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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-01
when to Plant Garden Seeds.

"A greater difference of time is required
In sowing seeds III the garden than in the
Held. There is no month when frost is out
OF tile ground In which the seed OF some
kind of vegetable may not be yprofltably
sown. The value Of most vegetables de-
pend on the time of sowing their seed.
Slany things raised in the garden arc only
seasonable very short time. Spinach is
not in demand after lettuce is sufficiently
large to eat, while lettuce loses it's value
when green peas appear. Radishes are
wanted as early in the season as it is posi-
Dle tc produce them, but the appetite for
item disappears after cucumbers become
plenty. An effort should accordingly be
made to raise crop of spinach, rad;shcs,
aud lettuce as early In the season as Dos
slble. Among the other vegetables seeds
That should be sown very early in the sea-
son, e those OF crcss, kale, cndive and
parsley, as they are wanted as soon rs they
can bo produced. The seeds of onions,
Deets, carrots, ,parsnips, celery, cabbage
and caulitiowers should also be sown early,
because 1T takes considerable time for tho
plants to mature. Onion sets should also
DC put out as early lis possible, rs the OBJ
Ject or planting Is to secure crop in adj
vance OF that produced by planting seed.
Ihe seed Of all varieties OF gourds should
DO planted very early. 1t Is a good plan to
start them in beds or small boxes III the
house, and to place the plants with the
earth about them Ill the ground where they
are to grow, when the weather becomes
sufficiently warm. Gound vines arc highly
ornamental as well as useful, and they are
worthy OF place in every garden and yard.
'Ihe's 'snellsof gourds are easily converted
INTO dippers, and drinking cups and other
useful articles, and arc much In use in all
parts OF the South. Gourd vines require
some support They may be trained over
trellis 30 as to make a very fine appear
ance, or be made, to attach themselves to
strings, brush, OF the branches of trees
The seeds OF nearly all other vines, as
pumpkins, sqtiasllos, cucumbers, citrons,
and all kinds Of melons, should be planted
quite late in the season. There is nothing
gained ny planting them In the open ground
I'LL the weather Is quite warm. 'Hneir
srowth may be hastenel by planting the
seeds In hills and covering them with small
0oxes having glass on top. The soil may
De molstened from time To time by remoy-
Ing Tho boxes. The boxes protect the
young plant from the cold when they are
quite small, and from the insects that arc
Very certain 10 make their appearance a
little later III the season. The young plants
may DO gradually hardened by removing
the boxes during warm days and by re.
placing tholl at night and OH the approach
of cold rains and winds Nasturtians, pep.
pers, okra, tomatoes, sweet corn and all
Kinds Of beans should be planted quite late
IN the season.. Sweet potato plants should
not DC put tn the open ground, In this Iatl-
tude, before the first OF June. AS a rule
all vegetables having southern origin
should De planted late. II planted early
they become stunted and never make a
vigorous growth. KS I,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-01
The Irishnln and tho Rear.

An lrishman of Montana was working q
place mine few miles from Bear Guich.
ana visited that place one day to get his
Tools sharpencd. Just rs he was about to
start back, some one told him that if he
would 20 home by way of Sour Kraut
Gulch he would not miss his way, and
wouid'save several miles of walking.
started out, butaiter travelling sc veral miles
the sun was almost down, and he had seen
nothing that looked familiar. AT last he
made up his mind that he was lost, and. to
Use his own words, feared that he 'would
bc robbedand murthcrcd entirely all llalone. "
While he was in this state of mind he sDiud
cinnamon bear on the side of the noun
tam, and was almost ready to fall to the
ground with fright Recovering his self
possession Il little, he said: 81 thought it
wouldn't 40 to let the bear think / was
AFRAID OF him, and concluded might init
mldate hinl by making him think that
there were several with me. s., walking
little faster, l called out as loud as lver
could, mike! OhI say, Mike, hould on
I'LL catch up wild ye and the rest O. the
b'ys. When the bear heard that he walk.
ed away and saidlnot word"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-01

suit hor; she then turns around and fastens
1t with strong web. She takes another
stick and proceeds in the same way, and
continues this until she has laid the ioun-
dation Of tlve-sded wall. She now goes
down to the bottom of her tube and brings
up pellet Of earth, which she places on
top of the sticks; she goes all around
circle of these pellets, which she flattens by
pressing her body against them, and ar
ranges them In such u manner as to cover
the sticks on the inside. making the walls
perfectly round and silk-lined. Now she
Is ready for more sticks, which she con-
tlnues to alternate with the pellets until the
tower has reached the height OF two and u
half inches above her burrow. l some
times gave her bits of green moss an inch
or two in length, which she would use by
fastening them to stick with web This
makes the wall On tho outside fringed with
moss. If she is not in mood for build
ing, and l olfcr her stick, she takes it In
her mandlbles, and with her fore feet gives
IL quick blow, often sending it with force
enough to hit the jar; and when she is
digging and bringing up pellets of earth
Which she docs not wish TO use in her tow
er, she throws them from the top of the
walls with sufficient force to make them
land foot or moro from the burrow, If it
were not for the intervention of the glass.
This accounted for the fact that could
never find any fresh earth near the burrows
OF these spiders.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-01
pll Help You.

Bill Smcdley was resting his left foot on
the top of beer-keg in front of saloon in
butte City, MontaDna Territory, the last
time l saw him. On his bent left knee he
rested an elbow, thereby arranging his arm
so as to support his chin, which rested on
his hand. His clothes were well worn,
and here and there rent. His hair stuck
| out through hole III the crown OF his hat,
while the great toe of his right foot pceped
forth, ruddy and cheerful, from his boot
The whi1fs of smoke, drawn from short,
black pipe, curled lazily from his lips
Ills eyes were half closed and dreamy
His thoughts were in drcamland. Bill had
| experienced the ups and downs of Western
life; had been rich and poor by turns, and
was now very poor. lie had grown philo-
sophie, and looked at things in way diff
ferent from what he had in his youth
when life's pathway smiled TO him, and
seemed rose garland.
"Hello, Bill! been looking for you, said
the taX-collector, coming up.
There was no reponsc. lie repeated:
''Bill, hcllo!"
"Weil?"
"Want to collect your tax
"Ilaint no property"
81 mean your poll-tax."
Don't own no pole'
ga .poll-tax is II tax on yourself, you
know"
u amt no property"
yoil."
"Didnt authorize 'em to levy any tax
on me-"
"Ihc law does, though"
What if it does; s'pose Pm goin' ter
pay for brcathin' the air?n
Stlll YOU are one Of us: you live here"
" didn't bring myself into the world.
ou exercise the privileges of citizen;
you vote"
"Don't want to vote if you charge for
Don't you want voice in the selection
Of oilicers3"
mo; If there was no officers YOU
wouldn't be here consumin' my time"
The schools must be supported. We
must educate the children"
III you do they won't work."
"lhcre arc other county cXpanses-pa,l-
pers, and 80 on. If you were to die with
out. means you would want us TO bury
YOU"
mo, you needn't"
why, you would shell bad to other
peoplc!"
u KIN STAN II If they kim"
~ Will levy on your property, said the
officer, growing impatient; 81 will hunt it
up"
"Ill help you; want to see some of
my property"
The officer moved on rather abruptly,
"hiic iii! continued, as if musing:
Let them fellers have their way, an
theV make life burdcn. Want to assess
my existence; Want to charge ne for en-
Joyin' the bright sunshine; ask me to nav
Tor behollin' the beautiful landscapc; !;
charge me for lookin' at the grass grow and
the rose unfoldin'; charge me for watchln
the birds fly, an one cloud chase t'other."
The eyes continued to blink dreamiiy.
ihe whiffs of smoke reached up in grace
1ul spirals toward the blue dome. The
footballs OF the tax collector grew absentcr
and abscnter.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-01
Sweet William.

On ono occasion said Circus manager.
we were preparing for our promenade
through the streets, when kind of Chang
er-on" to our company, who, through his
invarlablc pollteness of manner, had been
nickhamed "Sweet William" was deputed
to ride highly trained black mare, ono of
whose tricks consisted in undoing her
girtls with her teeth and removing her
saddle. Sweet William was the last TO
leave the stables tho Others having passed
out before he had mounted. Suddenly
loud cries Of 'Murdcrl" were heard to pr0.
cced from the stable, and shouted ont a.
went toward the spot: ''What's the
matter2 Who Is it7" .It's mo-" replicd
tho agonized voice of Sweet Villa l..
Make haste-the mares got hold of my
toel' And sure enough found the man
on tho mares back, writhing and twietine
about, his face describing the most painful
contortions, and his toe in tlle mares
mouth: The more he struggled, the harder
she pulled at what, through some misad
venture, she mistook for tho grth- straps.
Perhaps, also, she mistook his shouts for
the vocferous cheers of pleased audience.
and thought 1t was ''all right" and at it
again she went with redoubled vigor. By
some means he must have made some
slight movement, which the mare thought
to DO her signal to perform the trick, and
went to work accordingly. However, the
man was speedily released from his awk.
ward predicament, and tho. cavalcade pro.
ceeded on Ito ways but 1t was a long time
before the incident itself ceased to excite
good. .natured laugh at tho expense of
Sweet William. Isl
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-01
The Turrst spider.

It belongs to the gcnus tarantliu. and
Is as h.rgc as tine tiger, but auute different
in color. The male is soft yclyety black.
while the female Is grayish brown. or like
faded velvet. She has light gray spot on
top of the thorax, and on the abdomen are
three dark brown longitudinal stripes alter
mating with light gray. In young spcci-
mems these markings arc quite distinct. but
in old ones the clors blend somewhat. The
Two sexes do not differ in size, the male
being fully as large as the female. The
Dody is q trifie' more than an inch In lonvth.
ana the legs are large and long, which gives
~ quite formidable appearance, but it Is
perfectly harmless. ] have Professionally
named it't0rantuia tu,ricuia, reseryinp
further description. The name was sug-
gestcd from It's manner of building. Il
digs burrow in the earth six or seven
inches IN depth, but tho upper part of its
domcile Is entirely unlike that Of the tiger
spiIer This species build a little round
tower above it's burrOw. Itprocures sticks
from ono TO two inches in length, and ar
ranges them very symmetrica!ly one above
INC oth'r laying them so rs to make i've
sldcd wall. 1t Is usually most contented
species In confinement. Early in July |
took nne female, surl onnded and almost
covered with baby spiders about roady to
leave the mothcr--tlle young can readily
run up the side Of the lar and escape. Az
soon as they left her, l removed the lar to
my study; didnot take the nest with this
SPIDER, as l wished to see what she would
10 with entirely new surroundings. The
earth In tho jar was about eix inches in
depth, and we'll pressed down. gave her
SUCKS and moss to put around tho ton of
her tube. She soon began to dig burfow,
ana when 1t was about Iwo inches in depth.
sac commenced, to build tower above 1t.
She takes stick from my fingers and
places 1t at tho edge of her tuI,e. She works
while inside her burrow, holding tho stick
with her fore-legs until 1t Is arranged to
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-01
Red River Valley.

The Red River Valley North,,is about three
hundred miles long and fifty miles wide
flat prarie, extending northward from
Lake TRAVERSE, in Minnesota, until it passes
by gentle slope beneath the water of Lake
Winnipeg. About thirty miles north of
the southern and higher extremity of the
valley the Red RIVER comes meanderng in
from the cast. 1t is sluggish stream,
flowing in a ditch in the mid lie of the
prairie, and is altogether Inadequate in size
and force to have made the valley which
bears Its name. When we seek an cxpla-
nation Of this vast alluvial plain, we must
find much larger body of water to account
for its Formations, and this is done by the
Theory which connects it with the great
Mississippi system. There are many indi-
cations that the whole drainage Of this re-
glon was at one time southwark. The val
ley OF tho Mississippi, with its true line of
continuation along the Minnesota, must
have formerly contained q vastly larger
body of water than now flows through it.
This valley beginning at Big Stone Lako,
is separated only by slight barrier from
Lake Traverse. Now imagine that a few
thousand years ago the levei,of the CONT
ncnt was little different from what it is
now, a few hundred feet higher at the
north, and lower at the south, then this
barrier would be overcome, and all the
waters of the Winnipeg basin would flow
southwark through the Red River and
Minnesota Valley into the Mississippi
The present northward outlet through the
Nelson River would be stopped. There
would he mighty stream draining the
whole central region of the continent into
the Gulf of Mexico. Now imagine, again,
that the continent Is gradually depressed
at the north and elevated ut the south--a
Change which we know from observation
is still continuing along the sen coast the
result of such an oscillation will be to di-
minish the slope and velocity of the great
southward river. 1t will have less and
less power to cut it's way through Obstacles
1t will be damned by the granite lcdgcs
near Big Stone Lake. 1t will spread out
into vast lake larger than Superior and
Michigan put together. The waters of this
lake will bo shallow and muddy, and the
deposit Of alluvium very rapid. As the
northwarI del res ion Continues, the outlet
toward The south will become more and
more feeble. 1t will degenerate into q
mere driblct. And at last the great
body of water will cut a new channel
northward into Hudson Bay. The Nelson
River, with its rocky channel and numer-
Gus rapids, bears all the marks of an outlet
thus recently formed.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-01
An Obstinate hoy Overcome.

When Admiral Farragut was lieutcn-
ant OF the receiving ship Alert, he estab-
lished school for tho boys, many of whom
did not know their letters.
One boy refused to learn. When rcmon-
stratcd with, he replied that he had run
away from home to escape going TO school,
and that he could not and would not learn
to read and write. "'"'Eo
swell, said Farragut, "ft will cost YOU
much less to learn your letters than to lei
them alone. For, if you don't report your
self to the school every day, and don't do
your best to learn while there, will pun
ish you until you do"
The boy continued obstinate in his refu-
sal, and the lieutenant whipped him. He
took the whipping without crying and
SAID, with an oath, that he would not learn
single letter. For several days whipping
followed whipping, without subduing the
boys obduracy.
Thea the lieutenant, determined not to
De beaten by a boy of fifteen, tried what
ridicule would do flo made the boy 50
ashamed Of himself that ho took to the
primer and learned rapidly. In twelve
months he read, wrote, and was smart In
ciphering.
Seven or eight years passed away, and
Lieutenant Farragut had forgotten all about
the obstinate boy. But one day we'll
dressed young man stopped him In the
street, called him by name, and warmly
grasped his hand.
"fou don't recognize me-" he said, see,
ing the lleutenant's puzzled look; ''uut l
am more indebted to you than to any one in
this world. Don't you rene .nber tho boy
who gave you so much trouble on be ard
the Alert 3'
"Oh, yes, very well; but should never
have recognized him In you. I would1 like
to ear your story
81 can tell 1t in few words" said tho
young man. 81 left the navy after few
voyages, and shipped on board Of an East
Indian. The captain died and the chief
mate was taken sick | was q good ari h.
meticlan, thanks to you, and the mate had
taught me navigation; so could work the
ships course. The mate died, but just be-
fore his death he called the men aft and re-
qucsted them to obey me as their com.
nlander. carried the ship into New York,
and the owners, making mo a handsome pres
ent, sent me out as mate of another ship.
AS soon as there was a vacancy was mado
a captain, and ana now in the Charleston
trade" 81
"Wo,l," said tho lieutenant, 81 am glal
to hear Of your success, and tha, you prof.
ted by the little instruction yoti received
from me. s'33sl
"I3nt, he added with a smile, tT think
you are as much indebted to your perverse
disposition. You were determined not to
learn, and was determined that You should.
! wasn't a-going to be beaten. by a boy Of
fifteen, ,.g7 81 lsa x u, *
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-01
a Cave Mystery.

While chasing rabbit recently near Mar
shall township, Ohio, gentleman found q
hole at the base Of hill, and proceeded to
make search. Reaching in, he graspcd
something in his hand which proved to be
the long bone of human being. His curl
osity being now very much excited lie pro-
cured assistance, and began digging. Peo-
pie fockcd out from the village, and came
pouring In from the surrounding country,
as the news rapidly spread. The locality
Is but short distance from the notorious
Bob McKimie's old headquarters, and with
III the range of his once noted gang, nearly
all of whom are now in prison under long
sentences. In fact 1t was supposed TINT
Mckimic was hid In one of the numerous
caves that exist In the eastern partsiof the
county, after he had made his escape from
Jail about three years ago. After digging
some distance they came to a large stone
slab On edge, closing the mouth of a cavern
about ten by twelve feet square and SIX
feet high. On the floor lay bones IN large
number, some human, but the larger por-
tion were bones Of different species or ami
mails. Some of them were in n good state
OF preservation, and could easily be named
and classified, while others crumbled to
dust on being exposed to the air. Bones
OF wildcats, ofrabbits and dogs were found
while bones OF some larger animal could
not be classified, though they are supposed
to belong to the larger species of wild ami
mails, such as panthers, catamounts, bears,
etc. There were also found some largo
bodies of cliarred wood or charcoal. One
OF these Is as large as an ordinary base
burner stove. Close search was made for
metal ornaments, but none was found,
though several aitlcles Of flint and stone
were discovered such as are generally found
IN mounds and ancient fortifications. Fl,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-01
RI-WEEKLY EDITION.
OLD AGE.

I often think each tottering form
That limps along in LIES decline,
Once wore heart as young, az warm,
AZ full Of idle thought al mine!
And each has had it's dream Of Joy,
His own unequalod pure romance.
Commencing when tho blushing boy
First thrilled at lovely woman's glance.
And each could toll his tale Of youth {;
Would think its scenes Of love evince
More passion, more unearthly truths,
Than any tale before or since
Yes, they could toll Of tender days.
At midnight penned in classic shades
OF days more bright than modern days,
or maids more fair than modern maids.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02

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