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BLIGHT. Our article. on Blight iu fruit trees has brought forth tho following letter from an esteemed friend iu Abbeville, which, wo think, is worth more, practically, than all the scientific advice that could be given us by the entomologist. It will be remembered that wo asked tho Commissioner of Agri-' culture, "What is blight ?" and he simply^ echoed back the question. Mr. Saunders said it was a fungoid growth that could be prevented by washing tho tree in a strong solution of sulphur and lime, but that it could not be cured. I lore is a practical letter from au intelligent mau who, by careful watching, prevents blight, and if perchance his vigilance has been overcome and the tree is attacked, he at ouce sets about curiug it. Is it not strange such men will keep their lights hid away under a bushel ? We beg our fricud to turn philanthropist, and send us much uioro,information, which wo know he possesses, upon tho the subject of horticulture and gardening. Help ouo another shoukl be the Southern farmer's motto, for we arc all groping in the dark, nnd we waut that experience which will stand the test of science, and we know tliero are many men who read tho Neves and Courier who have that very experience, but from some cause or other are loth to commit it to the columns of a paper, for fear perhaps it may be criticised. But to tho letter, which reads as follows: "Your article ou blight in pear and apple trees has attracted my attention. I am not a scientific fruit-grower, but 1 have had sonic little experience in the matter of 'Blight.' Your Sumter correspondent is wrong, in my judgement, about insects having anything to do with it. In an experience of ten years I have never seen any traces of insect wood in the disease. Blight is an erratic disease in its operations, souiotimcs attacking the trunk of the tree, souictilliM lllfl nr r.llmr nnrtinns cnnin. times the ends of?and sometimes the most vigorous lookiug limbs. "Your scientific man at Washington says: 'What is Ulight? No one knows.' If lie means that no one knows the cause or how to prevent it, he would be correct; but my observation satisfies me that it is a disease of the outer or primal bark, which if uot arrested extends to the inner bark. That it is a disease of the outer bark only is apparent from the fact that it this affected part is removed before it extends to the wood another bark is formed, and the tree Hocms to suffer no iujury. Sometimes also may be seen places where the disease has attacked parts of the tree, which seem to have dried up without permanent iujury to the adjacent parts. "I have experimented with various preventives, but found none to succeed. The disease can be effectually controlled, or arrested, by the frco use of tho pruning saw and a sharp knife ; but this requires constant care and watchfulness, and the remedy should be applied as soon as the disease appears anywhere. "Ten years ago 1 lost every pear tree but three, and have uot lost one set out since, and thcac three, though badly affected when I couiuicuccd using the saw and knife, have continued to thrive and bear fine crops, and yet to the height of five feet or more every particle of tho original outer bark has been shaved off with the knife. "Tho affected part must be shaved off until you reach the green inner bark, taking caro not to cut through to the wood. I have arrested it on very young limbs and sprouts, when the bark was too thin to shave, by simply scraping it. "I say it. is a disease in the outer bark only, in first instance, because in n period of ten years I have never known the secondary bark formed to become affected, and the removing of tho outer bark does qot seem to affect the vitality or bearing qualities of the tree. "The following incident will show that the experience of the mountaineers of North Carolina with their apple trees has taught tiicm tnc samo thing. When in Horse Cove, N. C., a few years ago, I noticed a youth of about sixteen diligently shaving off the outer bark of a vigorous and healthy looking apple tree. I asked him why he did this, and ho replied that the bark of the apple tree ought to be shaved off once in every seven years. To the further question, 'What is the reason of 'this V he re* plied that he did not know, but had frequently heard old people say that (his was necessary to keep them healthy "Blight usually appears during the first bearing period, and from early spring till cool weather. I never permit mere than three or lour days to elapse without examining each tree, and if any signs of the disease appear I at onco apply the knife. "Now, my dear sir, I may not kuow more than others about this subject, but if ovory fruit-grower will watch his troex carefully and apply the knife and ban promptly, par-' ticularly tho knife, there need be no complaint of our npple and pear orchards boing ruined by blight. I havo no idea that souie sort of scraper or coarse sand paper would be an excellent thing to use frequently on young trees, and not wait for the appearance of blight before the remedy is applied. '?News and Courier. * Ho! roll IiKNDKKsoN.?I.aat week the engine on the Spnrtanburg And Ashovillc road, employed in hauling material, surmounted tho most difficult grade on the entire lino. In a few days the train will convey passengers to Saluda Station, nine miles from Hendersonyille. A Dnrr.ahkii Hkihkma.?New York, Juae 30-? Mrs. Pherbe Jane Crose, the wifo of James M. Cross, and the oldest daughter of the late Commodore Vanderbilt, under whose will she received a legacy of $600,000, died yesterday mofcning. She was t?3 year old. The lact that George Washington's wife never asked where he had been when lie came borne late at night, goes a great waj towttrd accounting for his extreme truthfulnew. ' < 4 - 4 * ... OATS VS. IHDIAN CORN. ' The sun (world) do mov." Old fogyism moves to the background and progressive agriculture advances to the front. The movement is slow, but it is u movement, and as the tide rises the old ship will clear the straud which has grouud her bottom for nge9* ^ It is curious to hour intelligent f#WtW>. learned men, acknOwjodgipg* pew, -fiVr'the first lime, what commoi^j)&rvatiofl^ta?i<lhavo taught thorn mossfPawn ageajigofbut it is bettor late thaqjtofrer, Mr. A. 11 Allen, fif New York, a gentlcuiau of culture and experience iu agricultural products, stock, etc., hastens to express his approbation of the opening of the subject by II. F. J. in the Country Gentleman, of the comparative value of Oats and Indian Corn, as horse food. It is gratifying to know Mr. Allen is equal to the emor-; geucy, and that his experience confirms the established usage of thousands of good farmers in other sections. He truthfully says, ''Corn is not only too heating, especially for horses under eight years old, but it docs not make the fine hard bones, and tough cords, sinews and muscles, that oats do.? When Western corn-fed horses are brought to the East they cannot be put to hard trucking immediately, but have to be used at lirst with much care, aud broken gradually to it. It geuerally takes from six mouths to a year of oat and hay feeding, with moderate work, to give them sufliciently hard flesh and tough muscle to cudurc the strain of city carts aud heavy two horse trucks." it seems that tho true value of oats will bo rceoguized, after awhile, iu spite of Indian corn, and men will gee back to the forgotten old truth, that oats aro the natural loot! of the horse. What Mr. Allen says of horses carried from the West to the East, occurs with the same horses brought here to the South, except that very lew of our farmers have yet learned how to feed and toughen the Western horses before put to heavy draft.? When their horses seemed delicate, too much heated, and unable to stand heavy work, they attributed it all to the change of climate, not for a moment considering the uccessity of a change of food. The advantage of oat feeding is now, however, beginning to he generally recognized, and wo uiay confidently expect n great improvement in farming and other stock. The horses and mules of the country will be better kept, will last longer, and bo healthier, thus greatly diminishing the amount annnally paid out for farm slock, and making another era in the progress of farm economy. The sooner all our farmers recognize and adopt such valuable discoveries and improvements, the sooner will they emerge from the poverty and straights of "hard times," ' and begiu to make their farms self sustaining. They canuot afford, either?through ignorance, prejudice or halit, to ignore such valuable truths, while the family suptlfirl. imnprnt.iirolw ilnmoiwlo # 11A,.?n ojny and excftiou. With so much said aud written daily and hourly on all these -sal)- | jocts, with books and newspapers so cheap, how can any man excuse himself?* His lolly leaves him without even the poor excuse of ignorance. L. C. 11.?in Savannah News. * Fat Shxkp, Good Wooi,.?Colonel Tom Crutehfied, of Tennescc, argues that the wool betrays the condition of the sheep.? Ho says: > "Any sudden change frotn^a fat to a poor condition, and vice versa,' strengthens or diminishes the iibrc of thj wool, which detracts greatly from its value, frequently rendering the long wools valueless as combing wool"?that the different periods at which tho sheep was fat or lean show in the wool. This is au important point for the consideration of sheep raisers, and necessitates the keeping of sheep in good order throughout the year, in order to be able to realize a good profit from the wool- According to this, tho wool from poor sheep is of little value, and when put upon the market as good wool, causes somebody to suffer.? Saratal ft, New*. Ciiou-Chou.?To ono pock of green tomatoes add three good sized onions, six peppers, with tho seeds taken out; chop together and boil throe minutes in threo quarts of vinegar. Throw this viuegar away after straining. Then to three quarts (?f new vinegar, when scalding hot, add two cups of sugar, one cup of mixed mustard, one tablespoonful of clcves, one of allspice, two of cinnamon, threo of salt. Pour over tho tomatoes hot. Tomatok Wink.?Take small ripe tomatoes, pick off the stems, and wash them, mush and strain through a linen bag; let it stand till the nuln is snnln?l _ I r .-v., VXVU UiVUOUIUi ' Add two pounds and a half, or three pounds of loaf sugar, to a gallon of juice. Put into a cask and let it ferment, then bottle and pack away for use. If two gallons of water are added to five gallons of juice, it will make good wine, but not as fine as if tho adulteration is not made. Muscadine Wine.?Get the grapes full ripe, wash, and pound with a pestle, being careful not to break tho seeds, as it will mako tho wine bitter. Mcnsure them after they are pounded, And to every gallon add, a gallon of cistern water. Let. it stand a week, then measure the clear juice; add two pounds and a half, or threo pounds of loaf sugar to each gallon. Let it stand till fermentation ceases, then bottle for uf.e.? This is excellent. Try it. Beautiful Blub Dye.?Take one ounce of soft Prussian blue, powder it, and add quarter of an ounce of pure oxalic acid. This, added to a quart of hot water, and a pint of cold wafer added after it is well dissolved, makes a beautiful light blue. t ?* IIow to'TAarn to Swim.?A writer in tho American Agriculturist offers tho following suggestions, by obedience to which tho art o? swimming may bo readily acquired : When I was a boy, I learned to swim by mcaoa^^ir^ifwlm'OHng-board. This is tho safesttfijafltod possible. It' corks arc used, ihny-^nys slip from around the breast down befpBRr^ac body, throwing the head below fneeorfhoe,'*in^d putting tbc wearer in < danger of drowning. > Somo country boys get two bladders and thou tio thorn togetb* with a short cord, dfad use thsie as supports. They are tho ' most dangerous tlnngsjMafcible for a boy to ! L': The board is perfectfc safe, and one may ( flearu to swim in a very short time by using , one. It should bo over four feet long, over ? a foot wide, and two iuchcs thick, made of soft whito piuc or cedar. To use it, a boy i wades into the water up to his shoulders, then, taking hold of the oud of the board, he pushes it before him?towards the bauk, uud uot into deeper water?springs forward with his feet, aud throws himself flat upon the water. This movement carries him along a few feet. He than druw3 up both his legs at the same time, keeping the knees as far artftW as nossihln. ami ttrnM an Ik ?? out with both feet, uot straight backward, but sideways, just ns a frog does. The stroke is made slowly, and is repeated again, drawing up the legs slowly and steadily.? The board keeps the head above water.? When the leg-stroke has been learned, cue hand is takcu from the board and the stroke learned, or the chin may be rested on the board while the stroke is takcu with - both hands. This is a very good plan, as it compels thf swimmer to keep his hands uuder the grater, which lie should always do. liy-and-by the board may be pushed ahead, and tho young swimmer may swim after it, always keeping it within reach.? When a ntfeiber of boys go to swim, they should nlwns have two or three of these boards witl^hom for use in case of any ao VEOKTTVBtrj&aBiMtithe system every taiat ^ot nottn""""^ InrtJ dtmfep, Cancerous Hunrqfe Th? marvellous effect of Vkoettkk in o?M'e Cancer and Cancerous Humor challenges the most profound attention of the medical faculty, many of ' whom are prescribing Vkoetlnk to their pstlentn. Canker. T ^sacasj&js? uatA * , Mercurial Diseases. . The Viarnitr meets with wonderful suooess in the cure of this clsss of disesses. Salt Rheum. e Tetter,Salt Rheum. Rcald Head. Ac., will certain. vyHlM the great alterative .Beets of VSO XT 1MB. Erysipelas. Vroirotl has never failed to cure the moat he vetsrate oase of Erysipelas. Pimples and Humors on the Face.' Benson should teach ua that a blotchy, rough or i pimpled akin depends entirely upon an Internal I cause, and no outward application can ever core the ..defect. Vkuk tine is the groat blood purifier. Tumors, Ulcers or Old Sores re caused by an impure state of the bloed, vm?t??7sa 3 Catarrh. For thla complaint the only enbstanUal benefit oan be obtained through the blood. Vbobtimb ia the rent blood purifier. Constipation. Vkoktine doee not act aa a cathartic to debilitate .the bowel., hut cleaneea all theorgane, enabling each Y J to perform the functions Uerolring upon Uteta __ "Piles. Vkoktink haa roe to red thousand, to health who hare been long and painful sufferers. Dyspepsia. rlhtfhlBss at the Stomach. Vcosnsn la not a atimulatlng bittern which era. tee a fictitious appetite, but a gentle tonic, whioh I earuta nature to reetore the stomach to a healths nit ion. __ Female Wealine^ ytarrnii Mta directly upon the tin of th? eoraptainta. It Inrigoratee and ntraifthaaa the wlkofc ajrsWun, acta upon tha ncratln organs, and allajra inflamation. General Debility. In this complaint tha good affects of tha VKOKTOfB aroiaaliied immediatofy after oommeocing to Ms It; an debility denotee deflcwncy of tha blood, sat VMHrriNK acts directly upon tha blood. VEGETINE Prepared by H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mam. Vogetineis ?J6Mby aUDnigglrtat S AM U E&.r 8TOKES"," Attorney at Law < r AND TRIAL JUSTICE, ^ Union C. 11.? s. G.? WILL practice in the Circuit and Probate Court* AH business in ilie jurisdiction of a Trial Justice attended to with promptness. .Special attention given to collections, Ac. Office over Steadman A Ruwls Law office. Ucan make money faster at work for nsthan at anything else. Capita! not required ; wo will start yon. 912 per day nt home made hy tho industrious. Men, women, boys and girls wanted everywhere to work for ' ns. Now is the time. Costly outfit and terms I free. Address Thug A Co., Augusts, Mains. March lo 11 tf. # / . k _ w THE COLUMBIA REGISTER, ?PDBJJSUKD?v Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly, ?AT? COLUMBIA, 8. C. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. f Y. Ino Year $7 00 Six Months *. 3 50 Three Mouths 1 75 flU-WEEKLY. )nc Year ,..$5 00 Six Months 2 50 Tbreo Months 1 25 I WEEKLY. [)nc Year $2 00 Six Months 1 00 Three Months *. 50 rno Organ of the Patrons of Husbandry of South Carolina. BOOK AM) JOB PKIXTIXC1 OF EVERY KIND. Good work, tyiick Time aud Lowest Prices. BRIEF WORK A SPECIALTY. Address THE DAILY REGISTER, COLUMBIA, S. C. Green and Dry Hides. I WILL pay the highest price for any number of Groen or Dry Hides. JOS. STRAUSS. Jan. 25 4 tf. A NEW AND INTERESTING FEATURE ?OF TMF. EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER. SOUTH CAROLINA'S BELOVED SONS IN PHOTOGRAPH AND BIOGRAPHY. MANY WORTHY NAMES AND NOBLE LIVES RESCUED FROM OBLIVION 1 ;a; About the first of July, the Advertiser will begin the publication of series of Biograpioa Sketches, giving,' in prominent and distinguished sotm,^ Send and living, of Soutlt Carolina. In connectivn will these, there will appear in our columns end week, a portrait of the individual whose life ii sketched, done in the highest style of modern . photographic art. v From the great and good men of the past such selections have been ninde as John C. Cnl hean, George McDuflie, Judge 1*. M. Butler Colonel of tho Palmetto Regiment,Senator Lou is T. Wigfaii, Judge O'Nsall, Ocu. Vaddj Thompson, ticn. James Jones, Edmund Bacon Esq!, alios "Ned Brace," of the "Georgii Scenes," Mnj. Jack Jeter, Iiou. Preston Brooks Gov. S. 1). Miller, and others whoso names wi have not space to mcution just now. Lntcr we will tako up such men ns the Hon J. P. Carroll, Gov. M. L. Bonhnin, Gen. Abno Perrin, Gen. M. W. Gary, Gen. It. G. M. Duno vnnt, Gonerals Kershaw, Kennedy, Logan, Con nor, Wallace, McGowan, Hagood and ltco, (^'ol Thomas G. Bacon, Cot. Thomas G. Lamar, (Jol Joseph Abney, Col. W. C. Moragne, Speake Jno. C. Sheppard, Col. Arthur Simkins, Gen Jas. Chesnut, Hon. W- D. Simpson, And other whose nnincs shall occur to us in the future. Subscription price. ?2.50 per in ad vance, Address, ADVE^tSEIt, Edgefield, S. C. FOREST AND STREAM UOD and GUN. A WEEKLY JOURNAL, Dkvothd to Field axi? Aquatic Sports, I'uac tical Natural IIistort, Fish Cdlturk, til k PROTKCTI ox of (5 a MR, PllKSKRVAtion of Foiiksts, and tiik Inculcation in mi:s and womkx or a Hkaltiiy Interest in Out-I)oor UrcRev?iON and Study. PUBLISHED BY Forest and Stream Publishing Companj AT Ko. ill (old No. 103) Fulton Street, New York. [Post Officf. Box 28G2.] TEEMS, FOUR DOLLARS A YEAR, STRICI LY IN ADVANCE. Twenty-Arc per cenl olT for CIuIm of Throe or More. ADVERTISHU RATES. Inside pages, nonpariel type, 25 cents p< line : outaida na?r? 4il Mni> 9tv??:?t ??>? , r-o-> ? ? ? ?? iv three, six at\d twelve months. Notices in editi rial columns, oO conts per lino. Adverti8emonls should he sent in by Snturda sf each week, if possible. All transient advertisements must be acconr panied with the money or they will not te it serlud. No advertisement or business notice of a immoral character will be received on any lenni MRS. RICHARDS New Millinery. I WOULD respectfully inform the Ladies c Union that I shall continue to receive monlti ly the latest stylee of SPRINO AND SUMMER HATS (at Prices from 26 Cents up,) and will continue to keep a full Siook of nl M illlnory G o o <1 m , and will be pleased to havo all my old Customeri and as many new ones as will favor ins wit their patronage, to cull anil examine my good before rnirr.lianinw A - 1 1 r ? ... .... -. r\o & ilHIU l?MV?V sold everything in my line AS CHEAP OR CHEAPER Than any one In this plaoe, I hall continue bnilnesa on that lino all Snmme It affords me pleasure (o show my goods whether you purchase or not. COME ANI> 8KK FOR YOUR8ELVE8. Remember, my store is thn first ddbr above Rlci & M chore's establishment. E, RICHARDS, May 10 10 If I' MRS. GRANT'S New Millinery* I WOULD respectfully inf;rrn the ladies of Union County that 1 haVejnst returned from Market with the fullest and finest Slock of SPRINM AND SU iff# till HOODS I ever-brouglit to this 0<?!ftfy,' and nm ahls to sell'mucli CHEAPER THAN EVER. In My Nlot'k will be Foluxl ratlern Bonnets and Hals, Ladies', Misses and Children's Hats, Flowers and Ribbons, rimming Silks, Hat Oriiamcnt?, REAL HAIR SWITCHES, TUCKING COlfrBS, BRACELETS, LADIES AND MISSES LI.SLE TIIliEA D GLO VES, Ladies and Misses Corsets* T, ADT"F!a AWD n/rrssMan . Ready-Made Under-Clothing, FANS, CHAINS, Ac, SHADE HATS OF ALL SHAPES, FllQM 40 VEJj'j# VPAn examination of my stock and prices is requested. May 3 " 18 If TIME TABLE OF Tlllf" . Spartanburg & Asheville R. R. AN 6 M.U.AC. RAILROAD. I To yo Into Effect, Monday, July 1, l8fr8. 5 53 pm 5 58 Tryon Cltr tW 7 06 1 OIK C 20 LnudriimM . 6 41 6 4.1 l 6 .16 0 40 I'uiiipotx'lla 6 21 G 2.1 . 7 00 7 01 film an 5 63 a in 0 00 7 12 Cainntnn S 34 * 7 87 7 40 Air-Line .lunc'n 3 30 8 00 j 7 80 a u S|>ar1autmrg 5 30 pm ftOOnm 8 09 a in 8 11 Pncolet 4 46 p ni ' 8 33 8 36 Jouesvillo 4 20 4 23 0 12 #22 ViiIiid 3 40 3 .10 , 9 43 9 47 Saiiluc 3 10 10 OS Fish Dam 2 40. 10 30 10 3.1 Shelton 2 22 I 2 25 ' 10 4.1 l.vlos Ford I i 2 10 , 11 Nlrothers 1 TO t 12 00 in Alston I 111 00pin < * lirenkfast. Dinner JAS. ANDERSON, 8nporiatendent. r July 5 27 If I*. T OWEN. . ; <VA.-B.tt. I A ft f ' P.AJ.N T E R ' AND TRIMMER. 9 SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTER, WOULD respectfully inform tlie public that ho has rented Mr. \V. A. Nicholson's Warehouse, in which ho lias oponcd a shop for _ tho purpose of carrying on the above business, where he will always be found, ready to do any t kind of Painting, from a Walking Mick to a Locomo'ivc. Having served an apprenticeship in one of the best Conch Shops in the State, 1 feel assured that 1 can give you as good n jvJTk ?f Carriage Painting or Trimming as you can get anywhere. Old lluggicM Rcnovntcdj and made to look as good as new. All work warranted to give satisfaction, or o charge. TRY ME AND OIVE A GOOD IK0//A'> MAN A CHANCE. . . May JO 19 tf Greenville and Columbia R. R, CHANGE OP SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daily, Sundays except-! cd, connecting with Night Trains on South Car-* * . ^ olina Itailroad up and down. On and after MONDAY, May 29th, the following will be the. schedule: op. >r Leavo Columbia at 7.45 a m )r Leave Alston .\ 9.80 a m j. Leave Newberry 10.50 a ni Leave Cokcsbury 2.17 p m. y Leave Helton 400 p m Arrlvo at Greenville ,, 5.85 p m i. pow.v. rf Leave Greenville at 8.05 a in Leave Del ton 9.55 a m n' Leave Cokcsbury 11.83 a in i. Leave Newberry 2.40 p IB9*"* - Leave Alston 4.20 p m ' Arrive at Columbia 5.55 p m ? ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE B1DGK DIVISION. DOWK. VP. Leave Walhallo. ...f>.15 a m Arrive 7.15 p m Leave Perryville...7.00 a m Arrive 0.40 p m f.eave Pendleton.-7.50 a m Arrt?? n on ? ~ ? ,V|..|?.V.W J* M? Leave Anderson...8.i>0 a m Arrive 6.00 pm Arrive at Belton...9.40 a m Leave 4.00 p THOMAS DODAMEAD, Genoral Superintendent. Jabf.x Norton, Jr., General Ticket Agent. June 9, 1876. J23 tf_ fy f% a week in your own town. $5 OutII At free. No riak. Header, if you W want a business at which persons of either sex can make great pay all i, the timo they work, write for particulars to II. h iiai.i.ktt & Co,. Portland, Maine. a March 15__ J1 If. 8 Pioneer Paper Manufgcturlnp Company, ^ "\yf ANUFACTURPHS of Book, News and 1Y1. wrapping PAPER. John W Nlcholnon, Agent, Athena,On r For sample of News, see this sheet. ^ Nov 22 __ _ _ 45 tf TtT^CifYl huelneae yon can engage In.? |< U.\ I $6 to f'JO per day made hy any U J IkJ JL worker of either aex, right in tlieir own looalitiea. Partfcui larv an 1 samples worth free. Improve /bur pare time at (hi* hueinetfa. Address StiMoha & Co., Portland, Maine. March 15 II ?f