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4 BSfliO NWS NOTES. State Militia. The following is the general order Issued recently l?v th* adjutant genvnl. the preparation of which has heretofore i>con referred to. lleru r.J Order No. ! . I'nr. 1. The reorganization of the >.rvf S/uith ?o show marked improvements at tne approaching inspections, and the requiremr nts of General Orders No. 2 and 1 will be rigidly observed. Per. 5. Inefficiency in drill and discipline, care of State property and soldierly bearing will be closely observed by the inspector, and timely warning is given that companies will not be continued in the active service who have retrograded in efficiency since last inspection; and companies now on the reserve list will be promptly advanced to the active list when they have gained n degree of merit that will justify their advancement. Par. 6. Company commanders are herein notified that special attention will be given ta extended order drills. ? j tSnr. ann nacn vrgHiiuaiiun ?n? ougbly tested, in efficiency along this line, as it is the most essential requisite of a good soldier, and all errors of officers in formations will be ^carefully noie.l, and where these errors are sufficient the officer will be 'ordered to appear before an examiniv ''hoard which will be formed for the p... pose of revoking commissions of officers who are incapable. Gy order of J. W. FLOYD. Adjutant and Inspector General. Offioial: .John D. Frost. A. A. and I. Gen. Palmetto Notes. Columbia. S. C.. Special. The offi* . ial.s of the Seaboard Air Line have no lifted the South Carolina railroad commission that the new road from Cheraw to Columbia will be ready for inspection on April 12th. The commission has accepted the date, and If the inspection is satisfactory, regular schedules will be put into effect and traffic begun. The route south of Columbia will not be ready for n few weeks longer, as the roadway through this city is being expensively built. It 'is stated on good authority that the board of education of the South Caydina Methodist Conference will ttoC.1 l>onds an.i make additions to the buildings of the Columbia Female College here, necessitated by the increased demand on the institution's facilities This was the object of the h-card meeting here. Plans are now on fcot whict will make the early consummation oJ this movement a certainty. Pr.'mir.ent New Yorkers are charged with bad faith in a suit filed in Tren ton, N. J. " : fire! AliiTUKtlO I.- .11 ni<- uic >/. ..... rour.ry prize at the next State Fair. Beiiwifcrville is c .ermineJ <r> ie cure the Seaboard Railroad from Os !;.;rne, N. 0., to this place, thence t( Blenheim, seven mile; south of here This would be the most important fed ior that the Seaboard Air Lin? couh build and the business men of thi. county have determined to have thi road Brevities. Champion James .1. Jeffries, afte considerable wire correspondence wit! Manager "Billy" Brady, finally an aouneed 2hat only McCoy, Sharkey ant Fitzsimmons will be barred in select ing three heavy-weights Jeffries is t' "\meel at TaUersall's in Chicago Apri >th. Through the breaking down of th< first lloor in the factory building at 21 and 215 East Forty-fourth street, Net York, which was totally destroyed b; fire and three firtmen were killed am two injured. The men were prcipita ted into the basement in whldh wa about six feet ol water and pinned un <ler the debris. It is supposed the; were drowned., \ . k j iv.VV.-~ VI IUI ^... ^arolii-i having been completed. nofrce is hereby given 10 company commandc-rs of the volunteer trcoiis ar.a ua guard that the regular annua! inspections of companies will be res i:ned ix, tho earliest date practirahl. ?nd due notice of dates two weeks prior ? ) day of inspection of each company will be. forwarded to company commanders. Pa;. i Special attention is called to ti)? t'jc.t that after the schedule of dates for inspections lias been made and published, charges cannot be made without deranging the entire schedule, and no change will lie granted, except for most urgent -and unavoidable condiion-. as the funds allowed for said purpose will not be sufficient to make duplicate trips, and any company fading as prescribed will be passed over. Par. :t. In order to prevent delay. company commander? must be prepared on the day of inspection to furnish the inspector with a complete roll of his company, upon which shall be noted all changes of membership since the last inspection. Par. 4. The department urges upon officers and men the necessity of attending drills and greater devotion to the interests of the service, which is the source from which increased effieiency may be derived. Owing to the *;hor: period of time for practical drills '.rvi theoretical instruction which lapsed between the organizing of the companies and the inspections last year, the department made due allowances at the last inspections, but sufficient time fc:a? passed for the organizations 10 STOP VANDALISM. I An Old Dorchester Fort to be] Taken Care of. I Secretary of State "Cooper last weelc received the following letter from ecu. ; Kdward MoCrady. whi.-h explains itself: j Charleston, S. March 29. 19UU. The Hon. M. R. Cooper. Secretary of Staite, Columbia, S C. Dear Sir: Fuck r Section 82 of t'he- Revised Statutes it i.> provided that yen shall take charge of all the property of -the State, the care and custody cf which, is not otherwise provided for by law. ruder the provisions of this section, therefore, you have genera! charge and supervision or tno e>ta:e s prop*:. I tyThere is at the villa*? of Old Dorchester, in Dorchester County, on the ' Ashley River, the remains of the fart built at a very early period in the his! tory of the province, and which is, therefore, of great historical interest and value. It is part of the property of the State, having been bulk by the province for the purpose of its protection. and situated on the corner of what was formerly the old public square. As I have been informed that there are parties who are disposed to destroy or make depredations upon this property. 1 would suggest that, you j put it in charge of the Historical So cieiy of South Carolina ana authorize i us to take charge and take whatever i steps we see fit to preserve it from de- , struction that is to say, put in our , charge the old fort as the property of the State and the public square attached. Trusting That this 'yill suggest itself to you as the proper disposition to bo made for the preservation of the prop- j erty as belonging to the State and having such historical value. I am very , respectfully vours. I EDWARD MrCRADY. President South Carolina Historical : Society. Secretary Cooper after inquiry found ! Uhat he had the necessary authority and sent Gen. MrCradv full authority to take care of the property. Palmetto Notes. Several days ago Governor McSweeney received the following official document: We present P. T. Cauthen. magistrate, for being implicated in the "II-- r 1 D-ir'tao'c W i tWMWg, V"i >. J. UI1U5UIV vvv.v-, ... , having in his pas session one bale of 1 the stolen cotton. We name as wit- 1 nesses against him J. J. Bridges, 0. \V. Mackey, W. T. Mobley and Boy kin White. We also recommend the im- ' mediate removal of the fay p. T. Cauihem from the office of 1 fra!e 1 ard recommend H. W. MoiMe, r appointment. J. THOS. FAILE. Foreman. Upon motion of Solicitor J. K. Henry it is ordered that a certified copy of ThLs 9pec;al presentment be forthwith , forwarded to the Governor. JA'AIES ALDRIOH. Presiding Jitdge. | Governor McSweeney referred the j matter to the Laneasttr delegation, and ; they replied by stating that they did not know what there was in the j charges: that the nominee was sug ??'5I '(l 2S H. result Ui tilt* j-mwhj'j.t ?*. that they had no objections to the ap- : pofoitment of Mr. Mobley, who was a grcd man. Governor McSweeney took the position that the report of the grand jury should be given due con cider at km and that, under such a posi-1 tive statement -from the grar.d jury, ' and without objection from the delegation that he would remove the mag- j istrate. Mr. Cau then has been re-1 I moved and Mr. Moblev, as suggested, j ! named as his successor. ! Greenville, Special. Pink Size-more, | [ white, aged 40. difd suddenly in Magistrate Mauldin's office Friday after-j , noon. He and Tom Singleton had j been arrested for stealing a watch 1 from Mrs. Eliza Sizemore. at Poe mill, "While the examination was progressing Sizemore fell and died in four , minutes. Br. Swanda'.e pronounced tr> hp of the heart, i J MAX? VW , Sizemc-ro had a family. He was badly ' . afflicted with dropsy and drank hea.-' I j ily. There was no undue excitement j ; in his arrest. The returns from the recent military 1 elections, which have just been heid ' 1' shew the election .of Cel. C. W. Kol-j lock, of Charleston, cf cavalry: Lie.u. , i Cel. D. A. Herbert. of Orange four g, of infantry, and Majcr \V. T. Kllethe. 01'! the 3rd battalion ?.' cavalry. I Nitre ty-Si.v. Special. .Miss Emma Cheatham, a voting lady living near; 1 this place, while in a convulsion, fell ; into the fire and was fatally 'burned en the 27th. )! ~ I The ir.te rmediate examinations at t>h? ?au;.h Carolina College have l>esn I ccnriuded. -The examination.? vrere strict and searching and the marks are j , not high as many a: the young men expected. Senator Tillman is pressing upon , Congress the settlement cf the claims t ; of this ?tare against the National ' Government, and has recently unearth- j 1, ed valuable dcc-uiroats bearing upon i j ot w,eh. " the matter m im? aoijwj wuum.^^ , ihigton. Mr. J. T. Gar.tt has been ^ equally successful at this end of the; j line, and has presented to Governor ; ' MoSweeney a report of his work, to-; gother with rhe original documents re- j e I ferred to. The papers are all new and , 3 unexpected, and make out a much v ' stronger case than the Srate expected ! y to have. 1 ' The negro Hunt, who was shot by .1. - D. Furrier, Thursday, at Wilson, N. C S I died at 7:30 Saturday night. It is be- j licved that evidence will be brought , j' Joefore the coroner's jury -which will result in the acquittal of Pardon M rsnEl i? >jf vsaBsaaiBiBia^^ 11 Soasonliic IVnre l'oftt*. Tho proper way to handle fence ; t posts is to cut in tho winter, peal all j ii hark off ami leave them in the woods { I or some shady place to dry. If they j t are talten out into the sun they are , t practically sure to check hadly. If ' i they aro not protected from the sun j i they will necessarily crack more or 11 less, liut when shaded the drying j 1 and seasoning are less rapid, and c.m- | r I r- lli? is Slow. ! i even seasoning is the only practical 1 way of insuring the minimum of 1 cnecking. While drying, posts should be lis much from the grouucl as possi- : b.e so that the air can reach them 1 freely. i Ki'P|ijnc W.-SI Water Pure. . It used to be an old-fashioned ens- * torn iu the country to put one or two ,( trout in a well to insure the water he- ^ ing pure and wholesome. If they did not keep it so it was supposed that : they would give warning of its im- j purity by dying themselves. We are [ j reminded of this by seeing in an Eng- ( lish paper that Professor Sobreto, of Turin, has lately advised the use of eels in the house cistern for the same purpose, lie says two or three not large but lively eels weuld devour ( anything iu the water in the shape of animalcules, infusoria, bird dropping from the roof or vegetable matter of j any kind. We thiuk they would also take any animal matter like toads or , rats that might fall in and drown. Poultry Houkc Addition. The cut shows a way to ntili/e buildings already existing when con^ n nnnllrr lirni<;n A linv BHUltlUfe I. ~ ^ bam nr other structure having a long , fi? A roCLTKT LEAK-TO. , side toward the south, can he used as 1 in the case shown here, where the high side of the poultry house has its hoarding and framing already fur- 1 nished frco of cost. There is another great advantage in building poultry houses in this way: the added warmth J that is thus secured. In cold regions this is a matter of great importance, n>?L-M><v fliia rtlan PTrtPrtdinfflv USetul. ! ' J- - w * having Rough Fodder. A few years ago not many farmers 1 vi the corn-growing Stites thought of j saving their corn stover, though per- * haps they turned cattle iu among it, < to eat a little and trauip it down. 1 Where small grain was grown, the 1 straw was thought to have very little ' l'ood value, though some kept their ' stock half starved on it. Eastern 1 farmers, who were thought to bo very 1 saving, seldom fed out bean straw or |1 XT 1 I II 11 pea straw. .>?? un lui-os ?iC 3?>w, . uud while they need more grain with i them than does clover or other good i liny, it is thought economy to feed auy or all of these, and by adding grain, keep the animals in better condition ] at less cost than when hay is fed, and i at the samo time add to the valne of I the manure made on tte farm. Many 1 varieties of weeds also make good 1 rough forage if mown down and cured j before they have ripeued their ' seeds, and to do so helps to keep the 1 laud eleau, and preserve tue fertility 1 in it for more useful crops. rutting out union ?cr.?. Tu putting out oniou sets, do not i1 think that there must be a hole made j' for each set. and that when it is i placed in the ground the dirt must be j i pressed around it. Just open up a shallow trench and scatter the sets at tlie light distance apart; then cover | up and jiress the dirt down lirmly 1 with the feet. Walk right over them hack and forth until the soil is well ( firmed. Sow onion seed very early iu tho spring on well prepared, rich 1 L' " K/-?^ ni r/l%f Aon gl'UUUU. Q'iU Hi I u \? .-1 titmui ii^uiutu iuclies apart, and quite thick, if oniou maggot i.s likely to bother, and about 1 an inch ?Ieep. Several times before the onions are np go over the ground 1 with a garden rako thoroughly. If 1 stones and sticks have been removed 1 this raking can be continued until alter tin* onions are up. This saves a ( great .deal of weeding. After the 1 onions begin to grow well, run the garden rako between tho rows fre- ' queutly, aud always as soon after a ( shower as may be. Continue tins cultivation till the onions are nearly ( ripe. Do not roll the tops down or ' break them over purposely. This s does no good, but will allow the weeds 1 to grow up, and tkev can not then be taken out so well. ( Protect the HilluMo. Improper treatment of the hillside jfteu results in putting the hillside fields in u condition where tillage is i almost impossible. By nature our f bills are, for the most part, covered < with forests or growths of uuderbrush i that protect the soil from the effects i of running water. The soil is kept in t a porous condition and the rain that i 1" alls, beiug couducted i?y a thousand ranches and trnuks, follows down tko oots and soak# away through the oil. But many of these hillsides have ecu cleared of all tree growth and >een either converted into plowed ields or into pasture?. Where concerted into glass fields and kept in a ligh stato of fertility tho damage has iot been so great. But in the case of j lie plowed field the land has been put! n the very best condition to bo! vasbed and gullied. Where the pas- j ure has been kept close tho laud is lardly loss subject to washing. Froluently after a sudden and heavy j lowuponr the heait of the farmer is 1 mule sick te see the devastation that las occurred on such fields. The remedy is to use these fields md pastures for other purposes. iVhero it is not thought advisable to j ittempt to cover them with a small I orest. they may be used for orchard ! mrposes, but wili have to be kept covered with sod as a soil hinder. They, however, have this disadvanage for orchard purposes, that eultiration rs not given except at the sac idee of the very conditions it is detired to establish. Altogether, it is jest to establish the wood lot or the timber belt on the hillsides that are ubject to gullying, but where this is lot possible or profitable put the laud j into heavy grass and do not pasture it' it any time of year. Encourage the1 sod to thicken, and this will reduce the I danger of gullying to a minimum. Farmers that are clearing hillsides for j the first time must be carefnl not tcl leave the soil bare for a few mouths | before putting it to use. A few heavy ! rains may do damage that it will take! years to repair. Farm, Field and; Fireside. Tlie Kayonet in Modurn tV.nTare. | The tire of the defense become: j more destructive every moment, while I that of the assailants is shaken by j their losses, but at last a sufficiently j thick firiug hue of the latter pet with-1 in point blank of the defenders, and the latter see many more soldiers, crowding up behind. The defenders do not feel themselves beaten yot, but j I hey know {hat their assailants' lire is ; again growing equal, and more than ' equal, to their own. Suddenly the! enemy fixes bayonets and his bugles sound tho charge; the defenders have [ stood still beneath his lire all day,; they have seen their comrades scat-! tcred on all sides by tho deadly but invisible tap of the rille bullet, they I have been strengthened by the merry riot of their own guns against the ap-1 palling blast of the shrapnel, but now J " 1..-0 n.^;aa. i cue eueuij uus uc?wru in.-* uui^. . is ft great bully; they were uot afraid r>f lii? muskets and guns, they have j uot so far shrunk frcm him, but now! Lie is comiug to knife theni where they stand. They are but stiickcn game! awaiting the coup do grace. A few j among the defenders will not flinch, even now; they, too, lix their bayonets prepared with the bitter heroism of the lost to tight it out. But most men Fear certain death worse than questionable dishonor, their nerves crack, and they fly. The light is over, aud the bayonet, if it has not drunk a drop jf blood, has not the less directly auded it. From "'How Soldiers F'ight.' by F. Norrcys Council. K?lrlv Gooil Time. Seated around a Topeka railroad! lunch counter the other day were four aid Saute Fe engineers. They were j telling of fust runs. Three of them ! tiad told their stories. "The fastest. run I ever made,"' said the lourtn, j ifter listening to the lies of the others, ! "was between Topcka and Emporia i not long ago. It was a bright moon-' light night. We were behind when we pulled out of Topeka and had orders . to muke up all lost time between here i ind Emporia. After reaching the top i nf the Pauliuehill I pulled the throttle ' wide open and let her go. The old jugine fairly ate up the track. When ive stopped at Emporia I looked back 1 mile or so and saw something black ipproaching us. I could not thiuk ; what it was. J' watched it closely. Finally it carno opposite the engine i md stopped. It was the shadow of :he train." Kansas City Journal. Unappreciated. "Another thing," saidj the street ailway advocate in a tone of protest; 'a slight thing, perhaps, but it all ( joes to show how we arc discrimicited against and how little our philinthropy is appreciated." "Your philanthropy!" echoed the critical citizen, as ho gasped and dutebed a railing. "Yes, sir. You hire dog catchers md secure high salaried people to :ontrol their movements nud see that itray canines are properly slain. It ;osts a lot of money. Now, our cars lavo hit aud slaughtered countless stray dogs, for which service we have jever collected a single penny. And yet we have never had so much as a rote of thanks from a citizens' assojiation." Washington Star. Ovrrnhoe AttacTiment. To bold shallow-rimmed overshoes 11 place a Missonriau has patented a itrap attachment, which is light juough not to bind the foot, being aiade of rubber and secured to either lido of the heel, the central part of the strap beiag fastened to a hook inserted iu the toe of the overshoe an epitaph. a worthy dentist rests beneath This hlgli-honped, grassy mound: True man was he, although his teeth "* Full often false were found. All obstacles lie did despise And often would ho brag IIo lather liked, than otherwise, To run against a snag. Much suffering did he assuage, it:, "..ilontg i?.K?h nimi? HI' , ,, Though or;*t tUo throbbing tooth might rage. As they his doorboil rang. His speech was frequent and most free. Right seldom would ho pirn e, Although a master hand was he At hcldinc others' jaws. IIo owned no family or elan, Rut gave all satisfaction. For all agreed lie was a man Of excellent extraction. no died without a sob or groan. He lived in decent gravity. Ami now, beneath this mossy stone," lie's lllling his last cavity. Chicago RecordPITH AND POINT. "He's a vegetariau, is he?" "Oh! the strictest kiud. He won't even eat oyster plant. Philadelphia KecorcL. Cnstomer "Have you felt slippers, young man?" New Clerk "Yes, ma'am: but I haveu'l for a long lime now." As they skated they looked at the stars * There were a million or more; Their heels flew up and they observed A few they'd not seen before. Chicago News. liray "Metempsychosis? No, sir, I think it's a horrid belief. Fancy my becoming o donkey in my next inooniolinnl" "Flinnoll "MonOtO nous, eh?" Life. Tie ''This liquid air iS great!" She "Yes; wou't it bo lovely when we can dip up hot or cold air with a bucket ami pour it out of the window?" Indianapolis Journal. "Lulu, what a lovely bronze Beethoven!" "Isn't he sweet? I use hira to prop the door opeu; he isn't always falling over and breaking his nose like that plaster Mozart." Chicago Record. Escape Flats: Quericua "Let*? see; the married men all have better halves, don't they?" Cynicus "Yes.' Quericus "Then what do the bachelors have?" Cynicus "Better quarters!" Puck. i^aiior ""WCli. .TUUUg wuuiau, II the story suits mu I will pay you $1." for it." Young Lady Author "Ob, come, now. Uuy it without reading it. and I'll let you have it for $1Q." .Brooklyn Life. Genealogist "Have you any preference. madarue?" Parveuue "Only this. It will be necessary for us to come of a long-lived ancestry, our portrait. gallery is so dreadfully small!" Detroit Journal. "Don't you think ho has wonderful control over his voice?" asked the young woman. "N'o," answered Miss i-i ?1T U 1 O.JnV tliot K/liJFVUiie. ? cau i oaj ? imua ??? ?. He siiipjs every time any one asks bitn to." Washington Star. Professor Gray "By the way, Professor Sage, what day of the month is it? To save my life, T can't think." Professor Sage "It is the liOth. Ami that reminds me, what month is it?" Albany Press and Knickerbocker. "Why, Harry, what is the matter?" asked a lady of her small nephew, who was crying bitterly. "M-mamma whipped m-ine," sobbed the little fellow, "an* I'm eryin' 'c-causo I wasn't b-born au orphan." Harper's Bazar. Mrs. Sliruson "I've wanted tho drawing-room refurnished for a long time, but rny husband has always said to wait until the things were really useless." Mrs. Cattersou "How aro yoa goiug to manage it?" Mrs. Slimsou "Easy enough; the baby is in there now." Life. The cla3f was having lessons ia natural history, anil tho teacher askeil: "Now, is there any boy here can tell me what a zebra is?'' Tommy "Yes, sir; I can." Teacher "Well, Tommy, what is a zebra?" Tommy "Please sir, a zebra is a donkey with a foot, ball suit on." Tit-Bits. MiMilarcri lintluiilnmn. At an entertainment in Edinburgh, just as tho Boer wiu broke out, tho audience stopped the performance to sing the national anthem. So far this was all right, says the Argonaut, but more followed. A few hot-headed spirits caught sight of a uniform, and the wearer, despite his protests, was j seizeij aud earrietl aroiiud tho building. 'When he regained terra firuia, j some one asked him for the name of ' his regimenc, his uniform not being i familiar. "Itegimeut!" was the snrI prised reply; "man, I am the doorI keeper. What's gauu wrang wi' yu ! a'?" School Oritrrun l>y llati. The Spriugfield (Mass.) new $",00,000 High School house is overrun by I rats E. Van De Car, who bears the J proud distinction of being the chain| pion rat-catcher of Western Massa>Ho b'ivs there are at lea3t 1000 J of the rodents in the building. The rat3 are attracted to the Higli School by the lunch counter in tho basement. After eating everything they can get hold of there they swarm at night over the building aud gnaw tho corners of Latan grammars and cat problems in Euclid. New York World.