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IT y x y^- ,-yy / [ * - sTr.s '/-f* "-^M THE WEEKLY ??$ CHIOS TIMES. Jlcrolcd to Agriculture, horticulture, Somcstiq tfconoimj, polite literature, politics, and thq Current gtruis of the ?ny. VOL. X1L-XBW Sbbies. UNION C. H., SOUTII CAROI.1NA, MARCH I, 1581. NUMBER 8.' DEFERRED NEWS ITEMS. 1 JPFP nsvrc Axoiiikr CoTrox Muti < >m". ?Uennlnjjton |" V.i., February 1^.? The ootion mills :it Irish Corner, nc.tr N n'tli Uciinitr.toii, formerly known as I'Nsex Mills;"' wore h.m'iied iliis morning.? J.oss :?do,Ol)(J; insure'.I lor The property xvns owned by II. C, Thayer & <"o., of Hos? ton. : ^ Dkatii oi Si:\atoh Caiii-kntkii. ? Washington, ,'j February 21.?Senator Malt II. Carpenter, of Wisconsin, died ai his residence In ibis city r( this morning. Senator Carpenter was a native (j of Vermont, having been born at Morclown in thai State in 1M2I. lie moved to Wisconsin in \ (. 1SIv>. He was serving his second term in the j j, Senate, having been first elected in ISti'.l and u rcrving until 1S7-V llis present term began in ,, 4N"!t and would have expired in ISSo. I, A .1 a i? Kit's 11 it \ i n s K nock r.n Out.?Anderson, 11 February 24.?A I rutal murder was eommittcd tn the jail at llartwell, Ga., last night. When " T. V. Shelton, the jailer, went to the jail in the w performance of lii.s tluties his brains were knock cd out by a prisoner, who made liis^escape, and, ' " it is thought, crossed into South Carolina. The ; . I st murderer is a very tall black negro with distinct > ^ smallpox marks and with a double thumb on , ^ his right hand, by which marks he may be easily : idcntiticd.? Xeir.i ami Courier. 1,1. Tin: Cotton Cunt*.?The first count of the returns relating to the cotton crop of IST'.l imide ! by the census oiliccnt Washington, gives tiie following result by States, as to the number of (1' acres cultivates and the number of bales raised: I ' Acreage. Hales. Alabama 2,278,:}'.?() (183,85 I ! .' Arkansas l,00'.i,007 ?t?,7 12 I Florida ztt.ooo At.GUI) ! !,1; Georgia 2,67U?yt?'J 803*21 1 or Kentucky.. 3,030 1,572 u, Louisiana 853,880 500,247 to Mississippi 2,010,083 018,820 , North Carolina 880,102 283,033 , South Carolina 1,347,301 510,402 | Tonncsscc 800,780 325,033 \ (\ Texas 2,138,551 788,007 1 (), Total 1 1,003,107 5,550,707 j Virginia, Missouri and Indian Territory are 1 not included in the statement, and 50,000 or j 00,000 bales will probably rcq uire to be added . on this account. ? ? res - .. Moss.?The moss which grows upon the cy- . press, live oak, and gum trees in swamp lands ; ?J? is a product of considerable commercial value, i ' It is a profuse parasitic growth, which is grown ! ,<"1 by thcautuiun winds, and requires less labor and | carc in the harvesting than Cic hay crop. It is J [ gathered mainly by poor whites and negroes, j f and brings, in a cured state, from two to four : ^ (. cents per pound. It is used, after being ground ' or cleansed by machinery tlevisde for the pur- [ pose, st n Hi it <5 furniture, mattresses, cushions, | j (jmst I,?!'V nil'l i l tTUUIli Utim-ore tnmuovn ?. ... ' t < j T1 sects make it a peculiarly valuable material for j Sta ... ccipts of moss this year :ii (lie port of Nc.v (>r- : jui< loans up to August :11st, amouutod to 10,"hm?,(kki sue pounds, valued at $:Sl<o,Ulh).? / .'*. j soil *' * I j nr I'tTIKS III' A .11 l(V t'llMMISSluM'.lt. ? In his . >i ii charge to tlie tlrand Jury of i'liarleston futility j|llt last week Judge Maekey look occasion to com. |nv in on I pretty severely upon lite ttuiuher of ineoni* \ , peleuiatid exempt persons placed in I lie jury In x. j ,lri. The Judge said : "The fact has heen forced upon jy | my ailention that the jury law of the Slate is (h,. being flagrantly violated and can he only checked | > ; thy't he iiuliet nicr.t, trial ami conviction of a large in niitnhct: of jury commissioners in this State.? 1 -lev This violation, which is cotispicu nis in the Conn- ills ty of fliarleston, consists in placing in the jury box the names of persons t ho are exempt by law sl>? or disqualified by iihysieal or mental disabilities I 1' discharging the duties of jurors. There are from I'"1 very nearly fifty classes of persons who are ex- ' 11 cmpt, by virtue of t heir employments, from jury ^ service, while every eiti/eti who has passed the ago of lid y cars is also exempt. The law re- j piires that the person to serve as a juror shall ' ' be of s nin I ju Igai vit an 1 g > > 1 moral rlrirac- ' J trr. This rule of la w is rppltcable to all classes. . . ... . nil It is, then-lore, the dulv id the jury coiiunis- . ' i ,1'it sinner to make diligent inquiry an I as -ciiam 1 tin ^whether th" pers-tiis ho selects for the jury l> >x ' j are not per ons exempt bylavv,aii-l that they are | persons of s niu 1 ju Igmeiii an-l good moral char- 1 jj j( acter. The result of this violation of law is that |-(1, valuable time is h-st an-l the c unity is biir-lencd |/. wiili additional expenses. The law has never i t|,, left to chance whose names shall go into the |,y jury box. 'I'he law prohibits selection in the : ,d| drawing fro n the box. That is by chance, but ijr, the names that go in arc to be the names of per- pp soils having the qualifications under the law.? J in f)iliet".v:.?e pvi-.'",s CSl,,"lu ''.v employment, or a!' ngt- or iii>ii inity are entitled to their pity il they | <-'"1 CUUIl , II II I I IT I HIT I'll II HIT I I'll-1 ?v II ? I'll' "II II - I * ever from ili"in. 'I'llis i< :i trri'.it ? \ iS, s il l i! is i I* Ijvcausu tin* jury reiumi ?ioiier lias not "lone hi< duly. Ilr is a worthy person, iiu dottle, who j evidently '!"<>< n >1 mi lor-nati I the duties of his olliro. lie is liaMu t<? :iii indietnieiit for lion- 1 ^ feasance in oHjeu ; and if this violation of the *' law shouhl aoaiti occur while I am in thi^ conn ' ty, I -h ?:i it roe ilie ran-1 jury to prevent the "" j?ir\ {"iitiuiK-iotier lor in n-IVa-nice in ollice. ('annua has a runny Iiu In Irish (rouble Oil lift" 11:11111S. 'I lie Settlers 111 St ,|^J ('ft.L'k . i | ' all I'iiitefiililors, have Ibr throe yours refused (j to pay county taxes, averring that they ^et 1 'lu no heiielit It out county machinery. S > the , comity sent :i sheriff <lo\vrt with writs to j M' .servo upon tno Hi*11n?|iieins. .v> sooi.t r i , wns ii? fairly at work than the humorists of ^ llio settlement seized him and give him his oi choice ul" h inging or eating the d icumonts. >i lie ate them. Then they let him go, giv- | '' ing him u certain iiu.t to take himself t 1) : ( The sheriff was not stayed hy any dangers |. of digestion, hut tore ?<ut ?i fast his i.wii i. and his n ig"s heels would carry him The ' civko has been sent to the I > .minim tioveminent, hut it refuses to i nteiveic, and ( v tlie tort u i- ii"\v rai-iug a company of v.dun- I , I.;ers to puni-h the unruly i r ~vuiuinu iJJUIl. '/Use tinU f/t>' S ml/urn ('?/?/? </? rih'i/." Stini iif lln: J'jints /' (/. /hit'is II ill Mnl'i: mil M tin lain-? Tin' \\ hofr ?S'nh/i ( I / Jliirit SS4'1 /, .Joflerson Divis's history of 'The Rise ikI Fall of tliu Confederate tJovcrnnient" > soon to bo issued by a Now York house, 'ho following mud nary of its contents is ivon nut : Ikivis's introduction is a short no. covering not quite two pages. Ho edicutes tho work to the widows and orients of the Confederate dead Ho con? eives it to bo It's duty to bis countrymen > prepare this history of the rise and failre of their cause. lie finds i:i the stmetre of tho thirteen States and their relations i each other primary principles and vested ghts on which he rests his vindication of ic Confederacy, lie evinces tho doctrine f States' sovereignty and a compact by hieh States voluntarily gave their consent > federation, with no design expressed or upliod ever to become fractional parts of a itioi;, and he believes that those who rested the violation of this ni-i.mi-il ... i^iMUi v'MiiJMLl 010 iii fact the true friends of const itutionI union. The author, in discussing the principles 1 <1 events in their natural and logical ur>r. first gives his attention to African ser tudo, ami the long and bitter sectional rife to which it gave rise, lie then takes ? the questions of States' rights, giving i institutional and historical arguments on liieh he rests the jo in iple of State sovcrgnty, and quoting copious|y froui all au orities on the subject. These questions <1 a full statement of the iuunediatc causes itie vr?v ootuip^ one-half of the first volne. The remainder bT'ttto work, is giveu the narrative of the struggle, including c fullest statement yet written from a luthcrn standpoint of fierce disscntions in in fed rate councils and of his defense for e prolongation of the war for many mouths ir many of the ablest men of tiie South ! ro fully convinced that their struggle was I hopeless one. 111 the opening work he I ats of the early legislation on the subject slavery, lie acquits the South of all ponsihifity for the existence in its midst j the peculiar institution, and calls atten- | ii to tiie fact that Virginia was the fiist ite to prohibit the importation into its , ritory of the blacks brought to this conn- j and reduced to slavery, and that (icor- j wis the first Stat: to incorporate into , constitute)! the prohibition of the .Yl'ri- j i i slave trade. All through the work lie | i its of slavery, not as the cause of (lie i *, but only as an incident of the secession i vcincut. I'aramouut to the question he | I MV'Vf-Vit^ '/ft* YWVlli/iMcV* i\nTr;'ur\r--..rxw? ! J tcs in the Union, lie traces the con- j i t which intensified the insult and hurst 1 i open war. t\ line upon mis sunjeei lie ' ; aks in condemnatory terms of the Mis ; I ri compromise, which he reloads as th 1 render of rights which belonged to the i it)i and which it sho il?l h-.ve maintained, < after it was adopted he believed it should e been adhered to, an I he arraigns the nil and federal governments for the fail- i of the eoinpromise ahieh was practical- i repealed by the bills of organi/.ati >n of j territories of Kansas and Nebraska in V.I. Mr. I tikis takes occasion to declare ' many places throughout his work, his otion to tlij constitutional I'nioii. lie ' i tanc-s speeches which he made in 1 So 1, ing his candidacy for (iovernor of Mis ippi. in opposition to Henry S. I'o ite. i c>e speeches contained repeated dcelaraus 111 his adlierence and devotion to the lion, and he allirms that his public deeds re at all times actuated by this spirit be- j e the geimial government began its vio t encroachments on the rights of the ites. it was during the Pierce adminis- ! lion that tile struggle in Kansas between free soil ami the pro slavery parties eul . nited in biltcriKss. This struggle, Mr.' ivis finds, was the beginning of the itit? ' diate c.iu.-e of tlm war. I le devotes conIcrable space to a description of what lie Is tin usurpations of the federal author- ! ( Y?n. riu*? it will l?i? ri> >fil to recognize ilif delegate chosen l"i<'in ! uis-.s, on (lio ground thit lii.s election by ! pro slavery party been procure*! Irani! lie regards the repeal of the ! i>f*"itri compromise as re-opening I lie ones11 of slavery in the territories, ami as ecipilating a conflict between the opposi parties, which was encouraged by the olitioui-t ij 1 the North. hear?l which linally . uipelle.l the South, in selftlel'ense. to take a ciilct! staml. ii" hot U the violent ab-1 oiiists largely rtsponsible fo final broach the peace ; bunging his history down tft i e election ol l.iiicoln, lie limlsthe fed -ral vcrnnieiit in the liamls of a party it'itler >it'ii the S oithern States coultl not live, j ncoln wa-. ell eliai upon a j'latforin of n j i uiee lo slavery extension, a party ant ig- i n-tic to ilio South, ami believing in the : ntraii/.atioii ol p over in the federal ;^ivuiiicnt, eon!rolleil by the executive dopuricnt. Having ilevotcil bail' of the first Initio to an exposition of the causes wlneli il tin: South to desire a separation from ie federal government, Mr. I>avis proceeds several chapters to defend the right ol cession. I n j u?t ili at ion of tiiis right he totes largely from Webster. Calhoun, 'ouglass, tlreehy, Seward, l> iitoii tnid lay. In maintaining that the compart hewon the States was of the nature of a an fedora t ion, he draws largely lor the Ins of his argument upoli the debates in the institutional convention of IT**'.', and lollies liiiuseli with extract from Storey on (institution. Klliott's debates and l?aucroft's istory. lie relets to the memorable deate on the purchase of Housiuna, when o^i ih Ihiiuev. of Massachusetts, in the I. 11 |?r o.-? n t u t i v i s, Miiil lli.it thu.K't ii tn illy <lis> > 1 v? .I the union. so th it tin; t i!. > were iVi I fVnill tlii'ir ohli^atimis ;iinl IhiiiM | r?;p ne Ihr peaceable or 1 reible >- p ti- it i n. lie gives il|,? lmtny ,i| thend'p | iiuii of Mie tei til atiic:n 1 nit*itt to the constitution. by which it was provided that "pow| crs not granted to the I'nited States by the j cuii>titution. nor prohibited l?\ it to the ; States, are reserved to the Stales respectivei ly or to the people." lie vindicates the | right of secession as perfectly compatible with the constitution, and cliims, beside?, that the general government has no riglilJ ful power to prevent it. The 11 nest ion, lie maintains, rests with : the people, from whom all power is derived. Arriving in the latter part of the first volume at the period when hostilities commenced. the narrative makes rapid progress. The author refers to the N ulherii protests against eoereioii, in which connection the name of (Jreeley figures promi teiitly. He i maintains that the South did everything in its power to go out of the 1 u on peaceably iiiui <|iiiutiy. l Uo conservative temper of the Southern people. ho says, was shown in the early acts of its Congress, anil in the adopt ion of it> constitution it. was the desire and endeavor of the confederacy to bind and unite the two countries together in friendly ties, lie takes a friendlier view of Lincoln at (lie beginning of his administration than of his conferees in the federal government. lie speaks ol Lincoln's inaugural address, and says that Lincoln did not so far violate the traditions of his country as to defend coercion. While arguing against the right of the South to secede, and stating that he wmil I use lorce enough to protect I nitial States property, lie did not intimate that an invasion of the South would be undertaken. Those extracts from Mr. Lincoln's inaugural led the South to hope that separation would be bro"Wj?H% -ahuvt iu a peacelul manner.? Among arguments with which hy supports tliis theory, ho cites contemporaneous de,. m bates on this subject in the Senate of the I'uitcd States, and i|notes Senator Douglas' resolution, ordering withdrawal of garrisons occupying Southern forts, lie accuses J Seward and others of bad faith in represent i ing (hit no hostile intention was involved ( in the succor which was sent to garrisoned forts, whereas the real design was to enable the troops to bold out against the demands ' of the South for the restoration of its prop- I city. lie characterizes the act of Lincoln's administration in sending ammunition to Fort Sumter as an act of fraud and prevarication. Defending them, and still justify- s ing the i ight of the South to withdraw from i the I nion and from a government of its ( ?wn. he lays the responsibility lor all the | bloodshed, upon the North. lie speaks at ... i I .1 i j 1 ? ? h iPIIIIJ^i'Ml, 1<? Ur^nu in; i?i * ^ ful ;mijii~liiici11 .,f questions at issue. lie j s *e?crcly criticises the conduct of Secretary i Seward and hi> cilleaguo during these do- 1 liberal inns, and asserts thai the overtures | ,s it' the Senth were met in net a frank and t candid spirit. t A III x.wv.w Tit AIX.?The nn?t hair- :l raising episode tint ever happened to a New c Mexican mountain railway train fell In the lit if ('oinbietor IHcssiugham Thursday af 1 Lernnnu, at .'> o'clock, on the west slope of lilorietta summit. The train comprised ' nearly thirty loads, and as it entered upon 1 the descent Jake lirown, the engineer, ' threw on the water-brake, but found that it ' was broken and would not work. The train 1 gained momentum to such a fright till ex- 1 teni that the switch cables and books 'yin;_r ' on lite pilot base in Irunt were bulled from 1 their places into tlie air, breaking one of the locomotive's guard rails. Ilmwn called ' Ibr brakes, but the train men had already ' set every one and reili/.cd tli it the train j was beyond their control. Seeing that j 11< 11ii11'' could be done to stop the mad . . . 1 course the train was running, ISrowu jump- I ctl from the cab while going at the IVight- ' ful rate of sixty miles an hour and lauded seventy-two leet distant, actual measure- ' incut, lilosiiigliani, who was on the inboii.ic. with i'awnoe Charley and wife as ; passengers. faring that the train was going to destruction, cut his tvay cir loose and j checked it \iitli the brakes, while the train ' continued its velocity down the long grade. Tli'' fireman sti?' .1 it liis post like a hero, and while die engine was plunging down ih" Hi"!.; at a giddy speed, he crawled out on tie> fool hoard and poked sand through lh" and 1/ . thinking that it might ai.ni.st ' tin* whorls in getting a grip upon the rail*. the train sped around Mate, ial i urve, which is ' short and :-tc< p," the vcloccily j ; wit* so great that the locomotive ran on one rail and tverhalauivd so greatly that it come ' within an aee of losing its crjuilibi iutn.? The hrakeuien on deck were obliged to iie ; Hit and cling to the running hoards fori safety. For six miles those badly frighten- j ! ed men stuck to the ship and faced thclior- j j rors of death. Below Conottrito is a natural basin, with three miles ol level track, 1 and it was on this stretch the runiiawav train was mastered and stopped. Sonic of tin: cars were laden with iron for the front, I hilt they were unloaded before 'bo train | .stopped by the material being burled in ail directions. .Just bow the train held to 1 the rails as well as it did is a mystery which the phi! isopliers mu-l solve ? we can't. One day i-- Worth three to l.::n who docs ever)thing in or It. THE ROAD LAW. Tlii* following Act of the Legislature is i of general interest : ! An Act to Amen.! in Act Approve! March llhli 1ST!, emit lei An Act to amend Chapter XI,V of Title XI. Part I, of ill; (Jeneral Statutes, Kehting to the llepairs of 11 igh ways ami Hri.lgos. Si'.erioN I. /! it ciKK ful by the Senate ! ami House of llepreseutatives of the State of Sout!i Carolina, now met ami sitting in (leiieral Assembly, ami by the authority of the same, Th it the Act approved March lOtli. 1871, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter XI.iV of Title XI, I'art I. of the (jleneral Salutes," bo, and tlio same is hereby, amended follows t Strike ou' Section 2 of said Act, and insert in lieu thereof the following : That each t nvnsliip in the several counties of this State shall constitute a highway district and it shall be the duty of the l?aard of County Commissioners of each county annually, during the early portion of each year, to appoint souie suitable and proper person superintendent of highways for each higiiw.fy district ; he shall be a resident in the highway | district l'?r which he is appointed, and of those liable to road duty therein, and by reason of his oltice exempt IV ?tn said duty. Ivicll superintendent of highways shall ^old bis ntliee and he required to discharge I the duties of the same for twelve ftlonths from the date of his oppointmeut. lie | may be removed by the county c nnmissionera ??n?d ' removal nftJjdBRfihrjrojftr; Tie snail have general suptOTreSPw (ho highways and roads in h js under the direction of the county cQgiSpioncrs. He shall once in every thNirf.nMptHfl report to the county jon inissionJp|kw?wriling the condition of he roads ^fld brtdtg'S in hjs district." Skc. 2iStrr!^** wjt Section 3 of said \ct and i ilieu thereof the following : The SupcriiiUPdciit of>highway districts hall divide ihd^lPMrays i? iiis district uto suitable soAiou^^r districts of not less ban two uprAjtsHHrnTivc miles each, and io shall appointan over;je?}r of roads lor aiilujil' y??** I tyiatinni. /u JUiClntc i r.? wK ill uitahle ??piads or c unp mi.;*, and assign a iju id or company to each overseer ol see* ion or district, lie shall require the over eers of roads in his highway district to ! m!! out tht! hinds assigned to their respocivo sections or districts and work the roads iimI r?'|? iii* and build bridges of s am ;, when- j >ver he may doom it necessary, after we've hours'notice, an 1 shall require every oad hand to brine; with him for u-c a hoe, ixc, mattock, spado or other too! for work >11 the road or bridges. He shill deternine the number of days for each working 1 nid I lie tools to be brought by such road land : /'ron'i/xf, That not more tha i twelve j lays' work are required of any one hand n a year. When the county eoniiuissimcrs o* any of th-rni give orders to the Superintendent of highway districts to have any ivork done in his district, and he neglects In do the same, lie shall bo deemed guilty if a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof in a Triai Justice's court, lie shall be fined in a sum of not less than ten nor ] in ire than fifty dollars, and the overseers of; districts for neglecting to eili out their hands and work the roads when required by the Superintend nit of highway districts shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof m the court above named, be filled ill a sum of not Irss than five nor more than twenty dollars.? Whenever a highway runs along the line of two highway districts the Supei intend cuts of the same shall jointly divide the highway ii*V> suitable seel inns ami :< j>prtint an overseer f<*v ? teli ol said sections ami tin y shall assign- liseach overseer front their respective districts or from either district sneli labnvrs ami roml hands as may be necessary to work the same. Ivioh Superintendent ol highway districts shall cause his overseers when working sections in which tin re are bridges to hive such re pails or work done on such bridges to preserve then) ami keep ?licin in order as can conveniently bo done by the road bauds. And in such else where the needed repairs to bridges are of such a character that they shall in the opinion of liie .Superintendent iie given out uuler contract by lb" county commissioners lie should report the same to said commissioners without delay. ! Ski1. d. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act b and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved l)cceiubcr - I, 187!). Tin- i'.ivi-i 11 ii. W i vn.i\ I,aw.?-Willi* Mt I iJanitd wascotn ioted at Aiken of assault ami hnttery, hut as I lie offence was committed on flic first ?>f January, I*-*!, it made liim liable uii'lei tiic provisions of the concealed weapons Act.? ! The Judge, therefore, sentenced liiin to tln ei i months in tin- county jail for assault and hat tery and three months in the Penitentiary u ! .*-< <? lino for carrying it concealed tvoapon ahon his pcrs iti. This, the Aiken Journ-il helioves, i ! .lie first conviction under the provisions of 11.i Art The defendant is a white man. ! NkwYohk Oofkkk Hoisk. Sciikmk.? I sec that you niv discussing the coffeei house sehetne in < 'harleston. <>ur cxpori- j | eiiee in New York has boon entirely sue- I cossful, ntid nm-t encourage other cities to j take up the good work The work has been done here by a regularly organized \ 'i eotiipanv, the New York t'offee llou-econi- I pany (limited.) with a capital el' 8110.000, only hall' id' which lifts yet been called in ' tor use. The equipment of the two houses ' now in operation cost about 87 .000 and the ; rest is used in running the business. M ! K. .lesup. the banker, to whom most ol the credit o| the scheme belongs, long ago became convinced that if the work ilium an was to be enticed I'mm liquor it would not be by sermons unaided by any substitute tor liquor In New York all our laborers go to their work with their dinner pails end | when noon c? es, instead of sitting on the ourtwrtiu*, -tlu^r go to the nearest saloons where a warm lire ami hot drinks enable ' them to (:iko their dinners in comfort. Ten cents ensures lor them the hospitalities | of the saloon, which almost every one will admit is for theui a necessity at noontime. Then in the evening crying children and 1 scolding wives drive tired uten to the coin- 1 lot able saloons, as much for quiet as for t 15?|nor The Coffee-House Company does | iway with the laborer's necessity for going | to saloons. Kvery one is welcome with his dinner pail in the coffee house restaurant food is warmed and a plcastut scat at a pol- ' ished table and a cup of bot coffee is fur- c nisbed for four cents. Above llm restau- j rant is a suite of rooms entirely devoted to the public's use, but chiefly intended for pa trons of the restaurant. One room is for chess, checkers and dominoes; another is for reading and is provided with all the city v and many out of town newspapers given by p rnents given once a week by friends of tho f enterprise. The prices charged for food t arc lower than tho cheapest of restaurants, 0 but as no more than lour or five [ or centum is wanted 011 the capital, the food is excel . lout in quality and well cooked. There are two of those houses already established a since last June, and others will be organ- I ized just as soon as good sites can be found al Mr. Jesup says that, when he finds an in tcrscotlon of streets, the four corners of which are occupied by liquor saloons, be !' wants one of those corners Ibr a coffee-hou-e. si Notwithstanding the large part of the col- S| fee house which pays no return, the two houses have paid expenses, and next year will yield the return of five per cent, ex w O! Itot'cnftjli anion?rJ*ntc tuiiCincnf ii-mi.-v..- "|p the early morning at prices lower tha'1 the , . noor can make it lor t bemselves. Ibis will |? ?<?r Women along. The buying for t iie help s houses is done for eish at wholesale, ami as j <1 soon is possible cooked food will be sold by t the pound or ration to. pe*sous who want to ^ take ii lionu! with them?-(.'or. AVirs ami c Coiirii r. - ! Mkiucai. I'sks or K<i?;s.--For burns t or scalds nothing is nmre soothing than the , white of an egg, which may be poured over j ( the wniad It is softer as a varnish for a ! burn than collodion, and being always at . i haul can be applied immediately. It is also more cooling than the "sweet oil and j cotton," which was form ally supposed to be j the surest application to allay the smarting c pain. It is the contact with air which gives v lite extreme discomfort experienced from ' ordinary accidents ol' this kind ; and any- j thing which excludes air and prevents in- , flammatioii is the thing to l>e at once ap- I plied. ! The egg is also considered one of the best remedies for dysentery IJeaten tip ! ( slightly, with or without sugar, and svval- , lowed at a gulp, it tends by its emollient j I qualities (o lesson the inflammation of the stomaeh and intestines, and by forming a j ' transient coating on those organs to enable | j ' nature to resume her healthful sway ever i . the diseased body. Two, or at most three, , | eggs i>or day, would be all that is required in ordinary cases ; and since the egg is not | merely medicine, but food as well, the lighter i the diet nth rwise, and the quieter the pa tient is kept, the more certain ami imj i 1 is j ( the recovery. ? | Ammai, nut i'owi.s in Wivnttt j ? It we woul'l have in winter, animal : I'>o*l tor 1 iyinj* Inns is a matter of prime : import nice. A variety of <: rains, with i green loud, in tie- sli ipe of cabbages or j ' roots, will, if the other conditions are favor j l able, give :?oii?e igg?. Uut a regular anil ' j large number of eggs can only be bad with j ; constant supply of animal fund. Onu rea- | j .sou wby eggs ;ur so abundant in llu: early I j spring and summer is llie lull .supply of in | : vet food that fowls find in the t j< n air and the grass, after long abstinence in their I winter ijiiurlt rs. It is a somewhat difficult matter for the averago farmer to supply an: imal food to his fowls, especially if he live.! ! remote from the shoro. Tlie wastes of the t \ table, scraps of meat, and skimmed milk loo often go to the pigs, the dog, and the | cat. Tho most economical source of supJ ply is these table wastes, and if we could in (juite. too many eisis kill off the dog and 1 1 add his carca-s to the rations for the hens, t I ' it would he a double gain, for there would S ' s he a gain in th : ueiglibo:hood of the sujv'y of mutton, Wool, and lambs. jui iuwtm i i'KMh KltoM t?KKKNVIl.l.K.?'(?rcenvillc, S. C , February ? l>r. .Jesse M. Westmoreland, of this city, who had his right ankle badly fractured about u month ago by jumping from a train on the Columbia and t i rccnvillo 11 ail road near ltroad llivcr to escape what might have been a fearful death, has entered suit against the Columbia and tJreenvi|le Railroad Company lor ten thousand dollars damage suffered therefrom.? The ease will bo docketed for the approach* iiig term of the Court of Common l'leas for ( rccnvillo County. Im|tiiriis amongst farmers from many neighborhoods in this section of eountry re veal the facts that first apprehensions as to the damage done to fruit trees i y the extraordinary cold spell in January are fully confirmed, and that the fruit crop this year will l>e very light?in some sections almost none at all. At first it was thought that peaches only had suffered, but it is found jpon a utore c ireful examination that lot only peaches, hut apples and fruits of coder growth have been killed in tho bud, nany of the young hearing limbs being muiplctcly dead from tho effects of tho reo7.o. The who it and oat crops have suf* bred comparatively little, which verifies tho lomuion belief with farmers that snow is n irotection rather than nn injury to these Tops. The noticeably increased activity of Pamirs in this vicinity, in turning their indiidtial attention so early in the scasou to Tobably tho prQfclpal one, of curly work \f lie beneficial effect of the stock law, which xtonds over the greater portion of (.1 recti? illc County and which will doubtless besked for by the remainder of the county t tho next session of the (leucral Assemblyluderthe old law, or custom, farmers were, t this season of the year, in the midst of regular campaign of fetico making for miction against the in roads of scattering piads of mischievous and almost worthless oek?building miles of leneo to guard gainst a dozen or two lead of cattle that ere scarcely worth their care and feed in fiiifihg oY:,cV,tlfttt rt^\rLe(Wn':in./'wtv jJtWional "patch" of rice, while finer breeds of lock are more in demand '1 hero is no oubt of the fact that the stock law, and h?! consequent saving in the expense of luihliiig and repairing fences, has inI used nnsidcraUc new lite iuto the agricultural iro?peets ol" this ami other comities wnerc t is in npcratiou.?ami t'ou/i'ir. I low To hlllvk A wav hats.?A writ:r in fronting of this question gives a simile plan hy which any one can ri<l his prenisos of rats, ami keep the vcriniii away, lorinniicnlly. No says: "Wo clear our ircmiscs of these dctcstihlc vermin hy niakng whitewash yellow with copperas, ami overing flic stones ami rafters in the cellar villi it. In every ere vice in which n rat nay tread we put the crystals of copperas, iml scatter the same 111 the corners of the loor. The result was a perfect stampede of ats and mice. Since that time not a loot ill of either rat or mouse has been heard tbout the house. Kvcry spring a coat of yellow wash is given the cellar as a purifier, is an exterminator, and no typhoid, dysentery or fever attacks the family. Many persons deliberately attract all the rats indie neighborhood hv leaving fruit ami vegetables uncovered in the cellar, and sometimes even the soap grease is left open lor their regalement. Cover up everything eatable in the cellar and pantry, and you will mon have them out. These precautions, joined to the service of a good cat, will prove as good a rat exterminator as chemists van provide. We never allow rats to he poisoned in our dwelling; they are so liable to die between the walls and produce much annoyance." Onion Niiowino.?The New York 'Timrx, in answer to a correspondent, says of onion growing : 'Onions will thrive in any light soil, hut do best upon newly drained reclaimed swamp lain). Willi black vegetable toil. A rich > sandy luahi it i Ik; next to ho chosen. TIkj best fertilizer is well ratted horse inaiiuie ; night soil is good for thum ; Peruvian guano, superphosphate of liuic, and plaster are also very beneficial. 'fo produce a good crop of good si/t d bulbs, the soil should bo rich, and this crop does belter every succeeding year that it i.-> grown on the saino soil. 'I he cause of onions growing to tops (scullions., in place of bulbs, is want of manure, and. perhaps, poor tied; because 1 mm.) nr.iu'll on lioi.v soil find "TIU J ITV'.tHMl. -v* ?l i? v.. J. .v. I boro by j-uor union?, will produce poor i onions. The seed should be planted early i ii? the spring. White onions are in greater | demand for pickling and cooking than red j ones; they arc equally proline, br?i are not I so hardy as the red. Onions arc grown in j rows a lout apart and three inches apart in 1 the rmvs. They maybe grown to torn It ' and crowd each other in the ground if the soil is good enough."