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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-04-30
Essays on Agricultural Topics.

At meeting of the Sumter Agricul-
tural Association held on Saturday, 11th
inst, after the delivery of an.address by
the President, essays were read to the
meeting, and brief remarks were made
by other gentlemen. In the report of
the meeting made by staff correspon::
dent of the Charleston Neaos and Courier,
we select the;following::
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-04-30

Send for our book on the Health and
IHappiness of Womap." Mailed free.
BRApFIELD REGULATOR Co.
Atlanta, Ga.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-04-30

There are twenty persons whose gifts
to colleges aggregate over S2S, 900.
Three ofthese rich Stephen Girard,
John Hopkins and Asa Packer-gave
over $14000,000.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-09
Analysis of Soil.

The fertlity of the soil is governed by
the proportion of fine impalpable pow
der which exists in It, this powder alone
acting directly upon vegetable growth,
which it does by entering the roots in
solution with the water and acids with
which it comes in contact. Put into a
large (about a foot and half long)
glass tube the soil to be examined, the
sample to be all the soil removed in
digging hole two inches square by
eight inches deep in any part of the
land to be tested, then fill the tube half
full of water and vigorously shake the
whole until the contents are well mixed,
and afterward allow it to settle. The
heavy grains sink first, layers will be
formed, the most fine and impalpable
being nearest the top, the amount Of
which will of course govern the degree
of the fertility of the sample. and an in
telligent inspection of the different
layers will allow any one to form a
pretty accurate analysis of the soil from
which the sample was taken. SON
sSaacsscs CIsypasSh
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-09
DIRECTORY.
EIRST NJ IT,. CHURCH

FIRST NJ. T.. CHURCH.
Cor. Huron and Pine streets. Rev. Fl. @.
N0rthrup, pastor. Preaching 1917 A. M, p. M.
Sabbath school, IL IN. Prayer meeting Thurs
day, at IA P. M.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Preaching 1890 A. M, 7:3O P. NJ. Sabbath
school, IL M. Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:SC
m. A. w. Westgate, Pastor.
ST. MARY's CHURCH.
Cor. 9th and Church streets. Low mass 8 A,
M, daily. High mass 1015 A. M. Sunday. YES
pers $3.50 P. M. Sunday Rev. Peter j. De Smedt,
Rector.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Division street. near Dresser. Preaching 1011
AM, M. Sunday school IL M. Prayer
meeting Tuesday evening at 500. ]. w, Clark,
pastor.
ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Huron street. Services every Sunday morn
ing at 1920; evening at z o'clock; Sunday
school IL M. j. M. Curtis, Rector.
CHEBoYGAN LODGE, NO. 1888 F. AND A. NJ.
Regular meeting at Masonic Hall, Wednes-
day evening, on or before the full of the moon.
L. o. Penney. w, M. j. p. Sutton, Sec'y.
TEMPLE LODGE NO. 331, 1. o. F.
Meet every Tuesday evening, at Odd Fellows
Hall. A. G. Boggs, N. G. John Mclaughlin,
r. S.
BENTON LODGE. NO. 108, A. o. wv.
Meet first and third Monday evenings Of the
month at O'Clock. N. w. Lyon, M w. Geo.
N. Case, Recorder.
CHEBOYGAN CHAPTER, No. 100, OF r. A. M.
Meets in Masonic Hall, on the Friday on or
after the full Of the moon. A. j. Paddock, H.
P. j Wooster, Sec'y.
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY.
Judge of PrObate-E Perkins.
Sheriff-Luke Cross.
Prosecuting AttOrney-George Z. Frost.
Clerk-Chas. j. Hunt.
Register-H. w. Macarthur.
Treasurer-GeO. w. Bell.
Circuit Court Com.-Frank Shepherd.
CHEBOYGAN VILLAGE.
President George X Frost.
Trustees-H A Blake, r Robinson, B Nc
Arthur, VIM G Hayes, Chas j Kitchen, Geo G
Wharton.
Clerk--C j Hunt.
Treasurer Cueny.
Attorney-Geo w Bell.
Marshal-HOward Lynn.
BENTON TOWNSHIP.
Supervisory A Gallagher.
Clerk-N w Lyons,
Treasurer-A g Boggs.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Arriva-FrOm south at 8:25 M, From the
North at 9'35 AM.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-09
CARRYING THE BANNER.

One Way i'm Which Poor Men Earn Their
Bread i'm a Large City.
''Do you want yer banner carried"
said an INDECENT fellow to the proprietor
of fifteen-cent eating-house on State
Street yesterday.
mo, I've hired man for the winter"
'Tll do it for grub" again remarked
the fellow.
''No, don't want any one."
"What did he mean by carrying the
bannerP'" queried reporter of tho
proprietor.
what did he mean, ehp IT'S long
story, but I'll give it 10 you in nut
shell. Do you see that fellow coming
up the street," pointing to man with
a bill of fare on his breast.
An answer in the affirmative was
made.
swell, that's carrying the banner. 1
hire those fellows for carrying my bill
of fare, and I've found it to be good
method of advertising"
The reporter babe the proprietor
adieu, and was soon in conversation
with the banner-carrier. 'It's tough
business, but 1 can starve," said the
latter. '.It's the only work 1 can get
to do, as I'm too old to 60 labo ing.
All get is fifty cents day an my
board, but there are five hundred fellows
after the same job. I'm hired for the
winter"
"Are there many in the professionP"
'There are over one hundred on the
West Side carrying the banner, and
they says they's paid well. On this side
it is new, but the boys is catchin' on.
After all, it's not bad; you get three
square meals a day, and can lodge for
ten cents; there's forty cents profit"
"Do you save itp"
'Never saved cent in my life;
fifteen years ago had hotel on Jack
son Street, but the fire busted me. Use
'specting to brace up soon an get SOME
good clothes. Then I'll travel"
Whats your namep"
'Slurk, sin; yes, Col'nel Slurk's my
HANDLE" and the banner-carrier, with
a restaurant bill-of-fare hanging from
his shoulders, passed on his way
Chicago I5ib&ne.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-09
A FIREBALL.
An Intrepid Doctor Notes It's Course Along
the Earth.

An Intrepid Doctor Notes It's Course Along
the Earth.
A few years ago DIR. Triple was watch
ing very severe thunderstorm, when
he saw fireball come quietly gliding
up TO him, apparently rising from the
earth rather than falling toward it. In
stead of running away, like practical
man, the intrepid doctor held his ground
quietly and observed the fiery monster
with scientific nonchalance. After con-
tinuing its course for some time in a
peaceful and regular fashion, however,
without attempting to assault him, it
finally darted off at tangent in another
direction, and turned apparently into
forked lightning. A freball, noticed
among the Glendowan mountains in
Donegal, behaved even more eccentric
ally, as might be expected from its
Irish antecedents. 1t first skirted the
earth in leisurely way for
several hundred yards like a cannon
ball; then it struck the ground,
ricocheted, and once more bounded
along for another short spell, after
which it disappeared in the DOGGY soil,
as if it were completely finished and
done for. But in another moment it
rose again, nothing daunted, with Celtic
irrepressibility. several yards away, pur-
sued its ghostly course across a running
stream (Which shows, at least, there
could have been no witchcraft in it),
and finally ran to earth for good in the
opposite bank, leaving round hole in
the sloping peat at the spot where it
buried itself. Where it first struck it
cut the peat as if with a knife and made
a broad, deep trench which remained
afterward as witness of its eccentric
conduct. If the person who observed
it had been of a superstitious turn of
mind. we should have had here one of
the finest and most terrifying ghost
stories on the entire record, which would
have made an exceptionally splendid
show in the transactions of the Society
for Psychical Research. Unfortunately,
however, he was only a man of science,
ungifted with the precious dover OF
pOetical imagination; so he stupidity
called it remarkable fireball, measured
the ground carefully like common
engineer, and sent an account of the
phenomenon to that far more prosaic
periodical, the Quarterly Journal Of the
Meteorological Society. Another splen-
did apparition thrown away recklessly,
forever !-COr1shiU Magazine.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

What this great country needs at
present is a roller skate with an air
brake attachment Galveston (Ier.)
Neaos.
"A contemporary tells of new co.,.
trivance to make ladies taller The
ladies have contrivances for making
men short.
1t is said that bleeding a partially
blind horse at the nose will restore him
to sight. So much for the horse. To
open a mans eyes you must bleed him
in the pocket, - Chicago Tribune.
-"How is your old friend Jones GEL
ting alongp" HE has been coming
money up to last Wednesday" why
did he stop thenp' "He was arrested :"
"Wbat forP'' .Coining money!
brakes Magazine.
"A Massachusetts woman sold her
washtub to party of riiemen for u
target. They paid her $3.50 for it, and
after they had gone home she went out
in the field and brought it home as good
as it ever was.-Burlington Free Press
"A young man in this city can nos
quite make out whether his girl waS
sarcastic or not in her remark to him.
after he had quite proudly declared thas
there was ''noble blood" in his veins.
Z that only the night before her father
had said the same thing about his
Guernsey cow.-BostOA Times.
She was book agent. She called
IN our office. She was very pretty and
sweet, and we fell in love on the spot
~Sir, am engaged" 20, we arr
so sorry. When is it to bep' She
blushed and modestly Withdrew. She
was new to the business, and would
probably have told us what she was en-.
gagged in selling, only we had to act in
self-defense. Louisville Journal.
-"How much did Mr.. Smith give you
ut his weddingp" asked minister's
wife of her husband. 1.-Two dollars. !"
"Well, that's very insignificant sum
for rich man like Mr.. Smith to pay
FOR such service" at does seem q
small amount" he replied, "but you
rried before. IN Y Sun.
-"Why don't you call me a donkey
and be done with itp You have limited
at it long enough" he snarled out. ut
wouldn't be quite true" she replied.
II suppose not. / suppose | haven't
cars enough for that ANIMAL" he re-
torted sarcasticaily. 40, yes, you
have,' she returned sweetly. You
don't need any more ears" ''What do
4 need, thenP' More legs.".-Bosto'
Transcript.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-09
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

For the first time in twelve years
the school committee of Boston will
meet with no women in its membership.
Boston Journal.
Philadelphia school-teachers COM
plain of their small salaries, which, they
claim, average only about sixty per cent
of those paid in Boston and New York.
Mr.. Moody, according to Cincin-
NATHAN, is the acid which, touching the
dormant alkali of the Christian spirit,
causes it to efervesce into revival of
religion.
Tennessee stands next to the head
In the column of illterate States, fact
which suggests to the people the neces-
sity of improving its present defective
school system. = Chicago Journal.
"A student at Wesleyan College re-
Gently described pillar of their audi
forum which had been wound with an
American flag, as barber's pole
''emblematic," he said, ''of the close
shave some Of the graduates had to get
through"
The Board of Trustees of Column
bian University, of Washington, at
CCCAb oPCCldt luOObiIiS, uROh OnO uudnl-
nous recommendation of Ae faculty of
Is medical department, decided to ad-
nit women to study medicine in the in
stitation, with all the privileges of
instruction accorded to the male stu
dents. = Washington Post.
Rev. DR.. Howard Henderson, of tho
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church,
of Jersey City, commits himself to Gre.
nation. In paper read before New
York Cremation Society," he said he had
made study of the best means of dis.
posing of the dead, and had come to
the conclusion that the day was not far
distant when the retort will take the
place of the grave. He spoke of tho
large amount of money expended in
monuments, flowers ana funerals, and
characterized it as mockery.-M Y.
zribmne.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the
primate of all England, has an annual
Income of $75, 900, in addition to Lam.
beth Palace, his London or city resi-.
deace. The Archbishop of York, the
primate of England, receives $50, 900
year, besides two residences and a
large household of officials. The tithes
of some of the other Bishops are: Lon
don, $50, 600; Durham, $35, ZOO; Win
chester, $35, 800; Ely, 1921, 800, and Bath.
lincoln, Oxford, Salisbury and Worces-
ter, $4,000 each. The Bishop Of Sodor
and Man, who has neither cathedral
nor dean, gets $4,000 year for doing
nothing.
Quite fiutter has been caused in
Protestant Episcopal Church circles in
New York, by sermon delivered re,
Gently by Rev. r. Heber Newton, In
which the preacher questioned the sanity
of Christ, and made other equally
hold and radical assertions of similar
character. In his sermon, Mr.. Newton,
in abiding to Christ as the prince Of
idealists, said: 1.-THE last, worst doubt
that could come to me would be the
suspicion that this greatest of idealists
was carried off his feet by the tide al
heavenly life that flooded his soul with
divine enthusiasm; that he lost his head
in the greatest mission ever trusted t'
the child of man. IN. Y. Sun.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-09

The farm srs of the United States
have ten votes to seven of all other oc-
eupations--M Y. Tribune.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-09

No. leaves Mackinaw City daily, except
Sunday No. 8 except Saturdays. Non has
chair car Traverse City and Walton Junction
to Grand Rapids and parlor sleeping car Gran
sleeping car Mackinaw City to Grand Rapids
L. T.. LOCKWOOD,
General Passenger Agent
WIN. CAnPENvKn.. Agent. Macktnav CITY.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-09

All trains run by Ninetiteh Meridian or Cen
junction points.
o. w. RUGGLES.
Gen. Pass. & Ticket Ag't, Chicago
II. E. WORCESTER,
Ag't, Cheboygan.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-09

m OOO OOOin presents given away. Send
DLUU,UUU mail you win Tst free free PACK pack
that will start you in work that will ut once
bring you in money faster than anything else
i'm America. All about the 100000 In prizes In
each box. Agents wanted everywhere OF eth
err sex, of all ages, for all the time, or spare
time only, to work for us at their own home.
Fortunes for al workers absolutely assured:
Don't delay. H.. BALLETT q Co. PORTLAND. Me
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-04-09

FIRST NJ. T.. CHURCH.
Cor. Huron and Pine streets. Rev. II. G
Northrup, pastor. Preaching 1917 A. M, p. M
day, at tx P. M.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-11
shrIng Horses Near.sIghted.

"Why it is that shying in horses
should be set down to an ugly dispo-
sition don't know" said a prominent
veterinary surgeon to a New York
Sun reporter: at must be because
horsemen don't know what else to lay
it to. The fact is that it seldom is
met with unless the horse is near
sighted. 1 have tested scores of shy
ing horses for near ar-sightedness, and in
nearly all cases found what expected.
And now, when am asked to give
points on buying horses, give this as
one Of the requisites: Never buy a
horse which is near-sighted. There
are, however, two exceptions to this
rule. If the horse is to have mate,
then it doesn't make any difference
about the sight. One horse can go
blind if the other is clear-sighted. If
the horse is to be used for riding to
saddle be careful that he is not near
sighted, for he will throw you sooner
OF later.
"The reason why a near-sighted
horse SHES is very simple" the sur
geon continued. "Of all animals the
horse is the most gentle and even tim
id. He sees a strange object and his
mind magnifies it into a
monster that is going to destroy him.
A piece of white paper at the roadside
in the night is a ghost and an old
wagon in the ditch is a dragon. Eve
ry horseman knows that if you drive
the animal close to the dreadful object
the horse cools down at once 1t is
that it is because the horse
makes a closer acquaintance with the
object. That is true, but not in the
sense in which it is generally under
stood. The animal has not been able
to see it from a distance. He is near
sighted"
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-11
Christmas Chimes.

The meadows are brown, the hills are all bare
And up through the valley the clear, crisp all
Is singing Christmas song.
Like the song Of the sea in the purple shell,
II we list to its notes it will sweetly tell
The secret its kept so long.
It tells of a time so sunny and fair
When we watched the clouds Of the snowy all
For the reindeers tiny form.
And saw in our dreams such pictures of light,
As we lay through the hours of the long, dark
night,
Away from the clouds and storm.
Such pictures as glow in fairy tales
When told at the hour that daylight pales
And the crimson west grows gray,
When we list for the chime Of tiny bells
That are hung in the shade of haunted dells
And ara rung by goblin and fy.
It rings on the heart a tsnful change
Ofa darkened time, so I'D, so strange,
When our dreams had lost their light.
It whispers and sings TO the leafess trees
Our secret that signs in every breeze
Till the day wears into the night.
o, Christmas chimesl Ye are merry and sad,
Ye wound the heart and ye make it glad
With the music your ringing makes;
And the weary heart that has dreamed so long
Takes up the thread Of the broken song
And sings till it, quivering, breaks.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-11
Number Seren.

The mystic power supposed by 'he
credulous to belong to the number 81 =
en- is due to the ancient belief that it
holy number. The sanctity was no
doubt given TO it primarily by the No
sale narratives of the division of the
week into seven days, the last of which
was day of rest, set apart and chosen
for that purpose by Deity ITSELF That
the ancient Hebrews regarded the
number as possessed of some mysteri-
Gus, sacred quality is plain from its
use as recorded in the Scripture narra-
tive. There were seven days in crea-
tion, seven weeks between the Passo-
yer and Pentecost, seven days allowed
to feasts, and the same number to the
ceremonies Of publication; seven vic
Tins were offered as sacrifices on spec
ial occasions, the seventh was the sab
batical year, and seven times seven
was the year preceding the year Of Iu-
bilee. The use of the symbolic NUM-
Der in the Apocalypse is something
remarkable, the seven churches of Asia,
the seven golden candlesticks, theseYen
stars, seven spirits before the throne.
the book with seven seals, etc The
mystical meaning ascribed to this
number was not peculiar to the He
brews, however; it also prevailed,
among the Persians, the ancient Him
docs, the Greeks, and the Romans.
Thence the superstition filtered down
through the ages to the present time.
Thus there was seven wise men Of
Greece, seven wonders of the world
seven graees, and so on. Ancient as
tronomy had seven planets, the Sun,
Moon, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter,
and Venus. and the seven metals Of
alchemy were supposed to correspond
with these, gold. silver, iron, quicksil-
yer, lead, tin, and copper, but modern
in astronomy and chemis-
try interfered rather awkwardly with
this very effective combination. In
fact, the enlightenment of modern
lines has shown so plainly the absurd
ty of superstitions concerning num-
lers that none but the credulous are
low influenced by them. inter- Ocean.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-11
The Mouse.ToMer on lhe RhIn.

The MOuse.TOWer on the Rhine.
This tower is situated on an island
in the Rhine, and is supposed to have
been erected during the middle ages
by some of the robber-knights that
then infested Germany The ruins
have been covered with stucco and
converted into watch-tower It's
name is popularly derived from the
legend Of the cruel Archbishop Hatto
Of Mayence. According to the story,
as told in the well-known ballad Of
southey, the crops of the district had
failed one year. and all the poor people
were starving. But the rich bishop
had granaries filed to Oyerhowing,
which he was holding in order to profit
by the advanced price of the grain.
The wretched people besought the
bishop to give them food from his
abundant stores. To rid himself Of
their opportunities, the bishop APP
pointed a day for all the poor to come
to his barn and receive portion Of
grain. When they had all gathered in
the building, the cruel prelate ordered
his servants to fasten the doors and
set fire to it, thus burning the wretch
ed beings alive. The next day a
whole army of rats were seen coming
toward the bishops palace. He fed
fol safety to this tower on the Rhine.
but they pursued him, swimming the
river and scaling the walls Of the tow
er; and making their way into the
room where the terrified bishop was
trying to conceal himself, they de-
voured him alive. This was in the
year go A different story concern
ing the mouse-tower, however. is given
in Murray's Handbook of Germany.
This asserts that the tower was not
built until the thirteenth century,
more than POO years after the death Of
Bishop HattO. ut was intended.
with the opposite castle of EhrenfeIs
erected at about the same time, as a
ands dollhouse for COLI
Letting duties upon all goods which
passed the spot. The word maHus Is
probably an older form of mautA,
duty or toll, and this name,.
together with the very unpopular OBJ
ect for which the tower vas erected,
perhaps gave rise to the dolorous
tory of Bishop HattO and the rats
Inter Ocean.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-11
The "ThIrteen0 Superstition.


In Paris there are streets where 12
does duty instead of IS; and the house
holders who thus ingeniously sought
to circumvent fate would not for the
world let the proper number be paint
ed upon their doors. Some years ago
Prince Napoleon tried to laugh his
cOuntrymen out of the superstition;
but his efforts did not benefit his cause,
for, with characteristic perversity, he
used to invite twelve friends to ca
rouse with him on Good Friday,
whereby he gravely scandalized right
feeling people, whatever their theolog-
ical views.
In Americl similar but less aggres-
i've attempts have been made to correct
popular superstition, and numerous
Thirteen clubs have been established,
the members pledging themselves to
dine thirteen at table on every oppor-
tunity. In France, too there is
Thirteen club, the headquarters of
which are at Senlis; and even in Eng
land there is little coterie of thirteen
men who dine monthly at house
numbered thirteen, and pay thirteen
each for their dinner and 13
pence each to the walters. Yet still
the superstition is as lively as of yore
all over Europe and America, and
it will continue to flourish
and to make people uncomfortable un-
til the end of time. There are, in all
men and women who are
even now undergoing vague uneasi-
ness because 1885 happened to be
multiple of thirteen.-PHiladelphia |
CALI
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-11
A PlscatOrial HOwIer,

One of the most remarkable sound
making or musical fishes, is the great
drum fish, or pogonias chromos, com
mon on our western coast, and more
than once the crews of vessels have
been astonished at the curious sounds
that come up from the sea. A vessel
that was lying off the coast becalmed
some years ago was surrounded by a
regular band Of fishes that uttered the
most remarkable sounds-now a shrek
would rise, then a groan, followed by
numerous grunts; the rushing ofsteam.
the hiss Of boiling water, muffied tones
of a drum, and even the changing of a
deep-toned bell, were some of the re-
markable sounds that rose from this
musical school Of finny singers,
Humboldt, the great observer of natu-
raj phenomena, dwells upon the re-
markable sounds that came from a
school of fish that surrounded the vessel.
One of the most remarkable sounded
like the twanging of a gigantic harp,
while others were so loud aud start
ling that the men were alarmed, fear
ing that an explosion was about to oc-
cur from some submarine volcano. -
atlanta Constitution.