Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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; 1 .Ml WEEKLY Hi B1I0I TIMES. j J)i|volcd to gViji;iqutturc," onticulturc, Pomestid Q'eanonnj, golflc 1,11(1 tyirrntt gltuu. .. I .. .,i. , : , ?jBg'- Kif- ii-'r^'ij^tdin ?'fllraivv- ''' vy-*- ' - VOL. X?NEW Series. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAKOLIN^HviSlifaMER 7, 1879. NUMB1*PR&*^*!$ ? GRAND FAL: A r P. Mt' O'C G-ctods Cheape :o Ladies Guffs' and Collars, la Great | Varieties, at 25o., worth 75c. ? A large assortment of Ladies' Neck Ties, at from 5c. upwards. ^ TOWELS AT 5 CENTS. Ladle*' 5 Ituttou Kid QIotm, but Hliglitly damaged, 25c, * Ladies' Shoes and Gaiters, at 75c. and upwards. A Full Line of Children's Shoes and Hose. \ ladies' Dress Goods, Merinos, Alpacas, &c. E . W * PEBOIVAL, " . EAST END OF COLUMBUS STREET, CIIA IiLKSTCN, S. C. DOORS, SASHES AXD BLXXUN, , FRAMES, MOULDINGS. ' BRACKETS, MANTELS, Ac. I 11 * COMPETITION DEFIED AS TO WORKMAN- g SHIP, MATERIAL AHD PRICE. ' AGENT FOR 1 Wolf's Magic Blind Hinge and jTastener, BY WHICH outside Window Blinds or Shutters can be opened or close I from the inside of J the room without raising the Sash, thus avoiding cold draughts or exposure to rnin. The ' Bhutto are not only opened, but are fastened back by the name motion, and they aro unfastened, closed and fastened in by the same method. W. A. NICHOLSON, Agent, at Union, C. H. Aug 22 34 8m A. IRWIN'S : I>RUO STORE, Opposite the Unicn Hotel. ?DEALER IN? DRUG8 AND MEDICINES, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye-Stuffs, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes, Toilet Soap. Perfumery, Toilet Articles, ^ Shouler Braces, m Trusses, UMUllg UD, Letter Paper, Pens, Ink, Envelops, Glasiu Putty, Carbon, Kerosene Oil. Chimneys, PURE WINES nn<l LIQUORS* ?FOR? MEDICAL PURPOSES. Physicians' Presort pliant careful I y compoundel and Ordors answered with Care and Die. patch. The Public will find my Stock of Medicines Complete, Warranted Genuine and ef the Kcsi Quality. Medicine at all heure of the night and cn Sunday. Sep & 80 If SIMMONS' LIVER -a/TRDICINES and Pills. 1VJL For 8?U by B. F. RAWL8, Sole Af^ent No 1 Fast Union. Oct. 17 4'4 (f J&L ... L OPENING. IHEN'S! r Than Ever. HtTSIBWTt* JHW^SfTOES.1 Qent's Furnishing Goods, Shirts, Drawers, Socks, Suspen ders, Men and Boys' Hats. A FINE STOCK OF READY MADE CLOTHING, CaHHlmcros, Jouiin, A<?, CALL AND EXAMINE MT GOODS AND PRICES. P. M. COHEN. Scp_l9 38 if Fall and Winter Goods FOR 1879. tire now in receipt of a large Stock ot FALL AND WINTER GOODS Unbracing every line requisito for the supply f our trade, which hare been selected with ;rent care, and we propose t? sell on the most 'CllMOIlllblc Terms. We invito an inpcctiou, fecliug confident that wo are able to ompete successfully with neighboring markets, a Style**, QualitioH fund Prices. PURCHASERS WILL FIXD A FULL SUPPLY OF n&riji!j iijmu r ajmui uttjt uuuija, Ulotliing, IflatH, Nlioefl, (irocorlcH, Hiirdwiiro, etc., Ac. CALL AND EXAMINE OUll GOODS. Rice & McLure. Oct a 40 tf Marble Work! I HAVE A LAltGE STOCK OF PLAIN MARBLE WORE O IIAN D, WHICH I WILL SELL A T VERY LOW PRICES, Ranging from $ 1 00 to $33 OO per McM. LETTERING $3 PER 100 LETTERS. I am prepared at all timet to Make On Short Notice, Large Granite and Marble Monuments. A FULL COLLECTION OF DESIG S (KV HA D. W. A. XICIIOLftOX. Aug 22'79 34 ly Farms to Rent. I OFFER to rent to responsible parlies the lands belonging to the estate of Mrs. K. M. Rice. Upon it e.gkt or ten good one-horse farms can be made. I will rent the land as a whole or in small farms. Proposals received until the 1st day of November next. R. ft. RAWLS, Kxecutor. Oct. 11 41 4t 10,0001bs. Dry Hides Wanted, FOR which the highest market price will be paid, by J. II. RODGER. July 26 80 If COW PBA8 WANTED by B. F. RAWLS. Oct. IT 42 If WHAt 18 COTTON WORTH 1 A Question that Deeply Concerns the Souti ' The following rouiarks relative to th value of cotton in the prosperous times, o which the world's trade is ugaiti cnteriu< are cyutributcd by a well-known merchuti and uthority on cotton, and we aubuii them to our rcadors for what.|hey-AT|j8ort without accepting them arwMffy express iug our owu views. They rsise* a high I, important, question, and *ny of out reader who may desire to cluordftie it may cousid er our space at their disposal. What is cotton UtorthT^ prosperous limes The fact that the world's annual productim of cotton has each year fallen below tin consumption for live years makes the abovi question unusually itrtcrcsting, if not per plexing to all who are interested iu the trade The production*of ucurly all other arti |1>0? |I|P' |T 1 11 [ ' |i" uSn incietUnvq rmio cacn year mat tlie depression lasted Now that the depression is past and everj tiling is returning to ante-panic values, wha is to be the price of cotton, which is so re utarkable an exception to the laws that sceu to have governed the production and con sumption of all other articles? In wheat there is a temporary scarcity, owing to baii harvests, but everybody expects to see this righted next season. Not so with cottou The four last seasons have been more nearly faultless than any four ever knowu in sue ccssiou. It is <{uitc certain that the cotton productiou of the world cau only be brought up tc the steadily increasing consumption by the stimulus of a high price. L'nlike wheat, which is grown in all the climates most cou genial to the most enterprising and cnor getic races of men, cotton is ouly produced iu the uiost cuervatingeliuiates. The development of cotton culturcis slow. It never proceeds by '-leaps and bounds" under any stimulus; but still it is not exempt from the laws of trade and docs respond to au advance in price by increased production. i/unug uic two years preceUiug tlio panic of 1873 the prico of middling cotton in Liverpool ranycl from about U pence to about 11 peace, the average price being uot far from Ui| pence. There was thcu fully a million bales more iu the hands of the trade throughout Europe and this country than there was at any time during the past two years. At Miis point most naturally arises (he question, what would havo been the price in 1872 and 1873 if there had been a million bales less in tlic world than there was; or, in other words, if the average stocks had beeu but little more than half what they were ? It may be doubted if any cotton merchant would reply, less then one shilling to liflccu petice sterling. Ui... tk. , ?? iota >L... UCCU st least three very strong '-bull" speculations, caused entirely by the fact that the world's consumption was each year eating into from two to three huudrcd thousand b iles of the reserve stocks Of course these speculations were not sustained, because we I....I ? . ' *:>' uuu Iiwv miuvu iiav I/V'UIOU J lltlUU WUS SHU on the down grade and no appreciation in the pi ice of anything could bo sustained. In the nicantiuio stocks continue to go down, getting less c\cry year, so that, l'oi two or three seasons it has becu very dilticult, cveu with depressed trade, to eke out the old crop until the new began to arrive This year and last it was only accomplished by short time, and by the two earliest crop: ever known and probably the earliest that will be known in our time. At last, after nearly six years' d< pression during which nearly everybody seemed tc want to sell everything and to buy nothing except to supply absolute needs, wc arc al at oucc iu the midst of a movement thai looks like a resurrection. Industry and commerce have woke up throughout the whole world as if from a long sleep, aud ir the very youth and vigor of this movement we are under the necessity of reducing con sumption to bring it within the compass o this year's crop. We have no more rescrvi stock to draw upon. It is best that th? world should understand this at the begin uing of the season. At this point, nnothei question calls for an answer: what pric< will reduce consumption within the iiuii required ? The most sagacious way wel confess his inability to auswer it. Undo ordinury circumstances, many might vcnturi an answer satisfactory at least to themselves The consumers of an'! traders in cottot goods have been buying from hand to uioutl for years, and they began this season in ; stato of hunger rarely if ever known before One penny or two pence advance was sufti cicnt during the depression, but it may wel be doubted if two pence at present wouh have any influence at all on consumption It is the object of these suggestions t> rais the question for discussion rather thau t answer it. On the answer will depem the answer to the other question at th l > _r.l I.- 1.1 r i\ *r i ihuu ui mufeu ri'inurKs.?rj. o. u, in iV# J Com. Bulletin. another view of the same suhject. New York, October 24. To the. Editor of the Commercial Bulletin While recognizing tin ability of your co respondent "K. J. 1).," a ft set forth in h article on cotton, published in to-day's Bu let in, I would beg to throw out a few suj gestions. To go back a little further perhaj than most renders would think ncccssar our war of 1812 had practically the sau. effect, so far as cotton is concerned, us ot late civil war. The price was driven up I an average of 29}d, from which it began i steadily decline, nnd which decline wi helped by the panic of 1819 (caused by oi inflated paper curroncy,) so continued decline, notwithstanding tho more gencr and diffused use of cotton goods as an nrl ele of wearing apparel, till about 184 when, owing to the discovery of gold i California and Australia, nnd the couscque depreciation of the purchasing medium, general rij mm nil commodities be rt. gan. 11 sJH to bo pretty generally cog e ceded thaiWboul the time of the outbreal u of the relidp>o, cotton, which bad -beei about the ?y article of cotnmeroo wnicl it bad held iSb after the pauic of 1857, be ;t gan to alHp* signs of weakness, lielpei I, doubtless IwK astounding crop of 18fc5S and that ot^mng but Um beginning of vra j saved it frwB| sevefe decline. The iuvpc s tus thus iflyted to it continued till th . average tofrfljs reached id 1864, from whicl point it hnhab&tinued to steadily drop, am v which dro^pii^ipg the past few years lia , been, in mSkquM degree, helped by ou c panic of l&B-^-causcd jpst as the one o c 1819, by <%y fictitious nud inflated papc . currency, netware cerkrinly not wanting to justify ywRtor respondeat intimating tha - America ;r Ap?g^4wi|l>ihK - wave of pros v u *Wa I Kt^lanua ird Europe mu* soon participate iu it; nud the question a: r to the value of cotton is therefore a natura t and pertinent one. While granting tha . consumption of raw cotton overtook produc , tiou, tlie actual spinning requirements o . English machinery of the past three years I averaging 40,000 bales American per week 1 as against 60,000, would seem to indicate that such rapid conversion of co'ton ink good was uncalled for and artificially brou ;hl , about by the large profits made during the war, and therefore that the production ol cotton was adequate to the consumption ol . goods. True, the continuous decrease in ( available visible supply remains, and this , feature to many is an alarming one; but ( we must not forget, 1st, that the late Egyp nan ana Hiast India crops were very defi. cicnt, and 2d, that the introduction of ca[ bles since 1800, the greater facilities ex ten. ded by the better understanding and uiorc general use of telegraphs, the increasing use of steam navigation, and, last though not least, the opening of the Suez Canal in , 18Gy, have bronght about a general equalization in supply, and therefore in values, which could uot previously have bccu ex, peeled. Take tho Suez Canal as au instance. Where previously it took say four months , for the shipment of the raw article and four more for the return of the manufactured goods, about half that time now suffices, , bringing the supply to that extent in a more available shape, besides giving the extra use of the tonnage to the extent of the other half of the time. Two other factors remain, which can by no means ba ignored. One is the fact that, owing to poor cereal crops in Europe, the exchanges are ruling in our favor, and thus producing poor homo trade ; and secondly, that the very influences at work in this country to produce our joyously hailed "boom" in prices, caused by the inflow of cold, necessarily contracts the ?: r i.'-r-r-, r-~r.ouh?rljr perhaps of Euglaad, to that extent, and which facts will teud to compel the Hank of England to raise her rates of discount., out of self-defence. In no possible way do I wish it to be implied that I am arguing in favor of lower prices. While admitting that "sentiment," especially the speculative one, is a I powerful factor in detcrmiiiinir uioincntarv values, the universal ami ever-constant lan . of supply and demand remaius and will inevitably assert itself. Whether an American crop of 1879-80 fur over say 5,500,000 would bo sufficient for Mie wants of the I world with improving trade, is one side of the question ; that we are at the opening ol a season with less than 1,000,000 bales received or marketed, and with a likelihood as at present indicatod, of an average weekly receipt of 200,000. bales or more foi eight weeks, is the other side. If specula j tors choose to ?un away with sentirncm ^ alone as a guide, they uiu.-t not be surpriscc I if their great ' booui" should by some pos , sibility bo transformed iuto a boomerang. ; h. s. p. > Printer's ink docs a wonderful amount ol ' good sometimes. In onr last issue mcutioc ' was made of a daughter of Isaac Sliced, ol s Pitievile, N. C-, who left her home in corn i pany with Robert Johuson, colored. Will * the view of leading to their identification r some narticulars were eiven. The desirei J result has been affected. Having obtained 1 some clue to their whereabouts, the fathci ' of the girl, in company with the deputy r sheriff of Mecklenburg County, capturei 8 the fugitives last Friday night at Mr. J. A ' Parish's house, seven miles south of tnii 1 place, where they were employed as fich ^ hands. They had bccu married and wert a living in the matrimonial relation whet ' captured. The girl was taken to her fath '* er'a house, and the negro to Charlotte, wher ' ho will be tried, and in due time will doubt d less be visited with punishment commensu ' rnte with tho character of the crime ho ha a committed.?Rock Hill Jlerahl, Oct. 30. o a - j Push On.?That boy was a true philosc c phcr, who, when he lost his kite, thought h r. would cry about it, but immediately aftc concluded not to, and went home whistlint When asked if he wasn't sorry to lose hi I l. i: - J . 1.V? t r ?. IV iiuiisure, iiu rcpiicu ; " I cs, uui 1 call I lOl away uiucli time in being sorry; I'm jus * going to make a new one,and I guess a bel r* ter one." A great many full grown me 's havn't learned that lesson yet. When the ' have spilt their milk on the ground, the ?* sit down close by the wet spot and dilut the lost lacteal fluid with their briny tear )S If, instead of this repining, they woul i- only skurry around, they would soon liu 10 another and a bigger cow waiting to 1 ,r milked. Don't skulk, because it won 1* P^- t* to - as Elective OVPIOERS.?The grand jui ir of Hampton County do not secui to hai to boon pleased with the manner in which t! al Auditor and county Treasurer of that couni ,i- havo discharged their duties. They si 9, that a bill making all county officers ole in tivo is much needed, sod would do nwi ut with the Executive pensioning off a lot a persons possessed of antiquarian ideas. i- "Thky Want Ha yard."?Govenor i- Simpson, of South Carolina, the successor It of Gen. Wade Hampton, welcomed your u .correspondent, and in answer to his inter It rogatories, said : >- ' "The fact is that the Democrats in South d Carolina are not in favor of Tilden. They I, want Hayard, and tliiuk that his udmiuisr trntiou would be absolutely free front patty i- favoritism and petty spite toward any ?ecc tiou of the country. You will see groat It progress in the South wilhiu the next five j years. Wo have becu slow in recovering, 8 perhaps, but those who have studied from a r distauco the difficult ids wo have had to cnf counter fail to appreciate them or underr stand them as they should. The Northern j people aro going to work energetically, and t we intend to join with them at ouce to make - this tho greatest commercial nation of the I world." s "This Yorktowu afFair, isn't it rather early 1 to begin ?" t "It may seem so, but the exhibition here - at Philadelphia in 1870 was several years f incubating. No; two years' time is little , enough. It must be a splendid alFair in . 1881." ! "One question more, Governor, of an > interesting though personal nature. Did t tho Governor of North Carolina, on meets itig the Governor of South Carolina, repeat P his memorable words ?"' f "You can rest assured that Governor i Jarvis knows the proper thing," said Govi crudr Simpson, laughing heartily, "and i said it at the proper time. This is not an official communication."?H. Herald la 'The Soi.tn Could not Choose a ] Fitter Man."?Nobody would appear to | be 80 available, if availability is an object. , aud few men arc so fitted by high character, 1 lofty bearing, noble record, distinguished f ability and general popularity as Thomas , F Bayard, of Delaware. There is nothing f partisan in his polities, nothing sectional ( in bis statesmanship ; but a broad patriot- | ism and even handed justice to all parties , and sections have characterized him on < every occasion. If the South is called 011 , to unuie a man for the Presidency of this , groat Republic she could not choose a litter | man than Senator Bayard, and she would ( have to go far to find a man who in that s high place would bo to her people a truer ( friend and a juster judge. To re-establish the Constitution and to restore peace and t harmony between the sectious ho is the . man. ? X. 0. Times. ( Judicious Words ahout Thomas F. , Bayard.?This drift in favor of Senator ( Bayard is not confined to the Fast or the ( South. It isour belief that the ,\Vcjlt.>vUi j aud most unobjectionable leader of tkc par- j ty in the Uaion. It is true that Senator | Bayard has been an uncompromising enemy , of the ' Ohio idea" and its more or less extravagant offshoots, but it has been demonstrated that the "Ohio idea" is not a win- : ning card, even in Ohio, and that disposes ; of the most serious objection to him in that ; 1 quarter. Even uow be is beginning to de- | ? vclop strength in a part of the field from I which his friends naturally expected little > encouragement.?Knox vide Tribune. : In the Congress of the United- States I there is not a man more dreaded by the op- I , position than he, anil not another probably , who is so influential as a corrective and a I 1 chock upon a variety of proposed legislation |' that originates both in the opposition party ' and in his own party as he. He arrives at ' conclusions by such clear, logical processes that his convictions have the rugged strength of bis own nature, and bis con[ science never has to sit in judgment upon ! him for anv treason to that monitor. 11 is public career lias shone with a steady lustre, and even those who have differed iroui him have had to respect the sincerity and f strength of his opposition. lie has been , ready at all times to surrender public posif tion, to surrender popularity, to surrender . all prospect of preferment, before he would ! yield in any respect the ground upon which his solid convictions had placed him. That | is the reputation lie sustains to day. His [ standing in his party, in society, aud in the r nation is not accidental. It has been as f honestly earned as the honor it confers is 1 modestly worn. There never was a time . when the country had more need of his j transcendent abilities and strength and pu] rity of purpose. We believe that what his j country asks him to do ho will do, provided i it consists with houor. That, at least, is . our idea of patriotism, and we arc quite satr isfied with Mr. Bayard's standard of patriotisui and statcma jship as '.vc understand it.?Huston l*utt. 8 If now Tilden fails to elect Robinson governor of New York that will throw him , out of tho list of candidates, and Bayard j looms up into prominence. There i < no I man in the country who would more honor r ably and worthily occupy the While House 's than Mr. Bayard of Delaware; hut the j| small delegation from his State make* it t exceedingly difficult for him to obtain the ^ nomination of the National Convention while there are so many aspirants from lary gcr States.?Kiivjutrcc Star. y ~ ~ c To Fasten a Pig in a Wagon ok s. Sl.KD. ? When it is desired to carry a pig d in a wagon box, the animal may be secured ,d in the manner described by a correspondent >0 in Kansas, as follows : Mako a loop in a 't double rope, and put it around the throat ; carry the rope over the head,'and fasten it around the body behind the fore-legs, leavry ing the two ends free over the shoulders. re The pig being lifted into the wagon is held ic down by fastening the cuds of the rope in ly any safe manner, so that tho pig can not iy jump over the sides of tho box, and is eomc polled to stay in the middle. If the pig is %J j umur IV IIU UVWII, lb I'.'lll IllJfc risu WUCU innof tftnMl, ?n?i thore is n* Hunger of it hurting lUH-lf.?American Ajricitfturi*t. TlIK C.IIIK <>F JKI.I.Y AM) I'llKSJERVTO. * ?Last year's .lolly moulded worso than aoy [ ever uiudo before, the result of keeping il too warm, and of not pasting covers over the gln?ses until they hud stood opeu for several days. They should be covered as soon as cold. 1 pr ;fcr a couiuioii. plain,.clear glass tumbler, without patent covers of any kind, ' for jelly. Then, as soon as emptied sf jelly, it is ready to drink from, hold flower*, or as a uiold for Blanc uiangc or Mush. Tissue paper wet in brandy next to jelly or jam, before covering it, in order to prevent mould, is not necessary, aud the brandy almost always spoils the peculiar flavor of the jeliy. With thin paper next to jelly (omitting the brandy,) the mould which is so apt to grow over the top of the fruit, can be pulled off with tho paper, and not affect the jelly beneath, but it is better to. keep the jelly and : V preserves cool r.ud dry that mould would uot molest it. Jelly and Maumai.ade.?It is most convenient with crat-applcs aud plutus, to make jelly and martnalado from the same fruit, and both arc the nicer for this separation of juice and pulp. One thus saves squeezing the fruit juice through a jelly-bag. I let the plums drain through a colander, but the stewed crab-apples (stewed soft, with very little water.) are hung up in bags to drain all night. The juice is then ready to be measured and boiled before the addition of "pound of sugar for pint of juics" ?a scant ponud for apples or plums. Tho pulp remaining in the bag or colandsr is >...t.)....> ?i.- i- - - ,uuui-u wuiuu^u a fieTC or colander, to reinorc seeds and skins, and only needing to be boiled a short timo with sugar (thrcelourths of a pound or a little less, toa pound >f pulp.) when it is thick and linn enough ;o put away. The rule is, to use jib. :ugar for 1 pound of fruit, but less is reeded if you put up (lie marmalade in self scaling glass jars. These jars are so . heap now that one can afford to use them or all sorts of sweetmeats, aud so save a ieal of trouble in their keeping. You can woctcu your "preserves" to suit your laste, lot having to depend upon an cxcessivo ise of sugar to uiake them "keep." As all kinds of sweetmeats spoil quickly after hey ar? opened out, ii is prudent to put hetn up iu small jars to lit used up at wee. The glass jan that have been emptied of he earlier summer fruits may he inimcdiitely used again in preserving later fruits, >te. When you stew a small quantity of :raub .rrics, you may as well stew enough nore to fill a jar, sweeten them ready for he table, and seal them up boiling /n-t. and hen you can have cranberry sauce whsn it flcUty. and Hard lb keep, fill up the empty lars with nicely stewed ones, and have them brsauce and pies.?American Agrb ultu'ist. A Wast kit i. I ntruest Paid nv Fapstkks.?There is no disputing the fact that my farm implement, he it wacon. nlow. larrow, reaper, rake, or what not, if left .'Xposed to rain and sun for ten years, will je practically good for nothing. We might ay in five years, but if any choose to cavil it five, we will say ten. T/ii'k is ten per rent wr annum! At u cost of less fhau one per ceut, these tools can bo kept always iioused. or under cover of some kind, even if but rough boards, that will shut out sun and rain, Peeausc we do not seethe silent, slow, but steady, waste, we are^apt to forget that it is ever going on. It is uuneccssury to suggest the application of this short sermon. Nine per cent inter est saved is not to be despised, even if better times are at hand.?American Agriculturist. Period ok Gestation.-Heginning with the largest of animals?and there appears to be a relation between size and period of gestation?we have the following table as the average of many records : Elephant...20-23 months. Hear <7 M#nths. Girafl'c 14 " ISheep 5 " Asa 12 " (Sow 4 " Mare 11 " lUog 2 " Cow P} " it'nt.. 11} " Reindeer... 8 " (Rabbit I " Monkey... 7 " [Guinea Pig " TTecks. This neriod is snbicet to oonsideralilo r?. rial ion, especially in the case of the domestie animals. The broed, size of animal, hereditary and other and unknown, or partially understood, conditions modify the period of which the above are the averages. Sulphate ok Ikon for (Jrai>e Mildew.? l)r A. W. Saxe, of South Clara, ( al., lias reported to the California Academy of Science to the effect that he has made a thorough trial of Copperas (Sulphate < f Iron) as a remedy for grape mi'dtw and grape rot, with marked success. A solution of Copperas, four pounds to five gallons of water, is made, and applied to the trunk and branches of the vine, they being previously scraped to remove all loose and dead bark. The matter is worthy the attention of grapegrowers troubled with the mildew.?American Agriculturist. Smut in conn.?Smut is poisonous, or at lenst very injurious, and care should bo taken to prevent it being eaten with fodder. It is becoming very common in corn. It might be well to pass through the corn field with a sharp krifc and a basket, and cutoff all the bunches of smut and smutty c?rs, and earrv them nut where fhev in.iv hn burned. As one square inch of surface may contain 4,000,000 spores of smut, and every spore is capable of producing a saintly plant, it is important to destroy every ball of smut. At the York town celebration last wrolc n "bhrated Hinglishnian," aftor surveying the situation n;.d surroundings, said, "I ci.n well understand now why Lord Cornwall* surrendered Yorktown. If I owned such a place I would give it up myself."