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THE WEEKLY wRlIOI TIMES.Hqiiotqd So Jl^nltarq, gortiqiiltun;, Jgomqstiq ?q<momg, JoljJ^mraturij, JJoliSiqs, and Shit Current gjems of the gajj. ~ 1 1 " " -'" ' '-" '"I . - . 1 1 ?. 11 , . . ; As==^Mjj^K==3cs?^== .,. . : . . 1 =r- . 1 .. Ill I If f, - ?- ?? ; ?E" Jtmwr? VOL. XII.?N?w Sibiis. ' ONION C. H., SOOTH -C Al?d[fcfA,' APRIL 8, 1881. NUMBER 18/ flsriBUO MEWS ITEMS.) lit tub Grasp or tub Law.?Orangeburg, March 28.?A telegram from Newberry advises our sheriff that the negro who committed the brutal assault on Miss Cunningham is in jail, and has confessed. ?. Tub Porn Warnku against Assassins.?London, March 28.?A dispatch from Home says that a lady obtained a private audience with tbo Pope, and warned him that the day and hour 3 were fixed for the murder of himself and Car? dinal Pecci. * Tbachibo vs. Pbactivb.?A Second Adrentist . tn Greenwood County, Kansas, who declnres that tbo world Is coming to an end this year, took a note for $1,000 the other day, running five years, with interest at twelr.- per ceut., and N demanded first-class mortgage security. ArrijtWn Murder in Npwbkmrt.?The Newberry New says : "Mr. IV. H. Kamsadr, merchandising at Wbitmire's, while some distanoe _ from bio store last Thursday night ou his way * home; between 0 and 10 o'efortr, was shotafby an unknown person. The ball passed through the top of his hat. The day before this attack Mr. Ramsaur fou.id that some one had attaehed a wire to the window bolt, without a doubt to effect an entrance for robbery, which was frustrated by liis watching the store. Murder and robbery were both evidently planned." Suspicious Death at Marion.?The Marion Merchant and Farmer at tli? 9r?th "?? last Thursday, Jeff Moye, a colored youth, was a material witness in the ei<? against the James brothers. On Wedneslay he was well and hearty, but was suddenly seised with severe pains and spasms, and died in a few minutes, with all the symptoms Sf poison by strychnine. We hear vague rumors of threats against those -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 examination of the body has been crdrred. ?< < A Drcnkf.x Husband Slats His Wire.? Branchvilie, 8. C., March 80.?About 11 o'clock this morning Mrs. M. A. Thomas was found in the back piasxa of her house with a gunshot wound in her left breast. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict implicating her husband 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 soine time during last night while he was under the influence of liquor. lie has absconded and was seen oarly this morning going towards Charleston on horseback.?Special to Col. Regieter. A Snow Storm in tiik West.?Chicago, March 80.?A snow storm which has been prevailing in the West for two days reached Chicago this morning and continued with a high wind up to noon. Railroad trains from the Bast this morning all some in behind time. Columbus, Ohio, March 30.?The snow of lut ..... ^ atgV and lit-dajr (< iW Wtiatl of the iwuwn And is one foot in depth on a level. Railroad travel is suspended and many families were unable to get out of doors until the huge drifts were cleared away. Dktroit, March 80.?A heavy snow storm prevails here, with but little wind. Ci.icixsati, March 30.?Snow is falling here, and lies about four inches deep on the hilltop . Street car traffic is impeded. Rktributivk Justick.?Philadelphia, March 3 0.?United Slates Marshal Keins received information this nfternoon from Los Vega, New Mexico, to the effect that James Curry, the murderer of Porter, the actor, was shot and killed at that place on the 24th of March. Curry, it appears, was on a drunken spree and threatened to kill several people. Among the persons threatened was the bar tender of--lhe saloon, who in self-defense shot the Texan murderer.? The hall entered his forehead and came out at ? lh? hack of hia head. A party of railroad hands, friends of the dead man, attempted to lynch the bar-lender, but the Sheriff succeeded in getting him to jail. A Coroner's in011 est was hpid and lli? inrv nl nii?? ?1 - verdict of shooting in self-defense. The nssailAnt was held, ns further trouble was expected. lln KA KING VP Or A BCSOLARIOUS BAXD. Montgomery, March 30.?The band of burglars who have been operating in this city for several months past was effectually broken up yesterday by the capture of the leader, who has been passing under the name of Button, wh j claimed to be a gambler, but whose real name was Chastien. He admitted that he was an escaped convict front Missouri. After his arrest he attempted to escape, when he wits shot by officers Martin and Jones, who had him in charge.? Both shots took effect in the back and he died at 1 o'clock this morning. Nothing could bo got out of him concerning his confederates, he maintaining that he did I ho work alone. A young man calling himself flniley is now under arrest on suspioion ; others who are supposed to have belonced to the cinv have left ih? ?ii? a ? .. <> ? D ?/ " 8""* tainny article* belonging to citixens whose houses hare been robbed were found in Chastien's val* les, together with a bottl# of choroform and burglar's tools A Floral Tribute to Hill. When the U. 8. Senate met on the 30fh ult., a magnificent floral ship sailing upon a sea of violets and roses, the gift of thg ladies of Alexandria, Virginia, 10 Senator Hill of (leogia, ornamented that gentleman's desk and was greatly admired. This beautiful tribute was accompanied with iho following note: /ypfypsp Virginia flowers, from ladies of Alsxifiidm, iflS pflWRtfliJ to Senator Hill, ef Georgia, as f ffltfclp #s*lIw)n?W /heir part of tbsir [idmiration of thf> brUHab* w<u}unr In which he CBsnlly exposed 0)jS poffWPl bargain made by nstor from Viral Ilia on the one nsrt and iha lUpubliaan p*?hr q;j fty ffeU ?b?p, Sappier, bM pot olwrsd ffoip fhj? Whifa Houaa, uojf la if a ?oya?a ip qpqit of MOjla 1 it If fiflP'y ix>4?>? to a Qsorgfa Senator hacapw bo b*f fpqbprod himself iu tbo bavta of tape y?f. jpniapt crprypbora by tha f|ipaly ppd aloquaqt apeeci, ba bw toode iu datoN of ?ba honor, 1? praaar???lop ?f fba tradition* pad iu tb* rpaiofepanpr of former illualrlopf history of Vlrgfuia, wUotf bo aboalhad III* award flf on# of bar own Sanatora, wblab had been Irfafpbpropa)j pointecf to piarja fcajr fair pame." A BOW IH THE EltKMY'S CAMP. WashIxutox, March 80 ?The recent Cabinet complications continue the subject of earnest ^ speculation. It is definitely and positively reaffirmed that the President trill not recall the nomination of either Chandler or Robertson, no matter how the result of their eonfirmntion may It affect the Cabinet. The general opinion appears ^ to be that the President has no other reasonable enirse left him but to stand his ground; in as- jjj much as to withdraw either of tbem is to leave ^ the opposition to his administration precisely ty where it is, and to risk the sacrifice of Blaine, y The President is evidently of the same belief? t( that a retrograde movement settles nothing, and ^ plunges him still deeper in the mire of-factional u' bitterness. It is unquestionable that (l?e knew |)l all this unpleasantness would arise before the 0| nominations were made. * h In the case of Chandler be had fair^rarning -jc from MacVeagh before hand, and eoolly accepted Ii .the ppsrihU altsraaliao of tin latter'# wngaa. ri tion. There was no less positive knowledge of nl the effect of Robertson's nomination. The it President had previously consulted Conkling as ti to the nomination of Robert son as successor to 8f Stewart L. Woodford, as United Stales attorney l* for the southern district of New York. The ^ mere mention of Robertson's name in that con- 02 nection threw Conkling into a passion. The senator from New York took no pains to oonceal his antagonism to suoh a nomination, and boldly declared that he would be compelled to use his ^ influence in the Senate to prevent Robertson's confirmation in case the suggested nomination ^ was made. So far as this goes the statement that Mr. g| Garfield did not consult t e New York Senator as ^ to an appointment for Roberson is apparently c< erroneous. He consulted him just far enough to ^ learn that the selection of Robertson for any im; tc portant office in New York would be highly ob- c! jectionable to those who were presumed to hare ti rights in the matter ; and then sent in Robert- t< son's uame for the office in whioh, as the I'resi- ui dent was fully aware, he would be most objeo- M tionable to Conkling. di With this n?w view of the case, no wonder U1 Mr. Conkling was filled with wrath. From 01 a mere disregard of his wishes it becomes a 81 studied insult to the senior Senator from New w York. 01 The way out of all this muddle is not so clear. JV It matters very little what becomes either of 1 Chandler or Robertson now, as the hostility of ^ the Stalwarts" is thoroughly aroused. Thoir J. recognised organ in this city voices their feelings. It charges that the Blaine-Garfield onslaught on Conkling and his friends is in the interest of a second term for the newly.installed w President. It would appear tatber early for the t|i beginning of a fresh Grant oarapaign, but the ^ manipulation of the appointing power, in oppo- w sit ion to the friends ot ?>r?nt, provokes it. Est tit this ooinplexiou, it has come ; not at last but at ,, the very firsi. The result is apparent. No matter whether Blaine or Garfield is the moving spirit, it loses the new Administration the sympathy and support of a powerful wing of tha Republican f, party in Congress, where not a single vote is to o| spare, and the sympathy and support of a large w body of Republicans throughout the country.? Vl 'Phi- 1 # * ill 13 rcvoru lor one Bliori IIIODIII as a concili- q! ator is not far behind that of the lnte lamented p Hayes. u The immediate result of antagonizing any por- n tion of the Republican party in Congress is sug- A gested by the presence of AltornyGeneral Mac- p< Veagh on the floor of the Senate to-day, in consul- c; taiion with Senators CAtneron and Conkling and p< leading Democrats. The latter are very much op- VI posed toChandler, and there is no doubt that they P will vote against him nearly as a unit. MacVesgh P makes a good case against Chandler?that ho is Y' no lawyer, but a mere "machine" politician, P while the office of nolicitor-gencrnl demands a " lawyer of ability and reputation. The plan to defeat Chandler is, also, the plan which will defeat Rot ertson. It is nn arrangement not new b to the Senate of the United States. For so many c< Republican votes to beat Chandler, just so many K Democratic votes are expected to be given to tl beat Robertson. This new aspect is cheering to w a faction of both Republicans and Democrats.? 01 It is confidently staled to-night, by those sup- u posed to know, that such nn arrangement will J: he successfully carried out, when the plan is in working order for an Executive session. In the 8' vv meantime beth Chandler and Robertson, as they see the tide thus setting dead against them, may nsk that their uaraes be withdrawn that they |s may be spared defeat.? Cor. tfetct and Courier. a| IIk Livki>Tiikrk.?"Are you the tax oolleotor " for this ward?" he asked as they rode together ([ on the p'atform ot the car. 8, "No." ^ " Vssctsor?" "No." p "Water works man ?" |l "No." w "Anything to do with the census ?" "Nothing of the sort. Why do you nsk ?" "Why, I saw you coming out of a house on Sproat street the ojher day with two chairs, a broom and an ottoman flying after you, and 1 (| said to myself that you were an official or agent Cl of some sort, and had unintentionally offended C( the woman." w "No, I'm no official or aaent." reulied th? .. man In lonesome voice. "I lirethere, and tbat ai woman was my wife. Saveyf" c< "You bet t" was (he sympathetic response, w and they crept closer together and took a chew b from the same box.?Frt* rrest. ? conokai.rn Wkapoms.?The Carolina Spartan p aaya : "At the present term of court there were tl peroral indictments for currying coucenlod was- ' pone. This law should be explained to such as . panpot read. Any one carrying a concealed 11 weapon, even for sporting purposes, as young d p|ep do aoaietimes, are liable to the penalties of d the law. <>ne ipay oarry them about his preni- Sl ises or farm, bpt not when he leases home. Let the law bs understood, ft is going to be enforced when oases are brought into the eourts." 8< b Promises made in afflictioo rcquiro a bet, w tpr tBomorjr thhH n?a?jr poaaeps. e 5^ )| STEAM COTTON MILLS. ukir advantage* a8 compared witii Water Mills. A meeting of the subscribers to tho capal stock ot the Charleston Manufacturing ouipnny will be held to-day, for the pur* 3so of organizing tho company. The Char* ston uiills will be run by steam power, aud lis is a good time, therefore, to reproduce 10 report of n committco of citizens of 'orkville, on that subject, it is proposed i build a mill ut Yorkville, and operate it y steam power, and tho practicability of sing stcaiu, under favorable conditions, has ocn carefully investigated. At the request I' those interested in tho Yorkvillc mill, [r. Joseph F. Wallace, the temporary Yroslont of the organization, aud Mr. A. W. ugold, recently Visited tho stcwui woollen ad.aBtt?B iM>llsa?f Moeans, F. A IL* Fries ,* t Salem, N. C., for tho purposo onllltain* ig iuforiuatiou from parties who l?td|B been J gaged iu operaing factory uiachloojy with earn power. From tho written feport of lose gentlemen, submitted to the stookoldcrs, the Enquirer makes the following Etract : . , . . X "The Salem Woollen Mills, as thay arol oiiiliurly known, have boCn iuppeiwtiuo rcr 9ince tlio year 1840, duringptfn'O wholf r which period they have beondriven b% earn power only, nut being situated on d ater course. Tbo czpericuce and prutpK tl kugyprledge, tlicrolore, of the propriotra, i between si jam and water, hus been c6n? ncd exclusively t > the former as the motivo Dwcr. and they could not iuMUtuic that >mparison which they said might tfy^nc:ssary, in viow of conflicting opiniojj* a) the rclativo merits of dither, for a fair ucidation of the subject. But as a prac-J cal man, thoroughly conversant with the !quiremcnt8 of the power used in driving lachiucry for the manufacture of fabrics^ lr Henry E. Fries bad no jclaring his pftfcrcnco, unqualifiedly aud nrescrvodly, in favor of steum over water; id as evidence of his preference, he said if ich a thing could be ns the substituting of ater for steam power at-iboir mills, withit subjecting theui 10 a cent of expense iu inking such u change be would not be wilng to do bo. This, he sai l, if uot an ariiuient in favor ofstoam, was*ccrtuinly the rougest language he could employ to cairce his position. STEAM IN NEW ENGL.yXfl. Auothor point he "prged, which to him as an argument more forcible than any icory, is tbo fact that numbers of New uglaud factories, as favorably located on ater as any, are. discarding water power, 4gti&attpx therefor steam, though not Ranging tbo location of tbo mills! A New Inglund manufacturer, he thinks, would not ibslitutc steam for water power if ho did ot perceive economic advantage* in inukig such change. He also pointed to their resent enterprise as further evidence of his lith in steam. With their past experience f forty years with steam, were it attended itli disadvantages, they would not have iuested the necessary capital in the erection f their new building in .vhicli they are new lacing G,480 spindles, 180 looms, and the (VAAO..M.I .? ix? I uvco.ujr prcpuruiury ana nnisning niacin cry, all to be drivon exclusively by steam, .rgumeuts in favor of water over steam, orhapsnt one time applicable, or; iiuppliible now, owing to the high degree of crfection attained in the construction of agincs, combining the greatest amount of ower with almost absolu'.c safety, at an exense much below the cost of steam a few cars ago, wheu the steam engine was c;u>^ arativcly in a crude sato uud objections to wore plausible. RKAS0N8 FOR PREFERRING STEAM. "He, however, preferred to give us the cnefit of the opinion of a capable employ3 in his establishment, Mr. K. C. Komi tier, who has had forty years' experience in 10 business, eight years of which time were ith cotton factories on (law River, driven f course, by water power alone, and the rclainiug portion of the period, or thirty two ears, with steam power exclusively. Mr. lomingcr was decided in his preference for earn. First, lie said, as to location. If ater bo tho motive power used, oi course ou must locuto your factory on tho site of ic power, which, in the majority of cases, in 801110 inaccessible region, cut off from II ready means for rapid, prompt and cheap 'ausportation facilities, so important, iu the rosccution of any enterprise in which oapa I is ciubalccd with the view of making itiafaetory returns. As rogards location, hen s'.eam power is used, ho said that need e determined only by a never-failing suply of water for the engine. Be sure you uve that, and you may locnto where you ill. RELATIVE COST. "As to the relative cost as between u roperly constructed dam uud race for water owcr, and a stenui-cngiuc, ho expressed the pinion that a dam and race, tuking out of msidcration the question of location, would wt more than tho most expensive engine, hilo tho results of tho water power cannot, uder iuy circumstances, be so satisfactory i if steam wero employed. This ho ucjuutcd for by showing that the supply of ater in the pond, or reservoir, is too variulo to admit of running with uniform speed -a great desideratum iu the manufacture f goods of uniform quality. If tho sup. ly of water, said he, could ulways he muiounod at a uniform quaDtity, then there Alll/I Ka V*a .1Is? . 1 4 *1-!- ? 1 1 umM vu UV UlUlbUlljr f UUt IIIIS WOUIU DC npossiblc. The force varies through the ay, as tho wator flows from the pood to tho riving wheels, and in additiou to this, the apply in the poud varies with wet nod dry laaons, and frequently, during the rainy ?asoos, the water supply is too heavy, therey preventing the machinery from runuing, 'hieh is equivalent to having nu inauffiicnt supply, either of which contingency is liable (Ml almost any stream, and against which the skill of ninu cannot successfully coo tc til. knoink8 and dams. "On the other hand, the cost of an en- | gino, being uo inoru tlinn construction a i daui, and he was iiiclin d to think it would { at the^prcscnt time be even less, you would ( bavo it in your powor, with steam, to con- j trol the speed of the machinery, tlio iinpor- j lance.of which he had already alluded to, i and besides this, ij his opinion, veryinipor- | trnt consideration, the mills would never he subjected to the contingencies of drought < at one season or high waters at auothcr; ? while the advantages thus gained by steam < in one year's running would uiore than couu- < terhulancc the expense incurred for gene- i ratiug steam. "This is the substance of the views cx- 1 r^ebsed l>v?^i*. ltomingcr, as before stated, i rar-- judgment and pructi-, oal l^owagTgc^vho has long held the position as foreman, in which capacity lie is i employed by Messrs. Fries, in all of which ] Mr. F rics, from a life long experience with < stents, and tlio result of his observations i and such theoretical knowledge as he had beer able to obtain, fully concurred." I Tub Ciiari.rrton Company. i , The inquiries made hy the promoters of ' the' Charleston Manufacturing Comnnnv ' ?n r J . broHght them to conclusions similar to ihoso reached liy the Yorkvillo committee. Cot- 1 t?i nu?i* can be profitably run by steam in South, in competition with mills run by ^rator alone. A place like Charleston too hot special advantages, in the cheapness i wl which machinery, supplies and fuel < cidrabc brought here by water, in the low ffbsi of transportation lor the manufactured ; Agnls, in the ability to obtain the raw uin'torwl, at the lowest rates, all the year rouud, ] unci iu.ij''' ability of the operators to obtain | hou^tianduijoy tho advantages of eburchos ( fl.ooU without expense to the company, i y stress upon these facts and tho rejf the Yorkvillo committee (whi.h < iles with the experience of both New i England and Old England) because there is an ingrained idea, which is hard to eradi- i eate, that cotton miils to be prolitablc must < be ttin hy water power, and must, therefore, bo jfonfined to the places where water can j b'bad. ICftOL'iu Siioai.s All At.n.?It was our , pleasure to visit (his wonderful water power J last week. We will add this to what has , been srid in our last issue. Theso Shoals , *1% on I'aoolett lliver, about twelve miles , from ,rpartauburg, utid about three miles above tho Dniou line. Pacolett Depot, on the S- Si, l?L Road, tho ucarest station, is two suiiosl distant. The road betwecu these oiudy, with > the exception of the hill at the river. No improvements had ever been made at this place, nr.til Lcroy McArlhur came in possession of it. He erected grist, flour and saw mills, and a cotton gin. lie spent .1 considerable sum of money iu <;radioi; a site for the mill house, nnd improving the condition of the road. The granite foundation of the mill house, and n river wall of considerable length, also of grauitc, are of the best workmanship. The property passed from AcArthur to Nu'.han Littlejohn, deceased, nnd then by inheritance to Nathan 11. Littlejohn. From him Walker, Fleming & Co. purchased the property. This is about all the histiry the place has. Brown's mill is situated a little more than a mile above the Trough. In this distance the fall is gontlc, perhaps not more than five to eight feet. The river narrows in at the Tspugh, and originally tho granite -fiaL0Ki.4?h liurfartital bed. clear nrross the stream, which is about 150 feet from bauk to bank. Tn process of time a chancel was worn out in the middle of this granite bed, nud in very low water the whole of Pacolett is forced through this narrow passage.? Some of the Browns, and others, when young men, used to jump across this trough.? It was considered quito a feat to do so.? Auothcr kind of sport was for the young men to go in the stream above and permit themselves to bo "sucked in," as they said, and be carried through tho Trough. They always came out unharmed below. It would seem that no ouc could do this and couic out alive. There is a succession of falls here, nnd mere couiu be three dams built in a mile, no one interfering with the other. At tho upper shoal or Trough, a fall of tweufyfour foot cau bo secured. This will give 1,500 horse power, sufficient to turn 30,000 . Thnp-kfew hundred ynrda below is another suitable place for a dam, and about the same power could be secured.? Then about half a mile below the bridge is un excellent shoal supposed to bo equal to the Trough. It is no extravagant estimate to say that there is a tail of 05 to 75 Icet in oho niilo at this place, and that the power is sufficient, if well directed, to turn <>ue hundred thousand spindles. There arc iuexliaustible beds of easily worked granite iu every direction. Thero is no standiuo water in the neighborhood, so that absolute health is assured. Taking everything into consideration, we think thcro is not a more fuvorablo location in the State for extensive factories.? Car. Sjtartan. - Sei.mno Corn foi\ Fuel.?The Sioux City Journal says : '*Tho demand for burning corn iucroasos, and oao firiu alone had three teams out yesterday supplying the city demand. The selling prioe has advanced to 3ft ceufaCper bushel for A No. 1 burning com SMpceourft of the limited supply.? TherWrpleuty of groen wood in tbe hands oi dealers, but no dry wood except an occasional lot on tho market. Hard or' soft coal, for private consumers, is of couise, out of tho question." A little boy our.e to his mother recently and said: "Mouimu, I should think if I was made of dust 1 would get muddy inside whsnoter I driub." CULTURE OF THE TEA PLANT. To (he IKi'rra and daughters of the Farmers of Chester County. I give below in brief compass according to promise the beat information [ can gather as to the culiurc of the toa plant. I had hoped to secure from the Agricultural Department as manv pluuts as you would call for, and indeed have writtcu several letters for that purpose. I aui still under the impression that I will be ublc to get (hem but urn not positively assured of it. If they can be had I will give notice or send to those who have jr may speak for them. In mean time pre tcrve this paper for luture reference wlieth?r you raise your own plants from the seeds ar get theui from the Agricultural Department. Head what the President of the United States said iu a late speech at WashingIon : "Thero one point on which I have reached a conclusion, and that is, that this natiou must open up new avenues of work and usefulness to the women of the country, jo that everywhere they may have something to do. This is, ju.-t now, infinitely more valuable to them than the platf<rm or the t ballot box. Whatev ;r conclusion shall bo ; readied on that subject by-iuul by, at pros- t int the most valuable gilt which can be j bestowed on women is something to do which , they can do well and worthily, and thereby ? maintain themselves." . Giles J. Patterson. , ti1e culture ok the tea i'lant. 1 The best soil for the tea plant is a deep * rich loam, such as is best adapted to gar- * lens. If properly drained it cannot well be 1 too rich. It should contain a considerable u mi.>unt of vegetable mailer mixed with clay t and sand, so that the tap root may easily t peuetratc to a proper depth an 1 enable the ti plant to obtain its full vigor. The plant " snjoys n southern exposure and thrives best 8 in tho vicinity of small stream* of water, t A soil suitablo to tho growth of currants or blackberries is said to be suitable to tho I tea plant. ( Tho land should bo thoroughly plowed ' mid then harrowed till the earth is well pulverized. Transplanting cau then be d no with the grcctest facility and some reliable ' issurance thac the plants will thrive. 1 The seeds are usually plautcd iu the 1 month of December, liy April or May the 1 young plants are about 10 or 12 inches high 1 ind can be transplanted. Transplanting * should be attempted only on a cloudy, dull or wet day and just at the beginning of a ' rainy (season (ilpossible) unless there is ? every facility for irrigation. * The plants should be placed in rows from J 4 to U feet apart, and from 4 to 5 feet apart in the row. A hole from a foot to a foot ' hnd n half iu depth And equally vnde 1 should bo opened for each plaut and filled 1 wi li half rotted leaves, cowpcn manure ! anil surface ?nil 'I'Ln i m V. ... ...v. WW... A .IV tup IUUV 0IIWUIU IIU put down straight to its lull length and imbedded in the ground up to its first leaves and then soujc water given to press the earth close to the roots. The plants invariably "die the first year if exposed to the hot sun. They should therefore be carefully shaded the first year by pine branches or otherwise. A crutch 2 feet out of the ground, driven on each side of the plant, a strong stick placed across the crutches, aud pine brauches hung upon this, furnish a cheap and good shade. Col. llion, of Winsboro, who has experience in tea planting suggests that they be shaded by driving down a shingle on the East. South and Vest sides of the young plaut and leave the shingles there till tho plant grows abovo t icui. For the fiist two or three years soino other crop, such as corn, or cotton, or potatoes may be planted between tho rows, the shade of such crops being favorable to tho growth of the young plauts. During the first two years but little cultivation is required beyond keeping down the weeds, and the leaves should uot be plucked for tea before the third year, and best not till the fourth year, as plucking the leaves too caily weakens the plant. nu acre 01 mnu pianica ns directed will 1 grow from 1200 to 1700 plants, and caeli 1 plant when at full bearing will yield on the 1 nverago one pound of green leaves, and when cured for use, it will be from 300 to 400 pounds of tea. ! The best teas of China are never brought 1 to this country. Homo made teas, if prop* ' crly handled, will be worth more in market ! than the imported. As home made pickles 1 and preserves are purer and more palatable 1 than those made iu the largo manufactories, so also will the tens uiado in small gardens exeol iu flavor and classification those made iu larger establishments. The cultivation of a single acre will require but little labor, and the pleasure of having ones own teaofsuperi* ro quality for home use by thoso ubleto afford it, and the profit to be realized front selling suelt teas by these who take this method of procuring n livelihood, will justify both the rich aud poor to ougugo iu itscultivation.? Chester Rejwrtcr. Dr. Smith, of Philadelphia, has organized a crusudo ngaiust baby carriages, holding that infants carried by nurses are much healthier and stronger than when constantly trundled uround. When lying down, as it does in a baby carriage, the muscles of a child's spine remaiu nearly at rest, the doctor says, thus retarding their development. By a careful study of a number of cases the doctor found that children carried by nurjes wcro ab'o to creep and walk from about six mouths to a year sooner than those who had been carried mainly in carriages. He proposes, therefore, the abolition of carriages unless the child is sick or weak. Jnst as soon as a oountry editor finds him* self the possessor of about fivo dollars, ho feels so jubilant that bo selects a quire of moo, cieau paper sou unarpena op three pen- I cib to write a doublo* leaded leader ou "Solid Pro pcritj." WoMKN AS WlVr.8 AND M0TIIER8.?It 8 nut good tor man 13 be alofio. We all :eod the motherly, and we must find it ill a vile. Do you luow what I think tho preticst story of courtship 1 ever read t It is ho utoount of Isaac's marriige with Heicocn, away hack in tho simple old times. t'ou remember the cudiug of it. (Aud sane brought her iuto his mother Surah's cut, nnd took ltcbccca. nnd she became his kith, and Isaac was comforted for hisniothr's death.' There's the philosophy of it," 10 added, (>its tho mother living again in he wife The motherly instinct is iu tho learts of all true women, and sooner or later lie true wife becomes a mother to her hus>nnd. She guides him, cares f r him leaches 1 i 111 and catechises him, all in the nicest way lossible. Why, I'm sure 1 never sh< old aiow how to get along a day without I'olly o teach me the requirings nnd forbiddens if tho commandments, to lecture pm for gong out without my muffler, an 1 sc(?lliat t >ut on my flannels at the right time, to insist that I shall take somethiug for my cough ind raise a rebellion to my going out wheu here's a northeaster. So much for tho jody, and as for tlie soul life, I believe it in i woman who holds faith in the world?it s a woman bt-hiud the wall, casting oil on he (ire that burns brighter, while the devil >ours ou water ; and you'll never get Chrisainity out of the earth while there's a won> iii in it. I'd rather have my wife's and rour mother's opinion on a in >nning of a ^ ext. of Scripture, than all the Doctors of x * Jiviniiy, nud their faith is an aclior that ulvays hold. Some jackanapes or other I cad once, said every woman wanted a tnnscr, and was as forlorn without a husband is a uiastcrlcss dog. It's a great deal truer hat every man wants a mother. Mcu aro nurc forlorn than uiastcrless dogs, a great leal, when no woman cares for them. Look t the homes single wouioii make for themelves ; how neat, Imw cosy, how bright with he oil of gladness! The fact is, women ire boru comfort makers, and can get along >y themselves o great deal better than wo sail,?" Uncle Jacob" in Mrs Store's Story i Chistiun Union. IIuooed to Death.?About 9 o'clock ast night the family of John J. Kail, living wo miles cast of this city, was thrown into ntense excitement nud despair by the sudleu death of an only daughter, Miss Minlie Kail. l(Iycn?s of age. The young lady ras in the parlor at the time in company villi Charles Gray, her affiance. It seems roui the statement of Mr. Gray, which was ;ivcn with broken sobsand tears, thntthctwo verc seated on a lounge and he was urging ler to name an early day for their wedding. L'hc girl was coy and bashful and hesitated lbout it. Kut the lover waB importunate T"'1. >D cvfr>" wny.to induce a 0003^ pliuucc with his wishes. At last she eondented, faying: "I will marry you in April." Lu the excitement aud joy of tho moment Mr. Gray threw his arms around Iter waist and drew her to hiui with a quick, passionate embrace, lie was not conscious >f exerting unusual strength and docs not uelicvc that lie did. Hut the girl gavo a diarp scream, and exclaiming "Oh ! Charey, I'm gone!" fell dead iu his arms, her icad resting on his shoulder. Ilis frantic irics alarmed the family, who cauie rushing nto the room to find the pitiful sight of he dead girl lying palo and inauiuinto in tcr lover's aruis. A messenger was dispatched post-haste for Dr. Hale, who arrived vithin an hour. Hut nothing could bo lone. The young lady was beyond all hunnn aid. It is the opinion of the physician hat heart disease was the immediate cause >f the girl's death. She was frail and delcate and had long complairiod of troublo villi her heart. The excitement incident o her conversation with her l>ver had pro>ably superinduced the attack which led to icr premature death. Naturally the family ire overwhelmed with grief and young dray is almost bosidc himself with horror ind despair. Miss Miunio was a very handionic young lady and was well known in tho wieicty circles of this city. Sho was cxreinely delicato aud possessed a slender rauie which succumbed to the slightest at;acks of ill health.?Keokuk (7o?c?) Goto Gitj. What IIk Saw in tiib Glass.?It only :akes a small thing at times, says tho WasW* ngtou Capital, to turn the current nnd whole destiny of a man's life. ''See that gentleman yonder ?" observed a friend the other day, "Iic'b a new member of Congress, aud a man of very great ability. X want to tell you about liiui. Fifteen years ago wo' were living in the same county, uud practicing law before the same courts. He had nil the business he could manage, but ho took to drinking, and gradually went down. We all felt u deep sympathy with him because lie was too good to throw away, and we decided to try tho old pluu on him. So four of us irot together, and moved oft' to. ward (he nearest bar room, where wo knew mvi should find liiui. 'Come on in, Tom, and liavo something,' we said. 'Don't ear? if I do. (iivc nic a little of the same.'?? While we were talking, one of our party managed to drop a small fishing worm into his glass. Wo all drank but Torn, lie took updiis glass, looked ut it carefully, then put it down. Wo ralliod him on hiseowap'icCf and he then made another desperate effort but ho couldn't lose sight of thnt worm.? 'What's the matter, Torn ? Why don't you drink J"' After a vacant stnro ho said :? 'Well I ain't thirsty,' and walked toward the door. I have bocn told, and 1 believe it, that this was his last . He broke off front that day and his natural tahntsshot up again like a cork. Here lie is now." Lives there a man with soul go dead who ever to himself hath said : "Here ore five dollars which I think I will invest iu printer's ink." ? Persons who fret more than they work can cover be happy.