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'h 1b1i.1I !! biljlj 111 HI ii ?h 11.1 l imilll.j ihim ill il III 1 I.LJ 11' bbbmbgw .hi. ffSW j' ji. mm m , ,!, ,,, , , , , ? , m , , , BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 26, 1S69, VOLUME XVI?NO zi? The Blacksmith's Pretty Daughter. Why do the hone* come olwys at noon To b? shod at tha blacksmith's shop 1 At doob time, when the atin is atill, When the blacksmith ia forced against bis w To tmi, and hla work to stop? Just at noon, fromh's house on the hill, A girl with a pail comes thence; Smiles come on her lips, on her cheeks a kIo Aa she see* tke horses tied in n row. Along by the blacksmith's fence, Oh, but the blacksmith's daughter is fair f And the horses all look at each other, As much as to say, "NoVr isn't she sweet? Ve know wby onr masters say that our feet Are giving them so much bother." The bell rings one, and the blacksmith ? ies, "Now, then, for work right away 1" But most of them say that it's growing late, And they really think they'd better wait, And come on some other day. Oh, blacksmith's daughter, your mother, too, "WAlt fair vlipn rnnr folliAt* K^-1 J ? "<*? You're going in tne way that she hae trod. You'll be a wife ere those horses are eh?d? Ob, biaclr smith's pretty daughter! ?Harvard Advocate. THE STRONG POINT ABOUT WOBIA t ' "We select from the Richmor Enquirer an article entitled as abov which should command an attontn perusal, because of its exceedin candor, strength of thought, beaut of expression and moral truth. T1 JSnguirer says : Whether ambition is, upon tl highest ethical grounds, a justifiab sentiment, has been affirmed and d nied. Milton denominates it " tl last infirmitv of nohlo minr* " TJ ancients never questioned its logil macy as a principle of action. Spei ser speaks of the " sacred hunger i ambitions minds." Shakspeare mak< Wolsey say, "B3T.that sin fell tk angels"?and makes Brutus charge against Cscsar as a crime that he ws " ambitious." Sir "W. Davenant fine! says, "Ambition ia the mind's immoi esty." Otways says, "Ambition ia lust that is never quenched." Milton Satan avows that " To rtigo u worth ambition?though in hell Sancho Panza's ambition was hun bier?"Letthem say of me what the will?so my name but bo in print, an go about tho world from band to ham I care not a fig, let poople say of ir. whatever they list." St. Paul has it?"in honor preferrin one another." - * Before marriage women are mor ambitions than mon. Men marry fc beauty ; women for strength, eitht the physical prowess and strength < the soldier, or the mental strength < the man of talent, or the power whic wealth gives. But with men, amb tion rarely utterly expires ; to the lat they pursue power in one form < another. Self-aggrandizement is the inextinguishable passion. Butwoma is soon chastened, and her life is coi centrated to others; and herein li the argument for the superiority < the tcmale sex. Women often comm the mistake of claiming for their se what does not belong to them. The claim to have as mnch sense as men bat this is not true. They claim t have as much integrity of character but this is not bo. Women have- ft less principle than men. They are muc less rqliabjo. Their moral nature less 8olid. ; It ls indeed a very delicai organism, and will not bear rude ham ling. ?o, women claim to be moi beautiful than men s but wo feel nui; eure that Jttr. "Valentine or Mr. Eld< will tell them that this too is not s Will tell them, moreover, that tl male of every animal is mor^bcaul fal than. the female.; f ttift, jester more fcpaUtiful than the hen} the cot pheasant is more beautiful than tl femalethe peacock is more beantif than the peahen ; the stallion is mo beautiful tha^ tho mare; jt^he Hon more beautifurt|^i> Uje lioness ; tl male redf bird is. more beautiful iht the femaiq i.the kart is more beantif than tho hind|:tho gofeler is mo bcautifbi than the turkey hen; ai the Apollo Helvidere is more beautif than the Venus^.Medici; in oth words '$ perf^I^ formed n*anib mo hcautif^I ' th^n' Vperfeqtly forpa male /o#n. in tho human ?sna<aea hijnd0Ot6cr thdni the ffimaln fnrm X I - destruction. Walter Scott hn? written tho truest, and finost uninspired thing that was over said about women in the well known lines: ill " O Woman, In our hour# of ense, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, O]) And va?i <blo as tbe shade in< By the liulit quivering aspen made? When poin and anguish wring the brow, ^ j w> A ministering angel thou!" Christianity was tlio first system that took notice of women. That in- ^ comparable character drawn by the ^ divine pencil rested his philosophy on ?.,,i r * * - - * 0,11 xjvto, uiiu iuuiiu itn pioiIlJILUSt CCIIOCS 1 in the fcmalo heart, llero for the ^ first time in the history of the world ^ do wo find a great teacher gathering . around him a hand of women?asso-1 i aix ciatcd with him by the most delicate j ? , J . pei and tender relations?so far as we 1 * j know with.no pretensions to intellect,^ but bound to him by a lovo which . followed him to the Tomb. We find , , ... an< him going through every city and ; village * * "and tlio twelve were j ^ ^ with him, and certain women, which mo had been healed of evil spirits and in- j?or firmities, Mary callcd Magdalene, out j of whom went seven devils, and 4 tro Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Ilerod's l<* steward, aud Susanna, and many j mc c' others, which ministered unto him of | usj ,e their substance." Then there is that: exquisite account of the faith of the | ^ oyro-i'ncenieiHD woman with licr 11 ie " Truth, Lord ; yet the dogs eat of the j ^er crumbs which fall from tho master's J 0^j>( 10 table"?and that vivid sketch of the : ( woman of Samaria at Jacob's Well? i 8e|, Q" and tho widow of Nain with her dead ^ ie child? and that woman whom he pro10 tected with that infinite sj-mpatliy, ' A- ? llo that is without sin among you, a" let him cast the first stone at her"? n # 1 UCC 01 and those sisters of Lazarus with their j ^er 38 " Lord, if thou had'st been here, our j j ,e brother had not died''?and that j ^ lfc woman " which was a sinner," who j ?. 18 brought " an alabaster box of oint- j Q(J 'y ment," and " did wash his feet with ^ tears, and did wipe them with the a hairs of licr head"?and then (to 8 which we have referred) " Mary Mag- ^ j dalene, and that other Mary, weeping . * I" at the sepulchre." . ? And the insnired nnnmnn in tliA * L" "" Avll y Acts of the Apostles carries on the ^ j narrative of the early church?"These ^ j all continued 111 praj'er and supplicae tion, with the women, and Mary the j mother of Jesus, and his brethren." no ? It was Rhoda, " a damsel." who met , g urn Peter delivered- out of prison ; it was I ,Q Lydia of Thyatira that entertained' j ,r Paul?"if ye havfc judged me faith >r fill "?in her house; it was at Bera ^ jf that "many houorable women" | art believed; and there are the "four! jj daughters of Philip " at Ccsarca?and ' ; Dorcas?and PrisciUa?and Urbane? 1- ucc 3t TrjTplienaand Tryphosa?Euodiasand )r Syntiehe?and Claudia?and the ' jr "elect lady"?and the household of . n Chloo. A A -l. t,l? And it is npon woman?we gay it ^ with rfivernncp?tTint P!l?v?e?ion -.o ? -- - uja -jf Church rests now. They arc, as eve^ry minister will testify, the life Of every ajjc x living congregation. From them goes wa( y forth tho spirit of love, and of conso- mft ,. cration, which vitalizes the struggling exc 0 principle of Christianity. It is by jen .. them chiefly that is illustrated all that g ir is "true," all that is "pure," all that me| h is " lovely," all that is of " good rc- me, iB port," every " virtue," and every v t0 "praise" that makes human life en- tak darable. All this comes from the I jjee r0 simple circumstance that women are fao1 te more docile and tractable than men. to t 3r Men strive to the last; women soon aj^ 0> bend before the stern discipline of pai ie life, and open their hearts to the retj tj. lessons of wisdom?and once initiated ^V( into the philosophy of Self-Renuncia- 8tjr jk tion, the unfathomed depths of 10 Woman's Lovo never cease to flow fer U1 until the springs are sealed by the icy ftQ) re wand and touch of death. geH is . 5 |_-,mn ' ~~ ] ie It is said in Paris that a well dress- tioi in ed strangor was arrested on the night the 'ul of the 14th of Febraary, in attempt- fer re tingto force his way into the bedroom the id of the Prinoe Imperial. ; General coi ul Frossard- bad, the intruder arrested ch< er and searched, when a revolver and a a 1 re dagger wgre found in his pocket. He eat ??'j ou reiasea 10 give pis name, and as noth- in be. ing shewed that he waa insane, it was co. Js thought that, be'intended to assassi- tot fe nate the^Pxince. ,He ia etiU confined th< of . in -a cell at tbe guard.- room of the pi] re ^Taileries. Steps .were immediately {a < - . faken to prevent apy bwt the! servant* n? in fVoi^ entering the pavjUon now occa- tei all cnpieq by the Prince Imperial. M:-. \ Be ph 7 1 " ,'\ii/iQl-i in ; ?er?6n*Htiw am : dapgernw gapft* U> iit M>. f\^y whb,Pr*nl?oe.^ Ttyurlow Weed'? loi p#p?r jfttorad . aajr that Hba gn '% Jogratl baa n chip ou it* J dil {Jg which Udiri* kfay a>o*v> knock inf .% Iff block on foe fej| jWji^Wirt^.iiWcti oughtt+U .knocked. u? E $0 I Shall I Begin to Use Tobacco ? BY HENRY AVAR I) BEECIIER. A correspondent solicits our candid iuion, through the Ledger, respcct? j the uso of tohncco. We shall ?rivo willingly. Wo are not disposed to so oxtremo ground on tho tobacco estion, although we entertain very sitivo convictions of tho mischiefs lieh attend its use. As is usual in discussions, two extremes are develL'd in tho controversy respecting tocco. One party regards tho uso of >aeco as an evil, an evil only, and it continually; it holds that there 10 such thing as moderation in evil; J that the least use of the weed is uieiotis, impairing the health and >rtening the life. On the other iid, the advocates of smoking and jwing take the hull by the horns, I undertake to demonstrate from i latest grounds of physiology, that >acco is an article whose use. in due deration, economizes the nervous ce, repairs cerebral wastes, and progs life. We shall not take a. con? 0 i \-ers3-. There aro several grounds ; which wo would dissuade young ; n who have not formed the habit oi ' ng tobacco from ever learning to use I. It is not necessary to health or comfort. On the contrary, it is utrepugnant to a natural appetite. It inds the Benses and every vital ori. Men are obliged to train themrcs into its uso. The stomach, the irt, and the brain all protest against and submit, at length, ouly as they uld to any other mcdicinal agent, at it may bccome, after long use, :essary to comfort, aud even to the ilth, is saying of it only what may said of opium, of strychnine, and j arsenic, all of which arc employed ' me very same purpose that tobacis viz: to produec excitement. But i need is secondary, artificial, and irred. No man in health cares to tobacco becausc he needs it. The lit begins in puerile imitation. It in apitih trick. Boys revolt against hood, and think they arc men en old enough to copj- the faults of imperfect manhood. They arc y opt to crawl into manhood ough the dirty door of vice. t may be said, that though there is natural craving for any particular ig, liko tobacco, yet in a highly arjial state of society men crave stiHints, and that tobacco, alcohol, &c., iscd with rigid moderation, adapt n.selvcs iis artificial supplies to an ificial want. Chat men living under the highly iting conditions of modern society d certain stimulants, we arc not posed to deny. But in selecting, | s snouia avoid those which are pu- j iarly liable to abus?, and emj)loy i se which experience has shown to ' safe. Tea and cotFee are useful stim-1 nts. TI1C3* arc not degenerating, latcver use tobacco aud wine' are sged to have in repairing nervous stes, tea and coffee will serve in like nner, without the temptations to esa which go with these more viot drugs. !. The habits of using tobacco leads n to vulgarity. I do not by any sins say that every user of tobacco : ulgar, or that every ouo who be- | es himself to it will, of necessity, I omo vulvar. Rnf ns ft moltoi- nf O ? V* ( t, users of tobacco grow indifferent iho feelings of others, and habitu- < t keep before the eyes of their com-1 lions disgustful things, which true j nement -would hide or suppress.! en brute animals, move by mere inlct, learn to hide the excretions of i-body. The mueh abused pig pres cleanliness. Give him pure water 1 a clean bed, and he will keep himf clean. 3ut whatever rare and polite excep s there may be, it is undeniable kt the users of tobaceo become indifent to others' feelings, and shock > tastes of men, with scarcely the iscionsnees of offending. The jwer squirts his saliva as if he were liquid artillery man. The smoker ries in his hair, his raiment, and his breath, the fetid odor of tobacTo some, the fresh smoke of cood >acco ie not disagreeable. - But sresidual smell whioh lingers in the ye, ob the clothes, or on the person disgustful to every one. If one will ?tobacco, he should at least thereaf' carefully purge and purify himself.' ifc'I have observed that persons whoall other: things -have gentlemanly itincta, in tbp use of tobacco seem to c dclitfacy and generosity.: i I see a ikV degree of itflfi*hoe?,^and of ferenCe to others' comfbrtandfceU p in tho4. me of tkiovtfrtioto, I-do t 8dv *h?t tobdcoobrutiflee men'c ilingftfv t J??fc notfctod that sr% of tohAMt^ W>ct?a*, lwfc eefoi of- offendV^ -|he tastes of foe* ItfMt m irfrttarfrrtfiU be m - r ,. t r . . . victim. That it nets upon many as an iusidous nerve poision, leading to dyspepsia, to headaches, to various dorangements of the nervous system, seems beyond a doubt. Thousands of persons, after long buffering, havo found themselves restored to health by : simply discontinuing the use of tobae| c<>. That, in such cases, thero is an affinity between drinking and Bmoking, can hardly be doubted. That, in some cases, it leads to intemperance, seems clear. | Why should ono incur even the re; motest danger by learning to uso a disagreeable narcotic agent that a healthy man has no sort of need of? 4. There is an argument of personal purity that has always seemed to us | should be sullicient with a generous and honorable nature. The habits of using tobaceo, oneo formed, is well nigh invincible. Now, no man of self respect, not already entangled, should choose to go into bondage, to become a slave to matter of sensuous enjoy mcnt enjoyment. There is, also, a reason of personal cleanliness. .No man who habitually uses tobacco but must be offensive to | delicate tastes. It is a matter of prop | er pride for one to bo certain that his j person is pure, his skin sound, his j mouth clean, his eye cool and clear. If one is unwilling to wear a filthy coat, how much less should he be willing to carry a filthy person ? Kow and then a tobacco user may by great carc hide the effects of it on his person. But in far the greater number of instances, even among well-bred peoplo, one can at once see or smell, or both, the signs and effects of ilio noisome weed. We hardly hopo to influence any on whom the habit is fixed. We do hops to dissuade some young men from forming a habit which is utterly unnecessary to health and comfort, which in most instances is unwholesome, whioh sacrifices personal cleanliness, addicts ono invincibly to a sensuous appetite, and which changes delicacy and kinducss to a selfish indiffercnco to the comfort and conveniencn of nil who are brought in contact with us.? New York Led (jar. The Oyster Trade op New York. ?The headquarters of the wholesale oyster trade is at the foot of Christopher street, two miles from the Battery. Hero about twenty five largo barges arc moored, all of which have covored docks. These belong to plan- J tors, who arc daily supplied with their boils, and there are about two hundred schooners employed in the transportation. These boats cost about eight thousand dollars per day. Ono may thus perceive that the wholesale oyster trade is no bagatelle. Thero are men who will plant fifty thousand dollars, worth of oysters and wait three years for their return, and there arc some parties in this trade who wield a capital of a quarter of million of dollars. The patriarch of tho oyster trade, Elisha Ruekman. is said to be worth a half Million. Ho i8 now retired from active business. Oyster dealers claim that these fish aro good at all seasons, and tho letter II has no influence upon their quality, this prejudice, according to their view, being apsurd and baseless. Tho best season for trade is tho holidays, and noxt to that is Lent. At the present time the oyster trade is very lively. The most successful saloon in Now York is "Willard's on Broadway, where about one hundred bushels aro opened daily, a half dozen hands being employed in this work. Willard is no doubt getting rich Very fast, Aqd active hand can open eight hundred in an hour, or about a dozen n. minntj ? ? U..U u WVI II UIIC D|)i;ilUIUg UI oysters it must bo remembered that the shells also have a value. Sach is the demand f<?r fertilizers in New Jersey that it will pay to take the shells there and bam them. tmiAi?v The Rev. TVm. H. Mixburn.?-The numerouG friends and admirers of the Rev. Wm. H. Mil burn will be gratified to hear good news of him in Europe. At the last accounts he had just | returned to Paris from Berlin, where ; he bad undergone,, three months ago I ?n nnuMtinn x* ' * MM V|/V??vfvu M>V VU9 UOUUD Ui>. VU9 Willi*" nent oculist Professor Yon Graefo, in the hope of restoration to Sight,-, The operation; was hat partly successful, hsvincr hp.?n fnllftmaH K?r '???<> <> 1~~-i -q jMfMVOV** WJ OV ? Vi O iUtm inflammation, a violent pulmonary attack-, which for, a time threatened his life. Another operation Ton Graefe thinks may effsot, inn" measure, Mr. Mil bum's recovering the use of kit eyfes, but ?. thtf patient is jost now too we*k to> 8ttbniftt*> it, *nd it trUD^probiu bly be .several months befor* the knife can again be applied. Meanwhile Mr, MOtw^ils^f^int IecttuN?to? ditbijr the ?spetwe# of his sojotirn abroad. In Paris; nnder the auspices of cfor aiy. ? ^ y I * ' * ;. * ' . . vr fihI iij^B^^Viiriiiiilflii'ii fii &. of this month. "When ho returns, to us, as wo hope ho will, no longer the Blind Prcacher, wo may confidently expect to hear from him a new and ii fresh narrativo of adventures, and the n lecture committoes, in making up thoir o ! course for the nest season, should bear 'I him in mind.?N. Y. Poit a - 61 Interview of South Carolinians with P the President. a 81 Among tho visitors who called on r< i ino x'rcBiaent on Tuesday morning | were tho lion. J. P. Reed and Hon. I W. D. Simpson, of South Carolina, 11 who were presented by the lion. Thomas L. Jones, of Kentucky. Dur- H : ing the interview Mr. Reed read for w ! himself and Mr. Simpson, the follow- >' I ing paper in relation to the condition w of affairs in that State : '< Wo have called, iyjr. President, as ? members elect from the old Commonwealth of South Carolina to the Forty- 0 first Congress of the United States, to Mi tender for ourselves and the peoplo we E have been chosen to represent, our w congratulations upon your auspicious d ' assumption of tho office of Chief Magistrate of tho American Union. We ii are, Rir, natives* of tho State from mi whenco wo come, and cla.. . is repre- ol mon nf Wo nnninnt tinnnln ? rv?ru.?- .V tion, to be familiar with their political o ami material condition, their senti- n ments and aspirations for the futuro. tl Politically, in addition to tho loss la of nearly all their pecuniary resources, hi they have by tho results of the war u been practically excluded, lor more u than thrco years, from tho family of h States, and the blessings of civil gov- n ernment, but having been rccontly re- V stored to their original position in tho p Union, upon tho plan which tho Con- Ii gross in its wisdom saw fit to adopt, ?i without concurring in the manner of 1' mun icMLurauou, mey nave accepted c< the accomplished fact in good faith, g; and are as loyal to the Government of et a common conntry as any other equal number of the American people. w Their condition socially is and has t'e been one of profound peace, and aside ei from a few isolated acts of personal violenco that have occasionally been g< committed in different parts of the hi State, such as are unfortunately of 0L too common occurrence in all sections di ot the Union, good order has prevail- at ed, and the laws, State and Federal, tl enacted for their government by Ui bodies in which they wore unrepre- Cc sentcd, have been respected, obeyed, m and enforced without the slightest to tendency to tumult or violence. ni Materially the abundant harvests w that have been vouchsafed to them, 01 and the high prices at which their rc leading staples have ruled, have re- p( lieved them in a great measure from 0r their embarrassments, and opened up to their imaginations the dawn of a V) prosperity so entiroly unexpected as to leave room to hope that events which jn were deemed '.ho most crushing evils d( may turn out to have been indeed 0| " blessings in disguise." In sentiment, while almost the entire ? native white, and a large number of the colored population, have affiliated and been identified with the national _ (0 Democratic party, their fettora aro not of such controlling strength as to induce or permit a factious opposition oc to the party in power, or hinder them cr from yielding a hearty support to all 01 such measures of your administration 111 as will, in their judgment, tend to de-. c* velop the resources and promote the P' interests of a common country. 'a Their hopes and aspirations for the ^ future are, that their State may hence- ^ forth occupy precisely the same rela- ^ tions to the Government under a com- P1 mon Constitution and laws that is occupied by the other States of the Union; and to this end that the laws imposing burdens and conferring bene- 10 fits on the people may be un'formly *' enforced, persons and property pro* ^ tected, the peace preserved inviolate, ? the unity and perpetuity of the Got- h eminent maintained, and that uninterrupted fraternity, prosperity and happiness may attend the whole American ^ people, East, West, North and South, bl without regard to race, color, or pre- . vions oondition. And suoh, sir, are the sentimenta of:the hearts of ourselves and our people, j.' -j,-: ?, ' In .response to which, .the President n remarked : Gentlemen?The J senti- ia ments expressed in that paper should it ffieet the approbation of every lawabiding and TJnion-loving oitizon of the coonffry. ' TniPltRATDRK 0?, CW>t ?OR ChCTR- ' *Ij?o.f-Tfeo N?#' England Partner, lor!*? ply to ft correspondent wbo asked for in for- t njaiton on tbi? poiW, a& 4#po?t4i*w> ftW .{ . urioo* *bo owVoowe, replied a? JtoUowfj.. k S^Iuonr owo praotioe we bare adopted" d tf&i.ilagreea aa tBe' prober temp?r*ture. Dorio^tb^ Vliifxtn'i jtMiiLtiLair, ,v ,..^>^1^,.:? HOW TO PLANT CORN. Editors Telegraph : As it is com planing time, it occurs to ino that it might ot be amiss to remind our pUniing friend* f Mr. Dickson's method of planting corn, 'he readers of the Southern Cultivator re familiar with his suggestions on this uhjeot; but as very many of jrtur readers otsibly do not take this valuable journal, lid would be glad tj know the plan purled by tliia 'prince of farmers," as the 3sult or liis experience, and scientific re arches it) farming for ruore than twenty oar?, 1 will take the liberty ol furnishing je desired informal on. Certainly, it our planters could but take peep at Mr. Dickson's corn cribs, still /ell filled with corn which he made three ears ago. ami see the abundance and even asie of that valuable product. which seems ? grow around bira a? if by magic, they ould be anxious to learn the secret of ich uucccsB. Fur the benefit of those ot posted, and who feel an interest in this INimportant subject, I will furnish Mr. hckuon's method of procedure iu his own ords, lor breaking the laud and planting ie crod : "llavo good turning plows, and accoMig to your ability, use one or two horses, nd subsoil. Unlc over the field and lay EF the land so that the horses will go .... j - i?i ? ? - ?* " ;unu VIII a, iu?ei, jiuu me uirt will lall own bill. A loam will break up the soil me lughes deep in ibis way as easily as ley con Id seven inches on a level piece ol md. Coulinue lo tnko ibe lands iu ibo line way unul tbe fluid is {limbed, one jam following another?all the lime goig round ibc circle; and it yuu bub&oil, ave one learn between eacti turning plow inning in tbe buttoiu of tbe furrow. VLien you finish tbe field is ready for Ian ting, if ibe proper time haB arrived, i deciding this point, you must be gov -ned by tbe weather. It varies from ihe lb ot March to tbe 1st of April. Ac jrding lo my experience, a man only ttina bard work, and more of it, by very irly planting. "Now for the planting: Lay off furrows i* b a long shuvel plow on a level, neven et apart. Coiumeoce at tbe opposite id with a longer shovel and open out tbe une furrow. Tbe reason for ibi* is, you it UD to trepa nni) >)lnmna on/I nmU. ? r -- r?l 1""?? " HUT finish at the ends. This furrow lould stand op?D seven or eigbt inches aep. Whether you use o impost, cotton ed or guanos, let each band have bis tree (est measure and deposit the manre just three feet apart. Then drop the >ru within three or four inches of the anure, one or more grains, as is your cusm?dropping on the near side ol the anure, as tbe dropper gots; and then ith n very light furrow cover tbe corn one r one and a half inches deep. Tlie bariw should go tbe same wuv as tbe dropjr goes to keep from pulling the manure 1 !be grain"If you cover deep you Iobo all tbe ad antages of low plowing (but not of the iep breaking) and for this reason : Corn, good weather, will come up from a jpth of one to six inches, but will strike ii room aDoat one incb trom i tie Rurtnce the g'Onud and all below that will per* It. Tbat is onu reason why I am oppo d to dirting corn an soon as it come* up -it tringH the root of tbu- stalk, to the p of the ground." This, Mr. Editor, is Mr. Dickson's meth1 of preparing the land and planting the op. The plan is subject to the approval disapproval of your many readers. We iust make our own corn, and some lange from the usu.il popnl r system of anting is nece?sa>y, in view of our dull bor and increased liability to drought. 7n miiat ornnrrf nominal tlm nflf, eta nf lint. ry. Summers, and the deep plowing and jep planting, as advised l?y Mr. Die sun, roniise the appropriate remedy. Libellous Epitaphs.- Much libellous latter has been written on tombstones tnmt wives Witness this from Selby, in orksbire ? Here lies my wife, a sad slattern and threw ; 1 aid 1 regretted her, 1 should lit to. Here le another, often attributed lo >ryd?D, but to be found in tbe French long efore: M Here 11m' my wife; here let her lie: She'* at rtot, and to am I." Tbe following one breathes * spirit of isignaiion which in far less abrupt. There t also aludicrooa touch of ike polite about . ' s ': .' C. . . .w ?. V* : "She oneews*mire;' And now,. , v To thee, O Lord, X her rtstgn} \ . And 4oa year obedient humble errant, BbbenKetcp* . . : \ v Here is one froib Henfofd, which ie f&togae i oset, ',. ; ^ ' ^' -And inthon ?ta* tou'U odm* to L" ^ -? .^1 -Tfl??r?fore. Icannotootw to <bMy ?W ;'. ,M AGRICULTURAL ITEMS. By green manures is, of course, meant vegoiatiio manures plowed down. | Cultivation would produce Sumac of a I superior quality to that now gathered. 1 The wheat crop in Middle Tennessee presents a magnificent appearance. Chicago shipped 7 8 bushels of wheat in 1838. Tbn amount shipped in 1868 was upward of 40,000,000 buhbela. An early Spriug is apt lo be caught by nipping frosts ; hence the recent cold.-map, preventing premature vegetation and keeping things back in the orchards and gar dens, amy piove a blessing. Were it not for the improved machinery now in use upon our farms, particularly reaper*, mowers and threshing machine", it would be utterly itupos-ihle to supply the home consumption of grain in 'hit country. In plowing down grern crops attach n he;ivy chain to the fi< at of the p'ow beam which drags down the g'as", so that it doe* not, choke the plow. In this way it can be plowed down so nicely that one would hardly bel'eve two feet ol clover biul been turned under. If those who grow poor crops would blame ihe weather mid the sensor I<-bs woulil drain more, plow deeper, and enrich the Boil by graAses and manure?they would nnd that the weaiher anil the seasatif are not. so much to be blamed for the failure after all. The munu'acttire of superphosphates in this country wan commence*! about eight een years ago. From that time i'. has gradually increased, until now about 70.000 tons, representing a money value of rather less than four millions of dollars, are annually sold. The " men-folk9 " should see to it thai the flower-bed has its allotted spot, of ground?to bn changed if need be. if a fence has to he moved to make room Th* wife or daughter who learns to till the soil prdperly for a rop of flowers, may (jive the farmer many a shrewd hint adap'e.d t?. bis broader cultivation. Good rules for tending the barn are: Feed in the morning at soon as you can see to do bo, end repeat till all lire filled ; turn out to drink before noon, so thnt the slock may be out from one to tbrec hours, as the state of the wealbei may be; tie up aftr diuner and feed ; begin to feed in the afternoon early enough so that you may giye the last foddering before dark. Alsike, or Swedish clover, would do well on prairie soil. It will hold much better than common clover. When tbeaommon red does not Httain a good growth the Mammoth clover will do bettor, though the first crop must be cut for seed. Some seasons the green clover will salivate horses mu- b more than others. Scotch Fife wheat was imported from Russia into Scotland, and thence to this country, where il has generally yielded. It belongs to tbe white chaff, beardless, arobir variety, and is distinct Irom most Spring wheat in its harshness and strong wiry straw. It is seldom attacked with i UBt, as the straw it not luxuriant, and though sown on very rich .soil, it seldom lodges. A writer in the Rural Qentlevian bms Herkimer county first taught the English louse American cheese, and now ships them more than 4,000,000 pound* per year. As the entire amount shipped from the Little Falls Market io 1868 whs 0.324,610 poUnda, England, if the figure, qu>>ied are 'correct, receives by far the greyer portion of all the Herkimer county cheese made. A stock of raspberry or blackberry bushes can be increased rapidly and eaaily bv siii'ply tak'ng away from the parent plant all the roots it can spare, and culling them into pieces, two inches or so in length, and planting them in good, rich, dark colored soil. Nearly every onn of th#m, if watered when dry, will make a firat class plnnt. The potato crop of the United State* is worth qiany milliuiiii ot dsllars annually, and its total lo>8 would be a national calamity not readily repaired. We fear that rery few persons . realise how important this esculent baa become to oa .at a people, fi? tin? tnanv mtlli/ina nf /IrllLrs baiiLrl Ka t&T".r"? *v ? Added'to oor wealth by *ten very slight, improvement upon the bset varieties now in en f.f ration. . . . , " Some, nnetiee Of wheat will adept them Belve? mora readily for Spring Sowing iha>: , other*; therefore ft la the duty of farmer* to experiment io the matter of getting early end pro!T5c'8pHng ^be?u.?The Wiitfe^wbafu that. adapt tfaemeefcree bear* to Skieg wring ere: the smooth Yarietie* mepy of their original Winter wheit qoaliiiaa, and ?re BOt inferior io any rcmyt to^yniter wbaeU.r ' olu? 'lo vfcl ., .XL*' 1 i.. 11 '1 . <ss ~> , C&k lto#K*H Jtufatt'ttarnEii AlditnooJoe . &A length of a *wm<m, wpli?d 2 ; *3V?rty to On (jiiSJv^ f > i.'- "J | wJiuiM?^r ^?l?w?d b , i'st8%dl&-w. Bnebtt'i Wife make* ^ *? *** *? ' ' ' " ' ' Si' ' ;* ,, A ,>i ? > ' y : ' ' t * |E' '^1 it* ''* ;:t'.VV'v ' . > ... , /" . - .'*/ *V, Scientific Daring. One dull day in August, just afternoon, h balloon rose in the air at the foot of Cloed Hills, on the western edge of the central plain of England It wan inflated with the lightest of gases which chemical skill could produo?'. and it rosa w!?.li prising velocity. A mile up and it cnlr-rod a strata of clouds more than a thousand feet thick. Emerging from this, the sua shone brightly on the air ship ; the eky overhead was of the dourest and deepest blue, and below lay an immeasurable expanse of clouds, whosesurlace looked as solid a.- thai of the earth, now Wholly lost to view. Lolty mountain* and then deep, dark ravines, appeared below; the peakt) and sides of those ?loud mountains next the sun giUer.d like ?now, tut casting shadows bl'-ick as if iliey were solid iork. Up ro-e the balloon *ith tremendous velocity. Four miles above earth a pigeon was I-1 .no--*; it diopp'-d down through the air a* il a had been a stone* The air was loo itnn to tji.ubie it to fly. It was us if a ship lud< n io the deck were In pass from the heavy waters of the -ea into an inland midline lake; the bark would sii'k at. one* m the thinner water. Up, np. still lusher I W' at a silence p'olonnd! The heights of tin- sky were as Mill as the deepest d pihs <A the ocean. "?< luuiiu uiimig me search for the lost Atlantic cal>le, the fine mud lien as unstirred Irom venr to year a* the dust which imperceptibly gathers on the turniture ol a deserted house. No sound, nor lift*.?only the Wight sunshine falling through a sky which it could dot wafni. Up?five railw* above earth I?higher than the inaccessible summit of Ciiitnborazo or Dawngiri. Despite the sunshine, everything freezes. The air grows too thin to support life, even for a few minnnw Two men 00)7 are in that adventurous (million?the one steering the air ship, the oilier matching the ectetuifio instruments, and according (hem with a rapidity bred ot long j?r .dice. Suddenly, as the latter luok? at hid inHromeflis^hts sight grows dim ; lie takes a lens ttjlielp his sight, and only maiks from the falling barometer that tliey are rial tig rapidly. A flitck of brandy lies wilhiu a tool uf him ; he tries 10 reach it. but hi* arniH refuse lo obey his will. He trieH ?o call un hia comrade, who has gone up the ring above; a whisper in that deep silence would suffice?but do sound comes from his lips?he is voiceless. The steersman comes down into the car ; he finds his comrade in a swoon, and feels bis own senses failing bim. He saw at once that life and death hung upon a few moments. He seized or tried to seize the valve, in order to open it, and let out the gas. Hid hands are purple with intense cold?they ar? para!?ze i, they will not respond to bis will. He seized the vuire with his teeth ; it opened a little ?once, twice, thrice. The balloon began to descend. Then the swooued marksman returned to consciounness, and saw the steersman staodiug botore bim. He looked at bis instrument?they must have been nearly vight milee* up; but now the ba*. romeler whs rising rapidly?the balloon was descending. Brandy wbb used. They had been liighei above earth than mortal man or living tbiu<* hUd been before. One minute more of r?<aonori?of compulsory 'tiautiou?oi* the part at the steersman, whose senses were failing him, and the air ship, with its intense r a rifled gas, would b?ve tieen floating una! i ended, witn two corpses, in the wide realm of ?pa?e.? Once a Week. Salt as ? Fertilizer ?Some time ago, when in Ei>g>aiiii, I was passing through Lancashire, and noticing all the fleld-i to be white, as if C"vered <o*th a huar-frust, I inquired what it was, and was informed itsar it was common ua(t, which ine farmers awd as ibeir roost important fttrulisor Id uhvoIIiq^ in tbe interior of Ptiuiixylvania I perceived ib? same .thi'og. and was there aUo informed that tfye article produced the mot-t t?iDefici?^ result. I desiieto BOggeat tbe tNBjUf thiaartiol? to oar farmer* iu tbe interior, where feaMh , mud i? not obtainable, and the %'dt* taig^r from drought.' ba? a .( n?rbbM effmvf id retaining motetore. ,*bfl eveu in that reaped alone ia valuable, W' great mBaaure 11 preveou tbe ptirchfeg pf the ground by the inWnae beat .< ' >'j : . - a mrr sob. v Tbe beat quantity tobe pot Upon bod in tbe interior i? about one aawk "J^tri^ra, and, in fact, from elpee ob-wtaljko I opt?mider a combmaiipa of liir6HeBfe#ill pro^ - au?e any |'?r ortl- tttK* po/ *cr? tbicr any oue kind ?ImM. - bMCfprttidd pro-, * portion* faf ?rtfiwry l?od I *wi?Mtru>rb? : avdjtiy tKRuxUi )?m| aft* poupd*,,^*!* , MV00 haodred mmI iwemy ?<wjd?^ foris r^th**; h, Mono*, be mado to Drodaot sVw> ta!?c &?r Mil duly ppr?ji*tt*i ' rtMpft* lad n*?ow. . '/?_ Otk- ' * ' VI? ^ - * ' *' *. i Vr,j> v LW:.. ^ | [ 11 | fi