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s-7.-,--- -- V, -1.:"AVr-;r:-.:ii.: A WEEKLY JOURNAL FOB HOME AND FABM; GIVING RELIABLE INFORMATION OF THIS NSW COUNTRY. "VOL. II. HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNTY, N. C, NOV. ,27, 1884. NO. 45. f V , sibl- YOB I if THAT T$ l&HIAIIDS SASH AND OCOB FACTORY PROPOSES TO TURKISH ffinforTS, Dtors, Store Fronts, ilonldiigs fill Jitter. Also planing, matching, sawing, ,te., at the lowest rates. Parties feeding work in my line vrVl do fsrell to gat my prices before pur chasing elsewhere. Orders promptly filled and work guaranteed squal to ht beat. flIGn LANDS SASH AND D5 FACTOIiy, T. C. TROWBRIDGE. Proprietor. fU Space Belongs TO Yilnlli Heal Estate For sale. I offer for sale a tr:ict of land ituati.M'1 in Sevier county. East IVnn.. containing? TEN THOU SAX1 AN1) FIF TY ACRES (10.. Uo'Jj Thin ii-U'.t is situated u'uou 24 miles from Seyh-rville. tle County seat of tsevit'j- Uo and 45 miles from Straw )upy Plains pepot rC.isr T.nn.. VT;i.. & G.i. R R , 45 n ;s lioiu ivnoxviiu, icmi n is (K-vily timbered ykli ClIEURY, AW, SPRUCE PINE, BUCKEYE RED BIRCH, MAPLE, POPLAR jCUCUMBER, CHESTNUT, O AK find other timbers of this conntry This tract has been prospected for GOLD and three yeins have been m. .11.1 opened 'ine ore sras asayeu uy Stillman Kopler, N. J, City, and r runs from to $10.30 in gold, Jjlis being merely Surface ore. There . i isacavjeon this property Jnown as r r . . ' th.e ALUM CAVJC ; contains mag- nesia in large oaantities, irom wiiicli EPSOM SALTS were extensively y.g.WfMxjM. w ,Mj manufactured for tha nnn&ilMftfpl army during tne wai . a uis cave ai- go contains Alum an4 Copperas in jmmense quantities, adoui iou . . a 1 . 4 -v acres near Alum Cave is exceedingly fiTES in South, Alum Gave contains several JJJERAI PRINGS of medicinal properUes. Excellent water poVer and fine tront r r fishing. Ho mosqmtoej, an.d mag - nificent scenerv. Pnce. turo dollars r m . ner acre Aldreas - per aero. lureae, Aldress, ' S. T. K&iAr.T, TManltBsiving. "Wfcen the grapes bare been gathered, the Zteids nave been soorn, And che wealth of the land has baen gar. nerrd with Joy, For tbe glow of the vintage, the gold of the oro, What tribute of praise shall we fondly employ f O what shall we render, what gifts shall we bringi To the Lord of the harvest, our Maker and King? Ei sunshine was poured over orchard and fiifn, Alice on tbe ground of the evil and good; All softly descended his bountiful rain, 5 On the churl who had often his kindness withstood And the grace' of the flowers, the sheaves of the wheat. Were sent from the hand that rules bitter and sweet.- Not less than to thank Him, not more may we do, He needs not our praise 'mid the worship of heaven; Yet haply its minor steals tenderly through Borne liitintnecborals, if truly 'wis given. Nay, hush, little faith! If he stoop to our Dravar. For the psalm of our gladness, he surely shall care. And we thank Him, not only tor -blessings bestowed. For tbe gams we have counted with tri umph and nride. We thank Him for conflicts midway on the roai, For fair t hings withholden, for pleadings denied, For trial and hinde ranee; He saw from above, And all He gave or withheld was in lovs. Ah! sometimes the cloud has been murky ana suck, Ana wearily kneeling, at close of the day, "Lord, listen, for one whom tnou lovest is rick. And ons whom we love," has been ours to say. Ah! sometimes the cross kas been heavy ; the pain. Has silenced earth's music, again and again Still, never defeated, though often o'er borne. Still, conquering ever, our songs shall &t ISO Xe Him who has dowered us evening and mil m, Wth mercies uncounted, like stars in the skies, Qhl whatshall we reader, what strains shall we brine. To our Maker, D fender, our Captain, our We thank Him for freedom, for peace in our For the vofeee of ohtklren, for purity's r'K'i. For millions of homes tnat so sturdily - aa u V. here mothers in honor their sceptres For virtues transmitted from father to sod, For all of renown tnat our country has won. tn l iteiu. Wbe - e rapes have been gathered, when fialds ha e be-u shorn. i dt i wealth of the earth is in garner and bin. Ere the bugles of tempest their message have b me. Or the storms of the winter their fury be- To the djiver ot Good let oir anthems as cend, Fcr tbe Lord of the harv.nt is always our Fr.jB .d. MargargpE. S,atxgsjtr in Dfmorest's Monthly. SELF-SlJPPGIlTIPft? Xa PLOYIMEIX FOR. plJTHEBN WOME. A Frlsce Essay. BY HB8ET BT1WART. OF NEW JERSEY PATTERSON, The following is the essay to which the premium offered by Mr. Joseph M. Blair, of the city of Richmond, was award- ed by the committee. One of the most serious questions of the day is how can wouxn secure pre fitable emolovment. It aDDlies with more force perhaps to those travelling in country t 0 a a i a laces than to travellers in fe cities ; and yet country women have better facilities f-r self-support than thjeir sisters in towns and cities first, because their expenses are not so gr-at, and second, because there are u-ore opportunities for them to emtilov their time and skill to advantage, Besides, roany women who may fail to nd employment in towns and cities may easily secure it. in country places, where opportunities ae more abundant. The choice of employments for women is much lareer than is usually supposed, There are occupations in which manual labor is J reqau.ed that are open to Tromen as well J as to men, whenever the person interested has an oh af-nnirements and intelligence "--7 . - , i inm. inn Mn nirp?.i. n ra lanor Biir.Rniiaiui- . . , . head-work serve to keen j geve al pairs of bands usj. In the worhi's work, one brain is worth a great many hands, and in seeking for employ- ' ' w 6 . ' v 3 ment the woman who has the tact and 8km to 6ir,fit unedUcated Uborers possess- I es a very great advantage in tending great- er PeoP" ,wr nT eDr8e8 n " capi . ' "" w I " " T- ' r 4 ' can use mly their own work. For in- stance, one person, with a pair of hands oniy, nowever great may qs me capacity for management, and intelligence, and J skill, can never make more than the werk I Sit AflA Val rv9 VaMria aan OMiy-krYkkliari wnue one who is able to control and su- Z"?Z l JnUli Th iAv flowering plant th ftWUitv imiim fnr hrf thA iflfcr- enee between the actual value of the work done and that or the value added tn it by inteiueeni ana skiuiii oirecuon. un me give an insUneo in which -a Udy weU Cnft ma haa bnOt nn an erradinalv 1 Drufi table buriness during a few vears I m Aa4 Ql. a -vara a a n .vn.llntt Vinn.a1.AnA. t. . iv . u.. :w - L uuv Tv erj iciv a nwuw w tvu ea louiiiv ui Miy- Pftrt Sbe bad oeceaaariVy to cast bout i j. Bjm means of -making a living for herself and childien. Among hr friends she had a reputaUon for making the' best a. a a a a a 4 a m 01 ams. jellies, piokies, and ome prer. serves ; and it was suggested to her that she should tarn this accomplishment to a useful purpose. And so she did. First her friends and acquaintances helped her te dispose of her products. She went to the markets and procured fruits, , vegeta bles and smitahle meats, and put these up in attractive form, and soon found the business growing on her hands. Procur ing a suitable house she put up several stoves and' soon had a large part of it fill-' ed with apparatus for her work. A reg ular weekly advertisement in a newspaper which circulated among families where her products were largely used brought her many customers. After a few years her business has become permanently es tablished, and continues to grow, while her present income is more than $8,000 a year. She employs several men and boys, two wagons, and a number of girls ; and by the ability to find employment for all these hired assistants, she has a large profit or remuneration for her own skill in dhecting all his labor, and combining it to one end, and making ' each one's work as valuable as her own would be. Thus, as it were, she multiplies her own skillful work, and realizes a proportionate prof it. I wish to confine this discussion chiefly to such employment as relate more or less to the products of the soil ; for moth er earth is the foundation of all wealth, and eives the most generous reward to those who depend upon her for support ; and this field of employment is the least cultivated, and offers the least competition: to those who will work in it. All the other avocations of life, as teaching, writ ing, and the various employments arising out of commercial and manufacturing in dustries, are so much crowded that wom en are forced to seek ne&and tm worked fields, and it is to such unused, and per haps nnthought-of, opportunities that I would direct especial attention. And in the Southern States there are the largest and most varied opportunities of this kind. It may seem strange that I, a resident of a Northern State, should as sume to offer any suggestions upon this subject. But my business and profession for some years past have made me ac quainted with the undeveloped resources of the South and the necessities for irom en everywhere to enlarge their industrial sphere, and has given me a practical knowledge of the various industries in which women may, and do, to a consider able extent, find agreeable occupation and profitable employment. And further, be ing personally interested in southern en terprise and having for years past been engaged in directing 'attention to the abundant but unworked fields of industry in the South, I feel convinced that I caa offer seme useful hints to souther ladies in this way, as I have at times been able to do in less conspicuous ways. 1 believe firmly in woman's rights to secure every good gilt tnat a generous Providence has offered to mankind in the rich and teeming soil, and the valuable domesticated animals, and insects even, which have been eiven to the dominion of tta human race for ita use and comfort. U8 far aB a woman's capabilities enable her Bn4 may honorably use her hands as wen her intelligent brain. In many I pursuits more or less closely connected with agriculture the peculiar natural dis I nosition of women their patience, their assiduity, their quickaess of apprehension, their gentlenets of manner, their perse verance, their deftness of touch and hand- ling, all give them an advantage over the I more impulsive, ' impatient and rougher sex. In the waring of poultry, the keep ing of b$es, the cultivation of flowers, herbs and seeds, the cultivation of the mulberry, the rearing of silkworms and J the reeling of the silk, the work of the dairy and the preparation of choice butter (for which the demand is insatiable), the 1 cultivation of fruits and vegetables of va- rious kinds for sale fresh er for preserva I tion by drying or cooking, and preparing for market in jars or cans, and even tbe I keeping of ne cattle and sheep, in all these women mav excel men by reason of I ,. t i inn DBLiar namrai itiilb raimu ui. j.uttv have done it. and are doine it : and many bright examples might be referred to, and honored names of ladies known to me might be mentioned, if it were not that s . . ' . . the privileges of acquaintanceship might be overstepped in doing it. j To particularise as far as may be, might gay thjlt ,n ponltry-keeping a prefit . j " O 7 01 prucaaoi uucn iw bwb wwi I IT ICBUACUe ChHU 1U ICv T VI AUlv IVVWJt OR twice as mueh has been made. A hive of bees skillfully handled has returned ten to twenty dollars in the season in a south crn apiary. The coniamption pf flowers I as an article of luxury, in the season when I iVA aMwan.'Iw a 'ami1 m tran laeffA anil 4 1 A prot i8 great. The demand for bedding is such that millioas of dollars worth are sent by mail every year, and a supply al- ways creates a demand: for h is a great .i. i j. -r i i i Taf much they want a thing the mo I ment it is offered them ; and a want once I 1 J 1. 1 . 2a ' I .1 I 6 ' n - r I . - - . . The culture of sweet and medicipal herbs for the grocer's and druggist's use is an j j . , . Mn "arcely yet undertaken mm a 4 a at while the Baajung j extracts a4 tinctures is still an inchoate in dustry that offers a sure' and certain j profit. The growth of seed of flow ers and vegetables, which are always eagerly purchased by the seedsmen, and especially the culture of new varieties by crossing cr by raising seedlings, offers great opportunities ef profit, and the most interesting and fascinating employment. Silk culture is essentially a domestic bus iness, which finds work for the children in their spare hours, and the scope for it ls very great, for the ham manufacture of silk goods is now very large, while all the raw silk used is brought from fiweigm countries. The Women's Silk Culture Association, managed by ladies in Phila delphia, has already started this industry, for which therfis no ether portion of the country so well adapted as the Southern States. In the dairy, to-day, the prists at exhibitions at the fairs are competed for by ladies, and the first premiums at the largest fairs in the country are more often taken by young women than by men. Skilled dairy, women, are sought at high salaries by the creameries and cream factories ; and to-day, 1 assert, lrem a large experience, that the Southern States offer the best field for enterprise in dairy ing in the whole of Nerth America ; the mountain iegion of the South, offering the best of lands at nominal prices, and tke best of ; markets at its gate for excel- leit dairy products. Fruits are welcomed everywhere. . The present facilities, offer ed by froit-dryiug machines, make tke production of dried fruits an exceedingly profitable business, and it is especially a domestic industry, employing children and women altogether. .The peaches, apples, small fraits and vegetables ef the South are unexcelled for this purpose, while the products of &sse ifjjxpensive ma chines sell for several times as much, on account of their greater sweetness and bet ter appearance, as tke common dried fruits. The preparation of jams and jel- ies from fruits too soft for shipment, and that are now wasted, and marmalade from southern oranges of the bitter varie ties, that are now of ne value, in other places and other coan tries now gives en- Dlovinent to hundreds and thousands of a v women and girls, and is a business which once begun in a small way, with adequate knowledge, will surely extend to very large proportions. All these tings hays been done else where where nature is not half so kind and affords not half such favorable oppor tunities as in the South. Ne good thing was ever offered in vain when it has been presented in the right way at the right time. But one thing is needful. I know the spirit is not wanting, for I have been in communication with many southern la dies who have sought advice ia these di rections. Some help is needed, however, to direct weak -and faltering steps at first; to make known the opportunities and to pread the information necessary to make these available. There is a State agricult ural association in every southern State. With some of the officers of these I am personally acquainted and know these gentlemen to be intensely anxious to de velop all the valuable resources of their country. Thse institutions are (er the general benefit ; they are not for the men alone: whv should not the interests of weaan be fostered and encoursged so far as women can take a part in profitable agricultural pursuits ; there are schools and colleges for men, why should there not be departments for yonog women where all these industries, and others akin to them which may suggest themselves, shall be made subjects for study and practice, so that the students may learn how to turn these pursuits to profit f The most prom inent question now before the publio mind is,how to give to women the best oppor tunities for becoming self-supporting and independent, and surely if State Agricult ural Societies can help men in their indus trial pursuits they can aid women in the same direction. It is not sufficient to merely point the way ; the State must take women by the hand and lead them ever the first difficult steps and afford them at least as much aid and encouragement as they have been giving to their fathers and brothers. There never eras yet an in stance in which women have shown them selves to be inferior to men, when oppor tunities have been afforded them to show their capacity and capability ; and in re spect of industry and energy in self-sup port, and in acquiring needed information women have exhibited the brightest exam pies. Let us, then, in this respect point out a way and help them to walk therein with credit and success. It is impossible in the limits of an essay to enter into practical instruction is the several pursuits referred to. This is in deed hardly necessary, because there are manuals and hand-books which afford all the detailed information that may be re quired. But a few words in regard to the disposal of the products may serve to re move lingering doubts s te the feasibility of success in thsta pursuits. First, as regards poultry. The mild olinate of the Southern States is favorable to the production of eggs and chickens in the winter. It is not difficult to chang the habits of our domesticated animals Sad cause them to be prodactiye at such 1 svrvt - , 1 :. Seasons ftg ire wiau( Auere is ,B, im dant market everywhere in the North and West in the winter time, when ice and Snow preclude the production of eggs and chickens. The nsual market prices of eggs in the, northern cities vary from thir ty to forty cents per dozen, and eggs waU packed in barrels can be transported safe ly and at vary light cost. Early chickens sell in the spring when the southern veg etables mace their .appearance in "the cit ies, from Washington up, froraj thirty to fifty eents a pound. This market extends far into the West as well as through the North. Second, as to bees. Bee products honey and wax are saleable everywhere. Bnt honey sells for double or tteblejpricei and far more readily when it is presented in an attractive form. Half pound sec tions of eomb in neat glass boxes bring thirty cents each. One great poimTin dis posing of produce is to meet thef require ments of the most fastidious purchasers, who are not deterred by expense from satisfying every fancy ; another is cheap ness to meet, the necessities of the great consuming class who can dispose of an enormous supply when the price meets their abilities. The long honey producing season and the short winters of the South double the producing capacity of bees; while tke abundant forage can supply very large stock. Honey is sent to north ern markets from Texas and Louisiana and sells well when the northern bees are being fed ; while a vast quantity of honey (asd glucose, too, sold for hossy) is ship ped to England and ether European coun tries. The cheapness at which honey can be produced in Jthe South giyes it the world for a market, and there are shipping ports on the Atlantic coast within easy reach. Third, as regards flowers, herbs, and seeds. The South is rich ia varieties which afford the most valuable oils and extracts. The climate is such that re peated erops can be grown in one season and the products made proportionately cheaper. Dried herbs of various kinds, dried flowers, and essential oils are used everywhere at home and are largely ship ped abroad. The tons of orange peel wasted in the South and the abundant flowers field oils of very great value ; the u from the bitter orange, for instance, selling wholesale for $4 a pound, and that from the flowers bringing from $30 to $70 per pound. Every pound of Chamomile flowers used in this country is imported, and costs from thirty to lorty cents. A large quantiy of fragrant herbs is used in the preparation of the higb grades ol southern tobacco, but not a pound of it U grown in the South. x ourth, as regards silk culture. In one northern city alone there are 120 silk fac tones, and whereas years ago none but French silks were sold in the stores, now American silks, velvets, ribbons, hand kerchiefs and sewing silk have largely supplanted the foreign goods, and the anufaeturers are anxious for a home sup plyoflbe raw material. Enough of it has been produced and used to show that it can easily be made superior to the for- ! eign article, because of the greater intelli gence aad skill of American producers: Every pound of cocoons or of reeled Bilk can be sold as readily as cotton in the mar kets. Fifth, as to dairy products, nothing need be said exoept that the great produ cing season in the South is the winter, when the prodnct in the North is cut off by the severity of the weather and when tbe price ef a good quality ef fresh butter sells st twice or three times the value of the summer made. Lastly, as regards fruits. An enor mous trade has sprung up in the last few years with England. Canned and preser ved fraits, and dried fruits and jellies ef American manufacture sell readily and the market for them not only in that conntry but in Europe has as yet scarcely been opened. It is only a question of quality and appearance to make an unlimited market for these products, while there are several kinds that are grown in no other part of the country and ef which the South has a monopoly. Indeed, there need be no fear of the want ef a market for any food product that can be produced at a reasonable price And the South has the rich soil, the warm sun, and the long season whieh will en able it to compete with any other portion ef the world in producing articles of com mon use either for food or clothing, or for luxury; and let me say. that the history of the South, during painful years now happily past, has shown that southern women, when occasion calls for it, have exhibited the most exemplary courage, patience, laaustry, perseverance, and quickness of apprehension, ; all qsalititi of the greatest value in these emergencies which occur in ear lives from time te time. But there are other pursuits open to women which offer great opportunities, The study of the sciences which relate te all those pursuits that art more or less closely connected with agriculture is not only charming and ennobling in itself, bnt offers profitable employment. It oooqrs to me to mention a few instances which are quite pertinent to this subject ; and I know, from the - character of the ladies wlwe najnts J wfll take the liberty mentioning that I shall be justified in do ing this. I would mention Miss Howard, the accomplished daughter ef a gentleman. Dr. C. W. Howard, of Georgia, with" whom I had a pleasant acquaintance, and who was the author of a valuable manual on the cultivation of grasses and forage plants in the south, and who was much indebted to his daughter for help im his investigations, studies, and writings. This young lady I know has done valuable ser vice in continuing her father's labor after his death. Another lady is eivinar her attention to botany in that interesting field of labor and exploration, the southern mountain region. Another lady, Mrs. Treat, formerly of Florida but now of New 'Jersey, has made valuable contribu tions to botanical science, and her written articles have been sought by various jour nals aadteagazines at amply compensato ry prices. This estimable lady recently henered the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Soi ence with her presence, and was by no means the least conspicuous lady among tke many who took part in the proceed ings. Who has not heard of Miss. Mitch ell, the astronomer and botanist, whose name casts a lustre upon the South ? An English lady, Miss Anne Pratt, is the au thor of a beautiful botanical work with colored illustrations which ranks very highly in the list of such works. Another English lady, Miss Omerod, holds the high position of entomologist to the Royal Ag ricultural Society of England, and her name is favorably known wherever our language is read. Many others occur to me, but I need no further iistance to shew what a vast field is open to women in all these studies and pursuits. The eager thirst for knowledge of anything new in these directions, and all others akin to the gteat art of all arts, the culti vation of the soil, and the production of food and clothing, is such that useful in formation is sought, and well paid for, by the hundreds of practical and scientific journals which are devoted to these inter ests. Hundreds, of ladies make a comfort able income in this way, and one well known to me has fo? years supported an invalid husband and has well educated her children from the profits of her graceful and ready pen. You may ask, but how are these op portunities to be reached and siezed 1 Let me say that in every State there is an Agricultural College endowed by the United States Government for the pur pose ef giving an education in all these branches. Every young woman in the land has an equal right with her brothers in this public endowment, and may claim, her just share in it. Let her demand hep right ; study the inner life of nature and choose one of the most agreeable and best suited branches of latural scieaee, and fit herself by proper application to become teacher of it : and at the same time practice as mueh of some affiliated indus-t try as may be best snited to her natural Ltlets and disposition. A successful poul try-keeper, bee-keeper, dairy-woman, florist, fruit-grower and preserver, even a good housekeeper, may thus use her pen with good profit. Art, too, iu this direction claims its nu merous votaries. I know a young mai den, scarcely arrived at womanhood, who has received a $5,000 commission to carve a wooden mantel for the palace of a millionaire. Flowers, ferns, leaves and fruits are the fittest subjects for the grav- ing tool, and so they are for the painter, I once, upon an early morning, came up on a pnrple anemone in a wood pasture, and in the center of it glistened a single dewdrop like a brilliant. Such a subject transferred to paper or canvass by a skill ful hand would easily have brought $50 j while the leading chromo-lithographers pay handsome sums for sketches of fruit blossoms, delicate tracery of ferbs, mosses and grasses, and such sma!l works ef art. No one knows how many mistresses of this and other kindred arts are undevelop ed in young girls. It is a sense not yet awakened ; an inner consciousness as yet undeveloped, because it Jias not been stir red into action'; but let the gentle breeze of opportunity come in contact with the chords of native capability, and like tbe sweet strains of an Eolian harp in the windowthe whole soul will break forth, into the sweet melody of accomplish- ment. My object is but to present this subject to the thoughtful women and men of the S"uih. Women cannot do all that is re quired alone. I want to show what may be done, by what is being done ; and to point out what aids may be looked for from men, for the kelp and aid of women, The agricultural associations may do very much, by affording opportunities, and by encouraging young women to acquire the needed- education. The Virginia . State Society has nobly opened the way invok ing and encouraging suggestions by prac? tieal thiakers and writers and hoping that its example may be widely followed, and may lead to fruitfule udeavors, I effer these few helps thereto. Industrial South. Jefferson Davis is -the last of his line, Though twice married, he has no male de scendast who bears his name. Not long since he lost his Only son, and recently the, death of the son of Gen. J. R. Davis rS- ofsoye4 lfce last male dependant, J ..it ... - . r- ;' , . i i - f.
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