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SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established Apri?, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." THE TKUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1866. Consolidated Au?. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1882. New Series-Yoi. II. No. 3. il_Al. I .Puhlia?ei every Tuesday, --BY TEE ^atchman and Southron Publishing Company, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : j Pollara per annum-in advance. ?DT KB XI SX KENTS. _re, first insertion.00 ibseqaent insertion.-......... 50 acts for three montos, or longer will , made at reduced rates. I communications which subserve private ists will be charged for as advertisements, oituaries and tributes of respect will be [?ged for. rriage notices and notices of deaths pub free. _j job work or contracts for advertising Idress Watchman and Southron, or apply at Office, toN. G. OSTEEN, ' . Business Manager. LT THE POBTAI? OF MANHOOD. BT JOH? S. M* CASS. m drifting, slowly drifting, forevermore from thee, ie a ship without a radder, Oat upon an unknown sea. ' I am not proud to leave thee ; ?f "With aching heart I gaze Back through my twenty years of life, Through Boyhood's golden days ; And I see a youngster playing -At marbles, top and ball ; I see him scaling fences For rosy pippins in the fall. ! see him rushing madly, "With a hop, a skip, a bound, [For the lenee around the orchard, From the farmer's hungy honnd. rI can see him on the river, * 'On an old "balf-iocker" skate ; '. see him coasting down the hill ?OD a sled with bonny Kate, eau see the youngster's schoolmates " Courting Manhood, one by one ; lean see the Tillage barber ^Shaving Dick, and Bob, and Tom. ire no more for Manhood an albatros for land ! i so good to be a careless boy So glorioc?-so grand ! ,1 would no-.give thee, Boyhood, Could I keep thee in my power, . For the v, eal tb of ali the Indies For tbe Queen of England's dower! tot-good-by my dear old Boyhood ! I leave thee with regret ; |f I were proud of leaving, ron ld my eyes and cheeks be wet? mw I never can go back Through life's mysterious ways; )w Til never see again My golden Boyhood days. . I Golden Days. A STOSY FOE sEsL& Well we were married at last, bat a distressing time it was, and bat a martyr poor mother became those weeks of preparation. We were not rich, bat well to-do, aa peo? ple said. At fathers7 death, there was the life insurance and a snug little, cottage with its ten acres of irait and garden. Mother, bless her Idear heart, could manage, but there Pwas a family of three girls and two [boys. John and Charles had just be? lg un to make their own way in the [distant city. How we girls did cry I when they left ns, for we had always boarded at home and they were good i brothers. The first wedding was for ^nie quite an event, you see, in the I family, and Clare and Helen said I [ should have a good send off. I was the youngest, just past eighteen but first to have a home of my own. They had lorded it over me, but still I was the pet of the family, and we bad a happy home. If we did not predate mother-who does until life comes, and she perhaps, is under the grass? e made onr own cake, or rather er did. It was always motlier. , the maid of all work, said : t took a powerful lot of cooking to I marry a man, and wedimers must eat awful.' A caterer from the boys, city attended to the rest. The hun? dred dollars it cost was mother's present. The house was fragrant with flowers. Clare was an artist iu decoration, and it looked perfectly lovely. I had five hundred dollars father left me for this very occasion. Bear father : how he would have en iyed this happy day. The trousseau as all that could be desired, and ark, had furnished a little cottage in inland city where we were to live, other bad been kind to me. I was good scholar, had graduated with onors, quite a musician, and was a eft hand at fancy work. But house ork, bless me ? I was innocent of at knowledge in that regard as a ew-born baby. I had tried to tell "ark of my ignorance, but he had stop d me with kisses, as if love would ake the pot boil. The wedding breakfast was all p re? ared ; my trunks were packed, with I confess. Jane, poor soul, d bought me a dozen linen cloths for wiping my china. 'They'd be ^?^f 1 Handy/ she said. How little I realized that dishes must be wash? ed in that vine-covered cottage ! But I thanked ber, and many a time since. Mark had come the night before, and now Helen came in with her stiff silk and her queenly bearing, and said the guests were arriving and the hour was nearly at hand. Then Mark knocked nd looked a little startled, when he w me in my white silk and flimy eil. 'Why, Rosa/ he said, 'are on going to fly ; I am afraid I shall ose yon.' The voice of John came up the stairway, and Mark and I ent down amid the perfume and low hispers. Dr. Hale waited there for us, with bis benignant face and white bair. I only remembered this of that shadowy service: 'Remember, my ?ear child whatever awaits you in the new life, that duty must be before lea s ure, and heroism is the fibre of every life.' ?Until death do you two part.' Ab, how much that means now, *for ali tbia was two years ago. Thea came the congratulations, the hurried breafast ,and we were steam? ing away toward our borne. We were to live together. How funny it seemed. Mr?. Mark Pattison, wife of yer Fat tison ; We reached home at hst, ai Mark's sister was there to receive u she was t wice my age raid regard? Mark as a little above any one els We went all over the little hous< out in the garden, and sang ai dreamed and talked like two kittet innocent of life. The dusk found 1 in the arbor, the moonlight siftin through the grape vine fragant wil \ blossoms. We were in an enchante land ; life was love. What feared w of trouble ? it had not touched us. The next day Mark went to hi office, saying as he kissed me goo? bye, 'Let Martha see to the orde ing of the dinner : just rest ;' as if was tired. But I resolved to surpris him. I would prepare the desser Had I not seen mother make sue delicate pudddings of snow with delicious crust, the color of amber Had I not made myself a chocolat blanc mange ? To be sure, motbe stood by and told me everything t put in it ; bat it was nothing to dc So I went to my piano my very owr which had been sent from the ol 'home. That brought np the familia room and I cried a little to think c the new life before me. Then I b< gan to play. I was passionately fon of music, and my home-sickness wa forgotten. I had been playing som? time when I thought of dinnei There was only an hour. Marth had been.out in the kitchen all th morning. She with Chloe, the col ored cook, were about the dinne My proposition to prepare the desser seemed to strike them oddly, but went bravely to work. I thought would make a fruit pudding/ Wt often had them at home. I kue? Mark enjoyed them. I got the flour the butter and salt, and made dougl with milk and water, and then rolle< it into little cakes and spread th? peaches. I told Chloe they were t< be boiled three quarters of an hour They didn't look just right, but 'f thought boiling would remedy ever? defect. The dinner passed off pleas antly. Mark had had a busy day But when the desert was rung in Chloe turned up her nose and snifTec ominously. Good heavens ! Wher< is my peach dumplings. They wer? heavy as lead. To eat one would bi to invite dyspepsia. Mark said noth ing, but he smiled, and finally begar. to roar until the tears ran down his face. At first I felt hurt, but thc mirth" was contageous, and wc laughed until I was faint. I had for gotten the two spoonfuls of baking powder, and Mark was sacriligious enough to say, 'they would not rise until judgment day.' Martha staid with41 us a month. 1 thought she was meddlesome, but 1 know now her love for Mark and a real desire to help me prompted bei to offer suggestions. She was a per? fect housekeeper, and must have re gamed mc as a mere child. Chloe was a treasure. She had been in Mark's family for years. She was somewhat domineering as favorite servants are accustomed to be, but while she stayed our household feast and daily appointments were careful? ly attend to. But ber sister was taken dangerously ill, and she was obliged to go. Mark refused at first, but I prevailed on him to allow her to leave us. 'It will be but a little while,' I said, 'and I will take Chloe's place.' And so I went down into that awful kitcheu the following morning. It makes me homesick when I think of those days, and yet what is one worth until tested ? The range wouldn't work, and then it burned everything np. The sugar and butter were out. 1 was unaccustomed to it; all my back ached, and when Mark came home I sat on the floor in tears. He tried lo cheer me up, but what does a man know of woman's work? I was utterly discouraged. We dined on dry toast and poached eggs, which Mark managed, and then we had a long eveuing of talk aud song. The breakfast passed with a reasonable degree of success, and I resolved that I would make a brave fight. We both liked soup ; we had vegetables. Chloe had left pies. I saw my way through. I worked hard that fore? noon. I smile now as I think what toil I made of a simple matter, but perchance some young housewife may be encouraged as they read how I took my lessons in 'keeping house.' That soup is an epoch in my married life, for it was my second defeat. I had heard that a little clove for sea? soning would be desirable, but I mis? took my measure, and when I set it on before hungry Mark, it was as black as his hat. 'Great Caesar, Rosa, what have you got here ; are you going to poison me outright V And when I told him, he endeavored to turn it off in a joke by saying, 'It was suitable only for him of the cloven foot.' I cried outright I was nervous, and hardly a woman, and the heavens and earth grew blacker than the soup. Mark dined off Chloe's pies, remarking that he was 'pizooed,' after all. The very mention of soup to this day makes me feel faint. Chloe was away for B?X months. That sister of hers would not get well, and would not die, I sometimes thought in desperation. I was too proud to send for Martha. Helen and Clare were both of them visiting. I fought it out alone, but I mentally re? solved, if ever I had a daughter, she might be ignorant of the lauguages and music, but 1 would teach her to work. She should become familiar with the conduct of ahorne. Manya dinner was rained. Mark, like his name-sake of old, became an apostle of patience. The only won? der is that he did not acquire a set? tled dyspepsia. I was discouraged, and wept, and then went at it again. I thought I never should be able to prepare a well-appointed meal, but just as I was on the point of utter defeat, mother, dear soul, visited me, and then I was safe. When she heard my story, she gave rae hints, but said I had best keep on. She only mourned that she had neglected this part of my education. 'But, child, I never thought of you marry? ing so young. Tour sisters are still single ; you were but a Bchpol girl. when Mark must take you away/ But with her counsels and sugges? tions, and her dear smile, I defied the world. Mother said before she left that i was becoming an accomplish? ed cook, and Chloe at last came back, and I was mistress of my own home, in fact as well as in name. The next six months of my married life was plain sailing. The cottage became the dearest spot on earth. I had forgotton Dr Hale's words, 'Re? member, dear child, whatever awaits you in the new life, that duty must be before pleasure, and heroism is the fibre of every life.' I had conquered the cuisine. Even Chloe respected my judgment. I could superintend the preparations of a dinner that no one need be ashamed of. My little rooms grew cosy and inviting as I adorned them with the wort of my fingers I began to think that life was a summer day of song. The second year marked the advent of our baby. Not until one passes under the spell of mother-hood can the full reaches of life be fathomed. They told me I came near dying, but our boy, Mark, Jr., was worth it all. How we loved him, and what a beautiful mystery he was ! We both declared he was a remarkable child. We feared he was too smart to live. How that second year was glorified by the care and anxiety attending our first born. We did not grudge the broken rest. But he safely passed the colic, croup, and all the other ills until the sharp little ivories shown in the blushing gums. I had been so engrossed with my baby that I had not noticed that Mark was glowing thinner every week, until one night he came home sick and he did not leave his bed for four months. That terrible fever ate into his life until he was only the shadow of my husband. For two weeks T stood with him in the very shadow of death, battling with the Angel of Destruction, as only a woman can battle for her dearest. I learned to live almost without rest, and grew almost as pale as the tossing patient on the couch. Only a strong constitution saved me from death. Many and many a night J spent on my knees, crying unto Him who holds the keys of life to spare my husband. As the spring came on he* began to gain, and in June he was out again, 'as good as new/ he said, save that the grey had crept into his hair, I knew now what my dear mother had experienced in the last illness of fath? er. She had often spoken of it, and a shadow always fell on her face and a bush came to her voice. I did not understand then ; I know now. My baby's second 6ummer was a trying one. Ah, that second sum? mer ; how we mothers dread them for our children ! He had missed my care duriug the sickness of my hus? band. I was obliged to wean him, and how he grew white and palid in the hot days. We watched him anxiously. We could not give him up. Weak and weary as I was, I still was about the house. The day came at last when we knew it was only a question of time. Who that has watched a child take on its angelhood need to be told what these days were I Our boy, our first born, our other life, crept out of our arms as myste? riously as be came. The valley of the shadow of death ! Who that bas walked through it, leading a child, only to be parted from it at the last, can ever be quite the same again ? The golden leaves of October fell on a little grave and we were childless. I had learned what Dr. Hale meant by 'duty' and 'heroism.7 Martha came and kept house for Mark, and I went home. I did not take to my bed, but I was listless and heart-sick. My strength had depart? ed. Everybody was very kind. Clare and Helen gave up their whole lime to me, and mother told me all about father's dying as she never had before. I could not believe that only three years had passed since I left my home a blushing bride. What new hues life had taken on 1 But youth dies hard. I was only in my twenty-second year, and I began to mend. I had much to live for. I was not the only one who grieved. I still had my husband ; my home was yet near to me. And sol went back, a little paler, but strong and hopeful, ready to meet the future of my life. And then we really began to keep house in the most blessed sense, for this rambling sketch is only the pro? logue of the real story. I had my trials. I had mastered the cuisine. I had been through the flood on foot, and my child had drifted from my arms, but I had learned precious les? sons. It bad come to me in these years that the roots of home reach down into darkness, and that they are nurtured for the fairest blooming, not by health and prosperity always, but by pain and trial. We have had our days since then. What home is free from them ? But other childen have come to patter about the house. Poverty has Btared us in the face, but wealth came at last, when we were able to bear it, and restful days. I look back with thankfulness to those painful months when I was learning 'that duty must be before pleasure, and heroism is thc fibre of every life.'-Providence Journal. Who Won. A crocodile stole a baby, "in the days when animals could talk," and was about to make a dinner of it. The poor mother begged piteously for her child. "Tell me the truth," said the crocodile, "and you shall have your baby again." The moth? er thought it over, and at last said, "You will not give him back." "Is this the truth you mean to tell ?" asked the crocodile. "Yes," replied the mother. "Then by our agree? ment I keep him," added the croco? dile, "and if it is a falsehood, then I have also won." She said, "No yon are wrong. If I told the truth you are bound by your promise; and if a falsehood, it is not a falsehood until you have given me my child." Now the question is, who won ? j T?e Kiver and Harbor Bill. To the Editor- of Bradstreets : Sm-It has occurred to me that you may deem the opinion of one who has had abundant opportunity to learn the merits of this much talked of river and harbor matter worthy of attention. The veto message was forced mainly by the clamor of the newspapers. The President thought the amount appro? priated in the present bill too large, and believed it to contain a host of improper items." What was his remedy ? To cut the bill in two and let him and the Sec? retary of War deoidc how to spend it. In what respect does their judgment prove itself superior to that of both houses of Congress ? Why should two politicians be intrusted with the appli? cation of $10,000,000? Congress can? not stultify itself by constructing rules for the guidance of the President which should COD flic ? with their own action, and, in the absence of such rules, what reliance can be placed in the discretion of the Executive ? As to the bill itself, who is to say how much money ought to be spent by the United States in improving naviga? tion ? The area is continental, the streams numbered by hundreds. Their navigation has been neglected and left to the action of natural causes. The forces of nature, aided by the activity and recklessness of man, are tending constantly toward the filling up of streams and the destruction of their navigability. These forces are not only unceasing iu action, but cumulative in effect. Unless an opposition as untiring, and corrective measures at least as energetic, be maintained, the result would be in the end to destroy the com? mercial value of our waterways, and compel the abandonment of an invalua? ble means of trade and communication. So much on the general subject. As to particular streams: by what standard shall their merit or demerit be measured ? The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly declared that the proper definition of a public navigable water, subject to the control of Con? gress, and therefore proper for improve? ment by the United States, is that the commerce must be either in ter st? ? or foreign, the dimensions of the stream or its situation being of no consequence. From this point of view-and there is none other of authority-a Delaware creek may be as "national" as the Mis? sissippi. There is uo doubt that all the river and harbor acts, judged by this standard even, contain items that should not be there ; but it would probably as? tonish any one who should devote the time and labor essential to the forma tion of an intelligent judgment to find how few in number there really are, and how small a percentage of the total of the bill is represented by their sum. Many newspapers see congressmen urgent for appropriations, and therefore shout "Stcaf! fraud ! corruption !" not caring to analyze the situation, nor to j reach a position of real knowledge. The congressmen runs his feet off be? cause'bis constituents impel bim, and, if he is fortunate, he in truth has a hold upon the popular appreciation. It is not, however, because he can use the appropriation as a political fund that he demands it. He never touches or can use a cent of it. If by reason of his service his constituents reelect him, why should they not ? Is it "corruption' if they do ? In most cases they have had no more of the appropriation than the member Simply their river bas been improved, delays and injuries have been avoided, the markets brought nearer, and costs of necessaries reduced. It is true, some limits must be set : but what shall they be ? I say let Con? gress fix the sum in advance, and keep within it. But shall this sum depend on the Treasury surplus ? Not at all. Works once instituted must be carried to completion if previous expenditures are not to be thrown away. The laws of nature, the meteorological pheno? mena, know nothing of treasuries. The rains fall and the floods destroy even though the Treasury be empty and the watch-dog starving. The suspension of a number of works for twelve or eighteen months in consequence of the lack of appropriation would cause the loss of the expenditure for three years past. Finally, the veto was more extrava? gant than the bill. The President is disingenuous in asserting that the ap? propriations are to be expended in the present fiscal year. It is not true. The appropriations for rivers and har? bors are ..permanent"-that is, they do not revert to the Treasury if unexpend? ed at the end of the year, and, if in ex? cess of immediate need, can be distribu? ted over as much time as may be re? quired. Better so than the suspension of all work ; that abandons previous ex? penditure and breaks the backbone of the business. The amount to be expended in the bill is, in my opinion, not in excess of the needs of the country. England, France, Germany, and even Canada, j expend every year sums larger than the ones in this bill, not only proportionally, but actually. It is true their methods of expenditure are different, and more in accordance with common sense. When they want to get a piece of work done, they order thorough investigation and a full report. If these reports justify appropriation, the whole work is provided for at one time. I am refer? ring now to Canada and to France. In Great Britain Parliament makes no ap? propriations ; it simply authorizes a chartered company to take control of the j navigation to improve it, and to recoup themselves by taxation and dues. Such a system probably would secure no sup- J port whatever in this country, and would be denounced by everybody. It is con? trary to the spirit of our institutions to erect barriers on our water courses, or to turn over to private individuals or corporations the control of them, or the right to tax the public for their use. It is manifest that Congress is the only authority that can legislate for these J purposes, and that the navigation of streams must be free. The extrava? gance of work of this character is in the system of sustaining it by annual appro? priations, with all the chances that those who know nothing of the facts whatever, and who are no more competent to form an opinion on this point than if it was an obscure case of fever, should assume to possess all the virtue and ail the in? telligence, and to condemn other mei) who do not agree with them, and there? by suspend the work. I can only suggest that some charact? er or permanence should be imparted to the appropriations for work which has been begun. The extravagance Hes not in the expenditure for a work, but in its occasional or subsequent abandon? ment. To complete is to save ; to leave is to lose. New York, August 3. ENGINEER. Cotton Seed Oil. The South bas fairly entered into that spirit of economy which is one of the most potent elements of snccess in otber and less favored sections of the country. Much that has heretofore been allowed to waste as worthless, is no?; being uti? lized to advantage and prout. Notably is this the fact as regards agricultural products, and more especially so in the matter of cotton seed, which in thc past has had no other pecuniary value than as a fertilizer for exhausted lands. Within the past few years, however, the oil with which cotton seed is abund? antly supplied, has become an import? ant item to the credit side of the plan? ter's account in those localities where it has been extracted ; and we are glad to learn that mills for the extraction and manufacture of cotton seed oil are in course of construction in this State. Once let them be fairly established and the large profit arising therefrom be made known, these mills will rise up in every section of the State, in sufficient numbers to meet- the demand. We have, in previous issues, spoken of the uses to which this oil may be put, but it will do no harm to repeat them. It has been satisfactorily established by the most critica] tests, that for cooking purposes it is equally as good as the best quality of lard, and much' superior to the villainous stuff which is frequent? ly sold as such. As a salad oil it is frequently sold as the genuine olive oil, and the best judges have failed to detect the difference, and for lubricating pur? poses it is unsurpassed. To show the profit to the planter, arising from its manufacture, we copy the following from the South Carolina Agricultural Report, recently issued, premising the extract with the state? ment that one hundred bales of cotton will produce fifty tons of seed : Now, let us follow that fifty tons of seed to the mills, and see what is done with it : It is first weighed ; any dedac? tion that is to be made (reclamation for sandy, bolly, damaged etc.,) is made on the weigher's certificate. It is then taken into the mill, and passed through a screen for the purpose of cleaning out sand and dust. From this screen it is passed to another screen of the same size, but with a different mesh of wire cloth. The holes in the cloth ad? mits the seed to pass throngh, but re? tains all the trash, such as coal, iron, seed cotton and otber foreign substances which will be found in a gin-house and get amongst the seed while iu store. The seed now goes to the Huting ma? chines where it is linted or ginned over again. From the linters it is taken to the decorticating machine or huller. ' It is then passed again through screens with different sizes of wire cloth to seperate the kernel from the hulls. The hulls are then passed to the fire room for fuel in some cases, but in New Or? leans hundred of tons of these bulls are sold for food to the dairymen for their milk cows. The kernel now is passed through heavy rollers which help to break up the oil cells in the seed. It is then carried to the beater, where the moisture is in part evaporated, and the seed made hot, in which condition it is placed in woollen bags. These bags are then placed between two layers of horse hair cloth, ?md placed in thc press, which when put in motion, squeezes out I the oil, leaving in the woollen bag the I residue or hard cake. The woollen : bag is then stripped off, the cake put to cool, and afterwards ground into meal or shipped to Europe in the shape of cake." PRODUCT OF ONE TON OF COTTON SEED. 35 gallons oil at 35c ? 12.25 .750 lbs. cake meal, lc per lb 7.50 24 lbs. lint at 6c per lb. 1.44 1,000 lbs. hulls at 25c per 100 lbs. 2.50 Total ?23.69 Cost of 1 ton seed. ? 12.00 Freight 1 ? " 2.50 Cost of manufacturing 3.00 17.50 Profit. 06.19 The total cost of a building and ma? chinery for a twelve ton cotton seed mill is not far from $12,250, not includ? ing freight, insurance or land. Such a mill is now being erected at Goldsboro, N. C., and will be completed in season for the present growing crop. A Singular Incident One of the most singular incidents that we have recorded in long time oc? curred at Patsalaga creek, in Talbot county, and not very far from Howard station. Mr. Wm. Heath was driving a cow and a young calf along thc road, and when they came to the creek the cow stopped in order to drink. On the opposite side of the creek and a few feet off stood a large ram. As the cow was drinking she would frequently lift up her head as if she was uneasy about the calf. The ram took Ibis as a banter for fight, and walking up near the cow, reared up and gave her a butt centrally in the head and killed the cow almost in? stantly. Mr. Heath ran up, thinking that the cow would soon recover, as he thought she was only stunned, bat in this he was mistaken, as it was a death stroke. A gentleman who witnessed the affair gives us the information and vonches for its truth. There is not a more re? liable gentleman in the county, nor one of more veracity.-Columbus Ga., En? quirer. .Where would we be without women ?' asks a writer. It's hard to determine just which way the majority would drift, but some men would be out of debt and out of trouble, and a good tn a try others would ba out at th? elbows. S - Arabi Bey's appeal to J?I land [London Times, July 24."] The following letter was addres bj Arabi Bey to Mr. Gladstone a 1 days before the bombardment of Al andria, but did not reach bis hands > til after that event : "ALEXANDRIA, Joly 2, 1882 "To the Right Eon. W. E. Gladsto M. P. "SIR: Our Prophet in his Koi has commanded us not to seek war i to begin it. He has commanded also, if war be waged against us, to sist and under penalty of being oursel as unbelievers to follow those who ht assailed us with every weapon and wi out pity. "Hence England may rest assui that the first gun she fires on Egypt v absolve the Egyptians from ali treati contracts and conventions ; that the co trol and debt will cease ; that the p perty of Europeans will be confiscate that the canals will be destroyed, I communications cut, and that use u be made of the religious zeal of ft hometans to preach a holy war in Syr in Arabia and in India. Egypt is h< by Mahometans as the key of Mee and Medina, and all are bound by tb religious law to defend these holy pla( and the ways leading to them. Serme on this subject have already he preached in the mosques of Damasct and an agreement has been come with the religious leaders of every la throughout the (Mahometan) world, repeat it again and again that the fii blow struck ' Egypt by England or t allies will cause blood to flow tbrou{ the breadth of Asia and of Africa, t responsibility of which will be on t head of England. "The English Government has i lowed itself to be deceived by its agent who have cost their country its prest?: in Egypt. England will be still wor advised if she attempt to regain wh she bas lost by the brute force of gu and bayonets. "On the other hand, there are mo humane and friendly means to this eu Egypt is ready still, nay, desirous, come to terms with England, to be fa friends with her, to protect her inter?s and keep her road to India, to be h ally. But she must keep within tl limits of her jurisdiction. If, howeve she prefer to remain deceived and boast and threaten us with her fleets at her Indian troops, it is hers to make tl choice. Only let her not underrate, ; she has done;' the patriotism of tl Egyptian people. Her representativi have not informed her of the chao? which has been wrought among us sin? the days of Ismail's tyranny. Natior in our modern age make sudden and g gan tic strides in the path of progress. "England, in ?ne, may rest assure that we are determined to fight, to d martyeraibr our country-as has bee enjoined on us by our Prophet-o;* els to conquer and so live independentl and happy. Happiness in either case i promised to us, and when a people ai imbued with this belief their courag knows no bounds. AHMED ARABI " Hogs or Goats ? The Newbery Herald says that th editor of the Abbeville Press an< Banner is not good authority on th subject of foreign missions, but bi head is level on the goat question, am commends his suggestion to thoughtfu consideration. "The present high price of bacci should set our people to thinking am planning for a means of avoiding tin great expense of buying bacon. Thi cost of raising hogs make it doubtful a: to the profit of doing so, even at th* ruling high prices of meat, and th< great risk to the health of the familj which is incurred by the presence of ? hog pen about the premises would ic the case of the more cautious of oui citizens, preclude the undertaking of sc doubtful an experiment. There can bc no question that pig pens have been thc cause of more dip th er ia and typhoid fever than all other causes combined, and those of our subscribers who have been constant readers of the Press ana Banner may recall to mind the fact that every year it has been our sad duty to announce the most sorrowful results of these diseases. To relieve the citizens from the necessity of buy? ing so much bacon, and to prevent him from taking the risk of making his household sick by the presence of a pig pen, we would suggest that as soon as there is a slack time of work on the farm, that the pasture fences be put in the best condition possible. After this is done, buy a few goats. A kid can be kept six months at a cost not greater than that of raising a chicken, and a half dozen goats will furnish a small family with a large per cent, of the meat which will be needed. The kids can be killed when small, and none of the meat will be lost. If a farmer un? dertakes to kill a beef in the summer, the greater part of it is lost, or if he goes into a 'beef market' with his neighbors, the plan will work unsatis? factorily. Every man may think he gives more and better beef than he re? ceives, and even if this were not the case, the trouble of sending after it is something. Nothing will pay better than a small flock of goats. With the goats a small number of sheep may bc profitably kept. The goats protect the sheep from the ravages of dogs. Two Billy Goats can make an ardinary sheep-killing dog wish that he had been drowned when he was a pup. Intimate With 'em. The other day a nompous little fel? low at a dinner table was boasting of the great men with whom he was on intimate teams. He was in constant correspondence with Longfellow, had lunched with Tennyson, was in friendly , relations with the Prince of Wales, and in short knew everything and every? body. At length a quiet individual at the further end of thc room broko in on the conversation with the question : 'My dear sir, did you happen to know thc Siamese twins when they were in this country V Our hero, who evi? dently had a talent for lying, but no real genius, at once replied : 'The Siamese twins, sir ? Yes, sir. I be? came very intimate with one of them, |U|^|^^^^^^^o^3 fortune to SILK murare in me oouin. OFFICE OF TUE SOUTHERN AGENT OF THE MISSIPPI SILK COMPANY. MOBILE ALA., July 15 1882. Editor Watchman and Southron : Dear Sir: To the undersigned bas been more particularly committedtbe de i Telopraent of Silk Culture in the South? ern States, by the Missippi Silk Com? pany, a chartered organization with headquarters at Aberdeen, Miss. The astonishing progress of Silk Manufacturing in this country within the last few years; the amply-demon? strated adaption of the climate of the Southern States to sericulture ; the cheap lauds of thc South ; most especially the grand opening given by silk culture to the unemployed ladies of the South ; the commendation of this industry by un? biased, studious, competent, experi? mentalists and investigators ; the crown? ing proof of its practicability and profi? tableness, in the fact that one of the most eminent silk bouses in Europe will soon have a business connection with the Company in question, all point to silk cuitare as a lucrative pursuit and most eligible for southern ladies ; at once easy, facinating and readily learn? ed. The remunerative aspect and the new field it opens to the intelligent and un? employed among southern ladies, com? mend the enterprise, most especially to the good will of the public ; and some of the advanced thinkers and most pub? lic spirited men and women of the South, from philanthropic motives alone, are devoting their efforts to induce southern ladies to engage in the business ; and their efforts are meeting witS most gratifying success ; several prominent organizations of ladies having been already formed in various southern ci? ties. The undersigned desires to visit as many of the leading cities and towns of the South as possible, between the Fail and Spring. To do so, it can readily be seen that no visit must be made at random, or in the dark ; but that be must visit only those places where con? siderable interest in the matter is al? ready felt, or may be aroused by his visit. Being unacquainted with anyone in your city with whom to correspond, b* asks from your courtesy the favor of a publication of this letter, in the hope that it may lead to a correspondence with one or several influential persons in your city, so that the way may be opened for a visit and a lecture on silk culture, and to lay the basis for an or? ganization to develop silk culture in your community. If there should be sufficient interest felt to effect an organi? zation, a cocoonery can be establish? ed, and the basis laid for a development that may lead to very substantial re? sults. Not only will the community be educated on silk culture ; but a filature or reeling establishment may be built to purchase the cocoons, and even a silk manufactory may result. Hoping the warm interest the press takes, generally, in development, -and particularly in this industry, so pecu? liarly adapted to the South, may induce you to regard the request as not too exacting, I am very Respectfully yours, M. B HILLARD. P. S.-Parties desiring to cooperate in an organization for their communi? ties, should address me promptly at Mobile Alabama. Not Very Much. A young man with a nose like a ra? zor and an eye which would have raised a blister on sheet iron on a hot day halted a pedestrian on Gratiot avenue and stated that he was trying to raise money to reach the bedside of bis dying aunt in Chicago. He was too proud to beg, but if the citizen would give bim a quarter he would show bim a trick worth five dollars. 'Vat ish dot drick V queried the citi? zen. *It is to make ten cents go further than a dollar. You can play it on the boys and make ten dollars a day." 'My friendt, I nefer blays mit der boys.' .Yes, but you can have lots of fan, you know.' .I vhas no handt for fun- If I effer git off some shokes I nefer lanV \ 'Yes, but this is something new. When you come down to the grocery of an evening you-' 'I doan' come down. I vhas home on der stheps all der eainiogs.' 'But you could have a little fun with your neighbors.' 'I told you I vhas not a funny man. I likes to schmoke und read der morn? ing napers.' .Well, I don't want to beg, and I am offering you this trick very low in or? der to get home and see my sister die. Have you a dying sister V *I doan' expect I have. Vhat ish dot drick ? 'To make ten cents go further than a dollar.' ?Und vhill she do it?' .She will.' .Und five cent3 goes more ash half a dollar?' "Just so.' .Und a cent goes petter ash a dime V .That's the ratio/ .Und nOttings at all goes better ash five cents ?' .I-I-T think it does.' .Vhell, you shust consider you half all der notting efer was und you vhill be in Chicago to-morrow ! Gif my love to dot dying sister, und tell her dot you saw me well. You'd better git some oxpress waggons to draw dose nickles down to der rail read, und you look a leedle oudt for some Dutchmans who has peen eating grass und vhas green !* Hon. Judah P. Benjamin, ex-Secre? tary of thc Confederate States, is now the acknowledged leader of the bar in England. Fleeing from the Confeder? acy, he reached Great Britain, and in six months was admitted to thc bar and published a book, "Benjanin on Sales." At first he straggled, making only ?300 the first year, ?400 the second and $1000 the third. Now wealth is pour? ing in upon him, and recently he had ? one half of all the appeals to the House of Lords from England, Ireland and Scotland. xne J?gypuan un?is. The London Economist of July 22? in commenting upon the business as. pects of the Egyptian crisis, takes the view that a speedy - restoration of the trade and finances of Egypt after the suppression is hardly to be expected. While noting the facility with which nations recover from the ravages of war, and instancing the, case of France, whose recuperation after the war with Germany has been regarded ever since as astonishing, the writer points out that the case of Egypt is essentially diff?rent. Egypt is a poor country, largely dependent upon foreign capital for irs development, and this capital will not be made available until order and security are fully reestablished. The character of the people and their inexperience in, and perhaps inaptitude for, self-government will render the con* siltation of a government strong enough to inspire the .necessary confidence a work of time and difficulty. It would be different, it is said, were England to undertake the task of administration in Egypt; but this alternative is dismissed as being both unjustifiable and inex? pedient. Tbe writer is also of opinion that the bondholders will not be reinstated in their old position, and that the English, .'attempt to govern Egypt through the> : treasury has failed. It imposed upon us liability without effective control/ and responsibility without real potref. The moment it was seriously challenged^ it broke down, and there isTittleJo en? courage us to renew it. Indeed, toliak our national interests to the claims of thc bondholders, is the sure way to im? peril them. The two things are utterly distinct and apart, and only danger and cofusion can arise from any at? tempt identify them." A stable and decent native goverment should be es? tablished in Egypt, and the bondhold? ers should then be left to arrange their own affairs with that goverment as best they can, without any other help than that moral support which the state ex? tends to all its subjects, it is said that there can be no objections to a system of financial control, but that it shoud be a control with which the goverment as a goverment sboold have nothing to do. It does not follow that the withdrawal of the direct support of the goverment will in thc end damage the position of the creditors ; but, on contrary, their interest, as well as the interest of the Egyptian people, will be best furthered by the substitution of a natural for an artificial arrangement, The Economist thinks the Alexan? dria victory shows that a great increase has recently occurred in British readi- . ness for war, and that since 1815 Great Brittan has never been so well equip? ped, with so little strain upon her re? sources, as she is now. The fleet which has just destroyed fortresses defendedby 1,000 well-served heavy guns was less than a month in fitting out,, while no j draft was made on the Asiatic or other remote squadrons. Moreover, a reserve squadron is quite ready as a reinforce? ment if necessary, while many large ships of great strength are ready for commissioning. For the army, a garrison of 35,000 men bas to be kept in Ireland, but a complete corps oVarmee of 25,000 men was ready on July 15 to be shipped to Egypt. Another of the same strength would be ready in fonr days, and in two weeks a third could be prepared. On an emergency a fourth corps could be got ready also; but, omitting this, there is a force of 75,000 men ready if requir? ed, and not counting an Indian army corps which holds itself in readiness.' Valuable Slice of Gold. A gentleman who has just returned from Greer's Station says that some*, time since a customer of the firm of Davenport & Ballenger of that place, called at the store and exhibited a large "wedge" of rock "covered with bright splotches." Mr. Davenport examined thc stone, and told the owner that he would be pleased to take it in settlement of an account between them, which in? volved a considerable amount. This proposition was agreed to, and Mr. Dav? enport sent the rock on to New York for examination. After some days had elapsed he received tho pleasant infor? mation that the stone was one of the richest specimens of gold that had ever been seen from this State, and soon af-* terwards Mr. Davenport disposed of this little spotted slice of the precious metal for the handsome sum of ?400. The land upon which the ore was tbund which is about two miles from Greer s bas been purchased by Mr. Davenport, and it is stated that he bas just refused $10,000 for it.-Greenville News, How Shot are Made. A shot-tower is certainly a curious* place to the uninitiated visitor, and the process of manufacturing the leaden missiles is most interesting. Of course; it is necessary that the shot should fait from a considerable elevation, and the. height of many of the towers is over, two hundred feet. As pure lead will not make perfect globules, it is necessa? rily 'tempered.' This 'temper' is pre? pared by the addition of ingredients, of which arsenic is the main property, lt is run into bars convenient for use, and with pig-lead, hoisted to the top of the tower. Here are two small rooms, one about twelve feet below the other, and each containing two huge kettles in which the pig-lead and the 'temper' are melted. From one or the other of the two kettles in both rooms-as each room has a seperate shaft-streams of shot are constantly flowing. At the bottom of each kettle the molten stuff pours into square pans perforated atone side. These perforations are large or small, according to the size of shot de? sired, and separate the mass into dis? tinct, delicate, gleaming streams, which in turn, as they come in contact with' the atmosphere, separate into perfect globules or shot, which are cooled in their two hundred* feet journey and the water into which they fall below. A literary reviewer says: Edward1 Anderson has written a book 'On Horseback.* ' Some authors are very eccentric! If the horse was trotting at the time his manuscript most have lo ed like the inscriptions on the Egypt obelisk. A