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observes that there is no more essential branch
of farmers education than that of being
taught book keeping, and that not only as to
the everyday mercantile transactions of buy
ing and selling, but also as to noting the
amount Of produce of different fields, or The
results of different systems of management,
manuring, &c. 1t is essential more especially
to obtaining all the knowledge possible from
any experiment that every expenditure made
on account of the crop, together with interest
Of land, should be noted down on one side,
while on the other is put down every article OF
produce of any value which the field or crop
produced BY strict attention to details, the
writer Of the article referred TO says, C. his ex
perience as a cultivator would prove the most
formidable foe to prejndces which initiate
against ais intere>t-preJudices and errors in
practice being almost invariably fortified from
rough guesses, the necessary result OF the alb
sence of regular details; and this at least is
one reason for the backwardness of agricul.
ture.'
In order 10 render farm accounts closer and
accurate one of the first things TO br done is
to make a plan or map of the farm, with the
size of the fields marked upon it, &c. A field
or crop may then have a folio to itself, aud all
labor, manure, seed, &C., dcbited to it ON one
side, and all that it produces credited to it on
the other. In addition to the pecunary ad-
vantage which would result from knowing what
kinds of crops or modes of management prove
to be the most profitable, there would be 4
satisfaction in being able to keep accurate &C.
counts and in knowing instead of guessing as
TO profits. which would be enough to compen-
safe any farmer for his trouble. - Country
Gentleman.
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Family Government.

II is not to watch children with suspicious
eve to frown at their merry outbursts OF in
nocent harity to suppress their joyous Iangh-
ter, and to mould them into melancholy little
models Of foctogenarian gravity.
And when they have been in fault, it is not
to punish them simply on account of the per
sonal injury that you may have CHANGED to suf:
fer in consequence of their fault; while DISC.
bedience, unattended by Inconvenience to
yourself passes without rebuke.
Nor is it TO overwhelm the little culprit with
a food of angry words; to stun him with
deafening noise ; to call him by hard names.
which do not express his misdeeds; TO load
him with epihcts, which would be extrava
CANT if applied to fault Of ten fold enormlty
or to declare with passionate vehemence, that
he is the worst child in the village, and des-
tined to the gallows.
But tits to watch anxously for the first ris-
Ing of sin, and to repress them; to counteract
the earliest workings of selfshness: to sup
press the first beginnings of rebellion against
rightful authority 10 teach ali implicit and
unouestioning and cheerful obedience to the
will of the parent as the best preparation for a
future allegiance to the requirements Of the
civil magistrate, and TO the laws OF the great
Ruler and Father in heaven.
1t is to punish q fault because it is fault
because it is sinful and contrary 10 the com
n,al.ds of God without reference to whether
it may not have been productive Of immediate
injury to the parent or to others.
1t is to reprove with calmness and c"mpol'
sure, and not with angry irritatio'l';'in a few
words ftly chosen, and not with torrent Of
abuse to punish as often as you threaten, and
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agricultural.
From tie Southern Farmer.
BnowSsv1LLE, GRANVILLE, n. G. |
December 9Th, 1854. {

Observing in your paper ofthe2d December,
ah Inquiry from Thomas r. Joynes, in relation
to a peculiar disease amongst his hogs, to
which yon profess to be unable to furnish an
answer, have determined in compliance with
your request, to suggest u remedy. The same
symptoms appeared amongst my own hogs this
fall, and some of them ultimately died The
rnalady waa new TO me, and the frSt one I Saw
affected with it, was to all appearance fatally
diseased. 1t wasmy fine sow with young pigs
which my servant, who attends to the hogs,
called my attention. She was fat, aud nurs.
ing litter Of eight pigs, but perfectly prostra
ted and unable to use her limbs. was SD well
convinced that she would die, that directed
the pigs to be taken to the house to he fed and
raised upon slop. Before leaving her, my ser
want suggested that he had seen hogs thus
affected before, and that it was owing to the
stoppagc OF secretion which constantly runs
out of the small holes on the inside of the fore
legs of the animal. | examined them, and
found them closed and dry. lie took a
stone aud rubbed both legs o er the holes until
there was discharge from them of a clear,
oily fluid. Surprising that she would certainly
die, the pigs were removed. and about four hours
afterwards, inquired whether they had been
fed. To nay surprise learned that the SOW
was on her feet, and feeding, and that the pigs
were returned to her. She has been perfectly
we'll ever since. The first symptoms of the
disease are such AS Mr.. Joynes describes, to
wit the loss Of the use of the fore legs from
tue knee down. Those which are neglected,
die-being unable to get food or water. The
disease is not inAamWatory, but seems to par
take of the nature of the temporary paral! sis
Ny hogs had been upon pea field, and pet
haps that circumstance may have rendered
them liable to such disease. give the infor'
matiou which | have, believing that there should
be no secrets amongst farmers. The remedy
is simple and innocent. Rub the insides of
the fore legs over those natural openings with
a corn cob, SO as tosexcte them, and promote
the discharge of the secretion>. BY the way
much is lost by not observing and retaing the
experience of intelligent servants, who have
been long employed in the practical operations
Of our farms. To my hog feeder am indebt-
ed for this piece Of information, which has
been of some value to me this fall, aS some of
my fattenag hogs have been similarly affect
ed, and by this treatment relieved,
Your friend aud subscriber.
A. w. VENABLE.
N. B-Tt would be highly conducive to
the agricultural prosperity Of the country if
all our farmers sho1ld promptly communicate
any knowledge, sought f'rin our journal which
they may possess. Facts are what We want.
Facts are invaluable because Indispensable to
profitable progress
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One of the Dark Spots of London.

The Daily News, alluding to the lower
parts of ST. Clements Lane, as London
fever hole" thus draws the abode of men and
wnmen of "merry England: .
GA track through the heart Of Black For
est or pass in the bowels of mountain IN
Arabia, Pelrea could not be more close and
dreary. You might walk here in good stiff
hurricane and hardly know it summer
shower might pass and leave you dry. You
are in the region of perpetual shadow, and the
women and children who sit and sprawl upon
the door.steps are scarcely less INDOORS than
when languished in their dark and fGtid rooms; !;
and no wonder, for, according to actual mea-
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surement, the courts vary in breadth from six
to twelve feet. Here are the ;slioles in which
our human fellow.creatures swarm like yer.
min. According 10 a report published i'll the
Daily News of May lst., no less than fifty in
in Middle Series place, formerly Little Shire
lane and in Shipya many Of The houses are
built back to back, entirely preventing thorough
ventilation. The gentleman who made the
examination states that water butts are kept in
underground cellars, the walls and flooring Of
which are continually damp to the touch, and
where the water, imbibing the filthy exhaIa.
ton of the place, acquires dreadful odor;
that the ceilings of some Of these cellars are
actually below the level Of the roadways, so
that the inhabitants are obliged to burn can.
dies through the whole day with the exception
Of few hours, and that terrier dogs are kept
in many of the houses rs a protection against
rats. Yet out of these hdeous tenements con.
siderable sums of money are drawn every year
by letting and sub.Iettins. Ildeous women,
foul aud slatternly, loH out Of windows O: lean
against door-posts, overcome with terrible las.
situGe and Incidence, which cannot fail to
arise from the influences by which they are
surrounded; not impudent and brazen, but
oppressed with the hopeless burden Of their
lives. The children, sullen, dirty and fierce
young tigers without their beauty or their
health play or fight in the roadways amidst
the cabbage. stalks, potato'peelings, oyster
shells and standing. .puddles Mon are very
seldom seen. And over the young and old
lower.the melancholy house fronts, shutting
out the sky and the breeze, and, black and sat.
urated with the pes,ilent vapors which are ris.
ing unseen around them
"Hang their poisons in the sick air."
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Earn before You Spend.

On this trite, but never too often repeated
axiom, the Ledger makes the following most
excellent comments. There are few, at the
present time, who will not feel their force:
"B,swell, in his Life of Johnson, tells u
story of a Mr.. Langton, an acquaintance Of
the great photographer, who maintained o
household in a style of elegance and even
luxury, apparently far beyond his MEANS sim
ply because he never purchased anything until
he had the money to give for it. The celc-
brated John Randolph is well known to have
said, that, there was one maxim worth more
than all others, for the conduct of life, and that
it "pay as you CO." As the experience Of
every man who has lived to the age Of forty,
comedies with this opinion, it seems at first,
astonishing, that SO many people fall into Pc
cunary difficulties, in consequence of spending
before they have earned. But, in the flush of
youth, present enjoyment is nearly all that is
thought Of; the future is dismissed with shrug;
every effort is made TO forget the cold coun-
sells Of wisdom. 1t requires, therefore. that
the great truth which We have placed at the
head of this article, should he enforced again
and again. Not only individuals, indeed, but
states, nations, and communities of every size,
suffer by negec,ing this golden maxim.
Why is So much specie now going to Eu.
ropc2 Because the country at large has been
spending money for French silks, French wines,
and other foreign luxuries, before it had earned
the solid cash to pay for them. If we had
waited until we had sold enough grain, cotton,
and provisions; in other words, if we had kept
our importations within our probable export,
We should not now be compelled to send such
enormous quantities of gold abroad.
Why are so many persons complaining that
money is 'tight2' Because they have either
been spending what they have not earned, or
have debtors, who having done SO, are unable
to pay up. In short, all our existing evils can
be traced back, directly or indirectly, to the
violation of this golden maxim. There isno
touchstone to prevent extravaganza like that
ofpaying cash for everything Ifa housekeeper
divides her income into weekly sums, and
spends daily no none than that days proper
ton, she is sure never to get behind hand.
If the merchant mechanic, operative, or retir-
cd gentlemen, estimates what he can afford to
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threaten only when you both intend, and can
remember to perform to- sayt wbatyou mesti
and nfallibly to do as yoq say.i,asta
tits to govern your family assiniithe sight Of
Him who gave you. your authority who will
reward your strict fidelity witk aoeh blessing as
he bestowed on Abraham, ,ora punish your
neglect with such curses as Id sisied on Eli.
~ TRelgioas Herald.
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T. SOUTHC CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY co. 1885,

spend annually, and rigidIy pays cash, there is
no danger of his becoming bankrupt through
excessive expenditure. What the safety valve
is to the steam engine, that is the maxim; earn
before you spend, to commence life. If you
pay as you go, you will always be independent,
always your own master, because never in debt
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poetrp.
IT'S SWEET TO PRAY FOR THOSE WE
= .'.t LOVE.
bY vlCTA rLoRIAS.

III ElCIA FLOhJAS.
'Tis sweet to name the friends we love
AtJesis' shining throne above;
For them to breathe, with ardor, there,
, The fervent spirits earnes. prayer.
Do clouds obscure some loved ones sky
Her bosom heave the deep-drawn sigh?
IT'S sweet, in Faiths fond arms to bear,
Our darling to the Savior's care.
Would we, in place Of darkness, shed
Bright radiance round that dear one's head
The Sun OF Righteousness divine
Can through the shades screnely shine.
Within the sad, the troubled breast,
Would we infuse heavenly rest
'Tis sweet to seek the Prince of Peace,
For he can bid each struggle cease.
Does fond Affection, true and deep,
Its watchings DER some sister keep?
And would 1t to that darling's heart
The richest, purest joys impart?
Does Love, with tender yearnings sigh
To kiss each tear.drop from her eye?
And folding in its soft embrace,
Each sorrow would its words cfface9
How sweet to feel that there's Friend
Who waits our plcadings to attend:
A 70
The dear ones to his presence brought,
Wheneer with tendrest feelings rife
The heart would bless those dear US life
'Tis sweet to bow at courts above
And pray for those we fondly love.
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A Texas exchange says that the earth is so
kind in that State, that {" just tickle her with
hoe, and she will laugh with harvest"
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The KINNEY ExpEDIrIoN.- Mar.
cy is said to have Informed Col Kinney that
there is no resent intention upon the part OF
the President to issue a, proclamation against
his expedition. A Washington lettersato the
New York Iiimcs says:' a,. b41."i-l s"1
Tho most energetic and pcrsevering, efforts
of parties in the Nicaragua Transit interest
have failed to convince our governmentsfthere
arc any reasons why the Kinney expedition
should be interfsrcd with and prevented from
leaving our shores. Itis true the parties going
out are organized into companies, and are arm
ed. This their leader boldly proclaims. but
he denies that this organization and arming are
for any other purpose than sell. f.prpteeaon.
Parties similarly armed and organized are
made mp to emigrale to Jksnsus Sand Ne.
braska, or to Oregon, and many parties Of
e,nigrants from the Old World, especially ls"m
Germany, come over to this country similarly
organized. The hostile intent Of an! armed
party must be shown ere it can be checksd as
an armed expedition in violation of our
neutrality laws. No reasonable proof lof such
hostile intent having been furnished tls exc
cutive very properly refuses to intertsrc WITH
kinney,s enterprise. @. .,s..a.. SOD ,5Tst
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N1axims 10 Guide a iYoung. Man.


Keep good company orsnone.o,:esn
Never be idle. II your ,rllandscaSdot be use.
fully employed, attend to the cultivation Of
Your mind: ,..s,. ,, Is5; - gais3tT
Always speak the, Eutf. - 7.ha b..
Make few promises. { - - yi
Live up to yourengagements. 11:;v
Have no very intimate friendss9T'a
Keep your own secretsif you haxeary.
When you: speak ton Persooss luok him in
the face. .la - EsAas,M
Good company and good conversation are
the very snews Of virtue. .s sGi aui'
Good character is above ak ahfngsielse.
Never listen to loose or idle consersation.
You had better be poisnnst inSyour blood
than III your principles. , s, a. rsgr
Your. character cannot be essentially injured
except by your own acts 1,ihas2 byz
If any one speaks evil ofyou let your life
be so vriuous that none will belisyeshm.
Always speak and ACT as in the psesence Of
God. y .--.,e,y -,
Drink no intoxicating liquors. oyst
When You retire to bed tbipk oye.sshat you
have done during the day. - 10 asos.
Never speak lightly Of religiops assa,
Make no haste to be rich fiyoa- xoula pros.
per. ,....-,, f,,.. .rarfos,
Small and steady gains. give, competency
with tranquility Of mind. ,,a.. ys.l.lGa
Never play at any kind Of @Rx
Avoid temptation through fearsthnt sou may
not withstand it. zoo s., r; p, soir
Earn your money beforeyop ;speadit.
Never run in debt unless yon ssess way to
get out again. ~. .,.-;I ., b,,sarps7
Never borrow if you scap possibly ssoid It.
BE Just before you are geqeropss.s,i
Keep yourself innocent, if you ifwenld be
happy. q" ge..ass. :s:s G.
Save when you are young to spend when
you are old. 90. ,,a
Never think that which you do for, sIelision
is time or money misspent. .,'o-g ii;
Always 60 to meeting when ,Splt possibly
can. :. y,g.,ss,
Read some portion Of the Bible every day.
Often think Of death and your accountability
to God. ''.t ~ ,.-...,-,S
Read over the above mnaaxiais Of lesstu once
week, Saturday night .5.s9d 9,a srs,
A CASE OF REAL DIsrREss.-A Phihdelphis
"A police officer, on Saturday morning,
observed decent looking man take a small
piece of beef off butchers stall iii the mark
ct, and conceal it under his cloak which he
wore The official notified the butcher Of tho
fact, but the latter said that SO decent a, man
must have been driven BY want 70 the com.
mission Of the act. The officer determined to
watch the needy man, and following him for y
considerable distance. observed him going into
house in the upper part of the city The
policeman knocked ut the door; which, was
opened by the man, who, upon seeing the
badge, begged the former for Gods sake not
to arrest him. The officer went into the house,
where he found scene Of destitutiop, In the
midst Of which were four shivering children
eagerly devouring the raw meat. This dark
picture is somewhat relieved by the fact, that
the officer returned 70 the butcher, and told
him Of the sight b, had witnessed, when the
kind hearted fellow gathered up among his
friends fifteen dollars in money, and q large
basket Of provisions, and sent them to the
famishing family rs
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TUE SuBrEnnASEAN TELRoRAPn The
House of Congress has passed the bill an!hor-
izi,.g an underground telegraph to be l l1id to
the Pacific, having first stricken ogt the pro-
vision which gave the contractors two million
acres of land to build it. The. bill only gi.es
the right of way over the public lands I q !he
United States. and extends the laws OF the
United States over the line for protection.
Whether the bill will be acceptable in this
form, is not stated. Ifit'is, Two sears is the
time allowed to complete it and put it, in .op-
Grafton. Colonel Benton says the Digger
Indian will pull up the wires to make hooks
to catch lizards. This is no doubta risk to
which the line is liable. but the projectors, say
they are ready to meet this difficulty and settle
il. Ifthey can go ahead and build the Fpe
with no other assistance from the goYssassps
than the bill gives them they ought % be fe,
warded for their perseverance: II wy bes
great undertaking and a very impoftsat Foae:
Just imagine aiaaily COMMUNICATION bstwaea
the Atlantic cities and San Francisco, With two
thousand miles of wilderness between them,
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Midnight.

Hang their poisons in the sick air"
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05
ATcHIsoN, KANSAS TERRITORY, TUESDAY, JUNE s. 1855.

person is made the property OF another, to
be bought, sold, or transferred forever To
this, we have two answers IN reference to
the subject, before giUing the lar. In the
first place, the term, servant, IN the schedules
of property among the patriarchs, does de-
sigasate the state, condition, or relation in
which one person is the legal property OF
another, as IN Gen. xiv. 30, So. Here
Abraham's servant, who had been sent by
his master TO get wife for his son Isaac,
in order to prevail with the woman and her
family, states, that the man for whom he
sought a bride, was the son of man
whom God had greatly blessed with riches;
which he goes on to enumerate thus, in
the 35th verse: ''He hath given him focks,
and heards, and silver, and gold, and men
servants, and maid-servants, and camels,
and asses:" then In verse S6th, he states the
disposition his master had made of his es-
tate: my masters wife bare son to my
master when she was old, and unto him he
hath given all that he hath" Here, SER
wants are enumerated with silver and gold
as part of the patrimony. And, reader,
bear it in mind; as if to rebuke the doc
trine of abolition, servants are not only
inventoried as property, but as property
which God had giren to .46raham. After
the death of Abraham, we have view of
Isaac at Gerar, when he came into pos
session of his estate; and this is the des-
cription given of him: s'And the man
waxed great, and went forward, and grew
until he became very great; for he had
possession of flocks, and possession ofherds,
end great store of servants" Gen. XVI.
13, Ia. This state, in which servants are
made chattels, he received as an Inherit
ance from his father, and passed to his son
Jacob.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05
To be Continued.
How to Borrow.

a certain editor well known for his bonne
fortune, threw his smiles upon ''rat'' oI
the Imperial Academy of Music. The
"rat'' experienced a natural anxiety to
10 gnaw the purse-strings of her admirer
but could not exactly see her way. While
thinking this matter over, Bohemian Of
her acquaintance came in.
'Do you think" said the young artist.
''that v will be willing to lend me
5000 francsa"
''More than doubtful. But he might be
| induced to do it. Write as / shall die
tate"
Is Beloved, expected some money
this morning, and have been disappoin-
ted"
"That is very old story" interrupted
the rat.
Go on. Bring me, then, beseech you,
5000 francs, and come and dine with me
at the same time. have splendid pheas-
ant"
..'And do you think said Mile Alphon-
sine, when the letter was gone, ''that
shall get my money, or rather VS.
money, with thata'
with such letter, my dear friend,
you will not get a sou, or know nothing
of the human heart"
"Then, why did you make me write
it?"
because it was essential that first
note should precede the one was about to
dictate to you.'
"What write another2'
"Only two words"
"Dear friend: Consider my letter as
not written. At the very moment l had
dispatched it, the expected remittance made
Its appearance; am now richissine. But
don't forget, expect you to dinner; the
pheasant is magnificent
The second letter was sent after the
first.
"Now," said the Bohemian, ssthis is what
win happen. V will pretend moi to
have received your second note, and will
show himselfthe more generous, in that he
will not believe you are not in want of
money"
1t happened as the Bohemian Lad anti
pated. V offered the 5000 francs
with the idea they would not be accepted;
but, to his infinite horror, they were poek-
eted at once. To complete his misfor-
tunes, there was not even pheasant TO
console him. The Bohemian ate it the
same evening with the Assistance of Mile
Alphosine, In cabinet of the Maison
Dores.