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! THE WEEKLY TIMES. milord to ^gqiqulturo, gortiqntturq, flomqstiq Cqonomg, golitt Jitqnitiirq, fjolitiqs, and thq Current Jltivs of the Sag. VOL. XII.?New SERIES. * UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 8, IS81. NUMBER 1 " " ? . mmmmmm > -/ DEFERRED NEWS ITEMS-l lv tiik Giiisi- or tiik Law.?Orangeburg. j March 28.? A telegram from Newberry :i>lvises j our slier ill licit the negro who committed the i brutal assault on Miss Cunningham is iu jail, and has confessed. - - ? Tiik I'opk Warni'.o aisvixst Assisstss.?London. March 28. ? A dispatch from Home says that a lady obtained a private audience with the Pope, and warned him that the day and hour were fixed for the murder of himself and Cardinal l'ecci. ? Tkaciiimj vs. l'uactive.?A Second Advenlist iu Greenwood County, Kansas, who declares hat the world is coining to an en l this year, took a note for ?>l,tKM) the other day, running five years, with interest at tivclv. per cent., and demanded first-class mortgage security. Attk*Ptf.i> Mntnr.n ix Nkwukruy.?ThcNewbefry Xctc* says : "Mr. W. II. Hamsaur, merchandising nt Whit mire's, while some distance from his store last Thursday night on his way home, between and 10 o'clock, was shot at by an unknown person. The ball passed through thetopof his hat. The day before this attack Mr. Uamsaiir fou.nl that some one had nttuched a wire to the window bolt, without a doubt to effect an entrance for robbery, which was frus iraicu oy his watching the store. Murder and 4 robbery were botli evidently planned." 1 * ? i Sl'siucious Dk.vtii at Marion.?The Marion Merchant awl Farmer of the Uotli says : "On last Thursday, Jeff Moye, a colored youth, was s a material witness in the ease against the James 1 brothers. On Wednesday he was well and t hearl3-, but was suddenly seized with severe j pains and spasms, and died in a few minutes, with all the symptoms of poison by strychnine. < We hear vague rumors of threats against those t who testified in the case, and knowing the desperate character of the parties, would warn all ( concerned to carefully guard against a similar fate to that of Jeff Moye. A postmortem exam- * ination of tlic body has bceu ordered. t - . - - 1 A PrTNKF.N II t'siian ii Si* ays If is WlFK.? llranchville, S. t'., March 110.?About 11 o'clock j this morning Mrs. M. A. Thomas was found . . r in the back piazza of her house with a gunshot ^ wound in her left breast. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict implicating her husbau I as the murderer. His spectacles were found upon the clothes of the corpse and the coat he wore , yesterday is bloody. They lived alone and the murder is supposed to have been committed ^ some time during last night while lie was undtr , the influence of liquor, lie has absconded and was seen early this morning going towards j Charleston on horseback.?Special to Col. llcji( _ t A Snow Storm in tiif. Wkst.?Chicago, March r HO.?A snow storm which has been prevailing 1 in the West for two days reached Chicago this 8 morning and continued with a high wind up to 1 noon, llailroad trains from the Hast this morn- ' ing all come in behind time, * Coi.omrs, Ohio, March 110.?The snow of last 1 lliff'i nml tn-ilnv IiaowIau* ?!.? * and is one foot in depth 011 a level, Kail road ' travel is suspended an.l many families were tin- ' able to get out of doors until the huge drifts were cleared away. ' Dr.ritoir, March SO.?A heavy snow storm 1 prevails here, with hut little wind. | 1 fixrtxs \ti, March 510.?Snow is falling I here, and lies ahout four inches deep on the f hilltop . Street ear trallic is impeded. ' - ? '1 I!initnu rtVK .Iistick.?Philadelphia, March r ! 0.? United Slates Marshal Keins received in* | formation this afiernooii from l,os Vega, New Mexico, to the effect that .lames Curry, the tiittr- ( dercr of l'ortcr, the actor, was shot and killed ' L at that place on the "Jith of March, furry, it 1 appears, was on a drunken spree and threatened t to kill several people. Among the persons I j threatened was the bar-lender of the saloon, 1 ^ who in self-defense shot die Texan murderer.? , The hall entered his forehead and came out at , the hack of his head. A party of railroad 1 { hauls, friends of the dead man, attempted : , to lynch the liar-tender, hut the Sheriff" sue-1 | eceded in getting hiin to jail. A Coroner's in- | ( quest was held and the jury at once returned a 1 ( verdict of shooting in self-defense. The assail- ( ant was held, as furl her I rouble was expected. ! l*i: 1:ak 1 re or \ llrttut.tutors l'vxo.? ! ' 1 .Montgomery, March ISO.?The band of burglars . who have been operating in this city for several I ' months past was effectually broken tin voster- ! lay by the capture of tho lender, who has been l?:?s si ii jr mnler I lie name of Sutton, win claimed to be a gambler, but whose real name was t'hasticn. He admitted that lie was nil csea|ied con- | vict from Missouri. After his arrest lie at- j : tern pled to escape, when he was shot by officers , Martin and Jones, who had him in charge.? , Holh shots took efl'oct in the back and lie died j at 1 o'clock this morning. Nothing could begoj i out of him concerning his confederates, he main- j taining that he did the work alone. A young ; man calling himself llailey is now under arrest nil suspicion ; others who arc supposed to have belonged to the gang have left the city. A good biany articles belonging to citizens whose houses have been robbed were found in ('bastion's valles, together with a bottle of chorufortii and burglar's tools . *. A Fioral Tiibuto to llill. I I When the 1. S. Senate met oil ilic dOlh tilt., ' a magnificent floral ship sailing upon a sea of violets and roses, the gift of the ladies of Alexandria, Virginia, to Senator Hill of (ioogia, ! .ornamented that gentleman's desk and was j greatly admired. This beautiful tribute was accompanied with 1 the following Hole : . 'f'iiftcn Virginia flowers, from Indies of Vlex Iint.r, ff lit neliwor Hill, ol lioirVia, a. a h,,i.fi ,i> ;Jm ir part of ilioir k'liniiulion ol l]jiV >,;i!lic:..' ii;.nio/u' |i) wiikli lie j recently erpuafiil 11)0 .corrupt bargain ?i:oj? l.y a Uennto)- from Virginia -j, -l,.c one par: ;.i;<J jl.c ; llepulilioii) party i! i,o;iA> 'J'l?i? snip, ! jitcr. In?9 noi u|j.ivic<) 1.01.. fj'.'iile House, ,or is its vnyngo in qijciil of Ikijeini ?pnj!s; it is (imply l?oi|inl In n tieurgia Sonntui l.?.ca,;ao l;e iiis an ,I. .re i liins.scir in 11.. ol Irqe Vii* | gininnv cv*ry wliero l?y I Ik, iin.oly aii'l I'.oijtinnl .<peo,clf I.* l-n; jn:i*le in ilcfeiibo of tljo In,nor, in , preservation of tItc trii'litions awl in too main- ! Jonnij.to of ljio former i11 ii;-ti ionu history of Vjrjrinii;, v.l.cn l;c ?i,eulliei| ilie suoi'il of one of I Iter own Senators, vvliii.ii Im-I lieen trcafrlieroiis- | Iv pointel to jiiercv bet fujr inine.' A BOW IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP. Washington, March JIO ?The recent Cabinet ^duplications continue the subject of earnest , tpecul.ition. It is definitely and positively rcaffirmed that the President will not recall the nomination of either Chandler or Robertson, no natter how the result of their confirmation may itfcct the Cabinet. The general opinion appears o be that the President has 110 other reasonable 5iursc left him but to stand bis ground; inasiiucli as to withdraw either of them is to leave he opposition to bis administration precisely vbere it is, and to risk the sacrifice of Blaine, ['lie President is evidently of the same belief?hat a retrograde movement settles nothing, and plunges him still deeper in the mire of factional litterness. It is unquestionable that he knew ill this unpleasantness would arise before the nominations were made. * In the case of Chandler he bad fair framing prom MacVeagh before band, and coolly accepted be possible alternative of the latter's resign aion. There was no less positive knowledge of iic cncci 01 uonerison s nomination. ltie ['resident hail previously consulted Conkling ns o (lie nomination of Robertson ns successor to Stewart L. Woodford, as United States attorney "or the southern district of New York. The ncrc mention of Robertson's name in that conicction threw Conkling into a passion The icnator from New York took no pains to conceal lis antagonism to such a nomination, and boldly Icclarcd that he would ba compelled to use his nflticncc in the Senate to prevent Robertson's sonhrmntion in case the suggested nomination vtts mado. So far ns this goes the statement that Mr. larfield did not consult t c New York Senator ns 0 an appointment for Robepson is apparently trroneous. lie consulted him just far enough to earn that the selection of Robertson for any iiu lortant ollice in New York would be highly obcctionablc to those who were presumed to have ights in the matter ; and then sent in Robertton's name for the otllcc in which, as the l'resilent was fully aware, he would be most objecionable to Conkling. With this mw view of the case, no wonder dr. Conkling was filled with wrath. From 1 lucre disregard of bis wishes it becomes a tudied insult to the senior Senator from New fork. The way out of all this muddle is not so cleart matters very little what becomes cither of 'handler or Robertson now, ns the hostility of lie Stalwarts" is thoroughly aroused. Their ecognizcd organ in this city voices their feelngs. It elmrgos that the lllaiiie-fiarticld ont.,...,l.l .... 1 1-1- f-! 1- ?- ? VII I mi r\ 11 M? llliu 1113 lnCUUS 13 111 IIIC merest of a second term for the newly.installed 'resident. It would appear i a!her early for the icgiuuing of a fresh Grant campaign, but the Manipulation of the appointing power, in oppolilion to the friends of Grant, provokes it. To his complexion, it has come ; not at last but at he very tirsi. The result is apparent. No matter whether liluinc or Garfield is the moving spirit, it loses he new Administration the sympathy and support of a powerful wing of tho Republican turfy in Congress, where not a single vote is to pare, and the sympathy and support of a large touy of llepuhlicnns lhroughout the country.? I'll is record for one short month as a concilium is not far behind that of the late lamented I ayes. The immediate result of antagonizing any porion of the Republican party in Congress is sttg- j jested by the presence of Attorny-Gencral Mac- 1 i'eigli on the floor of the Senate to-day, in consul- I uion uiili Senators Cameron and t'onkling and 1 coding Democrats. The latter are very much op- ' to^ed lot'handler, and there is no doubt that they < v i 11 vote against him nearly as a unit. MacYcugh | nukes a good case against <'handler?that lie is J no lawyer, but a mere "machine'' politician, j while the olliee of solicitor-general demands a j lawyer of ability and reputation. The plan to j lefoat Chandler is, also, the plan which will dc- j feat Rot orison. It is an arrangement not newl lo the Senate of the United Slates. For so many I Republican votes to beat Chandler, just so many j Democratic votes arc expected to be given to 1 beat Robertson. This new aspect is cheering to a faction of bulb Republicans and Democrats.? It is confidently staled to-night, by those supposed to know, that such an arrangement will be successfully carried out, when the plan is in ' working order for an Kxecutivc session. In the meantime In lit ( handler and Robertson, ns they s:eo the lido thus sol I in<? ilivi.l mr-iinei il...... ....... I - o * "n'*""" IM.IJT 1 nsk thai tlicit" names be withdrawn that they j may be spared defeat.? Cor. \rws ami Conner ! lit: I.ivi:i?Tiii:i:k.?"Arc yon the lax eolleetor ! for this ward?" he asked as they rode together mi tlie p'atfortn ol the car. "No." \ssetsor ?" "No." "Water works man ?" "No." "Anything to do with the census ?" "Nothing of the sort. \\ by do yott ask ?" Why. ! saw > in coming out of a house on ; Spreat street the other day witli two chair-, a broom and tin ottoman living after you. nu I I said to myself that you were an official or agent of some sort, and hail unintentionally offended the woman." "No, I'm no official or agent," replied the! 111 iiii iii lonesome voice. "I livethere, and tinil ' woman was my wile. Savoy?" ' Von liol !" was the sympathetic response, I and llioy vrepl closer together and look a clicw 1 from the same box. ? Free Frets. ('user\i.iut Wkvimns.?Tlio Carolina Spartan .ays: "At the present term of court there wore ' av.iiii! indicinionls for carrying c uicealed w n- j ponj. 'J'hw law should he explained to such as ! Manuel mad. Any one carrying a concealed weapon, oven for s.purling purposes, as young . I.,ou iio cou,iit jnioj, arc liable to the ponaliios of , I lie law. Din: 1:103 carry ihcm about his prom- ! iaes or farm, hut not when lie leave* home. l.ot li>e law l,c understood. It is going to he on- j farced when eases are brought into tlio courts." ! Promises made in aflliction rciniroa l? (* \ or memory titan many possess. STEAM COTTON MILLS. i III Kill Advant.yoks as Compakko with Watku Mills. A meeting of the subscribers to ibe capital stock of the Charleston Manufacturing Company will be field to day, lor the purpose of organizing the company. The Charlesion mills will be run by steam power, and this is a good time, therefore, to reproduce the report of a committee ol citizens of Vorkville, on that subject, it is proposed to build a mill at Vorkville, and operate it by steam power, and the practicability of using steam, under favorable conditions, has UUCII UillUIUIIjf IIIVt'Sll^illL'U. *\l lin." rtMJMCM of those interested in the Yorkville mill. Mr. Joseph F. Wallace, the temporary Vresident of tho organization, arid Mr. A. W. Iugold, recently visited tho steam woollen an J eottou uiilh of Messrs. F. &. II. Files,** at Salem, X. C1., for the purpose of "fcbtaim ing information from parties who huy? been engaged in opening factory inaehinory with steaui power. From the written report of these gentlemen, submitted to tho stockholders, tho Jjinjitircr makes the following extract : "The Salem Woollen Mills, as they are familiarly known, have been in operation ever since the year 181(1, during the whole of which period they have been driven by steam power only, not being situated on a water course. The experience and practical knowledge, therefore, of the proprietors, a9 between stjaui and water, has been confined exclusively t > the former as the motive power, and tlicy could not institute that comparison which they said might be necessary, in view of conflicting opinions a to the relative merits of cither, for a fair elucidation of the subject. Hut as a practical uian, thoroughly conversant with the icquireuicnts of the power used in driving machinery lor the manufacture of fabrics. Mr Henry lv Fries had no reservation'in declaring his preference, unqualifiedly and unreservedly, in favor of steam over water; and as evidence of his preference, he said if such a thing could be as the substituting of water for steam power at their mills, without subjecting them to a cent of expense in making such a change lie would not be willing to do so. This, he sai l, if not an argument in favor of stcuui, was certainly the strongest language lie could employ to euforco his position. STEAM IX NEW KNOLAXll. Another point lie urged, which to him ! was an argument more forcible than any theory, is the fact that numbers of Xtw England factories, as favorably located on water as any, are discarding water power, substituting therefor steam, though ma 1 changing the location of the mills. A New | Kngland manufacturer. lie thinks, would not substitute steam for water power if lie did t not perceive economic advantages in tnak- j iug such change. lie also pointed to tbeir j present enterprise as further evidence of his i faith in steam. With their past experience of forty years with steam, were it attended with disadvantages, they would not have in- I vested the necessary capital in the erection ' id their new building in which they are new placing (>,180 spindles, 180 looms, and the nceesary preparatory and finishing niachi uery, all to be driven exclusively hy steam. ] Arguments in favor of water over steam. 1 perhaps at one time applicable, ar.' iuippli- j cable now, owing to the high degree of I perfection attained in the construction ol ! engines, combining the greatest amount of . power with almost absulu'.c safety, at an ex- 1 pense much below the cost of steam a few i years ago, when the steam engine was e -u>- j paratively in a crude s ate and objections to" it were plausible. It MASONS FOIt 1>U Ft-'Kit IS I N<? ST KA M. "lie, however, preferred to give us the benefit of the opinion of a capable employeo in his establishment, Mr. Iv (J. lloaiin j ger, who has h id forty years' experience in the business, eight years of which lime were with cotton factories on ll.iw llivcr, driven of course, by water power alone, and the remaining portion of the period, or thirty two years, with steam power exclusively. Mr. I Komingcr wasdccidd in his preference for steam, l'irst, lie as id, as t? loeition. II water he the motive power used, ol course \ you must locate your factory on the site of tlii' power, wliii'li, in ilie majority ol' cases, is in some inaccessible region, cut off Iroiu all ready means lor rajiid, prompt and cheap | transportation facilities, so important in the 1 prosecution id'any enterprise in which cap* i ital is emb.i ked with the view of making satisfactory returns. As regards location, when s'.eam power is used, he said that need he determined only by a never tailing supply of water for the engine. He sure you have that, and you may locate where you will. lm.ATIVK COST. ' \s to the relative cost as hot ween a properly constructed dam and race lor water pow t. and a steam engine, he e\pressed t lie > pinion th.it a dan: ami race, taking out ot consideration theiiucstioti ol' location, would cost im re than the tin t expensive engine, while the results of tile water power cannot, mider any circiunstauees, he so satisfactory as if steam wore employed. This he accounted for by showing that the supply of water in the pond, or reservoir, is too variable to admit of running with uniform speed ?a great desideratum in the manufacture of goods of uniform uuality. If the supply of water, said he, could always he ni.iin taitied at a uniform <|Uanti(y. then there Would be no difficulty ; hut thi< would be iii?|M?s>:l?l?*. Tin! Ibriv varies through tlie day, as the water flows from the j? >nd to the driving wheels, and in addition to tliis. tlio supply in tlie |n?iid varies >\ i; 11 wet and dry seasons, and lYo(|Ucntiy, during the rainy seasons, the water supply is too heavy, thereby preventiii" the niaeliin ry from running, which is ei|uivaleut to lining an iusuHi eient supply, either of which contingency is liable on almost any stream, and against which the skill of man cannot successfully coutcn 1. KM! INKS ANII DAMS. "On the other hand, the cost of an engine, beiu;; no more than construct in*; a dam. and he was incliu d to think it would at the present time he even less, you would have it in your power, with steam, to control the speed of the machinery, rho importance of which he had already alluded to, and besides this, i i his opinion, very important consideration, the mills would never he subjected to the contingencies of drought at one season or high waters at another; while the advantages thus gained by steam iu one year's running would more than counterbalance the expense incurred for generating steam. "This is the substance of (lie views ex'" esso'l hv. '. Komingcr, us before stated, ??rv. j judgment mid practical knowledge,*ho has long held the position as foreman, in which capacity he is employed by Messrs. Fries, in all of which Mr. Fries, from a life lung experience with steam, and the result of his observations and such theoretical knowledge as he had beer able to obtain, fully concurred." Tub Ciiaui.kstox Company. The inquiries made by the promoters of the Charleston Manufacturing Company brought them to conclusions similar to those reached by the Vorkville committee. Cotton u?.ii|s can be profitably run by steam in the South, in competition with mills run by water alone. A place like Charleston too has special advantages, in the cheapness with which machinery, supplies and fuel ca'to be brought here by water, in the low rates of transportation for the manufactured good*, in the ability to obtain the raw material at the lowest rates, all the year round, atld in ? b'.'.ahili^i of the operators to obtain houses and > njoy the advantages of churches and schools without expense to the company. We lay stress upon these facts and the report of the Vorkville committee (whi h coincides with the experience of both New Kuglaud and Old Kugland) because there is an in trained idea, which is hard to eradicate. i' it cotton uiiiIs to be profitable must be run by water power, and must, therefore, be confined to the places where water can b; had. ? ?? .? Tttot; ill Siioai.s Auaix.?It was our pleasure to visit this wonderful water power last week. We will add this to what has been s- id in our last issue. These Shoals art; on I'acolett River, about twelve miles Gum Spartanburg, and about three uiilcs above the Union line. Facolett Depot, on the S- A U. Road, the nearest station, is tw? tuiics distant. The road between these p--?..-sW* V-jsi?yyR .inii-ly, villi-the exception of the hill at the river. No improvements had ever been made at this place, until Reroy McArihur came in possession of it. lie erected grist, flour aud saw mills, and a cut Ion in. He spent i considerable sum of money in gradiug a site lor (lie mill house, and improving (he condition of tin; road. The granite foundation of the mill house, and a river wall of considerable length, also of granite, are of the best workmanship. The property passed from AcArthur to Na'han Cittlcjohu, deceased, and then by inheritance to Nathan It. l.ilth-joh'i. From him Walker, Fleming & Co. purchased t he property. This is about all the hist try the place has. Br iwii's miil is situated a little more than a mile above the Trough. In this distance the tall i.- gentle, perhaps not more than live to eight feet. The river narrows in at the Trough, and originally the granite -Ivur*'4-4 v|rr(7^ ;,tal bed clear across tbe stream, which is about loll feet from bank | to bank In process of time a channel was worn out in the middle of this granite bed, and in very low water the whole of Paeolett i is forced through this narrow passage.? Some of the Browns, and others, when young men. used to jump across this trough.? It was considered ijuite a feat to do so.? Another kind nl sport was lor the young men to go in the stream ahove and permit themselves to be "sucked in," as they said, and he carried through the Trough. They :i I U*a vs cm on' mil iiiili.iriin.il It . I. I seem that 110 one could do this nud come | out alive. There is a snecoudon of falls here, and there could be three dams built in u mile, no one interfering with toe other. At the upper shoal or Trough, a fall of twentylour feet call bo secured. This will ^ivc 1.50(1 horse power, sufficient to turn DO,000 I'licR a low hundred yards bolow is another suitable place for a dam, and I about the s me power could be secured ? Then about half a mile below the bridge is ! an excellent slmal supposed to be erjual to the Trough. It is no extravagant estimate | to say that there is a fall of (15 to 75 feet in one mile at this place, and that the power ! is sufficient, if well directed, to turn "lie ; hundred thousand spindles. There arc I incxlnusl ible beds of easily worked granite in every direction. I hero is no standing water in the neighborhood, so that absolute health is . -. ??ir < 1 Taking eV'-rylhii^ into eou.-id -ration, we think there is not a more : favorable location in th State for exteu-ivi factories.? Cur. Sjx.ii'fun. Ski.i.ini! (John foii 1li;i,.?The Sious I i i.'i'i. i i i i nj ?# m?i ii ii .-<.i^. > . i iiu uciiianu lor uurn injr corn increases, and uuc firm alone liui three icai.is out yesterday supplying the <-it) , demand. Tlio sidling price has advanced t< i 155 cents per l?us!ud for A No. 1 burnin< 1 corn account of the liuiitcd supply.? I There is plenty of green wood in the bend i of dealers, but no dry wood except an oci casioteil lot on the market. Hard or sol , coal, for private consumers, is of couise, on I of the question." - . . A little boy e i e to his mother recentb ' and viid: "M inima, I should think if 1 wa j made of dost I Would get muddy iusid whenever I drink." CULTUEE OF THE TEA PLANT. To the llVrrt ami (fauyhtcrs of the Farmer* ,! of Chester County. I 1 * . ' I v I give below in brief compass according to ( J promise the best inforiiiatioii I can gather as . (| to tlie culture of the tja plant. I had hoped to secure IVom the Agi ieullural Department y as many plants as you would call for, and i \ | indeed have written several letters for that ' i purpose. 1 am still under the impression j w : that I will be able to gi t them but am not j c positively assured of it. If they can be had i j, I will give notice or send to those who have (| or may speak for them. In mean time pie j, serve this paper for luture reference wlteth- ( er you raise your own plants from the seeds p or get them from the Agricultural Depart- p men t. lo ad what the President of the I'nited j p States said in a late speech at Washing- | , ,on:, . . U Thorn .*s one point on which X have ; reached a conclusion, ami that is. that litis j nation must open up new avenues of work s ami usefulness to the women of the country, ., so that everywhere they may have something j to do. Tills is, ju.-t now, infinitely more [ valuable to them than the platf.rm or the ballot box. Whalev -r conclusion shall be j reached on that subject by and by. at pres ( cut the most valuable gilt which can be | bestowed on women is something to do which , they can do well and worthily, and thereby ., maintain themselves." . ( II.KS J. PATTKItSON. \ Til E Cri.TUtK OK TIIK TKA I't.ANT. I The best soil for the tea ]dant is a deep v rich loam, such as is best adapted to gar- ' dens. It' properly drained it cannot well ho t , too rich. It should contain a considerable :I amount of vegetable matter mixed with clay ' and sand, so that the tap root may easily ? penetrate to a proper depth an I enable, the * plant to obtain its full vigor. The plant 11 enjoys a soutliern exposure and thrives best -s in the vicinity uf small stream* of water. A soil suitable to the growth of ourrtu ts : or blackberries is said to be suitable to the ' t< a plant. 1 The land should be thoroughly flowed ' 1 and then harrowed till the earth is well pulj verized. Transplanting can then he d no I with the greetest facility and some reliable ' i assurance thru the plants will thrive. The seeds are usually planted in the 1 month of December. By April or May the 1 young plants are about 111 or 12 inches high 1 and can be transplanted. Transplanting * should be attempted only on a cloudy, dull * or wet day and just at the beginning of a ^ rainy {season t ilpossible) unless there is ? every facility for irrigation. The plants should he placed in rows from j 4 to t? feet apart, and from 4 to 5 feet apart i in the row. A hole from a foot to u foot ) find a half in depth and equally wide i should be opened for each plant and filled j wi h half rotted leaves, cow pen manure , and surface soil. The tap root should he j [tut down straight to its loll length and im- : bedded in the ground up to its first leaves j and then some wafer irivim !>.> ? n ? I" >-w" .1 I close to the roots. The plants invariably die the first year if ' ' exposed to flic lmt sun. They .should there- : lore be carrj'uffi/ s/imfci/ the lirst year l?y pine ' j hranehes or otherwise. A crutch 2 feet out ' I of the "round, driven on each side of the i J 1 plant, a strori" stick placed across the crutch- ( 1 cs. and pine branches ii ung upon this, lur- i 1 nish a cheap and good shade. Col Kion, of Winsboro, who has expo* I I rience in tea planting suggests that they he 1 j shaded by driving down a shingle on the ( I Kast. South and Vi sL sides of the young 1 plant and leave the shingles there till the 1 I plant grows above t :etn. 1 I Cor the fust two or three years some 1 } other crop, such as corn, or cotton, or p >tutoes may be planted between the rows, the j I shade ol such crops being favorable to the i ' growth of the young plants, i 1 tilling tlio first two years out little cuii tivation is required beyond keeping down | the weeds, and the leaves should not be 1 plucked for tea before the third year, and 1 best not till the fourth year, as plucking the ' leaves too eaily weakens the plantAn acre of land planted as directed will 1 grow from 1200 to 1700 plants, and each 1 I plant when at lull bearing will yield on the j average one pound of green leaves, and j 1 when cured for use, it will be from .'?0U to i urn l, ..r ..... I Tlio best teas of China are never brought > ' j to this country. Homo made tea*, if prop4 , j crly handled, will bo worth more in market ' than the imported. As home made pickle* i 1 i and preserves are purer and more palatable i j than tho.>c made in the large manufactories. \ j so also will the teas made in small gardens | f exeel in flavor and classification those made j | in larger establishments. The cultivation c?f" i 1 | a single acre will rci|iiirc but little labor, and ; the pleasure <d having ones own tea ofsuperi- | j ro ijuality for home use by those able to aiToni | it, and the prolil to be realized from selling : Mieli teas by tlie.-e w 11 ? take this method of j pructirin r a livelihood, will justify b to (lie : ; rich and poor to engage in itscultivation.? ; ( %-sh r /I' jii/rlrr. U >j I>r. Smitb, of I'lii' 'd' lpbia. lias organ?j iz.ed a crusade against baby carriages, hold- . : iug that infants carried by tiursv.s are niueli | ! healthier and stronger than when constant- , | ly trundled around. When ly ing down, as j ' it does in a baby carriage, the muscles of a ! child's spine rcn*:iin nearly at rest, the dne' tor says, thus retarding their development. j . Jly a careful study of a number of eases the j J i doctor found that children carried by nurios ? 1 were ab'e to crct p and walk from about -ix I months to a year sooner than those who had s j been carried mainly in carriages, lie pro- , i poses, therefore, the abolition id' carriages ' , unless the child is sick or weak. | t | * ? | .Just as soon as a country editor finds himI self the possessor o( about live dollars, be y j feels so jubilant that he selects a <|uire of s | nic -, clean paper and shai pens up three pene j ciIs to write a doable- i? ade<l leader on "Solid Pro perify." wumkn as wlvkb am> mothkhs.?it - nut good (or man be aloho. We all eed the motherly, and we must find it in a rile. Do you know what i think thepretiost story of courtship 1 ever read ? it is lie aceoutit of Isaac's tntirriigo with Heecca, away hack in the simple old times. *uu remember the ending of it. 'And saae brought her into his mother Sarah's jnt, and took Kobccca. and she became his ili\ and Isaae w.-.s comforted lor hisniothr's death/ There's the philosophy of it," e added, ' its tho mother living again in lie wife The motherly instinet is in tho carts of all true women, and sooner or later he ttuo wife becomes a mother to her Iiuh'and. She guides liini, cares I' r him teaches iitn and catechises him, all in the nicest way lossible. Why, I'm sure I never sin ttld now how to get along a day without l'olly 0 teach tne the requiring}! and forbidden* if the commandments, to lecture me lor gong out without my inutllcr, an 1 set? that t >ut on my flannels at the right time, to in*ist that 1 shall take something for my cough md raise a rebellion to my going out when here's a northeaster. So much for tho >ody. and as for 'lie soul life, 1 believe it is 1 woman who holds faith in the world ? it s a woman behind the wall, casting oil on he lire that burns brighter, while t lie devil lours on water ; and you'll never get Chrisainity out ol the earth while there's a won:* ii in it. I'd rather have my wife's and our mother's opinion tin a hi 'titling of a ext of Scripture, than all the Doctors of N >ivini:y, and their faith is an achor that ulrays hold. Some jackanapes or other I catl once, said every woman wanted a tnascr, and was as forlorn without a husband s a uiasteiless dog. It's a great deal truer hat every man wants a mother. Men aro noro forlorn than uiastcrless dogs, a great leal, when no woman cares for them. Look it the homes single women make for themelves ; how neat, how cosy, how bright with he oil of gladness! The fact is, women ire boi'U Comfort makers, and can get along jy themselves a great deal better than wo Mil,?" L'ncfr Jacob" in Mrs. Stowi's Story ':i C/r'stiuu I'nton. ? . o ? IltccKii to Dkatii.?About f) o'clock ast night the family of John J. Kail, living wo miles eatt of this city, was thrown into iitense excitement and despair hv tho Mullen death of an only daughter, Miss Minlie Kail, 1 (1 yen's of age. The young lady vas in the parlor at the time in company villi Charles (Jray, her alliance. It seems Votn the statement of Mr. (.Jray, which was *ivon with broken sobs and tears, t lint the two ,verc seated on u lounge and he was urging tier to name an early day lor their wedding l hc girl was coy and bashful and hesitated about it. Hut the lover was importunate -nd nought in every way to induce a compliance with his wishes. At last she consented, f aying: "I will marry you in April." In the excitement and joy of tlio moment >lr. dray threw his arms around her waist and drew her to him with a quick, passionate embrace, lie was not conscious of exerting unusual strength and docs not believe that he did. Hut the girl gave a sharp scream, and exclaiming "Oh ! Charley, I'm gone!" fell dead in his arms, her liead resting on his shoulder. His frantic l ies alarmed the family, who cauic rushing nto the room to find the pitiful sight of he dead girl lying pale and inanimate in aer lover's arms. A messenger was dispatched post-haste for Ih\ Hale, who arrived >vithin an hour. Hut nothing could bo lone. The young lady was beyond all human aid. It is the opinion of the physician that heart disease was the immediate cause of the girl's death. She was frail and delicate and had long complained of trouble with her heart. The excitement incident to her conversation with her lover had probably superinduced tin; attack which led to her premature death. Naturally the family arc overwhelmed with grief and young I * ray is almost beside himself with horror and despair. Miss Minnie was a very handsome young lady and was will known in tlio jociety circles of this city. She was extremely delieato ami possessed a slender IVamc which succumbed to the slightest attacks of ill health.? A'rn/,-ill' (/t/irn) Gate City. ? .* - What II k Saw in tiik <Ji,ass.? It only takes a small tiling at limes, says t lie Washington ('aju'lal, to turn the current ami whole destiny of a man's life. ''See thaC gentleman yomler ?" observed a I'ricud t ho other day, "lie's a new member of Congress,, and a man of very great ability. 1 want try teil you about him Fifteen years "go wo were living in the satne county, and practicing law before tlio satne courts. lie bad all tins business he could manage, hut lior took to drinking, and gradually we.itdown. Wo all felt a deep sympathy with hiu because he was tun good to throw away, and We decided to trv the old nian on him So 1 hir ol us <jot tnjjether, and moved of] to* ward ilit: nearest bur room, where wo Kucxv .vo should lind liiiii. '(,'omo on in, Tom, ;ii"i have something,' wo said. ' I > ?u*t t arn if I do. (Jive in*: 'i little of the sum''? While wo wero talking, (>no of our jnrty in iiri,.', (l to drop a small fishing worm into his glass. Wo all drank hut Tom lie took u;> his lass, looked at it carefully, then put il down. We rallied hiui on hiscowat 'ice, iiml lie then inatlo another desperate oiforl h it In couldn't lose si^lit of that worm.? 'What's the matter, Tom Why d m l you drink After a vacant stare ho slid :? 'Well I ain't thirsty,' and walked toward the door. 1 have boon told, and 1 I elieve it, tint this was his lati. Ho brokootl from tint day and his natural t til. ills shot m> ayaiii like si cork. More ho is now." ' Lives there a man with soul so dead who novcr to himself hath said : ' lli.ro arc live d1 liars whioh I think ! will in\e?t in printer's ink." Persons who fret inure than they work 1 can i over bo happy.