Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FORSAKEN. She sat beside the mountain spring. Hir foil wore on the water's brink ; AihI of? she wept when she behold ; The birds I. :.t lighted there to drink. She wept. but a* they spread thtir wings Her sweet voire followed in the sky, He will return! 1 know him well, \ lie would not leave me here to die. And there she sat as months rolled on, Unmindful of:hc changing year; She lif e led not the snow and rain. A'l seasons were the same to her. She looked upon the frozen stream. She listened to the knight-bird's cry, He will return! I know him well. He would not leave mo nere to die. He never came! In vain she watched. And dressed the gold drips of her hair. Red berries for a bridal crown She places every morning there. At every -luidow on the grass. ^ She start?, and murmurs wun n sigu, He will return! 1 know liini well, lie would not leave me here to die. In the Rough. The marble was pure and white Though only a Mock n? host. Hut tlie artist, with inward sight. Looked further than all the rest, Anil saw in the hard, rough stone. The loveliest Statue the sun shone on. {so he set to work with care And chiselled a form of grace? A figure divinely fait. Willi tender, beautiful face; Hut the blows were hard and fast That brought from the marble that work ai last. Sol think that human lives Must bear to God's chisel keen, If the spirit yearns and strives For the better life unseen. Foe men are only blocks a (best. Till the Chiselling brings cut all the rest. FLASHES . Hons come into the world by th< hatchway. The motto of lovers is, 'E plural bus yum yum." Xo bird is actually on the wing, th wings are on the bird. Tiie most prosperous dentists lead liand?to-moutl? existence. 'Troublesome" is the official dosigna tion of a Colorado Cost office. TV "Ilonrytlie A"11 r.*' a* the thief sai< when he paused :^t the last lien roos lie visited beforo daybreak. A competent authority say* "you mus lio with your feet to the erjnafor.' Li urs will please take notice of this. The chairman.?'The chair will no dispute the point with you. Mr. Carter. You'd h. t or not, unless you <ako yoti coat off.' All cxehanse cs<?lying to com pi?men n "livr s'dch journal," observes f 1>jiC i W is edited by a tii.in whose head is clud k lull of live stock. Our ancestors, tbc monkeys conldn' have been so ignorant offer all. Mi T>nrwin. They were educated in ill higher branches. A saloon kc< per down ir Angus's Me.. announces by placard that he ha for so! ? "s-'urea's, towbiceow am ballony sasscngcrs." 4 I)?t..?'V uiiss you at home.'bo askei as he f'Ued and r?iit away, a lettrr In had just, rcceiv.d from her mother 4,X??vor_" she said. ">h v oil! me sis.' 'Why do you use paint asked : violinist of I.is daughter. 'For tfi< same reason t It at yon use rosiu, papa 'How is that"' 'Why, to help uic dm my beau.' 'We had short cake f-?r tea.' said s little yirl to a neighbor's boy. to whou she was talking through the fence. 'S< <liu we?very short. So short it wouldn' go round.' A voiing Inly in Winnrconne, Wis. refused an offer of marriage recently r?t h" ground that ?-he was horn to love bat not to be a wife nor a ui< t'ier. Sin wa? sensible. *#. ' __ Wh?n you hoar a country churcl c'loir singing, '"tlicre'll be no more sor row there." yot conclude that cithe t'ie aforesaid choir will ri(>t he there, 01 they will not ho permitted to sing. 'Well. [ 6wan. Hilly,' said an off farmer to an under-sized nephew win was visiting bi:n, 'when you tako of tliat plug hat, ar.u spit two or three iiiif--. there isn't mu*h left of you, i; there?' England, sir! England rul<-s the s.>a. ]>ritt:nr.ia rules the waves,' pomp* o isly remarked an Englishman to an American. 'That's nothing, was the r.-piy. 'Every yankee has a notion of his own.' v .. ... 1 fo/iont ! i? wlinii tl> a intn. I it IV V* tl\IJ nuvil I ?V (Mill istrr fi.skc d ''do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband,' she with a modesty which lent additional to lu*r beauty, replied, ' if you please."' Wl ' V i> it. my dear sir,' said Waffles landlady t? h in the oil r duy, 'that you newspaper uu ii n vt r jr-t rich ? 'I d<>nf know,' wps the reply, 'except it is that d liars and sense do tint always travel together.' I.a' y a \ -nikec fell from the stairway if the third story of a house, and ] t on a conservatory. ' No?I wasn't hurt tut sell'." he said, in relating the o rrnee. but ! i:itl.cr think I denied that L'l iss hov " I'al*s description of a fidille is veryoil, hut it has never hen excelled : 'it was the shape fa turkey and tlxsize "} - , ?. he turned it over on it.back and r.ibl?d its l.cllv wid a stick :n ! ii ! St. I'at ; ic!; ! how it did souale ' ji. ? to old lad v about puiehn.-in? s a 11!--- te* th: -I'or nia??ication.my d tar lo.i 1;.in. th y can only he surpassed b; nature Ixm ' it." Oh] la-ly 'fia, law. doctor, 1 liui f car" any tiling .about the unstication, if 1 can oitiy chaw with them. When you see ayoun^ fellow who a year aeo used to step up and order laper !< i th" crowd with the utmost snn;/ /roii? patient ly trundling a I a by carriage a' th" sfre; t on Sunday afternoon, and lookinp chop-fiillrn in his last s-aH'.iiV !. t. don't it speak volumes for th? reforming influence of woman's loeiety? ' The ('est of Cotton Culture. j One pood active hand can cultivate 12 acres in cotton or 25 acres in corn, which may bo increased or diminished, according to character of the soil. The length of time required will be about 11 months for the cotton and 7 months for the corn. Cutting toe wages of this hand at ?8 per month, $88.00, with rations, sa\* 31 lbs. of bacon per week and one peck of meal, say $20; feed of the mule to plough at $40 and tl e smith bill at $5, would make the whole cost of cultivating 12 acres in cotton $153. If these 12 would yield only 400 pounds of seed (cotton per acre, then the amount made would he 4,800 in seed, or 1. GOO in lin\ So the expense of making 7,600 of lint will be ?153, which, at ?9? per hundred pounds, | would simply cover the cost. But | if the land should make 1,000 pounds per acre, then the whole yield would be 12,000 lbs in seed, or 4,000 pounds in lint ; but as l the one hand could not pick over half the crop' the co^t of picking the balance, 6,000 pounds, would be i about ?27, making the cost SI80, 11 which at 41 per hundred, will cover the amount, $180. So it is evident the expense of making 100 pounds cannot be uniforifl as to the cost. The richer the lands the greater will be the reduction of the expense, and tlio reverse, for if only 200 pounds had been made per 'acre, then the expense would have run up n I to $10, and if the yield had been j 2,000 pounds, the cost would have : been ?2.50 per 100 pounds ; the 8 cost of the hired hand and the feed of the mule beir.g the same in both e cases. This plan of estimating the i cost will hold in making coin, a though less than that of cotton, as the time of working and gathering crop, need not be over 7 months instead of 11. From this view of the subject it is ' evident there are but few pursuits [ vieldiugsuch heavy profits on the capital invested as a well-managed t farm on productive lands. In the * cue ease, the cotton at $1U just C"i vers its productive cost, leaving not thing to iiiooa jipr, while in the other, ' j the 4,000 pounds at will bring ' $380, leaving a ch ar profit of $200, which is sixteen dollars and a half (1 per acre. Ilence, the answer as to t the cost cannot be correctly made, ki without laking into consideration I the productiveness of the soil, as r well as the price of the hired labor. ' The expense of production is rarely e | cvey looked into by planters. ^ Lucerne. ' Lucerne should be sown in Au' gust or September. Before niakj iiiir much top, tim plant must have p J six months to make root, the fall j and the winter months are preferj able for root growth. To sow in i the spring is bail, but to sow rye or " anything else with it, is far worse ; j Hike putting a lion in a path to f guard the lamb*" Lucerne positively refuse* to gnw with any other plant?it will have all the land 1: or none.?The only remedy that I a know for your lot, is to mow it ofl 1 j close immediately, and kill all weeds, &c., by frequently mowing . close. After it commences to grow, 1 top dress with land plaster or ' ammoniated guano, or both. When p the leaves aro wet; it will not he much service until it has six months ' to form roots deep into the subsoil, if it don't die out entirely this sum r mer, you may expect a return from r it next spring* The next time you sow, pulverize the soil 18 inches; IJ double the quantity of manure, sow 1 the first "good turnip season" in ' August or the first ten days of September. Don't sow when the soil is dry. No more trouble to | succeed with lucerne than with tur! nips. Ten pounds of seed to the acre is suliicicnt. Never graise it, : not even with chickens. Never let ; it make seed.?Southern Home. Farmers No man of ordinary observation . would for a moment contend that development and prosperity will come in a generation to South Carolina, unless we change our method of doing things. Wc make I agriculture alone our avocation, and while this is necessary perhaps now, we may rest assured that tilling the soil wiil not rehabilitate tho State, j The farmer ought of all men to live j most comfortably and independently, and if he does not it is simply his i fault, and not the fault of his proI fession. Hut the day for a fanner to accumulate rapidly >u South | Carolina has passed. He may lay by a net amount annually, which slowly but surely increases his wealth, ami if ho is ambitious to accumulate rapidly, ho must invest his not earnings in some other enterprise than that of additional lands. Kverv man who farms i -r.n.. l.:. i, Mll'Ul'HiillilJf 11.13 1113 tMpakliJ. II lu: makes money with ten hands, it i Iocs not follow necessarily that he wouhl make money if he employed twenty hands. If he had twenty! hands, employing forty would not guarantee him a larget net income. And every farmer should know his capacity to manage labor, and be-! ynnd this he should s:ot go, but should invest his surplus iu other enterprises. Milk Cows. A writer in the Southern Farmer says that his cow givo all the milk j that is wanted in a family of eight, I and that from it, after taking all; that is required for other purposes, two hundred arid sixty pounds of butter were made this year. This j is in part I.is treatment of the cow : If you desire to get a large 3 icld of rich milk, give your cow, every i day, water slightly warm and slightly salted, in which bran has been stirred, at the rate of one - 11 -? .? V?,. quart to iwo ganons 01 water. iuu will find, if you have not tried this daily practice, that your cow will give twenty-five per cent, more milk immediately under the effects of it, and she will become so attached to the diet that she will refuse to drink clear water unless very thirsty. But this mess she will drink almost any time, and ask for more. The amount of this drink necessary is an ordinary water-pailtull at a time, morning, noon and night." Buskin, the famous art critic and writer on general literature, says: " To watch corn grow and the bloom set, to draw hard breath over the plowshare and spade, to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray, these are the things to make a man happy." The rice crop of this country is coining to the front again. South Carolina has an estimetcd yield of 44,000 tierces this year, and Georgia 20,000 B i'lil19[MyJ 193LSI i ii THE UNEQUALLED JAS. LEFFEL DOUBLE. PORTABLE AND 8TATIOHART SAW. FLOUR AKD GRIST MILLA SHAFTIKG, PULLEYS AND BAHQEBS OjdJfrSJ, POOLE fe HUNT. immmnamnrnmsEta ?. WOLFE, cheap: duy goods store, AI.SO, Jluys and pays the highest market prict for green an t <lrv tow hide;,. shonp, fox, otter, mink, raccoon ami rabbit chins Also, rage, wool, tallow, beeswax, oM iron, brns?, copper, fie. janllf COTTON GINS. IIItIC10 llGUI ( KI) TO per Saw. For fuMt ginning nnd GOOD SAMI'LT these gins cannot he surpassed. We have made an improvement in our roll box which prevents choking. Now is the time to engage NEW GINS and have repairing done. We have on hand a few second-hand gin? at a bargain. Persons having gins to be repaired, will j.lva,e sejjd thorn in ?t once, so as to get tlieui in time. Corn Shelter** Threshing Maehincs. W heat Fanj tiers Straw Cutters, Kte., Furnished at the shortest notice K, J, Met HEIGHT & SON. Manufacturers, mayUtf Great Bargains AT TIIE j THE I'ulJ mu SIM, W. C. GERALD OFFEKS HIS Immense Stock, CONSISTING OF DRY GOODS, Notions, groceries Of every kind, and FINEST Quality, Hardware, Garden Seeds, Etc., FOR THE I [.SUMMER MONTHS ! AT TllK LOWEST CASH PRICES. _ W. c. YOUNG. ISAAC YOUNG. YOUNG BROS., Harness, Hoots, Shoes, &<?. Ma le or repairc*! at the .shortest notice ami iii tin- must iliu.ililc maimer. Tin' higlu -t price paiil for IIII>MS of all |e?cri|>liuiiv. Give iis a rail, one iloor west of the I'lisliilliee, Camden, S. (' declltf Su^ir. Barrels of different kinds of imgar for sale by BUM BROS. Cigar.* ami Tobacco. Always on hand, a select stock of Cigars, Smoking ami Chewing Tobacco, Pipes, Cigar, ties. Cigarette Papers. &c., fur sa'c by feblJ if KIKKLEY & SMITH. Tlie Novelty ClMVMPVGNi: CIGARS. Cull nml see /them Ut KIRKLEY 6i SMITH'S' J JUST OPENED. Fall and Winter Stock AT James Jones. I have the pleasure of announcing to my numerous patrons that I have Just Itturucd from the Koitli<m j Markets where I purchased a heavy stock of l FALL AND TOTER GOODS, ' which I propose to sell at pricescorrespon! ding with the low price of cotton. ' Mv stock of HARDWARE i cannot be excelled in this market, and as 1 made my purchases in this line, under the most favoritble circumstances, 1 can afford i to sell the same at the Very lowest Prices, rtommoiv. I am always in the market, and give the highest market prices in cash, Tbc patronage of the public is solicited. Polite nnd attentive clerks on hand to serve customers. seplO?tf JAMES JONES. W. CLYBURN, General Insurance Agent, Represents: Galveston Insurance Association. Union'Marlne and Flra Insurauce Co., Texas Banking and Insurance Co.. ( ulveston Insurrance Co., Of Oalvcston, TexaH. Cash Capital $600,000 00 Surplus 155,781 07 Total $7?5,781 97 j CAPITAL k ASSETS, $755,781 97. Georgia Home Insurance Company, Columbus, Ga. ORGANIZED IN 1859. Capital Stock , . . $300,000 00 t?.?I i.?i, 524.420 22 oct 301 r I REMOVAL. I beg to inform the public that I hare removed my Carriage, Wagon and Iflacksinitli Shops I! To the building recently fitted up by me, on Broad street, one doer south of Leitner & Dunlap's law office. | With more room and inorensed facilities . for turning out firsl-clnts work. I foel jasJ tided in guaranteeing satisfaction for all ! work turned out tn any department of my >' business. Jan23-?m M. A. METTS. " LOOK! 1w. A. ANCRUM & CO. Other the following INDUCEMENTS to > purchasers : ' Choice Bacon Sides, Gjc to 7Jc per lb. Corn, 80 and 90 cents per bushel. Choice Canvassed Hams, 11c to 12Jc. I Bolted Meal, fresh ground, 86c to $1.00 Flour, $0 to $8.50per bbl. as to quantity. Sugar, 10c to 14c per lb. Cotfee, 20c to 30c per lb. Penrl Grits, 40c per peck. Salt, $1.25 per sack. ! Kerosene. 36c per gnllop. Choice Hyson and Blaok Tens, 75c to $1.50 per lb. i A full line of funned Vegetables, Fruits I and Mea's, Assorted Candies, b'oaps. Starch. Soda, Crenin Tartar, Baking Pow. der, Sea Foam, Yeast Powders. l'ure Ground Pepper, Ginger,Cinnamon, Cloves and Allspice, in fancy tin caus of all | weights. Something Desslcatcd Goooannt-put up in }. J and ij lib packages, for Pies, Puddings, Sc. Fresh Soda, Butter and Milk Crackers. Also Ginger Snapps and enkes received weekly. Full line of Choice Havanuah Cigars, . Cigarettes and Chewing Tobacco ; and all articles usually kept in a well uppoiuted J Family and Fancy Grocery House. N. lC-.-We v/ish to call specjal n?ter,tifln I to our large stock of prepared tomatoes and i okra, re.idv for making soup, Wilmington, Columbia nnd Augusta K. It. I General Pasbbnqbr Drcarimknt, Columbia, S.C., March 7, 1878. The following schedule will be operated I on and after this date : Day Erprtm Trains?Daily Ercrpt Sunday. (iOINU mouth. Leave Columbia 10 "0 a in Leave Florence 2 *>5 p m Arrive at Wilmington t <i0 p ui (iOINU SOUTH. Leave Wilmington 10 28 a in i Leave Florence 3 10 p in Arrive at Columbia 0 .10 p in This Train stops at all regular stations. Sight Erpm* Train?Itaily (loina sortii. Leave Columbia 1100 am Leave Florence 4 30 p in Arrive at Wilmington 8 45 a in (IOINU SOUTH. Leave Wilmington 7 25 p m Leave Florence 11 3."> p m At rive at Columbia 3 35 a m This Train is Fast Express, making through connections, all rail. North and South, and water line connection via Portsmouth. Stops at all stations between Columbia and Florence, and at Marion, Fair iilull, Whilcville, Fleuiingloti, Nicli! oV and 111 inklcyV Through Tickets sold, and baggage checked to all nrinriiial points. I'ullinaii Sleepers on nlglit trains. Through Freight Train?Daily except Srnday (101 NO NORTH. Leave Columbia G 15 a m i Leave Florence 4 30 a in Arrive at Wilmington 12 30 p ui (IOINU SOUTH. Leave Wilmiugton 11 00 a in Leave Florence 8 40 p tp Arrive at Columbia 4 ?u u ni | Local Freight Train leaves Columbia Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only, at (1 00 a. hi. Arrives at Florence at 3 50 p. in. A P'M'K. U. F. & T. A. J. F. IHvinb, Superintendent. / -I Water-PurifyingChain Pump! Acknowledged to be superior to any oilier i pump known. No valves to get out of or der. Bucket and chains made of galvanized mnleable iron. The foulest water made pure by the use of this pump. 10 i feet or less. $10; ench additional foot, 50 j cents. This pump may be examined at the j Latham House. jan8-tf LATHAM & PERKINS. a week in your own town. IsOutflt free. No risk. Header, If you want a wWW luisiness at which persons of either sex can make great pay all the time they work, write for particulars to II. IIai.i.kttA Co., Portland, Maine. mari8-ly GILBERT BROTHERS, (SF.IV ESTABLISHMENT,) /? a mi t t nn mm* a ait LAIUUAUU, NAUUJJ AND BLACKSMITH'S SHOP AT THE Old Stand of jNcttt* Bpo"h. Wo are prepared to do everything In our line in the brat style, at short notice, and at the cheapest cash rates. tirpl.ANTATlON WORK a specialty. Public patronage respectfully solicited. GILBERT BRO'S. Jan. 29-Gm SEABOARD INSURANCE Co. OF NORFOLK, VA I beg l?TO to Mil l)ie attention of my frier da to the feottliat 1 represent several First Class Fire Insurance companies, and sun prepared to effect INSURANCE at Reasonable and Living Rates. The Farmville and Seaboard Companies, formerly rcprepscnted by Messrs. Tmntham ft Hay, aro now in tny charge. Private R?sidenoes insured at reasonable rales. All losses or damage by fire will be promptly adjusted. The public will do well to give me a call before insuring elsewhere, and I respectfully solicit their patronage. I'""" JOS. J. MACKAY. BACK AGAIN. I HAVE the pleasure of announcing lomy friends and patrons t\at I have removed to Ml OLD STAND, where with far greater facilities and conveniences than I had before tbe fire, I am prepqrtd to conduct u FIRST CLASS DAKERY in every respect, and the patronage of the public is cordially solicited. Orders For Cakes ' of any description promptly and sutisfacto' rily filled by competent bakers. Fresh Broad ' always on band. oct 2dlf MRS. II. CROSBY. At or Hear Cost. Having on hand too large a stock of LIQUORS of best qualities to carry through the dull seascp, I r.pi determined to turn i it into tnonev, and in order to do so rapidI ly, have concluded to sell nt the following very low prices by the gallon : Old Crow Kv. Rye Whisky $1.25 Dickey Rye 2.50 Miller's Rye 2 50 Pride of Ohio Kye 1.75 North Carolina Corn y.5i) Baltimore Oorn 1.75 Apple Brandy (the best) 3.75 (linjrer Brandy 2.50 Blackberry Brandy 2 50 Cognac Brandy 3.50 CJin (best) 2.50 lluin (pure) 2.50 Port Wine 2.50 Tobacco ami Cigars in variety, at low prices. Also, a tine assortment of Family Groceries of the best quality. Call and see me, an<l price tny goods beore purchasing elsewhere. J. H. LOLLIS, nt " Old Ilrick Corner," Broad St,, Cava deu, S. c. jaal-tf FEED AND SALE STABLES. Every convenience on the spot. Always pill up at A RM STRONG'S COMMODIOMS STABLES on DeKulb Street. pood pMtnp well on promise*. Auiiuuls well feil nu<l properly cared for by accomplished hostlers. PRICKS YKU V MODERATEHorses and mules always on linnd and for sale cheap. Don't forget the place. J. A. ARMSTRONG. UCfi. railius iiplchtpd to ma ape rtruest to be prompt in waking settlement. Collections must lie made or I shall lie compelled to adopt severe measures. Spring Opening! Mil,LIN KRY A.N l? tnti;ss noons. 1 am now receiving and oj oning my Soring and Summer Styles; Of the above goods, in greut varieties, to which 1 invito the attention of the ladies. I My slock will include nil the latest novel- ' lies in fashion. My | 1 > ?MAKING I :u c partmont in the hands of an eiperienced MODISTE, whose tanle and execution will give satis-! faction. Mrs. T. B. Walker, j j Bd WBM J?*_MHMBr * N EW GOO D S! Spring of 1878! A CHOICE STOCK OF FANCY AND DOMESTIC IN NEW AND HANDSOME STYLES, BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, MANY OF THEM PURCHASED BELOW THE COST OF MANUFACTURE, And will be sold at prices which cannot fail to give satisfaction. My CLOTHING, HAT and ?HOE . DEPARTMENTS are complete, and at the # VEBY LOWEST FIGURES CASH BUYCRS Will find it |to their interest to call and examine the STOCK before purchasing. Robert M. Kennedy. I H. BARUCH * o OPENED THIS DAY. In addition to my already extensive stock, I have ti is day received a Beautiful Lot of FINE IjIXSX LAWN, Which I offer at the VERY LOW price of 10c per yard. A new lot of Corded and Printed Jaconet*, Hamburg Edging and Insertion, * and a large lot of jSEW CLOTHI1TG. PRINTS 5c. CORDED PIQUE 8 l-3c. Very Fine LONG CLOTH 1.0c A large lot of Dress PIQUES have been marked down from their former low figure. o ' KID GLOVES. 50 DOZEN PAIRS, Good at 50c per pair Either of these qualities cannot be excelled Better at $1 > in quality and price anywhere in the United i Best at $1.50 J States. o My Stock of BOOTS AND SHOES Is known to be large, and new additions have also been made this Department. o HATS, In STRAW, WOOL or FUR for Men, Youths, Beys aud Children. Curtain L*ace (at 16 2*3c, 18c, 20c, 25c and 40c. Very cheap indeed, and every ladj ought to see them. nr:?j ?J I VVliiUUW OilaUEB ctlllL XlALUieb. I Hatting! Matting! Matting I Carpets! Carpets! | H. BARUCH. $100,000 { - WORTH OF GOODS * * TO BS SOLD At Astonishing Low 'Prices; CONSISTING OF Dry Goods, i Clothing, Hats, M Shoes, Hardware, Saddles, Harness, m Groceries, Bagging, Ties. * We Still Pay Above Market Price for Cotton. BAUM BROS.