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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-27

house and the stono; party probabl,
Legare's. ''s"'
July S.--.nemy known to have alto
gether abandoned James Island. and onr
city to be safe for the present.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-27

AN ACT to aid and encourage Immi-
grafton into this State, by returning
the amount Of Taxes paid bv Tmmi-
grants upon all Real Estate purchased
BY them, and upon the Capital used in
improvements thereon, except tie two
mill School Tax, for q period of five
wears, and by authorizing the Depart
ment of Agriculture to use the Funds
ander its control, in its discretion, for
that purpose.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House
of REPRESENTATIVES. of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen.
eral Assembly, and by the authority Of
the same:
SEcI On L. That Oh and after the pas
sage of .his Act, for the purpose of in
ducing immigration to this State, any
and oil persons who. may hereafter
remove into this State for the purpose Of
becoming residents thereof and citizens
of the same, and upon satisfactory proof
furnished to the Comptroller General of
this State of his or their purpose to SO
make this State kis or their home, shall
be e,.itled to receive from the treasury
of the State, annually, n sum equal to
the aggregate amount of State taxes, less
two mills to be used for school purposes,
which shall be exclusively so applied,
which shall be levied and collected upon
any and all real estate purchased by said
immigrant of person moving into this
State, in any city, town or county with
in this State, and used as residence or in
connection Herewith, and upon the capi-
tal which may be invested in the i'm
provement and development of said real
estate, not to exceed in value tho sum
Of $500, by the said immigrant or
fixed said person moving into this
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17
Pruning Forest Trees.

The proper manner of proceeding with the
pruning of forest trees, as they are newly lifted
from the nursery, and preparatory to planting
them out, is to shorten all the larger branches
that have the appearance of gaining strength
upon the top or leading shoot of the Young trees.
This shortening of the larger branches ought to
he done in such n manner As to leave only from
one-half TO two-thirds of their whole length re-
manning, with, if possible, few small twiss
upon each, in order to the more readily elab-
crate the sap ii rises in the spring; aud in this
state the young trees may be planted with
the greatest assurance of success. The great adj
vantage of this method of pruning Young trees
is that when the sap rises them the first sum-
mer after planting, there being a regular supply
of small proportionable branches along the main
stem, leaves are formed, and sap is drawn mp
regularly to every part Of 4 tree, consequently
the tree maintains equal Vigor throughout.
Were all the branches left upon the young trees,
the roots from the effects Of the removal, would
not be able to supply the whole with due nour-
ishment, and the consequence would very likely
be that the plants would generally be much
checked in their growth for the first season or
two, and some would lie down TO the ground le-
vel, from which part of the trees numerous young
shoots would issue, much in the same manner as
they do from the cut part Of those trees that have
been oyer-pruned.
1t is now a well ascertained truth among all
practical foresters, that when young tree is in
a vigorous state ofsrowth, aud the wood full of
sap, previous to its having made any heartwoOd,
any branch may he taken off without doing the
least injury to it, Ii is therefore Just at this age
of the existence of tree that il eau with Ger
tainty be made to do well or otherwise, aecor
ding rs il is attended toto give the top the
lead in the growth, 10 check the stronger branch
es, and to give the tree the shape it may be de-
sired it should have when it attains its full age.
canada Farmer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17
Turpentine.


In the practitioner, DIR. +. r. Hogg is quoted as
speaking in praise of turpentine as a medical
remedy, saying: at is valuable in hemorrllase of
the nose, lungs, bladder, uterus, kidney, stonI-
ach, skin, and bowels; it is an anthelmintic, d.
uretic, diaphoretc, stimulant, rebufacient, coun-
ter-irritant and sedative; but, unfortunately. it
is extremely unpalatable, unless combined with
crcosote rosemary, or oil of almonds; it may
indnce nausea, perhaps cause cerebral irritation
when given in excess, OF even strangury. Fatal
cases are rare. Lucifer match makers, by wear
ing little smelling bottles of turpentine around
their necks imagine immunity from phosphorus
poisoning. Cholera, it is said, avoids the pine
forests of Norway and Sweden; while Scotch
frs are antagonistic to diphtheria, and in other
parts of the world TO whooping cough, hay-fever,
and phthisis In North Carolina, when qninine
ran short, the local APPLICATION of turpentIne re-
lieved the paroxysm of Ague 1t has proved of
the greatest service in some fever cases; three
drachm doses in whisky punch having saved
many lives. IL is an effectual remedy i'll tape
worm, and very serviceable in perpetual fever
in diarrhea, and in iritis.n
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17

Now is the time for gathering seeds, prcpara-
tory to raising forest tree seedlings next year.
As the cost OF gathering and sowing the seeds
and cnltivatiug the plants is hut trile rs conf
pared with the prices demanded for the Young
trees by the nurSerymen, and there is tine posi-
BILE delay in the delivery, heavy freight charges,
and the risk of injury by transfer, il is 10 the
farmers interest to raise his own seedlings. With
proper care and attention. there is but little
son why the novice in tree-raising' should be
obliged to record any more failures than the pro-
fessional, the first and most importan; step being
to procure the seeds at the proper time and 10
preserve them carefully until the season for SOW
ing them arrives.
Some of our forest tree seeds Will retain their
vitality but short time after maturing, and, of
necessity. such should be sown very soon after
they reach maturity. IT. this class come the elms
and the red and silver naples, which ripen their
seeds in summer; but the seeds of various other
kinds, those of the nut-bearins trees. need not
be planted until spring. In fact, it is better to
preserve such over winter, on account of the nu-
merous insects, vermin and small animals which
prey upon the seeds nuts, and in the spring
they may be sown like vegetable seeds the
depth of covering TO depend on the size of the
seed planted.
For preservation through the winter hard
shelled nuts, sueh rs the hickory and butternut,
may be mixed with ordinary soil and left in
heaps out-of-doors; but ehestnuts, beechnuts,
acnruS etc, after the outer shell is removed
should be spread out in the shade until they feel
dry; then place them in shallow boxes with al
ternate layers of clean sand, and when cold wea-
Their comes, bury them in dry place about six
inches deep. This is done TO keep the contents
moist and a; an even temperature. The more
delicate seeds of the magnolia Eastwood, ETC.,
may be preserved in the same manner. We close
as we began, by saying that now is the time to
begin the work.-RRru! Nc5r Yorker.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17
A Remedy for Scarlet Fever.

DIR. f. Woodruff, nineteen years praetieing
physician at Grand Rapids, Michigan, furnishes
the Springfield, (Ill.) BepEblieda the following
.'Wash the child from head to foot with strong
salsoda water, warm, then wipe dry. Then i'm
mediately battle freely with oil from beef marrow
or from butter, applied freely. Then give freely
catnip tea, or some good sweating article, pen
nyrOyal, etc. Repeat every half hour, or as
often as they get worrisOme OF wakeful, and in
one or two days they will be entirely cured. l
have been called TO eases where they have been
fully broke out and in this way entirely cured
them in twenty-four hours. / have had thirty
eases hand at time, and never lost a case
in my life. But now / am old and about 10 give
up my business, and seeing from the papers that
your town is infected with the epidemic wish
TO do all the good can. 1t is SO simple. You
do not need TO call doctor. A good nurse can
attend to them. Ifby opening the pores of the
skin, and sweating, you can let of the poison,
which is an animalcula, or animal i'll the blood,
the cure is complete. The same is equally good
in fevers of all kinds, hard colds and coughs.
take the ground that all diseases are caused by a
stoppage of the pores of the skin, retaining the
poison, or living animals, in the blood, and all
you have to do at first is to open the doors of the
system and let them out, or drive them ont. All
people know n warm bath is good. But You ap-
ply the oil to the skin, and it keeps the pores
open for a long time. and gives the enemy
chance to get out. / hope all will try it, and
they will soon be convinced
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17
Eurrender of Cornwallis

''Would you like to print somethin' about the
surrender at Yorktown, by an eyewitness 7"
The speaker was little, dried up old man,
who had come into the sanctum and planked
himself down close by the editors chair.
"You don't mean to say that you witnessed
the surrender of Lord CORVALLIS, do You p
asked the editor.
'.Jesso. That's what mean to say, exactly.
Wouldn't think it to look at me now, would
Won. To be sure ! wasn't very old then-a
mere boy, you know-bnt can remember it jess
wells though twas yesterday. You see, / was
hangin' round Washington's headquarters good
deal, and the Ginsral took a sort o. fancy to me.
That mornin' he asked me to ride to Yorktown
with him, and see CORVALLIS hand over his corn
cutter..'
ellis corn cutterr
''Yes, that's what they call this sword, You
know. The Gineral rode over in n one-seated
gig, but was small then, as / told You, but
managed to stow myself under the seat, in the
feed-box. When we got to Yorktown, the Gin
eral rode right mp in front of CORVALLIS tent,
aud hollered. 'hallo.''
"Hallo YOURSELF said Corney, .iwhat do You
want ~ Then he stepped ont, and when he saw
who il was, he said: why, Washy, you're here
bright and airly, amt your
'...Yes,' said the Gineral, nothing like being
ON time. Have you got that toad-sticker handyr
'.That whatr
"Your cheese-toaster.'
"'oh, yes said Lord c.; lyon want my pad
lock-pickerr-
'''Yes, my Lord, your pumpkin-jabber.'
CAN right said Corney; won't You come in
and take a drink firstr
".No,' said the Gineral, giving me sly wink,
to show that he was too smart to be caught
with any Cannon, 'hain't got time, now
smother eyenin'.'
s'Then CORVALLIS went into his tent and
brought out a rcsty old sword, that he had car
red all through the Revolutionary war. 1t was
nicked good deal, for he had used it to split
kindin' with when there wasn't no axe handy.
IL was pretty shaky in the handle, and noticed
of. My Lord handed il to the Gineral, who ran
his finger along the edge, and asked how it came
to have many hicks in il.
s'I think it has been used to cut down one of
your fathers cherry trees said Lord Corn, with
ont cracking n smile.
then he said: Wasn't the pint broken off open
in tea chests in Boston Harborr
"It is little off, said CORVALLIS, like your
sword at Monmouth
THE Gineral didn't appear to notice the little
stab, but seemed to be closely examining the
handle. .'Handle's 4 little loose, amt it ?,
eyes said the British commander, but if
you amt in any particular hurry, I'll send if
back to my kingdom and have it newly handled
"'No,' said the Gineral, IF your king can't
handle swords better than he can handle these
ERE Colonies, it amt worth while
"sThen CORVALLIS and Washington both
laughed, and shook hands. ia, ta,' said the
Gineral.
"'See You later said Corney, and we drove
back to camp"
s'How much viii this be ~ asked the editor
s.Nothin' at ALL said the old mau, rising to
send TO my friends. Saturday Night will be the
only paper with n correct account of the surren-
der though" and he took his departure.-CiR-
ciHnaa SatHrdsy Night
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17

POISONOUS Stockholders and nurses cannot
be too careful about the soap they on the lit
tie ones. Few but physicians know how many
of the so-called skin diseases among children
are caused by the of aduterated, poisonous
soap. An analysis of several cakes of the pretty
and perfumed toilet soaps that are sold on the
streets showed the presence of ground glass, sol
uble glass, slick, pipe clay rotten stone, borax,
plaster of Paris, tin crystal, magnesia, pumice
stone, oatmeal, and other substances, which are
added to give the soap weight, hardness, tough
ness, or clearness. The common colOrings are
vermilion, Venetian red, and carmine, ultrama-
rine green, pot pigment green, copperas, Spanish
brown, ultramarine blue, red and scarlet ami
lines, and burnt lumber. Many Of the pertaining
ingredients, though harmless in themselves, be-
come chemically poisonous by admixture. Adj
ding the dangers from all these to the rancid,
diseased, Putrid, qualities of grease used, and
mothers may well be appalled, at the permanent
evils these neat-looking, delicate scented blocks
of toilet soap contain, ready to be released when
ever moistened and applied to the baby's body.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17
Where to Stack the Hav.

We have frequently urged the farmers to only
stack their hay at the barns and stables where
they would feed it out to the stock in the winter.
thus saving handling it a second time when
wanted for use, and placing it beyond the reach
of the possibility of high water and prairie fires
and the deep SHOWS of winter. Hay can never
he moved cheaply rs when it is made Had
our advice been taken, we would not hear of the
complaints now of so mach hay being under wa
ter. Ii is trne that farmers are very busy dur
ing the hay making season, but they will find,
in the long run, that it will pay them to stack it
where il is wanted to he fed ont. There was a
great deal of suffering last winter, -in many in
stances to the stock of farmers in this State, in
consequence of hay-stacks being walled in by
w-drifts.-MiRRsdpolis Tribune.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17
Our Strap Book.
NOVEMBER.
Ri JAMES @. cL.Kk.


The red sun gathers up his beams
To bid the withered earth farewell
And voices from the swelling streams
Are ringing with the evening bell;
The cold lake sobs with restless grief
Where late the water lilies grew
While Autumn fowl and Autumn leaf
Are saiiing down the river blue.
Forsaken are the woodland shripes.
The robin and the vIen have fed
And winds are vailing through the pines,
A dirge from Summers sisries dead;
Zen man forsakss his daily strife.
And muses. on the bright things flown,
As II In Nature s-changing life
he saw the picture Of bis own.
I often think. at this sad hour,
As evening veeps her earliest tear
And sunset gild- the naked bower
And waves are breaking cold and clear.
OF that glad time. Whose memory dwells
Like starlight DER LIES cloudy weather
W hen side by side. ruved the dells
OF proud New Engiand's coast together
Twas on old Piymouth's rock famed shore.
One calm November night with thee
Watched the long light trembling DER
The pillows Of the eastern sea
The weary day had sunk to rest
Beyond the lines Of leafiess wood
And guardian clouds. from south to west,
Auayed in hues Of crimson, stood.
We climbed the hill Of noble graves
Where the stern patriarchs Of the land
Seemed listening 10 the same grand waves
NJ Ihst freed them from their oppressor's hand;
We talked OF spirits pure and Kind
nth gentle forms and loving eyes;
OF happy homes we leff behind
In wales beneath the western skies-
A few brief days-and when the earth
Grew white around the travellers feet,
And bright tires blazed On every hearth,
We parted never more to meet,
TT0sel -. 81
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17
cHIoKY ME GRANNY CROW.
Ell MIS-. o. b. HEwErT.

''Chicky me, ehicky me, erany crow
A senselcss little jingle, / know;
Yet il dIifts along DER the dewy clover,
Soft and sweet, and over and over,
Soft and low, then clearer and clearer,
Throbbing along. nearer and nearer;
Happy and joyous the children 90,
Singing their ''Chieky me, crany crow"
II carries me back, happy rover;
Again live those sweet days over.
And Memory hack each Joy conveys;
Again live in those happy days,
When youthful love our hearts Was swelling.
And YOU. my Prince, ncer tired of telling
The same old story, soft ard low:
Il love you, Chicky me, crany crow"
WARMLY you elasped my little brown hand
How happy We roamed the Summerland,
Coming our lessons by vayside stream,
Dancing along where buttercups CLEAN,
Holding them up to orr dimplsd chin,
Striving ever the prizes To win.
II yuu spelled me down, you Whispered low,
I'm sorry, Chicky me. erany crow!
The years have given ms lessons new,
A grandrr work for our hands 20 do,
That endless is As the daisy -ehain
Yo1 wove for me In the shady lane.
Your heart. as ever. is brave and true
The Gods and the Fates have smiled on you:
Yet sometimes, know, when the sun sinks lo'
You whisper, 'Chicky me, erany erov
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17
IN SCHOOL-DAYS.
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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17

To MEASURE AN ACRE OF GRoUSD.-In meas
uring land, 30t square yards make one square
rod, and 40 square rods make one square rood,
four of which, or leo rods, make one acre. 1t is
evident, therefore, that 40 rods long by rods
wide will make an acre. The same result may
be arrived at by measuring 20 feet in length,
aud 19S feet in width, or by measuring 73i yards
in length by &C yards in breadth. To lay ont
an acre square, 209 feet on each side is the near
est amount that will make an acre, being less
than an inch each way over the exact distance
s. $50 superficial feet, or 20s9 80 feet each side
constitute an acre of ground.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17
I'm SCHOOL DAYS.
sreeEsrrp BY wHrrrIEE,s roKM.

seem TO sce the country road,
Where stands the school house olden;
Its western pancs and icy caves,
Lit up by suabeams golden.
The picture Of that boy and girl
Within my spirit fingers;
/ see her golden dropping head,
Her tiny restless fingers
Her face 80 full Of grief and love.
Her brown eyes shy expression,
And hear her fearful, childish voice,
Repeat its sweet confession.
0nr poet yet agnin has Touched
The chords Of deepest feeling;
Sweet mem'ries Of our childhood come,
Into our spirits stealing.
A priest of nature, he who tells
Her secrets uttered neverl
New England's hills, and wales and shores
Are linked with him forever.
Yet while within our greatful hearts
His noble words are ringing
We know. with joy, his daily life
Is sweeter than his singing.
And, listening to his song, We feel,
Though few may pass above him,
No heart his triumph can regret,
When all 40 truly love him.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17

An exchange gives the following simple ap-
plication for the toothache, on the principle, il
no cure, no charge for advice: If any of youl
readers suffer from toOthachc OF neuralgie alice
tions arising from teeth in any stage fdecay,
they may experience relief, instantaneous and
permanent, by saturating small bit OF clean
cotton or wool with a strong solution Of ammo
MIA, and apply il Immediately TO the affected
tooth. The pleasant contrast instantaneously
produced sometimes causes n fit of laughter, al
though a moment before extreme suffering and
anguish prevailed. have used the remedy for
over a year, and have obtained sufficient proof
to warrant publication.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17
THE cnorp.-The Paris letter in the last New

THE CRoUP.-The Paris letter in the last New
York Tribune closes with this paragraph:
A piece Of good news for mothers: DIR. Bou-
chut, experimenting on newly discovered phar-
maceutc vegetable product of Brazil, the juice
of the earica papaya, has ascertained that il
dissolyes the false membranes which obstruet
the throat of patient suffering from Group.
This substance is used in Brazil to give tender
ness to very fresh meat. Intestinal worms
plunged into a solution of it are soon reduced to
4 pulpy consistency. The famous savant Wurtz
has analysed DIR. Bouehut's new remedy for the
terrible malady which robbed Queen Victoria
last winter of her most interesting daughter, the
Princess Alice.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17

To wHITES FLASNEL-Flannel which has be-
come yellow with maybe whtened by put
ting il for some days in a solution of hard soap
TO which strong ammonia has been added. The
proportions given are one pound and half of
two-thiris of pound of ammonia. The same
object may be attained in n shorter time by pla-
cling the garments for quarter of an hour in a
weak solution of bisulphate of soda, to which
little hydrochloric acid has been added.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-17
THE LAP FULL OF NUTS.

whene'er see son hazel eyes
And nut brown eurls
i think Of those bright days spent
Among the Limerick girls;
When up through GrAtla woods | went
Nutting with thee,
And we plueked the glossy. clustering fruit
From many bending tree
Beneath the hazel boueh We sat
Thou, love. and l.
And the gathered nuts lay in thy lap,
B-neath thy downcast eye:
But little We thought Of the store we'd won.
l. love. or thou;
For our hearts were fnll, and we dare not own
The love that's spoken now.
o, there's wars for willing hearts in Spain
And high Germanie;
And u come back. ere long. again,
With knishtly fame and fee;
And III come back, IL ever come back,
Faithful 10 thee
That sat with thy white lap full Of nuts,
Beneath the hazel tree