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VOL. XIII?'New Series. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 23. 1882. NUMBF. B S6.
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Mb- WHAT THS UnflTW PIT! ?(! irnnn >nn
p , ? ?v? SVVV OUT*
Wo clip tho following paragraph from
F&p . tho Atlantic Constitution.
"It has been ascertained that the South
has this season paid to the North $55,000
000 for wheat, 850,000,000 for corn, $72.000.000
for meats and about $25,000,000
for bay. butter, chouse, oats, apples pota
gyfcffc'- toes, etc. The North, iu other words.
KK.. draws nu us for ubout $200,000,000 a year
to liquidate bills that should not have been
* made. This sum is more than we can afford
BaRt . to pay for bread and meat, if we wholly dcHH&L
. pcud upon cotton. This <lrun has impoverished
us, nud from bitter experience we
Bity. tiavo at last learued to do bettor. Tho
.North will not next season be ablo to take
Vv . from us over $100,000,000 on account of
4^ : i !- 1 -
I*"-' ui"? loM'iif auu jirciiii, ni!u 11 y^nr infer I He
South should be fully tclf sustaining. It
must to done if there is to be any real independence
iu the South."
These figures are startling, and thoomuicnts
of the Constitution pertinent. It is
a poor commentary on the management of
Southern farmers that this monstrously
large sum, or that any sum at all. should be
paid to Northern farmers for the bread and
meat we eat. It is the grossest folly that it
should be so, blessed as we are with a climate
and soil favorable to the raising of any
of the necessarias of life, not only sufficient
for home consumption, but with little effort
leaving a largo surplus for export. The
( drought of last summer was a blessing in
_ disguise, for it taught our pi inters the necessity
of abandoning the old habit of confining
themselves to cotton exclusively, and
the consequence is such a diversified crop is
was never b fure planted in the South, and
an fibutidiDca such as was never before
seen. From all sec: ious in the South comes
the "ratifying intelligence of abund int grain
crops, in some sections greater in quantity
than for several years previous combined.
From our own Statu the reports are uniformly
good, and her grain crop will be by
all odds the largest aud Quest ever raised
within her borders
One point is established bv this, b yond
question, and that is that the S ?uth can. in
addition to a lirge cotton crop, also raise
without difficulty not only enough but more
thauuiough of grain to supply all her horn demands
without paying one dollar to North
l eru farmers. We doubt whether there is
a State North >r South of us that can show
g; such a luxuriant growth of grain as (liis
Scaic can exhibit this year.' Oals trad
wlir.it from four !r> six feet liigli and rye
from Mix to seven feet are so couiuion that
they have ceased to excite comment, while
the heads are full and large in proportion.
There is a farm but a short distance I rum
this city, the property of Mr J. VV. Wads
worth, where the reapers, followed by forty
[harvesters, are cutting '!?wn fields oi outs of
astoniahiug growth, and whi.li look as if
they wo ild yield from sixty to seventy five
-bushels to the acre, while adjoining them are
fields of wheat of equal luxuriance, which
tare waiting for the reaper and will yield
forty bushels if not more to the acre. The
corn on this farm is also magnificent. In
all it is one of the most abundant crops we
ever beheld. No man after looking upon
'such a sight will ever permit himself to
think (h it this is not a grain country. It is
41 grain country, if men will only do for
i 'llu uim-Ivcs one-half that nature has done,
r and cultivate us they oug?u to cultivate.?
A These fields to which we have just referred,
t now beariug their golden harvests, we are
L ^ toliL but a lew years ago was laud below the
i gr id.;, and has been brought to its
present fertility by the judicious use of
A home-made fertilizers and good common
* sens? management, tho result of which can
be seen on every side, from the luxuriant
grass to the teeming fields of grain, and
flourishing fields of corn. Here has be<?n
demountrated what Mecklenburg soil can do
when giveu tho attention tha' any furuier
should >;ive the land which he undcitukoH
to cultivate.
Southern agriculture is progressing and
m i are gratified ut the conviction tha* the
: day is passing, if*it has not ulreody passed.
1 when the suicidal policy will be continued
of raising cotton to buy broad aud meat
| which we can raise iu greater nbundnncu
I and at less oost than the Northern farmer,
upon wboui we liuve been heretofore depen
dent for them to such a great extent.?
When this day comes then will the South
-'be strong indeed, and really independent.
? -?Charlotte Obterrer.
t mfo ?
? Ax Appalling Traordy.?New York, June 8.
ML ?Five children?three girls and two boys?
^ sons sad (laughters of John Lock wood ef Cosooh
|| On (SMITcut. are reported to have been killed
jjB last evening while walking on the track of the
3 New York and New Haven Kailroad Company
-1 near that plaoe. They heard the train approach
ing and croesed over to the adjoining track, when
f1 they were run over and crushed to death by o
3W train whioh came upon them from the opposilt
direction.
J,
V Ssnator Hill at Horn. ? Atlanta, June 9
J ?.Senator Hill arrived ftom Eureka Sprigs to
^ day at a ouarter to ton o'clock, lie was met si
II no lrain uj an immcnto crown 01 |irupis. men
waa no domonitration, owing lo the 8?nat?r'i
critical condition. Ho waa placed In a oarriagi
and conveyed lo liialiomo. Ah I he carriage pane
ed through iheorowd beade wore uncovered aa i
nark of rtcpact.
Ittfi WILLING SUBSTITUTE.
I was in America. One day. while visiting
a cemetery. I noticed a man occupied
in planting flowers upon tho grave of a soldicr.
I haid t > him,
"Is it your sou who lies buried thoro?''
"No,"replied he.
"Your brother or a relative ?"
"No, no."
After a moment's silence he put aside
the little trowel ho was using, and said.
"Well, I will tell you about it. When
the war burst out. I became a conscript
I was poor, had a sickly wife and seven
children B it th< re w u n ? altera itivc.?
I must leave them, having no means to procare
a substitute. I w.?s preparing to quit
my family to go aud fight tho cucuiy. T e
evening before my departure, a young man
whom I knew came to my house and said to
uic:
"Your family is too large for your delicate
wife to support ; I will take your
place."
Iu fact he did go as my substitute, and
in a great battle was wounded and taken to
the hospital. After long suffering he died,
and lies buried here. Ever since, I have
. longed to visit his grave. To this end I
have saved what money I could ; arriving
yesterday, I succeeded in Gilding out the spot
to^day
The eyes of the poor man were filled with
tears. Taking ab >urd from the ground, he
buried it in the earth to serve as a headboard.
Above the name of the dead soldier
were written these words:
,4IIe died for me !"
If this man, instead of shedding tears of
gratitude, had forgotten the great service,
done for him, you would have cried, ' lie is
without heart !" And now. you who read
these lines, permit uie to ask tins question :
Do you know what Jesus Christ the S ?u of
God has done for the sinner? yes, for the
sinner condemned by the law of a thrice
holy God ? His infinite love, without
hounds, "passing knowledge." what has it
effected? Jesus give himself for our
sins." He left the tliroue of his glory, taking
the firm of a servant ; miking hi nself
"like uifo i in in." h-; ren 1 sred himself
obedient unto death, even the death of the
cross.
What, then! shall our hearts hp luovedJiv
gia^nic for the ieaH sacrifice, sor-a-simple
prot^of affection on the part of our fellowcreatures,
and yet remain inscusible under
the boon of this great love ? Can it be
possible ? Tbc love of an earthly father
can accomplish great things, of which I wil|
give you an instance. A lather learns tl.at
his son has just fallen on the field of battle
Soon after another message reaches hiui that
ho is only wounded. Unable to bear tins
uncertainty, the old man sturts on foot for
the8eat of war. He reaches tliespot. The
American tents filled with wounded oeeo.
py nn extent of severnl miles. To visit
them all would be valuable time lost. The
father's heart suggests another plan. He
begins to traverse the whole plain, stopping
belore each tent, and calling with all (he
strength of his voice, "John Thomas ! 'tis
thy father calls thee!" Day by day, even
during the silent watches of the night, is
heard the sad cry, "John Thomas ! John
Thomas!" All hearts are touched by these
tender and persevering appeals to which no
Voice replies.
At last they roach the ears of the young
man ? the 6rst sounds heard upon rccover ng
from the delirium of a long fever. "It
ls my father's voice ! My father, I am
here!"
Who can tell the joy of this reunion ?
Hut what a feeble comparison ! Can the
love of this father be named with that of
God for the .--inner? "God has shown his
1 love to us in that while wo were yet sinners
nL-:.. .1: J r i?>
turiH uicu lur u? ;
?
Milk for Fowls?Fowls aro very fond
of milk, and young chickens will thrive
wouttdrously upon it. A pound of poultry
to sell will always command double the price
that a pound of pork will bring. Milk fresh
from the cow contains all the elements required
for the maintenance and growth of
' animal life. The albumen of the milk is
easily changed into that of the egg by the
laying hen, or if fed to growing chickens
will aid thoui materially in the prooess of
development Too much value oannot be
placed o i milk for developing chicks ; as a
drink or a fluid, when scalded, with which
cornu:eal and bran may be mixed for their
i curly diet, can scarcely be overestimated.
| A.
, Rxcitf.mrnt is Rllknto*.?Ellenton, June 8.
f ?The negroes of I lie Baptist denomination are
having a goat revival. Prom Ellenton ibe ex,
eiiement reached for milea around. About
k ninety have recen'ly joined one chnrch and have
, been baptised. The more superstitious amoug
them say that sueh a religious revival portends
eartniy evil, us tne "biienton riot wan preceded
by i\ wave of religious enthusiasm similar to
that now prevailing. And the writer suspects
I that mischii f may be brewing from the fnet that
s many ot their meetings are held at very unseai
sonnble hour*, and unfrequented plaoes seem to
s he their favorite resorts. The question suggests
ilselt, are they not exercising themselves over
a other subsets (ban religion t?Special to A'nci
and Co*rttr.
Soutu Carolina Wild Flowkrs ?By
a Charleston Lady.?Your' Wild Flower"
correspondent in the May number of
your magazine speuks of the facility with
which the blood root (Saaguinnria Canadotsis)
uiay be grown iu a garden.
Three or four years ago wo brought in a
good number of roots from a beech wood in
our neighborhood. They wore planted in
two wide wopden boxes, tho bottoms of
which wcre-perforutcd for drainage and sunk |
in a border Every spring since wo have a
most luxuriant bloom of these pretty flowers,
andtpt a time when flowers are rate
and valued. They always excite thcoduiiration
of our visitors, many of whom have
perhaps never before seen a b'ood root.
A bed of wild pink phlox has succeeded
admirably, being a mass of bloom long before
the phlox drummoudii puts in an appearance.
The cactus known to us as prickly pear,
and which we find on any sandy barren,
forms a handsome clump in my garden. Its
bright yellow cups are like finest silk, succeeded
in the autuuin by its red fruit which
lasts with us through the winter.
I do not know whether it is commonly
known that the prickly succulent leaf is an
unfailing cure for a felon or whitlow. The
leaf is catcfully scraped, and the spongy^
juicy part beaten up with a silver fork till
it becomes light and so't. This is used as
a poultice, and I have never seen it fail to
relieve the sufloret.
The scarlet woodbine of our woods makes
a glorious show on some tall cedar posts up
which they run, forming ai toe top uuibrcl
la shaped heads from which again hang
lonir festoons of blossom.
Our biguonfas (cross vine) improve by
cultivation. Kunuing along the caves of
our cottage the large scarlet blosssoins arc
very elegant. A straw colored one has
bloom -d for the first time since brought into
the garde i. There is a wild suiilux here
which, growing up a building, is fat more
graceful iu its habit than the one you value
in you greenhouses. At first the growth is
dcpressingly slow, and we almost despuied
of our vine; but now our smilux has repaid
us for our patience, and it branches and
grows more rapidly than the ivy. Its shining,
dark green leaves, summer and wiuter,
3M umu ' J - 1 '' .
Tho Htymc have quito recovered their
removal froui tho damp vicinity of iheir
native swamps. My trees have bloomed
profusely and their pleasant fragrance and
pretty star like floweis ought to make theui
better known among American botanists.
Some two or tlirec years ago I chanced
on a wild pepper, (Solatium.) growing just
outside our garden fence. I dug it up and
planted it in a similar spot under the shade
of cur magnificent live oaks. Now I have
more than I need, lor they seed and couie
up every spring. The flower is small, but
toe berries are bright and showy, even after
frost has wilted the chrysanthemums
1 must mention, before I close this paper,
a small tree I have succeeded in douicsticut*
lug. It is one of the uuuicious varieties of
whortleberry (huckleberry, as we call them,)
or sparkleberry, perhaps a vuceiuum * Tho
tree, or shrub, is from tec to thirty feet high.
Bears its myriads of s.towy flowers exactly
resembling in shape and size the lily of the
valley?without a single leaf. You are
startled by a white mass in the woods, an\i
on approaching it are enchanted with the
exquisite, delicate, dangling beauty of tho
plant. When the flowerscointneuce to fall,
the round, tiny, shining leaves appear ; and
when the first frost comes, the tree is crimson,
its brilliant foliage lasting a considerable
time. My little treo is now covered
with berries which are not edible.? Gardener's
Monthly.
[ Probably Yaccinum Arboreum, or sparkleberry.?
Kd. News.)
Fisiiburnk in Troublk Aoain.?Sutnmcrville,
June 8.?Senator Fishburne was arrested here
to-day on the nffi Iftvii of Mr. F. C. Fishburne,
charging him with a breach of (lie pence, and
praying for his discharge as surely on I he bond
given by the Senator in the Columbia affair,?
A similar application had been utade before
Justice Marshall, of Columbia, yesterday, but the
petition was refused. On hearing the testimony
in the matter to day Justice Gantl held the Senator
to ball in the sum of $2,000. Senator
Fishburne is confident of securing bondsmen
before to morrow morning.?Newt and Courier.
Mississippi Nkoroks Moving to Mkxioo.?
St. Louis, June 8.?A dispatch from Dallas. Tex
as, says : "A large oompanyof well-to-do representative
negroes from Mississippi passed through
here last night en roule to Chippchua, Mexico.
They will prospect in mining at.d Agriculture, and
if the country suits and they can secure property
cheap and the Mexican government is friendly
toward them they will settle there and be followin
the Fall by two hundred of the best colored
families in Mississippi. The plan is to establish
a colouy."
Fr,IE8?Flioa may bo effectually dis
p >Ked of without tho uso of poison, lake
half a tonspnonful of black pepper in powder,
one tenapoonful of brown sugar, and one
tcaspoonful of cream. Mix thein well together
and plnoo thcui in a room on a plate
whero flies are trowblosomo, and the;' will
rcrj soon disappear.
A Fearful Scene ?George's, S. C.,
June 7-?The dwelling of Mr. James P. 111
Walters Wfis burglariously entered 011 Men- w
day and a quautity ot household goods was C
stolen. Certain suspicious circumstances tc
led to tli arrest yosterd iy afternoon of Hill | U
Williams, colored, who confessed his par- w
ticiputiou in the crime, and in private con- d
vcrsation with Mr. Walters implicated two a
other negroes named Joel Frederick and p
Moses Cain. Williams was taken to Reeves- y
ville and lodged in the guardhouse at ulcv- tl
en o'clock last night to await an examination a
before Trial Justice Appleby this uiorning, t
at which it ,0 |
ces. * p
At two o'clock a. m. tho citizens of the v
towu were aroused by the most agonizing 11
cries of distress, and soon discovered that c
the guardhouse was in flames. A largo I
crowd collected around the burning building, t
but the fire had already gained such head- a
way that nil efforts to extinguish it proved I
ineffectual. h
Tho unfortunate prisoner in the upper v
story, maddened by the kuowlodge of his a
impending fate, glared wildly between the ti
iron bars of the only window to the room j
at the men below and shouted pitcously for t
assistance. He was, however, beyond the 1;
.reach of huuiau aid, and in a short time (
the building was entirely consumed. v
This morning u heap cf ashes, in which
burning coals still glistcucd, and tho charred ^
remains of Hill Williams told the talc of ^
the terrible tragedy. Evidently the fire was
of incendiary origin, and the opinion is ^
freely expressed that Frederick and Cain. *
fearing the anticipated confession of ?Vi 1 - ^
liams, decided to destroy the only living
witness agiinst them. The suspected par- ^
ties will be arrested. ? Arews ami Courier.
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Mr. Dihblk at IIo.mk.?Orangeburg. .
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Juue 14?A Convention of the Democrats
ic party of this county has been callcu for ^
he 14th of July next. The Convention
. w
will elect a county chairman and delegates
. . w
to the State Convention. I aui glad to
o
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niui. niv; Lftiiiiuciacy ui 111:5 county q
are organizing rapidly, and in a few weeks
inure the entire c mnty will bo thoroughly
organized and in sn'.eudid
[I(Trr"ffo1ftaol Dibble returned frout Wash,
iugton on Monday evening. Ho was met at j
the depot by n large and enthusiastic crowd ^
of our citizens, headed by the Gdisto Baud. ^
A stirring air was played by the band as ^
the train approached, and as Mr. Dibble ,j
stepped from the cars to the platform he re- ,
ceived three hearty cheers, to which ho
responded in an eloquent and patriotic
spceoh. This reception by our citizens was
quite flattering to Mr. Dibble, and eviden- o
ces the facts that bis recent manly struggle Ii
for right is appreciated by his constituents. 1J
Our town council has ordered au election n
for an alderman on the 25th instant to fill y
a vacancy caused by the resignation of Geo. Y
Boliver Bolivcr bad a personal difficulty y
with one of the town police and demanded Y
of the council that said policeman be re
tnoveu iroui tnt lorce, stating in his letter
to council that, unless said removal was r
made, they might consider that as his letter y
of resignation. The council very justly doclincd
to dismiss the policeman, as the diffi- a
culty was crtirely of a personul uature, aud g
accepted Boliver'a resignation, which B.di
ver then offered to withdraw. But it wa8 9
too late. It is said Boliver will try Conk- e
ling's plan, and secure his reflection, but I j,
predict Cot him a fate similar to (hat of the (]
defeated statesman of New York.
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outie pen Pisonoak.?Dr. R. L Hin- n
toil, of Arkansas, offers a cure for the trou- p
blesotne rush caused by poisouoak. It is 0
' sassafras tea"?an infusiou of the root, or, <
better, the bark or the root of red sassafras
?for thero are certainly two varieties,
known as tho red and th white sassafras' 6
Bathe diseased surface frequently, or con- (
btantly in the old infusion, or, better, np - (
ply a wet cloth. I ain very susceptible to |
this poison myself, and stumbled upon this j
remedy from painful experience, about fit'- r
teen y?'ars ago. I hnvo used po other rem* p
edy since that time, though frequently t
called upon to prescribe for this poison, and v
in several e ises that were aggravated by c
various remedies, many of them worse than )
the disease. In such cases I advise the n
warm infusion as a drink thrco times a day, o
whieh, with sugar and cream, makes a pretty
good substitute for tea or coffe. I have
found this remedy a success in other skin ^
diseases. I
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To Core a KiokinoCow.?A corrcs- I
pondcnl of tho Country Gentleman offers I
this ''euro cure" for a kicking cow: "Take t
a rope or strap long enough to go nround t
her body, put it around just behind the fore J
legs; tie or buckle it, then take a atick one i
or two feet long, put through nnder the i ?
strap nd IwIM It light. It Is n *tm? tfttrh 11
VViiy Men Siiokk.?I was a smoker for
ore than ten years without discovering hy
I liked to smoke. Dropping into the
hovalier's lodgings the other night, I iighid
his best meerschaum and puffed away
it minutes, killing time while discussing
hether boxing and the manly art of selfofensc
w ro preferable to Indian clubs as
11 cxoercise. "I supp se you will be stirrised,"
said the Chevalier, "when I tell
ou the principal enjoyment you have in
hat pipe is seeing the suioke." 1 laughed
t the suggestion. "Shut your eyes, keep
Item shut, and hand me your pipe," said
bo UJhevalicr. I.obeyed. He returned it
d a minute,* aud with .my eyes closed f be
;an to puff, but eould not for uiy life tell
rhcther I was drawing smoke or not. To
ay disgust, I found that lie bad estinguishd
the fire. lie then banded uic a cigar
roui a box of fresh Garcias. After onehird
of the weed had been consumed he
sked me to repeat the experim nt. When
opened my eyes I saw the cigar was still
turning, but it required ocular proof to c.minco
inc. My lips, tongue, gums and palte
wore so thoroughly nicotinizod by fif.ecn
ninutes' smoking that later fumes had no
irccepiiblo effect. Let any old smoker try
his experiment, and he will find that the
ast half of a pipe or cigar, except that it
ileuses lnm to see the smoke, is absolutely
or th less.
Moses in the Penitentiary.?A New '
fork letter of Friday says: This morning (
he lion. Franklin J. Moses, ex-Governor i
f South Carolina, stepped into the Hlack <
duriu along with seven other convicts to be '
ransferred to the Bluckwull's Island Peuientiary.
There he will spend the next six ,
uonths. "You can ride outside with the |
leputy sheriff and the keeper," said an offi- i
cr to him. "Oh, I reckon I will go inide,"
replied the cx Governor as lie stepped .
uto the wagon in the wake of two female t
hopliftors. The prisoners arrived at Blackroll's
Island at noon and their pedigrees 0
rerc ia';on. The ex Governor said th it lie ^
s
as born in South Carolina, was -10 years t
f age and a lawyer by profession. lie was ,
rst put in the bauds of a convict barber.? r
'he barber seized a huge nair of shears and 1
^^)H06Uht(fiJ;n^,irdIfi!ii,ee,JP'Sna: '1 have [
note from a doctor asking that the close >r
utting of my hair be postponed." Warden *
<\>x, who was called, consented, and he ex- '
Jovernor's hair was merely trimmed. After ,
letug closely shaved he was given an official |
mth and then he donned a striped suit, t
'lie cx Governor was assigned to the shoe 1
hop. While being taken to the cell ho look* '
(1 like a broken down and sick man.
The cost of pensions und r the Arrears s
I Pension law promises to be enormous.? *
t is estimated by the Commissioner ?{' "
'elisions that the following amounts will be 11
ceded to satisfy claims lor the ucxt four "
J \
oars: 4
ear ending June 30. 188' ? 100,050.000 | v
ear ending Juno 30. 1884 150.000,000 , i
car ending June 30, 1885 100,000,000 I
ear ending Juno 30, 1880 75,000.000 ; 1
Total for four yenr? S4"25,000,0(j0 I
Of this, more thnu 8300.000,000 will be
cquircd fur arrears. At the closo of the
ear 1886 there will be about 4C0.000 pen
inuers, requiring about $50,000,000 per '
nnum. Up to April 1 there had been filed
03,562 claims, of which 460, 827 had been |
dmitted an"1 74,000 rejected. Of the
68,554 pending on that dat*, 217,162 were
utitlcd to arrears. The amount called for
a the four years, is equal to one-fourth of |
he whole amount of the National debt.? f
'here is no way to repeal the law, but there (
hould be no hesitation in supporting any
nd every measuru that will t :nd to prevent
rauu in the matter. That is no rebellious" j
r "t: easonable" mlk, wo hope.?News and i
luurier. I
Vociferous Prayer.?Dr. Anseu Smyth ,
ays in the Evangelist : "It seems to me
hat vociferous pray ing is an abomination tn |
Jod. to angels and to men, and that dull,
ifeless prayers are a little worse than that,
k little child once heard a strange minister
tray with his head thrown back, his nose
minting skyward, and with a loudness as
hough seven thunders had uttered their .
oices, and she whispered in her mother's ,
ar: 'Would he have to pray so loud if ho
ived uear to God ?' 'No, my child, the
toarer we get to God the more hushed are |
>ur voices.' " t
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Stewed Beep witu Vegetables? ,
ifVash n id cut the beef into owdera'.o sijed
)ieces, put into a porcoluin kettle and simner
for three hours, adding salt. After it
ias been well skiuimcd, one hour And a hall
jofore dinner, put in your vegetables?potaoes,
parsnips, onions, ?or any kind. Lot
hem cook quietly until time to dish up.?
Dissolve one tahlcsp-onful of flour in cold
irster. Add to tho juice in the kettle for
i rich Kravy. ( old roast boof is delicious
rooked em in this way. i
S I K Cfl.TUttK IN TIIK UN 1 TED STATES.
?The culture of silk as a homo industry haa
lot. in the past, been remunerative and.
therefore. its pursuit has not been general
rhvre was not n sufficient demand in " th"a
touutry lor silk-worm cocoonso be worked up
o insure any considerable investment of
anney in purchasing and setting out mu'btr
y'groves, and incurring the various expense9
ittcnd nit up >u silk worm raising. But the
iroseut condition of things is greatly ca:ouragiug.
There are uow 200 silk mills
u diily operation, and the demand which
hey create for home raised cocoons and
tilk is on the increase. Raw silk is worth
lYoui $4 to 56 ticy pounds according to its
}ua1ity, npd coqpon* and
per pound. As 200 full grow tTtiiui berry
roes will yield anon illy 30,000 pounds of
leaves for feeding the worms, and as 1G
pounds of leaves will produce ono pound of
fresh coeouns woith SI, it will be seen that
iho remuneration in this branch of the iniustry
is n >t mean, especially when we consider
that the labor necessarily devoted
o silk worm raisin" nisfl nopiirm nrnilnrl ion
- * r ? ...
ice 1 not take up more than six or eigh weeks
if the year, and that the work may bo
loue almost entirely by women and chil- /
hen.
It is to this last point we ask special atcntion.
A veneration or more ago farmers'
vivos found occupation, outside of their
cgular household duties, in spinniug, wcavng,
making the clothes for the family. &c.,
jut now tliese ' home industries" are almost
wholly uukuowu, and the result is a large
portion of our well to do farmers' wives are
ion do tuned to the routine drudgery of household
work, or to pass away a portion of the
lay in comparative idleuess. lies ides this,
here are many who would hail such au
ipportunity to help "pay for the farm," or
lighten the running expeuscs thereof. Yet,
>f course, no one should enter upon this
rusitiess without a fair knowledge of all its
erj u ire merits, aud without considering the
iubilitics to failure as well as the probabiliies
of success
The Woman's Silk Culture Association
if the United States, with headquarters iu
Miiladclphia, deserve commendation aud
ubstuutial encouragement for the work
hey are attempting?to make silk culturo
pr. triable home industry. The have aleady
taken steps to establish a filature iu
hat city, which shall afford a home market
or cor;<.ons Dl'OtipCers to he naid far.Jtbnar
he silk obtained from thcui. Hitherto the
treat drawback to success hero has been
lie absence of filatures, so that all the
:0000ns produced hero had to be sent-to
Europe to have the fibre wound 011 bobbins.
When a homo market is assured for cocoons
jy the establishment of one or more filaures
here, we hive no doubt that many
noro will engage in this new iudustry.?
Rural Xiic Yorker.
I)o not Expose Manun-formers
houid not lo<c ol lhc fact. w,lich
00 Or?oii considered unimportant, that
tanure of all kinds docs bettor service when
lot exposed, but is properly sheltered until
i?od. An experienced agriculturist of
daino cites the case of a Scotch nobleman,
rho manured two acres of land with drcssng
from a barnyard which had been excised
to the weather, and another two acres
ilongside with dressing which had been
sheltered from the weather. He applied
;hc s uno qu inlity of m inure to each plat,
and planted the whole in potatoes. The
yield on the part dressed with sheltered
manure was nearly twice as large as that
11 the part dressed with the manure which
lad been exposed in the barnyard. The
lifferenco in the effect did not cease with
lie crops of tho first vear. The following
roar the whole was sown to wheat, and tho
and which had been dressed with tho sheltered
manure produced a much larger yield
han the other part. ? Southern Cultio.itor.
American Fences?There are six millou
miles of fencing in the United States, tho
total cost of which has been uioro than two
thousand million dollar?. The census reports
show that during the census year there
were expended nearly eighty million dollarr.
How great, then, is the demand for laws to
regulate andchcrpon enclosures ? Virginia,
with her local and conflicting laws, is only
piling trouble and cxpenso on her citizens.
Wise legislation on this important subject
is demanded j but to tho average legislator
it amy, as a dog law, influence a few votes
nguinst him. and he lacks tho nerve to do
the right thing!?Southern Planter.
ArrLE l'c DDI NO.?An excellent apple
puiding is made of two oggs, ono pint of
?woct milk, fl >ur enough to miko a battor,
(as for griddle cakes) one teaspoonful and
a half of baking p<>w ler. Fill some teacups,
which you first rub with butter, full of batter.
Tho apples should bo tart and should
be chopped fine. This pudding ueeds to bo
steamed for an hour. It is to Lc eaten
hot, with usaucoof sweet cream nod sugar.
Flavor the cream with nutmeg or lemon.
In place of apples any other fruit can lo
used.
What citjr imlrawn tnorc freqnerttfj fhio
nny wher T?P<?rV.