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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-07
FARM AND GARDEN.

WASTE OF MANURE.--It should be a car
dinal principle with every farmer to econo-
miZe his manure. Upon 1t depends his
success, and without it his labor must, to a
very great extent, be without profit If not
attended with absolute loss. If 1t ls neces-
sary to have the barn yard on a hill side, it
is equally necessary to have the lower side
of 1t protected by a wall or some other ar
rangement by which the escape of liquid
manurc may he prevented. 1t is almost
equally important to have spout to convey
ram water from the roof of the barn in some
other din ection than directly through the
barn yard. 1t is bad enough that the heap
should be exposed to the rains which fall
directly upon it without adding to il the
droppings from the roof of the barn. If
such impTovldcnt farmers were to behold
tho actual value Of the fcrtillZing materials
thus lost, rolling from their purses in the
shape of dollars ond cents, how cncrgcti-
cally would they labor to prevent this
waste. The loss of single little gold
dollar would Stir them up to Il greater ac-
tivity than the direct waste of hundred
times that of the little gold dollars value
in the form of liquid manure. Year after
year, silently but steadily, golden streams
are flowing from their purses. Tell them
OF their error and they acknowledge it. but
rarely does it happen that, being reminded
of it in friendly manner, they make a
single effort to correct it. How many are
there who, after Il life Of steady, unrcmit-
ting toll, find themselves no richer in lands
Or money than when they began. They
cannot explain the reason. Other causes
may have led to such dscouraglng results,
but if the drain Of liquid man,lrcs from
their barn yards had been checked when
they began farming, very many of these
unsuccessful ones would have been as
prosperous as their more providcnt neigh
bors
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-07

Col MCSpiK1Ns came home late from
the lodge tho other night and raised mis-
chief of srow.
'My dear, what is it that angers you
so2" asked Mrs. McSpikins.
"Well, amt it enough to make saint
swear to have the chairs 60 prancing and
prowling around in such fool way?"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-07
WITH SUCH BENEFIT.

SHEBoYdAN, WIS, Nov. Is. 1878.
II. II. STEVENS. Boston:
Dear Slr.-I can fully testify to the efficiency
or your Vegoltne as a Great Blood Purifier,
having used 1t during the last seven months
with such benefit.
Yours truly,
W. o. ST. SURE, Druggist.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-07
Ve&ot1no,

hlu General DtDlllCY
Read what DR.. Simmons says:
VERONA, Miss, June 8. 1878.
II. Il. STEVENS, Boston:
have used "Yegotinc" In my family for two
yeas and cordially recommend 1t as Il remedy
for Eruptions Of tho skin, Chronic Sore Eyes
and General Debility. | have also r,com-
mended it 70 great many persons In this sec
lion, ana think 1t has given general satsIac-
tlon. Very respectfully.
DIR. j. j. SIMMONS.
Your very valuable medicine. "Ycgetlne," re-
stored the sight to my llttlo daughter, saved
M her from pGlng blind. and have no doubt saved
her liIo. Very gratefully.
MRS. j. j. SIMMONS
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-07
HUMOROUS.

A NEW ENGLAND woman was the much
disappointed wife of Harvard University
geologist. She was all poetry and imagin-
alton; he was oil paleontology and geo
logical research. Upon certain occasion,
when his scientific accomplishments wero
being praised in the presence of stranger,
the latter turned to her and said:
"hay | ask, madame, what your hus-
band ls2'
Certainly" she answered frankly, ''he
Is q relic Of the stone age"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25
POLITICAL POINTS.

The New York Tribune is re-
minded, by Platt's going about in a
lonesome way looking for Conkling. of
tho blubberfng boy at the Centennial,
who, Being asked what he was boohoo-
ing about, answered angrily: Il can't
find my mother told the darned
thing she'd lose me-" ..
AN American horse has won the
Derby. American roast beef is crowding
the English out of its own market We
may soon have a monopoly of their
pium-pudding supply. And If they
want bran new royal family, with more
style and stuck-up- edncss than the pres
ent one, we will furnish them with
ConkliDg.
1t is just little curious that in
this supreme agony of the great and
grand old Republican party we do not
hear one word about the peril to
the Union of "a Solid South, not one
word about the sacredness of the ballot
box, not one word about finance and
the tariff, not one word about Civil
service Reform-not one word in fact
about any subject except the New York
Custom House and the machine!-M
Y. World.
Iii is flimsy defense of ex-Secre-
taries Key and Sherman which declares
that the heads of great departments
like the Post office and the Treasury
cannot be expected to know what their
subordinates are doing in such tritiing
matters as "Star- routes and carpet APP
preparations. Somehow or other Secre-
taries James and Window labor under
the delusion that this is one of the
things that the public really does ex-
pect of them, and, thanks to this delu-
sion, they have rooted out an enormous
amount OF rascality, which to put it in
the most charitable form escaped the
notice of their predecessors. We can
not help thinking that Key and Sher-
man would have been forgiven for tax
ing q similar course, even if they had
done something not expected of them.
Detroit Free Press.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25
Something Singular.

There Is something singular, if not
suspicious about the abandonment of
the search for the author of the Morey
letter. The boasted determination of
the Republican National Committee,
under the Injunction of Mr.. Garfield,
Ito hunt the rascal down." has sud-
denly yielded to a "want of funds"
as if the office holders could not be as
sessed as readily for the small amount
required for the prosecution of the
search as for the immense sums col
lected from them for campaign pur.
poses. There would be NO trouble at
all in raising the necessary sum to car.
ry on the investigation if Mr.. Jewell,
the Chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, really meant to
prosecute the matter in good faith.
The acquittal of Philip, the writer of
the article in Truth sustaining the
genuineness of the letter, will go far
toward convincing the public that
the Republican. National Committee
never had any good ground for pro-
nonncing the article a forgery. Not d
scintilla Of testimony has been produced
to show that the signature of Mr. Car
field to that letter is not in his own
proper handwriting. His own assertion
to the contrary, made in the midst of a
heated campaign and viewed. in the
light of his discredted statement in the
Credit Mobilier matter. goes for little.
Experts in chirography differ as to
whether the Signature to the letter is
the handwriting of Garfield, but not a
few of them, after making careful
microscopic examination, have pro-
nounced the autograph genuine. Still
the letter may have been forged. 1t is
due to the public that every effort
should be made by the Committees
representing the two great political par
ties to discover the fact of the matter.
The Democratic National Committee
circulated copies of the letter believing
it to be genuine. The Republican Ma
tional Committee made capital OF
the Democratic Committees action
by sdenouncing< it as the basests of
crimes. 1t is certainly the interest of
one, if not both, of these Committees to
ascertain ths truth, and, having ascer-
tanned it, to give it to the public. Some
time ago it was reported that Mr..
Abram S. Hewitt. of the Democratic
National Committee, had preferred Mr..
Jewell pecuniary assistance in his eff
forts to discover the author of the let
ter. Mr.. Barnum would no doubt also
lenu nclpinS uauu IL Hc ulu uot KNOW
that Mr.. Jewell has given up the hunt
Legally considered, the case now stands
against the Republican Committee.
Their charge of forgery is unsupported
by proof and they have not indicted nor
even indicated the criminal. On the:
other hand, the editor who libeled
Garfield, if the letter was not genuine
has been acquitted on the charge of
criminal libel instituted against him.
There is mystery connected with the
matter which must be cleared up If
public opinion is to settle down finally
against the authenticity of the letter.
Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25
WIT AND WISDOM. .

4.
how tho nthor ho,f I;as ahont = Moa
s,-,, .a,no
IT.,
ar insen.ois . uie pool ING
th o.hn aa .oa s' ma, ON. 'ion Is
'"' A.o'n0i Va nooo'ei'y 0''o
- msaical writer says ehiiGren
neeo more wraps 'na AZ. auui's w .lhey
se"ay gov no.o "'' "''. "'sao"'
~ an one at'achments OF a sewing
machine the teller IS most pleasing to
the girls. baltimore Ecesy saturday.
The man who can see sermons in
running brooks is most apt to go and
look for them on Sundays when trout
are biting.-N o. Pcayune.
What utter nonsense to speak of
stock reports. Every child knows the
report does not come from the stock,
but from the barrel.-N. y. Neus.
-Ou,ht not n nicture dealer to be a
man of nictures one annearance. have q
fine frame, and be able to canvass sue
cessfully p-Fhiladclphia Item.
-Norse who invented tho teIeoranb
and Roll the inventor of the teIen hopa
both had deaf mute wives. Little com.
ment is necessary. but lust see what a
man can accomplish when everything
IL ou;et Il o,ueH Citizen =
IT, ;n,ta ~ C.,.d;. ;
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~ n .,anoha,r ras,,,t a,as thst thnu
1T hona,so * nlo1rns ,rar, 20 H.!
w. NV willie thew were kent confined =
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Large amounts of California barley
travel 5000 miles to be matted in Chi

Large amounts of California barley
travel 5000! miles to be matted in Chi
cagO.
There are about II. 900 locomotives
running on the railroads OF the United
States, and 100000 cars of all kinds.
Two Boston hotels, which last
summer paid So a ton for their ice,
have this year contracted for their sup
ply at 3d. per ton.
AN estimate has been made that
the immigrants coming into this country
this year will bring at least eight mill
ion dollars in money.
A locust post was dug up in Easton,
Pa, a few days ago in a sound condi-
ton, which was set there over 100 years
ago as part of hotel sign post.
The known exports of oleomarga-
rine from New York last year amounted
to II, 900, 900 pounds, of which Rotter-
dam took nearly 1000, 900 pounds and
Glasgow 800. 900 pounds. ..rs.s..,l
Last year 1881, 738 bushels of
buckwheat were raised in the United
in 1870. There were A, 149, 479 bush
els of barley raised last year, against
20. 761. 3o5 in 1870; 4O7,979,712 of oats;
against 2S2, 10Y, 157; 459,501. 098 bushs
els of wheat. against 237, 745, 626; L.
rs, LOG, 576 bushels of corn, against
760,944, $40; aud 10, 1868, 632 bushels of
rye, against IL, 918, 795 bushels in 1870.
The report on color blindness re-
Gently presented 10 the English Oph-
archaeological Society on more than
eighteen thousand persons suffering
from it, who have been examined, con-
tains many curious and suggestive facts.
For Instance, color blind men are near
~ five per cent. of the male population,
while the percentage among women is
hardly one-half per cent. Another
result of the investigation : is
that there is an unusually large proper
tion of color blind persons among the
Society of Friends.
Prof. Charles E. Monroe, of Ann
apolis,z states that the ordinary fruit
acids. such as those contained in apples,
tomatoes. rhubarb. demons, etc ! all
acted upon tin. Some cider which he
examined. and which, had been stored
in tin fountain, contained one hum
dred and seventeen milligrammes of
metallic tin to the liter In solution. One
case was given where persons eating
fruit preserved in tin cans were made
violently sick, and tin only was found
in the fruit. Corrosion of tin pipes by
water was referred to, and it was sug-
gested that the corrosion was due to
the vegetable acids in the water.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THHRE was a conference at New York,
on the1Sth, between Gen. Grant, Vice.
Preside Arthur, eX- Senators COnkiing and
Plat al other leading Stalwarls. What
took plae has not been made public.
A RE1ENT anti-Italian demonstration
at Mar3Ies at one time threatened to as
sumo VIZ serious proportions. When the
first deehment of troops returning from
the Tuntan expedition marched past the
italian Qnb House, some of the habitues
gatheredea the steps and at the windows
and hisse, which so infuria ed the French
populace b the Sidewalk that in few mo-
ments the was hardly an unbroken pane
of glass i1the entire front of the building.
S. DILhNGER & Sons distillery and
warehouses; Bethany, Pa, were destroyed
by fire on u 18th. Loss, $50, 600; partially
covered byhsurance.
EX-SENhoR HENRY S. LANE di ed in
CrawfordsHEe, Ind, on the 18th. lie was
80 years old
FRANK \. FELT, agent of the Mis-
souri, Pacifitsailway at Oswego, Hans, and
his assistantEd Gibson, were shooting at a
telegraph pd the other day, when a wild
ball struck b. Wilmoth, an aged lady, In
the back, wqnding her 1t is thought fatal
ly. Mrs. Wihoth was milking COW abou,
seventy-five Ards distant, and could not be
seen by eithetDf the gen lemen.
L. I'll. BUHEs and o. ii. Richardson
were. killed a collision OF trains on the
Texas facihc Railroad near Baird, Texas.
VIM. Monroe Us run over by an entire train
near North Venom, Ind, and lived few
hours. Ed. tucker was cut in two near
Bowling Greenky., n number of cars pass
ing over him.
AT LeadvilA Colo, on the 18th, ex-
Aide man JohnhIcComb shot and probably
fatally wounded James MELON I'D, the well
known variety Cor. McComb's buggy was
hitched before u house, when Mcdonald
requested and, Z claims, received permits
sion to take o4ehildrcn riding. He put
several childreIfn the buggy and drove
around the blocN On his return McComb
was in rage, an regardless of the children
fire twice, onelall striking Mcdonald in
the head.
AT Fort Worh, Texas, on the 18th,
Henry Hitler hada difficulty with Deputy
Sheriff Highnote3f Corsicaua. Hitler was
stabbed five tima and died. He was a
German Of high Handing. Highno;e was
captured and lod&d in Jail.
Ar Marshall, fex., Bob Dill, colored,
shot Isaac Virgo Id took to the woods. lie
was pursued by posse to point near the
Louisiana line, fifeen miles east of the city,
when the fugitivk made for a canebrake.
just as he was abdut to disappear fifteen or
twenty shots werelfirsd after him and the
pursuit ended. H had received his quietus.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25
A Thorough Job.

Judge NJ, well-know jurist
living near Cincinnati, was fond of re-
lating this anecdote: He had once ac-
casion to send to the village for
carpenter, and sturdy young fellow
appea, ed with his tools.
Il want this fence mended to keep
out the cattle. There are some un-
planned bQards-use them. 1t is out of
sight from the house, So you need not
take time to make it a neat job. | will
only pay you a dollar and half"
The Judge went to dinner, and,
coming out. found the man carefully
planning each board. Surprising that
he was trying to make a costly job of
it, he ordered him to nail them on at
once just as they were, and continued
his walk. When he returned the boards
were planed and numbered ready for
mailing.
~ told you this fence was to be
covered with vines" he said. angrily.
81 do not care how it looks"
lido" said the carpenter, gruffly,
carefully measuring his work. When
it was finished there was no part of the
fence as thorough in finish.
How much do you charger" asked
the Judge.
"A dollar and a half.' said the man
ShOulderlng MS toOlS
The Judge stared. "Why did you
spend all that labor on the job, if not
for money!"
For the job, sir"
Nobody would have seen the poor
work on it,
"But should have known it was
there. No; I'll take only the dollar and
half" And he took it and went
away.
Ten years afterwards. the Judge had
the contract to give for the building OF
certain magnificent public buildings.
There were many applicants among
master builders, but the face of one
caught his eye.
lit was my man of the fence" he
said. Il knew we should have only
good, genuine work from Kim. gave
him the contract and it made rich
man of him."
1t 10 pity that boys were not taught
in their earliest years that the highest
success belongs only to the man, be he
carpenter. farmer, author or artist.
whose work is most sincerely and
thoroughly done. : YOUTHS Companio".
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25
An Eye-Stone's Wanderings.

The following remarkable incident
has Just come to our knowledge. 1t
would seem almost incredible, were it
not for the absolute veracity of the
gentleman making the statement MIR.
Rufus Miller is well-known farmer of
this town. living at Mechanicstown.
Some five or six years ago, just before
retiring Mr.. Miller placed in his eye
what is known as an eye-stone, for the
purpose of removing a mote, as he had
frequently done before. For the benefit
of those of our readers who may not
know what an eye-stone is, we will eN-
plain. 1t lisa small, white, round shell,
about three -sixteenths of an inch in
diameter, concavc on one side, convex
on the other. and quite thin. 1t is
from the head of crab, one being
found under each eye of that crustacean.
In the morning, when Mr.. Miller
awoke, he could not find the stone. He
made careful and thorough search,
but all in vain, and he made up his
mind that it was gone for good. A few
weeks ago he felt hard growth on the
end of the little finger of the right hand.
He showed it to some friends, who con-
cluded it was a wart, and advised him
to let it alone. He did SO until about a
week Sincc, WHen IL DeStH W pc ooIe'
and he commenced picking at it. He
soon found out that some hard sub
stance was under the skin, and, dig
cling away, he finally took out his long
lost cye-stone. He examined it SO
carefully that there can be no mistake.
He now recollects that at one time he
experienced a considerable soreness, in
his wrist, and supposes at that period
the stone was pressing in that direction.
How this little bit of carbonate lime
ever made that long journey without
being lost or absorbed is mystery.
That it did SO there car. be no doubt. -
MiddietoUn az. " h-ess
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25

"But You'll take the teeth first.
won't your" she asked, imploringly.
IL shall never have courage to como
again" y
Never mind that. Well see if there
isn't some better way out of this
trouble" he answered.
So. hand in hand, they went back to
the sick man; but l cannot tell you how
happy and proud he was when the doc
tor tod him aboat Elsie, or how CRATE
fully he fell in with the plan of going to
a nice hospital, where he soon got well
enough to work in the DOCTORS hand
some grounds; while Elsie, in her place
as nurse to the Doctors baby, rolled it
over the gravel walks,
So, though Elsie kept her teeth, they
saved both her and her father from pow
erty and distress. II. s. Clarke, ii,
NJ Y. Observer. tf"t "1t
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25
Youths Department.
an "OLD BOYS" ADVICE.

My boy, you're soon to be a man;
Get ready for mans work now,
And learn to do the best you can, .--
when sweat is brought to arm and brow
Don't be afraid, my boy, to WORK:
You've got to, if you mean to winl
He is a coward who will shirk;
"Roli up your sleeves, aud then go inY
Don't wV6dpr chances; look abouti
There nlways something you can do.
He who will manfully strike out
Finds labor; penty of 1t, tool
But he who folds his hands and waits
For "something to turn up" will find
The tOiler passes Fortunes gates,
While he, alas, is left behindl
BE honest as the day is long:
Don't grind the poor man for his cent
And kind deeds done are only lent;
And this rcmemb sr: IL yOu re wise,
To U0T OtU1l business be confined.
He is a fool, and fails, who tries tff
His achievements affairs to mind. --
Don't be discouraged and get blue i.z
If things don't 10 to suit you quite;
Work on! Perhapsit rests with you
To set the wrong that worries, right.
Don't lean on others! BE q man!
Stand on n footing of your ownl
Be Independent il you can, 800
And cultivate q sound backbone!
s- -t f1a -r'o
Pc brave and stcadfast. kind and true,
With faith in God and fellow-man,
And win from them a faith in you,
BY doing Just Che best yDu can!
a. l. -Eben Il. RcrfOrd.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25
for the entire month was required to be

for the entire month was required to be
paid. ipk
The discussing clerk was then COM
PEELED to commit q felony twelve times
a year, or to be removed from office for
refusing to obey an Executive order.
The poor dependant yielded, and Hayes
gained additional interest on his capital
by trick, for which he was entitled to
an indictment for conspiring to violate
the law and for abusing his trust for
personal profit.
Hayes and his family travelled free
over the country, and he utilized the
Chief Magistracy to become dead
head from Maine to California. Ava
ricious and niggardly, his first thought
was to make money out of the office
and to hoard the savings.
Taking all these facts into account,
with q knowledge of the parsimony
practiced at the White House under
Hayes, the best opinion is that he did
not expend over $4,000 a year of his
salary, if he reached that figure. The
contingent fund" and the furniture"
did tle business.
And thissis not the worst part OF that
despicable term of Hayesism. When
General Garfield entered the White
House ON the 18th of March, it was
found that the necessary equipment for
any ordinary family was wanting. Be-
yond decorated and absurd dinner
service, purchased at large cost, there
was no means of providing for even a
few guests until purchases were made.
Porcelain, glass, table linen and other
household articles had disappeared
mysteriously. They are gone. and no.
body pretends to know how the house
came to be left s'without; napkin"
AS Hayes has time on his hands. per-
haps he may go to Washington and
have an inquiry made regarding this
delicate matter. Possibly, however,
his duties as a member of the Young
Mems Christian Association at FIRE.
mont, or as a Jealous lecturer on tenn
perance, may detain him in Ohio. In
that event he can write to Brother Gar
field for full information.-M Y Sun.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25

OWING to violations of treaty stipula-
tions existing between the Governments Of
the United States and Mexico, the Governor
of Texas has issued proclamation with q
view Of putting stop to them. :
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25

THE Ohio Greenback-Labor Conven-
ton, at Columbus, on the 18th, nominated
John Sieiz for Governor and Charles Jen-
kins for Lieutenant Governor.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25

THE President has appointed Noah
c. Mcfarland, OF Kansas, Commissioner Of
the General Land Office.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources

LoRiLLARD's Iroquois has carried off
another English prize-the Prince OF Wales
stakes at Ascot.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25

7. A. BENTLEY has rendered his res
iguation as Commissioner Of Pensions, and
w. W. Dudley, United States Marshal for
Indiana, has been appointed In his stead.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25

The Pennsylvania Greenback State
Convention met at Pottsvilie on the 18th and
nominated R W. Jackson, OF Mercer sCoun-
ty, for State Treasurer. The Greenback
platform for 1880 was reaffirmed and adopted.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25

THE New Hampshire Legislature
elected the following State officers: Secre-
tary of State, A. B. Thompson; Trs9surer,
Scion A.. Carter; State Printer, Parsons b.
-Coggsweff; eCommissary General, George E.