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I. - . ' >s * ' ' * * 'v ,? ' ' THE WEEKLY 811 DII01 TIMES. * - -m - ?~" /Ml*' ' / - Jlijroted ^flrirultnri;, gorlirulturt, Doinostir Ctanoma, fjolite Jitqrature, politics, and tin Current Hems of the gnji. V6l.. XVII.?New Series. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 12, 1880. NUMBER 10. ATllTRnU'c enrr CHAD I . n? i .. I v w wwiv v? \>v/r ?jv/nr ^Hain't you put that rack ia (bo cellar yet, to ktDg that at' drieil beef on ?' asked Mrs. Stutsoo. ' N??Jttdy ; I thought mebbe 'twould rain in * W iWo, and than Jabe could be spared to njlf^a little about the house for I most get mf work ketehed up while wo hare good weather.' 'Tee. there's alius something ye can't 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 airth . would beoome on us all if 'twan't for mo to look after things!' , 1 Come, come, mother, don't fret any more ; . v* we don^ want a cloud in the kitohen when there afwt none outside.' < Wal, I re got something else to do besides peekln' at the weather; and if yon ain't it's time that you had !' Giles Stutson wu a farmer?a man of good habits, honest in his dealings with his fellowmen?who, in his youth, had married Judith hlelntoeh. ? A smarter girl never trod shoe leather.' 80 aid the elder Stutson on the morning of their marriage. They had, by the olosest eoouomy, acquired a small fortune in the shape of a small farm, logated about two mi'es from the village of M Only one child had been given to them to brighteh their little country home, and this was a daughter, who, at the timo of our story, had just reached the age of twenty years. Mm. Stutson, as you will observe by this I conversation, was one of that peculiar type of Smen whose very life seemed to depend upon llding and working, all at the same instant, and the more she fretted and scolded, the more work she acoomplished. The whole family had become so accustomed te this that its only effect was, as Mr. Stutson onee said, that, ' It weat in one ear and out tother.' Wal, Giles,' there's just this muclAbout it: if that 'ar rack ain't up by ten o'clock, I'll git igom. nails and drive up to hang that beef on, | mmyseir. I've got lo clean that cheese-room todlf. and I want that pile of beef out of my way.' 80 saying. the went into the milk-room to strain .Ike morning'e milk. 'It's no use arguing,' said Mr. 8tutson to Jabe, the hired man; when Jndy gits eot on aajthlng-sbe'll hare her way, and if she Bays pha'll do a thing, she'll do it every time. Dot 1 guess that oheeae-room won't spile if 'taint eleaaed txlaj, and the beef is well enough " 0>n g|?ther wilh to dm7? unyn^npng^rnwirsi clear away the break that. Having cared for the milk, Mrs. Stutaon appeared, and exclaimed, partly to hprself and v partly to Marsha: ; Whocrer did see sieh men folks ? They 1 think a woman can get along aay way, no matter f how! Here is biled dinner to get, them tarobed clothes to iron, pies lo make, cheese, room lo olean, and maesy knows what, I don't '. Yes, and there's the donation party to tho parsonage, to-night. Was ever a woman so put to it to know what to do fust? I never was. Wal, I shan't go to the party, that's one sure thing !' * Why, mother, of courae you'll go,' said Mifiha. ' Of oourse I shan't go ! I've got something else to ?lo, besides going skylarking round nights. There will be enough of 'em without me. L?t them go as hain't got so much to do as I hnftfb Here, Marsha, you go into the shed, and fteiTH^Kjbox behind the door git me some nails, and gvie the wood-pile and fetch me the hatchet, and I'll see what I can do.' All things being now ready, Mrs. Stutson, With hatchet, nails and beef in her hands, started for the cellar, stopping on the top stair to tell Marsha to 'Be sure and^wash them greens clean, and not be a-gaping out the winder Co Tom llyder !' Thomas ltyder was the son of a neighboring farmer, who had at sundry times shown Marsha Ann some attention at apple-bees, and candypulls, these incideuts being sufficient to impress the mother with the great responsibility which devolved upon her to keep a watchful eye upon Marsha, lest Tom, who she thought was ununworiby of such a prize, should come and rob them of their precious treasure. un rescuing ine cenor, she lounU & suitable place over the pork barrel, where, to her mind, the beef would be 4 Out of the way of rate, and handy to get at,' ae she afterward* told Mr. Htutson. Having armed herielf with hatchet and nails, he mounted the barrel, and prepared to drive the first nad, when the barrel cover slipped, and splash she went?into what? It seems that Giles and Jabe had been there before her, and in getting out eome oider barrels, had changed things about in such a manner that the barrel of soft soap stood wher* the pork should stand ; and she, in her baste, not noticed the change, had mounted the former. < Lead o' massy ! What would that man do next, I'd like to knew ?' Making a plunge for the lop of the barrel, she tried to extricate herself, but each succes-1 site attempt proved only a complete failure. What on arth'a a body going to do in such a ftx ? Marsha I Martha Ann I What can thai gal be about ikat she don't come when I call her? Hanging on the fence, I warrant, atalking to that Tom Ryder ! I will Tom Ryder the bull lot if I ever git out of here !' Just at that mosdmI Marsha came through the hatohway. Where are you, mother?' ' Where be 1 ? I should think you'd ask! Oo ask Tom Ryder I Mebbe h^II tell you? that all you think on?and leave me to git along alone.' Where are you mother ? I didn't hear you call. 1 was washing the greens.' ? ? ?. ?.t, i iv-n you, in ino sonp oarrei. Where Jo you suppose ?' ' In the sonp barrel?' queried Marsha. One glance was sufficient. Convulsed with laughter, elio seated herself on a stone jar, to recover sufficiently to render the needed assistance. ' Marsh* Ann Stutson ! What do you mean ? Haven't I lcarn't yen never to laugh at other folks'a calamities ? And here you be a laughing right in your mother's face !' ' But, mother, I never saw you in a soap-barrel, before.' Tnin't noways likely you will ever again, if I get out of this one. Go out into the lot, and call your father and Jabe to como here as quick as their legs'll fetch 'cm. But you needn't tell 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 laugh, and ran to the field for the men, who, dropping their rakes, hastened toward the house. Marsha waited at the top of the ptairs, trying to compose her countenance before entering the nmcnftf of h?P mnlk?r - >" ' ' 1? -1 - r v. ?v?u?> , uuv ?% mow nuc led the way for Jabe, saying : 4 Mother line met with an accident down here. ' Peering through the darkness, honest Jabe exclaimed, on beholding her mother's situation : 4 IIow did you get in there ? ' 4 It's none of jour business how I came here. I'm here, and have got to be got out, some waj or other. Where's jour manners, Jabe Hosey, that you stand there and laugh at me in this perdickerment ? ' 4 Perdickerment I I should say it was a soap barrel, if I was any judge.' 4 What if 'lis? Do you tliiuk I'm so big a fool that I don't know what I've got into? Marsha, where'e your father? Why don't he come along? ' 4 He iscoming.' 4 Yes, so's Christmas ! And I s pose if the house was on fire he wouldn't'hurry a mite quioker! ' 4 Why, Judy,' said Mr. Stats jn, on entering tho collar. 'Where on atth be ye, anyway ? ' 4 Where be I? Can't you see nothing? Better pat on your spects and look in tho soap barrel! Wal, I declare for it! Kf I hain't got to stand here and wait for another one to haw-haw and giggle 1 For my part, I don't ee nothing to laugh at. What are you thinking of, Giles Stutson, a standing there laughing like that at me ? What kind of use is it for me to learn Marsha Ann to be reepeotful, when you, her father, don't show me no respect! ' 4 Come, come, mother, don't scold. If you could see yourself as we can, you'd laugh ; you eonldn't help it. But how came you U> get in 'Giles, what do you mean a-talktng so, when I you know I was one of the lsadiug wimmln in the temperanoe^^se ; and the idee ! Accusing me ngnt a-iorqjHown onua or uotng sucb a thing ! ' < Wal, Mrs. Stutson, how be you going to get out ? ' asked Jabe. 'That's what I'd like to know, Jabe ! You get that wnsh-bench around here, so that I can have it to step on to : and you take hold of this side, nnd Giles, here, you take 'tothcr, and when you two hist mo up, Marsha Ann can scrape off the soap. Here, Giles, you ain't good for nothing ! Ye never was knee high to a toad ! If 1 ever git another man, I'll git one that won't have to stand on a sheet of paper to reach a eoap barrel !' After numerous attempts, Mrs. Stutson was part:ally outside the barrel, with one knee rest, ing on the top, when splash ! she went back again, spattering the soap in every direction, a goodly portion lodging on Giles' shirt front, while he, with the others, was enjoying another hearty laugh. Did I ever see sich a pack of fools !' she ex. elamcd. There's no use cryingover spilt milk, Judy.' Spilt irilk, and a woman in asoap barrel, are two different things, and you'll find it out so afore you git through !' I always told you, Judy, if you'd do a little less scolding, and u*e a little more soft soap, you d make a good many more friends than you do now.' 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 timo and strengh, Mrs. Stulson was at last as far out of her dilemma as the wash-bench and began commenting upon her own personal appearance. ' Who ever sec sich a looking critter? Caliker dress all spiled, shoes, stockings, and the Jiull She then ordered Jabe to get a tub of water, and Masha to bring clean clothes. Mr. Slutson had already gone for the meat rack, thinking it would havf been cheaper to put it up in the first place than to have been hindered in this way, and wiahlDg women folks would mind their own business and let the men folks alone 'Just look at this cellar bottom!' Mrs. Station exclaimed ; ' and this bench, and things 1 It'll take a hull day to clean it up as it ought ter be, and all this because the men folks didn't lend to things as they orter. ' lln1 frnm (hsf tUv 1a lKl? mKanavas Taa.lw ? ?J -- , -??/ begins lo scold, Mr. Stutson says : 'A leetle j soft soap, Judy,' and Judy is silent. Motiieu'h'Hbmrdy.?I would suggest in addition to Mary's recipe for caked breasts to add to tho beeswax and mutton tallow, honey and fresh butter. Mother's role was a spoonful of each melted together, spread on a cloth as largo as the breast with a bole in the middle, and worn day and night. Never knew it to fail if properly used, and it saves untold suffering.?S- F. .V, III. Always brings down tho bouse?A cyclone. IKtMUE AGAINST LAWYERS. Where is the senso in abusing tho lawyers ? They do not elect themselves to office, for there nre only about 1,000 in the State, and thero about 200,000 voters. And when they go to tho Legislature they should not be blamed for all tho bnd legislation ; for they aro in a minority thorc. Will anybody undertake to provo that lawyers arc less patriotic than other people ? They have served tho Stato a9 faithfully in peace and in war as nny 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 1S7G, on tho stump and everywhere el-o they were uocded, for tho success of the democracy. It is trettini* to ho nnilo tlin atvla ninonr. do- "1 ?J? "6 a low order of political reformer* to abuse ( and vilify lawyers in tho abstract. But , lawyers do not exist iu the abstract; they arc re real, living, acting personalities, I known and observed of tho communities in which they livo. They are the kinsmen and friends and companions of other people of all other callings in the oommunity ; they arc officers in tho churches, trustees iu the schools and colleges; and in eery other way, in their individual relationship, stand on their merits ns other men in other professions and callings do. Let anyone ' take the troublo to call over tho list of lawyers he is acquainted with?the individual members of tho profession?and see if they do not compare favorably, in point of character and personal worth?esccntials of true manhood?with tho average man in 1 Other walks of life. There are 'black sheep' among the lawyers only as there aro 'black sheep' among farmers, merchants sod mechanics. If one has a valid objection to a lawyer, let him make it nn individual objoctioo, aa be does in the ease of a merchant or farm* er, and not abuse the whole profession for the faults of one. It may be set, down as a pretty safe rule that the mau who is eternally abusing tho lawyers is a demagogue and is trying to advance his own aspirations by appealing IA nratn/lioA nnouiAn Tbij u not written in defonso of lawyers I 1?for flojdefena# j hot as n pwtest against a mean speotcs of domagogistn that wou^t prejudice one class of citizens < against another, tyr politiosi purposes -^-for ' it is a significant fact that all the abuse of lawyers centers in politics. But how do tho lawyers regard this abuse of themselves ? We do not know, but thick it very likely tbcv regard it with contempt, as all other sensible pooplo do. They know tho purpose aad they know that everybody else whoso opinion is worth anything knows it also ; and so they move on serenely and unconcerned. They know, and t^iey feel that every other sensible man knows, that they aro measured by their character and not by their calling?as other men arc. And they know more than that?and Wght here we would put a 'flea in the ear of the anti-lawyer' howler? thev know that tho more lawyers are * J abused, th) more will a discriminating and justice*loving public come to thoir vindication whcucver they aro 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 are running against each other, one of them being a lawyer ; and the other candidate or his friends baso his claims to support on the ground that ho is not a lawyer while his opponent is, the lawyer will be elected; for ho will bavo not only the votes of those who voto for him on his morits, but 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 lawyrr is to abuse the lawyer. 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, Kon tliAi/ tnri'n.) not f/\? -*!.?-- ?*? TTWVM t.lVJ ?V? f WV> UVW IVI OUIC11J UUl IUI patriotism. Let us run over the list of tho Generals that were in the Confederate army from South Carolina, and see what their occupations wero before they went into the war. It may giro some now ideas to politicians whose stock in trade is abnto of the lawyers. The list of Generals may not be complete, but embraoes nil that we can now call to mind : Lawyers: Msxcey Gregg, J. B. Kershaw, Jno. D. Kennedy, Samuol McGowan, W. U. Wallace, M. W. Gary, M. L. Bon htm, M. C. Butler, States Rights (list, James. Cornier, James Cbestnnt, Abner Perrin. Planters : Wads Hampton, John} Bratton, Jobn Drayton, Trapier, Johnson Hagood, A. N. Manigault, Stephen D. Elliott. Regular Army: It. II. Andersou, Stc- ] phen D. Lee. -John Dunnovant, It. S. Ripley, N. G. Evan?, Harnard llee. , Teacher: jiicah .Tcukius. Tho above i?iay prove interesting reading to thoso who thiok that lawyers are too promincut in these pipinir times of peace ; who think that lawyers are public enemies j that lawyers have no patriotism, but only want the offices for private trreo 1 aud pergonal and professional aggrandizement. Can anybody point out any bad legislation or maladministration that lawyers are responsible fo^? How could such a thing bo when they have always been in a minority in tho legislature? And in looking over the list ft State officers, the ouly lawyers we fiod there are Lieutenant-Governor Sheppard, who is siuiply President of the Senate, and Attorney-General Miles?this officer must of ueccssity be a lawyer. So that if there is any maladministration the lawyers are OTt responsible for it. Then why this wholesale denunciation of lawyers ? Lot every mac stand on his own individual merits. Thesis no sense in trying to ray ono class of citizens against another. And it is wrong.?Xeirberry Observer. A Hloodv TiiAtiKDY. ? Grccuville, OTrrch 2.?A_horrible tragedy occurred at Piodinont this morning. J itncs \V. King, a resident of Picduiout, after accompanying to the depot'his bruhor-iu-law Phillips, who took the up-freight train, returned to his dwelling iu the village, murdered his wife by stabbing her in the breast and throat with a knife, and after this bloody deed cut his own throat. Parties who suspected something wrong broke open ^hc door of their room and found Mrs. King lying on tho floor in a pool of blood and her husband lying across her, both dead, and the knife lying in King's breast. What led to this dreadful ovent seems to be wrapt in mvstcrv. Evi- I dcntly King aod his wife did not live amicably togethdt. A circumstance creating this belief it that King had recently notified merchants of Piedmont not to let his wife have g'sods on his account. King j earned his living by ditching and fo:no of his children worked as operatives in the 1 Piedmont Jaet^ry. Put little can bo Itiftrtiad ; They ca.ne to Piedmontwis strangers from riorth Caroling. It is ^jjvmscd that King had some fai?Vy troutpk ..oil haU bccom- ins ino vrht-n ho committefl the awful tragedy. King was about ferity-five or fifty years of ago. They louve, is said, nino children, soveral of them very young. Ruin-Yard Manure.?Tlio chief valuo of barn-yard manure, an exchungc says very truly, lies in the manner iu which it is saved. If allowed to be drenched and washed by rain, us soluble portions are washed away, and thc9o contain about all there is of value in auy fertilizer. If, on the other hand, inoist manure is thrown into a pile, aud allowed to heat, its valuable constituents arc volatilized, and pass immediately into that vast storehouse of fertility, the air. Ilence, under tho action of water and stroug fcrmuntation the valuablo con* stiluents of manure may bo dissipated until so little remains as to be practically worthless. In tho feeding of animals in the fieids or in pasturago this fertility is not lost. The soluble portions are washed out, and descend into the soil, and arc held for future U9e. The practical saving of manure of yards and stables therefore becomes a matter of iuiportauce. Two means are constant and simple ; tho prevention of fermentation in heaps, and tho washing of the solublo portions out of the yards. The first may bo prevouted by spreading where it may bo tramped under the feet of animals and the second by forming the yard ;>!. . .1... 1?> -mi UISM!U? auu null a vi*y UUIVUUI lllcll Will hold tho liquid. A Sad Rbvkksk of Fortune.?The other day I met on tho streot a man, now old, gray and rather seedy, who has had some curious variations of Fortune. lie is desccuded from one of tho oldest and proudest families in the South. In early manhood ho was Professor in a University along with a friend who now holds a distinguished political position. Then he became a popular and learned minister of tho Gospel. When the war broko out he joined the Confederate army and attained high command. After the conflict ho ^affiliated with the Republicans and, for a year or two, lod a faotional fight, in a reconstructed State. Ilia .aide lost tho game, and, from that tiino, he has apparently gone down, down, until the wreok of so much talent and courage is fearful to oontemplate. Out of hit woro vest pocket he takea a barmonicon lb blow the old war tunos of the South; add when he cao get boon companions, tells scrofulous anecdotes and sings in a quavering voice, salacious songs. Can tSfro be soy thing more dreadful than noble | gifts perfected to suoh usee! Tub J-kvkf.-IIr.aded Farmer?The level-headed i'.inucrs?and farmers who succeed arc level-headed?arc the ones who do not have their smoke houses, corn cribs and hay and fodder stacks iu the West, uor their lertilizcr piles in the warehouse of some distant city, but are farmers who realized the vast aud varied resources that arc placed so near theui, and who use nature's abundaut resources to uiake their crops ?we say crops, because they make their own provisions regardless of the ox?? tra labor that may be entailed upon them ?but are ever mindful of the terriblo bugbear and iuczorablo master?debt. It is useless to say wo have entirely a cotton producing country. It is proved every day that there is mosey in farming, but not in the all cotton farm, liaise all you uccd ou the farui, and theu plant several acres of cotton for surplus money. Cotton must be the surplus crop, lleducc the acreage of cotto i one-half aud manure and care for your land, and in three years you will raise equally as much as before the reduction, and not work 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 farms. Replenish your lauds with grasses, pea-vines and other manures tb.it contains living substantial | food?something that will give bone and sinew, so to speak, to tho land. Do not milk your land without feeding it. It is nbtglutcly certain that the all cotton ! plan is a humbug vud we uiu^^ijerge from is. j. lie icvci-noaaea J^uior has seen it, nnd is to>day in fair and easy circumstances. Do not plaut more than yon can command the labor to cultivate thoroughly aud rotate and diversify, prosperity will begin to draw upon you.? Cotton Plant. Terracing Land.--We are glad to see that the farmers nil over the country are beginniug to see the benefit of terracing their land instead of using the old hillside ditches. A careiui study of the matter will couviuce any practical farmer that terracing is the only way to Bavc the land and make n gradual improvement possible. By this means the land is made .to absorb mfltstnro whifeh would othofwiso1 ran off, it stops washes, and the fertilizers that are .ugcd froyi year to year, instead of being washed away by the rains, are caught "by the terraces, and thus all that the plant docs not tako up is left in tbo soil. Those farmers who hive ezperictice with thia matter arc enthusiastic in its praise, and common sense teaches that it is a good thing. Whenever litis country is once terraced and the barren hillsides of this Piedmont section is reclaimed, wo may expect to see a wonderful chaugc in tho condition of tho country.?Laurens Advertiser. A IIard Working man.--Kvery year every local pfforgive from ?100 to 34,000 iu free lined f^r the benefit oV the vicinity in which it is located. No other agency can or will do this. The local editor in proportion to his means, docs more Tor his town than any ten men and, in all fairness, he ought to be supported, not because you happen to like hiui or admire hid writing, but because a local paper is the best investmont a community can make. It may not be brilliaut or crowded with great thoughts but financially it is more of a benefit to a community than the preacher or teacher Understand us now, wo do not mean morally or intellectually, hut Gnancially, and yet on the moral question you will fiud the majority of the local papers arc on the right side of the question. To-day the editors of local papers do the most work for the least money of any meu on earth' Exchange. Born A ft br IIis Mother's Burial. ?ltev. John Lindscy, now preaching in Richmond county, N. 0 , was born four mouths after his mothor had beeu dead and buried. His mother to all appearances, died and was buried iu Stcwartsviilo cemetery. Tho night following her interment persons for securing the jewelry buried with the body unearthed tho romaios, when consciousness returned and she was enabled to return to her home. Arriving at her lato residence she rapped at tho door, and wan nnawflrnd nn hnr lmak<nil ?1>a overjoyed to meet agaio in life his beloved wife whom ho had mourned as dead. Tour months afterwards lie v. Mr. Lindsey, was born. The mother survived scvoral years. This statement is mado by llov. Mr. Lindsey, and is literally true. I ? ?? ?T With money, come poor relations ; with property taxes ; with the winter, pneumonia, and with the summer, cholera and bate ball.?leoria Journal. ?w? ? ? i Lomocsde may help a man along fairly i well, but it is the 1 stick ' in it that oautei him to stumble. A Hint to tiie Boys.?I stood in the store the other day when a boy oaaio in and applied for a'situation. Cau you write a good hand ?' was asked. 'Yaas.' 'That will do?T don't want you,' Raid the merchant. < . But,' I said, when the boy had gono, . 'I know that lad to bean honest, iinlustyou* boy. Why don't jou give him a chance ?' 'Because he hasn't learned to any 'Yes, ?ir,' and 'No, sir.' If he answers nie as ho did when applying for a situation, bow will he answer customers after beiog hero ' a month ?' What could I say to that '( He had falleu into a habit, young as he was, which turned him away from the first situation ho had ever applied for. < * Obstruction to Streams in Upper South Carolina.?A writer with iho signature of 'Tlio voice of the people,' ?? lodges a just complaint with the commissioner of agriculture that while some owners of dams on tho Pacolct river, in Spartanburg, have constructed tho fish'ways required by law, there arc others i*i the .same stream below who pay no attention to the law, ond calls on the commissioner to see that they comply with the law. The statu* of tho matter is this; The commissioner has reported all parties who ate obstructing ftreauis to the respective %)unly commissioners where tho obsiuction exist, and they having declined to take actiou in th? matter, the cases have been referred by the department to the attorney general, in whose haads the matter if no$. ? Columbia Rejittrr. No, Never.?Last strapping negro woman was up before an AuMitt Jgttr tice, charged with unmercifully -J? boy, a paddle-colored imp. I don't understand how you can bawC'vV." ^ the heart to treat your own child so elly.' 'Jedgo, has you evcrTjecn a parent, of aj wufless yaller boy like dat ar cub of mine ?' '? *. 'Never, no, never!' ejaculated the Judge, j . with great vehemence, and getting red iu " the face. 'Den don't talk.' Thcro was suoh a sensation in Court, that the Judge had to caH*^'Ntxt,' four or five times ond to fine a man who said 'hardly ever,' fifty dollars, before order could be restored. ? - .... v . Heard From.?An exchange says : 'The nogfo'cmigrauts from Carolina are being beard from. Several families, numbering 150 persons, arrived in Jackson, Miss., u few days ago, from Orangeburg, S. C . Uhurlcs it. Walker, a labor agent, contracted with thcui to work ncir Little ll-iek; They wero at Jackson turned over to some Yazoo county planters, but refused to go to work. Their baggage is held by the railroad company for fare, which was not paid by Walker.' The frieuds ol these misguided people tuny look for appeals from them for money to briDg them back to S ju'.h Carolina. Experience is a dear school, but a certain class of people will learn in no other.? Orangeburg Democrat. Gkn. Hancock's Humor.?Tho late Gen. Hancock wa9 not much given to humorous declarations, but he said oueexcecd., ingly good thing iu that line at Gettysburg. At a certain stage of that great battle it happened that some subordinate officer, noting 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 'I would have him breveted.' Ki.df.r Salve.?To about half a pound of the inner bauk of sweet cldor, add a few balm of gilcad buds ; cover with watcr^boil twenty or thirty minutes, then strain ; to the water add one cup of lard or firesh butter ; and if the balm buds caunot bo had, add a piece ot hard sweet gum tho sizo of a hickory nut (both cau bo 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 bo used on any eruption where the skin is broken. Why is a newspaper like a pretty woman ? To be perfect it must bo the om~ bodiincnt of many types. Its form is mad* . I up. It is always chased though inclined to bo giddy. It enjoys a good press ; the more rapid the better. It has a weakness for gossip. Talks a good deal. Can stand some praise, and it's awful proud of a new ^ | dress. What is the differor ee between a Jew and a lawyer/ The one gets his law from i the prophets, and the other geU hit pfoAte from the law. .