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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-10

IL Is said the Turkish military au,hori
Ties have ordered their soldiers TO lie care.
full not to 6rc at the Russian General Off.
GERS
We suppose that an exception wa, mall,
to this derogAtory orler in favor of Gen.
erals RAdetsky and Skobelof, tn. f5rme,
oil whom has held the schipka pass with
o gs1 tsnscity that shows him anything
out . - carpet knight," and Of the latte,
~ been we'll said he is one OF the few
Russian Generals Who keeps near enough
to the front when hi. troops sro engaged
ITO feel Me pulse Of battle"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-10

Tho citizens of Athens ward voted m,
last Saturday on the qnestisn Of Licensing
drinking saloons in that warl. under an
ordinance Of the Police Jury Tie nor,-
license party carried the election by a con
siderable majority. At the same time they
took an informal vote for Justice Of the
fesc"' In place Of Mr.. Dallas Hck, who
resigned on account Of business calling him
10 Minden. X. J. Bridges received ninety
votes out Of a tstal OF hundred and one
A nattcring compliment to worthy gen.
t'eman, and ono who has shown himself a
very capable magistrate.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-10

ToB-woRK NEATLY EXECUTED At
y this ofRcc.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-10
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

Oct. 10. lC7.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16

A BRAVE CApTAIN.-A good story of
Prince Paskievitch During the war of
Warsaw he 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 appreciable effect. Gallopping to the
battery be asked:
"What idiot is in charge here 2"
II, sir" answered the officer.
"Then down you go to the ranks this
very day." said Paskievitch. "You don't
begin to know your trade; your shells
do not explode"
"I know they DON'T" answered the
captain; "for the best of all reasons that
they can't explode"
"That's lie," said the prince.
"Is it? See for yourself, then," re-
piled the officer, coolly picking up a
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 sputtered and went out. "There,
sir" said the artilleryman, triumphaatly,
as 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.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16

DOMESTIC STRINGENCY.-Bro. Gard
ner suddenly put in an appearance on
Griswold street, yesterday, with note
of hand of the face value of s400, which
he wanted discounted. He made strong
appeals to all the banks, but in vain,
and he finally mounted the post-ofice
steps and called out:
"Gem'len, here am note of TO- hun.
dred dollars, due in twelve mo- days, and
I'll sell it for two shillin.'"
Several persons asked to look at the
note, which was signed by an unknown
party and not drawn up in due form.
eff this man is able to pay the value of
the note why do you offer it for two shil-
lings?s asked one Of the group.
"Well, dere am sev'ral reasons" slow
ly reDlied Mr.. Gardner. "It doan' seem
to me dat de man can pay it. 1t doan'
seem to me dat he'll be afoun' on de day
it's due. He gin ME dat note for an ole
boss, and de hoss died on him in about
an hour. But, gem'len, de great big
main reason what I want to disaccount
dis note is the fact dat Mrs. Gardner has
sprung a lawn party on me fur dis
evenin' w'dout a word O. warnin'. All
de preparashuns we has made dis fur is
to borrow six chars an a spittoon, an
Ize got to sacrifice dis note to get de
bakers bread an herrings."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16
Domestic Rnin.

A New York letter contains the fol-
lowing:
There is no denying that a good deal
of the financial trouble that eliminates
in bankruptcy comes from extravagant
living. Sometimes it is the man himself
that paves the way for the sheriff, but
quite often it his family. A case in
point as to the latter occurred not very
long ago. A New Yorker happened to
meet, down town, an acquaintance from
a neighboring city and dropped into con.
versation with him. After few casual
remarks the New Yorker asked about his
friends family, expressing hope that
they were we'll.
"Oh, suppose they are" said Ma j.,
rather indiferently.
"How is that" asked the New York.
er. II hope nothing has happened"
swell, yes, something has happened"
replied Mr.. J. "The fact of the matter
is I haven't seen my family in six
months. You know was doing pretty
good business in B, and the folks at
home got to living away up. Nothing
would satisfy them but the best. As
long as could afford il, I let them have
money right and left, but presently times
got hard, business fell off and l found
that was going behind. didn't want
to alarm my family, but ! hinted that a
little economy was desirable. But they
paid no attention. The demands for
money went on just the same. Then |
told them they must economize, that
was absolutely unable to support them
in such extravagance. 1t was no use,
though; if didn't give them cash they
got credit and the bills came to me.
stood it as long as I could and | then
said: Here, if you won't live on what
can give you out of my business, take the
business ITSELF 80 I just made over the
whole place to them and left. They ran
it few months, and then the sheriff
stepped in, and I haven't seen any of my
family since. I tried hard to provide fol
them, but they wouldn't let me, and that
is the result. 1 can hardly take care Of
myself now, and it is all on account Of
the extravaganza at home"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16
LITTLE BY LITTLE.

Little by little, y the torrent said,
As it swept along its narrow bed.
Chatting in wrath and pride,
Little by little," and "day by day"
And with every wave it bore away
A grain of sand from the banks which lay
Like granite walls on either side.
1t came again, and the rushing tide
Covered the valley far and wide.
For mighty banks were gone.
A grain at time they were swept away;
And now the fields and meadows lay
Under the waves, for the work was done
'Little by little" the tempter said,
AS dark and cunning snare he spread
: For the young, unwary feet,
Little by little" and ..day by day."
I'll tempt the careless soul astray,
Into the, broad and flowery way,
Until the ruin is made complete.
Little by little," sure and slow, :,
We fashion our future of bliss or woe
As the present passes away.
Our feet are climbing the stairway bright,
Up to the region of endless light,
Or gliding downward into the night;
''Little by little" and 'tday by day."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16
Go Back.

To the young man with his hair parted
in the middle who is about to put his
college education and his sole leather
trunk on the Texas bound train, we say,
stop To the clever artisan and the hon
est mechanic who thinks he will 60 from
his hard time where he is to get inagina-
ry well paid employment in theLone
Star State, we also say-stop
To the adventurous rustic who wishes
to leave hoeing the turnips of some New
York or Georgia farm to find soft thing
in this land of prairies, we emphatically
repeat, stay where you are! We would
that we inhabited the earthly Elysium
that some Texas papers 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 prosper
ity for every one who seeks to settle
among us-but all the same there isn't.
We do possess something of an ap-
proach to the eternal summer and mar
yelous growth which the East is so tired
of hearing us brag about, but that is all.
Sooth to say, there is no chance here for
men without money, all the eager, new,
arrivals to the contrary notwithstanding.
In plain English, the paper that speaks
of the magnificent opportunities this
State presents to the new conner, lies
and lies in a very gratuitously criminal
way indeed.
The unvarnished truth is, that our la
Dor market is stocked to overfowing, and
every fresh arriving train but adds to the
miserable multitude in our midst that
waits, suffers, starves, and finally fights
its desperate way back home again. Be-
fore the door of nearly every house in
this city, there daily begs hollow'eyed
swarm that would sadden the heart of a
satyr. Men of brains and culture, good
clerks, excellent accountants, business men
of undeniable 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 ovelcrowded,
over.traded and financially Frustrated
community is held up with fatal persis'
tence 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 simple duty
of humanity. In the name of the dis
tress we see around us, and are powerless
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 hither
for employment-Go back !-7sras In
teIIi0enCer,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16
Maturity of Seed.

. Upon little reflection it is very OBJ
vious, and appears rational and physlo-
logical, that the vigor and 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 strong one. This is true
of every plant, from radish to an oak.
Yet how seldom is 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 in the same
hill, all treated alike ? or, why there is
such difference in the vigor of lot of
seedlings of any plant when all are in
the SAME bed or drill, and under the same
conditions? I could state many facts
tending to show that by careful attention
to the perfect maturity of seed the pro.
ductiveness of annual plants can be much
increased, and that perennial plants can
be obtained of quicker growth and great
er hardness, but it does not seem neces-
sary to do this. Indeed l believe the
running out" of the new wheats and
other plants in 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 grain, would tiller
and yield more at harvest than five
shrunken kernels with their puny and
yellow stalks. So, too, of corn. 1t often
rots in the ground, or comes up feeble
and yellow, and the planter often says in
explanation of this, "that the weather is
too cold; the ground is too wet; there is
too much manure iu the hill" &c. On
inquiry, 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
thar % the ripeness of grain. One ofmy
neighbors however, follows the practice
of bis 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 ripens and yields a
good crop; and it is evident, from the
condition of the cob, that the grain ls
ripe, and receiving no further nutriment
from the root or leaf
think it would pay we'll for every
farmer to leave portion of his field to
stand ungathered 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 its appropriate function in
the perfection of the seed.-Geo. Haskell
IN Country Gentleman.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16

VALUE OF AcCURACY.-It is the re-
suit of every days experieneethat 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 man-accuracy in OBJ
servation, accuracy in speech, accuracy
in the transaction of affairs. What is
done in business must be well done; for
it is better to accomplish perfectly a
small amount of work than to 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, is paid to this highly important
quality of accuracy. As a man eminent
in practical science lately observed, "It
is astonishing how few people have met
in the course of my experience who can
define fact accurately" Yet, in busi-
ness affairs, it is the manner even in
which small matters are transacted that
often decides men for or against you.
With virtue, capacity, and good conduct
in other respects, the person who is
habitually inaccurate in other respects
cannot be trusted his work has to be
done over again, and he thus causes end
less annoyance, vexatiOn, and trouble.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16
How a Young Husband got Weaned
from His Cups.

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 a drunkard. But
one night he came home at q 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
ably settled on the sofa in drunken
sleep. His face was reddish purple, his
breathing was heavy, and altogether he
was pitiable looking object. The doc:
tor was sent for post-haste, and mustard
applied to his feet and hands. When the
doctor came and 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
blisters," she urged, 'or will send for
some one who will"
The husbands head was accordingly
shaved closely and blisters applied. The
patient lay all night in drunken sleep,
and, Notwithstanding the blisters were
eating into his flesh, it was not till near
morning that be began to beat about dis
turbed by pain.
About daylight he walked up to a most
uncomfortable conciousness of blistered
agonies.
"What does this mean," he said, put
ting his hand to his bandaged 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 have been working with you
all night"
II Should think you had," groaned The
poor victim. "What's the matter with
my feet"
"They are blistered."
"Well, I'm better now take off the
blisters, do," he pleaded piteously.
He was in a most uncomfortable state
his head covered with sores, and his
feet and hands were still worse.
Dear he said, groaning, eff | should
ever get sick iu this way again, don't be
alarmed and serd for the doctor, and
above all, don't blister me again"
"Oh, indeed l will-all that saved you
were the bisters, and if you ever should
have another such spell, I should be more
frightened than ever-for the tendency |
am sure is to appoplexy, aud from the
next attack you will be likely to die
unless there were the severest measures
used"
He made no further Defense suffice it
to say he never had another attack.
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 to their work.
Ifyou are compelled to use ink, never
use that vulgarity known as the blotting
pad. If you drop bit of ink on the
paper, lick it off. The intelligent com.
positor loves nothing so dearly as to read
through the smear this will make across
twenty words. We have seen him hang
over such a 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, and your
article, when you see it in print, villas
tonish even if it does not please you. .
Don't try to write too plainly. 1t is a
sign of plebeian origin and public school
breeding. Poor writing is an indication
of genius. 1t is about the only indica-
tion of genius that a great many men
possess. Scrawl your article with your
eyes shut and make every word as illegi-
bic as you can. We get the same price
for it from the 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 merest hint at the name
is sufficient. For instance, if you write a
character something like q drunken fig
ure 49," and then draw a wavy line, we
will know at once that means Samuel
Morrison, even though you may think
you mean "Lemuel Messenger" 1t is
great mistake that proper names should
be written plainly.
Always write on both sides of the
paper, and when you have filled 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 just above the date.
How we do love to get hold of articles
written in this style. And how we like
to get hold of the man who sends them.
Just for ten minutes. Alone. In the
woods, with cannon in our hip pocket.
Revenge is sweet, yum, yum, yum:
Lay your paper on the ground when
you write; the rougher the ground the
better.
+ When your article is completed, crunch
your paper in your pocket, and carry 1T
two or three days before sending itin:
This rubs off the superfuous pencil
marks, and makes it lighter to handle.
If you 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 it. We have nothing else
10 do .
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 neutralized, 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 an 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, in 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, or ceasing to be ben
eftted by them during the whole season.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16

PECULIAR GEOLOGICAL FORMATION
IN MAR1oN.-Mr. McDuffie undertook
to sink drive pump in his yard in this
1as sssr It 5S dsp as' Of fifteen hs M 0?H1 EGee
by going deeper he could do better, he
bored further, when he struck strata of
black clay or mud of peculiar appear.
ance, looking something like soft mineral
coal. He has bored thirty-six feet, and
has not yet gone through the peculiar
deposit. Az Che depth of twenty-seven
feet he found decayed log Of pine or
cypress, which evidences the fact that
we are living on alluyial soil.-Merchant
and Farmer, august LIST.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16

DR.. Tutt has been en-.
gagged in the practice Of
medicine thirty years, and
for long timewas demon.
strator Of anatomy in the
Medical College Of Geor-
gia, hence persons using
his Pills have the guaran-
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
and are free fro m al !
quackery.
lie has succeeded in
combining in them the
heretofore antlgonistic
qualities of 4 strengthen
Hg,tnygatipe, anda pa,.
tying tonic.
Their first apparent ef-
feet is to increase the ap.
petite by causing the food
10 properly assimilate.
Thus the system is nour'
isl,cd, and by their tonic
action on the digestive or
gar,s, regular and healthy
rvacuations are produced.
The rapidity with which
PERSONS take on flesh,
while under the influence
Of these pills, OF itself in
dicates their adaptability
to nourish the body, and
hence their efficacy in cur.
ing nervous debility, mel.
;lncI,oly, dyspepsia, vast
ing of the muscles, slug.
gishncss of the liver,
chronic constipation, and
myth to the system. Sold
In r1y Street. New York.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16

Be careful to injure no. ones feel.
ings by unkind remarks. Never tell
tales, make faces, call names, ridicule
the lame, mimic the unfortunate, nor be
cruel to insects, birds or animals.
Speaking of the sentiment, "She
who rocks the cradle rules the world" a
Southern paper says, "In this section she
is generally a colored girl, and we don't
believe a word Of it,"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-16
Anaersp1 gntelliaeneer.
LEAVING THE HOMESTEAD.

You're going to leave the homestead, John
You're twenty-one to-day,
And the old man will be sorry, John,
To see you 60 away.
You've labored late and early, John
And done the best you could,
amt a goin' to stop you, john
wouldn't if could.
But one thing let me tell you, John,
Before you make your start:
There's more in being honest, John,
Twice o'er than being smart
Though rogues may seem to flourish, John,
And sterling worth to fail,
oh, keep in view the good and true,
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 all you can.
Though fools may count their riches, John
In shillings, pounds and pence,
The best of wealth is youth and health,
And good, sound common sense.
And don't be mean or stingy, John,
But lay little by .,
OF what you earn-you soon will learn
How fast twill multiply.
So when old age comes creeping on,
You'll have goodly store
OF wealth to furnish all your needs
And maybe something more.
There's shorter cuts to fdrtune, John,
: We see them every day
But those who save their self-respect
Climb up the good old way.
call 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 meddle with your neighbors, John,
Their sorrows or their cares
You'll find enough to do, my boy,
To.mind your own affairs.
The world is full of idle tongues
You can afford to shirk;
There's lots of people ready, John,
To do such dirty work.
Be good, be pure, be noble, John;
Be honest, brave, be true.
And do to others as 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 at Satan's rage,
And face frowning world"