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B VOL. Arq^^pKuiES. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 1G, 1S75. NUMBER 28.
COTTON SPINNING AT HOME.
Mr. Kditou : Herewith allow uie to hand
you a copy of a letter received from 11. F.
Archer, (a practical mechanic,) Special
Ageut of tho Fatrons of Husbandry in the
State of Mississippi, also, some communications
and reports from Mr. Archer, published
in the Farmers' Vindicator, the official
'orgau of the State Grange of Mississippi ?
This subject you remember was brought to
the attcutiou of the "Agricultural Society
of South Carolina," at its January meeting,
in a scries'of resolutions offered by me and
whicli wore adoptod'-by tho Society.
Mr. Archer has kindly forwaujStl y^o a
bat, or sliver, and a saniplo of^lie yarn,
? _ which I have now before me?tho yarn,
though it, as Mr. Archer states, was uiade
from inferior cotton, is well spun and strong.
ftnd is iccll adapted for export to India and
China, especially. The Cleuicns attachment
here alluded to, is adapted to any quality or
number of yarn that would be profitable for
us to spin, and there is no reason why we
should not supply Kuropo and Asia with
yarn spun from at least two to two and a
half million of bales of our cotton, thereby
increasing the annual value of our exports
more than ono hundred million dollars.?
Wo have the white labor iu tbo Southern
States (iioto almost unemployed) to spin all
the cotton aud wool we now raise, without
taking any from the fields, if our rich men
would but realize that there is some higher
obligation than to loan money to ueedy borrowers
at extortionate rates of interest. Labor
(white) for cotton spinning and manufacturing
oan be had ad libitum iu the
South, at from three to six dollars per week,
according to the character of the service.
Yours, truly,
WIN HORN LAWTON.
extract from letter.
Taylor's Perot, Lafayette Co., Miss.
\May 17th, 1875.
Winborn Law ton, Esq., Charleston S. C.
?Dear Sir : It affords me much pleasure
to reply to your letter of the 10th inst., received
some days since, aud will do #o rath^ulesultory.
' Mountain Mills," the facto
Jiuu iii iivii/ii /liauauiiij
he Memphis ami Chartween
lluntsvillc ami
t office, Barton Statiou,
irietor of the Clemens'
Corinth, Miss., aud is
pon the new plau, soon
that will turn out eight
pounds of yarn per day.
i>cs the propvictor_ofsaijj
jfcyft?wp ow' "vrmTfcm ?
acmonscrateu, wy r^^\'ord of which hits beat
tliermoro, f couldfml
perform the labor T have done without compensation,
but for the great love J have fot
our South land. This little machine, il
properly handled and duly appreciated, toth
help in a wonderful degree to redeem out
material prosperity. * * * *
1 will also send you a small sample of yam
spun in my presence from very poor seed
cotton, us a tcsthalso, a bat or sliver. * *
I must be allowed to state that I ant in no
way interested tn the patent, and respectfully
refer you to Col. E. F. Whitfield, Corinth,
Mississippi, for any information you desire
about Mies, etc. I would also state, that it
is practicable to spin and manufacture in
any part of (ho world wharc cotton is grown.
Hoping that the printed matter accompanying
this will be satisfactory,
I remain, vory truly, vours,
AS. ABCHEll
Mil. archer's rttpobt.
The following is so much of Mr. Archer's
Kcport to the Lafayette County, (Alius.)
Grange, as is essential to the purpose of this
article, and all for which wc have room:
s. * By appointment from this honorable body,
\on t ho 13th of duly last, I repaired to the
\Mountain Mills," Alabama, in company
jth R. F. Whitiicld, one of the patentees
Vthc Clemen t attachment, to examine
Vest the quality nud benefits of the new
/nine. And I must say, after careful ex^.^flinciits
and test, of every kind, that I am
fu Xificd of its great utility, and that
,perform oven more than has been
Jl for it by ftiirri) oprietors. This 111acridii,
known by fwm* me given above, is
simply a miniature cotton gin and motor
combined,and attuuhed cxacly to that part of
tho old iron card stand which accommodates
the part called the "Lickcr-iu."
Tho Lickct-in is taLcnoff and the attachment
put ou iu its plnco.
This attachment gins the cotton and delivers
it to tho card "untangler," clear of
motes and trash, and with the fibers straight'
-rind pat-n.'lcl with each other, and also with
the machine, which is discharged through
tho doffer in a continuous roll or "sliver,"
susceptible at once of grc2t attenuation, and
in the most perfect condition to make the
best of thlead
We know we not mistaken for wo fed
the seed cotton and kept sight of the same
^^^ptitil the thread or yarns were completed
handed to us by tho boss spinner; samples
of which aro hereby transmitted; also,
samples of the seed from the cotton, slivers,
etc., etc., for your inspection. Hence wc
concludo many savings and advantages will
accrue in manufacturing of cotton in the
South.
(iinniug, baling, compressing, use of the
entire machinery of picker room, and from
two-thirds to four-fifths of tho machinery of
the oard room, together with the motive
power, 'Juildings, and operatives necessary
to run said machinery, all rendered useless,
and wholly superseded ; and so great is the
strength of the slivers, rovings und thread,
that they seldom let down or break, thereby
enabling a fewer number of operatives t.>
run a given amount of machinery in the
carding, spinning, and weaving room ; al- *'
enabling said machinery to do uioro work.
This amounts in reality to a saving of onethird
of tho buildings, machinery, motive
power, aud operatives, in converting seed
cotton into yarn.
Large quantities of cotton goods consumed
in the South arc manufactured at the
North, and the expense on them from the
time of leaving the cotton iields until they are
in the hauds of the consumer, iu the way
of freights, dray ago, storage, weighing, insurance,"
commissions, stealage, profits and
damages, cannot ho less than twenty-five
per cent., which, of courst, is iu favor of
Southern mills and the cousuuior. NVc cau,
then, effectually and surely dispense with
..li ............ ii #i,?
|?f|| Iiiiiiiuul Ul IIIIUUlUMIIUIIj EHJ IUl il?~ 1-4IV; I'lV
ductiou of cotton is couccrncd. It is concoded,
that gross profits on the manufacture
of haled cotton into yliriis,by Northern Mills,
with the present machinery, is one hundred
and twenty-live poACiost. ; that lining the
ease, wo can safely c tie uln to on one hundred
and fifty per cent.
Those advantages will soon be seeu by
capitalists, and hence, a revolution in that
especial department will occur.
It. requires nothing but logical reasoning
to deduce the fact, that in one docado a
transfer of spinning machinery must take
place from the North to the Southern cotton
fields.
We obtained from Col. Whitfield, some
data upon the pteseut factory now in course
of construction at Corinth, Miss. The building,
sixty by one hundred feet, fourteen feet
story, thirteen inch brick wall, ho informs
us, is now uudcr contract, at five thousand
dollars, lie also states that the engine, and
complete outfit to turn out eight hundred
pounds of yarn per day, are under contract
for thirteen thousand dollars. Commercial
capital needed twelve thousand dollars,
which he thinks ample. Making in alLftotal
cost thirty thousuud dollar?* JJH.
F. Cherry, President of the "Moutatab1
Mills Manufacturing Company," iaj^tqas
me, that spinning by the new process would
pay a handsome profit 011 a much less investment
than the above quotations. Wo are
especially indebted in making this investigation
to Mossrs. Whitfield, Cherry, and Jaiflgs
Wright; to all of whom wo would tojUfef
the thanks of Lafayette County Crauge.
llospoctfully submitted,
i). r. .vm^nritv.
Oxford, Miss., August 15th, 1874.
#?
I loo CllOLEltA.?It is evident that the
character of this disease is greatly misunderstood
or but little known. That it is of
a typhoid character aud a blood diseaso, is
a well established fact. It is also^certaio
that the must marked symptom, the
ll ***a
S Unfortunately, fof*t? most part, ft ll" on5
when this ooiicliuliffi has bocu reuoboa that
arc/entertained, aud trcatp?CThormtnjtoQjundertaken.
The
' disorder are rarciy otjretH'waach of this
I stage of the disease is marked only by at
unusual quietness of the animal affected
' and the sleepy appearance and loss of appe
tite are frequently considered as evidence
of the well being of the sufferers, when
1 they arc really signs of the Oust critical
stage of the disease, and indications thai
something must he done without loss ol
time. To "sleep and grow fat." is cousidcrcd
the business of a hog, but on the contrary
the hog is an animal much given to
activity, ami unusual sleepiness is a certain
signification of something wrong. The
lirst stage soon gives place to more alarming
symptoms. Sevorc abdominal pains
are indicated by a great unwillingness to
move, a position in which the fore feet are
stretched out and the abdomen is brought
close to the ground. The skin now chango*
color, and the blood becomes effused at the
surl'ace, causing a deep red or purple apponrancc
of parts of the body. The eyes
and mouth and inside of the cars are red,
and sometimes eruptions take place. Up
to this point treatment is hope-In), but afterward
it is of little avail. A strong purgative
should be administered as soon as
any of the symptoms described have been
noticed. This should consist of three or
four ounces of cpsom salts, half an ounce
of sulphur, with one or two drachms of
ground ginger, given in half a pint of well
sweetened warm oat-nieal gruel, or linseed
tea.
Observation will almost warrant us in
tho assertion that corn feeding is the cause
of hog cholera. And the only preventive
that can safely be recommended is to feed
less corn and more grasses and roots.?Exchange.
^
Wakhino WootENs.?Prof. Artus, who
has devoted himself to tho discorory of the
reason why woolen clothing when washed
with soap and wutcr, will insist upon shrinking
and becoming thick, and acquiring that,
peculiar odor and feeling which so annoys
housekeepers, says these ?Til effects are due
to the decomposition of soap by tho acids
present in the perspiration and other waste
of the skin which the clothing absorbs.?
The fat of the foap is then precipitated
nn/.n lh.> it'A.il rn..io/? "T"*1- ? '
Uj/uu 1UV nuui. Jl ucsv V1IUIHS lllil^r ue prevented
by steeping tho articles in a warm
solution of washing; soda for several hours,
then adding hoiiio warm water and a lew
drops of ammonia. The woolens arc then
to bo washed out, and rinsed in lukewarm
water.?Exclmnge.
An English medical journal has accomplished
what has always been thought an
impossible task?numbering
the headit announces that tht^MggCTttfijn
100,000 to 200,000 hairs in1
and then computes their YaltiidMHpjljniM
au incident which it says hnppwWn
aino Nilsson during her residonco in New
York City. She was at a fauoy fair, and
an admirer asked her tho price of a single
hair from her head. Sho said ton dollars,
"'and in a few moments the Swedish songstress
wus surrounded by admirers : nxious
to buy a huir at tho same rate." Tho proceeds
were given to the fair. At this rate
the value of Madame Nilssou'a hair is 62,000,000.
ROTATION OF CROPS?THE NEGLECT OF THE
PEA CROP.
Editor Southern Cultivator:?Iu ths
April No. of your piper the following plan
is recommended as a proper rotation of
crops, viz:
Cotton, *Corn, Oats,
Corn, * Oats, Cotton,
Oats, Cotton, Corn.
The writer advises the sowing of peas after
the oats come off. to he turned under in
the fall. I like the arrangement of crops
very much, but would offer the following
nuieuduicnt to it, viz:
Oats, Cotton, Corn atul peas,
Cotton, Corn and peas, Oats,
Corn and pens, Onts, Cotton^
That is. lv' the ???ru all ho sowdtjn peas
(broadcast), at the last plowing. As soon
as coru is olf turn all under and put in oats.
Tlieu when the oats are off sow in peas
again, turn these under in the fall, and put
in rye, to be turned in in April, and you
would have a rich vegetable mold that
would make cotton to perfection. There
could be enough peas gathered from each
crop to replace the seed and pay for all extra
labor required to put them in, and the
?*.. ...^ 1.1 1
iju iui (i \> nun jiiiaiuii; wuuiu l'aJ a
per cent, on the cost of the seed.
There is a great deal said in our agricultural
papers about clover, but in my judgment
the pea is the clover for our Southern
farms. We can grow peas whore it would
he perfect lolly -.to attempt to raise clover,
for it is a conceded fact that clover must
have good s;q$l, or it don't amount to anything,
whereas the pea will grow.on very
poor land. It ia strange that our Southern
planters havpo grossly neglected ibis crop
"and persist in doing so,1 when it has sdtnany
<|nalitii > to recommend it to our cot?fe
. rati hi?.ts t-lioapncsa, requiring very lit^
labor to rai-o it.?-its superiority as ft fo^tge,
aiul as a fertiliser. Iregard it ahead of
clover for our old wornUiut lands?not because
it is richer incite clomont - of plant
lbod, hut hecauso it grows so much more
poor land, and therefore what it
uautity is more than made up for
y. As ft proof that this crop has
shamoflilly neglected, peas arc
i in Montgomery SI.75 to 82.00
I, while corn is selling at ?1.10 to
8^20 per bushel, and that too when a bushel
of peas can be raised for less than half
what it costs to raise a bushel of corn.
Will not the people ocase this shameful neglect
of one of the very best paying crops
l^hat they can raise in the South? Mr. JbldiHor,
please give your views on tlio above. If
' 'ntT?..vj|iet point out the omy-s- tjjjirr ntyl
profit^ptiraTOs*,^ Hg0K J BER
Prattville, Ala.
The "amendment" proposed is au oxcolA
farmer should never let an opr
" S ""imi! the fertilizing aci
(ion of a pea crop. Plain corn carty^ work
it rapidly and lay by early. This will give
; the best yield of corn, and allow the peas
1 tune to uniturc. (lather corn as soon as
I dry, and he sure in ploughing under pea
- vines, to see that the corn stalks arc thor'
oughly buried also?they arc valuable, especially
for the potash they contain. We
- have found that a yood two-horse plough
' will bury corn-stalks, even when not cut
; down or chopped in pieces. The double
tree bends thoui^jwn in front until the
share lays hold of the butts. Everything
should he buried sufficiently doep nottobe
! disturbed by the harrow,when coveriugjbe
oats. Pens after oats fit exactly?the ?My
difficulty is that dry weather unay defer
their planting or coming up, until rather
late in the season. It is good practice also,
to lollop this crop ot peas with rye;ftf~et
t ho full benefit of it, however, thejypeas
ought to be tfSrted arly, and turned ftder
by the first of October?earlier, if practicable?so
?8' to admit ot' the rye being
ploughed under in its turn earlier than
April. A field of ryo ploughed under in
April would not furnish the most favorable
i conditi nis for securing a stum/ of cotton
and the undccomposed ryo would be very
much in tho way in the parly workings.
In many eases the pea is preferable to
! clover?for instance, on light sandy soils,
! and iu eases where it is desired to run a
mtoqatrnf/ crop during a short interval, as
j in the rotation discussed above?but where
; llin soil is stiff, or clay subsoil is within 8
I inches of the surface, even if the land i? jjooi'V
j clover is in our judgment greatly superior to
till- pes. ^<>11 very* pour clay lands, 806
per aero ?f a superphosphate ( not nininortHi
ted) will give it a start, and a little plaster
will keep it flourshing. It has the great
advantage over the pea, that onr seeding
down suffices, for if allowed to mature seed
iu the fall, tho land becomes so full of them,
that a v<Juntrcr crop of clover can be sccur|
ed at any time h^Jg^uug land iu small
grain. Such isthe testimony of farmers in
| elovenprowiug^'oonn^rles, and such has
; been our owb experience ittGeorgia. In
i the next place, the main gfCsvth and work
j of clover, is .in the early spring, when the
' earth is still wet from the wiulcr rains; it j
is seldom therefore cutoff by drought?the
; a?-1?i-.*- ?
i? oivtui in it m ars
or more, in widen to do itfr WOrk?iho pea
litiH a few months
Wo would not, however, he understood as
uttering ono word in disparagement of the
I pea crop. Wo have again anil again urged
I its importance and value, both as a food
Mrop and a renovator, and should consider
Ht a long step in advauco had been made,
^^ trmcrs, without valley lands, would
BPko corn for bread purposes only, and
T^iise pens and oats lor stock?Editor
Southern Cultivator.
?.?*
A Minnesota Judge, in pronouncing the
death sentence, tendorly observed : "Ifguilty,
you richly deserve the fate that await*
you ;|if innocent, it will bo a^rutificarigH
for you to feel that you wero fflmged wWftout
Huch a oriuie on your conscience; IA cither
ease you will be delivered from a world
of care "
?WHAT
A ^10 COTTON CROP WOULD DO.
Cotton f actuates and languishes in tin
foreign nutl domestic markets, with a largely
diminished supply and the certainty tha
the last crop is three to four hundred thous
and bales^norl. The market has no bacl
bone and is not likely to linvo any. Tin
trouble now is apprehension of an inoreasc(
crop next fall. A half million bales execs;
over the incoming crop would undoubtedly
diminish flto money value of the wholi
crop to producers, even below that of tin
present ci'tp.
The practical value of propitious wea
thcr to th.o cotton producer,'therefore, wil
uot iuuro to him, but to buyers and mnnu
1 facturers|> A>4 he is, moreover, in tlie situ
atietfof prejudged to be gui!t_
until ho has time and opportunity to prov
l)is innocence.
The world of cotton purchasers n?sum
an outside limit of production until it i
nppar lit that, this limit has not been at
taiuod. Thus the shadow of the big forth
coming crop of lhJo-Tb'?though the sub
stance docs not exist, and it is as yet only
creation of^ilbnd imagination?is tlirowi
darkly on the.little-remnant of the incoui
ing crop, nad shnte ?out all sunlight froi:
the nanrkcufr^
Suoh is the situation, and the whole ai
gumcot would be lor a short cotton oroj
provided the low of product could be equal
lj distributed among producers. The eftbe
of inorease in product is simply to impos
ou the gtogyar the task of more picking
baling tnM hauling, without rcuiuneratioi
and indeed, as we believe, at even less tha
a diminished product would bring to th
pluuter. y 4
The interest of the planter in a hcav
; crop is, therefore, a purely ^dividual an
1 -hot n oollective Interim.', It lagan irttcrc;
mtWflv to^eoure hm?p&Bonal vlture in th
sum tnt*t of Ofop nfljioy, whiclS he belicvt
will he endangered by WflR yield on h
particular" farm. If he could be assure
that three bales of his short crop woul
bring him. just as much monev as five bah
makes it clear enough to our mind that 11
projected combinations to control the inn
kcts 4nd shipments of cotton in the nan
interest,iTTill be equally impracticable nc
futile^and the chances are that they wi
prove dilttrous. Men should not ventui
beyond their legitimate business?busiuci
Which tnq<' have been trained to and ui
j dorstand in all its parts and bearings. ]
they do, t^icy will blunder and learn cxpi
rienco ai jost ol loss and failure.
Wc sed 110 possible chance of controiliu
the Cnttoif trade by any combinations anion
producers, especially in the light of tli
fact that combinations to regulate cotto
production have been found impracticabh
The only remedy wc can see in the premise
is a personal one, and very partial at tha
It is foivVtory cotton producer to gain a pi
cuuiary cC.idition in which he will not b
forced to hurry his crop forward at tli
opening of the market, but can choose bi
This vrill be some vantage grotn'dj^flBH
vc ry
ca^^^J^zhng oftcct no ^the
." uBHH'n 111 icngin, ami ticeTWH Jim
one raj|f>trt. Thin line is to be supportee
by poles six lect in height from the straw
berry bods. To support strawberries, keep
ing tbeui clean and enabling them to ripei
all round, lake a piece of stout wire ayurc
in length, tjone? it at right angles ten inches
from each end, bend the space between the
right angles: into a curve. StauipthoAe twe
eiid4#|* inches in depth into the earth close
to jJbt. |Ljawherry plants, then draw the
fnflEMpPthe wiro, each plant requiring
*0 vrovent rusting, place the wire:
inV^pfe tllTue or four days and then drj
tliflkt.ytiJLiIardenern Magazine.
A lady was yesterday standing or
tho'tmuTlef-ttfe foot of Second street, waving
her ban ikerohief at a schooner lying in
"Know anybody on board t"
r oouipanion, as be came along
i'*;but they ore waving then
iota nt mo^ehc replied. "Hand
' 'boo!) olrtefs!" ho exclAimce),
liy bosket n tie! leaning against I
; "why, tktni's the men's shirts
bung op to dry !" She wwyed into a warebouse.
W.
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DI8HES FOR THE SICK
j Chicken Broth.?Cut young chickens
f (old ones arcs too rich and strong) into <
t small pieces, bruiso or crack the bones, and
put the whole, with a little rice, into a stone |
: jar with a cover. Set the jar into a large
3 kettle of water and let the water boil and 1
1 keep boiling for hours; then strain oil" the
s liquid and season with salt, a little black
y pepper, and add two spoonfuls ot fresh
3 milk. This is a uiost excellent nourishing
c diet for those too ill to take solid food;
when not so sick, the chicken and rice can
- bo dished up with the broth, and is very
1 palatable.
Arrow Uoot Broth.?Take a pint oft
fresh milk and let it coinc to a boil; stir in
^ milk, boiling a tablespoonful of arrow root.il
L> which has been dissolved in a little cold"
milk or water ; continue to stir that it may
0 uot lump, and let boil til) thick as custard.
Season with white sugar and a little nutmeg
or cinnamon. If the patient decs uot
relish sweets, season with salt.
?
a Kick Custard.?Boil half cup of rice
? till soft, then stir it into a pint of fresh
i. milk, and put to boil again. Heat the
i, yolks of two eggs with half cup of white
sugar till light, and stir into the boiling
_ milk and rice. As soon as well mixed take
from the fire, or the eggs will turn. Sea[.
sou with cinnamon and allspice.
:t Cough Syrui?.?Boil an ounce of flax
0 for half an hour; strain and add to the list
quid half pound of white sugar, or a pint
't of honey, an ounce of powdered gum arubic,
n and the juice of a lemon ; let the mixture
0 simmer together for soino time, stirring occasionally.
Bottle it up, and Hike a tabley
spoonful for a dose, frequently repeated.?
d If the cough is troublesome at night, add
to the hod time dose a little paragoric.
ic
,s Ci.ovk Cake.?Three eggs and half
jg pound of sugar beaten light, cup of butter
j creamed s?ft, a half tea cup of crcaui or
j sour milk in which has been dissolved half
,s teaspnonful of soda, a tablespoonful of
,e powdered cloves, and flour enough to form
a soft dough, lloll thin and bake light
?Mash the potatoes soft,
0- and mrpBUiooth with an egg; mince fine
ic cold beef or mutton, (ham can be used but
a- id not so good) season with salt, pepper, a
at little ouion and celery; mix all together,
?c make into balls, dredge with flour, and fry
ar blown.?Southern Cultivator.
w t. ' dommkc economy. i
wator. Put thcui in a
>0 i vessel of Water up to tin- neck', boil half
B KWTtie bladders or oil-skin over tight,"
^ or cook ami seal while hot. Let them set
1? until cold. Keep in a cool place. TTse as
>t- soon as opened. Pack hay around while
-1> boiling, to steady thcui. 1 put them up in
?- this manner last year, and lind it to be a
i) nico way when one cannot get the sugar
>11 just as the fruit is ready.
JC (Jin* Cake.?One cup of butter, two of
j sugar, three of flour, lour eggs, one teaII
spoonful of soda, one cup of sour milk.?
' 1" luvot as you please.
ss Histori Cake.?One tea-cup of butter,
i- three of sugar, six eggs, four tea-cups of
[f flour, otic cup of sweet milk, one teaspoons'
ful of creani of tartar, half teaspoonful of
soda,'half nutmeg, a wine glass of rose wag
tor. Hatce in a moderate oven.
o j Ckoton Si'omik Cake.?Six egvts, half
poumMdonttcr, one j)oundof sugarj one
" pound of flour, a of soda, two
of cream tartar, on^^Hn sweet milk.?
iS Itub the butter nnd^^^r to a cream, beat
^ the Cges separately^^kc the cream of tarI
Ult with the flour^^^Kto (he soda with
^ J tWmilk, which HkcM-d last. This
AM.*, of tartar
instead,
kc.
sh very
; cream
;atthree
^Mix all
Hnko
;ar over
lound of
lound of
of buti
I '
RlKT.nr
ijifctivitiefc
_ pmu nuiwx . > ??
' the South Carolina soldiers inflHBp&Sftii
V to put another turf on the bfl^HH^^Kt.
I" While standing at the bar
I' The Carolinian sudt^^HHflMijBnis
^ glass and closely cj^ed
gnzo was so steady- and
4 friend begno to be nlari^^^HHljM^nat
the about td^? ,
' Directly tiie Carolinian
if lie kuow hiui. Thcrt^^^^HHEngni!
lion, whereupon the Carol irnHHHPkd hint
> if ho wna not in the war. "Yea," wn6 the
4 reply. "And you were oucc Mentioned at
' such a place?" "Yea." "Antf'took part '
in such a skirmish ?" "Yes." A\Vcll, I !
thought so," replied tho Carolinian, and,
1 raising his lint, snowed a largo scar on his 1
' forehead, saying^'Thoro is your sabre mark, (
j my boy ; come t?p and take a drink." And '
so then and there they decorated tho grave 1
of the buried hatchet.?liottm. Herald.
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I Tho poet Schiller diod May Oth 1850.?
i The steamship Schillct, named after the <
* port, went down May 9, 1875. 1
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4W|' An acre contains 4,840 aqtiare yards,? f
J \ square mile contains <?40 square acres. I
BESJttABLORS.
Almost every dUtttoan house possesses n
auo of these dlflBpr alters, erected to ^
what unknown goonrcs it is impossible to
guess. It is a Dogy, before whom from
time to time people burn gas in chandeliers
of fearful design ; to whom are dedicated
flagrant carpets, impossible oil paintings,
furniture too gorgeous for common day and
shrouded therefrom by customary Holland.
Musty smells belong to this Deity ; stiftiicss,
angles, absence of sunshine. The visitor,
entering, sees written above the portal:?
"Who outers here abandons?conversation."
What is there to talk about in a dark room
as the ]>omdanicl, except where one crack
in a reluctant shutter reveals a stand of
wax (lowers under glass, and a dimly discerned
hostess, who evidently waits -only,
your departure to extinguish that solitary
ray ? The voice instinctively hushes; the
mind finds itself barren of ideas. A few
dreary commonplaces are exchanged, then
a rise, a rustic, the door is gained and the
light of the blessed sun ; you glance up in
passing?flap goes the blind?inner darkness
is again resumed, liogy bas it all bis
own way, and you thank your stars you
have done your duty by the 15 row lis for at
least a twelve mouth ! And yet. upon this
dismal apartment, which she bates, and all
her acquaintances hate, poor Mrs. ]5rown
h is lavished time and money enough to
make two rooms charming For ugly
things cost as much as pretty ones?often
more. And costly ugliness is, as Mrs.
Jirown would tell you. 'a great rcspousibihity
to take care of.' What with the carpet
which musn't get faded, and the mirror
which musn't get fly-specked, and the gilding
which iiiusu't he tarnished, there is
nothing but to shut the room up to darkness
and all dull influeucrs. And as families
are like flics and will follow the sun,
the domestic life comes to he led every
where rather than in the best parlor, and
the 'taboo' which Mrs. Hrown proclaims is
easily en forced.
Eorron Sot tiikiin (Yi.tiyatok:?
l'lease publish the extract I send you in
your highly prized "Cultivator," that it
may be widely circulated. 1 want our
farmers wives to read it and be benefitted.
I 1 'o parlors?their cold, stiff, vhccrhs*
ele;'incc chills my social feeling. 1 have
one its true, because 1 have to do as other
people, but I don't want it and rarely go iu
it. I generally find some excuse for asking
my friends into my little sittiug room,
where I am at my work with baby on the
floor, and make no.apology for the little
qjioo that he has tlA-own across the room, "
has left iu the chair. "1 often have^a! few- * T ~
ure moment that I would love to spend
with a friend if I could run iu, "just as I
am," to their cozy sitting room, or cool
back piazza; but to attire myself in keeping
with the costly parlor, would consume
the little time 1 had to spare for the visit;
and the dark, stiff, unaircd room would
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uiiiKu uiy ncaa uclic. .>o my little visit,
which I might have ohjoycd, but for tlie
parlor, is abandoned. Don't undcrstaud,
Mr. Editor, that I am not fond of tasty
prvity rooms ; no true woman wiil sit long
in any o.licr ; but the parlors are not, as a
general thing, tasty or pretty, and that's
the reason the ladies make "pop calls."?
liut, please excuse nie for trespassing 011
your time?I didn't mean to ; and publish
the extract when you have space, as the
well expressed .sentiments of
A FARMER'S WIFE.
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Kaiuuts?To Rid thk Gakdkv Ok.?
Editors S"uth<rn Cultivator:?Among
your readers there are doubtless many who
arc annoyed by rabbits. They abound here
enormously, and down to three years ago,
gave uio great annoyance. I watched for
them with my gun, stuck up effigies, and
exhausted my ingenuity upon them without
the slightest effect. Rut three years ago an
old negro woman brought two ox skulls to
my garden, for some purpose which sho did
not explain to me, and these I stuck up at
each end of my pea rows, and the rabbits
left that night. They not only left the garden,
but they left the neighborhood of it.
Not a vegetable has been touched by them
since. This is my fourth year of exemp
nou irom ineir depredations. A daughter
living within a mile of mc has been acquainted
with these facts during three years
or wore, but was incredulous as to the! cause
of my exemption,L was ^nwilling myself *
eveu to recommend the experiment tolicr
adoption! But she procured t wo and stuck
them up in her garden, fixing one of them
on her sweet potato plant bed, which was
being torn to pieces every night, and the
potatoes devoured. The rabbits grabbled
the potatoes from between the very noses of
the skulls the first night. It was a cloudy,
dark night.. Bat the moon shone brightly
oil the ?ubs|M|UCQt^)ight, and tluru has not
been the sigli rabbit in her garden
?ince. As I do wfcf tuppcct you, nr.d but
very few of ypur rwifors to believe a word
of this, I will not put my liairo to it, but
tnly my initial*, which will be recognized
by my friends, of whom uinny subscribe to. 4
your journal. They will try it nt OQgv, and *
all theoretical experimenters will aMpand
by thin means, a very useful fact will become
known after awhile. T. S. D.
Dead in a Crystal Coffin.?An interesting
but melancholy discovery was
made the other day at the foot of .Mont
Blanc. A block of ice, separated from the
mass of the mountain by the thaw, rolled
iown into the valley. Upon closer inspection
it was found to contain enclosed the
remains of the American, John Blucklord,
ivlio about three yoars since attempted an
iscont, snd has never since beeu board of.
|Je evidently uict with his death on that :*
>ccasion, and has since luid in his oold crys- ^
alino coffin, which has preserved his body
ind clothing admirably. When found I.is
bat ores were unchnngaAjap if be bad only
wreathed bis last half atfiPir befop;