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which is much the quickest and best plan
when there Is a pretty stiff breeze.
Thescheapest thresher made expressly for
rice, now in the market, costs $3.50, and
requires a ten horse power engine to drive
1T. The agent in Charleston estimated the
entire cost put up on the plantation at
81, $50, while the capacity is only 600 bush
els per diem. There is another and much
cheaper machine about to be brought out
by a Louisville firm.
HOW TO MARKET.
If you have as much as fifty bushels send
it to mills, have it pounded, and sell the
clean rice. This applies to the Charleston
market only. Some of the best mills in
cline to receive rice for pounding in lots of
less than 500 bushels. The following state
ment will show the difference between the
prices of rice sold in the rough and after it
has been cleaned. Last winter / sent two
samples, one inferior and the other good,
to Savannah. For the first l was offered 81
per bushel. for the second $40. Deduct
ing freight. which was only ) cents a sack,
commissions, &C., the poorer grade would
have Melted me S6 cents and the better
$1.25. Isent this rice to Charleston and
milled it, and after deducting freight,
which was II cents per bushel sack, the
SdCkS DcluS IcluTueU, anu all Quiet cADcuSCS,
it Melted 81. % and ST. 81 respectively.
FED RICE AND RICE FLOUR.
Sometimes up-country rice may be sold
to advantage for seed. If you nave an
article Of pure white rice. we'll ripened, it
may be we'll to offer it in this way. Vixen
sold it brings So per bnshel.
After milling there is always IL reslduum
of rice flour. This is excellent food for
rpilch COWS an6 Whom nivol with oorp ar
oats, for horses and mules. Last winter it
sold in Charleston for twenty-three cents
per bushel. Where the quantity milled is
sufficient to make it a matter Of any conse-
quence it will be best to have the flour re-
turned.
l see no reason why rice culture should
not become an important industry in the
up country. 1t is less expensive to cult
vate than cotton, grows we'll in our rich
moist soils, and the yield is generally excel
lent and sometimes marvellous. The whole.
sale price is nearly treble that of ante
bellum days, and there is little danger of
over production. The culture has been
confined to a small territory about Will
mington, North Carolina, four counties in
South Carolina, and as many more in
Georgia and a narrow district in Louisiana.
Wheat and rice are the only grains used
exclusively rs the food of man; but taking
the whole population of the United States,
the production of wheat exceeds 800 quarts
per capita, while of rice it barely reaches
one. Could our Yankee and Western
friends eat it like a Carolinian they might
consume the entire crop in less than a week,
and the price would rise in proportion as
they ate. Perhaps, should it fall too low,
we may send missionaries to teach our
neighbors better taste and a mere whole
some diet.
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TIn1pr thiS hedd rlu oe .1OunG me c.UJcadL Td-
ners of the Grand Master, and also. all
Communications from members Of the North
Coro1ina Patrons of Hus6andry.
ovEICERs OF THE NATIONAL GRANGE.
1oster.-S. E. Adams, Monticello,
O,erseer.-J. J. Woodman, Paw Paw,
Mich.
cinnati.
Assistant Ste1card.-Wm. Sims, of Kan
Trposurer.-F. NJ. Mcdowell, Wayne,
,Socretaru.-O. H. Kelley. Louisville, Ky.
GATE keeper.-O. Dinwiddie, Orchard
Grove. Ind.
Ceres.-Mrs. Adams.
P0mOnd.-Mrs. Woodman.
F0rd.-Mrs. Moore.
Lrdy Asst. Steuard.-Miss G. A. Hall,
Louisville. Ky.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
D. Wyatt Aiken, Cokesbury, S. G..
Henley James, Marion, Ind.
s. II. Ellis, Springsboro, Ohio.
Officers of North Carolina State
Grange, p. of II.
Master-W III Cheek. of Warren.
Overseer-D A Montgomery, of Ala
nance.
Lecturer-D E Sampson, of Guilford.
Steward-J A Harris. of Iredell.
Assistant Steward-H E King, of Ons-
low.
Cbaplain-Rev VIM Grant, of North
ampton.
treasurer w G. Benbow, of Guilford.
Secretary--Jos E Porter. of Edgecombe.
Gate Keeper-L w Reasons, Edges
combe.
Ceres-Mrs A NJ Cheek. of Warren.
Pomona-MrS J f Somers. of GuilfOrd.
FIora-Miss Eugenia Robinson, of Ca
barrus.
Lady Asst. Steward-Mrs II E King, of
OnslOw.
STATE COMMITTEE.
Col. William H. Cheek, Chairman, Of
Warrenton.
Cant. J.. E. Porter. Secretary, Tarboro.
Capt S. B. Alexander, Charlotte.
John King. Falkland. Pitt county.
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Paul F. Hammond on Rice as an
Up-Country Crop.
WHEN TO CUT.

Unlike oats and wheat, rice should not
be reaped until it is fully ripe. If cut
green it is hard to cure and liable to heat
in the house or stock; the grain will he
light and soft, break and waste in pound
inc. and make an inferior grain for the
market. At the same time there will be
greater difficulty in threshing and a consid-
cradle percentage left in the straw.
Ripe is fully ripe onli when the lowest
grains in the head have passed through the
milk state. and are hard or hardening. A
want of observance of this fact will entail
great loss.
HOW TO HARVEST.
Rice is cut with the rice hook or sickle,
which may be had from any of the hard
ware merchants in Charleston and "a few in
Augusta. 1t should be cut about eight
inches above the ground and laid in loose
parcels with the heads resting on the stub
Die. 1t must be handed very gently as
waste is now TO be met at every step. Ii
we'll ripened twelve hours sun will cure it,
and then it is tied in bundles, and shocked
in the field. The shocks should stand two
or three days, and may be left as many
weeks.
Our upland rice does not ripen equally,
that Is, all at the same time, more especially
where it is planted in upland. In cutting
the green hills should be passed over and
left to ripen. This is a fact that must be
observed, or else your whole crop will be
damaged for the market.
On the cO9st | was told that Il hand would
cut an acre Of enc hundred and seventy
rows Of drilled rice in q day and was paid
a dollar for il. Our rice, with only sixty
1Vp or SpyaDt Y CIV tn tbp nero IS of course
much easier to cut. But our hands are less
expert, and | have found it difficult to av-
era9e over Il half acre to the hand.
T~HREsHING.
Most Of the rice in t he low country is
threshed with the fail, machinery being
considered too expensive for any but the
largest planters. There, it is said, a hand
VIII clean from twenty to twenty-five bush
els per day. But our hands want training
IN this kind of work., and l was, glad when
got an average of five bushels to the hand.
FOR the last three years l nave only cleaned
SEED rice in this way, and for the bulk of
tne crop used the wheat thresher. The
uInlcuity with that is, that if run up to full
speed 1t breaks and bulls the rice to a
iUIlous extent, and if not run at a good
IIPoeu leaves too much grain in the straw.
MIahSed my power to give the machine
q H''e more than half the numbe Of revo-
TI ! ordinarily used for small grain.
nv Sleld was about twenty five bushels
rt nouf, without much breaking, and with
n''.e gram left in the straw. 1t is essential
3nat the rice should be dry, and it is much
D0''eI 10 do the work in cold and windy
Jo"1hcf' After threshing, the rice may be
r1"led with the ordinary grain fan, or by
P'''H8 from a scaffold twenty feet high,
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ANA ST., FROM 9th to 9TH
RICHMOND. VA

VA.
Engines, portable and stationary, Saw Mills, Grist-
Mills, Boilers, { astings of Brass and Iron, Forgings,
sc. Machinery for Gold and Coal Mines, Blast Fur
naces, &C.
We call special attention to our Improved Portable
Engine, for agricultural and other purposes. The
Boilers of our Agricultural Engines are provided with
our Patent Premium Spark Arresters, a device by which
the Sparks are forced to pass downward over a reser-
yoir of water and etfectually extinguished without the
use of wire gauze. Our is the only arrangement of this
kind which affords free access to the boiler tubes for
cleaning from each end. Also to our new styles small
Locomotives for hauling lumber and other articles upon
sramways and narrow gauge railways.
The best Planters regard our Ginning Engines supe-
rior to any in use. Send for illustrated catalogue free.
Other things being equal encourage Southern institu-
tions.
Repair work solicited and promptly done.
Shaftings, Pulleys, &c, for Gin Houses.
"Manufacturers of Jones' patent Tobacco Bump Ma
chimes to work by hand or power
WIN. T. TANNER &CO.
X. r. BAUGHAM, Rich Square, y. c., General
Agent in Eastern North Carolina.
GEN. j.. j. WHITEHEAD, Agent,
RALEIGH, y. c.
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Terms Per Day.


Among Others who use i; with success, W. refer 10 til
action OF one IN Wythe county. Va September ISIS
After many trials and q thorough Investigation. A com
nllttee OF three Of the most inteiligen, ami practical
farmers in the county were named - select the best AMI
cheapest FERTILIZER for their lands. After a long
and exhaustive report, the Grange in session in Nythr-
Vile, unanimously passed the following resolution:
RESOLVED, That the able report OF the Committee
on Fertilizers be received, and that il he published in
the :" Patrons Of Husbandry.' ~ Richmond. Va. and
that We recommend the adoption and general use ~ tn
order OF the HONE FERTILIzkR, = and that the Grange
Agency be authorized TO make arrangements sfth
Mcssrs. BoYKIS. GARNER & Co, 70 furnish our farm
ers with their pure chemicals. AZ reasonable rates
Maj. THOS. JAS. FINNIE. Ch'm'n.
augl42m. D.A. SNOW, &c. Committee.
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SUBSTITUTE o QUININE. 1t will be
useful to poor people, and those in the
country, away from drug stores and doc
tors, to know, on the authority Of DR..
Beach, the noted botanic doctor, that a
strong infusion of yarrow white tansy) and
boneset is a good substitute for quinine in
fever and ague, or other malarious COM
plants. The plants should be gathered
when in flower, and a double handful Of
each stepped in one quart of boiling water
and drank freely three Or four times Il day.
The prescription was given by Dominic Van
Saxon, a we'll known missionary to China
for thirty years, who studied medicine and
the properties of herbs before going out, as
most valuable for usefulness among the
poor. Though not fond Of "quacking' in
any shape, observation of the effects of this
medicine in cOunteracting summer debility
and malarious complaints among elderly
people, has led me to a sincere respect for
the missionary experience, and | shall risk
a smile for recommending herb teas, know
ing the use such homely wisdom is to new
settlers and those to HON q%uinine, even
with the tax removed, is an expensive item.
The small miseries of life make a sum SO
truly formidable that no one vino has proved
remedies for them is excused from giving
others the benefit. -Nec York SIM.
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Some days ago Thomas Chancey, who
lives near Big Indian Creek, in Houston
county, Georgia, shouldered his rifle and
went to the swamp hunting for squirrels.
Soon after entering the swamp his dog
freed a squirrel, and Chancey began looking
for the game. While thus engaged he OBJ
served an OK feeding around near by, but
did..not apprehend any danger from him.
While walking around the tree he was sud-
denly and unexpectedly attacked by the
OK. He says the first thing he knew he
found himself being lifted into the ethereal
regions on the horns of his oxship: He
held on to his rifle, and the OK continued
throwing him up and catching him as he
descended. between his horns, until finally
the hammer of the rifle came in contact
with a bush, which discharged the gun and
caused the stampede of the beast; Chancey
had a narrow escape from death, as the
ball from his rifle passed under his clothing
and burnt the skin near a vital part of his
body.
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CARPETS!

l offer for sale, on very reasonable terms, a lot of very
fine three-ply Extra Supertne and Superfne. Also,
some Cotton Chains from the very best mills in the
country. Not having room, / will sell very cheap
Please call and examine. Also. Rugs, Mating and Win
dow Shades. WILLIAM DAFFRON,
l43S Main Street.
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PEACE INSTITUTE,
FOR YOUNG LADIES.
RALEIGH. y. C..
RALEIGH. y. c.

The next Annual Session commence ou the first
"Wednesday in September, 1879, aud closes the nr-t
"Wednesday of June, lssn.
The terms have been reduced from - 10 % per cent.
in all departments.
The total expense OF a boarding pupil for one term or
half session viii be $3.50. This amount Will include
washing, fuel, light, furnished room and servants atten-
dance, tuition in English branches and Latin Ia those
who desire II, Calisthenics, Text Books and stationery
used for scho oil purposes.
For liberal propositions TO pupils entered for whole
scholastic year see Catalogue and Circular page 81. Fer
circulars containing full particulars as 10 Course of
Study, &C., address REV. K. BURWELL 4 son,
Julyl1-tf. Principals, Raleigh, Nc
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5 f f u

III U r n p 5 f f u
A fresh lot of NEW CROP TURNIP SEED III bulk or
paper. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address,
F. H. HEARTH, Druggist, Fayetteville St., op. Market,
Raleigh, NC. july Palm
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Furniture! Furniture
WHOLESALE md RETtH,

"a ~ nano a iul and complete stock OF FURNITURE
uescTipuons, from the most reliable manufac-u-
IL west also OF my own make. Parties in
VAN VIII not be doing justice to themselves without
I'm "a e a call and examine my stock and prices. A
liberal discount 70 the trade.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
WILLIAM DAFFRON,
1888 Main Street.
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WILL YOU SELL THE FARM!

WILL YOU SELL THE FARM
CHAPIN's FARM AGENCY,
RALEIGH. \. {.
DR.. 4. B. CHAPLIN, : Manager.
North Carolira Bra, CHI of George II. Cha
Plus Farm Agency, Boston, Mass.
Special attention given to the sale OF
North Carolina Real Estate. No charge
made until a sale is effected. All property
placed in our hands for sale will be adver-
tised in the popular work. The South
Illustrated free of expense.
The Charleston News and Courier says:
Everybody has heard Of Geo. 81. Chapin's
farm agency. and few are unacquainted
with the success which has attended it's OPP
eratioDs."
The New England Farmer says: Geo.
n. Chaplin has advertised his farms to the
amount of $50, 900 during the past year.
We commend him to our readers
The Aiken S c. Review says: Ono one
has done more than Geo. II. Chaplin in the
lage is thronged with Northern people in
search of Southern homes, and good sales
are being made. The 'South Illustrated"
is doing a great work Tor us
The New York Tribune, the Boston Her
aid. Journal, Traveller, Globe, and Adverti-
ser. speak in the highest terms of Chapin's
Farm Agency.
are wanted ct once. - Office-tlsher
building. Aug TT
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WESLEYAN FEMALE INSTITUTE.
STANTON yIRGT~r

WESLElA AN FEMALE INSTITUTE.
STANTON, VIRGINIA.
Opens its Both Session September 18th, 1879. One of
the first schools for young ladies in the United states.
Climate unsurpassed. surroundings beautiful. At
tended by pupils from Seventeen States. Strctest econo-
my required. Among the lowest terms in the Cnion.
Pupils received at any time during summer months.
TERMS:-BOARD, WAsHISG, LIGHTS. ENGLISH
COURSE, LATIN, FRENCH FOR EACH HALF OF TIE
SCHOLASTIC YEAR, Sis.
ALL EXTRAS VERY Low. For catalogue, address
Rev. WM. A. HARRIS, ID. D., President,
july 2+tfI stanton, Virginia
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North Carol,ra Bras CHI of George II. Cha
Plus Farm Agency, Boston, Mass.
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SEPTEMBER IL, 1879
Qhe @rQnQe.

Tn6er this head riU be .tound the cDtcial Pa
aers of the Grand Master, and also. all
ronm mnications from members Of the North
c,rol;uo Patrons of HusbandrD.
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OLD NORTH STATE NURSER'S

We still need two or three good, reliable men to can
vass for the sale of our stock, which Is very large this
season, and of the finest varieties. We are now oper-
ating at Faison, ". g.. aud Wilson. =. g., on the W.6
W.. Railroad. and guarantee satisfaction in all sections
of the country, as the Froprietors have the advantage Of
a lifelong experience III the nursery and fruit growing
business. Orders By mail solicited and promptly at
tended to. Those wishing an agency will please address
the proprietors at once.
Us. W~ESTBROOK & CO.,
Faison, Duplin county, n C.
i~uly10-2In. Wilson, Wilson county, NJ
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MEMPHIS APPEAL
WEDNESDAY. JUNE IS, 1879.
OHIO NATIONALS.

It is evident thai the national party in
Ohio will ultimately drift into the support of
General Thomas Ewing, and thereby secure
his election and making him a formidable
candidate for the Presidency. Judd, Of
Maine, and Lowe, of Alabama, the two
acknowledged leaders of the national party
in congress, earnestly recommend the ma
tionals of Ohio to rally to the support of
Ewing. Mr.. Judd has written letter in
which he expresses the opinion that it would
be nonsense to run a national or greenbsck
ticket in Ohio against Ewing. He Is In ia
vor of uniting all the elements Of opposition
to radicalism all over the country. General
Ewing was in New York q few days since,
and in talk with reporter of the Tribune
he said of the canvass In Ohio and its pros
poets: THE party seems to be united and
ready for hard work. The campaign will
not fairly begin before the middle # Au-
gust, although 1t is probable that | may
speak several times before then. l shall take
the stump myself, and think that q 5Be al
Rice and l with three legs can beat Foster
and HIukenlooper with four. There will be
ne chance for bloody shirt campaign there. "
He thinks that the money question will be
1.-THE leading issue" in the campaign, the
foremost topics being unlimited silver coin
age and the substitution of treasury notes
for national bank currency. He says that
the Ohio Democrats are united on these meas
ures. and that the rank and file of the ma
tional party in the State will vote for him
because of his support OF them. The Pres
ldent's vetoeg, however, will also, he thinks,
figure conspicuously.'
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are The men who will guide the masses and
control the Republican sentiment OF the
State, are in favor OF Grant.
"Do you mean the men who have re-
ceived benefits from past administrations
will not say anything about that.
You can tell as well as l, and l am not will
Ing to say so much.
You are pretty positive. however, that
the Democrats are not for Tilden, and that
the Republicans are for Grant2
Yea, that Is a pretty well established
fact. While We are on the subject of poll
tics, [ wish to say that am Democrat, but
not q fanatcal one; that wish to see eur
people, who are a generous, hospitable and
kindly people, advance in morals, in society,
in msterial matters. We want to devote our
energies to this object-and there are great
many who think as do-and we want to
LET THE PAST ALONE.
If a man comes among US and is good
citizen and an honest man, that Is enough. "
How about tie crops for this seaeon p
1.-The cotton crop bios fair to be one of the
best that we have had for some year3- That
is our great crop. We have plenty of ne
corn out Of the State, but will raise enough
for home consumption; the wheat crop will
be fair Also"
''If you have good corn this season will it
rebound to the benefit of st. LOUISE"
"Why, OF course. We buy the majority
of our goods here, and we sell most of our
cotton to st. Louis dealers"
What is the agreement between the land
owners and the colored men In Arkansasp"
"We rent him the land, for cash or cotton,
at so much per acre; or, we rent him land on
shares; or, We hire him to do our work."
General Churchill being somewhat pressed
for time, the reporter took his leave.
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SCIENCE
On the Pacific-SnterestiDR Proceed
fnes at the Academy or Sciences
ct san FraBcIscO-LarGe at
tendance OF Scientists
and Others.

SAN FRANCIsCo. June 17.-At the Rcade-
attendance than usaal, both of members and
spectators, including many ladies'. DR.. Il.
w. Hardness, vice president, presided, sur
rounded by, the staff of the Jeanette, as fol-
lows: Lieutenant George W. Deloug, COM
mander Lieutenant Charles w. Chip, ex-
ecutive officer; Lieutenant John w. Daunen-
homer, navigator; g. w. Melville, chief en-
Rineer; J. n. Amber, passed assistant sur
veon; James ]. CoilIus, meteorological; r. l..
Newcomb, naturalist; r. w. Bradford. art
Isl, and Charles w. Brooks, ex- United States
consul to Japan. After the chairman had in
troduced Lieutenant DelonR and staff, pa
per on ''Arctic Exploration" written by DR..
A. B. Stout, was read. Lieutenant Delon9
then addressed the audience briefly, referring
to the manner in which private hberal.ty and
enterprise was combined with government
assistance to send out expeditions under the
best possible auspices as a national under
taking He dwelt on the present being the
first attempt to reach the pole by way OF
Behring's Straits, and the difficulties likely
to be encountered, and deemed 1t better not
to say at present what they purposed to do,
but hoped to be held in remembrance till their
return, when a recital of what has been done
will be of greater interest. Mr.. Collin
spoke, expressing great confidence of the
success of the undertaking. Mr.. Bradford,
DR.. Bsbu, ] W. Morse, G. W. Brooks and
]. r. Lapham made brief remarks, alter
which the meeting broke up. The Jeanette
is expectected to sail on the twenty-ffth in
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ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, Is struggling IN
the throes and agonies of debt,of six mil
lion dollars which she is not as well able to
pay as Memphis to pay ten million dollars.
On Saturday last a meeting of the tax pay
ers was held to consider how to relieve the
city from its financial embarrassment. The
city defaulted on the interest on her bonds
some months ago. The Singer sewing-ma-
chine company, which had advanced nearly
a million dollars upon the city securities, be-
gan recently suit to recover on them. Then
the Mutual Benefit insurance company, of
Newark and other creditors also sued the
city. The common council met without tax
ing any definite steps, and then the board of
trade met and denounced the council.
Finally the council and the sinking fund
commissioners agreed upon a plan, and it
was to consider this plan that the meeting of
taxpayers was held. The council proposes
to secure power to issue forty-year bonds, to
be called tAe forty adjustment bonds; no
interest to be paid in 1879, but the
amount to be added to the principal
at the rate o. one per cent; the interest
for 1880, 1881 and 1888, at the same rate, to
be paid as 1t acorues; then for four years at
two per cent, four years at three per cent,
four years at four per cent, ten years at five
per cent, and sixteen years at six per cent,
the interest to be raised by taxation. Ex-
Mayor Corson opposed this proposition on
the ground that it was not reasonable one.
1--WE cannot pay the enormous debt of six
million dollars," he said; 1--WE cannot pay
more than three million dollars" Mr.. Will
liam Bennett, too, thought it was impossible
to carry out the scheme. The proposition was
too liberal, he thought. 1t would be better
to pay fifty per cent. of the debt. He asked
for an adjournment that more reasonable
scheme might be devised. The meeting was
accordingly adjourned until the twentieth in
slant, when there is little doubt the fifty cent
proposition will be adopted. They will all
do it after while.