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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05
d. WYATT AIKEN
1s,e "aarasssloppcr" Commission

Sometime ago Congress mado an appro-
priatioo of $4,000 to dofray the expenses
of a commission to Investigate tho churaotor
suoh fearful dcprcdatious in the Southern
and Western States within the laet few
years. This is allowing some commcndable
interest in behalf Of agricultural progress
The commission has published its first
report, from which it appears that an area
of over 1000, 900 of square miles has been
occasionally visited by these inscots since
13l9-of which the last three, in 1878,
1874 and 1876, were mnch the moot de-
sdructivc, having damaged the country to
the estimated value Of S200,000,000. Tho
commission thinks that tho insects como
from large, hot, barren wastes, and tho pro.
vention of their appearance may depend
upon the settlement and cultivation Of tho
sandy plains of tho Wcst They rooom-
mend certain measures of prevention to be
observed by tho farmers rcaiaiug in that
section, which has bocn condensed by tho
Hartford Post, as follows
1t has boon ascertainod that, as rulo,
tho invading swarms do not make thoir
appearance in tho Mississippi valley until
the latter part of July or first of August.
BY this time wheat, barly and oats have
generally reached perfection and boon har-
vested. This fact renders it possible to
anticipate these swarms and prevent serious
injury by relying chiefly upon these crops
whcn there is reason to foar their incursions.
And if the Matching grounds of tho insects
be definitely asccrtancd, and the national
government, by means Of the signal service
corps or otherwise, will take measures to
give notice in adyapoe of heavy egg dopo-
posits in tho nrea, the farmers, by planting
small graina, may thus prevent any serious
injury when they arrive 1t is also advised
that greater attention bc paid to grazing
The grosshoppcrs do not do much injury to
grass, hence stockraisers and hcrdsmen oan
look with comparative Indifference on these
visitations Thorc arc other remedies
suggested, suoh as the encouragement of
animals and Insects that food upon the
pests, the destruction of the eggs or un,
fledged insects Ly narrowing, plowing,
tramping, irrigation, burning, etc., aud
several preventive measures against the
mature or winged insects.
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WAsUINGToN, November 27--The In
ternal Revenue Commissioner, in his report,
argues earnestly against tho proposed ro.
duction of tho tobacco tax. lie views un-
favorably renewal Of the plan Of granting
amnesty so violators of revenue laws, as he
does not think it has worked satisfactorily.
The Commissioners estimates the revenues
for tho present fiscal year at 8lI5,000,000.
Considerable spaoo is given in his report to
tho condition of affairs iu tho region of tho
South whore ilioit distilling has prevailed,
and additional Legislation for tho proteoton
Of reveDuo officers is recommended.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05
sNIEE WHENEVER You GAN.

When things don't 60 to suit you,
And tho world seems upside down,
Don't waste your timo in frcttiog,
But drive away that frown;
Since life is oft perplcxine,
'Tis much the wisest plan
To bear all trials bravely, Ht.'
And smilc whcne'er you can.
Why should you dread tomorrow
Aud thus dospoil to. day?
For when you borrow trouble,
You always have to pay.
1t is good old maxim,
Which should bo often preach ed
Don't GROSS tho bridge before you
Until the bridge is reached.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05
"A Strange story.

The case Of Perry Coleman, now bef,ro
the Supreme Court Of the United States
in Washington, is briefly as follows:
The prisoner, in company James Cham
bliss, relative, (who was shot to death
whilo resisting arrest for the orime,) visited
the house Of MIR. Bell, au ogcd citizen Of
this county, on the night of March 7th
1865, for the purpose of robbery. The
two attacked the old gentleman, aud after
knocking him sensoless wish an army pistol
and boating him most cruelty, a daughter in.
tcrferedto save his life and implorcd his ass,il
ant to desist. Lcveling pistol at tho head of
the lady, ono Of tho two fired, and the ball
wen. crushing through her brain, killing
her instantly. The father meantime, re-
| mainod unconscious, and apparently lifeless
upon tho floor, while tho murdcrers pro
ccedcd to rifle the promises, aud then fed,
! satisfied that both wero doad. Such, in
brief, is history of the horrible crime.
The prisoner was indicted in the Criminal
Court of Knox county on the I'd day of
October, 1874, of murder in the first do
gree. To this Indictment he pleaded "not
guilty, former conviction, onoe in jeopardy
no jurisdiction,' &c. Eo was dofoudod
on the ground that the act of Congress
March 8, 1868, had provided spooial juris
diotion-that of court martial and military
commissions--for tho trial of oil often les
committed by United States soldiers Gin
time Of war, insurrcction or robolion,"
and having been sodior, aud, in fact
having been tried and convicted by mill
itary commission, tho dcfcnoo sot up the
plea that the State courts had no jurisdio
ton in the case.
The substance of the issues sought to be
made 10 tho peadings was that tho aot of
Congress giving jurisdiction to military
courts, had taken from tho State courts tho
right to try and punish United Statcs sol.
diers for offences committed by thom whie
in the service in time Of war, and tho Of.
fenoc having been committed whilo the
prisoner was soldier, he could only bc
punished as prescribed by Congress. The
trial proceeded, and the prisoner was con-
yictcd Of murder in tho first degree and
sontonoe of doath pronounced upon him.
The prisoner apponled to tho Supreme
Court of tho Unitod Statos. Pending this
appeal the prisoner suod out writ Of habo
as corpus iu tho United States Circuit
Court, which was determined in favor Of
Coleman. The case subsequently, oamo up
for hearing in the Supreme Court Of the
State, and that tribunal affirmed the action
of tho Criminal Court sentencing tho priso
per to death. From tho action of this
court the onse was appealed to the highest
tribunal, in which it has beon continued
repeatedly, while the prisoner remains in
the county jail awaiting tho reault.
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05

RICHMOND, VA, November 26 Tho
National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry
which has been in session here for nearly q
wcek, adjourned until Thursday in ordor
to give the delegates an opportunity to 40
Dept the invitation Of Churchland Grange,
of Norfolk County, to visit them. Nearly
every member left on tho steamer Wyanoke
this afternoon, CT, roufe for Norfolk
In to-day's session, Mr.. Dardcn, of Mis-
sissippi, in advocating resolutions sotting
forth more directly and distinctly the pur-
poses and principles of the order, said the
people Of this State felt no ill-will towards
tho people Of tho North. Had any ever
existed, il had been dispeled by the kind
sympathies of that section towards the
South during her recently plague stricken
condition. lie wanted tho Northern peo-
pie to remember that during the coming
political struggle what politicians might
say towards arraying one section against
tho othcr was not truo reflection of tho
farmers Of the South.
Muoh business has boon done by the
National Grange, looking to the general
good cf the order,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05

40 has been the case horotofors Mr.. Ste.
phens has hold perfect cvoo since his arri-
val in Washington. The stream Of visitors
mover coascs, and all, whether old friends or
strangers who call to pay their respects to tho
distinguished Goorginn, aro received with
generous I'D time courtesy. 1t may be
fairly doubted wbothcr any public man in
this country could boast Of moro, or moro
distinguished visitors.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05

Chin Ian Pin, tho Chinese Minister at
Washington, tells somo tea merohants who
ask him to discourage tho expectation from
his country of artificially colorcd tens, that
the Chiuoso will gladly stop tho colorod
article, which is both less palatablo aud
more expensive.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05

AN ngricalturst at Aiglc, in Switzerland,
haan raised this year a Emo crop Of sugar cane,
well mntured. ilc will plant largely next
year for similar crop. md will bc initiated by
II large number of noighbors
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05

The total estimates Of the Secretary of the
Tronsnry Tor tho fecal year onding Juno.
1880, are $275,lS7 25OC4 Tho aggregate
for, 1878 was $zSO;SSS 796.S8 showing q
reduction for tho ncS. fiscal year Of $780,.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05

hooNsiGINERs IN New YoRK.-About
eleven O'Clock yestorday morning an old
salt house, situated in Tompkins street,
between Delaney and livingston, was en-
tered by Special Agent Hanlcy and Deputy
Mnraho!l JofFries, Joues and Dubert, and
they found whiskcy still in active opera,
ton, two barrels of rum, eight barrels Of
moa.ses and 5000 gallons of maah. = They
also found a hose leading into tho reetifyiug
establishment of man named Lynch,
which had been closed by tho government
early last summer. No ono was found on
the premises and, therefore, 40 arrest were
made. The material found showed oapao.
ity Of manufacturing about fifteen barrels
of whiskcy per day.--N Y. Herald.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05

The DUELLo.-A dispatch received in
Columbia yesterday about midday announced
the fact that Mr.. George NJ Saunders, of
CIaremont, Sumter County, and Mr.. James
l.. Wilson, of Yorkvillc, the two gentlemen
who recently attempted to pass through
Columbia on their way to Georgia for the
purpose of fighting duel, and who we're
prevented from carrying out their designs
by the Columbia police, met at point in
North Carolina, eleven miles from the State
line yesterday, and exchanged four shots.
The dispatch WAS not ns definite as it might
have beon, but VIC arc lef. to infer that no
serious damage was done to either of tho
principals, and that through tho intorcession
of friends the affair was settled satisfactorily
to all parties = Columbia Register.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05

James Murray has talson his family from
Gilbcrtvillc, n. Y. to his South African
farm of $500 acros, which is stocked with
1000 ostrichcs and 800 mares of rare blood
and pedigree. Murray was classmate of
tho Prince of Wales at Oxford, and now
finds ostrich raising so profitable that he
recently sold sixty birds ct Cape Town for
s27 900, AMI a pound of feathers for $500,
or 50 feather. Tho difficulty encountered
has been that of Matching the eggs, artif.
cial incubcrators proving uscloss and the
old theory Of hatohing the eggs 10 the sand
false, but this was finally overcome by
Watching the birds and separating mates
from the hock at pairing time, when they
took care of their own eggs and young.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05
WOOL CARDING

OuR WOOL CARDS uAvE BEEN NEWLY
clothed and put in thorough repair for Tho Fall
Garding. All WOOL brought to us will bo
promptly carded and satisfaction guaranteed.
Wool loft with G. l.. REID & Co. will bo cardcd
and returned to tho store at samo price ns at
Factory. 10
Price 10 cents per ronud for white and 121
conts for mixed. EMI 3E ~
Tho Factory will bo run by Mr.. W. ]. suttlcs
an experienced oarder.
Wool bought at tho market prioo.
NEVILLE & HOLLEMAN,
=" WALIALLA, s. C.
August %, 1873 " ' 4o-smo
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-05
I EE;''lI''INE]. I !"

Says q Boston physician, "has no equal as
d blood purifier. Hearing of. tits many
wonderful cures after MI othor remedies had
faileds I visited the Laboratory, and CON
vinced myself of its genuine merit. 1t is
prepared from barks, roots, and horbs, each
Of which is highly effective, and they arc
compounded in such q manner as to produce
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-09-27
Chinese MaXims.
The finest roads do not go far.
Ceremnnv Is the smoke of friend

The finest roads do not go far.
Ceremony is the smoke of friendship.
Attention to small things is the econ
omy of virtue.
Great souls have wills; others only
feeble wishes.
Who is the greatest liar? He who
speaks most of himself.
All is lost when people fear death less
than poverty.
Men may bend to virtue, but virtue
cannot bend to men.
One may do without mankind, but one
has need of friend.
One forgives everything to him who
forgives himself nothing.
The pleasure of doing good is the only
one which never wears out.
The tree overthrown by the wind had
more branches than roots.
Receive your thoughts as guests, and
treat desires like children.
One never needs ones wits so much as
when one has to do with fool.
The less indulgence one has for ones
self the more one may have for others.
He who wishes to secure the good of
Others has already secured his own.
A fool never admires himself so much
as when he has committed some folly.
For him who does everything in its
proper time one day is worth three.
He who finds pleasure in vice and
pain in virtue is a novice both in the
one and the other.
The truths which we least wish to hear
are those which it is most to our advan-
tage to know.
At court people sing that they may
drink; in a village people drink that
they may sing.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-09-27
How to Detect Married People.

If you see lady and gentleman disa-
gree upon trifling occasions or correct
ing each other in company, you may be
assured that they have tied the matrimo-
NAL moose. If you see a silent pair in
cab or railway carriage, lolling careless
ly, one at each window, without SEEM
ing to know that they have a companion,
the sight is infallible. Ifyou see a lady
drop her glove, and gentleman by the
side of her kindly telling her to pick it
up, you need not hesitate to form an
opinion. Or, if you see lady whose
beauty and accomplishments attract the
attention of every gentleman in the room
but one, you have no difficulty in deter
mining their relationship to each other.
The one is her husband. If you see a
gentleman who is not particularly cour-
teous, obliging, and good-natured, relax
ing into smiles, and saying sharp things,
and toying with every pretty woman in
the room, excepting one, to whom he APP
pears particularly cold and formal, and
is unreasonably cross-who that one is
nobody can be at loss TO discover. The
rules above quoted are laid down as in
fallible in just Interpretation. They may
be resorted to with confidence. They
are upon unerring principles, and de
duced from everyday experience.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-09-27
Women Mononolizins the sting

Look at the field of dramatic art and
see the preponderance of women-work-
ers, and the attractive character of their
work. The promise of the present sea-
son is made and will be fulfilled chiefly
by women, both on the metropolitan
stage and ION the road.,' Among them
are Fanny Davenport, Mary Anderson,
Genevieve Ward, Ada Cavendish, Mod.
jeska, Rose Eytinge, Kate Claxton, Lot
Ia, Clara Morris, Mrs. Bowers, Maggie
Mitchell, Mrs. Barney Williams and
Mrs. Florence, all stars of the dramatic
stage. Then there are Kellogg, RoZe,
Hauck, Gerster, Carry and Emma Alb
bott, of the operate stage, to say nothing
of the multitude of lesser lights of the
drama and opera. Where are the men
of equal brilliancy and attraction They
can be counted on the fingers of one
hand. According to the present out
look the women are about to monopol.
ize the stage, carry off its honors and
gather its richest fruits. The theatrical
business of this country has grown to
immense proportions, and the women are
reaping by far the largest share of its
profits.-St. Louis Republican.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-09-27

1t is not the general custom to use
napkins at luncheon in England, al
though at great houses luncheon is in
reality small dinner-as may well be
when "muckle dinner hersel ~ is at
O'Clock, and on great occasions at 8. An
American lady was visiting at one of the
houses, where she found the usual alb
sence of the napkin at midday. She
knew her hostess so well that she could
venture to ask her why it was that nap
kins were not used at luncheon. Her
grace, (fOr she was a duchess) replied
simply and briefly that it was mot the
CUSTOM" and with an air that signified
that that settled the question. But her
guest had taken luncheon with the
queen more than once at BalmOral. and
there she had found napkins. This she
told her friend as a sort of justification
of her inquiry. 'Indeed!" replied the
duchess, ''the queen had better be care
full. She will make herself unpopular
if she undertakes to change the custom
of the country" The Philistinism of
John Bull does not even stop short of
napkins
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-09-27
An Optical Deluslon.

The colonel, a rigid martinez, is sit
ting at the window of his room, when
looking out he sees captain crossing
the harrack-yard toward the gate. He is
shocked to observe that, the rules and
regulations to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, the captain does not carry sword.
"Captainp' he calls from the window !;
Hi, captain, step up to my room for a
moment, will youg''
a sword of the officer of the guard, the
guard room being at the foot of the stairs,
and presents himself to the colonel in
irreproachable tenue.
The colonel is somewhat surprised to
see the sword in its place, and having
70 invent some pretext for calling his
subordinate back, says, with some con-
fusion, Il beg your pardon, captain, but
really I've forgotten what il was ! want
ed to speak to you about However it
can't have been anything very impor-
tant; it'll keep. Good morning.
The captain salutes, departs, returns
the sword to its owner, and is making
on across the barrack yard when he
again comes within the range of the
colonel's vision.
The colonel rubs his eyes, stares, says
softly to himself, "How in thunder is
this? Dem IL, he hasn't sword TO his
waist !" then called aloud
"Captainl oh, captain one moment,
please"
The captain returns, borrows the sword
again, mounts the stairs and enters the
colonePs presence. His commanding
officer stares at him intensely; he has q
sword, he hears il clank
Captain he stammers, growing very
hot, "it's deuced ridiculous, YOU know.
but,-hai hal I'd just remembered what
] wanted to say to you, and now-hal
hal-it's gone out of my head again I
Funny, isn't itp Hal ha! hal Losing
my memory. Never mind. I'll think
of 1t and write you. Good morning.
The captain salutes, departs, returns
the sword to its owner and makes for
the gate. AS he crosses the barrack-
yard the colonel calls his wife TO his
side and says:
"See that officer out theregn
Yes
HAS he got sword on pr
The colonel's wife adjusts her eye-glass
upon him, scans him keenly and saws !:
he hes't = taste of a sword. .
The colonel-''Thatss Just where Won
fooi yourself He has."-French paper
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-09-27
Cleans of Hnmor.

African princes require their brides to
have their teeth filed like those of saw.
Why is a camp-meeting like a huge
boil? Because there's large gathering
there.
The capture of four mules and one
general seems to have put an end TO the
Mexican war.
after August l wOOdcOck may be
shot" We advise this woodcock to
look out for himself.
Every plain girl has one consolation.
Though not pretty young lady, she
will, If she lives long enough, be pretty
old one.
Red is always for danger signals on
railroads. and always means stop" On
a mans nose it ought to give the same
warning.
In the United States there are five
hundred and thirty women practicing
as doctors, four hundred and twenty as
dentists, five as lawyers, and sixty-eight
as preachers.
An exchange, in a moment of rapture
wants to know 1.-THE difference between
claret punch and a pretty girls lips"
The difference is, that the latter don't
go good through a straw.
Salisbury wears his garter on his left
breast. We suppose ifhe were given a
corset he would have it stretched so as
to make an umbrella of it. On the
whole men had better stick to their
legitimate costume.
"What is a junction, nurse 81 asked a
seven-year-old fairy the other day of an
elderly lady who stood at her side on
railroad platform. "a junction, my
dear" answered the nurse, with the air
of very superior person indeed, ''why,
it's place were two roads separate"
Mrs. Shoddy's views are interesting to
those who are thinking about keeping
carriage. She says that she has thought
1t all over, and come to the conclusion
that brooches are Almost too large, that
these ERE coupons are too shut up, but
that a nice stylish pony phantom seems
TO be just the thing.
A young man made his appearance at
DeadwoOd last week in a pair of white
trousers. He was promptly escorted to
the cars, put on board of them and an in
junction put upon him never to revisit
the place. 1--WE can stand billed shirt,
you know" a miner exclaimed, "but
when it comes to wearin' billed drawers
we just make them get up an get"