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Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04
Agricultural Notes.
Southern tobacco crops are large.

Southern tobacco crops are large.
Hog cholera RACES in the southern
counties of Michigan.
One million horse hides are annu-
ally tanned in Russia.
One hundred pounds sunflower
seeds contain twenty-five pounds of
oil.
a man in Georgia got two hundred
pounds of honey out of wildbee
tree.
Hon. Smith Wright, of Vermont,
goes strong on poultry. He is now
feeding for market $500 geese, $500
turkeys and 400 ducks.
The crop of watermelons in Law
renee county, Ind, averaged two
thousand TO the acre, and they are
sold at an average of ten cents each.
While England is yelling free
trade" at the top of her voice, she
quietly proposes to put heavy duty
on American beef In the interest OF
British cattle raisers.
A new disease has broken out
among the horses on the Delaware
and Hudson canal. 1t seizes them
suddenly and is fatal in it's results
lasting only about one hour.
The Mystic, Conn, farmers have
raised twenty-five thousand bushels
of oftomatoes for canning factory. anC
are going into the business still more
extensively next year.
Eagle Island, near Newburyport
Mass, has coffee tree raised from
seed smuggled during the time of the
embargo. The tree bears, but the ber,
ries do not ripen, and have very little
of the coffee taste.
A Manlius, Onondaga Co., n. Y
farmer writes that last Fall he soweC
twenty-eight acres in wheat, applying
225 bushels of damaged salt, and thi:
season he has harvested from the same
land ], ,120 bushels of fine wheat, aver
aging forty bushels to the acre.
The experiment of Judge Martin @
Evarts, of Rutland. VT, in importing
the migratory quail is proving sue
cess. They are often seen and heard
In the woods where they have been
placed, and are now raising a large
number of young birds, some of the
nests having twelve and fourteen
eggs.
The New England Farmer says: A
cheese that will weigh, when cured
over a thousand pounds was made 6
few days since at Barre Central facto,
ry. Over 8 200 pounds of milk was
used in its manufacture. The pres
ent appearance of the cheese indicates
that 1t will be a perfect success. Ii
was manufactured for parties in Prov.
idence, r. /.
The Secretary of the Illinois Board
of Agriculture furnishes the follow
ing in relation to the corn crop in that
State: Acres in corn as returned to
the assessors in 1876, 8,815, 791; in 1877,
1886, All; average yield per acre for a
series of years, 3S bushels; estimated
crop on basis of full average yield per
acre, $40, ,62S, ,245 ---
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04
items For Ladies.

Polonaises will not lose favor So
long as money is scarce.
The shades in millinery gooos are
gorgeous this season.
CIoaks are taking more ana more
the form of saques and paletots.
wool dress goods are more suit
ohle for the street than silk or velvet.
Racent;on dresses are made palmer
than last year, but of richer material
Hotb bonnets and hats are worn lar
oar this season, but not SO high In the
front.
The demi-polonaise, very long IN
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04
The Revolutionary Boys.

From the New York Observer:
There were tories in all the thirteen
States during the Revolution. In
Connecticut some were to be found
along the Connecticut river, though
they seldom dared to show their SYM
pathy with the British. But at one
period of the war the opportunity of
fered of doing their friends a good
turn in the way of providing the
British cruisers with fresh beef. A
party of tories, about ten miles up the
river, collected a quantity of stock
and quietly loaded it OH two sloops,
intending 10 sail out with the next
tide. But a small boy spoiled their
plans.
This boys name was Eliphalet
Brockway. He happened to be play
ing around the tavern where the To-
ries had collected, and, for some rea-
son, he suddenly took the notion TO
listen to what they were saying in
low tones. He lay on a bench under
a window, and soon learned all about
the plot.
Young Brockway was as stout q
Revolutionist as could be found in the
State (often he had swept off whole
British armies in his play-fghts), and
his blood boiled as he heard the Tory
plans. Leaving the tavern at once
as soon as he was out of sight he ran
with ell his might to MS home and
raised the alarm. Mr.. Brockway
senior, and his neighbOrs got together
at Deacon Marvin's, on Joshua Rocks
and made up an expedition to break
up the Tory doings. The boys (there
was more than one like Eliphalet,
were taken along, and before mid
night the party had rowed down tc
the sloops. True enough, there they
were, full of cattle-one in the stream
the other at the dock. But the frs
one was found TO he guarded, armed
with a swivel, and all hopes of cap
turing it was given up. The other
one, however, was unguarded, and
before the Tories could collect in suf.
ficient numbers, the boys had jumped
aboard and were driving the cattle
off the sloop. The men then told the
boys to head the animals across lots
in a "bee Ene" for Joshua Rocks,
while they secured the sloop. The
Tories fired q round from the swivel
but it did no harm, and they got
away as fast as possible, in fear of G
general alarm being gwen. 'Cros:
lots the boys drove the cattle and put
them all safe in Deacon Marvin's
barnyard.
Mrs. Marvin asked what had hap
pened, and, like true general, came
to the conclusion that some lurking
tories might yet try to recapture the
stock in the absence of the men, who
had not yet come up with the captur-
ed sloop. Accordingly she put on the
] Deacon's old cooked hat and military
coat (he didn't wear them that nigh
himself, and went out to watch the
barnyard till help came.
This story was told recently at &
gathering of the descendants of these
patriotic boys and their fathers, and
the speaker telling it said that the
Deacon's wife carried a broomstick
that night instead Of musket.
mo, sir" chimed in motherly old
lady present; "she carried gun; my
mother was that woman's daughter,
and she told me So"
So much for what some boys and q
brave mother did in Revolutionary
| times.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

We understand thatin Germany the
Government will not issue a paten-
for any preparation of food nor a copyt
right for any school book. There is a
great deal OF wisdom in these charac-
teristic exceptions, and they might
very well be adopted in this country.
The compiling of school books is al
most entirely a mechanical task, but
it is misrepresented by the publishers
as tremendous item in the cost of
their school books. and the public are
made to pay for it. A Government
concession which is abused in this way
should be withdrawn.-Globe Demo-
crdt
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

The Turk is not near so sick man
as he has for years been represented
His proves and endurance at Shipkf
Pass and at Plevna clearly demon
strate that there are but few nations
in the old world capable of contend.
ing with him on the battle field. The
old fire of Mahomet has not yet burn.
ed out, and the banner ofthe Prophet
will not be trailed in the dust unless
its upholders are overcome by superi.
or mum bers.-St Joe Herald.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

front. and simple postillion back, is
convenient aud pretty.
The latest Partisan fancy is to trim
black cashmere wraps with gray gall
rorn and blue steel beads.
Bonnets and hats have undergone
no very striking change, but the vari-
ETY. Of shapes are wonderful.
The Louis QuinZe' is the name of
new style jacket. which is sure to
become popular with the fair sex.
Endless are the variety of frills,
fraizes and collarettes, so that all can
have one that Is becoming.
Fancy hairpins are again coming
into favor. Those with long turquoise
or coral tassels are particularly effect
i've
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04
Indian Summer.
OH these days,

Oh! these days,
Autumn daysi
When the laRguid earth lies dreaming
In a sort of golden haze;
When amidst the verdant woodlands
Stand the naples all abIase;
Gold and crimson, brown and orange,
How they rise.
Glowing pyramids OF color.
To the skies.
When the summer tasks are done,
And the song-birds southwark gone.
And no sound
Stirs the voiceless, breathless forest;
Save when. far away and seldom,
The ripe acorn strikes the ground;
Or when leaves
With n melancholy rustic,
And unStlrred by any breeze,
Circling downward from the trees,
Spread around
A rich carpet brighter tinted
Than the cunning Persian weaves.
Oh! these days,
Autumn days!
WHO can paint the glow and glory
OF these halcyon autumn days?
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

a party were enjoying the evening
breeze on board yacht. The wind
has made my moustache taste quite
SALT remark ed young man who had
been for some time occupied In biting
the hair that fell over his upper lip
Il know it, innocently said pretty
girl. And she wondered why all her
friends laughed. People are so child
sih,' she remarked.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

A splendid item about a man being
kicked all to pieces by a horse yester.
day, was utterly spoiled by the care
lessness of the man himself, who
climbed into the haymow and stayed
there until the horse stopped kicking.
And yet cold world may blame a re-
porter for this.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

The Vicksburg Miss Herald says
that $1,000 industrious laborers could
find room and opportunity to make a
living in that neighborhood that is
it might add-if they would always
vote the straight Democratic ticket
and ask no questions.-&. Joe Her.
aid.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

A Maine girl left her clothing in an
open boat and hid herself, and when
her parents were crying and saying if
they only had her back again they
would obey her slightest wish, she ap-
peared and said she wanted to marry
lake
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

a distressed mother writes to a
newspaper for advice, which she gets
thusly: THE only way to cure your
son of staying out late O. nights is to
break his legs, or to get the girl he
runs after to do your housework.'
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

William Cullen Bryant has deliver
ed temperance lecture in which he
attacks the pernicious practice of mo-
theirs quieting their young with $500
thing sirup" and other narcotics. The
venerable poet, in striking for a tenn
perance reform, would go to the foun-
tain head.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

An old and respected citizen of
Bloomington, ILL.,, by the name of
Thomas Starr, committed suicide on
the 23rd ult. by shooting himself
through the head.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

The pretty little odorous and pun
gent spice we call a Glove is an Hnde-
veloped flower, sun dried in the bud.
1t is native of the Molucca Island.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

The Kearney Press says: The sea-
son for fall plowing is here, and Cen
trail Nebraska farmers are turning the
soil ambitiously.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

Darwin says he has seen a woman's
feet blush. Mr.. Darwin will be carry
ing his investigation a little too far
some day.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

The Democrats are arranging to tie
hack the workingmen's ears and swal-
low them WHOLE.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

No hay contains as much fat as the
cloyers.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

Cold q .;5:'" d III ...
HHHE greenbacES. Weneed person in ev-
HHEsH cry town 10 take subscriptions for the
"E15E largest, cheapest and best Illustrated
hbRAH family publication in thewOrld. Any
- ~ - - one can become a successful agent
The most elegant works of art given free to sub
scribers. The price is low that almost everybody
subscribeS. One agent reports making over ESQ N
a week. lady agent reports taking over 800 sub
scribPrs In ten days. All who engage make money
fast You can devote all your time to the business
or only your spare time. NOu need not be away
from home over night. You can do il as we'll as
others Full particulars. directions and terms free
Elegant and expensive Outfit free. If you want
prOhtaOle work send us your address ct once. u
costs nothing to try the business. No one who en-
cages falls TO make great pay. Address 1.-THE PeO-
pies Journal" Portland, Maine
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-04

Eagle Island, near Newburyport,
Mass, has coffee tree raised from
seed smuggled during the time of the
embargo. The tree bears, but the ber-
ries do not ripen, and have very little
of the coffee taste.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-08-04
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST A. 1877.

crash, Il flying Of splintcrs, and that
was all; and the next moment that
mule and | stood alone, my face COW
cred with astonishmcnt two feet deep,
and his covered with part of an old
bride. The. next day I read an ac
count i'll the teIegraphic news Of Il
shower Of flesh i'll Kentucky. | was
the only man3that coul, explain that
phenomenon, and l did not dare to,
lest | should be implicated i'll the
affair v it'll the other mule.
l have seen death III many forsls,
but | don't rccollcct Of ever seeing IL
funeral gotten up with less pomp an'l
display han 81, that occasion. III.
had my choice, to work in Il nitro
glycorinc factory, or take care Of IL
mule, J. should 50 for The factory, rs
in case Of anfexplosion, there would
be more possib 'ilyof my friends iinl
ing some littlc membership OF ne,
with wich to3assuagc their grief. y
very small piccc OF me would listen !,
very big SORROW.
| will hunt around and if | find
any other iaels that belong to the
mule, | will write them down, an
send them to you by express G. 0. y.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-08-04
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Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-08-04
A3sad Story.

Married, III New Orleans, Thurs
day, June =; 1917, ut $3.50 p. NJ,
james NJ. Wnlpolc and Monnc NJ,
daughter Of the late George w.
Pritcharl."
"Died, .June7, 1877. at $50 p. M..
Monnie NJ, wife Of james NJ. Wal
pole"
The above, from New Orleans
paper, is the simple announcement
OF one Of the sorrowfulcst it ever falls
to mortal pen to recount. Monnc
NJ. Pritchard ,yof New Orleans, was a
bcauifnl, gentle, very Intelligent
girl. She WAS Il cousin Of iIr. VIII
ilia'a McAlpipy Of Cincinnati, and
some time agoNisite1 Cincinnati and
the Nor,E, th4.t the first time. Her
visit Of Il few weeks in Cincinnati
stretched itself out to many months,
before she lcl! finally for her South
crn home.
She naturally had many friends
and admirers. Mr.. James Nj. Wal
pole, city editor Of the New Orleans
Iir"J"H". had been devoted to her for
four years, and at length, on the
nineteenth Of June, they were to have
been married. Before the happy
day came Miss Pritchard was strick.
ell with sudden, fatal sickness.
Thursday, June Z, it bccamc plain
that the lovely girl could not tarry
longer among the living They told
her so, and she sent for her
bcthrothcd, and asked to Dc marricd Il
to him before she died.
"Ycs," said Mr.. Walpolc, "if she
is TO die, want her to die us my
wife"
The solemn marriage emony was
performed hurr;cdly and sadly, while
the gentle soul even then passing into
eternity. Three hours after she was
dead, and Mr.. Walpolc, four years a
lover, three hours husband and now
q widowcr has only her sweet rcmcm-
hrancc left him.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-08-04
An Oriental Rulers Cruelties.

mn OElental huler s CrueltieS.
When the French finally reduced
Constantine, one Of the Alycrino
cities, i'll 1913, the palace Of IIudj
Ahmed excited general admiration,
and the women OF his large llarcm
caused unusual curiosity and com
passion, from the tales spread Of his
cruelty to them. He spraug from a
wealthy family Of the place, anl hal
been khaliia under the Bcy Draham-
cl-Eabbi, but exciting the Jealousy Of
that ruler, fed to Alsicrs. Tlere he
won The goodwill Of the pasla, arl
IN 1896 became himself hey of Con
stantinc.
lis crucl,ics were thc theme OF
e"cry tongue. a summer. house used
TO be shown in his garden where he
was accustomed TO sit and smoke
while his l.arcm, all alfred In their
finest array, passed one by one before
him. They were required to keep
their eyes cast down, their arm; foll-
cd across their brcust ii. Il modes. at
ti'udc. Gnc day one of these women,
rs she passed through Tie garden,
pIuckc'l an orange. The III, i Ahmed
ordered her hand to be nailed IN TO
the tree.
One Of his four wives was nh Ital.
ian girl named AicIla, carried Of,
when Il tlild, with her brother. She
was 1nccnly young woman, and,
ati er the French occupation, WAS i'll.
structcd, and in time married Il
French officer. Her innu cncc had
been great with the Hadj Ahmed,
yet when her brother, after rising to
q high rank in the army, discovered
finally that his sister was i'll the har-
en-, the IIadi Ahmed PIT him to
death for daring to askto see her.
One day some Of The women found
pipe, and, TO divert thems elves
dressed one Of their number in Il tur-
ban and robes, and set her to smoke
while they waited upon her. IEn,lj
Ahmed burst i'll upon this childish
scene, tore his mock representative
from her seat Of honor, had hcrm,uth
seHed up as 4 punishment !pr daring
to place his pipe a,i;!,ia it, aud order
cd her to lie put 10 ,!.a.n,
From TIM" to tine, DARN : his rule
two mc:l woul,l be seen a:ni.At, one
bearing t. The height overlooking til.
valley Of The Roun,cl long l,x "pcn
ut each end, the other y w!.to sack
from which snln!lcretl n,nans c:cupau.
Hating At three stones. the box was
placed OH the middle one, tie sack
slipped III, one end Of The box raised
and the sack shot out down Il pre-
cipicc Of six hundred feet. Some
hours later men approached the sacl,
on the rocky ban! i',he river, opened
it, took out Il woman's corpse, aud
conveyed it to The grave
This monster lived many years after
his overthrow, and Iii d IN o5je;t OF
horror.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-08-04

a gentleman Of intelligence visited
one OF the pnblic schools Of Pittsburg,
and complimcntcd the scholars highly
Tor their rccitations, which he had
listened 10 with pleasure, rcmarking
that he had not heard so good re-
citation in twenty years, m d then he
hcs'1a'ing!y asked the teacher if-if
it was III grammcr or arithmetic.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-08-04

A market street wae Said yesterday
TO Jolly friend: The only money T
ever paid cheerfnlly was SO hush
money. "IIusl, money; you're GER
lainly joAing!' Never was moro
serious in my lile!" "Pray explain r.
Bought q cradlo for baby, you
know N
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-08-04
NUMBER 81

and, with Il whole p oem in her hazel
eyes, exclaimed: 30 George! you
have taken 4 load from my heart,
I've como to say that I can't marry
you after all, because I've seen some
body like better, and J thought
you'd want your presents buck
again"
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-08-04

TURNED WIlTE IN A SINGLE
NIGHT. Here's another warning. A
man down town refused to stay home
after an early supper and help lis
wife whi'cwash the back yard, and
his black hair turned white in n
single minute. His wife's painful
awkwardncss with the brush caused
the sudden change.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-08-04

|
depicted in mules countenanc to
fit out q Sunday School class. It
looks as gnilc'ess ;s,an angle worm.
a mule never grows old or dies.
Orcc brought into existence, lie con
tinucs OH forever. The original mule
is now alive somewhere in tile South.
Mules arc chiefly toard in the South
and West. They have been more
abused than Judas lscariot. A boy
who would not throw stone ut 4
mule if he gotta chance, would be
considered by his parents as too mean
to raise.
The mule is 4 good worker, but he
cannot be depended on. II is linblc c
to strike, ana when Il mule strikes
human calcula.ion fails to find out
any RUE by which to reckon when lie
will 80 to work again 1t is useless
to pound him, for he will stan nj ;rc
Beating than D sitting-room carpet.
llc has been known to stand eleven
days iii one spot, apparently think
ing Of something, and then start of
again as though nothing had
happened,
Down South. when they have sur-
lpIus ofsmall dar;cys o, the planta
ton, they send then, ont into the
barn yard 10 Play, where there is =
loose mule. They always bid them,
good by. whom they start out, for
they arc sure the parting will be-
final. This is The most economical
style Of ofi'unertEnow i'll the market.
To fully appreciate the mule one
should listen to his voice. You never
can really knew whether you like
mule or not till you have heard him
sing. ! attended :, mule concert at
Fort Smelling. The programme open
cd with soprano solo, and then
swung into = duet, and then pranec
"iiinto THO, followed up hy quar-
t"'tc, aud ending with II full chorus
by 10 mules. / didn't hear the whole
thing, Tor when | came to the rcgi
mental surgeon WAS standing over me, ),
gl,iEg me powerful restorltivcs, and
heard him say that might possibly
get ont again, though / would never
he II well man again. have been
through tic New York Stick Ex-
change, and spent part 0" IL day in q
boiler factory, and have been on one
or two Sunday School excursions lor
children, but | never knew what noise
wns till | heard II lot OF ur;ny nulcs
bray.
| One of the dead ccrtaint;es about
mule is that he is sure foo.cl, cipcci-
ally with his hind feet. He never
miSplaccs them. II lie adveriiscs
that his feet will be at crtain spo:
at Il certain time, with samp'c 81
mule shoes to which he would call
your attention, you will always find
them there at the appointed time.
lie is rs reliable as the day ofjudg-
ment, and he never cancels IN en-
gagcmcnt. Every man nov living
who dove Il mule team during the
war now draws pension.