Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-11-11


! Az The funoral OF d weaithy Ohinatnots in
Som Ftanoisoo the 80 Git. was elevated sonS d
i platform i'm. the street. apd around ~ The
priests, mouriers, q ld}bands ofmasio fnarcli.
ed for hours.f i sS
A dotiug mother labeled her preserves
aaPut up by Mrs. d." Her son ate them
and wrote on tho, labels,t "put down b,
Johnny D."
81 assure you, gentlemen" said the oon
yict upon entering the prison, "t6at tbt
place has sought me, aud not | the place
My own affairs really demanded all my time
and attention, and / may truly say that my
selection to fill this position was an ssntire
surprise. Had consulted my own inter
ests ] should have peremptoriiy declined to
servo, but as am in tho hands of my
ffiende, I see no other course butto submit" !"
And he submitted.
At the base CT that 'highest point 10
the Rocky Mountains, whoreon in 1848
Fremont planted tho Amerioan flag, and
mado for himself u once fau,ous campaign
ory. is Canyon city, with pretty streets and
gardens of fruit trees.
The smallest bell Of Cologne cathedral
received few months ago serious injury.
It WIS takon down and sent to Gosses foun.
dry at Dresden to DO reoast. It had been
originally cast in I4lS, aud had already
been recast twico. The court organist, says
that tho tone is now perfect. There
arc three other bells. Ono is a great
"Kalserglocko," the ohcif insredints Of
whose metal come from tho French cannon
taken at Sedan. The two others are COM
paraiively old.
LIKE PRoDUcEs LlKE.--Many years
ago, aud in period of our agricultural
history when new varieties Of any farm
crop we're extremely rare, on obscryaut
farmer Of Pennsylvania, acting on the
principle that perfect grain can only be insur.
cd by using perfect seed, originated supe
rior variety Of whcat, which, ho namod
"barroi wheat" This he did by holding
tho sheaves of wheat in his hand by the
butts and. beating the tops over u barrel.
The large, plump, perfect grains, would fly
out, aud mono others. This whoat was
used as seed, aud the same practice to
procure seed being followed few years
produced what seemed 10 be a new variety
of wheat, but what WAS only the result of
practical application Of tho natural law Of
selecting tho fittest. This anecdote is
practical illustration of useing none but
the very bost for seed. Unripc, small
potatoes are unfit for seod and so are
hollow, overgrown tubers Tho former are
weak and imperfect; the latter abnormal
monsters, uuhcalthy.- Konscs Farmer.
We are glad to take the followiag from
late number of the S. S. Times, about
the late venerable, and now vcneratcd DR..
Plumer:
Among tho memories of his public Scr
vices there comes to many tho thought of his
interview with Mr.. Moody, in the midnight
watoh-mcetiug in the old Depot Church of
Philadelphia, at The ushcrng in of tho
American Centennial year-lS76 There
were twelve thousand persons present. 1t
was useless to attempt an inquiry meeting
10 tho ordinary way; so Mr.. Moody called
on DIR. Plumcr TO answer u, series of
questions oa tho vital subject of personal
salvation before the hushed and waiting
multitude. 1t was M hour Of rare socm-
nifty; and the wildly circulated record of it
has been means of good Of many. There
was beautiful simplicity and dircotness 10 all
the answers of DR.. Plumc-,au Que of thom
showed the measure of hiS love as
dieciple-a love ,ast is warmcNssaow than
ever. 81 don't feel that | love Christ
enough" said Mr.. Moody. "And you
never will" responded D.. Pumer. '.To
all eternity you will never love him as much
os ho deserves to be loved.
"llad | ten thousand tongues,
Not one should silent DO.
Had ten thousand thousand hearts,
I'd give them all to thcc.'
Dr. PIuncr was frequent contributor to
the columns of the Sunday School TINES
Ouly a short time ago Eo wrote Of his
unsettled plaus, and Of his absence IRON
his books at present. "Iud I home, /
should love to write on Gencais," ho said.
lie has home now; and in it he realizes
the full blcsscdncss of that salvation OF
which he told so earnestly whio here.
Yellow corn is better in all ways for ami
mails, as it contains greater amount of oily
matter than, white corn.
Ono of tho best things in the world to.