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. ^ . ^ (Kqqnomg, polite ihq (j[urrcut |?fiia ?f^^5F! VOL. X.?Neiv Series. " UNION C. II., SOUTH cXROliwA, SEPTEMBER 26, !879. NUMBER 89. the cultivation of upland rice. Editor Aiken Journal and Review:? I take pleasure in complying with the request of tho Greenville Enterprise and Afountaincer, republished in your paper, and in giving whatever information I can to those who desire to pSuut rice on our uplands: Seki>.?There arc two varieties of rice, ?11 ? ?1 * ? Iiaun-Ij, ?UIU nuo, WHICH grows Ollly Wltll water culture, aud white rice, which way bo grown with either wet or dry culturo. Of the latter I have planted three distinct sub-varieties, and there arc, probably, several others. The hardiest aud most productive is a flat rico, known under several names?Guiuea, Gopher, Bull-head, &c., Ac. Owing to the peculiar form of the grain, it is not adapted to the machinery in the pounding mills, and the millers have found it to bo so troublesome to prepare for market that they decline to work it 011 toll. This greatly diminishes its value as a market crop. Two years ago T bought seed from the West Indies. The plant grows larger and more luxuriantly than our native kinds, resists drought and heat bettor, docs not fall or lodge, is fairly productive, and the grain of the iirst quality. It is, however, peculiarly susccptiblo to the iuflucuco of cold, and liable to rot "in the sprout," while it requires fully two weeks longer to mature. These are objections which become very serious whore tlio lauds arc cold or the season short. The third variety is the ordinajy white rico, commonly found in the markets, and familiar to all who have had much to do with rice. It is important that the planter should get good seed; and what the rice planter means by good seed is simply sound, well ripened seed, free from mixture with volunteer rice. Volunteer rice is rod rice, and its presence injures the market value j hut worse than that, it rinens snnnnr ?hm? ?lir> oilier rice, niul lall, out, causing in this way often the loss of a considerable per centago of the crop. Kinds ok Sou..?liicc may he grown, but will not fruit well, on very light soils. It prefers tnoist loams and the lighter clays. The soil along our rivers, creeks, and branches?mud bottoms, marsh lands when drained and not too uiuch inclined to peat, and socoud lowlands, if not too still'?are well adapted to it. It can bo grown, and sometimes with favorable seasons very successfully, on high dry uplands of good quality, hut its culture there is hardly to be jreeouiineiided. Culture.?The culture is almost identical with that of cotton. J'ulvcrize the grouud well with the plough and harrow.? When the time has oonie for planting, run oil' shallow furrows with a light shovel plough, three and a half feet apart. If the land is warm and dry, drop in the furrow in hills eighteen inches apart, from ten to fifteen seed to 'ho hill, according to the strength of the soil, and cover lightly. If the land is cobl or wet, throw up in beds the same as for cotton, and plant on the bed. The after culture is with the side harrow and sweep and the hoe?just sufficient to destroy weeds and grass. There is no grain that tillers so much as rice. L have watched a hill this season which came up a single blade and now has ninety-one stalks. It may be doubled, however, if it is desirable to cncouraco til o lering by thin planting. It seems probable that when enough seed are used to produce at once all the stalks the laud should bear, the rice will head out and ripen with more uniformity ; and that is a matter of not a little importance. 11 ice may be planted in middle South Carolina as late as the last week in May on cold lands, or as early as corn, than which it is little more subject to injury from frost, (after it has come up) where the soil is warm. The critical period is when it is in the sprout. Too much cold and moisture at that time will cause the sprout to rot and destroy the gorin. I have known seed to lie in the ground for a month, and, when they did not sprout, make a good staud.? Hut if you find your seed have sprouted and the blade docs not appear in a few days, the sooner you plant over the better. To avoid this difficulty, the covering should be done very lightly. This is ono of the essential points in planting. Ilice will not come up well if covered deep, and especially if the earth is pressed upon it, differing curiously in this respect from nearly all other seeds. The Yield.?Several years ago the fleorgia State Fair gave a prize to a planter of Southwest Georgia lor an acre of rice which yielded ninety three bushels. The land was described as pine land which had been cow penned. I have known an average of sixty-four bushels per acre gathered from twenty-one acres. A neighbor claims l ist year forty bushels from half an acre, I and six Itundr d and thirty from thirteen acres. With the exception of one year, when, from excessive heat and drought the crop was almost a complete failure, I have averaged forty to forty-five bushels, with a maximum on ono aero of sixty-six In these last instance the land planted was a : Iron $ hlaeh I ?am, well adapted to ric\ IvSIIM vi<)n, vl.tx, MaNI'III'..? It is often asked, "Is rice an cxhaustiv< crop ?" A personal experience of ouly i few years hardly authorizes one to auswc this question positively. Unquestionably rip'*, like many other plants, grows bette: on laud which has been resting, or aftci other crops. Rotation with ploughed crop: performs a special scrvico in cleaning tin land of "volunteer," which comes whcrcvoi rice is planted continuously. On fresl lands rice does excelleutly, aud I havcscoi respectable crops made on first year's nev grouud, even before the large trees hac died. On the other baud, I have very goor rice on land which has been planted in i for three years; and on a neighboring plac< the seventh successive crop, in as main years, promises well; in each instance nt mnniipn V?/*on *icnJ T* *rt a uiuiiUiv imo 1/gviu uowu. iHO a UUIIUU3 lUUt if it bo n fact, that gu:\no, the phosphates and cotton seed, applied in the drill, after tin manner for clton, do not benefit. Yet f nntnhcr of experiments which I have mad< this year seem to indicate it. Paul F. Hammond. Irish Girls of tiib Period.?Tn Dub lin a young lady is educated for music 01 matrimony?or both. She is a perpctua! piano player or a constant husband seeker Thero arc no longer the "Jiaby Makes" 01 the "Lady Gay Spankers" of yore ; her follies as to field sports arc no more. The Irish girl of the period abhors declamation about "woman's rights." She .generally takes them?in a Platonic way. She it much more Irish than the men, twice as witty and ten times as intriguing. These girls have an indescribable way of capturing you (mentally at least) before you know where you are. They are fine looking rather than pretty and commanding rathci than coquctish, yet they have their share A all that ubiquitous family. In point ofcdu v;aiiuii intj UK' iiiuii; i;utiurui^ lllilll LilG lish girls anil more solid than the Amcri can. They dross too uiueh?an excess ol fal lals. Frills and lace, bog back and rib bons abound about these girls, and theii merry laughter and soft solder dash ol ijmmmachrcc ma cushla serve to make them intensely interesting, even at the respectful distance they invariably keep you. The typo ol the Irish girl, with her rosy and white complexion, her large blue eyes and auburn hair, in her eighteenth year is more of a child than an American girl ol thirteen. The Irish girl of the period has one bright star ever before her in the heavens of her hopes?a husband with a title. She would rather be poor Lady Splurge than parvenu Mrs. Shady. Yet she is the most loving and devoted of wives?when properly wedded. The Irish girl loves to make s noise in the world?has a grand passion for d ish. She will leap social live bai gates and double stone walls to get the right man. while she would prefer to be an old, moping maid rather than be chained to the wrong one. She dislikes a tanu uian, and can control a wild one. In tlu courage of her opinions she excels both as to quality and quantity. She would rath er rule in a certain dreadful pla ?c below thaii serve in a better one above.?Dublin Cor. Baltimore Bun. ? < So.mk Cukioujs Statistics.?Allowing two square feet to each person, the entire population of Boston could stand on the public garden, with a good deal of room te spare. The entire population of the United States coiild stand on Boston proper (not including Brighton, Dorchester and Wcsl ltoxbury.) The entire population of the world (now estimated at 1,410,000.01Mb could stand on the island of Martha's V ine yard, or in the space occupied by the towm or Boston, Brooklinc, Newton, Lccdham Dedhatn, Hyde Dark and Milton. The State of Massachusetts would, ir this way accommodate seventy times the present pop ulatiou of the world. The entire popula tion of the world, plated side by side, allow iug two feet to each person, would encircle the earth twenty times. T ie States ol Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, taken together, are as large as England. Any one of the States of Georgia, Illinois, Iowa and North Carolina, is as largo as England. Kan sas is as large as England and Scotland to .. .1. _ 1 I 1 V i ..... junior, irciaua is about tlie size ot Maine Franco is more than twice as large as Kng laud, Wales atul Scotland together. Texat is Ih") times as large as Massachusetts, or as large as Maine, New 1 lampshire, Vermont Massachusetts, llhode Island, Connecticut New York, New .Jersey, Pennsylvania, Del aware, Maryland, Ohio and Indiana com hinud The entire population of the I' 11 iter Slates could be provided for in the State o Texas, allowing caeli man, woman and chili four acres of land. The entire populatioi of the world could he provided ibr in tin I nitial States allowing each person one am ! a half acres of land.?Jloston Transcript. - C As his life was nearly the end, Dr. Wil linin .James, of Albany, said "No younf girl uvjr felt a inoro delightful flutteriiif in the prospect of a European tour than feel in the prospect of soon seeing the lam of never withering flowers, and of sceim Christ, and of hearing Ifini, and bciiij known by Him." Did the man who "shot at random" hi it '? 3 English Farmers for the Booth. Why is it that they yo to Texas Instead of Coming to South Carolina f?The Importance of Legislative Action. To (he Editor of the News and Courier: I have read with much interest tho valuable paper in your issue of this date, under the tide ' From England to Texas," and also your editorial comments thereon, in which you ask, "Why is it that Texas gets these people and South Carolina does not?" The ajtswer to this inquiry is easy, rt .-:u ?... 1 1 ? IV >1111 L?<J lUIIIVUIUUIVU Lllilb illl HIU lUSb SCS' sion of tho South Caroliua Legislature scv1 oral propositions were submitted, having ^ for their objuct the introduction of just 5 such a class of immigrants as hnve takcu r up their residence in tho Stato of Texas. > Among tho suggestions presonte^ wag one ? for establishing a burca uoTiiiim ignition, and (or publishing such statistics ns would ! furnish information in relation to the value 1 of the lauds in South Carolina, with the ! dissemination of such other matter ns would prove of interest to those who might be desirous of making their abode in this State. Other papers were placed before the Legislature, looking to this desirable movement, in which it was urged that I agents should be employed to canvass fur emigrants. Argument, pro and con, was heard, but a do-nothing policy prevailed ; and, in the face of every exertion that has ! been put forward by our sister Southern 1 States to invite immigration to their several ' States, South Caroliua has failed to enact > suitable laws to meet the necessities of her ! ease. In the expression of views on tho floor of the House at the last session of tho Lcg' islaturc, it was urged by several members i that a certain class of immigrants would come to South Carolina, composed of worthI' I ? . -i ... juss trumps; wane, 011 me otncr hand, it was shown by those who favored measures having for their object the introduction of useful citizens, that the State would bo materially benefited thereby. South Carolina feeling, as she docs, the necessity of ' an additional increase of population by by means of immigration, nevertheless fails to adopt provisions lint would add tnalcri- 1 ally to the wealth and benefit of her people 1 generally, and allows the opportunity to pass, while those of our neighboring States ' use such means for the increase of their ( prosperity, that cannot fail of the attain- \ uient of the objects aimed at. It will not answer merely to appoint j agents rho remain at home, and expect 1 measures to be perfected that require their ' immediate presence. Emigration agents, from other States, visit the fields of their ' enterprise, and superintend, in person, the ' business with which they arc entrusted.? i Several Southern States have perfected i methods for meeting the demands of the ' occasion, thereby establishing direct com? uiunicaliou between the parties interested in the accomplishment of the purposes for 1 which they have been selected. They do not wait to be sought, hut apply themselves i to seeking out such persons as desire to > cast their lot with the State of which they are the immediate representatives ; and uu' less South Carolina is prepared to do like> wiso, argument, submitted from a distance, will not eucompass the desired cn Is, and can but eventuate in a loss of time and the > wasting of all means. : Our public men must adopt such moth! ods as will meet the demands of the moment, and there will be found thousands who will ' embrace the opportunities when properly ' submitted, and thereby South Carolina will ' attain all that may he desired through the chatincl of immigration. Much has been ' said and volumes written in relation to this important subject, but there remains the 1 necessity for proper enactments, without the ) aid of which no successful movement can ; be made. i In brief, then, at the approaching scs sion of our 8tntc Legislature, let those cu" trusted with the creation of all uicnsures ' of public benefit review the several proposi( tions which have been submitted, and ' thereby adopt a lino of policy that will 1 satisfy the demands of the times; and it ! cannot for a moment be doubted that such ' laws could be enacted as would command the ' consideration of the class of pople whom it is desired to reach ; and lot men of rclia bility be entrusted with agencies among the parties whom wo desire to interest in ? this behalf, and then it will bo seen how 1 South Carolina (in connection with Texas, > Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina) can t reap a portion of the immigration which we so much desire, and which can be oh" tained, if the "right men are in the right ' places." This done, and the remainder ' will be easy of accomplishment.?A. Y. / ' in aXcics ami Courier. s A sceptic, who was badgering a sitnple1 minded old man about the miracle of Ha laatn's ass. finally sti'ul: "llow is it possi blc for an ass to talk like a man ?" "Well," * replied tht! honest old believer, with mcan? ing emphasis, "l don't sec why it ain't as ' easy for an ass to talk like a man as it is for I a mam to talk like an ass." t, "Orecii street!" called out tho condnctor. "lirccn's treat, eh?" ejaculated an inebriated individual in the corner of the I ear. " \11 right, (hie) just's lieve drink oil* of tireen (hie's) any other man." Thk Game Law.?For the information of sportsmen we print the provisions of the law uow in force as to the seasons of the year when it is lawful to huut ileer, and partridges and other birds. Def.ii.?The genoral statutes, which went into effect tho 10th of February, 1S72, prohibits the killing of any doe or fawn between the 1st of January and the last of July,audthoki)liugofnny buck between the first, dnv n(' .....1 ?1.~ I--' n-:J ? jv-j/imi uii uuu i>uu iiiti i'riuuy of October, anil between the 1st of March and tho last, of April, uudcr a peualty of 810 for each offense. Another section of tho general statutes provides a penalty of 825 for killing docs between tho 1st of March and tho 1st of September. 'lly tho general statutes it is also mado ' unlawful for any person to kill any deer in the night time at any season, except in his own enclosed grounds, uudor a penalty of 820. l?y the net of March 12, 1872. it is made unlawful to kill any deer, or worry them with dogs or otherwise with tho intention of destroying them, between the first day of January and the first of September in any year, under pain of a fine of 820, or imprisonment for tweuly days. The act of February 27, 1873, amends the act of March 12, 1872, by substituting "August" for "September." As fhcre is no provision in either of tho < two last acts expressly repealing any of the provisions of the general statutes alluded to, it would seem that they are all in -v. .1 ...l.:_i. i-ii .v/.?v V.AVV.JII Uiwu wII1VII arc supplied Dy j the two subsequent acts. Our conclusion is that under nil these acts the law at present is as follows : 1 From January 1 to August 1 all deer are protected. From August 1 to September 1 does arc nrnf.aptml I From September 1 to the last Friday in October bucks are protected. ]>uu>s.?As to birds, the act of March 1 12. 1872, amended by the act of February , 27, 1873, makes it unlawful to catch, kill ' or injure, or to pursue with sueli intent, or j to sell or expose for sale, any wild turkey, : partridge, dove, woodcock,snipe or pheasant between the loth of April and the 15th of October, under pcualty of a fine of 810, or imprisonment for ton days; and if the fine is imposed one-half shall go to the informer, and the other half to the school fund of tho county. . ' Tiie Tie Tiiat Binds Brave men.? Cleveland, ()., September 21.?Editors Constitution: Enclosed picasc find draft for S2"), which I wish to contribute to the fund which I learn from the papers is being raised for the boucfit of the ten orphaucd children of General Hood. Permit me to say that I am a Hcpubli- \ can, with all that the name implies?a rad- i icnl of the "stalwart" sort, if you please, 1 and. during the war, 1 was one of those ' terrible "yanks." While iu General Hood's front, at Chickamauga, ono of his "johu- , nics" sent a bullet through a portion of my body, laying me on the shelf for three months, though lie failed to do the lusincsB for me as thoroughly as he intended, for I rejoined my regiment and remained in the field until the curtain full upon the last act in the drama at Appomattox. 1 mention these facts to afford me the opportunity to say that, barring our political differences, we are a good deal alike, North and South. Even at this distance there is no heart un- i touched by the spectacle of those helpless little ones, bereft of both father and mother 1 by the awful scourgo. , A thousand times my memory has recalled an incident of the battle of J'eachtree Creek. .July 20th, 18G4. After tho ' fighting had ceased in our front, the field being in our possession, our efforts were directed to caring for the wounded of both sides. Among those brought in was a 1 place boy, scarcely more than sixteen, belonging to a Georgia regiment, very badly wounded in tho thigh. As we laid him , upon a blanket in the shade of a tree, and i gave him water from our canteens and ' bread from our haversacks, ho looked into 1 our faces, his eyes filling with tears and he | said : "Why, they told us you killed all you took prisoners." I was a member of the fourth corps, and If wna mi r t'nrfimn fn wu. iu.vui.u vv7 IIIVCI; UUUUIU1 Il' UU on many hard-fought fields during the latter part of tlio Atlanta campaign, and a little later at Franklin and Nashville. We all honor and adiniro a brave soldier, and such were the feelings inspired by the valor of (Jrneral llood, and bis heroic endeavors to rctriovo the fortunes of his army and its cause. I beg your acceptance of this trifle as an offering laid upon the altar of common humanity.?Atlanta Constimtion. "What was the causo of your father's death'{" the clergyman asked Thompson at the last sociable. "Asthma," unblushingly answered Thompson; "he foolishly went up an elevation, and got so high ho couldn't catch his breath." Now tho fact was the elder Thompson was hanged, but tho clergyman did not know that, so he just said, "Ah !" with a pitying accent, and then talked politics. It is reported that the Indians in Florida now number only ilOO. DEFERRED NEW* ITEMS. A New Story 1)y a Lady or Savannah.? The Savannah Weekly New of October 4th will contain the first chapters of a story of thrilling interest, entitled Akaukl's Secret, by Mrs. J. O. 11 ranch. \v? i ??- ??--- - - >< v u?guv uuv iu Hinicipsic ino pioosure whieli tlie readers of the Weekly Netc? will dcrivo from the perusal of this charming story, and therefore will not speak of it here further than to say that in the management of an original and intensely interesting plot, not loss than in lier powers of description, her lifo-liko delineations of character, and the pure moral tone of lier reflections, tho accomplished author gives assuranco that she inherits the genius of her gifted mother, Mrs. Caroline Lee llcntz, whose works of fiction have been so universally admired and still rank among tho most popular American books of their class. "Anabcl's Secret" is devolpcd in California, of which State tho author was at ono time a resident, and her vivid descriptions ofsome of the most woulcrful scenery of that picturesque region nro among the striking features of the story. The now serial will run through some eight or ten numbers of the Weekly. Subscribers who desire to have the story completo should send in their subscriptions nt once. Subscription $2 a year. $1 for six months. Money can bo scut by Money Order, Registered Letter or Express, ut our risk. J. H. ESTILL, Savannah, Ga. Ciiarles Fbaxpi* Aiuuu'j 't.n ..ho w ?The fiftieth marriage anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Francis Adams occurred at Quincy, Mass., on Wednesday last. It is an interesting and very unusual fact that thrco golden weddings of successive generations of the same family should have been observed in the same house. That of President John Adams and his wife was celebrated on the 25th of October, 1814. That of their son, President John Quincy Adams, and his wife was celebrated on the 20th of July, 1847. The third has just takeu place. It will be noticed that the intervals between these occasions wero respectively thirty-three and thirty-two years?almost exactly the lifetime of a generation. At the time of their golden weddings President John Adams was 70, and President J. Q. Adams had just entered his eightieth year. Mr. C. F. Adams is 72. Qukkn Viotokia's Crown.?The following is a list of the jewels contained in the crown of Fngland : 20 diamonds round the circle, worth...$150,000 2 large centre diamonds 20,000 *>4 smaller diamonds at the angle 500 25 diamonds composing 4 crosses, 00,000 4 large diamonds on the top of the crosses 200,00012 diamonds contained in fleurs-de-lis. 50,000 18 smaller diamonds in the same 10,000 Pearls and smaller diamonds on arches and crosses 50,000 1 11 other small diamonds 2,500 20 diamonds in the upper cross 15,000 2 circles of pearls about the rim 1,500 It contains a ^otal of upward of three thousand precious stones of various sizes, runging in value from about two to ten thousand pounds, giving a total of ?f>59,f>00 for these alone, without taking into account the gold in which they arc set. Tiik Charleston Citadel.?An officer was sent by the Secretary of War to Charleston with orders to turn over the Citadel to Oen. llagood, Col. C. I. Walker, and Maj. II. S, Thompson, "to he held for safe-keeping and use as a place of Education, subject to the future action of Congress in ratifying, or the reverse, the relinquishment of possession, and free of nil claim for rent, use and occupation, by the General Government," and with the further ngreement to surrender the building at any time upon demand' of the War Department," These trustees do not feel at liberty to accept the trust, inasmuch as they arc not authorized by the State to act in this matter, and they do not desire to waive any right the State may have for rent while in possession of the U. S Government. The Citadel is now unoccupied and 11 ngu nrd cd.?Car Spartan. - ? As Clear as Mud.?"What does l'2mo mean?" asked a pupil of her teacher, a few days since. "Twelve mo? Why, don't you know what that means? It means the same as d&wcowly.? Haven't you seen it in advertisements in tho newspapers ?" Now, can any one, not connected with a Daily or Weekly newspaper, tell us what d&wcowly means? Here's a chance for some one to get into the secrets of a newspaper office. The ono who solves the mystery can apply for a position on the editorial staff of his county paper. [Ed. Times.] The Anderson Tnlelliaenrer ?#?? "tim "c clothes worn by (Jcncral Washington when ho surrendered to the American Congress his commission as commnudcr-in chief of the American armies at the close of tho revolutionary war, and which can now be seen in the Patent Offico at Washington, was inado in Charleston, 8. C., by a Mr. John McFall, an Englishman taiior, anil the grandfather of our townsman, Dr. J.T. McFall. This bit of history is authentic." .?. Important to Teachers.?Among tho proceedings of the Stato Hoard of Examiners at their recent meeting in Columbia, the following resolution was passed, : llttolved, That any County Board of Examiners may, in its discretion, recognize certificates of qualification granted in other counties as cvillnnrn ftf in lonnli **?? v. ?V ivuvtl ill UIC JIUUI1U schools, without subjecting the holders of said certificates to another examination. Tiik F1.000 or Foukion Hold.?New York,. September 10.?Tho steamship Algeria, from Liverpool, yesterday, brought $1,550,200, and the St. Laurent, from Havre, 1,505,000in specie,. Tho steamship Wetland, from Hamburg, this morning brought $1,200,000 in French and Gorman gold coin. The steamship Weter, from Bremen, brought $450,000 in foreign coin and bars. "Tho cotton crop of the United States as made up at the New York Cotton Exchange for the year from Soptmeber 1, 1878, to August 81, 187tt, was five million and seventy four thousand one hundred and fifty-five (5,071,155) bales. How strnngo it is tTint hot words should; produce fl coolness.