North Carolina Newspapers

-- - - - - . -':- THE PATRIOT PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT GREENSBORO, N. O. TABLlSiiLD IN 111 UU I onftb oldest, and beat tapers te lae State! Ne Y. Dcrrr, rmUtJUr at " rirter r. TERMS Csae taTsriaory Including Postage. Vr Any praon a.eiin sabeerikers wCJ 5prcimcD copies free. KATES OK ADYEBTlSIXa. ,!TirtiBDnt vavable In ad- ?rc: jralT a4rert!sineta ejoarterlj I JlA In .'--) 4 r, .12 15 3m Cn 17 1 15 $ 1 h 10 H 10 li 0 30 15 I S 36 1 20 30 &0 0 30 M . eo 35 SO H) 140 1. l-., tenty-fiT and loel flftj per 15; AlmlaUlrUor w - . . . . Professional Cards. t- p UrxDixHAix. Johjt K.STArua. HENDENHALL & STAPUS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, c;uKE?(8nouo, I! ia tba CorU ef GoiLW, Rock- ITtdoo( Ferejlb, fitpkea. Baa- ."rli Jad Almaaet alo. U..CircU aad 1 'rt Cuort. Spial attection gl to tt. ia all tim ot tbe State, . . . !UnkruttT. aad te V Ui one door Kortb el Ceort IIoom. Ju. TrAj . .vi M. aCOTT. "WALTKE f. C1LDWKU. MOTT C1LDWELL. OKEEXSBORO.N. C. llr!I.L rrrtlcin tbe Superior Ceart of GaillVrd. AUmuc, Kaadolpb, lavm Kr.Ttb. Kaa. Irvdell and Mckln t ir. A i be Soprm Coart t tbe . " ik Fdrl Coart at Orweneboro n 1 Mui!!, ia Baakmp, aad ia eoerta Sr 1 ttnt:oa gvn te loaoa of nonej a Mrurrp aad wbr ariue, Mlt:lr. JCX W. GLENN, ATTORNEY AT IAW IUuJtrillr, X. C. tr&tic io tbe Court of ice 1 1 Male. i.'Wlioni. Jane I-: rpil aiirnttoo girea to -1J. . D r. it. li. finfonr K tsPKCTlX'LLY PROFESSIONAL, SERVICES to tke Citucnn of Grtauboro. rrr THE JA71C AH THOSE Cbarj;etl by olber Traclicing Pkytidnnt of tke City. MMjVth. 1-75-1? . Titt A. n AltltlMiCIL. .1 ATTORNEY AT LAW, (2 f,c-UB"B, A -- Will irtic in tb Court of Cbatbam, llnilf.'.rit sml Kndo!rh placed La bit band will be prpniJj a;unai 10. op ilr or Hab rbotograpb iJt-rr, of Court 1 1 . t K-h- . aIu HALL & GRKGOUr, ATTORNEYS AT L AW GKEENSnOKO, N. C. -t 1 I I.I. ftmt lr io lb Stmt and Federal 1 ..n. itu of tl firm caa W al ia av t.uii4 in tf. jaa. -fi. 7t-ly. D. A. & R. F. ROBERTSOH, SURGEON DENTISTS, Grfrr.bnrof X. C. . On of tbem can aiwara h found at their office o L-otUaj corner up ataira, rati aace EaM Market 8atifactorr raf- erance id ran. if dearrd. .12 tf MEDICAL. CAIlD.Tbe nmler nr.e.I would announce to bi frienda and patron, abon be ha aerred for tbe lt 5 years in tbe practice of bia pro fr4vn, tbat b baa during tbo past fail and winter, takao a thorough eonraa iu llie roI!rga and boapitala'in tbe city of New Uik.on tb ratbolny and treat ment of dire peculiar to FKMAL-ca, ati.l aupplird bimaclf with all tbe instrn mnita and appliances , neceeaary in tbla lranrh of tbe profession. He ia, also, pre-l-rnl t trrat all diaeaae-eof tbe eje dt ear. !I- tin 1 found at tbe Drug Store i.f R. W. Glenn A Son, when not I ri.f-MonallT engaged. R. W. GLEXN Krl.l. 1-76 It. PLANT lilts' IIOl E! UHK&bOKO,H.C. Tbia llotrl ia lo tU ir. the center vf the citr. audi tS neret one to Mb Court IJou-. P; (;l.ce. Internal Ke r.Uf OS:rt-. ai.d ia fa i the MOST CONVENIENTLY LOCATED. TOE-CE 0?-A RT ,"F! i uaiiel wttb the best, toe rooms are -ui fr table, clean and neatly fnrnUbed. We warrautaatiafactioo. Ternaeredaeed Xm ONLY $L50 PER DAY. ier Ufa, v fA j(wtA on Ummhua to and from the Depot Free. , . J. B. FIELD. A rt-cua Livery SuLJe in same block with good turn out., u take jou to any part of the coantrjr at moderate rates. Nor 15, 1-Cti-lj. it; W1I0LES.LE AND RETAIL IDIiU GGISTS. ' Greensboro, V. C. Alwaj l.r on band a essplete lino ef Reliable DrvgtSlediciMraimU, OILS, VARN'HFIES AND PERPClfERT, a mt trrry'.kimy mnilf fvnmd (S a rnisT CLASS DRUG stoiie. TLej .n f4ru;.b country UercbanU and l'LvrH.iaii arjtLinjf in our liae At Ckeap, if tiot Ckeaper, Tla a.Hr article rao be bought North and rp-d u tbia point. They eannot be L SUERSOLD b9 a, rtlimU aeajc. GIVE TUEM A CALL I t oot.s, LWI (5 : . r.;. it Jr. i. .. -. M m Established in1 A 8imile. Tb mildMt brMs ibat Cms U ti.' In Aitian'i wtttr, ' rboQ(b 'r o niU will brinf tb fnall Tbat's mIlow ea toglbr. Fr Btt eaa Wmrt ib vlsda that fti la tbia bright 8 iy M&aaa, Ereept ib crab, and tbcy'ra ao bad Iai (lad tby bay eobmloa. For if the fell, I'm ar that all ' Wboao ieelb abaold-aTer bito tbata, Wld gat a adgt, a4 tbaa I'd pld laey d tfiiak aU frail wm Ilka tbea. Tim the worj, lLat oer wm heard. 11 'iu uqi iauj potto ; Like caplj's dart, wfU toocb tbei Leirt, And win tba beat of Women; For apple-tike, all true ladfea fll. On the first iattznatlon ; Right la yobr arm, with all tbelr cbarma. TbroQgb llie, to eek protection f Aad tbeee that plan, to keep a taaa, ForeTer roooA tben etriving, Ara like tbo erab, both aoor and bad, And are not worth tbe bavieg. And tboaa tbat via aocb Inane of aia. , . Will fiad Uey'U wear tbe breecbee ; Aad cat each kioea, ef rariena kiadl, Ae'II prove tbem beartleea wreicbee I . 80 may inch jadaa, all live old maiaa, And booet aaaa allleava 'en ; . Like crab to awing, 'till time ahell briag Tbem down, for death to wad them I Greensboro, N. CL, 148. DAISY'S COURTSHIP. Tbe oldfoabioqed kitchen door stood wide op rr," and tbe. strong, sweet west wind poured tbroagU tbe sanded floored room, - swajiog in slow, grsceial ware the blue, muslin skirts oi Dais v Mav?s moxo ing wrapper a she stood beajda the table arras gios- a pile ofiitemless flowers in the shallow glaas dish. u Indeed. Ill mver msrrj a faim er, aonue. 1 lo?e tbe country well enough here at home, where noth ioe bat the poetry of it tall to m gatheriDg flowers, UriDkinc cream v milk, sketching shady spots, drir ing wbereyer I want to. and always ent lasciuos things to eat and iu winter rides and sleigliiog. and plenty of books and tny rougc", u And John liaarice. . Iler aant tacked tbe name rery tersely at tbe end ot tbe long of attractions; then watcbeu to see tbe eOect on Daisies face. Tbe pretty lips poated charm ingly. Maurice! Oh. John's good enough, of course: but Irs a good thing yon bare got oyer your loonsn aitaenmeot to him, Daisy, for he's going to be married soon. Engaged to one of l be prettiest-girls" you erer saw a Miss Winchester, risitiog at CJast ledeanV Daisy's eyes grew a little tlartpr. snd tben she elevated her eyebrows' coldly. r 11 ITeM erfgagd. Is be rUh. weir, that 4 periectly natural, I am sure f supiwae MUs Mhxs Winchester, did yon sayr 1 suppose sne is a ae cided blbnde, and pfif T ViUv dldnt say tbat ilaurico bad often sworn that there was no other style of beauty for 14m but Daisy s own. "Ob. blew jog, no! Miss Win chester Is tall, almost as tall as John, and very stately, and a lovely brunette. Everybody thinks John a Incky iellow," . Daisy rose and took down her garden hat. " I dare say be is only I never could see what there was about those tall, dark women to captivate anybody. I'm going orer to Minnie Castledean's awhile may V " Msry watched the petite, graceful figure in the navy bine foulard cambric, and white tarletan shade hat, tied orer tbe clustering, float ing curls, and nodded her head lsely ana BmiretToeTerreTy. Yon darling jpn perfect , dar ling to cone to us. Daisy, I've been just dying $0 see yon and hare yon at borne again. We're going! to hare tbe most jolly time this summer, yon: snow, me nonse is full, and there is NeTHe Winchester, especially I want jpn to know, and the handsomest young -officer oti Ieare Gns brought him up Col-' onel CYessington ; and ' we're Im pressed John Maurice you remem-, ber John. Ilea the handsomest fellow beats, the Colonel. 1 tell yoo, and Nellie's just bewltched'af' ter him." And Daisy laughed and assented. and declared she half remembered John Maurice, and was dying to see Miss Win die ter. and intended in' auguratrng a flirtation at otice WJtlj me military genueman: , Minnie rattled on, as' seventeen yeai old girls hare a way of doing." 44 It s too bad I Cell's gone down to the city to-dsy to buy, ribbon for the picnic oh, yonli t surelv be here next Tuesday for ' our plqnlc at Eagle's Dead Daisy t ll bup-' pose John Maorice will tatt Nellie,1 and I am sure Colonel Cressingtoir will oe delignted to be your escorT.w "Colonel Cresslngton will be happier than ever before in his life, if he may hare tbat honor, Miss Minnie." When ber morning call was over, Colonel Cressington insisted on walking Dome irfib. her, and D'aky; permitted it--not because h was ao handsome and so entertaining,' or she. ao pleased with hlm,'bht be; cauae- well, she, Telt-a'tltUe pro; roked at hearing - ao many nralse9 of the lady to whom John Msurlce waa engaged ; and ' somehow.', it made her feel better to flirt a jit (lal .' ; 4 And, as If, the , very" fate them1, elves were propitoulawhti iooold she' and ber gallant ,'carallef meet' face to 1 lace tor the first time'In three, jeara ..to, DaIay, .ial aT(ihp Maorice I , . V ' John ilanrice so penecf lr spfen, did in bis dear, dark, mahiy beauty', --i J ' I i . ' l ... I ..,. . . . . . : . J -... ..! iv. . . . . . i i i ,i ' ti-.i .! 'Kill "7 in- his stylish cloiheswe very thing Just as it aooaia Oe. This John1 Maarloe-and and engaged to Nellie Winchester t Daisy's guest 1 gave m bound as bw extended a band which' she saw bad a plain gold ring on the little noger.,: ; . 7And then she crashed all tbe joy sbe had felt at seeing him, and gave ntm ber band with a cool, graceful little bow. - Daisy May I Is It possible t wiiy, yon are prettier than erer, and I declare, Daisy, I am awfully glad you're home again." lie ,was so easily familiar, so frank and engaged to ber f. i , ( Daisramiled. . "Thank yon, Mr. Maurice, for yoorgqod will. ,1 am glad to see yon 1. -i 1 1 1 " ' It was ,rery proper, very lady like, bat a shadow came orer John's handsome ace. t , ' . ,"I hope I shall see yon often. Daisy, , Xoall be on the picnic on Tuesday I . Cressington, keep tbat sunshade orer ber head Good-bye till I see yon again." , His horse was prancing restlessly. audio was off. like a dart and out of sight when Daisy bowed good bye to her uniformed gallant at tbe gate. ..-vi):.sL iiv I " What a handsome fellow John Man rice has grown to be, hasn't he, uncle V,, . , r Daisy was ' s!pping , her., coffee slowly, that Tuesday morning a clondJesa Jane day, , that the, gods nsu . arranged tor tne uastiedean party's picnic, and Daisy, her lovely golden hair brushed off her fore head in loose burnished waves, and caught at 'the, back of the head with ' pale blue ribbons, was im patiently trying to get through ber toilet. -! -1 Her- onclo battered a slice of borne-made bread with keen relish. Yoo might travel a seven years journey and not come across hi equal.. And -he's lucky, too.; .He sold. his interest in that railroad. for ten times what be gave, enough to bay him the prettiest farm in the country Edge Wire, and it stocked first-class, 1 can. tell .yon . He's bound to make a fortune, and tbey say that Winchester gul'II bring bun considerable." " Hell never think of ber money. He's not tbat kind of a man at all." Aunt Mary stole a glance at the etV face. -"John's a splendid .fellow and bis wile II De tne Happiest woman going. I do say, Daisy, nothing would haver pleased your ancle and I better if John had taken a notion to you." 44 You should have said if I had tacen a notion to Jonn. uot yoo see I baven'L" She threw a kiss cdquettisblj, a a a .a .a ana vanisaea tnrougn me tioor to bare a foolish cry op in her room before she dressed herself. And when Colonel -Cressington drove op in his two horse phao too, be thought he never had seen such a perfect picture or girimu beanty and happiness in all bis life. And Maorice dashed by in bis cbslse with Nellie Winchester, ra diant in wnite .muslin and rose hoed ribbons, in time to get a bow snd gleaming smile from Daisy, and to think, with another of those shadows on his face that Daisy had seen before, that Colonel Cressing ton and Daisy were good rery good friends. Tbo long summer day had crept pleasantly along, and the lengthen ed shadows. were warning the-gay picniekers it waa time to be pre paring for return. , Cplonel Cressington and Jsellie Winchester had strolled ofl arm in at m era a arm an Hour oetore, ara Minnie Castlede an and a dozen others were lounging 00 .tke soft sward, gossip incr. lauchin? and eniovintr a dolce far niente generally, while Maurice was walking: atnt qnooeerved, nn- remembered by the others, with head bent down, as if in dose search for something lost his ring that, until several minutes before bo' badnot missed, and missing, bad at once commenced to-huht for. XT. tli M I , mtim .flTnKlA - HUl lust lb " ao du muavici Bat a pained, white look on bis faceJhat bad been there at Inter; vais all day Intensified as be tnougnt howdear. tbat Aim pie band was to him anil wh. !J : He went on and on, separating further and further from the party. till obs, low. Indistinct, as 1f un successfully 1 suppressed, bat on mlstakable, attracted his attention, and'a second's' continuance in the direction he was going brought him in full view of Daisy May, with ber bead bowed on her hands and her frame convulsed with violent -weep- ng, and glistening on her fair fin gerthe circlet of gold for which' be was searching. : ' Seeing him she sprang to her feet, and dishing tho tears from her eyes,' said ; r I fonndyour ring, Mr.Manrfce. She drew It 'off her ffnger arid handed It to him, 'calling' all tbe powers of ah unhappy,' foolish little bead to ber aid to make her stronul and Infliffererit who"1iad Deen sit-' fine there kissing 'and crying oreY J'oh,hVencagement.Tig.!, r," ouujj iuoa tue tu, uuu uuiuio1 it. between, his fingers' and thumb: looked in ier face.' with bis 'own pate aa eager. '7'' ' ; " " " ' " Dafsjy tell me you'i.wefe Crying beacsenMoTelheJ'.IsIa sot i Daisy,' my1 bnly, my own darllngJ I almost dread to have yon atfawer, for I fer itp will be ho. rBat tfo yoa lo'v6 mK-mydsrtingr faceer Very souf MbbWiiMowt - of her eyesV . Then berifpe' quivering ifteou,slyi '. i 7 "PHI Jonn; how14 can 1 yoa talki W foe sot 'Veflie Winchester"" 3 X'JIo, pressed her suddenly; 'closely to Mm and pushed ter head 'down" on bis shoulder: ' M" " "Lookr up; kittle 1 bne. -Nellie Winchester is nothing to'1 me,1 si- loJl. ' . 'Mill V 1 1 ill WEDNESDAY, though rumor has, said.' so. 'Yoa are U tba world to me, darlings Am I so w, joa f . Will yoa. take tne ,ring 1 bonght wnen l beard yon . were coming home, and de termined to secure yon for my Own as soon as 1 saw yout Daisy, I have been engaged to yon since I can remember. ."Will yoa ratify And with all her soar In the kiss she gave , him, , Daisy knew, her heart was attest in John Maurice's love. . ' That nfght It was announced In the Uastiedean parlor privately, of coarse, tnat tbe . picnio had . been a great bbocow. Colonel Cressinzton had DroDOs'ed tn TCpI f WinrhMtap anr! had Kaam swiehtAd -andirfnnfA nnn.tiaHv . . . . . . . wniSDered to JJaiav t "Waln't ir, cunning T for'Nell carried on with' John' Maurice i net to try to maka the'coIoneJ. piqued, so .that be . wonld tld propose. ; That's the way I mean to do ; don't yoa 1 And daisy . smiled and blushed, and stole a glance at John's happy face, and thought how good every thing was. . The Peanut Trade. (From tbe Kaw York World.) Io the by-gone days good ward political Intrigue was often re quired to qualify a vender to hold valuable sidewalk or corner sites. Within a' few years, since tbe trade has become so divided, tbe thrifty, statuesque Italian has swopped the cold & hackneyed organ-handle for that of the warm and noiseless por - table roaster, and he now rales the retail traffic ' For a long time re tail profits bate been - large : . the sale' of a bushel per day at 20 cents per quart wonld matte good wages for tbe teller.' Some places yet work off six :to nine bushels per day 'and night but. ' they are rarel Latterty the : -supplies from tht) Sootb nave been beary, tbe crop having become a settled ooe, and wltb easy wholesale prices tbe re tail market has gone' down. Some of the 'common sorts costing '80 cents to $1 per bushel wholesale,' are selling at 5 cents a 6 cents per quart, roasted. Choice hand-pick ed Virginia, quoted first cost $ 1,20 a f 1.23, bring 10 cents per quart, roasted: Taking the various sorts right through; the retailer can more than doable bis money; as a bushel contains from thirty-two to forty tin quarts. 1'eannts have more general "steadiness" than any otb er item In the nut line. In summer especially nearly every other sort is neglected. The peanut is a native' of Sonth America. It was taken from there to Africa, and ' then brought from that country here. Wilmington, N. C, once had the best reputation fort its quality, but since the ' war tbe peanut is largetr included as a field crop In Virginia, and lots from that State bring the highest price. It grows in light, sandy,- fairly fer tile soil with a good day sub' soil. When cultivated as a' crop it is sown in the Dod. bat for small or experimental purposes tbe bask should be removed before planting. Peanuts can be grown with its lit tie labor as is required from Indian a a- ar a. aw m corn. An acre yieios irom zo io to and sometimes 80 ' bushels. The growth is eccentric ; after the vine blossoms out 'the flower seeks and enters' the ground where the not is formed, henoe it is -sometimes call ed the ground nut. The African prod act goes largely to France, where immense quantities are crash ed in oil for the adulteration or imi tation ot salad oil. Marseilles is renowed for the number of cargoes there handfed. Tbe African varie ty is small tin sire and seldom Used here other than when shelled for con feet toners' wants. Some oil crushing Is done in this country at the East and Sooth for table pur- pones. . 'Keceipts of peanuts at new loric fiom tbe Son tbem States for 1876 were 71,000 bushels, and for 1875, 62,000 bushels. Mark Twain's Hotel. Having lately opened a bashery, I send yoa these, my rales and reg ulations : . : Tbis house will, be considered strictly intemperate. None but the brave deserve tne fare.t. Persona owing bills . for board will be bored for. bills. Boarders who do not .wish to pay n advance are requested to ad vance and "i rar: Boarders are expected to wait on the colored cook for meals. Sneets.wllt bd nightly1 changed, once Tq six mpoths, or more If nec essary; . r DbubleoSif ders can 1 have . two beds with a room in it, as they cbobse. ' ' Boarders are requested to pull off their boots; If they can conveni entlydo so,' . ieus wiiH or.wiujouu uuo. ; Alljnoneya'or pther vuluables irelo be left in care of the proprie tor. .Tbia is lhsisted.upon, aa uu will not be responsible for any oth er losses. i 'Ibsidejnatter will not be furnish ed to editors under any considera tion." . , ,r ' ' . Kelativea coming to make a six montha visit will be welcomed, but hen they bring half of their nonse-, hold furniture, virtue yfUl cease to be a forbearance. .' ' " "V , Sisele men and their Tamnies will hot be boarded. . Dream will be . charged bjr the 4 '."t.JJ.i dozen. .,. r. . Nlghiniafes Wred oaf at reason: able rates., : r . . . .. ' Stone Va'Ults wlll be furnished to snoring bOaVaer and the proprie tor, will to ho,' wise, be responslbto fohjoUn,tm- .i;j. Prane currants and gooseberries any time before the! bads swell. ' - . - , J MU'. ArUJOHAJ HIU02 ,' APRIL 18,-1877; oueep uusDanory in trie HOUtn. Tbe following . articled ao annli, cable to .North Carolina that . print it entire, as it; appears in oten JfUuuation : ; ... , The cotton crop of the South in 1856 !7 amounted to. 3,093,000. bales or wnicn, upwards of 1,000,000 bales were grown in Alabama. .., In 1876- 7, twenty years afterward, the to tal crop will . reach 4,500,000, . and oat of that .amount. Alabama , will turnisn a Do at 700.000 bales. In other words before ; the war thirty tniee per cent ox tbe whole, cotton crop of the United States was grown in tbis State, whereas we now con tribute only sixteen wr cent of the wuu. t xuib wuw iu wur WfUUOU among tbe cotton States has grown I rvn f ! mium 1 4i no ao . I.f J 1 v .w, o uv pot cultivate so many acrea in . xt- 100 r.aw.e ao not.e? tiyate them T1.1 11. oj .u , a . - , . ?.v uu rexas during .the . last lew years. Tbe last named, cause,: more than any other has - contributed, to this result, and this cause will continue with constantly increasing force for years to come ..indeed, we have seen but the beginning of tbe tide which will eontinue-to-flow. until tbe great volume of our negro pop ulation empties itself into the capa cious reservoir ot the South West. Tbe wealthy slave holders before the'war were migrating westward attracted by the superior cotton lands of Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana- and Texas. The tide moved more slowly then, because 1 tbe slave owriers-partly Item so- cial ties thac bound tbem to their old homes, and partly irom. appre hensions of lose-fnf . transporting their property into tbe malarial bot torn $ of the West, were more can tions in exchanging their planta tions in the older states for. posses sions in the new. This restraint no longer exists. Labor is free to fiud its own level, and it as naturally flows to where it finds higher wages as water does down hill. . The own ers oi lanus wmcn.wiu produce a thousand or fifteen hundred pounds ot cotton can . pay higher waget than those whose lands will yield only half that quantity. It is pure ly a question lot dollars and cents, to which all considerations. of local attachment and gqcial advantages must inevitably 'succumb. The States East Of us will be first ex hausted of their negro population. Virginia, North Carolina, South Caroling, Georgia and Alabama, will in turn lose this class of labor. which will flow with accelerated speed westward; for just in propor tion as tbe labor is concentrated on the richer lands of the West will the production of cotton be'increas ed and tbe price correspondingly rednced, which will render the cul tivation of cotton on the thin and exhausted lands of the East less and less and remunerating, and this result will, iu turn hasten tbe westward movement of labor em ployed in its cultivation. We all thought we bad reached the maxi mum production of cotton when the slaves were emancipated. Who tben thought that we should grow a crop of four and a half mil lions in less than ten years T Tbe wisest among '-as estimated three millions of bales as the outside ca pacity of free negro labor. ' It how requires no great sweep of tbe im agination to predict a crop of dou ble 'that anjount. Bat while the aggregate will increase, our quota of the production will diminish. What, in tbe mean time, is tn be come of our lands in tbeee States thus stripped of their negro labor t Are they to be abandoned onr homes desolated our prosperity utterly destroyed I Not a word of it. Our lands instead o f being depreciated, will be enhanced our homes will become more attract! ve; and our -prosperity more securely established. How are these results to be brought about! Amnnrr the causes to which we look with confidence for the restora tion of the South, is the incorpora tion of stock raising as a prominent feature in our farm economy j and in this branch of indnstfy none occurs to us so full of promise ha sheep husbandry. Though the rear ing of sheep in cotton States has never been carried on to a sufficient eitent to warrant tbe absolute as surance of its Success ; yet we are not without data upon which fo base reliable conclusions in relation to its profitableness; This much is assured beyond all doubt: Sheep do thrive well in tinr climate, and we can produce excel lent mutton and jjood wool. Before the war, and in some parts of tbe South now, small flocks-of. sheep have been kept on cotton" planta tions with very satisfactory results. The business ' has not, however,; been conducted with sufficient me-j thod and attention to details, demonstrate exactly how thtrad' vantages for sheep husbandry in the Cotton States will compare with those In other parts of the Union. If, however, it be a demon; s t rated fact that there is no obsta e'eontbe score of climate, t& -ttie production of mutton and wool, tben the question of-promableness of the business is narrowed down to the. cost ot conducting iu In so far as the climate is concerned we have on our side, not only tbe experiences of those who have tried it here on a small scale, ljut the re sults of the busiuess in other conn-, tries having climates similar to our Own all favor (he 'cdndjhsion that; we nave nothing.to apprehend "orr that score. ' The.',' only ; difficulty on this point can' be as to the' beat of our summers.; In this respectv,we certainly. have no greater disadvan tages than Southern SpaiU m of the greatest , sheep.1 di$tricls , ' W Earbpe, and have much lesa to arf. prebend than Australia 'from; which England draws." its chief supply ; of wool,' orMadaga8car,hic.h'aurpas- 3 BOFO; " ' t. . . 1 t t . . j ... successful sheeD hnsbandrv. Mr Ej-ndal in his work, which is accept we r a Minority upon this subject, the I 0 0 oaiy is luers no aimcai iy ou me score ot cumate In tbe way of raising sheep at the South but that; in this respect, we hare decidedly the i advantage of the more Northern gtatea of the Union. This obstacle, removed, we repeat mat tne only question is whether tbe cost of - raising sheep here is greater than in other sections where tbe business is' carried on success fully. We believe that it can be successfully demonstrated that we can not only raise them as cheaply as id the northern States, but that we can do so at much loss cost. We. believe it can be demonstrated that, it costs leas .to raise a Donnd oi wool than a pound of cotton In Alabama though the 1 former, sells for nearly three times aa ranch We believe it can be demonstrated that the cheapest and most practi cal method of renovating and An riching our . lands; is by the aid of sheep husbandry. We believe it can be demonstrated tbat with sheep husbandry as a concomitant of cotton planting, we can raise cotton as cheap v here as on the Brazos or the Mississippi. j.nese are oroad. bold oroDOSi tions, but we have faith in them all and we aim to give a reason for the taith that is in us. It is our pur pose to give prominence to tbe dis cussion of' this interest in our col umns, and we hope, before long, to present, in corroboration of these views, a, series of communications on this subject, from the pen of one o tbe largest and most successfu sheep raisers in the Union. James Parton's Baby. A sketch of His Marriage Com plications. It is stated that "Mr. James Par- ton is rejoicing over his first baby. 'artpu i, rarton t les, we re memler, now. Mr, Parton married Eanny Fern ; was her third bus band : and when she died, he mar ried her daughter his step-daugh ter. But he could not endure the idea of being a step-father. It was repugnant to bis feelings. So he married her and then discovered that the laws of tbe State did not reoognize such marriages, and ask ed the law-makers to make a little law for him, but they refused, and he moved off the premises without notifying the landlord, since which time . we had not heard of him nntil this baby, reminded us of these things. . But what bothers ns now is to fix Mr. Parton'a relationship or rather his numerous relationship to that baby. In the first place, ought we to can aim a iatner or a. a a .e grand-father i Because it is bis child, and his grand-child. But if tbat baby is bis grand child, and Partou is its lather, bless us, Par ton must be brother , to himself! That is quite clear. And if Parton ia his own brother, why, then he must be uncle to that baby. That follows, of course. And if he is un cle to that baby his wife must be its aunt. Why. there is no end to this confusion. Of course, Mrs. Parton can't be aunt and mother at the same time. The idea is absurd. We see now where we were in er- via . . ? 1 ror. me exact reiauonsnip way oe stated thus : Parton is a father and is it a half or fourth grand father f No matter; call it a half. Consequently that baby is is . Now, Fanny Fern took him as her third husband, and Parton's pres ent wife being her daughter and not his, that daughter's baby is no kin to him. That sounds absurd, . mi a . va. . e too, very. Allowing it is 1'arton a child, to begin with. Parton is its father, and be is just as much its grand father, unless it is the inten- not to permit me poor iniug io bav any grand-father at all. Now if it is bis grand child and be was Fanny Fern'e third husband, and this baby is the child of her daughter,-every time he takes it on his knee it couldn't possibly be twins, cduld it! No, that isn't it. Yet there does appear to be two gener ations in that one baby somehow. The idea of dangling two genera tions on offe knee t "That is the most ridiculous idea of all. Why if tbat child were really Fanny Fern's daughters' child, and Parton was third bnsband to Fanny, and fath er to her daughter now, it aint pos sible Parton could pick Tiimself np and dandle himself on his own knee! This is the most serious matrimonial complication we ever tried to solve. We are nnable to do more than crack the shell; the real kernel appears to be shrouded in complications as numerous as the folds enwrapping an Egyptian mummy. We are afraid to pursue the subject any further, lest the horrible suspicion tbat dawn upon us that tbat baby should prove to be Parton's father should be veri fied. As it is we think it ought not to i be - Parton's father. Pittsburg Chronicle. r.'i Cream Pic.Vut about two-thirds of a quart of milk to boil in a water bath ; beat the yolks of two eggs ; add half a cup of sugar j one eren spoonful of batter ; mix two spoons of corn starch in a little milk; then mix all , together, and . flaror. Put it in the boiling milk and stir con stantly till it is done, when it will bo a smooth, thick cream. Put it in a rich crust and bake. Beat tbe whites of two eggs until they are stifl-; 'add two spoons of sugar; flavor: with lemon. . When the pie is dode, 'spread this on, and leare it in the oven till slightly brown. A penny is a very little thing, but the interest on it from the days jof Cain and Able would boy oat the globe. l; ',.r.':';'v. Yjlip egg is a little ; thfogV Tut the huge'erocodile creeps into life , out of it. 1 ' .'. . .11 jNew Series No. 472. I HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS. Crvttallizatum of Eoncy Strain ed honey, if scalded and skimmed. win keep any hsngth of time witb out change. Tbe scalding - will slightly alter the flavor, but will not impair it materially. Sizing for Lace Curtains.' Make a strong eolation of foar parts . ot borax, in hot water, to which add twelve parts of white shellac, and three parts of starch and' isinglass, the latter two being first reduced to the form of a jelly, by hot water, Hoarseness .Take the whites of two eggs and beat them : add two spoonfuls of white sugar; grate in a little nutmeg, and then add a pint of lake warm water, i Stir well, and drink often. Bepeat the prepara tion if necessary, ,and it . will ; cure tbe most obstinate case of hoarse ness in a short time. Jam PuJii)K7. Make a good, light piecrust, and roll it ont to the thickness of a quarter of an inch; spread it over the same thickness With any fruit iam. leaving a mar gin of crust at each side. Boll this up, and press the sides closely to gether. Scald and flour a pudding- cloth, tie the padding In it, leaving room to swell, put in boiling water, and boil two hours. A Safe and Scientific Washina fotcaer. JJissolve two pounds o soap in five and a half gallons of nearly boiling water, and to this add three large tables poonfals of ammonia, and one of spirits of tar pentine. Iu this tbe linen is to be soaked for three hours, when it is readily cleansed, requiring but lit tle robbing.- Ammonia-does not affect linen or woolen fibre as soda does. . Egged Cutlets.--Have tho cutlets cut from a leg of lamb or. mutton; broil-them till tender on a gridiron over, a hot, clear fire ; beat six eggs up uu very light, season them with pepper and salt; . put the cutlets upon tbe dish in which they, are to be served, season them with butter pepper, and salt, allowing tbe but ter to melt till the dish is well greas ed. Poor over these -the eggs, and stand in tbe oven for ten minutes. Lobster Ragout. Remove all the meat of a boiled lobster from, the shell, and cut it in small pieces. Pound the spawn to a smooth paste witn two ounces of butter, salt pep per, and a little mace; Put: ono gill of water in a saucepan, thicken with two eggs, well beaten, add the spawn, and stir it over tbe fire briskly for ten minutes. Add tbe pieces of lobster, boil up once, nd serve very hot. soap. a, young iaoy wno mates all the family soap gives the follow ing receipt for a good cheap article : . . a a a . aqu io ieu quarts ot water six pounas or quicKiime (suen nme is a m 9 a a best,) and six pounds-of common washing soda. Put all together. and boil for half an hour, and let it stand all night' to clear. Draw off the lye, and add to it one pound of common resin, and seven pounds of fat (any fat will do.) Boil this for half an hour, tben let it stand till cool, and cat it into bars.'7 White Sauce. Take a good-sized piece of fresh butter ; put on the fire in a perfectly clean small sauce pan (a brass pan is best :) when the butter is melted stir in two or three tablespoon fals of flour, when thor oughly mixed with the bntter add gentle new milk (or cream cream if wanted rich,) stirring all the while till of the proper thickness. Flavor with salt, pepper, a little grated nutmeg, and small piece of lemon peel; boil up together. Just be- ore serving add lemon juice to taste, and stir in tbe yolk of one egg oS the fire. Great care i? re quired in stirring in the flour and milk over the fire to prevent lump ing. Chicken Salad. Joint two chick ens weighing between, three and bur pounds each, cover them with boiling water, set on the fire where hey will merely simmer until ten der, remove from tbe fire, and let them., remain in the broth until cold; this renders the meat juicy. t is best to cook the chickens the day before the salad is required. Take both tbe dark and white meat for your salad, cut into pieces near- y an inch square, and one-quarter of an inch thick. To prepare tbe dressing for tbe salad: Take a table8poonful of fresh butter, rub it to a cream with the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs; gradually add two tablespoon fuls of salad oil, one of French mustard, a desert spoon- hi of powdered sugar, a teaspoon- ful of salt, half a teaspoon ful of black pepper, as much cayenne as will lie on a half dollar ' piece, the yolks ot two fresh eggs - uncooked, and six- tablespoon fuls of vinegar. Next fill your salad bowl with two heads of celery, cut fine one head or banch of celery includes three roots two, large picke led cucum bers cut in very small slices, tbe whites of the boiled eggs, .also cut very fine. Some like two table spoonfuls of capers, and half a doz. en olives. Now add the chicken and the dressing ; mix thoroughly with a wooden fork and spoon, and as vinegar is of different strength more may have to be added. . Eacti housekeeper has to modify almost every receipt to suit the taste Of the family. . . A minute is a little thing, ..but it is long enough to pull a dozen ach ing teeth, or to get married 'and have your own mother-in-law, ; - A. hornet's ' sting is a little thing, but it sends the schoolboy home howling. , .; An oath is a little thing, ont it is recorded t in. the great ledger in heaven. . PARMER'S COLUMN. I ill aiaing Cabbage: " - The Ohio Farmer says: Many persons complain that they cannot have any lnck:, with cabbage ; it will not head for them. The cab bage is just as easily grown as any other plant If its natural wants are met in the surrounding conditions. These wants, although not many,' ' nor aiinenlt to meet, are imperative and mnst be met if success is to be secured. A little study of its na ture will give some insight into the character of these wants. The - cubage U a biennial plant, and all its efforts during Its first year's growth are directed toward laying up in its stalks and thick stems and leaves as large an amount of plant food as possible, to be drawn upon tor the production of seed "during the second year. As the formation of good heads requires a rapid growth,' the first necessary condi tion is a verv rich soil. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to have soil too rich for cabbage, provided it Is thoroughly rotted. And it is next to impossible to secure satis factory results without a rich soil. . This plant is a native of the sea coast of Europe, ' and grows in a . moist soil and atmosphere, . irom this it would seem that the nearer these conditions can be met the bet ter. Tbere4t can be secured, a moist but not wet soil should be se . lected. Bat one of the most -essential conditions of success of cabbage raising is frequent and through cul tiyation. Without this success can seldom be achieved : with it, fair success may be had even when other things are not very propiti ous. . it is bard to overdo in this matter. Cabbage should be thor oughly cultivated with plough or boe at least twice each week. This , frequent stirring of tbe soil keeps it constantly in a porous and moist condition, so that the demands-of this succulent growing plant is ' ful ly met No one should attempt to raise .this plant for profit who is not willing to give this thorough cul-t ture. ; , . Difference in Milk at Various Times of the Day. Professor Boedeker has analyzed the milk of a healty cow at various times of the day, with the view of , determining the changes in the rel ative amount of its constituents. He found that the solids , of the evening's milk (13 per cent.) ex ceeded those of the morning milk 10 per cent ; while the water con tained in the fluid was diminished' from 89 per cent, to 80 percent. The fatty matters -gradually in crease as the day progresses. , In ? the morning they amount to 2 per cent ; at noon 1 per cent; and in, the evening 5 per cent - This fact ia importaut in a practical point of view ; for while 1G ounces of morn ing's milk will yield half an ounce of bntter, about double this quanti ty can be obtained from the even ing's milk., Thecaseine is also in- ; creased in the evening's milk, from 2 to 2 per cent ; but tbe albumen is diminished from 44-100'ths per cent.to3M00'ths per cent. .Sugar ia least abundant at midnight, (i per cent.) and most plenty at noon (4jj percent.) The percentage of " the salts undergoes almost no change at anytime of the day. . Edtnburg Medical Journal ; Ho-vwto Get Rid of Tree Stumps. L . General Cplquitt, of Georgia, in a recent address, gives the following two ways of doing it : "To remove stumps from a field, all that is necr essary is to have one or more sheet- iron chimneys, ,some four- or five feet high. Set fire to the stump and place the chimneys over it, so as to give the requisite draught at tbo bottom. It will draw like-a stove The stump will soon be con sumed. With several such chim neys, different sizes, the removal of stumps may be accomplished at merely nominal labor and expense. 44Ia the autumn bore a hole an inch or two in diameter,, according to the girth of the stump, virtually in the centre of the latter, and about eighteen inches deep. Put into it from one to two ounces of saltpetre; fill tbe hole with water and plug up close, fn the ensuing spring, take out the plug, and pour in about one or two gills of kero sene oil and ignite It The stump will smoulder away, without blaz- ng, to the very extremity, of the roots, leaving nothing but ashes. - Grafting Wax.' -For grafting, take four parts of mutton tallow, eight parts of rosin and two parts of beeswax. Melt them all together over a slow fire. When thoroughly melted and toin gled. pour tbe mixture off, in small quantities into a tub of cold water ; as soon as the masses thus poured in the cold water cool down sufllci-' ently to be handled, work precisely in tbe same manner you would can; ly, by drawing out and doubling over, nntil the whole presents a uni- brm color, and- becomes hard enough to mould into balls or sticks. Tbia wax,, when it is cold. should be quite hard, but it should oe tonga at auyorainary summer temperature. If, however, it Tia ouud tbat for the climate where it is to boused it is too soft, more ros in should be used. ' Tallow will sof ten it, rosin will harden It, render it more infusible, and beeswax will toughen it. By slightly varying proportions of these ingredients, any desired consistency may be ob tained. Wts. Farm Journal. When calves are Intended "to be kept for cows they should never be fattened when young.- A thrifty growing condition is needed, and for this oatmeal porridge With skim med milk is as good as", possible. Where young calves are ' fattened, the tendency to fatten is easily es tablished, and cows thus reared will always be better for beef , than milk. ' . - A star is a little thing7 but it can hold, this great world in its arms. Akiss is a very little thing, but it betraved tbe Son of God into the' hands of his enemy. - ;