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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-17
Capital In Farming.

Previous to the war; the Southern planter
threw every dollar he could raise into his farming
operations Many borrowed all the money they
could and spent it freely in land and negroes.
But the majority, even, then were very chary of
investing capitalin everything else connected
with the farm, except land and negroes, ssnd
such necessary things as mules, cotton gins,
presses, &c. The war has stopped investments
in negroes, and left the former landowners with
as much land as they know what to do with;
but the oldhabito or the ,0antoft faith, still makes
the farmer very shy of putting money freely in
agricultural operations. The merchant cannot
find enough money to put In his business the
manufacturer operatesto the utmost limit OF his
capital. Everybody in fact but the farmer, is
willing to venture-he stimid- distrusttul
of results. He seems to think his business IS
more risky than other men's-he must spend
,ust as little money as possible, and yet in some
way he always hopes to make the largest profits.
Is not this unreasonable If there be any mo-
new in farming, why is it not true OF it, as of
other kinds of business, that the more one puts
in it. the larger the profits he may reasonablyex-
pect fromit3 OF course there may be1'ecktess
expenditures here as elsewhere; we exclude
these and refer to sound, judcious investments
such as have been demonstrated in part at least,
to be entirely practical and profitable. Admit
that crops run the gauntlet Of many contingen-
cies-is not the same true of other business
operations? Where is one to be found without
risks? Timidity is natural to one conscious of
want of knowledge, want Of judgment, want of
skill and want of nerve-but Southern farmers
are not more deficient in these qualities than
those of other lands. The trouble comes, we
apprehend, from lack of that faith which arises
from ocular demoustration-from not having
seen the profits of capital invested freely in ag-
ricultural operations, other than those alluded
to above.
We need in every neighborhood a prudent but
bold man, thoroughly informed as to all the pro-
cesses of improved husbandry-possessed of all
the light which science can throw on farming
sound economist with judgment when to
spend and when to withhold--how to proportion
the various factors which go to make a crop
one who can wisely decide how much money
should be put in his land, how much in labor,
how much in fertilizers, how much in mules,
how much in ploughs, mowers, reapers, drills
and other implements, how much in steam or
water power, how much in irrigation, SC, &c.
We repeat, such man is needed in every COM
munity, to show what can be done, to convince
the doubter, to encourage the timid and bear
forward the banner of progress and prosperity.
Southern Caltirator.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-17

BURNING OF THE EsCURIAL.T7-A cable tele-
gram from Madrid announces the burning OF
the monastery and palace of the Escurial, and
probably the mausoleum of kings, which Is in.
ccIuded in the vast establishment. The Escurial
is situated in the town of Escurial de AbaJo,
about twenty-four miles from Madrid, and was
built by Phillip II, in fulillment of vow that
he would build the most magnificent monastery
in the world, if St. Lawrence would give him
the victory over the French in the battle OF
St. Quentin, 1867. st. Lawrence suffered mar
tyrdom by being broiled on a gridiron, and by
a quaint conceit the King caused the ground
nlan of the Escurial to be made in the form OF
gridiron. ,.,. ,-,o
The foundation was laid in 1868. Twenty
one wears and Sl5,OO0,OOO were spent in its
construction. The whole edi6ce, which is
mainly of the Doric order, was built of white
stone spotted with gray, resembling granite.
The most striking feature is the church, built
in imitation Of St. Peters at Rome, in the form
of Greek cross, with cupalo and two towers.
Directly under the high altar is the mausoleum,
built of jasper and black marble, from design
of the Roman pantheon, and containing the
remains of all the sovereigns of Spain since
Charles v. There were several splendid paint
ings in the church and palace, and many other
works of art, fine libraries, etc.
The Escurial has been summer residence OF
the Kings of Spain from the time of its COM
pletion, and is regarded one of the greatest
treasures of Spanish architecture and history
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-17

= In slaughter house in one of our cities a
pet sheep has been trained so that on the arr
val of fresh flock this sheep goeI out meekiy
to meet the new comers, and theI, taking the
s ssst bs bss d5sE HEs for Fs dss5 dsseS sesp esP s
slips out by secret door, and repeats the ePe, Sss
saves much labor of driving to her owner and
her own mutton, but she destroys all the ro-
nance of the lamb character.
- Stephen Pearl Andrews states clearly
enough that "the absoluloid and abstractoid
elementsmus of being echoes or reappears by
analogy within the relatoid and concretold
elaborismus." We really don't know whether
to agree with him or not
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-17

An editor in the upper part of this State
SAYS: eve expend S500,000000 yearly for
LIQUOR drinking" And his paper has circu-
lation of only seven hundred copies, too. We
don't see any use in man exaggerating that
way, even if he is an editor.
"A man advertised few years since that
on the receipt of twenty-five cents and post
age-stamp, he would communicate to any one
tile secret of gaining handsome fortune. The
stamp brought back to the anxious seeker for
wealth the valuable advice, "Go to work and
earn it."
A farmer who cannot make a good living
on his farm should hire out with good farmer,
and learn how he does it.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-17

GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA CONTRAST
ED.-The following article is taken from the
editorial columns of the Augusta Constitution
at;st. D 1t is we'll worth careful perusal:
"It is in no other spirit than that of respect
full sympathy for South Carolina that we aim
to speak of the contrast between Georgia re-
deemed, disenthralled and mistress of her own
proud destinies, and that oppressed and down
trodden State The time was, and that not far
back, when the despots heel was on our soil,
and the military arm bore down heavily upon
us. But Georgians rallied from their supine-
ness, resolved to make the best of their situa-
ton, and have vigorously worked for their re-
demption through the peaceful agency of the
ballot-box. The result in 1871 showed what
Anglo-Saxon energy and unity of purpose
could accomplish. The still more glorious re-
suit in 1872 dispels the last vistage of an alien
power among US once 30 formidable.
'True, Georgia had all the time in her favor
a numerical white majority, South Carolina ur-
happily was overshadowed by numerical ma
jority of ignorant blacks under the baleful
influence of sagacious, Inscriptions white car.
pet-baggers, and small desperate band of still
more Infamous white scallawags. Still the fate
of that State would have been less deplorable
if her white citizens, whose intellect, educa-
ton, courage and hig moral stamina constitu-
ted South Carolina, had rallied promptly, acted
vigorously, voted unitedly, and worked and
toiled unremittingy for the control of the
State. An active, compact and persistent mi
nority could in time have succeeded, and can
yet succeed, through the ignorance, vices and
divisions of their opponents. 1t is in the ma
ture of things impossible that intellect, educa-
ton, property ana persistent determination
would have been unavailing in such q contest
with such opponents"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-17

"Now, Johnny" said venerable lady to
her six year old nephew, who was persistently
denying an offence of which she accused him !;
"I know you are not telling me the truth L
see it in your eye." Pulling down the lower
lid of the organ that had so nearly betrayed
his want of veracity, johnny exulti!ngly re-
piled: "You can't tell anything about it, aunt
that eye always was little streakcd?'
- He who betrays anothers secret, because
he has quarreled with him, was never worthy
of the sacred name of a friend; breach OF
kindness at one side will not justify breach
of trust on the other.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-17

According to Haller, women bear hunger
longer than men; according to Plutarch, they
can resist the effects of wine better according
to Unger, they grow old and never get bald !;
according to Pliny, they are seldom attacked
by lions ION the contrary they will run after 1T t,
lions) and according to Gunter, they can talk
week.
- It may be profitable to those having tur.
KEYS in their yards to know that pulverized
charcoal mixed with meal and boiled potatoes
will fatten those birds in wonderfully short
space of time.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-17
A1ocknort Girl based her breach of promis

"A Lockport girl based her breach ofpromise
suit upon the slender ground that her recreant
lover had told her, that if he married any one
he would marry her. 1t took the jury all night
to award one hundred dollars damages, and
one or two of the jurors do not feel quite satis-
fed that she ought to have even that.
Some one wickedly says that the reason
why very young girls usually take the prizes at
fairs for making good bread, is because their
mothers make it for them, while the older girls
think they can manage alone and fail misera-
hly
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-17

The man whose wife extorted from him a
promise not to smoke, finds that as there was
no government stamp on it, it has no effect
upon him until after October /.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-11-21

BELIEVE 1T OR FAIL.-Alcohol is a
poison which takes hold of mans
whole being palsies his physical and
moral strength. and by degrees, SO to
say, "dissolves his spirit by combustion" I"
The passion for drink is an abyss in
which man is exposed to every other
passion. 1t causes him to degrade him
self below the brute, and he ceases to be
a man. The use of Whiskey and other
Spirituous Poisons, has caused more NOR
al aud physical desolation than fire and
sword can ever do. 4tu..|
The insiduous tempter, Alcohol, is
never more dangerous than when dis
guised as Tonic Bitters," the indiscrim-
mate use of which has become so general
rs to assume the character of an epi-
demic disease. Such tonic Jitters are not
the remedy of any legitimate school Of
medicine, but rather the abortive. substi-
tutes for such valuable restoratives as
DIR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VEGETABLE
VINEGAR BITTERs, which, in spite OF
their anomalous name, have excited such
attention, and gained such world wide
renown for their intrinsic merits-as well
as the established fact that they contain
no alcoholic stimulant whatever, that at
this date, in the year of our Lord, 1871,
they stand the chosen and accredited
medicine of countless thousands who
have proven their rare medicinal and
healing qualities Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-11-21
Proposed Mechanical Feat.

At its approaching session, Congress
will be asked to provide the means for
one OF the grandest mechanical feats of
the age. The General Post o flee build
ing being found insufficient in size for
the accommodation of the numerous
clerks required to supervise the work OF
thirty thousand post offices, Mr.. Mullett,
the chiet architect, proposes to elevate it
into the air, and to put another story
beneath it. Readers of this journal IA
miliar with Washington, will remember
that this building covers the entire square
between E and f Streets and Sixth and
Seventh, and contains some of the largest
rooms in the city. The Dead-Letter
room is about seventy feet long by forty
five wide, and two stories high; the
book-keeper's room is about sixty feet
square. In 1886 the wooden structure
then used by the dep rtment was de- =
stroyed by fire, with many Of its archives.
To provide against such a casualty a
second time, the external walls of the
new building were made of marble, and
are three feet thick the inner walls are
upon groined arches of brick. This
enormous mass of masonry it is now pro-
posed to raise some twenty feet in height.
Buildings, larger in extent, have been
lifted at Chicago, but none of such
weight, and where the slightest mistake
would be so fatal, And all this is to be
done while the business of the depart
lnent is to be carried ON as usual, with
full facility of entrance and departure
for its hundred of clerks and daily visi-
tors.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-11-21
" The Seven Whistlers ''-Some Curious
English SuperstitiOns,

One evening q few years ago, when
crossing one of our Lancashire moors in
company with an intelligent old man, we
were suddenly startled by the whistling
overhead of covey of plovers My COM
panion remarked that when boy tke
old people considered such a circum-
stance bad omer, "as the person who
heard the Wandering Jews" as he called
the Flowers, twas sure to be overtaken
with some ill-luck." On questioning
my friend on the name given to the
birds, he said "There is a tradition
that they contain the souls of those Jews
who assisted at the crucifixion, and in
consequence were doomed to float in the
air forever" When we arrived at the
foot of the moor, coach. by which 1 had
hoped to finish my journey, had already
lert its station, thereby causing me to
traverse the remaining distance on foot.
The cid man reminded me of the omen.
Another writer says: During a thun-
der-storm which passed over this district
(Kettering, in Yorkshire), on the even
ing of September 9th, on which occasion
the lightning was very vivid, an un-
usual spectacle was witnessed; immense
focks of birds were flying about utter
ing doleful affrighted cries as they
passed over the locality, and for hours
they kept up continual whistling like
that made by sea-birds. There must
have been great numbers of them, as
they were also observed at the same
as we learn by the public prints, in the
counties of Northampton, Leicester, and
Lincoln. The next day, as my servant
was driving me to neighboring village,
this phenomenon of the flight of birds
became the subject of conversation, and
on asking him what birds he thought
they were, he told me they were what
were called The Seven Whistlers,' and
that whenever they were heard it was
considered a sign OF some great calamity,
and that the last time he heard them
was the night before the great Hartley
oolliery explosion; he had also been
told by soldiers that if they heard them
they always expected great slaughter
would take place soon. Curiously
enough, on taking up the newspaper the
following morning, 1 saw headed in
large letters, Terrible Colliery Explo-
sion at Wigan,' ETC., etc. This l thought
would confirm my mans belief in The
Seven Whistlers.'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-11-21
A Card From Horace Greeley.

The undersigned resumes the editor
ship of the Tribune, which he relinquished
on embarking in another line of business
six months ago. Henceforth, it shall be
his endeavor to make this thoroughly
independent journal, treating all parties
and political movements with judicial
fairness and candor, but counting the ia
vor and deprecating the wrath of no
one.
Ii he can hereafter say anything that
will tend to heartily unite the whole
American people on the broad platform
of universal amnesty and impartial SUIT
frage, he will gladly do SO. For the
present, however, he can best commend
that consummation by silence and for
bearance. The victors in our late strug-
gle can hardly fail to take the whole
subject of Southern rights and wrongs
into early and earnest consideration, and
to them, for the present. he RENTS it.
Since he will never again be candi-
date for any Office, and is not in full &C
cord with either of the great parties
which have hitherto divided the country,
he will be able and will endeavor to give
wider and steadier regard to the progress
of science, industry, and the useful arts,
than partisan journal can do; and he
will not be provoked to indulgence In
those bitter personalities which are the
recognized bane of journalism. Sss-
tained by generous public, he will do
his best to make the Tribune q power in
the broader fieldit now contemplates, as,
when human freedom was imperilled, it
was in the arena of political PARTISAN
ship. Respectfully,
HORACE GREELEY.
New York, Nov. 6, 1872.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-11-21
AGRICULTURAL

MATERIALS FOR MANURE.-The last
harvest of the season is at hand. 1t is
the gathering of materials for q stock OF
manure for next year. On this work de-
pends the amount which may be reaped
from next years crop. If the supply of
manure can be doubled the crops may
be increased in more than equal propor-
ton. It is not the droppings of the
stock alone that constitute manure, but
there are many materials that may be
gathered from other sources equally val
liable. The great bulk of the manure
from stock consists of tindigested vege-
table fiber, as crude and unaltered in
character as when it existed in the shape
of hay, straw, or fodder. But its me-
chanical condition has been changed,
aud in its present state OF minute divis-
ion it more rapidly enters into decompo-
sition. That is the whole secret of the
value of animal manure. Every farmer
has within his control abundance OF
material worth as much as the droppir gs
of his cattle which, if gathered and
mingled with the more easily decom-
posed matter, will furnish for his crops
food of the richest description. Of these
the first in Importance is forest leaves.
These rapidly decay, and contain much
larger proportion of the most valuable
fertilizers than the wood. While dry
wood contains from one-tenth of pound
to four pounds in the hundred of potash,
dry leaves and young twigs contain from
half a pound up to ten pounds OF potash
in the hundred. Almost exactly the
same relative proportion holds good in
regard to the phosphoric acid contained
in these substances A hundred pounds
of leaves of the mixed forest growths,
common in the United States, will yield
nearly two pounds of this indispensable
fertilizer. Leaves may be gathered at
any time before snow falls. They should
be raked together with hay rakes-either
hand rakes or horse--and gathered into
piles. They may be hauled now or in
winter, but now is the accepted time.
A hay-rack, protected at the sides by a
few boards, is an excellent vehicle to
haul them in large barrel hoops, COW
cred loosely with piece of gunny bag
ging, make handy baskets by which to
load them into the wagon. Poor head
way is made with forksof any kind, ex-
cert barley forks, and they are not u.s.
ually met with. When brought home
they may be put under roof or kept dry
beneath few boards or thatch of
straw. Then they make comfortable
bedding for any stock, but most especial
ly for sows with young litters. Beside
leaves, many other materials will sug-
gest themselves. Tan bark contains
much potash, especia Iy oak, and next
hemlock. Sawdast also is valuable,
especially that of beach, elm, and bass
wood, while that from other hard wood,
is worth the trouble of gathering. Road
sweepings, meadow muck, coarse weeds,
and such refuse should be brought in
and cast into the sta bles and yards, aud
made to absorb the liquid manure, and
every days labor thus spent is in a
worthy harvest field.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-11-21

MASKS AND FACEs.-Ladies who mask the r
faces aud necks with enamels endauger Their
health to no purpose. The plaster work de-
ceives nobody There is but one article known
which will restore blemished complexion or
create external brilliancy and bloom whel C
they have never heretofore existed, and that a
tlcle is HAGAN's MAGNOLIA BALM. 1t perform,
this toilet miracle by infusiug vitality into the
skin. The floral and herbal juices of which il
is composed gently stimulate the circulation in
the minute blood vessels, and brace the net
work of nerves through which they pass. Thus
quickened and strengthened the external COW
ering soon acquires fresh and bealthiul hue,
and every trace of sallowness disappears. The
palest cheeks derive from the beautifying bap.
tism of this delightful cosmetic warmer hue
and the arm, hands and neck, a blonde lustre
which the charlatans, who profess to make Ia
dies beautiful forever" with their poisonous
cement, can never hope to imitate-Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-11-21

DISEASED LUNGS ARE GREATLY ON AN
INCREASE IN THIS CoUNTRY.-The sud
den changing of weather has done much
to give rise to Consumption. But there
are thousands of cases who bring it on
by their own imprudence - such as
wearing damp clothing, and going from
the warm loom into the cold air, and
checking the perspiration, which causes
irritation of the Lungs, and then matter
or phlegm will collect, which nature will
try to relieve by coughing it up. If ma
ture does not raise the matter with ease,
and stop this Inflammation, Consumption
will soon follow. Aliens Lung Balsam
will cure and preven. thousands of cases
of Consumption if 1t is only taken in
time.
1t is sold by all druggists and medi-
cine dealers. Com. ,.lr
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-11-21
New WAY OF Kiudliny Fires,

Of course the easiest and best way to
kindle fire is with matches aud small
pieces OF pine wood. But some of our
bigger boys may one day find themselves
in situation where, though fire may
be needed, there are no matches at hand,
and it is well in such case to know
how 1t is possible to obtain q fire with
out them.
When Robinson Crusoe was cast upon
his desert island he was obliged to kim
die his first fire by striking the blade of
his knife against a flint to produce little
sparks which lighted a piece of finder
he happened to have in his pocket. With
this he could kindle the dry leaves and
sticks he had collected.
The North American Indians and 9TH
er savages, who have not even the re-
sources of "poor old Robinson Crusoe,"
are able to effect the same result, though
with great deal more labor, by rubbing
together two deoaying sticks of wood
until fire is produced. But this is an
operation requiring much skill, and is
only successful after long practice.
Sir Samuel Baker tells us of new
way of kindling fires, which he often
tried when in the desert wilds of Africa
Having first collected an abundance
of dry leaves and grass and small twigs,
he would bruise with stick about half
teaspoonful of gunpowder in this he
would rub a rag of dry cotton or linen
cloth until it was perfectly blacl1ened
Then he would place an end of this rag
in the pan of an unloaded musket-re-
member that, boys, unlOaded, there
should be no careless handling of fire.
arms-and pull the trigger In en- in
slant the rag would ignite and burn
fiercely.
Then quickly gathering the rag and a
few of the dry twigs together in his
hand, in the form of IA bouquet, he would
swing it rapidly round to make a good
draught of air, and the whole would be
in blaze in moment. Laying this
flaming bundle of twigs on the ground,
our ingenious traveller would place over
it some sticks of wood, and then eau
tiously pile on larger sticks until fine,
roaring, cracking fire was obtained by
which he could warm himself, drive
away the swarms of mosquitoes, and
roast wild birds, or toast thin slices of
hippopotamus meat for his evening meal.