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THE U AhdBHIN GAZETTE. - ■ «?*• -Jfc US. A. WRIGHT; aG^NT. THE WASHINGTON 6AZETTE. Tr*n»—Three Dollars a year, in adeanee THE LITTLE SOBS OF WHITE. BY MBS). S. T. a'Kiiar. cradle a baby ley ; iTmother wai stitching, stitching away t On a little robe of white. One foot on the rocker, she hoped to keep Her frolijsoroe baby fast asleep, To finViiisgr work that night. lit every stitch of the garment she wrought That loving mother fastened a thought— Hopei for that little (me—- And smiled on her babe with a happy pride I As it slept in its cradle by Wi side, £ JTiH that little robe was done. Then she folded up the cambric and lace, And kieaed her little oneVi eßubby face. That united in lie. infaut glee Bha towed it op and daws ia How pretty yWll look, L you j That new little robe, said she. In a roaewood coffin the baby lay— Its mother bed wept the night away, J Watching ita dying breath, i/ Wilh It clasped to;her breast she prayed to keep Her darling baby from going to sleep In cold trail of death. they Wgk in (be garment just WJwast. heflS a hopeful thought— mot|kr*« sight. with a (ear, many la that liuta •' Fr«m its rote* away. In the realms o? The angels a garment had :.>{df3lShot»t, | rW - -W6E* FOB THE KJUTH. ra ' !;? SVisi -etduont * of the early jin ri ofKarchjhaire all the preparations for j ydtting in crop*—but few days com tv|>aratively in that month being fit for and pton jhing, bedding or planting. Cbr*.— I Though tbo cotton planting season is at band, do not fail to put in plenty of corn. All lands intended for cotton, that are imperfectly and rongbly prepared, bad better be de voted to corn and other crops. The necessarily high rates we aro now paying for corn, when the expense of several hundred miles of transporta tion has to bo added to the original post Os production; its current high price where produced, and the fact that our railroad communication with the Northwest aro liable to bo brokon up by such floods as we have had the past month, admonish us to plant a largo crop of this great staple. Make our own corn cheap and abundant. Corn will render labor cheaper and easier to obtain. Cotton is a great erop, but we have yet to seo the plant er that from small beginnings has made himself a fortuno, who has con fined his Agricultural operations to tho production of cotton. Tho thriving planters of our acquaintance, while they made cotton the main product, lookod sharply after other crops, and somehow did it, too, without seeming to make little if any less of the staple than their neighbors. Besides cotton so sell, they generally managed to have plenty of com, wbat, peas, po tatoes and bacon for home consump tion, and in their carefulness to make a sure thing of this, ordinarily had a£#omelbing over. We don’t think it tbs present interest of the planting States to make wheat, corn or bacon far export, but wo do believe they should produce enough for home con sumption. The time spent in hauling corn from the depot, would do a good deal toward producing it at home, — Add to this the fact that on most plan tations, about corn enough to run them can be made, without any mate rial interference with the production of cotton, and then the other fact,' that the man who makes both com and cotton has, in a bad year two chances to escape utter failure ; for, if bis corn is made at home, he has that sure, while, if a planter depends on cotton to buy his corn, and the cotton crop fails, he is <‘dead broke,” having no resource—neither corn nor cotton. Make corn, then—produce everything in the way of food and forage needed to keep np youi 1 place, and let the j cotton sold, above what is required { for the wages of the bands, represent; | the net profit of the estate. Then manure heavily—plow deep— use the best and heaviest seed you mp obtain. And lot your after-culturo be of the most thorough character working close and deep at the early stage'of the crop, but very shallow when the roots extend, so that they may be unbroken. Indoed, these few things constitute tho whole system of corn growing ; deep breaking up, es pecially under the row—planting tho corn below tho genet al level—plenty of manuro applied—thorough early working and frequent shallow stirring of tho surface, during tho growth of the crop, with scraper and sweep. Colton. — lf you aro suro you have got onough of corn and other crops planted to supply your wants—ma king a liberal allowance for the un | certainty of the seasons, then plant cotton. Nip other crop produced for sale if properly managed, will draw so little from mother earth. There are instances of level lands, with iio otljer manuring thaif resting the land every second or third .year, and tho return of all the seed and plant to the soil, in which the lost* crops picked were ninth better than tho first. Wo have Mr. Dickson’s word and cxamplo, to : prove that a ootton plantation can be !so managed that its productiveness I will increase each year, and tho annu al increase of tho crop will pay a heavy profit on tho- monoy expended in fertilizers. And, mark it, this way of managing a couon plantation, after a little, is tho only one that will pay with any certainty. -In planting cotton, it is a great Ahin-g to have tho ground in proper Ordec at fifjt—tho beds straight, if the Bui face admits, or if not, without ab rupt curve*. .Take time, tVfen, to have the soil well jrftiparotl* oven il you plaot fever rVeCii# • Tac4£jtro„w will he found useful In pulveriz'r-ig tho surface of tbo beds, when rough and cloddy. While it is very Important j.o_ got an early stand, it ig butler secured by a thoroughly prepared soil, than by hasty, Untimely planting. Swoet potatoes, bedded Inst month, will soon begin to furnish “draws.” Good, fair, sandy soils, and plenty of manuro, are the prime requisites for success. Break your ground very deep —open wido and deep furrows—scat ter good, well-rotted manuro, or rot ted chips, ashes, &c\, thickly along in this furrow, and throw on that a broad and rather flat bed—run over this bed lightly, with a rako to pulvcrizo and level it, and you aro ready for plant ing,. Tho “draws” should be caroful ly taken—the roots dipped in a thick batter, mado with woods earth, ashes and fresh cow-dung, equal parts stir red into water, and the plants set with a “dibble” or other stick, about 15 or 18 inches apart in the row. If tho weather is very dry, plant after 4 P. M , and pour a gill or 60 of water around the root of each “draw,” leaving only dry earth on the surface, to prevent too rapid evaporation, from next day’s sun. Tho after culture consists in lightly scraping the sides of the beds, to keep the weeds down, and stirring tho earth a little, if it shows a tenden cy to bake or become bard. As goon as tho vines begin to cover the ridges and spread across the rows, you may lay the crop by. Close attention to these hints, (with the blessing of Providence,) will ensure a good yield ; and the crop ought to be larger this year than ever before. Chinese sugar cane, for syrup, should be planted as soon as the weather becomes settled and warm— a little after corn planting time. Tbo people of the West, where the climate is not so favorable for this plant as with us, are still planting it largely, for the production of syrup and fodder —much more so than ourselves. It may be planted much later than corn, for a syrup crop ; but ifyou want, also, an after crop of forage and (perhaps) seed, you should plant soon. Corn in tb6 drill, Millet, Hungarian Grass and other forage crops must be put in largely—but it is entirely use less to plant these quick-growing and exhaustive green crops, nnless you prepare the ground most deeply and thoroughly, and apply “any quantity" of manure. Early crops of cow peas WILKES roixfY, G*FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 19,1897. may also be sown. For fodder, we prefer to sow them in the drill, but if 'intended to turn under for manure, sow broadcasts Jerusalem Artichokes may be plan ted in low spots, waste places, sides of gullies, &c., ann will yield good food j for bogs. -Y Plant also, if your soil is sandy”a few acres in “Goober peas,” which will bo found very useful for your fattening swinaa Plant, also, fne Chufa, or “ Earth Almond” largely. It is a most proli fieground nut, highly relished by hogs, ehiokens and—people generally 1 Southern Cultivator. EXPERIENCE OF A PRACTICAL FARMER, j Editors Telegraph— Gentlemen : 1 j send you an extract from a letter re- j ceived by me from David Dickson, ofl Hancock county, The stress of tho lifto war drove me into his neighbor hood, and gave mo an opportunity of learning much af the system and suc cess of this enterprising planter. Fif teen years beforo tho war, he com menced planting oh what was consid ered light sandy lands, much exhaus ted, with a capital of #25,000. When tho war broko out, his capital was eighteen timos largor This result was brought about by his energy and system; by improved modes of cul ture; by itnproveir in agricultural implements; by ;Jiention to tho health and comfort of his laborers; by nursing and protecting his stock; jind care bestowed upon his bees, bis or chards and diary. Abovo all, and mainly, his golden harvest was reaped from tho judicious uso of fertilizers. Believing the views he advances will nteresting to your agricultural j reaJets, the extract from his letter is submitted, with tho hope that his ex ample may be imitated by our planters* e lours, respectfully, JAMES A. NIS BET. f EXTRACT. During tho lust year, I loarnt some valuable new lessons: Ouo was the truiniug of hands to double tbo amount of work, with more ease and less waste of sweat and muscle. My for mer hands being better trained than otbrs, had better offers than I could give, and nine-tenths of them left mo. 1 then employed hands from as many as forty plantations, and got none that know how to work to any advan tage. I had Imuda before the war that could pick 600 pounds of cotton in a day, all by day-light, and ail bands that went to the field averaged 300 pounds per day, without a lick or a white man in the field. All of my trained bands have now applied to come back, preferiing one third of the crop gathered on my place, to one half on the places worked last year. Whilst 1 owned them they told me to plant 33 acres in corn and cotton, and 17 in wheat and oats, and they would cnltivate it with my aid, in preference to 20 acres under an overseer, and could do it with more ease. My crops before the war averaged me 81‘000 per hand. I divided thus : S2OO for ma nure ; 8200 for horse power, tools, &c.; #3OO for land and S3OO for labor. My estimate is now, wheu hands work well, to divide as follows : First take pay for all purchased ma nure—the balance to go one-third for land rent—one-third for borse-power and all tools, including gin, wagons carts, wheat-thrasher, &c., hoes and axes excepted, which each hand should furnish—and one-third to the laborer, being divided among the bands that produce; the cotton seed to be return ed to the land, and all crops left in the field angalhored, to go to the owner of the land. Now as to commercial manuros, &c. I am written frequently to know of whom I purchase, and what kind I use. John Merryman & Cos., of Baltimore are my agents, but there are other parties who will do justice. Money is so plentiful at the North, that specu lators purchase each cargo aB soon as it arrives, and hold it for an advanco, so that the planters and farmers mast act npon some uniform plan. The ooly plan I see now, that will do any good, is this: Bend your check on to Baltimore, with instructions to pur chase any manipulated or mixed ma- nures. Many' of them, no doubt, have merits, bft the.planter had better do his Then he will know what ho las got, and save the profit. The bosun*anures bring the bolls on cotton eafly, and a drouth then, with half a cwdj would check the growth ; whilst thj ootton with an inferior ma nure, amibut few bolls, would bo injur ed ; the yams setting in would injure tbo first far more than the last. (?) The manuresU am now using are composed thus : Hbruvian Guano, Bonos, Salt and Piaster—one hundred pounds of the last/ Bones are but es limited supply) yesort must bo had to some of | the phosphatic Guanos, of which Co lumbia paid best, but is now exhausted. The true plan, is to try all manures on thei* own merits—then do your own so|ecting and compounding.— There a|e somo ot tho phospbatio Gu anos thit I have cot tried, but my opinion is, that they aro too high to pay a profit. Manure should yield at least doable the cost, to pay for capi tal, labor, taxes and all risks of worms, drouth, flood, &o. -< Very truly yours, DAVID DICKSON. Hancock County, Jan. 2, 1867. [Southern Cultivator. FOUR THINGS. We hope our readors will not think that we are unseasonably ‘harping upon one string,’ when we again insist upon the necessity of laying delinito plans for work to be done. This makes the difforooce between success and failure betvieou thrift and unthrift, provi ded, oj‘ course, that such plans ure may be, and are, carried out. An oft' funner knows by experience done, by what has been, unii itjs well for the young farmer not to undertake too much. Depend upon it, time will not hang heavy on your bunds,. ; l)o what you u undertake thor oughly. well, but ao not “'putter*’ anil fuss to no account. Especially regard four things : First —“ Your own health and that of tho family, especially that of tbo good wife—relieving her in every possiblo way, by servants, by washing maebiuo and wringer, by sew ing-rauchino, by your own helpful care, solicitude, and interest in her work and cares. Second — System: Having everything go according to a precon certed plan. Third — Time: Being prompt, up early, having choies done, breukfust ready at tho rnomont, and the work of the day begun as nearly as possible at the same hour daily— and so Ibrough tho day. Bosidos, al lowing full resting spells, permit no loitering of men or teams. Fourth : If you employ one or more hands, impose a Strict responsibility in regard to ccriain work, and enforce tho sumo. Thus things will go smoothly. There is one thing farmers aro very apt to neglect, and that is tbo kitchen garden—many of them hardly glance at the hints in another column. A good Vegetable garden is the most profitable part cf any farm. Manure will pay best applied there, and labor will produce more comfort, food and gratification if oxpended in tho garden than elsewhere. And in tho neigh borhood of villages there aro always quick sales for fresh vegetables, and by the preparation of a little more ground and a small additional cost for seed and tillage, no inconsiderable in come may be derived. Think of this while making plans for March and April work.— American Ayriculturist. Deep PLOuoniNa—We have our self experience in deep ploughing.— Our experience is that one good mule can turn over the best of our land quite as deep as it is judicious to turn it; but let a subsoil plough follow in tho same furrow without turning np the earth. The best crops we have ever made were by this method, and we tbiok we will be backed by far mers generally that we are correct in our experience and judgment. A lew Northern plauters thepastyear came South to teach the people how to farm, but in the sequel they have found out to tbeir cost that what can be done North, is not practicable South. They have failed in their an ticipations, notwithstanding occa sional boasts before the had seen the results— Milledgeville Recorder. ROTHSCHILD AND WATERLOO. Rothschild's greatest achievement n over-reaching distances and his fel low-spooutatora was in 1815. He was near the chateau do Hougoumont on tho 18th of Juno, watching as eagerly as tho leaders, Bonaparte and Wel lington themselves, tho progress of the battle of Waterloo. All day long ho followed the fighting with strained eyes, knowing that on its issue depen ded his weltaro as well as Europe’s. At sunset ho saw that tbo victory was with Wellington and tho Allies. Then, without a momont’s delay, ho moun ted a horse that had been kept in readiness for him, and hurried home wards. Everywhere on his road fresh horses or carriages wero in waiting to help him ground. Riding or driving all night, ho reached Ostond at daybreak, to find the sea so stormy that tho boatmen refueod to trust themselves to it. At last he prevailed upon a fisherman to mako the venture for a reward of £BO. In that way ho reached Dover. At Dover, and at tho intermediate stages on the road to London, other horses wore in waiting, and he was in Lon don before midnight. Next morning, tho morning of tho 20lh of June, ho was one of the first to entor the Stock Exchange. In gloomy whisper ho told those who, as usual, crowded round him for nows, that Blucher and his Prussians bad been routed by Na poleon before Wellington bad bee i able to reach tho field; by himself ho could not possibly succoed, and, there fore. the caußO of England and her allies was gone. Tho funds fell as they were meant to fall. Every one was anxious to sell, and Rothschild and his accredit ed agents sooffod at all who brought them scrip for purchaso. But scores of unknown agents were at work all that day, and all the next. Before the Stock Exchango closed on tho af- Eernodn'or tfio second day,'when Na than Rothschild’s strong boxes were full of paper, ho announced, an hour or so before the nows came through other channels, tho real issuo of the' contest. Vory soon tho funds were higher than they' had boen during many previous weeks; and Roths child found that he had mado some thing like a million pounds by his quick traveling nnd clover misrepre sentation. Other millions wrro col lected, rather more slowly, by other transactions of a liko nature.— Nathan Meyer Rothschild. By 11. R. Fox Bournn. INFLUENCE OF FEMALE SOCIETY- It is better for you to pass an eve ning now and then in a lady’s draw ing room, oven though tho conversa tion bo slow, and you know the girl’s song by heart, than in a club, tavern, or pit of a theatro. All amusements of youth to which virtuous wonion aro not admitted— roly on it—are deleterious in tbeir nature. All men who avoid female society, have dull perceptions, and are stupid or have gross tastes, and revolt against what is pure. Your club swaggerers, who aro sucking the butts of billiard cues all night, call female society insipid. Poetry is in sipid to a yokel; beauty haß no charm for a blind man; music does not pleaso a poor beast who does not know one tune from another; and as a poor epicure is hardly over tired of -water sauchy and brown broad and butter, I protest that I can sit for a wholo night talking to a well-regu lated and kindly woman, about her girl’s coming ont, her boy at college, and liko the evening’s entertain ment. Ono of tho great benefits a man derives from woman’s society, is that be is bound to be respectful to them. The habit is of great good to your moral man, depend upon it. Our edu cation makes most of us selfish men of the world. We fight for ourselves, we push for ourselves, we yawn for ourselves, we light our pipes and say we won’t go out; we prefer ourselves and our case; and tbo groatest good that'ieomes to man from woman’s soci ety, is that he has somebody to think for himself, somebody to whom he is bound to be constantly attentive and respctful.— \Thackeray. VOL. I.—NO. 52. RULES EOR A MINISTER. Rule 1. It becomes a m i Ulster’s do ty at all times to be serious and pray erful. 2. His conversation should be such as he would expect from a St. Paul or St. John. 3 A minister should not fool that bis work is accomplished when ho has preached to a congregation; but h* should warn each man privately with the same zeal that he displayed in tbo pulpit. 4. Watch your brethren of like pro fession, or they will jest and talk the Spirit of Christ entirely out of your heart—a dangerous enemy your friend will prove. 5. Do not bo satisfied with merely saying your prayers, but wrestle with God in secret, and He will manifest Himself to you in public. 6. Examine yourself at the close of each day, and ask yourself if you have been as earnest in serving God as you have been to procuro tomporal bles sings. 7. At the close of every Sabbath ex amine and ascertain whether you havo warned your brethren faithfully. 8. Spend half an hour every morn ing in secret prayer and meditation. 9. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. When you visit on Sun day, or call to take dinner, instead of looking at gardens and talking of crops, be bent in your mind to leave a blessing, and - do not leave until you havo prayed with the family. Death at the Bekakfabt-Tablh —Robert Bruco, a celebrated Scotoh minister, sat at his broakfast-tablo one morning. Having oaten a boiled egg, ho turned to his daughter and said : “I think lam you hungry; you may bring me nnotbor egg.” He then grew thoughtful a moment, and musing a little, added ; “Hold, daughtor, hold 1 my Master calloth me!” Here his sight failed him ; but cal ling for a Bible, lie requested his daughter to place his finger on Ro mans 8 : 38, 39. This being done be repeated tbo vorso, dwelling especially on, “I am persuaded that neither life nor death shall bo able to separate me from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus my Lord." He then said: “God be with you, my children. I have bronkfasted with yon, and shall sup with my Lord Jesus Christ this night 1” These wore his last words, lor, with out a Bhiver or a groan, be at once started on his flight to everlasting glory. Roudor, you broakfastod with your family circle this morning. Suppose, like the good Mr. Bruce, you should die suddenly to-day, with whom would you sup to-night ?—Good Newt. Wiiat Industry Will Do.—The Waco (Texas) Register says last year a young man living near that place— let his namo bo known—Albert Sears rented a piece of good land, hired one good old froedraan, and with his own hands went to work to cultivate the soil. Ho worked manfully and well, and now for the fruits of his industry: Ho has gatberered twenty bales of cotton, two thousand bushels of corn, and made four hundred gallons of molasses from sorghum. He has also some corn to spare. He has sold six teen hundred bushels of corn for twelve hundred dollars in gold, ob tained threo hundred for his molasses, and his cotton is good for eighteen hundred more—making in all throe thousand and three hundred dollars. He was at some trifling expense da, ring the cotton picking time. Absurd. To make 400 gallons of syrup in cotton picking time besides gathering all that cotton would wo should think require “ some trifling extra expense,” for labor, above what any two hands could do.— Ed. So. Cult.— S. Cultivator. The New Yobk Chubcues and Soltiibrs Relief. —A New York letter to the Philadel phia Ledger eaye: “There is every reason to bslieve that the contributions of the churches to-morrow, iu response to the Southern Relief Committee, will be on the most liberal scale. Tbs Catho lics, for once, will cordially unite with Protes tants, and Protestants with Catholics, ia the good work.