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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-06-24
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SLEEPING IN CHURCH.

TIE following parody on TernySon'
"Charge OF TIE Light Brigade" is based up
ou the statement made ny DR.. Guthrie that
ut large religious meeting he once attend
ed, he actually counted six hundred poop!
asleep:
O'er their devoted heads
While the law thunder'd,
SnnSly and hecI!cS>iy
Snored the six hundred.
Great was the preachers theme:
Scrcw'd on was ali the steam;
Neither with shout nor scream
Could he disturb the dream
OF the six hundred.
TcrrorS 70 the right of them,
'Terrors to the left OF them,
Terrors III front OF them
Hell itself plupGered
Gifts most awful things,
Weak-minded preacher filings
At the dumbfounded.
Boldly he spoke and well;
All on deaf ears it fell;
Vain was his loudest yell
Volley'd and thunder'd;
For caring-ihe truth to tell
Neithe. for heaven nor hell;
Snored the six hundred.
Still, with redonbled zeal,
Still he spoke onward,
And, in wild appeal,
Striking with hand and heel
Making the pulpit feel,
ShaSen and tbundercd-
Called them the church's foes:
Threatened with endless woes.
Family the answer rose
proof Of their sweet rcpose}
From the united nose
: OF the six.hundred.
Sermon of near an hour,
Too much for human power;
Prayers, too, made to match
(Extemporaneous batch),
( Woefnlly blundercd;
With a service of muSic
Fit to turn every pew sick
Should it be wondered?
6 Churches that will not move
Out Of the ancient groove
Through which they have tiounder'd,
IF they would lag behind,
Stu must expect to- find
r. Hearers ofsuch 4 kind
As the six hundred.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-06-24
NEWSPAPER PATRONAGE.

We coDy the foIIowjuo from tn,
Selma Times. bat We hope nobody
will have the kardihood to say wt
endorse it:
There anDcar> to be many differ.
cnJ ways Of understanding tho
t!uc meaning oincwSnapur patron.
are. aS i is called ami IS I'm intc.
rested party. we give place TO :,
disQui>ition on the subject. by one
who knows whereof he speaks. 1t
will serve. perhaps, as Il mirror in
which certain parties may "sce
themselves rs others sec them"
Hany long and weary years oi
experience il ;hc publishing bu<i,
ness has forced the conviction up,
on US that newspaper patronage is a
word ofmany definitions, and that
L great majority Of mankind arc
either ignorant OF the correct de.
finition, or are dishonest, in i strict
biblical sense of the word. News.
paper patronage is composed OF
as many co!ors as the rainbow
and as char gcab!e as a chameleon.
One man comes in and sub.
>cribcs for i paper, and pays for
it in advance, and goes home and
reads it, with the proud satiSfac-
tinn that if ;s his He hands IN
his advertisement. asks thc nrice
paws for it. GOES to his nIacc Of
business and reads the odront.on.
thereof This j. natronooc
Another man asks Won 10 Send
him the naNer and rOnc off with
an. oua sL,,,. .t
Time passes on. and Won arc in
need ot morov and a.,, h;m -
nov ,bo sum h. or.os 60. II,
a;os into ,,s..;,n ,,.,,.h. ~
no.nn,, , r' .
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,ao.Lon , L
~. -0 '''''0; '''" 00'0'Acn ''1e0
OF you ana wants 4 chanSc. IhlhH>
he will have another paper. But
he don't pav: oh. MOI ne has tc
,.oo,> ro,,. ., o.,.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-06-24

to the ucnt!er nature that, though
uol 80 sparkling perhaps. is more
jus; and may be as witty.
II is Il singular fact that many
who write easily cannot converse
with pleasure citi.cr to themselves
5r IL lhrir listeners. Give them
ben. ink aad papcr. aud lAcu
,!:pu4hts flow rapidly: Jest. Quip
arl reparlce. gush with delicious
fYvclc5>: memory throws open
her wei. lined chambers, and culls
ont every radiant gem that will
enhance the beauty Of ;he subject
they are handling. Fancy, like
willing hard maid: stands o!I
the qsI uire, to throw in all the
bright sparkles pceded-reason,
with her solid beauties: is at her
side eager 20 do duty; and wit will
guide the pen. But place the
same persons in company: and
nine times out OF ten, all these
faculties play them false. and they
stuttcr and stammer through some
disconnected unncanIny or stlited
speech, whose ooscurity brings
the blush to their cheek as they
think 1t over afterwards. Cole
ridge, one Of the most noted con-
vcrsatlonaIIsts; or rather monolo-
giSts Of the literary world, is said
to have almost lost the ability to
write well, before the develop
meht OF his grand conversational
powers ana alter 'Ney were SO
strongly 'h"rNco nc "FoUe "It'c
o. nothing.
Ihe persons who can listen we'll;
and yet who can offer ready suS'
yestlOns throwing in here and
there Il remark that will bring out
al! The capabillty Of those around.
are often deemed interesting talk
crs, when IN reality the secret Hes
III the tact they possess OF drawing
out the powers OF those with
whom they are IN contact: ana
they are generally popular, tOr cv-
cry one who can talk at all, likes
4 5"oH 'lSlchef'
\ close reading Of good authors,
an apt memory, 4 graceful case in
bringing in a happy quotation, an
observant eye, quick to catch
what may be passing around, and
travel, consulate all the lngredl-
ehts necessary 10 make a really
orl'llant t conVersatlonahst.-
Ihough one may DC eloquent
with all these elements, no one
can converse we'll who has not
thought thoroughly upon some
soo)ect' Inc nina must DC tram
eu 10 anaiyze, decompoSe and re-
construct ana then the Language
with Which the thought Is Clothed
wiz 0e e'oque"ce'
Conversation can be, and should
ee, cultivated rs al art. Like any
other accomplishment, 1t can be
acquired with more or less trouble:
according to the natural capacity
for l.; and like reading aloud with
expression and ease. it is some,
thing that canno: cost 100 much
trouble in its requirement. These
two stand at the topmost round
Of the ladder Of elegant accom-
plishments, for music itself must
yield the palm to them.
Some converse freely with all
alike; others cannot talk well
without couocnial sp;rits around
like the fire in the flint il must
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-06-24

render IN accident as complete a.
possible. \ tempest would have
been desirable; it might have
thrown the gun upside down, an'
the four wheels once in the air
the monster could have been mas
tered.
But the devastation Increased
! There were gaShcs and even trac
! lures in the mas,S, which, imbcd
! dcd in the wood work of tie keel
pierce the decks OF ships like great
round pillars. The mizzcn-maSt
( was cracked: and the mainmast
: Itself was injured under the CON
vu!sive blows Of the gun. Tho
battery WAS being destroyed. Ten
pieces out ol the thirty were dis
ablcd; the breaches multiplied in
the side, and the corvette began
to take in water.
The old passenger, who had de.
Scendcd to the gun deck, looked
like form Of stone stationed at
at the foot Of The stairs. He stood
motionless, gazing SternIy about
upon the devastation. Indeed. it
seemed Impossible to take Il Sin.
y!e step forward.
Each bound Of the liberated car
rouadc mcuaccd the destruction
Of the vessel. \ few minutes more
and Shipwrcck would be incvita-
bic.
They must perish or put sum-
mary end t. the disaster--a deci-
sion must be made--but how?
What u CONFERENCE.-The cannon!
They must check this mad moa-
stcr. They must seize this flash
Of lightning. They must over
throw this thunder, bolt.
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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-06-24

the COFFeGLe was NY uO luc1IlS
saved. The dilapidatiou Of the
vessel seemed i1remediable. The
sides had tive breaches, one of
which, very large, was in the bow.
Out OF the thirty carronades,
twenty lay useless in their frames.
The carronade which iiad been
captured and reclaimed was Itself
disabled; the screw ofthe breech-
button was forced. and the level
ing oi'thc piece impossible in con-
sequence. The battery was re-
'luccd TO nine pieces. The hold
t.ad sprung i leak. 1t was necc*-
>ary 1T once to repair the damages
ani set the pumps to work.
The gun-deck. now that one had
time to look about it, offered a
I terrible spectacle. The interior Of
Il mad elephants cage could not
have been more completely dis
mantlcd.
. However great the necessity
that the corvette should escape
! observation: i still more imperious
necessity presented itse t-im-
mediate safety. 1t had been nc
cessary 10 Ii ght up the deck by
lanterns placed here and there
along the sides.
But during this whole time this
tragic diversion had lasted the
crew wera so absorbed by the one
question Of life or death that they
noticed little what was passing out
side the scene Of the dnel. The
fog had lhirkencd: the weather
had changed; the wind had driv-
en- the vessel at will it had got
out Of its route, in plain sight Of
! Jersey and Guernsey, farther to
the south than it ought TO have
gone, and was surrounded by a
troubled sea. The great waves
kissed tie gaping wounds of the
corvcttc-kisses full Of peril. The
SEA rocked her mcnacingIy. The
breeze became Il gale. \ sunaIl, 4
tempest perhaps, threatened. 1t
was impossible 10 see before one
ioar oars length.
While the crew were repairing
>uuimariiy and in haste the rava-
res Of the gun deck, stopping the
leaks and putting back into posi-
ton the guns which had escaped
: disaster, the old passenger had
gone on deck.
lie stood with his back against
the mainmast.
IT, had paid no attention to a
proceeding which had taken place
on the vessel. The Chevalicr La
VicuviiIc had drawn up the ma.
rincs in line on either side Of the
mainmast, and ut the whistle Of
! lhc EoatSwain the sailors busy in
tho rigging stood upright Oh the
yards.
+; Connt du Boisbcrthelot advan-
ced toward thcpassenger. Behind
the captain marched a man bag
; gard, brcathless, his dress in disor-
. der, yet wearing Il satisfied look
under il a!l. 1t was the gunner
who had just now so opportunely
shown himself Il tanner of monsters
and who had got the better Of the
cannon.
The count made military sa-
late to the unknown in pleasant
yarb, and said to him "GeneraI,
here is the man."
The gunner held himself erect;
his eyes downcast, standing in a
soldierly attitude.
Count du Boisbcrthelot con tin
ued "General, taking into consid-
Grafton what this man has done,
do YOU not think there is some
thing for his commanders to do ?"
Il think there is,': replied the
old man.
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ofuers' reIurncu DolSoef'ncAo''
ut is for yOn to give thcm.-
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buI you arc Ine general ""-
s"ereo oolSoel'"c'o'' Ahc o'o man
'0oSco OK III inc gunner AppFoac"'
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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-05-21

Every farmer who has to fence his land knows
too well how quickly posts planted in the earth
become rotten, especially in damp spot. All of
them will welcome the following process to PIE
vent retteuness, process as wonderful IN its eff
fects as it is simple aud almost cOstless. 1t is
taken from lie BieR Public, of Dion, France.
Take linseed oil, boil it, and mix it with char
coal dust until the mixture has the cOnsistence
of an ordinary paint. Give TO the post a single
coat of the mixture paint before planting them,
and no farmer, even living TO the age of patri-
achs of old, will live long enough to see the same
posts rotten.
Some years ago / discovered the way of rende-
ring wood more durable in earth than iron it.
SELF" says the author of the communication, "but
it seemed to me 50 simple and so inexpensive,
that did not think it worth while to make So
much ado and fuss about it. Posts of soft wood
thus prepared were removed after remaining
seven years in earth, and were found as sound as
when they were planted. The only precautOn
to take is TO use only well dried posts before
covering them with the charcoal paint"
The above recipe is certainly cheap, and seems
to be well worth the trial. If what is said of
the efficiency of that simple and cheap (about
two cents per pOst) process be only half true,
certainly it would save yearly millions of dollars
to the farmers and telegraph companies. For it
is said that the farmer, even in his teens, who
will plant posts having received a coat of this
"perpetuity post paint" will never live long
enough to see the same post rotten.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-05-21
EEORH.

1t was evident early last fall that there was q
short corn crop all over the corn region. This
induced farmers to send all their hogs that were
i'm any way saleable to market. This spring
there is no surplus corn to spare from the teams
necessary to produce the next crop, and hogs
will necessarily be neglected. Not half many
pigs will be raised, and as a consequence there
will be short hog crop next fall. But we would
urge farmers to use every exertiOn to increase
and keep in living order their hogs, until OATS
barley and other early crops can he had. If
they can be kept through the next one hundred
days. they will command price that will amply
repay for any care. So soon as grass yields food,
q very little grain will keep them in growing or
der. Last year so abundant were potatoes, that
in May and June thousands of farmers hauled
them out by the wagon load and cast them
the public commons, as it would not pay to cook
them for food for animals when corn was fifteen
cents per bushel. This year, instead of being
such a surplus, there is not enough to supply the
farmers tables. With the mass it is going to be
close work TO keep hogs through the next four
months. In some of the Counties not One-half
of the farmers have any oats for their
horses, but soon as grass comes they will work
through, but the hogs will have to root or die"
But those who have been used to having corn
abundant to throw to hogs will scarcely know
how to carry them through the summer with
one-tenth of what they have been in the habit of
using. The necessity of trying our skill and in
dustry to keep in thriving order stock hogs
is upon u.s. and some will succeed while others
will fail. Let every one measure his pile, calcu-
late precisely how many he has to feed, and how
long before a new crop will come to his relief,
and feed accordingly. If hogs have TO he kept
in scanty lots, cut grass pull weeds, all the
slops of kitchen and milk room, feed less to
less dogs cook the feed you have, pour in the
dsh-water, with regular amount of salt, and al
though their snouts may look long, soon as
the earth yields another crop, soon q fine breed
of hogs can be made of them. Make it ques-
ton how well you can keep them on the small
lest ration,-Iord State Reqister.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-05-21
DIR, WHITTIER,

617 st. Charles Street, st. Louis, Mo-,
Has been longer engaged in the special treatment of
all venereal, sexual and Chronic Diseases
than any other Physician in St Louis city papers
show.
syphilis, GenorrhGa, Giect, strieturc,
Orcbitis, Hernia, or kupture, all Urinary
Diseases and syphilific or Mercurial afIec.
tion. of the threat, skin bones, are treated
with unparalleled success, on latest scientific princi
Piles.
spermaterrh9a, Sexual Debility and
Emposeney, as the result of seltabuse in youth
sexual excuses in maturer years, or other causes
and which produce some of the following effects:
nerrOusness seminal emissions. debility dianess Of
right defeetire memory. pinpies the face, physical
decay areTsoR 20 society Of females, coIsoR Of ideas
loss Of seruai poscer. etc, rendering marriage inn.
proper or unhappy, are permanently cured
Pamphlet C36 pagesl relating TO the above, sent in
sealed enretope, for two postage stamps.
s se1ses peeaiaar 70 womes' such as 4 men
whites Chlorosis, Diseases aud displaoements Of the
Womb SerIlity, etc, successfully treated Descrp-
experience be relied upon 1t is sefevident that
Physician treating thousands Of cases every year.
acquires great skill Physicians, knowing this, fire.
quently recommend persons to nv care. COnfiden-
teal consultation personally or BY letter free and in
vted. When II is announcement to visit the city for
treatment medicines be sent by express or mail
exists Il Ia frankly stated Ofice hours: A. NJ to
p. NJ. Sundays, IL NJ to p NJ Persons GrriCing IN
1e city at any hour may come direct TO the Office fiat
The establishment IA whole house of twelve rooms)
Is the most extensive In the country, embracing Re-
eeption and Consultation rooms. Boarding and Sleep
ing apartments; Medcated Vapor Baths; compre-
hensiye Laboratory, where all medicines used in the
establishment are prepared; and most important Of
all the Library, where the old and latest standard
works Of all the schools Of medicine found; also
Anatomical Plates, life size and coored to life Illus
trating diseased conditions which have been procur-
ed IRON Paris France regardless Of expense and not
TO be found in any other Library in the city. The
Library is thrown wide open to all callers. address
as ADORE nov13.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-05-21
The Cellars Again.

How much of sickness is bred in cellars, il is
not probable ever can be accurately estimated,
hut there is no donbt that many mysterious
case Of typhoid and scarlet fever, rheumatism or
agne, may be correctly traced to the malarous
effluvia emanating from these neglected corners.
Old boxes, bins and barrels, which have con-
tanned vegetable matter, meat, fish, ETC., need
thorongh overhauing. 1t is pot that standing
in a dark corner, they look empty; there may he
enuugh poison left sticking on the side and bot
tom to affect the health of the household. This
work Of cleansing is often left to the women and
boys of the family man had much better
leave his work day, to make thorough ex.
animation and publication of the cellar; than to
be undnly anxious about getting in his crops in
extra season. After ali garbage is carried out,
let the ceilings and walls be faithfully brushed
with an old broom, and, if this is done a
month, the atmosphere will be all the sweeter.
Use plenty of lime, and, in dry weather, keep
the doors and windows open part of every day
Old tin and woodenware should not be allowed
to stand year after year upon the cellar shelves.
If it is not fit to be used, throw it away.-OhiO
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-05-21
Care Of sucking Coils.

Those who raise colts usually exercise care in
the selection of good stock to breed from, but
many greatly neglect to give the colts proper
attention during hot weather while they are
running with dams. 1t is not uncommon to see
those that were healthy and well developed in
early summer, puny and poor, and their hair
falling off before autumn. This trouble arises
from allowing the colt to draw milk while the
blood of the mare is in a high state of heat from
violent exertioB.
When the dam is used in hot weather upon
the farm or road so as to heat her blood, the
colt should never be allowed to suck until she
has fully cooled off, Let him fill himself before
the mother is put into harness, and if it is i'm
portant that he should accompany the dam, tie
him at her side so that he will be unable TO draw
milk until he is liberated, for it is much better
that he should go hungry a few hours than to
take his food while in fevered state.
Colts injured by heated milk seldom recover
frrm it for year or two, and many times never.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-05-21
for the farmer.
DO THRRsHRRs INJURR OUR SEED
WHEATT


clip the following from the Chicago Journal
of March 9th
Odessa Wheat-A correspondent of an agricul-
tural exchange says: ''This is a new variety of
spring wheat introduced a few years since into
this country. As have had experience with it
for the last two years, l am fully prepared to
give it a high recommendation, and for several
important reasons. In the first place. il is very
hardy wheat, and does better in old land than
any other spring variety have ever sowu. Sec
ondly, 1t withstaDds the ravages of the chiuch
bug with little damage. Thirdly, it yields
from 70 to 80 bushels to the acre, and never re-
quires to be sOwn more than one bushel TO the
acre. And last, but not least, it has produced
the best spring wheat flour, second TO no other
spring wheat i ever raised"
ODESSA wheat failed here last year. / notice
remarks nbout seed wheat in knOwltOn's New
Nanny reaper pamphlet for 1874 that seem to me
pertinent, and which send you. II seems to me
that the previous large yield, and then utter
failure last year of the Odessa wheat, would tend
to corroborate the theory advanced. l think
Mr.. KnOwlton's queries Of interest. Will you
publish tbemf \. 5.
In 1879 gentleman sOwed, in Winnebago
County, Illinois, five pecks, aud harvested fifty
two bu. hels of wheat to the 1t seems that
one bushel of wheat used TO seed an acre thicker
than two bushels now do. Sowing a. bnshel
five pecks of seed, the average yield was IS to
so bushels TO the acre; now the same condition
of soil requires twice much seed, and yields
from Is to 25 bushels. Whyi Can the soil or
climate have % changedi Probably not. The
cultivation is improved, or the present yield
would be much less.
DO not the facts point to inferior seed!
The spear of strong, healthy wheat is not
much weaker smaller than of corn; then does
not the spear stand, well the quantity
qnired, point to the seed as being the trouble A
weak germ always gives weak OfisboOt. Has
not the deterioration in seed commenced and ill.,
creased with the nse of power tbreshersi Does
the modern thresher crack the kernel and impair
the germi If so, the plumpest, best kernel
would be most affected. As fine plnmp wheat
could be found has been examined under the
microscope, and the kernel was found to be full
of seams and cracks and the germ part broken in
several pieces; the same wheat failed when used
for seed.
Again, imported seed wheat has been generally
brought from sections where power threshers
were not used. Again, the best wheat growing
section of this County averages large crops, but
the farmers thresb their seed wheat with fail.
Strong terminating seed would give a vigO-
rOus plant, which would greatly lessen dangers
of failure attending the wheat crop. The prairie
soil is the same for wheat that it ever was The
poor wheat has weak germ, produces weak
stalk, and is easily hurt.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-05-21
OIe..der Irjuriou. to Health.

Perhaps but little known to its admirers is
the fact that the oleander, an ornamental plant,
very popular for its gorgeous red blossoms is
poisonous plant. 1t is advisable, accordingly,
to exercise some prudence where they are kept
in doors, as under certain circumstances they
may prove very injurious. Pliny already notes
it as being poisonous, and more recent nvestiga.
tons have tended to confirm it, Not many
years since persons living in Madrid were poison
ed who had partaken of birds fried with Olean.
der leaves. In the south of Italy aud Spain its
pulverzed bark is used as rat-poison, and to
exterminate other vermin. TyphOidal fever ex
lists to quite an extent in those parts of the re-
gions named, where oleander grows in abund-
ance, SO that their inhabitants never known
to stay there a long time. On the banks of the
rivers i'm North Africa, rendered particularly
charming by th.m they are not tolerated neal
human habitations, enforced, too, by municipal
orders. Remarkable, too, that bees even posi-
lively dislike the oleantlpr.