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VOL. 11 f Cbmimmicftfcud.) Hod Never Intended Florida im a Codon Country. Nature abundantly shows to every Observing man wlmt the soil is best adapted to, then for man to persist in perverting hntltl'h is wrong in princi ple end seldom ever succeeds well in pl'iu'tico. OOTTON SHOULD I)K CONSIDERED AS A SUU- j SIDARY CHOP. In the first place, 1 do not wish to bo understood us making the asser tion that Florida is not a fair cotton producing country, but wish to show that from her varied productions, there are other products much more profitable, and require much less labor, and are not so expensive, not so un certain, and do not require one half the time to realize from a crop, and •areas marketable us cotton. In the production of grains, grasses, ■and all the cereal crops, with the vast advantage they afford to tlio planter, and the co u’try over cotton. And in '•icing so, I do not propose to go into fin extended argument, for I deem it Mnuccessary to prove to an intelligent Community what they see and know as well as I do, if they will only look into the matter and consider the points. But think that figures will suffice. As I set out with the idea that God did not intend this as a cotton producing country, I will pay my respects to his ileecy whiteness first. We learn from statistics, which I regard as correct, that the actual average of lint cotton produced per acre in Florida the past season was one hundred pounds, and that the crop was rather over than under tlio average since the war alt will admit. My opinion is that twelve and a half cents was a full average price net for the last crop per pound, which will be equal to $12.50 for each acre’s pro duct. Well, now see what is the cost of producing an aero in cotton: To prepare one acre for planting will re quire the labor of one hand and horse one day, at 75 cts. fur each, will make it $1.50. The same hand and horse can plant one acre per day, $1.50. It is necessary’ to hoe it six times, hands in this country will feed them selves and work for 75 cts. per day, and one acre is considered a day's work, which *lds $1.50 more to the cost. It is necessary to plow it at least six times. Three acre sis rather over an average day's work for one hand and horse, hut will suppose three at the same rate per day as above, viz: $l5O, which will make the cost of one acre for each time gone over fifty cents, or $3.00 for plowing; 350 lbs of seed cot ton tlio year through will average 100 lbs of lint. The cost to pick is 75 cts. per hundred pounds, to pick -350 lbs will cost $2.G2.|. The seed will pay for ginning. It is presumed "that, the bagging and ties will return what we pay for them. Thus wo find the nctual cost to produce an acre of cotton, nnd that at a low estimate, whether it makes 350 lbs or less is $ 13.12:), while the amount obtained was only $12.50. Taking last year, which was as before stated, rather above than under an average since the war in point of production, we find that the actual cost was 02 cents more to produce thau it brought per acre. Can’t the planters now see why it is they are not making money ? In the above calculation there was nothing •said about the cost of manure which would go still further to increase the .expense, and as I do not debit cotton with it, will not any of the other pro ducts; but will go upon the supposi tion that all planters use the most of their manure for cotton, and in al most every instance their best lands. Will now see what it will cost to produce corn per aero, and the re sults: For preparing the lands will suppose the cost to he the same as cotton, viz: $1.50. One hand can plant with plow, two acres per day, which makes it cost 75 cts. per acre- It is necessary to go over it once with the hoe, one hand can with ease hoe fwo acres per day, would make the cost 37 i cts. per acre. It is necessary to go over it during the crop season three times with the plow. Ouo hand can sweep three acres per day, at li’oovo rates, viz: $1.50, or 50 cts, per acre, and three times going over would make it $1.50, which added to the other cost, would make the entire post $4.121 por acre. By planting the hpst land, heretofore put to cot ton, and using the manures given to it, will suppose the average yield to bo 20 bushels per acre, and the prioe SI.OO per bushel. Thus we liavo a profit on corn of $15,871. The fod^ der and shucks will pay for gathering, housing, Ac. OATS. Will now see wlmt oats will cost per acre and what profit they will show: One hand can sow and plow in one acre per day, at the same cost as cotton or corn, viz: 1.50. If pro vided with a Reaper, and every plan ter sliould be, from the very fact it would encourage him to plant grain, can with certainty calculate upon reaping ten acres per day, requiring one hand and two horses or mules, at 75 cents each, makes the cost of one day’s labor to the owner $2.25, or 221 cents per acre. One hand can bind after a reaper, or it is so said, and at an expeuse of 75 cents per day, we find the actual cost to be for binding 71 cents per acre. Will suppose tin: product to be only 20 bushels per acre, (when upon very poor land naturally, the product was 73 bush els; made by Capt. Inglis,) and the price SI.OO. Total expenses $1.80; profit per acre $18.20. The straw and chaff will more than pay all other expenses. RYE Will now see what showing rye will make: The cost for preparing per acre being the same as other grain, viz: $1.50. Will suppose the product to be fifteen bushels, 1 have never known the price to he less in this country than $2.00 per bushel. Re sult, S3O per acre; expenses same as oats, viz: $1.80; net profit $28.20. Besides it is very valuable as a winter pasture. (Mr. A. M. Cason produced over forty bushels per acre this year after pasturing all winter.) WHEAT. The writer raised wheat for eight consecutive years, the average was over ten bushels per acre on poor laud, and without any manure what ever. Well, suppose ton bushels a fair average, and the price $1.50 per bushel; the expense the same as oats, i SI.BO. We find the difference ill favor j of wheat $13.20 per acre. (The highest product I have heard lof in this country in wheat was 311 | bushels per acre.) RUE. A few years ago the writer wan p.iss- I ing through one of the poorest couu i ties in Georgia, and noticed on most I every’ little farm that rice was planted | apparently to the exclusion of corn, which uaturallv caused an inclination to enquire of all we met the cause, and result of their rice planting. The aversion by all was about the same— tlint their lands were so poor they would not make without manure more than 3 to 4 bushels of corn per acre, whereas planted in rice they made from 20 to 30, and on their branch j lands as much as 40 bushels per acre. | They planted in drills 3to 4 feet a part—cultivated it with sweeps very much like cotton. The entire cost about one half as much as cotton. The price per bushel $1.50; the low est estimate (30 bushels) —$30.00 — Expense SG.SC| —Profit $23.43 j. Like oats, the straw will more than pay’ all the other expense. (There has been raised on my place GO bushels | per acre). (Will be pleased to have Capt. John R. Stapler give the public his experience in high laud rice cult ure. ) SUOAIt CANE. This important crop seldom ever shows a less profit than $150.00 per acre. Sweet potatoes about the same. HAY CROP AND CHOW FOOT GRASS. We will now treat on the subject, in our opinion, that God designed this country for. Will take first, crab grass. If there is a tiller of the soil in this section of oountry, who is not cognizant of the fact that crab grass has most manfully asserted his su premacy under all the vicisitudes of the seasons, year after year, then is lie indeed a most stupid creature. Bo it said to the honor of crab grass, that with all the combined efforts, and skill of man, dry seasons, etc., it al ways comes up in sufficient quanti ties to leave in the soil a sufficiency of seed, if, indeed, the seed is not in digiuous to the soil. To the latter opinion the writer is strongly inclin ed from the fact that ho has never known of a piec e of 1; n 1 beirg cleared, and broken well in the State but that crab grass immediately sprang into existence, and at once commence to dispute the right of any other of tlio vegetable kingdom to occupy its na tive home, and thereby rob it oi its primeval inheritance, Then here it was that God planted tho seed; and hero it is that dlsocrning man can at a glance sec what kind, just, and gen eyuffS nature, bas dictated to lino as 3 QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1875. proper pursuit and has plead with him year after year, to profit by the experience she so lavishly and gra ciously imparts to him. But the poor stupid creature seems to say to na ture, “You point out ways to wealth, and case, that my father did not tread, and this very naturally enures me to ho suspicious of your doctrine “I believe, yea, know you aro cor rect. But until the whole people are fully prepared to admit and adopt such dogmas, deduced from actual experience, I cannot think for a mo ment of going up, or relenting my uttmost efforts to produce tho last pound of cotton that manure, skill, and energy, can bring out of mother earth, and that, to tho exclusion of the most important necessaries of life. ” Then, Mr. Skeptic, I will answer you by saying 1 have given you the figures of the cost of production, I have giv en you the average of yield, and price. If you can afford to go on under such circumstances go ahead. There is no doubt but all will admit that a sound economy demands that wejshouldraise I all we consume—Broad—Meat —Ilor- | scs and Mules—Cows and Sheep. I ! deem it unnecessary to enter into de ; tails to point out the advantages U j be derived from the adoption of a sys- I tom of husbandry that would neces sarily reduce the cotton crop one half of its present aggregate, say to two millions of bales. If the crop could be reduced to that figure then the price would never be under 30 cents per pound, which would make one | bale more valuable to tho planter ' than three now, when the difference |in the cost of production, and haud ! ling is taken into consideration be ! tween one and three. If what I say is true, and who will dare risk his reputation in saying that in the main it is not. And if true, then our mo -1 tive of all cotton to the exclusion of j other monied crops, which are more I reliable, and equally as profitable as | cotton, when it commands a fair | price, is a reproach to our common sense and has led us to the very brink iof irretrievable and final ruin. We : now get back to the cost and profit | that our native crab and crow foot 1 grass give per acre. It must be borne in mind that it never fails from advance seasons. The test as far as the writer has | information on the subject, and from | actual experience has been about as j fallows. The cost to break and roll j the land preparatory for tho manure jis estimated at $2.00. Good land, or well manured old land, will give two i clippings a year of about five tbou ! sand pounds each of crab grass. And ] if well prepared, and manured by the j middle of August will give a crop of crow foot of at least four thousand pounds. This for one year is not bad. The cost to mow is say 50 cents per acre; curing, and packing, say $20.00; manure, say SIO.OO. Total cost $32.- 50 per acre. Seven tons of hay, $20.- 00 per ton, SIIO.OO. Profit, $107.00. Suppose the result is just half of tho present estimate, and wo still have a profit of $53.75. This year Capt. John Inglis whose post oflie is Madison, Fla., raised | crab grass. The first clipping was at | the rate of 10,100 pounds per acre. | Can this be beat by any portion of j the hay growing country ? It seems if tho whole country is in ! full sympathy with tho low prices of | cotton, every department of industry seems to languish. Monied corpora tions vanish from sight as a vapor. Well may the question be asked why |so much consternation. The answer is plain. The low price of cotton with its attendant consequences. Its re dundancy has done it. Yes has paralyzed the vital interest of the whole oountry. If it was possible to raise tho price to 25 cents per pound the inspiration of new hope would bo irresitible, tho manifest appathv in all j departments of business would at once be dispelled, anew infusion of spirits would at once take hold of the people, anew impetus would diffuse itself throughout the entire country, and a general prosperity would fol low in the work of adversity. The experience of tho present year with fair prospects of low prices for cotton should demonstrate to us clearly our | folly of tho policy of depending upon | cotton wholly as a monied crop. “Let us make anew departure.” "With I grains, gra- s?s, and cereals generally, j and we will soon determine which [ pays best and what course our inter j ost mostly demands that wo should follow. Very Respectfully Joseph Tillman. C'hcry Lake, Fla-, August 21th, 1875. PLACE RESTORED IN CEOR CIA. The I’risonors to be Discharged Cause of the Panic Undefended Condition of the Planters Temperate Action of the Citizens ami Coy. Smith Tile Comities (jniet Unwar ranted Use ofthe Name of Gcu. Hirers. [By telegraph from a stall' correspondent of the Tribune.] Augusta, Ga., August 22.— The threatened war of races, which caused so much excitement and alarm in half a dozen counties of Georgia last week, and which for a few days seemed like ly to lead to serious consequences for one if not for both races, has happily been averted without violence or bloodsbod. As far ns can be ascer tained here in Augusta, it originated in an insane desire on the part of three or four idle and turbulent ne groes to gain notoriety and power. These men took advantage of their prominence and influence among the ; people of their race, and of the igno i ranee and credulity of their followers, : and, by manipulating the millitnrv or | semi-military organizations to which | a majority of tho colored people be ; ling, were able to draw into the plot | a great number of naturally quiet and | law-abiding negroes. These latter ' had no cause for discontent, and no ; grievances to redress. They do not i know, even now, of any reason for j the contemplated uprising. The alarm of the white people in : the counties embraced ill the plot | was perfectly mitqral. The agricult ural population of the South is much more scattered than in the North. Southern plantations are generally larger than Northern farms, and the proportion of land not under cultiva tion is greater. The result is that the dwellings of the white people are of ten at considerable distance from each other. In the event of serious trouble they would bo very difficult to defend. Besides this, the colored population in the cotton belt of this and adjoining States far outnumbers | the whites; and while tho latter knew jof no cause for hostility on the part l of the blacks, they did not know into i what excess the freedmen might be i led. Various things occurred to ex | cite apprehension. Letters were found, the contents of which have al- I ready been made public. Confessions ; were made by coma of the negroes I first arrested. Vague rumors and re ! ports were circulated that large bod- I ies of armed negroes were marching : through the country, or camped in i the woods. Exaggerated stories, that | always gain currency on such oeca | sious and grow with every repetition, ! also added fuel to the flame, and re ; ally increased the danger that a eon- I diet would actually take place. The discovery of the plot of course j put an end at once tu the possibility |of execution. But this has been the j point in more than one case in the | South, siuce the close of the war, ! where the serious trouble has actual- Ily begun. Unnecessary shooting, j jail-breaking, and lynching have iu ! many cases seemed to be the almost ! iue.’itablc result of excitement, such as ! has prevailed in this vicinity during the past week; and it was the fear ! that such scenes as occurred iu Grant j Parish and Coushatta, in Louisiana j and Western Tennessee, would be re [ peated in Burke, Washington, and 1 .Jiefferson counties in this State that j gave the well-wishers of Georgia the i most concern. This danger, if ex j isted has now entirely passed, and the people have been saved from a dis grace which would have been greath deplored by every good citizen of tho State, white and black. Residents of j the counties in which the excitement j and alarm prevailed assort that illegal | violence toward any of the prisoners ! was never talked of or contemplated. Ihiblic sentiment has all of the time been in favor of restoring only to le gal means of punishment. The pru dent course of Gov. Smith, in refusing to send to the disturbed counties any \ men from Augusta or other places, tended probably as much as anything else to preserve the peace. Had sev eral hundred men gone from Augusta or elsewhere to Waynesborro and San dersou villa, on Thursday last, the dan ger that some indiscreet or drunken i fellow would have committed some act of violence, and perhaps precipitated a serious conflict, would have been very great. Gov. Smith, attended by two mem bers of his staff, visited Sandersville yesterday. The people of AVashing ton county, white and black, turned out in groat numbers to receive him. In a speech, which he made from the Court-house steps, ho advised the ne groes to be industrious and law abid ing, and counseled the white people to bo calm and forbearing, and let the law bo vindicated iu the proper man ner. The effect of his speech was ex cellent. About one hundred negroes are now in jail iu Washington county, but all, except,!!, few ring leaders, will be unconditionally released to-morrow. Of the seventy arrested in Burke county, all but four or five have al ready been wot at liberty, The confessions of the negroes who have been arrested assert that the three leaders iu whoso names all or ders were issued were Joseph Morris, Cardy Hift-ris, and Prince Rivers of South Carolina, ltivcrs holds a ma jor general's commission in the South Carolina militia, and is a member ol the Legislature of that Slate. He re- sides oil the opposite side of the river from Augusta, and positively denies, in a card, that he had anything to do with the plot. Citizens of Augusta who know well believe that ho tells tho truth. His influence with the ne groes, hut it has always been on the] side of peace and good order. He! has had control of a largo portion of, the militia of So*t h Carolina ever since its organization; but even in times of great popular excitement, and when he himself lias, been threat ened, he has never called it out. Ho took no part in the troub les which occurred in Edgefield coun ty last fall, although he was acquaint ed with those engaged in it on both sides. It is hardly probable that he would think of coining over into this State for any such purpose. The re port that lie was to give the plot his support with ten thousand soldiers was calculated to give tho negroes courage, and to impress them with the importance of tho undertaking ; but it is probable that his name was used wholy without his knowledge or consent. Morris, who probably planned the whole affair, has not yet been arrested. Cordy Harris lias voluntarily surrendered and demands an investigation of the accusations against him. Judge Hewhel V. John son will hold a special term of the Court is Washington county on Mon day, the 30th. for the investigation of the whole affair. Reports from all the counties represent the excitement as abated and no further trouble as anticipated. TO THE CENTENNIAL. A Georgia Battallimi to lie Represented. Yesterday we saw a letter from Capt. Clarke, of Oglethorpe Compa ny 8., of Augusta, to Captain Hen derson of tho Cadets, suggesting that a hattallion lie formed of tlio Atlanta Cadets and the Oglethorpe Company 8., of Augusta, the Savannah Cadets and one of tho Macon companies, for | tho purpose of going to the Centenni- j al. He further suggests that Gov. I James Al. Smith ho solicited to go in ] command of tho hattallion. This letter was received last Satur day morning, and submitted to the j Cadets that night. Tho Katy-dids j are thoroughly awake on the subject ] and have decided to accept the prop osition of Captain Clarke, if they have to pay their own expenses. They pro-! pose to commence drilling at once for j tin: trip, and wo feel certain that the ! Atlautesc that visit tho Centennial' will be proud of her soldier boys. Having decided to go, tho next,! question was, how will we get there? j Some suggested that a bill bo intro- j dueed at the next session of the Leg- ] islature asking the State to defray the I expenses of the hattallion to the Cen-; teunial, but every other man in the j meeting opposed asking the State I aid. Another suggestion was, that the 1 amount required he raised by sub- ] seriptiou among our citizens. This j plan was adopted by the company j and the prospect for raising the mon ey seems to be good. Mr. William Goodnow, who heard of the letter from Capt. Clarke, and the resolutions of the Cadets, relative to attending the centennial, kindly of fered to open the subscription with the expense of ono of the forty men that would go or to give SIOO. Two other men agreed to give SSO each. Another, we understand, says that ho will give SIOO now, and more if need ed. All of these subscriptions were vol nutarially given. Besides this, the j Cadets have $l5O in their treasury, | which will, bo appropriated to the j cause. Two men outside of the company also agree to raise SSOO each, from their customers North, to be placed at the disposal of the Cadets. Sub scription lists will not be circulated in the city until after Captain Hen derson and the Captains of the other companies have, by correspondence determined on something definite as to what companies will, when they will go, how long they will stay and how many each company will carry and other minor points. But we are sat isfied that our citizens will respond liberally when they are called on.— Atlanta Herald. The Negro Trouble. The New York Tribune, on the dis patch of its special correspondent, sent to AYashington county, which is elswhare published, remarks as fol lows : It is not often that such scenes of popular excitement as were witnessed last week in Georgia aro allowed to pass away with the shedding of blood. That tho whites and blacks in the lately disturbed sections are not mur dering each other is owing to the calmness and discretion of Governor Smith and to a general respect for tlio law and order, no less than to the kindly feeling between the better class of men in either race which has been displayed by the people of Geor gia in many ways during the past few years, and which has gained for their State a reputation for good order like that of Virginia and North Carolina. Our special dispatch from Augusta, which gives tho only con nected and intelligblo aeeuunt of the recent scare yet published, shows that the apprehensions of the whites were not ground loss but that tho negroes who were at tho bottom of the plot 1 were .probably actuated by desire for notoriety and power more than by any malicious motive, while many who were committed to the movement were blindly following this self con stituted authority. The spread of fear and suspicion among flic whites and the wholesale arrest of negroes aggravated the danger of the situation, so that wo shudder to think what would have followed had not tho former called in Judge Johnson in stead of Judge Lynch to bring the incendiaries to justice. As it is, the persons now lying in the county jails may expect a fair trial, and the pun ishment of those who are guilty will give assurance of permanent peace. We may remark, in passing, that the counties in Georgia which are contig uous to South Carolina liavo ever since the war been subject to malign influences from disorderly elements representing both races, in the latter State. It may be well for Gov. ('hara berlain to watch the progress of the investigation now to be held, with a view to acertain w hether he may not have a duty to perform in bringing about a better state of affairs. It is possible that the name of l’rince Rivers was used by the Georgia con spirators without authority ; but if he I is guilty, as charged, Gov. Chamber lain might well vacate the coinmision of a major general iu South Carolina militia. Wrong Kind of a Shirt.- It was a respectable looking color ed man who brought his washing home. “Your wife is a good washerwoman, isn’t she?” said the bachelor to the polite and obseqious man. “Yaas, sir: she commonly always gives sati’faction,” replied the hus band of the laundress. ‘Well,’ resumed the young bache lor, in his blandest and most insinua ting manner, ‘you can tcli your wife that I esteem her very highly as one possessing many womanly and Chris tian virtues—a domestic gem and househonld ornameut—a social lumi nary and moral beacon —an exempla ry Christian —a gentle, loving wife— a washerwoman among 10,000, and altogether lovely; but there is ouo objection.’ ‘What’s dat, sar,’ enquired the smiling African, who had been show ing two rows of spotless ivory and a cavernous opeuing of tho head while i his wife was being so extravagantly eulogized. ‘What’s dat, boss ?’ ‘She puts all tho starch in my socks, and none in my shirts; she : washes or irons all tho buttons off, and forgets to replace them; exchau • ges my clothes for these of some oth lor patron, and if you’ll look at this i (holding up a garment), you’ll see how inconvenient it would he to wear cither pantaloons, cuff’s, or collars with such a shirt as she sends me. It may be that she cuts off the arms and collar to make tlio tail longer, but I can’t see what the deuce she should want to ruffle tho edges for !’ The darkey looked a little disgus- , ted as he wrapped the garment up to take home, and ho only said: ‘ldea sending a man dat kind o’ shirt. Vieksbury Herald. A Rath in the Dead Sea. .Mr. C. A. Kingsbury writes as fol lows in Forest and Stream, of a bath in the Dead Sea: “Reacliiug at last this most re markable of all the seas and lnkes on our globe, we prepared to take a bath —and such a bath I can hardly ex pect ever to take again. I had pre viously bathed in numerous oceans, seas, lnkes, and rivers, but never did I enjoy such a bath as this. Tho specific gravity of the water is such from its holding in solution so large a proportion of salt (G 2) per cent.) that one floats upon the surface like a cork. At the time there was only a gentle ripple upon the sea, and being a good swimmer I at once struck out into deep water. I soon found that I could not only swim and float with wonderful ease, but that I could ac tually walk in the water, sinking only to the arm-pits. Discovering this fact, I made for the shore, and taking Dr. C., one of our party, who could not swim, by the hand led him into the sea, where water was many fath oms deep. At first ho was quite re luctant to follow me, but he soon gained confidence on finding that there was no danger of sinking, and he enjoyed tho novel bath as much as if he had been an expert swimmer. Should the bather allow the water to get into his eyes or month ho would suffer considerable abatement iu bis enjoyment, on account of its extreme ly salt, bitter and irritating nature. No fish can live in this sea, but va rious kinds of ducks abound here at certain seasons of the year. The wa ter was as clear as ordinary sea wa ter, its temperature was agreeable and it lias an oily feeling, and alto gether its action on the surface of the body was such as to develop those pleasurable sensations pertaining to the sense of touch, accompanied by tho most delightful exhileratiou. Of all the baths in the world, give mo a bath in the Dead Boa.” A rustic couple, newly married, marched into a drug store and called for soda water. The obliging clerk , inquired what syrup they would have in it, when tho swain, deliberately loaning over the counter, replied : “Stranger, money is no object to mo ; j [nit sugar m it.’’ A Civil Riglilm'ss. [Oglethoipe Echo.] tin Tuesday morning last, the down train from Athens brought a genuine * civil r.glitor in tlio form of a negro wench, as black as tho aeo of spades. She sat in the ladies’ car, surrounded by a number of lloner pots and bun dles, ami on her face wore the most impudent look. Several ladies woro j in the car, who avoided their follow passenger bv retiring ns far to the rear as possible. But Dinah's glory was destined to vanish as tlio wind. As soon ns the train reached Crawford, a party of “strangers” boarded the train, headed by a young man who gave his name as “John Smith,” and marching up to tho intruder, demanded what she was doing in the white’s car. Twirling a chain that hung around her neck with her fingers, aud assuming a defiant air, the highly colored damsmell (or dam-sell) informed them: "1 dun bort a fuss-class ticket, an* 1 1 is gwine to ride in this very knre. Do 'puhlikin party ’lows it, and tho white folks kan’t help demselves!” “John Smith” pointed to the door | and said, “change cars this minute 1” Colored Dam-smell.—“AYliar is do doctor ovdis train; I want to see if ! he can't ’teet his passingers.” “J. S."—“Leave, I toll you!’’ C. D.—“AVliat your name who ! gwiuo trying to make me loef. I'll ] piosekuto dis 'fence agin de law.” “J. S.”—“My name is John Smith. Boys, ono of you hoist the window and the rest catch hold—we'll throw j her out in that mud hole.” Seeing that tho party meant busi ! ness,(she collected what plunder she I could carry, and made for the negio ! car in double-quick time. The pack j ages she left were thrown in after ; her. She did not. attempt to iuvada | the white car again. “Jusl My Luck.” •‘Did you got the place, John ?” • asked his mother anxiously. “No, ma’am; just my usual luck; j Mr. Adams had engaged a boy just ! half an hour before.” “I am sorry you did not apply last j evening, or very early this morning i as I advised,” she said sadly. “Well, blit mother, I did not sup pose any other boy knew ol the va cancy,” lie answered, as ho started for school. When he reached there fully i ten 'minutes of nine, and the boys l called him to come and play ball. “All right!” ho replied; “here girls ] put my arithmetic on rny desk, will : you”—aud lie threw it hastily to ; wards the open window. Crash went the glass. John stop j pod iu dismay. He knew just how 1 much the broken panes would take out of his mother's scanty earnings. “Just my luck,” he muttered sul lenly. “No, not your luck my dear, but your carelessness,” said voice behind j him; and he turned and saw the teacher coming. “You are too apt, John, to shield j your neglect and haste under that j expression. Some ono says that ev ery man is an architect of his own fortuno aud you should not complain : so often of ill luck.” i There are a great many Johns in j the world aud hope they will remern- I her this too. The Covington Star iu discussing the ; late insurrection gives the negroes ! some plain and valuable advice. You must lespect the law and S the rights of others or you must suf fer tho consequences. There is no j way for the negro to live in this coun j try save on amicable and peaceable j terms with the white people. The : sooner you realize this fact, tho better it will be for you. This is emphati j oally a white man’s government, and ! the white man is able and willing to preserve it, and the only way in which | you can live with us, and enjoy the f b: "fits of the government is to do so j on terms of the most friendly relation ! ship. There is no other way iu which tho two races can live together. Yon have your part to perform in support j ing the government, and you must perform it honestly and faithfully, and tho vvhito people of tho south will not deprive you of a single one of your rights before the law. But whenever you undertake to wrest tho white man’s power from him and de prive him of his rights by force of arms instead of leaving all such ques tions to be decided at ballot box, you will always be defeated, as you have been in your recent attempt to do so. And wo repeat that the only way in which you can live and prosper in the south, is upon terms of friendly rela tionship. Pennyroyl and Potash.— lf mosqui toes or other bloodsuckers infest our sleeping rooms at night, we uncork a bottle of tho oil of pennyroyal, and these animals leave iu great haste, nor will they return so long as the air in tlio room is loaded with the fumes jof that aromatic herb. If rats enter ! the cellar a little powdered potash, | thrown iu their holes, or mixed with meal and scattered in their runaways, never fails to drive them away. Cay ! enne pepper will keep tho buttery and i storeroom free from ants and eock ] roaches. If a mouse makes an en trance into any part of your dwellings, saturate a rag with Cayenne, in solu tion, and stuff it into the hole, which can then be repaired with either wood lor mortal*. No rat or mouse will cat that rag for the purpose of opening . communications with n depot of sup i plies. —Scientific Aiuei .i an. ISO 27.