pamphlet circular upon
this subject, issued by committee of citizens o
Franklin County, wherein the whole subject is
well and carefully considered. Let other COun.
ties take like action, and We shall soon have a
public sentiment on this important subject that
will make legislation certain result.
Iowa has a stock law that fixes legal fence fol
the day, but cuts off all stock as cOmmOners nj
night. The first section of this act provides as
follows:
That any stock taken i'm the act of doing dam.
age between the hours of sunset and sunrise may
be distrancd by the person or persons whose prop
erty is damaged, or by the persons having charge
thereof, whether the fences surrounding such pro-
perty are lawful or Otherwise.-EdRsds Farmer.
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What's In a Name I?

In an eastern town there is a woman who is cx-
ccedingly deaf, and her affection has caused an
extremely unpleasant mistake, of which her in
FAINT child is the victim. She took the babe ia
church the other day to have him baptized. While
she WIS waiting in the vestibule, she thought she
would keep him quiet by feeding him from bot
tie of milk. While the child was still taking his
nourishment, the mother was summoned to the
church by the announcement that the minister
was ready. In her agitation she drew the bottle
from the chllds mouth hurriedly, when the gum
nozzle came Off and part of the milk was spilled
on the chlds new clothes. When the clergyman
took the child in his arms, he looked down upon it,
and asked the mother what name should be given
it. She, with her mind troubled about the acct
dent, thought he was asking how the clothes be-
= came soiled, so she answered.:
.1NoZZe came of"
Rather surprised he asked again for the name,
and she, thinking he did not understand her,
bawled out:
Nozzle came off, ] say"
Whcrcupon the astonishcd divine poured water
on the child's head, saying;
"Nozzle-came-off Ferguson, baptize thee" &c.
What this woInan wants TO know is, whether
sae Legislature, something can't have that
clild's name changed to Henry, or Lucullns, or
William, or some other euphonious appellation!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29
OLD FRUvr rnEEN

There were old apples trees in profnsion. with
nearly hundred pear trees Of superior vigorous
growth, but utterly neglected, and reported as
yielding small crops Of Indifferent fruit. The out
going seller of the farm had intended to cut them
down. He knew the market value of pickles, but
the pear culture was sealed book. The buyer,
educafed In different school, believed that there
was yet high money value i'm those trees and
that they could be resuscitated. He stood among
them and debated the question. He thought that
here was Foundation to begin upon, and that an
investment Of money in reviving them would yield
far quicker return than in waiting for the product
of . newly planted orchard. Among other facts,
and experience, reference was made 10 the memo
rable account recorded in this journal, nearly
twenty years ago, Of the complete reuOva-
ton of two outcast pear trees. Like all these,
they had once borne excellent crops of fruit
but for several years had produced only
worthless specimens. The owner was told that
the trees-for there were several in like condition
had exhausted the proper element in the soil
and that it must he re-intrOduced by artificial
means. That autumn he carried out the sngges-
tOn, and scraped off all the rough outer bark from
two trees then coated them with soft soap cut
out about One-third Of all the poorest branches,
and shortened the head of the trees One-third ny
cutting back the principal limbs, barring the
wounds and covering them with the sheliac so
luton.
The preparations being made, a trench was dug
around each tree, three feet from the same, four
feet wide and twenty inches deep, the soil being
carted away. In making this trench about a thir'l
of the roots were cut away.
The trench wasthen filed with soil from good
pasture field, there being added Mt the time Of
filing two bushels Of refuse SCORE from black
smiths forge, two of well broken charcoal, and
two pounds Of pulverized potash. All these were
thoroughly interminglel after the trench had been
| filled, by frequent Overtuning with the spade.
| The result of this cheap and simple operation
| was manifest the following summer. The luxuri-
ance and vigor of the foliage were surprising for
the newly formed roots were wandering into fresh
| and wholesome pastures.
| The next year there was moderate bloom, but
every blossom produced fruit. The third season
there was a fine crop, the two trees producing six
| bushels of superb fruit. 1t was convincing civ
dence that the failure of old established pear
trees to produce good crops is owing to a want Of
proper nutriment in the soil, and that instead of
being cut down when they cease to bear, they
should be taken in hand and rcnovated.-Horti-
| cuIfurist
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29
SuuStrOkc.

In sunstroke the same conditions of descase are
analogous, if not identical, with those induced by
lightning: One of my earliest experences-an
experience that has made me hold tO the thought
full practice of blood-letting-ha reference to this
disorder and its treatment. A man was carried
from the harvest field to the residence of slrgeoi
relative of mine, inscnsble from sunstroke The
patient was carried in like dead man-uncon-
scous, poweress. He was livid, but breathing ut
intervals, and there was still some audible motion
of the heart. The surgeon, of the school Of
Calvin and Ashley Cooper, and one that had no
doubt as to what was the right thing to do, acted
promptly. "Iie will recover if we can get blood, "
was the remark to me; so the man was held up by
his mates in garden chair, a llet was put around
each arm, a vein was opened beneath each fillet.
At first the flow of blood slow, though the
veins were distended to the utmost; then the
stream became more discriminate, and at last CO.
pious and the result was that in five minutes the
man was breathing freely, was becoming conscinos,
was recovering He was simply cured straight
way, was able to assist himself to walk away and
without any other touch of medical treatment,
was restored to health in few days.
urge, then, that in case of severe sunstroke,
when the veinOus reservoir is under extreme dis
tension, when the large tense veins offer them
selves had almost said to the operator, there is
n condition of disease demanding abstraction of
blood-Dr. s. ". Butler, Editor Of Medical and Sur
gical Report.