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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-01-14

Frederick Douglass recently Sc,
cured a place as clerk in the agricul-
tural department for the daughter of
his old master in the days Of slavery.
The lady was brought up in extreme
luxury, but has for ten years expe-
rienced great privations; and when
the case was presented to Secretary
Rusk he appreciated its pathetic
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-01-14

Whereas, the Constitution Of South
Carolina, Article II, Section
requires that representation IN the
General Assembly shall the appor-
toned among thu several counties OF
the State in the course Of every tenth
year after 1875; and, whereas, the
said Section Of the Constitution was
duly amended in 1886, authorizing
the General Assembly at any time IN
its discretion to adopt the immedi-
ately preceding United States cen.
sus as a true and correct enumera-
ton OF the inhabitants Of the several
counties, and make the apportion-
ment ana assignment among the
several counties according to said
enumeration; and, whereas, there
has been no enumeration of the
inhabitants of the several counties by
the State since 1915:
Section 1. Be it enacted, etc, That
the United States census for the year
$50 be, and the same is hereby,
adopted as a tue and correct emu
meration of the inhabitants OF the
several counties of this State, and
that the apportionment and assign
ment of Representatives among the
several counties be made according
to said enumeration.
Section2. That the several counties
shall, at the session of the General
Assembly next following the first gen
eral election after the passage Of the
Act, and therefore untilthe same shall
be repealed, be entitled to rep1esen-
tation as follows: Abbeville 5, Aiken
3, Anderson 5, Barnwell 5, Beaufort
4, Berkeley D, Charleston {, Chester
3, Chesterfield 2, ClarendonS, Colleton
4, DARLINGTON 3, Edgefeld 5, Fairfield
3, Florence 3, Georgetown ., Green
vile 5, Hampton 2, Horny ., ker-
shaw 2, Lancaster 2, Laurens 2, Lex
ington 2, Marion 3, Marlboro 3, New
berry 3, 0eonee ?, orangeburg2 5,
Pickens 2, Richland 4, spartahburg
6, Sumter 5, Union 8, Williamsburg
8, York 4.
Section 8. All Acts or parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act be,
and the same are hereby, repealed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-01-14

.wALHA1lLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARf Il, 1892.

,LINA, JANUARY Ii, 1892.
summer. I don't recollect ALL said :
Blowers never inspire confidence IL
anybody.
When the Legislature, realizing
the scarcity Of money and the straits
to which the people are reduced
extended the time for the payment
of taxes to the Doth day of February
Tillman refused to approve it. He
is in a~soft place. He has feathereo
his nest and cares not silver now
for the people, only for their votes
He saw very differently when he
had no gloves.
In the campaign Of 1890 Tillman
denounced all who received free
passes on the railroads as bDsbe tax
ers and said they were tanned.
He must have been "blowing." Il
is alleged that he rode on free pass
No. and the railroads and express
companies carried everything free
for him and he has not denied it
BY his silence he pleads guilty. The
Legislature fixed him on the free
pass business. He has to pay now
like other people when he rides on
the cars; hence his abuse of the
members of the Legislature-in his
speech few nights ago at Laurens
BE is mad. he calls for a Legisla.
ture of henchmen to execute his
orders. As the Executive, if he-can
he will seize all the powers Of the
other departments of the Govern
ment and use them for his own bene-
fit. His ambition has cr:.zed him
He aspires to be a Palatine.
Popular government with such
men in Office cannot long survive. In
his speech at Laurens, opening his
campaign for this year in yillifcation
and abuse, he surpassed even what
he said in 1890 when he swung round
itta circle. Then he was plain B. R
!. lfillman; now he is Chief Magistrate
/ of the State.
Farmers of the State, what do you
think of our Governor whom we
elected? I own I am ashamed
voted for him and Will never do it
again. He has deceived US inten-
tionally and badly and has proven
himself to be a fraud.
Tillman, realizing he has not made
good single pledge he gave US dur
ing the campaign of 1890; that he
brought great pecuniary loss upon
the State; that his administration
has been a failure and the people
feel and know it, is now trying tc
fasten the blame ON the Legislature
Farmers, merchants, business men:
citizens, all, let us come together
Let all of our efforts be for the COM
mon good and general welfare. Our
once proud old State sorely needs
the services of-every good and loyal
citizen if our Christian civilization
andshomess are redeemed and saved
from the vileoLet every one do his
duty to God and his country. Ban.
ish al personal preferences. Lei
every community be closely scanned
and men, clean, capable and loyal tc
principle alone, be selected and
elected to office. Elect them whe.
ther they want the Office or not, and
tell them they must serve. If this i:
done all viii be well-tbe State viii
be redeemed and saved, the people
again united and happy and I'illmar
quietly laid away with eight follow
ing his political corpse to its las
resting place-six pail bearers and
two maou17aers--Irby and Shell.
Respectfully,
ELLISON S. KEITT.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-01-14
Irish Wit.

An Irish peasant brought litter
of kittens to a Protestant vicar IN q
certain town in County Wicklow, re
questing him to purchase them. The
vicar decline Your riyrence. t.Ley
are good Protestant kites, : urged
Paddy, but his reverence remained
obdurate. A few days after the Ro-
man Catholic priest who had mean
while been informed of the offer to
his brother clergyman was ap
preached, and on his refusing to
make a purchase the would be selle.
urged a sale, Sure, father, dear
they are good Catholic kittens.
But how is this, my man." replied
the priest. you said day or two
ago they were good Protestant kit
tens" And so they were, " said the
peasant, ''but their eyes weren I
opened. London Spectator.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-01-14
a Joke of the Kaiser.

A story which reaches me from
Potsdam is of a harmless character.
The German emperor appeared a few
days ago before the barracks OF the
Guard Hussars. He dismounted and
gave the corporal of the guard orders
to march lis men away silently into
the officers mess close by. Then he
caused the alarm to be sounded by
the trrlnpeter of the guard. whom he
kept by his side. The officer of the
guard. who had noticeu nothing of
the event, came rushing out, but the
guard was gone. Where is your
g7a..cd, sir27 said the emperor; to
which the unfortunate man could of
course give no answer. His majesty
was nightly pleased at the result of
this practical joke.-Vanity Fair.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-01-14
A New York minister's Boy

There is a certain up town minister
whose little son, having proIited by
his fathers teachings. has a most
complete faith in God. The little
fellow spent some weeks IN the coun
ly. and became much interested IL
a yoke of oxen which belonged on
the place on which he was staying.
One day, desirous Of stirring the
creatures up little, he poled them
with stick, but they didn't mind
that. Then he scratched them with
a hoe which lay handy, bur still
they stood drowsy, almost liseless.
Finally the boy stuck wisr Of hay
up each ox's nose That did the
business. The oxen stopped chewing
their cuds and began to look ex
tremely frisky.
take care, Harry shouted the
hired man, them beasts might cut
and run
Couldn't you stop EN- if they
did, asked Harry.
"WeI. perhaps | could, and then
ag'in perhaps I couldn't Oxen Is
powerful ugly sometimes.
Harry was silent for moment,
and then he said, 4 know who could
stop 'em if you cou-dn t."
"Who!' asked the man
God, was the answer.
Glow could God stop em2"
'sHo could say Gee-haw' at EN-,
was the triumphant answer. New
York Tines.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-01-14

New HAVEN, COM, December 19,
1s91.-In the year 1901 there was
born into the family of Daniel Hand,
farmer magistrate living in the
town of Madison, Conn, son who
took by baptism the Christian name
Of his father. 1t was family of
rien oto0d, whosu ance a-es=s=ssa.s
reached back to one Of the first
patentees Of East Hampton, Long
Island, and had since, during a CEN
tury and half, streamed through
the veins of the most hardy and
God-fearing yeomen of the shore
towns of Connecticut, as well as of
the earliest settlers of the ssNew
Connecticut in Ohio. The son
grew up in the usual environment of
"a Yankee farm community. He
drew his lettering from the sslittle
red school house, . toiled on the farm,
and absorbed into his character, at
its formative and plastic stage, the
pious habitudes so universal in the
theocratic epoch OF New England.
But IKE most Yankee striplings, he
MIGRATED at the age of Is to the
South, where an uncle, who was a
merchant at Augusta, Ga, received
him as clerk In his store. In due
time the nephsg succeeded to his
uncle's business. The firm prospered
by The Yankee acuteness and thrift
of Ifs bead, and fifteen years before
the outbreak of the Civil War had
so expanded It's trade that Mr.. Hand
took partner, a tried clerk, George
w. Williams, who not long after
went to Charleston, S: g., to found
and manage a branch Of the Augusta
house. This scion Of the firm soon
outgrew the parent stem, and ere
long there was transferred to it the
larger part Of Mr.. Hands mercantile
!. 1
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-01-14
The Law of Apportioument.

An ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ArP6R-
rIoNMENT OF THE REPRESENTA-
rIvEs IN TIE HOUSE OF REPRE-
sENTATIyEs OF TIE STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA, FROM TIE sEvE-
RAL COUNTIES THIS STATE,
ACCORDING TO TIE ENUMERATION
OF THE UNITED STATES CENSUS
FOR TIE YEAR 1890.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-01-14
THE GREAT HAND CHARITY.

L1FE-sKE7cH OF IT'S DoNoR-H1s
HABITS AND TRA1Ts-Bow a
SOUTHERN BANKERS HONESTY LED
TO TIE G1FT-PRovIs1oNs OF MIR.
HANDS WILL.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-01-14
Two Ways of Pronouncins Missouri

Two ways Oh FroHouHciuS hissouTi'
There is a discussion among the
Missouri newspapers Of the proper
pronunciation of the name of their
state. It seems to be understood
that the plain people call it s'Mizzon
reen and the patrician folk 'sMizzou
rah." Arkansas wisely settled a
similar dispute some years ago by a
statute which made the correct pro
nuneiation g sArkansaW, with the ac
cent on the first syllable -Philadel
phia Ledger
Patience is the ballast Of the soul
that viii keep it from rolling and
ltumbling IN the great storm.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-01-14

T available and procurable at the small
est cost to our planters is found in
1 dissolved South Carolina rock, sold
as acid phosphate.
Second. A solvent quickly-acting
nitrate is decidedly better for the
bright yellow type than the slow
acting one, because this type needs
to be pushed forward by rapid growth
to early maturity, so as to cause the
plants to ripen yellow in color, and
at time when the weather condi-
E.tions are most favorable to the cur
ing process.
Third. The sulpbate of potash is
better than the chloride for any class
of tobacco, because the chloride
imparts a greener color to the plants,
/ causing them to cure of a darker
shade, and Injuries the texture. The
so-called ssmuriate of potassium" is
unfit for any class Of tobacco and
should not be used. Being cheaper
some fertilizer manufacturers use it
largely, but it should not be used on
land where the tobacco plant mus
grow.
Following the line of Major Rag
lands research we find formula
which he has laid down as general
rule. For an acre Of poor, gray, old
field land which is to be planted for
bright tobacco we find the following
laid down:
Dissolved South Carolina rock, i. e.,
acid phosphate. pounds. 200
Nitrate of soda. ............. i6O
Sulphate of potash. 40
Total. ....... ..................5 800
If the land is freshly cleared of
forest soil, the following formula is
recommended:
Acid phosphate. ........... pounds. .16G
,Ni4rata of coda 14N
Sulphate of potash. ................. .12O
For an acre of long cleared land
which has been cropped upon for a
number of years continuously this
formula is offered:
Acid phosphate. ............p pounds. 100
Sulphate of potash. ..... ,......... 140
Total. ............ ............ $50
Tie above should give the planter
fair idea of what is needed in the
way of fertilizer for his tobacco
crop. 1t will be seen that the allow
ance for each acre is rather large
compared with the amount used on
cotton and other crops, but the
planter must bear in mind that the
yield of tobacco, if properly managed.
is correspondingly large. Under the
old regime of tobacco growing 600 to
700 pounds of leaf per acre was con-
sidered a big yield, but things have
changed wonderfully along this line
within the past few years. The
tobacco planters in the Florence sec
ton now grow from 1000 to 1880
pounds of tobacco per acre.
1t is true that high topping has
much to do with this, but not all
These planters have followed the
policy that in tobacco growing YOU
must take your best land and make
it yield all which generous fertllizlng
will do and this policy has paid them
well. 1t costs no more to cultivate
well fertilized acre of tobacco than
any other kind and but little more to
cure it. Hence it is best to make it
yield it's full share, and the only way
to get it is by generous use of COM
mercial fertilizers.
When as much as $50 pounds OF
500 pounds of fertilizer is applied
per acre it is best to broadcast ore
half and apply the balance in the
drill. This method of application
gives the roots something to feed on
during its entire growing season and
makes uniform plant.
II. e. HARMAN.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-01-14

A cushion car wheel is new.
New Mexico claims meerschaJuE
dnooci+r
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sinewy in frame, intellectual in cast
Of face, dressing elegantly and more
like a statesman or q preacher for
whom he was often mistaken than
The typical Yankee bred on. the farm.
He was a plain, even absteminous,
liver, never ding more than his
few thousands q year. Mentally and
in temper be was Of the most positive
type, relying imp plieisy on his own
Judgment, rarely seeking advice and
often resenting i. He joined the
|Fresbyt terian church at the age Of
|2S and shroughou out his busy life vas
"a most devon ffol Hover Of that creed,
constantly infusing his strong faith ittih
into life and cond dacts and not eldoa
styling himself a trustee fer 'royl-
|dence oYe his own property.
Altogether be was one Of those
deeply mdivi ind ualzea forms Of old
school men WHOM, Fe rarely nseet
noWadays outside of besSs, ana
never save ii. ttheirseE age aking
the Two part tuget the. very strik-
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WINSTON, N. C.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-03-11
FOREIGN.

Chill has declined altogether to partici-
pate in the worlds fair at Chicago, on
the plea that she cannot afford it.
Mrs. Annie Margaret Montagu, wife of
Robert Montagu of Coleraine, County
Londonderry, Ire.. and daughter-in-law
of Lord Montagu, who on February Is
was held by corners jury as being re-
sponsible for the death of her three
year-old daughter, Mary Helen, was
found guilty of manslaughter and was
also committed on the charge of cruelty
to children.
The three hundred thousand Germans
who are preparing to leave the Volga prov
inces of Russia for the United States are
very different from the natives of Germa-
ny. They are nineteenth century Rip Van
Wrinkles, gaunt In form, wearing gar
ments of the style of a hundred years
ago, and having the furniture yet that
their ancestors brought from Germany
to Russia. They are excellent people,
industrious in their ways, and honest in
everything, but entirely ignorant of the
world as it really is. The Russians look
upon them as foreigners, and are appar
emily willing to let them go.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-03-11
1t is not intended to make any profits

1t is not intended to make any profits
from the course. The larger part of the
expenses are to be covered by subscrip-
ton and merely nominal price of 81 will
be charged for the entire course of six
lectures.
If this plan is successful, as it bids fair
to be, an association will very probably
be formed to support similar course of
lectures every year on practical scientific
subjects of general interest.
There are doubtless many people in
Middlebury and the surrounding towns
who would be glad to hear such lectures
and who will hail this announcement
with pleasure.
The universities and colleges of the
country are fast awakening to the fact
that they have duties that are not con-
fined to the four walls of the college build
ing, and are beginning to see that they
should do something to extend their iu-
fuence in the communities in which they
are located. This is seen in the so-called
university extension movement" which
is now engaging the attention and
strength of the larger Institutions, while
the smaller ones are following in the
same general line by encouraging courses
public as well as for the students.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-03-11
Some Curious Facts About violins.

Boston, March There is always more
or less dust that falls into the interior of
violin, or in fact any stringed instrument
with an aperture. After awhile this dust
collects in little ball, which rolls about,
and to this all the succeeding accumula-
tions adhere, until, like a SNOWFALL that
the children roll about it rapidly grows in
size. Strange as it may seem to those IN
acquainted with the vagaries of musicians,
this little dust ball is quite an object of
pride to the owners heart. OF course it
could readily be removed, but the fact is it
really keeps the instrument clean, and as
it slowly moves about the player knows
that it is acting like "A tiny broom, keeping
the dust away from the neck and sides,
and is really what might be termed an in
animate scavenger.
Not less curious than this is the fact that
in many of the old towns and cities of the
Fatherland where violins are manufac-
tured, whenever an old house is condemned
and ready to be torn down there is an i'm
mediate rush of violin makers who exam
inc the woodwork carefully and, having
found a piece which is sufficiently vel
seasoned, secure it to be used in the manu-
facture of their instruments. Some OF
these houses are hundreds of years old and
the wood has in consequence mellowness
and ripeness which no process" could pro
duce.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-03-11
PROPOSED LECTURE COURSE.

The faculty of the college have ap-
pointed committee, consisting of Pro-
fessors Seely, Plehn and James, to ar
range for a course of lectures in practical
political science. The object of the lee
ture course is to unite the town and col
lege in the advancement of scientific
knowledge. In view of the general inter-
est In the approaching election it has
been thought best that the lectures be
confined to political subjects.
The plan, so far as it is yet matured,
is to have a course of six lectures to be
given, some time during the spring term
of the college, in the town hail. Although
none of the lecturers has yet been en-
gagged, 1t is hoped that some of the fol-
lowing may be induced to come: Albert
Shaw, editor of the American Review of
Reviews; Prof. Taussig of Harvard, Prof
Chas. III. Levermore of the Boston Insti-
tute of Technology, Edward Atkinson of
the Massachusetts Labor bureau, Presi-
dent f. b. Andrews of Brown university.
The intention is to get men who are ac-
knowledged authorities in their subjects
to give us the results of their studies.
The tendency of modern science is to de-
velope specialists, and it is some of these
men who combine a wide general knowl
edge of the subject of political science
with special and complete knowledge
on some one branch, that are to be asked
to give this course.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-03-11
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.

The small audience that gathered in the
town hall last Friday night to hear Mr..
c. l.. Leonard of the college give his lee
ture, why was well paid for the hour
and a half spent there. Mr.. Leonard is
an easy and forcible speaker, and he
clinched his arguments with suggestive
stories or VIVID accounts of incidents that
had come under his personal observa-
ton. The lecture was given under the
auspices of the local w. G.. L. u, one
member of which remarked at the close
of the lecture that " the college ought to
be proud of having such man among
its students" A collection was taken to
defray expenses.
Rev. f. G. Heaxt introduced the speak
er, who said in part: We are living in an
age of inquiry. The man before the pub
lie must give reasons for his cause. Ev-
erything today is challenged with a
"why," and no cause deserves to stand
which cannot answer that challenge.
Self-preservation is the first law of life,
and because the saloon has destroyed our
friends and threatens ourselves is our
first answer to the challenge. "why?"
The reason why the saloon exists is not
because 1t deserves to exist, but because
the age tolerates it. Sacred and secular
history tell of the decline and downfall of
great men aad great nations through the
increased and excessive use of intoXi-
cants. Alexander the Great was success
full as long as he was temperate, but at
last he fell through debauchery. Age
gives sanclity to any institution. Then,
as the act, passed in England in 1000,
restricting the sale of liquor gave the
power to any magistrate to close saloons,
and was considered lawful WhV is il not