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- ? I n'iiniiimi iiiilA i <0 ^?r<Hulluril- Somnatiq (Bpomg, fjolife Briitfo, and Ity Current Hewn of the Jag. VOL. X.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 20, 1879. NUMPKlTlT^* 'V y/Tjihl???? .VJ?B,U8T D?M^1ID8 0F ^rw*A*'. ] FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. I Pmpu !) ?...? ? * - 1 * " ^ Whot women justly dooiatid iu this nnr I . . da/ and time is, first, the removal of tho restrictions and tho dissipation of tho prejudices that debar them from a fair participation in such remunerative employments as they can engage in without any real indelicacy, without overstepping the proper limit of their sex, and without a violation of the couditious that cuvirou the fetnnlo nature; aud, secondly, that woman have provided for them as good cducalionul advantages as men for proparing themselves for Woman's v;ork in the higher and more ' Temuo^vative departments of human indus- 1 'try. Wo are no advocates of woman's rights ?- in the usual sense of tho term. Wc deprecate, as much as auybody, the folly that would turn women into men, and that ignores the faet that woman's sphere i3 not rman's sphere; but wo say that, uuder a specious pretence of throwing safeguards around tho chastity, gentleness and delicacy of women selfish men hnrofnr , ? - -v. wuvuuva IIIUU" opolized the remunerative work of the world to nu extent that has been injurious to society and cruelly unjust to women. A woman who has to support herself can, without reproach, teach, sew or keep a millinery store, nnd perhaps a boarding house, and that is about all. The contracted field, largely occupied by male rivals, is of course overrun with laborers, and tho wages in consequent full naturally to a point just sufficient to keep off starvation. Such is tho 6ituatiou. The unhappy results are v that the work of tho world suffers from tho hbscnce of uiau's natural colaborer?suffers for the want of woman's genius for details, her patience, her delicate touch, her finer perceptions and her exquisito taste ; that iu a complex society marriages becomo infrequent owing to the increasing difficulty of one supporting two and the children besides, and tho very foundation of society becomes rotten ; and that millions of good women are driven to a shameful life or rendered morbid and unhappy, dwarfed in their natures and forced to cat the bitter bread of poverty or dependence by the cruel lack of congenial employment. We grow rick at heart when we think of tho many true women of our acquaintance whoso fiuo talents are wasted, whose usefulness is curtailed, and whose hearts aro made sore, by the prejudices that predfting tinLWOrfc that their hands find to do, and which God and nature intended them to do. In tho learned professions, in mercantile pursuits, in manufactures, in tho fine arts, iu agriculture?in short in each and every of the departments ofhumau industry, there i9 high priced work which women could do with all due regard had to the proprieties of their nature, and do far bettor than men. Woman was inado to be not tho toy, tho pluyfellow or the slave of man, but to be tho helpnmto of man?his helpmate not alone in multiplying tho race, but his helpmate iu all the work of the world, and each work is best done when a woman's hands unite with a man's hands in its_ perfection We say then throw open employments to women. Let them help their husbands and brothers and fathera in the work of the world, and give them the education to be true helpmates in the highest as well as the lowest grades of employment. In France, beyond every other country of tho world, women are pormitted to share with men in every kind of work, and no country is as thrifty. After our civil war Franco was desolated by a destructive war. In a few years she was as pros pcrous as ever, while the South is still prostrate. The uioral is apparent.?Darlington News. Josh Billings on Hash.?Hash hat boon abuzcd more thau enny ov the legitimate nourishments, and I guess it iz az able to stand it az well az enny ov tho rest ov them. The Duke ov Wellington used to -fk call hash, "What's left over from the fite n" srday." The Baron Rothschild sed ov , "Hash has no pedigree." Tully, tho Roman orator, in one ov hiz polished orashuns, speaks thus butifully, and comprehensively, "Hash haz dun more to advanco the human' race than enny kind ov mixt " U~l *? .1-- J:_: ?-;? |/??VUU. uunuiuo, IIIU UIVIUU pIlllUSDpncr, I told ov hash, "That it wax an end without a means." Mark Twain, the inimitable, calls it "Mistery," apd Nasby, the konfedc>rate autokrat ov the orossroads, informs Its that hash "la liko faith, the substance <4>v things hoped for, and the evidenoo ov -things unseen." Thomas Nast, the irrepressible man of hidden meanings, in a drawing prepared for the lato Vienua expose, ropreseuted hash az a hydraheaded monstor, in whiob pork,rooster, striped bas, .ehejp, rosto beef, piokled olams, celery, fcold pertatosc, broken napkin rings, and , orange peel, and bent hairpaiqa and menny ^ other kontribuahens, stuk oat in battle arft ray. Thomas Benton, 40 years ago, in a ^ grent political speech ma<|o in Louisville, Kentucky, dcklairod that hash "Was the true circulating medium " Gen Jackson, the author ov "By the Eternal," pronounced hash to ho "The right bower ov ekonemy." George Washington, the father ov as all, and tho guardian ov the little ax, in one ov iiis tcstive moments, spoke ov hash as "the landlady! best holts." Hash iz a great fertiliser, sod tho i often have scon hash that ^ i had mi doobts about it, i eat nnnfuily. < iuiil still liv. SiSjj^v 'i ' j\ touctnug story is narrated in connection with the execution of Walter Watson, at Highland, Indiana, on Friday last, for , tbo murder of Ezra Compton. The parties , had quarrelled about the charge of a quarter ( dollar for some soap tnade by Comptou, who was a storekeeper. Tho wife of Watson, to whom he had been but a year married, cnI deavored to restrain him from tho quarrel, | I but her entreaties failed. A week before \ the execution Mrs. Watson visited the Governor, with her babe in her arms, aud made a strong personal appeal for mercy, but that official decliued to interfero because the seutcnco had been confirmed by the Supreme Court. Tho faithlul wife was n daily visitor to hpr Husband's cell, atfd joined him in fervent prayers for forgiveness.? During the last night most of the time she 1 sat on his kuee breathing words of love aud i encouragement, or at his feet, caressing his i hands. Ho was truly a penitent, atia cx- , j pressed himself as haviug made peaco with ( God. As the time approached for tho ex- \ ccu'ion she was for a moment overcome, j and foil on her husband's neck in uncon- i trollablo anguish, but suddenly she raised 1 her flaxen head and assisted in arraying | him for his doom. She had contributed a i necktio and a pair of slippers, and put them on him with a fierce determination that ( overmastered her agony. She combed his ( hair, and seeing all was ready, said she . would go with him. All present rcuion- < stratcd with her, in which tho minister ] ioined. Her renlv wn? n e? ? |-v ? VUU# iOlf ( women would bavo ventured. ''I should ] not havo expected this from a minister.? j Whcu I was married I promised to cleave to my husband for better or for worse. I \ promised this to a minister, and I aut goiug j to keep my word as far as God will let me." j Ou reaching the gallows the pair soon to bo ( sundered mounted tho steps hand in baud. , They were seated side by sido over the fatal . trap. She again took his haud and sobbed with her little head resting upon bis shoulder, while the minister made tho closing | prayers. , Meanwhile tho culprit sat in his chair i unmoved. A heart-broken wife was sob- | biug on his bosoui, strong mcu sobbed, but the man ubout to be hanged seemed an uninterested spectator of the absorbing scene of which Ire was tho central figuro. For fully five minutes ho sat there without the bast perceptible twitch of* muscle. There was no bravado in this composure; it was the calmness of resignation. At the close of the religious exercises the two stood up, and for the last timo she embraced , her husband, kissed hitn passionately, and, with Good-bye, Walter," stepped , back and fell into the arms of the good , Christian ladies who were there to receive | her. The last words of the unhappy man ; were a*fervent prayer for mercy and for heavenly aid to his poor wife. At the sheriff's house she saw the remains of the husband in his coffin, nnil ki?<iin?r Kia l??a ! and arranging the hair, turned awny with a look of woo und said, "I can cry no more ; I have no more tears. God have mercy on mo and my little baby." Aq bour later the coffin was in an castbound train, accompanied by the wife. At llichland, a bleak station seven miles from | this point, it was deposited on the barren ground, and as the train moved on only one other person beside the widow was in charge. The face that broken hearted woman turned up to the occupants of the passing train, whom had seen the hanging, will ( baunt many in their dreams. IIow to Produce "Prolific" Corn.? The American Farmer says: We lately wroto the lion. Win. Porchcr Miles, of Nelson Couuty, Virginia, inquiring whether the "Hudson Corn," which had so much celebrity a few years ago, had maintained in the region of its origin its prolific character. His reply is as folhws, corresponding to the experience with it in other quar- I tcrs where wc distributed a considerable \ ouontif (I aP ?Ka uaaJ *a - \| uuu VIVJ ui ?uo ooou VU UUI 1 UilUt/TD I The "Hudson Corn," like so many other c "celebrated" kinds of grain, constantly p coming into notice?all of theui wonderfully i prolific," &c., &c., seems to have disappeared t from view and been relegated to the limbo h of forgotten thiDgs. 1 found that on high i land and ordinary soil it did not yield any c better than ordiunry corn. And, indoed, I t am loss and less disposed to lay any groat 1 stress upou "improved varieties" of corn for i seed. Any good corn, thoroughly well i worked, (there's the secret, and, "aye! j there's tho rub !" likewise,) will, on good ( soil, yield plentifully, if not interfered with c by drought Of course, seed corn ought I to be seleoted from tho best oars, taking t the middle, because the largest grains, and t from the stalks bearing the most and the t best ears. That corn can be improvod in t this way no farmer oan doubt, but u will < soon degenerate if not planted in good soil, < nfttnvalln rink a* UIva-?!!- ? J 1 4 uvu vi iiwioiij uiuuurci, UUU 1 not properly nod thoroughly worked. For depend upon it, for this crop of all others thoroughly worked is more than half the < battle. 1 W. Porcher Milks. 1 hh j Ask en assuming man to (,assume a little i matter" for you, and you suddenly disoover 1 In is the most unassuming person in the I | world. I / ? .... ?> ^juvviiii a ruiv XXUV AWUKH We (tho people of South Carolina) arc too poor to set aside one thousand dollars worth of reul estate and five hundred dollars worth of personal property to be exoluded from our basis of credit. Capital?cash capital? is what wo need to employ labor on our farms. The uso of this capital at reasonable rates cannot be obtained in quantities sufficient for our necessities whilo we roBcrvo fifteen hundred dollars from our available collaterals, for the head of each family possessing that amount of renl and personal property. The only security we can offer for the loan of this capital is diminished to the extent of fifteen huudred dollars to tbe head of each family, ficuco wo substitute an intangible security (tbe lien on crflps to bo produced) to make up the deficiency.? This intangible collateral is subject to many contingencies, such as failure of labor, unfavorable seasous, low prices, doprcdatiou Df quadrupeds and bipeds, shrinkage, stcaligo, &c. Consequently, a largo margin is required to make Investment* *oenrA wi?K such collaterals. Id fact, so groat is the margin that no possible profit is loft for the 'Lien" Farmer. The remedy I would suggest, is tho repeal of the "lieu law" aud an amendment of the Stato Constitution, so as to make all property liable for individual contracts. This would transfer the basis of credit from the ignorant, to the intelligent, from muscle to property. ?Vho can doubt the beneficial result of such a transfer of the capital invested in the production if cotton. Intelligence would then control labor, aud property would bo responsible Tor the cash capital employed in agriculture. A lack of iudustry aud econouiy in tho farmer or planter entrusted with this cash capital would be speedily punished by a sacrifice or loss of his property. The knowledge of this fuct would stiuiulito him iu the cxjrciso of those necessary ingredients of jueccss.?J. 11. M. in Camden Journal. Garden Fruits.?Zoroaster says : "He that plantcth a tree waterelh the earth"? ind we agree with him aud further say, that, besides the "watering," if he plauts many of them, and the right sorts, ho also fcedoth and eomforteth the pcoplo of the earth. We want more attention to fruit culture. There is health, money and comfort in raising delicious fruits. "Farmers should use more |>ippius aud less pork."? It would be better Tor both their health and their purse, and the many advantages of a well kept fruit garden is apparent to all. For small suburban lots and farms, especially those near cities, a garden, with a proper selection of small fruits and a few standard large sorts of " goodly trees" here and there on tho borders, is the thing needed; and tho facilities for such culture are within the reach of ali thus situated. The fruit garden is a desirable appendage to all small farms. The largo farmers of the country, tho wheat, corn and potato fraternity, may, if they choose, havo their large or small orchards, cultivate for home use or for market, and fiud that thcro is utility id fruits and flowers as well as in cerenl rrnna flncU nml A- ?? * _w??- ? uwnw muu iiuiuo. All UUUICUl writer says: *'No man can live among music and flowers without being made better." He might have added fruits, which, in addition, would promote health and better bis physical condition. Tii* Insanity Dodge.?At a meeting )fthc bar of Louisville, Ky., March 28th, .0 express sorrow at the killing of Judge hllliott, by Huford, Judgo T. T. Alexander, n the courso of his remarks, said : I deprecate the toleration of any defense >ased upon the plea of insanity. If one lurturcs and cherishes a malignant, devilsh passion in his heart, until, bearing its 1 egitiniate fruit in au overpowering passion or uiurdsr, he takes the life of hi) fellow nan, ho is as guilty of ci;ime as a highwaynan who lies in wait for his victim, and 1 tills in order that he may rob. A some- 1 vh&t fiXtnnHpH A*iv?rinn?? '- -'1 ? -- w?KViaWUVU| WUWU IU UU ill III" steriug and practicing law, has led ino to tonclude that our highest iutsrest and > greatest security are only attained by a vig- , lantr and vigorous oxcoution of the laws of 1 he land. Where criutc is committed, it ' houl'l receive a speedy end condign pun- 1 aliment. This cuuuot be accomplished lither by tha Judga or the jury, alono, nor >y both combined, but their efforts must >esustained and u'.held by a healthy, just, nornt publio sentiment, rewarding and comneuding virtue aud good conduct, aud jutting down and punialisug violence and irime. A serious obstnclo to the due escalation of our criminal laws is thut exploded jumbug known in legal psrhnco as"reasonib!e doubt." This oauuot be avoided by he courts or juries, as it is incorporated in >ur criminal codo, aud the prisoner is enitled to' the benefit theroof. Why uot try piistioufl of guilt or innocence m wo do ivery other question?upou the weight of esiiuiony ? ?_ . . t Did you ever notice tho poor chnp that itands in the first picture of the almanao irith a fish, and sheep, nud scorpions, and Dulls and twins, etc., around him ? Did jow ever notice thut he wus naked and had aothiug in his stomach? Well, that poor fellow used to edit a country piper and lake his pay out in "I'll pay my subscrip tioa next week. 1 f w i^ewr secret Order.?The other day after a strapping young man had sold a load of corn and potatoes on the market and had taken his team to a hotel barn to'feed,' it became knowu to the men around the barn that he was very desirous of joining some secret society in town. When questioned he admitted that such was the case, and the boys at onco offered to initiate him into a new order called the 'Cavaliers of Covco.' He was told that it was twice as secret as Freemasonry, much nicer than Odd Fellowship, and tho cost was only 82. In caso ho had the toothache he could draw $5 per week from the relief fund, and he was cntitbd to receive 810 for every headache and 825 for a sore throat. The young man thought ho had struck a big thing, and after eating a hearty dinner he was taken iulo a store-room to be initiated. The boys poured cold water down his back, put flour on his hair, swore him to kill his mother if commauded, and rushed him arouud for an hour without a siuglc complaint from his lips. When they had finished, ho iuquircd: Now I'm one of tho Cavaliers of Covco, am I ?' 'You are,' they answered. 'Nothing more to learn, is there ?' 'Nothing.' 'Well, then, I'm going to lick tho wholo crowd,' continued the candidate, and he wuui ai ic, nna Deiore ho got through he had his 82 initiation loo back, and 8H more to boot, and had knocked every body down two or three times apiece. lie didn't seem greatly disturbed in mind as ho drove out of the barn. On the contrary, his hat was slanted over, ho had a fresh live cent cigar in his teeth, and he mildly said to one of the barn boys : 'Say, boy, if you hear of any Cavaliers asking for a Covco about my size, tell 'oui I'll be in on the full of the moon to take the Royal Skyfuglo degrees.'?Detroit Free Press. One's Mother.?Around the idea of one's mother the mind of man clings with fond affection. It is the first dear thought stamped upon our infant hearts, when yet soft or capable of receiving the most profound impressions, and all the after feelings are more or less light in comparison. Our passions aud our willfulucss may lead us from the object of our filial love,; we may bccomo wild, headstrong and angry at her counsels or opposition, but wheu death has stilled her monitory voice, and nothing but calm memory remains to recapitulate her virtues and good deeds, affection, like a flower beaten to the ground by a rude storm, raises up her head and smiles amidst her tears. Round that idea, as wo have said, the mind clings with fond affection ; and even when the earlier period of our loss forces memory to bo silcut, fancy takes the place erf remcmbrauce, aud twines the image of our dcparlcd parent with a garland of graces, aud beauties, aud virtues, which we doubt not that she possessed. A son of Maine who went West in early youth and has there attained wealth and an honorable nnaitinn '??? |XVW.?1VU J ? vvui UCU 1UOI OUUIUlUl to visit bis old home. At tbc village store be saw on old man whom he bad known in his younger days. lie accosted him, but was not recognized. "So you don't remember me," ho said; "I am John K? "You !" exclaimed tho old man ; "you don't mean to tell me you are John It?f" "I certainly am," said the visitor, shaking him by the hand; "and I am very glad to see jou again." "Well," persisted the old man, "I never did. To think that this is you. Thoy tell ine you've grown awful rich, John." John admitted that he had "saved something." "And they say you're the Presid jnt of a railroad and get a big salary." Again John had to admit thut ruuior spoke truth. "I'm glad on it, John 1 I'm glad on it, my boy ! It beats all what sarcumBtanccs and cheek will do for a man." * His Preference.?A sanitary policeman who had business on Division street yesterday had his altcution attracted to the nnmltml. nf? ifim.linodnJ ? ?L - ran ivouvu UUJf Ul ICU nllU dodged out of a house, crossed the street and went over the same rout several times. TAo officer asked if his mother was sick, and the lad chuckled and replied : "Not very sick ! S/te's mad at the women over there, and I'm carrying tolcgrams between 'em. Mother first asked her to take it back, but she would't; then mother dared her out, but sho wouldn't come ; then she called mother names; and now I'm going over to toll her tbat mother says that her siater is in the workhouse. I think that will start her." "Are you anxious for peace between them ?" asked the officer. "WelJ, kinder; but as long as ma has got her maa an and a tnw#.l t!?d I'd a leetle rather see tho show open I"? Detroit Free Press. - "Dearest, lot us ia this cafe refresh ourselves for a brief period," said a swell young man to a spiriluelle creature dressed in the height of fashion. "What will you have ?" said tho waiter, banding the lady the bill of fare. "Ob, never mind the bill of fare," she replied; "give mo a plate of codfish cakes, with pIcDtv of butter." The young tpan fainted.?New York Express / "Comin Tiiro' the Rye.?Wo recently replied to a querist, giving our own impression as to the interpretation of the old song, "Comin' Thro' the Rye," to tho effect that a field of rye was meant. Tho other side of the story is told in the following extract, clipped from an exchange, which we stumbled against for the first time in many years. Having both versions, our readers may take their choice. The extract Bays : The common idea of this song is that a rye field is meant, but whoever saw a Scottish luBsie walking through a field of rye, or any other grain '( Tho river Rye, at Daily, in Ayrshire, is incaut. Before the days of bridges it was no easy matter to cross rivers without payiug such.a pcualty as has immortalized Jeouio in the old ballad. Burns wrote the ballad and Browu modernized it. As Burns wrote it it includes the river plainly enough : "Jennie is a' wet, puir bodie, Jenny's seldom dry ; She drag' it a' her petticoatie Comiu' thro the Kye." [. ?<//? Fr ueisco Call. ? . + . IIow to Suppress Crime?The increase of crime is in direct ratio with the increase ol hangings. There is talk every now uiul then of abolishing capital punishment altogether. Let it be done, and every man will bo a walking arsenal nml cvpp? uiau the proprietor of a small graveyard.? The reverse of the above proposition is what is wanted?that the execution of capital punishment upon those guilty of capital offenses shall be more speedy and certain than it is. An improvement in our judicial mothods is needed, and a sterner public sentiment. It would bo well, too, to roverso the adage for awhile and proclaim that it is better that one innocent man should suffer than that ninety and nine murderers should cscapo scot of free.? Charlotte Observer. Where Murder Begins.?Tho point of beginning is the monster evil known as carryiug deadly weapons. Out of this evil havo grown duclliug and tho sickening record of life-taking in moments of anger by men who convert their persons into walkiug arsenals. Happily for civilization tho barbarism of duelling now excites little other emotions than popular disgustand contempt; but that other relic of barbarism, carrying deadly weapons, has yet to be uprooted.? Public sentiment, without whose active, determined co-operation tho law is powerless, is responsible for this most pernicious evil, for it lias done little to mako persons who practice it feel that their acts arc acts of lawlessness. Remedy for the Bite of Mad Dog. ?As the cry of Mad dog has bccu raised, the following which wo clip from an exchange, may be worth a perusal. "A Saxton forester, named Gastcll, now at the vcucrablc age of 82, unwilling to take to the grove with him a secret of such importance, has mado public iu the Lcipsio Journal, the means he haB used for fifty years, and wherewith he affirms he has rescued umny human beings and cattle from the fearful death of hydrophobia. Take ' immediately warm vinegar or tepid water, ! wash the wouud clean therewith aud dry it, then pour upon the wound a few drops of . muriatic acid, bccauso mineral acids destroy, the poison of the Saliva, by which means the evil effects of the latter are neutralized." ' Tiie Stueet Railway.?The announcement we made yesterday in reference to the street railway has excited considerable inintercst, aud it is said that the enterprise is in a fair way to become an actual fact at no distant day. The proposed plan is to run the track from the Greenville and South Carolina Railroad depots up Gervnis street to Main street, thence by a double lino to the post office, and from there to the Charlotte depot. A charter was granted for this purpose some years agn, but times were such that it was not found practicable to carry it iuto operation ; now, however, business and politics havo become more settled, and the parties interested nronosn to mnM at once.? Col. Itct/islcr. "What a great thing the invention of tho steam engine is," exclaimed a French-, man, sipping his coffee in one of the Paria restaurants. "Why so ?" inquired a friend sitting next to him. "Because it is to that great invention that I owe my fortuno.?? My aunt, who was killed last month by a railroad accident, has left me $20,000. A month ago to day I was hard at work trying to earn a living; to-day I am a gentleman. What a great invention the steam engino is." n u ?-=- ! ? ? V., VI luuuipuu, IS UD lBCOrriglDl? bachelor, but will have his fun with the ladies. Not long tinco a lady wrote him a note, in a bantering style, asking ^im to. send her his picture?"a large one in a frame." He wrote back to inquire what' sho proposed to do with it, saying that if il was to be hung in her boudoir ho would have it taken with his eyes shut. ? ? aH#re.M said a farmer in ^ j - ivmiiv , mo uo exhibited a broken jar to the manufacturer, "I packed this jar full of butter, and the jar split from top to bottom. Perhaps you can explain the phenomenon." "Ob, yes, I can," was the ready reply, "the butter was Stronger than the jar."