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The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-05-15

but As tho period between changes
is less than month, the inclination
does not vary quite SO much. =.
Now, to illustrate the reason for
these regularly returning positions,
suppose at night you place bril-
liant lamp on one side Of a room in
which there is no other light and
then, standing on tho opposite side
you hold q largo globe or ball direct
ly between your eyes and tho lamp.
This position may represent the
position of the moon between the
earth and sun at tho time of the
moons change. Now, elevate the
globe, still directly over the lamp,
and the part that you see on which
the lamp shines presents ! horizon
tai appearance. Bear it a little to one
side, end there is aslight inclination
Of one extremity Of the frightened
part. Continuing to bear farther
and farther towards one side, the
frightened part finally presents 9
vertical appearance. Now, bring the
globe to a quarter circle from the
lamp, and you have the moon frs,
quarter. 4>.s :ea.
Applying this illustration, We Sc,
that the moon, at the time of chang,
at the spring equinox, sets apparent
" over the path of the sun. Conse
; qusntly, like the ball held over7th
lamp, the Illuminated part seen b,
us must present a horizontal appear
ance. At the next change, it is ALT
tie to the south of the sun, andnit
points show an inclination. Atszcl
succeeding change. they present a
! increased inclination, until Attn
change occurring nearest the al
equinox, one point Is asarly orie1Act
s y over the other. After this p-rio
Q its'points as regularly 50 back to
i horizontal i position BY the return Q
. the spring equinox. Y
q We see from these facts that til
positions Of the points of the ne
moon can not possibly indicat
! either wet or dry weather. The
y regular return to the same positio
It the same season Of the year d,
monstratss its impossibility: +,
: sometimes We have a very rail-
spring and a dry September, az
again the reverse. Reader, obser
these things for yourself, and "
- will soon learn the truth Of Il
statements here made. S. HI
soy in Cincinnati Gazette,
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-05-15
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| RUGBY, TENN.
SPECIAL NOTICE.

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Orders for plants or work by mail
promptly attended to. Special care
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shipping.
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County and General Intelligence from TN, .mI
sho,s District. and notices Of local events WILL
De nest thankfully received.
t,orrespoudence on topics Of interest Is IN
.;, SS'''s a%s name and address Of the writer
must accompany all communications W
publication. =.
All communications for the Editsr 70 u
addressed
C. s. MsoRR.
Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn
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The "GAsxrrs" is published every Saturday
the Publishing Offices. Central avenue
,,gyy. Morgan County, Tenn.
his paper is entered at the Pcst-oinc &C Al
uxby, Tenn, as second-class mail matter
All business correspondence should DO sa-
dressed 70 the Publisher.
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, NO HEALTHIER PLACE IN AMERICA.

NO HEALTHIER PLACE IN AMERICA.
Excellent productive soil--Fine large Tin :
ber-Purest Of water Good building stones
Town Lots, and small Farms for sale to
ACTUAL SETTLERS at verv lew prices. and easy
terms.
Lots donated to Manufacturers, Mechanics
and Business men, who commence operations
the first year.
Call on or address,
A. L. Ross.
Lavender P. 0.
April Gath, 1886.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-07

4 Piece

Twenty-six years ago to-day on the
1st of April, 1865, an incident took
place of: Galveston harbor in which
Capt. Sim Adkins the Nestor of
Charleston harbor, then the daring
commander of a dashing blockade
runner, the For, bore a prominent
part. The story is best told by John
+. Mackey, then sergeant in the ma
riue corps, and doing duty on the
United States Steamer Seminole, one
of the blockading squadron off Gal
weston harbor.
Mr.. Nackey relates how the For
was discovered about 10 o'clock in the
morning right abeam," how all hands
were called to quarters and the Semi
n0le started in pursuit of her prey, a
long, low steamer about eight miles
to the eastward, burning black smoke,
steaming rapidly to the northward
and westward. The stranger sighted
the Seminole and changed her course
instantly from west to northwest, and
steamed directly for the Texan shore,
distant about eight miles, which
trends rapidly to the northeast above
Galveston. By this course the stran-
ger would strike the shore in about
AZ hour, unless prevented by US from
so doing. If successful, she could
make an inner channel which runs
between the shore and a sandbar
which runs along the Texan coast,
distant about half mile from the
mainland; but on this bar there is on
ly about ten feet ofwater; inside there
is twelve, and sometimes fifteen fees.
The Seminole overhauled kepa4 prey
gradually and prepared to open fire.
When within two miles Of her we op-
ened FIRE on her from our eleven inch
pivot, exploding shell right under
her bow and nearly deluging the ship
with water, but doing no further harm,
while we were reloadinS the pivot she
put her helm Shard a-starboard" and
ran across our bow, heading directly
for the shore-distant about a Aaile
and a balE-apparantly intending to
run herself ashore. While this was
being done we were not idle; the
change, of course, compelled US to
shorten sail.
As soon as the last man reached the
deck Capt. Clarey shouted: Put your
hard a-stalboard, sir" "Hard a-star-
board, sir," answered the officer at the
wheel the same moment, putting the
wheel sharply about, and the ship
turned on her heel as if she knew what
was expected OF her aud started di-
rectly for The shore, with the stranger,
now right abeam, starboard side about
Il mile OF, bringing our whole battery
of five guns to bear on her The cap
tain cried out to forward rifle: ''Flre
as soon as you are ready and without
further orders, only don't waste the
ammunition. Pivot there, sir; fire
carefully, and aim at the wheel house
and at no other place. Sink her, il
possible, go ahead and show us what
YOU can do. Quarterback battery (siz
eight inch guns take good aim and
fire as rapidly as you can; aim at the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-07

Of :prlI, has been called to meet III
Manning on the 5th prox. This sub.
iect is one which has been little dis
cussed in this neighborhood, and ole
which seems It to have aroused the
enthusiasm il its favor in this section,
which has met it lower down the
county; Notwithstanding. great inter
est IS felt in the movements and re-
suits OF the coming assembly IN Col
umbia After the elaborate and ex-
haustive discussion Of this measure
in the press Of the State, I little like
the idea of expressing my humble
views on it, but Mr. Editor, I beg
leave to make one observation, and ask
one question, and the latter [ hope
some Of the delegates will answer be-
fore April 29th. My observation is
this: l notice that nearly all the arti-
cles have seen IN favor Of this move
nent, have advanced as al argument
for its consummation, the fact that
the farmers are tue only class of busl-
ness men who are not organized-the
reasons for this state of affairs, We
need not here discuss; but the fact
that such is the case, is certainly a
sound argument in favor of this cor
vention, IF IT'S OBJECT BE THAT OF 9TH
EN- BUSINESS oRGAS1zAT1oSs-thls object IS
always to improve the standards of
their respective vocations Now
comes my question. Is the above the
object of this convention of farmers? !?
II SO, then I would like to know why
the advocates of this assembly are al
ways talking about turning out the
present State officers, and putting in
men who are favorable to the farmers
interests. Business organizations,
representing whatever profession,
trade or occupation they may, are not
organized for political advancement.
Now ii there is nc political significance
about this convention, why do these
men attempt such crusade in their
articles against the State government?
I ask these questions for Information,
and wish them answered, but don't
want the man who attempts to do so,
end up by cussing ne out for oppos-
ing convention of farmers" for such
is not so, if its object be that of other
''trades-unions' and class-or organ
CARNATIONS; but if this convention has
political objects in view, I am oppos-
ed to It, ''tooth and toe nail" I don't
believe in one class of business men
being opposed as class to any other.
But this talk may be after all useless,
for hope and believe that our farm
ers have more foresight than to allow
such state of affairs to come about
Personals.
Mrs. 4. NJ. Brailsford has just re-
turned from visit to Columbia, where
she went to see her daughter, Miss
Brailsford, who is at Miss Elmore's
Academy.
Ex Gov. Manning has also been off
on Il visit to his friend, Mr. Sinkler,
at Eutawyille, but has returned.
Mr.. r. NJ. Welch, the Postmaster
at Fulton, has lately moved into his
newly built post-office, and erected a
very handsome fence around his dwell
ing.
Mrs DR.. Robert Brailsford has been
absent for some days, attending her
daughter, Mrs. Briggs, who has been
suffering from acute rheumatism for
some time. Phi ALPHA.
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TE,cEERs ISsrrrvrE-Capt. Jno. J.
Conycrs, our School Commissioner
has shown us 4 letter from tie School
Commissioner of Sumter, inviting
Clarendon to unite with Sumter, in
holding a Teachers Institute. Capt.
Conyers says he has declined the IL
vitation for the reason that he believes
Manning would be more convenient
tnan Sumter TO the teachers of this
County. but ct the same time he gives
Sumter cordial invitation to come to
Manning. There is no doubt but that
a union Of the teachers of the two
Counties for this purpose would be a
mutual advantage, but the Capt. is
right; the teachers here are too poor
and times are too hard for them to
bear the expenses OF a two weeks stay
in Sumter.
HURRAH FOR SU,G21EwroS The pros
pect is that this quaint little village
will soon hear the snort OF the steam
engine and the rattle Of the cars. We
saw last Monday a letter from the
President of the Eutawville Railroad,
to Capt Z. R. Briggs, telling him that
the Road il contemplation from No
Il to Sumter, would be completed to
Summerton before the end Of the
wear. The letter says that the bridge
over Santee River where the road is
to cross is now being built. We learn
also that Mr.. T. Wilson, Of Ida, is
building Railroad to connect Sum
merton with the Central Road. This
is fattering Jews for our neighbor.
The terminus Of one Road, a proml-
ncnt station on the first, Summerton
bids fair to become the metropolis Of
the County. That is to rob Manning
OF the honor belonging to the position
at present. Are the people of this
place going to stand idle and see the
trade ard capital Of the town so else
where? Our business and moneyed
men lack enterprise and energy
Something must be done or the day
of Manning S greatness will soon be
nc more.
TowS AFFAics.. The term Of the
present Intendant and wardens oi
Manning ends en- the 22nd inst.
Their administration has been emi
nertlv successful, and merits for them
the highest praise of every appreciat-
i've citizen. The town is out Of debt,
and under their iudicious manage
ment is growing and prospering. Our
streets are an example ofneatness, and
the new thoroughfare to the depot,
recently opened and put in travelling
order is of incalculable convenience.
During the pas: yea, Judgment for
s212,50, long standing against the
town, has been paid, and hook and
ladder truck purchased for protec-
ton against the ravages Of fire. Bet
ter than anything else our town,
which at one time was debauched by
hravls and drunken revels, is now
quiet and orderly. Peace, prosperity,
and protection are the result of the
wise government of the present Coun-
Gil. It is not known that they will
allow themselves reelected; if they
do a second term would be highly ad-
vantageous to the town.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-07
CROSSROADS, Farmers, Etc.
FrLToS, S. c., April 4, 1856.

Nh. EDITOR: Somebody once said
that the lower regions were paved
with good intentions and If lie Is
right, I guess I must have put a whole
pavement down there within the last
23onth, for since that time l have been
unsuccessfully attempting to send you
a communication. As usual, news
around Fulton is scarce-the two pre-
dominating things are
Gross ro9,l< Gad Hiood'S fires.
II stranger can go a mile away from
Fulton and get back without losing
his way a half dozen times, "he's the
best mani never heard of its being
done, and III bet the fellow who does
it viii follow Hop-o-my-thumb's plan,
or get LETT. As to ,noods fres!!. Col
" man. if you never saw one, come
up some hot day and we'll have one
fcr Your benefit A queer fact about
the darn things, is, that they never
break out except en- warm days in
winter. When fellow has such a
freeze to go through as we have been
having, and when cellar in ''sheol
would be God-send, You couldn't
set fire to one of these pieces Of woods
they wouldn't burn. But just wait
till it gets warm enough for a fellow
to sit in his shirt sleeves out in the
piazza, and play with mosquitoes, and
if the woods don't catch a6re in half
an hour, III eat all the fish an editor
can catch in a week, leaving out the
suckers" By the way, talking about
fishing, lis getting about time tor such
sport-when a crowd Of fellows go off
20 catch trout and come back with a
short string of minnows and a long
string OF lies. The Old saw chat the
sea has just as good fish in it, as was
caught out" ought to be changed. Il
it has not got better what's become Of
those that slipped Of the hook? [ ncv-
er did see or Aear OF q fellow bringing
bone fish half as big as the one he
dropped back. But let the poor fish
liars 'lip'-if ~ OF the tribe did as
little harm withfEeir fahrications as
this class, we'd be a>Sht more happy
than We are.
AGRICULTURE.
Tie farmers hereabouts are very
busy row planting corn, which has
been DELAYED this year by the cold, at
least ten days, and preparing their cot
ton land. The oat crop, which was 50
entirely killed during the late severe
freeze, bnt which III many instances
was replanted, will yield a very scan
ty harvest 1t is a TACT worthy Of note,
that the farmers of this section are
using this year less guano than last,
and are using home manures instead.
/ This is stc;, towards Improving the
farmers condition, which VII! do more
good than half dozen conventions;
Which instead of helping the farmer,
their ostensible object-serve to
give prominence to two or three dark
horse politicians, who are taking this
political by-path to the gubernatorial
chair and other Offices. Talking about
J to;,aerS conre,dion$ I see by yoar last
issue, that a mass-mectiDS Of the farm
ers Of this county, who desire repre-
sentation in the Agricultural Conven-
ton to meet in Columbia on the 29th
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-09-04
THE UNIvERsAL1sT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER A. 1886

truth-the Spirit of promise-the Spirit of
COP, we infer that sometimes it signifies the
Father Himself, but more frequently it is a
personifcation of Divine influences and
forces, especially those inherent in the truth
of COP. We sometimes speak of "our souls"
when we mean " ourselves" GoD is the
Holy Spirit, although the Holy Spirit may
not always signify COP. 1t must, however,
always imply that which is Divine And what
is more divine than the power of the Word
of COP, as it sways human hearts? The truth
makes free. because it is the liberating force
of the Author of truth. This, though proceed
ing from the Father, is sent both by the Fa-
Their and the Son. This is another helper:
through it the saving work of GoD and His
ed. The Spirit of truth in our hearts will
lead us from truth to truth till at last we
shall see all truth.
1t is very obvious that the phrase itself is
hgurative, as all religious language of neces-
sity is, by its compelling US to illustrate
things invisible by things visible. "Holy
Ghost" means "Holy Spirit" and holy spirit
means holy breath; and as in this case the
GOD, of course it is the holy breathing of
GoD, either within Himself, or into human
souls. Our spirit is more than our
breath; it is the breathing of our mental and
moral constitutions in the inward fellowship
of its members, and in their communication
with the mental and moral kingdom. The
spirit of man is our highest Interpretation of
the spirit of COP. The spirit of man is
the vital energy, the living power of his
his whole being, character and thought,-the
life that unites all his faculties together and
expresses them in action. 1t is the man
himself in full consciousness and fellowship,
the breath of his whole being and intelli-
gence. 1t marks not SO much his essence
and mental constitution, however, as their
working; his inward and outward life rather
than his organization. AS man is made in
GoD's image, and human faculties illustrate
the Divine attributes, we are warranted in
arguing from mans spirit to COPS spirit as
his inward life; the vital fellowship of all His
powers and projections with each other and
with his kingdom, especially with his rational
children on earth and in heaven.-Heu. s..
OSgood, d. d., in christian Examiner"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-09-04

children, and she won Bob's enmity by
her championship of animals, especially on
little dog to which he was very cruel. She
took this dog to Mr.. Berg and he was finally
restored to his owner. After her return to
the Rolf House the aunt died suddenly from
an accident, and no will can be found save
the one made seven years before, leaving all
her property to the Farquhars-thus cutting
off her own brothers. children. Nan and
these cousins cast their fortunes together
and open little fancy bazaar in the town
where they live, but are not successful. FL
nally Nan goes to the Rolf House, and while
there her old enemy Bob, finding her in the
loft of the barn, locks her in during terrific
storm. In her fright she upsets an
old desk in which Bob had secreted the will
to tease Nan, and thus the fortune is restored
to her, and she takes her invalid cousin to
Europe, and all ends happily. 1t is very
good story, we'll told and wholesome in infu-
ence for advanced boys and girls. New
York: Harper & Brothers.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-09-04

Miss Woolson's last novel, East Angels,
of such diverse opinions of its merits and
dement's that it seems almost work of su-
pererogation to add to the list. The interest
in it never flags, from the beginning to the
end. In some ways it is not SO strong as her
former novel, "Anne,' as the plot is not 80
intense, and the end is very Disappointing to
most readers. AS usual, Miss Woolson has
two heroines, one beautiful but inane, and
the other beautiful and full of character.
Everything seems to conspire to make the
life of the former just what she wishes it to
be, and as full of happiness as she is capable
of enjoying; and the other has to drain the
bitter cup of sorrow to the dregs, because she
is true and strong and can endure unto the
end. Any character more original than the
Northern mother transplanted to the South
by marrying into an aristocratlc Spanish
family and forming herself upon their model
until she is the incarnation of repression, has
never been pictured, and her confession upon
her deathbed, to her friend, of her secret
thoughts so different from her outward life
is exquisitely pathetic. The character of the
hero is not so well sustained. Miss Woolson
puts the cardinal virtues in one of her hero
ines, but her hero is defective. The descrip-
lions of Southern scenery upon the coast of
Florida, are very vivid. Altogether East
Angels is a very remarkable novel, and the
interest is absorbing. We suppose person
cannot be blamed for liking "Anne" better,
but East Angels is good enough in every
way to satisfy that multitudinous person, the
average reader. New York; Harper &
Rrothara
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-09-04
MRS. HEMIUP's THEORY OF HEAT.

The Law OF HEAT By Maria R. Hemiup.
PIP. 120. Price $1.00 Sold by the author.
Geneva, N. Y.
This is in many respects a remarkable
book. The author claims to have made
new discovery in science and to be able to
give an explanation of the expansion of water
in the process of freezing, which fact is gem
orally received by scientists as an exception
to the universal law of heat, 1. e., that heat
expands and cold contracts all bodies in
space. As this is a general law, the excep-
ton in the case of water at the point where
it becomes ice is held by many to be a spe-
cial provision of nature, made for the pres
ervation of men and fishes. This is the view
taken by Professor Silliman, of Yale. He
holds that it is a special manifestation of
Divine wisdom and goodness in nature. DIR.
Tyndall admits that it presents case of
special adjustment between nature and man,
but holds that there is no design or intention
revealed in it, Tyndall never sees mind in
nature when he can help it. He hates teleol-
ogy, and when he must admit it holds il is
unconscious.
Our author, in the superior light of her new
discovery in science, claims this fact is not a
fact, and this exception to universal law is
not an exception. She admits that water is
expanded in space by becoming ice, but
holds that the expansion is caused by heat.
and not by cold.
The condensation of water under the influ
ence of cold causes friction between its
molecules, that generates electricity and the
electricity causes the heat which expands the
water at the same time it turns it 10 ice.
This is her theory, and we are not surprised
that she has not been able to get scientists to
receive, endorse and teach it. It is opposed
to and contradicts all previous scientific
teaching on this subject; no class of facts is
adduced to sustain it; no analogies between
the phenomena of waters becoming ice and
other electrical phenomena is pointed out to
make the theory probable. 1t is not shown
that this theory is demanded to explain the
fact of the expansion of water at the point it
| becomes ice by either physical, chemical, or
electrical science. The theory is certainly
original and novel, but it certainly is not at
this time either demonstrated or verified,
science. There are many other things con-
tanned in this little book, for it is full of
strange, novel and startling theories. The
author is evidently an independent thinker.
The writer is the daughter of the late Rev.
s. W. Remington (Universalist), of Canton,
NY.