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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-06-20

easements. The indentations upon doc,
posts and even fence fnils made by -tht
hall STONES were married., and traes it1 fht
fofests, such as were LEFT stahdifie; Reft
completely denuded Of leaves. Hal
etoiies we're as iatte as Godsa Hstes: kili.
ifE braItfS of all kinds end feidefibe ID,
seensible those who were struck upon the
head. Mr. Mealing's crop, about .12t
acres of which he had under cultivation
was completely fliihed; and which be
supposed would make at indtdrity 1SC
bushels of corn and 80 bales Of cotton, Il
practically worthless. Farmers having
fixed up their fencing, ARE, some of them
replanting corn, many sowing down their
fel1s ip COW peas and are waitiug to zee
il their cotton will sprout again. In this
portion of the locality, the track oii the
tornado, for five miles, was q crack oi
ruin and desolation. - Chronicle and Cn.
sfitutiondiist.
bAuRENs COUNTY, 6. c.
The Laurensville Herald speaking OF
the. storm says A destructive hail, wind
nnd rain.storm visited portions OF this
Coanty on last Sunday afternoon. That
portion which suffered most from hail
was In the neighborhood Of Warrior
Creek Church. Entire fields of cotton
were literally ruined, fruit was beaten
from the trees and uncut oata much dam.
aged, by beihg tangled and beaten orit.
The lower portion of the County was
visited, on same day, by terrific storm
OF wind and rain, uprooting aud blowing
down numbers of trees. 4 great deal OF
fencing was also blown down. In e,pry
section OF tho County, from which we
have heard, there was more or less hail
and wind, while the rain seems to have
been general over the County, and very
heavy, falling in torrents while il lasted
hard showers in rapid succession, du-
ring most Of the day.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-06-20

O1s0. Ot1ICI L
The Greenville .Ne,Ds, speaking of this,
the surrender of the parties, says Why
they did not go to Pickens o. Fl. and
surrender to the Sheriff of that County,
we are not informed. The reaaon may
be, that they suppose at Greenville they
may, like Deputy Marshal Springs did,
o fow days ago, for similar outrage,
give bond, with negro sureties, for
their appearance at Court.-Pickeno Sen
tin-l.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-06-20

A4C ooAs AMI
Upon the use which the phonograph
may be put to, speculation is rife and
Imagination simply rampant. Col. Rains
says tnn. as Yalue is inestimable, and is
universally recognized as such by mod
ern scientists. He suggested that ere
long the Professors at the Medical Col
lege might deliver their lectures In the
private laboratories, simply addressing
inst: ;:a ;:t g. ..e
struments in the College lecture halls,
order Mr.. Rich, the Janitor, to call in
the class and go on with the performance.
Think ofSherif Sibley putting his pho
pograph in the Court House window and
imploring the Lord, In second hand but
stentofian tones, to "sava the State and
honorable Court" Think Of Gen. Goode
Bryan .proclaiming, from the belfry oi
some future market dome, the hour OF
the day. Think of Col. @. v. Walkeh
auctioning off Heggie's wares through
the tin.roofed thorax Of this mystic ma
chine-think of the rigid fiereman's stat
ute proclaimipg from Pioneer Hall the
loud alarm of the scorching element
Think of Colonel Daniel, from the civic
lipe of the phonogreph, calling the bat.
taitoa to arms end ordering the HussarI
to charge TO the front. Think Of Colonel
o.. @. Jones. Jr., invoking the future his.
torian and the Goddess Of Truth to smile
sweetly upon the memorial monument.
of the Mayor issuing his annual dor col.
lar ordinance to the public; Of Mr.. Ste.
phens, juggling with his instrument al
Liberty Hall and shipping It through tC
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17
THE oldest HUMAN RELIC.

The oldest relic Of humanity cxtant is the
skeleton of one of the Pharaohs, incased IN
its original burial robes, and wonderfully
perfect, considering its age, depo>itedl IN the
British Museum, and justly considered the
most valuable of its archaeological treasures.
The lid of the coffin which contained the
royal ur,mmy was inscribed with the name
fits occupant. Pharaoh Mykerinlus. VINO
succeeded tle heir of the builder OF the great
nvr.mid. about ten centuries befOreC Christ.
| Only think of it! The monarch whose
crumbling bones and leathery integuments
are now exciting the wonder OF numerous
uazers in London, reigned in Egypt before
| solomon was born, and only about eleven
centuries or so after Mizraim, the grandson
at old father Noah, and the first one OF the
Pharaohs, had been gathered to his fathers
yyhv the tide mark OF the deluge would
scarcely have been obliterated, or the goph-
arwoo,l knee-timbers OF the ark have lOtteG
an Mount Ararat, when this man OF the
early world lived. moved andhad his being
HE flesh and blood We're contemporary
with the proienitors of the great patriclan
His homes and sllriynleu skin are contempt
rarv with the nineteenth century, and the err
: oft,.e cr,ciixion is onlY about midway De
| tween his era and ours.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17

escaped have been interrogated, and all
those who's address could be tound after the
the lapse of years replied that they did not
partake of sugar, even in coffee. The house
was closed. the splendid furniture sold at
auction. For years the hotel was uninhabi-
Ted. People looked at the barred windows
something as visitors now pause before
Ford's Theatre, where President Lincoln
| was assassinated. Strangers stood in front
of it aud related to each other sad incidents
Of the inexplicable death which had overta-
ken thirty %personsin a night. Twenty years
ago a gentleman from New Hampshire, Wis
ting in Washington. asked to go through
the house. Peoples had been afraid to enter
its walls after the panic. The gentleman,
after examination, immediately leased the
building, threw open the windows, had the
house cleansed, one hundred and fifty loads
Of dirt taken from the cellar. put >Sl00.OV
worth of furniture in the hotel, and he WA!
called crazy by his friends. In:December ev
cry corner was filled by guests, and tn
quaint, low rooms where had danced tn
bellies Of a quarter century before, wer
again filled with life and beauty.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17
---r,pv CLOUD HAS a SILVER L1H-
"E'G1 ING"

,-or cloud has d silver Innings"
ser the night the morn will come
s.o,ld we sit forever pining,
~ should our thoughts forever roam
80, the dim, uncertain future
:" Visiting our precious youth away
n;ngapd weeping over gravestones'
sisn.: :1ng and wringing ovr hands Away
i. al to the good God, trusting
,so+ M in His own good time He'll orlhS
"ata blossoms, showers and snnshine'
hr 1,aI. ,,a beautiful summer and spring.
49, after the bitter tears we are sheoo'ns
n Are wiped away and our hearts, ~oa,'os "0a'
..o,nudso Of sorrow will surely be riiiea'
And the silver lining will be revealed
oh, God, the clouds are so dark and lower'"s'
Tbe silver lining SO hard to see;
~ have waited long for the gray OF INC 'noihihs
,ried 80 to trust and leave all with lhee.
,,n,, rs. OH! help us to trnat the longer ,
1le,p rs to patient he to the end;
w.. 49, to look for the bright tomorrow,
waiting rhy will, Almighty Friend.
~ --PGcifC Rural Press.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17
TAXES ON EDITORIAL FAITH.

One of the greatest trials OF the neWspa-
per profession, says Talmage, is that its
members are compelled to see more of the
shams of the world than any other profess
ion. Through every newspaper office DAY
after day, go all the weaknesses OF the
world: all the ~yanities that want to he putt
ed all the revenges that a to be reaped;
all the mistakes that want to be corrected;
all the dull speakers that want to be thought
ELOQUENT; all the meanness ~tliatNwants to get
its wares noticed gratis i'll the editorial col
umn In order to save the tax III the adVertl-
sing columns all the men who want to be
set right who arc never right; all the crack
Drained philosophers with stories as long as
their hair, and AZ gloomy as their finger
nails in mourning, because berett OF soap
all the bores who come to stay five minutes
but talk five hours. Through the editorial
and reportorial rooms, all the follies a'ie
shams of the world are seen, day after Gay
and the temptation is TO believe in neither
God, man or omar 1t is no surprise K
me that in this profession there are som'
skeptical men l only wonder that journal
lists believe anything.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17
THg ri VI CIB Gle.
EUlWED

n,,o most valuable and misused portion OF
are too aften the victims OF rest
49,. aud ruaderless impulses. Let any one
- ux who has reached middle age LOOK back
,,on his school-days and recall MS school,
t,,ovs. and how many OF them can ne
count who lave been OF any use 10 the
.,orld9 How many are mere wrecks?
NAV count dozen after dozen VINO nave
thrown away thei1 lives, OF not acfl'eseo
.von responsibility, and have laaea "'ieh
u,ildle-uged into mere ~nothlngneSs' "heh
. how rets out in life, always~a difficulty with
tho parents. whether of the upper, mlddle,or
,nwar class. there seems to be many chances
IN one that he will be placed in some uhcou-
GENIAL sphere Or occupation. The GRIEF Oh
,he vo1ng fellow whose father put him as
,un;l to a celebrated artist, when, us he SAID
with tears. he wanted to be a butcher" IS
very real. and is repeated every day.
The wonder is not that boys turn out Ill
different workmen under those circuinstai-
ees. but that they turn out we'll at all. 1Iere
Ia too little trouble taken to find out the I'M
prlse of genius or to consult the ntness %
the lad: something offers-an advertisement
- nut in the papers, or an uncle found VINO
h,s some influence with somebody else, alld
The round boy is drifted away III the square
hole. The matter is not mended when Doys
show a general cleverness. They are capa
bic of doing everything, and too often dolhs
nothing. 10 fix themtto any one t'ihs |
sure, like mailing a weather-cock TO Il quar-
ter, to render them useless. lhey' TOO, Urn
into, troubled beings-dabble at many thlhgS
masters of none, and at FIFTY perhaps out Q
place, and looking for something TO turn VI
the victims of being too clever ny hail.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17
.hS IT Is NOWADAYS.

$50 you love me, do your" inquired a
sweet girl of the youth who had been talk
ing to her. THAT'S bad. What have |
done to deserve it? Have | not always
treated you well"
You have, you have" was the earnest
response. but why is it bad, oh pride OF
my heart?'
AZ trust,' the went on m%usingly, you
will not select the usual weapon. II | must
die / want to 60 off in some unusual-not IN
the stereotyped, the ommon and vulgar
way. Oh, promise me that you will not
d~isappoint me in thisl 1t is my last re-
quest"
"Why, what'do you mean?' inquired the
youth, staring at her.
.I mean that I am obliged to refuse you
I am engaged to Mr.. Smith. You viii XII
me. of course. 1t is right that you should
It is tho usual way. But pray. pray! do ii
with a dagger. DC not use the vtAgar re
vo,yer. Let there be something nice ant
original in this tragedy. AS 1 said before
it is my last request
Itshall be as you say" he Tep'fed IN
husky voice and in proof Of his honoraol'
intentions he fired his revolver In the al
and rnshed to the nearest hardware estab
lishlnent.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17
a WASHINGTON "REMINISCENCES.

The rooms. where Senator Hill now lives
in the National Hotel at Washington, on t'e
fatal 4th of March which witnessed Duchah-
ans Inauguration, were occupied by Tue 'le"
President. Twelve hundred guests were
Gro wded in the house. In the evening heat-
Nv all were seized by similar symptoms %
poisoning, and thirty or more died. Inc
dead bodies lay in rows in the parlors' inc
sick and the dying were moaning IN ING
halls a gloom hung over the city, ana eA-
tended to distant homes, from whence h'u
come ruests to witness the inauguration.
The house had, just previous to this, beell
entirely returlished. 1t was the grand hotel
of the capital, and built in a style OF mag
nificeace rare in those times. The Natlohai
Hotel poisoning is membered with horror
by our old people, but many OF the younger
ones have never heard of it. The affair was
investigated and the house examined. ~
positive clue has ever been found. some
said defective drainage, some poisoned fass
In the we'll. some that the sugar was poison
ed to ruin the business OF the hotel. IL Il
generally believed now, | think, that the POI
son was mineral poison, and was in the sus
ar-for the reason that persons not stopping
at the house, who took fancy drinks at 'i
bar, were also seized by cramp. Donpeles
the Presidents death was meditated, on
Buchanan never touched sugar, nor ate I'LL
anything, so hat he also escaped the peri
Some OF those beside his Excellency, VII
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17
RUSSIAN WAR SONG.

The following is a literal translation ora
war song officially distributed to che hus-
sian seldiery: "Dost thou hear? Inc
alarm is sounded! Up in ranks and hles
PRAY to God and march to battle! Inc
Danube. that old friend, rolls its waters
quietly. 1t is black night; so mitch the BET
ter! Sleep no longer! Let us prepare the
pontoons! The Turk loves sleep. INC col
umns move God protect us 1t is tlnfe no
longer to look cross the assault must De
made, Every thing that is called Music,
man ought not to be made prisoner. lhey
have massa.red, burned alive, itnpaien !.
One ought not to regret dcing them harm.
With them there is no pity! Kill! Attack
with the %bayonet! Strike with the butt
That their account may be settled! But
don't draw back a step-it is better to sue
cumb For the honor OF Russia never
weld! May God preserve you from being
taken alive! They will make you undergo
every outrage. God protects the brave
Know NO fear! Should he conquer, it woult
be better to die.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17
THE EDITORS REVERE.

This is the season of the year when the
editor sits at his desk and has his annual
~reyerie. and studies human nature Us ~
comes to him through the medium OF MS
subscribers. Many and various are the pic
lures from real life that memory presents 10
saLden or brighten his troubles and cares.
He notes old friend B, not over ana
above well-to-do in this worlds gooos. p"'
who never fails just about Christmas time
TO come. humping up the office stairs IN ms
heavy boots, opens the door and closes !.
With = bang as he says "Good morning.
laws his OK gad and his heavy wooden ml-
tens ON the editorial table, pulls out hs
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17

greasy pocket-book and drops his silver
half dollars down upon the table, as if he
were glad the editor had to have them; t
takes his receipt with the remark, You're t
maxim a bang up paper and goes down
stairs humsning, 81 want to be ain angel"
and the editor believes from the very bot
tom of his editorial heart that he will be,
and lie listens until the tread of the heavy
boots and the hum of the voice disappear i'll
the distance.
And then menor reyerts to TREND g., a
hale, hearty. forward man, with dollars in
bonds and mortgages, who comes into
town witha load of gnarly wood, stands
around town with. it until twilight lets her
curtain down andis about to pin it with a
STAR and then finding he cannot sell it,
drives it to the Office to pay for his paper.
And the editor knows if the prayer of the
poor : devil" who has TO take the wood up
stairs in the dark and make his fires in the
cold weather with it, is heard friend Z. VIII
never be an angel.
, And, lie thinks, too, of Deacon d., wealthy
and close as the bark on a tree, who invarl-
ably comessin at the Christmas season "itl
four pumpkins and a bag of =" nubbins," to
pay for his years paper. and thinks he pays
: Il high price for it. And he remembers thai
S after the pumpkins have lain about the or
e flee for II few weeks and dried up, the dew
takes them for Jack-oNanterns, to frlyhtei
Y the village people with, and the corn aftel
e lit has been m,,ssed over by the mice until !
makes a filthy pile of dirt, is dumped INT
i; the street for the pigs to eat.
/; AS the editor thinks of all these things n
1t determines in his own mind that tor til
ct next wear he viii work harder than ever
l. and make a better paper than his subscl1t
j. ers ever could expect. And then his revel
'e lie is broken by the harsh voice OF the dew
< WHO, in trembling accents, asks IT 1t VIII
as possible Tor him to get dollar. anu II
er may go home to spend the holidays.-D~
.. ellen, Rock.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17
PRETTY WELL. THANK YOU.

"Wl,y, howdy do, Mrs. Crippins; are al
the folks pretty wellT" asked one woman
to another, whom she met in the street the
other morning. .Oh, yes, tolerably so,
thank you. Father is laid up with his side
again. and mothers rheumatism has got so
bad she hasn't been able to get down stairs
for a week, and Martha Jane had another fit
Yesterday, and Billy cut his foot with a
Ratchet, andTommy can't speak above q
whisper for a sore throat, and Eliza has a
gathering in her ears again, and the baby
has had four spells of Group, and my nus
band can hardly work with his sore eyes,
and l thoughtful die last night with a sick
headache, but were all about as well Us
common. How's your folks?"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17
GOLDEN S EAvES.
Only u mOund,.
O'ergroWn with grass,
DrearnS unrealized-rest at last.

O'ergroWn with grass,
Dreams nnrealiZed-res at last.
Regard an old man as thy father.
If you hate any one, let him live.
Remember always that labor Is one OF
the conditions OF existence.
Time is gold; throw not one minute
away. but place each one to account.
A man should never be ashamed to "
ne has been in tile wrong. which is but say
ing in other words hat he Is Wiser to da.v
than he was Yesterday.
Emulation is Il handsome passion 1t Is
enterprising, hut just withal. 1t keeps ~
man within the terms Of honor, and makes
| the contest for glory just and generous. llc
| strives to excel, but it is by raising himselh,
not by depressing others.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17

"MAMMA, where do cows get the milksr'
asked Willie, looking up from the foaming
pan of milk which'hc had been intently re-
garding. .'Where do you; get your tears
was the answer. After a thoughtful silence
he again broke out: 'Mamma, DO the COVE
have to be spanked"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17

X, a married man-Oh 'tie !-cnltivates
assidiously-too assidaously indeed--a fair
haired little figurante. II thought," SAID
one Of his friends to him, the other day,
shat you couldn't bear a blonde" "Nei-
Their could j, once" replied x, but, you
know, | married y brunette"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17

WHAT is a dollar?' asks the Graphic. It's
Just the same as Notwithstanding OF
which we owe more than we have.-Ha'oh-
enc. Or like a clocked stocking on a muddy
crossing we would like to see more OF it
the crossing, Of course.-Sunday School
Times.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17

A MISSISSIPPI editor, meaning we'll. put
in his paper, RAISE and eat more chickens,
and buy less bacon" When he went for
his dinner, he met a shrill voice, saying.
"Who is running this boarding house! 0
or mep 81
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-17

THERE are certain practical tests OF Chris~
tan character which are more valuable than
those of creeds. Housekeeping presents the
strongest possible tests of religious progress.
ltyou can eat cold buckWheat cakes With
ont threatening to tear the house down, or
drink muddy coffee without suggesting thaS
if it every comes on the table again you Will
probably organize II funeral procession 10Y
the benefit of the 'hclp,'' you may be pref
tv certain that youihave made your calling
| and lection sure. No, it is not the creed OF
the church, it is an underdone steak when
YOU are in a hurry, whic.; settles the ques.
ton whether you are apagan or q Christian.
THERE are at Harrow, as at every other
large school,. many traditions that are hand
ed down from generation to generation o.
boys Of their predecessors, who are usually
represented as little short Of demigods. One
Of them. said to be 4act, occurred during the
misunderstanding of THE Rev. DR.. Vaughan,
one of Harrow's greatest benefactors, who
who brought the school to its present state,
1t is necessary, first. to mention that from
time immelnorial tail-coats have been worn
by the upper form boys. One night, as the
heaa-master was walking out, he saw q boy
who, contrary to rules, wos also enjoying
the evening cool. On the boy taking to bis
heels Ne Immediately gave chase, and was
so successful MS to get possession OF one tail
of his coat. He thought he would thereby
be able to catch the culprit the next morn
ing in form; hut what was his surprise
When the whole form came came In minug
one tail
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-12-04
THE PHILHARMONICS.

In one way and another local talent for
music and vocaliz alton asserts itself from sea-
son to season. The Euterpes and the Arions
in the past have made known how cleverly
some of our townsmen and women can play
and sing This Winter the Philharmonic
embracing our best musicians and sweetest
sihgers-will treat their friends to some
charming melodies. There has been organi
zed for several weeks, already, society self
styled as above. 1t has meetings each Mon
day night, for rehearsal, at the Episcopal Sun
day school room. At present they are practic-
ing Schuberts magnificent chorus of Good in
the Tempest" 1t is whispered that they will
lend the aid of their voices and instruments to
the Dramatic Societys Soiree on Tuesday
night next. This society is differed as fol-
lows: President, e. f. Hillyer; Secretary and
Treasurer, Alex Ardery; Pianist, Mr.. Hens
chel; Musical Director, Mr. Chas E. Laugh
ton. The Executive Committee is composed
of Messrs Hillyer, Ardery, Laughton, Mason
and Parkinson
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-12-04

For PORTER OF THE ASSEMBLY Richard
Elliott jovial colored man in this city, who
is known by the sobriquet of ''Whistling
| Dick" announces himself as candidate for
the position of porter of the Assembly.
Elliott is staunch and true Republican, and
his claims upon the party should receive
respectful consideration.
DEPARTURES. - The following passengers
went south on the stage yesterday morning
F. H. Page, Eliza Manning, BENZ. Wood, S.
S. Russell, G. L. Smith, G. I'll. Hinkelt ein
S. Epstein, Miss Madden, Richard Carrish
Alex Ammon, J. M Dormer and two Celes
tials
STUDYING PHoNoGRAPHY-Alfre Chartz,
formerly one of the owners of the Eureka
Republican, who is serving life sentence in
the State Prison for the killing of Rickar, is
studying photography during his leisure
hours.
In Town. Osborne, the celebrated
San Francisco photographer, is in the city.
This gentleman is engaged to report the testi-
mony in the case of the Mount Diablo Mining
Company vs.. Calison ct ais.
SENATOR JONES betook himself to San Fran
cisco last night, being suddenly called thither
by important business He is expected to
return here in two or three days
ILL.-Mr. JAS H. Marshall, County Clerk
elect is confined to his residence by illness.
We trust that it is not of serious nature.
ENGINE MEETING. monthly meeting
of the Curry Engine Company was held last
evening
THOMAS FORSYTH, a message awaits you at
the Western Union Telegraph Office.