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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16
Maturity Of Seed.

Upon n little reflection it is very OBJ
yious, and appears rational and physio-
'ogioai, that tho T;gor aa;! productive
ness Of plant depend very much upon
the perfect maturity and vital condition
Of the seed from which the plant springs,
and that no manure or fertility Of soil
can make weak plant as vigorous and
productive as q stroGg one. This IL true
Of every plant, from radsh 70 an oak.
Yet how seldom il this truth regarded.
Has it never occurred to the planter TO
ask himself why there is 80 much differ
ence in the plants of corn iii tie same
hill. all treated alike? or, why there is
such difference i'm the yig0r Of a lot OF
seedlings Of any plant when all are in
the same bed or drill. and under the same
conditions? could state many facts
tending to show that by careful attention
10 the perfect maturity of seed the pro.
ductivenes3 OF annual plants can be much
increased, and that perennial plants can
be obtained Of quicker growth end great
er hardness, but it does not seem ueces-
sary 10 do this. Indeed l believe the
| running out" of the new wbeats and
other plants in Il few years after their in
PRODUCTION is caused by the premature
gathering Of the crop TO avoid the waste
Of seed and yet the plant from one
heavy, well-matured graiu, would tiller
and yield more at harvest than five
shrunken kernels With their puny and
yellow stalks. So, too, Of corn. II often
rots in the ground, or comes up feeble
and yellow, and the planter often says in
explanation of this, that the weather il
too cold; the ground is too wet there is
too much manure in the hll," &c. On
inquiry, I have generally found in such
instances, that the farmer went through
his field before harvest to select his seed
corn. or If selected at the husking, more
attention was given to the size Of the ear
than u the ripeness Of grain. One Of my
neighbors, however. ::3..!.,.. the practice
Of his grandfather, and selects for seed
only the ears which have Timber butts to
the cobs or ears, though the ears may be
small, or mere "nubbins." He does
not know why these ears were preferred,
but his corn always ripeDs and yields q
good crop; and it is evident, from the
condition Of the cob, that the grain is
ripe, and receiving no further nutriment
from the root or leaf.
think it would pay well for every
farmer to leave portion of his field TO
stand ungathcred until the grain is per-
fectly ripe, even if some shook out; aud
in the case of corn, not to cut the top
stalks, but leave every part of the plant
to complete it's appropriate function in
the perfection Of the seed.-Gco. HiskcH
in f0unfry Gentleman
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16
Domestic Ruin.

A New York letter contains the fol.
lowing:
There is no denying that n good deal
OF the financial trouble that culminates
in bankruptcy comes from exiravaeant
living. Sometimes it is the man himself
the. paves the way sar The sheriff. Bit;
quite often it his family. A case in
point rs to the latter occurred not very
long ago. A New Yorker happened 10
meet, down town, an acquaintance from
ncighboring city and dropped into con
versn''on with him. After q few casual
remarks tho New Yorker asked about his
friends family, expressing hope that
they were we'll. ~
"Oh, suppose they are" said Ma J..
rather indifferently.
"How is that ?" asked the New York.
or. IL hope nothing has happened"
We'll. yes, something has happened"
replied AIr. j. "The fact of the matter
is l haven't seen my family in six
morths. You know l was doing pretty
good business in B., and the folks 81
home got tn living away nm. Ne.h,... :.
would satiafy them but the beat. As
long as I could afford Il, ! let them have
money right and left, but presently time
got hard, business fell off and / found
that was going behind. didn't want
10 alarm my family, but limited that a
little economy was desirable. But thew
paid no attention. The demands for
| money went on just the same. Their
told them they must economic. that
was absolutely unable to support then,
!. sucI, extravaganza. 1t was no use
1henga if dias't sive .::..ssa. oo.s::, sisoy "a
got credit and the bills came to me. i
6itoJd it 40 long as could anu then
said: 'Hefe, If you won't live on what i
cau. give you out of my business, take the
business ITSELF so jnst made over tht
whoIs place to them and left. They ran
IL few months, and then the sheriff
stepped in, and haven't seen any of my
family s...oe. tried hard 10 d provide foI
them, but they wouldn't let me, and tha
is the result. I can hardly take care O
myself now, and 1t is all on account o
the extravaganza at home" ia
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16
How a Young Husband got Wcaned
from Ills Guns.

A young wife in Michigan had just got
settled in her new home. All seemed
fair and promising, for she did not know
that her husband was drunkard. But
one night he came home at very late
hour and much the worse for liquor.
When he staggered into the house, the
wife, who was greatly shocked, told him
he was sick, and to lie down at once
and, in moment or two, he was comfort.
nbly settled o" the sofa in a drunken
sleep. His face was reddish purple, his
breathing was heavy, and altogether he
was pitiable looking object. The doc
tor "as sent for post-haste, and mustard
applied to his feet and hands. When the
dUctor came aud felt his pulse, and exam
ined him, and found that he was only
drunk, he said:
"He will be all right in the morning" !"
But the wife insisted that he was very
sick, and that severe remedies must be
used.
"You must shave his head and apply
oiisrers,' she urged, ':or will send for
some one who Will"
The husbands head was accordingly
shaved closely and bisters applied. The
patient lay all night in drunken sleen.
anu, notwithstanding the blisters were
eating into his flesh, it wHs not till near
morning that he began to beat about dis
tErhed by pain.
AboG. daylight he walked mp to most
uncomfortable consciousness of blistered
ag0nies.
"';iT'iiat does this mean,' he said, put.
ting his hand 70 his bandnged head.
Lie still you mustn't STIR" said the
wife, "you have been very sick"
"I'm not sick"
"Oh, yes you are; you have brain
fever. We nave been working with you
all night"
II should think you had" groaned the
poor victim. whats the matter with
my feet"
"They are blistered."
"Well, Pm better now take off the
blisters, do" he pleaded piteously.
He was in u most uncomfortable state
his head covered with sores, and his
feet and hands were still worse.
Dear" he said. groaning, "if should
ever get sick i'll this way again, don't be
alarmed and send for the doctor, and
above all, don't blister me again"
"Oh, indeed will-all that saved you
were the blisters, aud if you ever should
have another such spell, should be more
frightened thar ever-for the tendency
am sure is to appoplexy, and from the
next attack you will be likely 10 die
unless there were the severest measures
used"
He made no further defense; suffice it
to say he neyer had another attack.
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TO Back.

To the young man with his hair parted
- thc middle who is about 10 put his
College education and liss soie leather
trunk on the Texas bound train, we say,
stop! To the clever artisan and the hon
est mechanic who thinks he will go from
his hard time where he is to get iInagipa-
ry well paid employment in the Lone
Star State, we also say-stop
10 the adventurous rustic who wishes
~ 'es.e h0sing the turnips of some New
York or Georgia farm To find a soft thing
IN this land OF prairies, we eInphatically
repent, stay where you arc We would
that we inhabited tho earthly Elysium
that some Texas paprs say We do, but
we are afraid we don't. From the bot
tom Of our hearts we should be glad to
think That there was plenty and - 'osper.
'ty for every one who secks to settle
among us--but all tie same there isn't.
We do possess something Of an ap.
proach to the eternal summer and mar
vc'ous growth which the East is 80 tired
o! nearing us brag about, but that il ALL
Sooth TO say, there is no chance here for
men without money, all the eager, new,
arrivals to the contrary notwithstanding.
LIZ plain English, the paper that speaks
of the magnificent opportunities this
State presents 70 the new conner, lies
and lies in II very gratuitously criminal
way indeed.
The unvarnisfcd truth il, that our la
Dor market il stocked ~ Overilowing, and
every fresh arriving train but adds 10 the
miserable multitude in OHr midst that
waits, suffers, starvcs. and finally fights
it's desperate way back home again. Be-
fore the door Of nearly every house in
this city, there daily bcgs Ilolow.cycd
swarm that would saddcn the heart Of n
aatyr. Men of brains and culture, good
clerks, excellent accountants. business men
OF undeniablc energy, mechanics Of abil
ity, walk the streets in dumb despair, and
finally take the road that leads to the
chain gang and workhouse
The writer Of this cannot remember
one evening for very many that he has
not been asked for money to buy meal
or bed by men who would have sooner
died on the rack than asked aims in the
light of day. And some OF them do die
on the rack-the rack of bitter disap-
pointment, continued misery. Yet still
some papers calmly sing the same old
siren song and still this ovcicrowded,
over traded and financially prostratcd
community is held up with fatal persis.
tcnce as the proper Mecca of the Ameri-
can youth.
We beg the papers in the East and
North To copy this article. We ask that
the truth be told there as q simple duty
Of humanity. In the name of the dis
trcss we see around us, and are i,owerless
to relieve, in the name of the tramps and
vagrants that fill our cities and towns,
we solemnly warn intending immigrants
OF all classes, except farmers and men
with money to invest, that we are over
stocked with labor, and will be for the
next four or five years. Though his
ticket may be purchased and his trunk
packed, we say to the man looking hithcr
for employment-Go back ! 7eiux In
tcNilencer.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16

THE TIME TO EAT FRUIT.-The ear
lier in the day fruits are eaten the better.
They should be ripe, fresh and perfect,
and if eaten in their natural state, it is
almost impossible to take too much.
Their healthful qualities depend on their
ripe acidity, but if sweetened with sugar,
the acidity is not only neutraIized, but
the stomach is tempted to receive more
than it can digest, and if cream is taken
with them, the labor of digestion is in
creased. No liquid Of any description
should be drank within all hour after
eating fruits; nor should anything else
be eaten within two or three hours-thus,
time being allowed for them to pass out
Of the stomach, the system derives from
them all their enlivening, cooling and
aperient influences. The great rule is,
eat fruits and berries while fresh, ripe
and perfect, liz their natural state, with
out eating or drinking anything for at
least two hours afterward. With these
restrictions, fruit may be eaten in mode.
ration during the day and without get
ting tired Of them, oT oeasiHg 10 DC ben
Gifted by them during the whole season.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16
Advice to Newspaper Correspondents.

Never write with pen or ink. 1t is
altogether too plain, and doesn't hold the
mind of editors and printers closely
enough 90 their work.
If you are compelled to use ink, never
use that vu'garity known M the blotting
pad. Ii you drop a bit of ink on the
paper, lick it off. The intelligent com.
positor loves nothing 10 dearly rs to read
through the smear this will make across
twenty words. We have seen him hang
over such q piece of copy half an hour,
swearing like pirate all the time, he
felt that good.
Don't punctuate. We prefer to pune
tuate all manuscript sent us. And don't
use capitals. When we can punctuate
and capitalize to suit ourself, aud your
article, wiien you STE ii in print, will i'd
tonish even if it does not please you.
Don't try to write too plainly. 1t is a
sign of plebean origin and public school
breeding. Poor writing Is an indication
of genius. 1t In about the only indics.
tion of genius that 3 great many mel.
possess. Scrawl your article with your
eyes shut and make every worti rs illegi-
BILE ns YOU can. We get the same price
for 1t from tho ragman as though it were
covered with copper plate sentences
Avoid all pains taking with proper
names. We know the full name of every
man, woman and child in the United
States, and the meress hint Mt the name
is sufficient. For instance, if you write a
character something like q drunken fig.
ure 49," and then draw wavy line, we
will know at once that menus Samuel
Morrison, even though you may think
you mean "Lemucl Messenger" 1t is a
great mistake that proper names should
be written plainly.
Always write on both sides of the
paper, and when yeu have filed both
sides of every page, trail line up and
down every page, trail line up and
down every margin and back to the top
of the first page, closing your article by
writing the signature lust above the date.
How we do love to get hold of articles
written in this style. Aud how we like
to get hold of the mar who sends them.
Just for ten minutes. Alone. In the
woods, with a cannon in our nip pocket.
Revenge is sweet, yam, yum, yum.
you write; the rougher the ground the
better.
When your article is completed, crunch
your paper in your pocket, and carry IL
two or three days before sending it in.
This rubs off the superAuous pencil
marks, and makes it lighter TO handle.
Ifyou can think of it, lose one page
out of the middle of your article. We
can easily supply what is missing, and
We love to do il. We have nothing else
TO do.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16

VALUE OF AccURACY.-It is the re-.
suit Of every day's ezperieueethas steady
attention TO matters Of detail lies at the
root of the human progress and that
diligence, above all, is the mother of
good, Luck. Accuracy is also of much
Importance, and an invariable mark of
good training in q man-accuracy in oh.
aervation, accuracy in speech, accuracy
III the transaction of affairs. What 70
done in business must be we'll done; fos
1t Is. better to accomplish perfectly d
email amount of work than 70 halfdo ten
times as much. A wise man used to
say, "Stay little that we may make an
end the sooner" Too little attention.
however: ia Maid To THE hishiS i..,cc...:::
quality Of accuracy. As a man eminent
in practical science lutely observed, 'It
10 astonishing how few people have met
in she course Of my experience who can
dehDe Q fact accurately" Yet, in busi-
ness affairs, it is the manner even in
which emall matters are transacted that
often dncides men for or against you.
With virtue, capacity, and good conduct
In other respects, the person who Ia
habitnally inaccurate in other respects
cannot be truated his work has to be
e.::s ;sssT 5;, s:;a 10 siiti5 causes end.
less annoyance, vexation, and trouble.
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ALONE WITH A MADMAN,

II have often heard of persons whose
hair was whitened from excessive fenr
but as never saw myself any one SO
affected, ! am disposed to be credulouq
on the subject"
The above remark was made TO D..
Maynard as we ant on the piazza Of his
pretty villa, discussing the different
effects of terror on dissimilar tempera.
iiaiie&. Without replying 10 me, the
doctor turned to his wife and said:
Helen, will you please relate to my
old friend the incident within your ex.
perience. 1t is the most convincing argu.
ment can advance"
l looked Mt Mrs. Maynard in smrnrins.
| had observed that her hair, which was
iuxuriant sud dressed very becomingiy,
was purely colorless, but aB abe was q
young woman, and also q very pretty
one, / : surmised that it was powdered to
aeighten the brilliancy OF her fra dark
eyes.
Tho doctor and had been friends and
-students, but after leaving college
we had drifted apart, to commences
practice in an eastern city, he had to
pursue his profession in growing town
in the West. / was now on q Visit 10
him for the first time since his marriage
Bins. Maynard, no doubt, reading my
smiled as she shook down her snn,yy
tresses over her shoulders. and ssat;ny
herself by her husband's aida reIata5
the following episode: f
1t IL now nearly two years ago since
my husband was calIeri o., or,e fs.ven;no
to Wait n patient geyeral .n,;jes s,vav
~. dor,estics had all rome to Ayeks,i
C". vicinity. the des1 man ,bo;no, Il,
IN Inc ,e of bnr Iseryinvr vnn,en
1 nelasiV9 OF %. alone. = Bnt felt M
tnus Mn iete hesril gnf burglar
rear, iof we ueve, nau Sen in lomr 99I';et
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a' 'ner ~, uoi.s;;ss,,S VI ss;ro otltf fon
no, motises. rae ,WiGaone "a .se..a. ,yT ss.
the g.,fs. glaTfz3x were OPEN US noM Dug- a.
curea the Dii9f,a gsiofe hiy h9sD.i1tas sA1t uo
pnftute, ana toeEea snY o4,IHl9g Sceprss, - ers
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Anasrapn gntslltaruees.
LgAAYysga TIE gnoMEsTRA.

You're going 70 leave the homestead, John
You're tweuty-one to-day,
And the old man will be sorry, John.
To see you go away.
You've iabored late and early, John.
And done the best you could,
! amt q goin' 20 stop you, john
wouldn't If could.
But one thing let me tell you, John.
Before you mnke your start:
There's more in being honest, John,
Twice DER u,an being smart.
Though rogues may seem to flourish, John
And sterling worth TO fail,
Oh. keep In view the good and truo.
Twill in the end prevail.
Don't think too much of money, John,
And dig and delve and plan,
And rake and scrape in every shape,
TO hoard up nll you can.
Though fools may count their riches. John
In slillings, pounds and pence,
The best of wealth Is youth and health
And good, sound common sense.
And don't he mean or stingy, John,
But lay little by
or what you earn-yOu soon will learn
How fast twill multiply.
So when old age comes creeping on.
You'll have gOOtly store
OF wealth to furnish all your needs
And maybe something more.
There's shorter cuts to fortune, John,
We see them every day
But those who save their sclfrcspcct
Climb up the gOoi old way
'All is not gold that glitters.'' John.
And makes the vulgar stare,
And those we deem the richest John,
Have OFT the least to spare.
Don't NEEDLE with yoir ncigibors, john
Their sorrows or their cares
You'll find enough to do. my boy.
TO'mind your own affairs.
Tho world is full of idle tongues
You can afford to yhrk;
There's lots Of people ready, John,
To do such dirty work.
BE good, be pure. be noble, John;
Be honest, brave he true.
And do TO Others ny We would
That they should do to you.
And place your trust IN God my boy,
Though fiery darts be hurled
Then yOu can smile ut Satan's rage
And face frowning world
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A BRAVE CAPrAIN.-A good story of
Prince Paskievitch During the war of
Warsaw lie had ordered certain Polish
battery to be silenced by his own artillery,
and became perfectly wild with rage on
observing that the artillery fire produced
no appreciahle effect. GalIopping to the
battery ne asked:
"What idiot is in charge here ?'
II, SIR" answered the officer.
"Theu down you go 10 the ranks this
very day" said Paskieyitch. "Iou don't
begir to know your trade; your shells
do not explode"
81 know they don't" answered the
captain; "for the best of all reasons that
they can't explode"
That's a lie," said the prince.
as il? See for yourself, then" re-
piled the officer, coolly picking up q
shell from the pile and lighting the fuse,
and holding it up between himself and
the marshal. The marshal TRANQUILITY
crossed his arms and watched till the
fuse sputtcred and went out. There,
sir" said the artilleryman, triumphantly
~ he threw the shell on the ground
"You were right, after ALL" growled
the marshal, and rode away to another
point of the line; but at night the cap
tain received at his tent the cross of st.
vladimir for bravery in the field.
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PECULIAR GEOLOGICAL Formation
IN MARIoN.--Mr. McDufIle undertook
TO sink drivo pump in his yard in this
town E ". y fey days sgS; He found n, good
by going deeper he could do better, he
i,:e.i S:e E;:.hs. ;;.;s as ssok s.Tas oi
black clay or mud OF peculiar appear
ance, looking something like eoft mineral
iooalcd He haa, bored thirsy-six feet, and
nkasa not yet gone through the peculiar
deposits taAt ehe depth Of tWenty.seven
feet he found, q, decayed Jog Of pine or
,eyhrs which evidences tho flcs9 that
,tye nra living ON Rilhyial ssjil. - Aferohant
GEd Farmer, Asgpa tss. ,..,. S}''' ..,3,
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DIR. Tut has been en-.
gagged in the practice OF
medicine thirty years, and
Eora long t;rnewcs de.r>c-c
strator of anatomy in the
Medical College Of Ceor-
gIa. hence persons using
his Pills have the guaran-
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
and are free from all
quackery.
lie has succeeded in
combining in them the
heretofore antlgonistic
qualities of 4 strengthen.
rng,tnrgnfire, nnda par
NYing fOnfe.
Their first APPARENT eC-
feet is tn increase the ap-
petite by causing the food
TO properly nssimilatc.
Thus the system is nour-
ish.d, and by their tonic
action on the digestive or
ra'is. regular and healthy
excavations are reproduced.
Tlicr;'pi,iity with which
persons take on flesh,
while under the influence
of these pills. OF itself in
,iicates their adap,ability
tn nourish the body, and
hence their cHicacyin cur.
ing nervous debility, mel.
ancholy, dyspepsia, vast
ing of the muscles, slug.
gishness of the liver,
chronic constipation, ard
myth to the system. Sold
In r.lv Street N,.xu Xorl
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= Be careful to injure no. ones feel.
ings hy unkind remarks. Never tell
tales, mako faces. call names, ridicule
the lame, mimic the unfortunate, nor be
cruel to insects, birds or animals.
- Speaking ofgtho sentiment, 'She
who r. -ks the cradle rules the world.o Q
Southern paper Gays, ain this section she
is generally q coiored girl, aud VIC don't
believe word Of it" 'tsA