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Last year we gave ground bone
manure a pretty thorough trial, and
on the whole we are better satisfied
with il than any other commercial fer
tilizer We have ever used. Its effects
are not 20 immediate as those of the
suPerphosphates and guanos, but IL
has staying qualities far beyond any
Of them, and when properly applied
will give satisfactory results the first
season. We prepared II by mixing
one part bone with two of wood ashes
and then wetting the mixture, after
which IL was shoveied over several
times at intervals of four or five days,
when the bone was thoroughly reduc-
ed and incorporated in the ashes. In
this shape we count the mixture as
good for hood top dressing ms the best
eommeretal fsrtilizsrns and for -Sines,
flowers and garden vegetables Is IL
superior. It has n wonderful eject
when used In flower be-, esuecially
in preserving the freshness Of the
plants through the season, aud grape
vines feed aud thrive upon II beffer
than upon anything etc we ever gave
them. We tried 1t upon grass land,
side by side with a Standard Boston
fertilizer, and got quite as good crops
with.ft last season, while this spring
10 shows 10 much better advantage
than the imported article. -a.'e-.
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An exchange says that the South
ern planter gives 500 pound bale O
cotton for n hog weighing less thai
400 pounds. We think 1T the prcsen
prizes of cotton and meat, he gives
great deal mere.
The first baleoI cotton was received
in Galveston on the 18th inst, ant
sold for ss25 20.
a standard antilote for dew poison
oak or ivy, is II handful of lime water
dissolved in quart of water. Paint
the parts affected well.
An Austrian has established ASLEEP
dairy near Chattanooga, and will man.
ufacture sheep cheese. He expects to
have 1000 sheep.
A mixture of black pepper, brown
sugar and cream, is said to drive OF
flies.
1t is said that the Persians ripen
their melons by drawing the earth
over them, which is said TO increase
the flavor.
Most of the English journals are
condemning the use of salt for aspara-
gus
Chinese merchants export from San
Francisco, annually about 500, 900
worth Of ginseng.
Pignuts are now used largely In
Germany for faltening horses.
The New York Evening Post says
that the flowers sent to Mile Bern
hardt would have covered an acre of
ground. We think the editor of the
Post better find out the space an acre
occupies.
The fruit trees of Knoxville, Tenn,
are being stripped of their leaves.
Silicate of Potash is recommended
very highly in France as a manure for
asparagus.
The oat crop of Georgia is larger
than usual.
Cincinnati papers arc advertising
the place as summer resort. The
thermometer at 1913 degrees in the
shade, and IL sun-strokes will draw
thousands to her refreshing breezes
and cool shades.
Pear blight is exceedingly destruc-
tive to Western orchards this year.
All remedies have proved failures.
Wood-aslies is an excellent manure
for orchards, but should be applied
broadcast.
Crops which have been suffering
terribly for want of rain, have been
refreshed 10y showers during the last
few days. Cotton is growing finely,
but most of the old corn has been too
badly burned up TO make II crop.
Many of the leading horticulturists
of Northern Italy aud Southern Ger
many cultivate common black ants in
order TO protect their fruit trees. The
favorite food of these ants is the lar
vac and pupp of those creatures which
spend tleirtime preying on fruit trees.
Belgium has 80 technical schools
and 81 industrial schools receiving
funds annually from the State.
DIR. Moritz Benedict, of Vienna, has
published book, in which he notes
hat the brains of criminals are divid-
I'll into four sub-convo' utions, anal
,gous TO predatory and carniverous
Inimals. Chas. Guitteau's likeness,
IS photographed in the papers, RESENT
lied fulI-blooded Bengal tiger.
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castor Rcaus.
Columbus Dispatch.


The Castor beans planted in this sec
ton are growing finely. We have M
doubt that they will In short time be
come staple product Of this section
as the indications are that theil
growth will be much more certain ant
profitable than cotton. OF course, cot
lonswill always continue our great
staple.
Pdimi Christi, or castor oil plant
which Is indigenous to the West
Indies, a'so grows well here. We
have seen the plant on very poor soil,
without cultivation, groS finely. BY
a little cultivation and manuring,
they could bc made 10 produce very
largely.
.Besides the castor oil, which, no
doubt, now is becoming 10 be largely
adulterated, there Is left the cake,
Drhich has been used most Success
Rlly in Virginia, and some Of the
yther States rs an excellent fertilizer
" wheat.
can't diversity our industries
ye:h. aud We are glad 10 see some
nsln our State paying, attention
e cultivation Of this plant.
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BREAD CAKES.-Take one quart O
milk, stir In enough bread crumbs t.
make thin batter. Beat three egg.
well and put them In, adding little
salt, and two tablespoonfuls of flour
Bake on the griddle and serve hot
PLAIN FRUIT PUDDING.-To one
cup OF grated bread crumbs add one
cup of sweet milk, one beaten egg,
half cup of sugar, one spoonful of but
ter and one and One-half cups of chop
ped raisins and currants. Bake half
an hour and serve with sweetened
cream or lemon sauce.
nice, mealy, freshly-boiled potatoes;
when they are quite cool cut them in
thin slices and place them in an earth
en- dish; add vinegar, pepper, salt and
olive-Oil to taste; mix with n wooden
spoon; add chopped onion and pars-
ley; also, if desired, add capers.
PURE CHEsTNUT.-Pu your chest
nuts on to boil i'm cod sailed water;
boil them until they are mealy ali
through; shell the chestnuts, mash
with milk and butter, exactly as you
would potatoes, season them with salt
and pepper aud pass them through the
colander. Can be used as vegetable
alone, or served with mutton chops.
To Cook BEEFsTEAK.-Slit the
outside, or fat part, say every four
inches, cutting through TO the lean,
which prevents contraction and IN
creases the tenderness. Have "a bright
fire and grid-irOn hot before putting it
on; turn over to prevent burning. A
steak an inch and half thick will be
cooked in from seven to ten minutes.
Have some melted butter, with good
supply of pepper and salt, and pour
over the steak just before ii goes to
the table. To fry, prepare in same
way; put a little butter or lard in the
pan or griddle and let it brown before
putting on the meat; cook quickly,
and, whether broiled, fried or roasted,
if you want it juicy and tender, never
salt until after it is cooked.
SOFT SoAP.-Put one and one-half
pals of lye that will bear up an egg
into your soap barrel and to il add
eight pounds of melted grease, from
sediment. Thin with weak I've ms it is
obtained from the leach. Stir occa-
sionally. 1t should thicken and he
ready for use in two or three DAYS,
providing the weather is warm or the
barrel stands in "a warm place. This
method makes very good soap and il
is a saving of time, strength and fuely
which is sufficient to justify one In
throwing away the scraps, which may
not be quite 80 thoroughly "trIed out"
as in the old method. As to the scraps
the best use they can he put to IL to
throw them TO the hens-they will re-
pay you.
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Waldo says, in the Ohio Farmer
that he remembers one year making
a very large profit from an acre %
land managed in this way He first
grew a crop of Tom Thumb peas
which matured in time for cucumber,
for pickles, and then he grew SOC
bushels of turnips, sowed broadcast
among the cucumbers. He found
that these crops will mature without
crowding each other II properly man
nged.
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When squashes and melons first
break ground give them a dusting Of
ssh compost, made Of eqaal park Of
sifted unls1ched wood ashes ard TYP
sam or'land plaster. This will pro
tect lfhe young plant fromfhe ,sstdped
~ tnd ils. use may Be CONT nued
VIII adyanfate unul the vines get %
strong as mot % care for the enemy.
l; 4, "a, ;sp d s,,,,, . slest any
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Profits in Peaches.

A prominent fruit grower of Geor-
gla writes thus: " / have just receiv-
ed the returns from three one-thiri
bushel crates of Peaches which ship
ped to New York on May 30th. The
net proceeds for the three crates, after
deducting freight and commissions,
amounted to $50. This is, pei haps,
the highest price ever realized by any
Georgia fruit grower for the first ship
ment, and highly satisfactory.
Which We do not doubt in the least.
The only wonder is that every planter
in the South does not embark in peach
growing, when IA bushel of fruit--57ii7c.5
him as large a profit as an acre of cot
ton. Gardener.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-07-23

We have frequently reminded ouI
readers of the excellence of chopped
raw onion as food for chickens. A
Canadian gentleman says that he
cured his chickens of AN attack of
the cholera by mixing raw onions
with their food once day for week
Occasionally he added little ground
ginger, keeping them well supplied
with all sorts of green food. His
ncighbOrs for miles around lost nearly
all of their chickens, while all of his
recovered, and after the first attack
were exempt from the disease .
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b 1T PAY.

1lorbing question to-day
There is no ayocation
the first great question
This is the foundation
essful business career.
hon propounded is, which
Ito produce four or five mil
of cotton, or six millions.
tatistics have settled this
1t has been demonstrated
y as the simplest proposition
d-deduced from accurate sta
pat the profit on 5000, 900 bales
ION is four and a half per cent,
ID cotton at II cents, while the profit
500, 900 bales is 81, OO0, 600 less than
Called on 100000 bales.
GThis seems very plain and simple.
1t is the logic of figures and facts.
Five million bales of cotton bring
lore real wealth into the country
han six million of bales. Ii is based
bn the great principle in political
ECONOMY, that supply and demand
regulate the price Of all products. 1t
| is very evident that it takes less labor
and capital to produce small crop of
cotton than Il large one, while the law
of supply and demand moves the
\ price downward from | to cents, ac-
kording to the quantity of superhuous
cotton.
Let the labor and capital struggling
10 produce an enormous cotton crop at
loss of Sl2, 0OO, 600 be turned towards
lessening the expenditures of this pro-
iuction, by raisiuy,larger grain crops,
you will see tremendous revolu-
d in the financial condition of the
mole country.
The cotton States now consume
2S9, 100000 bushels of grain more than
is produced by them, which, added 10
the meat purchased from the West,
takes the proceeds of nearly 6,0OO 900
bales Of cotton. As long rs our smoke
houses and corn cribs are in the West,
50 long we will have 10 bewail Of hard
go times and poverty-stricken land.
But when this system of raising all
cotton is changed, then there will
come forth deeper and louder wall,
but it will come from the West Instead
of the South. Europe can't furnish
market for their ovcrllowing granaries,
while the South is raising what ii con-
sunles at home, i
An able writer in the North Amer
lean, for July, says: /" 1t is the in
crease of population, the extension of
cultivation, the manufacture of goods,
the building of ships and railroads and
houses, the accumulation of capital
and the growth of commerce that add
to the value of land-not the increase
in the value Of land, that induce the
increase of population and increase of
wealth."
We will never be able TO see this
effect of wealth and roperty until our
system of farming is changed.
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To the Public.

We would respectfully call your attention to our
CRESCENT NEURALGIA CURE, just introduced
| to the public
We guarantee II to cure Neuralgia, Rheu-
natism ana GOut, in few days.
Mr.. i. u. Clement had suffered for years from
Neuralgia, obtaining no relief, except from the in
lection Of Morphine, after which the disease came
back with redoubled fury. lie finally discovered
this remedy, CRESCENT NEURALGIA
CURE, and found, upon each application, that
the pain g.ew less until, In few days time IL
ceased altogether, aud thorgh several years have
elapsed no pain has returned. He found it acted
upon his neighbors with the same results both Tor
RhcumatisIa and Gout as well Ms Neuralgia. II Is
COMPOSED entirely of vegetable natter and is free
from all poison entirely harmless
IL cures HEADACHE, SORE THROAT, TIRED on
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Is made from Roots and Herbs that grow in the
SOUTH We ask only fair trial.
We append a few Of very many certificates we
have received:
HAzIkHuRsI, Miss January 9Th, 1881
Mr.. Il. ID. Clement take great pleasure IN be-
ing able 10 say 10 you and all suffering from Neu-
rdlgia and rheumatism, was unable To walk Tor
two weeks. Mr.. &. gave me bottles of Neuralgia
Cure, aud Ia three days | could walk half a mile
without a crutch or stick. I had bottle left and
sent II 10 Mrs. H. j. Catching, who was suffering
from Neuralgia OF the Face. For such you will find
a certificate with mime. H. u. GILBERrS.
HAzLEIuRsT MISS, January 5th, 1881.
This Is Ia certify that have used Clements Neu-
ralgla Cure in my family, and consider IL u most
efficient remedy. X. j. CATCHING.
no Always shake the bottle before using. Price
ONE DOLLAR per bottle. Manufactured by
Orleans, La. We solicit orders from all Dealers.
For sale by HUNTER a HARRINGTON,
apr23-ly and BYRON LEML.Y. Jackson.
For sale by W. II. Porter.
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Pear Blight.

A Nebraska fruit grower says that
for the past few years he has treated
pear trees with salt and unleached
ashes and 10y adding iron to the soil.
Among 5000 trees he has found no in
dication Of blight or other disease.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-07-23

Tiiukof over one hundred thogsaud
sbeep In one flock. On TIE nth q
June fiock Of these fieecy ANIMAL
numbering 125.ooo passed throngn
Pheasant Valley, in Nevada LIE
country was covered for miles with
them. They were being driver ron
California 70 MontaDa.-N. o. states
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Estate Of Joseph ". Weber.

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE, That Letters of
Administration have been granted TO the under
signed by abe Honorable ChancCry Court Of this
District, upon the Estate Of the late Joseph W.
Webor. All persons indebted 20 the estate, ore
hereby notified TO come toward and make settle
ment, and having claims against IL, are notified To
present them In due time they will b. forever
barred. WILLIAM RUCkAM,
June X. 1881 AdninIstfnta
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All Work Guaranteed to be Fully up to
DESIGN AND sPEcIFIcATIoNs

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NH THE business is 50 easy 10 learn, and
uOur Instructions are 50 simple and plain,
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liz from the very start. No one can fail
who is willing 10 work. Women are
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You do not have to invest capital in 1t. We take
all risk. Those who need ready money, should
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TRUE Co., Augusta, Maine. Feb. r.
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TINT Drour-elves BY mskIns money
hhl Iuvhen q golden chance 4 onered
I'LL IRON x. s.s, s's fss.- , ~.
HHII always take advantage Of fhs
hIlIII good chances for making money
Hhhl that are offered, gsnerslly -
come wealthy. shfls fhn-e vhr
Do not improve such ohancs< remnlE IN poverty We
rnnt mHny men, women. boys snd Eirls 70 work
furnish an expensive oufff and ell that Tou ned,
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s~.es yellow, sp.ss ssu.s.

Farmers Home Journal some
since copied an article written
tackhouse, the horticultural
THE COMET, published at
Miss, I'm which he contro-
statement made by the
Monthly, 10 the effect that
known as peach yellows''
he jackson route" The
fhe Gardeners Monthly
y the train ROLLED through
be saw froin The cars evil
he yeIlows in the peach
ong the road. To this Mr..
e replied in THE COMET
<sch disease al the "peach
- Il known IN the orchards
fiia" jackson route"
eems that the tiardener's MONTH
y Improperly credited the state
I'd made by Mr.. StackhOuse to this
YER. aud. we now call attsfskion to
IN lrcf and disclaim the imputasion-
The shove h clipped from the Gar
dener's Monthly and Horiiculturist.
edited by that veteran journalist and
: distinguished bOtanist Thomas Nee
han, Of Philadelphia. To those who
love flowers and laBdscape-gardening,
!. aud admire. a variety Of topics dis
Hxsad -yery ably. we advise them 20
U<xadelphia and get this
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COMMISSIONERS SALE.

U1 ylrt ne Of decree IN equity rendered by
Othe Circuit Court Of the United States fof this
District, will on
Tuesday, July 5th; 1881.
at ~ o'clock, noon, at the east door of the
City Hall, in jackson, Mississippi sell at public
to wit:
certain cotton plantation known as the " Sails
bury" plantation situate In Wilkinson county
State OF Mississippi, about eight miles East Of
Fort Adams, containing about 1 100 acres OF land
and bounded by lands Of Ferguson, Of Patrick, and
Of Semple and Glass. This plantation will be sold
subject TO the homestead exemption OF Mrs. Kate
3. Shepherd and her minor children.
Also, certain cotton plantation known as the
WOodstock' plantation, situate In the same county
about six miles east Of Fort Adams, containing
about 1900 acres OF land, fronting on the Fort
Adams road, and bounded by the lands of Patrick,
oil Semple and Of Brandon, together with all the
cotton gins thereon. A. MCGEIIEE,
June 1881 At. Special Commissioner
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)IlSE, FARM, AND GARDEI,

Nd BT y. II. STA CKHO USE.
to communicate with the Editor
Of Tug COMET, will address $.
;, Crystal Springs, Miss.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-07
claimed and hoped by those who are at th

claimed and hoped by those who are at the
front Of this movement, that with the war
and negro questions finally and permanently
out of the way, the solidity of the Republican
organization will yield that the time is now
ripe for recasting of parties, for fresh d.
vision of the people North and South by
lines of political sentiment and opinion that
have had no influence whatever since 1860
Appearances indicate that the chief plank
in the platform of the new party will be mo
Protection Special Privileges" 1t will
attempt to draw off from the Republican
ranks all who favor free trade, and will en-
deavor to fill its sails with the wind of anti
monopoly and local hostility to railroad
abuses. The present labors of ex-Cougress-
man Frank Hurd, of Toledo, in travelling
over the country and organizing free trade
leagues in each State, is in fact feeler for
the new crusade, and, while he is ostensibly
working Of his own accord and on his own
responsibility, he is in fact the agent of the
coalition. Senator Thurman is known to
sympathize with the new party idea, and
there is scarcely Southern Congressman
below the age of So who has not lent
friendly ear to the new gospel of change.
There will shortly appear in number of
leading Western and Southern journals, nom.
inally independent, with Democratic lean
ings tentative articles and interviews with
prominent Democrats, looking to this change
of base and designed to break the news
gently to the rank and fle Charles A.
Dana and his New York Sun, ex.Mayor
Cooper of New York, and the World, of that
city, the Butler wing Of the Democracy in
Massachusetts, Senator Pendleton and the
Cincinnati Enquirer, majority of the Ken.
lucky delegation and the Louisville Courier
Journal both Senators Hampton and Butler,
take an early place in the movement.
The detection of Malone and the admitted
fact that he can carry majority Of the Vir
ginia people with him have given a great
stimulus to the new party "boom," foI it is
recognized that very large and probably Il
controlling element at the South are on the
verge of rebellion against the hide-buund pol
icy Of the Bourbon Democracy; and it is felt
to be wiser to join and direct this new current,
than to resist and be overthrown by it. 1t is
part of the plan that the old guard of the
Democracy shall keep up all imposing front
in Congress while the details Of the retreat
are being carried on by the subo, mates in
the rear, but the Democratic party is moving
out of camp all the same, and looking for a
place to hide their uniforms. The name of
the new and future opponents of the Republi-
can party has not yet been born, but it is ex-
pected to be a stroke of genius and an
omen of success. Correspondence Minneapolis
(linn.) Tribune.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-07

THE BEAUTY OF A BLUsH.-Goethe was
in company with mother and her daughter,
when helatter, being reproued for some fault,
blushed and burst into tears. He said, "How
beautiful your reproach has made your daugh.
ter. The crimson hue and those silvery tears
become her better than any ornament of gold
and pearls. Those may be hung on the neck
of wanton, but these are never seen discon.
nected with moral purity. A full blown rose,
besprinkled with the purest dew, is not 70
beautiful as this child blushing beneath .her
parents displeasure, and shedding tears Of
sorrow for her fault. A blush is the sign
which nature hangs out to show where chasti.
ty and honor dwell"
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THE PUBLIC ROADS.

FIHHE citizens of York county ore informed that
the condition Of the public roads, the County
Commissioners, at their last meeting, decided to
take upon themselves a reasonable share of this
duty, and to that end each Commissioner has as
signed to him portion Of the county from which
reports of the condition of the public roads may
be made. Complaints of the condition of the
public roads of the different townships should be
hereafter made as follows:
Bethel, Ebenezer and Fort Mill townships, to j..
M. Jackson.
Bethesda, Bulock's Greek and Catawba town.
ships, to A. F. Lindsay.
Broad River, Kings Mountain and Cherokee
townships, to J. B. Allison.
By order of the Board.
B. ALLISON, Clerk.
March 10 10 tt
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THE YORK MARBLE YARD.

vINHE undersigned would respectfully an.
nounce to the public that his MARBLE
YARD, near the Railroad depot, is in full opera
ton, and that he is now well prepared to furnish
anything in his line OF business at the LOWEST
CASH PRICES. Tombstones for children fur
nished for from $500 upward for adults from
$500 upward.
mr Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and
finished in the most elaborate style, and in point
Of work and material, equal to the work
of any establishment in the country.
Specimens always ON hand to an inspection OF
which those in want of marble work are respect
fully invited.
Estimates and other information furnished on
application.
Work delivered at any point on the Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between
Chester and Dallas, or at any place between
Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Co.
lumbia and Augusta Railroad, free Of charge for
transportation.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed
upon my establishment, my determination is to
merit continuance OF the same. ..
F. HAPPERFIELD.
January6 ly