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Importance of Saving Good Seed
Wheat.

1t is not possible for any one to compute
the pecuniary advantage that would ac-
crue to our nation, were all farmers of the
country to makea proper selection OF his
seed wheat for only q few successive years.
There is broad and inviting field open on
this subject, for every ambitious farmer to
exercise his skill i'll improving the produc-
tiyeness of our wheat growing fields by
producing new varieties OF wheat, which
will yield large heads and plump kernels
of choice grain. The pr0lGcacy of wheat
may be improved to wonderful extent by
proper management; and if a prolific Va
rriety of wheat can be brought out, that
will yield only few bushels more per acre
than the ordinary varieties, the advantage
in the aggregate would be u consideration
of no small magnitude DR.. N@lcker, in
recent lecture before the Royal Institute,
London, stated that in a country OF Nor
folk the average produce OF wheat was, in
1878, fifteen bushels per acre; i'll l7oG,
twenty eight bushels per; acre inls62, tli:-
ty-two to thirty-six bushels peracre the III
crease being due to drainage, tillage, and
to the growth of improved varieties.
On this subject, Hon. Isaac Newton,
Commissioner of Agriculture, says: ga
new variety of wheat introduced into q
district has in some instances proved OF
very great value. 1t is said that the pro-
duct of one quart of a variety brought from
North Carolina in lS45 had in nine years
benefited the farmers Of Preble county,
Ohio, alone, more than 100000 by the
gain over what would have accrued from
the continued use Of the old varieties"
The proliicacy of our cereals, and wheat
in particular, is subject that has been
seriously NEGLECTED for many years past,
even by those who have reputation for
being excellent farmers. Seed wheat
should be selected every successive season
with direct reference to theprolltcacy OF
the variety. In many instances, thirty
bushclcs Of grain might just as we'll be
grown on one acre as fifteen, with the
Same cultivation and the same fertilization.
When wheat is in the path of degcneracy
the best soil in the country, the most tav-
orablc season, and the most thorough and
intelligent cultivation will fail to produce
remunerativc crop.
Intelligent breeders Of swine select their
seed animals with an especial reference to
the prolifcacy of the dam that will rear
twelve or fourteen pigs. In some instan-
ces we see this principle neglected or en-
tirIeIy ignored. And what is the eonse-
quence? Why, instead oftwelvc or four
teen sleek, plump and thrifty pigs, the sow
drops only two or three at a litter. On
the same principle, we often see short
heads Of wheat only half filled with small
kernels of grain, when, if the seed had
only been selected with reference to It's
prolifeacy, to yield would have been
twice the amount realizcd.-Ncw York
| Times
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The Harrow-.-Why is it Used {?


The harrow is an ancient implement,
and has been familiar to the husbandman
for a thousand years. Shall we speak
evil of this venerable and ancient servant
of the farmer? WIFI it do to criticise
closely and look sharply into it's action
after the approval Of SO many genera
tions? We'll, this is an irreverent age.
Old opinions and old things are cast aside
without a twingc of conscience, and
scarcely with show of politeness: Eve
rything must stand the fest Of new "scru-
tiny and new IDEAS
The object of narrowing is to level,
pulverizc, or loosen the soil, and some
times to cover grain. 1t answers the
purpose of leveling the earth, but it's
most important object is to loosen and
mellow the soil. Now the teeth of the
harrow are cones, points down, and on
entering the soil, the pressure is princi-
pally downwards, with some lateral pres
sure-moving the earth in the line of the
draft-pulverizing thin surface and COM
pacting that below. AS the harrow
moves forward the tendency is to press
everything down, which is more clearly
shown sits passageis is repeated @nd after
passing over mellow soil six times the
surface becomes compact crust. A
stick in the shape of harrow tooth is
frequently used by the miller to pack
flour in barrels, and so effectual is it, that
with little repetition the surface may be
made almost impenctrable. A new road,
thrown up from loose earth, can be rem
dered solid for the passage of wagons by
the use of the harrow sooner than any
other implement. In order to mellow the
earth it must be lifted and not packed.
The construction of the harrow is wrong
in principle. 1t does just the opposite of
what is intended 1t is only on those
soils which arc loose anu light and need
compacting that the harrow should be
used, and here it performs its Office admi-
rably. To cut up and loosen hoed sur
face it is quite useless.
The improved cnltivators, with teeth
constructed to lift and pulverize the earth,
should be used on heavy soils or those ca:
silly packed. There is a cultivating har-
row, with lifting teeth in the shape of
small mold boards, which cannot be too
highly commended 1t leaves the soil in
fine tilth, about three inches deep, and
covers grain admirably. 1t is not adap-
ted to deep tillage, but for surface culture
works we'll. The harrow draws tho
grain into the ridge, covers unevenly, and
thus renders it less able to stand drouth.
The drill is the true implement to dis
tribute and cover grain, as it distributes
evenly at the bottom of small furrow,
and covers to II uniform depth. The
dews arc deposited at the bottom of fur
rows, and thus in dry time moisten and
fertiIizc the root. Farmers should study
closely into the action of all their imple.
ments and when one is found wanting,
cast it aside and supply its place with Il
better one.-Moore's RuraL Ne.c YORKER.
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SAVE MoruER's TEAR-Not long ago,
two friends were sitting together engaged
in lettcr-writing. One was young man
from India. The otber,:a female friend,
part of whose family resides in the far off
land Tho former was writing to his
mother in India When his letter was
finished, his friend offered to inclosc it in
hers, 10 save postage "Ifsent separately
it willreach her sooner than if sent through
a friend, and perhaps at may soue her a
tear" His friend was touched with his
tender regard for his mothers feeling,
and felt with him that it was worth pay
ing the postage to save his mother tear
Would that evcry boy and girl, every
young man and every young woman,
were equally saving of a mothers tear.
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A correspondent of the Vicksburg
Herald gives an account of q .mixed"
meeting at Bolton. He says:
The conclusion was a few lmpromptu
remarks from DIR. Burt Walton, colored,
who said II tell you, you are all a set
set of d--n fools, you havn't got much
cotton to pick, no how, and you had bet
ter be in the field picking out what little
you have, than here trying to learn poll
tics"
"A modern philosopher, taking the
motion of the earth on its axes at seven
teen miles second, says that if you take
off your hat III the street to bow to a
friend, you go seventeen miles bareheadcd
without taking cold.
An incautious individual of Tcrre
Hautc the other day, after smoking, put
his pipe in his pocket with package OF
powder He was seen shortly after look
ing good deal surprised, and inquiring
for his coat tail and q large piece of his
pantaloons.
"A note from the President to Mr.
Blacquc, the new Turkish minister, re-
qucsting an interview with him, was tclc-
graphcd by mistake to Judge Black, who
hurried all the way from Pennsylvania
obcdient to the supposed executive sum
MONS The affair created much amusc.
mcnt in Washington.
"A lady was asked the other day why
she choose to live a singlclife. She naive
ly replied: Because am not able to sup.
port husband Sharp!
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I have committed [ was once worthy
and spectable-drinlz and the gaming
table have produced the wreck which you
see. Having exhausted the last farthing
for liquor, and being without means to
satisfy the intolerable cravings within me,
my sufferings became uncomfortable, and |
resolved to put an end to my sufferlngs
st once For this purpose I procured u
pistol, and strayed to an obscure place !;
but when I arrived at the place where l
had resolved to add selfmurder to my
sins, an unaceountable terror seized me,
and I paused. While in this state OF in
decision. stranger appeared, walking
leisurely along the shaded lane; suddenly
the thought occurred to me that by ta-
king this mans life might replenish my
exhausted funds. Without a second
thought [ concealed myself, and, as he
approached within pistol shot, I fred and
he fell I approached the dying man, and
drew from his pocket well-filled pocket
book but at that instant glanced upon
his face, and oh! horror of horrors, be-
held there the features of q long absent
brother. dropped the pockct-book and
fled; but the memory of that murdered
brother-the anguish depicted in those
features when, in his dying moments. he
gazed upon me, revealing that in that
awful moment he had recognized in his
murderer his brother, have ever haunted
me, and, added to constitution weaken
ened by previous excuses, have now re-
,duced me to tho brink of an eternity of
despair. I am the murderer. Edmund
Osgood is innocent J"
This statement procured an acquittal
for Osgood; and we have only to add that
few months witnessed his nuptials
with the object of his affections, where
we leave them in the enjoyment of the
bliss of the honeymoon, for humanity is
so subject to changes and vicissitudes,
that we presume not to trace their history
farther.
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"A man in Maine was recently asked
to subscribe for achandelicrf for the church
Now said he, what's the use Of a chad
delier p After you get it, you can't get
any one to play on it,
= Somebody who writes more truth
fully than POLITICALLY, says: can angel
without money is not thought SO much OF
nowadays as devil with bale OF green
backs.'
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= Necessity is the mother of inven-
tion," but it has never been accurately as
ccrtained who is the father
We cannot remember night so dark
as to have hindered the approach of COM
ing day, nor storm so furious or dreadful
rs to prevent the return of warm sunshine.
less sky.
M Mother-aHcre, Tommy, is some nice
castor oil, with orange juice, in it"
Doctor-"Now don't give all to Tom
my leave some for me-"
Tommy (who had tasted it before (Doc-
tor is a nice man, ma; give it all to the
Doctor"
"A wise man once said, seTbere are
three things that will surprise us when We
get to Heaven: First, to find many there
whom we did not expect. Second, not to
find many there whom we did expect.
Third, the greatest wonder will be to find
ourselves there
= Emmerson says: "It is pleasant to
see refinement penetrating into retired
homes. The more piano the less wolf, the
less dirt. The beautiful should never be
out Of thought. 1t is right that the
bread should be put upon the table in a
comely shape as that it should be eaten" "
A fellow at the race course was stag
gering about the track with more liquor
than he could carry. "Hallo, what's the
the matter now p said chap who had been
run against. "Why, why-hic-why, the
fact is lot of my friends have been bet
ting liquor on the race to-day, and they,
have got me to hold the stakes for
them.
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AN HouR a DAY.-There was q lad
who, at fourteen, was apprenticed to- a
soap boiler. One Of his resolutions was
to read an hour a day, or that rate, and
he had an old silver watch left him by
his uncle, which he timed his reading by.
lie stayed seven years with his master,
and said when hs was twenty-one he
knew as much as the young squire did.
Now, let US see how much time he had to
read in, in seven years, at the rate of an
hour each day. 1t would be 1850 hours,
which at the rate of eight reading hours
per day, would be equal to 80 days !;
equal to forty-fve weeks; equal to
twelve months; nearly one years read
ing. That time spent in treasuring
up useful knowledge would pile up very
large store. am sure it issworth trying
for. Try what you can. Begin now. In
after years you will lood back upon the
task as the most pleasant and profitable
you ever performed.
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THE W1FE.-Only let a woman be sure
that she is precious to her husband-not
useful not valuable, not convenient SIM
ply, but lovely and beloved; let her be
the recipient of his polite and hearty at
tention, lot her feel that her care and love
are noticed, appreciated and returned, let
her opinion be asked. her approval sought,
and her jud dgment respected in matters of
which she is cognizant; in short, let her
only be loved, honored and cherished, in
ful6llment of the marriage VOW, and she
will be to her husband, her children and
society wellspring OF pleasure. Shc1will
bear pain, and toll and anxiety, for her
husbands love is to her tower and for
tress. Shielded and sheltered therein,
adversely will have lost it's sting.
She may suffer, but sympathy will dull
the edge of sorrow. A house with love
in it-and by love / mean love expressed
in words, and looks. and deeds, for have
not one spark of faith in love that never
crops outs to house without love, as
person to machine; one is life, the
other is mcchanism-the unloved wo-
man may have bread just aslight, house
just as. tidy as the other, but tho latter
has spring of beauty about her, q joyous
ness, an aggressive, penetrating, and per-
vading brightness to which the former is
stranger. The deep happiness in her
heart shines out in her face. She CLEANS
over it.
Its airy and graceful, and warm and
welcoming with her presence; she is full
of devices and plots, and sweet surprise
for husband and family. She has never
done with the romance and poetry Of life.
She herself is lyric poem setting herself
to all pure and gracious melodies. Hum
Bile household ways and duties save for
her a golden significance. The prize
makes her calling high, and the end sane
titles the means. "Loye is heaven, and
heaven is love-"
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LETTER FROM CHARLES SUMNER.-It is
rivcn out that Charles Sumner has ad-
dressed letter to an important person
ago in Washington, earnestly warning
the Radical against Grant. The letter
charges duplicity and conservatism upon
the General, and hurls several Latin and
Greek denuncations at his head for his
abetting the displacement of Stanton by
accepting the Secretaryship. Grant is
said to be exceedingly annoyed at the in
situations of Sumner and Greeley, and
in consequence of the Tribune's impudent
assaults upon him, cherishes an antipathy
towards all newspaper men, which has
proved fatal to the enterprise of the cor
respondents who have within few days
had occasion to visit him.
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SoU1Bs FROM THE LOUISVILLE DEMOCRAT.
Sheridan pretends to take his removal
very coolly, but every one knows he was
very much "put out"
A warning to the Secretary of the
treasury of the good ship America-Bro-
lSers ahead
Killing cattle on railroad shows the
conductor to be governed by a low-cow
motive.
Hogs cannot be carried on sbipboard,
for fear they would cat the mast.
The astrains" of some singers are more
perccptible to sight than hearing.
Using Sickles is a poor way to harvest
crop of Southern loyalty.
Radicals claim to go to the root of the
matter. So does hog.
The treasury is on its last legs, and
they are shin-plastered.
kentucky is good ship with an indif:
ferent Helm.
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THIRTY WOMEN STARv1NG.-Thirty wo-
men in Montgomery, Ala, with children,
numbering ninety-six in the aggregate,
published card in the papers ofthat city,
in which they declare that they are suffer.
ing for the absolute necessaries of life, and
can get no work with which to support
themselves and their helpless children.
They state that they have been receiving
assiatance from the United States Govern
and from Dr. Rose, but these scurcese
have been closed.
They appeal for help, and say: "We
know not what to do to avoid starvation.
The wailings of our children for bread are
horrible to hear. Unless we obtain some
assistance, we must starve." This, Ger.
tainly, piteous appeal; it has the pathos
of hunger. 1t is to he hoped the citizens
of Montgomery will not disregard cry
of distress so full of agony-literall the
wall of the widow and the orphan These
women are the widows of Confederate
soldiers who perished in the battle or died
from diseases ofthe camp. They were the
victims of the mad ambition Of their lead
ers, and their starving wives now cry out
for help in the very city where the "South-
ern Confederacy' was organized and set
in motion. When the fallen husbands of
these thirty widows left their homes for
the war, it was far from their thoughts
that their families would be fed by the
bounty of the United States Government
in the place where the flag ofthe rebellion
was so proudly reared But in-its mercy
and bcncvolence, has saved not only these,
but tens Of thousands in similar circum-
stances from starvation and death.
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THE
CHRISTIAN NEIGHBOR
A WEEKLY PAPER at Two Dollars year in ad-
yancc,-the eleventh copy gratis to any one send
ing ten subscribers. 1t will be
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AIN hDS OOA1H,
/. OF Christianity universal, and also particular,
ms opposed TO war; offensive or defensive.
.. Of the internal unity of the Church, as op-
posed to the pretensions of externalism.
3. OF Methodism, as holding the Head, and as
consisting with the essentials, liberty, and charity
of Christianity.
f. OF Civil government and Patriotism, as they
consist with the Divine Government and general
Bonignity.
s. OF Equality" as it consists with Christian
lied common sense
&. OF education physical, mental. religious, and
moral, as Of the first Importance.
A RECORDER,
OF general intelligence from the household, agri-
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litical world. And
AN ADVERTISER,
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Church.
Donations of Endowments will be used excu-
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NATIONAL HOTEL,

Near the Greenviue and Charleston Depots
COLUMBIA, S. C.
TIE public is informed that the above Hotel has
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throughout, for the accommodation of Regular and
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= The shelbyville Union speaking of
confiscation, says that "nobody but an ar
rant fool will ever buy real estate at q
confscation sale; and nobody but arogue
will accept a gift of confiscated proper
tY.n
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murderIand, Notwithstanding his pro-
testations of innocence, he was hurried
before magistrate, and of course COM
mitted. Tho night succeeding his cxami-
nation, however, by some secret agency
he was released from confinement and
fed. Rewards were offered for his ap-
prehension, and the emissaries of the law
were dispatched in pursuit. The fugitive
eluded their grasp, however. until i'm
PEELED by an irresistible desire to converse
once more with the object of his affec-
tions, he bent his steps thitherward-and
this, as we have seen, led to his detection.
With well-directed blow he laid the
foremost of his pursucrs at length upon
the ground, and made good his retreat.
A cry was raised, which called out the
villagers in such numbers that the fugi-
tive found it impossible to escape, and he
resigned himself into their hands, and
was again placed in confinement.
The day of trial arrived day OF ago.
nizing interest to the maiden, who fully
believed every statement of her lover in
regard to the dreadful occurrence; but
circumstances were 80 decidedly against
him, that there could not be the remotest
hope OF his acqulttal. The evidence for
the State, given clearly and concisely, and
the prisoner had nothing to offer in de-
fence but the simple statement which he
had from the first steadfastly adhered to.
The Judge was about to deliver his charge
tp.the jury, when a message was present
ed.in court, requesting an adj journmcnt,
as:somo developments were being made,
which might put q different feature upon
the affair.
In the alms-housc lay a miserable be-
ing, about to depart to that home from
whence no traveller returns. Finding
himself upon the threshold of an eternal
world, he had sent for Clergyman and
magistrate, to whom he made the follow
ing statement:
aMy name is Murdoch, and worthy
man is about TO suffer for q crime which
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LIST OF LETTERS.

LIST OF LEI TERS,
in the Post Office ia HilIsbor
~ y. Z. on the lst Of April, 1867, which
taken out in one month will be seut 10 the Dea
ter Office.
Miss Lou Atwater w r Jones
Win Anderson Miss Sarah Jones
Atkinson & Johnson Mrs Ellen Junson
James Allen William James
NJ Andersen q Isaac Lilly
J.. :. Blackwelder 2 Thomas Lipscomb
Andrew Brown William Lipscomb
w A Bradsher .itl IF Lord
Miss Ella Burton ii G Melnirley
Mi,s II / Brown Willian Mansfield
Vim H Burton Mrs Mary Msefarlar
William BaIden George Mexly
Miss Ruth Barnes Miss Annie NJ Nc
Mary Z |. Brown Isaac Msyburn
Rachel Brown (corJ.l q Morgan
Miss Margaret BrotkSell Basil Manly
] G Beasey Willicm Monk
w H Crockett . Caleb Newell
Miss Caroline Garden G w Norwood 3
n II Carter Miss Sallie Lee Mic
Willis Coggins Aihant Prodhumme
Vim X Clark John Pool
Mrs Ida CFomarrin g Pratt
Chesly p Courh 2 Webster Price
William Gates DIR James Payne
Harvey w Clark Mrs Silva Parker
Monroe Cash X Packard
Mrs NJ Lou Clark Miss Annabel Robr
Catharine CLARK Miss y A Ray
James Garden Miss Harriet Riley
4 X Cawthorn Mrs Helen Rhodes
Miss Marih Gates David Roads jr
Ms FeIice Crufeu Mrs e Rowen
Nancy Derum James w Robson
William Dunnegan Miss Sarah Snipe
Elizabeth Dunnegan w n smith
Samuel Hinton Anderson Steward
Miss Mamie Fowler James A Stanfcld
Miss Caroline Faucet Miss Henrietta Sids
Mrs Patsy Gllbreth m Sugg
John Gates Miss Rebecca SaunS
L q Garrett |. l. Savage & 20
w VI Jordan y Smith
ID G Gunter Miss Thennie Sidbu
q l. Gibbons William Thirst
Alexander Greenly r Fomlin
! w Gates w . Thompson
" lille i Gates PS Wood
Mars Henderson Philip ; Wood
Miss Anna Hardss Miss Bene Wrigh,
w D Holloway White
Eli Hester Miss Saliie WHITING
Calwel Herndon Miss Mary Wilson
William Hunt David ID Wilson
Miss sail. Kelley Alexander Wilsoa
p p Hammer Hiss Milly WalNor
Juds Howard Joseph Woods
Mfs T. Jones i wilkins.
~ Persons calling for any Of the above
will please say they are advertised.
ID. HEARTT, p.
April |.