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THE WEEKLY OB UHIQH TIMES. gqrotcd to ^jritulturt, Dortitnltnre, pomcstic O'tonoint), polite literature, |)oliticr>, and the Current flours of the pat). VOU. xvir ?New Skries. UNION C. II.. SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY J2, 1880. Nl'MiSKi; QUEER STORY. w vnsooM>iN<j IHNKIUTT. ( Cotflu'h fi. ) Dr. Junes mocSi.iiiic.illy took the paper which tlie man handed to liim. It was an otlicial hand-bill. issue I by t!ie poiicc, containing the description of a certain Anstrnthor Meadows, a quondam city speculator of considerable notoriety. who bftJ nbscande 1 with a considerable quantity of plunder, after ruthlessly robbing many of his customer s and friends. Dr. Jones hud heard of t lie man, and. indeed, his name had recently been on everybody's lips. The hand-bill was hoi led villi an offer of a reward of .CotJO lor his apprehension, and a full and deta'lcd description was given of his personal appearance. Dr. Jones glanced through this abstractedly, and then his eye lightened upon a rough woodcut purporting to be a likmicss of the defaulter which appcare I in the margin. After a moment's scrutiny, the young man sprang from his seal wit It an involuntry oxciaination. 'Do you know him?' inquired the bailiff quickly. Know him! No! Ilow the deuce should 1?' said Dr. Jones controlling himself. I was'oping for your sake, that you could lay your linger on him, for there is a very nice little reward offered," returned the man. 'Five hundred!' said Dr Jones, rather contemptuously. as he glanced at the document. Aye, a tidy sum. ain't it. sir?' said the man. But Lord bless yer. it's all flummery?all a blind. He's half long ago, a-livin' in Anicrieay as I said just now.'' 'Well, wherever he is, ho lias got a fortuno with him," said Dr. Jones, handing back the document with an animated expression. 'Make yourself at home, my m:ui,' lie added; -order what you want. As you say I daresay this lit* tie matter of mine will soon he arranged lie hurried away as he spoke and entered his consultiig-rnom, where, after locking tho door, he commenced to stride about in a strangely excited manner. After a while, happening to catch sight of his llushcd face, as lie passed the looking-glass, he paused, an I gravely addressed himself: 'Come, Clarence Joucs, steady yourself.This looks like a stroke of good luck. It may even be the foundation of your fortuue. 15ut you mustn't he so very sure. Von may he mistaken. In any case, you need a ei >1 Itei 1 to play your cards properly.' This soliloquy had a so ithiiig clVect, for ho seated himself in the patients' arm-chair and ucitoc.aic>y knitted his br.'ws to tiiiiik. I ho result cf his deliberations was that ho started oil* with co i posure to his club, and spent several hours in going through the newspaper file of the past m >nth or two. lie met a city acquaintance of whom he made particular iuquries oncoming Mr. Anstruther Meadows. Altogether he evidently considered that lie had passe I a profitable evening, for, . upon his return, he salute 1 tho man with a friendly slap on the hack, and promised him a five-pound note for himself, if his hopes as to paying him out the next day wero realized. When lie arose th- next morning, l)r. Jones wrote a little note to Dr. llilinyre, slating that he had a gre it desire to piy a visit to his asylum: and adding, that, having been summoned to attend a consultation in the uoighborhoo d of the institution, lie should he glad of an authority to inspect it. Ho sent the letter round by a servant, who, in reply, brought back one of Dr. Halmyre's cards, with a few words in the great man's hand writing scrawld on the back of it. An hour later, Dr. Jones presented hituself at the door of Dr. Dalmyre's celebritc 1 establishment. lie was very civilly receive I by the medical gentlemen in charge by whom he was conducted over tho spacious gloomy building. Of course he expressed himsolf highly gratified and deeply interested in all he saw, though, in truth, his mind was entirely pro-occupied with other matters. At length, as thoy were strolling through the grounds, he said, carelessly: lly-tlie-way, I signed a certificate yesterday f . ? i\_. i? i if ... : k : lot iur ur. u.uuiyi c. 11.19 kiiu [i iiiuut iii i iycu. What name? Do you recollect?' Roberts, I think.' Oh, yes,' was the reply. 11 o came in yesterday evening. Would you like to sec him?' Well?yes>, 1 think I should,' said Dr. Jones carelessly. "His case rather interested me. Don't trouble to come if you arc bus}'. lie is quiet enough." "Yes, he is quiet enough, so perhaps you'll excuse my running away from you. 1 must go my rounds. Hi, Kdwards!' he called to an attendant, -take this gentleman, Dr. Jones, to sec William Roberts. No. !k>.' A minuto later Dr. Jones was ushered into a small, private sitting room, where he found Mr. Wm. Roberts, whose acquaintance lie had made the previous day. Mr. Roberts gave a palpable start as his visitor entered, but immediately assumed a vacant expression, and dropped his eyes 011 the boo!; lie was reading. 'You needn't wait.' said Dr. Jones to tlio attendant in a confident tone. 'I want to have n little chat wiih my friend here.' The man somewhat hesitatingly, withdrew, while Mr. Roberts, manifestly ill at ease, stole a hurried glance at the doctor out of the corners of his eyes. "Well, Mr. Roberts. You remember me, 1 suppose? said Dr. Jones, pleasantly, when the}' were alone. Mr. Roberts grunted, without looking up from his hook. 'I see you do," replied his visitor, with increased affability. 'But. really?as no ono is in hearing?there is not the least occasion for playing comedy. Yesterday I did not interfere because it was of course, desirable to deceive my colleague." 'I don't know you, said Mr. Roberts, glancing up at him, and then turning sulkily aside. . T 1. n ( Id ml! I A im mot Ac'.nl 'I'll ft i In r Afl Q II ( - a uvk\, is <|uiiv luiuimuuiii# i*iv iui|'vn??? fact i?. tii t* I knnw you, Mr. Austruther Meadows. said !>i\ Junes in a very low voice. The moment hi* name was pronounced the man turned as white as niarhie. while beads ot' perspiration luir-t upon his forehead. He ca*t n terrified glance nt his visitor's calm, determined face, and apparently realized the uselcssncss "( denying !ii? identity 'Are you a detective?' he gasped 'My g'aid sit. if you will reflect, yon will re iiii iiiiivr in il i am a uoetor. rcmat'KCU IT. -tones, ijiiiic soothingly. Oli, yes: tn he sure," sii-1 Meadows. recovering himself. 'We!!, how -lid y.m tin 1 me out?' I reco^uize l y-'it yesterday the moment I set my eye* ?n you, not .vithstan ling tint you have shove l o!i*ymr moustache ami whisker-*, ami have dye*! j*our hair." s ii 1 Dr. Jones utablushingly. -You see I am n?! hostile lo you.' 'Thank 0oil for that!' nnvurrc 1 the man. I suppose your design i< t > remain here until the hue and cry has die I int. and to ipaietl; slip away when III polio-' h iv.- i-atirely given you up,' sai-l the -1-ictor very * ni'ingly. "That was what Vita-die di-1.' returno-l Meadows mentioning another n .lo'.-io t< rascal. Well, it is an excellent plan no doubt, The police would never think of looking far you here, laughed l)r. .! nit*. *i! i-.vevjr t > conic to the point?of course 1 Iiivo no wish to denounce you." That is your game is it ', eric i Meadows with a fierce oath. Well you see vour secret is worth sonic thing. s:vi?l the unwelcome visitor. in business like tones. ! couM get the reward of C">00 by raising my linger. Hut I prefer for my own sake as well as yours?to make terms with you.' I thought you were a gentleman,' sneered Meadows. 'People used to think yr: were. siid the doctor quite unmoved. l?ut, after all, the title is an empty one. Hang you. then, name your price! said, Meadows, after a short pause. Dr. Hal my re has put you up to this: you are both in the swim!' Dr. Halmyrc has betrayed no oonti lenrc. said Dr. Jones, pricking up his ears. 'No one has any suspicion of my discovery.' 'Well, 1 suppose 1 can rely on you'.'" Implicitly. If you give me my price. I shall be in your power.' Well, you arc a cool h md, anyhow,' said Meadows with a laugh. l?ut what you siy is true enough. Come, what is your price to he?' Dr. Jones named his figure?an uncommonly stitTone, judging by the rage and indignation of Mr. Meadows. An angry argument then ensued, which, however, ended through the doctor's firmness, in his terms being agreed to. MliftJuws iioo.si'diii?>y give him :i letter i > nti muivniuui in 1110 cuy. uirougu wnoso agency, in a round about way the requisite sum was to bo paid. It is very hard lines that 1 should have had to pay through the nose twice for coming to this place, grumbled Mea lows, at the conclusion of the interview. However, as you declare Dr. Halmyrc did not put you up to it, I suppose it was an unlucky accident?for me.' Dr. Balinj'rc has never breathed a word to me, <>r to anyone else." said Dr. .Tones, solemnly, llomcmber, he has his reputation to consider. My strong advice to you. is, not to frighten him by revealing what lias passed between tts to-day. This, for your own sake." 'And a little for yours, I dare say,' sail Meadows, who apparently, could not help admiring his visitor's coolness. ;! owever, perhaps you are right. Mum is the word for all of us. Dr. Jones did not pause to exult over the success of his manoeuvre. 11c went straight to the cuy in levcrisu nasie. iiiiu never resicii unui the ransom paid by Meadows was safely loIgc I at his bank. Then, having got. rid of the friendly baililf, and sent roundj checks to his most pressing creditors, he indulged in delightful self-congratulations, and rcvcMc I in the agreeable prospect of continuing his professional career with his debts p\id. and a substantial suin standing to his credit i i the bank . 'It only shows, he murmured complacently to himself, 'that soma people are destined to make fortunes, an l others ain't. Look at that fool Graves, lie suspected the man wis shamming, when 1 didn't, and yet he never troubled his head to got at the bottom of the mystery. Graves will probably die a workhouse surgeon, whilo I shall be a Uaronet rolling in wealth. For, by Jove, there is more to he inudo out of this business! I'm not going to let llalmyre oflf?the sly old fox ! I could ruin him. if I liked ; but 1 won't. 1 fl otter inysclf that I know a trick worth two of that ! IJy Jovol he a ided,, energetically slapping his knee, 'lie ins an only daughter, an I ho is as rich as Cncsus. I'll keep his secret, hut I'll lie his son-in-law. or my name is not Clarence Jones ! ' ? . - ? . ? ? Tim Colokkp Kxouus.?l/atle ltock, Ark., January 13.?The immigration of negroes from North and South Carolina to t ..llAi.t! ... ti... ....... vii iv ?Mim; n <iib iiviiu^ ain.iin mi. i ur; iu;n corners have generally chosen Chicot, Dosha and Drew counties, in solithcrn Arkansas, as places of abode. The negro pnpulition is very large in that section, particularly in Dosha and Chicot counlios, where the Republicans hare the majority and choose the county officers, dividing the offices with the blacks. In the past three months hundreds of negroes have settled in these counties. A gentleman in this city has received a letter from Charleston, S. ('., saying that the writer, a leading colored man, desired to locate lorty or fifty families comprising five to eight persons each, in this State during .January. Other letters from different parts of the Carolinas indicate that at least 1,000 negroes will conic to Arkansas betwocn this date aud May. I I.>111 tlx' Soiilix'ru t'nltiMitor. THOUGHTS FOR THE MONTH. 15Y \V. L. JONl '* new i?Ei'.\Rrrit;: As a rule, farmers cimnse th.*ir plans nml method* very slowly : their work goes I on from war to voar in nivtfv mmOi tlm jSimo gro 'V'. k ? eminently conservative, j thov fear t5i.it change will biing disaster. Within proper limits, this eonservatism is | both wise and commendable. The resultant, so to speak, of the experiences of large numbers of men running through many years is very apt to point in the right direction, or quite no.nr to it. Hut change of surroundings, increase of knowledge in other department-- more or less closely relitcd t > farming, new inventions together witli additional experience, open the way sometimes, to gradual and important changes, even in the old art of agriculture. Witnc-s the extended use of commercial, or chemical fertilizers, and of labor saving implements ; the large substitution of cotton lor llax and wool, and of beet sugar for cane sugar in Kuropcan markets?all within the memory of many now living. The beginning el'a new year is a tilling time to consider whether any new departures are advisable just now upon our Southern farms. Does a calm, (lisp assiouatc consideration of results warrant, a repetition in ISMl of the plans, methods and operations of 1885 ; or are there p tints at which it is plain that greater or less changes might he advantageously mule? Lot us look into these matters. PltKl'ONPBItANC'K ?!' MOM'.Y ?'!t:H?S. Is it not true that under the prevailing farm economy, we soil and buy too much ? Are not money crops pushc<l*too far ? Wo are thoroughly convinced that they arc. We lay it down as a sound, incontrovertible maxim that nothing, needed on the farm or by the farmer's family, should bo purchased, when it can be produced on the farm at anything approximating reasonable cost. Consider what has to he lviiil 1111 nvorvfbin<r tli if -i iioii r!i( loput die uutu iicosi i?rj.?-ouu$lion 01 mo article ; i second, tiio profit of the producer of it; | third, the profit of the commissioa merchant who first handles it; fourth, the cost and profits of draymen aud railroads in transporting it, an 1 fifth, the profits of the commission merchant who sells ir. Surely, he must he a very p or farmer who cannot raise any article at all adapted to his soil ami eli:n ito for less than he can buy it. with such an accumulated burden of profits laid upon it. If lie is such a poor fanner, how cm he possibly raise money cops at such little cost and with such 1 ar^rc profits, as to enable him to save or malte money by buying those other articles after so many prifits are taken out of them. Instead of a poor farmer, it would obviously take the very best and most skillful to do it, if it c ml 1 bo done at all. Hut the truth of the matter is. it i a vt . .? r? . i ? cannot uu uonc. .Mnc-icn ns 01 ooutneru farmers have tried to do it for the list twenty years, and have signally failed. They have sunk money in raising cotton to buy corn, oats, hay, meat and mules. If twenty years oxpwienco cannot open their eyes and satisfy their judgments, how many will be required to do it ? The force of habit was never more forcibly illustrated ; the ruts are so deep, it looks as if the wheels could not he turnc l aside and nulled out of thorn. panics?TKiirrxnss in monky mahkkt. Observe that the practice under dismission is not one of simple barter ; cotton is not exchanged directly for meat or corn or hay; hut money intervenes, cotton is sold and so are the other articles, and then respectively bought again. This opens wide the field to speculation ; panics and tightness in money matters come io. sharpers perhaps flourish, I ut the farmer is sure to catch it then. If, however, he raises his corn and other grain, his forage, meat and innIcs. lie escapes the Hirudin influences ot Wall street, with full barns, whatjboots it to him if there is a 'corner' in grain or moat, he has none to buy, no merchants' bills for supplies to meet, lie is a freeman?what wealth he has, h freedom from care ami anxiety, how sweetly he sleeps at night and how sunshiny his face in the day. Clod pity the poor Israelite who has created a famine on his farm, and has to go down to K.'ypt to buy corn ; bondage surely awaits him. COST OK PROVISIONS?KAT.SK REASONING AHOLT. Says a farmor, I cannot raise bacon foi : six or seven cents a pound (the prcscnl market price) ; therefore it is cheaper ti buy than to raise it. His calculation ii based presumably on raising and fattening pigs, on corn that cist-- too much, am probably on the data assume!, the cost ol bacon may roach ten or twelve cents per pound, ti rant th.it to he so, tor the prcs> ent. Now, let its in turn :??k, what the cotton money tint he buys the six ccDts bacon with. oast.< him ? Did you evil think of that '! If one buys a horse for $100 and sells him for titty, the fifty dolj lars last in h ind costs liiin in reality one | hundred dollars May not this bo the ! cise with his cotton monov ? Mav not every doll ar of it c >st hitu two dollars to id ike or get it? Wo have no* doubt that in some cases it does; cases of bad management with poor crop years ; in other instances the cost i- not so much, and it may grade up to a point whore it is less than the money received from the crop, or where there is an actual profit. Now if the six cents that will buy a pound of bacou was procured really at a c..st of twelve cents, the apparently cheap bacon may have been quite dear alter all Where bacon is bought through a merchant on time, all know it is very dear. The same kind ot reasoning applies to corn and other provisions bought with eott n money. SECRET OK I'll HA l' EGO I! AT TIIK NORTH. But cannot pork atul corn and other provisions be raised on our farms very much cheaper than they usually are, or than wo reckon that they can be, can we not raise them ab ?nt as cheap as is done in the North-west? We do not include wheat, (and rye perhaps), because climate is against us?but no good reason can bo given why corn, oats, barley, forage, hogs, mules, horses, sheep and goats cannot be raised just as cheaply, on land of same quality and age, at the Snu'h as they aro at the North. Northern farmers have to contend with drought and storms, as vvc do; their summers sire shorter than ours, and their corn is liable to be cut oil' by frost ; which ours is not. Their 1 mil is no richer than ours?some of it is p)or, and some of u is rich ; and that is the ca-o with ours. No, the Northern farmer has no uatural advantages over tlie Southern for raising cheap food. Hut from force of climate he has been driven to raising good crops?cotton and su.ar e?ne and riee will not grow there?corn, small grain and graasco uru Cue iiuitir.'i products of his cold climate, lie raises hi- provisions at home, therefore, aud runs a more economic schedule. He is ircod to buy very little to carry on his .arm. His crops are such as require cou p ratively lit(le labor, and the abseu- ? of ."laves and scarcity of laborers com|>? led him to eco.iouiixc labor in every possible way. IIor-'\sani uiachines were brought into requisition wherever it was practicable. The character of his crops kept his lands filled with humus, and less scourged with the plow. Theso are the chief reasons of his cheap corn and bacon, and if we will forego our extra privilege of raisig cotton to some extent, and nursuc his methods, we can raise cheap corn and meat as well as he. (concluded next week.) Sr.oniiKKiNO and its Cure.?The frequent slobbering of horses at this season is variously accounted for. Wo have heard it attributed to the second growth clover, to the spider's web on the herbage, to lobelia, St. John's wort, and other plants, but never yet to pennyroyal. But having occasion to make use of a neighbor's pasture for a few uights, for our horses, wo fVitirwl tlicrn cl inrr nrnfiianlw frnm t.hn effects of the pennyroyal which grew abundantly in the field. The cows which grazen in the field were also troubled with profuse salivation. We have had previous knowledge that lobelia and St. John's wort would produce the same trouble, and now are sure that pennyroyal may be added to the list. Hut we doubt very much that second growth clover will cause it ; indeed, we have had good reasons to know that it does not in some eases. The slobbering of horses and cows is caused by the irritating effect upon the salivary glands, of the strong essential oil of tho plants which produce it. If one will chew some lobelia, St. John's wort or pennyroyal, ho will find the salivary glands to bo excited in this manner. The effect is removed by eating any dry substance, as oatmeal, middlings or corntncal. and the best remedy for it is to give any animal which is suffering from the salivation a feed of dry meal or middlhgs; this will put a stop to it at once. The waste o' saliva is exceedingly weakening to a horse, for saliva is not mere water but contains a large quantity of potash soda, lime, acid, phosphoric acid, and organic matter, so that it approaches vcrj closely in character to blood.?New Yorl Times. r - t A small boy in one of the public schools ) whi'c engaged in defining words a few day 9 since, mado a mistake that was not a mis ? take. Ilo said : ' A demagoguo is a vesst 1 that holds beer, wine, gio, whiskey or othc intoxicating liquor.' Tin: SESSION OF tss:,. J Some of the Moro Interesting of tho New Laws- j .JAIL ANO MUNICIPAL CONVICTS. An Act to utilize iho Labor of Jail aiul 1 Municipal Convicts and to empower tin* j Courts nuJ Municipal Authorities to im J , pose tlsc punishment of labor within their j respective juris Lotions. Suction !. That front ami after the passage of this Act all Courts ami Munich pal authorities which under existing laws have power to sentence convicts to conliue- | iiit'ii( in jn iMiii in iv wiiiii i iiini ui.iurriiim impose the conditio:; of hard labor for a , period n ?t exceeding ninety days. Sic. "J That, all convicts so sentenced to hard labor and c<>11 fiiiomciit may, upon the conditions here in: ft or specified, he required to perform hard labor upon the public highway*, roads, bri Iges, and oilier public ^ works ol the county in which the offense of which they ar convicted was comiiii'tcd or upon the streets or other public works within the limits of the incorporated cities, ( towns and villages in which the otteiice for which they are sentenced was committed. , . 1 8kc. !>. '1 hat all convicts so sentenced to ( hard labor for the county shall he under the direction and control of the board of county commissioners and the said munici- j pal convicts, under sentence to hard labor shall be under the direction and control of ( the paid municipal authorities who shall re- | spectively direct the lime, place and manner of the labor to be performed; I'rovi" 1 ded that in their judgment it he practicable to employ the labor to advantage. And provided further, that the said board of county commissioners and the said munici- 1 pal authorities respectively provide suits- 1 Ul 1 ^n* ' 1 . iv _ -I r. \ I uic iiiiu eiiuTicni i;u.irus lor 1110 sme-Kcrr- 1 iug of said convicts, ami that said guards ' bo [aid for such service out of the county funds when employed by said boards of 1 county coiiitn ifc.sioiicrs, and out of the tnu- ' nicipal funds when employed by said municipal authorities. i^EC. 4. That the c unity slier ills charged with the custody ? f prisoners so sentenced ] to hard labor shnli, during the work hours ' of the day or during a term of days to bo 1 spccihed by said comm.^loners upon the 1 order of the board of county commissioners, deliver them to tho sale-keeping of the authorities herein provided for their control . and direction. s K A It CII WARilAM'S AM) SKIZUIIKS. An Act to authorize Tritl Justices to issue Warrants for search and seizure and for the arrest of suspected Persons. Sec. 1. That trial justices shall have air thority to issue warrants to make search or 6cizurc in suspected pi ic :s, and to arrest suspected persons and to seize their proper y'o ? < Sf.c. That such warrants shall bsuo only on casus of stolon gooJs anil must ho supported by the oatli or affirmation of the party applying for the same, which shall set forth fully and particularly all the facts upon which such application is based, and shall specially des'gnatc the suspected place or places, the object or objects of search or seizure, the name or uauics of the person or persous suspected, and who are to be arrested. Sec. ?J. That no such warrant shall issue except in the cases and with the formalities herein proscribed. tub (?ame laws. Au Act to amend Suction 1,091 of the Gen- 1 eral Statutes,relating to Game liirds. Sec. li That Sect on 1,091 of the Gen- | eral Statutes, relating to game birds, be, nnil the same is hereby amended, so thnt i tho said section shall read as follows: 'Section 1,01)1. It shall not be lawful for any person in this State, between the 1st day of April and the 1st day of November, in any year hereafter, to ca'.ch, kill or injure, or to pursue with such intent, or to sell or expose for sale, any wild turkey, partridge, dove, woodcock or pheasant; and any person found guilty thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars, or bo imprisoned not less than ten days, which fine, 1 if imposed, shall go one-half thoreof to the ' informer and the other half thereof to the school fund of the county wherein the offcuec was committed.' steali.no from tiie freehold. An Act to amend Section 2,187 of the (icneral Statutes, relating to Stealing Grain and Cotton from the Field. Section I. That Section 2,437 of the General Statutes be, and the same is here, by amended, so that ho said section shall . read as follows: 'Section 2,487. Whoovcr shall steal from tho field any grain, cotton, or vo<oi, tables, wheathcr severed from tho freehold s or not, shall 'no deemed guilty of inisdo nieanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be :1 punished ' y imprisonment for not more r than one year or by a fiuo ol not more than five hundred dollars.' VMOI> AIM 1.TKI5ATION. Aii Act li? prevent ami punish tlu< Adult ?r:i< I it'ti of Food and 1 >ri 11 k, :iih1 I ho Sato of unfit an 1 unwholesome articles of h\ o 1 and Prink. Section ! That whoever >hail knnwia-.'y soil or expire, or offer for si!.-, or hive io his posM'Si-ion with intent to sell, or oiler for silo, any kind of meat or v 1?!o-. *r fruits or other articles of provi-i mis. whether for fond or drink, that .ire diseased, corrupted or unwholesome for food or drink, shall in* guilty of a misdemeanor, and rpnii conviction thereof, in a Court of competent jurisdiction. sliali he punished hy line or imprisonment, not exceeding one hundred dollars line or thirty Jays imprisonment. And the aforesaid aticlos shall he forfeited and destroyed. See Whoever shall fraudulently n Illiterate or cause to ho adulterated for the purpose of sale or have in his possession with intent to sell, or oiler for sale, any article or hind of food or drink so adulterated. shall h" guilty of a misdemeanor, ami upon oonvietion thercol, in at'outtof competent jurisdiction, shall he punished hy lino ir implement, not exceeding one hundred lollars'line or thirty da\s" imprisonment. And the articles so adulterated snail ho airfeitod and destroyed. Sec That all Acts or p uts ol Aets in sousistent with this Act lie, and are hero* ay, repealed. So". I This Act shall rro into effect upon it* approval. ^ * A Woni? i\Si.asmn.? We haw liirly sntered up >n another year. The laud is not filled with plenty and hard time* arc still upon us. Thi< is not so because of barren soil or tiiipropitious seasons. Providence has watched over its and been hind to us. l'he fault is in ourselves. Wu have not made usu of the advantages bestowed upon ns but have l*oiio forward in a listless and indifferent way. contented with a inert e:cistenee. I uless the pet.pie. assert themselves the prospect is that we will continue in th? same satisfactory way and at the end "I the century we. will be no more prosperous man we are tuts <;.iy. A m.for planting cotton has done the work and brought us down to the "lowest round of the ladd -v.' Cotton is tot worth what was required to proilueo it. .^'till it Ins been the main crop and provision crop' hive been almost on tircly neglected. So wo find ourselves at this critical juncture with a full supply of cotton at an exceedingly low price and nothing to cat. The farmers arc responsible for thin result. They lnvo heeded nothing the newspapers said, but linking haste to he rich' they bent their energies and spent their money in making cotton. On this line we have touched bottom and the time for reaction lias come. Shall wc enter upon the new year with the Fame old idea. Wo hope not. A diversity of crops is the remedy. If we rnako enough to eat we will bo nil right in the future. Then our farmers will he independent and so also will be our citizens in other occupations. Our advice is to raiso grain, corn, hogs, cattle, tobacoo and everything to keep money at home. ? .(/>s bevil/r Milium. ._ Mottoes roit tub Nr.w Ykik.?'1 dean' go lunch on mottoes, an' sioli, said brother (Jar.I. uer, as he opened tho meeting on tlic usual decree, and winked to Samuel Shin to raise the alley window. 1 once knowed a man who sot out in life wid lie motto, 'Excelsior. lie was proud of it, an lie stuck nit. an do las time 1 saw him ho was in de poo'-house. Me got so tired of biggin' dat motto arena' dat lie couldn't work obcr three days in do week. I once knowed a man who had do motto, Time is Money, hung in cbory room in his house. He invariably rushed in his corn ten days too early, an den tried to average up things by plantiu' his tatcrs twenty days too late. I>3 only time when ho got evrti w tl time, was when ho jumped his clock half an hour ahead. 'Do only timo when lie had a decent crop was when lie lay sick, an bis wife worked de truck patch. I once knowod a inau who carried <Ic motto of, 'A Penny .Saved am a Penny Aimed,' in all his pockets, an no ptfson chcr found him wid a dollar in cash to hi* name, lie was nil on do savo, an nuifin at all on de aim. Uoan you git do ideah inter ycr heads dat a motto or a maxim am gwinc ter feed an' clothe ye, an' whoop up rent and doctor bills. It's mo in dc man dan in de maxim. 1 kin show you fo ty pussous in rny nnyburhood who sot on de fence all summer an kep' dsir eyes on dc maxim : 'Industry am do Road to Wealth.' I kin show ye fo'ty mo' who hang up do motto of 'Providence will Purvidc, an' 9ot down to do so. If dc wife aims a dollar, data Providence. Stidy work at fair wages, wid a domestic wife to boss de kitchen, am motto an' maxim 'nufl fur any of us. If anything furder am wanted, let us strive to he honest, truthful, charitable an' virtuous. We needn't hang out a sign on do fences dat wo am strivin', but jist git dar widout any IVth of July tircworks to M attract public attensliun. Let us now purceed to business.'?Detroit Free Frets.