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Who Wants to Enjoy Wood Health and a
Long Life I Practical Advice by a
Practical Man.
To secure a dear, fresh skin, bright
eye, active limbs, a quick brain, and a
cheerful, pleasant temper, and if you
would enjoy a long life, you should live
about as follows:
BBEAKFA8T.
Oat meal porridge, with milk and
sugar.
Or, Graham mush, with a little good
syrup.
Or. cracked wheat, with milk and
sugar.
Farm Miscellany,
CloTcr and Grass.
The American canjp was reached ;
Kate threw herself from the saddle,
and placed her faithfdl horse in charge
of a soldier.
“ Wlihre is Gen. Green’s*tent f” she
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lg Journal—Jibuti to ftetos,* ^politics, Jifoata, %$i
iculture, anil % Industrial l
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THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM • IN ADVANCE. ATHENS, GA. SEPTEMBER29, 1871. VOL. XLI.--N0. 5--NEW SERIES. VOL. 4. NO. 49
IV 5
onthcrn - flamin'.
rtitl.lN.IKU WKKKLY,
BY S. A. ATKINSON,
at TintEE DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
O tice, Broad tt., over J. H. Huggins.
KITKS OF AOVF.RT1S1M1.
, t.rrtl~"iifnu will be inwrt«datOn<i Dollar and
rift, Cohn pur S-in»re of 12 line*, forlhe flnt.and
> f r.nlr-(lre Cent* for each aabaequent Insertion
ifincuviitsiui cm.ii nuusvquciis ruacitiuii,
time under one month. For a longer period
jib >ral contract* will be made.
Business Directory.
l.AM All conn. A. 8. KHW1N. HOWKLI. COBB
COBB, ERWIN & COBB,
Miscellaneous.
Summey & Newton,
IlltO.AO **T. t ATIIRNW, 0.1.
—:o:—
IRON, PLOW STEEL,
STEEL, HOES.
NAIL*, PLOWS,
MILL SAWS, COTTON GINS,
And General Hardware and Cutlery, at
Wholesale and Retail
.. „ Sl’MilEYA- NEWTON
thono, Oa.,-April 14th. tf Xo. a Brand SI.
ARTHUR EVANS,
Watchmaker & Jeweller,
(LATE WITH CHILDS <fc MOSS,)
“T RESPECTFULLY announces to
J t the citJscns of Athena and vicinity that Ji<
Ins located at the New Drug Store of Dr. Wm
‘ ‘ all kinds of
Fireside Miscellany.
Godlnettc’s Lesson.
Godinctte, the sly young beauty,
Used to hear her grandma state -
That it was the Christian duty
Never to retaliate.
“ Though," she’d say, “ the world should
6pite thee,
Be of meekness not bereft:
If one on the right cheek smite thee,
Straightway turn to him the left.”
In such wise the pious lesson
She’d impress on
Godinette,
And the beauty promised never to forget.
King, and la prepared to do all klnda of repaira on
!i n A’V, w'r.w o iT Y AW 1 Waieheo, Cl^cka, Jewelry, etc. All work promptly
T TO liN F.YS AT L Aw , ’ doaemnd wtKmiUtd. [Aug. 11—3m.
Attiw, Georgia, tithe. In the Dtupro
building.
A
I>. (1. CANDLER,
TTORNEY AT LAW,
Hank. County. <5a. Will practice
In the eotintier of Ilattk., Jackaon, Hall, Haber*
ahain alul Franklin.
MtsTIN IV. ItlDF.N.
TTOKNEY AT LAW,
and Salary Public, Athens Ga. Will |ira -
ticein the WVsHenii circuit will give^ particular
attention to 1
agent for tUp I
j»ay taxe* on ’
A,
ui» ; will gi
I’tdleilion of claims, and will net n«
ham* and sale of real estate and
1 Ian is. innlMI
kLLTON, C. W. SEIDELL,
SKELTON & SKI DEI l«.
4 T T O R N E Y S A T LAW,
.‘V Hartwell. II trl County, Georgia.
PITTMAN A HINTON,
V TTOKXEYS AT LAW
a JeiTvr
ckstin county, tia.
SAM I'El. 1*. THURMOND,
A T T O K X E Y A T L A W ,
* X. A til.MU, Ga. OtAcann Hroail alrcet, over
llirry % s m'. store. Will give spe.-i.tl nUenlion
(near trltt Hinkrtiptrv. Aim, to the collection of
all claims entrurtc.l In Itir care.
J. .1. A J. t . tl.KXlMtHi.
RALEIt8 IX HARDWARE,
Iron Steel, Sail., Carriage Material, Mining
tuple nonts,.Ac., IVhtlc tallct., Atlanta.
M.VAN ESTES,
^TTORNEY AT L A W,
TO T1IE PUBLIC.
r HAVE PURCHASED the inter-
-L ost of Mr. Win. J. Morton in the late firm of
Bitch A Morton, and will continue the business.
I h<«|»c, by fisir dealing to retain the customers of
the late firm, and to receive a fair share of the
tr.idc in my lino of business. A fresh stock of
Clothing and Furnishing
Goods
will he received for the <'-oinmenccincnt trade.
July 21. .1. E. BITCH.
WM. WOOD,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OP
F V RNITURE.
IJ'URNITURE REPAIRED, UP-
-I- bolstered and varnished, also a lap,:e variety
of wood cotfius and Fisk’s 1’alcnt Metalic Burial
Cases always 4>n hand.
Warerooius on Clayton St., next to Episcopal
Church. Sej>9 Cm. WILLIAM WOOD.
For Sale or Exchange.
J HAVE 300 acres of land in de
limiter, Rink. County, Ga.
J. K. Wrl.KSKFT.
T T O R X E Y A T L A \V ,
Y_ Carncsville, Franklin countv, Ga. Office
merly occupied byj. F. Langston, Esq. i*21
A. B. FARQUHAR,
Pfeprietsr of Pennsylvania Agricultural Works,
ilj&ufiuturcr of lraprtmd [YOBlv, Penk'a.
M r™!"ccn a SOLIDSTEEL SWEEPS,
DICKSON SWEEPS, >nd
STEEL PLOWS, SHOVEL
PLOW BLADES,
CULTIVATORS,
Bossi-Powkiu, Turesh-
t>r. Machines, Ac., Ac.
Seed far lllutntco Uttlogie.
FLOUR & FEED STORE!
OX COLLEGE AVENUE,
(opposite xk*.vto\ house.)
May 15
WM. HF.MiY HULL.
Wilkie Collins’ Novels.
A RMADALE; paper, $1 60;-
-X cloth, 92. Man and Wife ; paper, 91 ; cloth,
SI Vi The Moon-Stone; paper, 11 50; cloth, 92.
N-Scale , |<a|ior, 91 50; doth: 2. TheWoman In
White ; i>at«-r9l 50: cloth, 92. For aale y
•t-i-tt T. A. BURKE.
New Books.
j''1IE COMIC BLACKSTONE; by
L (illbert Abbot A’Beckett, with illustrations
burne Co.. Al.i., which I will sell cheap, or ex
change for real e>iatc in this city. There arc 00
acres cleared, 38of it t tie bust bottom land on Cane
creek, producing .Ml to 75 bushels of corn ner acre,
and cotton in |,r»|M»riion. The remaimk-r is in
the woimIs. The farm is 20 miles from the &k*!ina,
Rome and D.il:<*n Railroad, oue and a quarter miles
from the county site, Edwanlsvilie, 6 miles from
the located <Ie|»ot of the Columbus ami Chat
tanooga Railroad, ami one mile from the route
of the Griftin and North Alabama Railroad
There is nn excellent store house (uot be
longing to the place), which can be bought or
rented chca,p and is a
Godinette ran home one morning,
Rosy-cheeked her grandma sought,
Saying, “I’ve recalled your warning,
And have acted ns you taught.
Jaquot kissed me by the gateway,
But I ne’er avenged the theft ;
As it was the right check, straightway
I unto him turned the left,”
’Twits well done; no mnn could stop her
In this proper
Sort of deed,
And she found Iter grandma's counsel
well surcccd.
Kate Heath.
AN EPISODE OP THE WAR OF INDE
PENDENCE.
The year 1781 was a dark and
gloomy one for the Americans, who
were then struggling for independence.
In South Carolina, affairs were in a
they have heretofore, we shall succeed,”
said Rawdon, his face assuming a tri-
uraphat expression.
“ I shall feel happy when the Re
bels are driven away from Carolina,
and then their rule will be over,” said
Col. Roberts.
“ We must crush Green, Colonel,
do not want to go back to Eng
land and let it be said that I was out-
generalled by a Rebel. No, never 1”
exclaimed Rawdon rising to his feet.
“ Then we make that attack at day
break, do we not T” asked the coloneL
‘‘Wp In Thu jriiu
ready, and make your men fight like
demons.”
“ Let us go now. But hold! what
is the countersign for the picket to
night, my lord ?”
“ England,” answered Lord Rawdon,
lowering his voice.
Kate listened to the Briton’s plan
with a wildly beating heart, and she re
solved to save the patriot army. When
she heard the countersign, she left the
door, and busied herself in her house
hold duties; and soon the two officers
emerged from the room.
“ We must go, Miss Heath ; but
first let me thank you for your kind
ness, said Rawdon.
“ Your thanks are received,” replied
Kate.
Their horses were saddled, and the
Splendid Stand for a Country Store.
Titles indisputable. For further information ap
ply to, or address
Dr. .1. \V. MURRELL,
March 31 -3m Athens, Ga.
To Housekeepers.
r'ftT Dirr'L'iv'K'rt „ t
TU.ST RECEIVED, a large assort-
* J ment ©f
HnronwEiSic
which we are ottering at very low prices. All
stoves sold by us
WARRANTED IN
EVERY PARTICULAR.
SUMMEY & NEWTOX.
Foi the North East Ga, Railroad!
A Large and varied Stock
PALL & WIN TER
I
CONSISTING OF
• CruiksUank. One large volume. $2 50.
. did h« not Die? or, the Child from the
F.i:verging. From the German; by Mr*. A. L.
Witter. Si 75.
Ik»t. Doing volume first of Science for the
Y<—>»g; by Jacob Abbott, with numerous illustra
tion Si SO.
Callirhoe. By Maurice Sand (son of George
*ai» L. From tite French, by 8. A. Depontc, of
NVw OrUmns. $1 75.
i (teller than Phvsle; or. Everybody’* Life
$1 .50.
Fro»ervrr; by W. W. Dull, M. D. _
Ttic Hrtih.ti Chinee; by Bret Hartc, with eight
tbuMniiont. Priw 25 m-tila. For aale by
Juiir 2 T. A. BURKE.
SUMMEY & NEWTOMj
Iminrlm and Dealers in
^Wt W, Hails, Hollow Ware,
i| iiuiiO) uuuun iiuiu)
11 • ,K *v crs*. akvii.m.
lltliltirAIIK. AC,
*>. II:hkI Street, Athens, Ga.
hfflcf Northeastern Railroad, )
Athens, June 17: 1871. $
°JICK is herehv given that the
Lew ^“(•v’ription to the Northeastern
tfc -if .tf > ar, ‘ now u|*«n for subscription, at
, '* 3 per rent on the sul»scribeal
,/. pr ' , [‘" r 'iue and iM.vahle to R. L. Moss, Treas*
luji )*• n:! * *t Jettersou, llomer, Har-
• l,ru ' t * and la'xiiiKton.
» R- L. HUioM FIKlD, Acting President.
•' Raw ford, Secretary.
'Ol’ICE or CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
UN T1IK
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Crockery,
Shoes,
Hats,
Caps,
3AGGING AND TIES,
HEMLOCK LEATHER,
Salt, *Vr.
Which he oflent to the country at large at as
REASONABLE PRICES
as ihe same goods ran be boncht
A .YU MARK El IN THE
SOUTHERN STATES,
Freight added. As I am determined to
Sell as Low as Anybody,
IN
in this or any other market, I invite tny old custo
mers anil the public generally, to
superintendent** ttfllre, 1
Georgia and Macon a Augusta Railroad, >
Augusta, O January 20,1871. J
( \X AND ApTER SUNDAY,
' ’ Jamurv *A>il iha PaMKiifpr Tialns will
I*|.V Passenger Train, Daily, Sunday
Excepted.
Auguau at 8 00 a.m.
^eAtUntant —7 10a.m.
Ar.ivc Atlanta at tt 30 p.m.
Ar nvf at Augusta at ~5 40 p. ui.
Night Passenger Train.
August*at -8 30p. m.
, Tf AtUntuat 10 15 p. m.
r"**»t Atlauia ut 6 40a.m.
A, »'eat AugusUat 7 30 a. m.
, lltrz'iia Passenger Train.
U,,*. i*2«»ia at 4 15 p. m.
W^f'isat 7 30 a.m.
Arm, „ ) u nus,a _9 25 a. m.
Roth nil—nelia 6 00p. m.
flo* eua,JJ 4 Night Passenger Trains will maka
-> Augusta anil Atlanta with
Ress.utrr. o ** ,,f eonncctlng roads.
* n<l »hii.«i,^ . Atlanta. Athena, Washington,
fAj.u lijr p.. 0 ,,n| r*la Railroad, by taking tha
bun u ia' u ,y •?f f t Train wiU make cioae connec-
•od read, \|‘ the Macon Paasonger Train,
l'»u« swi “ !l )' nm * day at 7 40 p. m.
^ 141 long t an on all Sight Traina.
Sr bMole on
.1,0
1 f Baron k Augusta Railroad.
" J * Kft'rtt Jan. 28, 1871.
sc,. a, *rf Macon—Day Pas-
te»~p“:=:::===3Sr7
. The .,*;V! "‘ U,U “ ~.—l «p. rn.
^ n »*. m»TlI*i? rTrain Macon at
T222 *t M£r c,ion ‘ wllh Tniu * of
te * *• »>*•. make
W.? U aSSSJ* wi iL h I’asaengcr
” u *lih ' ! ' i ”»d.sndwilicnr nC f, a At-
•X K. JOIINSQN, SitpL
. Wanted,
“““ ironcane
‘■>7 7Vpi B. F. O'KELLt,
Athcn«, Oa.
Wfil A ©ALL 1
AND EX A MINE FOR T1IEMSEL VE8.
1 shall continue to
Bit) Cotton and Counity Produce,
At tlic Highest Market Price.
S. C. DOBBS,
aeyt 15-tf
E. S. ENGLAND & CO.,
^RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR
NEW FALL STOCK!
Selected with care by one of the firm. In New
York, to which they invite the attention of their
customers au J the public. They have a good assort
ment of
STAPLE&FANCIT DRYGOODS
GUOI'RIIIES,
PUOVINIONM,
MAUD9% A KB.
CKOI'KBRY,
MATH. CAPS,
BOOTH,
KIIOEa,
And in ahort, everything in the way of
Family and Plantation Supplies
They will pay the HIGHEST PRICE FOR
COTTON or other Produce,and
Will more Colton nt S3 Cents n Bole
per month. .... ... ,,
We are determined todeal (airly, aell low, and by
close attention to tuiainesa hope to please old custo
mers and make many now ones. aeptlSlf
NEW FALL GOODS.
RENTER & REAVES have now in
L 1 store and to arrive,
ISO Bug* Coffee,
IOO Barrels Sugar,
400'Sacks Mall,
IO Teaa lroa Tiea,
3,000 Varda Bagging.
Also a large andJireU-aalacted stock o?
STAPLE GOODS.
which we offkr low to the pnMlc for cash or pro
duce. We are also agents for Dm celebrated
CARVER,COTTON GIN.
angS5-ta
critical situation. Gen. Green made an
unsuccessful attack on the British post
of Ninety-Six, and withdrew his men
beyond the Tiger and Broad rivers.
Lord Rawdon followed him, hut could
not draw the patriot. General into on
engagement.
At that period there stood, in North
Carolina, a plain and unassuming
house; it was a one story building, neat
ly whitewashed, and surrounded by a
fence. The garden contained many
choice flowers; and the beautiful hon
eysuckles shaded the doors and win
dows. It was the house of Mrs.
Heath, who lived with her two daugh
ters, while her son George was in
Washington’s army fighting for free
dom.
Kate, the eldest of the daughters,
was a beautiful girl of sixteen summers;
her auburn hair hung in graceful curls
down to her shoulders, and her face
beamed with kindness, while her eyes
shone like the stars that lit up the
azure vault of heaven.
One evening, as Kate was standing
at the cottage door, she beheld two
mounted officers approaching. They
were richly dressed, and one of them
she recognized as Lord Rawdon, the
commander of the British forces in that
part of the country. They rode up
to her, and Rawdon leant over in his
saddle, and said, in a kind voice,
“ Well, Miss, can you let me have the
use of a room, for a few minutes t”
“ Yes, sir; our house is open to
you.”
“ Come, Colonel, let us hasten to
business,” said Rawdon, dismounting,
while the Colonel did the same, the lat
ter leading the horses to the stable.
Lord Rawdon advanced to where
Kate was standing, and said, “ Whose
house is this. Miss ?”
“ Mrs. Heath’s, my lord.”
“Ha! her son is in the rebel army,
under Washington, is he not ?”
Kate trembled at the insult, aud she
looked at the Briton with a searching
glance.
“ My brother is no rebel, Lord
Rawdon ; he is fightting for his couti
try.”
I am sorry for that. He is a brave
boy, and would, no doubt, make
good British soldier,” returned Raw
don.
Lord Rawdon, you insult me.
would sooner see George die a felon’s
death than see him in the King’s army,”
was the prompt answer.
“ I see you are a rebel, too, Miss
Heath. But here comes the Co'onel,”
said Rawdon, ns he saw that worthy
coming from the stable.
They entered the house and went
into a small room to hold a consulta
tion. Kate thought they might have
something important to say, so she re
solved to play the eavesdropper. She
told her mother of her intention, who
approved of it; and Kate placed her
self in a position to overhear the Brit
ons’ plan.
It was a dangerous undertaking
and she knew that if she was caught in
the act of listening she would be treat
ed as a spy, and perhaps executed, for
Lord Rawdon knew no mercy. She
cautiously approached the door and
looked through a crevice. Rawdon
and his colonel were seated before
small table, on which lay maps. They
were examining them closely, while
Rawdon was explaining them to the
Colonel.
“Here is Green’s camp,” said he,
“ and here is ours. We must make
bold stroke, and if it be successful,
Green will* be destroyed.”
“I don’t see why it should not suc
ceed, do you, my lord?”
“ No; if our troops fight as vrdl as
officers were soon on their way. Kate
asked,
“ To the right, there, where you see
that light,” replied the man, pointing
to the place.
She entered the General’s tent, and
found him engaged in writing. He
raised his eyes, then arose to his feet,
and said, “ You come here at a late
hour, Miss Heath.’”
“I do General. You are in danger”
“How is that?” exclaimed Green.
The brave girl told her story, and
the General grasped her hand, while
Or, baked potatoes, with .bread and
butter.
Or, beef steak or mutton chop, with
baked potatoes and bread and butter.
If you are thin, and need fat, use
the first three; if you are too fat, use
the last named two.
Drink cold water, or a little weak
coffee.
DINNER.
Beef or mutton, roasted or stewed,
with any vegetables you may like,
(though tomatoes should be used very
the tears trickled down his war-worn j sparingly), good bread and butter, and
watched them till they were out of
sight, and then prepared for her per
ilous journey. She threw on a shawl,
and went to the stable. Her fleet
footed horse neighed as she entered,
and she patted him on the head, and
said, “ Well, noble Selim, you must
cany* me safely to-night; for if you
do not, Gen. Green will be destroyed.”
The animal seemed to understand
her, for he ga.ve a loud whinny. Our
heroine saddled Selim, led him from
the stable, and was soon riding towards
Gen. Green’s camp, which was eight
miles distant. She rode swiftly, for
she wanted to reach her destination in
time to let the patriot General form
his men to meet the assault. The
British pickets were four miles distaut;
and she would be compelled to pass
through their lines; but os she was in
possession of the countersign, she did
not fear the result. Soon Kate saw
the picket’s bayonet gleam in the moon
light, and heard him cry out:
“ Who goes there ?”
“ A friend, with the countersign.”
“ Advance, friend, and give the
countersign.”
She approached the picket, and
whispered, “ England!”
“ All right; pass on. But stop 1”
cried the picket, as he caught a glimpse
of her face.
Kate stopped her horse, and laid her
hand on a pistol. The picket ap
proaching said, “ Is that you, Miss
Heath?”
It is, Guy,” returned Kate; for
she recognized the soldier to be Guy
Jackson, who had often visited the gar
dener at their house.
Where are you going to-night,
Miss Kate ?” he asked.
“ To see Mrs. Blake; she is very
ill.”
Just like you, Miss Kate—always
visiting the sick ; you are a minister
ing angel,” said the British soldier.
Thank you for the compliment,
Guy. But I must be going. Good
night 1”
And Kate was again' on lior jour
ney, while the picket returned to his
post. She had to pass four miles yet
ere she would be safe, so she urged on |
he steed. Before she hail gone a hun
dred yards from Guy Jackson, a dozen
mounted Britons rude furiously up to
the picket, and their leader cried out,
Did any person pass this post a short
time since?”
“ Yes, sir,” was the picket’s reply.
“ Do you know who it was ?”
“ I do; it was Miss Heath.”
“ Had she the countersign ?”
“ She had.”
“ I fear she is safe. Forward meu !
If she escapes, Gen. Green is saved 1
A hundred golden guineas and a com
mission to the man who catches her!”
cried the leader of the band, as they
dashed after the brave girl, leaving the
picket in a state of bewilderment.
Kate soon heard the sound of her
pursuers, and she pushed on faster.—
It was a race for life or death. The
British horses were fresh, while hers
was beginning to show signs of fatigue.
“Forward, Selim? You must take
me to Gen. Green’s camp 1” said Kate
to her horse.
But her enemies gained upon her,
and one of them seemed bent on catch
ing her, for he was some yards in ad
vance of his comrades,
the ominous tramp of his horse, and
drew her pistol Nearer he came, un
til he was at her ride, and then cried
out, “Halt, you vile rebell”
Those were his last words, for Kate
fired, and the bullet crashed through
his brain. The others did not stop to
lode at their comrade, bat pressed on.
cheeks.
Thank Heaven ! you have saved my
army, Miss Heath I I can never re
pay you!”
“ I want no payment The thought
that I have done my duty, and the
thanks of Gen. Greeu, are worth more
than gold and diamonds,” was the he
roic reply.
“ Take my thanks, my brave girl,
and inay the Great Jehovah watch
over and guide you through the chang
ing scenes of life,” responded Green.
“ And may He save my country,
too,” added Kate.
“ You need rest. Here, sleep in
my teut to-night, while I seek a rest
ing place among my men,” said the
kind hearted Green.
“ I do not wish to rob you of your
couch, General.”
“ You will not. I shall be engaged
in forming ray troops to meet the at
tack.” And Gen. Green left the tent.
Kate enjoyed a good rest that night;
and In the morning Gen. Green came
to her, and joyfully exclaimed, “ Good
news! Lord Rawdon is in full retreat
We took a prisoner this morning, who
says you frustrated their plans and
saved the army. Heaven bless you
for that good act! But I must leave
you now, for I am going to follow
Rawdon, and teach him that we can
fight. When are you going home t"
“ In a few minutes, General.”
“ Good-bye; and may you have a
safe journey,” responded Green, shak
ing her by the hand.
Her horse was led forth, and she
was soon on the way to her home,
which was reached in safety.
Kate Heath lived to see the war
close, and peace and plenty spread
their wings over the land, and not long
afterwards she was wedded to Walter
Gordon, who had been a colonel in the
American army.
Intermarriage of Blood Rela
tions.—Prof Richard Owen, LL.D.,
A,M., of the Indiana State University,
stated an important fact, which can
not be too widely disseminated, name
ly : That the intermarriage of blood
relations is a physiological error, and
he might almost say, with our knowl
edge of such matters, a crime. Speak
ing from a close observation of this
subject lor many years of all the fami
lies of his acquaintance where dose in
termarriage had been permitted, the
children were either deaf mutes or
were afflicted by some defidency. He
knew a young man whose father was a
physician, and who should have known
better than to marry a double cousin
but the consequence was, as the last
portion of the osseous system devdoped
the young man, from the intermarriage
of those in whom the same material
was deficient, was prevented from hav
ing a single tooth at any period. His
sister ha.d but two or three small stubs
of teeth, aud their brother was alto
gether deficient in his mental faculty,
He insisted that it was a great crime
for parents to allow their children to
grow up with the idea that they might
ever intermarry with blood relations.
It should be a thing never to be thought
of, the intermarriage with those con
nected by ties of consanguinity.
Mr. Ferguson knew of a case in Ohio
where some thirty families had married
and intermarried until they could no
longer tell thdr relationship. Most of
the progeny were deaf mute, and the
remainder a little above idiotic.
Between the twenty-third of Septem
her, 1870, and the twenty-eighth of
January, 1871, sixty-four balloons left
Paris, which conveyed besides the six-
Kate heard ty-four mronauts, ninety-one pa
gers, 354 carrier pigeons, about 3,000,-
000 letters and a large number of dis
patches. Of these balloons, five fell
into the hands of the Germans, two
were lost at sea, and one crossed the
North Sea and landed in Norway after
a voyage of about 1000 miles in forty-
five hours.
dose the meal with a glass of weak
lemonade. Eat no dessert, unless it
be a little fruit, and eat nothing more
till the next morning.
There is no rule in regard to diet
about which I am so fixed in my con
victions as that nothing should be eaten
after dinner, and I think that the din
ner should be taken early in the day;
not later, if it can be so managed, than
two o’clock. In regard to the precise
hour for the diuner, I am not so clear,
though for myself one o’clock is the
best hour; but in reference to the omis
sion of the third meal, I have, after
long observation, no doubt whatever.
Hundreds of persons have come to
me with indigestion in some of its many
forms, and have experienced such re
lief in a single week from omitting the
supper, that I have, for a number of
years, depended upon this point in the
diet as the best item in my prescrip
tions for indigestion. I have never
met one person sufiering from indiges
tion, who was not greatly relieved at
once, by omitting the third meal.
Eat nothing between meals, not even
an apple or peach. If you eat fruit,
let it be with the breakfast and dinner.
Cooked fruit is best for persons of
weak digestion. I have met hundreds
of people who would digest a large beef
steak without a pang, but who could
not manage a single uncooked apple.
I think certain dietic reformers have
somewhat overrated the value of fruit
Avoid cake, pie, all sweatmeats,
nuts, raisins and candies.
Manage your stomachs as above, and
at the end of ten years you wfll look
back upon these table habits as the
source of great advantages and happi
ness.
For thirty yeare I have been a con
stant and careful observer (I have no
hobbies about diet), and in the light of
my own experience and these long ob
servations, I assure you that the table
habits I have advised, are vital to your
health and happiness.
Pimples, blotches, yellow spots, nasal
catarrh, biliousness, liver torpidity, con
stipation, sleepiness, dullness, low spir
its, and many other common afiections
would generally disappear with the
adoption of these rules.—Dio Lewis, in
Our Girls.”
[The editor of the Scientific Ameri
can says this of the above: We will
add, for the satisfaction of our readers,
that Dr. Lewis, who here intimates
that he practices what he preaches,
presents in his own person about as fine
an example of genial good health and
wide-awake-tiveness as one ever meets.
September is the proper month for
sowing clover and grass wed. From
the trials we have made, we are inclin
ed to think it is best to row these by
themselves, and not with small grain.
The old idea of the small grain shading
the young clover or grass, is probably
erroneous; certainly it is without
foundation when the latter are sown in
the fall, for if the land is at all rich,
they will be well developed before the
heat of the ensuing summer. We saw
clover rowed September 24th, 1870,
cut May 24th, 1871, and it was in eve
ry respect as good as clover two years
old growing by the ride of it The
custom of sowing with small grain prob
ably originated at the North, where
clover is rowed in the spring, and not
cut till the ensuing spring, and the
farmer is desirous of getting a crop of
small grain in the meantime, instead
of losing as it were the use of his land
for a year. The clover alluded to
capacity ? He is Sambo still, and un
fit for it now as then.
’ Let, then the fatal error into which
some of our good people have (alien*
be retraced .at once, and wages or 3
portion of the crop, in place of wages,
for which they are to work precisely as
for wages, under the supervision and
direction of the employer, be adopted,
as the only true system of labor.
The experience of the past six yean
has proved that wages, or a portion of
the crop for which they work under the
same sort of supervision as for wagesy
is the only correct way to work the
freedmen.
Selling Sambo mules aud wagons,
and renting him lands, puts him in a
false position, and is a step forward in
the way of practical equalization, to
which, for one, I am opposed. Of all
methods yet tried, it is most demoraliz
ing to labor, defeating iu every case, so
far as I have been able to learn, the
very ends it was designed to achieve/
This speculative theory ot the solu
tion of the labor question, founded in
above was not at all killed out hy the error a » proved itself worse in
severe freezes of last Christmas, and
that must certainly be regarded as a
fair test.
MANNER OF SEEDING.
Prepare the land as for oats. Un
less very rich, apply one hundred and
fifty to two hundred pounds of super
phosphate broadcast per acre, and har
row in well, then sow the seed aud har
row or brush lightly, and by all means
roll the land thoroughly. Cotton seed
applied at the time the clover is rowed
does not answer well, because it does
not act promptly -tnough, unless it lias
been crushed or rotted. The clover
plant needs assistance most at the earl
iest stages of its growth. Stable man
ure is good in this, as in most cases,
when applied liberally.
QUANTITY OF SEEX>.
If a permanent pasture or hay is the
object in view, a mixture of seeds is
best—say eight pounds clover seed, fif
teen pounds orchard grass, ten pounds
herds grass, and six pounds timothy.
It requires great care to get these seeds
sown uniformly; imperfect stands gen
erally originate just here. It is best
to sow the clover by itself or with the
timothy—the herds and orchard grass
together. If the light grass seed and
heavy clover seed are mixed together,
the heavy seeds have a constant ten
dency to sink to the bottom of the ves
sel.
BARLEY, RYE, AC,
Every farmer should be well sup
plied with winter-grazing lots of these
very valuable plants. Work horses,
mares, colts, milch cows, calves, etc.,
need and ought to hove the benefits of
them—to say nothing of the beauty
they impart to the home landscape,
during the cold, dreary months of win-
j ter. To be at all valuable, such lots
should be extremely rich—the lack of
sunshine must be made up by the stim
ulus of manure. It is best that they
be seeded down by the middle of this
month.
For grazing, the turf should be firm
and complete, that a hoof may not
touch the soil. It is best, therefore, to
sow an abundance of seed—of rye two,
and of barley four bushels per acre.—
When six inches high, begin to graze
and keep lightly grazed during fall and
early winter. When severe weather
sets in it is best to take off stock, to
give the plants an opportunity to take
an early, vigorous growth in February.
By the time the rye and barley be
gins to fail, clover will be ready to take
their place, and wherever clover will
grow, a lot for grazing or roiling pur
poses should be on every well appoint
ed farm.—Sothem Cultivator.
practice, and 1 am satisfied that the
money invested—I nmy say lost in it
—might us well lie given up, and a
“ New Departure” taken by its advo
cates ; for the longer it is per.-iated in,
the greater will be the loss to them,
and the greater the injury inflicted
upon their neighbors and the conuno»
weal.
There is no use in disguisin': the fStct,
that freedmen are incompetent to man
age for themselves, and it would be fhr
better for them to hire for wages, or to'
work for a portion of the crop, as they
work for wages, under the supervision
and direction of intelligent employers.*
In conclusion, the plan of selling
Btock and wagons to freedmen, and
renting them lauds, and setting them
up for themselves, for tfc» reafcorts i»-‘
dicated above, as well as for many
others, is generally offensive to our
people, and damaging to the true in
terests of the country, and should be
abandoned by all men who have any
regard for either tho one or the other.
Plant Fruit tfrtesi.'
Be Doing Something.
There are not a few perrons in the
world who pretend to be anxious to ac
complish something, but are constantly
bemoaning their lack of opportunity.
The best thing for such people, and in
fact for every body, is to determine to
accomplish something useful and ben
eficent every day. Without work
there is little progress. The sum of
many days intelligent work will not be
inconsiderable. Do not hesitate too
long. Go to work at the thing which
lies near your hand. Sydney Smith
veiy wisely said: “ A great deal of
talent is lost to the world for the want
of a little courage. Every day sends
to the grave a number of obscure men
who have only remained in obscurity
because their timidity has prevented
them from making a first effort, and
who, if they could only have been in
duced to begin, would iu all probabili
ty have gone great lengths in the career
of fame. The fact is, that in order
to do anything in this would worth
doing, we must not stand shivering on
the bank, thinking of the cold and
danger, but jump in and scramble
through as well as we can. It will not
do to be perpetually calculating risks
and adjusting the chances.”
The Labor Question.
1 Plow Handles,” in the McDuffie
Journal presents the following sensible
views in reference to the management
of labor:
I see there are three important sub
jects set down for discussion at the next
monthly meeting of the McDuffie Ag
ricultural Society, which takes place on
21st inst: The Stock Law, The La
bor Question, and Cruelty to Animals.
Our agricultural friends are right in
taking hold of these leading subjects in
earnest, os seems to be their intention
from the indications at their last meet-
It is astonishing with how-little Is 1 '
bor all the most desirable fruits may
be raised. On old fields, where scar
cely anything else will grow, peaches,
and grapes, and plums, and cherries
may be made to yield in prodigal pro 1 *
fusion. £f all the fence corners were*
set out in fruit trees, there would be*
an immense supply of frtilt till over the'
State, and these places, usually given
up to briars and bushes, might ba
made as productive of profit and pleas
ure as any other portions of the form.
There*never has been in any country
an excess of fruit trees.- A great vari
ety of fruit is an evidence of High civi
lization. None but enlightened na
tions have the necessary skill, talent
and perseverance to transform the ill
tasted wild fruits into the rich, deli
cious, cultivated’ varieties.
Every man who owns apiecooflandf
should at least plant a few fruit trees
along the lanes. It is due to his chil
dren who are to come after him- It i»
beautiful custom in Germany toselocC
one fruit tree for every child born. This
is the special property of the child for
whom it b set oat. He protects iff
and cultivates it, and as he grows up*
he looks upon his tree as a twin broth--
er. A feeling of affection and vene
ration is thus engendered, and a love
for arboriculture fostered and promo
ted amongst the whole population.
The different classes of Vassar
College set out a tree at the time ot
graduation, which they call a “class
tree,” and over which the class exer
cises a special guardianship. It attach
es them to their Alma Mater, and
forms a living monument of their col
lege career.
Corn, cotton and tobacco are all well
enough in their places, but none of
these pay such a large per cent on the
investment,-and yield such a great
gratification aud pleasure for the am
ount of labor expended, as a fruit tree.
—Nashville Union and American.
There are but two Indians in Florida.
It is time, Mr. Editor, that the La
bor Question, especially, was set to
rights—it is too slack twisted just about
here for the good of the country.
There are many things radically
wrong in our manner of employing and
manspng labor, and the sooner there
is a change the better for all parties.
It will be as much lor the benefit ot
the freedom as for those who employ
him.
If any man had sold mules and rent
ed lands to Sambo before the war, he
would have been unanimously voted a
simpleton, because Sambo was univer
sally regarded as wholly unfit for any
such thing. “Can the Ethiopian
change his color,” his nature, or his
Lice on Hogs.—In answer to a re
cent inquiry in the Rural New Yorker
for a remedy for lice on hogs, allow me
to say that I have had an experience
of twelve years with breeding hogs.—
The past five years I have used the fol
lowing, which will dean off the lice in
two days: Put about one gill of kero-
sine oil in any old dish, and with a
punt brush or old woolen rag rub the
oil up and down the back o' the ani
mal and behind the fore i g on the
flank. Be particular about the two
last places, for it is there the lice de
posit their eggs, which, if not destroyed,
will hatch out in about five tiays. If
it be a black hog, these e^gs can be
plainly seen, being about rite size of
timothy seed and laying c! »-e to tho
skin fast to the hair. No »wz need fear
to use the oil freely, as it will not injure-
the hog in the least. Hot water jrtiDI
not kill these lice, for I have seen them
crawl after the hog had been scalded in
a bared after being butchered.—R.
Woodruff, in Rural New Yorker.