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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-08

PEAR BLlGHT.-lt has been shown by
careful microscopic examination In its
earliest stages that the disease Is caused
by minute fungus which develops
In the bark and penetrates inwardly,
destroying the cell structure rs 1t pro-
ceeds. The fungus Is SO small that the
distinguished Investigator, DR.. j. Glib
bens Hunt, undor a powerful micro
scope, could not distinguish the spc-
oies; but this Is Of no consequence.
This being the cause Of the disease, the
preventive is obvious. Any ono who
is in a neighborhood liable to blight
can have immunity by washing his
trees annually with pure linseed oil,
sulphur wash or other other things that
will kill Il fungold spore without In
jury to the bark. or course spores may
get into q crcvice where the washes
cannot reach, and hence there may be
somo cases where, even though the
trees be washed, thcro will be disease.
The cause Of the disease has been so
clearly demonstrated and the remedy
81 patent, that cases Of "iirc blight"
only prove ignorance or neglect.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-08
AaRIOULTURE.

The UsE OF BROAD WHEELs.-The
authorities Of many foreign countries
have power to regulate the width Of the
wheels of vehicles that run over tho
public highways. They discriminate
III favor Of broad wheels, because they
10 less injury to tho road-beds, which
are constructed in tho most approved
and scientific manner. No civilized
country has as poor roads as the United
States. If we may credit our best au-
thority on this subject. Still, little or
nothing has been done In any State to-
ward preventing them from becoming
worse by the employment Of wheels
that have such narrow rims that they
cut Into the earth whenever they sustain
heavy weight. Recently committee
of the Massachusetts Lee gislature, after
a long investigation OF the subject, re-
commended the passing of law max
ing the use Of broad tires compulsory
on all vehicles except stages, omni-
buses, hacks, family and pleasure car
rjages. Three years are allowed to
shall become compulsory. After that
time wagons drawn by one beast will
be required to have felloes not less than
three lnches wide; those drawn by two
beasts must have wheels not less than
four inches wide, and if drawn by more
than two animals the wagon must have
wheels at least five inches In width.
Two-whceled vehicles drawn by .one
beast are to have wheels five inches
wide, and if drawn by more than ono
beast wheels at least six Inches In
width. The proposed measure looks
simply to tho preservation Of the road
bed of highways. As might be sup
posed, there is II good deal of opposi-
tion to the bill. Some Of the farmers
declare that 1t was proposed by wagon
makers. Men engaged in teaming as a
business also oppose it. They think
that property owners should keep the
roads In repair, and that they should
be allowed to regulate tho width Of
their wagon wheels according to their
own ideas Of economy.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-08
16S

y erry Crate and Baskets. Hest and cheapest
Buffalo. n. Y.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09

$500 j !. J. : J D !. !: !. !.
~7AA A MONTHgusranteed.
g day at home made by the
Industrious. Capital not re-
quired we will start you
Men, women. boys and girls
make money faster at work
for Us than at any thing else.
The work Is light and pleas.
ant, and such as any one can 90 right at. Those
who are wise who see this notice win send Us
their addresses st ence and see for themselves.
Coatly outfit and terms free Now is the time.
Those already st work are laying up large sums
Of money. Address TRUE 3 CO., Augusta.
Maine. 15S7-SS
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09
Baron Rothschild.s Maxims.

Attend carefully to the details of your
business.
Be prompt in all things,
Consider well, then decide positively
Dare to do right fear to do wrong.
Endure trials patiently,
Fight Iife's battles bravely, manfully.
Go not in society of the vicious.
Hold integrity sacred.
Injure not another's reputation OF bust
ness.
Join hands only with the virtuous.
Keep your mind from evil thoughts.
Lie not for any consideration.
Make few acquaintance.
Never Try to appear what you are not
Observe good manners
Paw your debts promptly.
Question not the veracity Of a friend.
Respect the counsel of your parents.
Sacrifice money rather than principle.
Touch not, taste not, handle not iutOxi
eating drinks.
Use your leisure time for improve
ment.
Venture not on the threshold Of wrong
Watch carefully over your passions.
'Xtend to every one kindly salutation
Yield not TO discOuragements.
Zealously labor for the right
& success is certain.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09
Mr.. Jay Gould's Personal Habits
From the St Louis Republican.

From the st Louis Republican.
Mr.. Gould's millions now crowd
close to those of Vanderbilt. lie Is
a man OF finer texture than the oil
Commodore's son. He doesn't run
to fine houses, costly stables, aud
blooded steeds. At night, when he
dismisses his operators from the tel
egraph offices IN his own house III
Fifth Avenue, and enters up in lit
tie book the telegraphic reports Of
the receipts of the various railroads
which be owns, he does not 90 to a
club to carouse, to banquet to
steam up with champagne, or to a
theatre he retires to the recesses of
a peaceful library, and, with his
young sons about him, reads the Lat
in classic, the world forgetting, but
not by the world forgot-by large
majority. The next morning early
he has the telegraph doing lightning
service. and he is sending an electric
shock through Wall street as soon
as the bulls and bears come into that
field for pasture. Mr.. Gould is a
liberal man, although when he makes
a bequest he does not have the in
formation written in manifold and
sent to all the newspapers. The
first news New York had of his gift
to the Memphis sufferers of $4,000
came from Memphis, as did the news
of the second gift of $4,000.
Mr.. Gould, being a small man of
little physical prowess, is naturally
not disposed to put bimsclf reckless
ly in the way of the horns of the
bulls and the claws of the bears.
There are some men in Wall street,
as Mr.. Gould has reason to know,
who wish to resent their losses with
their fists, and are disposed to fol-
low Major Selover's example and de-
spatch him bodily down into a con-
venient area. Accordingly, Mr..
Gould keeps his Office guarded by a
stout Irishman, who prevents the in
trusion of visitors, and he has usually
a private way to get out into the
street. He has, too, it is said, big
Italian bookkeeper who accompanies
him on many of his business trips
about town, and stands ready to. pro-
tect his millionaire employer.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09
Important Decision.
From the Norwalk Conn Gazette.


The somewhat celebrated case of
Kirkland VS.. Hotchkiss, relating to
the taxation of mortgages on real es-
tate outside of the State, has at last
been settled by decision of the
United States Supreme Court. The
case in question is that a citizen of
Woodbury. who protested against
the execution of the State law tax
ing money loaned on mortgage of
real estate in Illinois. The case was
carried to the Supreme Court in this
State, where a decision was rendered
against the plaintiff, who appealed
to the United States Supreme Court
where the case has been pending for
some time. The final decision has
been rendered, the opinion being
written by Justice Harlan, and sus-
tains the view taken by the State
court. The decision is that the To-
cality of the debt is not affected for
taxable purposas by the fact that it
is secured by mortgage upon real es-
tate in another State. So far as the
State is concerned the debt is located
at the creditors residence and is sub
jeet to the State laws covering such
cases. The discretion of the State
as to the taxation of such property
is not subject to Federal supervision
or control, because such taxation vio-
lates no provision of the Federal
constitution. A very large amount,
probably amounting to millions of
dollars, is loaned by citizens of this
State upon Western securities, and
the decision of this case has been
looked forward to with much inter
est. 1t now becomes, or rather re-
mains, question of individual hon
esty in making returns to the assess
ors. Had the decision been other
wise it would have largely reduced
the revenues of the State. The case
has been ably argued on both sides,
and it is a satisfaction to know that
it has finally been settled.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09
GRANT AN ERO.

From the Virginia City New Chronicle
William Thompson, a tall, thin
gentleman, with nose like rail
road spike and the entire catechism
written on his narrow cOuntenance,
was arrested this morning on com
plaint of a man with a head like an
apple dumpling, aud a belly ike a
bullion retort. Mr. Thompson ex-
planned the situation to judge Moses
thus
"Abaout sundaown last evenin'
Squire, this man and | had little
talk ahaout politics. Pm Grant
man, Squire-fust, last and from
there on. l spoke my heart right
aout abaout Grant, Squire-well now
| Jest did. | dew think there never
want nobody like him him on this
airth below. l pinted aout that all
the kings and emperOrs and sich
was of nv way of thinkin', tew.
Then this man spoke up, and sez he,
'Gran's a Nero-that's what he is. ,
"a what - sez l. "A Nero sez he.
W,n, gosh all hemlock ! if didn't
feel all nv po'k-an2beans rile right
mp. aud afore / knowed what / was
dewin, | hit him, Squire-I did
and l want o pay for the blessed
privilege right here. Its cheap,
if it cost a hull dollar"
"NIy remawk was complimentary,
sir" cried the little man with the
bulging front, his dumpling of a
face as raw Leefsteak with wrath.
"Do Won mean to compare Gener-
al Grant with the Roman Emperor
that saved gas bills by tarring Chris
tians and firing them mp around his
premises ?" inquired the Court
''with the heartless tyTant, sir, that
fddled while Rome was burning,
sr."
"Lord bless my soul, no l'' exclam-
ed the man. 81 sez to this ERE chap
as 'ow Grant was an zero, and e hup
and let me ave it"
''There he goes ag'in !" cried Mr..
Thompson, starting from his seat;
The Court, smiling, begged MIR.
Thompson to be calm. The gentle
man was evidently English. A he
ro was what he meant to say.
"Certainly, an 'ero," said the lit
tie man, who was greatly mystifed
when his late enemy suddenly roar
ed with laughter, and with hearty
"Well, naow, dew tell ! What a tar
nal fool l be p reached out and
grasped his hand.
The joke had to be written down
before the red faced man could un-
derstand it, and then he offered to
fight "hennybody ere as says that
hi hindulge hin that hexceedingly
vulger 'abit of dropping my matches.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09

One dav, children, when the me-
nagerie had been quiet for loEg
time the hyena was looking so lone
some and desolate that the elephant
said he reminded him of ''the howl
of wilderness every time he spoke.
"You can't prove it" said the hyena.
"You pelican" said the elephant,
which was neither good English,
good grammar nor good fun, and
nobody laughed but the elephant.
81 gnu you'd say thgt," said the pos
sum. "Hello, old Tail holt" said
the elephant, "don't you know it's
no consequence what you think in
this show?" The bison interfered
here and said the 'possum might
not be a very harty-beast, but he had
a right to speak if" "Well, well,
old buffaloloafer," laughed the ele-
phant, q reckon you're here as the
bisonifcation of justice, are you,you
old bison of a gun. I'd like to
see anybody pull the wool over your
eyes" The bay mule down in the
corner here remarked that he'd like
to see anybody pull the wool on the
end of his tail, but nobody let on
they heard him. Then wnen the
eagle tried to say something the ele-
phant asked him if he hadn't just
got off Sixth ward political trans
parency, and then said he remember
ed seeing him on a BARRIERS pole.
Then the bear spoke up and said
they's had enough of that nonsense,
and the elephant told him he'd bet
ter haul himself inside the hat store
before it rained, and asked if soft
felt would be much worn this win
ter. And then finally got the mon
key to crying by calling him Mr..
Darwin and telling him he looked
enough like a man to run for Con-
gress. And in little while he had
the menagerie in such an uproar
that the lights had to be put out and
the people sent home. Laud yes,
children, the trouble they used to
have with the elephant no tongue
can tell. He was always such
tease.-Hd1gkeQe.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09
Hints for HOusekeepers.

Plaster of Paris mixed with gum
arabic water makes an excellent
white cement, but must be used i'm
mediately as it hardens quickly. A
mixture of five parts gelatine to one
of acid chromate of lime, applied to
broken edges which should be press
ed together aud exposed to the sun
light, makes an insoluble cement.
To whiten walls scr9pe off all old
whitewash, and wash the walls with
solution of two ounces of white
vitrol to four gallons of water. Soak
quarter of a pound of white glue
in water for twelve hours; drain
and place in a tin pail, cover with
fresh water and set the pail in a
kettle of boiling water When
melted, stir into the glue eight
pounds of whiting, and water enough
to make a mixture as thick as com
mon whitewash. Apply evenly
with a good brush; if the walls are
very yellow, blue the water slightly
by squeezing in it a flannel bag con
tanning some powdered blue.
To clean mating wash with So
luton of one pint Of salt to four gal
Ions of water, and wipe dry imme-
diately.
To clean oil cloths, wash always
with warm milk. Once in six months
scrub with hot soapsuds, dry thor
oughly, and apply a coat Of varnish.
They viii last as long again.
A little kerosene added to stove
polish improves the luster. Apply
while the iron is warm.
To remove spots from furniture,
take four ounces of vinegar, two of
sweet oil, and one of turpentine
mix and apply with a flannel cloth.
Gum camphor wrapped in paper
aud laid around sugar barrels will
disperse ants.
Use kerosene and bath brick or
lime 10 scour zinc, tin or copper;
wash in hot suds, and polish with
dry whiting.
To give glass great brilliancy, wash
with a damp sponge dipped in spir-
It's, then dust with powdered blue or
whiting, tied in a thin muslin bag
and polish with chamois cloth.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09
LINIMENTS

have relieved more bed-ridden Grip
pies; healed more hightfu1 wounds,
and saved more valuable animals than
all other liniments, ointments, oils, extracts,
plasters and sO-called pain killers" and
skin cures" combined.
Physicians and Veterinary Surgeons en-
dOrset the Centaur Liniments millions
of men, women and children in all countries
use them, and Housekeepers. Farmers,
Planters. Travellers. Liverymen, Teamsters
and Stock-groWers, are their patrons. They
are clean, they are handy, they are cheap,
and they are reliable. There is no ache,
pain, or swelling which they will not alle-
Viate. subdue, or cure. Sold throughout
THE HABETABLE GLOBE
for so cts. and S1.O0 bottle. Trial
bottles, 25 cts.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09
INVENTORS.
PATENT ATFOREEYs,
PATENTS

obtaiDed for new inventions, or for improvements
IN old ones. Caveats add all patent business
promptly attended to.
INVENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REJECT
I'D may still, in most cases, be patented by us.
Being opposite the o. S. Patent once, and en-
gagged in PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY,
We can secure patents in Hess time than those
who are remote from Washington and who must
depend upor the mails In all transactions with
the Patent ONCE.
When Inventors send model or sketch we make
patentab biltty FREE OF CHARGE. Correspondence
CONFIDENTIAL, prices low, and NO CHARGE UN-
LESS PATENT is OBTAINED.
We refer to Hon. Postmaster General D. NJ.
Key Rev. T. D. Power. to officials in the Q. S.
Patent Once, ana especially to our clients in
every State OF the Union and in Canada. For
special references. terms, advice, &C., Address
G. A. SNOW& CO.,
OPFosITE PATENT OFFIcE, WASHINGTON, D. c..
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09

The universal public
W071t, IN Life assurance
a Policy that will be
certainly paid at Daat1C-
Tity, and UhOSe terms
are definite and clear.
I. ThrouShOut the
United States, the old
and nezO policies alike,
Oftbe Equitable Life .AS-
SUTGDce SOciety0rena0de
mcOntestG6Le after three
years from their date.
9. Each ordinary pol
icy pTOUides for a de13-
mite S1G7TendeT-U0JUe in
paid up insurance, in
case the policy Is forfeit
ed after three years from
its date. f.
8. Each Toatine policy
contains q definite sur
re71deT-U0LUe IN cash, in.
case of withdrawal at
the end of the T0ntine
period.
4. The contract Is con-
.ciSeIy and clearly eU-
pressed, cO7otDiVi7lS only
such provisions as are
necessary to protect tbe.I
POLicy-hOJdeFS.
By the nez0f form of policy
adopted by the Equitable |
Life Assurance Society, tbeI
certainty of payment Is
made q GpGrt of the contract,
and PoJicy-bOlderS are not
left in doubt.
The Equitable Life ASSJC7'-
G7oce Society BOJO possesses
accumulated assets, secure
Iy Invested, GD1OtntjR6 to
Thirty -Sir Millions of Dol
lars. This provides for UU
liabilities (in Which term is
included the "ReSerOe" re-
qICjred6y Ia1UJ and Le0UeS q
surplus of Seven millions,
o. strength ltDeqICGILed 5y
either of the ace
of the Equitable, or older.
The Be1O business of the
Equitable Society has, for
the last eight years 1UerG6-
ed larger than that of any
other company, and has
largely Increased during
the present year.
For full particulars ap-
~ Henry FaSsett, Agent.
AsHrABULA, 0.
C.. b. GAY. Manager,
2Os Superior Street,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09

How TO CURE A SORE THROAT
Gone who has tried it" communi-
Gates the following seasonable item
about curing sore throats: 'Let
each one of your half million readers
buy at any drug store one ounce of
camphorated oil and FIVE cents worth
of cholorate of potash. Whenever
any soreness appears in the throat,
put the potash i'll half a tumbler of
water, and with it gargle the throat
thoroughly, then rub the neck thor
oughly with the camphorated oil at
night before going to bed, and also
pin around the throat a small strip
of wooden flannel. This is a simple,
cheap and sure remedy. +
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09
Catarrha
POI $50 N

Wei De Meyers Treatise on Ca
tarrh, explains the following important facts
l. That Catarrhal Colds become a
poisonous infection, at first local, and
finally constitutional.
2. That, being Constitutional the infection
is beyond the reach of mere local
remedies.
8. That impurities in the nostrils, are
necessarily swallowed into the stomach
and inhaled into the lungs, thus poison
ing the Digestive, Respiratory and Genito-
urinary organs.
4. That Catarrhal virus follows the
mucous membrane and causes Deafness,
Dyspepsia, Chronic Diarrhea, Bronchitis,
Leucorrhea, and Consumption.
5. That Smokes, Douehes, Inhalations,
and InsOlublo Snufs, cannot possibly
remove infectious Inflammation from the or
gans named.
6. That an antidote for Catarrh must
possess an inocu1ative affinity for, and the
quality of being absorbed by, the purulent
mucous wherever located.
Based upon these plain theories,
DR.. Wei De Meyers Catarrh Cure
has proved to be infallible. 1t not only re-
1ieVes, it cures Catarrh at any stage.
Home testimony:
Cured Cured ! Cured CuredI
W. D. wooDs, 4s7 Broadway, N Y, Cured of
Chronic Catarrh.
FL. HAsLETT, $50 Broadway, N. 7, y'rs Catarrh.
G. L. BRUSH, 44S Broadway, N Y, 10 yrs Catarrh.
s. BENEDICT, Jr., Jeweler, 697 Broadway, N. Y,
Qady friendl, cured Of Chronic Hay Fever.
Mrs. EMMA C. HowRs, SO W. Washington
Square, N. Y, cured Of 80 years Chronic
Catarrh.
Rev. GEO. A RE1s, 100 Jay ST., Brooklyn. at
restored me to my ministerial labors.'
Rev. CHAs. ]. JONES, New Brighton, s. /
"WoTth ten times the cost"
Rev. ALEX. FREES, Cairo N. Y "It has worked
wonders in six cases in my parish"
L. F. NEWMAN, 805 Fulton St, Brooklyn, cured
of 4 years Chronic Catarrh.
Mrs. ]. SwARTz. JR., 2GO Warren St, Jersey
City, cured Of IS years Chronic Catarrh-
&C. &C. &C. &C. &C.
A real cure for this terrible malady, is
the most important discovery for the relief of
human suffering. since vaccination. Wei
De Meyers Catarrh Cure is sold BY all
Druggists. or delivered by D. B. DEWEY
& Co., 46 Dey St., N. Y. for SI.50 package.
To Clubs, six packages for S7.50. DR..
Wei De Meyers Treatise, with full
explanations and overwhelming proofs, is
Postpaid and sent free to anybody.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09

A Dutchman writes to the Butler
Eagle ''to sthop mine paper" and
adds to the ten thousand other ex-
ouses which people make for doing
so, the following novel one "My
wife sits me down to write dis letter
to you for mine paper to sthop. She
vas so mad ven you gives dose pig
folks buff ven dey gets a leetle
paby. Now we, dot is my wife, got
a good many papies sence we take i
your paper. and you says not things
about it. Why, Mr.. Ed, we gets 2
all the same dimes at once. | vas
SURPRISED ven dere vas two comes to-
gedder, and dot the old woman vas
peside herself. But she is better now
as she never vas; und pesides dis We
got pig calf and lots of oder dings
for your paper, and you never say
notings about dem"
The report Of the British postoffice
department mentions, among the articles
sent through the mails, dormouse, four
white mice, two goldfnches, lizard, and
blind-worm, all alive; cutlery, medi-
cine, varnish, ointments, perfumery, ar
ticles of dress, a stoat, a squirrel, fish,
leeches, frogs, beetles, caterpillars, and
vegetables. Many of these being pro-
hibited articles, were sent to the re-
turned-letter office. A snake, about
yard in length, which had been COM
mitted to the post for transmission in
box, was observed to be at large on the
floor of one of the night mail-sorting
carriages on the London and North
western railway. After a good deal of
confusion and interruption to work it
was killed. A small box which reached
the returned-letter office in Liverpool
was found, on being opened, to contain
eight living snakes.
The two most precious things on this
side of the grave are our reputation
and our life. But it is to be lamented
that the most contemplate whisper
may deprive us Of the one, and weaken
the other. A wise man, therefore, will
be more anxious to deserve a fair name
than TO possess it, and this will teach
him so to live as not to be afraid to die.
How is it possible to expect that man
kind will take advice, when they will
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09
AM LETTER
! Distinguished Physician.
SAEFORD'S RADICAL CURE

MAY safely claim 20 be one Of the few popular
M remedies receiving the approval OF meolc9i
gentlemen who. IN private, not only freely recon-
mend It but use ft IN their families In preference
70 any Of the preparations usually prescribed oy
physicians.
You are aEare /" said distinguished city ply;
eician " that my obligations TO the Mass Aedlcai
Society are such that cannot PUBLICLY reconlIleh4
or prescribe the Radical Cure but since received
90 much relief from the us5 OF u myself sIter .
thorough trial OF the usual remedies have prl-
Tafely advised its use. and presume haFe sent 20
your store no less than one hundred OF my paients
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-09
UNIVERSAL GITISFACTIOE.
91IGOLLIHS'I
VOLTALG PLASTER
ELECTRICITY

In EIectrO-Galyuuic Battery combined
Eith a highly Medlcated 6trenEtheutng
Plaster forming the best Plaster for
aims and aches in the World Of Medis