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' <tfrrr wmm ’r*~'~'' , TtM|i , 'ii" M ? ,, ^' ,ri 'iiiri fl f.Tt i r litffc Barnwell m in the Count? MMOSISI SBSDt H BBtlKWOO. ot tu South OoroUno 1. church, Sooth, in I preceded h* thet of the HMorlcel cocicti oe Toccaej ctm. 1m vhea the ftQDOftl eddreea wee do* iept wee “Soae Oheof ee of nfty Yeere. The Tenereble •pchker km hcea e member of the oonferenoe etwee UH, ewd ie emlneatly quell fled lo wdw o» thet subject. He noted the wired derUff the pact helf century in aellMe mnterlel ec well m In mettere •’thSTiriefreph end telephone, end ■isiler improewenf ere power.bet the wm to which they ere pet deter- ‘ Blwce whether or not they ere e blesin* ere Mtaf .^rinthelr ot their feoee. Formerly were not allowed to be Bowrteche end board, but itU aolto. Rerolutton hneorer- i reifn of the renor. The eaddteedrentaffoe of email eiienltc ware humorously noted. The i in eduoetionel fecill- formetion of the old t" into the modern „ lurch” also reoelred at- The Spworth orphanage wee td m the lateet enterprlee. uhloh ear church In thin Bute had ■Wfwt g. Morrleoif wm elected ee the next lecturer, and various do- i to the society were then made, id with thanks, i addressed the society, to ask for any aad were aooepted wit! Bishop Duncan addn wrffiag the members which they might bee, to urge that the cariosities be |MBt to the archieTOB of the society The USth sesion of the South Caro lina Ooeferenoe wm called to order Wedacedey morning by Bishop W. W. DuBcaa. The bishop announced the which wMsueg with the the oonferenoe la prayer, after a Scriptural leceoa, I Oor M 13th chapter, and then followed , emphatic, heart-searching of some of the truths con- l iathe.tosaoo, especlaUy empba- i virtues of modesty and hu- united la the ^ Communion of the Lord’s Supper. The secretary of the ieet session, Rev. X. O. Wesson, called the roll and Itt clerical and 14 ley members lo their noinee* HevJt O. Watson wm elected with Rev. W. L. Welt M aseist- , 8. fl. Zimmerman wm elect- with Revs. ▲. [. B. Kelley aad J. H. committees were then eed elected, visitors were the ooafcrencc wm after the clectloa of seereterlcs, on Wednesday, Edward Thompsea, LL. D., of Atlanta, On., " i Introduced to the ooofnreooe. Dr. i *10 the general manager of i of America aad Is la the Iktareet of that icagus. the conference, aad the by him to illustrate his rsoelved hearty applause, haadcaad deep-toned amena ling through the court house. Dr. Pritchett, secretary of missions, wm introduced aad spoka ooaoeralag of the mission , the most*ratifying statement by Dr. Pritehett wm the an- it of tha fact that the min is a thing of tha pMt. H30.000, which hM been the church for many i so seriously handicapped efforts, hM been liqui swdjgbdjBubsorlptioM, amount- placed to the credit Atkins, ~r.Dw> ue secretary, ware secretary aad referred of c boards. 30, "Are ail tha preachers la their life aad admlnistra- ’ wm oalltd aad the axamiuation . The name of wm then called “Is there f* There being aeetyeetlowthe character of each wan agaad. Tha aasse of each superan aaata wm eaUed. Some of these aged brethren favored the oonferenoe with a lew remaiks, expressing their oon- Mcess la Good and their joy at being privileged to attend another annual At 3.30 Dr. Thompeoa spokela the founding his discourse Nehemlah 13:18, and making a " ’ strong argument In behalf ; of the Sunday League of Some of the facta brought r. Thompson era simply startl ing. 'As an example: We have la ttus land 400,000 men who are engaged la work ovary Sunday on the railways aloas. aad they are obliged to work or Iom their plaftv ▼tutor Lawson, of Chicago, wm men- Xnaai m n ae we paper man who dater»> ■land that his paper should not ba 1s- saad ua Sunday, within It yuan his paper hM secared the largest oircula- Hoa of anv dallv la tha Union. Mr. Lambert, a multimillionaire of ladiaaa, whose business amounts to 000,000 annually, maaagM to gat •0,000, without ga aiy, ittlng his mall Oa Sun- of the Sunday League i every State and every com munity oaoe In Sve years aadhsatnet the people oa this subject. Rwv. J. D. Barbee, D D, preached la tha court houM at 7:30 o’clock In the eventac? His sermon wm a calm hat heartfelt exposition of the subject North OnroUaa Reynolds, from ifereaee, i Florida The Rev. Geo. Walker, SKrdeet'bf Palne ead Laee iMtltute, wm reed by the seerstary and raferred to the board of education. Dr. Wiener, church extcMloo secre- tary, Dr. Nall of the Gnenwood Pres byterian ohureh, aad Dr. A. Coke Smith af Ylrgllrtn were introduced to 4h Qtte2lo?1» wm resumed aad the names of the remaining superannuates aad supernumeraries wm called, their characters pissed and their oases re- tcers or from civil life. furred to the committee oe oonferenoe relations. , Resolutions expressing the wllUng- aeee of this conference to truet the oon- stltuted authorities of tha church to Mttle the vexed question of the publish ing house claim were almost unani mously adopted. , 4 , Question 8, “ Who are elected dea con ?”wmeailed, andthannmesof 8. B. Harpar, D. W. Kellar, Wm. C. Kirk land, Jno. O. Roper, F. Hawkins Shuler, Foster Speer and Wada H. Thrower were oelled. their exami- rations approved by tha commutes of the second year, their characters passed, and they were elected to dear con’s orders and advanced to the class of the third year. W. B. Ylrdan, a member of this class, having bean hindered by 111 health from passing his examination, wm continued la the cl nee of the ecoona year. Question 12, “What traveling preachers are elected elders y” was called, and tha nanus of M. L. Banks, Jr» Ik L. Bedenbeugh, Jm. A. Camp bell, WaddyT. Dunoan, W. 8. Good- win, J. Barr Harris, Edward 8. Jones, W. Aiken Kelly, Jr., RusmII 1. Mood, W. A. Pitts and G. Edwin StokM were onlled, their exemlnnttons approved by the committee of the fourth year, their characters passed and they warn elected elders. Wesley J.. Snyder, haring been providently hindered from preparing for examination, wm continued in tha class of the foarth year. P. order* tlon. Question 10, “ What local preachers are sleeted deaoom ?” wm eaUed. D. A. Patrick, Wm. A. Felrey, Jm. O. Holly, ware recorden In aMwer to this qnMtlon. Question 14, “ What local preachers are elected elders ?” wm eaUed, aad aMwered m follows: ChM. E. Walker, I. Well* wm elsdted to elder’s , be having paaeed the examlna- Mrshe Representative Hall, ebalrmna of the house committee on military aflal hM Introduced a bill Increasing t regular army to approximately 100,000 men. The bill wm framed at tha war department and hM the approval of the secretary of war. It Is not the bill framed by Gvneiral Miles, m this meas ure hM not the high i-aok proposed by Jhe Miles hill, and edme of the appoint ments are open to oSSms of the volun- trength. The cavalry Is rogunaats; the Infantry It provldM for a lieutenant general and what is considered a suffloient in- oreMe of major and brigadier generals to oommana aa arm of lOMoO^’wea scattered from Porto Rico to Manila. The artillery army Is reorganised, sep arating them Into coMt aad field ar tillery, bat promotion to be by Mnlortty of the whole arm. A.decrease of the enlisted men is mode lb that tha army can be inoreased by recruits in case of war ..to fall strei Increased two _ five. Tha enlisted strength of the Infantry company is not to exceed 118, so that in case of war . new regiments would have to be formed, probably all of which would be volunteers, bat the regular army would make a substantial first 11ns. Ths bill provldM for three battalion formation. Ths staff corps are Increased about 40 per cent, and with the exception of the adjutant general, Inspector general aad ordnance are open to appoint ments from the volunteer or civil life. The most noticeable change is that In the medical department, In which provision is made for a hospital corps of 3,000 prlvatoe with the neooMary non-commissioned officers, with a largely Inoreased number of surgeoM and assistant surgeoM. uamM of Jno. G. Beckwith, Conner B. Burns, Henryk J. Oautbsn, Chssisy C. Herbert, Geo. O. Leonard, Benjamin M. Robertson, Henry StokM, JuIIm F~ Wny, Stephen A. Nettle# and A. 8. Lesley were eailed, their examinations approved by the committee of the third year, their characters pMsed and they warn advanced to the elaso of tha fourth Mar* Question ijai flitiadj "Who re main on trial t” and tha name# of 8. H. Booth, Wm. A. Falrey, A. E. Holler, Jas. M. Lawson, D. A. Patrick, Jno. w. Speaks, R. E. Turnlpseed aad L. L. Inablnet ware eaUed, their ex- amloetloos approved, their characters passed, aad tnay were advanced to the class of the third year. On motion of Rev. Jno. O. Willson, D. D., the name of Rev. D. D. Dan tiler; oa motion of Re*. W. P. Meadors, the name of Rev. W. H. Wroton; and, at bis own request, the name of Rev. W. W. Jones were referred to tne com mittee on oonferenoe relations for the su iperaanuated relation. The bishof p than continued tha call of tha 30tb qnMtlon, out he does not fol low either tha order of district# or that of tha alphabet. Therefore, every preacher, whether pMtor or presiding alder, Is kept on the alert se that he may know wneq his name Is called. At 7:30, Rev. P. H. Whisner, church extension secretary, .preached In the court bouse. ~ At 7:30 every eeetln the house wm occupied by a congregation of preach ers aad people for the celebration of the missionary anniversary. Rev. S. Leader, D.D., read the f7tb Psalm and announoed the 648th hymn. Dr. H. M. DuBose, Spworth league secretary, lad la prayer. The report of the Wo man’s Foreign MlMlonary society wm read by Rev. J. Walter Danle.. , This society hM raleed, during the pMt year, f7,086.96 for all their purpoees. PrMldent A. J. Cauthen then Intro duced Dr. J. H. Pritchett; secretary. Dr. Pritehett eeaou for his text that petition In the Lord’s prayer—“Thy kingdom come.” For more than an hour he held tha congre gation, while he dlsoueaed the propoel- ■ lions ■nggMtad by the left Doc. 9.—The opening devotional ex ercises were conducted this morning by Rev. W. W. Jones. The mlautas of yesterday’s session were read, amended and approved. Under the oaili of the 20th question it wm developed that Kev. W. J. Dowell had withdrawn from the ministry and the membership of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Tha eaM of Rev.. A. W. Attaway, who wm, at^kltf eon{er * D0 S> located without his request, wm, upon motion, reconsidered, aad the cum wm referred to the committee oa oonferenoe rela tions far the supernumerary relation. Rev. John O. Kllgo, D. D., president of Trinity College, N. C., and Rev. H. F. Ohrletsberg, D. D., of Charlotte, N. 0., were introduced to the oonferenoe, and warn gladly welcomed by their old comrades. Rev. B. D. Lucm, of the China mUslon, wm Introduced to the conference. Rev. Geo. H. Walker, president of Paine Institute, addressed the confer* enoe upon the subject of the work com muted to his ibarsu The board of eduoatloa recommended the acoeptanoe of Dr. Lander’s propo sition to place the Willtamston Female collage under the control of the oon ferenoe. The recommendation pro- istant eurgi AU officers and men serving sub-tropical countries are to have an Increase of 26 per cent in pay. Under the Immediate control of tne president inhabitants of tha new oountriei may be enlisted In tha organisations thera Mrviag,. The bill gives a total of, fourteen regiments of artillery, twelve of oavalry and thirty of Infantry. Chairman Hull’s bill Is om! on en tirely different lines from General Miles’ bill, so that detailed compari son Is difficult. The Miles bUl is based oa .the theory of one soldier for 1,000 population, while the Hull bill is based on the idea of a total foroe of 100,000, tha organisation being constructed so .aa lo,reach fetak J3ftAaral MUn« provides fovagaaevaland fovtw© non tenant generals, while the Hull blU makes no provision for n general aad hM but onp lieutenant general. Other Important differences ore: Hall bill thirty regiments of iofnotry; Miles bill fifty regiments of Infantry; Hull bill twelve regiments of oavalry; M11m bin fifteen regiments of cavalry; Hull bill a corps of artiHery; Mile# bill fourteen regiments uf see ooMt artillery and two regiments of artillery. Tha Hull bill In Its first seetlon sums up for the recognised army m follows: One lieutenant general, six major generals, twelve brigadier generals twelve regiments of cavalry, a corps of artillery, thirteen regiments of in fantry; an adjutaat general’s depart ment, an Inspector general's depart ment, a judge advocate general's de partment, a quartermMter’s depart ment, a subsistence department, medical depcstmenfe-pay-department, a corps of engineers, an ordaaaoe de partment, a signal corps, thirty poet chaplains, the chief of the record and pension office, the officers of the army on thn retired list, the professors, corps of cadets, an army service detachment, a bend at thn United States Military academy and such other officers and enlisted men m may haraaftar be pro vided for. Gen. Miles' plan Is set forth In tha following letter: Headquarters of the Army, WMblngtonjDec. 6. The Honorable Secretary of War. Sir:—I have the honor to submit herewith the draft of a bill for tha re- orgaolsatioa of the United States army based oa a strength of on# soldier to 1,000 of thn population of thn United States and two soldiers to 1,000 of the population In the dependent colonies— approximately 100,000 men. My recommendations are for what I believe to be ths bMt IntarMte of the government, not only at preMnt, hot, m far m wa are able to see, for the future. Tne reoommendatioas have _ .rdless of sny persons! consideration of any officer or soldier now connected with tttn military Mr- vloe. The proportion of artillery, oavalry and Infantry Is in accordance with the States. We have 4,o00 miles of oomI with 27 principal harbors, wharnara located millions of people and property of almost Inestimable value. That they should be properly defended Is de manded by every consideration of pru dence and good administration. Innd- ditlon to this we bnve the Important harbors in Porto Rico, Cuba and the PhlltpplnM to defend, requiring a large force of artillery. ThsT orgaaiaatlon recommended Is such m to give rank In proportion to 909 tow price ok ootrau Thorn hM bean a on the snbjeot of and how it can be it is lower now than In previboe yean. Withe view to giving the foots abont the Mterikting economie question the records warn. ■ searched for thn exact facts. The tax levies wain ob tained from a bound copy of tbb’tax announcements published by th«Oomp- hollar General and oolleoted in thn Office of the Secretary of State, figures are given for the iMt six teen levins, which gives n pretty fair idea of how things navs been running ard what State taxes have bean paid. la connection with thn tax levy the taxable valuation of property is given m the tax levy is, of oohrse, based on the valuation of properly paying taxes. In 1890 the taxable property in the State smounted to 3160.602.451. and it hM now risen to 3173,237,100. This means an Increase in the taxable prop erty of twenty-three million dollars, or over one-eighth of tha entire taxable '^IlPVlli be well In studying thn tax quMtlon to consider the tax levy In eonneotion with thn nesnssed valuation vf property in the State. The tar laviM are m follows: State Enacted levy in and approved. mills. Dscember 28,1S82 4fi December 24,1888 6 DecembW 24,1884 6ft December 24,1886 5% December 24,1886 4** December 24,1887 ft Dscember 24,1888 &X December 24,1886 t r Dscember 23, 1890 4 1 December 2i, 1861. dnoed lively discussion, participated In Ih by Rev. Jno. A. Rice. D. D., presi dent of Columbia Female college, G. E. Prince, E.q,, Prof. W. 8. Morrtsen, Rev. Jno. O. Willson and Rev. E. O. Watson. Dr. Lander addressed the oonferenoe oa thn qoMtion at Issue, explaining thn proposition aad disclaiming any purpoM of Injuring thn Columbia Female college. Tha vote wm taken aad tha prononltioa wm aoeaptad by n majority of 26. —Whan JameTMofJally, oaoe known m thn king of greea goods man, wm released from ths Illinois penitentiary raoentlv after three years’ imprison ment, the warden turned over to him 95.300 in ea«h and about 63.00 worth of jewelry. He is going book tO’Bridge- port, Conn., to live, where he hopes to regain some valuable property, con sisting -la part of an interest la the Meadow Brook stock farm and a hand some eamsser place. MoNally wm one of Corbett’s baokers In the flight with SalUvaoaad wm so much pleased with the winning puglHst that he geve hta a house laft ewT ork otty worth 190; For the tax year. 1883 • IS J 1886 188(7 . tore requirements that c anticipated specifically, by scientists at territorial pease possible icultural by scientists and the are some of dee. Discussing agi iu our new Island acquisitions. Secre tary Wilson says: i* “In the territory recently brought under control of the United States government, the agricultural interests urgently call for attention by this de- Hawaii nod the West India s by public officials at , should not be diverted 4» private cost and that the serum should be continned under government control at leant for some years to come. The Tezas fever dipping stations wiU be established at convenient points be fore the next quarantine results from the black pertinent .pi . . island depend almost exclusively for agricultuml December 2t, 1862.. December 24,1868 December 24,J864.. 1888 1886 1860 1861 1862 1868 1861 1896 1866 Hareh 7,1886 1867 March 3,1867. 1866 February 16 1868.... OS Tha total aaeeseed valuation of all taxable property is as follow* : Total - property a tax year valuation. m,B» m a w. xm.--.f-' 1886 ... 1887.... 188*.... 1H88..'.. 1868 ... 1861.... 1862.... 1886.... 1864.... 180ft.... 1806 1867 1801 .. asses sl.s the important duttae and great rMpon- •IbUUlea required of ths different offi cers in our service, and Is similar to the organisation which hM been found most efficient in the armlet of all other civUised nations and alsfito that Which wm found to bn most effective la thn Confederate army betweeh. the years 1861-1886. \ A similar organisation hM been re commended by General Sherman and Lieutenant General Schofield. I earnestly recommend favorable con slderatlon of tbh organisation a* seated. Very rMpeoifallp, Nelson A. Miles. Major General Commanding. Tha bill provldM that the military Mtabllshment of the United States •hall hereafter comIsI of 16 regiments of oavalry; 14 regiments sea coast ar tillery; 2 regiments of field artillery; 2 regiments of engineers; 50 regiments of Infantry; thejprofeeeors and oorps of cadets of the United States Military academy, and each other foroe m shall be provided for by this act, to bt known m the army of the United Staten. pre- —The pens ant drtM worn by the queen of Italy when she goes mountaineering is becoming to her and is an Idealised edition of the national costume. Tha bodice Is of red, embroidered with gold, and beneath thleoomMas red petticoat and n black sUk _ w In addition she wears n black silk gold- embroidered jacket, a red head ’cover ing tied with a yellow bow aad round her neck bar well-known pearls. —AU the flags in Gloooeetor warn pul at halt mast one day last summer when the body of a soldier who had died In Cuba wm brought home fox burial. Se wm only a private, and lane have bean done lo one of .... 4180,611^86 144,472,181 14U)74,347 141,946 676 146,280,343 160)602,4M 168.202,666 168^71,237 170,242.2 1 178,08^88 166,448,8tl 17U.76A.4T4 178J7U81 173,4T4» (By multiplying the amount of taxable property by the rate of tha levy it will oe sees the amount of taxation in 1884 wm 3726,866 77; In 1800 It wm 3790, 660.37, and In 1898 it wm |869 365.90 A foot worthy of notice is that the val uation of property In 1891 over Ibal in 1890 was. In round numbers, 318.000,000, whDfe the total Increase in valuation since 1891 hM been less than 96,000,- 000.) Thn chief loss In revenue recent years hM been through the falling off In the revenue from phosphate roy •1IJ- —Tha Hartford Courant says that the Rev. and Mrs. J. Richardson of EmW ferd, have six children, all under two years of age. Before the oldeeS child wm one year old, Mrs. Richardson gave birth to triplets, and before they wen ten months old there came twins to bless thn family. This event happened iMt weak. This makM six children born to thn same parents within two years, and all are wall, bright and healthy. —Temperance end labor are the wo bMt physicians of men; labor sharpens thn appetite, and temperance prevents him from indulging In exoeee. \) V • A prairie fire moves faster than any hone can ran. No matter how speedy your mount may be unleae yon have a good start of the fire it will overtake yon. It ie the -same way with many diseases. Unless yob get a Mr start, you cannot possibly snaki Die « only hope for anyone who SM is threatened with actions disease ie to start in time, aad seek safety before the danger doses in abont him. The best thief for yon, it yon feel thet year foil bodily energy ie lacking, is to seek the strengthening, power-producing help of Dr. Fierce’s Golden Medical Dis covery which confers upon the digestive organs that keen seat of appetite and as similation which transforms the food into nourishing, health • building, blood, active muscular force, nervous energy sad rag ged endurance. Do not wait nntirdyapepeia spreads into “liver complaint” aad that tarns into bronchial trouble which finally verges into consumption. Do not rely upon the delu sive stimulus of melt extracts and satsapa- rillas aad oily compounds; do not allow e designing druagist who seeks only his own profit rather than year health to foist any “boom ” medicine anon you. Insist upon the remedy which is becked by thirty years of steadily increasing sales to attest its constant asefolneas end popularity Ths experience sf Mr. VbL Borkard, living at •S Mohr *ve.. Bsfihlo, N. Y.. is given in hisowa words: " Five weeks ago 1 followed roar sdvics aad took two bottles of Dr. Meree’a Golden Medical Discovery sad also two vials of ‘ Pel- lota' -1 consider asyself entirely cored, as there have bets no eruptions stace t finished the lest kettle. I think His the grease* mmedr on the glebe for Mesd aad dimtive dlsordcm My ap petite Increased woMcrfelty sad I have also gained fiesh. I woe Id like smybody to know the tnse vales of Dr. FWree'a medidnss se 1 am points indicate the per _ ih heide hM been reduced their prosperity upon the production. It behooves the depart- martmeut therefore, to place itself at the eurliMt moment poMible in a po sition to extend to the agri- culturiste of these territories which have, or may, come under the United States flag, the services and benefits which it renders to the tarmeis of the United States. The increMed trade relations which may be looked for be tween the United States and its insular dependencies, moreover, render the conditions of agriculcure in the char acter and extent of their productions matters of profound inlereet to the peo ple of the Unitod States. ‘It is ur gently necessary that Congress should as speedily as poMible provide a suffi cient fund for the use of this depart^ ment in making such investigations m may j^neceseary into the agricultural resbnrces and conditions in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philip pines.’’ 0<i the practicability of exporting dairy products the secretary says that owing to a belter home demand, itis not eommerciaily profitable to send butter to Europe just now, m the home de mand at present absorbs the supply. For the purpose of obtaining for dairy men all the facte relating to the export of this article the department fteni an ] | agent to Paris ~fo tacertain what en couragement there would be to ship butter to that port, and an agent at Hamburg to ascertain the facts regard ing ays tom duties, m well m prohibi tions and other difficulties that might meet exporters of butter to Germany. It ie fouud that no Hue of steamers sailing to French ^ports direct could furnish refrigerator space, so ship ments could not be made during hot weal her. Whenever our home supply of finMt butters exceed home demand, the secretary says, it can be profitably sent both to Geramny and France: The American fanner is now' selling cheap grams and mill feed to the Eu ropean dairymen, who meet^na in Eu ropean markets with products made from raw material furnished-by-us. But there is reason to believe that there it a growing tendency toward the consumption of grains and mil! feeds at home aad exporting the products of skill and intelligence. 1 he trade . In American farm products is growing in the China scm, and, in order that markets may be opened up in China,, and other countries cific ocean, an agent is now S ion establishing agencies epartment will make trial shipmehts and gather all information possible.foy the American producer. The secretary recommendo the ex tension and adoption of the law regard ing the inspection and certification of meats and meat products for export so M to make them apply to butter and cheese. '(“There la an evident necessity,” the. report says; “for the inspection «f many articles imported from many countries that contain substances inju rious to the public health. The -de- The vaedne of Iom 10 to 90 percent*to less than 1 per cent This Indicate dud if generally used it wiU tend to eradicate the diaeuM com pletely. Other features of the report briefly follows • " ' Our foreign trade in agricultural pro ducts is shown to be over two-thirds of our domestic exports and Is, steadil growing, while the production of fiel products introduced from foreign coun tries is rapidly decreasing, causing corresponding decrease in agricultural imports. Good work hM been done by hybridizing thj orange and oilier citrus plants and in the crossing of pineap ples, increasing the else and yiror ami greatly improving the flavor. Obser vation and forecast weather stations have been extended around the Carib bean sea and Increased throughout .the interior connuy, especially in Ihe mountain States. The natural life size zones of the United Slates are be ing surveyed and the areM bfat adapt ed to various crops determined. . Four scientific explorers of the de partment are abroad getting seeds and plants in Rusiia, the Mediterra- China sea and South He Hei idle hnmlMds ot 'mm' who of doing tounaxpusi ^ such labor m is nece#6«y in b city. How can hu, who knows nothing at all of city Me, or of tJ^e.demands made upon tltoM who live there-4R>w cun he hope to compete with this vmi force ? ( - SustM cotton hMgooo<fownm4kta country, so hater wages gone down in towns and dtle% and, in addition, hun dreds have been thrown oat of em ployment by tbe depression in de- - pertinents of industry. Thu great mul titude of laborers incRiea are fortu nate these days if they can get enough bread to eat But in the country a former can always make a living; he can always raise enough, bread and provisions to keep, body and soul to gether; hot this is not so In the towns and dtiee. To-day in many cities; in spite of the activity of those engaged in public and private charities, stnna- tiun seizes on many victims. Ho; the gold standard is working its horrible results in towns end cities M well M on the forms; property owners in cities have been odlea on to make sacrifice# quite m greet os those who own pioperty in the country. There fore ive advise formeis to stay on the form, even if it is a rented one. There they can make a living.—Atlm ta Con- utitution. K—I I nassB \J fiCSn region, America. ' Steel rails are stated to be the com ing material for good roads where hard rock is not convenient. The report refers to the value and 'popularity of the official fanners’ bulletins and to soil- aad tobacco researches. - .V COUNTRY OR TOWN ? writes -from the experiment station of Lake City, Fla«, wants to know whether it is best to live in the city or in .the country. The r inquiry is one calculated to rouse a long train .of speculation. The ahswSr to it depends on so many coil; ditiyns, circumstances, probabilities and possibilities that even a sugges tion is-likely to cieate a wrong im- piession; and even tin? inquiry re- 'Kdlves itself into ~a~ vague ques tion which may mean much or little. We have observed th«t when a man who has been raised in the country Comes- to town and succe da in win ning a competency from the hand of fickle fortune, all' his desires turn to-- ward tbe country again. He’ remem bers the happy days on the -old farm. They seemed hard days at the time;, but When light-fingered memory be gins to spin her well shs hM the knack of embroidering and gliding tbe hardships of youth until they ap pear teTbe the happiest experiences of life. And so, as we grow older, we long more and more for the scenes of our early days, or'for surroundings .that wil^he a perpetual reminder. ^Colonel George W. Adair, of West End, hM a standing offer of $2 75 for a ginger cake that will he as agreeable jO'hia tastes m the. ginger cakes Ibat old Aunt Minervy Aun used to bake .in Decator. We arynulhorized to My that he will even pay as much as $6.25 for su6h a cake. So^it everts with those, choice spirite who, having run their careers in toirn, would now be glad to return' to the home# of their J outn. There are a dozen men in At- mte who will pay boom prices for du plicates of the farm homes that were dear to their childhood. They are willing,-indeed,'to ‘Ipay m hiyh m partment chemists are doing work all | 100 o an acre. But when it came to ttloug thiehne..that anggaatCSW— 1 ** ••• ^ comprehenaive inquiry. The depart ment now buys samples for analysis in the open market. It may be necessary, h iwever, where there is ground for suspicion and a necessity for the idec- (tifieeMew ef sonree to upon paokagas at ports of entry, M it Is proposed in foreign countries to do wltii oar export in certain cases.’’ This brief statement is the only ref erence the secretary mikes lo restric tive meMuree adopted by certain gov ernments respecting our products. The experimental exports of butter by the agricultural department to Great Britain were resumed at the opening of the season of 1898 on an enlarged scale and Secretary Wilson Mys a decided gain is evident in the favorable impression made by batter of the first quality from United States creameries on the best chiss of the butter trade in London and Manchea-' ter. Lack of proper attention to eco nomic chemistry i* complained of and the report says we pay foreign conn-, Dies large sums for coni tar products. 1 for example, while we have skilled: chemists, capital and raw material at home. . j The^ secretary enlarges upon the need of nature teaching in the common« schools. He says that there is a grow ing interest in education that relates to prodnetion and all cists el of intelligent'; people favor it.. .With the exception of the very few persons who have found their way ibto our agricultural colleges, the education of oor people htts not been designed to pi spare them for producing from the sail. The report suggests that the greatest difflcoltiM are to oveicome the conser- vatiem ot the local bards managing country schools and to get competent teachers. The scientific educational subject is exhaustively discussed and, while there is no university in which young formers may pursue postgrad uate studies in ail the sciences relating lo production, tha scientific divlsioDfi Iu ithu first place, of die department of agriculture, it is’] tionst which have a urged to some extent, cun provide post graduate focllltos. ^ v Tbe distriballon of yoaog plants to vnrinna r\t th* «nnm the delivery of tffS goods, so to apeak, ihey would be exacting. Is the same bid gum in the spring ? Are the mar tin gourds still rattling on tbe pine pole in the horse lot ? Is the plum thicket stiU standing in the old sedge •fteld-T ft the Wash liSTfi sTHT where it to bo on the branch f ls the May apple tree still standing in the garden ? And are the bee gums sit ting on the sunny side of the privet hedge? Are Jolly and Loud still about tbe place, m ready to run rab bits in thq day time as thyyare to tree ’possums at night 7 Are Beck and Puss, the maten mules, ready to be bitched, to the wagon 7 Ate Back and Ball, the steers, waiting fr.r Crooked JegJim to put them to the cart 7 Is !old Aunt Minervy Ann singing in the • kitchen, ready to get. about cooki* dinner? Are Tom, and Bill, ah Frank .making arrangemdhts to go coon banting 7 You* say you know nothing about these things, and yet y m were ready to make a deed to a duplicate of the old form. Why, did you suppose you were to be paid $1,000 an acre for bare land and empty bouses 7 Dear sir, wb dont .want the land and bare houses. -We ,want the old times, tiie old things, tbe old friend*; the old shr- roundings. Put these in and we’ll give you $10,000 an acre; bat until you canjpul ’em in, don’t come and tell us you can duplicate the farms we knew. r You j see, gentle reader, it la a case of Col.' Adair’s ginger cake over tigtin. The town is a good place for those their A RICK. PLANTATION. SCENES AROUND THE PLANTATIONS WHERE CAROLINA’S STAPLE IS GROWN. Hope Plantation^ Colleton Coun ty, 8. C.—Within a radios <tt abont 30 or 40 miles southwest from the pic turesque and historical city of Charles ton, 8. C., are situated some of the most fertile and lieautiful rice planta tions which can be found on the American continent. As for back m the sixteenth century, the early set- tiers began to cultivate nee on gaiden spots, where the present city of Charleston now stands. Having proven tire utility end adaptsbttfty oT'the ifitl," ~ these pioneers of the wilderness looked around and selected large tracts of low swamps on. the Edisto river. With the assistance of their slaves a jierfect sys tem of drainage wm moat successfully conducted, and upon thoae sights where a few hundred years ago every imaginable kind of wild animals would seek retreat and shelter from the noiseless and stealthy step# of the In- dian hunters, your gase to-day, and ee- pecially so on an ideal summer morn- ng ; will rest with insatiable eyes npon a vMt ocean of the glittering golden rjee. Riding along on the embank ments on horseback through this vast garden of the Supreme Maker of the Universe, nothing disturbs the seren ity of peace excepting the shot of guns occasionally fired to keep tne thnns- ands of rice birds from devMlating whole acres of rice. When it begins to npen ihesa birds encirris the plant ations, and it is oidy through the vigi lance of numbers of negroes placed all aroand and m the midst of these fields ] that they can be kept out. A large plantation hM usually sev eral overseers, and these generallv work haudreds of swarthy and staf- - wart Afro-Americans. When the bar- vesting season begins, the most lively and characteristic scenes can then be noticed. Thu natural instinct fur music of these uncultured sons of the soil make their songs resound in their own vo cabulary in every direction according to their original conception. Tbe lice being cut and dried, it is then carried into mills, with which every large plantation la provided. The latest ana best equipped machin ery is in oae here. After undergoing a thrashing and cleaning process it is shipped in schooners to the larger rice mill. Here it nndergoes its test und final process of separating/the hall from the grain, and it is then placedjiy brokers upon the market to be told aud shipped to every part of our cominer- cial globe. Era Mam Snnth paroUnu r rice has been produced it wm recog- c place whp can make their way there, but whether can make their way or not depends' entirely on individual tiaita, qualities and characteristics. But, just at this tioto, we think that a man who wm born and raised in the country and hM grown to manhood there, makM a terrible miiiake when he goes to a town or city, especially if he leaves the country because he can’t make money on the form. ’t* 1 * tint place, the very Gradi ent down tbe re source* and returns of the fanner, have;bMn just m active in the city. These conditions are now such that onlyithtf Xtovt skQlfui and experienced , including /workmen cab nizedM being the finest and highest grade in all the markets of the world. One of the greatest and noblest feu- tuies in connection with these rice plantations is the chivalric hospitality of the Southern planters. Any strang er or traveler who hM ever bad the opportunity to enjoy the same always remembers 1* m sue of the moat note, worthy reminiscences of his life. Their charming residences are usually erected on an elevated pi me sur rounded by beautiful gardens, ana the large and tfiajestic oaks build lovely avenues and groves wherever yon look. Some hundred feet away from these residenCM yon find the settioment of their negro laborers. These are neat white little cottagM, and each of thorn hM a grant of a small garden patch on which the happy possessors raise their vegetables. Jbe house of worship, along with a large country More, adds considerably to the looks of a village Completed In every detail. Whatever you see on such a plantation Is the Sole property of the planter, who is really a king on his domain, and often per forms (he functions of every profes sional man amongst his laborers. After the ravage# of the dvil war the larger number of theso plantations, along with their Mttlementa, were to tally destroyed, and it bMCoat millions of dollars to put them beck into their former conditions, in which they now again thrive and add beauty to tike prosperous growth of South Carolina, aud the South in geneiul.. Commissioner of Pensions H. Clay Ev.ins recently stated that up to Sep tember 30, the war With Spain had caused the loss of the Uvm of 2,908, American soldiers and iKtiOn. Of this number 107 were officers. At Santiago the Iom wm 22 officers aad 29* men. At CecrienM one officer wm killed. During the rebdlion 40,000 men were tilled in battle aad 360,000 perUra* la camps and prisons. The dvil’—-—‘ abont twelve times m loog ish war. Ttafarraa apwt fa to tha end of \ i ,\ ... .-rx. i liV. -