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Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-29

THE SPELLING MATCH n the Theater,
last night. was not very largely attend
ed, and the class was small, owing TO
the reluctance of persons present to
take part IN spelling. Mr.. Whitehiil
and Judge Iiillyer were chosen lead
ers. Mr.. Howe, Principal of the Pub
lie School. pronounced the words in
the most distinct and correct manner.
Mr.. Egbert and Mr. Ferris acted as
Judges. Webster 5 Dictionary was taken
as authority for spelling. After "A trial
by sides in which Mr. Whitehil!'s side
missed the least number Of words.
spell down exercise was had. The
ranks thinncd rapidly, and soon Mr.
GEO. Tyfreii was the only person left
standing. There were some very diff
cult words spelled CORRECTLY. and some
very simple words mIssptlled. Some
who are known to lie very skillful III
general ortho4raphy went down on
seemingly easy words to spell, and
which doubtless every one of them would
write correctly without the least heslta-
ton. The affair created couside rable
amusement, and we trust was reasonably
successful in aid Of the object for which
the entertainment was eiven-that of
procuring new music books for the choir
OF the Presbyterian church.
STONE FOR PLAZA FENCE. - In the
street at the SON west corner Of Capitol
Square is irregular masses OF sandstone.
The same are for the foundation
Of projected iron fence. This is the first
lot of these preparatory stone. Their
presence betokens the early COM
mencement of Mr. Robert Il. Stew
arts contract. We venture to say that
there is very general desire TO See this
work underway. The town is oppaess-
lively dull. and the hustle consequent
upon the operations indicated viii com
as a balm and boon to stupefed huma-
nifty.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-29
LIGHT CoINs.-We were shown YES
terday by Mr.. James W. Crawford.

terday by Mr.. James W. Crawford,
specimens Of English coins or shop
tokens. rather-that are the lightest
in specific gravity of any metallic sub
stance We ever SAW. SO light did they
seem. indeed. that il was suggested
that they would float, and upon expert
inent it was found that the smaller of
the two. carefully dropped upon the
smooth surface of dipper full Of
wafer actually did float. The metal
of which they are made is aluminium.
The coin which floaied is about as big
in diameter as a dime and nearly
twice rs thick.
LATE EASTERN Publications FROM
FREQ BRooKs.-Our enterprising, ami
able and accommodating friend. L. Fred
Brooks, Esq, has made us the happy
possessor of the following specimens of
current literature: Street d Smith
Weekly; Bonner's Ledger, Police News,
jolly Joker, National Police Gazette,
Days DoipGs. and Chimney Corner.
The latter has by way Of gift to subscri-
berS beautiful Autograph of a female
figure representing Laughing May"
THE REMAINS of the late Nicholas
Perasich having been conveyed from
Panamint to San Francisco for intel
lnent, were buried on Monday last, in
that city from Slavonic 1llyric Hall,
Davis street. The funeral was largely
attended by the Italians and SIavon-
ians of San Francisco. We find in the
Cal of Monday the following an
nouncement of the death. birth place
and age of the deceased: "In Inde-
pendence, Inyo county, March II,
Nicholas Perasich, a native of CastcI
Las,ua, Austria, aged p years"
CANvAssING FOR THE DIRECToRY.-We
are requested to say that Messrs. J. D.
Bethel d, Co. will be in Carson to-day
for the purpose of canvassing for their
new Business add Mining Directory.
This announcement will prepare our ci-
tizens for the coming OF these canvass
ers.
EASTERN MAIL MATTER by the cart
load came westward by YESTERDAY
mornings overland train. A big |
batch came here and long expected |
letters and parcels were welcomed by |
their recipients. The blockade is now
pretty much ended.
The Coop TENPLARs will have pub
lie installation Of officers. at their Hall |
in Carson at 8 O'Clock on Saturday
sysDing May LIST. A general invitation
1oa11snd the ceremonies incident there
- i extended.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-14

come beef OF mutton or pork merely passes
through +" narcotic chamber" and emerges
therefrom as butchers meat, "oblivious OF
its fate" DR.. Richardson is confident that,
could he be permitted to erect, somewhere
in England, bright little Hygeia of his
own, he would be enabled to Danish from its
precincts infantile and intermittent fevers,
commissions, diarrhea, Group, marasmus,
dysentery, puerperal and hospital fever, rheu-
matte fever, induced by residence in damp
houses, and the heart disease frequently con-
sequent upon it, death from privation and
from scurvy, delirium tremens, diseases OF tho
liver, alcoholic phthisis, alcoholic degeneration
of the kidneys, alcoholic paralysis and in
sanity, entozoa and pulmonary consumption;
while typbus and typhoid fevers could only
exist in Hygeia temporarily. and through
"pure accident" and smallpox "would be
kept under entire control" 1t is true that
HyReia would still remain liable to such
triAing infections as pneumonia, bronchitis,
congestion Of the lungs, summer cholera, and
other maladies attri butable to unpreventable
causes, such as sudden fluctuations Of tenn
perature electric storms, and cognate natural
disturbances; and, finally, our candid physi-
clan admits that Mr.. Chsdwick's minimum
death-rate might not be attained until one
generation of Hygeians had passed away, and
until fresh race. with constitutions anim-
paired by the ailments Of their progenitors,
had appeared upon the scene, 80 that at the
outset the mortality in Anglo-Hygeia might
rise as high as eight per thousand.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-14
THE TRUTHFUL PILOT.
TVicksburg Herald. ]


The passenger, who was going down the
big river for the first time in his life, secured
permission to climb up beside the pilot, grim
old grayback who never told lie in his life.
"Mauy alEgators in the river?" inquired
the stranger, after look around.
sNot so many nov; since they got shootin'
EN- for their hides and taller" was the reply.
used to be lcts eh p
81 don't want to tell you about EN-, stran-
GER" replied the pilot, signing heavily.
"Why?"
and that's sumthin' I never do. kin cheat
at keerds, drink whisky, or chaw poor ter
hacker, but I can't lie"
quired the passenger.
"Tm most afraid to tell ye, mister. but We
counted 'leven hundred allygaters to the mile
from Vicksburg crar down to Orleans That
was years ago, afore shot was ever fired at
EN-"
"Well, 1 don't doubt it," replied the
stranger.
land I've counted 3549 of EN- on one sand
bar % continued the pilot " 1t looks big to
tell, but Government surveyor was aboard,
and he checked m off as called out"
81 haven't the least doubt of it," said the
passenger, as he heaved sigh.
Sim glad O that, stranger. Some fellerf
would think 1 was liar when I'm telling the
solemn truth. This used to be paradise fol
alligators, and they were SO thick that the
wheels of the boat killed an average Of forty
nine to the miller
"Is that So"
"True as gospel, mister 1 used to almos
feel sorry for the cussed brutes, cause they, e
cry out e'enamost like q human being W.
killed lots of 'em, as I said, and we hurt a
pile more. I sailed with one Captain who
allus carried a thousand bottles of liniment t.
throw over to the wounded ones y
she did ?"
"True as you live, he did. I don't spec
I'll ever see another such kind, Christian
man. And the allygaters got to know the
Nancy Jane and to know Capt Tom, and
they'd swim out and rub their tails agln tn
boat an purr like cats an look up and try tt
smile!'
"rhey would"
Solemn truth, stranger. And once wher
we grounded on bar, with an opposition
boat right behind, the allygaters gathered
around, got under her STERN and bumped hel
clean over the bar by grand push 1t look
like big story but I never told lie yet, ano
I never shall l wouldn't lie for all the
money you could put aboard this boat
There was a painful pause, and after
| while the pilot continued:
"Our mines gin out once, and crowd o
allygators took tow-line and hauled US forty
five miles up stream to Vicksburg."
"They did p
"And when the news got along the rive
that Capt. Tom was dead, every alligator Il
the river daubed his left ear with black mud
as a badge of mournin', and lots of EN- pine
away and died y
The passenger left the pilot-house with tn
remark that he didn't doubt the statemen!
but the old man gave the wheel turn and re
piled:
'Thar's one thing won't do for love nc
money, aud that's make liar of myself.
Vas brung up by good mother, and I'm goin
to stick to the truth If this boat doesn't max
! a cent"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-14

be cured without the influence of sunlight.
There are some acute diseases during the pro-
press of which it may be necessary to temper
the light, but it should never be entirely shut
out, for if this is done the body is deprived
of a most important assistance toward re.
covery. The windows should never be sur
rounded by tapestry or decorations of any
kind that are made of wooden stuff. plain
white shade is all that is necessary to temper
the light and cut off outside objects from the
patients view, and the window frame should
be free from lambrequins and hangings that
NAV become impregnated with disease.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-14
her LAST LETTER.

Was it the stir of q falling leaf,
Or the moan of the caravan pines,
That suddenly, sharply startled my thoughts
A ghost at the feast with the wlnesf
There was something just now as l walked
Through this autumn-kissed skirtlng OF wood
That passed, or seemed that it did.
Can this dream portend evil or goodS
For I felt my whole being thrill
With sickening tremor OF dread;
Yet was alone in the wood,
And the leaves all dying and dead.
Her letter is here in my hand,
It came by the post to-day,
And here is the turn in the path
Where we kissed and each went our way.
So / So! Her writing seems pale
She was once an elf with her pen.
What's this p" that old cough-near TO death
"Heaven bless her prince Of all men,"
:. They had raised her up in the bed;
The spasm had gone-she felt strong
She would write but alword to poor Will
The singer would die with her song"
There's squirrel sitting aloft,
A-swing in the sunsets glow,
And hear the distant call
OF the herd-boys far below.
A leaf drifts tremblingly down,
And drops just here at my side
The day is done-I am cold
Nv bark's gone down in the tide.
WHIT.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-14

Advertisements in the Want and Rent column in
the BULLETIN, not exceeding one square, inserted
for fifty cents each.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-14

Those who earn money with ease do moi
always earn ease with money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-29
Let US be Respectful, Brethren.

We think we can notice among OF
our exchanges on the part of editors
and correspondents adisposit!on to copy
after the style of parson Brownlow'
This, in our opinion, is to be regretted
The press should refine and tone up the
minds and hearts of the people. The
press wields powerful influence, and
its teachings either elevate or lower the
public standard of respectability and
refinement. I'VE need dignified press,
courteous an genteel in its bearings,
tliat viii discuss all matters calmly,
[dispassionatefy, and fairly. The pre-
that every man is honest
Iingiiis oDinions, and that he is sincere
in the cause which he advocates, and as
wecan never all be of one mind or OF
one opinion, we trust to see more tole-
ration exercised towards those who diff
fer from US, and greater respect shown
for their feelings. It is the boast OF
this country that every man can enter
tain his religious or political opinions
be they what they may. Too often
personal matters are brought forward in
these religious and political controver-
sizes, when the characteristics of Parson
Brownlow Enthusiastically exhibit them
selves. Let us have more argument and
less abuse, more good feeling and less
misrepresentation, more cordiality and
less hatred. The man who uses strong
or bitter expressions never advances his
interests, but frequently Injuries his own
cause before the public who are the dis
passionate judges of the matter In ques-
tion. Brethren, let US be polite to each
other.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-29

In an interview with the reporter OF
New York paper, Carl Schurz says
business is dull all over the world, in
England and Germany especially so,
while France seems to him at present
the most prosperous of European coun-
tries that is, ordinary business is more
active there than elsewaere. The cause
of the existing depression Of business
everywhere is more general than is
commonly supposed, and though fuc.
tuations of currency and the use OF
paper money have had much to do with
it, yet the telegraph itself, beneficent
though it be in the long run, has caused
much of the difficulties under which
the world is nov laboring. The first
effect of the telegraph bringing informa-
ton instantaneously from the most re-
mote points was to cause active specula-
ton prices at once went up beyond
their legitimate standard, and that the
reaction has set in, business becomes
dull. The condition of the tea-growing
district of China and Japan, of the vine
yards of France and Germany, of the
cotton in Southern States, &C., Is two
we'll known everywhere to permit of &C
tivity in business, the world growing so
small as to be in knowledge Of condi-
tions a town, while the means of trans
portation are not bettered in proportion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-29

SAYS the New York Tribune: If any
proof were needed that the North is
thoroughly sick of the "bloody outrage"
business, it could be found in treatment
given to Gov. Ames' incoherent de-
mands for troops. Aside from the Or
gans at Washington, only one or two
Republican journals have shown any
sympathy for Ames. The general SEN
tfment toward him appears to be fairly
expressed by this paragraph from, the
Utica Herald "There Is growing i'm
patience over the efforts of such men as
Ames to involve the General Govern
ment in local troubles that concern 1t
last Of all. There is gathering convic-
ton that under such policy the South.
ern question will never be eliminated
from our politics, but grow more com.
plicated with the years. Gov. Ames'
dispatches heighten this impstience and
dpepeaf this conviction. y Sass,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-29
BLEEDING THE FARMERS.
Grinding Rocks at the Guano Beds
. and: Selling the Sand for q
Fertilizer.
I'VE TOLD YOU SO.

Mr.. A. L. Philips, one of the officers
the Marlborough Grange, in Newport,
Buck county, was commissioned by his
Grange, a few weeks ago, to purchase
twenty tons of Peruvian guano for the
use of its members. Mr.. Philips
came to Philadelphia and ordered the
guano through q commisslI9s,H Yen, house,
who bought it direct from 4obson,
Hornado & Co., the agents OF
the Peruvian Govrnment IN New
York. The. guano reached Mr.
Philips in the. original packages, not
having been opened or handled
by the commission house: in New
port it was bought by the 4rangers,
Mr., Philips keeping onlya fasd4Ss d4Ss
for his own use. When he opeAft ~
bags and began to spread itJyef his nj
land he noticed that 1t was mmpy, and
appearantly contained sand and gravel.
So he measured out half pound and
washed it carefully. The guano dis
solves in water, but in the bottom of the
pan was heavy sediment, which when
separated and dried, proved to be course
brown sand and fine gravel. This sedi-
ment was sent to the agency of the New
Jersey State Grange, at. 103 Arch street,
and on druggists scales 1t weighed
one and half ounces, or Is per cent.
of the guano, for which the Grange
paid SIS q ton. The sediment Is OF
course useless as q manure, being
lust such sand as any falmer. can find
on his land and in the same ratio pur.
chasers of q ton of guano at SIS pay
Sc 25 for brown sand and gravel. The
captain of schooner running from this
port to the Peruvian islands for guano
wrote to a friend q short time ago that
when he reached the islands he was
afraid to load his vessel, the adultera-
ton being so great that he feared he
could not get enough for the guano to
pay for Transportation. A stone breaker
had been put up near the guano beds,
he said, and it was evident for what pur-
pose the sand was used. He sailed to
another island fifty miles away, and
there he found the adulteratioe euen
vorse so he came avithout any load. "a
few years ago." says an old farmer to @
Times reporter yesterday, 1--WE could not
sow more than two hundred pounds OF
guano to the acre, for it would make
the grain 30 heavy and thick that 1t
would break and tangle. But now 9
man can SOW udlI tol w tHe aSio, ouo
he don't get much better cropthan If he
didn't SOW any at all. It's all owing to
the adulteration. I bought hundred
and fifteen dollars worth Of guano last
year, and it didn't do me hundred and
fifteen cents worth of good. This year
it seems to be worse than ever, and
think it's getting worse every year.
they charged eighty dollars a ton, In
gold, for it. This Spring they made q
great fuss about reducing the price, and
now we buy it for fifty-five dollars
ton, in currency. But 1t has been re-
,duced in quality ten times as much as
in price. We farmers lose not only
what we pay for the worthless sand, but
we lose the value Of the crops that we
would raise if we used good fertilizers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-29

The California panic appears to be
ended. With the resumption of the
Bank of California, which will occur in
few days, the mining and other iudus-
tries will progress as favorably as hith-
erto, and there will be speedy restora-
ton Of business to Its normal channel.
This is rapid recovery from serious ca
lamity, but is indicative of the young
life that permeates that wonderful coun-
try. It's lesson will not he lost, it is to
be hoped. Commercial and financial
boldness is good thing to new coun-
try whose vast natural resources have
scarcely begun to be opened up; but
even under, such circumstances care and
conservatism are ueedful to prevent a
commercial community from display
ing the attitude of ship flying before q
storm, with all the canvas set to the
wind, a crazed pilot at the helm, and
not enough ballast to steady the ship.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-29
Market Reports.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
RN w E L L & G o
= COTTON. BROKERS =:
AND DEALERS IN

GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
-. ABBEvnLE, Sept. %.
Cotton IL W LIZ
CHARLESTON, September 20.-Cotton
firm-middling 2l5; receipts ,695 bales;
sales 1000. ....
L1vERpooL, Sept. 27.-l2 M.-Cotton
dull and easier-middling uplands 6t+:
middling Orleans II; sales %, 600; spec
ulation snd export 1900; receipts lO, ,o0o;
American ! 500; to arrive weaker, with
free sellers at Saturday nights prices
sails middling uplands, low middling
clause, September delivery, s 1915 Oc-
tober, November or December, 81; ship
ped November or December, per sail, 9
1915. .s. ,.
6P. M.-sales middling uplands, low
middling clause, shipped December OF
January, sail, 6 1915; middling Orleans,
low middling clause, shipped December
or January. sail, Z; .sales of American
$500. ''.'r..
NEW YORK. Sept. 27.-12M.-stocks
active and weak. Money II. Gold l.
III. .-...... .......-... .
6P. M.-Cotton dull; sales l,4o7, at
13sa13i.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-29

DIR. J. A. GILBERT, prominent citi-
liens of the Bordeaux section, Yves in
town on Monday, sending his son Al
bert back to the Carolina Military In
stitute at Charlotte. Albert is a promis-
ing young man, and will reflect honor
on old Abbeville. The Doctor reads the
Press and Banner and shows his ap-
probation by subscribing for two copies.
He pays in advance. He informs us
that the cotton of his section is opening
rapidly, and that the great trouble now
is from the cotton thieves, who seem to
be getting ready for the fall campaign.
He announces his determination to
prosecute all offenders, and only regrets
that that the law is not more effective.
He favors the whipping post, and we
endorse his opinion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-29
GREENWOOD ITEMS.
Increase of Population-New Stores,
:" &C., BUSINESS Men-Twelve Child
':. u less Couples-Sch0 00ls-Cheap
g.. Goods, &c. :: -.

yEdttor, Press and Banner: r;.H ..
FJ You most generously throw open the
columns of your valuable paper to tht
Fnitizsus and readers of Abbeville, anG
them to furnish any news they
see ft;from the different points of the
County. Thanking you most kindly
we drop you some items from Green
wood, worth a passing notice, we hope
:. In 1866 the population of Greenwood
Twas only about 400, now the city mum.
rbers nearly 1000 and is monthly,.;in
creasing. Thirteen stores are daily is
suing their goods, edibles, physics and
Edrinks. Two elegant store-rooms are
Eiust being finished, not as yet occupied
an excellent chance for newcomers
tThe town is blessed with one full law
yer, host of first-class advisers in the
law human, and in hard places would
(cohsent to the expounding of divine
Law The Yankee administration has
forgotten itself when it failed to consult
the sages of Greenwood. A solution to
the whole national trouble is locked uI
Fin the brains of Greenwood-hence TIE
nations failure. -.
K The town boasts of two Notary Pub
lies, one Trial Justice, and plenty o
men full Of good ideas to swap for but
ter, eggs and the like. The immediate
Icountry around the town furnishes
rather 3 class of farmers we cannot un'
|derstand, but hope the creator does.
We'most respectfully pen touching
item and ask sympathizing country u
put on Grape and not laugh behind tht
ears. Twelve married couples, headed
| by Mr.. Stev., upon his seal fat cream
are journeying through life childless
This added to fifteen widows and five
extraordinary widowers makes the towI
most especially desirable these hare
times. With hat off and eyes fifteer
PAGES in front we suggest the propriety
Of this humble class OF men "stepplng
down and out" and erecting monu
ments to departed manhood. Mex
week we hope to hand In their names
should we become acquainted with the
several gentlemen, and they take ne
ofense at these playful remarks.
This thrust at society, however, has
not its fatal effect upon the schools In
this place, as our schools are daily In
full blast. We understand ample ar
rangements are being made to open
private boarding houses for the accom-
mediation of the schools. Nothing
tends to elevate town quicker than it:
educational facilities. TO close oul
items for this week we mention but one
other "dot," viz new goods. The
merchants are busy opening their goods
and judging from a piece of goods
bought at -, we assert without
fear the prices are as low down as yor
could buy in any retail house in New
York city.
MORE NEXT WEEK.