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GEN. SHERMAN'S MEMOIRS, from
VI the settlement of California to the
present time, with large and complete
map.
Livingstone's Last Journals, with maps
and plates, ST.
Man and Beast-Here and Hereafter;
illustrated by 300 anecdotes, by Rev. J..
&. Wood, 1.5O.
The Better Self Home Essays, by au-
thor Of the Gentle Life, S1.75.
We and Our Neighbor. by Mrs. Har-
riet Beecher Stowe, S1.75.
A Short History of the English People,
by Green, SITS.
Also, n variety of new London Novels.
June "a
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Notice to Fish Dealers.

COLUMBIA, $. c., JrSE 81, 1879.
A T n meeting Of the Board of Health,
IN held this dny, it was
ReSo'red, That no fish be brought into
this city from other cities for public sale
from this date to 1st October next.
BY order Of the Board OF Health.
RICHARD JONES, Clerk of Board
Junc24 q
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$500 Reward.

A REWARD of 5000 will be paid for
~ the recovery of the PIN and CROSS
stolen from the City Guard House, on
I'd May last; and n further re-
ward of slO0 will be paid for conviction
of the thief.
BY order of City Council.
JOHN ALEXANDER, Mayor.
RIcHA2D JONES, City Clerk.
June 2i 2
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Prepare Your Own
Mineral w aters,
by USING THE

BY USING THE
Granular EffervcSccnt Salts.
pOCkBR1DGEALUM, VICHY, CRAB
LII ORCHAD, KISSINGEN, FRIED
RICHSHALL. The Salts represent in a
condensed and agreeable form the me-
dicinal constituents of these various
Mineral Waters, and from their conve-
nience and comparative cheapness, are
coming rapidly into use.
One or two large tea-spoon-fuls added
to small tumbler of water, instantly
reproduces n draught Of the natural
water, accompanied by sparkling
effervescencc. For sale at
L. 7. SILLIMAN & CO.'S
April Drug Store.
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The works of Frederick the Great have
Just been issued in Prussia. They don't
aliude to small matters-that is, TO any,
thing under Voltaire, 20, 900 soldiers and
q battery Of four-pounders
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State of South Carolina, Richland Co.

OFFICE CLERK OF COURT.
COLUMBIA, :. c., June Is, 1873.
NOTICE is hereby given that in pur
~ sunnce of an order made bv His
Honor Il. Is. Carpenter, special session
OF the Court Of Common Pleas. for the
County OF Richland, will be holden at
Columbia, $. c.. on TUESDAY, the 9th
day of July, \. ID. 1875, for the despatch
of such business us shall be properly
brought before it. ID. B. MILLER.
June ID II Clerk of Court.
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Petersburg Savings and Fire Insurance Co.,
Or PETERSBURG, V.

OF IETERSBUEG, VA.
ORGA NIZED IN 1860.
ROBERT r. HILL. President.
ID. B. DUGGER. Secretary.
CAPITAL December 81, 1874, s199,
" $40; increased since to $3.50 900.
Losses paid since organization, S423.-
9O9. II. Unpaid losses, none.
Statement to December 81, ia
RESOURCES.
[. $. bonds. -. S 40,0U0 90
City and railroad
bonds ....... $4,000 90
Bank and other
stocks. ..... 1908 IS
Stock notes. 49,. 1872 90
Loans and dis
sounts ..... =. 37S, 547 S.
Due from banks,
&c. c...... 9G,O?3 Is
Cash on hand. -. 21,153 Il
Total. ..............S .SGii,l 46
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock Sl99. $40 90
Surplus ................... 70.755 90
Due DcpositorS $40, ,S51 SO
Dac Banks. ............. $3.50 OS
n!nEcrons. Robert Il. Hill, A. G..
Mcllwnine, George II. Davis, II. G. Pc
gram, John II. Patterson, Dr. James
Dunn, Alexander Dcnnan, p. II. Booth.
james 5. Gillian, Rev. a. G. Brown,
john =. Branch, JOS. S. Dudd.
Il. NJ. ALFRIEND IL son, Special
Agents, Richmond, Va.
In addition to these two companies,
shall represent the HOME INSURANCE
COMPANY. OF Charleston, S. c., q home
orgnnization,) } whose statement and con-
dition shall soon be laid before the
public.
l would respectfully ask the public
and my friends to call and examine our
rates before insuring elsewhere Office
i'll Union Bank
WINTHROP WILLIAMS
June ~ - Aeon,
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Total cash assets. s393. 135 %
SUMMARY OF ASSETS.
Loans on Newark city proper
ty, secured by first mort
cages, value of property
Sa66, 25O. ..$19S,611 so
United States 10-4O registered
bonds. :....... 34,425 90
Call loans, secured by bank
stocks and other collaterals. 1890 90
Essex County, N. j., bonds. 800 90
Passaic County, N. j., bonds. 487 SO
Newark and New York Rail-
road bonds. .... 1000 90
Harrison Township, N. j.,
bonds ........ 5000 90
Eiizabeth City, n. j., bonds. 1l,760 co
Citizens Gas Light Compa-
ny's first mortgage convert
ibis bonds. ...... 1920 90
Richmond, Va, city bonds. 10000 90
Cash in banks and office. 4O,O29 II
Interest accrued . 7O55 95
Prenlums in hands OF agents. 54,266 &c
1923, 135 SO
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-04
Making Full Use of Capital.

a good business man wishes to keep all
his capital employed--we use the word
capital in its general sense. If he has
money to loan he prefers to take a less
rate of interest if thereby he secures the
certainly of having the money loaned for
Il long time If he be a day -laborer,
with nothing but his muscle, he will do
well to accept steady employment rather
than depend on the chance of odd JOBS
even at higher rates.
So the farmer should endeavor so to
arrange his plans that his land, his teams,
his livestock and himself and hired la
borers shall be engaged In producing
something during the greater part of each
year. A. has often been pointed out, 1t
is one of the great disadvantages of
system of farming which relies on grow
ing the small grains that it does not keep
the farmer aud his teams employed dur
ing the whole year. On the other hand
livestock raising, and especially dairying,
has the advantage OF allowing labor to be
profitably employed nearly every day of
the year The difference in the two sys-
TENS is very marked; more SO than is
often realized,
In one other most important matter
very many farmers are not careful to keep
their full capital employed--and that is in
making full use of their land. The fact
that land could be obtained at very low
prices and that the rise in prices formed
an important part, ii not the chief part, OF
the profit to farming has in some respects
been Il disadvantage to our farming,
When one could buy land at $l.25 per
acre, and in ten or twenty years sell II at
$40. $50, $50 or $50 per acre, he would
have done well if his farming paid the in
tercst. taxes, and his current expenses.
Something OF this kind happened SO often
that a large number of farmers, more or
less unconsciously, are holding their lands
with a view of profit from the general in
crease in value rather than from their di-
rect farming operations.
As country grows older and more
thickly settled the time approaches when
this source of profit cannot be relied on;
when farmers must expect profit, If at all,
from their yearly crops This makes bet
ter farming necessary.
Taxes are high, and land which is not
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-04
How to Keep the Boys on the Farm.

Too little care is taken to encourage the
boys on the farm and to make them feel
that they have an interest in its success
Agriculture is sustaining constant loss Of
ability and the failures in life are being
needlessly increased through the mex
cusable neglect Of fathers to make farm
life attractive to their children.
1t is never profitable to make a simple
machine out of human being. Slavery,
for this reason, was never in any sense
profitable, and never will be. Men and
children have minds which are restless
and aspiring, and constant work without
compensation or the hope of reward is as
unencouraglng as an attempt to batter
down a mountain with bottle of Cologne
water, and is but the work of soulless
machine. The boy will think of some
thing; his thoughts cannot be fcttered.
If nothing Of interest connected with the
farm is furnished him for contemplation
his mind will center its energies upon
something else, and where the mind goes
and fingers the heart will soon go also.
His hands may hold the pillow, but his
thoughts will be far away from the field,
shaping castles in other and untried
spheres; and soon he will leave the farm
for greater excitement and embrace, APP
parently, more favorable opportunities.
The city is largely indebted to this cause
for its constantly increasing country i'm
migration. The city is always noisy, and
the hustle Of its industry and the sound
Of its gayety is easily heard amidst the
quiet of farm life. If the mind of the
boy is unoccupied by something which
interests it, it is readily captivated by the
noise of the city and agriculture soon
loses him from its ranks.
Well, how can he be interested IN the
farm? AS has been frequently remarked
in these columns, everything which tends
to make farm-life cheerful will have a
tendency in that direction. Flowers,
music, books, newspapers, in fact all that
a city home possesses Of comfort and the
means of culture, besides those features
which belong to the country exclusively,
should be studiously provided and fos
tered. But still more can be done. The
boy can have his interest excited by a
system of remuneration for his labor,
which system would be more certainly
productive of good results if it provided
that such remuneration be in stock. His
time and thoughts would thus be occupied
in the care of his cattle, sheep or hogs,
and it would take more glitter than the
city generally produces to attract that boy's
attention.
A subscriber to the Western Rural in
forms us that this is his system with his
twelve-year-old boy, and that no stock
raiser in the country is more interested in
his herd than this boy is in the ami
mails which he has earned and which he
knows are absolutely his own. Heis con
fdent that his boy will never be allured
from the farm, and in all probability he is
correct.
The plan is at least an easy and reason
able experiment, and is worthy the csnsid-
Grafton of fathers who believe their sons
will be happier and safer on the farm than
in the city, Western Rstrdl.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-04

productive is taxed as we'll as that which
is bringing good crops each year. Fences
are costly, and as much so around unnr,
ductive as productive land. If the Lana
is not paid for the interest is the sama
whether the land is being "maie 70 nav,,
or is doing nothing. Yet while all th;s; !.
true, there are very many farms on which
five, ten or twenty acres can be found ail
most any year which are practically pro.
ducing nothing.
A pasture or meadow which mas s.rr,,
out" is still kept up; field is left fallo ="
to grow up in weeds; timber land, from
which all that is valuable has been cnt IL
left year after year.
The disposition to have large farm
often leads to the purchase of so much
land that very little. money is left for
stocking it, or so much that means cannot
be had to properly conduct it. Certainlv
it is the part Of wisdom to make the hest
possible use of all the land. 1t may not
be advisable, in the West, to practice what
we call high farming, but there can be M
doubt that it is advisable to secure crons
from all the land owned. - Western
Farmer
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-04

thin, but before harvest became nearly rs
thick as the other, and we fancied was
heavier head and berry than the remain
der OF the field sown at the rate of two
and one-half bushels per acre. On the
headlands, where the drill overlapped,
sowing five bushels per acre, the barley
was almost failure, small straw, smaller
heads and very small grains. This view
in favor flight seeding is confirmed by
Mr.. Mechi, the celebrated English farmer,
who says in the English agricultural
Gazette that he has reduced the seeding of
barley from three bushels to six pecks per
acre, and that where three bushels is now
sown the crop is too light in grain for
mailing, and is fit only for grinding. We
think that on all rich land six pecks of
barley and the same of oats are better
than heavier seeding. For wheat one
bushel, or five pecks at most, ought to be
sufficient wherever wheat should be sown.
-Rurdl Neao Yorker.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-04
A Good omen.

u is gratifying To see SO many of the
honest Republicans who went over 10 the
Llhtn, party coming back 10 The ranks
aSNo- satisfied tHat Ihut they cannot feel
an h'mr outside Of the Republican
party Ii is their true place. and moth.
INK IN political life could be more sad
Mun 90 see meu who had stood i'm the
RACKS of the party during all IT'S dreadful
struggles with uva~un and slavery. who
lao snoycl and aided I'm H. trjumuhs. and
"ho had helped In demonstrating The
greatness oi is mission, retiring from il
before THAT mission was completed. N,w
they yomr back and lind the pant, steadily
pursuing lis grand work syurui1r tb
waste '.W. strength and influence which
l#'t u"e the country in vain council,
WITH utr enemy FHey arewclcomr back.
They MIL naW hg morr~,caltasr tl8u ,yrr
'1 .Hr "ur political, aJh
Win wise and coa,ijpyatc cuun,rls the
people may yet avert. thr results which
menace the country. IL ROW lehoayrs
every bones. anal patriotic citizen to pui
Ills sAuallgr ,o 'hr Nyarc, %. rata-ro for
$40. ~...-aua go work with uWiU toy the
genera. uanG Thank GulI there is Vet
a"G' Hmn 81 aNuthguuiulul credit We
ar" iar,"anM.. .g, us, therefore. forearm
r.li-,'F.r for .ay -Tga, >ira-g,. %. IS,6.-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-04
Thick or Thin Seeding of Grain.

OF late years the practice of sowing or
drilling wheat and other grains more spar
ingly has much increased The change
is partly due, we hope, to better cultiva-
ton, better preparation of the soil, and
especially To the use of the drill, which
secures a perfect covering of the seed at
uniform depth. In sowing on the turrow,
especially on new land among stumps and
stones, not more than half the grain would
grow, and often less than that. If the
drill distributes evenly the quantity of
grain really needed for a good seeding is
very small-much less than any farmer
thinks of sowing. Some curious calcula-
tons on this subject show that bushel of
wheat contains about 600 600 grains,
enough to give, if distributed evenly and
all grew, a plant to every three square
inches of space, One peek per acre would
leave the plants only six inches apart,
which is really closer than need be for
good crop. An English farmer by hand
planting wheat, the grains nine inches
apart, has secured crop OF sixty bushels
per acre.
1t is commonly urged by farmers that
thick seeding protects wheat from the Sc
verify of the winter by insuring large
growth of tops, But us each individual
plant is crowded and stunted it is less
fitted to endure the severity of winter.
Often on fields which looked promising in
fall we have seen the ground entirely bare
in spring. There is, of course, slight
advantage in the decaying stems and roots
of the plants ,ghich die, rs manure, but 1t
is the dearest fertilizer that any farmer can
use, Ii wheat is To be used as a fertilizer
let the portion not absolutely needed for
seed be matted SO that ii Will not grow,
and distribute with the rest. OF course
no farmer would do that, but ii is more
sensible than sowing more seed than is
needed with the idea of henetiting the
crop. There is shrewd sense in the En-
glish provcrh: The worst weed for the
wheat plant is another wheat plant. Other
weeds might take something not needed
for wheat, but the surplus wheat plants
rob the soil of what is most needed to be
retained tor the crop.
We have noted some experiments n
thick and thin sowing of spring grain,
In most cases the results were apparently
favorable to the thin seeding, especially
where the ground was rich. lntortu-
nately, the experiments were not accurate
IL made. and only the general result can
be stated Thick seeding apparently did
hes, ON soil moi rich enough 10 allow the
grain to spread from the root, As rule,
the richer the land the less seed required
or allowable.
\ further conclusion on this subject
seems to be that Thin seeding gives larger
and heavier grain than where the plants
are crowded closely toy, ther BY mis-
take last spring on The home farm a few
bouts of barley were drilled in al the rate
of little more than a bushCl per acre. The
barley for several weeks appeared quite
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-04
Virginia City, New, in Ruins.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 10.

DAN FRANCISCO, Oct 20
The fire broke out about daylight in a
dwelling on A street, near Taylor, point
at about the southwestern limit of the
business and thickly settled portion of the
CITY, 1t spread rapidly, extending east
ward toward the ravine in which are stu
ated the works and mills Of several prom
inent mines. Reaching as far as f street
northward, the flames crossed Union and
Sutton streets, covering space of about
ten blocks, comprising, in the words of
one dispatch, almost every decent building
in town. AS the fire worked up e street the
offices Of the I'erritortdl Enterprise and
Chronsrle were destroyed. Piper's Opera
House was next in flames, and it became
evident that the railroad depot and hoist
Ing-works Of the Consolidated Virginia
were in danger. The watersupply was
inadequate and the engines of little use.
Recourse was had to blowing up build
ings 1t was too late, however, and in a
few minutes the depot and hoisting-works
were on fire. The latter were recently
completed at an expense of several hunt
dred thousand dollars, and were the fines
on the Comstock lode.
Continuing to the north and east, the
partially completed mill of the California
mine and the Consolidated Virginia mill
were soon in flames, which spead still
further north to the Ophir hosting works,
destroying them also, which is about the
limit of destruction in that direction, the
fire dying out from want of fuel. From
Taylor street, near which the fire origi-
mated, itsprcad southwark against the wind
DESTROYING the branch Bank of California
and Wells-Fargo's express office, and
everything else in its line. AT this point
the Gould & Curry works were in immi-
nent danger, but were fortunately saved.
In short, nearly the entire business portion
of the town is in ashes. Hotels, churches,
county buildings, newspaper, telegraph
and express offices are all swept away.
Over 10000 persons are homeless. The
wind is piercing, and much suffering is
anticipated before temporary shelter can
be prepared. 1t is impossible at present
to conjecture the amount OF the loss The
destruction of the mills and hosting
works above referred to will probably en-
tail loss of 81 900 900 within radius of
a few hundred feet Fortunately the
shafts Of both the Ophir and Consolidated
Virginia were bulk headed, and the fire
was kept out of the mines The Ophir
men say that possibly their loss may be
less than at first supposed, as the building
was of light frame and might burn without
destroying the machinery. The loss Of
buildings and merchandise in the city
must be very great, although covered to IA
great extent by Insurance. 1t is not known
to what extent the mills and hosting
works were insured except in the case of
the Ophir, where the loss is placed at
$500 to 100000; insured for 100000
in this city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-04
= Artistic Skeletons,

A New York correspondent writes.
Every physician must have a skeleton
as part of their outfit, and therefore their
preparation is an important feature of
their profession. The students have
neither the time nor the facilities for this
work, and hence it naturally falls into the
hands of the janitor. Skeletons are with
him an article of merchandise, the Quota
tons being $50 for fine specimen while
an ordinary article is afforded for $40
The important but difficult task is to clean
the bones without marring them OF leay-
ing the mark of knife. 1t is not neces-
sary to tell how this is done, but the proc
ess is Clear, though very simple. Each
janitor may get up twenty-five skeletons
in a season, sometimes more. This forms
a very important perquisite, and, indeed,
ifrightly improved, his berth can be made
very profitable. There is also constant
importation of skeletons from Paris.
which is carried on by the dealers in sur
gical instruments The French have the
art of whitening the bones in way never
attained in this country, and the price is
generally from 500 to 800 The Partisan
establishments excel in turning out the
best skeletons of children and even of
infants, and some of the latter look like
dear little doll-skeietons that one might
want to handle in ones arms or rock in
the cradle. They are very cunning look
ing things, these dear little baby skele-
tons"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-04

An idea Of the magnitude of the oyster
business of Baltimore may be obtained
from the fact that at the recent parade of
the oyster-openers of that city between
1900 and 1000 men were in line.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-04

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 81
An additional special to the CaU from
Virginia says: At present it is impossible
TO state the loss of life. Two men were
killed on { street by falling wall. There
are numberless rumors of other casualties
Hundreds OF families are homeless and
hungry. The school-houses, the only
public buildings left, are open to them
but if immediate relief Is not extended
great suffering will enSue. Utter demon
alization reignS in the city Men, women
and children wander about the deserted
streets seeking shelter. The surrounding
hills are dotted with camp-fires. A few
saloons remain, and supplies Of liquor
have not been lacking, and the streets are
alive with IA drunken mob. The military
are patrolling the city for the protection
OF property.
Dispatches received this evening give
further details of the Virginia City con
Migration, and confirm previous reports
rs TO The extent of the calamity. The
scene during the progress OF the fire is be
You'd description. The wind blew gale,
driving the cindcrS and flames far in adj
vance of the burning buildings, render
ing all attempts TO check the progress IT
the tire futile. Giant powder was freely
used to blow mp the buildings and fire.
quent heavy explosions shook the earth.
The roof of the Catholic church was
blown 100 feet in the air, leaving the bare
walls standing. BY eight o'clock all cX-
citement was at its height The streets
were Allied with people, teamsterS strug-
sling through the fire fighting at pre-
sentable points; women shriCkng their
cries at tu~n1Fvs of nod
the roar OF flames, duh reports of explo-
sions, MS building after building took
fire; the heavy thud and crash of
falling walls the snap of bursting iron
bars and doors the howl OF the gale--all
went to make up a scene OF indeScriha-
blc horror. BY ten "A. m, the ConsOli-
dated Virginia hoistlng.workS building
and mill were wrapped in flames and soon
tell. The new California stamp-milj then
Eel! prey To the fire, which swept To with
in few rods of G. Il {. hosting works.
when the veeriug of the wind turned the
flames and carried them To- the Ophir
works, which soon tell in. The shaft TIM
bcr> caught fire, but were cNtinguished
without doing much damage. BY eleven
"a. m. the flames had spent u.cir fury; the
wind died away, leavinga bed OF smoldcr-
ing ruins Ihree-QuartGrs OF u mile long and
half "a mile wide
No definite adviCeS received vet as To
the extent OF damage TO the several min
jnE properties involved. rhe total loss
by lrc Is now placed nj from $4,000, 900 70
$4,000 600.
COMMENTING potatoes into what is
termed tarma, or potato -four is an eN-
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