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The Russellville Democrat., 1878-03-21
SAM. ". WILLIAMS.

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The Russellville Democrat., 1878-03-21
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GILMORE, \. A. THOM
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The Russellville Democrat., 1878-03-21
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The Florida agriculturist., 1878-07-24
PATENTS

obtained for inventors, in the United States,
Canada. ard Europe. at reduced rates.
With our principal office located at Wash
inRton. directly opposite the Patent Office.
We are enabled to attend to all Patent
business with greater prOmptness and de-
spatch and less cost. than other patent
attorneys, who are at distance from
Washington, and who have, therefore, to
employ - associate attorneys We make
preliminary. examinations and furnish
opinions as to patentabihiy y, free of charge.
and all who arc interested in new inven-
tions and Patents are invited TO send for d
copy of our Guide for obtaining Patents"
winch is sent free to any address, and con-
tains complete Instructions how to obtain
Patents. and other valuable matter. We
II fer to tho Anelican-German Mari onaI
Bank. the Royal Sweedish, Norwegian and
Danish Legations, at " aslin ltcn; Hon.
Joseph Casey, late Chief Justice Y. ). Court
OF CLAIMS; TO tie Olicials Of the Patent
Office, and to Sena'ors and Members Of
Congress from every state.
Address: LOUIS 1AGGER 60, Solicit
OTIS OF Patents ana Attorneys at Law, Le
DIOit Building, Washington, ID. c. $50.
The Florida agriculturist., 1878-07-24
ONION CULTURE IN FLORIDA.


/ had been told repeatedly that on
ions could not be grown from seed
in Florida, but wishing to "seo the
folly of it" myself, On the 10th day
OF September, last year, planted a
small quantity of seed OF the white
italian Tripoli variety, in what call
ed "plant house" It was built of
narrow strips of board, high enough
for man to walk under-the boards
SO near together that the ground
would he shaded about half the time.
II can be built of any size, of
boards, lsths, rails or poles, and any
one planting any kind of seed in the
late summer Or early autumn, will
End it a good thing to have. 1t pro-
4ects the seed bed from the chickens,
gives the requisite amount Of shade
and breaks the force Of the heavy
showers. The ground should be
thoroughly prepared and made very
rich--and watered every day if rec
ssary. When the onions were the
size of d lead pencil, or little larg-
er,they were transplanted to the open
feld, in rows fifteen inches apart,
$hree inches between the plants.
They were kept entirely free from
weeds, and the last of May and first
of June we.e ripe and ft for ship
ment, The crop was fine both in
q7aIity and quantity, as one could
wish, the flavor being mild and pleas
ant, and some Of the specimens meas
uring seven inches in diameter l
was also told that onions could not
be kept after being gathered, yet I
find on my table TO day onions just as
sound and perfect as they were in
,Fune. plant much more extensive
ly this year and q little earlier, Sep
tember l0th,) and shall make more
effort to force the crop forward, to
have it ripe by the frst of May. l OBJ
tained my seed from Henderson &
Co, of New York, last year, from
Dreer, Of Philadelphia, this year.
Both were good. The price, ga. per
pound) seems very high, and should
induce everyone to grow their own
seed as soon as possible. If any one
attempts to grow the onion, or any
Other crop. on poor land. with care
less cultivation, he will meet with
disappointment. On thoroughly
prepared, well manured and well cul-
tivated land, / believe it will prove q
profitable crop, and is destined i'll
the future to add largely to the value
Of early vegetables shipped to north.
ern markets
A. F. STYLES. i,a FEorid6 Union.
The Florida agriculturist., 1878-07-24
SCOT for Manure.

The value of SCOT, like that of ashes,
depends 3 good deal upon the mater
lsl that made it. That produced
from y wood fire is the best; but
there is so little Of it that it is hardly
worth while TO consider it. The
burning of coal, however, produces a
great deal Of SCOT, and its value is
such that it would pay to save and ap-
ply oil that is produced. Coal SCOT
contains fair percentage ofammonia,
besides some phosphates, potash, soda,
ragnesia, sulphates, carbonates and
chloride Of lime. Suiphate Of ammon-
ia and sulpbate Of lime are the ingre-
dients Of most value, particularly the
former. 1t is used on all kinds of
crops, and the testimony, though var
liable, is strongly in its favor. The
amount that would bo useful depends
npon circumstances, but one could
scarcely apply too much. From ten
40 twenty bushels per acre is enough
perhaps. In England SCOT has long
heen o favorite fertilizer for wheat
and as top-dressing for grass lands.
Mixed with salt the effect is said to
be greatly increased. In one exper
iment recorded, the soil without any
manure produced 157 bushels of po-
4atoes; with thirty bushels of SCOT
she yield was increased to 1872 bushels;
and with thirty bushels of SCOT mixed
with eight bushels Of salt 240 bushels
were produced. Grass and wheat
sop-drcssed with SCOT have q beauti-
fully green color, due principally to
the sulphate of ammonia present.
For garden purposes nothing is bet
ter than SCOT dissolved in water--half
a peck of SCOT to barrel Of water
ahe plants and beds being sprinkled
with 1t. Moisture increases Its value,
and hence its best effects are seen on
moist soils or in moist seasons.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-19

Our GLoBE.-If l were in danger of
becoming skeptical, says II. Starr King,
believe that vivid apprehension OF the
revelations concerning our globe would
appal me into faith TO think of this ball
whiring and spinning about the sun, and
be an atheist TO feel that we are at the
mercy Of the forces that lash it like top
around the ecliptic and of the raving flames
that heave and beat for vent; not more
than an eighth of its surface nhabitable by
man; seas roaring around him ; tropic heats
shifting his brain polar frosts threatening
his blood hurricanes lowering in the sky
earthquakes slumbcrirg under our feet; the
conditions of life dependent on tho most
delicate powers, over which the wisest man
is helpless-to think of these, and not to
have confidence in power superior to these
pitiless forces, not to have faith that the
land is sheltered by ceaseless love from
the hunger Of the elements!
Go, learn that you are house less, without
the sense Of God as overarching you by his
power, twisting the furious forces of i'm
mensity into protecting tent for your spirit
home.-Erchange.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-19
9euoted to 99GienltlEs 8ortieultura,
ORCHARD GRASS.

Here we find another most valuable grass.
1t comes eAly, it productive, nutritious and
palatable to all kinds of stock makes per.
manent pasture, bears close feeding and is a
rapid grower. 1t grows in tussocks and
should be sown in connection with other
grasses. Two bushels of seed to the acre
is not too much 1t is generally the case
that this grass furnishes good grazing in
this climate all winter. a.
BLUE GRASS.
1t is nowno longer question Of doubt
that blue grass can be grown successfully in
Che cotton States. All rich lime lands will
.p5gassS e sl}S,Ys te3 ssl ssssss tine s,'
that grass sown in the spring will make no
show whatever before the following spring,
and thepShe blades are hardly noticeable.
Three. or four years are necessary to secure
gopd SOD, and after that the pasture can
be kept permanent 1t grows in limited
amount of shade, and makes a beautiful
lawn. 1t is ono of our best winter grasses.
From 4 quarts to a hpshel of seed is recon-
mended. Many fafmers SOW upon the
ground without any preparation, and turn
is only suitel For hay. Sowsp rich bottom
land we'll dSined. from l pick to half
bushel OF seed per Acre.
RED.Top OR HERDS GRASS
is admirably adapted to many portions of
the South. It will grow in mcdiumly rich
soil and produce 6ne drops of hay but the
land must Be moist-it delights in moist
soil. This grass for hay is not as valuable
as Timothy, the hay not possessing as much
nutrition, but this grass is nevertheless a
highly profitable species, and should be
more extensively cultivated.-So. Lire
Stock Journal
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-19

GA woman is mighty handy thing to
have about the house. She doesn't cost any
more to keep than you'll give her, and she'll
take great interest in you. If you 90
out at night she'll be awake when you get
home, and then she'll tell you all about your
self, and moro too. Of course she will
know where you have been and what kept
you out so late, and will tell you yet right
aftor she gets through telling you that, she
will ask you where you have been and what
kept you out so late. And after you tell her
she won't believe you; you mustn't mind
that and if after going to bed she says she
hasn't closed her eyes the whole night and
then keeps up the matinee two hours Ion
ger, and won't 60 to sleep when she gets a
chance, you mustn't mind that either; its
her nature.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-19

THE CHUFA.-The chufa is species of
nut grass but unlike the terrible garden
pest, it does not survive the winter. The
planting seed must be gathered, dried, and
housed. After you save what seed you
wish, just turn your hogs into tho field and
they will do the harvesting.
AS regards planting and cultivating, first,
lay off the rows three feet apart, put in
barn-yard manure or some kind Of good
fertilizer, bed on, say two burrows, open the
bed as you would for cotton, say, two inches
deep, as they grow near the surface. Drop
one nut at intervals of about IL inches
apart, then cover. Plant about the 18th
Of April. Should moles destroy any they
can be drawn as slips and reset, they never
wither for being reset. reset half an acre
last year and do not think one died.
Keep clear of grass and weeds, and plow
about twice The yield is about 300
or 400 bushels per acre; hogs prefer them
to any other food
There is no comparison between corn and
chufa; tho hogs fatten faster on chufa, and
we do not have the trouble and expense of
gathering them. They do better on light
soil.--R. B. Noodle, in Rural Messenger.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-19
ASHES.


The statement has been made-we have
never seen it tcsted-that bushel of un-
leached ashes weighs about forty eight or
hfty pounds. Assuming it to be forty eight
pounds, top.drcssing of twenty. five bushels
to the acre gives 1900 pounds of fertilizers
1t is estimated that this quantity of ashes
contains about one hundred pounds of pot
ash, three hundred pounds Of lime, fifty
pounds OF magnesia, twenty-five pounds of
phosphoric acid, and perhaps ten pounds of
suiphuric ic'ncid. It will be seen that ashes
are about cqnal in value to the best CONNER
cial guanos, containing the very elements
most needed by plants; while guano is val
uablc mainly for its nitrogen and phospho
ric acid. The ashes supply the phosphoric
acid, but contains no nitrogen. This is the
main difference. The salts of ashes also
are generally rendered insoluble by water
by the action of the fire, but can be made
soluble by chemical processes.
Ashes are good fertilizer for anything
that grows, from fruit trees down to pota-
toes and garden vegetables of every kind.
AS long as farmers can procure them at
reasonable price it is one of the best fertilizers
they can use.
They may be applied broadcast, in the
hill or in compost. But in composing care
must be taken not to mix them with anything
containing ammonia, us animal manures of
any kind. From the permanency of their
effects, and the number of essential elements
they supply, they form perhaps the
most economical fertilizers to be had, and
if residing near town the farmers ought
to make arrangements with the inhabitants
to purchase all they havc.-Es.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-19

ORcHARDs.-A writer in the Practical
Farmer says that he kept his young orchard
we'll cultivated with hoed crops for several
years. They grew eighteen inches TO two
feet in season. Only one tree died. A
ncighber set out an orchard at the same
time and seeded it TO grass. In three years
third of the trees were dead, and those
which lived grew only from two to six inches
in one year. This is about the usual ex-
perience.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-19

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whfch makes $he human voice perfectly in-
tealigible four rifles distant. He will fix one
sthe entranee. of the Paris Exposition
grounds, which will shout "a greeting to
tthe OldS Werld from the United States of
7 sAperica, yours truly, Uncle Sam !" or any
@hH,s 'cise the operator chooses to say
Ihis, ~ Anticipates, will be OF great value
TO wath vessels off shore, to enable steamers
to eal SHnftspther aud exchange ~n~s ..
sea, aed enable locomotives to shout, "All
out ior Cotumous-twenty minutes Tor din
ncr ana, IN SNORT, TO enable anybody TO
ADDRESS large masses OF people ior any pur-
pose; stumPspeaE'nS' tor instance
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toy-whistie, lar simpler than the monograph.
Inc same tympanum Is used, but 1t creates
voice by opening and closing the valves
OF stcan whistle instead OF by photo
graphing the SOUND waves. Like the Pho
n.osraph' however, 1t seems incredible how
the insignificant cause can produce the tr'-
mendous ehect.
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good Tor (!
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Kind osr,,msI Wbo, M Mao.;. 'oon .to ~
millions who bovo no~ar ioornoS s 80 roaa ~. '"'
enjoy music, too. Any family may hear
Louise kellogg's own voice at the cost of q
few cents 1t will be used to teach Ian
guages. Phlologists will use it to compare
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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-19

There are few who can dam up stream
of profanity when suffering ircm an aching
corn.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-03-23

this duty. Every question at issue
should be calmly AMI fairly discus sel,
and in spirit Of kind regard for the
feelings of those who oppose us. Per-
sonal prejudiccs and petty an,ip,th cs
should be weighed down by the great,
CT consideration Of the public good;
and this latter should be the sole
standaid by which the political senti-
mcnt of the oi,iz,n may he tested.
Any other cause, in our op inion, will
create rcpclling force to drive
apart lie unscttlc clements and de-
ieat the very purposes Of party
organization--l result most deeply
to he dcpIored after the glori Gus
victory of the last campaign. The
question, likely to draw out discussion
is the election of Go, nty Chair
man and al Executive Committee to
serve for the next two wears We
Mon!" not presume to dictate to the
Convention whom the y shall elect to
!hcsc positions, but our leader should
he Il man Of c>luitrce- political
s'gacity, Of Iosi,icn and influence
who will be al l To stand as the van
guard oi our tnrccs, to watch the
movements Of :hc enemy, and, by hi
cunning in laying plans aud b)ldness
III executing them, lead us to final
victory in November next. His aid
should be selected from every por-
ti'n of the county anI men whose
influence at homc will insure unity of
action III every port en OF the field
10 obtain such Il result the office
must seek the man and not the man,
the office.
t such principles obtain the pre-.
sent Convention will scn,l out the
Clarion note to rally the Democratic
forces III an unbrolcn and undivided
line to the support Of the men elect ell
and the prin pies cnunciatci. ali
should be willing to work t,r the
public without employing their encr-
glrs to the attainment Of selfish ends.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-03-23

the contrary, is q convenien ce to him.
IT the tax could restrain the drum.
mer from selling by sample to til c
country merchant and thus force the
country merchant to come to Mobile,
there might be show ofreason, al
though not Of Justice, in il-but our
local tax stands solitary and alone.
1t says to the commercial traveller.
keep away with your ware; we do
not want the 100000 you spend
with us; we prefer to go an spend
100000 with you; go through to New
Orleans; your boots arc wearing away
the grass upon our sidewalks" :"
The sooner the city revcrses this
policy and aoolishcs the tax, the bet
ter for every branch Of business and
for the reputation of the city"
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-03-23
Duty.

Tie fruits Of the last political
campaign appear i'll the present hope
III! condition of our State and county.
his condition was obtai ned BY hon.
or, va'or and the zeal Of or citizens ::
by honor. in plighting the faith of
the state to certain pledges with
which we cannot now tritle; by valor,
in appointing 4 leader who knew how
TO plan and Tas bold enough to exc.
cute; and by zeal, in ex citing the
white citizens Of cur State with a
desire to throw off the base rule of
Radicalism. Neither Of these sources
OF success can we afford to ignore now
e. - ut amy other time; ana our first,
duty is to rcs"lve that every pledge
shall he kept to The letter, that
Hampton shall again be Chief to
lead South Carolina to second and
more glorious victory, and that th G
zeal of the citizens Shall know no
abatement. Our second duty is to
elect a County Chairman and IN Ex-
ecutive Committee Of men who shall
bend their energies to labor for tn e
good Of the State aad county and no
to the attainment of private ends.
Our third duty, and one of equal
Importance with the others, is to ex-
tend cordial invita- ion to our Re
pnbIican citizens TO unite their for
tunes wi h us, and with us to cnjov
the blessings Of our redeemed State.
Some sch,m should be devised bv
which they may enter or clubs or
organize clubs among them selves, IN |
thus he enabled to work with us for
the c"n.mcn good Of Orangeburg
County. Whatever plan may be
developed should be based upon the
Hamp,onpledges which have, already
won the admiration of our Northern
friends, tie respect ,f our Southern
opposcrs and the affection Of our
colorch citizens
Many Of these Republican citizens
are waiting tosce What political prin :
ciplc, Will control ,r future IL .lions
and if these lp inst onl truo to ~
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-03-23
Harmony.

1t cannot be denied that our
Comfy is more or less divided in its
political sentiment, not, we would
say, OH the general prime; pies Of
Democracy but upon local issues
only. While such division among
our own people may not effect the
general result Of the State election,
because the very large majority Of
our white population arc undoubtcd
Democrats; still it certainty will
effect our local success if the differ
cnces c not adjusted and the ele-
ments ut variance be not harmoniZcd.
The unifying Of the party, then, is the
paramount duty Of to-day, and every
Democrat, whatever may be his
individual sentiment, who has the
success Of cur cause al i.cari, 81, ,ui,t
direct his efforts to the DISCHARGE Of
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-03-23
NOTICE L. 5. ,TERNAL-REVENUE
SPECIAL, TAXEs

Under the Revised Statutes Of the United
States. Sections 3232, 3237 1898, and 3239
every person engaged in my business, avo.
cation, or employment, which renders him
liable to special tax. is required to pro-
c':re and place and keep conspicuously in
hl' establishment or place Of business Il
Stamp, dcnoting the payment Of said spec
ia' tax Tor tho special tax year beginning
May ], 1873. Sections SILL Revised
de~iSnates who are sliab'e to special tax.
y return, rs prescribed on Form II, is also
required by law of every person liable 70
special tax rs above. Severe penalties are
prescribed for compliance with the
foregoing requirements or for continuing
III business after April so, 1873 without
payment of tax.
Application should be made to T.. VI
braytnn Collector Of Incrnal Revenue 1t
Columbia S. C..
april l6 .itat