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The Public Debt Question.
Something for Our Lawgivers to>Read
and Ponder. g
Che Clear, Forcible and Earnest APP
peal Of u Foster-Son of South
e roIiu0.


RICHMOND, VA, February 4, 1873.
To the Editor Of the News and Courier:
The lasting gratitude of the people of
South Carolina is due to the Ncms and
Courier for the splendid series of articles
recently published concerning the State
debt, opening rightly with the title, IAN
intricate and important question: b
discussion really strips it Of its. intricacy
and places its Importance in tile clearest
light.
FACTS.
The grand salient facts are exhibited in
the following brief and rapid chronology
of the State debt:
lS6o-Oct. I,oo-,-ol
lSj9-Mch % the Conversion Act.
" Oct. 3l-Reported d @ t,
not full aS'to in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-13

Are the most,
afSctiveA and
c~ongenial pur-
gative ever dis
covered. They
ag mild,
the IT opera
tion, moving
the bowel1
without pain.
Although gen
tie in their p
Grafton they
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09
Dads Financierlng,

4 farmers wagon, in which wer'
seated Il faElly OF eight, yesterda!
drove up to q house on Beaubien street
and leaving his team at the curbstonc
the farmer Knocked Oh the door, drum
med on the windows, aud seemed de-
tcrmined 10 get in at every hazaad
When all efforts had failed hc returned
to the wagon, hi,ched luS horses, aud
the family sat down on the grass to
wait. a lad who had watched the
performance passed around the corner
aud suddenly discovered the boy
whose parents liycu in the house,
"llere-you-lherc's u whole fami'
ly trying to get into Your house ! he
shouted
'l'ush--,hut up" whispered the
other
"But they are visitors continued
the other.
'Don't know all about it !" growl,
td the hiding boy. didn't nam and
! see cm drive up, and didn't We scool
ont the back door as the ieller came
through the gate ! I'm here, and
mans over in that house, aud We feel
like some one ough, to boot dad all
over town.
"Why what did your father do 7"
"What did he do ! Why, he was
out in the country buying poultry and
rags and he stopped AZ Il farmhouse,
made 'em believe he was distant re.
lashuu aud got hls dinner for nothing.
He came home aud told 1t as "A big |
joke, and he grlnned around for
week. But now want to see him |
when be comes home to dinner and
inds them relashun,' squa,ted round
.hc gate. Do they show any signs of
eaying ~
"Nary sIgn," replied the other as
he climbed the fence.
"Wcll, let en- stick. Nam won't
come homa, I'll be gone, and if this
:u'ns out a Black Friday for dad it'll
serve him right. Let's get whe!e We
eau see his knees wabblc as he turns
he corner and sees his distant relash-
ms covering half an acre OF ground."
Detroit Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09
Lois Of Time Left

"A pedestrian on Brush street yes.
terday came across boy about l3
years old who Vas trying to get up q
bloody battle between a goat and q
dog. The man halted and said :
Boy, what sort Of way is this to
end the Old year?"
"But the goat kin lick ifhe's a mind
to sail in" protested the boy.
"No matter if he can, you ought to
feel ashamed to end the year in this
mannel.
"What time is it p queried the lad.
"Three o'clock, was the answer.
'Nine hours yet to repent m-go
for HIM, Watch--s,and up to him,
Billy !! yelled the young imp.-(De-
troit Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09

An incident of the New York baby
show "One man brought a baby
to exhibit, o very young one, the
mother being sick at home. The first
night he picked up his baby and took
it to his mother, when 10, it happened
to be a girl, whereas his own child
was boy. He rushed gback to the
hall and got sanotber child, but that
was not the right Que. And he has
been taking chiltren home ever since,
but he has not yet got the right one.
The mother, who could recognize her
child, is too sick to 90 to the hall, and
so there is trouble
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09

The Yale jokers who included a
piece OF stained brick among the "ge
illogical specimens" which they placed
upon the desk OF their professor as
Objects worthy of his explanatory re-
marks, received the following reward.
Taking up one Of the specimens, he
said ''Ths is piece OF baryta from
the Cheshire mines. This" holding
up another us piece of field spar
from the Portland quarries. And
this, coming to the brick, SIS piece
OF impudeDce from some member OF
the class
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09

Twenty-nine OF the best young men
in Burlington have banded themselves
together and bound themselves to-
gether by terrible oath never to pay
more than 81 tor Il pin cushion made
OF furniture calico and stuffed with
bran, at any time this Winter, no mat
ter what missionary society mauufac.
tures the piu CUSHION Burlington
Hawkeye.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09
TO COnSunnptiyeS.

The advertiser, having been permanently
cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by
a simple remedy, is anxious to make known
to his fellow sufferers the means of cure.-
To all who desire it, he will send copy of
prescription used. Qrce Of chargel, with the
directions for preparing and using the same,
which they will find SURE CURE for Con-
sumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, &c.
Parties wishing the prescription viii please
address, Rev. L. A. WILSON,
l74ln61 l9l Penn St., williamsburgh. y. Y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09

Woodstock. VT, jan. /, 1873.
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West Randolph Business Cards.
p IN lie S !

will mail (Free) the recipe for preparing
simple VEGETABRE BALM that will remove
TAN. FRECKLES, PIMPLES, and BLoTcH-
rs, leaving the skin soft, clear and beautiful i
also instructions for producing luxuriant
growth of hair Oh o bald head or smooth face
Address Ben. Vandelf & Co., Bcv 5l2l No 8
Wooster ST.. y. y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09
Windsor Photograph Rooms.

FIRST.CLASs WORK GUARANTEED.
OLD PICTURES copied and enlarged and
finished in Ink, Water Colors, Gil. Stcreo.
scopic Views taken of Residences Horses,
or Groups, and in fact, all kind, Of Photo
graph Work done satisfactory or no charge.
Albums, Picture Frames, Stcrcoscopes.
Stereoscopic Views of Windsor and vicinity,
Passeportouts, &C., &c.. always on hand
Also, Agent for the celebrated Esty Organ.
Having had experience in the business
we trust We shall merit liberal public
patronage. [lS33yll
AMBROSE S. VOSE, Artist.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09
Ret,'y,
Ashes oi Roses.

son on tho sunset sky
bright daylight closeH,
Leaving, when light doth die,
Pale hues that mingllng lle-'
Ashes OF roses,
When loves warm Run Ia aet,
Loves brightness cloaes
Eyes with hos teara arc wet,
In hearts there llnger yet
Ashes Of rpFea,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09
The Conn. Valley Insurance Agency
represents the largest and most reliable
Fire, Life and Accident lnSur.
ance Companies

Fire, Life and Accident lnSur.
ance Companies
in the world Among them are the Aetna,
Royal, l. and l. 6 lobe, Imperial, North Brit
ish, North America, Gcrmania, Continental
and the leading Mutuals Of Vermont and Mas
sachusetls, also, The Equitable Life of New
York and the Travellers Life and Accident
of Hartford.
Responsible persons having large RISKS to
place will consult their interests by cores
ponding with this Agency.
Our principles of business are close scru-
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Rigid adherance to adequate rates, fair and
square settlement OF honest losses. DO not
fail to have your Life and Property insured at
the Conn. Valley Insurance Agency.
+. ID. SABINE, Agent.
Windsor, Vt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20

dltlous way to prepare muck for use is
to mix with it a quantity Of lime, in the
proportion of from three to five bush
els of the latter to cord of the form
er. The lime to be used for this pur-
pose should always be fresh Stacked;
and if it is thoroughly blended with the
mass its effect IS invariably more pow
erful than if spread in alternate layers,
as some advise. Work the heap over
in about ten days, and it will be ready
for application to the land in three or
four weeks; or it may be used as an alb
sorbent of animal manure after three
months, for this interval at least should
always be allowed to intervene between
the application of lime to muck and
the use of the mixture in the stable.
Muck may be advantageously COM
posted with barnyard manure in any
proportions, from one load Of each to
five or the former with one of the latter:
but the nearer the compost approaches
to equal proportions of both the more
satisfactory the results The heap
should be built in alternate layers of
from six to eight inches, and care
should be taken that the muck is wet
when composted, to promote fermen-
tation and the diffusion of alkaline in
gradients. 1t should be worked over
occasionally, and if the heap is so con-
structed as to permit this to be done
with the pillow, it will insure consider
able saving Of labor. Under certain
conditions, after partial decay has taken
place, further decomposition ceases I'M
loco r,rn Of nI hu a IL linn
The decaying vegetable matter contains
several acids. rs gallic and fannie,
which are developed by fermentation;
and the tibers in the muck become
coated with a species of asphaltum or
pirchy matter, which prevents the
necessary access of air to the inner
portions, and so prevents decompo-
sition. Under these circumstances, the
contents of the heap should be freely
exposed to air and warmth and an
alkali (lime, potash, or soda) should be
applied. to neutralize the acids and dis
solve the sphaltic coating. In this con-
nection the application of ashes is
generally very effective; for, although
there is considerably more alkali in a
bushel of lime freshly Stacked than in
one of ashes, yet the potash in the
former is much more soluble, and, con-
sequentlv, more readily dif1used
throughout the heap. Mari, shel-sand
and soapsuds, thoroughly mixed with
the compost, are also promotive Of
fern entation, as they are also rich in
alkaline properties. Finally, the best
use of muck is an ASSORTMENT in the
stable, pig-pen, sheep-fold and barn
yard. In these its own fertilizing pro-
perties are best developed, while it col
lects and retains much of the urine
and ammonia, which would otherwise
be wasted. Properly decomposed, its
effects are good on all soils, even on re-
claimed swamp-land; but it is most
beneficial on light, sandy ground.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20
Gen. Harvey FOOt-Race.
ST. Louis Globe-DemOcrat.

Gen. VIM. S. Harvey, Of this city,
when a young man, had the reputation
of being the swiftest runner in the
army, as well as the best Indian fighter
He was a strict disciplinarian, but not
one of the "stack-up" sort SO common
nowadays. He would often mingle with
his men, when not on duty, and laugh
and joke with them on terms of famili-
arity, and went so far at times as to
compete with them in the exciting sport
Of foot racing. An impression prevail
ed at one time that almost any Indian
could Outrun white man; but Gen.
Harvey believed that he could beat any
red rascal that wore mOccasins, and
whenever he met warrior who buasted
of his heetness Of foot, he took great
pleasure in giving him a trial, and al
ways came out ahead. Only once did
he fail to reach the winning post after
his adversary, and that was by 'fOul"
The affair occurred at Fort Winnebago
in the winter of 1880, when Fox river
was frozen over and the weather was
very cold. An Indian had committed
some breach of the rules of the garrison
for which Harvey, then a captain, con-
cluded to administer a hogging. He al
ways believed in giving every man a
''fair shake" white or red, and on this
occasion he conducted Mr.. Lo some dis
lance up the river, and, giving him 100
yards the start, told him ifhe reached a
certain point without being overtaken
he would escape the hogging. The race
was on the ice, which at some places
was thinner than at others, on account
of the formation of 'air-holes." Both
men wore mOccasins, and both were
stripped and belted for the race, Harvey
swinging a cowhide in his hand, with
which he confidently expected to accel-
crate the movements Of the Winnebago
on overtaking him. At the word $50"
both started in at full speed, the Indian
doing his best to save his hide, and the
white man anxious to preserve his rep
utation as a runner Harvey gained
rapidly on the warrior, and was getting
ready to swing his rawhide, when the
cunning savage made an oblique move
ment toward the spot where the ice was
thin. Being of much lighter weight than
his partner, he passed over the danger
Gus place in safety, but as soon as Har-
ney. stepped upon the thin ice it was
shivered like glass, and down went the
tall captain, sinking into the cold water
like sea, lion. Being a good swimmer
a few strokes brought him to the edge
of the thick ice, and clammering upon
it he made his way to his quarters,
spangled with icicles and as mad as a
buffalo bull. He lost his cowhide in the
water, but that was a small matter, as
Mr.. Winnebago never returned to the
fort while the captain remained there.
Capt. Harney's foot-race afforded cold
Twiggs" occasion for many Joke, and
it was a long time before he heard the
last of it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20
Tho Bullion PrOduct of 1877.

From Wells, Fargo & Co.'S annual
statement of precious metals produced
in the states and territories west of the
Missouri river, including British Co.
lumbia and the west coast of Mexico,
during 1877, we learn that the aggre-
gate yield was $9S, 421 ,754, being an ex-
cess of 81 ,546, 581 over that of 1876,
which was the greatest previous annual
yield In the history of the country
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington
show an increase, while there is de-
crease in British Columbia, California,
Mexico, and Montana; although it is
possible that the falling off in Montana
is more apparent than real. If the
Comstock mines yield as much in 1873
as during the past year, the aggregate
product Of golU and SILVER will approx
mate $10O,OO0,O00.
The gross yield for 1877, stated above,
segregated, is in round numbers as fol-
lows: Lead, 5 per cent, $5,OS5, 25O;
silver, IS per cent, $47 ,206,957; gold,
AZ per cent, $46, 129, 547.s Lead being
an important element in what is termed
base bullion, we might add that of Mis-
souri, and Illinois, with an approximate
value of 81, 100000; this: with the silver
and gold of the Lake Superior region,
Virginia. and North and South Caro-
lima, amounting to, say, 100000, would
swell the gross product to over $780,
100000 for the year. The exports this
year are the greatest known, namely,
$lO5,OOO, 600 up to the Goth of Deem
Der, the greatest amount in former
years having been that of 1857, $685.
$50 600
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20
HHlflOr.

Philosophers say that closing the ey
makes the sense of hearing more acute
A wag suggests that this accounts for
the many eyes that close in our churches
on Sunday.
Times are so hard in Turkey the Sui
tan is trying to get along with only three
hundred wives. Here in America it is
as much as some men can do to get along
| with one
Said lady to the famous actor, Gar
rick, " wish you were taller" "Ma-
DAM" replied the wit, chow happy l
should be to stand higher in your esti-
nation"
"What is the best remedy" asked a
preacher of shrewd observer, " for an
inattentive audience?' "Give them
something to attend to-" was the signifi-
cant reply; hungry sheep will look up
to the rack if there is hay in it,"
How are you going to pay fellow
for working like thunder for the party,
and boarding himself meantime, unless
you give him an officer is the query Of
stalwart " western politician.
A bashful young man applied to his
village paper for information on the
important subject, How to win a wo-
mans love-" The reply was, "Kiss the
babies: caress the tomcat, and pay strict
attention to the old lady"
A young lady of Williams, Iowa,
wishing to return young gentleman
his ring, attached a tag to it with his
name thereon, and dropped it in the
post-Office. On the back Of the tag was
written, II hate to, but must"
A washing-machine peddler of three
years standing, who makes his head
quarters in Burlington, wears with pride
Il watch-chain made of various sized
shot, which from time to time have
been picked out of his back and legs.
The following is rather equivocal
obituary: Maria Brown, wife of Tim
othy Brown, aged eighty years. She
lived with her husband tifty-nine years
and died in the confident hope of bet
ter life"
A Columbus paper says Il tramp IN
suited a lady Of that city, the other day.
and was promptly lifted out Of the
house on the toe of No. II brogan.
Good land, what feet the Ohio woman
must have!
A girl who will 81 with fellow all night
on the stairs at q ball, with no clothes
on above her waist worth speaking of,
would faint away dead if the same fell
low were to meet her on the stairs muff:.
ed from head to foot in three night
owns.-Philaaelphia Bulletin.
Of the books drawn from the library
of the Young Mems Institute in Hart
ford during stated period, lately, 7O9
per cent. were works of fiction, and II
per cent. (the smallest number) theo-
logical works.
He slipped down in front of the post
office, Thursday, and she could not help
giggling a little; and Sunday evening
she wept alone in the parlor, while he
sat grimly in his room and smoked CT
CARS until his stomach felt as light as his
heart felt heavy
A girl. who formerly lived in St.
Louis, writes from Colorado to an old
friend: "This is the handsomest two
hundred acres [ ever put my foot down
on" Her father ought to get one hun
dred acres more, and have a lawn
around her foot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20
MOnstrOus Telescope.

Mr.. Lick, Of California, bequeathed
a few years ago in his will nearly mill
ion dollars for a great telescope. One
of the trustees, Mr.. A. Floyd, has just
returned from an extended tour, during
which he collected all the information
he could obtain in regard to the con-
struction of great telescopes. The con-
illusions he has arrived at are these;
Two telescopes should be constructed
one great reflector of the largest
possible size, the object glass at least
forty inches in diameter; the other re-
f1ecting telescope, Of which the mirror
would be at least four four feet in dia-
meter, adapted to use two kinds of
mirrors, one speculum metal reflector.
and the other silvered glass reflector,
AS the observatory and mountings of
such instruments costs about as much
as the instruments themselves, it is con-
templated to use One-half of the funds
donated for the instruments and the
other half for the observatory and
mounting.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20
CONSTANCE.

Eighteen. with just touch of pride,
And all of girlish grace beside:
And, rich in simple charms queen
By royal right of sweet eighteen.
. vain attempt Of words to show
What YOU by words can never know;
For who would sketch the rose, and see
The living blossom on the tree?
But search, and say when you have seen
The face most fair of sweet eighteen;
And find Herewith the Grow ming grace,
A soul to match the lovely face.
And even then, when this is done,
You have not seen the sweetest one:
And Constance VIII remain contest
The chosen queen of all the rest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20

the how and why of everything, pushed
beyond the limits of what people of any
sense have treated as the usual range
Of knowledge" 1t is comforting to
know that the subjects of that disease
are generally young people, that it
can be cured by mild doses of bromide
of potassium combined with hydro
pathic treatment and that those who
suffer seldom require to enter Iunatic
asylums. How wisely does Providence
order all things Were it otherwise,
the warehouses Of two hemispheres
would not suffice to contain the contin-
gent of these undiscovered maniacs
that must be delivered up by the Scot
fish and German universities-not to
mention that which would be furnished
by the noble army of martyrs in Eng
land who pine in the pursuit of endowed
research.''
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20

The London Examiner says: ''The
Germans have discovered new men
tai malady, which they call grubelrucht,
or ''the metaphysical mania DIR. Os-
car Berger writes learnedly ON the sub
ject in one OF. their scientific serials, and
it'would seem, according to him, that
the symptoms of this disorder consist
IN an irresistible current of ideas TAX
ing the form of useless inquiries as to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20

HORACE GREELEY wrote to a society
IN Hartford 4" prefer not to lecture in
SO large a place as Hartford, unless I
am really wanted there; and the fact
that [ am asked to lecture for half
price conyinces me that [ am not
wanted. So let me wait a year or two,
till shall be more in demand in your
city than now am"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20

TRINITY Church, Boston, more than a
hundred years ago, received legacy of
$4,000 for the support of an assistant
minister. The fund has now grown to
$4,000, the income Of which is ample
for the support of two assistant minis
tiers; and the court has ordered that it
may be SO applied, as being fairly within
the intent of the testatOr
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20
An UNEQUAL GAME.

A moment of loving and laughter,
A lest and a gay good by.
If yOu one short week after
Forget, why may not /?
To you but moments feeling
touch and tender tone:
A wound that knows no healing
To me who am left alone.
A wound, an aching wonder
That lightly you 60 from me,
That we must be kept asunder
By the cold abiding sea.
--Bidckirood' Magazine
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20

AT a late meeting of the London Lin
mean Society, Mr.. Worthington c..
Smith stated that, i'll a specimen of
Boletus subtomentosus, a species of
mushroom, there are 1900 pores or
tubes. Each pore, when cut across,
shows 1000 cells on the surface. The
number of surface-cells on the under
side of a speciman is 100000. The
cells in an entire specimen are calcutta
ted to be 81, 500,O0O,0OO, and the num-
Der of spores produced by the same
specimen 5,OOO,OOO,0OO
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20

kIMBALL, the church debt man, is
compared by some Of the religious pa
pers to the angel who came down and
troubled the pool; but the Christian at
Work thinks it better that each church
have its own angel for this particular
business. The independent guesses there
are thirty thousand churches in the
country which need stirring up in this
matter