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CoR1NTH1AN CHAPTER, NO. g, r. A. M--stated
for business and work the st. NJ, r. H., md #. +.
III. Degrees Visiting Companions courteousiy in
ROBERT MALcoM. n E. ZIP.
JOHN o. DtCKEKSOS, Secretary.
, 1880-06-13

were the most distinguished honor he had
ever enjoyed or ever expected to enjoy.
There has been and is no harm in such a
man, and the dignity Of the position for
which he is a candidate at tho solicitation Of
his party, and not by his own efforts, ought
to protect him against vilification and abuse.
The tendency of the newspaper press and
politicians to run into slander during a Ma
tional campaign has been well illustrated In
this city By tile Chicago Times. That Journal,
Boosting Of independence, started out by
deprecatlng such a campaign in the follow
ing language:
There are some indications of a disposition
among the opponents of Mr.. Garfield to make
the pending Presidential contest campnign Of
muu-thrUwiug. 1t IS a confession OF the weak
ness OF cause, Or the lack Of cause. when
the disputants "a either side descend To tho low
pr'.etice OF hurltng personal epIthets and nc
cuSat1ons aKninst their adversary. The Times
earnestly deprccatcs such conduct. Iti degra-
dntion Of Journalism, 1isgraceful TO Journals
az aqd t writer's that engage in t. It is teiittltng
1t IS murk OF iK1orance, low breeding and
lack Of respectable intellectual endowinents.
in I'm assault upon personal character; no sense
III any sort Of dtrt-throwug. 1t is time TINT
Anericnus engnged IN the vocation Of political
teachers should try to'rcforn this bad fabit Of
an honorable pursuit.
The above paragraph was timely and in the
proper spirit. but the very Democratic
journal which printed these words followed
them up by rehashing the one or two ex-
ploded charges that were brought against
Gen. Garfield years ago, and presenting
them to its readers In a shape which concealed
The fact that no substance was found IN them
upon mature Investigation. There was an
evident disposition to treat Gen. Garfield with
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The climbing fern is zone of
our prettiest plants for home
culture, and of very easy Gull
turc.
Paulownia Imperialis, which
is called Blue Trumpet Flower
in the west, is known as Vanilla
Tree in Paris, because of the
delicately scented flowers.
By constantly removing de-
cayed flowers before a seed pod
can swell, the growth of the
plant and the continued devel-
opment of new buds and flowers
upon the new growth are mat
tiers of course.
Heel in trees that arrive too
late for setting this winter, by
digging a trench, and placing
the bundles in it at an angle of
forty-fve degrees, cover with
dirt well shaken in and packed,
to prevent too severe freezing.
A good test of the hardness
of any variety of forest trees is
found in the ripening of its
seeds (fruit). If tree does not
perfect its seeds in a given To-
cality, it is good evidence that
it is no. sufficiently hardy to be
generally cultivated in such sec
tons.
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Barnes House,
CCner Name Street and Texas Avenue
Houston, Texas.

The Old Capitol Hotel rebuilt and ur.
nished with entire new furniture. Fine
sample rooms, and especial attention TO
travelling commercial gentleman.
I. l.. BARNES Proprietor.
PETER LOISELLE, Stewar
Uur3I-u
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A Census Of the Cotton Labor.

Savannah News.l
Representative Manning, of
Mississippi, is of the opinion
that one of the most important
things for the south is to have
the next census show what pro-
portion of the cotton crop is
produced by white labor. Says
Mr.. Manning: "Our northern
friends locks upon us in the
south as lazy, indolent people.
They think that the negro per-
forms all tie labor in the cotton
fields; that Cuffy alone with his
woolly head and fiat feet, can
stand the exposure of the sun.
Why, the white hands of our
white men and women, and
children too of the south have
produced three-ffths of this
years cotton crop, which will
reach a total of nearly 5,ooo,o 900
bales. White labor raises from
25 to 40 per cent. more cotton
to the acre than colored labor.
That is a fact well known in our
country. Nov, if we can only
get those statistical facts before
the world in an official form, in
a nom bipartisan document, like
the census, it would be worth
millions of dollars to the south.
We have the most fertile soil
on the globe, and when the
whites can be convinced that
they can cultivate it more prof
itably than other kind OF labor,
they will go there. The great
need OF the south is to induce
white immigration and the
greatest step towards that will
be accomplished when we show
the error of the impression that
the climate is only adapted to
negro labor"
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FIVE TH0USANO

in which it has been administered with
entire success rs n remedy for every va
riety of Enalady which affects the Ro-
spiratory Functions, amount to moro
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Will live 10 SEC lliC
day when not only cotton bales,
will be superseded by bales of
yarn, but bales of yarns by bales
Of cotton cloth.
Why should not the South
manufacture her own great
staple before putting 1t on the
markets of the world? Is there
any reason, with all the advan.
tages of the new over the old
pracess, amounting to some
three or four cents per pound,
with the natural advantages of
the South over the North, in
the transportation of their raw
material 1000 miles from the
field to New England factories,
mourning twenty-seven items of
expense, loss, waste, drayage,
stealage, peculation, perquisites,
speculation. ETC.. from field to
factory?-with her shorter and
milder winters, cheaper land,
food, fuel, building material,
more abundant and reliable
water power. exemption from
strikes, with her hundreds of
thousands of INDECENT women
and children idle for lack of
such industry, and, more than
all, her bountiful supply of I'M
damaged seed cotton on every
farm.
Now reverse the situation and
suppose New England had pro-
duced the 100000 bales of
cotton, and had all the above
facilities and advantages over
us for manufacturing it. Do
you suppose she would permit
is to spin or weave it? The
idea is absurd, and to them
would be ridiculous.
Respectfully.
e z Wurrr,rD CD
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Twelfth-Do you have to
purchase cotton enough and
hold it for a years supply2
Answe--On the first of each
year an eight months supply
of seed cotton has to be on
hand in every new process mill.
Some one has to hold a supply
ofcotton for every factory. 1t
is better for the manufacturer
to buy and hold it than for the
gamblers in spots and futures
TO hold it for him, and make
him pay, as they did for the
crop ofIS7o, 50 per cent. Tor
so doing. In four months the
manufacturer can spin enough
yarns to pay for eight months
supply. He would only lose
the interest on his money for
four months. Again, l will
write what l know to be a fact,
id eSt, seed cotton lying in bulk
from eight to twelve months
enhances its value from one-half
to two cents per pound lint by
ABSORPTION of oil from the seed
by the hlament, giving the sta
pie a rich, creamy color, adding
to its weight and tractility,
thereby causing it to work up
with little waste; while bale cot
ton, standing the same length
of time, deteriorates in its mar
ket value from one to one and a
half cents a pound, loses by
drayage from eighteen to
twenty-five pounds per bale, the
lint becomes dry and brittle,
losing greatly by working up.
Thirteenth-Is it your opinion
that when these machines be-
come Athoroughly testAd they
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THE BOSS MACHINE.

Full Particulars of the "Clenent
attachment" by the Owner
Where il is Made, What
1t is and What 1t
Does.
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Courier J~ourual.l
We are permitted to print
the following letter from E.E.
Whitfield, Esq; the owner and
patentee ofthe Clement Attach
ment, to a gentleman of Benton
county, Miss, in which he an
swers every possible question
with reference to his great in
vention. The letter will fully
satisfy those who have recently
addressed inquiries to the Cou-
Tirr-Journal with reference to
the Clement Attachment:
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Mt the present date, and yet the prepare
tion is only in the infancy of its useful
ness. The great defect of all Cough
Remedies hitherto introduced is thnt
they are simply eIpulsory. Hence they
are useless; for unless the causes of the
ncrid secretions which nre coughed up
are removed, and the ruptured, infiamed
or maturnted surfaces healed and re-
stored 10 their natural tone, n cure is
impossible. 6ritsch's Prussian Cough
Syrup ncccmplishes these objects. Tho
mucous and muco-pus which are the con-
sequence of Lung Disease, are thrown on
by it, while at the same time 1t soothes
mud inHigorntek the MeakCned Tissues.
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SPECIFIC FOR CONSUMPTION !

THIS alI-powerfuI vegetable prcparn-
i ton expols from the lungs and air pas
Sages, the mucu and muco-pus produced
by pulmonary inflammation, heals tho
irritatcd membranes, and r~enovates
every organ which utilities the breath of
Life. 1t contains no Supplying poison,
and is in all reSpects n healthful medi-
cine. The rapidity and certainty with
which it
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-16
Not Out Of a Novel.

A piece of paper was found in the cel-
lar OF the tenement, No. 800 West 10th
street here, on Tuesday, night, the dead
body of Frederick A. French, the sup
posed tramp, ,.lwas discovered. On the
paper was written the following:
The dim Pickering of q midnight taper
could be seen within q distant hut.
Save the almost noiseless rustlingTof the
leaves the silence. was unbroken, while q
gentle: breeze from the estward drove the
morbid atmosphere before it, leaving in
its wake.a zephyr that famed the cheek
of the weary, footsore traveller, infusing
within him new life. His eye brightens
as the light dawns in view, and, quick
ening his place, he hastens toward the
sign Of habitation. Agrizzly beard sweeps
his naked breast while. the wind sports
with his silvery locks as though they
were but tufts Of grass, born to-day and
dead tomorrow.
"'Twas twenty years since this locali.
ty saw me; what was 1 then? Oh God !!
let me not recall those pleasant scenes of
+ the past, lest they become contaminated
with the too, too stern reality. All you
once; knewla home, fireside, q family,
wifesdearer4 than oil the world" were
exclamations that fell from the troubling
movement ofshis bloqdless lips. "Oh,
human habitation, have ! at last found
rest9 Aye, perhaps everlasting rest! l
wonder where mother and the children
are. Are they living7 Are they dead?
What ia this strange and terrible feeling
coming over me7 Oh, God ! am /
to- die I Forbid, forbid.l Angel Of death
stay that fatal sting! How strange !
feel. ]. see M wife, m children gather.
ed around the hearthstone! Ugh ugh !
I'm choking and with a gurgling
soundlhe falls upon a little. mound Of
of earth.
enTposdays hare passed. Gray streaks
of dawn are coursing their way up from
the horizon toward the zenith, while the
oloudlets drifting across the eastern sky
are Just beginning to be tinged with
morning :lighte The door Of the little
hamlet il which the light 80 family
aickered slowly creaked upon its rusty
hinges, and a maiden in agrestic attire
steals out and through the thicket. She
Sdoes not.heed the.swarsning vermin, the
shissiug Of "a reptile, orthedistant echo of
the cracking underbrush. Upon her
lilly white arms hangs lunch basket,
and occasionally " drumming some familiar
air, she makes the old wood ring with
her sweet and melodious voice. Sud-
sdenlg her foot trips against some unseen
S6h;oct a; nd q 1frnyvn nversnreatls her face.
followed by peevish murmur. She
turned to see what had dared to impede
her progress, when her eyes fell upon.
the 4prostrate, body of the traveller. She
stoops: beside the corpse, but suddenly
rises and seems to be seized with ghast-
ly realization. 1t is her father, q wan
.derer and an outcast; dead frem exhaus.
lion and starvation within the very
sounds Of his children's merry laugh
s NJ y !Hnr
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The Boss Snake Story.

Yesterday afternoon as some express
boxes we're being removed from the
packet, one of them fell from the wagon
and was smashed, while from ont the
splinters there crawled q fierce. looking
rattlesnake some six feet long. a num-
Der vera standing around at the time,
and the reptile made fierce dashes in
every direction. scattering the !oungers
rand eroustabouts for rods =arothd. The
Sominous rattle carried horror rs far as
heard, and in q shorter time than it takes
to chronicle the circumstance, the mon.
}ster had the entire, levee to himself. He
coiled up beside q barrel, and with head
erect seemed to dare attack or even ap.
proach. Col. Summers saw the commo.
ton in front of his Office, and, learning
what was the cause of the disturbance,
advanced to where the snake was en-.
sconced in his vantage ground. A hiss
and a rapid rattle warned him that ap-
proach was decidedly dangerous, but,
nothing daunted, he stood his ground.
He caught the snakes blazing eye, red
with anger and glistening in the sun, and,
standing perfectly still, seemed to weave
q rspell around the; reptile. Slowly he
,uncoiied his hideous length, and slowly
advanced to where Col. Summers was
standing, when he again settled himself
apparently for attack, raising high his
head, and appearing to be ready to make
a spring. This was repeated, frequently,
still coming nearer Mr. Summers. At
these times he appeared to swell up to
twice his ordinary size, while from out
his wide jaws would dart the forked
tongue, and the hiss and rattle were
almost continuous. Foolhardy and
fearless, however, the gentleman stood
ground, never. taking his eye from that
of the snake. His friends repeatedly
warmed him of his danger, and in half
whisper, negro standing by was dis
pac.hed to N. F. Carr's liquor store, close
by, for gallon of whisky, every one
being confident that the result of it all
would be that the reckless Colonel would
be bitten-he couldn't escape. Slowly
.he snake approached where he was
standing, stopping frequently as before
stated. The suppressed excitement be.
came intense, and toward the last those
who desired to drag him away from his
perilous position dare not do 30, owing
to the close proximity of the terrible
reptile. The snake was by this time
within a few feet of him, and coiling up
apparently for last desperate lunge at
his charmer. Slowly the massive glitter.
ing coil was again unwound. Col. Sum.
mer's still holding his eye, the six feet
of venom approached and stretched
itself across his feet. He calmly reached
into his pocket for his jack.knife and
STOPPING down cut off the rattles and
gave the word "go," and the snake, as if
freed from a spell of encroachment,
dashed down the levee at fearful rate,
shaking his noisless tail in tina widest
manner. He was subsequently killed by
some rousters. Col. Summers has the
rattles and "button" on exhibition in his
Office on Water street.-Evansville Couri-
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He LOVED THE TRuTH.-There was
little shooting scrape at a little town.
in the interior of Texas not long ago, and
it was not long before a.Galvesson Ne'cs
reporter was on the spot interviewing one
of the principals. =.
$50 you are going to write it up?" said
the survivor.
eyes, 1 want all the facts"
"I don't care cent what you cay about
the shooting, but have one little favor
to ask" !
The reporter said he would grant it
eheerfully if he could.
Said the shootist, II want you to
put down that my grandfather was one of
Laftte's pirates, and the worst cu:-throat
of the gang"
The reporter stared little, but the
shootist went on to say:
"Please put that one Of my uncles was
hung by the Vigilance Committee in San
Francisco, and two more of item are
making shoes in the Illinois penitentiary |;
that another one of them is practicing
law in New York, aud my only sister ran
away from home with the clown cf q eir<
Gus; that'as far as you can learn shere. is
not membsl Of the fapilythat has not
done somethisgdisgfaceful."
"Wb1n "a do you want all that In
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-16

The SMALL BoYss RIaHTs.-A Kan
sas judge presents his view of the rights
Of small boys in the following, which
forms a portion of his judicial decision:
Everybody knows thai by nature and
by instinct boys love to ride, and love to
move by other means than their own 10.
comotion. They will cling to the hind
ends ofmoving wagons, ride upon swing
ing! gates, slide upon cellar doors aud
the rails Of staircases, pull sleds up hill
in order to ride down upon them on the
snow, and even pay to ride upon imitation
horses and imitation chariots swung
around in circle by means of horse pow
er, This last is very much like rid
ding around upon q turntable. Now
everybody, knowing the nature and
the instincts common to all boys, must
act accordingly. No person has right
to leave, even on his land, dangerous
machinery calculated to attract and entice
boys to it, there to be injured, unless he
first takes proper steps to guard against
all accident; and any person who thus
does leave dangerous machinery exposed
without first providing against all danger,
is guilty Of negligence"
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so bad as you think. He will soon get
over it."
"Why, uncle, who is it, and what is
the matter With him 2"
aWhy, my dear child, how excited
you are. It is nothing-Hothing 1t is
only poor neighbor Jones across the way,
He'll soon calm down."
aCalm down. But, uncle, why does he
take on So"
"Well, he is of a sensitive, nervous
constitution, and he has probably just
heard of the assessment on the Sierra
Nevada" - Virginia (Meu.) Enterprise.
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/. : -. = -
MOuRN THE LIVING.


Mourn the living, not the dead.
Sigh not for the early fed.
Would you have those beings back
Who have crossed LIES stormy track?
Would have them on Times shore,
+, Mid rocksald ocean roar?
Mourn the liying-drop a tear
Der the pallid child for fear,
Ger the broken hearted crowd;
That thousand storms have bowed;
Living grief hath ears to hear,
twill bless. the for q tear.
! Mourn the living; why should grief
Net she yellow autumn leaf
CAN'T gain, it's early hnes?
Could It bear the winter dews?
Butthy tears and care might give
Ssrepgth: to. .Emid flowers that live.
Mourn the living, but not the dead
Plant gay:howefs above their bed
Sing for songs are, for the blest;
Smile, for peaceful is their rest;
! For their songs once cheered ouridreams,
And their smiles gave hope its beams.
Mourn the living, not the dead.
Sigh not for the early fled.
Rather weep for those whom, death
Leaves to breathe LIES poison ed breath.
Weep for sad hearts round thee here
Heaven claims not asighs or tear.
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INDIAN SUPERSTITION ABOUT THUN-
>DER.-Almost all the tribes in the Unit.
ed States believed the thunder to be pro-
cured by the wings of a great bird, and
that the lightning was the serpents that
were inevitably connected with tho
thunder bird. Among the ancient tribes
of the Mississippi valley the thunderer,
therefore, soon became thunder god,
who could be propitiated with sacrifices.
The Illinois Indians offered up small
dog when child happened to be sick
upon day when there was much thun.
der, supposing the latter to be the cause
of the malady. Many incidents, like
conAagrations, we're attributed to this
angry god, and some tribes did bloody
penance in Precipitation, often burning
to death their own children. Statements
that the Indians adored the thunder,
however, seem to be erroneous. 1t was
the cause of the thunder that they wor-
shipped, and before which they burned
tobacco and buffalo meat, or cut off the
joints of their fingers or threw their
children into the fire when they were
OHtTCOue Will ledT. Iuc tIuFlauo Hdu
as an idol stone that had been split by
the lightning. They offered it gold and
silver. The natives of Honduras burned
cotton seed when it thundered. Other
southern tribes made no sacrifices on the
approach of storm, but abased them.
selves in the most abject fear. The wild
rice being aquatic and looking like an
arrow or spear, it is also attributed to
the thunder spirit as its origin. In
Mexico great temples were built upon
the sacred spots we're lightning had
struck. Afcurious notion among Peru
vians was that. the preserved bodies of
twin children who died in infancy
should be worshipped, supposing that one
of them was the son of the thunder, the
origin of this idea being the fact that
the thunder god of that people was one
of the celebrated twins of Apocatequin
and Piquerad. The tradition was utiliz-
ed by Pizarro's missionaries to teach
the Indians the doctrine of the Trinity.
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"Because am sick of reading in the
papers that every fellow who has little
shooting scrape belongs 10 one of the
most respectable families in the country.
Just put it down, for once. that one Of
the parties to the unfortunate affair be-
longs to highly disreputable family. If
you don't put it that way you will wish
vou bod -
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Feb &c, 1850

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No disease OF Ill health can possibly long exist
where Ilor B.tcrs ore used, so varied anu perfect
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They si,o llfo ead r!ssr 10 The aged and lnhr'
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No matte. what your feel, q or symptoms arc.
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A full.bearded grandfather recently
bad his beard shaved of, showing clean
face for tile first time for number of
years. At the dinner table his little
three year.old granddaughter noticed it,
gazed long. with wondering eye, and
finally calculated, Grandfather, whose
head YOU got on ?"o