Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Fnuiu's Formula. As many of our readers are in fatuated with Judge Furman's success as a farmer, we give below his formula for making his celebra ted compost: 'Take thirty bushels well rotted stable manure or well rotted organ ic matter as leaves, muck, etc., and scatter it about three inches thick upon a piece of ground so situated that water will not stand on it, but shed off in every direc tion. 'he thirty bushels will weigh about 900 pounds. Take 200 pounds of good acid phosophate, which cost me $22.50 per ton, de liverd, making the 200 pounds cost $2.25, and 100 poulds kainit which cost. me, by the ton, $14 de liverd, or 70 cents for 100 pounds, and mix the acid phosphate and kainit thoroughly, then scatter evenly on the manure. Take next t hirty bushels of green cotton seed and distribute them evenly over the pile and wet them thoroughly ; take again 200 pounds of acid phosphate and 100 pounds of kain it, mix and spread over the seed, begin again on the manure and keep on that way, building lip your heal) layer by layer, until you get it as high as convenient. Them, cover with six inches of rich earth from fence corners, and leave at least six weeks; when ready to haul to the field cut with a spade 01. pick-aXe s(quare down and mix us thoroughly as possible. Now we have thirty bushels of manure weighing 900 pounds of chemical in the sccond layer, and these two layers combined torm the perfect -o)1)post. You perceive that the w1eight is 2,400 pounds. A D)munou.('. O)rra:oE.--Last Thuri isday a most inhuiiiman and at raciouis cr1imel was attemlptedl juLst, below Mc'Cornuiek On the Knoxville! and Augusta Raiilroad. As the en gineer of one of the down trains was running ailong at full speed a h out three miles fromi McCormick lhe discov. red a chuild on the track. lie did all he could to stop the train! and succeeded in dloinig so just as! lhe engine reachled the child. Then it was disceovered that the child, a white ho)' about four years old, had been tied hard and1 faust to tihe iron rails, so that a horrible dleath was sure. TJhe railroad men un boun d the little fellow and took him on to Augusta. There is somne sus picion as to the parties wvho at tempted this diabolical crime. If discovered they should be burned. .--Abbeville Medium. -Subsribe and pay for Tax MEME1NGER. and be happy Bear and Child. Heriry Flytn, of Inskip, Cal. let his three-year old daughter ride upon a horse that he was taking to pasture, and after she had ridden about forty rods from home he lifted her off the horse and told her to run home. On returning he found that the child had not reach ed hiome. Going to the spot where he saw her last he saw her tracks in the sand. Search wus made all night in the forest for the lost child. In the morning, as the searchers was passing a swampy spot where the undergrowth was thick, they heard her voice. They called to the little girl, and told her to come out of the bushes. She re plied that tie bear would not let her. TJ'he men then erej)t through the brush, and when near the spot heard a splash in the water, which the child soaid was the bear. They found her standing upon a log ex ten(ling about half way across a swamp. The bear had undertaken to cross the Saw1'mp on the log, and, being pursued, left. the child and got away as rapidly as )ossible. She had received some scratches about the fave, arms and legs, and, her clothes were almost torn from her body ; but the bear had not! bitten her to hurt her, only the marks of his teeth being fonid onl her back, where he had taken hold .of her clothes to carry her. The child says the heair put her dovi occasionally to rest, aMd would put his nose up to hier' face, whereuponi she would slap him, and the bear would hang his head by her' side. and purr and rub aganst her like a cat. 'T'he men asked her if she was! cold in night., andI- she tOIdA them the old bear lay besidle her, p)ut 'arms' aroun d her, and kept her warm, though she did not like his long: hair'. -The Rev. Flor'ence McCar'thyn, paster' of S'. Cecilia's Catholic Church of Greenpoint. N. Y. who was recently de endant in an ac tion for dlamages for inidecenit as sault brought by the female orgau-I ist of the chiurch (in which case a~ verdict of six cents damages wasl redndered) is in trouble again. ie was arrested on Friday for. being Intoxicat ed and dr1ivinlg ab~out in a sleigh with a lewd woman, and fined $10. Th'le line was paid for him, and he immediately dis appeared, leaving his homec. -'D)o yon play by ear? I see you don't require notes,' said a Fort WVayne gentleman to a musi cian of the city orchestra. 'No, sir,' was the reply, 'I play by the night and requie hank notes.' FROST ON THIE SEA ISLAND. EDISTo ISLAND, Jan. 17.-Ac counts from the truck farmers of Wadnalaw and of this 'place are distressing. The h 't-bed cabbage plants are, all of them litterall) destroyed, and plants canniot be had for love or money. Those already set out have 4bo shared the same fate ex cept in a few eases. There is some talk of having planlts shipped from the North. The loss in peas and 'other early spring vegetables will doubtless involve thousands of dollars. Farmers are preparing to make np for their losses by plant ing Irish potaitoes, on the land pre pared for cabbages, &c. It a ppears that, like everywhere else,Florida is not exempt from the evils attending agricultiral opera tions. A certain farmner from across the way has lately returned from that El Dorado of the South dis gusted, the bxings havinr raised havoc wvith his cabbages. Stick to So uth Carolina and slhe will stick to us.-News and Courier -Be gentle in the family. Oh, always be gentle. Above all make the boy S be gentle. IT we had a favimily of boys we should compel them to be rentle if we hlad to wear out every barrel stave in the shed. -It is said an Arizona judge re signed from the bench to becomce a hotel waiter. The judicial ermine may satisfy a man's vanity, but it does not always fill the void crea ted by the want of three square meals a (lay. -Therewas a man in town who thought him wondrous wise. lie swore by all the fabled godls heC'd nvradlver'tise. His goods5 weret adivertised ere long, and thereby hangs a tale-the ad. was set in nonpariel and headed 'Sheriff Sale. -A grave-digevalking in the streets dIhe other dlay chanced to turn and not icedl two doctors walk ing b~ehindl him. ie stopped till they passedl and then followved on behind them. 'And why this? said they. 'I know my place in the pro (0ession'' returned he. -A lady was reproaching Mr. W~ilhiam Warren the Boston actor, at a recent reception for going into society so little. 'You ought to let me lionize-you a little,' she said. 'I never heard of but one man,' replied the veteran actor, 'who was not spoiled by being lionized.' 'And who was he?' Daniel. -It is evident, fron the follow ing decription by an exebange. of the girl of the period, that she is desperate and bound to carry her point during leap year? 'She carries a short, stout walking stick.' This of course icans a hus band or a place on the police force. --An Irishman recently stopped at a hotel where, pretty high bills, are charged. In the morning the landlord made out the amonit of danies and presented it to Pat. After he haid glainced it over the face and exclaimed, 'You put Ie inl mind of ia snipe.' 'Why?' asked the landlord. 'Because ye're pretty nigh all bill.' O-reerrville MA CHINE WORKS AND R. IM. MACDONALD), Prop'r. :111 Manufactrner of all kimulA of Ma ehinery, Brass aId Iron (astL4ings made to order 1 am1 agLent for th3 J.udson Governor, and Call (.II1plicat.e any part ; also I II IIANCOCK INSPIRATOR, which I can lit to any boiler. The afest al siiplest Ileans of injectig water into a boiler. Iniforuuation cheerfIul ly ftwinisl oil a pplication. I h tve on h:uul S,(.tl Gauges, Fittinugs-, Va-Ilves ind Stean Pipes of all sizes. My stock is first-class amd from the bestI m:nultfaIttres. Write for prices. R. M M~wON AUn -Dear Sir: We have one of t h a laicock ispi. rators, No. 12.]. furnihed by you, in Ilse slpplyin40Ig our 40-IIorse Power Ro'Mle with water, and consider it, (4q:I1 to. it not slperior. to anly ill use. We cleertfully recoiieId it. S-ounarte, G ra'ly & Nichiols. R. M. MACI)ONA LI), Greenville, S. C. -Dear Sir: Thue No. 174 IIIneo' luspirator phced onl myl v50-1 lor'se Pow er Boiler by you. proved a sUiccess so far in ey part iciibir., and as a bjoile feceder, I bl)ieve it h1 is no q'il. Be fore I secired yolrl Inspt1irator I sutffer e,] fro ill 11neasinuess, bt:sides 1 h, Cx repairsL%." It does its.i work promptly. Can recolunend it to ay ising a boil er feeder. ReSpect fully yourS George PIutIanai. R. M. MA, cD~oNA mal, 0Oreenmville,. S.C. -D1ear A'ir: ThIe No. 8) lIin cokI spirator you) puit on1 my P ortable Eni ginue last stunmer1). 1I osie r it far superior to a ny pump) I~ h'ive ever' seeni. in fact I cotuli not get along withiout it. I wv rii a I vile all ownters af steam en gine1(s to u~se them. Respct~fully youris Dec 21391 1. F. Algood. . T. 19 IL AT~voR~NEYX AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, GREENVILLE, S. C. Practics in the State and Unitedl States Courts. iiB Office in Mansio. Honse, Ni Nov 9-ly Lim~e! Lime! Lime ! CAN BE BOUGHTi O1F E-L. J. GIGNILLIA.T, Easley, S. C., Either in Car' Load Lots or b~y the single barrell at very CHEAP RATES. ,,Oct 12-tf'_ _ Show your appreciation of the new enterprise by subscribing for Tnml MSSENER.S