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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-05-05

GERMAN CARP IN GEoRoIA.-Hon.
). T. Henderson, Commissioner of Agri-
culture, furnishes the following extract
of letter from gentleman near Griffin,
Georgia, who has taken great interest in
tho propagation of tho German carp in
Georgia:
"GRIFFIN, Ca, April %, 18Sl.-Hon.
j. T, Henderson, Commissioner Of Ag-
riculture-DEAR SIR: The carp have
laid and hatched. Millions of little ones
swarm in my pond. noticed them on
18th of this month spawning, and saw
their eggs on the grass and meshes this
moroing. happened to look in the
water and saw millipna of them. They
are in droves or schools from one end Of
the dam to. the other for four hundred
feet, and yet there are countless numbers
of eggs yet to hatch, and still they are
spawning. notice that they lay early
il tha morning, and stop when the sun is
up--good. Please accept my heartfelt
gratitude. Very truly,
ABEL WRIGHT"
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GuANo FuN.-The Hawkinsvillo, Ga.

GUANo FUN.-The Hawkinsville, Ga,
Dispaich tells the following anecdotes:
Some days since q guano agent in
Hawkinsvilie 'cour!ed' farmer for his
guano trade. The farmer finally decided
to purchase load, and driving to the
warehouse, loaded his wagon with the
precious stuff and drove home. After
the farmer had let town the guano agent
learned that his customer had failed for
several seasons past to come to time on
guano notes, and the agent Immediately
matured plans to induce the farmer to
haul the guano back. He wrote the
farmer very polite note, stating that he
the farmer) had received the wrong
brand of guano, and requesting him to
return the load and get the particular
brand he wanted. The Gsr..as bnISaght
his load back, and after unloading it, he
was politely informed that the 'particu-
lar brand he desired had not arrived.
Further comment In regard TO this trans
action is unnecessary"
And still another: "a farmer called at
one of our warehouses the other day for
O load of guano, aud whiie loading his
wagon, it rms observed that he was very
particular about selecting the sacks con-
tanning it--pickinS the most serviceable
sack. When questioned about the ma.
ter, he replied: oh, only use the atuff
because 1t Is fashionable, and as the aacks
is about oil 1 make 1y using it, want
good ones.'"
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PERRY, IIousroN Co.. GA, jan IS, 1880.
III the year 1873, there were two negro prisoners
confined in the Jail OF this county, who we're very
badly afflicted with that loathsolne disease Syphilis.
my oHcla sm GaPahey han as "n HdnaLy ar employed
cure mem, under contract, "ro cure, no pay" He
administered to them his celebrated Syphiitic
Specific, and in few weeks felt bound, under
my contract. pay him out Of the county treasury.
as he had effected complete and radical cure.
In testimony hereuntO set my official sigma
fc*-* turc and seal.
Seal a. S. GILES,
*o0a Ordinary Houston County, Ga.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb. "a, 1879.
We take pleasure in saying that the S. s. s. is
giving good satisfaction. We have had excellent
results from number Of cases. One gentleman,
who had been confined to his bed sir ,reeks uith
Syphiitic rheumatism, has been cured entirely,
and speaks in the highest praise of 1t. It also acts
well In primary in secondary and tertiary cases.
CEILES & BERRY.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Proprietors.
Atlanta, Ga.
IS Sold by. Simpson, Reid Co., and wilhitc &
Wilhite Anderson, S. c..
Call for acopy of young Mems Friend"
Nov Is, 1880 10 Inn
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A LATE DIsCHARGE.-W While Mr..
Bunk McGhee, who lives near Smyrna,
on thu line of the State road, and imme-
diately in the track of the armies as they
fell back on Atlanta, was burning of a
row ground the other evening, the citi.
zens were alarmed at the explosion Of an
old bombshell. 4 letter from there says
while he waa thus engaged he piled up
brush on an old stump, and in his rounds
OF chunking up, and while in the act of
mending the fire on the stump, large
shell, which waa concealed in the stump,
exploded, sending smouldering fire and
ashes and fragments Of shell in every di-
rection, producing o "lie-down" effect
upon every one who heard 1t, as well as
upon Mr. McGhee, who, fortunately, was
the only sufferer. Though he escaped
injury from the flying fragments of shell,
yet he sustained very serious injuries
from the hot embers and flames, burning
him all over ono side of the face, neck
and hands, from which his suflerings
were great.-Augisstc EteNing Nt,rs.
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RAIN ON THE ROOF.

When the humid shadows hover
Over all the starry spheres,
and the melancholy das hness
Gently wecps in rainy tears,
What n bliss to press the pillow
OF cottage cha.nber-bed,
And TO listen to the pattcr
OF the soft rain overhead.
Every ti-lkic Oh iic shingles
Has All echo in the heart,
And thousand dreamy fancics
Into busy being start,
And thousand recollections
Weave their air-thrcads into wool,
As listen to the patter
or the rain upon the roof.
Now in mcmry comes my mother
AS she used, long years ngone,
To regard the darling dreamers
Ere she left them till tho dawn.
Oh l see her leaning DER me,
AS list to this refrain
Which is played upon the shingles
BY the patter Of the rain.
Then my little seraph sister,
With her wings and waving hair,
And her star-eycd cherub brother
A sweet angelic pair
Glide around my wakeful pillow,
With their praise of mild rcproOf,
rs listen to the murmur
Of the soft rain on the roof.
And another comes to thrill ME
With her eyes delicious blue;
And mind not, musing on her,
That her heart was ii! untrue;
| remember but to love iier,
With passion kin to pain,
And my hearts quick pulses vibrate
To the patter Of the rain.
Art hath naught Of tone or cadence
That can work with such u spell
In the souls mysterious fountains,
Whence the tears of rapture well,
AS that melody of nature,
That subducd, subduing strain,
Which is played upon the shingles
BY the patter Of the rain.
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Woman's Rights In Church.


Man comedies to women the best seat
| everywhere but in church. The church
| seat (for no very good reason) is still a
| no arms-but for the cushion disgrace
to nm old d-fashioned country school. house.
The devil, q woll-known church archi-
tect, has, for his own reasons, perpetuated
this arrangement, while he has intro.
| duced arm. chairs and seats inclined
slightly backward in theatres, opera
| houses, bnrrooms, liver stable Offices and
I'LL ungadly places. But, assuming that
| the excrucaitiDg pew is necessary to re-
ligous state of mind, why should man be
boor alone mt church and boldly ap.
propriate the best seat, that next to the
aisle? To be sure, owing to another de-
vice OF the Same architect above men,
toned, this arm itself is often but de.
fusion and snare, so far rs it prctends
to support the arm unless it was intended
for n race Of beings with m arm coming
out under the fth rib. But whether the
arm be comfortable or not, we observe
that frail man tries to get Mt least some
traing support out of it for his weary
back, his side, or some portion of his
weary frame. Woman, on tho other
hand, must sit bolt upright, leaning
against the slippery verge ofthc polished
walnut or ash, and looking as if 'she
should sink" before the preacher gets 70
the mercifui "lastly." But of course
thcrc are high and mighty objections tc
woman's sitting next to the aisle. In tho
first place, it is not her sphere. An i'm.
portant feature of nor sphere IL baokaah1
c'd no true woman would be 30 false to
her destiny as II trifio with any institu.
| Aot, >
in the nc@e, and what would become of
the home if she were to sit in the first
end of the pew, while paterfamilins took
mis- seat in the middlea Moreover, wo-
man cannot fight Man evidently sits at
the end OF the pew 80 that he can more
readily grasp hie musket and stand in
line in the aisle ready to march TO his
coiltry's defence. This question goes to
the very root of the whole matter. She
who cannot fight, of course should not
expose herself to the enemy by sitting at
the end of the pow. But woman sits
next to the aisle "a other places ofrcsort.
Tut, tut-this leveling down of sacred
distinctions in securing places must not
invade the churches. If woman is al
lowed to sit at the open end Of the pew,
she would atill more frequently invade the
pulpit, until she became as familiar there
rs in the choir. But there is also the impor-
tant objection-What would the world
say? How could o modest woman sit at
the arm end ofthe pew, while the hus-
band or father sat inside? Sure enough,
how could she? Then again, they have
asked for it. No petitions have been
sent TO the Legislature, and the majority
of women would probably do just as their
husbands say anyway. the men will
keep the end seat.-.Sprinafeid Rpubh-
| can.
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Queer discovery In the penitentiary.

One of the penitentiary Guards, named
William Lowry, of Lexington. was yes
tort.y brought before United States
Commissioner Stoeber on o charge of
being implicated in the counterfeiting of
United States silver currency. Commits.
sioner Stoeber decided that the prisoner
must give bond or be imprisoned TO await
trial. He was committed 10 the Richland
County Jail last night, but will be allowed
few days TO procure bail.
The circumstances which led 70 his ar
rest arc as follows: Colonel Lipscomb,
the Superintendent, had some iD formation
which led him to suspect that some Of
the convicts were making plans to escape,
and in pursuing his Investigations into
that matter, caused one of the white
prisoners TO secret himself under the bed
of one Of the suspected negro conyicts.
While there, other cOnyicts came in and
engaged in conversation with the negro
about the plct and let out much of their
proposed plans Of operations, all of which
was reported by the man under the bed
10 the authorities Of the peDitcntiary.
Day before yesterday Colonel Lipscomb
had fifteen or sixteen Of the implicated
cOnvicts brought up and confronted with
the proofs against them. When they
found that they were detected in this
matter, they began to accuse each other
and it came out that forty Of them had
made their arrangements to overpower the
guard on Sunday morning, first day May
take their guns awaya nd break out Of
confinement. In the course Of their con-
fessions, they accused certain convicts Of
having counterfeit money, made in the
Penitertiary, and on search being made
some coutcrfeit silver dollars were found
in the possession of some Of them. Investi.
cations being pushed still further, two Of
the dies were found in the room of the
guards Lowry and this led to his arrest.
The convict, particularly implicated
are George James and Alex. Rodgers,
both colored. James is from Chesterfield
and his sentence IL for murder. Rodgers
is from Grccnville, and his sentence was
for two years, for larceny, and he hss
about ak months yet to serve.
The dies were made OF plaster Of paris.
Two dies were captured, ono being q
dollar die and one being quarter Of a
dollar die. The latter Colonel Lipscomb
thinks has not been used A third die
was thrown into the canal by one Of the
convicts, and for this, search will be
made Columbia Register, 24th uH.
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= The trouble about taking medi-
cine warranted to cure all diseases is that
il may not know exactly what il wanted
Of 1t, and in that case it will go fooling
around in the system trying to cure You
of some disease that you have not got.
A cypress log was recently run down
the Sabine river, Texas, that measured
$500 feet.
"A New York man calls his sweet
heart Kitty because she gets her back up
so often.
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= 1t is now estimated that the forests
of America will be all used up at the
end of another thirty years, and a man
who wants to 60 hunting will have to sit
on o drawbridge and shoot at snilors.
= "Never borrow trouble" said hus-
band TO his wife. ooh, let her borrow it
If she can" exclaimed the next-door
neighbor, 'iahe never returns anything,
you know"
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Patents and Claims.

&6Ha week in your own town. Terms and IS outfit
'poVfrec. Address II. IALLETT & Co, Portland NJ 9
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

A steamer for South Africa foundered
St. Georges channel during heavy gale and
zen persons were drowned.
Owing to recent developments in Ire
land, Secretary Forster has decided to remain
IN Dublin throughout the winter
LEROY, who murdered London mer-
chal.t in a railway coach, was executed at Lon
don Marwood, the famous hangman, used a
scatrold of new pattern, by which the con.
demned man stood on level with the specta-
tors, on hinged trap over o cavity fifteen feet
deep.
A fire at Augusta, Ark, destroyed
over forty business houses, beside the schools
and churches infictng loss of $1,000
Several persons were injured by flames or fall
ing walls.
Ircendiaries burned the Court House
at Decatur, Tex, destroying all its records, and
irficting loss of $155,OOO
The propellers Lake Erie and North
ern Queen were wrecked in Manistique bay, on
the north shore of Lake Michigan. The crews
had to walk a hundred miles over rough coun-
try to get to a railroad.
The death is announced of DIR. John
Bacon, for many years Professor Of Chemistry
at Harvard College.
Speaker Randall says that a 3-per-
cent. refunding bill will shortly be introduced
into the House,
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MISCELLANEOUS GLEAN1NGs.

A Panama dispatch says the steamer
and thirty-two of the forty persons on board
wore drowned
New York has raised $13S, 734 for the
Michigan sufferers Gov. Jerome states that
$4,000 will DO required for the winter
The steamer Brooklyn, from Liver
pool for Montreal aud Quebec, lost 5S1
sheep and 1T head of cattle during its last
voyage.
Mrs. Garfield has placed the literary
remains Of her husband in the hands of Col
Rockwell, who is to act under her directions in
the preservation and caro- of them. Gen. Swain
has becr, appointed attorney and financial agent
OF the late Presidents estate.
A distinguished medical expert, nos
officially connected with the Guiteau case, has
been attending the trial at Washington. He
closely studied the prisoner at tho bar, and
says that Guitcau clearly shows symptoms of
sottcning of the BRAIN He says that he would
not be surprised to see him break down entirely
give way mentally-before the trial is over
The intense excitement of the trial is, in his
opinion fastening this elimination.
The Bank of Prince Edward Island
has closed its doors, through unwamanted adj
vaNces made by its CASHIER J. B. Brecker, who
has He'd to the United States.
The works Of the American Rubber
Company, at East Cambridge Mass, in which
600 persons wero employed, were swept away
by fire, the loss aggregating 100000. The
flour mills Of Campbell d Co., at Ridgetown,
Ont, of Stiles Brothers, at Youngstown, Ohio,
and of Mr.. Knox, at Elkhart City, ILL.,, were
DESTROYED by fire.
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during the year. and an equal number of new
Postmasters The total number of employees
in the department June 30, 1881, was 81, Az
against 60, $50 June 80, 1886.
The report urges the extension of the free
delivery system and collection system, as it has
been found that the convenience Of delivery
and deposit acts IS an incentive to letter
Writing. There was an increase during the
teaf of 81 COO, 900 in the number Of letters and
other articles of mail mater delivered and
collected bs carriers.
Attention is invited to the fact that, Of the
1855 complaints OF registered letters and
packages as lost, rlfed tempered with and
detained, 2,575 were recovered or satisfactorily
accounted for, leaving only 2,061 stin under
Investigation Or finally closed as lost, including
losses by fire. highway robberies and osheY
thefts. BY comparing this number, 2,06f,
with the entire number of letters and packets
registered during the year, namely s. SOC, 600,
the certainty and security of the registered
mail is clearly demonstrated.
There were 1862 ordinary letters reported
lost, Of which IL, 108 were letters with valuable
Enclosures, and 4, 454 contents not specified. OF
shis nttmber 1.7S7 we're reported as being do
Hvered.
Three hundred and twenty-three robberies
of p0stofices were reported during the year,
and ninety-two Offices were burned. Robberies
Of mail stages ON the highways numbered
sighty-six. One hundred and thirty-fiYe cont
plants Of depredations were made by Postnlss-
tiers, of which nineteen were found to have
been groundless. Eleven mails we're reported
as burned in mail cars, in railroad accidents or
IN postoffices, and sixty-fve wers reported as
lost by carriers, by floods, snow blOckades OF
from other causes.
In concluding his report Postmaster General
DANES has word to say in favor of civi-ser
vice reform. He is convinced Of the great
public benefit to be derived from conducting
the public business on business principles The
public is best served by honest, experienced
md competent office1s, and changes, there
fore, should be made caTcsnlly and only for
reasons affecting official conduct.
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Frances Failure Predicted.

There has been for some time feeling
among those who have watched the
progress of affairs in France, that thai
country was likely to see a good deal Of
trouble at no distant date. The TUnisian
war is costing much in money, and nc
little in life; there is no present prospect
that the expenditure In either direction
will soon be lessened. But there is
another danger. Speculation has beer
andeis rife in France. From the Panama
Canal enterprise, and innumerable
smaller but still important speculations;
there has come to be a perfect Juror fol
investing, until the widest schemes have
success gratifying to the promoters
while it lasts. There are already signs
of a collapse. When from fifteen to
twenty per cent. per annum Is paid ID
order to carry accounts, the conservative
fnanciers will put on q pressure to curtal
operations. France is rich. Her wealth
is more equally distributed than that OF
Great Britain. The industry and econo-
nv of her rural inhabitants are pro
verbal, but the failure-which Is sooner
or later inevitable-of the institutions
which are promising to pay thirty OF
forty per cent. dividends, viii work as
disastrously in France as elsewhere. II
is there that these swindling operations
are more generally sustained for the
time being by the contribute ons Of the
merely well-to-do classes-tho5e who
have but little, for which they have
worked and saved for long years. If il
is true, as is said, that owing to the
abundance of money, even ordinarily
careful business men are now specializing,
the crash will be SO much the more
severe when it does come.-ProUide'ace
Journal.
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Contested Seats in the House

Papers giving notice of contest for Congress
sional seats have been filed with the Clerk Of
the House of Representatives in the following
election contests
First district of Alabama, James Gillette VS..
Thomas J. Herndon; Second district of Ala
bama, Paul Strabac vs.. H. A. Herbert Fourth
district of Alabama, James @. Smith VS.. G. NJ.
Shelley Eighth district of Alabama, William
NJ. Lowe VS.. Joseph Wheeler Fifth district
of Virginia, |. I. Stovall VS.. George C. Cabell ;
Eighth district of Virginia, S. p. Bailey vs. J.
S. Barbour First district of South Carolina,
Samuel Lee VS.. Joseph Richardson Second
district of South Carolina, E. W. Mackey VS..
M. P. 0'Connor; Third district of South Caro-
lima, G. J. Strobrand VS.. D. ". Aiken; Fifth
district Of South Carolina Robert Smalls vs..
George d. Tillman; Second district OF Mis-
sissippi, G. M. Buchanan vs. Van H. Man
ming Sixth district of Mississippi, John r.
Lyncn VS.. ]. r. Chalmers Second district Of
Florida, Horace Bisbee VS.. ]. J. Finley; Sixth
district of Louisiana, Alexander Smith VS. Z.
w. Robertson; Third district OF Missouri,
Sessinghaus VS.. r. G. Frost Sixth district of
Iowa, J. G. Cooke VS.. NJ. E. Cults First dis
trict of Maine, s. J. Anderson Vs. Thomas B.
Reed. The sitting member in all except the
last two mentioned cases are Democrats. The
contestants are Republicans or Greenbackers.
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and said: "Here Is a word cannot make out y
! " Civilization is the word" prompted GUiteau
: .0u can see how badly mixed up got in that
miserable community. It makes me mad every
/ tine think of it. | wish those letters we're
cut Of existence.
ScoYille read from one of the letters: I" I am
WITH Jesus Christ and company, and am work
ing for them''
That was my sentsment, said Quitean
and that has been my position ever SINCE"
In another letter addressed to his father the
prisoner had requested 5000 or 1900. Guiteau
commented upon this letter. saying Fathef
didn't send the money. He always thought I
was badly cranked."
another letter was read, in which the writer
criticized severely the Oneida community, and
referred to circular iRclosed, which also de.
no1nced the community and their practices.
Gmteau exclaimed 'Several of the New York
dailles took up my circular and devoted ed
itorial comments to it. That was little bit OF
revenge had for living in that miserable soci.
ETY.. I'm glad to know they are broken up now.
was virtuous man all the time was there,
Though. want that understood"
The reading of the letters was finished and
G'ateau resumed the witness stand. Scoville
began to question him relative to his early
life. Guiteau responded promptly, intelli.
gently and with perfect GOODNESS for some
minutes, apparently enjoying the situation and
his freedom to talk
Hiliteati gave his views on his fathers reliE-
ious belief, and Ws asked if he Ehis fatherJ
had any peculiar views on healing diseases
He replied "Oh, yes father was an awful
crank on that subject.
Scoville-" What do you mean by crank 2"
Guiteau-" Well, that's a short way of put
ting it, when you want TO say man is pretty
badly craZed."
The witness then went on to relate his var
ious failures in delivering his lecture in Chica-
go and other cities. He frequently laughed as
he repeated some of the humorous incidents of
hlssfaIlures. Various times he was put off rail
road cars for not paying his fare and arrested
for not paying his board bills. At other times
he grew excited In tho assertion thai in all he
did he was like Paul; engaged in
the service of God, and that God
was therefore, responsi 10 for lis board bills.
"When you get down." said Guiteau, 'every
one is ready TO give you a kick. I was thirty
days in the Tombs I have been in Jail several
tines; bit never for crime. Never was mdict-
ed before this time In my hfe."
Gfuiteau then related his efforts to secure the
Chicago Inter Ocean, which he proposed to
make the great newspaper organ OF the West.
H9offered one wealthy man to make him Gov
ernor of Illinois if he would advance the
money.
While the prisoner was giving his testimony
he was watched most attentively by all the med
lcai experts present, and with great curiosity by
every person in the crowded court room. At
times he showed his exhaustion by lowering his
voice, and it was in consequence of one Of those
Signs that, some ten minutes before the usual
time for adjournment, the court, ct the instance
Of the District Attorney, adjourned.