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* 9 < ? THE WEEKLY Hi UHIOH TIMES. gcrcitd lo ^cirirultnre, |jortirulture, Jilomcstit (gtenomg, |lolilf ^itfnifurc, politics, and thr (f uncut Rett's of the Jctaij. VOL. XVII.?Nf.iv Sehies. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 12, 1880. NUMBER 10. MRS. STUTSON'S SOFT SOAP. Hain't you put that rack iu the cellar yet. to hang that at' dried beef on?' asked Mrs. Stutson. ' No, Judy ; 1 thought tnebbe 'twould rain iu , a day or two, and then Jabe could be spared to help a little about (lie house for I must get my work ketched up while we have good weather.' Yes, there's alius something ye can *, do if it don't rain, and ye can't do if it does : I declare for it, I'd like to know what on nirth would become on us all if twan't for me to look after things !' 'Come, come, mother, don't fret any more ; we don't want a cloud in the kitchen when there ain't none outside.' Wal, I've got something else to do besides neckin at the weather ; ntnl if wnu ?in l time that you had !' Giles Stutson was a farmer?a man of good habits, honest in his dealings with his fellowmen?who, in his youth, had married Judith Mcintosh. A smarter girl nerer trod Bhoe leather." So said the elder Stutson on the morning of their marriage. They had, by the closest economy, acquired a small fortune in the shape of a small farm, located about two mi'es from the Tillage of M . Only one child had been given to them to brighten their little country home, and this was a daughter, who, at the time of our story, had just reached the age of twenty year*. Mrs. Stutson, ns you will observe by ibis conversation, was ono of that peculiar type of women whose very life seemed to depend upon scolding and working, all nt the same instant, and the more she fretted and scolded, the more work she accomplished. The whole family had become so accustomed to this that its only etl'ect was, as Mr. Stutson once said, that, It went in one ear and out tother." Wnl, Giles, there's just this much about it: if that 'nr rack ain't up by ten o'clock, I'll git * some nails and drive up to hang that beef on, mycclf. I've got to clean that cheese-room today, and I want that pile of beef out of my way.' So saying, she went into the milk-room to ntrain the morning's milk. It's no use arguing.' said Mr. Stutson to Jabe, the hired man ; ' when Judy gits sot ou anything she'll have her way, and if she says ehe'll do a thing, she'll do it every time. Hut I iruess that cheese-room won't snile if 'taint cleaned to-day, and llie beef is well enough where it is , I can't bother with it to-day, anyhow.' Hating thus expressed his opinion, he folv . lowed TaW to the f.U leaving! M4HTh? Von to clear away the breakfast. Having eared for the milk, Mrs. Stutson ap- j peared, and exclaimed, partly to herself and : partly to Marsha : Whoever did see sicli men folks ? They , think a woman can get along anyway, no matter how ! Here is biled dinner to get, them tarched clothes to iron, pies to make, cheeseroom to clean, und massy knows what, I don't ! Yes, and there's the donation party to the parsonage, to-night. Was ever a woman ?o put to it to know what to do fust? 1 never was. Wal, 1 shan't go to the party, that's one sure thing !' Why, mother, of course you'll go.' said Marsha. Of course I shan't go! I ve got something else to do, besides going skylarking round nights There will be enough of cm without me. Let them go as hain't got so much to do as I have. Here, Marsha, you go into the shed, aud from that box behind the door git me some nails, and go to the wood-pile aud fetch me the hatchet, and I'll sec what 1 can do.' All things being now ready, Mrs. Stutson, with hatchet, nails and hc-t-f in her hands, started for the cellar, stopping on the top stair t> tell Marsha to ' lie sure ami - wash them greens clean, and ii.~ T ? "V - h?t"uh v,,,v "',,uv' l" ??" 'V1'1 Thomas llydcr was the son of a neighboring farmer, who had at sundry limes shown Marsha Ann some attention at apple-bees, and candypulls, thest incidents being sullicient to impress the rnolher with the great responsibility which devolved upon her to keep a watchful eye upon Marsha, lest Tom, who she thought was ununworthy of such a prize, should conic and ruli them of their precious treasure. On reaching the cellar, she found a suitable place over the pork barrel, where, to her mind, the heef would be ' Out of the way of rats, and bandy to get at, as she afterwards told Mr. Stutson. Having armed herself with hatchet and nails, she mounted the barrel, and prepared to drive the first na l, when the barrel cover slipped, and splash she went ?into what'.' It seems that (iilcs and Jahe had been there before ber. and in getting out some eider barrels, had changed things about in such a manner that the barrel of soft soap stood where the p >rk siiouiu siawi : arm sue, hi iter naste, not noticed the change, had mounted (lit- former. Land o' niHssy What would tlint mnu do next. I d like to Kik w ? Making a plunge fur tlio top of tlie barrel, she tried to extricate herself, but each successive attempt proved only a complete failure. What on nrili s a body going to do in such a fix ? Marsha ! Marsha Ann ! What can that gal he about that she don't come when I call her? Hanging on the fence, I warrant, atalking to thnt Tom l'yder ! 1 w ill Tom Hyder the hull lot if I ever git out of here ! Just at that moment Marsha came through the hatchwnj'. Where are you. mother ?' Where he I '.' I should think you d ask ' (Jo n?k Torn Ityder! Mcbhe hc*II tell you? that all you think on?and leave me to git along alone. Where arc you mother ? 1 didn't hear you call. 1 was washing the greens.' 'Hero I I e. ! Jell you, in the soap barrel. Where lo you suppose ?' * In the ?ofip barrel ? queried Marsha. One glance was sufficient. Convul?ed with laughter, she seated herself on a stone jar. to recover sufficiently to render the nee-led assistance. ' Marsh t Ann Stutian 1 What do you mean ? Haven't 1 learn t ycu neTcr ?o laugh at other folks's calamities And here you bt a laughing right in your mother's face !' But, mother, I never saw you in a soap-barrel, before." Tatn't noways likely you will ever again, if I <TO f. nilt ?.P lli'tl r\rt n I I ah! i "?a tl?n 1.\* - o ....... ?" ?? ?? call your father ami .lube to come here as quick as their legs'll fetch cm. Dot you needn't tall them what's happened : they'll find that out quick enough when they get here.' Marsha, once out of her mother's sigh', enjoyed another hearty lnugh, and ran to the field for the men. who, dropping their rakes, hastened toward the house. Marsha waited at the top of the stairs, trying to compose her countenance before entering the presence of her mother again : hut at last she led the way for Julie, saying : ' Mother has met with an accident down hero. ' Teeriug through the darkness, honest Jnbc exclaimed, on beholding her mother's situation : How did you get in there ? ' It's none of your business how I came here. I'm here, and have got to he got out, some way or other. Where's your manners, .lube llorey, that yon stand thcro and laugh at me in this perdickerment ? ' ' Perdickerment 1 I should say it. was a soap barrel, if I was any judge. ' What if 'tis '.' I)o you think I'm so big a fool that I don't know what I've got into? Marsha, where's your father? Why don't he cotnc along ? ' lie is coming.' ' Vet. so's Christmas! And I ? nn?? if ilm bouse was on fire lie wouldn't "hurry a mite quicker ! ' 1 Why, Ju ly,' said Mr. Stutun, on entering tlio cellar. 'Where on aith be ye, anyway ? ' ' Where be 1? Can't you see nothing? Better put on your spects an<l look in the soap barrel ! Wal, I declare for it 1 Kf I hain't got to stau i hero and wait for another one to haw-haw and giggle ! For iny part, I don't sec nothing to laugh at. What arc you thinking of, Giles Stutson, a standing there laughing like that at mo ? What kind of use i* it for me to 'earn Marsha Ann to be respectful, when you, her father, don't show inc no respect 1 ' ' Come, come, mother, don't scold. If you could see yourself as we can, you'd laugh : you couldn't help it. But how came you U> get in there, ?yidy ? Guess rou must ha*e get foul of that cioer barrel. ' 4 Giles, what do you mean a-talking so, when you know 1 was one of the leading wimmin in the temperance cause ; and the idee ! Accusing mo right a-fore my own child of doing such a thing ! Wal, Mrs. Stutson. how be you going to get out ? ' asked Jabe. That's what I'd like lo know. Jahe ! Von get that w.-*li.bench around here, .so that 1 cin have it to step on to : ami you take hold of this side, no 1 tlilcs, hero, you take 'lothcr. and when you two hist tneup, Marsha Ann can scrape otl the soap. Here, (tiles, you ain't good for nothing ! Ye never was knee high to a toad ! If 1 ever git another man, 1 11 git one that won t have to stand on a sheet of paper to reach a soap barrel 1' After numerous attempts, Mrs. Stuuon was pari ally outside the barrel, with one knee resting >ui the top, when splash ! she went back again, spattering the 6oap in every direction, a goodly portion lodging on titles shirt front, while lie. with the others, was enjoying another hearty laugh. Did I oversee siclt a pack of fools !' she exclamed. There's no use cryingover spilt milk, .ludy.' '.Spilt it.*ilk, and a woman iu a soap barrel, are two dilVerent things, and you'll find it out so afore you git through !' 1 always tobl you, Judy, if you'd do a little less scolding, and u?c a little more soft soap, you'd make a good many more friends than yon do iinw.' ' Wal, I guess I've got enough out this time to suit you, and don't you never dare to say soft soap to me again, just as long as you live ! ' After spending a great deal of lime and strcngli, .Mrs. St til.son was at last as far out of her dilemma as I lie wash-bench and began commenting upon her own personal appearance. Who ever se<. sicli a looking crittert'alikcr dress all spiled, shoes, stockings, and tiie hull rigShe then orilorod Jabe to get a tub of water, and Masba to bring clean clothes. Mr. Stutson had. already pone for the meat rack, thinking it would have heett chenper to put it up in the first place than to havo been hindered in this way, and wishing women folks would tnind their own business and let tbe men folks alone Just look at tins teller bottom ! ' Mrs. Shulson exclaimed : ' and this bench, and tilings ! It'll lake a hull day to clean it up as it ought ter bo, and all this because tbe men folks didn't tend to tilings ns tlioy orler. I bit from that day to this, whenever Judy begin- to scold. Mr. Stutson says : \\ loetle soft soap. Judy,' and Judy is silent. a'I <' | j I hit .s lUvMKMi . I would SUjJgCSt in addition (o Mary's recipe for caked breasts to add to the beeswax and mutton tallow, honey and l'ie.-b butter. Mother's rule was a sj-ouidul of each melted together, spread on a cloth as largo as the breast with a hole in the middle, and worn day and night. Never knew it to fail if properly used, and it saves nut dd suffering. ? S F. M. III. Always brings down the house?A cyclone. CRl'SADE ALAINST LAWYERS. Where is the seuso in abusing the lawyers? They do not, elect themselves to office, fer there are only about 1,000 in the State, and there nbout 200,000 voters. And wheu they go to tho Legislature they should not be blauied for all the bad legislation ; for they arc in a minority there. Will anybody undertake to prove that lawyers arc less patriotic than other people ? They have served the Statu as faithfully in peace and in war as any other class of citizens. Let any old soldier say if this is not true. And everybody remembers with what unselfishness and fidelity they worked in 1870, on the Plump and everywhere el-c they were needed, for the success of the democracy. It is getting to bo quite the style among a low order of political reformers to abuse and vilify lawyers in the abstract, llut lawyers do not exist in the abstrac-; they arc re real, living, acting personalities, known and observed of tho communities in which they live. They are the kinsmen and friends and companions of other people of all other callings in the community ; they arc officers in the churches, trustees iu the schools and colleges; and in c**ery other way, in their individual relationship, stand on their merits as other men in other professions and callings do. Let anyone take the trouble to call over the list of lawyers he is acquainted with?the individual members of the profession?and sec if they do not compare favorably, in point of character and personal worth?cseentials of true manhood?with the average man in other walks of life. There are 'black sheep' among tho lawyers only as there arc 'hlaek sheen' amnns farmers merelmnfa and mechanics. If one has a valid objection to a lawyer, let him make it an individual objection, as he does in the case of a merchant or farmer, and uot abuse the whole profession for the fault* of one. It uiay be set down as a pretty safe rule that the man who is eternally abusing the lawyers is a demagogue and is trying to advance his own aspirations by appealing to prejudice and passion. This is not written in defense of lawyers ?for they ncr.d notilcfcnsa ; hut as s protest against a mean species of demagogism I that wouV? prejudice one class of citizens | against another, Mr political purposes- for ' it is a significant fact that all the abuse of lawyers centers in politics. Uut how do the lawyers regard this abuse of themselves ? Wo do not know, but think it very likely they regard it with contempt, as all other sensible people do. Tlicy know the purpose aad they know that everybody els.; whose opinion is worth ItllJtlllXI^ It IJ IMv 7* It iin<i , .111(1 llll!V move on serenely and unconcerned. They know, and they feel that every other sensible man kuows, that they are measured by their character and not by their calling?as other men are. And they know more than that?and right here we would put a -flea iu the car of the anti-lawyer' howler? they know that the more lawyers are abused, th j more will a discriminating and justice-loving public come to their vindication whenever they arc candidates for office. And this is no doubt the reason that of all men who run for office, the greater proportion of those elected are lawyers. If two men of equal merit and ability arc running against each other, one of them being a lawyer ; and the other candidate or his friends base his claims to support on the ground that he is not a lawyer while his opponent is, the lawyer will he elected; for lie will have not only the votes of those who vote for hun on his merits, hut will get the votes of many who, otherwise neutral, will take the part of the candidate who is unjustly abused. The best way to elect a lairt//r is to abuse the htvycr While on this subject, it occurs to us that there was a time when it was not objected but lawyers held prominent positions in the country, and at a time, too, when they served not for salary but for patriotism. Let us run over the list of the (lencrals that were in the Confederate army from South Carolina, and see what their occupations were before they went into the war. It may give some new ideas to politicians whose stock in trade is abuse of the lawyers. The list of (lencrals may not he complete, but embraces all that we can now call to mind : Lawyers: Maxcey Gregg, J. 11. Kershaw, .1 no. 1). Kennedy, Samuel McGowan, W. II. Wallace, M. W. Gary, M. L. Donham, M. C. Duller, States Rights (list, dames Conner, dames Chestnut, Abner Cerrin. IManters : Wade Hampton, doling Bratton, John Drayton, Trapicr, Johnson llagood, A. M. Mauigault, Stephen 1>. Klliott. Regular Army : 11. 11. Anciorsou, ?tepheu I), l.ee. ' -on l>uuu?vaut, 11. S. HipIcy, N. (1. livan?. Huroard Hoc. Teacher : Micali .Tcnkius. The above may prove interesting reading to those who think that lawyers are too prominent in these piping times of peace ; who think that lawyers are public enemies ; thai lawyers have no patriotism, but only want the offices for private jrrcu 1 and personal and prole-si.m il aggrandizement. Can anybody point out any bad legislation or maladministration that lawyers art :ti. i? . v ii i i i. _ * i * respousiiuie n#* ii??w umnu ?ueu u iinujj bo when they have always boon in a minor ity in the LegislatureAnd in looking over tbn lis I ?: Siale oHi jer.s, the only lawyers wo find there arc Lieutenuit-t lovornor Shcppard, who is simply President of the Senate, and A ttorney-t Jonenl Miles?this ofliocr must of necessity be a lawyer. Sc that if there is any in lladmin Ltrutiou the lawyers are ?vnt responsible for it. Then why this wholesale denunciation of lawyers ? Let every uiat. stand on his own individual merits. The * is no sense in trying to ?nr? ray ono class of citizens against another. And it is wrong. ? Xitcherrj/ Ob.vrvrr. A Hloodv Tiiaubdy.? tlreen villc, >l1irch 2.?A,horrible tragedy occurred at Piedmont this morning. .1 uncs W. King, a resident of Piedmont, alter accompanying to the depot his br?.ther-in-law Phillips, who took the up-freight train, returned to his dwelling in the village, murdered his TO 1 ('n Kir CfoKKliltW IlitP in K.I ke.t.iet .? ?.! IT K V WVUVK ?1'0 IIVI HIV. Ul Vi.nil <*1111 throat with a knife, un<l after this bloody deed cut his >\vn throat. Parties who suspected something wrong broke open the door of their room and found Mrs. King lying on th^ tl tor in a pool of blood and her husband lying across her, both dead, and the knife lying in King's breast. What led to ibis dreadful event secuis to be wrapt in mystery. Evidently King and his wife did not live amicably together. A circumstance creating this belief is that King had recently notified merchants of Piedmont cot to let bis wife have goods on his account. King earned his living by ditching and some of his children worked as operatives in the Piedmont Factory. Hut littlo can be > X learn id *.?-'Vh . ^"lople. They ca.no to PicdmontVas vrangers from North Carolina. It is jvt oisod that King bad sonic f i'j'.t y troulhfc .;nd had become insane when bo committed the awful tragedy. King was about fc'ty-fivo or fifty years of ago. They leave, it is said, uiuo children, several of them very young. O ? ? I?aun*-Yau? Mani i:k.?Tho chief value of barn-yard manure, an exchange says verv frulv lies ill the maimer in wfiieli it is " "J J 1 - - saved. If allowed to be drenched and washed by rain, its soluble portions are washed away, and these contain about, all there is of value in any fertilizer. If, on the othct hand, moist manure is thrown into a pile, and allowed t) heat, its valuable constituents are volatilized, and pass immediately into that vast storehouse of fertility, the air. Hence, under the action of water and strong fermentation the valuable constituents of maourc may be dissipated until eo little remains as to be practically worthless. In the feeding of auimiis in the fields or in pasturage this fertility is not lost. The soluble portions are washed out, and descend into the soil, and arc held for future use. The practical saving of manure of yards and stables therefore becomes a matter of importance. Two means are constant and simple ; the prevention of fermentation in heaps, and the washing of the soluble portions out of the yards. The first may be prevented by spreading where it may be tramped under the feet of animals and the second by forming the yard dishing and with a clay bottom that will hold the liquid. A Sad 11kvku.sk ok Four ink.?The other day 1 met oil the street a man, now old, gray and rather seedy, who has had some curious variations of fortune, lie is descended from one of the oldest and proudest families in the South. In early mauhood he was Professor in a ( niversiiy along with a friend who now holds a distinguished political position. Then lie le cuiic a popular anu learned minister ol the Gospel. When the war broke out lie joiacd the (Jonfederate army and attained higli command. After the conflict he nfliliatce with the Republicans uud, for a year 01 two, led a factional fight, in a reconstructed State. His side lost the game, and from that time, he has apparently gom down, down, until the wreck of so nnicl talent and courage is fearful to contemplate Out of his worn vest pocket he takes a liar monicon to blow the old war tunes of th South; and when he can get boon companions, tells scrofulous anecdotes and sings ii a quavering voice, salacious songs. Cai there be anything more dreadful tbau uubl gifts perverted to such uses! Tin: l,Kvri.-llr.\i>cn Fahmku?The lovel-headed farmers?and farmers who succeed arc level-headed?are the once who do not have their suiokc houses, corn cribs and hav and fodder stacks in the i West, a or their fertilizer piles in the ware, house of some distant city, hut are farmers 1 who realized the vast and varied resources that are placed so near them, and who use nature's abuudaut resources to make their crops ?we say crops, because they make their own provisions regardless of the ex; tra labor that may be entailed upon them ; ?but are ever mindful of the terrible bugbear ami inexorable master?debt. It is ; useless to say we have entirely a cotton prou remg coiuurv. it is proved every day that there is mosey in farming, but not iu the all cotton farm, liaise all you i need on the farm, and then plant several ) acres of cotton fir surplus money. Cotton i must bo the surplus crop, lleducc the acreage of cotto : otic-half and manure and care for your land, and in three years you will rai-?e equally as much as before the re* duction, and not wok as hard. It requires more labor, care and attention to make a poor crop than a good one. Make your manures at home. The vile and fraudulent compound sold to you as guano is not worth hardly the labor it takes to haul it to your firms. Replenish your lauds with grasses, pea-vines and other manures tint contains living substantial food?something that will give booe and sinew, so to speak, to tho land. Po not milk your laud without Ibcdiug it. It is absolutely certain that the all cotton plan is a humbug and wo uiustdiverge from it. The level-headed farmer has seeu it, and is to'day in fair and easy circumstances. Po not plant more than you can command the labor to cultivate thoroughly aud rotate and diversify, prosperity will begin to draw upon you.? Cotton Clout. o Tkuuacixu Lani>.--\Vo arc glad to sec that the farmers nil over ilio country are beginning to see tlio benefit of terracing their land instead of u-ing the old hillsido ditches. A careful -Judv of the matter will couviucc any practical farmer that terracing is the only way to save the land and make a gradual improvement possible. By this means the land is made to absorb moisture which would otherwise run off, it stops washes, and the fertilizers that are used from year to year, instead of beinir | washed away by the rains, arc oaug'.t by the terraces, and thus sll that the plant docs not take up is left in the soil. Thoso farmers who hive experience with this matter are enthusiastic in its praise, and common sense teaches that it is a good thing. Whenever this country is once terraced and the barren biil-ides of thin Piedmont section is reclaimed, wo in ay expect to sco a wonderful change in the condition of tho co u 111 ry.?Laurens Advrrfixer. A 11.\ul) Working MAN.--Kvcry year every local paper give from S100 to 3-l,00U in free lines f *r the benefit of the vic'uity in which it is located. No other agency can or will do this. The local editor in proportion to his means, does more for his town than any ten men and, in all fairness, he ought to be supported, not because you happen to like him or admire his writing, but because a local paper is the bc.-t investment a community can make. It may not he brilliant or crowded with great thoughts but financially it is more of a benefit to a community than the preacher or teacher ITiderstand us now, we do not mean morally or intellectually, but financially, and yet on the moral question you will find the majority of the local papers are on the right side of the question. To-day the editors of local papers do the most work for the least money of any men on carth Horn ArrF.it His Mot unit's Hi; iuai,. ?Kov. John liindscy, now preaching in Richmond county, N. (1 , was born four mouths after his mother had been dead nud > buried. His mother to all appearances, i died and was buried in Stcwartsvillo ccmc! terv. The night following her interment persons lor securing the jewelry buried with the body unearthed the remains, when consciuu-ness relumed and she was enabled ' to return to her home. Arriving at her late residence she rup;>ed at the door, and 1 was answered by her husband, who was I overjoyed to meet again in life his beloved r wife whom ho had mourned as dead. Four months afterwards IJev. Mr. Lindscy, was ? born. The m jiher survived several years. 3 This statement is made by llev. Mr. Lind1 sey, and is literally true. i ' ? * * With money, come poor relations ; with property taxes ; with the winter, pneumonia, and with the summer, cholera and base ball. ? I conn Journal. a - ? ? a Lemonade may help a man along fairly e well, but it is the 1 stick ' in it that causes hiut to stumble. A Hint to the Hoys.?I stood in tho store the other day whoa a boy oamo in and applied for a'situation. 'Can you write a good hand V was asked. Vans.' 'That will do?I don't want you,' said the merchant. lint,' I said, when the boy had gone, '[ know that lad to bean hottest, iudustyous bov. Whv don't tou yivo him a chanco ?' " 'Because he hasn't learned to say 'Yes, sir,' and 'NTo, sir.' If lie answers me ns ho did when applying for a situation, how will he answer customers after being hero a month V Hat couUl I say to that f He had fallen into a habit, young ns he was, which turned hint away froui the first situation ho had ever applied for. OlISTRt'tiTlON to STREAMS IN UPPER South Carolina.?A writer with the signature of 'Tho voice of the people,' lodges a just complaint with tho commissioner of agriculture that while some owners of dams on tho l'acolct river, in Spartanburg, have constructed tho fish ways re- . quired by law, there are others iu the same stream below who pay no uttcution to the law, and calls on the commissioner to see that they comply with the law. Tho status of the matter is this: The commissioner has reported all parties who ate obstructing streams to tho respective bounty commissioners whore tho obstuctiou exist, and they having declined to take action iu tin under, the cases have been referred by the department to the attorney general, in whose hands tho matter is no^v. ? Columbia llr<ji*tcr. No, Never.?Last *** a strapping uogro woman was up before an Auaiitt lice, charged with unmercifully boatitjg^her .* boy, n sndJlc-colorcd imp. ' ~ "if 'I don't understand how you can hafAj.-^ the heart to treat your own child so ermX/p., cllv.' 'Jedgo, has you cvcr"bccu a parody of a '"V wuflcss yallor boy like (bit ar cub of uiiue V '' 'Never, no, never 1' ejaculated theJudgo, with great vehemence, and getting rod iu the face. 'Den don't tnlk.' There was such a scuantion in Court, that the Judgo had to oaH'-'Ntxt,' four or five times and to fiuo a man who said 'hardly ever,' fifty dollars, before order could be restored. IIkaiid 1'itoM.?An exchange says : 'The negro emigrants from Carolina are being beard from. Several families, numbering 150 persons, arrived in Jackson, Miss., a few days ago, from Orangeburg, S. C. Charles It. Walker, a labor agent, contracted with them to work noir Utile Hock. They wore at Jackson turned over to some Yazoo county planters, but refused to go to work. Their baggage is bold by the railroad company for fare, which was not paid by Walker.' The friends ol these misguided people may look for appeals from them for money to bring them back to S m'.h Carolina. Experience is a dear school, but a certain class of people will learn in no other.? Oriiiii/i bur;/ Dcmorrut. - ? (Jkn. Hancock's Humoii.?Tim late Hen. Hancock was not much given to humorous declarations, but he said ouoexcecd.. ingly good thing iu that line at Gettysburg. At a certain stago of that great battle it happened that some subordinate officer, acting upon bis own responsibility, disregarded ordinary military rules and caused a decided advantage to be gained whore, ac- * cording to West Point philosophy, a disaster should have ensued. Hancock was both provoked and delighted. 'If I knew tho fool who ordered that movement,' he exclaimed ! would have him breveted.' Ki.UF.r Sai.vk.?To about half a pound of the inner bank of sweet elder, add a few balm of gilcad buds ; cover with water, boil twenty or thirty minutes, then strain ; to the water add one cup of lard or fresh butter ; and if the balm buds cannot bo had, add a piece of bard sweet gum the size of a hickory nut ( both can be used) ; boil gently till the water is all cooked out. When cold it is fit for use. This is a valuable ointment for cuts, burns, scalds, frosted limbs, ulcers etc. It may be used on any eruption whero the skin is broken. U'liy is a newspaper like a pretty woman ? To be perfect it must bo tho embodiment of many types. Its form is made . up. It is always chased though inclined to bo giddy. It enjoys a good press; the more rapid tho better. It has a weakness I for gossip. Talks a good deal. (Ian stand some praise, and it's awful proud of a new dress. What is the difference between a Jew and a lawyer/ The one gets his law from the prophets, and the other gets hie profits I from the law.