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ASPARAGUS.

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The best soil in which to cultivate aspar
ragus is heavy, sandy loan, without stone,
located where it can have the advantage of
clear sunshine. The bed should be laid
out Systematically; oblong is most desirable,
with cross beds sixteen to twenty feet long,
and as much length as will be necessary to
produce the quantity wanted; the entire bed
should be covered most literally with we'll
rotted manure, and dugu up with long-bla-
ded spade, driven well down; the length of
the blade is sufficiently deep; then lay out
the first bed at right angle with its length,
wide enough to take four rows of roots;
trench four or five inches deep, seven Or
eight inches from the edge of the bed,
wide enough to spread the fibres of the
roots evenly their whole length from the
crowns, and place the crown of each
root fourteen to sixteen inches from the
crown of its next root, each root to be
placed carefully with the hands. When
the roots are placed the length ofthe tench,
cover it up and place boards over it, so as
not to disturb the earth in the covered
trench. Dig out the next trench as before,
SO that the crowns will be the same distance
from the crowns in the first trench as they
are in each trench, and SO on until there are
four rows in bed, always covering each
trench with boards SO as not to tread the
earth after the trench is filled. Then make
a path three feet wide, and commence the
next bed and plant as before, giving three
feet for a path between the beds until COM
pleted. In procuring roots, do not under
any circumstances, get them from seed
stores One of the great failures Of new
beds is from using roots that have lost
their vitality. When already dug up and
exposed for sale, they are put in lands in
mass, and are about as likely to vegetate
knot in the middle for a crown. The roots
should be freshly dug; two-years roots are
preferable. Asparagus should not be cut
until the second year after planting. In
the Fall, after the stubble gets brown, it
should be cut off down to the ground and
covered literally with coat Of well-rotted
manure, and in the Spring the first work
to be done in the garden is to fork up the
asparagus bed with a spading-fork, but not
so deep as to disturb, the roots. Walking
on each side of the bed it can be forked up
without treadipg on it, which never do if
possible to avoid it. Asparagus should
not be cut later than July. Beds embrac-
ing surface of "a by 40 feet require,
when the weeds begin to grow, about one
and a half bushels of salt sowed evenly over
the whole surface, to be repeated with
same quantity twice afterward, when the
weeds grow again. Asparagus beds should
beput out as early as the ground is warm
enough to do SO in April if possible.
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Cut your Hay and Clover before they Ripen.

An interesting discussion is in progress,
among the chemists of continental Europe,
on the true character of that substance
which forms the frame work ofplants, gen.
orally known as aooody fiber. Chemists
have heretofore considered this as u single
proximate element, but the researches of
Dietrich and konig have pretty clearly es-
tablished the complex character of this
substance. There is first the true frame
work, or vegetable fiber, consisting, sub
stantially. of organized starch. To this
substance, the term ceHulose has been ap-
propriated. Covering this true skeleton
is found Il second substance, much denser
than the cellulose, and containing the chief
part of the mineral matter remaining as
ash after the plant is burned. This is call
ed hgain. These forms have heretofore
applied Unfortunately to woody fiber.
The point of interest in the discussion
lies in the fact that cellulose is largely di-
gestable, while lignin is almost indigestible.
Dir. Marcker, ut Wecude, has conducted a
SellcS Vi luStIuctiNt ehpcIiiieHtS Oh TIC Ill
gestion of hay by sheep. Of the crude
fiber of meadow hay, he found that about
60 per cent was digested, and the 40 per
cent which remained in the excrement con-
sisted chiefly of the lignin, containing a
large proportion of the mineral elements of
the food. Of the albuminous portion of
the hay, but 80 per cent was digested, while
the non-nitrogenized substance, such as
sugar, gum, etc. proved more digestible,
GS per cent having disappeared. When
the experiment was repeated with hay of
the second cutting, in which the woody
fiber had not fully matured, it was found
that 6S per cents of the crude fiber was d.
gested. Professor f. Wolff has made 81
milar experiments with red clover hay,
with results almost identical. He ascer-
tanned, however, in another experiment.,
that clover which was cut before it had
blossomed was about one sixth more digest
ible than that which had passed the bloom
before it was cut. From these experiments,
it is fairly to be inferred that the increased
weight which grass acquires in ripening is
from the increase of indigestible lignin,
and not from digestible cellulose. Meadow
grass or clover cut at or before blooming
is worth 1G per cent more than an eqnal
weight cut after it matured. The nutri-
ment in the seed of timothy hay is an
unknown quantity in these experiments,
and will change the results somewhat.
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FASTENING LOOSE WINDOW SAsHEs-
The most convenient way to prevent loose
window sashes from lrattling unpleasantly
when the wind blows is to make four one
sided buttons of wood, and screw them to
the stops which are nailed to the face cas-
ings of the window, making each button
of proper length tospress the. side of the
sash outwards when the end of the button
is turned down horizontally. The buttons
operate like cam. By having them of
the correct length to crowd the stiles of
the sash outwards against the outer stop of
the window frame, the sash will mot only
be held SO firmly thatit' cannot rattle, but
the crack which admitted dust and cur
rent of cold air will be closed so tightly
that no window strips will be required. :
The buttons should be placed ;,bout Phalf
way from the upper to the lower end of
each stile Of the sashes.
-s.~ Industrial Monthly.
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GREEN CORN FODDER.

A correspondent Of, the Country Gentls-
nun says: Having three cows, and not
having the grass for them, / concluded to
soil them with sowed corn entirely. COM
menced about the first of June, and have
fed them beautifully ever since, with the
aid of 1S or 20heads.of small loose cabbage
apiece. Now for the result: The cow, that
would have given on grass 90 quarts per
day, now only gives - quarts; No. ?,
instead of IA quarts per day, now only
s; No. 3, heifer that did give in the past
winter, on dried stalks and feed, quarts
per day, now only 2 quarts. The three
cows are perceptibly decreasing in milk
every day, and fear, by the time cool
weather sets in, there will be more milk
taken from the corn than from TIE cows.
They 5bave.a shady, cool yard to run in
during the day, and are stabbed at night
l was always under the impression that
sowed corn was great supplier of milk.
But have come to the conclusion, SO far
as these COWS show, that sowed corn. fed
alone and continually is not as. valua-
able as we think. But grass and sowed
corn fed together are all that we can ask. -
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VERY Low PRICES FOR CASH

Call and examine my stock before purchasing else
where and lie convinced that you buy cheap ut
home in the city.
April -, 1s7l-r
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POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Washington April 10, 1872.
PROPOSALS will he received at the Contract O'icr
this Depart until :: O'Clock NJ. May 18th,
next Ito he decided by the 5th for carrying the mails
OF the United States from July l. 1872 to June 90 1876
the following in the State of Maryland and
by the schedule of departures and arrivals herein
specified. viz:
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAW
PASSED AT JANUARY SESSION, 1872.
CHAPTER so.

CHAPTER SO.
AN ACT to repeal section cghty-two of Article eight
of the Code of Public Local Laws. entitled Cecil
County, subtitle Elkton," and to re-enact the same
with amendments.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Mary land, That section cightywo OF Article eight of
the Code of Public Local Laws entitled Cecil county
subtitle Elkton be and the is hereby repealed
and re-enactcd so as TO read as follows:
S. The said President and Commissioners shall have
power to levy and collect in said town. not exceed
ing in any year twenty cents the one hundred
dollars the assessle property of said town, but by
a of three-fourths of the whole number Of said
President and Commissioners said may b" levied at
thirty cents in The hundred dollars ard by unanimous
of the whole number Of said President and Coma
msSioners levy Of forty cents in the hundred dollars
and more. may he nadc pT0rided that no levy of
forty cents in the hundred dollars shall I've hereinafter
made in any two successive years and they SHALL dur
ing the month Of January eighteen hundred and seven
tythree. and once in every ten years thereafter, or
ottener. if they think proper appoint an Assessor who
shall under oath and value the property i'll said
town in the manner rs County Assessors: pro-
rd that the asscssabc value for the pur-
pose of taxation shall be only twothirds of the actual
value of the property situated in said town, hut shall
include real personal property situated beyond
its boundaries personal property only constructvey
in said town. though owned by persons residing in said
town of Elkton and proUided turther that in assessing
any of the lands within the town. which may be occu
pied and used farms, or may be part parts OF
farms such lands shall be valued and assessed lots of
four Of ground with the buildings and improve
thereon and shall not he valued ami assessed 10y
the number of therein and it snail he the duty OF
the Town Commissioners of Elktun to Keep fire
engine in good order, and it shall be the duty of the
Bli of the said town to superintend and take of
and preserve the fire apparatus Of the and 10 keep
it in good order and his compensation for such service
shall be regulated 10y the President and four Commits
soncr> OF said town.
A. 7. GORMAN,
Speakers of the House of Delegates.
HENRY SNYDER,
President of the Senate.
Approved April l. lS12:
WM PINhNEY WHITE, Governor.
True copy: test:
JAMES S. FRANKLIN,
Clerk Court Of Appeals of Maryland.
NAV 1 1S12-Sw
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Co-OPERATIoN.-A Farmers Club at
Roanoke, Long Island, has for several years,
purchased for its members large quantities
of fertilizers each season, securing the low
est rates and guarding them against fraud
and imposition. Another in Massachusetts,
has at several different times, introduced
improved stock in its neighborhood. Indeed,
this has been often done in all of the older
States. Others unite for the purchase of
seeds Aud for whatever. purpose they
may wish topromote. it is invariably found
that, as a whole, they work more effect
ually than can the individual member.
With these plain facts before the farmers,
is it not singular that they make no effort
for the organization of neighboring Clubs;
preferring generally to tie themselves to the
merchant who pays his price for their pro-
ducts and charges his price for their sup
plies.
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IMPROVEMENT OF STocK.-As it is the
general recognized maxim that the exterior
form partakes more of the conformation of
the sire than the dam, and as one sire will
to some extent improve the whole of each
years stock, while female gives but one
superior beast, procure superior males at
whatever cost; and should they be too ex-
pensive for the size of farm, let two or three
farmers join in the purchase and keep of
one animal.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-09
THE LOUISIANA FACTION FIGHT.

NEW ORLEANS, December T..
The customhouse returning ooard proDul-
gated election returns for members OF the
Legislature differing materially from Inc
Warmeth returning board. Two Legislatures
will probably meet.
Governor Warmoth declares that he does not
intend To obey Judge D1rels order to deliver
nm the election re,urls 10 LoDgstreet, Lynch,
Heron and Boveei that he ID governor ol
Louisiana, and does not acknowledge me
right of any court to paralJze hls executive
functions. 49, .,s,o1
Between four hundred and five hundred
troops are quartered In varlons !ocalues oi
the clty. ana more we're to arrive from LOUIE
Vile last night. .,,.u, .o,,rn.d
The members of the Legislature returned
elecled by the Yarmouth board generally ex-
nrrss a determination to convene on MONDAY,
In accordance with his proclamation. Tnere
Ia not much excitement outside OF political
At q large meeting Of capitalists and prop
erty holders 1t was determined to SEND q dele.
cation 10 Washington to represent the exact
Condition of affairs. Judge Durell has Issued
q sweeping restrictory order, on application OF
q. C. Antoine, against Governor Yarmouth
and ali other State officials, clerks oil House
and Senate, the chief of police, and others,
nreyeptiDg any interference whatever with
Inc assembling of the Legislature, and forbid
ding ali persons from participating as mem
bers who have not been returned as such BY
The Customhuuse returning board, and who's,
names are not transmitted by the secretary O
state to the clerks Of the Senate and House.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-09
JOTT7NGS ABOUT TIE STATE.

The burning of some shingles on the shed
Of q wooden cabin brought out the Fire De.
psrtment Of Georgetown on. last Friday, but
tue flames were soon extlngulshed.
The absence OF the United States deputy
marshal from Laurens has caused the Herald
to note the tact that no arrests have been re-
ported for two weeks.
Mr.. Frederick W. Ford, for thirty years
one of the most successful rice planters In
Georgetown County, died OF paralysis at his
plantation near that town on Friday evening
last.
An encampment OF gypsies near George
town has excited The fair sex Whereabouts, and
''has your fortune been told ?" is now as COM
mon q form of salutation as ''how IL your
horse ;"
Mr.. Thomas P. Hough has retired from
the management of the Keowee Courier, and
the paper will hereafter be conducted by the
remaining members OF the firm, Messrs. Robt.
A. Thompson and VIM. c. Keith.
The Lancaster Ledger complains that by
the connivance Of the postmaster OF that place
with the mail carriers on the Camden route a
serious delay Is caused TO the prejudice of the
people for whom mails were established.
"A colored boy named Richard White, aged
about twelve years, was accidentally drowned
In Winyah Bay, near the old fort on Monday
last. The drowning was caused by the sink-
ing of a boat laden with 6re-woed. The body
was recovered only alter lie was extinct.
Mr.. Burr J. Ramage, who has long and
faithfully served the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad as lis agent at Newberry, has re-
resigned that Office, and Captain II. B. Mazyck
having received the appointment, entered
upon his duties on Monday last.
The editor Of the Anderson Intelligencer,
Mr.. James A. Hoyt, met with an accident TWO
weeks ago, which caused painful Injuries to
his left ankle and foot, and has kept him con-
6ned to his home until within the last few
days. He Ia now able to walk upon crutches,
but hopes to dispense with at least one OIL
these uncomfortable appendages shortly.
The Elliott Hook AID Ladder Company OF
Orangeburg celebrated their anniversary on
the 30th ult. The truck was profusely deco.
rated by the ladies', and after the parade q
beunteous supper closed the festivities OF the
day. The company occupy q new hall, aao
show such efficiency That Orangeburg need
! not fear the fate of Chicago or Boston.
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but defective In another respect that would
have produced the most serious embarrass-
ments If the tax had been allowed to be col
lected under II. 1t made no provision what
ever for the fiscal year commencing No.
vember l, 1872. Section 4, Article 9
of the constitution, requires that no tax shall
be levied, except In pursuance Of o law which
shall distinctly state the object OF The same,
and to which object such tax shall be applied.
II the tax, therefore, had been collected under
the Joint resolution referred 10 above would
have been required to apply 1t IN accordance
with the constitution, and the law 10 The
object for which it was levied, viz: the fiscal
wear commencing November lst, 1871, and
therefore, no portion of 1t could or would have
been applied to the fiscal year commencing
November lst, 1872, and no claims OF
auv kind under any appropriation
act could or would have been paid during lhle
fiscal year. Thus, for the fiscal year COM
mencIng November !, 1871, there would nave
been the proceeds OF two entire separate
taxes, but for the fiscal year commencing No.
VemD6E i, lSiE, uOuO Wno'OrO' oN NS
circumstances, therefore. we deemed 1t best
to apply for an injunction restraining the col
lection of the lax. A temporary Injunction
was obtained, which was afterwards made
permanent, and thus lha collection OF the tax
was suspended and postponed until the
General Assembly could convene and
provide for the emergency 10 a man
ner that would be O Constitutional, and
at the same time not productive Of the
serious endorsements referred to above.
There Is a bill now pending In the House OF
Representatives, which was reported by the
committee OF ways and means; 1t first pre-
vides for a general tax for the present fiscal
year, commencing November lat, 1872, aud
also provides q special tax for the deficiencies
of the previous fiscal year, commencing No.
vember lst, 1871; ~
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
fsipned) F. L. CARDozo,
Treasurer of South Carolina.
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marr,en.

Sd instant, blythe Rev. Johu I. Wighiman.,D.D.,
WILLIAM 8. PRIsCB 10 IDA. daughter Of Tneo. a
Whitney, Esq all Of this city. 90a 81 f7a.. 5'zs =
Observation-Disclosures ;Thursday'
evening, december s, 1879, at the residence q, tho
bride. by the Rev OBJ. NorthroD. h. 7. LARoUs-
No cards. rl-a,. a. 90,
CARY-AoCREARY.-At, the resifencaz or the,
BRIDES mother, On The 2rsr November, BY ne
rev. A. p. Norris Nj. W. h. GARY and Mig b. 4.
McCRRARY. all OF Barnw.l. No cards. ~, -, =
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which provides that sail sales OF personal or
real estate or other Interest now or hereafter
ordered to be made by the Courts of Common
Pleas or Courts Of Probate OF this State, OF
under the authority thereof, shall be made BY
The sheriff Of the county in which said real or
personal estate, or other interest, is at the
time said sale Is ordered"
Senator Jervey, colored, Charleston, intro
duced bills to incorporate the Charleston
Coastwlse transportation Company. and the
Peoples Loan and Real Estate Company Of
Charleston. These bills are exactly similar to
the two bills with the same titles recently In.
troduced In the House, aud already described.
Senator Dunn, Horny, introduced the fol.
lowing resolution. which was adopted,
and which, taken In connection with the 40.
ton taken in the House upon the subject, In.
dicates a decided Intention on the part OF the
General Assembly to give the matter of public
printing and advertising a general overhaul.
ing {:
Be IL resolved by the Senate, the House OF
Representatives. concurrlng, That the clerks
OF The Senate and the House of Representa-
ISoo uet duu Ihey dEo ucTeOy required TO re.
porto the Senate aud Hou,e all Information
In their possession relative to all contracts
now existing between them and the different
newspapers Of the State for the publication OF
the acts and Joint resolutions OF the General
Assembly, to wit Tue number of papers, The
price, the circulation of each, the price per
line, and the entire cost OF snch publication.
The Senate then got to work upon its calen
dar business, tho most important Item of
which was the consideration of a bill by Sen.
ator Whittemore, requiring county commits
sioners to furnish a bond before entering
upon the dulles Of thelr office. There was
quite a long and animated debate as to the
amount of bond that should be required, but
It was finally settled that In Char County
a bond Of ten thousand dollars should be re-
qulred, In Beaufort, Barnwell and Richland a
bond of FIVE thousand dollars, and In each of
the other counties two thousand dollars, and
that the act shall not take effect until the
next general election, and in this shape the
bill was passed and ordered to be engrossed
for Its third reading
The rest of the measures upon the Senate
calendar were referred to their appropriate
committees, except the joint resolution to re.
peal the resolution authorizing the Governor
to employ an armed force for the preserva.
ton. Of the peace, which received Its second
reading and was ordered t 10 be eDgroased.
PICKET.
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OUR SOUTH A1zASTIc YEIGHBoRs.
!. GeorgLA.

r. 1.eH F-IFs 60
There are now five hundred aud three, Pc
tients In the Georgia Lunatlc. Asylum, and the
arrivals average one and o halt Der day.
The Rev. N. d. Henderson, rector of
Emanuel Episcopal Church In Athens, dbsd on
Monday morning.
With n horse. Mr.. Mallory J. Thornton,
q young farmer Of Ebert County, made seven
teen bales of cotton.
Atlanta Is complaining Of the want Of
water and improper drainage, that threaten
to make that city one OF the most unhealthy
In the South. -
The sale of the Brunswick end Albany
railroad, as the Atlanta Constitution learns
from q private source, has been postponed I'M
I'll June.
"A well.known jokist gof. Macon, ssgsf:
"Sinoe the advent OF the epizooiy mines meat
has declined eight cents q pound, and he has
the nightmare every night after eating mince
pie."
-Rents are said to be declining In savan.
nah, q reduction Of fifteen 10 twenty percent.
being made Ia many instsncesb By landlords
who have failed TO let their houses at previous
high rates. = }aE-.
AT the public sales In Columbus, on Tues.
day last, much real estate was sold at mode.
rate prices. Valuable farming lands In that
section brought from ten to twenfy-one dol
lars per acre. There was no: demand tot
large plantations.
JACKSON County Ia to have a n extraordf-
nary hanging on The zenith day of January
next. Crawford Norwood, Stephen Dun.on,
kinney Burns, and Lewis, Pace, all colored,
are 10 be hung on that day for the crime Of
rape upon respectable whits ladies'.
DIR. Harrison. Of Atlanta, Is about TO cor
ner the splrts. To believe In their mspIfes-
~talions, be demands an original Latin COM
munIcation' from Virgil, one from PiRtD In
Hebrew, one from Mo6al1med Ia Arabic, sasdi
one from Zoroasler In Parsee. The Doctor
very properly concludes that II tssse mp
posed spirits cannot write their own native
tongue, they certainly cannot speak or wits
ours. ~ nj Er< I. ~:a5atiai
The regular passenger train which. LEFT
Macon at hslfpast eight O'Clock on Tuesday
evening, on the Macon and Brunswick fail-
road, mat with. quite q !mishaps near Eastman,
forty miles from Macon The freIghG train;
which followed the passenger train overlook
the latter near Eastman, and the shock com.
pletely wrecked the cars, though fortunately
no one was Injured. The pa~sseDgertrain Was
behind time aud had stopped for water.. !