Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-18

TAKE CARE or THE NEok.--WbyYi
Here, just inside, are the vocal cords, moro
wonderful siu variety and range of tones
than any musical instrument, and Of moro
delicate construction than watch. Hero,
aro! o!those membranes tho inflammation of
which is so often the beginning of consump.
tiop, On these same membranes diphtbe--
ria, that most fearful Of scourges, first
fastens. Horo is tho scat Of quinsy, with
it's fierce pains aud sepsc of su(foeation.
Hero begins bronchitis, with it's hard cough,
often extending through scores of years;
and pneumonia, which may in few days
do up its work of death.
Iu the immdiate vicinity is the car liable
to exoruciating aches aud abscesses, aud to
tho loss of hearing Here arc crowded all
tho arteries which supply tho brain with
blood, and tho veins which bear away tho
effoto mattor. Adjaccnt are the nerves and
ganglia, on which depend the movement of
the muscles and the action cf the senses.
How protect tho neck2
l. Don't let it be exposed to cold wind
blowing steadily on ono side Of it.
2. Keep tho mouth shut in goiug from
heated room iu the night air, especially aftcl
singing or speaking in public.
3. Wear scarf throughout tho cold
season, thick or thin, according to the
weather.
4. If nature has furnished you with
beard, don't shave it off, especially in win
ter. 1t is ono Of tho best projections
against cold one can have. Besides, as hair
is hollow, to shave it is TO specially expose
the network of nerves and blood vessels
near its root.
s. The fashion now is to trim your hair
short behind. This leaves ~ neck un-
protected. Mother the bear, uor the hair
were given simply to be cut off.
PRESENT STATE OF SoUTnERN BATTLE.
FIELDs.-Thc battle fields around Richmond
arc quiet meadows now, reclaimed by
Nature, with few signs Of the days of "blood
and iron" At Cold IIarbor, Fair Oaks,
Seven Pines aud Malvern Hill, ono secs
little to remind him of the terrible scenes
enacted there twelve and fifteen years ago.
In the woods aud on hillsides aud river
bluffs in tho Peninsula, where no attempt
has been mado to cultivate the land, sloping
oarthworks are still to be seen, but elsewhere
tho entertainments have been leveled.
Below Petersburg there arc few traces even
of such formidable Notifications MS Stead
man, Hell and Damnaton. The Crater and
the fields around it arc owned by Mr.. Grit-
fiths, who was born close by, and was in
Petersburg whcn the miuc was fired. lie
tonh hull Al
has his fathers farm under excellent cult
vation. The Crater itself has been left
almost untouched, and a thick undcrbrush
of peach trees and sprouts has sprung up
from tho pits thrown away by the soldiers
during the siege. Tie ravine, where the
dead lay in great heaps Of that terrible
morning, has been brought under tho plow
year after year, until now only slight
depression in tho field can b. pointed out.
The visitor has to pay twenty five cents for
a glimpse of the Crater and the interior of
shed stocked with battle relics.
TIE FABULOUS YIELD OF ruE BoNAN-
zAs.-Crcdble authority estimates the total
yicld of precious metals in Peru from 1850
to 1909 at 81 ,232, 100000 of which three
mincs-thc Ccrro dc Passo, IIaulgayoc and
lIuantazayu-yicldod in round figures
$3.50, 100000. Nearly two Gfths of this
enormous sum was the product of tie
Cerro dc Passo mino. But the $340 0O0,.
600 yielded by this historical mine was the
aggregate for u period of l73 years. Be
tween 1545 and 1889 tho total yield of
Potosi was $1,000, 100000. Tho present
yield Of tho 1000 or more minos in the
districts less than s2,50C,00O annually.
Compared with tho product of the bonauzas,
these mines, which placed Spain in tho
front rank of the nations sf the aassi iY(Hh;a1ri
through which asniy anliiy her great military and
naval achievements were possiblo-thcso
tales of almost fabulous wealth pale into
insigoilicaucc OF the 1915, 900, 900 which
the Comstock lode las yielded since it's
discovery twenty years ago, Sl00, 100000
has been taken alone from the Consolidated
Virginia and California mines. Nearly
every dollar Of this vast amount has been
taken out sincc lS73-,Son Ervnctsco
Post.
1t is seldom, indeed, that a man Uses
from drummer to become General.
Such, however, was the casc with gallant
officer, Major General Wm. Mclean, who
has just died in England. His career has
often been quoted as n remarkable example
of promotion in tho British army. From Il
drummer in tho Ninety Third Regiment he
rose step by step until after moro than
forty. five years Of service ho attained the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel in command OF
the regiment in which ho had spent his life
In October last he was made Major Ceuc
raj. He had served with great distinction
in the Crimean war and tho Indian mutiny
In the Crmca he received the medal and