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iM?R?NGEB?M NEWS PUBLISHED AT OI^A-TSrCVFlT^XTTlGr Every Saturday Morning. BY TDK ?RANGEBURG NEWS COMPANY TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Copy for one ynr. $2.00 ? ? ? " Six Months._. 1.00 Aay one sending TEN DOLLARS, for a Cln? of New Subscribers, will receive nn fiXTRA COPY for ONE YEAR, free of ? karge. Any ono sending FIVE DOLLARS. f?r a Club of Now Subscribers, will receive nn EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of charge. RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 Squaro 1st Insertion. $1..r>0 ? ? ?? 2d " . 1.00 A 8qui\ro consists of 10 lines Brevier or one inch of Advertising space. Administrator's Notices.$5 00 Notices of Dismissal of Guardians, Ad ministrators, Executors, &o.$0 00 Contract Advertisements inscrto ! upon the m?*t liberal terms. MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES, hot exceeding one Square, inserted without ttkarge. ^ n&r Terms Cash in Advance. "TFa -i-;;-.-r?-:?rr?r-. MALCOLM I. BROWNING ATTORNEY AT LAW, ORAXOEBIIKG C. II., So. ta nov 4 AUGUSTUS B. E.N0 WLTON (Formerly ot me New York Bat'.} ATTORNEY -AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ? ? ; TRIAL JL'STU'iV* Tioftidence In Fork of Kdlgto, ALL BUSINESS ENTRUSTED vill be promptly and carefully attended to. j uly 23 ly DR. T. BERWICK LEGARE, SURGEON DENTIST, Graduate lSaltimore College Dental Surgery. OFFICE MARKET-ST. OVER STORE OF I J. A. HAMILTON, METALIC CASES. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS ON HAND all of the various Sizes of the above Cases, which can bo furnished immediately on ap plication. Also manufactures WOOD COFFINS as usual, and at the shortest notice. Apply to H. RTGGS, mar G?Cm Carriage Manufacturer. REEDER & DAVIS, AND , General Commission Merchants, ?dger'i JlVmrjf", CHARLESTON, S. C. ?SWEM, IlBEDBR. Ziumkiim.n Davis. oct 15' Gin t. F. Bkouir. R. R. Huhoi.ms IT. Ilrim;ins. Bb?oi>ie & co. COTTON FACTORS ax n CO M .MISSION' M KRC11A NTS, NORTH A TL AS TIC WHARF, CIIARESfON, S. C. Liberal Advances made dtl Consignment. Rnrr.it to Andrew Sitnunds;- Bsq*., Pros i 1st National Bank, Churl ston1, S. C. may 21 ?ec tf WASHINGTON HOUSE liY Mrs. M. W. Stratton, con x Kit GERVAIS & ASSEMBLY STREETS COLUMBIA? S. ('. Convenient to tlie Greenville mid Charleston Knill 'Onds and the Easiness portion of the City. Hate ol Transient Board?Tv ? Dollars por Day. Regular Boarders received at Reasonablo Rates. ? do 10 tf OUTSIDE. i. Just a gleam thro' the dnrknoss? The life of two eyes from u book? A glance?!>iit some glances are beaten ; To such ryes 'tis given To make paradise in a look. II. Just n face in the lamplight : A hand, and some glittering hair . Hut hearts have been broken, 'tis said, Aii?I white steel staintd red For fuses less faultlessly fair. ill. Just a pill in her beatify. Her glory of freshness and youTIi; But what has earth better to ?lgh for, To live.for?to die for? Than innocence, beauty, und youth ? JAPAN UXS13AL1?1>? Iiiterrsliiii* Account of Mr. De Long's Journey in tho Interior. Appearance of the. Country? Profovml Respect Shown to tho Party? IIou- to Eat Souj> with ISharp Stic/./1?A ?Su yucious P"j?An Aboriginal. Hakoiiadi, Ja can, Thursday, Deo. 28, 1871. A brief account of the tour recently matle by Minister DeLong throughout t'n- most remote and curious portions of this himntrc, cannot lail to be of interest tdyoiii readers, n ?t only from the mys tery Burrouudiug the life ol the inhabi tants, but also from th-j promiueut posi tion of the tourist, as a.representative of tho people of tbo United States, aud the princely attentions paid him, and the. aid received by himJu his j mrney, WdU\' this Government. MdtfeirChioal Janan, lately oy;-.p;.r. .^ejAble by f .0^">: ? r iiut-ejietTiible veil t-5 in- j ^juisilive, democratic America. l>y or der of* the Mikado, Minister DcLong was everywhere received with the hon ors usually paitl to .1 Prince. The peo ple were forbidden to appear upon the streets, or even out of doors, at his ap proach; when admitted to his presence they were to prostrate themselves before hilt), and at every stopping place, during a tour which took them four times across the island of Vcsso in various directions, the kindest provision had Seen mad ? in advance for the comfort and entertain ment id' the party. TUE ABOnitflNES of JAPAN. The Japanese authorities in Veddo had previously informed him that the | AitlOS. or hairy people, were tho origi- ! ual inhabitants and sole possessors of] this winde group of island, including Niphon; that they had for a long time contended for the supremacy with the Japanese, but eventually bad been dri ven back and partially exterminated, until the remnant of their tribes had been gathered in >> esso and Saghalien They were described as being mere savages, but wearing long beards, and being as hairy all over their persons a^ do^s. an incident of the civil wak. Many wonderful tales are (old by fondgn residents of the acts of courage .1 chivtdrv disnlnred on ??????? rddrs during this bloody civil wat. One of these stories affords so curious an il lustration of the difference between 'civilized' and 'uncivilized'' warfare, that it is worth repenting: When, at last. Kininoto's vessels had all 1 ecu destroyed, and h..s devoted followers were surroun ded in the fort here, cut of? from any supply of water or provisions', their eiienues?after fighting them with the Utmost ferocity during the day ?would, as soon n.M tho shades of evening fell, scud in rations of rice and fresh water to their focsf smlli-Mont for' their use during the next twenty-four hours; and when their liritish friends remonstrated against such an unheard of proceeding, o reply was, 'We know those men; il ey are gentlemen, and so or* wo. We do not wish to capture them as we would ra s. but with swords in their hands, ii Illing like warriors. Any other course would rob our victory of all its honors.' Ami thus they continued to do um 1 they worked nut tho victory they fought f??r in tIk it own fashion1. hakodadi and vh'cnitv. Ilnkodndi Head, so culled, is a bluff point of a promontory, almost circular in form, vising sumo twelve hundred feet in height, aud connected with the mainland by a very narrow sandy low flat. The harbor is undoubtedly the liest in Japan, being very commodious, deep, nnd entirely latid-locked. In plain sight,'and about thirty miles c?!tunt, is a grand volcnnic mountain, which emits smoke and steam, but has not been oth erwise active for many years. The principal trade of this port is in sea weed, fish, oil, doers' horns, hides and furs, salmon, tod and herring. Hardly is tiic traveler outside of the limits of Ilakodadi when he roaches a beautiful and highly fertile (arming country, dotted with villages. Fine orchards of pears, apples, ami groves of chestnut and walnut trees, and gardens tilled with all kinds of vegetables, and also mulber ry groves with silk worm culture going on, delight the eye. Here, and in sight almost of Ilakodadi, is a farm that a foreigner leased from the so called rebel authorities. Ho prepared to cultivate it according to European ideas, but the ?Japanese Government ?in fear that foreigners wo la claim similar privile go? which they could mit well refuse, as long as they allowed this man to occupy Iii? farm, which would have the effect of opening the island to foreign settle ment, and also out of a desire to get ri i of ali titles derived from the now de ! lauct or 'rebel' Government, bought oil the would-be larm'cr, submitting to most terrible extortion to b<: rid of him. A SUUPRISB. We had expected to enter a country like the portions <rf Ntphoti we had pre viously visited?its valley* all rice fields, and its hills clothed with pine and bam boo. Our surprise a,id pleasure, ther lore, were very ?/real to h id th at hero, in the most f-celu,ded corner .01 Japtn, we were in a country which in all i;- pro ductions seemed a counterpart of the Northern plates of America. Tho for tsts, when }vo reached, them, proved to as ash.-cuk. Simple, hielt of)', beech, chest, nut, horse-cbesaut, birch, &c, \\ ith a j dense growth of broad-leaved scrub bamboo, which forms a splcudi 1 covi . for game, aud, juJgi tig from the \. .<?, in which our b ases eagerly a;;' its broad leave.*, a most delicious pasturage for animals. As wo loft this line of ii:t! villages :t'd Ilakodadi behind us, we entered and crossod a mountain rang'!, threaded solely by this one r >.td, a mer bridle-path, with habitations so scireo that we wool 1 rnlc lor inilos aft r lei\ iug onn houso bofnro wo would rea !i another, all of which wer" country inns Bright, sparkling streams of water w< re constantly crossed, and in all of these We saw myriads of trout and "t!i r lb 1 l j. from our path, almost cunt uu uisly, arose partridge, iptail and pigeons. Wild grape-vines, coveted wi*h rij i grapes, hung on every side, together with anoth er vine resembling tho grape, aud bear ing a somewhat similar but larger fruit The chest oil and oak trees were ii.; i with nuts and acorns, and tho winde country was in as wild :i condition as :: is possible to imagine. OUR C.W.VT.CADE. As we threaded our way through these lorests, our train appeared novel and Interesting. Preceding us was our escort of si:-.- Hers, armod with Spen eer carbines, the leader of the file car rying the American flag on a Japanese i.tuc<-. i uiiu'Mi?g ??;.n ciuuc luv ... of the escort, including a native inter pretcr?then the six tourists?seven in eluding your correspondent?six s.-r vants, and a baggagu train. A'll of us wero mounted on wiry little native Ihm ses but half biukuu, and that h ill' tho w n st half of the two. Thus we pro en ded until passing the volcano l)u our second day's rido wc came out on the beach of Volcairo Bay, at a little siting village called Mori. A SCailipei" of a few miles along this bench, with the surf washing our horses' feet,brought us to our resting place lor',thu night On entering each little haiulet wo wore met by local authorities, kneeling and bowing to the earth, then n itty .".ti l running with us to the other limit ol ? bheir hamlet to see that tin.- respect was paid by all, ami I hen bidding us a rc spedful adieu in thu same manner .1 U'ANKsK OFFIOI \\. HOSl'l t'Al.l 1 v Our system of .- ijourniog \\ most uuiquo. At every house on on. , ninny a dais or raised seat, covered g lierall) with a red cloth, forming u small throne, Was arranged lor our t hief to occupy alone, and otljer rooms, without such an appurtenauoc, were given to the .-?uite. Over the door of the Minister's room wo would Und a written card in Japanese, which, when translated, read, 'His Highness, the Envoy from tho Ulihed Countries',' while over the rooms devoted to his suite the card read, 'For the Noble Fol lower.*,' The rooms were covered with mats in ordinary Japanese ttylo with bfetzers or hibatckeg, da they arc called hero, sunk iifft the floor, being simply little squ ire pits filled with fine, clean sind, /with charcoal fires lighted in the cen^c. The invariable custom of serving f? was first to pass around tea, then to bring in a little tea pot to each room, ' lied with tea. and place it on the fire,.:hit each might :e plcuish at pleasure! Then would follow a Japanese meal serJCed in wooden bowls with chop-sticks, \vbich we soon became expert in muuiptfun.g. To eat soup with two straight \licks was at first a poser, but we discMvcri d how it. could i be done?that is.jbv putting enough boiled rice into th( bowl to absorb tb 1 soup, and tin 11 eubjg the rice. Puri t he journey we nUUmniy mixtures and es and i ,. ssiblel things that it woijLl be tj'i;te imp to describe, and f 'i Whle'i w?- kn-w i? ? -1 ther naoic or oriti ?t. A ri.i : of thirty nr lorty miles of I'kickiii^ mi l banlr;, ponies, in cold so breezes. 0:1 tli-.- ! or over mountain 'mi the wur.-t <d tr.tos. prepares one's sttjiach to reo, iv :*'t:i -: anything tint eUF possildy 1 . .. without the pass]f,>or l?t-i 'i _r ???.'??;? e-;ri as to the t iti^'llrf^The ey>: V .'.I ! :?: ' times dwell 1 .nuV-'ly fur a m ..n--:;; 0:1 the content- i| ? L*iwl ol' strange mix tures, and t 1 ' ion cotnc !'.-t tip in the mini, s t... h -t hor e ?>.. refreshment w .rt* if, r it, or bat; hot a era vi- - appctitijk tQMicraliy cat al: -lie:. j ,-cui.l !(!?' It .1.1 ? i' 11 S WHS i 'I ? AM' Iii ! . ' 1 ? 'Along the t^Of ???.ivcl. ?. !n ;ie vr We found ajyy sc s?'-"' ' wo won! 1 tin 1 Kt ^?TlV?/???''rs: or some instances dressed with" fc I cl th, I an 1 in others w ithout rai n tut. 1? ifore . I e'aeh < 1 those places would be seen the | j iiivariable red gates deuotinq the f. irh ! I to be Siutooism, the r 11 :i >n of th I Mikado and of the Government In j the discussii u that, ensued maiiy months ?r0 between this Covcrnmenl and tin foreign representatives, when the at r t the t .-I tcni| t was made by the 1 j sell lern? ol of native Christi ns . Nagasaki In m persccuti< 11, the 01 was pro -1 d home on tin Covernti know w by it was that 11 is j opl being sent into banishment at ! . [11 it was not on account o| th 1 Christians. The reply vv.is, bceaiis j were insubordinate and it 1 ; iv ru.ibl , but t\i9 extent of the ins ihord ia!ion ? was that they refused to pass throYrg those red gates; this b -i:i_- the test of th faithful, 't is an cstablishi I faci that ? terrific religious war is now going mi ii Japan between the Siut.in und P.'i I ii i sects, the l.o.'rr bcit .: possessed "i th j in -t valuable estates aud privileges at , quired during the three hundred yeat J of tin: Tyeortn; whoso faith was I>. ; di.-rn. With the ins' illm nt .,( ;'. pr sent 0o\ runout, the Mikado brougl: 1 ointooism, the faith of Ills ancestry, i the front, and lie has steadily ; i> -uti : the Iluddist se.-i, stripping thcni t ! privileges and possessions until it rntnored that, in despair, they have ;?? alliance line >n of the ii .si d.-.. ri Christians, looking to an strength to resist the ?? Hence it is that the travel finds the gorgeous ti ,. >?'., ilisis L'-'ing to dt <? ty and jiVi while 1 he new Sinfoo ; ? ' . arc thronged With de\ tees. I; docs not appear to distu b this people .toy to change the gods' they woisnip, an ? t!. is 1 ut little 1 i?..i why i: slum A SAfitl l.l-.I-O > |? .\mi ,\ ; {N'l i i I. \ : ('1 ?Vi1 . We bad with us 1 .!? g, ??'!'? 1,,." . .. chief delight w.i- i c nne up m a < im ti lery. Into one of tin so h-- .. 1;! i : ;:- . I with avidity, ami soon fill himscli nut of J the bowls of meat, lisli, &e , set about tlic graves a3 chtiWrchon i the dc] tried ; spirits. No doubt nv dev it oca were delighted to lind that their tincestois bad ;?: last received tlieir oflVringSj mil d> votired their nee like h. .ii(li\ ghosts. .11 each vill gu ihroiieh \vbich we nas.s?!il we lonnd little lines of el ?an - ind 1 1 . j ning along the coiltre of tii stj an i in such places us ?e were t- res! for I lunch, or to remain :.il night, the !. Use WO were to stop at, an i the door w\ w >ro to enter, would be ?!. igtlal ? ! I , .1 M ,, of sand leading directly then to, and t quaniity placed j 1 t it th.- d r This we were informed, was 11 si??n < f welcome, an old ouslom ol the Kmt 1 \W soon learned to judge of tlio hearti ness of our welcome by the quantity of sand we found thus phicod, and I bclicvo wc rarely judged wrong. THE HONOR PAID TU TRAVELING DIG NIT Mil ES IN JAPAN. Our anticipated pleasure iu s-eing tltc poop je nn tho rou^c was much diminish' i d hy tlo> or'J.Ts??4r*vtT S? Muiistc? Do Lonj '? honor, hud been promulgated, that Uli should Ccttsc work and go iu doors w!ii '' our cortege was passing. This token of respect we would gladly have had ou.iltcd, if wc could ha\cso arranged it hut the order had swept on before us, and it was unchangeable. Ii' any unlucky wight, rtiati, woman <>r child was unfortunate enough t > he. in the street, or even iu tho adjoining gardens or fields, at tho cry of our guards?j ?/ io/ft"?down llO Would have to COIUC on his marr w b in is, with his open ! haul- extended downward, his Untrer tips resting:on the sand. All travelers ..ii horsel ack v.en; compelled to dis mount, turn out, and perform this obei sance, aud pack trains, &c, to leave the road. .^;i !i i- tho honor due to *i Japanese dignitary when oil his travels. THE IIAIRY MEN. On our third day out wo came on our ; first Airi >. as wo wore ah nit fording a small crock, on entering a little village, lie had "u an nfli -hi r<'V\ being evidently otio of the village authorities, and was in company with Japanese officials, lie was about live I'cct nine inches tali, and stoutly made. Mia eOlor, about that of a Japanese; b- he had very full black and I oi_' moustache nnd bend. His hair was unkempt and igiry, being uci ther entirely Etraightor curly, but rather wavy iuappcarauoo. fJ is legs, which were hare to the kucis. disclosed no more'.hair lhau the binbs o.' many white man. Ue by selling down placing his open h inds t igctlier, baoks .' >wn, and making two upward motions, as ii casting dirt or water on his head and face, finishing salutation by striking hi-* long beard wioc very c mplaceutly; He then uros<i and returned our look of curiosity with interest, meeting our g?zo with a lull us wort i,ig return. A loiik ofgratifida t>i . 1 ? ver his countenance as he ' iiotici 1 our full boards^ Ho again ' roked. his \ vvii, and glanced at the heard I < s Japanese ouicials stiiiidiug , about ir. My idea was that his. tii nights inigltt have boon expressed about as follows: ' X iw you spa youi* error; foi all tho time you hive abused and de nounced my pcopl ?. becauso of our 1 . iiiis?what wo cling to as a bad ;c of , ir mit i ?d, \ don niiiu it ? otio of shame. Von cull us beasts and dbgi of Anios, and now behold! hero dome those won derful people from across the son, with their superior civilization and spirit of inasteiy; and whoni you n ?w lelight to honor and (isisociatc w'uhj and beb '.11 ! they, are Alii* wearing hair as wc , <h " I'll ? loi k of this man was friendly an 1 intelligent, an 1 \ . v lav ir.ibly iin pre, ? me -0W .V V. Tun . 1 lie Divorce Law. The ? ditor of the .i::..., tribim*., tu i It-:tor IV? iii Columbia, write-' a> follows concerning the divorce law foce ;!y en act d by i i" Ling isla t tire : 'I ho most pc'ard iral public measure which has engaged tlio attention <d' iln. (icncral Assembly at i:- p osent session, and that i* likely to 1 e IVaughl with as many important results as any other that lias been di?cus?(,d since the clo^e of the wai s tlio divorrp la\t? jiisl passed This i ildes. fi,-st, th .t when the valid ity of a marriage Khali be denied or doubted by either hi the pirlie*. the ilie marriage : and upon duo pr'oof of the validity tl.ci >of, if shall be decreed conclusive up ni all pers ??> c-uiccrned Vml secondly, that a divoivo from the .i nd of matrimony bo decreed for (ho following causes1: i. Adultery. 2. \\ In n cither parts wilfully liband us oi des ii- the ' iIhm, for the p. riod ? I' two years, ; rovided that when tlio suit is in* -i tu 1 by tlio party it sorting, it rip p...;. that 11"! dcsv-iiion was caused by ! b ? dxtl - Crtl dty of the OtllCI party, Or thai tho desertion by the wile w i caused by !' e gross or v.*aiitoii i nJ cruel neglect of the husband to pro vide . litablo maintenance lor her, ho ben, , i ? ?. t-iciit ability so to do. The rest i I the ae is im.'uly devoted toil prescription ol tho processes ol law by whi'di i divorce may be obtained, tiud to fixing provisions for alimony and for the maintenance of the wife and chil dren in suitable cases. The law is a step in the right direction, and. whilst meet ing a social necessity that has long been experienced, is so thoroughly guarded in its scope and authority that it does not violate to any considerable degree 'hat conservatism of the past which has Ufllways forbidden the granting of di vorceTNriJ State under any circum stances wbateverr ?~...._ ..._ An Important Law. The alt' ntion of our readers is direct ed i (the following Act recently passed the Legislature, and which is very important to al! c'wne'fs and purchasers of red estate : AN act to more effectually pro viob for tiik recording of all i onvjsyances of real kstatk. Section 1. Ii" it enacted by (he Sen sic and House of Representatives of the State id'South Carolina, now met and sitting in Ceti Tal Assembly, nod by the authority of the samo That every con veyance of real estate within this State, bcreaft r made, ?hall, within .?!> days, be rec ird< 1 in the. off] -e of the Clerk of the County in which such real estate shall be situated, except in trie'County of Charleston, whore all such conveyan ces shall be recorded, within tho same time, in the oOioo id' the Register of Mcsue Conveyances; ami every such con veyance, not so red rrdud, shall be void, as against any sub^eiptont purchaser in good faith and for a valuable constdcrd tion. of the same real estate, or any por tion thereof: Pi'ociilexi, Such subsequent purchaser shall have first recorded his said conveyance. Sr.c Difljivut sei.s of books shall hc. r.:?->>: le ' hy th.fl ?'lerks^of the several Count' ? , for th" :\j vd'w: z ol d ? 'ds and m irtgagos, in one of which sets all eon veyancss, absolut.* in their terms and not intended as mortgages, or as sureties in the nature of mortgages, .-hill bj re i rot 1. d. and i;i the other set all such mortgag*!*, or sureties in the nature of mort ; .-'tall be recorded. Sec. iJ. All Acts or parts of Acts, im- ? i-i-vnt with the provisions of this Vet, a-.* hereby repealed. I Approved January 8th, 1S72. M:in;v;cnifii? o! Brood Sows. i Rrccd trs -if improved stock have made such successful efforts to develop the ? fattening point" in swine, that brood sows are liable to bee line to > ff -hy for breeders, unless they are supplied with j food that contain"* a small proportion of carbouaccous material, foil that will I rodticc fat. Fisher llobbS, an Krrglish I breeder raid, when selling a breeding Jow : uJj t Ii r work bar I for a living ; don't feed her bonntifuiiyior she will ??et fat and have t. i pigs, or very few." There is wisdom in ibis: but remember that the kind of food given her is a most j irtant consi Icr.iti ?n. Tho foetus can not bo properly formed unless the mi te rials are of, the right sort,'for there I must be the elements of hone, m.tsele I atid tat ?the latter alot ? is of little use : therefore avoid the fatal mistake of giv ing t i the sow a I ir. o quantity of roots h . re parturition, 'lite sun-; mistake i- often lea l with sheep and cows. If a sow is allowed ? ? remain at large, she does well, having access to pasture, be cause !n a ?,? od ;? i> uro we have a groat variety "I plants, poss ss.ing various and valuable qualities?aromatic, condimen tal ai: I others generally available to the ; juvenile formation and development, whit;; th,- natural instinct of the animal te aches her 'o select. A moderate supply of peas, beans, and barley, or - akt-d Indian corn, may be added: also clover and green beans with pods on. Cabbage is very safe too l. Noth in.' "onus amiss with a SOW. The great ; oint i.-. to lake care th it the food th ud I consist id' a variety, and not as is ton ? ofieu the case, be confined toouosort, es pecially roots. After parturition, roots iu:\y ! much more liberally given, and especially cabbago, in conjunction with other food; hut at the period ol parturi tion, to guard a. aitist lever, the diet sin aid be snaring and cooling.? Ex France h is 27,000 miles of telegraph line-; hngland, 23,000; Russia, 25,000. The United States has 7r>,000 miles the equivalent of tho throe other ecu Why ?ur Crops are not Better; A very sensible writer in the Nash ville Union and American suggests tho fo lowing as leading causes why odr crops are not better arid the farmer more prosperous : First, because, chief in the list, is our slackness. "He be-micth poor that dcai cth with a slack hand," says Solomon. A. good school can be obtained only by a thorough^ teacher at It's" nSS^'^wito^-' stimulates the children to thoroughness in all they do. Reflection and observa tion will convince all that every valua ble acquisition is the product of no slack hand. I am fully persuaded that our soil will and otrght to be made to pro duce at least thrico its present average y^eld. The way to make do so it is to plant but half the quantity, and begin by thoroughly preparing, enriching and generally breaking and subsoiling the fall before the seed are to be sown. If impossible to manure, a sensible farmer will learn the nature of his soil and plant that which will best thrive there on. A second ci'usc of poor crops is, I think, lato planting. The Northern farmer regards it as a great mishap if his corn and wheat arc uot sown within a weok after the frost is fairly out of the ground. The Southern farmer should regard it likewise, not because of a short >n, but because of drought. I can not question ?hat the corn crop of this whole section of country was reduced fully one third by inattention last spring to this important item. Again. Our farming implements are' generally behind the ago. Our ploughs go iu the furrow rusty, dull, arrd rtfaif shapen. They are often: drawn lazily along by an animal which ought never to uo accepted ;.s a gi'L by n sensible farmer, it Wore lire hclg^?* o-f HH MS , a mechanic to economize on the first cost of his tools by picking up at half price a rusty saw hero, a dull jack plane there, and a broken chisel yonder; and equally so for a fanner to put up with poor tools or poor stock. Keitcr have two good strong horses than four poor weak ones. i The hist cause which cuts down our harvest that I will here mention is poor fend If it pay?and it surely does?to invest thousands iu animals for breeding purposeSjWill it not pay as well to get" good seed ? liny at homo if possible, abroad if necessary. Tricky advertisers and dealers are, of course, constantly he'ore the people trying to get large | prices for worthless seed, and wc should use. therefore, the more care to got a genuine-article. Tt will never do to fall behind in this important item. My remarks, then, might be summed up thus : Deal in the best only, prepare and cultivate the s il thoYOttflKly; tMi we will bo apt next Thanksgiving Day to thank tho Lord for about twice our usual harvests. J luce of tho dirtiest, most ragged .iitle ragamuffins in New York city entered one o? its most magnificent drug stores, and marching up to the c3unterj one said: i want a eeai s worth ol rock candy."' ??(let out, you ragamuffin! wc don't sell a "cent's v$orih Of rock candy." Slowly and sally they Sled out of tho store. On tho sidewaile a consulta tion took place. They ro-cntered the door. "Mister, do you sell three cent's jvorth of rock candy ?" "Yes." ?Voll, wc ain't got 'c::i;?' arrj the procession moved out again. A bashful young mtrn was escorting a bashful young lady when srhc said, en trontingly, "Jiibca, don'* toll anybody you beaued mo home." "Don't: oo afraid," replied he: "I am as much aslramcd of it as you are." That settled ii. Grace Greenwood writes of the wife nf a member of the Arizona Legislature, who shot six Indians and then wrote Jftr husband: 'Dear John, the Anaches attacked ti e ranch. I havo won- tire fight. You-needn't come yourwlf, bbf .-end me some more ammunition." A Boston shopman exposes a cake of , soap in his shop window, with' the im-' scriptioo "Ohbapof11hau din.."