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SUMTER "WATCHMAN, Established Apr?, 1850.
Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1
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SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1882.
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AK ANSWEB TO "WANTED."
\%cDo you know you have asked for the cost?
liest thing
rSyermade by the hand above,
A woman's heart and a woman's life,
Aad a woman's wonderful love ?
[?*Do you know you have asked for this price?
less thing
fx* a. child jnigh t ask for a toy ?
roding what others- have died to win,
With the reckless dash of a boy.
'"roa bave written roy lesson of duty out,
Man-like, you bare questioned me ;
Now stand at the bar of my woman's soul
< TJntill shall question thee.
?> ?*Toarequire your mutton shall always be
hot, - '*
Your socks and your shirts shall be whole;
I req?ire your heart to be true as God's stars,
' And pure as heaven, your soul.
-**Xbu require a cook for your mutton and
beef,
I require a tar better thing ;
? seamstress you're wanting for stockings
and shirts ;
J look for a Mau and a King.
"A King for a beautiful realm called Home,
And a Man that the Maker, God.
?Shall look upon as he did on the first,
And say "It is very good."
*1 am fair and young, but the rose will fade
[ From my soft young cheek some day ;
I Wilt.you love me then, mid the falling leaves,
you did mid the bloom of May ?
?our heart an ocean so strong and deep,
ranch ray all on its tide?
ag woman finds heaven or hell
doy she is made a bride.
.require all things that are grand and true,
All things that a man should be.
If you give this all I would stake my life
To be all you demand of me.
'If you cannot do this, a laundress and cook
Toa can hire with little to pay;
Bat a woman's heart and a woman's life
Are not to be won that way."
Southern Silk Culture.
Soma Interesting Facts in Regard to this
Groat Indus try-Its Revival Full of Pro?
mise to those Who Engage in its Pro?
motion.
Just afc present no topic is of more in?
terest to many readers than that to
which this article is devoted. ? city
\ contemporary well says : "There is no
small industry that affords pleasanter
Ioccupation to women and children, or
better profits. It requires little or no
capital. It involves no espence and
little attention. The process of manage
ment is simple, the care of the worms
sod cocoons is quite as interesting as of
birds or flowers, and it allows the gen
r t?est of women or weakest of children to
contribute many a dollar to the gen
eral treasury of the family. A ready
market is offered for the cocooos at
prices that are tempting. We note
with pleasure the revival of silk culture
in a? parts of the State. Many persons,
notably Mr. John Stark, of Tho
masville, are going into it on a large
seale. It is not this that we need so
ach as to give it a lodgement in thc
mes of our people. Whether or not
will pay on a large scale must be de
mined by the skill and care of the
,n who invests in it. But there is
the slightest question that it will pay
ndsomely when it is made an io ei?
nt of borne economy,, and when the
sewife and her children give it the
me and attention that would other?
wise be wasted. There is no reason
why there should not be a nest of silk?
worms in the corner of every home in
the State, and why every workingman
should not find bis salary supplemented
by their work. There is no better cli?
mate tn the world than ours for the
worms, and no better soil from which
to raise the plants needed for their
food."
8ILK CULTURE I3? FLORIDA,
Pr. W. H. Babcock, of Jacksonville,
Fla., the accomplished correspondent of
the Savannah News in a recent letter to
thai- paper, thus refers to the interest?
ing article on Silk Culture in Georgia a
century ago, published in the last issue
~oTliie Cultivator : "The article is of
great interest to the'people of Florida.
There can be no doubt that this indus?
try can be rendered very profitable in
* this favored climate. The outlay is
small, the labor light, and the returns
certain and handsome. It is peculiarly
adapted to the weaker portion of the
. population-the women and children
j and offers a means by which this class
' can earn a comfortable livelihood with?
out severe labor around their own hearth?
stones. To the numerous Southern
families who have never recovered from
the loss of property occasioned by the
war, it wosld seem that such an easy
opportunity of adding to their limited
incarnes would be eagerly grasped :
"Io Florida all the varieties of the
mulberry attain perfection, and grow
with singular rapidity. A twig cut at
random and inserted carelessly in the
earth, requires no other attention than
a supply o? water for a few days, and
will soon become a vigorous shade tree.
Around Jacksonville they are planted
for that purpose merely. Here, also,
the leaves apoear early in the spring,
and are fit for Ca? food of the young
worms in Februat?. This ts a marked
?ad important advat^ge, as it permits
several successive orop^of the worms to
Lbs raised during the same season. As
yon can obtain a certain amount of p<
by the use of a fixed quantity of co
so you can expect a known weight
cocoons from so many pounds of leav
This calculation has been reduced t
very fine point.
"In addition to the steady derna
for tte cocoons and raw silk, it will
remunerative to raise the eggs for trai
portation to Europe, as the eggs p
duced in that country are not reliab
Japan now controls this trade, aud t
shipments from that remote region, '
San Francisco, reap hundreds of thc
sands of dollars annually. Tbis n
little item could be left here by the ?
ercise of a little skill and industry.
"There is full time yet for those w
1 desire to test the matter to try the c
p?riment, and at least obtain a sufficic
supply of eggs for the next season, 1
which they can readily obtain a mark?
France purchased in 1S77 ?200,0
worth of eggs from this country.
4'It is said that one person can tei
! 40,000 worms, and that this numr.
j will produce one hundred and twent
I five pounds of cocoons, worth from ?1.
! to ?2.50, according to quality. Avera
ing these at ?2.00 a pound, the ban
j some sum is obtained of ?250 in s
! weeks, as it requires that length of tin
j for the worms to reach maturity after I
; ing hatched. As three crops can
: made dari ag the season, it will be th
seen that a woman can realize ?7?
daring the summer, an amount not s
taioable from any other occupatio
She cannot earn this sum as a teachc
orin a factory, or by standing beb.ii
the counter of a store, or with the ne
die, and it can be made within the pi
? vacy of home, an inestimable advanta*
j to the majority of women.
"Several ladies in this State are nc
i giving this industry a fair trial, at
their success, which can scarcely be r
j garded as problematical, will have t!
effect of inducing many next jear
. imitate their example. A man iu Flor
day "Who could make fifteen bales
cotton by his own labor would be coi
sidered a pretty smart and industrio*
fellow. His crop, at fifty dollars p<
bale would bring him ju?t seven hui
dred and fifty dollars, out of whic
must be deducted various expense
This would just equal the silk crop i
his wife, produced almost without co:
and with inconsiderable trouble. .
comparison between the results woul
show a very large balance in favor <
the good housewife.
' *f consider the entire subject of sil
culture of such importance to the wc
man and children of Florida that I hav
given it special aud lengthy notice i
this lette*. I am convinced that
smart, active, energetic woman in thi
State can realize fully as much fror
this industry as can her husband c
brother from his labor in the field A
a means of adding greatly to the hom
comforts and independence of our South
ern women, and of enabling them t
acquire a support beneath their owi
roofs, I know of no feminine occupatio;
that will approach this iu the compara
tive lightness of the work and care re
quired, as well as in the certainty o
rewards. It is to be hoped that the sue
cess of those now engaged in this cul
ture will be of such a character as ti
attract hundreds of imitators in the fu
ture."
EXPERIMENTS IN SAVANNAH.
Thc Morning Neics, of June the 3d
gives an interesting account of silk cul
ture in that vicinity The editor says
"We were shown yesterday by Mr
Aug. H. Heyer, who is giving consid
?rable attention to the cultivation of th<
silk worm, at Jasper Springs, a numbei
of very fine cocoons, the result of bu
labors. Ile also exhibited several
healthy worms and is well pleased witt
his efforts, and the coming season will
commence operations on an extensive
scale. Attention is again being at?
tracted to this industry, and great in?
terest is evidently felt in all informa?
tion concerning the proper method ol
propagation and cultivation, judging
from the inquiries that are constantly
received on the subject. There have
also been applications made for a sup?
ply of silk worm eggs, and a communi?
cation was recently addressed from this
office to Hon. Geo. B. Lorin g. Com?
missioner of Agriculture, on the sub?
ject, to which reply was received, un?
der date May 28, thar "the supply of
silk worm eggs for distribution is ex?
hausted ; moreover, it is almost too late
to begin the rearing of worms so far
south."
Mr. Heyer furnishes us with some
points in this connection which will be
of great interest, especially to those
who contemplate embarking in this in?
dustry the coming season, an industry,
of the success of which in Georgia there
can, in the light of experiments iu the
past, be no doubt whatever.
In the year 1825 silk culture took
the form of feverish speculation, and
grew into a surprisingly large bubble.
This inflation was brought about through
the purported discovery that the morus
mvlticavlisy or many-branched, mulber?
ry, was the best of all trees for silk
worms. An intense rage for this tree
sprang up. The most extravagant
prices were demanded Dr. Brockett
tells us in his centennial history of the
silk trade, that young trees or cuttings
came to be worth twenty-five, fifty, one
hundred, two hundred, and even five
hundred dollars a hundred. Immense
numbers were imported from France.
But suddenly in 1839 the bubble burst.
Not a few nurserymen were ruined, and
the next spring "multicaulis trees were
offered in vain to the neighboring farm?
ers at a dollar per hundred for pea
brush.' This branch of industry has
never recovered from that disaster, and
to-day there is less silk raised in all the
United States than there was in Geor?
gia one hundred and twenty years ago.
It has been proved that the rcaling of
silk cannot be performed as cheaply in j
this country as ia China and Japan, !
and the process being a very delicate
and slow one, requires expert hands,
which, being rare and demanding high
wages, would require more outlay of
money than the reeled silk would be
worth. Therefore, the only successful
plan would be to sell the cocoons. At
the period when silk culture was flourish- j
ing in ta? South, there was no market j
fur the worms. There were hardly any!
silk manufactories in the United ?t**-^
and the few that folio
io a very limted degree received th?
raw silk from China and Japan, ai
the hundreds of silk factories now foul
in this country follow thc same polic
"It is stated that the father of Cap
James McAlpin, our fellow townsma
who raised silk worms on his plantatio
the Hermitage had barrels of cocooi
thrown on the manure pile for want
a market for the same, and had all I
multicaulis trees cut down.
"This discouraging state of thinj
has lately improved by the announc
ment of a well-known silk cu Itu ris ts ai
highly reliable expert in all the brand
es of silk culture, named L. S. Croize
who is the manager of a silk compar
established at Corinth, Miss. He o
fers forty thousand mulberry trees fi
sale, the best, as silk producers, grow
in France, at the following prices :
feet high, ?8 per 100, $40 per 1,00(
3 feet high, $10 per 100, $60 p.
1,000; 4 feet bigb, $15 per 100, $9
per 1,000; 5 to 6 feet high, ?20 pi
100, $150 per 1,000. Lou Sang, $4
per 100 ; cuttings of the same, $2 p<
100, $15 per 1,000.
Cocoons bought at Lyons price
Eggs of best breed sold at $6 per 50
000 (French ounce). Guaranteed fir
rate.
It will be seen, therefore, that et
couragement is given to those who wis
to follow the culture of silk, there b<
ing a market opened for all the cocoon
they might raise.
EXPERIMENTS IN ATLANTA.
A reporter of the Constitution thi
describes his visit to an Atlanta sil
culturists of experience: "At tl
corner of Harris and Calhoun street
there resides au Americanized Hungi
rian whose early life was spent with t?
caterpillar, the erysalis and thc buttei
fly. He is a small man of about thirt
five years of agc, and is now doing mor
toward developing the silk culture i
Georgia that probably any one - man i
the State. His association with th
silk worm in his youth gave him
thorough education upon the subjeci
Then he learned . their wants, thei
habits and their worth, and now tba
knowledge stands him well ;
"For several days past an investiga
tion of this gentleman's cocoonery ha
beeo contemplated by a Constitatio,
representative, but it was not until yes
terday that the contemplated investiga
tion was made. Early in the morning
the reporter soughc the gentleman'
home. He was found busily en^agei
behind the counter of a small grocer
store, and greeted the scribe with ?
pleasant smile.
"This is Mr. Dittler, I guess," re
S marked the reporter by way of intro
duction.
"Yes, that's my name. "What can '.
: do for you, sir?" was his reply.
! "? am told that you are engaged ii
I raising silk worms and I have called fo:
j the purpose of seeing just what you an
doing, what you think of your enter
I prise, and what your prospects are?"
"Well, I have a few worms, and ail
doing well with them. But if you wil
come with me j-ou can see for yourself,'
and leading the way Mr. Dittler went
iuto a small room in the rear of his
store.
The room was about eight by tweki
feet, and contained nothing but twe
common tables, some baskets and a
couple of chairs. Upon these tables
the reporter saw as he entered the room
an immense pile of green leaves and
twigs, but upon a closer examination
his optics took in a "million" caterpil?
lars. They were crawling lazily over
the leaves and created anythiug but a
favorable impression upon the reporter.
"Here you see the beginning of the
fabric which is so much coveted by la?
dies," began Mr. Dittler. "But there
are only a few of those who wear silk
who know its origin. See," continued
he, picking np an ugly, slimy worm
and stroking it as quietly as a lady
would her pet poodle, "here is Ihe be?
ginning of the silk. Notice this fibre
or thread I am drawing from its mouth.
This is what silk is made of."
"How many worms have you here ?"
"About five thousand, I guess. I
bought five thousand eggs in the spring
and I have had splendid luck."
"How long have you been in this
business ?"
"Ia this country only a few months,
but in thc old country a long time."
"Where are you from ? How long
have you been in this country ?"
"I came from Hungary, and have
been in America twelve years."
Were you a silk cultivator in Hun
gary?" *
"Well, yes. In that country it is
customary for the boys to raise silk
worms. They thereby secure their
pocket money, and many have made
their start in life by handling eocooos.
When I was a boy at home I made
quite a little sum by adhering to this
habit."
"What induced you to try it here V
Well, for some time past I have
thought that this climate was just the
tbiDg for silk worms, and early in the
spring I saw the card in the Constitu?
tion about a ge: leman in Memphis who
had eggs to sell. I wrote to him and
purchased five thousand eggs, and you
see the result before you."
"What do the eggs look like and
what did you do sith them?"
"They are smali being about thc size
of a mustard seed and are of a slate or |
violet color, lt was quite warm when j
I got them and I spread them in this !
room on paper. About the 6th of April i
the first hatched. The worm tb cn was
about tho size of a small forest aunt and j
was very black. Immediately after i
they were hatched 1 covered them with j
mulberry leaves anti they began at once j
to cat and grow. At this ago as well ?
as all ether ages until after the fourth !
moult forthat matter, the worm is a|
good eater. They shed their skins four j
times, this is called moulting, and at ;
such times they are vcty delicate and j
require the greatest care. With each !
new skin they become hrger in size, j
increase in their demand Cor food and j
become lighter in color."
"Yes, but where does t/ie silk come j
from ?"
"Well, give mc time and T will tell j
you all about it. In about tehViays af- j
ter the last moulting they begin toS^J?
or, as you would have mO| say, makv^
silk. This process is ve^ strange to
^^"*^quainted with the worm. The
juaatatna i? nfiar thc month,
I and is connected with the silk bags,
j which are long and slender, containing
j a liquid gum. The thread is produced
j through two orifices in the nose of the
j worm aud_the two fibres on issuing
forth are secured together by the glutin?
ous matter which accompanies them and
forms nearly one-fourth their weight
The average size of each of these pri?
mary'fibres is about one two thousandth
part of an inch."
"But where do they put the silk,
and what is this ball? What is this in?
side that rattles ?"
"This is the silk itself. When the
worm begins to spin, we put it in a re?
ceptacle prepared for that purpose, and
then they begin to move. First, they
drop this floss, we call it floss, but it is
the same as the cocoon for a protection
to the cocoon, and then begin an encT
less march which last until the cater?
pillar is transformed into the crysaiis.
Within this outer covering the worm
spins fine silk, bending the head and
body up and down and crossing to every
j side until the entire body is covered.
The inside of the cocoon is fine silk."
"Then, after the crysaiis is formed,,
what?" *
"Next comes its escape, its life as a
butterfly, its deposit of eggs, from which
the worm gets its origin, aud then death
ends its career." *
"Do they eat much of the mulberry ?"
"I don't feed them OD mulberry.
The traditional food for the worm is the
mulberry, but I have found here in At?
lanta that osage orange even beats it,
and my fine cocoons shew it. In fact,
[ think they like the osage orange better
than the mulberry."
"And you think the climate will let
the worm prosper here ?"
"I know it. Why, in European
countries where they make so much
j silk, the climate is not half so favorable.
There they have to . resort to artificial
heat-men carrying the eggs on their
bodies to make them hatch. Here the
natural temperature hatches the egg,
and the rare cold days during the sea?
son can be set aside by a little fire."
"Now, the leading question is, will
this pay ?"
"I have no doubt of it. In fact I am
so well satisfied with my experiment
that I am going to sell my store and
stock and go a few miles from Atlanta
and buy ten acres of land. See, here
arc the figures. It is estimated that
40,000 worms will produce 125
pounds cocoons, but- I say let us !
take 50,000 worms to produce 100
pounds cocoons. I can easily handle
one million worms, which would give
me 2,000 pounds cocoons. The cocoons
will sell readily for ?2 per pound,
which would be ?4,000. We deduct
one-third for expenses, and that is twice
too much, and you have cleared ?2.500
aud done it inside of ten weeks. I am
satisfied it will pay big."
ian ii ni-i.;- - nnt-n
Guiteau's Sister Wants to Sell
His Bones.
CHICAGO, July 9.-Mrs. Scoville has
sent the following lefter to Kev. Dr.
Hicks, who was the spiritual adviser
of Guiteau and the custodian of his
body under the assassin's will :
SHELDON HOUSE, CHICAGO, July 8.
Rev. Dr. Micks:
DEAR SIR-I hear horrible reports as
to the disposal of my poor brother's body.
I understood it was to be left quietly
where it was buried until it should be
thought safe for us to remove it to a
suitable place for interment. The pa?
per which I signed said that we should
have the privilege of removing the
body whenever we desired to do so.
The contract has been violated by the
removal of the body to the Museum. I
care nothing for the doctors' quarrel on
the autopsy. Dr. Lamb's report is con?
clusive evidence of his insanity, but
aside from that, I can, if necessary, call
a witness who saw the autopsy, and
who says there is not the shadow of a
doubt of Guiteau's insanity. Of course
such evidence destroys the will, the do?
nation of the body, the book, copyright
and all. Why was the story of the poi?
soned pellets and the poisoned bouquet
started ?
"Some people think the Guiteau
business ended, but it has just begun.
The stalwarts have put their foot in it.
It would have been cheaper for the Stal?
warts to have taken care of Guiteau.
Their purpose, as I understand it, was
to allay any suspicion of any com?
plicity anywhere in the murder of Gar- j
field. How have they succeeded ? The !
course they have taken has been the
very one to arouse suspicion.
"Now, Mr. Hicks, I appeal to you
to take such a course as will protect the
President and, through bim, the Stal?
warts from any suspicion in the future.
I have some letters from Charles which
I shall very soon have published. I have
a mortgage of five hundred dollars now
overdue on my household goods, and I
am negotiating with a clothing firm to
buy Charles' hat, etc., for enough to
meet the interest. Starvation and want
stare me in the face, unless I can realize
something from his effects. The most
important parts of his estate are the
copyright of his book and the market
value of his poor body. Nothing but
dire necessity induces me to think of
my brother's body as an article of traffic ;
but as it has already been desecrated, I
now offer what remains of it to thc high?
est bidder for cash. My feelings have
already been shocked and lacerated be?
yond restoration. Now I desire to have
you surrender to my legal representa?
tive in Washington my brother's re?
mains, copywright aud everything left
by him. Yours respectfully,
FRANCIS M. SCOVILLE."
Thc Paris Figaro gives the following
recipe for making a free tour of the
woiid : Adopt tlie Jewish religion and
go to Itusria. Thence you will be
ejected and forwarded by way of Lem?
berg to America by the emigration
agent, in Amerita assume the garb
aud Appearance of a Chinaman and you
will be dispatched to China. There give
yourself out as a Russian and you will
bc returned to that country, from which
you may again be expelled as a Jew
and retu':;c i >?> ;\"..siria.
Virgiiiii .i. ihks ber entire wheat crop
annuaUv, and the liquor drank in Loui?
siana costs ?47,000,000-?2.000,000
V*re than its combined cotton, sugar f
an~Hw? crop ; but who could live with i
not/)inW drink. So says tho Interior, i
BILL ARP.
On Cropping, Commencements,
and the Frenchman.
The drought may come but it hasn't
come yet, and the corn and cotton are
all on a strut. Cube says-says he,
'Squire I don't think I evet seed truck
grow like its a growin' now. My cot?
ton is just a fudging right along.
These warm nights is what does it.
When the old 'oman begins to thrash
around in the bed and kicks the kiver
off. I knows my cotton is a growin.'
A nabor told me that his cotton looked
so pale and pnnny four weeks ago that
he though he would plow it up, but his
wife said a shabby colt sometimes made
the best horse, and so he let it alone
and now it is a doin' splendid. Jesse
-I always feel secure when crops ?goes
off slow at the start, for its a sign the
roots are reaching.down and takin' a
good holt, and by-and-by the top parts j
will make up for lost time. I've seen
little runts of boys that had a hard time
and had to live on roots and drink
branch water, make big strong tough
men, solid men who made their way io
the world and climbed up over all ob?
stacles, and I've seen boys who grew
up rich and fine and never went bare?
footed nor played in the branch and got
dirty, but had their faces powdered and
their hair dressed at the barber shop
grow up to be clean, delicate, no ac?
count men. They tasseled at the top
like a spindlin comstock, bot they nev?
er produced anythindg but a nubbin,
and hardly that. I've noticed another
thing this yea::, that it don't pay to be in
too big a hurry about getting the crop
planted. My first planting hasent
caught up with the last yet for it got
sorter chilled out in its infancy. The
course of nature is a better guide than
the almanac, and old Major Cooper
says he never plants before thc buds
begins to swell on an old hickory Hear
his house. If these genial rains con
tidue, it is going to be bountiful year
for farmers, and then all classes will
prosper, for provisions will be cheap
and capital will stir round lively and
seek investments in manufactures and
railroads and iron Mines. The Maga
nese company are surveying a railroad
now right back of my house, and the
surveyors are camped by my spring,
and, as-Cobe says, 'they are running
an experience line to see where the com
pesses take 'em.' I hear that Joe
Browu is going to extend his road up.
the valley to some more mines, and one
or both of 'em will go on io Carter's
quarry in Murray county, and so it
j looks like I'll have a narrow guage be
! hind me and the children can ride up
! and down and persue the country when
! ever they want to, and I can sell my
j truck right here at home for a fair
I price. I like that. The trouble now
j ts that I haven't got time to haul my
oats to town, and nobody wants 'em if
II could. I'm not going to sell my oats
at 30 cents a bushel, nor ' my potatoes
at 65. I will keep 'em till fall and
take my-chance. I like to see things
abundant and reasonably cheap, but I
haven't got those kind of oats aud pota?
toes. Cobe says its just ruination to a
poor man and he wishes some capitalist
would take oats on storage advance on
'em like they do on cotton.
I believe the college commencements
are about over, and so are the exami?
nations of the high schools. Iversou
Branham runs a high school away down
at, Buena Vista, and he sent in his card
of invitation and it called it termination
exercises, instead of commencement,
which I think is more sensible. I asked
a professor one day what made 'em call
it commencement, and be said when
they give a young man a diploma it
was a sign that he was armed and
equipped, and now must commenec to
fight the battle of life. Well, I reckon
that's so, but considering all things it's
a very* poor reason, for. unless the
young man knows how to use the arms
and equipments he will fight a very
poor battle. With the majority of ali
the college boys that I know the diplo?
ma is a certificate that he has had a
mighty good time and got a little tinc?
ture of book learning, and now wants
some good easy place, some sinecure or
sine qua non that will bring in a good
lot of money without very much worjr..
The great trouble with a college boy is
his pride, false pride, at that. He
don't want to work when he gets
through. His good old father who
made his money by bard licks at some
humble business has strained himself
and stinted the family to put the boy
through, and then finds out that
the boy don't want to work in the
shop or behind the counter or in
counting room, or on the farm, but must
be a professional gentleman and study
law or medicine, or edit a newspaper,
or run for the legislature, or perhaps
set around with his feet on the banisters
and read novels and smoke cigars. Col?
lege life is mighty pleasant and college
sweethearts are splendid, but it gets up
a high tone on a boy that makes him
look down upon ordinary pursuits. Its
a good deal ?ike the influence of West
Foint upou the army'officers. I hard?
ly ever saw a West Pointer who was
not puotilious about his honor, and a
common man had to be all the time on
bis guard for fear he might say some?
thing or do something that would offend
his honor. They made good fighters,
but they gave us a sight of trouble dur?
ing the war a protecting their honor
and standing punctilios.
One time there was a French gentle
walking around a hotel io Louisville,
with a little wolly dog following him,
and the dog interfered with a big rough {
Kentuckian and he kicked him a whirl?
ing out of the door. The French gen- ?
tleman danced up to him and says he,
'Vat for you keek men? lettie tog ? Vat
for, me say ? I geeve you men? card. ,
I demand apologee or do satisfaction
of de gentleman.' The Kentuckian j
suddenly seized him by the collar and ?
kicked him out of doors, and the French
gentleman was horrified. Ile picked (
himself up aud chattered like a black- i
bird : Vat for you do me so ? Vere is i
de American honeur ? You keck men? |
lettie dog and I demand satisfacshion of \
dc gentleman, dc sword or de pesstole, i
but you no geeve 'em to me. You leef |
me up like I vas an enfant, you spin
me round like I vas von dam-4op, and
propel men? back low down with your <
calvary boot. Men? Got, vat yon call <
sill dish ? I go; back to La Belle France ' <
f t
dis enstant,' and he settled his bill and
departed. In the old chivalric days
? when there was a well drawn line be?
tween the rich and the poor, between
th? thoroughbred aud the scrub, there
was more time to devote to the cultiva
? tion of our 'honor,' our high-toned
pride, but now the line is obliterated.
The barriers are broken down and the
watchword of the nation is work, work
work-go to work-and kind of work
that is honorable. Don't spoil a a nat?
ural mechanic by trying to make a poor
lawyer of bim. An industrious mao in
overalls is much more respectable than
a gas bag in broadcloth.
W. Watkins Hicks.
Description of Guiteau s Notorious
. Spiritual Adviser.
"Who is this Mr. Hicks who attained
so much notoriety in connection with
Guiteau's last end V is a question that
has been much asked of late. Yester?
day a Star reporter encountered a gen?
tleman from South Carolina and another
from Florida who prepared to throw
light on the past record of the assassin's
spiritual adviser. Said the gentleman
from South Carolina :
"This Mr.-Hicks made hi9 first ap?
pearance in Charleston under the chap?
eronage of Cardoma, a negro politician
who held a State, oflice, Treasurer, I be?
lieve, during the Carpet-bag regime
and became editor of The Nineteenth
Century a monthly paper devoted to the
interest of the negro population. Pre?
vious to his assuming the editorship,
the magazine was very much thought
of, but he made it extremely obnoxous
by bis bitter articles against the South?
ern people. He became pastor of a
Unitarian or Universalist Church in
Charleston, and as he was a very elo?
quent preacher, he drew great crowds
for a time. Soon, however, he outstay?
ed his welcome, and found the State not
by any means a pleasant abiding place.
Then he went to Augusta, Ga., where
I was living at the time, and he showed
the elasticity of his religious principles
by going to the froat as a Methodist
minister. Becoming pastor . of St.
John's Methodist Church, he repeated
his Charleston success as an orator.
Thc church had to be enlarged in order
to accommodate the great crowds who
flocked to hear him. I never in my
life heard anything more eloquent than
bis eulogy of Robert E. Lee, although
the effect was somewhat spoiled by my
knowledge of the man's bitter feelings
towards the South. Reports of his
course in Charleston which were not
calculated to increase his influence be?
gan to travel around, and his flock were
so infatuated with him that they ap?
pointed a committee to wait on the au?
thors of the reports and request a re?
traction, which was refused. This led
in the end to his removal from Augusta
to Florida, much to the chagrin of those
who had espoused his cause. The given
reason for his removal were that he had
become interested in an orange grove
speculation, and that he was unwell.
While in Augusta bc made the house of
Dr. Joe Eve, a prominent Methodist,
his headquarters to a great extent; but
on going to Florida he made insulting
allusions to Eve's son-in-law, Baker,
and the latter cowhided him in the pub
ltc street. He got into politics in Flori?
da and was, I believe, sent to the Leg?
islature by a negro constituency."
The gentleman from Florida had this
to say : "Coming to Jacksonville with
the reputation of great eloquence, and
of having converted hundreds in Au?
gusta, Hicks was made very much of
and was received into the best society.
He was interested in an orange grove
up the river, which ought to be a very
good property now if it has been at?
tended to. But he showed such parti?
ality for the negro element, not always
verv creditable, that the whites soured
on him and finally refused to have any?
thing to do with him. Then be went into
politics and took a roving commission
through the belt of negro counties from
Jacksonville to Quency, along the lines
of thc Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mo?
bile and Florida Central Roads. His
speeches during political canvasses were
always of an extremely incendiary char?
acter. He was credited with the or?
ganization of negro insurrectionary'
clubs, who were pledged to burn the
houses of the whites and shoot the in?
mates as they attempted to escape.
When Hon George F. Drew became
Governor of the State Hicks got up and
got. and only returned occasionally, but
was always given to understand that the
quicker he got out the better for him.
"He is a man of no moral courage
whatever. I have seen ? negro spit in
his face in the streets of Jacksonville,
and he has been publicly insulted and
struck a number of times. While in
Jacksonville he insisted on throwing
open his house to. the negro population.
His incendiary spirit recommended him
to Judge Settle, of North Carolina and 1
others, and they got him a place at
Washington which, I believe, he still
holds. It was his insatible love for no?
toriety that lcd to his connection with
Guiteau, and he was just the sort of 1
character to obtain an influence over
the assassin ; in fact he is a sort of Gui
teau himself."-New York Star.
John Smith buys a new reaper, and 1
before he has cut the crop of one field ?
with it, he is notified that its patent is j
contested, and that he is liable to a pen- *
alty for using it. Rather than have a i
lawsuit on his hands he pays the royal- I
ty asked by the contesting firm, and is t
lucky if he have not to pay three or t
four times more before he is done 1
The same is the ease with nearly every
sort of labor-saving contrivance which a t
farmer is likely to buy. The claimants ?
under contesting patents do not fight <
each other in the courts, but make a .
much more profitable revenue by flcec- 3
ing each other's customers. A bill 1
now on its way through Congress will c
put an end to this. It compels the t
owners of patents to secure redress from 1
the makers and sellers, and not frcvj? <
the buyers of articles which infringe t
those patents, enacting that it shall be \
sufficient defence for the latter to show t
that they bought the article in the open J
market.-Chris Intel.
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It must harrow the heart of an t
editor to be quoted and credited in his 1
own patent inside.-Cincinnatti En- c
purer. ? - s
Crop Report.
From the forthcoming report of the
Commissioner of Agriculture we have
been furnished with the following con?
solidation of the reports of crops for the
month of June, 1882, from returns to
the South Carolina Department of Ag?
riculture to Jnly 1, 1882. The esti?
mates given &.--J based upon 182 replies,
covering every County in the State.
One hundred and sixty-three cor
respontents report the weather favora?
ble ; nineteen unfavorable.
COTTON.-There has been a decided
improvement in the condition of cotton
since 1st of June, owing to the favora?
ble seasons for the past month. The
plant has not fully recovered from the
effects of the cool Spring and the stand
is generally reported as below an
average. Some correspondents report
that cotton has improved 15 per cent,
since the "middle of June. In some
Counties it could not be kept free of
grass on account of the labor necessary
to harvest the grain crop. In those
sections it is needing work badly.
Where labor is plentiful the crop is in
fine condition.
Some damage is reported in Aiken,
Darlington. Edgefield, Kershaw, Sum?
ter and Marion Counties from cut
worms.
In Marlboro County the correspon?
dents of the department say that the
plant is growing well but not fruiting
proportionately.
The correspondents throughout the
State are, with few exceptions, of the
opinion that, notwithstanding the in?
jury the plant has sustained by the cool
Spring and the defective stands, that
with favorable seasons the crop will be
an average one.
The condition is reported io Northern
Carolina at 85; middle Carolina, 92;
lower Carolina, 99. This isac average
for the State of 92, against 87
on the first of June of this year
and 81 for the first of July, 1881.
CORN.-The corn crop, with scarcely
an exception, is reported in fine condi?
tion. The seasons have been remarka?
bly favorably for this crop and a largo"
yield is anticipated. The condition for
the State is reported at 104 against 65
for the corresponding period last year.
RICE.-In the low country early
planted rice is reported as fully up to
an average, but J une planting is th ? u and
not growing well on lands covered with
suit last season. Water flow has rath?
er injured the crop on these lands, and on
lands heavily salted the dry culture bas
proven most favorable.
In Coller?n County a correspondent
states that thc head waters of Combahee
and Ashepoo Rivers are so low that the
salt, water is coming up. The condition is
in Northern Carolina 102, middle Caro?
lina 94 and lower Carolina 94 ; an av?
erage for the State of 96, against 70 for
the same period last year.
PEAS.-The acreage in peas has been
increased ll per cent, over last year.
The condition is reported at 105, against
61 on the 1st of July. 1881.
The outlook is indeed encouraging.
The farmers are more hopeful thau for
several years. The wheat and oat
crops have been safely harvested and
housed and the yield of both has beeu
bountiful. One correspondent in Lau?
rens County says : "The yield of small
grain is the best ever known. We have
oats and wheat enough to feed all our
stock and people for twelve months,
and if we do not make a bushel of corn
we will not suffer for the necessaries of
life." Another correspondent in Marl?
boro says: "A farmer in this locality
threshed 525 bushels of oats from four
acres of upland.'' Another in the same
county reports that 125 bushels of oats
per acre were threshed from a number
of acres of common pine land. The
cotton crop promises to be an average
one at least, the corn crop gives pro?
mise of an abundant yield and thc rice
has so far sustained no serious injury.
The smaller crops, sorghum,' sugar
cane, peas, potatoes, &c , are all promi?
sing. The farmers have worked bard
to overcome the failures of last year, and
from present indications their efforts
will be crowned with success.-Colum?
bia Register.
Another Disciple.
Capt. Frank Wilkinson paid his re?
spects to Oscar Wilde on Sunday
night. Mr. Wilde was seated in high?
ly decorated chair in his suite of rooms
at the Purcell House with his colored
valet standing behind him with a huge
Japanese fan in the shape of a sunflow?
er. Capt. Wilkinson was announced and ?
was ushered into the room with great
pomp and dignity. He wore a pair of ?
tarpaulin knee breeches, a new sailor
shirt profusely decorated with small
sunflowers and a big red onion pinned
over his heart. He bad on a pair of ten
cent pink stockings and No. 12 gum ,
shoes. Capt. Wilkinson approached
and said, 'J am the first official officer ,
of the Minnehaha, and I carry a mas?
ter's license. I've come to chat you a ,
little about this great and glorious work
de-corative art, but I must tell you first -
that if, when you come on the stage, <
you would bard a-starboard your helm, ?
md luff up to the port of the leeward
side of the stage, thc exeunt door, you j
know sorter like this'-here he struck ?
in attitude which caused such a broad
?rin from the colored valet that the {
Japanese fan would hardly cover his j
mouth-'Well you see that u'd be bet
:er. Your lecture was too supremely
;oo, too exquisitely superb-too ecsta- 1
Joally aesthetic to think of, and ought j
:o be classed with unthinked thoughts. <
Why, speaking of unkisscd kisses (
he nnoscilated oscilatiou far exceeds
md is too exquisitely serenely in excess j
>f the Hindoos of the Georgia coast, j
Talk about your decorum art, why did (
rou see bow I painted thc Elizabeth? ^
tVhy she was the biggest and best craft
iver iu this port and a syndicate of ar
ists at thc North and in Italy bought j
1er just to copy the work of this handy i
craftsman. Why, she was too, t-o-o
-o-o-o. darn it all, what was that other 1
rord you used, Os, old fellow ? 'Good
light,' came feebly from Mr. Wilde.- J
Review ( Wilmington N. C.) 1
Three acres of a subterranean forest <
en feet below thc surface, were recent- j
y brought to light in Crowland, Lin
sol n shire, Eng., as workmen were ]
iiacvating some clay. I
The Jute Culture.
it ie singular that since tbc war;
which gave a severe blow to the pro?
duction of cotton in the South as a
source of opulence contributing to indi?
vidual fortunes, the attention of South?
ern planters has not been fited upon the
productive wealth of othCr fibres.
There is now the dawn of a new and
kindred industry to that which made
the whole South smile with prosperity
before thc war, viz., the culture of In?
dian jute, the annual productive value
of which is not less than ?100,000?,
000. It has long been contended that
the Gulf States were well adapted for
the'naturalization of this product, but
in commercial matters the Southern dis*
I position is conservative, and what no*
' promises to be an enriching field Of in?
dustry has long been neglected. J ute waa
found growing wild in Florida in 1880
by Richard Macallister, an American
merchant of Calcutta engaged in the
J ute trade, anchhe worked out some of
the fibre and sent-it to an agricultural
fair at Jacksonville. Although this
hint of a clear headed business man wa?
so insignificant, it does not seems td
have been utilized. Finding out thai
the whole Mississippi delta was adapted
for the cultivation of Jute Mr. Macallis?
ter urged upon Louisiana planters th?
importance of this source of wealth afc
their very doors, aud assured them that
the product would thrive better in the;
delta than in Bengal and would be of
better quality. Experiments that fol?
lowed show that Indian jute can be
grown in the Gulf States as easily aa.
Indian corn, and since it appears that
there is a virtual identity between the In
i dian and American conditions of growth,
[ there seems no ground for intelligent dis
[ belief in the possibility of making jute
; culture an important Southern industry,
I There is already io New Orleans a jute
factory which consumes over nine mil?
lions of pounds of raw material annual?
ly ; and to stimulate the industry and
encourage domestic productions'" the
managers offer for home grows fibre
the same prices they have to pay 'for
foreign jute. There was an interesting
exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition of
jute baling made of native fibre, and
there are reports from thc South that
many plantations will be partly given
over to jute culture. Thc South should
certainly discern that its commercial
strength is in fibrous productions.
If jute can be cultivated, why. not
bute ? This hardy plant, which, be?
cause of the strength of its fibre and its
value for cotton baling, would also be
a great source, of profit in the South,
almost defies extinction.\ Its }<3?rge of
growth is from the Gulf Stat? to the
British line. It was found i in rank
profusion last summer in the vacant
lots of Minneapolis. Southern plain
ters and notbern inventors should --eu-,
ter these great fields of enterprise, and
industry, hand in hand. The -result
must be most helpful to to thc growth
of the new South,-N Y. Sun.
ima i .
"I Want to Shoot Grant". .
Daley Is A ni io us to Follow in the Track of
Gnlteau.
NEW YORK, July 1.-He was poorljr
clad and appeared to be muddled. Offi?
cer Ryan of the Twenty-seventh Pre?
cinct had arrested him early yesterday
morning for being drunk and disorderly
in the Battery Park.
.'Your Honor, this prisoner, William
Daley, is a tramp ; he has no home.
He was so drunk this morning that I
had to get a cart to take him to the sta?
tion house," explained the officer.
"What have you to say ? You bear
wbat the officer charges," remarked
Justice Gardner. Throwing up both
his bands, the prisoner shouted :
"Give me a pistol. I want a pistol.
"What do you want with a pistol?"
inquired the magistrate.
"1 want to shoot General Grant," the
man replied.
Why do yon want to shoot him V
"Because I want to shoot a great mari
so my name will go down in history?"
he replied.
"You are either drunk or crazy,"said
the Justice.
"No sir, I am neither. Give me a
pistol and give me glory."
?TH give you six mouths on the Is^
land, in default of $500 bail ; that's
what you need most," was tho decision
of his Honor.
"Hold your hand off mel" yelled tho
man as Officer Ryan proceeded to take
him to his lodgings below.
"Come^along r said the officer, but
he would not bodge. Officers Murray
and Hanlin aided Ryan, and between
the three of th?m they took him dowd
stairs.
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Too Smart.
Some time ago it was remarked of a
certain man that 'be had no balance
wheel.' Do you think be could make
one V we asked the speaker.
*Of course he can ! he's smart
enoogh.
Some years later we met the mari
who believed in balance wheels. *Well/
we remarked *X has made his wheel.
How does it suit you ?'
?Not at all;' was the reply. 'Before
be made'it be was smart, but now he's
iltogether too smart.'
Good advice, when followed literally,
sometimes make people wish they had
oot given it.
- mt * 4 i mmm -
Young lady (to fellow passenger :)
Can you tell what station this is,
olease ?' Foreigner (looking out of win
low at advertisement :) *I think it is de
holman's Mustard.'
.What a change/ exclaims a novel
st, 'one little woman can make in' a
n a man's life !' 'Exactly, says a vie?
ira : 'and what a heap of 'change, she
cquires while doing it !'
'Can I see the lady of thc house V
nquired the peddler. 'Well, you eau
f you ain't blind,' snapped the woman.
O, beg pardon, madam ; you are the
ady of the bouse then Y 'Yes I am !
What d'yer take mc for? Did yer think
[ was thc gentleman of the house, or the
aext door neighbor, or one of the farm
o ands, or the cat, or the ice-chest?' 4
lidn't know, madam, but you migh
:he youngest daughter.' *0, di
Well, that was nat'ral too,' repr"
lady of the house. And she
that peddler, and he sold g