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?' . # # .V. * T * ' TIE WEEKLY nilftl f w?u^ gq?olqd to ^sqiqulturq, Hortiqutlurq, gomqstiq ?qoitom?, JMttt and tfoq ?? VOL. XI.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROt^^A, APRIL 30, 1880. ' niimrrr I? Spears & Coltor ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL ?OF A? LARGE ASSORTMENT OF 1880. ass* 1880, THEIR Stock of Dress Quods, Consisting ii part of Cashmeres, Mummy Cloths, ? Irish Poplins, Plain and Figured Delaines, Muslins, Linens, Lawns, Suitings, Piques, &c., &c. ARE COMPLETE AND VERY ATTRAC TIVE, THEIR STOCK OF Calicoes ARE unusually pretty, having taken especial pains in their selection, and they feel confident they can please any and all who call. THEIR STOCK OF Rrntirn ond 'Rlaoehod Sheetings and Shirtings, together with Cottonailes, Linens, Striped Homespuns and Ticltingc deserve especial atteution. THEIR STOCK OP Notions, Consists of all the novelties of the season. Would call especial attention to Ladies' and Gent's Handkerchiefs, Ties, Scarfs, and a multitude of other things too numerous to mention. THEIR STOCK OF Virg'Dia Cassimeres, Is large and the styles are very handsome. THEIR STOCK OF BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS AND VALISES, Are all complete in their several departments and defy competition. Call oud soo for yourselves, SPEARS sfc COLTONU . Eat I Grow Fat! :o: 250 PACKAGES FISH, 600 LBS. CHEESE. 150 BBLS. FLOUR. 8,000 Lbs. Bacon. Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Salt, Crackers. Sardines, Oysters, Pickles, Bagging and Ties, Lard, Candles, Spices, Raisins, Citrons, Tea, Baking Powders, Lie. Tobacco, And all other articles usually kept IN A FIRST CLASS FAMILY UKOCEKY STOllK. We shall keep a full line of above Goods on hand and guarantee prices. GIVE US A CALL and you will he convinced that you can do aa well with us as at any other of Ihe surrounding markets. ) PULL WEIGHT GUARANTEED. SPEARS A CO. Oct 8 40 tf Marble Work! X IIAV15 A LARGE STOCK OF PLAIN MARBLE WORK ON J1AND, WllIClI I WILL SELL A T VERY LOW PRICES, Hanging from I OO to 00 por Sett. LETTERING $.1 PER 100 LETTERS. I am prrporeil at all times to Make On Nliort Noti<?o, Large (Jrnnite and Marble Monuments. A FULL COLLECTION OF DESIGNS ON HAND. W. A. \HIIOLSOM. Aug T1 '7'.? 84 1y N Save Your Rags. ONK cent a pound will he paid nt (lie Timrt Office for any <|iini?lily ef clean, dry, whit rag*. J? M. STOKBS. essay on qbasses. [ At a meeting of the Spartanburg Pomoni Orange, at McAboe's Academy on the lOtl inst., the following Essay on Grasses wai read by Gen. J. C. Anderson, aud its pub lication in our couuty papers (Farmers' Col utnn) unanimously called for : Worth)/ Muster and Patrons : I know of no subject more lit and mor( worthy from which wo may draw manj practical suggestions for the good of thegooc of tho Order thau the cultivation of the gras ses, and there is every reason why we should be ns much interested in this branch ol i Husbandry as in any other. It is of vital importance in the anuual success, and perhaps most vital in reclaiming and improving 1 "rfg.'f V" - ^t is to do rogrettod thirt we know 6c little and that wo have made such slow prorv?*ncn i a tit io Itnortnlt Tto * otrtowtnnnn ( b.^ ? V'O U..U..., !> > ??M extent in the United States is very great. As shown by the reports of the Agricultural Department, its value ranks equal to that of tho cotton crop. This fact of itself should cllicit more interest and inquiry than to-day exists among us as farmers, aud I contribute ' a mite to this end and purpose by giving you some of my persoual experience with tho Grasses. We should not bo surprised to see so much iudifference aud neglect when we review the past history of our country, and 1 remember that under the old system that this branch was totally ignored by our fathers. Its importance was not seen by them ; its need was never felt; it was not their purpose to reclaim or to enrich tho soil, because it was of less value than tho slave. Being able to command tho labor at all 1 times, it was their policy to cut down, wear out, and sell out. Uuder tho circumstances, they acted wisely for themselves, but uuwisely for posterity. We find ourselves under different circumstances, aud we must adopt a different policy. Some of the advantages they possessed we have not, but at tho same tiuio wo have many they did not enjoy. At *.t_ ^ 1 f n . i i (.no ueginuing 01 mis enange id our system we found much prejudice existing against any new departure in farming, and the introduction of the cultivated grasses did not escape. Many young farmers who dared to depart on this line met the tauuts of the more advanced, and were told to stop their "nonsense, or you, buy corn next year." But we arc glad to see, that notwithstanding this pressure and the want of information on the subject, the cultivation of the grasses is growing more in favor, and that some progress is beiug made, and that interest and inquiry are on the increase. Our iucrcasc their productive capacity and market value is to the interest of the individual farmer as well the iutcrcst and prosperity of tho country at large. What we as farmers wish to know is how we may improve our land with the smallest outlay of money and labor, and at the same time continue to produce paying crops. To seo our lauds growing poorer or washing away into the adjacent streams, will dispirit and unstring the energies of any one. I believe if there be any answer to this inquiry, or any remedy for the continual waste, we may Bud it iu the cultivation of the grasses, more particularly Orchard and lied Clover. These two possess the quality of producing fine forage and at the same time improving the soil. Timothy and Herds Grass are more properly grazing and hay grasses, and our nativo Crab Grass is by no means inferior for hay and possesses many advantages over some others. I have had a limited experience with the fivo just mentioned, and while they have not all attained to that perfection wo would desire, still they have succeeded sufficiently to encourage and even to be profitable. Crab Grass may be growu to perfection, and made the friend instead of the great enemy we are wont to regard it on the farm. It makes most excellent hay, and any one may succeed with it on any land. Allow rnc to suggest that each one present set apart a small lot, one-half or one acre, aud break it deep, and two or three times by the tenth of May, makiug the last plowing about that time, leave the surface smooth with Harrow or a pole drawn at right angle to the team. If the land is poor and light, manuring will double the cron. Keen oft o r # r stock any try the hay; cut when in full blooui. One acre under this treatment last year produced for ine more than two tons of good hay. I sprinkled with salt as I put the hay in barn or stack. No one need be without forage if he will handle the Crab Grass. Timothy may be grown on a rich loam in our county, but is a poor crop on high, dry upland, cither for hay or grazing. In fact it is strictly a hay grass and will not boar close grazing here. It finds a great enemy in the Broomsodgc and is generally overcome in three or four years. I have sown it pretty extensively for this country and have made sonic fine hay from it, but have abandoned it for reasons above, and also because I regard the Orchard superior for our purposes. Herds Grass is to be preferred as a grazing meadow on damp lands. While it makes a fino quality of hay, the qunntity is less per acre than tho Orchard or the Timothy. If will not bo profitable if sown on dry or poor land. In 1872 I put down two acres in Herds, on damp, branch bottom, and for six years bad a superior meadow always at hand for idle stock from Saturday night to Monday morning, and never) felt more independent of tho corn-crib. One and one-half bushels of seed is sufficient per aero and may be sown in fall or spring. Orchard Grass is suporior in many respects to any other wich which I have had any experience. In fact I am satisfied with the results of Orchard Grass and Red Clot ver, ami fool that I have reaped much profit by my vontures with them. And I can sec no reason why they may not become standard crops in a well regulated system < j rotutiou iu our country, j It must be cvidcut to the mind of an g thinking uian, that we cannot continue tt . present system of clean crops, especially c . broken lands, with uow and theu sowiu down in grain, for many years to come.Therc must bo some redeeming and he&lio crop to restore tho continual waato an 5 drain that are going on troui year to yea [ It is not sufficient to say that commercii 1 manures will fill up this gap. That the ' are of great benefit I would not deny ; bi a !- t - ! 1 ? * 1 * - it is uoiug uuny ueuionsirateu before 01 eyes that when they are used in conjuuotio ' with even a poor system of rotation the provo to bo of most benefit. May we nc ' portuno discovery aud development of in phosphate beds than wo are at present d< 1 iug? Manure benefits all crops, and the grass'e are 110 exception. We need not complain thu ' our land is too poor to grow Orchard Gras or Clovor when wo not unusually expen hundreds of dollars to grow cotton with con mcrcial manure. I believe it as easy t grow Clover aud Orchard Grass with profi as it is cotton, if we only give them the satn care and manure. Orchard Grass will grow on any soil oul side of a sand-bank. Clover is perhaps little more choice. Both possess the remark able quality of enriching tho soil and a the same time producing a profitable forag or grazing crop. But we must remcmbe that, like all other crops, the better the lau< and tho manure, the larger yield, and hi who tills poor land must bo content witl poor crops. After an experience of ten years or mor with thfl (rrflMna mnnlinnorl I nm ^ the concluaion that as a rule, the best tim of sowing the two lust named is in the fal cf the year, after danger froui the suuime. droughts has passed, and early enough t< get well rooted before tho Winter freeze commence. Drought and freezes are th< too great enemies to Clover, especially in it teuder stago. Orchard Grass is not so easily affected. The proper method I regard is to sow ai a separate crop, without any small grain as is usual. There may be exceptions t( this rule, both as to time and method. Ir fact I have succeeded in Spring and Fal sowing, and have also as signally fuiled ii attaining a good catch. If sown in the Spring, during the months of February oi March, it is subject to tho dangers of the constant thaw and freeze at the time it is most tender, at^d if not entirely destroyed well rooted before tho Summer droughts If sown with small grain, it uudergoes the o.i.J.......... ~p ........ ? ? UUU1KIUUUI uuugvi UJ OUUUVU VApUOUlO IU IUI hot bud at the time the small grain is re moved. In addition to this, I can see nothing gained or advantage derived, except per haps a light Fall grazing, as no crop gener ally can be obtained before the following May or J uue. If, on tho other hand, you sow in the Fall, say from the middlo of August to the first of October, you procure a crop the following Summer, if you get a catch, and if damaged during tho winter you car avail yourself of the chances of the spring. These remarks apply more particularly t< Red Clover than Orchard Grass. I have found a stand of Orchard aboul as easy to obtaiu as a stand of oats. Its grcal worth consists in being a most excellent graz ing grass as well as good hay grass, and rnaj intc general use on all the uplands of the couu country. On a rich loam it grows vigor ously, from four to five feet high. It does not form a sod as others, but grows mor< in separate stools or tussocks, and shoulc be sown thick, to cover the entire surface I iiud it valuable on steep hill sides, along branch bottoms. It prevents washing and is more valuable decidedly than the bushoi and briars that shade the outer edges. To sow Orchard Grass, tho land should be in fine tilth, as free from the natives a! possible ; then mark off in narrow lands anc sow ono and one-half bushels per acre ai early as tho seed can be distributed, ant follow with roller, harrow, or pole. Stocl should then be kept off and the grass al lowed undisputed sway. It will bo in ful bloom about the first of Juno, and it desirct for hay, it should then be cut; but if foi seed, it must bo allowed to mature at leas three-fourths of the heads. To make gooc hay, cut iu the morning after the dew is off and if the sun shines hot it should be pu int) cocks in the evening aud thrown ou next morning just enough to air, but not t< sun, and after an hour or two may bo pu into the barn. It may bo cut for scod, a: wheat or oats, and handled in the sam< manner, but more carefully, as the best ma turcd seed will waste. Tho choico seed an obtained by thrashing the bundles over i pole, and tho inferior by passing the bun dies thus treated through nil nrdinnrv irrnin o J r>' thrasher. Rut by cutting the first crop an( uot pasturing, the grass will bo enabled t< overcome the natives, take possession of th< entire surfice, and will retain it for years under a judicious after treatment. Orchard Crass and Clover bloom and ar< ready for hay about the same time, and maki a valuable combination. Clover is not s? long-lived as the grass, and gives way th< third year, leaving the grass in possession It is more suited to a short rotation, and a it is ono of the best fertilizing plants in al agricultural circles, it may be mado mon valuable to us than any of tho kuowi grasses. Orchard Grass is valuable for grazin; in the winter and caHy spring, and if no pastured during the Summer and fall wil afford an excellent bite in January. It is not to bo presumed that uuy farme who reads Agricultural Journals at all i , ignorant of tho fertilizing power claiuici for Rod Clover, hut none of us can full, realize the extent of that power until w of deraonsiSjoit byexperiment. And it ia only noocaeary to try it to ooavince any ooe iy that it ia entirely practicable and much more ? 10 protitidffc?tura may at first be thoogbt. Of l iu uouree,?i muat not expect hue clover ou b g poor la?fr but *^th a little mauuro and I? ? top dreqpCg in the spring with Land Piaa- *' Ster, poorjtftad nay make lair oropa of ok>- ^ ycr, and fRMit ie properljr set oo the land it |B r. is only ne^jpory to follow up with a judieiooa j0 J Two yafa is as long as H will occupy the ?[ it ground and the second crop of a ir the seooflMH^f^nM $e permitted to ma- ta n turo its ^^^pd^then turned under for e The hay should not be cured too much to >- be good. If cut duriog the forenoon of a or fair dpy it will be sufficiently cured by the is middle of tho afternoon to put iDto cocks, T* it unless it is very rauk and thick when it may \\ is ncod mors suu the following day. The dow do d should not fall on the hay. It turns it blaok Ft i- and extracts tho sweetness from it. The lel l_ -i-- *.??. -? - ? * ? ?? ? ?_ ? v uny louuvriug me cocks snouid be turned j~, t over and exposed to air a short time before Tc e it is removed to the barn. I prefer to put up gy a little greeu rather than too muoh cure d, u. r and salt down freely, and the hay remains lo & always sweet and fresh for feeding; other; wise you may have nothing but a lot of dry ru t sticks for your trouble. cl< e In conclusion, I will say that I have been ro r unable to estimate the benefit derivod from t,c i Red Clover on my farm for the past ten e years. Thirty acres of land has been doua bled in its productive capacity principally by Clover, and profitable crops of forage tu e obtained every year. a I have been ablo to make more cotton by ? a reducing tbe corn acreage, and finding half an 1 corn and plenty of hay has kept stock in to r thrifty coudition. I have not had a sick ?n a horse or mule during that time. And when " s I see farmers go into the village and load 3 back with bales of hay I feel that it is an ev s insult to the calling. Thero is no excuse cx f for a farmer to be out of forage. Ho may th> not be able to grow the cultivated grasses i as he thiuks, but surely there is not a farm Al , in the country that will fail to grow crab w; ) grasss with a little persuasion. ke i Let us, then, resolve to make further fth 1 inquiry into this subject and avail oursolves n? > of the opportunities that preseut themselves i to us, and endeavor to get more good and to r profit out of them beforo they escape us. si* ! Lfit 119 fthnw n lliirhnr onni>n?!?t!n.> " niv ? ? ?? ? ? ?.. ? w.qmv* n|/|/iwvinwuu v* an ?w i honorable calling aud strive to make it more ?a I pleasant U null uu. man muifiuUU A Catastrophe in New York.?New j , York, April 21?10.30 P. M.?A serious , disaster has occurred at Madison Square Garden. A dispatch received at police f?1 head quarters says that the western or Mad- . P ison avenue end of the buildings has fallen f jc ' in. The police, firemen and ambulance iDI corps are at work removing the debris and wt p taking out the injured. A fair in aid of Ai ' Ilahncman Hospital was in progress at the d* > time. A large number of people have been (h' , carried out of the building. The neighbor- ai, , hood is thronged with excited people. wl I New York, April 21?11.30 P. M.? tle i There were about 800 people in the build- bo ing at 9 30 P. M. when the front of the thi > building facing on Madison avenue gave be way, the wall falling outwards. A part of of t the roof adjoining also fell in with a crash of t and caused intense alarm inside the build- an ing. It is not at this time known how er r many persons were killed, but three have arc ; already keen taken out dead and seven ?y . wounded, including Mrs. W. A. Ogden, j." i liegeman, Wm. F. Tileshon and Mrs. James Wl i Smith, of Flushing. The part of the build- ric 1 ing which fell was mainly ocoupied as on Lu . art gallery. The pictures were loaned and T? r lusurcd lor SiOU,UUU ugaiost tiro alono, but *' 1 so far as known not against other acoi- co 3 dents. th m< I Where the Apostles Rest.?Church 0h s authorities state that tho Apostles of Christ j arc now in the following places : Seven are . in Rome?namely, Peter, Philip, James j the Losser, Jude, Bartholomew, Matthias th and Simon. Threo are in the Kingdom of ael Naples, Matthew at Salerno, Andrew at to I Amalfi, and Thomas at Ortona. One is in pa I Spain, James tho Groater, whoso remains ev are at St. Jago de Compostella. Of the no t body of St. John tho Evangelist, the re- iB j muining one of the twelve, there is no w] knowledge. sc ? The Evangelists Mark and Luke are also w| t in Italy?the former at Venice and the lat- 8ft } ter at Padua. St. Paul's remains are also m t believed to be in Italy. Ilfl 3 liter's are, of course, in the Church at i(J Rome, which is called after him, as are also fft those of Simon and Judo. Those of James ^ the Lesser and of Philip are in tho Church of tho Apostles; Bartholomew's in the Church on tho Island in tho Tiber called n( after him; Matthias's aro in the Santa Maria 0 j Mnggoirc, under tho groat altar of the re- 01 , nowned Basilica. es > ^ A 13 A Murderous Arm.?Dr. Gatling, in- an ? ventor of tho famous gun, has just perlec- fii ted another instrument of war that is said w 3 to bo most complete in its deadly proper- at 3 ties. It is capablo of firing 1,000 shots in 8C 3 a minute, and by the use of tho instrument UI 3 throo men can do the work of 300 riflemen. cc It is oapablc of killiug a man or horse one or s mile away. It is soiuowhat in tho form of ' the prcsont Galling gun, but moro couiplote, ^ 3 and may be taken to pieces at will, and ^ 3 therefore can easily be moved about. About $250,000 were spent in experimenting on 80 it. ftI t P' I Judge Kershaw has filed an order in the w Clerk's office for llichland Couuty, fixing m r the day of the sale of the Laurcu? Railroad "I s for the fist Monday in August next. Tho al 1 sale will be made by N. II. Rarnwcll, Esq., tl y Master of Richland County, before the m e courthouse in Columbia. in DEFERRED HEWS ITEMS. ' j t Th? Amebicam Fa em ke, for April contains e i umber of moat excellent and practical artiolee, 4 icluding papers on Reclaiming Sedge end Pine anda; Making, Saving and Application of arn-Yard Manure; The Origin, Character ana ' a prove moot of Soils ; Beet Sugar; Tobaeoo, ( id manj other equally timely topics, including ruit-Orowing, Market Qardening, Flower Gulire; besides, what constitutes one of the most stmetive aad popular features of this veteran urnal, reports from several advanoed farmers' 1 ube; also the regular monthly notes of work i the farm, and in the orchard, froit, vegeta- a e and dower gardens, poultry yard, Jte., with . most admirably oondncted department for the ' dies of the fhfm household. '' ' Our fkrmliir maJm will ??.!.? ? The Aik-Line.?It will be remembeVed* that V i the 8d Inst., nn unprecedented rain storm v sited that portion of the Air-Line railroad bereen Mount Airy and Toccoa, Georgia, and do- v stated tho country in that immediate section. I e learn from an eye-witness of the damages o ne, that it cannot be conceived. Col. G. J. E ireacre, the indomitable manager of the road . Ft Atlanta for the scene of the disaster and has mained with the hands until day before yes- t rday he saw .he first train pass over the break, c 10 much cannot be said for the Colonel's ener- | ' and management. Many men would be , imb-founded and at their wits ends, as to how proceed in the emergency, but he went to * >rk with a will, with tho above result. We t; metimea speak of a clever man "that cannot n a hotel." Col. Forcacre is exceedingly ? jver and certainly knows how to run a railad. We congratulate him upon the expedi- 11 ius manner in which he has dispatched this > >rk, and say to all travelers that the rood is 4 w epen for through travel.?Greenville Netct. ^ Th* 8us 8pots andthsir Meaning.?The re- n rn of the sun spots, according to the myateri- w s law that governs their appearance, is daily ? coming more manifest. They throng across the . cat blazing globe of the sun singly, in groups, 1 d in rows. They show a decided tendency ^ flock together, and generally there is at least tl e principal member of a group, of enormous :e, surrounded by a dozen or more smaller ots, some of which can be detected only with A gh telescopic powers. Many of them, how- tj cr, are as large as a continent, and the largest u ceed the whole earth in size. 8urrounding . e spots are the faoulra ridges of light that 1 ind out clearly, by their superior brilliancy, d >m the intense brightness of the sun's disk, a ly one can see the larger spots on a bright day a( th a good spyglass, but great care must be tan to protect the eyes with a deeply colored, ( nost opaque glass. Sun spots seem to be con- P ctedin some strange way with the meteorologi1 condition of the earth. When, after having en almost ent irely absent for a lime, they begin c< reappear in great numbers, seasons of exces H e heat usually occur. At such times, too. the vi rthern lights are most frequent. Prof. Piazzi (j lyth announces that these lights haTS begun Ciiaivt UUb LUJUII IllLIIJIcrM m liiis ah -uiai. edicts a period or heat, to begia before the le miner opens.?Ne\c? and Courier. cf m Gold bt tub Pound in Okoruia.?Advices by 01 egraph and mail received from the gold mine r( White Countj, of which n description was di rcn yesterday, show that the yield grows a] iher and richer, and there is, of course, an :rease in the excitement. Col. J. If. Nicholls, 10 had started home, telegraphs us from MouDt tc ry that the Messrs. Lumsden found on Tucs- ol y a nugget that weighed 440 pennyweights.? m is is about one-third larger thnn the nugget j. at was shown in Atlanta on Tuesday, and is nost equal to the nugget of 6*20 pennyweights, ttl lich was the largest over found in Georgia. d; A carl from Mr. E. J. Storr, a reliable genman who is on the ground, writes thai the 0( ys have begun to count their day's work by o pound, and that on Monday, only two hands ing at work, they took out twenty-four pounds n gold, or to be exact 042 pennyweights. All ic this was found in nuggets. One nugget ^ sighed three hundred and thirty pennyweights, other seventy-three pennyweights, andanoth- s' fifty-five pennyweights. The others were ci taller pieces, ranging from five to forty pen- Q weights. The day's work on Monday of the o hands amounted to over $900, as the buln is worth about 96 cents to the pennyweight. P e await with curiosity further news from the :h mine. We have but little doubt that the irasdens will get a huge fortune out of the old getable garden, that has for fifty years been ?cn to the cultivation of turnips and potatoes, b it whatever they get will be a small fortune >' mpared to that whioh awaits him who cracks c< o sparkling veins that seam the hills and b >untains that shut in the Vally of Nacoo- G ee.?Atlanta Constitution. o d Tint Dionity or IIouskkkbimno.?Where is w ere any station higher than the ordering of e o house? While the husband has to vex him- ^ If with outward matters, while he has wealth c gather and secure, while perhaps he takes t< rt in the administration of the Stato, and P erywhere depends on circumstances ; ruling thing, I may say, while he conceives that ho r ruling much ; compelled to be but politic b lcre ho would willingly be reasonable, to dis- 'j mble where he would be open, to be false ^ lore he would be upright; while thus for the ? ko of an object which he never reaches, bc a list every moment sacrifice the first of objects, trmony with himself, a resonable housewife * actually governing in the interior of her f mily ; has the comfort and activity of every ( ;rson in it to provide for and make possible. What is the highest happiness of mortals, if ' >t to execute what we consider right and good, ? be really masters of the means conducive to t ir aims? And where should or can our near t aims be but in the interior of our home T? 11 those indispensible and still to be renewed ipplies, where do we expect, do wo require to id them, if not in the place where we rise and here we go to sleep, where kitohon and cellar, id every species of accommodation for ourlves and ours is to be always ready? What ivaryiug activity is needed to conduct this nstantly recurring series in unbroken living der ! How few are the men to whom it is givi to return regularly like a star, to command cirday as they command their night ; to form r themselves their household instruments, to w and to reap, to gain and to expend, id to travel around their circle with peritual success and peace and love! It is lien a woman has attained this inward ostery, that she truly makes the husband whom io loves a master ; her attention will acquire 1 sorts of knowledge; her activity will turn tern all to profit. Thus is she dependent upon o one ; and she procures her husband genuine [dependence, that which is interior and domes lie; whatever he poeseeees,:he beholds secured ; what he earns, well employed 5 end thus he <*u lirect his mind to loftii^ot|jMti, and If fbrtuno , Ihvore* he may act In the Plate the same chancier which so well beooaca hie wife at home.? loctkft Wilhtlm Meitter, t'\ THS MI880U&I HTJRRICAKE. Br. Lottie, April 21.?Agpocial from Marshleld says that seventy-one victims of 8unday'a tons have been buried and twenty-five or mere rein a dying oondition. The number serious- > y wound is about one hundred and fifty. A >abe about eighteen months old, whose mother ras killed and whose friends were all wounded, raa round on tha 10th inat.,. in n ravine north-' f the town where it lay aft night. It is now hours. It ras considerably bruised, but will recover. It ms claimed yesterday by its parents, who lite wo miles and a half from the southern portion f the town. Tho child's serial flight therefore oust have extended over three miles. A wngon as been found that was carried four miles, and he section of a smokestack of a mill that was arried threo miles and a half. It is reported hat from thirty to forty persons hare been illed by spurs of tho tornado in the country, nd that the Town of Corsicana, in Barry Couny, is as badly wrecked as Marshficld. Barnkttsvili.b Di'.stroykd.? St. Louis, April t in n ?f t\* s-t * ? i *? i ? iu x . m.?uispaiciies jusi reccivPQ say iiat the storm of Sunday was very severe in 1 organ County, its track being strewn with etnolished houses, barns and other farm proprty. The little town of Barnettsrille wee lorn early to pieces and Beveral persons killod and rounded. It is now estimated that in Webster ounly, of which Marsh field is the county seat, illy one hundred people were killed and over no hundred wounded. The loss of property in le county is estimated at 91,000,000, Th* Town or Lickinq Destroyed.?St. Louis, pril 21.?The latest advices from Texas CounY, Mo., say that the town of Lioking eras enrely destroyed, with the exception of three ouses, bj Sunday night's storm. Three huored persons are homeless. One life was lost nd seven persons were wounded, five of them sriously. The damage is fully ${>0,000. Thy >rnado did immense injury to all kinds of roperty in the county. * The Storm in Illinois and Wisconsin.?Cliiigo, April 20.?A special from Champaign, 1., says that the State University suffered se3rely by the storm of the 18th. A large poron ol the new main building was unreofed.? he old university building, used as a (lormitovelled to the ground. The students just eetped in time. Many ol the buildings in the ty were badly damaged. Minor casualtieeare ;pone'j. m rutto, in., reports say mai iuo image done there will aggregate many thousid dollars. A special from Jnncsville, Wis., says that far m miles along the trAck of the storm evidences r destruction of property are seen, which will ike over $100,000 to replace. Churches welling houses, barns, fences, orchards, &c., re much damaged, and some persons received angcrous injuries. Tuk Stohm in Arkansas.?Little Rook, April ).?The storm Sunday night destroyed the town f Elpnso in white County, thirty miles duo orth of Little Rock. Several lives are reported ?st. Among the dead are Dr. Hairston and 'ife, Mr. Paul, wife and four children. Advices how that the storm of Sunday night was severeit in the northern part of the State, and in tho cighborhood of Fayetteville and Dardanello luch damage was done, and loss of life is reorted. The Women's Home. To tiik Public : The question has often been iked "What is this Home for, and how is it to e sustained?" The llomo is for respectable idigent women?those who have once enjoyed omfortable, if not luxurious homes, but now, ereft of worldly means, must look to others for :ie comforts of life. In order to assist the funds t the Home, an admission fee of twenty-fivo ollars a year, to be used as a permanent fund, rill be required of each applicant; she will be xpected to sew, knit, care for her own room, nd in every possible way to contribute to the enefit of the institution. Any lady of this lass, not under fifty years of age, can be admitsd from any part of the State. In another art of the Homo are wards where the sick poor f miv class will be nursed under skillful nied :al treat incut, free of cost. There are also ooms for pay patients ; those who, wishing to e under (lie care of one of our physicians, do iot wish to board at a hotel ; they can be boared and nursed at the Home for fivo dollars a reek. The ladies expect that kind hearts and Hiristian charity will help support the Home, ,nd that it will be as self-sustaining as possible. Would our kind citizens each give u little of uch as they could afford, the Home would be applied, their own homes none the less cared or, and their own pleasures no fewer, while jod's blessing would surely attend their gifts. The ladies wish to inform the public that the lome will be open to public inspection as soon is they can complete furnishing it. They aro twaiting the arrival of articles already contribued but not yet sent to the Home. In order that no unnecessary purchase may jo made the ladies respectfully ask those who iave any article or articles to contribute, how>ver small, or of whatever nature, to send the tame at once, or as speedily as possible, to the Home. A tin plate, a bowl, a cup and saucer? mything that could possibly be utilized at the ilnmA urSII ho trrnloftill v roooivoil nrwl tiitrh criff icarcelj be felt by the donor, while it would ;ive timely assistance to the Ifome. As persons rom any part of the State will be admitted, the ndiC8 will be very glad to give persons outside >f Columbia an opportunity of contributing.? Vlany persons have pictures of which they have wearied and consigned to a lumber room; mch pictures would adorn and enliven our dome. An odd vase, a small bracket, au inused lamp, a water bucket, towels, bed jlothcs, stoves?any thing and every thing hat can comfort and be of use. Kind friends, please send your contributions at once, hat the house may be opened at an early day to he public. We hope none will think that bomuse lie or she can give but a trifle that it is not worth their while to give at all ; each gift will be appreciated nnd perform its work. Many liavc generously contributed, and we feel certain hat all wilt cheerfully lend a helping hand to itid the sick and destitute. State papers please copy. M. T.