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The patron of husbandry., 1879-09-13
APPOINTMENTS OF A. M. KELLAR,
Deputy and Lecturer for the nth Senatorial Dis

trict-Bell, Falls and Milan counties.
Loneoak Grange, Falls county, Sept. II, 10 o
clock, \. NJ.
Carolina Grange, 18th.
Tavlor's School House, Goth, p. NJ.
Oenaville, Bell county, 10Th, 10 4. NJ.
These meetings public, and hope every
farmer in each neighborhood will suspend regular
business and come out. have something to tell
them which they ought to know.
A NJ. KELLAR,
Deputy and Lecturer, 4th Senatorial District
The patron of husbandry., 1879-09-13

The farmers of this State should de-
mand pledge fIom every candidate for
the Legislature to vote for the repeal of
the Agricultural Lien law. If they won't
make the pledge, don't vote for them.
The patron of husbandry., 1879-09-13

Sister Carrie Morgan, of Lee county,
Miss, will please accept our thanks for a
handsome club of subscribers. She &C
companied the club with most crafty
ing account of the prospects of the Grange
near Baldwin. She writes: "We had ar
entertaining and instructive address from
our Worthy State Lecturer, B. B. Boone,
on Friday last. Our Grange will now go
to work in earnest 1t has good material -
The patron of husbandry., 1879-09-13

GLASGOW, September 9.-Thirty thons
and persons here are unemployed whsl
the iron trades are prosperous, the bual
ing trades are in fearful condition, aDg
measures for the relief of the unemployeI
this winter will be necessary.
The patron of husbandry., 1879-09-13
We shall continue to urge upon Subor-

We shall continue to urge upon Subor-
dinate Oranges the Importance of giving
special and constant attention to the cot
ton seed question. 1t should be discussed
at every meeting. The farmers generally
have no idea of the value of cotton seed
as fertilizer and as an article of COM
merce. Every Subordinate Grange in the
Cotton States should have standing
cotton seed committee specially charged
with the examination of the question and
required to report at every meeting Let
the farmers OF the cotton States inform
themselves fully in this matter, establish
a fair price and unite in demanding If, and
they will save hundreds of thousands OF
dollars annually. The oil mill companies
cooperate to put down the price to mere
song; let the farmers meet them and fight
them with the same weapon.
The patron of husbandry., 1879-09-13

The Southdown is a brown or gr[
faced sheep, rather small, but very tra
In form, with very close fine wool, aD' s
mutton OF the finest quality.
The patron of husbandry., 1879-09-13

Worthy Lecturer B. B. Boone, of the
Mississippi State Grange, has been doing
some splendid work in Northeast Mississ-
ippi He is getting the Order revived in
Lee county, where it once had consider
able strength. We regret that we could
not attend the meeting in Clay county.
The fact is, our Grange friends over in
Clay are in the habit of "hiding their light
under bushel," and we did not know
when the meeting was to take place. The
Worthy Lecturer, who is one Of our ablest
and most effective speakers, will get the
farmers of Northeast Mississippi thor
oughly interested in the cause this fall
and winter, and we now expect to see the
Order there in better condition than ever.
The patron of husbandry., 1879-09-13

LONDON, September 8.-At a meeting
of the Union Springs mills at Oldham,
running nine hundred thousand spindies,
the suggestion to run on short time or sto o
the Oldham mills entirely SO as to bring
. pressure to bear on the Liverpool cotton
market trade, met with general approval.
The patron of husbandry., 1879-09-13

A Texas farmer is experimenting with
the early amber cane. He has already
matured two crops this year and has pre-.
pared for the third. The cane natures in
two months and two days.
The patron of husbandry., 1879-09-13
-aPPoTNTMENTs OF WORTHY

MASTER DARDEN, OF THE
MISSISSIPPI STATE GRANGE.
Worthy Master Darden viii meet and
address the farmers, in open meetings, at
the following times and places:
Lincoln county, September 10Th and 18th.
Pike county, 18th and 10th.
AEite county, 73d and 24th.
Wilkinson, 10Th and z7th.
Franklin county, 3oth and October Ist-
s2- Dee announcement will be made of the
place of meeting in each county.
The patron of husbandry., 1879-09-13

The Yazoo affair was as unnecessary as
it was deplorable. 1t must have been the
work of thoughtless young men or schem-
ing politicians.
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{ An ENORMOUS EAGLE ATTEMPTS TO
CAREY Orr "A CHMD.-We are in re-
ceipt Of q letter from @. Wieland, Esq,
Auditor TofrLake' County, dated the Sd
inst, of which the following is the SUBJ
stance: Yesterday afternoon, while little
August Barr, aged seven years, was play
ing with his sisters-one five years old
and the other three and S half-near by
his fathers house, an enormous eagle
pounced down upon them, throwing the
two girls to the ground. 1t Immediately
attacked the younger one, grasping one
OF the child's arms with the claws of one
foot, while the claws of the other foot
were deeply buried in the child's face,
and it attempted to carry the child of,
but was prevented by its struggles. Lit
tie August seeing that he could do moth
ing with hiy own hands to help his sister,
ran quickly into the house, got the
butcher-knife and came out and whacked
away q the eagles legs, cutting one of
them severely near the foot, whereupon
the savage bird let go of the little girl
and attacked the boy, knocking him
over, tearing his pants and giving him
.Bome severe scratches. In the meantime,
the screams of the children brought out
Che mother, whereupon the eagle flew off
to the barn, on which he sat, and looked
as though he would like to renew the
contest should q favorable opportunity
offer itself; but he stayed there a little
too long for his own good, as Joe Betzler,
sa .neighbor, was called, who took down
his gun and shot this great emblem of
American freedom, and his eagleship,
when killed, was found to measure seven
sfees from wing tip to wing tip. The lit
tie girl who had this remarkable encoun.
ter is very badly scratched, but not se'
Y;ousIy hurt.-Dllutk Tribune.
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The LEGS OF INsECTs.-A scientist
once observed a fly, only as large as grain
of sand, which ran three inches in half q
second, and in that space made the enor-
nous number of FIVE hundred and forty
steps. Ifa man were to be able to walk
as fast in proportion to his size, suppos-
ing his step to measure two feet, he
would, in the course of minute, have
run upward of twenty miles, a task far
SURPRISING our express railroad engines,
or the famous Seven League Boots re-
corded in the nursery fable. In leaping
also. insects far exceed man, or any other
animal whatever. The flea can leap
two hundred times its own length; so al
so can the locust. If a man were six
feet long, and could leap as high and as
far as one of these insects, he might
stand near the New York Custom House,
leap up into the air over the top of Trim
ity Church spire, and alight in Green
wich street; which would be something
more wonderful than it has ever entered
into the mind of the writers of fairy
tales to conceive of. The insect called
the froghopper can leap more than two
hundred and fifty times its own length.
Some spiders can leapa couple of feetupon
their prey.
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PRETTY WoMEN.-Is it not a strange
fact, that not more than dozen mascu-
lines will ever agree as regards beauty in
women, and that We have no standard to
mark this excellence; form or figure are
not even defined, much less the facial
features-neither the hand with its soft
pressure, nor the foot, whether large or
small, forming requisite. Nor the eye,
the window of che soul, whether it be
black, nut brown, melting blue, or sim
telligent grey" The beauty of women
consists in more than a fine complexion,
or stylish dress, for either of these may
be possessed by a most hateful virago.
The tact'of making themselves agreeable,
is the basis of beauty's structure the
horticulture must be real, no counter
felt, or it will not bear washing, and it is
even so much preferable to that of the
head. A selfish woman is not long cared
for by any one, and although much has
been written by talented writers on
"beauty of face" beauty of character will
last, and, in the end, be found far more
desirable; it will brighten homes, under
clouds, and be a continuous sunshine to
husbands and children.--Rome Circle.
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A Remarkable Discovery.

/. Ellsworth County furnishes anew con-
.tribution to natural history in the shape
of the remains of a fossilized sea-serpent
of the prehistoric period. The discov-
cry was made three miles nprth of Viii.
son the other day by Mr.. Sylvester, while
blowing, preparatory to opening a stone
quarry. Haying turned over what he
supposed was piece of petrified wood,
nearly four feet in length but which
proved to belong to the animal kingdom
further search was made, following up
other pieces in continuity varying in
length from one to three feet, until thir-
ty-six feet in all were secured. Not un-
til the head was exhumed was the char.
acter of the monster apparent. No one
seeing the reconstructed segments of the
snake placed in their natural order can
for moment doubt the genuineness of
the discovery. The remains were found
only afew inches below the surface, with
q thin layer of earth between them and
the underlying rock. The length of the
head is seventeen inches; width of head,
eleven inches; greatest thickness of body,
about one foot. The line of demarcation
between upper and lower jaws, the head
and the taper of the neck-all look SER
pentine. The passage of the esophagus
through the neck, as we'll as that of the
alimentary canal, some fifteen feet fur
ther onin the body, is clearly traceable.
The outline of the backbone is distinctly
seen,in number of the sections compos-
ing the remains. Some of the larger
yertebre are four inches across, and it
is about the same distance between the
yertebral spaces-or comparatively speak
ing, they are the size of the vertebre of
a large'horse. A portion of7the caudal
extremity-some ten or fifteen feet-is
missing, having, been removed by-a pre-
vious quarryman, so that the original
length. of the monster was probably fifty
feet. Hitherto geology contains nothing
in the records of fossilization concerning
such remains, hence Kansas contributes
to paleontology new specimen for sci
enti6c classification. Scientists deny the
existence of sea serpents. This specimen,
however, demonstrates the fact that CO.
temporaneous with monster Saurians
there existed monster 0phidians, 80 that
the "tales" of captains and whole crews
of sailors may not longer be doubted as
to the actual existence of them now. MIR.
Sylvester proposes placing this curiosity
on exhibition at the Ellsworth County
Fair this week, where the public will
have an opportunity of seeing it.-ENs-
porth Kan Reporter.
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How OFTEN TO FLED HoRsEs.-A
year or so ago we remember to have
read an account of New York truckman
who was experimenting in reducing the
number of times per day that he fed his
horses. The animals were worked hard,
but the owner omitted giving them their
noon meal altogether. The horses left
the stable at seven o'clock in the morn
ing, were returned at half.past six in the
evening, thus going about twelve hours
without feeding. The amount of oats
morning and evening was increased
though the aggregate feed per day was wa,
on an average about two quarts less
than when the same horses were fed three
times. The owner found that the horses
did more work, were healthier, and
more thrifty than before. The horses
had the best of grooming and care, OF
course.
The result is probably due to the fact
that, according to long-known principle
in physiology, violent exercise imme-
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"THE PEACE OF THE UNITED STATES"
Washington, October 22.-In the United
States Supreme Court Attorney General
Devens concluded to-day his argument
in the case of the Tennessee revenue ofli-
Ger, which was partially heard yesterday,
and argued that every Federal officer
sustained such an exclusive relation to
the government that whenever his Off
cial acts came into either civil or crimi-
nal litigation under State process, such
officer was entitled to have that litigation
removed into the Federal Court of his
locality, and that such a procedure was
essential to the true exercise of Federal
power. 1t is thought that in this case the
Supreme Court will discuss and settle the
much h-mooted question whether there is
such a thing as "the peace of the United
States" currently with "the peace of the
people of State."-Special Dispatch 10 the
NctU York World.
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The MODEL MoTHER-IN-LAw.-She
is thankful to the man who marries her
daughter, and thus relieves her of great
responsibility. She becomes devotee
to him. She coddles him with warm
slippers and wadded dressing gowns, and
with hot drinks when he has cold. She
multiplies her tender attentions when
important business has kept him out
late ut night, and fears that his devotion
to business will wear upon him. She
finds out the dishes that will tickle his
appetite, and makes them with her own
hands. With her, be has two worship
ers at home. She encourages him to
smoke. She smiles on his bachelor
friends. She studies him in every way.
She makes her daughter cheerful while
he is at the club or other places. She
minds the baby while they go to enter
tainments, and never wants to go. She
praises him to all as the best of husbands.
She continually enjoins upon her daugh-
ter, that she never can be thankful
enough. She is constant sunbeam in
the household, which makes marriage
without mother-in-law, but half what
it should be.
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aoNLy WAITING"

ri.7l 49, ~ 81 --S:..-S .---,,F
IA yery good man in an almshouse wa
sked what he was doing now BE replied
only waitiEg."]
Only waiting tia the shadows 7
Are q little longer grown,
Only waiting TIL the gEmmer
OF the day last beam is flown;
Till the night of earth is faded
= From the heart once full Of day; - 6
TIL the stars Of heaven, are breaking q
Through the twilight soft and gray.
Only waiting till the reapers
Eaye the last sheaf gathered home,
For the summer time is faded;
And the autumn winds have come. I
Quickly, reapersl ! gather quickly :,
The last ripe hours of my heart,
< For the bloom Of life is withered,
And I hasten to depart.
Only waiting till the angels
: Open wide the mystic gate, )
AT whose feet ] long have fingered,
WeaSy, poor and desolate.
Even now ] hear; the footsteps,
And their voices far away
If they call me I am waiting,
Only waiting to obey.
Only waiting till the shadows
Are q little longer grown, 81 IS Z
Only waiting till the glimmer ssgl
OF the days last beam is. flown,
: Then from out the gathered darkness,
Holy, deathless stars shall rise,
BY whosa light my soul shall gladly
Tread.its pathway TO the skies.
* ss,.sS 49, : 100 ANONYMOUS, !
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The Checker Board.

Up to three evenings ago such thing
as checker. board was never known in
Mr.. Grattan's house. He and his aged
partner have managed to pass the long
evenings away very pleasantly, and he
supposed they were happy enough until
a friend from the East paid them fly
ing visit, and asserted over and over again
that the game of checkers was not only
all the rage there, but that it served to
quicken the perceptive faculties, enlarge
the minds aud render the brain more ac-
tive. After giving the subject due
thought Mr.. Grattan walked down town
and purchased q checker-bosrd, aud
when evening came he surprised his good
wife by bringing it from the wood-shed,
saying:
"Well, Martha, we'll have a game or
two before we 60 over to The social. I
expect to beat you all TO flinders, but you
won't care"
"Of course not; and if I beat you,
why you won't care" she replied.
They sat down; and he claimed the
first move. She at once objected, but
when he began to grow red in the face,
she yielded and he led of. At the
fourth move she took man, chuckling
as she raked him in.
~ don't, zee anything to grin at" he
sneered rs he moved man backwards.
"Here you can't move that wayP she
called out.
"I can't eh? Perhaps I never played
checkers before you were born !"
C1,a nov oh fo ,pp,n fy,o roora
men and gave in the point but as she
moved he cried out:
"Put them men right back there I've
concluded not to move backward, even
if Hoyle does permit itl'
+ She gave in again, but when he jump
ed man her nose grew red and she cried
out:
"I didn't mean to move there, I was
thinking of the sociall'
"Can't help the social, Martha,-we
must 60 by Hoyle."
In about two minutes she jumped two
men and went into the king-row shout
ing:
"Crown himl Crown him I've got
kingr
"One would think by your childish
actions that you never played a game
beforep he growled.
~ know enough to beat you"
"You do, eh? Some folks are awful
smart"
"And some ain'P she snapped as her
king captured another man.
"What in the thunder are you jump
| ing that Way ior?"
"a king can jump any wayp
"No he can'tW
eyes, he camp
"Don't talk back to me, Martha Grat-
tanl I was playing checkers when you
we're in the cradlel'
"I don't care! I can jump two men
which ever way you move !"
He looked down on the board, saw
that such was the case, and roared out:
"You moved twice to my onceW
"I haven'tW
"I'll take my oath you have I can't
play against any such black-leg prac.
ticesp
"Who's black-leg2 You not only
cheated, but you tried to lie out of itw o
Board and checkers fell between them.
He could get his hat on quicker than she
could find her bonnet, and that was the
only reason why he got out Of the house
first. A woodward avenue grocer found
him sitting on basket of cranberries at
the door as he was closing up for the
night, and asked him if he was waiting
for his wife to come along.
"Well, not exactly; / Istopped here to feel
in my pocket for the key of the barn. I
shall sleep on the hay tonight, and see
if it won't cure this cold in my head."-
Detroit Free Press.
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diately after hearty meal impedes di.
gestion, especially if the meal be taken
after the exhaustive labor of the fore
noon.
If any of our readers are to try the ex-
pertinent, they should begin by gradu-
ally reducing the noon meal, and when
withheld, they must still give the horse
the usual rest at noon.-Farmer's Re
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MORE OF THE BREEARD TRIP.
1ae Cotton and Rico EIeldsl OF ooleDo!

Tho Cotton and Rico Fields OF ooleo oy.
ATa. EDITOR: AS we returned from
BrsYard, portion of our party turned
aside to see the rice fields Of. Messrs.
Kirk and Jones, on the Oolenoy. These
gentlemen have solved the problem of
the growing of rice right under the
aEadow of the Blue Ridge. The land on
which the rice crop was grown was the
fertile bottoms of the Oolenoy. These
bottoms Were dry, and the rice was pro-
duced without flooding. The species of
rice planted was called the upland rice,
and the. yield will average from 80 to 80
bushels per acre. On the plot, Of land
Capt. Kirk supposes that he will make
one thousand bushels of rice, which, in
Charleston, viii bring, net, about two
dollars per bushel in the rough. The
expense of cultivation and harvesting
viii be about four hundred dollars, SO.
thatthe enterprising firm is likely to re-
slize q handsome profit on the invest
ment.
Capt. Kirk thinks that any Of the bot
tom lands on our creeks would produce
sremnnerating crops of rice, either with
or without flooding, which is far more
profitable than raising cotton. Notwith-
standing the great depression of prices
on other products of the soil, The market
rates forIriee has preserved greater uni
iornity since the war than anything else.
The land should be prepared as for,cot-
ton, and, in planting, the seed should be
dibbled at spaces of about twelve inches
apart. The first working over will re-
anire careful hoeing, but after that tho
cultivation can be mainly done with the
plow The reaping must be done with
sickle, and the threshing can be rapidly
done, even with hand. over a. barrel
hesd.
Mr.. VIM. Price, at the foot; of the Sas-
5safas Gap, on the Blue Ridge, Is turning
his attention more and more to the rais-
ing Of cotton, as more profitable, and GER
tainly much more pleasant, than the rails
ing of grain for distillation.s He went
into q government distillery about two
years ago. but his experience has been so
sdisconraging that he closed it up and has
gone to raising cotton. This year he has
about acres in cotton, and next
year he expects to double it. One of his
cotton fields extends to the foot Of the
mountains, Verify, the heecy staple and
golden cereal can accommodate them
selves to almost any climate south of the
Blue Ridge. Good for Pickens.
Incur former article, we inadvertently
omitted to mention the name of Mr..
John McFall as one of the excursion
party down the French Broad River.
This gentleman from the first has ex-
hibited the iyeliest interest in the pro-
motion of our great enterprise. It was
at his suggestion that the services Of Mr..
Kirk. were procured for the survey of the
i Road and the Eastatoe Gap, and he vol
unfairly accompanied the party, sharing
with the boys all the priyations to which
they were subjected in their arduous
work. The Company Will reward him
when the opportunity offers.
T. 81. r.
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LAND FOR SALE.

THE undersigned offer their TRACT OF OF
L LAND, situate in one and one. half
miles of the Town of Anderson, contain
400 acres. The Anderson Branch of the
Greenvillc e Columbia Railroad runs
through portion of said land. Rocky
River also runs through the tract, and there
are about 60 acres of fine bottom land, well
adapted to cultivation and grazing. The
place is well watered. with fine springs, &c.
There is in cultivation about $50 acres, a
fine crop now growing upon it, with plenty
of good tenant houses and dwellings snill-
cient for temporary occupation, with two
good young orchards Of select fruit, toscth-
er with good vineyard, &c. The lands not
in cultivation are in original forest.
We offer the whole, or in quantities to
suit purchasers. The most desirable build
ing site 10 be found anywhere is situated on
the rapids of Silver Brook, within one-hali
mile of the University of the Town Of An
derson. TERMS MADE EASY. For
particulars correspond with the undcrsisn-
ed, or Mai. John b. Moore at Anderson z. II.
S. Il. e j. b. MOORE.
A,,,,,e, 01 1870 e. 3u&
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On and after Sunday. September Z, 1879, Passen-
ger trains will run as follows:
DOWN.
Jeave Columbia. ,53Oam 900 pm go p m
Arrive at Charlcston..i00 p NJ 7.i5 III 55i nj
Arrive at Augustn..-..3.15 III go III
Arrive ut Camdcn......12 noon 73o pm
UP.
Leave Charleston. 80 a M SLOAN SIS p nj
Leave Augusta. 8.15a 7.U0 pm
Leave Camden ...5.30 q m lJ0 pm
Arrive ut Columbia. 1880 u IN $40 pm 500 m
The Night Express leaving Columbia at 30 p. m.
and Charleston at 8l5 p M, will run daily, all 9TH
er trains daily, except Sundays. The $3.50 p; IN.
trun from Columbia makes connection at Charles
ton on Wednesday and Saturday with New York
Steamers.
Sleeping cars arc run on Night trains to Charles
ton and Augusta Rate only $3.50 for double
berth 4. u. DESAussURE. Agent, Columbia.
JOHN P. PECK, Con. Sup't.
D. C. ALLEN, Gen. Ticket Agt., Charleston, S. 9.