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Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-09-11
Root Culture in England.

A recent number of tho Bucks coun-
ty (Pcnn.) IntelIigencer contains y let
ter from Pennsylvania visiting in
Lincolnshire, England, in which he
says:
"With rs, where Indian corn, though
tropical plant, can be successfully
grown from Maine 10 Texas inclusive,
tho turnip is of secondary importance
whilst in Great Britain, and portions
of tho Continent, it is n staple of the
highest valuo, tho great meat produ-
eng food. Its increased culture,
within a few generations back, has
added to tho comforts of tho English
artisans, increased their physical
strength and productive power, and
with that the wealth of tho nation.
Somo political economist, in compu-
ting tho valuo of tho turhip crop Of
Great Britain, estimated it as equal to
tho interest on tho funded. debt Of tho
country. How little can that be un-
derstoods by an American farmer
with his balf.acre patch. Though root
crops are certainly of secondary value
with us, thero can be no doubt We
should ind our interest in giving them
greater attention, if not for fattening
from hygienic motives"
"a scotsman in Liverpool told mt
that he had standing order for l5(
bushels of turnip seed to 60 toIre-
land, whore it was annually sown up
on thu lands and, fed to the stock o
one man; also that in the South o
England. he had q similar Gust tomer a'
70 bushels. Ard tho head of a sees
establishment. il. Edinburgh told MI
that they sell annually 20 900 bushel
Of turnip:seed alone. Think Of that
whom there are 4 600 seeds in tea.
spoopfulll' p
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-09-11
Home Life.

Tho other day I Glanced to enter ;
trends house. lie did not know ]
was III the parlor, and l overheard hi,
conversation. lie was very harsh i,
his dealings with lis child, lie wa.
out OF sorts that morning. eth,
wind was east, and the cast wind blew
i''t" his lungs, and into his soul, and
so'rc'l his mind, and sourcd his heart
ahd so, like q base miscrcant os Lr
was: he vented his bad temper ON his
wife and children. 1t is labit some
men have.
l. his man was talking in hard, un.
christian tonc-tallling as no fatbc,
should talk. lie had lost his tcmncr.
lie was saying what he would be sor.
ry for in a few moments. And tbcn
inc servant announced my presence.
Nllnd you, the man would have said,
ne could not help it: ''Thc boy tcascd
me! He did what cannot cn,lurc
and, on the impulse Of the moment I
spoke my anger. l could not control
mysclf'
There was frown on his face: but
"Hch was announced. being more or
less OF stranger, demanding of him
certain courtc>ics, he at once smooth
ca his face as though nothing had hap
pcn"d-as though the sun was shininu
brightly in the heavens. and tho wind
~ Ao5.n uucIo L "; ;lS. ana in the
most cordial am;l courteous way posi-
bic. gave nc his hand, and emilinely
hadc nc welcome.
lie could not could not control him.
self, simply because he did not think
enough Of his boy-Lccausc lie did
not sufficiently appreciate his family !;
and because he thought that his
home was den in which he could
roar with impunity, and not the great
temple Of Gc,l, where he should walk
as priest and king. And yet, !, almost
a stranger: was sufficiently stronS in
my presence, to cause him at once to
cool down into courtesy, into ailabili-
ty, into politcncss!
l tell you, that many and many n
man: and many and many a woman
in this strange world Of onrs, in which
many things seem to so wrong, will
be gentle, and kind, and charitable,
and full OF smiles outside Of their
houses, with strangers, for whose opin-
ion they do not care one jot, or one
little, and in the house, where all the
happiness Of years depends upon their
sweetness Of soul, and where they are
constantly shedding influences That
will ripcn into the good or bad life OF
a boy or girl, will yield to a pcttish-
ucss and pccvishncss, unworthy OF
them as men and women, and wholly
unworthy of them as Christians
Hepaoorth.
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THE SECRETS OF THE OCEAN.

Mr. Green the famous diver. pivcs
tho following sketch of what ho saw
at the "Siiver Banks" near Hayti
"Ihc banks of coral on which nv d.
wings wcro made arc about forty,
miles in length, and from ten to twelve
IN breadth. On this bank of coral
Is presented to tho diver one of tho
most beautiful and sublime scenes Tho
eye ever bebcld. Tho watcr varies
from ten TO orc hundred feet in deptb
and so clear that tho diver can se,
from two to three hundred feet. whom
submerged, with but little obstruos
I'on to tho sight. The bottom OF the
ocean in many places is as smooth as
marble floor; in others it is studded
with coral columns, from ten to one
hundred feet in height, and from one
to eighty feet in diameter. Tho tons
OF those moro lofty support a pyra-
ma OF pyramidal pendants, each for
ming myriad moro, giving reality
10 tho Imaginary abode of some wa
tor nymph. In other places tho pom
cants form arch TO arch; and, as the
diver stands on tho bottom of tho
ocean and gazcs through the deem
winding avenues, he fluids that thoy
NIL him with rs sacred an awe as If
no were in some old cathedral which
had long been buried beneath old
oceans wave. Hero and there the,
coral extends TO tho surface Of the
water, as if the lofticr columns were
towers belonging to those stately tenn
pies That arc now in ruins. There
wcro countless varieties of diminu-
ut'vo trees, shrubs and plants, in
every crevico Of the corals where tho
water has deposited tho earth. They
wcro all OF a faint hue, owing to tho
pale light they received, although Of
cvory shade, entirely different from
plants that L am familiar with tho
vcgctate on dry land. Ono in parlic-
ular attracted my attention it rc-
scmblcs a sea fan Of immense s;z.
varicgatcd colors, and tho most bril-.
liant hue. Tho fish which lnhabit
these Silver Banks 1 found IS .diffar
aRtS, n fom tho Symmetrical goby to
the globc-likc sunfish, from tho du!-
lest hue TO tho changcable dolphin.
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Rome in 1868.

Mr. John Ripley, in late number
OF "Cooks Excursionist," writing OF
the Eastern trip to Italy, thus rcfer>
to Rome :-''Thc following day being
Sunday, l visited the English, Amcri
cam and Scotch churches; and in Il
| pleasant Interview with DR.. Iyman
OF the American church, learnt Il
1cw particulars OF the things in Rome
N" Protestant place Of Worship. OK.
ccPt III the house of an ambassador Is
permitted within the gates of-thc
city; hence both the English, Scotch.
and American chaprls Cor meeting
roomS,) are all together, just outside
OF the P"rta della Popolo. But
though truth, as typifcd by Protest
ants, may bc cast out and crucifcd
without the gates of Rome, as its
great prototype was without the gates
OF Jerusalem, still like Him it shall,
rise again and scatter its prosecutors
ID the evening ! left Rome, with my
i,rotestanGsm intensified, and my dis
'lkc OF homc and its institutions
greatly increased. Why is it that a
city that is the most rcligiously COY
erhcd on the face of the curth sboulL
present symptoms of misgovcrnmcnt
'h"t DISGRACE no other city to on equal
extent? It's streets arc as dirty ,s
stable yards, and only one thc Corso)
with raised tagged causcwav. and
'ha' in some places is only two feet
"'dr'' and there is only that street
anu another (Via Condotti) that DOS
sess any claim to responsibility, so far
~ appearance is concerned. 1t is dic
hcult to turn the eye in any direction
"ltheuI seeing either a soldier, Il
priest, policeman or a bcggar. :Tis
true that untold wealth is lavishcd on
the churches. whose priests and oltors
p'azc III gold and diamonds and
precious stones: and whose cardinals
FOIL through the dirty streets in sild-
cd coaches, drawn by magnificcntlv
caparlsoncd black horses, and attended
oy three heavy-livoricd footmcn to
each carriage; but so far as the mass
OF tho people arc concerned, thcy arc
stoepcc TO tho lips in darkness, di,L
bour is spy; trade thcro is none,
speech is dumb, and political action
crime. The souls Of the people asll
for light, and tho Government lights
thom candles and gives them display
of fireworks; they ask to SEQ Christ,
and they arc shown a lot of bones
and roles Of dead men; they ask TO
kiss the Son. and thoy arc told TO kiss
the toe Of an old bronze statue; thoy
ask for an atoncment, and they aro
told to climb q staircase on their
knees; they ask for political bread,
and Government gives them a stono
(prison); ard this is Rome in 1868, q
gigantic prison, where liberty lies
bleeding in chains! q dirty theatre
with soldiers and priests for perform
crs, Chlist's altar for q stage, and
slaves for spectators! corpse in a
flower bed, with many tinted vcrmin
fcasting upon its rottcnnoss scar
dal upon the face of tho earth, and
Disgrace to European civilization"
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-09-11
Good Farming.

"Farming is poor business" Y.s
poor farming is very poor business
but good farming is as good q tusi-
ness, At present prices, rs | want, and
wlthal as pleasant. n good farmer
raises sixty ~bushcl of corn por aero
instead Of thirty bushels. lie dou-
Dlcs tho crop and realizes five times
Tho profit. His land is cleaner, and
he has twice the amount Of fodder TO
iced out, and makes twice tn. an.ount
OF manure, and this doubles his r.,tur.
crops and quadruplcs his profits. Ills
land is getting richer AMI richer,
whlle in tho other case it will be like.
~ to get poorer and poorer; ditto
The farmer, and alas ! alas! ditto his
family.
"But what is man 10 do who j.,
poor and h.s poor land ?" If ho has
good health, is Industrious, cconomi
cal, and is possessed Of fair share Of
Sood common sense, ho need have no
doubt as to his being able to rcnovato
his farm and improve his own for
Lune.
faith in good farming is The G.ss
requisite IL this is weak, il will 10
strengthened ty exercise. If v1u
"aTc no faith, &C! as Trough you i:al.
work hard, but do not be 4 lrad.:o.
~ few hours vigorous l:...,or vii, ac-
complish y great deal, and cucouraro
yon to continued cir5rt. 30 rr.!a,,.
systematic, cheerful, and cn.i.u:iaa,i;
10 to bed early, and Sc. up when
you wake. But tal1o sleep cnou.r,.
"A man had better DO in Lc;, ,:..v ah
The tavern or grocery. I4os not
friends, even, keep you up late; "man
ncrs is manners, but still your 'clth's
clth."
'But what has this to do with rood
arming!" Moro than chemistry u,i
tall the science of the schools. Ar,;-
culture is an art and must Lo followed
as such, Science will hclp--i:n;2
onormously-but it will never cnatio
US 10 dispense with industry. Chc,a-
'stry throws great light on tho ar. (.
cooking hrt E--------'--------
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UTILITY OF MoLEs.-An interest
ing experiment, which shows tho scr
vice rendered TO agricu!turist by
molcs and the impolicy of destroying
these littlo qundrupeds has bo en- made
In commune of the Canton Of Zu-
rick, the Municipal Council wore late
ly about TO proceed to the selection OF
a molc-calcher, when NJ. Weber, a
distinguished naturalist laid boforo the
board tho following facts:
Nj. Weber had carefully examined
the stomachs Of fifteon molcs caught
in different localities, but failed to dis
eovor therein the slightest veslige oi
plants or roots; whereas they were
filled by the remains of asccris or
earthworms. M. Weber, not satisfied
by this fact, shut up several moIes in
n box containing soda of earth, on
which fresh grass was growing, aid q
smaller case Of grub and earth-worms
In nine days two moles devoured
throo hundred and forty ono white
worms, one hundred and sixty-thret
earth worms, twenty-five caterpillars
and q mouse, skin aud bones, which
bad been enclosed while alive, in the
box. s. .,
NJ. Weber next gavo them raw
meat cut up in small pieces rnixet
with vegetables, the molos eat til,
meats and left tho piants;' ho. nex
gave them nothing but vegetables; il
tweaty-foue hours two moles died O
starvation. Another naturalist cal.
culated that two meles destroy twenty
thousand white worms in singi,
year, Evidently farmers ought f,
endeavor to multiply. moles rathe
than kill them. Is
June %, 1868:
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ERASMUS AID LADIES EDUCATION

ERASMUS AID LADIES EDUCATION.
Now that go much attention is be-
ing paid to the education of women, it
is well to remember tho man to whom
VIC owe the beginning IF high female
education in England, Sir Thomas
More. Erasmus, writing to Budpus,
in 1921, says (Ep. xviii, rs abstractcd
by Prof: Brewery that "Moro had all
his daughters educated from their in
fancy; first paying great attention to
their morals, and to their learning. :.
They read Livy and similar authors.
Morc's influence has been such that
there is scarco q noblcmaa in tho land
who considers his children fit for
their rank except they have been
we'll educated; ard learning has be-
como fashionable at court. l once
thought with others, shat learning
was useless to tho femalo Sex: More
has quito changol that opinion. E"as-
mus now thinks that nothing go COM
plete'y preserves tho modesLy, or go
scnsibly employs the thoughts Of young
girls, as learning. But such employ
ments they arc kept from pcrnicious
idlcness, imbibo noblo procepts, and
their minds aro trained to virtue.
Many from simplicity andincxporionce,
have lost their chastity before they
! knew that such au incstinablo treas.
uro was IN danger. Nor do 1 see
why husbands should fear lost a
loarEed wife should be loss obcdicnt.
except they would exact from thoir
wives what should not be exacted
from honest and virLuous danes.
think that noIhing is moro ,intracta
bio than ignorance, to say nothing Of
tho fact that similarity Of tastes and
literary inclinatlons is much stren =
ger bond of union between husband
and wifo than moro sensual affection.
Erasmus was heard of women return
ing from church who wonderfully
applauded tho preacher, and graph
cally described his countenance, but
could not repeat word ho had said
Or explain tho course Of his argument
More's daughters, and. such as they
can form an opinion on what they
have hoard, and discriminate between
the good and tho bad. When Eras
mus told More that no would grove
the moro if he lost his daughters
upon whom he had bestowed 20 much
caro-, he replied that ho would ratbe,
they died learned than un!carned
Ehisput Erasmus in mind of photion't
answer to his wife, who Iameated
that hor husband vas to suffer deatl
innocsntly. 'Wife, said he, swould
It be better that 1 should die guilsy?'
j Two little boys playing togeths
4 on the here, thiss week, were ove
heard saying--the onesexultinaly-
D Ey fathers mo- drunk. TIL NIGHT
= The other, 'Hol bit my fathers neve
drunk. .-Arbroyth Guide. - : :
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WEEDS IN FENCE CoRNERs-Onc Of
tho greatest nuisanccs in farming ia
tho way weeds arc encouraged and
projected fn--the crooks and vicinity
of fences, from which places their socd
is scattered over the Surrounding lands.
Tho extent TO which seed is. scattered
by high winds, prove that tho nesli-
gent farmer may annoy hundreds of
others by failing to extcrminato tho
foul herbage. Could tho evils be
concentrated on the farm which Dur.
ses the weeds, th6tconsequonco would
DO proper punishment for his care
]cssness and criminality-for criminal
is any man who hurtures nuisances
that thus injuro the surrounding far
mcrs. The fello# who keeps bull.
dog that annoyssif If no docs not bito
tho passing travefors, may be reached
by the law thatis powericss to re-
press tho injury ioocasionod to his
uoighhors, by the nurseries Of foul
| weeds which are harborcd about his
premises especially in tho vicinity of
his National Examiner.
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Low TO CURE A CANCER-A Mil
waulzcc paper states that, some months
ago, Mr. Il. B. Mason, OF that city, as.
ccrt&incd that he had - cancer Oh his
face tho size cfa pin. Ii WAS cut out ly
DR.. Wolcott, and tho wound partially
healed. Subsequently it g1c7 again:
and while he wasat Cincinr ati on hns.
incss,it attained til" size Of hickory uu.
lie remained there vince Christmas cu!:.r
treatment, and is n2w perfectly curc,l. ~ .
process is this: a piece of stickin:-ar, ,-::r
was put over the cancer, with cir..I.g
piece cut out of the ccutrc, a li;l!a ,.,r...
than the cancer, so That ihc cancer H.: )
small circular rim Of the healthy skin x.
TO it exposed. Then plaster mad ,rc..:io.
ride Of zinc, blood root and wLc". f;:.
was spread on piece OF muslin the siz> ,
this circular opening and applied to the
cancer for twenty.four hours. On removing.
it, the cancer will be found burnt into, end
appear of tho color and hardness Of an oil
shoe sole, and tho rim outside Of it will
appear white and fpar-boilel, as if scal.lel
by hot steam. Tho wouu;l is now dressed.
and the outside lin soon separates, and The
cancer, comes out iu hard lump, and tho
place heslsup. Thcplastcr kills the cancer
so that it sloughs out like dead flesh, and
never grows in again. The remedy was
discovered by DR.. Fell, Of London, and
has been used by him forsix oreight years
with unfailing SUCCESS, and not case has
been known OF the re-appearance of tho
cancer when this remedy has been applied.
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To PRorEor WINES FROM THE At

To PRorEor WINES FROM THE At
TACK OF TIE G,ADY BUG--1st. Dip
q couple Of small! pieces Of c"tto'.
cloth, say about six inches by tive, l.?
coal tar, and place them on each sido
Of the vine. About ihroe or four inchos
from it, and N will drive them off. ), IF
the tar shou1a dry up, and therc is
any nppeafknee Of tho bug, ronew.it.
1sdid not Lore plant last year. 2nda
Make s.rona w6itowasb, and with tho
brush apnl 10 the!hilI." This is high.
| Iy;reeom hspded North, =
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Tho papef Containing many fine
points-the paper Of needles
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Two little boys playing together
on the here, thiss' week, were over
heard saying--the onesexultingly-
Ey= fathers no. drunk th' NIGHT i
The other, 'Hol bit nay fathers never
drunk. .-Arbroyth Guide. :
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LETTER FROM RAMBLER.--TRIp TC
| -JUBILEE.-IMPRONE-
! MENTS.-pROPECTs.-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-07-07
Address of Hon. John Blair Hoge

From the Winchester Times of last week,
we copy the following address of Hon. John
Blair Hoge, before tho Shenandoah Valley
Academy Of that place :
x "Gentlemen. | cannot forecast
your career. ] know not to whom may be-
long the quiet pursuits OF retired and uncon-
tested life; to whom may come the cares and
anxietes OF conscientious craftsmanship. The
future is unrecorded yet its unwritten chap
tiers may portray mighty results shaped and
directed by some mind among your own
some tongue, yet ignorant of its fire, may
command the car of listening senates some
hand yet innocent of its skill, may lead with
victorious sword, the march of serried hosts.
But yesterday, the devout and simple Pro-
fessor filled the measure of routine duty in
one of your schools to-day the name of
JACKSON is worlds accepted synonym of
all that is grand and heroic But yesterday,
the name of LEE shone but with inherited
lustre-to-day, it shines with radient glory
whose originality obscures the renown Of the
past.
But whatever the career of the appointed
for each, the source of all its power, the as
surance of all its success will be in the truth,
the courage and the purity which shall dis
tiuguish it. IL is no idle struggle which
awaits you. \ o mimic tourney offers its spor
tive lists. That warfare to which you are
called is grim and real. No rolling drum
may beat its reveille; no thrilling trumpet
sound its onset no waving banners bear up
on their silken folds your emblazoned battle
cry. 1t is the warfare of earnest, patient,
thoughtful effort marshalled against wrong
and error-perhaps uncheered but never hope
less OF doubtful to those who believe with
trusting faith, in the certainty of Gods eter-
nal justice. 1 said, "perhaps uncheered."
Oh +! [ meant not that. The hosts are already
gathered whose ranks you are to recruit. The
light of living example CLEANS across your
pathway. The example Of those who have
shown to the world, how defeat may be en-
nobled, how the gloom of disaster may be IL
lumined by imperishable glory-how submits
sion to inexorable necessity, may be crowned
with the Hottest dignity. Let US not forget
the record of our brothers and Kindred 1t
vas hard to abandon the dreams of four long
years; to surrender the hopes which had
nerved the arm for battle and cheered the
lone and solitary sadness of the silent bivouac;
to turn the hand which had just grasped the
szbre: to the homely ploughshare or tread
the long burrows of the corn field with the
step which had kept time to the march of
victorious armies Men who had been borne
far upon the red tide of war, found it no easy
duty to hang up their bruised arms and re-
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turn to those quiet pursuits which no CLEAN
of romance might illumine-or fame of hone
full patriotism brighten. Theirs was the
danger of hopelessness, of despair. of wrecked
and aimless lives. But the voice of the crest
Captain was heard-not in the tones of HIGH
command but in urgent, anxious and affee-
tionate counsel Before it the sulleu reluct
aucc with which the hand parted from the
weapon it had worn so long, gave way the;
listlessness which bad succeeded the fever of
stimulated effort, kindled into energy; and
the heroes of a hundred battles arrayed them
selves for the strife aud victories which peace
hath as well as war
1t was the province of the proud soldier to
cheer his comrades once more with a renowu
borne to the farthest limits of civilization,
reckoning him to other lands; with profers
of place and wealth to soothe the regrets of
honorable exile; with every inducement to
lead a mind cast in less perfect mould to seek
in absence from scene of broken hopes, escape
from painful memories-his was the courage
to meet the DEGREES of Heaven with willing
submission; his the purpose to lead his scat.
tered hosts into the paths of new duties, into
the field off new efforts. His, indeed, was the
devotion to cling to the torn and bleeding
Losom Of his loved Virginia: Gentlemen,
that grand example is before you in all its
magnificent proportions Let il be to Won
pillar of light. And from the porticoes of an
ancient college-whiSh bears the name of
Westinghouse heard that voice which cheers,
sustains, and directs. Hearken to it. 1t is
the voice of the widowed mother, speaking
by the tongue of her noblest living son.
Catching the sacred elOquence of its inl-
Pressive counsel, l seal my own weak lips in
silence"