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xik A 0 .co ' I l lr ' i -n, ( w . L. JO:t it ' The night with gr.ss now fairlv begun. t is properly done, suCess is C the struggle spt be Because the itt-e g-s - the farmer -:3 ;es -e -i and he is tempted to go hastily and perhaips ci. loose dirt fror o or p does not smother the youn . the first rain unco.ers it and st imlAte to rapid growth. Where is the fanner of any experience who snot felt the power of '_Iay" grass? it cones u. round the cotten p."1t a hufs i ly; it sends its roots do -y the manure inteade tLi' c k: C L grows With amazi -1- Ih it, the dirt s ait to ro m t'ic cotton and the Iatte fs v, or hand is de;aved to Lil i7i T time to strangle the Cemo i -kill it by the time or .efor 10 reacihes the surface. The lighe sli'test stir ring of the soil will then asro it Hence t'e excellent work of thle harrow if started in time. It will kill Uhe grass but not the cotton. But is mos lie started i t -jts the co~-n is coming up; it mt strike as the later is aL-o comngnq u!;,ter thLan that, ;t sia ol hLcp to culir. . t: d make it -r.w Lst-r. But the wo-rk aV also be weil done with a swe- propedy set and started in ti.-me. T"- vin run so fiat as to I : 'i allows the iito bVry; e-e, and all the grass to z ( %ut, ee ar row stnp of it along the di Now the work is do"e e just coming up' enog am, may e thrown upon it : il that c is sri without covering or ins'h' : 7 te young cotton. 23v;lii on doing th1e woz at Le prcpe t1='. Another istake fen made is to fol low the plow numedml. .it! .e ; the result is the dirt tho- the ors by the plow is removeLd by t-. "o- ao the grass taereby uncoverea. C' onw the plow with the hoe 4t an ir.tr oa week, and if posSilie let " e p os foi low closely on the hc .oa smoinr again any uncovered, untg .U -- serve: the plowsi ar- to La first time very early, stn *s :-e fairly begins to come u. in L the hoes can anbrd to N Uit a v t if the plowing is de-laved t-il z1:- c.> "t is one or two weeks old, the be held back bectase tne a- on ,il need thinning too bil-y. As :ze U e fore, everytmg epena s -U au. work at the plop. tie; th" 's equUa'y imtortant as doMIg 1 -. p r ma 1a ner. It has alwny. t us taC the "blockig" ont of Cotton la lxr lost. It can be brought to a iPd - t about as eiy before it is 1. . after. Early and fraent is needed to break crusts a .ep t1e plants healthyand growig, b do not start the hoes till the pro tre to I bring the cotton to a I.-' itna. I te seed have not been sown too LLh, or ifI the plants have been judicioutly thinned out by a harrow, two piovangs M. be given before the iirst hoeing. .m plow. ought to do everything but the thi-_nn of the cottonl. We rely to ucho hoe work; it is too expeive and1 eat~ up too much of the profits; iievrls sight of the great proliem of reduc"3 the cost of production; never f-rge0tha horse-powev i-s cheaper than humanI power, and machines than huuman hanucs. Cotton cafl for frequent werking in its early stages; it inporiamt to pu~sl it rapidly beyond the poirt vherea it suffers from "sore som ard Lee. In' the olden time it was thought best to side cotton with sc'ooters, shor& or other deep-rflmning plows.. Ample e::periene has shown that tlus is neianer ecessiary nor desirable. The crop is bost culti vated from beginning to end wt swee or shovel, set to run qu ae sniowe soil deeply broken before plan'ng, bu t allowed to settle and jiccom e somewhat: compact, (provided that the trace is kept stirrea,) seemis moLst comcie to fruiting. Aside from the matt~er of rot cutting, ther sems to be a dcidd d vantage in shllow~ cutuire to a ceotton crop. It makes the rowlh st xiy and~ uniformi, and nothing coniraties more1 than such growth to fruiting c-nd the, holding on to fruit. Raipid growth, fol lowed by a sudden cheek, is the chief cause of shedding. We cannot always prevent the check, but we may do some thing tonards putting the cr-op in condi-, tion to rece ivye it with east injury. The object otefarmer should b- to keep0 his cotton growing teadei y, but not to raphi.. Xaidi gr-owt ieways~ dan gerous; it makes a sappyv, teuu. plans exremuy!' enAitive to evecry acier-se i fluence. During the ned tre mont'-s dr weather may beilooked for, i enu al course of things, in our cli-n-e. Ho to ward oi its eirect shoul i'e kepthA steadily in vie is a' the -?ir dins o. the farm.- How br to keep" the -e served moistreinti fl sj th -g.a question.- Fiat cuvtio~~n .stads iirst andi f-oreot amioiig ine rnces ziae complishing this. Evaporatia i s di rectly proporta - to srface -nd su face is greatly~ more-'ed l>r: High becs ii.-ras e ua aa the sar- c o.-t. Th-lZ o2 by throwiu dir to. a. P grass, but is grss is Ihu L comes up carsy ini te "e dirting'.- n . JLA- - benefit to a pun -a- . l should be above * n- - - h surface. ioic~iu alli -y~ ,aao that fruit tr.sae fn -ardby t they "-at aall grew go, plantis virt'll seim -'It ground. Ifti ia ~e from a plant an nom-g i, .as a uvte course, it shouldti be~ reur; .beyon that, the pr-obab~ilities ar ta-'.p -'n; stead of grood folows Let the nags u1 the sweep then be set ilat and L.. iLat all the time. Drag beds. down with ia' --w beo' panting- ta with thbm as th I e a r t(: a fe a mle; -'ryons i 1 ke m the soil belo" damp, but mnulching e: w.iii.eves on , a is imprctca- w ble-not s :nuIlhing with pulverized . a it is c.'::p practicabe, effectie. e the p wings 11+, u keep a mi" s mv ti. Gil ovef th Crop i oe in v tuys,rotar i ram . alS' a crust abou.t to forn. Plo - is Lg Lt lng iie~snk s =1asmodi.c ~rowth.' of a er'p-tirst fas~t .nd the.n a W. low freguentv anda sa i2orm growth ensues. The first of May is a favorab'e time to art many of th*e crops, genralV cs cerCd side crops, but whi deSere I ceidedly more prominence. All the sorhuims should now be planted. We arge the cultivation of these crops upon p ur readers with great confidence. We, cc ,ave full tested the matter on our farm b iod know these plants to be admirable I or crtaL n purps. We do not pro Jose to say t.ht ihe-y are wondeCful, ex ell L' a ing that was ever heard of. 03 But that, like corn, they are useful, and a! i1l a ertain place en the farm most ad- i r ver y one knows that sVr-_. o orghu~a e is ady, productive, : r d a cimidv raised cron. Ev. rv far:n- Ul ca- r-is- eneugh of it to sunly. hi r wvith"n syruip at v ltle ex ers.Frbesies the syrup he gets " %d yield of fcodder and grain. Mules I ?an b ?ed on these in place oi cora and - 'ocr, and it is not extravagant to say h a s much stock can be fed from an er LCre of Sorghum ss from an acre of corn ne have been in the habit of Iooking at a; orghum simply as a syrup-producing te p W not rank it as a reglar food B r. The whoe heads fed to mle are bi Vel eheWed; the grains are t ly e , d we hae- never a whole I :e pas u'S iestd t;hroughl an aaa.i -'a cige f-o"n a continuou1:ls corn e r -ont si..yrc:mau by"""ck auu ( :csyaemtre cou--1.v mtifacu e . No re ere ro; wacI .7_s for :It,. cultiva r :d ad sole. ither" of th,eZ pro-. Me~s ill mre thu pay the co; 0f Cul- w iv:ii; the other remaL.s as Clear .:t It is bot a money and a foodja :op. Eut we desire to cahl attention to ell u ruf n partiCuiaV as food for hogs. lie eariv amber cane plantd the irst E My, w'll be ;,iPe by the iinrt of Ali -t ust, and through successive pantings, a I.e ronduous S'uply of it may be had from i ie irst Of Augaat well into November- o rif t quite, f'our months. N.ow, IS eye; y obserZ 1et pjerson kneu s, hogs t il plant with cv dity. Te cx e ll.. thle juice Jfro.a t:he stdks, is ad- 2: litiou to eatn t-e grain, an.1 fatten 2pon it wi" great rapmd1v. lany o ect, and very properly, to raishng pork K e '0use of the drain on the corn-crib. Iere is a substitute, here is a remnedy-a I it irdy, easily raised, productive cro), cnew hiat stands drought well, that will growN npoor land and never fails entirely. t cuid a cheaper, better hog food be und~n? Almost every one kno-.s this, un u't h'ow few~ take advantage of it. We tia ;o on from year to year in the samne ochia uts, confining our eiforts to corn and otton production. Cannot the force of B: nere habit be overcome? Why not cut jown the corn crop a little and plant t orghum in place of it? Plant enough G suply your laborers with syrup, the o seed and biades to be used as stock food; 0Olagt sti miore to feed green to hogs ti nd milch cows. Three acres of sorghum 1 wil feed and fatten ton hogs from Au- a gust to November. Compare the cost o raising three acres of sorghum with F: th value 0f ten Logs whose weight hasi been increased fifty to one hundred per I ent. With hardy fruit tree~s, like aie plms seedling peaches, wild cherry, h muberries, horse and June apples, with1 Bemuda grass, red and burr clovers, wit aly air-oductive varieties of sweet notato, liike die St. Domingo, with pea patches, and finally sorghum, what jin- tl drs a Southernl frmer from raising t ork as cheap as anybody? Nothing but Ina at m.'king uy his mind to do so and ir arranging for it. Hie can do it if he willsa to do it. a] But the syrup sorghum is not the only 0 variety which might be profitably culti rated. The white seeded varieties, like.e milio maize and Kiallir corn are very " narly, if not quite, equal to corn as a - oreed. We have iuily tested the I nilo maize; horses cat it with relish,.t a can do as much work when fed upon I as upon a corn ration. .Aeitlier i s .t ali inconvenient to hanlle. TheI WoleI iiea'ds are 4: i the manger, * d the nraijj, eaten with the brush o - :c head is iL orougly m~asticated. The ji lde ar ulled a::d cured like fodle. :u abo0ve respect 31 stnds on1 the same f otinga corn. What are its advant .gs? It stands drought better and will :l;a4e something of a crop when cor" " su'd utterlyc laii. I a drought strikes 1. 'r js asit "shioots," it fails- it can 1 '-'wit for future rain. These sorghum ntecon.trar'y, wvdl wait qute pacen-n *. 1 tim' main head fail somiewhat, .f, l .l r k.rLaa tize )>n a.s .. a i iis f in, iaind mak a seon ib a ti eKanir .is onC a tnd of .ido mai'ze makes ri, t' 'tn 0ua value. :. di. "en. 1mey' -, em:de~e a'.aa.;eo oversyu r:.;h~m-- e is ess ani iln thei erin:s ofme ai. booultrv food esess~gi~us remo't excellenit; the : niu eu' be 'ae by comparativdy .1ould) comeac tis~ :edenJcy by p).ccur iw fo.- thm positons ne mesrens 1 -t n% o. ii P r I V..-..whc h omM tn 11 2.ii"y :C', the 12:0r S aLo in 0Euoroie ee u1~ riuaio , :1-.u i a 1,11,l~a aear ati isisless to diseraes them'1. Of cours:e ,in uniderstand me. I do not and I tuot enter into anv lonVig argument ith you about this mate bec-ausc to >so wIuld be to invite palrors in Amer a and papers in Aust:t- to lake it up ould bea very p t s thfing to do. here has never bn ay question at sue betwen ithe two countrics. We .Ve been repr-esente hel: )> a charge '(aiaires because- Jan Sce'f10r has een vry iii. Hec'c' nerdying and had to renain in uia Everyboudy ia r.Urope, 1c ays, is :.xios fo' pece, but .1 may be ar, "because Cutside Of the Cbinets :er ar adventurers who are unseru ilous and who wn war for thieir own! ivate ends. The e people may force a mflict, although their Government may Odoing everything that is possible to -oid it. Who could h1ave foresecn the _position of Prince Alxander? That .s something that no one ca"uLtd 1, and yet is just such a hi- that is rangcs all of one's calculations. it is c a lot ofl peole pulling at both enJs a rope. It is all right as lon' as the pe hl'As but it nay part. Th C a i '. ('e rswto y , Le t", but ud Kathif', the dIt+or e the OSCOW Gzettze, a man of g-re.,.tat inilu Lee mit the Czar, speaks t'e desire o1 e Pan-Slai for war. IL regard to lsri.' s appehLsions about 1Lulgaria, s, in answer L tle inquity wheth trotuble is exected: "I cannot teli, 1it is c ustr-" wll not be the gress. W c are as absolutely mas rs of the situatioa in our country, as isr.arck is in Germainy and no out nrst of popular feeing among the iun ,rians, who, of coure renmber the -e nts of l' ntlld the T luSsia teo the(m, or any of the atonlte that LmiP.-~ Ue.-rie co r frcc the e vWu z r u1 1: w fu A 1 lno sia owv: .asia t i at c.'..ause .a bi-g3~ advr ndto wan agai uthi li: andi inoFrance' the aea :'echo "uiht bo stroang :ns tnco inurduce th me treat.o Aura w om a n any >tion'o to asia" uig a, caddt :toe leg'ivuily n byian eeio by a rand vobrdaaje te ave n'o ob ::ion tor Russan iuece in Duogaria. nan tryonerli will nbt~ ao r'ny neyde wisteate igror 1 o"m' twaoeI am Beri e b roablc n odarer hile .s klog t.o mar r' ights einte vithed zandr theistu quo a mnined, t mtrilwete "erm ay orAussia isriaacer on the' sit xian2 thrne UnobtdyoPic exrnde ws tado vrh y was dnoe ta sure ayliace sadente eihe thtzrnrhs iitr u *~oizei "iti narexa "Suoe sy ostrfa is gastr of rs thei tionc~ . Doyu place s o iucd omass, on ae tip Le aiat-ut ri, aG eassnyi "r isance than n ealliantcosid the "SGrups oneat of m the v nina o Poer arl te treat y ofi Di"in asJ l ia tatoum':" "Ll, 'said the Baron, s , "na >nasdon't go tho waro nsleshy' 'ae 'edt.They try to avoid it as munch p)ossible." "Baron," was asked, "what about rance, is it war or peace with her?" "France," replied the ambassador, editatively, with a smile as signilicanit his words. "france! General JBou nger is ambitious." Among the pr-convention ramor of ec day mayv be noted that which tells of ec remaarkabie change i &enator Sher an's manner toward all those whoC comec contact with him. For Tears the ~erage man, uiless an Ohioan, could >proach the Ohio Senator on ordinary aessions only with fear and trembling. i and out of the Senate he was cordial disliked for his forbidding manner. hieh often degenerated into rudenecss, aon more than one oceasion won him te applellation of boor. Worse e'.en ian his outnpoken rudeness was the -igidity which he now and then dis Lied, 'eQ wien won wr" him the r'epu tirn)1 nav a aipodi' 1 :i2 4i p~on men andtentapln hein er tout; v~ia urn~in his ba:ck p :ic:"ds wrho ia nev~er forsaken hha at ? iom-"t vh n he should have Le.,.i wot loy'd. -li this, the numor says-, is hanged nc.ow.(aa- Calr uio 3r. Sher re," said a Deomicfim a' I ni .?an glad to eit. t. r. bura ives eaden ........r..... .- i as e u ouGeoge '.01 o Li 0 't' di i1o the ins .1 ig. 1' u str ugthi and I;' ight nti. no he is; dmte o thea giant of (ho. * can there will hc if this sor-iety grrows -.. ::n:N-r' rl:i-:nFVT~t iF 0 R TiA Si IA I "EG AT SPITN, UL.G De de:-ee~~~~ to:1th ameo Don" tFarzas' EnamI miet iT te it o he cmLin rts of the fien:3 of Ar:culture in A11 ts deprA. a 11 .ll. a wnt long fel-t by thosie *n:e'' y intereted in the mate r of urSouthern1States. It is under th vusices of the Patrons oi iJusbanuary of Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carol:. The' prime object of this Exhibition ite )roducing classes all over the countryL. meet annually in friendly rivalr and competition, for the purpose of di*a-yNg wlhat each has wrought during he year. Such gatherings are higaly 1bcne'ricial, not only because they ailord to 'n an opportunity of beholding what Ls been done, but rather because It is aa.. Such surroundings that the gies and drooping aspira ton of tie nriltitudes are quickened into activity, and they return to the quiet of farm and shop determined to equal, and, if possible, surpass the tri uMlph.As they have witnessed. Several of these Inter-State Encampments are, and have b-en for years, in the most success ful operation in other parts of the United Sta:es, at vWhichi there attend annually hundrcds of thousands of visitors from all the various occupations of life. They go away benetitted, and for this purpose aily was this Encampment inaugu rated. The location of the Encampment is central and easily accessible from every count-y in the States above-mentioned. it is directly on the line of the Atlanta and Charlotte Division of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, with direct con nections ai Spartanburg (one mile from rounds) with Charleston and the Sea Coast, Augusta and the South, Atlanta and the Southwest and West, Asheville and te Northwcst and West, and Char lotte anid ail points beyond to the East, N U 'nd N ortheast. It lies at the foot f a in cic .ar view of the Blue RidgO Tc City of Spaiianburg, S. -., was, uosei by the committee charged with' tie selection of a location on account of temany advantages and facilities atlrored to such a grand enterprise. 1ht. Tle Railroad facilities of the lo eazon at "- artanburg are unsurpassed ors and speedy access from every part of the whole country. 2ud. The City is the first and only ne of my importance directly in the Iedo nt region and having direct and sh..vrt R a line across the Blue :. g nains into East Tennessee, V.Western North Caroline, and beyond to the great Wes. .d. it is in the direct line of -al sum a . tiavel from the low counties of! S- h Carolina and Georgia, and from orida to the mountain resorts of West ern NortL Carolina. 'h. Thme heath of the City and Coun tyo Spartaburg is unsurpassed by any lusi.Lte .whole Southern States. othi.Iis also easily accessible to the clA'eb. td Iealth nesort of Glenn: Springs; b.des many resorts of minor iiiportancee within easy reach. Li. The whole City and County is alv to any and every enterprise that ooks to the upbuilding of the South and the bettering of the condition of the Agricultural and Producing classes. The grounds are thirty acres in cx tent, facing the railroad, where there will be double side tracks with hand some and convenient depots. Water1 will be abundantly supplied from wells and fromn the City Water Works. Streets and Avenues surround and intersect the Grounds at convenient distances. The-re has been a mammoth Pavilion creted near the centre of the grounds, in which public addresses will be dcliv erea by prominent Agriculturalists at' various hiours in the day and evening. One of the States above namid is now ereting a handsome ahd commodious straeture for the exhibition of its re sources, to be under the management of State 1)epartment of Agriculture. The other four States will; in all probability, make provision at the next sessions of their respective Legislatures for the erection of similar State buildings. Every effort is being p~ut forth bythe managemnent to give the oecasion every p'osible convenience and facility for the successful accomplishment of the En iuampment's objet and aim. Mlany persons will erect small plank o.ets on the grounds for permanent use; any l.ianthes wilb-n lt etquilts oudblnkes it thmwhie heman agmn ilendeavor to have a sullicient .auber besides. so that all visitors de siring to do so can "camp out" on the grounids. There will be, however, abundant notel accommodations at Spartanbuig, one mile away, at very reasonable rates, orthose wh?o prefer hotel quarters. T'here wi i be an adequate number of EZtog ??luses "lnd Restaurants on the ana oa'commodate all visitors, u-ei ebury~tt ii for ea1ls and lodgings will r "te'' wi bea adne with all to ge exelrslin rates for main s in session. Also tiportaton rates on lMachine euun ipem.ents and all exhcibits, wili ci. s'cured, from the as ua s tha 2dunuetarers an~d ne ' l oe the country will be l ldlto . t teir prXoducts at a ...e.p..ses' ofthe Encaapment will -by levy.(ug moeate charges on ibitors for pace, and.. also ny charg e ting mouse, restauranlts, Sc., &c., iv~il. Timre . ''ill be no admis u~ i*'esito the grounds; but for all soariles on exhibit, or fr orders 'n by- exibitors, there wi1 small nnission collected. .Aericulturl and S-ientifll eammam by promuinnt Farmecrs, 'ci1ntists4 ,'tesmen, will be delivered .ach am ev day the Eicampment rcmans m invited to be pst, nd to n.m ' be ext (Lded iil the cur-i n c veniences at the command r~wers' Ctzas, w-ithl their famnilie:; and e0 ''are c arneslth solii to be r-u li tO 1ke rr !nd aei ned seps to dis ltic produtsof their farms, their deiries, their :asse:S their poultry Nards, their cattle pens, Xe., ke., and to assist in every way pos sible to advavec the interests of Agricul ture, and to give to the "Order of Farm ers" a proud prfminence in the display at this Exhibition. In order to do this, work must be entered upon without de lay. Amusements in the way of Miusic by Bands, Base BRal, Iilitary Parades and Reviews, Bycicie Races, Tournaments, Legitimate Scenic Shows, Balloon As censions, c., &c., will be provided. There will be strict Police regulatious to govern the conduct of all persons while on the grounds, and violations will be severely punished. Local rules and regulations will be posted throughout the grounds for the information and guidance of all. Easy and speedy access from the City of Spartanburg to the grounds (one mile away)willbe possible either in regular line of Omnibusses, Hacks and Carniages; or by Passenger Trains runniug at short intervals from the Depot in the City to the Encampment Depot. The managers anticipate that the dis play of Farm and Domestic MIachinery and Implements, Agricultural and Hor ticrltural Products, and fine Stock and Poultry, will be superior to an.y erbi tion ever held in the Southern States. Prominent members of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, from all pares of the United States, leading Agricultural ists, eminent Statesmen, and Governors of States, will be in attendance. Remember that no admission fee is charged to the grounds, or to witness any of the features we advertise. it is specially desired that localities -a every portion of the South which have mineral deposits, such as Coal, rO.s, Gold, Silver, 3Mica, Soapstone. Lime :tone, MIangauese, &c., se, send large and varied specimCns to iLis Exhibitio. Let there be Geologieal surveys made of such localities, and maps, showing de tails of deposits, outcroppings, -. R member, it is expected that Capitalists from the money centres of the counatry will be present, for the purpose of n. ing investments in these industries. There will be State and National ex hibits of the processes of Fish culture, by means of the incubato-s. Al-o, Sorghum Mills and Evaporators will show the advantages of these crops to our Southerd farmers. Besides, many other practical tests and displays of a similar character will be giv n. It is suggelted thuat this Inter-Stat Farmers' Summer Eucampment is.. agret ii. id for the successndL opeation of Emigration Agencies, Lid 1-2. S re ment Companies, Iilailroad Lins, 1 il ing, ana Muiactmirg 'ceete, to a'd vertise their various advanties Ill view of all the above a 1 -1 the end that our glorous Suthanay make still greater advance tov:-r e head of the coitlui Of rt s dev elopment, now sophn' e' t whole civilized world, we iilaa : Land Improvmnent, Mds,...... turing Company, AgricditurlScei, Granges, Cities, Towns 1 'd Conna un ties, Families an Lividuals to d to the Inter-Sta.I ie . Far r' Sm line o. ricultiura! zorticultaral, 31an ufactui g and 3Iincial samples a.nd d.' plays,: aft with such exhibit send a hive man who oan give the people all ,~ deie informatiog. Every person reading this prospctuz will please give the subject matter his early attention; or, if not sufliciently in terested please pass it over to the proper person. Let all exhibits be forwarded ..nd ar ranged by MIonday noon, August Ist, so that everything will be in order by open ing hour of the 2nd of August. For any further information, address Cass. H. Causa:, Secretary, Spartanburg, S. C. JTAs. N. Liscono, Chairman, Jso. W. WOFrom), Secretary, Of the Inter-State Encampment Com missoners. Dr. C. E. Frsto, Chairman, Cras. H. CAJILsLE, Secretary, Of the Local Board of Trustees. To Perp~etunate G~rant's Maemory. A large number of the friends and ad mirers of General Grant met ini New York on Wednesday to form a perna nent org mnization, that shad annually honor the birth day of the illustrious general. There were present Gien. W. T. Sherman, ex-Senator Rtoccoe Conk ling, ex-Senator Alex. MIcDonald, Xe. General Sherman, the chairman, said that although his heart was with theta, as the al kew, he thought the older men should be excused from the laburs which the organization necessarily in volved, and that the work should be dne by the younger men. IIe was a personal friend of General Girant ' r more than forty years, and loved huim .as it brother. Ez-Conressmian l'ottci' letter was a mild sensation. lie said : " ,hnk we ar-e too lione to concentuate he honor which belongs to mur .nd to oters of equal- dtegree upon1 one i :and one name . l'would not ite u Uiidren and children' ildren~1L ur tLtis nation ws 'savedby 'Gener aal Graut nor any generaILI.ther, tigaL Ie immortality of the drength m t" nion itself made General Lrant and .ved him as it made and saved for iti mortality a host of othe great -sokliers and great and good men. SNerv(ous D~ebilty n eij -x hoevrauci, spe il Ih ugl .m emaed eurel. Addre--s,: wit1 ae ~ ini.np for reply an b1 xk *, par ucuas , World's Dispensary Medical Asso rition. sa Main street, Buffalo. N.Y ~l I'PIN THlE STA'IEi. e eatjnt of Agr'culture e( d ':; reorts from Special t d condition of the have ben r nusual c)u dry wthnd and ICL' CUI ,',)t~A , t ., J w very gnerAl ul .! te en e last w bek in Apri , causi ng aiccided i stprovenflt in the condition of all the crops. COTTON. Tl reports indicate that the area in cotton will be decreased 3 per cent. This c timate, Lowever, is subject to future 'eviion, as the entire crop had not been inLted on the first of May. Early gernmit.ion of seed has been prevented by cold we'ather following plantir g, but nore favorable seasons later have partly overcome any injury that may have re suied to the crop from the cause men iLoned. The correspondents report that 37 per cen-. of the cro) has been plante., and estimate that :37 per cent. of this is "up," against :31 per cent. last year and 34 per cent. in 1885. The general con dition is reported as good as last year. The reports show that there has been a decrease of 103 per cent. in the a-mount of conmercial fertilizers used on cotton is compared with last year, while :32 per cen'. o' t'he crop has been fertilized with home-made manures. Some damage has been one tlie crop by cut worms, but ith injury is not serious except in a few Ilocalities. CORN. r arl years past the farmers -av:in more t ttention to the prepa ratiu andx' ertilization of corn lands, and the reuorts show that this plan has been rSasud th~e present season more closely tian in any previous years. Last year the corn crco was destroved on bottom lands by spring freshets, and to avoid Such al ,kat tht prcaent year paLnting ou s"c lands has been delayed until tI dr Ias been, in a measure, p)s/. ni t partial loss of t 'e p cU botto" lands a:d a short erop o. o:-s, t"e -amers have increased t !ra'i ur .d corn. The reDorts she-v Ehat the' rea h benC inicreased 5 r v year's crop; the con iOn . Cjisp.ro .t. Ithe stands at 93. -y )Cr cent. of tie entire crop S.eetilize and 1) p--r cit. of iw homiread ma2 res. *tands La.c becn sLjire(d by b uis and worms n soam seici to suc an extent as to 1Wke rl :an neceaay. Ine area a.a piatedia rice in the law. coui. ha*S xci decreascd 2 per ent. ; -Inie midile counties increased 3 per ce:.a ini the upper countiis de Creased :' per c., howing an average of 1 per cent. The Otf the croo in the lower -u:es :s usually planted in Juie, and 7 is l h:.tag h ii been, of course, in c nhtite. The toLd area bab i*, terr, notbe less than -lition is reported at :o o wh was not nam :gr iledas ws feared andl os :: ne2de ' rain', but the yieldt will .exeed ':ts 1 r's .r, em the cond:ition is -::eyct a 8, agist 72 on the 1st of M1ay, li. s5! i;;: ax;>D 01 soiM. nc ~The reot: idieate an increaae of 1:3 pe usn.i the area ianted in cane, and6 in the area pianted in sorghum. The condition ef cane is reloorted at 110 and sorgi~um 102. TonACCO. The reports show a decrease of 11 per cent. ini tubacco below last year, although several counties replort an increasedi area, and one correspolndent says that almost every farmer in his section has devoted a small area to the crop. Farm labor is reported as eflicient as usual. Laborers emplioyed by the year are paid $.37.8 per m'onthi, andl board or rations, a decrease of 9~> cents per month below the wages paid last year. .ec1 . eay The wors't thing abuCt the Chinese is tint they imitL~t us so readily, as~ wit (.es., tisi, ltl incident in a California we're~ hld'~~to duvi1 means for getting rid'of the Cel"esti'a: mong the niost violen of 2e agitatrs' was MIr. B-, a oerbly weli-to-do native of the Fmier (iYie.Oe Satar-layi evening he was unu-u;lly lou ad eloquent in his de uiuneiations, declaring vehemently that th 'Ci ine must go, "ud depicting ini towing color the2 evils he was bringing npon us poo rnwricans by doing all "ur work and taking2 the bread oeat of themouhsof the poor. 3f'nday :..min dr. . -- the' wif, prepatred .. e iu or the voih buti ,Je. did . 2 sa. Tusa hedid not ieumC, ae n..d.y *h told' her h.usbad t' ,top e :hswayto is . auinssa te was . as all eena.Joh ae e corhes. 2e Ci:, yro tn~d nt his hismee.n .. - - gre.te agAlim e h.n .J.Ij i Le..ichh4~.. thi rseen eari ...2,and poid: ds n wase ufom-u byoou tuine chng his ietn .-11airptodro t 3gaine.onsiti [.et*ud eas hed thtit yevr i 'ce. Hie has not been sick an hour since that tame. AN UPRISING IN 18S9. BJLOODY PLOTS OF THE RED AND BILACK SOCIALISTS. They Rely Upon a Tremendous Business Panic to Aid Them in Obtaining Control of Auair.-Chicagro the Hot Bed. A few iy ago press dispatches con tained a report about a projected com bination of the three principal socialistic organizations in this country-the Red International, the Black International and the Sociaistie Labor party. While the aims and designs of the so-called Black International, or the International Working People's Association, thank to the anarchists' trial, have become widely known, nobody knew or hardly ever heard of the Red International, or the International Workmen's Association, as being a specific organization of so cialists along the Pacific coast. -The organization was founded in San Fran eisco in 1885. It was organized in all the principal cities throughout the \Vestern States after the mode of the Knights of Labor assemblies, and is by far more secret than that organization. It is now authoritatively announced by rn organ of the socialists that the leader of the "RIeds" proposes there shall be an uprising in 189. What would occur, were the uprising he counts on success ful, is thus outlined: "The circumstances which may permit decisive action will probably be these: In 1889 the present panic approaches a climax. It will be widespread and alarming, accompanied by closed factories, starving workers, rioting and the use of military force. It may even, complicated by a bitter class feeling, result in a suppression of the rights of free speech, meeting and press. Until then, unless the whole people are aroused, it is the duty of the wise social ist to hold aloof from riots in special localities. "The time is not yet ripe for success; we have counted our heads, and we know it. To strike this year would be to slaughter our best people and put back the cause a hundred years. No, at present we must be as wise as serpents but harmless as doves. We must take advantage of it for agitation and educa tion only. We must speak much and act not at all. When the working peo ple are hungry their brains weaken. One year of panic means a trebling of our forces at the very least. And while, with our present 100,000 socialists, forcible action is impossible, with 400, 0U (what the next panic will give us if we manage wisely) we hold the game in our own hands. . "We have, perhaps until 1889, time in which to perfect our plans. That year in Europe will surely bring grave re sults. In America, if figures lie not, another panic, greater, deeper and more widespread than the preceding will be upon us. Then, and not till then, may we risk a cast of the iron die. Then may we strike to win." The article states that they expect to have in the United States in 1889 at least 500,000 earnest socialists, divided some what as follows: Chicago, 25,000; New York, 25,000; in the New England fac tory States, 100,000; in the central coal and iron region, 100,000; in Colorado and the Western States, 50,000; on the Pacific coast, 50,000; in the Atlantic and Southern cities, altogether, 100,000, and scattered at various points in towns and. villages, 50,000 more. "'The panic comes, the public are ex cited, outbre 2occur, the large centers rev olt, the places where but a few social ist exs aie made points for the rally ig ofLth conservative element. "In these' small places it should be madeW th. duity of the sueialists there pre siding, secrety and with all the aid of 'ienein estrucative warfare, to raise -uliciaent turmoil to keep tne conserva :v as at hme. M1eanwhile in large centers bold measures should be taken. Our people should head, lead and con trol the popular revolt; should seize the places of power; should lay hands upon the machmnery of the government. Once installed in power, the revolutionary committee should follow this course of action. The decree should at once be promulgated and enforced. ' It is proposed to ma~ke Chicago the headquarters of the uprising in 1889, which is to follow the combination of the dilferent branches of the inter nationalists, and quite an elaborate pro gramme is outhined of the manner in which the style of government will be changed after the revolt hlas proved suc eesiful. The year 1859 is also the one decided in 18t6 by the National Federa tion of Trades as the one in which the eight-hour rule should go into etfect. An Exp~lodied Rumior. The easily exploded rumor that Mr. Watterson was to assume editorial direc tion of the New York Herald is followed by another of a somewhat wider import, utlecting, however, three other promi neu~t Southern editors. These are M~esrs Henry WV. Girady, 'of the Atlanta C.onitution;, A. T. B~elo, ei the G.alves ton News, and Major Burke, of the New 0Oileans Times-Democrat, and the pro jeet tiley are said to be considering is a daily paper in New York devoted to the -nterests of the South, and making a specialty of Southern news. Their idea ts that there are enough Southern men ta that vicinity to make such a paper pr:olitable, with the Southern support and patronage which it would be certain u) receive. A 31ounment to 'st. Paul. neof the latest projects proposedi by a .unber ol geiIntme in this country is to d amonumnta to St. Paul in his native y of Tr-u, Asia Minor. There are a ca many cherches in both this country ii Eu .p which hav been named after . al ut none of these haive been erected his mlemoiry. Th mos ni'ttingr place for :h a mnuumenit is thuecity' oi his birth, t wich' there is, no unieeinainty, for as .lPul iitn -aid: "I amif a man which .naJew~ of Tru-a ity in Cilicia~a cit aci of no mean (ity. Thle present popu - i of Trsus is aou .0,00. It is sit 4e o tis Cydrine river, and stands with *ntroltling distance ot the great pais of the mrs mnounns now, as in ancient times, aso iasy la'nd commiunication bttween 3:sa Syiand the West. The miost popular book-The pocket book.