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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-10
Aug 25

KEROSENE OIL CHEAP,
FULL VERNMENT TEST,
AT as Cents per Gallon.
HNHIS il the same quality OIL we have
i ratAiled for nearly TEN YEARS in Co.
lumbia. NEITHER DEATH NOR BESO-
LATlON has ever entered any family from
its use. pulpit oratory to the contrary not
withstanding. At this price, it is boon
TO the people, and our sales show that the ey
ticulars. see GEORGE SUMMERS.
Wrapping Paper.
A FULL supply Of WRAPPING PAPER
"A. just received from the Atlantic Paper
Mills, for which we are sole apents. and Of
fered at lower prices than same quality can
be delivered from the Northern cities. Call
aud examine quality and prices at the store
OF JOHN AGNEW Il SON.
New Mackerel
100 PACKAGES NEW MACKEREL,
IOO consisting OF Extra Mess, Nos. l :,
2and 8, in barrels. hall barrels and kits;
also at rotail. just reneived and for salo
low by JOHN AGEEW & SON.
To Rent.
~ A COTTAGE HOUSE on Blanding
GI street, between Bull and pickcns.
Aa; 4as FH5 is terms aPRl{ PP8ES to ocNrw /. GOV
House to Rent.
- TIE HOUSE and FOUR ACRE
MM LOT OF Mrs E. j. Arthur. Good gar.
den and Excellent we'll of wa'er. Pos.
session given imnicdiatelv. Apply to WM.
MARIN or + X. ARTHUR. July Il
Corn Corn!!
Snn BUSHELS PRIME WHITE CORN.
COO 500 bushels Mixed Corn.
just received and for sale low by
Sept 3 JOHN AGEEW Il SON
Miller's Fire Proof Safes.
THOSE in want of the best SAFE mInu-
J. fdctured will find il to their int crest to
call and examine our stock Of MILLER'S
CELEBRATED FIhE PROOF SAFES,
which We are Offering a. manufacturcr's
prices. thereby saving to the purchaser he
expenses Of freight and hrAyAge. These
Safes hdce stood The test IF tie great .Gre in
Chester and other piuccs in he STATE, pre-
seruing their contents TO the satisfaction Of
The O,oners, and will be sold as low hero az
other makes c,n be bought in New York
city. JOHN AGNItW Il son.
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IMPROVED
GEORGIA COT TON PRESS!
Patented March, 1870,

~ ThNOb6F FON q BUARDMAN,
AUGUSTA, GA.
NNHE satisfaction this PRESS has given
L i'll the past. the great improvement
made on it, and the fact Of it's being from
forty to fifty dDllars cheaper than any other
good Press. should induce planters and
others to send for one Of our new Circulars
before purchasing. We also manufacture
Irons for Water Power Presses and ecrew
Presses. Address
PENDLETON & BOARpMAN,
Foundry and Machine Works, Kollocl;
Street. Augusta. Ga. July ~I4mo
spartanburg and Asbevilie Railroad.
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ECONOMICAL IN CONSTRUCTION,
SAFE IN MANAGEMENT AND
PROFITABLE IN RESULTS.

An Important enterprise for the develor
mont OF South Carolina.
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District Court United States.

District Court United States.
DISTRICT OF so UTH CAROLINA.
TN obedience to the order OF Hon. George
L 8. Bryan. Judge OF the District COURT
for South Carolina, tho under signed gives
notice, that oil lpersons holding liens on the
arc required to establish the same before
@. J. Jaeger, Esq Register, at Newberry,
on or before the Goth day OF September
next. and to show Gauss. if any they can, i,
why the real estate OF said bankrupt
should not be sold to pay such liens as may
be established.
NATHANIEL BAREWELL,
Aug II t10 Assignee OF w. q. Downy.
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Medicines,
EOR PURIFYING TIE BLOOD,
L. For Curing Rheumatlsm,
For Curing Chills and fever,
For Curing Ringworm aud letter,
For Curing Coughs and Consumption,
For Curing Dyspepsla,
Will bo found at HEINIrSH'S
Sept1 Drug Store.
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dob printing Of every kind, from q
miniature visiting card to four.s sheet
poster, turped ont, at short notice,
from PHOENIX Office. Try us.
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BURNING UP F!

BURNING UP
VOU are burning up with FEvER-In-
Il termittent Fever, Chill and Fever,
Fever and Ague-all these are the same
disease, caused in the came way.
RAGING AUTUMNAL
Days OF September, hot. falling leaves,
decaying mstter, will produce Chill and
Fever. Dumb Chills, Aching Bpnes and
other bilious
DISEASES,
Which can be cured by H EINITs H'3 KINA
CHILL CUBE. Thousands burn with fever
and shake with colo just for want Of q
cure, which ~ to bo found only at
Sept3t HEINITSH'S Drug Store.
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Shares Fifty Dollars each, pay ablo in ten
| installm ents.
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Every citizen of this State should OWL at
least one Share.
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Notice.

Il are respectfully invited to attend RE.
L1GIOUS SERVICES for the ensuing holi-
days, at the Odd Fellows' SunooI House.
comm enciDg FRIDAY EVENING, septem.
Der IL, At O'Clock. Sept
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Flour! Flour!! Fiour!!!
10O BARRELS FANCY FAMILY
1OJ FLOUR, ground from selected
new Wheat. just received and for sale at
reduced prices by JOHN AGNEW & son.
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New Goldfish and Mackere]

NEW C0dn3n and Wackerei,
RISH POTATOES, breakfast Bacon
Il STRIPS. MaSnoji4 HAMS.
Fresh CRACKEKS. snch a4 reek, Frcan
q Co.'s, Milk al Uornliill Ginger Snaps,
DC, TO.
New Mess and No. / MACKEREL, at re-
tail.
Picked SALMON. very foe. and ail the
novelties ordinarily expected in a fret
class Grocery ut this season OF the year.
Our stock is unusually we'll assorted, and
we can supply tho public on best possible
terms, cash. GEO. .:YMMERS.
SeptG
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New, New, New!
F. B. ORCHARD & CO..
DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, &c.

W|E beg leave to inform our friends,
w that we have on hand a large and
well-assorted stock of LADIES' HATS,
which We will close out for the next ten
days, Mt HALF PRICE, varying from
25 Cents to 81 80.
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Steelyards and Scale Beams.
A COMPLETE assortment Of PATENT
a sOALE BEAMS and STEELYARDS
?nst received and for salo ut reduced prices.
Dy JOHN A4NEW g. SON
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A link in the Air. Line Road between th o
cities OF Cincinnati. Leuisville. st. Louis,
Chicago and Charleston, sevonty-four
miles long. with lees tliAu twenty miles OF
heavy work.
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LACEsTRIPED FIGuREDLAWNs

at rs conts-cost so in New York.
We have also just received large lot of
LONGCLOTHS and SHIRTINGS, which we
are selling at prices that defy competition
Aug IL +. B. ORCHARD d co,
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The Road that promises to make Charles
ton the market for the trade Of the great
Northwest, the West Indies, South Ame-
rica and Europe; also, an important EN-
grant station.
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s.. A COTTAGE HOUSE on Blandin
GTA street, between Bull and pickcn,
x3. For terms, apply to
Aug Is JOHN AGNEW j. SON.
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02
VOLUME A.
Transplanting.

Transplantlng cabbage, tomato, and to-
bacco plants, is often carelessly done, and
rrcat losses arc sustained in consequence
4 few hours exposure OF the plants to the
sun and wind will result in the loss OF
some days growth at least, if it does not
cause the entire loss of the plants.
The plants should not be lifted from the
bed. if it can be helped. till the ground
and the holes are ready to receive them,
1t is capital plan, if the soil is not already
very moist from rain, to water them
thoroughly in the bed an hour OF two be-
fore lifting. 1t will cause a greater amount
of soil to adhere to the roots
Take them up tenderly, lift them with care, =
is the rule to be observed here as in other
things, No pains, no gains is the
motto. Select a rainy or damp day, if
possible; if not, Just before sunset is better
than the morning. We like to have a pref
ty dry soil to set them in. but we would
have a supply of water to pour into the
hole after it is made. and before it is soak
ed away set in the plant and fill in with
dry soil. This is wet by the water, and the
plant is surrounded by moisture, and yet
the surface is loose and open. and not
packed too close or baked around the
plant. A little extra pains will pay well.
Try il and see.
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02
Human Relics on the Ocean Bed.

The dream that afflicted the wretched
Clarence alter dne aIloWalnl1re Is made 4, t?r
poe.lr oA "tIor, p,o'1.'pH = i,'''
t;n tn1.sll 3olio,G VsG''tio NJ 1 % Mnal ~
tha 'a '''oc "ac:n I II - "a ~ - hnu. I
.pnn""t 'u WII' ",,o++ions tb.t thn sop,,d;n lu =
n' .,Innosa1 .I'' = sb 'r-,' h"rot +ai7
II "',ti - - - :.
n'anos ra'o 20 anJ that af thn h5ar %"
I III - IT ~ H.
LII 1; " ?elitr ~ = ~ = r., w. i' th eo
trae9 ,ta,,5 a,iaal - IA PI'" ,ro ,ntJ ,-j
f,a+,,ra '' rhonot;o dnryal fc,,, ,,,,1,,,,
+ ;na''+s ~, thn cornnrass;I,il;t,, ~. IF ,;,.
ni,,n1 @ anno,,+annn fLa+ ,.atn1 ,r,at
Jamt. ~, ronJaraG - danso ~.
thd+ nothina nonId sinI r. the hdttnn, in
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02
Early Lambs.

" do not mention the subject Of caring
for Young lambs because farmers are not
aware of the duties, but as 4 reminder 1t
is we'll known that for market an early
lamb is worth more than a late one. and
ii follows that extra care should be taken
Of the first 1t is not economy to attempt
to watch the flock in the field, and assist
the lambs as they appear but provision
should be made for their protection before
that period. Ewes that are soon to suclle
should be separated from the flock, and
put where they will not be subject to ex-
posure even if the lambs should not come
on stormy night Sheep have again be-
come valuable, both for the wool and
meat they furnish, and they should be i'll
centivc to watchfulness if humanity does
not lead to it. Where lambs become chill
led. take them at once to the house. and
after being i'll warm room for half IN
hour, put them under the stove where il
is hot, and give them milk from thcil
mother until they become able to walk
and then take them back to the sheep. II
the mother is not inclined to take her own
offspring, shut the two up in a small pen
or box together for a day or two and hold
the eve for a few times for the lamb to
draw his rations Ohio Farmer.
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02
It Never Pays.

1t never pays to fret and growl,
When fortune seems our foe;
The better bred will look ahead
And strike the bravcr blow,
For luck is work,
And those who shirk
should not lament their doom,
But yield the play,
And clear the way,
That better men have room.
1t never paws to wreck the health
In drudging after gain,
And he is sold who thinks that gold
Is cheapest bought with pain.
An humble lot,
A cosy cot,
Have tempted even kings,
For station high,
That wealth will buy.
Not oft contentment brings.
1t never pays. blunt refrain.
Well worthy of a song,
For age and youth must learn the 1rpth
That nothing pays that's wrong,
The good and pure
Alone are sure
70 bring prolonged success,
While what is right
In Heavens sight
Is ALWAYS sure to bless.
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02
Farm, Garden and Household,
Insect.Eating Birds.

These are the farmers greatest friends
A prize essay, by Frank ii. Palmer. ell
titled .Inscct-Eating Birds the Farmers
Best Friends" is gust published at Boston
under the auspices OF the Massachusetts
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. Insects are the pest and banc
OF American fruit culture; they spoil our
cherries, they sting our pears and apples
and render them worthless; they prevent
our plum trees trom producing mature
iruit; they pUncture our grapes they dc
stroy our roses; thcy dcvour our green
vegetables, and arc nnischcvous in other
ways. MI Palmer maintains that this is
the result Ot Our own mproyidcnce. 1t is,
tie says because man has destroyed their
natura. enemies that insects have become
q pest. and they will cease to trouble him
only in proportion as he shall restore the
balance OF which nature shows the neces-
sltE. During the past few years, he re-
marks there has been a steady decrease
IN the number uf cur native birds III all
parts of the country whore man has torm-
ed his settlements and consequently there
has been an immense Increase OF the IN
~ect tribes aa which birds are fed The
pamphlet contains list of the birds which
feed OH insects Of the insects hurttul to
garden vegetables he makes so different
species of those injurious to the apple
and apple tree. ri. Shade trees have 100
kinds vi insect enemies and wheat and
other Grains 5O We require very con-
siderable army ol bird to protect the
husoandmau against the ravagee OF these
pests and there seem t0 be every reason
why the killing of birds that feed on the
insect ulne shauid nr punishable by the
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02
Three Tiers of Cities.

Prot. Proctor says our earth is gaining
in bulk by the ncessant fall Of meteors
on its surface. Biologists maintain that
its crust is growing thicker by the gradual
cooling of melted matter in the interior,
and point in proof to mountains OF recent
formation as much higher than the Older
ranges. And antiquarians tell us that the
surface of the earth rises in some way and
covers the ruins of old cities
Prof Schliemann, in digging on the site
OF Troy, has penetrated through three
different cities. The upper one is com
paratively modern, and has tlourished
since the historic Troy was destroyed by
the Greeks. The second was the Troy of
Homer; and the relics are abundant of the
weapons described by Homer and of uten-
sis mentioned in the Iliad The third in
dicates period long before the Troy of
poetry, when barbarism prevailed, and
weapons and vessels were of stone. like
those found in sunkcn villages in the lakes
of Switzerland. 1t is not easy to under
stand how the soil can have accumulated
over these relics to the depth Of a hundred
feet.
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02

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Islo(t 9l'p ,'''' 'lt -. lll@ 't'e'lV.I sales o
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srto, 5 'tl, +at ' i,al .'0 ~ - iom ractlea
LAIN faiias Has 'i'll.'' la (loi NJ w. cel
im,inr his voar ai5o fha+ Ca, '''lu
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The Republican journal., 1874-07-02
Presidential Eorecastinc.

he w aahlngton correspondent ol the
hca9o rIbune mas the following gossip
as 10 the PfopaO!e democratic candidate
TOR president:
lhere are tour prominent men tor thy
democratic nomination; AIen Thurman.
lhomaS a hendricks, Newton Booth,
anu David DAVIS.
thurman nus the measure OF the largest
puhHclty, aS the unqueStioned head OF hi
party at Washington An able and skill
iul Geoater' man OF culture, %rnlalitv.
legal mind' ana poIltieaI lmeNSe, hc ha-
Two clements OF weakness, II j. nr
plObaDle that he can carry ONO NJ a dem
ocratie national convention; and he j,
against eXpanSlon-a notion which ha
greatly Whetted the democratic appetite
since the crusade eut OIL stronger iippIc.
mere arc put thfee oelnocr3tW dal\
papers IN the state and All Of them ar"
SNllen on thurman, lie Is accused Vl
selllShneSs, stihglneSN, ana those tralltrr
winch exercise no hand IN the govern
ment. HIS executive experience i limited,
ana ne mas II competitor h ho uncle.
William Allen, who + generally popular
with the democratic rank and file, aH
Will DE but 69 years old IT the expiration
OF ms term OF Office. oIt Mr. Allen r.
pied to Morton mputatlon that hr Wa
SenLe III an chectiNe retort, though # rrur'
one:
hr. Morton suggests that ann tu1 old
TO ne your governor: that my time II At'
ana loss OF Nltallty lhht me. CAP n.
speak to You, 1eIloW-cltlzenN. IN u ''.r.
like ms believing Splcndldly AlH 4
Withered from the hips down
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02

Going back to q house which we left
long ago with the sweetness and memories
of lost summers locked away in its closed
rooms, and hidden within its darken pas
sages, always seems to me like resllrrec-
ton. We throw back shutters, and blue
heavens peep smiling into dim rooms and
dusky corridors; we open doors, and the
June air chases the tlickering sunshine
through the stiffness of the dead atmos-
phere we turn keys and slips, until the
troops of eager children full of laughter
and motion sweep from threshold to thresh-
old in one glad rush Of life and gladness.
Halt-forgotten dreams and tancies and feel
ings wake again as some faded relic crum-
bles under our fingers, and the present
touches the past so nearly that all interven-
ing time and space is blotted out, and the
old days join the new in one unbroken line
of thought and action. Somewhere beyond
the stars [ love to fancy that the same
wonderful change will come to the dear
dead faces that have been hidden from our
earth forever. Breath of heaven will un-
seal the silent lips, light of heaven will ul-
veil the shadowed eyes, glory of heaven
encompass the frozen soul, until ioy un-
speakable and life eternal fill for them the
whole boundless measure of eternity. TN
F. b.
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02

We wonder if The Good Fellow c}ol
mistrusts his goodness, or realizes how
selfish, how weak, how unprinciplc, and
how bad fellow he it, He never regards
the consequences OF his acts as they re-
late to others. and especially those Of hi
family friends. Little fits Of generosity
toward them are supposed to atone tor all
his misdccds, while he inllicto upon them
| the disgraccs, Inconvenience, and burdens
which attend Il Scllishly di5soutc llr
The Invitation Of Il friend, the tauut, ot
good-naturcd boon companions, the
temptations Of jolly fellowship, these Nle
enough to overcome all his scruplcs, if ne
has any ocrupics and to lead him to ignore
al the possible results to those who love
nm best and must care lor linn in sick
ness and all the unhappy phases Of hi7
selfish life.
The Good Fellow isnotoriously careless
OF his family. Any outside friend can
lead him withersoever he will-into de-
bauchcry idlencss, yagabondage He
can ask favor and tits done lie can
invite him into disgrace, and he goe~
He can direct hin into a Job Of dirty worh
and he straightway undertakes it. IL
can tempt him into any indulgence which
may suit his vicious whims, and regard
less OF wife, mother, sister, who may be
| shortened in their resources so as Icgiti-
mately to claim his protecting hand. re
| gardless OF honorable father and brother.
he will spend his money, waste Ai~
time, and make himself subject Of con
slant and painful anxiety. or an unmili-
gate nuisance TO those alone who care
straw for him. What pay does he receive
| for this shameful sacrifice The honor of
| BEING. considered a ..Good Fellow" with
q set of men who Would NOT spend n cent
| fo4. him if they should seq him stq,.yino.
| and who would laugh over his calamitics.
| When he dies in the ditch. A. he Is mo,l
! liKelv to die, they breath a loh otar thr
SWlll they drink and say, "aiter 0u. b..
was y Good Fellow"
| The features Of the Good Fellow r..,,.
| which makes it we'll nigh hopeless. ls. that
| he thinks he is q good fellow He thinl-
| this pliable disposition, hi raaHine-a 10 IL.
other good fellows = service ana his io!y
ways atone for all his faults Ills love OF
praise is ted by his companion and tina
his sSelf-complacrncy is nursed quite un
| aware that his sacrifice Of honor and thu
honor and peace of his family. i0r the AXE
OF our outside praise is tile of 7prinr ot
the hrartlesS eelfshnps4. quit. unaware
that his regard Of the interest and fee!
ing OF those who are bound TO him by Ill.,.
close ties OF blood, is the demonstration
Of his utterly unprnciplpd character. L,.
carries an unruflled, ora iovial front. while
hearts bleed or break around him Ofag
the scamps society knows, the traditiona.
good fellow is the most despicahlc. A
man who for the sake OF His own selfish
delights, or the sake Of the praise Of care
less or unprincipled friends, makes hi,
home a scene of anxiety and torture. lnd
degradeS and disgraces all who are asso
ciated with him in his home life. is whrthrr
he knows tor not 4 brute. If a man can
not he Ioyal to home. and to those who
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02

A FLOATING MENAGEEIE. 1t is stated
that party OF officers, who have been en-
gagged in mounting guns and otherwise
putting the Gulf forts in serviceably con
dition, while sailing through Mississippi
Sound, since the recent food. encountered
4 remarkable scene. For miles We're seen
logs. driftwood, and patches of turf and
soil floating out into the gull, filed with
liye animals. who clung to their trall
barques with the tenacity of shipwrecked
mariners. Among the animals were seen
rats, raccoons, possums, rabbits, alligator~
and moccasn snakes in uncounted num-
bers all brought down from the swamps
and marshes, perhaps from fifty to one hun
dred miles inland. The novel exhibition
had scientific interest, as it suggested
the manner in which, during past geologi-
cal periods, animals were transported from
regions far inland to the mouth of es-
tuarics, and their bones being entoumbed
in the silt and soft mud, furnished the or
ganic remains which are preserved for
ages, in the hardened strata, ltwas doubt
less, by similar means that the fossils now
found in the solid limc-stones were en-
quilted and preserved; and also that AMI
NAL life has been distributed over portions
of the globe.
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02

\ Poon HAND. a young man in Roch-
ester, n. ", who is very fond OF euchre,
and. also very fond Of the daughter of a
pi]lar of one of the orthodox churches,
was taking tea at the house of his adored
some time since, and had some fruit cake
offered him. Being somewhat confused
on account OF his situation. as the cake
was held out to him, he very politly said,
81 pass The father hearing him, and
having played some to his younger days,
was Mortified at his intatuaton for the
game, and thought he would teach him 4
lesson He spoke bluntly: "You pass,
then order you up-and there's the door
| shall make march Y When that young
man calls upon ''his adored'' again, ne
will probably ''go it alone
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02

LoNG SHOVEL HANDLES We have
found that young backs as we'll as old ones
may be favored by the use Of long handled
shovcls and forks We keep full set o.
round, pointed and square shoyels, and
six-tined manure forks with long handles
and find they are generally used by all oul
men, in preference to the short ones Ours
are long, like hay fork handles, and arc
finished without the usual d at the end of
the handle, For digging post holes they
are indispensable. They throw q little
more work on to the arms and wrists, but
take a great deal from the back. 1t is
better to stand erect as much as possible
while at work IN E Farmer
The Republican journal., 1874-07-02

STRANGLEs N COTS. The New York
Tribune says.-''Ihis complaint. known
commonly as distemper, is nothing seri-
ous. The swelling which appears at the
junction Of the Jaws and throat will in
time break of itself and disappear The
only treatment necessary is to give the
colt soft feed, with bran mashes, and no
medicine at all. The appetite, which falls
off while the fever accompanying the dis
order remains will return as soon as the
abscess has broken. If the enlargement
increases to such an extent as to threaten
partial suffocation, it may be opened with
lancet and discharged. No poultice
should be applied to the swelling. Some
times, when the abscess refuses to break,
or is slow in suppurating it may be hast
ened by rubbing it with little ointment,
composed Of one part Spanish flies and
six parts of lard.