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Btu ff'ir'1 " cirorK?C in (lia (riolmrni ol' tho .MiMlfrotitileJcfh II . nuilanidlolimnniiypl>>'*l?Mn In llio Wiri, (fiv.t Ii.u n? .Iii ol hi I lOtift ?III] ri .??nilli J.rf nico In lil* ( .ron?? ?oiK?, jiisliuibllolicil, ctitllloa Tho PHYSIOLOGY OF MA.????AGE Tho PRIVATE IV? EPICAL ADVISER llooVk lh?t f ro m.lly OnMoo ovi BOIMMJI inion In oil mnl ,crj|"tt?inl?>:, ?o Mio'to'-.! i .. 1 Wom.n?) ..oil. anil ?unply. w?ii{lona Ml, 'iVy ornbiM.lirn'.l)- lllaflralod.anallCblaM Ui.viiiico. ? ..illy nm: ri?t?ioii. 'i !ii two IMIOIIS CinliraCOoM - , nih ., il ill i??li .'ll . h. I'M i i .1 ii ft rlK.th iniirritiloni Hil?, villi nil i in H < i ni ImnrovoirK'iiU in modlrfltrotlniont .lt ml >*lm -mr lii>iiicimi>:r? loy i" Hi.- ?muw U Cfir iin,'iitti-i| In Hr. Hull?' new wort* IB lit IM v.iy ol' AUttlWiMliW dmr. nfUr. 1ml IJ l>?m.lllhif!lb?t ?,cry one .houlil know. Hi? IniBttM vlcllinof<tag IniUperitKMii loo HofiOMictwiM r?rf.. Hy h( ?Illly moy h.*, but willi \> onlnaylxgr lo'I"-.!'']'.''.?, ofliij.oml de WniiAtt, lu ."'V'^KVTnfyTrff rf from Ihomany 111? h?t ?OX U fcr?&\3 fl 1 fi M ? 53 tu."-St. I/nil? J-iiini-.il. rt> J H k Sb I ? fl I'Ol'OMH I'll IV KS -(0 >ln "rM'f gAilLtifWtLpAr Ixilli In ono vuliiino, SI i In < loin nml?? UgTig, _yk .?.?J Kill,Melt. coll*. rjonHHi'lorii'.il.oiiWJ ?J r.-l ?'Sj J?3 rece?? ofr'loo lu mouty u? ?Ump?, ?g, , ? Ulf IP THE OANBHDATI3. "Father who travels: tho road KO late?" I "Hush, my child, 'ti? the uaudidatej i Fit example of Immun woe ! Karly ho conies and late he goes. ? He gro?la tlie woman with courtly grace. I?0 kisses tho baby's dilly taco, I Ho calls to tho fe nco thc farmer at work, I 1 lo bores the merchant, ho boros the clerk, Tho blacksmith, while his anvil tings, He greets, intel (hist is tho song hu sings Howdy, howdy, howdy do? How's your wife and how aro you? Ahl it iita my list as no other can, Tho berny hand of thc workingman," . j "Husband, wlioit; thut man at tho gate?'' i "Hush, iny lov". 'tis the candidato." j "Husband, why can't ho work like you? j H is bo nothing at home (o do?'' i ''.My deir, whenevern man is down, j No cash al fouie, no credit in town, 'Coo stupid to pico oh and too proud to beg, i Ten timid to rub ?Mid too lazy to dig, I Then over his liorso bis legs ho (Hogg I Voil to tho dour people this s.oug be sings: j Howdy, howdy, howdy do? j How's your wife, ami how aro you? j Ah! il lit .> my li-i as no o'.her oin, I Thc horny hand of thc workiogmrn. t Druthers, who labor early and late, j Ask those things of the candidato: ! What's his record? How docs bestand At horne; no mailor about bis hand, Ho it bani or noir, so it be not prono To close over money not bis own. Has bo in view no thieving plan? is he hottest and capable? 1!J ij our man? Cheer such an one till the wclkiu rings, Join in (ho chorus when thus ho kings: Howdy, howdy, howdy-do? How's your wife, und how aro you? Ali! it fits my list ?is no other eau, Tho horny hand of the wotkingman." TO?J Bletixtr??M "JVSi.y t?sc E'ciicc I,:iw fS2?o?i??ii he Clint)geri. TuGALoo UoMH, June ??I, I87t>. Ad Hors. Kcowee Courier: What is every body's business U nobody's buaiuoss, is a trite saying often verified whero tho com munity ut large is concerned, and this seems tobo tho casu in regard to changing thc present fence law in this county. I os an j individual feel much interest in thc fanning j interest of O oonoo County and anything ' th tl will tond to advance the cause of good j husbandry ia tho way of economising laboi and strengthening tho bono and sinew ol our comity, should bo advocated and im pressed on tho minds of tho people bj j using the best argument in ils favor. Thi; I I propose doing by presenting a few fact: ; of my own experience, and Olhcvwisi j lb rough tho columns of your valunhli ; piper, in regard to folioing in the st.?cl I instead of tho crop. I hold that no ntr I eau mako stools raising as a surplus compet? ! with colton within the cotton belt or odju ocul thereto. Therefore, tho raising c J stock by foneing then) into (ho forest, ospo ? dally since the people have quit burulu; ! tho woad-*, with a view lo success, is one u j th:> follies that running in tho old ru j instead of keeping up with tl progressiv j age, will always fail to remunerate its ndvo I cale:}, Th oro ore many firmer.* who thin I tho practice of feeding cattle and sowin j lots willi grassoa und clover, for.the purpos ol supplying thoir italien, impracticable, never have went to Hie expco?o of sowin gr.in?osnnd clover fer my cattle with avie of increasing milk and bauer, but 1 hu\ nover failed to raise ns fino specimens < tho di'lVrcnl Huven ns over I saw ?.'row i j virginia, nod tl.at is necessary to rait clover is to preparo your laud by onrlohil) and pulverizing the .soil previous lo sowin; bul 1 Imo mainly kopt up my milch COT on old field pastures fdnoo tho war ai: find tho following advantages resultin th ref: om, vi/,.; T>1. Cutllo an; prevented from roamii so much und consofjuontly ttocumuluto mu? milk. 2d. y"ou know just whero to find yoi cov.s and they never lie out of nights, ni tliii hw a lon don cy lo increase thc (jua titi of milk. '! !. Von diapause with the trouble driviiijj op your down every hight and c; wean your cal ve? and got the milk. dth. Hy li living" your lots hear your sin you cnn train your miloh cows to como their Stalls ns readily ns you cnn your ho to como for their feed night mid uiornin 5lh. lt. i.s a well known fact th pissiounl indueiices so affect tho mnmmn glands in cuses of extremo unger or fci ito., timi tho milk of mothers given infants, while thus affected, produce spam and eve? douth, and the same rule won hold good iu the ease of a mad cow's mil at Iooht, ? would much rather uso a cov milk that was kindly treated, to ono tl hud boen driven mid run nnd stoned, a? nlwnys tho caso when drivcu. Cow's i nover irritated when called up, but nlws when driven up, 6th, Hy keeping your cows in th st*)Ita every night and keeping thom littered with muck, sail or leaves, und ?mt tho manure titus saved on your turnips, in stead ol'penning tho COWS, you will never fail to raise un abundance of turnips for your milk COWS, if you have your land well biokeu through tho summer. It re quires a lino, rich suil to enable small seed to "ketch." 7th. Cy keeping up your .stock, nil sur plus stock would bo dispensed with, ano. thus sot rid of such stock and give ntl opportunity for improving thc breeds of hogs and cattle, which never can bo done n.i long ns stock arc fenced into the forest. 8tll. If tho lenee law i* abolished it will force- everybody to taite care of his mis chievous-Uock, and as tho law now is mis? ohiovous stock ure turned outside and ovory neighbor has to fence against such 1 rtoel:. Oth., Hy keeping milch cows enclosed on go od gross lots and giving a little dry rici? f "d you not only increase HIP qua-nitty of milk and butter, but you increase tho ? quality of tho article, and, alco, tho sumo rule holds good in regard to thc fortilisiing accumulations of your stalls, nn item that is generally-overlooked and undervalued when compared to guano with cotton option at ? fifteen cents per pound, A-e. Wo will now ! notice tho contrast of at least one case, and ! many others might bo brought to notice. Mr, W. It, Sholor sold a milch cow to Mr. 'Thomas White, of Anderson Court House, for sixty dollars, (this wou'd bc rather n fabulous price among scrub stock,) that gave six gallons of milk per d;.y, and Mr. While says bo would not tako one hundred dollars for tho cow, and said fifteen cents per day defrayed thc cxpcusca ol' feeling this ike milker. This cow Wita but slightly improved, except hi good treatment. Many of our nativo cattle would give from four le ! six gallons of milk with good grass and clover lots and pea and oat meal. Milk and bultor aro moro plentiful in thc winter season with this treatment than in thc summer season, is another proof in favor ot j foucing up the stock rather than depotidilij ou thc forest, for range. It is but Huh trouble to care for one Cow, and one COV ? well fed is worth half a dosson sorrily caret for. In nntc bellum days I have knowi farmers to milk four or iivo cows and then bo u complaint, of scarcity of mil!:, whih now, following up tho improvements tba abolishing the fence law would induce tin people to make, one cow would bo made, ti supply thc dairy of a whole family. Huh. And la*t, but not least by tm means, by fencing up tho stook tho mincit practico of pasturing our land would b discontinued, and I caro not whnt ad van lagos ave claimed wc are never justified i pasturing our lands that wc cultivate. 1 tho farmers will reduce ?ill surplus stool; keep no boast of burthen but those yo keep employed, and but few milch cows &0 , but few ho"s and enclose thom an fecu thom and hoop them o!f of your lan that is cultivated, thc land will make cnoug j extra to feed your stock thu? enclosed un your land always be in bettor tilt, ?r.e. live thc outside lund, thc old fields, are provente from improving OS they would do if sloe was kept off. ! have been informed tin tho Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line !?r?i! ' way Company would tissumo half thc ex ! penuca of a lino fence if tIto road was cn closed. Would it bo well lo try to p.ci tl wholo county to abolish thc present law ; only make tho effort to enclose thc ruilron< I hope ovory OWnor of real estate will gi i tho matter above rcforrcd lo their scrim consideration and come, to sonic eon cl n s ic before 1870, that we may lake decii.ii stops for n chango, not that tho inoro throv big down tho fences indicate progress, but. huh! that tho adoption of fencing the stot is an indication that naturally follow in tl wake of progrossivo farming. liven otb advantages might bo mentioned, but 1 tliit OtiOttgh har. been said lo claim the, adoplh of thc "now ordor of thin?;;;," if ihey 1 line, and .1 defy refutation ol* tiny Of tl advantages claimed if (hey ave propm tested. If tho counsel bo good, NO MATTKlt W HO, &0. *.- - . -?. ? -- Hr. Holland says: ?Tho feeblest gi believing in Cod and a hereafter, is i archangel by tho side of tho strongest nt who questions her simple (nilli, and mom on wings wlmro ho stumbles iu doubt ai distress, or sinks in darkness." --um o . - - Thoso passionate persons who carry tin heart in their mouth uro rather to be piti than feared; thoir threatenings serving other purposo than to forearm him that threatened. _-4> * . Plays and roman?os soll as well as boo of devotion; but with this difference: mc pooplo road tho lormor than buy thom, a more buy thc lott eu tUia road them. [From (lu! Churl eaton Nowa and Courier.] '?'?io Outrages S?s>tMi S,ii tv ti n d !&<. v*?z\v$' ia Hit; sr j) Don itt i*y, i Af tho hist lorin of tho Court of Gonornl : Scssious for l'iokous County n Committee .of the (?rand Jury, appointed for tho pur i poso, took tostiinony upo; tho subject of tho outrages alleged to have boon oom ! milted by revenue officers in tho up coun try. Tho report of tho Oommitteo is ?so : ?ti n:t a nullement of tho eouditiou of i affairs that our special correspondent otu i bodies it in hi? lotU'i'. It has not before i boon given lo tho public. Every word of i t!.o tos ti m on y was sworn lo, and it oxhilit I hes? faots: I. 'i ho house ami outbuildings ol' Samuel A oil we;': .searched by revenue ollioers. Every nool: und corner of tho room where i his sick wife, with lier now-born child, j was pried into, tho odicers currying their : guns uvorywhero with thom. While ;roin<* over tito house tho ollioers used insulting and i;.'. . o language. They refused to .show any authority for their acts. Neil was taken hy thom ou tho road to tMokon?, but allowed to return, upon giving bond, when ho hiid gone a short distance. A niau named Hammett waa arrested at tho samo time and plnoo. Ho was discharged oy tho Comtnisiiiotier. ?J Daniel Walker wea arrested and taken eight or ton teilen, and then released. No warrant or oilier authority was shown. .I. Micajah Tludson was arrested in bed in tho middle of tho night, bin house and cupboards wore searched, aud hts smoke house was broken open. Tho officer;* took I Hudson live miles and then dismissed him. j No warrant was exhibited when their au thority was demanded. ft. Mrs. Mary A. Ilinekle, a widow lady, wau visited by tho olliccr, and her trunks were ransacked. The shot guns iu thc houso Wtil'O bent and broken by tho oHiccis, and woro rendered utterly unlit for uso No nuthoiity for searching thc houso wait showu. T!:?5 mu in Muy, 1877. In April, 1ST-?, Mrs. Hincklo wa? passed by a party of revenue offi .ors. They fired, and sile asked whom they were shooting at. Their answer was, lied mond. She told them that it was her son that they were shooting at. Gary, ouo of thc officers, said ""it mudo uo difference." (Tho olfioors wore evidently os ready to kill young Ilino klo, whom thoy left, bleeding ou tho ground, as they were to kill Amos Ladd, whom, also they oboso to toko for Redmond). No au thority was shown. f). Tho house ot' Mrs. Elizabeth McKin ney, un invalid widow lady 78 years old, was lansaekod by revenue officers, one of whom drank somo spirit:) of camphor he found iu a bottle, and helped himself freely to blackberry wine. No authority for tho search was produced, though it was de manded. Mrs. Stewart, a daughter of Mrs. McKinney, corroborates her statement. Thomas McKinney, :-o:i ol' Mrs. McKinney, was: cursed nt, arrested and tukon to Wal li illa, :t distance ol' twenty miles, liefere ho waa taken away one of tho officers told bis wife tlit.t ibero was nothing agatust him. Tho day aftor tho arrest a warrant of titre.it, nighed by Commissioner 'i'liorulcv, w is shown to MoKiuucy, but. this commis si, mi r UHiiUi'cd .McKinney that ho issued no such warrant, and that if any such amar rant is out it is a forgery. 0. Silas ll ?neldo was lirod at. as described in thu testimony of Mrs. Ilinoklo. No al to npt has silica been inado lo arrest him, although lie has seen sud ta Ik od with tho ollioers since tho shooting. 7. A colored man, nann i! Joo Gibson, wan treated worse than any other. First he ?va.; pu oohed in til?- side wirha gun. Thoo ho was knocked down. When ho got up tho oificcvj struck him with their Hats They ti.cn plunged bim into a largo vessel half lull of wntor, keeping his head under until ho was entirely unconscious. They next n?tido bim dig? a bolo about waist deep, knocked bim into the bolo, jumped on him, nnd choked him. Jnstly they throw 'bo poor wretch into tlf.' branch and stamped <)\\ 111 ii1. Thia testimony in every caso is ssvov:t lo, and it must be borna in mind thal not one ol' ibo sn (lei en. wo have named has been prosecuted for aity oiVeneo, and that, in tho mojority of instances, no distinct offonoo, was charged or alleged to have b'-en com muted'. So tho report of the G IV lld Jury i < tully confirmed. Tho revonuo officers 60t at tU lia nco all local laws. They hold tin- ."'teil laws !i:i:l courts in contempt, 'i'ln y vi'sSnt, ;. ; impertinent, uny protest aga!mu thev high banded proceedings, ne in thc coso of Mi", ''.'.ter, whom they be.it lOVcroly, ;i;i ! theil arrested on a charge ol' rosi ting nu ofiicer in tho discharge ol' his ' ily. Mr. Porter caused thc arrest of the ofuuors for assault and battery, but, tho oa.'io was transferred t.i tho United Btu tes Court, where ir. now sleeps, while tho oui pr!ts were nt once set froc. Tho motto of thc l?o Von UO officers lo", that "every niau ia to bc presumed to bo guilty until proved to bo innocent," and "better is it that ninety nud*uino innocent su?ler than that one of tho guilty escape." They ur rest and hand cuff citizens, without ohurgo or warrant They break open and search private dwel ling .'hoy force their way, nt night, into the bcd chambers of private citizens. They claim tho right to soaroh dwellings and arrest citizens without warrant. These and other outrages have been borno with exem plary pnticnoe, but, ibero is a point whero forbenranco censes to bo a virtuo, and, as tho Grand Jury signilioatly say, unless tho rovonuo officers are kept, strictly within bounds, tho people will, of their own voli tion, deviso tho moana to protoot their families anti their firesides from iusult und oppression! Sc ntl til o OH cwt ItlciB. lt waa a decided hit made hy Governor Hampton, io his speech at Anderson, when ho told tim people ol' South Carolina to pick cut their best men and scud them to tho Legis)aturo-mnko them go into tho scrvioo pf the State. Ile was giving advice j . which lias fiinoo found lodgment in every nook and comer of tho State; nod if wo read thc signs of tho times aright thc people aro preparing to act upon tho suggestion by j demanding tho services of the very best ? men who arc not now tu ofliec. lt is no j time for selecting legislators with refere nco to expediency, locality or occupation. Thc question of expediency is always fraught with danger to tho best interests of tito people. A man whoso nomination I merely fills a gap created by .supposed po litical necessities does not, asa ge no ra I rulr>, j como up to tho standard of fitness in other respects. Ho is govornod too much in his conduct by reference to tho expedient rv:.ich calista1, lum to risc to tho surface, and in j deciding questions of ike utmost concern to ! tho State, wi ton. independence and self reliance ought to govern, ho i.; too apt lb guage his conduct by tho supposed popu larity of tho measure under consideration. Kc nover cleaves tho way for useful and practical legislation, nor rises abovo tho prejudices of tho hour, but is always on tho scent for the popular side of every ques tion. In reference to tho locality of candidates it has grown to bc tho custom in sonic counties to make up a ticket composed of men selected for their geographical location -a custom which would oflimcs bc more honored tu tho breach than tho observance. Members of thc Legislature do not repre sent particular sections of their* counties when they come together to enact laws for thc State. Indeed, beyond tho mere local legislation willoh is required for thc several counties, the members arc representatives of thc Slato in thc truest souse. They arc to make laws which operate with cquul force upon every oiti/.cn, and in discharg ing this high trust no conscientious man will undervalue thc rights and privileges of all sections of tho State. It doubtless serves a good purpose to distributo tho responsibilities of the local officers, such as County Commissioners, for iostauco, where thc duties require au intimate knowlodgo of thc wants and necessities of every section of thc county. But thisctnuot bo made to apply to tho members of tho Logislaturo, if chosen from thc class ol' men who arc qualified by reason of their abilities and character for thc position. They arc equally familiar with every portion of their counties or else they aro fully capable of ascertaining its peculiar needs without residing iu any special locality. Thon, again, a man's occupation does not <:ive him any claim upon thc position There uro scores of lawyers who aro unlit to make laws, bconuso tho prerequisites of a well balanced mind, independence of thought and ju9t cquipois in action, arc sadly wanting in some of the legal frater nity. Lut tho moro foot that ono is a law yer cannot behold against any limn who is otherwise woithy of election. In truth, the prejudice against sending lawyers is a lamentable misfortune to tho Sute. The crude and hasty legislation of thc past two yours might have been largely avoided, if thero had been a moro liberal distribution of tho legal fraternity who were cogui/.aut j of tho laws in force alroady. A few men, j no matter how well versed itt their proles j ?ion, could not inspoot every measure cri ti I cally as ir.- passed through the ordinary course of logislatiou. It requires careful ness to a great degroe in thc most ordinary situation of affairs, and when u L?gislature is confronted with thc most dillioult prob lems growing out of an anomalous condition of society us wat? thc ci.se with tho last Leg islature, it docs require wisdom and ex ?', 0 riv ? co (o alcor ol oar of Mundora and mis take:;. T':c woudev is that so few were 00 01 milled. In out judgment, (hon, it is folly to select member., of tho Legislature by reason of their occupation or residence, and far in ire damaging to choose thom for their availability on tho grouuds of expediency, lt is tho best mon that uro wanted to doa I willi the intricate questions before tho next Legislature, tho men who ard best adapted to the work before thom, because of their training, industry and devotion to tho StMOj mon of brain.' und character, with tho will and determination to do what is right, regardless of thc effect it will have upon their personal popularity. Tho work of rch?b?l?ii<t?O?l is not complete. Muob hus boon done in a short time, but va.-,ily more romains to bo accomplished. Thc Legislature next winier will not bo idle ! or ui . ai ploy od. It should bo composed of moo capable of do,:llug with every emer gent , and in all respects fit exponents of tho honor, intelligence and wisdom of South Cur?llno, tho crowning adornment of tho mighty revolution which hus transformed tho commonwealth from a pit of corruption and degradation into tho dwelling placo of dcoenoy, morality and highest integrity in official life, and illumined tho hopes und aspirations of u people who wore crushed beneath a heavier weight than cvor bore down upon Anglo-Saxon civiliaation. Send tho best men to completo this work. [Columbia Register. -- - -^ ? -? Tho superiority of soino mon is morely local. Thoy oro great beoauso their associ ates aro little Judge Mackey as a Circuit Judge. Tlio Juno term ot' tho Circuit Court, Judge Mackey presiding, closed last ovon iug. lt han bcoi) a mcmorahlo tenn, both ns lo tho amount of business accomplished and tho manuel' of Us accomplishment. It is nu open secret that tho bar were pre pared lo seo in Judge Mackey but au erratic force, vigorous but 11.isdircC.ed-- a sort of judicial comet. Tho result has proved that this view was not a correct forecast of tho administration ol' tho law by tho prcsidiug Judge who has jufct ended his first term on tho circuit beuoh of Charleston. \[Q j,aH disposed of nearly six huudrcd causes in tlie Sossions uud Common Picas in tho short period of twenty " Ono working days, sitting, however, ou an average ten hours per day. There has not bcon any exception taken to any charge, that ho has rondo or a singlo mis Ulai or any appeal from any judgmout that ho hart rendered in nuy caso upou tho calendar. Put eleven enlists willgo overdo thc next term and they arc contiuued by special agreement of parties. In addition numerous decisions have been tendered iu epooia) proceedings by mandamus and in junction, und in case? submitted to deter mine thc jurisdiction of thc Meelon, Trial Justice:! and Clerk ot Court. Judge Ma okey will curry with him ?fcc openly osprossod well dene of thb bar and tho people of Charlcctou, and this without ro? card to Luco or political nuiliution; If ho has committed un error, it will be found itt his too groot leniency in his .sentences pro - nouucod by hint in criminal cases, espe cially offenses against the person. Wo aro not disposed, however, lo harshly critioise a judge who has been frank enough to confess in open court that ho probably erred on tho side of mcrjy, because ho himself lind been more thou once the beneficiary of that divino attribute. Wo understand Judgo Mnokoy desires to bc understood that lie mada this allusion iu a political ticuso from a cou fjciousncss of thc generous treatment ho bao received at thc hands of thc public aud of the press, who have been "To bb faults a little blind, And lo his virtues very kiud." Wo deem theso words of commendatiou duo to a public officer who is ovidontly earnest and impartial in thc discharge of hui duties.-Journal oj Commerce. Tlie Low Country Problem Solved Somo months ago we published tho report . of tho committee on Coast Lands of tho < Agricultural Society of South Carolina, iu which was described a new method of cultivating oats and wheat ia tho low country. This method is tho result of experiments made by Dr. St. Julien ltavenol' With tho vetch or cow pea and tho fertilizer known os ash clement. There wus every roasou to belicvo that by this method, nt moderate cost, pay int; crops could bc raised on tho almost worthless light and sandy lands in the low-oouutry. This dono, tho great problem was solved. What was theory is now practice. Promise bas ripened inio performance. Upon the ox? porimcnta) farms at the Atlantic and tho Stone Phosphate Works thc most cheering results have been obtained. At tho Atlar>' ' tic Works thc yield of oats, by Dr. llavonera" mode of culture,.averages 44 bushels to tho acre, and noni 'il to ?U bushels of Wheat to thc aero. At the Stouo works tho yield of oats was f)l bushels to tho nore. Theso crops were mude on common land, or old Held. Taking tho average yiold of oats at 4f) bushels, worth 50 ocnts a bushol ia market, tho crop will produoo 822.50 tc tho nero In wheat, at 25 bushels, selling at ? I..25, the crop is worth Sill 25 an aoro. Tlie land on which theso crops arc mado ia not worth moro than ?$5 an acre, if so much; and by careful calculation the cost of oulti? vation, inoludiug harvesting and proparing for market, does r.ot exceed ?15 an nore. This is far moro profltnblo than cotton, where upland cottou cnn bo grown, arjd, wheat aud oats havo tho additional aavan togo that they need little cultivation, whilo potion ii? fin all year crop. Tho Agricultu ral Stioioty, with Dr. llavohcl, have solved tho low-country problem, in demonstrating that, on oom mon land, a net ptofit of from 07 to 816 au acre eau bo made by tho culti vation of crops which need comparatively little working, und uro especially adapted to while labor, lt wits u great day for South Carolina when tho value of tho phosphatio nodule:) was discovered. It is a greater day when it is shown that a comfortable living ono bo mado O J tho old fields amid tho broomsodgo of lower South Carolina! [Charl-, sion News and Courier. Tm; Aur OP M AK. IN a GoiMM?K.-Tho ort of milking coffee consists in obsorving ono or two simple Illings. First of all, it should be freshly ground; thc next thing is to draw out tho full strength mid aroma, and at tho same time preserve the fluid porfootly clear and free from "rounds. Tho Fronoh are generally allowed to bo tho best coffee makers in tho. world, and thoy allow one ounce of coffeo to caoh cotice oupful of water. Two pots aro used in the making. Into one boiling water is ponrod on ground coffee and nllowcd to remain four or fivo minutos, when it is poured oft as olearas possiblo. Tho grounds aro thoo bolled with tho romnining water for two or three minutes, aud both lotsmixod togothor. To make tho grounds sollie half a oupful of eek! water is sprinkled over tho dooootionj this descends to tho bottom, currying tho grounds with it. Coffeo may bo clarified also by adding a little white of au ogg. -?-- - Without oontont wo shall find it almost ns difficult to piesse ot hers ns (Juts u? ves.