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jWaea?awtu?p?fii ? i i THE DYING WIFE, BY II. M. T. Lay my bubo upon my bosom, Let iuo feel her sweet, warm breath) A strange oliill is passing o'er uic, And I know that it is death. Let me gaze once on the treasure .Scarcely given, ere I go? Feel her rosy, dimpled fingers Wandering o'er my cheeks of snow. I aui passing through the waters, Rill I It A hlnuanrl ? "??? ? ? Kneel beside tne, husband dearest, l<et me kiss away thy tears. Wrestle with the grief, as Jacob Strove from midnight until day ; It will seem an nngel's visit, When it vanishes away. Lay my babe upon my bosoiu? 'Tis not long I'll know she's there, Sec how to my heart she uostles? '['is a pearl I'd love to wear. Toll her sometimes of her mother; Yen will call her by my name, Shield her from the winds of sorrow, If she errs, Oh ! gently blame. Lead her sometimes where I'm sleeping, I will answer when she calls ; And my bre&th shall stir her ringlets, When my voice in whisper falls ; And her mild blue eyes will brighteu? She will wonder whence it cauie? In her heart when years roll o'er her, vriJJ ? red *vt?lk?r'(3 IlttRIV. If in after years, besido t'.iee Sits another in my chair, 11' her voico is sweeter music, And her face than mine more fair ; If a cherub calls thee "Father," Far more beautiful than this, Love your first-born, Oh ! my husband, Turn not from the motherless. APPLICATION OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. An Essay read he/ore the Summer Meeting of the Stale Grangcjat Anderson, S. C.,on the Bth of August, 1877, by Col. Thomas Taylor, President of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society. Since the early settlement of the continent, the products of the soil have bccu the basis upon which our prosperity rests. We are an agricultural people and require peace and quiet for the pursuit of agriculture.? Origiually, the natural fertility of the soil was very great; the timber was cut down and destroyed to enable the farmer to grow those products which fed and clothed the people of this country aud a large portion of the people of the world. The system pursued by the farmers was to cut down the timber and plant the same crop yearly without any rest to till land, until it became almost unproductive; then they turned their attention to clearing more land, and the same ruinous system was pursued until the whole country was cleared and exhausted in what arc known as the old settled States nf < this continent. So soon as this system of 1 cultivation had exhausted the most produc- 1 - ?tivo land in South Carolina, our people be- 1 gaii moVutg to new States which were rep 1 resented as more feitile,-wV>?i, the sauic sys- 1 tern of planting and cultivation was pursued, until they, too, became uxhaustcd to a great ' degree. It is npparcut to us all that the result must be the same so long as this svs- 1 tern of agriculture prevails. l'eaoe and quiet reigned over the land for 1 almost a ccutury; then came about a sectional trouble, which Hpsct our State government : aad changed our system of labor. It then ' became n?ce*sary to resort to a different plan and mod* of preparations to make the products upon the exhausted lands pay the producer. How was this condition of things i to be relieved ? That was the question to the farmers. He felt very little disposed to make au effort with almost a certainty of failure. Still, something must he done to enablo hiui to support and educate his children. It was impossible to make enough uiannru on Vi? iu supply f,? cxhaus- ' ted laud what tho plant required, and he felt disheartened at the prospect. The improvement in agricultural implements had been very great, and lie naturally turned his attention to supplying this defect in a measure by ploughing and better culture. Iusouic instances this proved successful ; in most cases it was ruinous to the land, burying what little soil was left in the land to such a depth that the plant could not reach it to make use of it, for observation proves that the plant does not penetrate beyond a certain depth to find aud take up its nourishment; thus the land became less productive than before. A few years airo the whole country wor.t wild up?? results of experiments by Mr. Dixon, of Georgia, and without calculating the effect of deep ploughing upon the different grades of soil that exists in each State, many planters adopted the plan laid - 4?wnJ>? Jdr- Dixjun for jJUL*oils ; Jthoy ipiuh^. many failures ; denounced improved impfew ments and deep ploughing, and went buck to the old shovel plough without knowing why they had failed. A friend of mine had a plantation on which he thought Dixon's ploughing and culture would produce similar results. He read Mr. Dixon's articles with great care and attention ; he bought the mules and ploughs, and he ploughed and eubsoilcd until he could almost sec the glitter of gold with each furrow the plough turuud. He had his land ploughed and harrowed, and ready , for the seed beforo his neighbor commenced work. About this time his neighbor, who had the same kind of soil, thrashed down his cotton and corn stalks, and with the old short shovel plough reversed the old beds, and planted his crop. My friend, whoso place looked like a garden, could not but feol a pity for the failure that was ahead for his neighbor. Doth crops were planted, and both came up. My friend's heart went out i? sympathy over the feeble effort mad? by his neighbor. Dut lo! the neighbor's erop soon passed his in size, and continued to do so up to harvesting. The result ef harvest was still greater thuu between the growth and fruiting ; and he, disgusted with improved implemouts, went back to the old shovel plough, and pronounced Dixon n humbug. Here is a ease whoro all the bearings were not taken into consideration. My friend attempted to accomplish in ouo year what Mr. Dixon had taken probably live Years to do. luruiti<r the laud shallow ?t first, and increasing the depth gradually, by which menus ho preserved what there was of soil left upon the lund for the use of the plant. v The success of the farmer has been the result of cxperiuieut, and uui of knowledge; and so long as we work in the dark no specified result can be certain. It is self evident that all land muat be ploughed, but how it should bo ploughed depends upon the character of the soil. Sandy soil should be ploughed shallow first; it may be subsoiled to auy depth, and the ploughing may be deepened each year without injuryto land or crop. Clay and bottom laud can be ploughed deeper, following with the subsoil, aud increasing the depth in pluughiug yearly.? All laud should be ploughed iu the fall aud winter, and get the benefit of frost and.ice; land gets a great deal of fructifying power from iec and frost. We now have cxltiiustcd land aud improved implements which enable us to prepare the laud thoroughly for the seed. We need something more.v* We get that iu tho commercial manures, whtcli supply to the plant those chemical properties which have bceu. exhausted by long culture and injudicious management. Wc now have land aud implements, but we need something to uiakc the land productive to a sufficient degree to pay the producer. We fiud underlying some of the land and waters iu the lower part of the State a phospliutic deposit, which, upon being trrouudaiid remlcrnil snlntilo n.? >? H ~ ? wv.uviw, iviuia UIU uaSlS of a manure, which supplies to lands those properties which have been exhausted ? These mixtures, kuowu as commercial manures, have become generally used, aud have even, with our expcrimcutal applications, paid the producer in some instances. This vast source of wealth to the State aud farmers seems to be providential, and is the means by which we will bo enabled to recover our losses iu a great measure. If the farmers had known how to make proper use" of this discovery, their lands would have improved yearly, instead of failing, after repeated applications of fertilizers. It is almost the universal system of the farmer to apply the cotton seed, with its increase by the use of commercial manure, to some other exhausted laud, instead of returning the saute to the land that made it. Thereby they render the land less productive each year, after the first or second application. This system will not build up our exhausted lands, but have the reverse effect. The rotation of crops iu Sonne dogroc removes the difficulty, but even that will not effect it cutirely. Vou must return all the increased production of an aero of laud, which is used as manure, to the same land, and not attempt to build up two pieces of land with the production of one. .VO lain! ran Mamhn??t? a*,j.U, the producer. The best evmeucc or tnc fertility of our lauds is that they have been able to stnud such a system of culture aud produce anything. 1 have traveled over some of the best farming lands in the Northwest, the New Kugland and Middle States. The same system would and did, for a time, rendet these lands very poor. The owners, however, saw the error of their culture, and adopted a system of rotation?planting a piece of land once in tin ee years, sowing grass and liuicing. What was the result? Their lands increased in yield steadily until they surpassed their virgin state. The same thing can be done hero, with equal success, by a rotation of crops?sowing peas and clover and turning in the same. Do not take these from the land hoonnsu. tliov lr.nL bo fiue and you nro short of rough food for your tnuies ana rank. Vk.Mtu??i fertilli#. of our lands cannot be di.sputod. No State has uioro natural advantages than South Carolina We can grow all the crops that are grown on the continent, from the olivo and banana down to the most substantial needs of a people. Where can we find such an Eden? Yet, \^ith these natural advantages, we arc poor. Gentlemen, the romedy is within our reach. First, we must settle in our minds that we will stay where we are. There is no belter place to move to, and then wc must work in the constitution of the land. The land holds tho power to prepare the food for the plant, but you have to put the material into it, just as you supply the stomach with food, which is then churnud up and distributed to make blood, bone and muscle. ilow is the fertilizer to be used with the largest result to tho turmcr? Is it by applying large quantities to the acre ? J. em* phatically say no. Toif TSJjutfo on'j "what the land will utilize for the plant to consume; and all over that suply is wasted for ttfat year, and I thiuk is lost to the farmer.-? How will you ascertain tho quantity the laud will enable the plant to use? Up to this time that has beeu experimental und calculated by the result obtained. In some instances it has been remunerative; in others the reverse. I assert, without fear of contradiction, that fertilizers cannot be used successfully without ascertaining?.first, what the land has been exhausted of; second, what quantity of fertilizer the luuil\r ill enable the plant to consume. This can lie obtained rmlv btJ annlrci. TViiu mnnl.l expensivo to the farmers singly, but not so as a whole. There is one fact to bo kept in mind. The constitutional tone of the land must be partially restored before you col reap large results from tho use of fertilisers.' Land that will produoe GOO pounds of seed cotton without the aid of fertilisers will cer^ tuiuly produu from one-third to onc-hulf more by their use. It may double the yield. That, however, would be too large an estimate, as a general rule. I have had, with the application of 200 pounds of Pacific guano, on river land, n yield of 1,200 and 1,500 pounds per acre of soed cotton, which did not yield more than 500 to 600 pouuds without it. I havo also had the sauic result from the Etiwan, both beating Peruvian guano. This land, however, seemed particularly adapted to the application of fertilisers, and the crop has never fallen back iu tho past four years. These lauds were Jlcared by the Indiau, before the white man Dttled the country. >Tbo manner and mode of npplying fertilizer# is vory uniform; it is sowed in a deep furrow and the dirt lapped upon it?the cotton being planted upon the top of tho bed. Sometimes a second application is made after f.Ko nndnn o ^? ? ? ?v vw??vu 10 vinuuvvt uj ? otuiiu uy ruuuiug a furrow close to the cotton, sowing the fertilizer and throwiug a furrow upou it. This sccoud application gives a new impetus to the plant, and goes far to perfecting its fruit if there is enough vitality in the land to give sustenance to the plant for so loug a time. Tbero is very often visible in the mouth of August upou the cotton pluut what is culled rust by many farmers. The leaves deoay and drop off and the plant dies. I say it is uot rust in most cases, but proceeds from the soil being unable to supply food any longer, the fertilizer having exhausted all the vitality that was in the land for that crop. The cotton had attained a good size, well fruited, all openod and ' ^ISiced'early Tu September. It may be said />y some that preaching and practice are two different things. I admit that you may preach always, but unless we practice wc cannot expect to euro the land of poverty. Tho longer the land is without uicdiciue and food for the plant, the more difficult will be the task of building it up. There is no (imc like the present to begin with the Remedy. Tlios. Taylor. . Richland County, S. C. Youug ladies, if they only knew how disgustiug to men slovculiucss is, uud how at tractive arc displays of neatness and taste, would array themselves in the simplicity and cleanliness of the lilies of the field; or, if able to indulge in costly attire, they would study the harmonious blending of colors which ^nature exhibits in all her works. A girl of ^food taste aud habits of neatness, can make a" inoro fascinating toilet with a dollar cal: j - r? ?* * ' ? it-> uitaj, n iuw cncap riooons ana laces, and such ornaments as she can gather from the garden, than a vulger, tawdry creature who is worth thousands, and has the jewelry and wardrobe of a princess. SOME TII UNDER rJL NEW STORE AT r ! JAMES H TT A VINO purchased the entire interest ef liii y . . .. _ f ? Friends an< of the former owner that he GROCERY At the O and will always keep a full PLANITATIO table and other Outlery, Plows and Pic C? WOOl/xiu ALL BRANDS OF whir.h lit; PRICES TO 8U I respectfully invite the old fri and any number of new ones, to CALL AN: You will find two "Live young to wait on you, and what we cam asking for or having. Call *rt lite Tioi If you want good bargains, po] tion. TO THOSE HAVING sold out iny entire interest anxious to settle up all outstanding in anv wav indahtnd to me to on mo forward ar ?J J ? ? ? ? ? My Book* and Accounts are still at the i James H. Rodger, is empowered to make Maroji 2 ? ATTENTION CO! -t. You can save TIMB3, T ? - - ? .A By using the Celebrated WEST'S GUAN< 1IALENTINE*? O HI a tin fact n rod by CtOWER, <?: W. A. NICHOLSOI March 16, -[ J-, -iu . .. "" L . _ , . s_ . . 3B ARTEMUS WARD TO A LITTLE FRIE1TD. This letter has acvcr before appeared in print, and the original is in possession of a gentleman of this city. We vouch for it* geuuiueuess. It will at once striko the reader as being ouiincutly characteristic? "true to life." Salem, Mass., June 18,1864. My Dear Amelia : 1 carnot tell -you hour uiuoh 1 miss you. It seems as though I had lost all my relatives, including my grandmother and the cooking stove. Why didn't I put you iu a bottle and bring you dowu hero with mo? But I am always forgetting something. Tho other day 1 weut off and forgot my Aunt Snrah, and she is a good deal bigger than you are. Mr. Ramsey is also a very forgetful man.? He frequently goes off and forgets his washerwoman. Mr. Ramsey is a very fine looking man. He reminds me of Mr. Green, the Maiden murderer. When Mr. Ramsey goes to the penitentiary, which will be very soon, we must send him doughnuts, magazines and other literary documents. Mr. Ramsey can read print very well. 1 like you very much. I should like you just as well if you were twelve years older, l am very singular about some things. Yua spike to me obout a boj -rrbo is mj rival. 1 should feel very sorry to kill that boy, but he may drive uic to it. I am iu hopes that ho will take himself into a premature tomb?that ho may choke himsell * . I _ 1 ^?f 4> JJI- % 1 wiiii it largo biicc or puaaiug, out n no aocs ueithor I shall feel forced to load hiin with chains and read all my lectures to him.? That will finish him. Ilis boots may remain, hut the rest of him will havo perished miserably long ere I have got through! You must bo a good little girl and always mind your mother. Never let your excellent mother feel sorry that she is acquainted with you. If it hadn't been for her you might have got drowned iu a soup-plate long ago. And if you hadn't ever had any mother, you might now bo in Turkey with the other Turkeys. Iu fact, uiy dear Amelia, so conduct yourself, that oven on dark and rainy days tho bright sun may shine wherever you arc, and that the stars (which ure next to the sun in brightness,') may never flash so brilliantly but that you can always look stepdily and hopefully towards them. Faithfully your friend A. Ward. LNG NEW "HH: S(0)TS". rHE OLD STAND. , RODGER s father, Mr. JO UN RODGKIt, ia hi* Grocery 1 Customers rill continue the BUSINESS let Ktand, stock of all kinds of Groceries, N SUPPLIES, >w Steel, tnned Fruits, Meats, Oysters, &c? TOBACCO, &c., &c., will sell at ITT II K TIMES. ends and customers of the house D T R Y M E. ; men," standing ready at all timei not show uiid sell you is not wortl ijfer Old Htnmd lite attention, and perfect satisfac JAMES H. RODGER. INDEBTED, in the Grocery Business, to my son, I no debtcdness. I, therefore, call upon those ii id make settlements immediately. Store, and if I am not present my son, Mi settlements. JOHN RODGER. 8 tf [ TON PLANTERS ! ROUBLE AND MONET, FARMERS FRIEND ) DISTRIBUTOR, O TON PLANTER, I A MARKI.EY, Urcrnvllle, ?. < \l, Agent, Union C. H. 10 Cm* A - i .m ??i?MMMfcM 1 ? I Greenville ftlld Columbia R. R. t CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ' fifcgft??i ^ l Passenger Trains run daily, Sundays excepti od, connecting with Night Trains on South Car. olina Railroad up nnu down. On and after MONDAY, May 29th, tlio following Will be the schedule: BP. Loots Columbia at 1.46 a ta . I.eavo Alston 9.80 a at J Loots Newberry ? Looto Cokesbury ............. 2.17 pm 1 ~3 Leave Belton n. 4.00 pm ?rrlv. >1 ? <" ....... ... . ?... O.OO f II ? DOWN. Leave Greenville at 8.05 a m Leave Beltou 9.65 a nt Leave Cokesbury 11.88 a m 1 Leave Newberry 2.40 p m Leave Alston 4.20 j> m ' Arrive nt Columbia 6.66 p frt ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE R1DGB DIVISION. DOWN. UP. 4 Leave Wnlhalln....6.1a a m Arrive 7.16 pm Leave Perryville...7.00 a m Arrive 6.40 p ra Leave Pendleton...7.50 a m Arrive 6.00 p m Leave Anderson...8.60 a in Arrive 6.00 p m Arrive nt Belton...9.40 a m Leave 4.00 p m THOMAS DODAMEAD, General Superintendent. Jabf.s Nortos, Jr., General Tioket Agent. June ft, 1876. 28 tf HAMPTON H41T&E. y| MAKW HTREET, M 1 SPARTANBURG, So. Oa. , S. B. Calcutt, (Formerly of Palmetto House,) Proprietor. HOUSE WELL VENTILATED, A ROOMS NEWLY FURNISHED AND CARPET1 ED?TABLES SUPPLIED WITH THE BEST IN MARKET?ATTENTIVE SERVANTS?OMNIBUS TO ALL TRAINS. TERMS ftS.OO PER PAY. Jan. 12, lg77 1 tf PAINTS AND OILS. ,A?Meran.iB?i9li><>iM. m, I Machine Oil, * i: ? * * Tarpentlne, Kerosene Oil, Colors in Oil, Tarnishes, Window Glass, Pnttjr, Sand Paper and Giantess Paints. * VI OHIO UJ A. IHITlfl Jt I'D March 2 8 , tf ENOODRAGE HOME PBCjPLE AND Home Enterprise. GEORGE & HACKER & SON S FACT OR Y, Charleston, 8. O. THE only Door, Sash and Blind Factory owned and managed by a Carolinian in this City. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Always on hand a large Stock of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, Scroll and Turned WoJ*of every description. ...,uwW,r? nt Manufacturers' Prioes. G. & T. Flooring Boards, and dressed Lumber of every description, delivered at Union at the fotcest figures. March 3. 187G. 0 ly SAMUEL 0. STOKES, Attorney nt Law Attn TRIAL JUSTICE, Union V. II.. H. C? WILL practice in the Circuit and Probate Courts. All business in the jurisdiction of a Trial Justice attended to with promptness. Special attention given to collections, Ac. Office for the present, third door to the left in the Court House. March 2 _8 tf wm.ettenoeb. n. r. edmonu. Ettenger & Edmond, M; a n n ^n'oV^iV ft"t Portable and Stationary Engines. BOILERS OF ALL KINDS. CIKCULAIt SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, MILL GEARING, SHAFTING, PULLEY8, &c. AMERICAN TURBINE WATER WHEEL, CAMERON'S SPECIAL STEAM PUMPS. Send for Catalogu*. Not. 10, 1876 46 1y removal! $ F. M. FARR * CO., HAVE remored their Stock of Groceries to, the Store opposite B. F. Rswls & Co., alongside the Railroad, where the/ will always be .ww\ t pleased to meet their customer*. A full Stock of Groceries and Plantation supplies will alwsys be kept for sale at the lowest market prices. ^__F*b 2 ji _ _ ?r T ?TOrppmrengr^wine. WHITH Imperial Ssuppernong Win* at A. IRWIN ft 00'8, _ March 80 12 tt Grape Brandy. , . v PURE Grape Brandy for modioinal purpoB?%\ .1 A. IRWIN ft CO'S/T I . ^ March 80 12 ft y Pure Corn Whiskey, 11 ~pURE Mountain Corn Whiskey, for mediois%^P ii X purpose*, for *sle at A. flftWIN, ft CO'S, _F*k? 6_ Teas X Teas X X I JUNE Black and Green Tea far sale at ' A. IRWIN ft CO.'s. Feb 9 6 , tf Chbice CattOlM. A . DELIGHTFUL Ice Cream Candy, Centential MJ Fruit, Ceeeanat, Cheeelate, Pea Nut, and ?u ether Fan or Candies. _ J . sry:TiAWTjPtuj.,? r No 1, East Union. April fi 18 tf Eggs Without Eggs. A GREAT preparation fer making Cakes Pudding*, Fritters, Batter Cakes, Muffins and ' any other Pastry without Eggs B. F. KAWLS ft CO. No 1, East Union. April 6 18 ff