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VOU. IX.?New Series. UNION C, H., SOUTH CAROI^A, JANUARY 25, 1878. NUMBER 4. For tlio Times. FARMEB8* WIVES. HOW THEY CAN HELP THEIR lll'SRAM 1>S. Tiicro ure many ways in which a wife can help her husband. So ycry many thnt I feel quite at a loss from which to select of tlio many that comes thronging to my mind. Some think it necessary to go with him to his daily labors and thcro, side by side, keep her row up with his. JVot so, I think, even of tho day laborer. 1*116 wife is the home-keeper. To her is intrusted the care of tho whole house?(ho children and the family expenses?and, if she bo a true wife?one who /tela tho responsibility of her position?she will see to it that The. house is al-?S"? ways Ui'tyir, nns> nidirjSP behaved and respectful, and the fhtnily expenses <10 more than can bo got along with, without 'atint; or, in other words, she will sec that every "'edge is made to cut" by giving everything pertaining to household affairs her personal super_.1 _ri.1 ii.. i:_l.i i. i if TIBIUU, HUU OUCU UUlIlg IIIU llglllUr WU1K I1UI3CU, for there arc some things hired help never will do so well as the wife and mother, because she knows so well the wants and tastes of her household ; and there arc many things it is absolutely essential she should do with her own hands, be her husband rich or poor. I.ct a husband plan never so wisely, or work never so hard, unless the wife outers into his work with her whole soul and assists him by her gloving counsels, and unite her efforts withhis, for tlio mutual good of all, his work will go for naught, and they will doubtless live along from year to scrambling sort of a way, I ^ seeming to realize just wHere the trouble lies, and perhaps lay the fault of their lack of i' prosperity to "bad luck," which I consider only another nrfrac for Lad management. But sometimes tho fault of the whole thing lies with the husband. Some there are?and I havo one just such in my mind now?who aonia waiiIIv Knun t a lunlr '1 anil T wmild > often say to myself, when I would hear of this hard workiug man's ill fortune : well, surely, he must have been born under an evil star, for nothing he lays hold of seems to prosper, llis hogs always take the cholera and die, his wheat and oats will have the smut and rust, the river overflows his corn, and then lie is sure never to hit the market at the right time, so his small crop of ootton is sold on a declining market.? But after awhile I looked deeper?I looked for ^ . the cause of all this?-and found that this man, and was trying with all his might to do that which by nature, habits and education, he was wholly unfitted for. This article was begun with a view of treat ing only the feminine side of (lie question, but I iind that the interest of each are so closly interworcn, so nearly allied, that to spcuk of one I must necessarily say something of the dutios and obligations of the other ; no, if I should happen to tread on the corns of some sensitive Benedict, I trust he tuny not lay it up against me, but rather give nic credit for much zeal in his behalf * In my last article on '"Farmers' Homes," I give the outside picture of a country home and \ promised to tell the wife how she might embellish, adorn and render that home plcnsant nnd attractive to her husband and little ones. We will imagine it is the close of a long hot summer day, the tired husband coming from his (lav ftf hard U/Arlr and msl ?s# ?l?o s1aa? K?? l.Iu pleasant smiling wife, not with a kits?tlicy have been too long married for that, aud each is too aureof the other's atTection to need these daily little props to their love?but rather is he met at the door with a glass of icy cold crystal water. Just from the bottom of the well, or from tho cool spring which gushes forth from the roots of the big hickory at the foot of the hill, which Is infinitely mora refreshing to a tired husband than a kiss from the lips of her he loves moro then all the world besides. Life is a hard struggle. they are fighting Bide by side, and have learned to aDDrcciate these more substantial in kens of each other's affection. Her work at the hot steaming store is all done, she saw to it that all that steam, noise and smell of half done meats, should all bo over boforo he came, so that no unsightly sounds or nauseating odois should greet hiui at the theskhold. The meal is awaiting him on the nicely spread table, and bright eyed, rosy cheeked children, with faces nicely washed, hair smoothly brushed and each with its clean white bib, awaits to he seated.? >fter seating themselves around the dainty and appetizing board, how quiet and orderly every .everything seems. Not hurriedly gone through with?reminding one of what Napolenn once said of eating, i, a., that it wan a "disagreeable necessity." The supper table is enlivened with pleasant conversation; a ripple of sweet childish Jnughter accnsionallv catches the ear. and Mama's voice, beard now and then in low chiding is as the babe she holds to her bosom is starJledfrom its peaceful slumbers by the too noisy glee of the little ones. And so the supper is boguiled by pleasant liUle chats and little snntchcs of fun and frolic from the little fry. which'ocle as a sweet sauce to what, by some, would be considered homely fare. "Home is the dearest spot on earth," but how sad it is that some wires do not seem to realize the important relation they bear towards it. Home homes I can recall I lore to visit. It is not often that it is the homes of the wealthy. Oh no, too much of tho earth earthy there. I always leave these last with an unsatisfied feeling. I can recall one ^ now. I have been there often on the calm beat :? tiful Sabbath, when all Nature seemed to lead my thoughts heavenwards. There were only the old couple?the children had almost all of them taken that long silent journey, from which none ever ieturn. The dear old lady sat quietly in the chimney corner with hands placidly folded on her lap ; she ever seemed to me to be patiently awaiting her Master's call, llut what shall 1 say of liiin, the old father and husband, with his large round sensual face,.and hair combed and plastered so slick to his tcmplea? lie seemed to feel so secure. Heaven, death and hell were things afar off, for other people, not for him.? Ilis conversation so low and grovelling, so much iiCj|hakSsrtli, alljftJJuLtiiis and fall pricedwBSmm tunes, whiclt ntMtrt failed to call up a saiilc ol satisfaction, and in all the long years that I have known him not once have I heard one word of pity or sympathy fall from his lips for llio misfortunes of another. I can plaiuly see him now, after some suchjtalk as was so common with him, roll his eyes over his vast landed possessions with such a satisfied chuckle; and oh, how my heart did ache for him, and many a prayer liavo I silently breathed for his sinstained, sou). But I will not mar the beautiful imaginary home which 1 have attempted to picture, by calling up scenes or faces which will only serve to throw a shadow over the whole, g 1 will try only to think and speak of those 1 ?i - " ? v.uvi iivuico iTucru .in is peace ami quietude. TIic very atmosphere seems to breathe of pence ami gentleness, and the tubby cat, us she dozes lazily on the bright rug before the blazing fire, seems to feel the sweet holy culm of the place. Ilow restful, to one who has been tossed about by the cold unfriendly world, ^to tarry awhile in one of these homes. We always go away with a happy heart?more charity for our neighbors, more love and pity for tho whole human race. Oh, believe me, this is what makes home the dearest spot on e&rth I often picture to mysdf the home of Martha, Mary and Lazarus. I know it must have been one of the quiet restful sort, else our dear Lord would not have so much loved to have tarried there. 1 know Martha's quick bustling spirit was so toned and kept quiet by Mary's loving gentle ways as served to preserve a beautiful equilibrium, for it takes a good deal of spirit and energy to keep a homo in perfect order; but the spirit and energy must bo so toned and checked by quiet dignity and gentle, gloving ways, that the domestic maWJWPfMh1"*11* i-itum Wives aud Mothers, you who arc blessed with kind and ufl'ectiouate husbands aud little ones, nl, (/? U !...? I ? ? ? *) wv iv iv mub jvu tttcp jruur iiumvs UlWliys bright and cliccry. Count no labor lost that adds one ray of brightness to your household. Don't think because there arc 110 one about but home-folks there is no need to keep yourself neat and tidy, nor the house bright and clean ; for out in the cold world where will you find warmer, truer hearts than around your own fire side. Then give to husband and children all the comfort, brightness and happiness you can. Djn't give way to spells of despondency.? What if Fauuy has toru her apron, Tommy cut his toe or baby is fretful, these little trials come in the daily lives of us nil ; they nro even sent upon us sometimes for our good, and as such we ought to accept them and make the best of them, just as we would any oilier cross. I nave sometimes thought theso petty worrying cases try the temper and patience of a woman more than a heavier trouble would. I hav< myself been completely disheartened and diso juraged from these rounds of petty coses, when some great sorrow or some threatened evil would loom up darkly in the distance, which would make me feel how very wrong it was to givo waj to these lighter cases which lay immediately in my own power to remedy, by a cheerful acquiescence and by a calm resolute will to do the very best I could, and leave the issue with him who knoweth our every thought, who numbers even the hairs of our head and marks cveu the little sparrow's full. [CONCLUDRD JiKXT WKRK] The Doctrine o? no IIell.?It is cor tain tlint tho greatest of infidels have attacked tho existence of a IIoll us a prelim inary in getting rid of tho tremendous ideu of a Clod. It is only too apparent that in spite of all assaults from philosophers and philosophy, there is fixed in the human uiiud tho dread belief that if good deed; shull merit hereafter a placo of refreshment light nnd repose, the works of evil wil! bring upon their authors seclusion frou happiness, banishment from tho abode ol virtue, and confinement to a placo when the wicked never cease from troubling ant the weary never nre at rest. Whatnnnears - t II a complex proposition may be reduced tv very simple formulation, if men are des pcratcly and deliberately intent upon cvi in this world, without repentance or amend incut, they will carry into another work what they harvested, hero. If they hatci virtue hero, they shall hato it hereafter.? If they preferred association with sensual ity here, they cannot expect to keep compa ny with the puro hereafter. They wouh not be happy in such an atmosphere, if ad mitt cd to it. They go to their places?place 1 *5 ? * ? ui muir uwh selection. ?y nai inose places art may bo conjectured ; but they cannot b< par ad isical.?A wjuxta Chronicle.. Nothing is so fatal to tho romance of i kiss as to havo your girl sneeze at the vcr cliuiax of osculutiou. TEA CULTURE.. Trotter's Shoals, Savannah Rivf.r, November 29. 1877. Hon. Wm. G. LeDuc, Agricultural De ( partmcnt: Dear Sir : At uiy lust visit to Rio dc Janeiro, a treatise on tea culture written in Portugese, was presented bie by the author, , the priest superintendent ot the Imperial Uotanicul Garden. I was traveling in company with the Governor towards Greenville District, when the death of Junius Smith was rumored. I urged the Governor to deflect from his route Jo inspect tho tea plants, | ^and^f^it^tnight be, in Ins official capacity, case, to make a translation of tho trcatiso , and send it to him. No steps however were taken in that direction. In acknowledging your communication, I reiterated tho promise to make the translation, for your department. A prolonged, unsuccessful search among my papers for tho treatise has been one causo of the delay of this my answer. Eighteen years ago some half dozen tea plants, brought from China, were sent ui?. They were set in a soil friable, of medium quality, uumauured. The war aud its con ?- * uvt|ubuk(;a aujiui vuiuug, X llttVC COUtClltOll myself with merely securing- a supply of tea for uiy houscho'-.'.? Nothing has been done beyond keeping downjveeds ferith tfie > hoc. No protection has been given the plants, although during tho BcedlUigs-fcsdc sui^o sholu&v tl^er^ has been rrtnaamago- fromplight or from nP sects. Frequently leaves arc clipped iu uiodcrution, from every part of (he bush, care being taken not to dcuude, They are parched in an iron vessel, at the kitchen tire, constantly stirred, and immediately afterwards, packed in air-tight boxes. To prepare theui for infusion, they arc grouud iu a coffee mill I enclose leaves, plucked to day, measuring from three and a half to five inches, and as you will perceive, exhibiting three varieties. The capsules of the tea nuts afford the most pleasant of bitters. They were saved and given to the matron, au item in her materia mcdica, for my people long before I heard that a physician in Georgia had carefully tested the "tea-hull" and found it to possess all the properties of the cinchona. Tjic- nlauta liavcjiuda. blooms apd_ frjijt. served for planting in mid winter. They arc ornamental and of marvelous fecundity. The axil of every leaf has a bud, often two, often three buds. They would bo iuvuluable to tho apiarian. On the 12th ult. frost , stopped the blooming of cotton. Iloncy bees iu swarms still visit the fresh blossoms of the plants; bumble bees and yellow jackets also, present themselves ; the latter, feeding differently from the others, fall to the ground, gorged. This is the perfect climate for tho tea plant. Very respectfully yours. JAS. EDWAK1) CALIIOUN. Ammoniatkd Manures.?Let farmers beware how they purchase ammoniatcd manures. When we who live iu a wooded and cotton-growing country buy ariteMuib, wc commit as great a folly as buying coal to carry to New Castle. This ingredient in tho manures wc use is costlv and constant ly escaping. Wo havo the material with ' us to produce it in sufficient quantities and at a cost far less than what we now pay for ' it. To do this requires souic management and industry. Let us inquire how uiuch 1 of this costly ingredient is necessary for a ' good fertilizer. Experience ia this, as in 1 most matters pertaining to our calliug, is > the best guide. A few years siucc we were i told that sixteen per ccut. of ammonia was ' needed to make a first class manuro ; now two and a half to three per cent.; next, I will answer, none?that is, buy none from . the manufacturer. I do not mean to say . that no ammonia is necessary to the growth . and development of plants and their fruit, t but that wo should not buy it. Wo have a i better and cheapor way to get it than that. [ Wo have been taught by experience that , com requires a different manure from cot, ton j that one manure is not adapted for all plants. It behooves us, then, to study | carefully this matter, so that wo may apply , our means and labor to the best advantage, f that nothing may bo wasted.?"L" iu Ans dcrson Intelligencer. COAL Asiiks.?Coal ashes as a fertilizer are said to be very beneficial for tomatoes and potatoes, and to a less extent pens and I beans. Moreover, they improve the mechanical condition of the soil, and are there?> V 11- t t% \ . % ? j iore especially ucnenciai to clayey and rigid land generally. They should be worked in deeply and uniformly in the proportion of, say, one part of ashes to two of mold, it takes a long tiuio to decomposo them, their fertilizing properties are slow in action, but continuous. To obtain the best advantage from their use, somo other kind of Q manure should bo applied in conjunction B with them. As there are seldom enough for field culture, tho garden is the best place in which to use them, and inasmuch as they a aro generally considered mere inconvenient y refuse, all the advantago secured from their use will be a clear gain.?Rural N Yorker. * IHE CLOCK OF CLOCKS ?A PENNSYLVAHIAN OUTDOES THE WORK OF HABRECHT, OF STJtASBURQ. In Mengcl's buTlding is now on exhibition iu nil probability the most wonderful clock in the world. It Was built by Stephen D. Kuglo, a watchmaker, at llazleton. lie ia about forty-five years of ago, aud was about twelve years in perfecting the clock. Mr. Iteid paid Knglc 85,000 for it. Englc never saw the Strasburg clock. In fact he has not traveled more than two hundred miles frohi home at any time. Tho clock 9tands eleven feet high. At its hasc it is about four feet wide and at the top about two. It is burg clock is thirty feet high, yet its mochanism is not so intricate nor has it as many figures as the Ila/.lutou clock. The Strasburg clock's figures nro about three feet high and the American clock about nine inches. .Three minutes before the hour a pipe organ inside the clock plays an anthem. It has five tunes. Hells are then rung, and when the hour is struck, double doors iu au alcove open aud a figuro of Jesus appears. Double doors to the left then open aud the apostles appear slowly, one by one, iu procession. As they appear and pass Jesus they turn towards hiui, Jesus bows, the apostles turn again and proceed through the double doors in an alcove on the right. As Peter appronches Satan looks out of a window above and tempts him. Fivo times the devil appears, and tilMivin.r Christ, the cock flapT* 9 wings and crows. When Judas appears Satau comes down from his window and follows Judas out iu the procession, and then goes back up to his place to watch Judas, appearing on both sides. As the procession has passed, Judas and the three Marys disappear and the doors are closed.? The scene can be repeated seven times in an Hour it necessary, and the natural i motion of the clock produces it four times per hour, whereas the Strasburg procession is made but once a day?at 12 o'clock.? Below the piazza is the main dial, about thirteen inches in diameter. To its right is a figure of Time, with an lnur glass.? Above this is a window at which appear figures representing Youth, Manhood and Old Ago. To the left of the dial is a skeleton representing Death. When tho 'iiou'&giiss n'n'd etrftck ono^otT^ Boll with his scythe, when another bell inside responds; then Childhood appears instantly. When the hour-hand approaches the second quarter or half hour, there are heard the strokes of two bells. Then Yoith appears and the organ plays a hymn. After this, Time strikes two and reverses his hour glass, when two bells respond inside. One minute after this a chime of bells is heard, when a folding door opens in the upper porch and one at the right of the ccurt, when the Saviour comes walking out. Then the Aposties appear in procession.? Tho clock also tells of the moon's changes, tL. llJ .L - ? ? - iiiu nuc-s, me seasons, uays ana Uay ot the month and year, and the signs of the zodiac, and on top a soldier in armor is constantly on guard, walking back and forward. As the hours advance, Manhood, Old Age and Death takes part iu the panorama.?Reading (/'?.) Ragle. To Catch llats.?A novel method of catching rats and mice which takes into account the social characteristics of the pestiferous rodents was recently described in the Gcrmantowti I'elegrajdi. The correspondent says. <:I do not think it is generally known that rats and mice will go into a trap much more rapidly if a piece of looking-glass is put in any part of the trap where they can see themselves. They are social little creatures and where they see anv of their trihe there their itrill mi f o... J -- ?J " ti"' * quite sure of the effect the looking-glass has, as 1 properly 'baited' my trap for a whole week without being able to coax one of the depredators in it, but the first night after putting in the looking-glass I caught two?one very large and one small rat; and every night since this device has made one or moro prisoners." The American AyricullurUt recommends mixing plaster of i'nris with meal. The rats cat it and the plaster sets in their stomach and kills them, so it says. Cake ok Stock.?Care of stock, so far as their proper bedding, feeding and ventilation are concerned, is too important a matter for the thrifty farmer to neglect attending to himself. However trustworthy his assistants, judging from our own experience, it will pay hint well at the close of the season to see, each evening, that his cattle, sheep and hogs arc well bedded, fed and watered. Scarcely less important is the proper ventilation of the buildings in which his stock is winto?%d. While tho entrance of draughts and cold is to be carefully prevented, it should be borno in mind that domesticated animals, like man himself, need fresh, wholcsjmo air, and, if compelled by ignoranco or carelessness to breathe a foul, taiuted atmosfpherc, it is at a serious risk of health aud consequent profit. A visit to the barn, stable and pig-pen early in the morning will at orco warn the observant farmer of defective ventilation.?Moore's Rural. s HOUSEHOLD BECIPE8. Lamh Cutlets.?Trim the slices free from fat, beat up the yolk of au egg with rasped bread or crackers, seasoti with pepper and salt, dip in the cutlet and fry iu butter gently uutil thoroughly douc. Kick Pudding Without Eggs.?Put iuto a well-buttered dish half a pouud of lest Carolina rice, simply washed; pour on it three pint6 of cold milk ; sweeten and flavor to tasto; put a little butter and nutmeg on the top to brown ; bake two aud a half hours in a slow oven, on which much of the success of the pudding dcpcuds. India> d IN o ur. -tab 1 es p oo b fI < . r^iw5i"if milk ; sift the meal into it gradually ; tako from the Grc, and add the molasses and J 1 4 " - * * ? sail; stir, add the remaining pint of milk (cold), and do not stir the mixture after it is put in. Hake in a deep dish, with a slow oven, for iv/6 hours and a half. Ai'i'r.k Siiout Cake.?To one quart of sifted flour add two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar aud one of soda, half a tcaspoonful salt, quarter of a pond of butter, sweet uiilk enough to mix it. Have the dough rather stiff, roll and bake in a sheet. As soon as baked split open the whole cake, spread one piece quickly with butter, cover with well-sweetened apple sauce, pour over some thick sweet crcaui, grate on nutmeg, place the other half on this, crust side down, spread with butter, cover with apple sauce, cream and nutmeg. ClIIfMCFM Dill. Doll tllU I'lltcKCU lu ?ldtcr sufficient to make a good dressing, till the meat easily slips from the bones?the latter to be all removed. Mix tho meat well together, season with salt, butter and a little flour. Make a crust iu the usual manner, line dishes two or three iuchcs in depth with crust, put in the meat with plerty of gravy, paste over the top and bake au hour. This is au improvement upon putting iu the bones as it docs away with a choice in the parts. Goi.den Lemonade.?Mako a lemonade rather more tart than for ordinary drinks; take as many eggs as you havo used lemons and beat until thoroughly light, adding, during the process, half a cup of on-in iu 11:111 a uozcn eggs ; when thoroughly light, pour into tho lemonade, keeping it well stirred. This makes a dehomub, cool ana Healthy dttuK, ana' IB ^ ticularly acceptable to laditfs. Corn Dodgers.?One quart of corumeal, a tnblcspoonful of lard, two eggs, a tablcspoonful of salt; scald the meal, with the lard in it, with boiling water ; cool with a little milk ; add the eggs, beaten light; beat very hard for tcu minutes; make them thin enough with cold milk to drop off tho spoon and retain their shape iu boiling lard; serve hot. Have the lard boiling hot when you drop them iu. Hominy Hreaii.?This is easy, quick and nice. Two eggs ; salt to tasto; 2 cupfuls of boiled grits, or boiled rice ; 1 cupful of meal ; 1 tablcspoonful of butter, or lard, and sweet milk enough to make a thin batter. Hake in the dish in which it is to be served; help it with a tablespoon. Tho Virginian name for that soft kind of corn bread is "Puddiug Hrcad." Every day Pudding-sauce.?To ono pint boiling water add heaping teacup of sugar, tablcspoonful butter, pinch of salt, and tablcspoonful of corn-starch dissolved in cold water. Eoil half an hour, when, if well cooked, it will be very clear. Put a tablcspoonful of hot water to a tablespoouful of currant jelly, beat well, and add to the above just before scrviug. Sagacity ov a I)og.?At Woolwich Theatre, during the performance of "Jesse Vere," in the third act, in which a terrific combat takes place between a mother nml two assassins for the possession of her child, a largo Newfoundland dog, that had managed to get into the pit along with his owner (an engineer of a steamship), leaped over the heads of the musicians in the orchestra and flew to tho rescue, and, seising one of the ruffians, dragged him to the floor. The dog wns with difficulty removed and dragged off" the stago. lie had been accustomed to thv company of children, and had, on many occasious, evinced strong poofs of affection. Tho mimic life on tho theatre stage had all the appearance of reality to the noble brute, and he hastened to exhibit the promptings of his kindly instincts. IIow to Get Kid ok Warts.?Warts arc very troublesome and disfiguring. Tho following is a perfect cure, for even the largest, without leaving any sear, and has been tested by many. Take a suiall piece of raw beef, steep it all night in vinegar, cut as much from it as will cover the wart, and tie it on ; if the cxcressenco is on the forehead, fasten the beef on with a piece of sticking plaster. It mav be removed in the day and b-u* T? ? ? . ? !>u> ?iiij ui^ul. in uuu lormigin me wart will die and peel off. The same proscription will cure corn9. Next to a rooster in a rain storin or a man with his mother in law on his arm, the most wretched looking thing in the world is a candidate who has just overheard some friend wanting to bet three to one that ho won't be electod.