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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-26

FoR LIVERPOOL VIA QUEENSTOWN.
oARRYNaTHE UNITED STATES NAILS
THE LIVERPOOL AND GREAT WESTERN.
MfSt STEAM COMPANY 2kE&
viii dispatch one OF their nrst. class, full power
Iron screw Steamships from
PIER No. 48 N. B., EVERY WEDNESDAY,
AZ FOLLOWS:
IDAHO, Capt. PRICE. -. .....Jan. 10, at -
Cabin Passage $50, geld. -: -.
sIeerage, Passage ton,ce No. 70 Broadway sso'
For Freight or Cabin Passage, apply 70 ,et
No. 90 wall street, n. 7.
N.B.-Through Bills Lading to Liverpool Issued
by the Charleston and New York Steamers, which
make close connection wlth.the above line.
For particulars rate Of PrsIgas PaS appyso ~
WAGNER, EUGER q CO.,
mays Or WIN. a. COURTENAY. =.
IXTEEKLY LINE TO SAVANNAH, GA,
sEMI-wEEKLY TO BEAUFORT, 8. O.
The Steamer
p IL o r B. o. z,
Captain W. T. AoNzIH,
Will leave Accommodation Wharf = .rEk
every MONDAY MORNING, at O'Clock :
for Savannah. Beaufort, Hilton Head and span.
ish Wells. Returning will leave Savannah every
TUESDAY MORNING.
win leave for Beaufort, Pacific and Chisolms
Landings every THURSDAY MoRSIfG at O'CLOCK.
Returning will leave Beaufort every FRIDAY
MORNING.
Freight received WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAY..
Must be prepaid to Way Landings.
deods consigned to care OF Agents viii be for
warded free or storage or commission.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
RAVEEEL, HOLMES d CO.,
iaul9 No. 1T East Bay.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-26

MEMORANDA.
The schr Farragut, aart, from RocSport Me,
for Beaufort, S U, arrived at Vineyard Haven 18Th
January.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-26

MARINE NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK, January 25.
Arrived, steamship Nevadl.
Arrived out, steamship Orion.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-26
FARES GREATLY REDUCED.

stsamers OF tho above lincIeave Pier 6eF&1A
No. a, North River. foot Of Canal sSaAzE
street, New York, at IL O'Clock noon, !o6the l6tn
and Soth Of every month Except when these
iates fan on Sunday. then the Saturday preced'
Df. -. :. y. ,-,.s ~. =. ..,s.: -:
IRA FOR South Paclnc and OentraI American rotta.
departure Of 18th touches at Kingston. Jamaica.
For Japan and China, steamers leave San Fran.
cIHco first OF every month, except Eheu II falB on
Sunday; then en- the day preceding. ~:
no California steamers touch q: Havana, but
90 direct nom New YORK to AspinWaD.
one hundred pounds baggage free TO each aduN,
Medicine and attendance fee.
For Passage Tickets or other INFORMATION apply
At the OOMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on tho
wharf foot OF Canal street, North River, New
York. +. II. BAbiIA2enss.
juiy26-lyr -. u -.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-26

Per steamship Manhattan. for New York
D Rose, D F Green. r Willis P Cuppen, stan
ton, Edw Platt, ] A TlltcD, Eewhall, and
PlSer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31
SMUT IN WHEAT.

Many people are afraid of sowing wheat,
because they think it is an uncertain crop,
liable to be destroyed by smut or rust. l
have grown wheat for many years, and though
I have sometimes suffered from rust, until I
hit upon changing my seed every year, I have
never had particle Of smut, and no one need
have any if he will only take proper precau.
tions. 1 always soak my seed in strong brine,
not blue.stone water, which believe is good,
too, but prefer the brine, because know it
to be good. T put the seed in big barrel or
hogshead, half full of the strongest brine can
make, and I stir it with a stick until every
grain becomes saturated. then skim off all
the light grains and oreign seeds which float
upon the surface, leaving nothing but the
heavy sound wheat. I then pour off the
brine and put it into barrel fixed on legs
like lye-barrel, with holes in the bottom
covered with strong net, which will keep in
the wheat and allow the water to run out. l
then pour into the barrel sufficient quantity
of thin whitewash, Qime and water,) which
runs through and gives every kernel coating
of the white-wash. After this is done spread
out the seed to dry, and then it is ready for
the sower. Since have done this have
never had a smutty ear in my wheat, and
those of my neighbors who have adopted my
plan have had similar experience
Since have been in the habit Of changing
my seed every year, that is, using seed brought
from distance, I escaped the rust. l cannot
explain the reason of this. I can only state
the fact.-G. Darby, IN Southern Farm and
Home.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31
AGRICULTURAL PAPERS.

The following sensible remarks of CORES
pondent in the Valley Farmer, We submit to
our readers for their perusal and careful
thought. Most every profession has papers
and magazines devoted to their interests,
wherein new ideas and inventions are herald
ed, which must rebound to the advancement
and progress of individuals as we'll as the gen.
eral Improvement of agriculture and its kin
dred sciences. He says:
"Is not the subject one Of sufficient import
ance to interest you? Is not the practical
experience of other farmers of value? Have
you attained that degree Of perfection in farm
ing that you cannot further improve by your
own or the experience of others? You an
swer these questions, except the last, in the
affirmative; but you say, 81 have no time; if
get time to read the current news Of the
day, think I do WE'LL" But is not agricul-
ture of sufficient Importance, compared with
politics and passing events, so as to give it at
least one-thirtieth of your reading time?-
When my boy comes from the post Office with
the newspapers, sit down and read the agri-
cultural newspapers first, and for the follow.
ing reasons:
'FlrsC, eClqueLLe requires H. IL you nave
two or more visitors, one only able to call
weekly and the others daily; the former able
to give you practical advice in your business,
whereas the others are only able to instruct
if these Mr.. Dailies are men of sense, they will
excuse you for showing preference for the con-
versation of Mr.. Weekly, knowing that when
he is absent you give them your undivided
attention.
"Secondly, interest requires it, because you
may get a practical idea that you can in your
business improve by even the next day
whereas if train Of cars has run off the
track, steamboat or building destroyed by
fire through the carelessnes of others, you
could not help it; it may to certain parties
be a great calamity, but the knowledge of ii
to others is only valuable as one Of those les
sons of experience by which we may profit.
"Thirdly, labor is saved by it. A thrifty
farmer has labor daily of two-fold character
to perform-mental, to plan physical, to &C.
complish. His success depends as much on
the former as the latter. In practical agri'
cultural journal ideas can be cleaned to save
much of the former, and occasionally much
of the latter.
"Lastly, success requires it. The great
secret of success coupled with energy, is : first
understand your business; second, mind your
business"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31
Agrifnltnral department.
WHAT A FARMER SHOULD NOT DO.

A farmer should never break up more land
than he can cultivate thoroughly halftilled
land is always growing poorer, while we'll
titled land is constantly improving. A thrifty
and prudent farmer will not devote his sole
attention to the improvement of certain fields
on his farm, because the land is "easy to work
at," let other portions of his premises 60 un-
cultivated, and grow rothing but brush, bogs,
briars, and stones.
A farmer should never have more cattle,
horses, or other live stock than he can keep
in good order. An animal in good order at
the beginning of winter is already half win
tered. Nor should he let his cattle endure
the chilling storms of winter in an open yard
or field, whilsta few shllings expended in pro-
viding comfortable stables would amply repay
him in saving of fodder, and afford greater
quantity of milk.
A farmer should never depend too much
on his neighbor for what he can, by careful
management, produce on his own land. He
should not make it common practice to either
buy or beg fruit while he can plant trees and
cultivate them on his own ground-nor annoy
his neighbors by borrowing tools to work with
while he can make or buy them. "The bor-
rover is servant to the lender"
A farmer should never be so immersed in
political matters as to neglect doing his vari-
GUS kinds of work in due season, and to tidy
up matters and things for the winter-nor
should he be so inattentive to politics as to
remain ignorant of those great questions of
national and state policy which will always
agitate more or less free people,
| A farmer should never refuse fair price
for anything he wishes to sell. I have known
men to refuse six shillings for bushel of corn,
and after keeping it five or six months they
were glad to get four shillings for it. "a bird
in hand is worth two in the bush.'
A farmer should not let his buildings 60 to
decay while he can afford the means to keep
them in repair-nor should he allow tattered
clothes to be stuffed in broken windows to
take the place Of glass Ifhe does, he will
soon acquire the reputation of man who
tarries long in the gin-shop.
A farmer should not be contented with di.
lapidated-looking fences on his farm, so as to
tempt his cattle to become unruly and destroy
his crops, while he has plenty of opportunities
and material to make or keep them in repair.
Mays Guide to Farming in Nsw Zealand.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

WHAT Is SUITABLE CLOVER SoIL?-
Rev. G. W. Howard, in answer to this ques-
tion in The Southern Farm and Home, says
that it must contain large percentage Of
clay. Our extremely sandy lands on or near
the coast, he thinks, will not grow clover sue
cessfully. On them the pea must be the SUBJ
stitute for clover, but where the surface is
sandy and the sub-soil clay, the clay may be
broug ght to the surface and manured; clover
will then thrive upon it. Generally good
wheat soil, and every farmer knows what that
is, is good soil. The richer the soil, the
more rankly will the clover grow. 1t is time
thrown away to SOW clover seed on land that
will not bring ten or fifteen bushels Of wheat
to the acre, or its equivalent in other grains
Glover thrives on bottom lands thoroughly
drained.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

STARTLING D1scovERY.-During the sit
ting of court in Connecticut, not long ago,
on very cold evening, crowd of lawyers
had collected around the fire that blazed cheer
fully on the hearth in the bar-room, when a
traveller entered, benumbed with cold, but no
one moved to give him room to warm his
shins, so he leaned against the wall in the
back part Of the room.
Presently smart young limb Of the law
addressed him, when the following dialogue
took place:
"You look like traveler?'
"Wall suppose I am I came all the way
from Wisconsin a-foot at any rate
From Wisconsin! What distance to
come on one pair of legs?'
"Wall I done it, anyhow"
"Did you ever pass through HI in any Of
your travels?"
eyes, sir, I've passed through the outskirts. I"
81 thought likely. Well, what are the
manners and customs there? Some of us
would like to know
you'll find them much the same as in this
place-tae laacyers SIT nearest the fire.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31
Ghildreu's department.
[Original.]
SMOKE.

SMOhEs
Steam and smoke. in appearance, resemble
each other very much ; but they are very differ
ent from each other in their nature. Steam
is water or other liquid rari6ed by heat
Smoke is produced by consuming wood, or
some other inAammable substance, in fire. II
is an evidence of imperfect combustion. If
you turn up the wick of lamp too high it
will smoke, because all the oil is not con-
sumed, and it passes off in smoke. If you
will place some fiat substance over the top Of
the lamp chimney, the lamp will smoke
When tallow candle is blown out, consid'
erable steam of smoke issues from it. If a
match, or fame Of any kind, is held near the
stream of smoke, it will instantly take fire and
the flame will dart back to the wick Of the
candle and relight it. 1t is the unconsumed
oil that is carried off by the heat of the can
die, that takes fire. When anything is held
over burning pine knott soon becomes black
with what we call SCOT. All these little ex.
periments show that smoke is an evidence OF
imperfect combustion. In other words, smoke
is a part of the substance which is burning.
Some years ago, some one in some Of those
large European cities-London, I think-where
fuel is very scarce and very dear, attempted
to catch, in some way, the smoke, as it issued
from the chimneys, and compress the uncon'
sumed material it contained, and re6t it for
being burned again. I never learned wheth'
er or not he succeeded. would suppose he
found that the expenses were greater than the
profits, and quit his scientific experiments
with smoke. Smoke has some useful proper.
ties If you will hang piece of fresh meat
up and smoke it we'll, it will not spoil. It twill
have peculiar taste, by no means palatable
If you happen to have chimney that draws
badly, the smoke will make your eyes red and
if there be much smoke the tears will flow
freely from your eyes. Such is not the case
when room is filled with steam. You may
become completely enveloped in steam, and
although it will not be pleasant, still your eyes
will not run water as they do when smoke is
blown into them. Neither will steam save
meat. I should suppose that it would hasten
its decomposition. The same reason that
smoke saves meat, is the reason that it makes
the tears flow from your eyes. In smoke there
is peculiar substance, suppose I may call
it, which is generally known by the name Of
creosote. It is this creosote which is in the
smoke that saves the meat from spelling and
makes our eyes water. In steam there is no
creosote, and it does not produce either of the
effects spoken of.
1t is evident that in smoking meat, as is
done by almost everybody, care should be
taken to select kind of wood that will not
burn into blaze readily, and which has nat
urally no unpleasant taste. Pine wood will
not answer the purpose, because it would i'm
part to the meat turpentine taste, which is,
to most persons, very unpleasant. 1t is, also,
clear that smoky house is not only very dis
agreeable but very unhealthy. The creosote
must be injurious both to the eyes and lungs
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

ToDR1vE AWAY BED. .BUGs.-An exchange
gives the following as a sure way to drive
away bed-bugs from old beds: Take green
tomato vines, put them in basin or tray,
pound them to pieces as finely as possible,
then stain the bedstead which they inhabit
with the juice, fill the crevices with pieces Of
vines, and lay leaves under the ends Of the
stats. If this is practieed twice year, not a
bug will remain in the bedstead.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31
Annluruas 9epartment.
VIOLIN AND FIDDLE.

Half century ago, or less, the somewhat
facetious DIR. Pond dwelt in the quiet and out.
ofthe way village of A.. The Doctors
ideas were liberal-much more so than many
of his congregation; nevertheless, he kept on
the even tenor Of his way. He had son
named Enoch, who at an early age manifested
remarkable talent for music, which the father
cherished and cultivated with care. In the
same village resided an antiquated maiden
lady, who, having no cares of her own to oc-
cupy her time and attention, magnanimously
devoted herself to those of her neighbors. One
morning she called at the doctors and reques-
ted to see him. When he entered the room
where she was seated, he perceived at glance
that something was amiss, and before he had
time to extend her the usual chow dye do p
she added:
II think, DR.. Pond, that man fyour age
and profession might have had something bet
ter to do, when you were in New London, last
week, than to buy Enoch a fiddle; all the
people are ashamed that our minister should
buy his own son fiddle! Oh! dear, what
is the world coming to, when ministers will
do such things!"
''tWho told you I had fiddle" inquired
the Doctor.
"Who told me9 Why, everybody says So,
and some people have heard him play on it as
they passed the door. But amt it true, Doc
tor %
II bought Enoch violin when went to
New London"
"A violin |" what's that?"
"Did you ever see one2'
"Never"
"Enoch p said the Doctor, stepping to the
door, "bring your violin here"
Enoch observed the command, but no soon-
er had he entered with his instrument than
the old woman exclaimed:
"La ! now; there, why, it is fiddle"
"Do not judge rashly," said the Doctor, Civ.
ing his son wink; "wait till you hear it."
Taking the hint, Enoch played Old Hun
dred. The lady was completely mysti6ed; it
looked like fiddle, but who had ever heard
Old Hundred played on fiddle? 1t could
not be. So, rising to depart, she exclaimed,
liam 80 glad came in to satisfy myself. La
ME! just think how some people will lie!'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

p@T The little things which you may do for
those about you will fall back upon your heart
as the summer dews fall upon the vineyards.
What if it is nothing but kind word to a
school-boy crying in the street! 1t dries his
tears, and the aching heart grows light and
glad again.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

That ONE THING-Uncle Peter who -four.
ishes in the mountains of Vermont as horse
dealer, was called upon the other day by an
amateur of "equine,' who was in search Of
something fast. The result is told as follows
"There," said Uncle Peter, pointing to an
animalin the meadow below the house, "there
sir; is mare who would trot her mile in two
minutes and seventeen seconds, we're it not
for one thing"
Indeed !" cried his companion.
"Yes," continued Uncle Peter, "she is four
years old this spring; is in good condition
looks we'll is first rate mare and she could
90 mile in two seventeen were it not for one
thing" =. ....
"Well, what is that?"
"That mare," resumed the jockey, "is in
every way a good piece of property. She has
heavy name, switch-tail; trots fair, and
yet there is one thing only why she can't 60
q mile in two seventeen"
"What in the old Harry is it, then p cried
the amateur, impatiently.
"The distance is too great for the time!'
was the old wag's reply.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

D9 One evening in company, during con.
versation, gentleman quoted the expression
that "Man proposesand God disposes." J." eyes" !"
said maiden present, "a man proposed to me
once, and said no, and have never seen him
since, so I thought somebody had disposed Of
him"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

p9- A Paris lady abruptly entered her kitch
en- the other day and saw the cook skimming
the soup with silver spoon. She said to her
"Francoise, I expressly forbade you to use
the silver in the kitchen"
"But, ma'am, this spoon was dirtyw
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

Ia The morning following freshet, Gel
ebrated temperance lecturer halted at spring
to refresh himself and hosre. AS he did not
wish to alight, he asked boy to pass him
dipper of water. After he had drank, think
ing to impress his principles upon the boy,
he said: "Water, my boy, is natures bever-
age; it never injured man or beast" II don't
know as it ever did, mister, but it knocked
the bottom out of our bridges and roads"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

b9- A Pittsfeld man recently borrowed
neighbors Sunday hat to wear at his sisters
funeral, and after that melancholy occasion,
pawned the beaver for sundry drinks, and the
lender had to "pay the shot" before he could
recover his chapeau. No more mourners need
apply for that hat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

FEAR.-A little girl remarked to her man.
ma, on going to bed :-"Tm not afraid of the
dark" "No, of course you are not" replied
her mamma ri was a little afraid once,
when went into the pantry in the dark to
get tart" "What were you afraid Off"
asked her mamma. 81 was afraid I could
not find the tarts."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

pss A noted wag, in Western college one
morning, read theme ofunusual merit. The
President being suspicious, asked pointedly if
it was original. "Why, yes, sir" was the re;
reply, "it had original over it in the paper
took it FROM"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

19~ 1t is great virtue to take the trials OF
life, not merely with patience and fortitude,
but pleasantly, as though we looked beyond
them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

WHAT he Knows OF FARM1NG.-The edi.
itor of the Trenton Sentinel has been telling
what he knows Of farming, and this is part Of
his first essay:
Caster-oil beans succeed best in the bowels
of the earth. They will soon work their way
out.
Insreaping wheat never take it by the beard.
1t is found to go against the grain.
= The usual time to put in rye is early in the
morning. Some husbandmen, especially those
of the city, continue to run it in at intervals
of half an hour, until bedtime The practice
is only allowable in case of dry season.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

sG- A doctor was called in to see patient
whose native land was Ireland, and whose ma
vedrink was whisky. Water was prescribed
as the only cure. Pat said that it is out of
the question he could never drink it. Milk
was then proposed, and Pat agreed to get we'll
on milk. The doctor was soon summoned
again. Near the bed on which the sick man
lay was table, on the table large bowl,
and in the bowl was milk, but favored strong
with whisky. "What have you here?" said
the doctor. "Milk, doctor just what you Or
dered." "But there's whisky in it; I smell
it." "Well doctor" sighed the patient, "there
may be whisky, but milk's my object"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31
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In.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07
Commissioners, Court

The board of County Commissioners
was in session on Monday, Tuesday and
yesterday, and transacted business as fol-
lows:
Ninety-five acres of land belonging to
]. w. Hardesty was added to the list of
lands asses sed for the improvement of the
Palmer road, and assessed at 81 per acre;
also, 751a acres of land belonging to Jos.
Latham was added to the same list, and as
sessed at $1.25 per acre.
Twenty-eight and half acres of land in
the name of Jas. Straley was added to the
list of land assessed for the improvement
of the State road, and assessed at $2.72 per
acre.
A number of bills were examined and
allowed.
The petition of John W. Merchant for
the improvement ofa county road was con-
tinued for hearing on the first Tuesday of
April next.
The petition of C. A. Palmer for the i'm
provement of county road was also con-
tinued for hearing on the second Tuesday
in April next.
Yesterday was occupied in the settlement
of the County Treasurer with the board.