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.: THE WIEKiY r . | VOL. X.?New Series. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 6, 1879. NUMBER 23. ~ Mi ^ S| | luaminuuHu, I how to ret a m* i ? ^ tr ua m f I ? 5 t *1 i .5'? ; - - 2 s . ? g ? tp r ! bi ? ? I a %i hs S w jJS * - 2* ? ? A ^ ^ g' n w Q 3 p 5-s<S i * W ! * -p g*a ?, __ ? o t I p- m. q cx^ 4 g "h' q ? ? o h?j I | c s g : ? 12 -Be. a 5. ! 2 f H ^r|? tr?.?-B 8 g? sS .,'.s. a __ to x g> SI w i-i a J |? "1 S25 llB|o ""l *-fr r,Bf'w o ? a o?? 8s=r?ii|i?3 ^ FJ O 9 B'S rt i.S tsS ~ ? ^ 3 B ^ M < > 59 pK J-l P? 8- ?3 CO ^ a 1 " ? 5 |s- |{ lis ^ y a o 5 5 M S w S ? ^ O O - Q!z; s> g CQ s | Cod i i H pa? S 2 H |~d Hf 8 S ? w ?d H r/2 CO h H ^ S g- g S o 4q^> iPig ?o " /M g ^ *?p I |?oH 5 f i w ?3 ^ ? S5 ./ j <i t? -" s- ^?H " ? J i ? M 3 CO Is P ? 5 ^ S ?p *?P " IS a \ J 0 g 1 -* Ci ? sr 2 M E 2 X ? 5 ^ p 1_2 Q. ? . ?q _ CD "si r I H & on s? B N O 3 " * " 8 * F I -s Cheap! Cheaper!! Cheapest!!! NEW GOODS, ?FOR THE? SPRING and SUMMER OF 1879. WE invite the attention of buyers to our New Stook of SPRTVa an A fiTTWUTD flAAnO w WHH - I- - ? ' " UW1#0 which have been selected with a view to the requirements of our Customers and which we propose to sell at priceis in SYMPATHY WITH THE TIMES. ?. i . ' vi * i As nsual, our store is filled with every thing .demanded hj the wants and tastes of the Country, from the most ELEGANT FABRICS for Ladies' and Oentlemen's wear, to PLANTATION 8Ufi?PlufiES. Call and see our goods and hear onr prices, Rice & McLure. April 26 17 If Fansf Fans! I YOO mm "mi? m broom" ml my Store tliol will keep you oeol oil summer, by buying ? fu from my large stoek. 1'vi got lb en of all qualities ftnd fti ftll prices S. W. PORTER. May 0 10 tf (Moves. ALL sIim, all eolors and all qualities, at the lowest prices, at 8. ff. PORTER'S Cheap 8tv>e. Map 9 19 If KcroMQo nt M Cento n Gallon, at SPP.ARS 8t COLTON'8. April 4 14 tf J J . American uieu and American women are, perhaps, the boldest and most uncompromising flirts in the world. It uiust needs be so in a society which banishes mothers as superfluous, old ladies as noisanoes, and any kiud of chaperonage as an infringement of the glorious Transatlantic birthright aud an insult to human nature. Wc do uot say for a mornoqt that this unchecked uncontrolled intercourse between the youug men aud women in America leads to grave mischances; but Wc do say that it leads to an organized system nud recognized touc of flirting which strikes us, used to more retitho youth of the day would call it. If an Englishman wcro to permit himself to say to a sicgle favored one anything like what an American man would say to any girl whatsoever with whom he might convcrso, society would mark him as dangerous, and carciui motncrs would keep their daughters out of his way, as watch-dogs guarding the lambs from the prowling wolves. But tho American girl would and does think nothing of it. She is used to close sailing and gives as good as she takes. Sho has made one of a party of youths and maidens who mcot up in tho mountains for a summer, and who pair off day after day and far into the night, among the lonely valleys and in the dusky glades of tho sileut forest; thinking nothing of it and not supposing that any ono clso will think moro than she docs.? Sho has been used to beiug taken to dancing parties by the young man of tho hour, who chills for her and is her "friend" for the occasion. The mother docs not go and tho girl is confided to the care of her male chaperon without hesitation or repugnance.? Human nature demands gallantry in such circumstances as an absoluto necessity?tho inevitable overgrowth of the occasion ; and, unless sho is weakor and rasher than most, bIic has to take care of herself while paying back her entertainer in his own coin, shielding herself whilo attacking him, and, above all things, showing no fear. Heuco, flirting becomes, as we have said, both an organized system of intercourso and a recognized fashion among the American youth} 1 and tho consequences are to he found in a certain dash and boldness and hardness and discretion all combined, whereby the parties engaged in the plcnsant game seem always on tho brink of danger, and yet sceuro. Another consequence is, that English men nnd innidona nr? ?i? ? ?i? ? 1 v?u,oUu,l...l<.KU?IICII they meet with their compeers rrom over I the water; for the American men would be sure to say moro than they meant to substantiate to tho English girls, and the American girls would lead the Englishmen farther than they meant to follow ; and tho chances are that there would be heartaches and disappointments for the more reserved of tho two. We have flirts enough, however, among ourselves, and wo do ns much harm to each other as is ever dono by outsiders, whoso ways we misunderstand because wo judge of them by our own. The serious flirt among us is especially dangerous, and we question if the boldest American of tho most impassioned Italian ever did more damage than the quiet, undemonstrative English flirt, who takes sentiment as his ground of action and Platonism as his point U'appui. Soft eyes, that look dark and moluncholy in the twilight; a sweet, sad voice that awakes responsive echoes ip the imagination of the hearer; a languid, still and self-ccntainod manner, giving the impression of a rcscrvo fund of fnrt*** AP IAIau^ AP IU-12 -^ '* " ...w, vi vmuuv. ui iccuug, ui capacity lor Borrow, of power of sympathy?the?e arc tho various items whioh m^Jce up the stockin-trade of the sentimental flirt, and with these be or sh? dispenses sweet paiu and ploasant anguish to all aronnd. All, that is, who are wqak enough to believe nnd innocent enough to bo deceived, and who lake tinael and tinfoil for shining silver and ruddy gold. No Timk.?No time to mend your dress, but when the little hole catches on a nail and becomes a great rent/ then you will have time to mend it, and it will be an hour's work, while fivo minutes would be enough for a little hole. No time to poll up the weed, bat when your garden is full of weeds you will find that you must exterminate them, and will toil in tho hot sun for a whole day. No time to teaoh that little child of yours, to give it habits of neatness and show it what is right and what is wrong. No time I . Ah, Dut you will have time enough in after years to bewail your ^ ? ? - urge i.i a id ess oi inai little immortal soul entrusted to jour keeping. We all have time for twentj things a any which we do not do, busy as we may think ourselves. Burning Trke Stumps.?Tree stumps are said to bo easily removed by boring a two-inch holo eighteen inches deep into the stump. Fill with a concentrated solution of saft-petre, and plug up to keep out water. By spring it will havo permeated every part. Then fill the hole with kerosene, set on fire, ana the whole stump, i? is said, will be consumed, evcu to the roots. It wquld seem to be feasible, aod it is certainly nn easy way to get rid of stumps. The ashes will remain to fertilise the soil. The nest should be made as near the t ground as possible. Many poultry men say c it should bo on tho ground, but their prac* p tice does not correspond with their preach* t ing. Wo havo used largo-roomy boxes, say 8 18 x 24, insido measurement, with excel* e leit results. We somotimes use a common j flour barrel, with two of tho staves out away j between the insido hoops. Either of these c uiuke as good nests as tho most exaoting ben t can rcquiro. s Iu the bottom of tho box, barrel or what* c ever may be used, some two inches of fine, dry 1 earth should bo placod, made slightly cou- r straw, shavings, moss, leaves, and many oth- D cr things of a similar character, arc some- p times used, but should not be, if possible to ii procure tho proper material. Do not make the uest too coucave, for tho eggs will "ride" u each other and get broken. it Put from oight to fifteen eggs in the nest, v according to tho size of the hen and tho c season of the year. A small hen should t never have more thau ten eggs, and a large it one not more than fifteen. A less uuiubcr 1 should be given during the winter than iu t| the late spring or early summer. Spriuklo finely silted coal ashes among the ma- n terial of the nest, upon the eggs nud through w the feathers of tho sitter. If coal ashes tl cannot be obtained, use flonr sulphur iu D moderate qua^llftr. Lice, the greatest pest tl of the poultry reiser, aro the direct cause b of numerous failures to batch. u Every hen is not a good sitter. Some b arc nervous and fidgety, coming off at unsca- aj sonablo hours and making a big fuss on the r< slightest provocation. The observant house- 'f wife will readily select the quiet kind that w may be depended upon with mathematical C1 certaiuty. It is best to be certain that b they are ready for business before giving ai them eggs; so it is wise to allow them to sit c] on a dummy till they will find the nest, S( very readily, after each absence. Cl The sitters should be isolated from lay- d ing hens and from each other. Pure water and souud, sweet food should be always w easily accessible. Corn is the best for this r, purpose. The dust bath must be provided, in additiou to the preliminary precautions, i, Coal ashes arc the best; fiuc dry earth is r good, ^ood ashes may bo sparingly mixed b with dry earth, but we doubt Iho utility. 8 Something in the shape of gravel must be 8, provided or the digestive organs will become j seriously impaired. u In dry, warm weather, occasionally sprin- 8. kle the hay of the nest with water; notenough u| to wet, but to slightly dampen. After fif- t teen days use tepid water on tho eggs direct. a( This keeps tho inner inembrauo of tho ^ shell soft and pliable and tho chicks have jr no difficulty iu receiving light at the proper timo. Do Dot use sulphur in tho nest or on tho hen while batching. Sulphur blinds tho young chicks. Coal- ashes are rp safo at any time. It will not do to grease st or oil tho sitter at any time during the in- je cubating period, as theso substances closo .U ? ? ? - - - mu jjuica ui uio egg ana stnoincr the chick. Do uot disturb the hen until you are quite _( pertain that the hatching has been com- ^ cletcd. Keep her as qftiot as possiblo, and C1 if her nest can be darkened, so much the better. Let tho chicks remain in the nest till they are, at leait, twenty-four hours j old, and we profer a longer period. If the (j little fellows will cluster around the bund ^ when it is put into the nest, they may be q( lightly fed. The practice of'pipping'thein, C( or taking off tho little scale adhering to the ^ point of tho bill, ia wrong. Nnturo pro- _ rides for its removal in due season.? Our Home Journal. 8( Tiie Cheapest Meat.?Tho cheapest l' meat for the farmer is mutton. It may u aafely be said to cost nothing, as the floece j from a sheep of a good breed will antply pay for its keeping. Then, for additional t'j profit, there are n lamb or two, the pelt of the animal if killed at home, the exoelleot U manure from its droppings, and the rid- g dance of tho pastures from weeds, to whioh sheep are destructive foes. With the exception of poultry, mutton is also the most ? convenient meat for the farmer. A sheep W is easily killed and dressed by a single hand J in an hour, and in the warmest weather it ( can bo readily disposed of beforo it spoils. Science and experieuoe both declare it the healthiest kind of meat, unil & , f?J- tl adice alono prefers pork, whieh, whether fresh or salt, in the unhoaltbiest of all.? ^ Whoa people gaia more wiadom, farmers will keep more sheep. And that will be when Legislators are ^ not afraid to tax dogs. tl r if Who Can Eat Twelve Soda Crackers in Twelve Minutes f?Some one in p New York wagered a friend the other day p. that he conld not eat twelve soda oraekers t< in as many minutes. The forfeit was 9500. 0, In Soott A Hobson's barber ahop, while a tl number of gentlemen were discussing the uiuwr, uua 01 me career* auooeeded io u getting an associate to audertake the task. B| Tbo craokera were proourcd and the oonteat p began atGo'olock, the unfortunate man bo- ( iog Edward Clay. At the expiration of twelve minutes be had succeeded in dispoi* iog of only ten crackers, although be had a eaten as rapidly as his jaws would permit h him. t / si'kkaninu Manure.?The old-fashioned ncthod of plowing under manure has beiome obsolete. Good farmers now no longer follow old fashions because they are old, ut having becotno used to think for themclves, and knowing much more of the scince of their art than was known a score of 'ears ago, they aro ready to strike out new >aths for themselves. The common mothid with manuro now is, to keep it as near ho surface, and to intermingle it with the oil, as much as possible. We have discovrcd that in feeding plants we must not ony placo tho food within easy reach of the oots, but must also supply the best food in iuro in as finely divided a condition as iossible throughout tho upper three or four aches ot the soil. The best practice is, to spread the uianire upon the plowed ground, and to work i, iu wim tnc barrow. This is most coueniently done by having manure in a fine ondition. Vine manure may be made in wo ways ; either by piling it and rotting it a the heap, or by using only short litter, t is fouud in practico that it pays to cut he litter with a fodder cutter, bo that it rill uot only absorb more of the liquid mnure, but that it can be easily spread 'hcu fresh. The ordinary harrow will lien mix the manure with the soil in tho lost effectivo mauuer. With long manure l:e woik is not so easily done, but it may c accomplished by persevering. Tho manre will be drawn into heaps, doubtless ; but y freeing the harrow and spreading theso, ud harrowing again, aud again if nccessap, the desired result will be attained.? i here arc some improved kinds of harrows liich do this work much better than othrs. The sloping tooth harrow acts favoraly by pressing tho manure into the soil, 1 ad drawing the earth over it; the flexible ' hain harrow has the sumc effect; but tho ] eel disc harrow not only does this, but it I ats and breaks up the long litter, and. re- 1 uces it to fragments. This harrow consts of a scries of thin, sharp-edged discs, 'hich revolve upon axles in a different diactioa from that of the movement of the nplcment. Each disc thus not only cuts ito the soil, but it throws up a small furow of light soil behind it, this latter effect eing assisted by tho concave or saucerhaped form of the disc. The result is very atisfactory either whed sod has been turned own (nnd this comes under the head of lanuring), or when coarso manure is tn he prcad ; the soil, too, is left in a very favorble condition for sowing or planting.? heso short hiuts may be found seasonable : any time, because the making and use of 1 lanurc is a work of every day. in the year ' i one way or another, or^kould be.? ; .mrrican Agriculturist. \ Old Cows and the Fence Law.? > hey say in Mecklenburg, N. G., that the ock law has become so much a necessity l that couuty, (hut the old fence law could ot be re-established without a revolution ! The tardiness, the foolish inertness of the 1 eoplc of the up-country of South Caroli- ? \ on the subject of the fence law, is lough to drive away all enterprising far- 1 icrs. I Tako any neighborhood between Green- ' ille and Columbia, and it will be found < tat ton to twenty miles of fencing has to 0 kept up at nn expense of $1,000 or $2,- ' DO per annum to keep a half dozen old 3W8 out of tho fields of the farmers who ] ave their own cattle fenced iu their own ' astures. ' The peoplo have submitted to this thing ) long that it is hnrd to convince them that 1 hey have any rights to their own land not nder fence. It is a fact within our own observation, bat the single cow of nn old preacher down 1 a iniddlo county in this State roamed all tie lanes for a living and required the faricrs in the neighborhood to keep up twelve tiles of fencing at a cost of not lest than 1,000 per annum. If the farmers had bought the old cow ' nd knockcd.her in the head, tho preacher ould have bought another and another and 1 nother as often as he could sell his old cow 1 >r a good priee. Tho people of this up-country have been < >r thirty yeurs paying more for fenoing and :nco repairs than would pay tho taxes on ' leir lands, and buy up, twice over, all the 1 oor nan starved cattle of the country. When we count the cost of the old eye- < :m of fencing out other people's stock, it > no wonder that farmers can't make cot- 1 >n at 8 eta. a pound. The only wonder is, tey have not all been sold out by the sberf long ago. i The township of Greenville alone ex* 1 ends not less than from 93,000 to 95,000 ' er annum for want of the new fence law, j > say nothing of the trouble and vexation ' f watching and dogging the p:or cattle 1 nat make a living at the public expense. i The cost of fencinff. in th? < a, - ? ? p-country of Soath Carolina will not fall ' bort 91,000,000 per annum and yet our > eoplo hesitate about the new ato<^t law.? * Greenville Ncics. A California paper says the Japanese rill win uuiversal respect by a sort of leatheaiah habit they hnve of minding heir own business. chubcheb ix london. London, May 12,1879. To the Editor of the Newt and Courierr In tny lust, 1 think, 1 said, 1 notice that the London churches aro ovidently made for use. Every rector or vicar who has any pretensions to being alive seems to have bischurch open daily for morning and evening prayer, it is the exception in London when there is not a celebration of tho Holy Communication every Sunday morning at T q ?j ? 1 ' , ,v. kj uuu xx o ciock. at some churches the communicants arc ro many that there are three celebrations, at 7, at half-past 8: aud 11 every Suuday. There is just round ,thajeorner J'rom mo what is called a Low Church Parish. They have a surpliced choir and u weekly comuiuuion. I mention this to show these are not here considered new badges of churchmanship, but rather evidences of vitality. I notice, too, the plainness of the benches. In the handsomest churches the pews are really only benches. There are no carpets in them. There arc little kneeling cushions, one for each pew, and I am gladi to say they are used. Everybody kneels. They do not sit. down, and lie down on the pew back in front. The aisles ouly havo drugget on them, and all the chancels aro tiled with Milton tiles. This is no wonder: The churches arc in such incessant use by such crowds that no carpets could possibly stand the wear. I notice cvcr3'whcre not only arc the alms presented, the people nil standing, but the people stood all the while the offering is being made, and it is very striking. Tho: nag, not on long polos, but a small bag, is started at the front pew and in handed from one person to another and then passed back to the pew iu the rear and scarcely comes back into the hands of the person who has. charge of it till it gets to . the end of tllo* church; thus every individual in the congregation actually has the fact brought tohis attention that giving is as much a part' of religion as praying. Nobody can turn his head tho other way when Mr. stands at the head of the pew with the plato in his hand, and goes on row after row without even n five eenf ? ? XL-! ? ?. - wu> |;icuc na Micir oncring to God for His churoh and'for His poor.? The custom nbovo referred, to as prevailing hero applies to alt churches. I have been in the most aristocratic as well as the humblest. England has some reverence for an- an->tiquity which is real, but she has gotten rid: of high-back square pews and three deckers, and nil that type, which belonged to a state of things in the church which happily haspnsscd away from every section of it'where-there is any spiritual life. I had the pleasure of hearing the Bishop of Easton, Bishop Say, preach at St. Peter's, Belsizo Park. [ fear he docs not go home as well as we would have him. My next shall have somo > illustrations of English home life, A. Toomer Porter. . ?. A Drunkard's Body after Death". ?A post mortem examination of noarly 70 persons who had died from thcexcessivouso jf ardent spirits showed the following fact:. 1. Congestion of the scalp and of tho* membranes of the brain, with much serous 'watery) effusion ; the substance - of. tho Drain white and firm, as if. it had lain in> ilcohol for one or two hours. 2. The lungs not always, but frequently;, jongested or inflamed. 3. Tho heart flabby, enlarged, dilated and; loaded with fat on the outside, the blood in. it of a cherry-red color, and with no tendency to congulato. 4. Tho stomach perfectly white, ancP thickened in somo cases; in others, havings patches of chronic inflammation. In the worst cases the larger portion of the stomach covered with that species of inflammation * ? * wuiuii causes me Diood lo be poured. from, the minute veins. 5. The liver enlarged-?in old dtunkards weighing from six to twelve pounds. 6. The omentum?a sort of apron which immediately covers tho abdomen in front ?loaded with a gray,.slushy fat. 7.. The kidbeys enlarged, flabby and infiltrated in numerous spots with a whitish natter. 8. The small iutastineaflllod with bilo and mated with tennoious mucus. 91 The blood iu a very fluid condition, having but little flbrinc, but much albumets ind fat. 10. Tho whole body, except the brain, decomposing very rapidly. Is it a wooden that "a drunkard hath woes f"?[Youth's Companion. Prevailing Hospitality.?The Titusville (Pa.) Herald extends the following cordial invitation to summon boarders:? "Here every breese is laden with tho fragrance of ao hundred gardens, and every tound the eoho of a busy industry. When cur hotels are overrun, rooms ean be had in the most respectable private houses, whero the geraniums ever bloom, pianos ever Ihritt. Come, ye sick and disoonsoloto I and with a month's board in advance we will open our hiviniukU ??>? '? ? " r > ku ;vu, giTu you a ironl room looking off at morn and cvo on the mist crowued and sun-kissed hills and far away, or a hack room gating on tho tall himneya of our workshops, tho dog snooting in his kennol and the Cat and rooster * fitting and crowing oft the tall fence !"