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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



The Chinese. 



Who are the Chinese? What have they done 

 for mankind ? Their empire is believed to be 

 the most ancient in the world ; and setting aside 

 all mythical and marvellous accounts that go 

 back into dim and unrecorded ages, good au- 

 thorities name Tohee as their first sovereign, 

 2247 B. C. Passing over historic annals, as 

 well as geography, ethnology, population, reli- 

 gions and philosophies of the Chinese, all well 

 known to the world, we take leave to say, that 

 many of the arts and manufactures peculiar to 

 refined life, are here carried to a very high de- 

 gree of perfection, especially in silks, nankeens, 

 and other cottons, and a porcelain that is quite 

 matchless fur it's peculiarities. The interroga- 

 tory as to what the Chinese have accomplished 

 for mankind, may be answered in a manner 

 alike favorable and honorable to that people — 

 for there can be little doubt that the mariner's 

 compass, printing, gunpowder and paper-ma- 

 king, and many other useful inventions and 

 manufactures have been known to them, pro- 

 bably for thousands of years, whereas in Eu- 

 rope they were all either adopted or compara- 

 tively modern discoveries. 



The revenue of China is $200,000,000 annu- 

 ally, showing her vast resources for wealth — 

 while her foreign exports give a yearly average 

 of about $40,000,000 in value — soon we hope to 

 be largely increased, as well as the imports. 

 The trade between the U. States and China in 

 1856 footed up : 



Imports into U. S. from China, $10,454,430 

 Exports from " " " 2,558,220 



Teas, silks, a few cotton goods, porcelain, 

 fire-works, toys, and minor articles, are ship- 

 ped from China, while she produces in great 

 abundance silk, rice, cotton gold and precious 

 stones. Surely, then, great results will follow, 

 for a wide field is opened by the breaking down 

 of the Chinese wall, by which we symbolize 

 the abolition of national exclusiveism. And 

 if, under her old sytem, she could construct 

 that wall, and her grand canal, two of the most 

 wonderful of the works of by-gone days, what 

 may not be expected from the ingenuity of the 

 Celestials, when their prejudices shall be dis- 

 pelled by a free interchange of opinion with 

 the other nations and people of the earth ? — 

 Phila. Enq. 



Hope-Work— Wait. 



It is Hope which inspires to exertion and 

 springs to action. Without it but little would 

 be attempted and less accomplished. It buoys 

 us up in adversity, and impels us forward to 

 further achievement if successful. It sustains 

 us when all is dark and gloomy, and when, to 

 all human appearances, all our exertion is la- 

 bor lost. When care and trouble weigh us 

 down in the present, it comes and whispers of 



the future, and overcomes the spirit of despon- 

 dency. 



But without work, — effort — hope is of little 

 worth. Sitting still and hoping will accom- 

 plish nothing. Hope excites to effort, and when 

 attended by it accomplishes wonders. Work 

 is lightened and toil is sweetened by the luring 

 results promised by Hope. 



Hope and work in union are invincible, and 

 before them, under heaven, all opposition will 

 be overcome. Inspired by one, and in the un- 

 tiring exercise of the other, we may confident- 

 ly wait for the sunshine and showers which in- 

 sure the harvest. Wait patiently and uncom- 

 plainingly,- because, God has promised bless- 

 ings to those who but use the means to secure 

 them. — Port Tobacco Times. 



Falling Apples. 



Already the apples, pears and plums are 

 beginning to drop abundantly from the 

 trees. If you examine these you will dis- 

 cover not a single sound specimen among 

 them. They have fallen, not by the winds, 

 but quite likely, prematurely from disease. 

 Cut them open, and you find either eggs 

 or grubs already at work upon the sub- 

 stance of the fruit. Every one of these 

 fruit is a pest-house, to be immediately de- 

 stroyed. It is good work for the boys to 

 pick them up and throw them into the 

 pig-stye, where they will be devoured or 

 rot among the fermenting manures. We 

 are persuaded that the destruction caused 

 by the curculio, and by the grubs that prey 

 upon the apples and pears, is caused main- 

 ly by fie neglect of this simple precaution. 

 The fallen fruit is suffered to lie upon the 

 ground and mature its progeny of insects. 

 The next year they swarm in increasing 

 numbers, and the farmer complains that 

 there is something peculiar in his soil and 

 climate ; he cannot grow good fruit. The 

 difficulty is in the man and not his soil. 

 Pick up the fruit. And this reminds us of 

 an apple orchard we visited last season. 

 The proprietor had been accustomed for 

 years to turn in his store pigs, and to keep 

 them through the season, until the apples 

 were sufficiently mature for making cider. 

 Not an apple escaped the pigs from July 

 to September. The consequence of this 

 policy was, that he had fair, handsome ap- 

 ples to sell, while his neighbors were com- 

 plaining that their crop was nearly all per- 

 forated with worms. Shall the pigs have 

 a chance at the fallen fruit ? [Ex. 



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