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??t*3a??^?"??? * ???""" ?! ? ? ju iii ! i ni ? !! ummim.u ?m??m?ag?i^- ??owe *ajv. ? ir rmrar?g: . ? j i-ngooCTCBBP l-.it j?. ? mbbbb??????? i ? * .? khuiu i *umnca mmiii?j.mni -i-muf ~VoZ'xUL VINNSBOBO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, J UN E 9. 1886. NO. 45. - - ?? I ? - > I, ?... r. ??-?- ?? ?n m>c? * 1TK j jiuixmomffj b??g? wbwob??sm?? ????? aMMBMMnBnMBHBaoBBiaaBStoM r "AND THEY" WERE MAlil'JKD." THE HAPPV EV2>I.\<; OF THE PRE*IUE.\T8 ROMANCE. 1 The Weddinj; Oreinonirw Performed Lat>l Hp- Wednesday Evening?How the Bride Looked, and What She Wore?The Arrival iu WantiiiSton?ISeeaf * a?d Incidents. (Spesia" Difpatch to the KVws atid Courier.) Washington, June 2.?Miss FoLsom arrived hero this morning at 5.30 o'clock A accompanied by her mother and cousins, Benjamin Fokozn and Mrs. Eodgers. W When the train rolled into the Baltimore and Potomac station Miss Cleveland was waiting to receive the bride-elect and her companions. Almost immediately the private car of President Roberts was disconnected and transferred to a siding on 6th street. No sooner had this been y' accomplished, when Albert drew his handsome turnout up to the car steps. Miss Cleveland stepping out entered the car, and, after a hasty ohat with the party, reappeared on the platform followed by Miss Folsom and the other members of the party. The travelers showed no ? 1 appearance 01 iaugue, auu mc uiiuc^ clcct looked especially bright and cheerful. Miss Folsom was plainlj and neatly attired in a snug fitting rich black silk walking dress and a close fitting short j gray cloth saeoue, and carried a natty i red umbrella with a dog's head carved ! j- on the handle. Her hat was of the walk- f f ing pattern?a high gray stra-w?-with | what appeared to be gull's wings stand- i ing upright. The young lady, as she i / alighted from the car and entered the! carriage, took a surrey of the surround-; ings, and apjx>ared perfectly happy in ! the thought that everything had been so i pleasantly arranged for her comfort. The motl.or of the bride-elect ^vas j ? ' tastily dressed in black silk and carried ! no wraps. Mr. Benj. Folsom wore a ; light-brown overcoat, gray trousers and ! tail black hat. When the party was com-1 ? fortably seated in the carriage the uoor j was slain med shut, and, as is their ens- j torn at this signal, the .spirited horses darted off like a sho: and took the most < direct route to the Execut e Mansion ( f' through the Smithsonian and Monument grounds. They entered the Mansion by [ the southern entrance, a canopy having j been erected over the stairway bv -which j V % j they ascended to the main floor. They J L passed in through the Blue parlor, and ? j^, Miss FcLsom. went immediately upstairs j to the apartments prepared for her. L .SCENES ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE. The White House has been closed to Hl day to all persons, excepting those on B official business. Down-stairs the florists pa liave been in* control of the Blue, Bed rand (ireen parlors and tfte ?-as? room, and only those engaged in the work of decorating were allowed to pass beyond the vestibule. Th.; stairway leading upstairs to the official part of the Mansion j was also closed against casual callers and newspaper men. The latter were admitted to the vestibute, but that was p.r ' far as they wer 2 allowed to roam. Your ; correspondent succeeded in gaining ad- 1 mission to Col. Pruden's office upstairs : upon assuring the usher that his errand had nothing to do with the wedding. The clerical force was at work as if nothing extraordinary was on hand. Col. Pruden came from the President's prirvate office bearing sundry executive communications to Congress, including apl" proved bills and veto messages on pension bills. A clerk from the postoffice HP department was also present to request < mr the signature of the President to a num- ; H ber of postmasters* commissions. About ?&. noon, while the vestibule on the first ft -floor swarmed with newspaper men, fjj&llorists and ushers, the big glass doors Beading into the private parlors opened, jpjpffiPknd out walked the President. He proKceeded to the ^front door, entered his Kcarriage, which was waiting for him, and off totrard the northwest. He was r absent nearly an hour, and when he returned it was said that he had taken a ride to quiet his nerves. Although the President usually shaves himself he did , not care to tase any chances with the razor to-day, so tho Executive barber was permitted to give the President his ^ wedding shave. Throughout the entire W day messengers were continually arriv . ingatthe White House, bearing wed ding presents. One from Mrs. Postmaster General Yilas was a small square package wrapped in wliite paper and tied with a broad satin ribbon. It was accompanied by a note of congratula- j tions. Ail tiie presents were sent np stairs to be opened at the discretion of J the bride. HOW THE JtABRIAGE CEREMONY V?"AS PERFORMED. Abont half-pas: 6 o'clock the wedding guests began to arrive, their carriages rolling up to the main door of the Mansion through the great iron gates on Pennsylvania avenue. The nrst arrival f . was Secretary Lamar at 6.37. He was f closely followed by the Kev. Dr. Sunderland and wife, and during the nest few minutes there came in quick sucees JL. V'OtUlv*JW* vvuv*w* *-*-v ? and Wilson S. Bisseli, Secretary and Mrs. Whitney, and Secretary* Manning and wife. Removing their wi-aps in the State dining-room, all the guests prok ceeded to the Blue room, where they were received by Miss Rose Cleveland. g&L ^ For a few minutes the guests chatted "^aily, but conversation was quickly suspended at 7.15, p. m., when the selected orchestra from the Murine Band, stationed in the corridor, struck up the familiar ptmins of the redding m?.rch from ?!>ndc ' ?n > aior "NVht's and aii '.'yes were tamed u> tbs dr,!;rway : fe.- 10 cat;-}* :V.? Srst glimpse oi the c-Liii.g ! f briue ana groom. Starting from the western corridor on the upper floor the President came slowly down the western staircase with his bride leaning on his ] arm. They were unaccompanied, even the bride's mother waiting with the other guests. r Passing through the central corridor the bride and groom entered tho Blue room, and took a position near its southern wall, which was completely hidden from sight by a mass of nodding palms, tropical grasses and an endless variety of choice flowers. A crystal chandelier ^ poured a flood of mellow radiance upon b the scene, and the colors of the massive banks of scarlet begonias and royal jaqueminet rojses, jaiagliag with the blue lit < If llll?IIK?BfatlMII I and silver tints of the frescoed "rails and ceiling, gave a warm and glowing tone to the whole brilliant interior. The delicate ivory shades of the bride's wedding gown found an exqnisite setting in the masses of crimson roses immediately beyond. The i'resideut was in full evening dress, with turn-down collar, white lawn necktie and white enamelled studs. A hush fell upon the assemblage as Dr. Sunderland stepped forward to his ru-icntinri fmnfinrr r> WPnel i ? >.'> COUdIg. -with the Rev. William Cleveland (the President's brother) at his left hand. In a distinct tono of voice and with deliberate utterance the Doctor began the simple and beautiful wedding service, after the reading of which ho turned to the bride and groom and said: "If you desire to be united in marriage j you will signify the same by joining your ! right hands." (Groom and bride joined : hands.) "Grover," said the minister, ; "do you take this woman whom you hold by the hand to be your lawful wedded wife?to live together after God's ordi iittlKJU J-LL tilC UVIJ \JJl UI'VUVV/XI. jw\u | von promise to love her, cherish, comfort and keep her in sickness and in health, I in joy ana in sorrow, and, forsaking all others, keep you only unto her so long I as you both shall live?" The groom (firmly:) "I do." Dr. Sunderland: "Frank, do you bike j this man whom you hold by tiir hand to | be your Lawful wedded husband, to live j together after God's ordinance in the! holy estate of wedlock? Do yon promise ! to love him. honor, comfort and keep; him in sickness and in health, in joy and in ; sorrow, and forsaking all others keep. vo n onlv mi to him m Ions? as von both : shall live:" j The bride responded in a low, but j clear, voice: ;'I do." j Dr. SunderLuid (solemnly:) "Forus-1 ruueh at; Grover and Frank have here t agreed and covenanted to live together [ after God's ordinance in the holy estate j of wedlock, and have confirmed the same j by giving and taking ihe wedding ring; now, therefore, iii the presence of this' company, in the name of the Father and ; of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, I pro-. nonncc and declare that they u^e Lui-, band and Tvife; and what God hath join-; ed together let not man put asunder." j The Rev. Mr. Cleveland then pro nounced the following benediction: "God the Father, God the Son, and j God the Holy Ghost, bless, preserve and | keep yon; the Lord mercifully till you j with all temporal and all spiritual bless- i ings, and grant that you may so live together in this world that in the world < to come you may have life everlasting. Amen." CONGRATULATIONS. At tiie conclusion of the ceremony Mrs. Folsom, showing traces of deep emotion, -was the first to tender her congratnlafcions to tho nAurly nwrieA pair She was followed by Miss Cleveland, the Rev. Mr. Clevoland and the other relatives and friends in turn. "While the congratulations were in progress the band, under the leadership of Professor Soussa, performed the bridal chorus and march from "Lohengrin," and to this music the President and his bride led the way into the stately East room. The adornments of this noble hall -were in keeping with its majestic proportions, and its ample space and brilliant illumination afforded an opportunity for a fitting display of the ladies' toilets. WHAT THE BRIDE WOKE. The bride wore an enchanting wedding dress of ivoiy satin, simply garnished on a high corsage, with India muslin crossed in Grecian folds and earned in exquisite fall of simplicity over a petticoat. An orange blossom garniture, commencing upon the veil, in a superb coronet, was continued throughout the costume with artistic skill. Her veil was of tulle, about five yards in length, completely enveloping her ana falling to the edge of the petticoat ill front and extending the entire length of her itill court train. She carried no flowers and wore no jewelry except the engagement ring, containing a sapphire and two diamonds, and a plain gold wedding ring, which had been placed on her finger before she descended the staircase. From the East room the company proceeded, after a season of promenading and conversation, to the family diningroom of the Mansion, where the wedding supper was served. A BO WEB OF BEAUTY. The decorations of the Executive Man- ; siuii to-night were of an elaborate character, and, in the Language oi one of the oldest employees, "It never presented a handsomer appearance." The various public gardens in the city and many private conservatories here and in other cities contributed their choicest plants and flowers to lend their beauty and fragrance to the scene. Of course die /*r?y/vm/mv W'.l < JJ'l.UV JL WiJ-i, >-? wvjkviuvi. 1 pcrioruicd, occupied the principle nitention of the decorators. TLuir work was certainly well done. It was transformed into a veritable bower of beauty. ' 'BIlESSED is tee bride whom the sex SHINES OX." Other weddings there have been at the White House?eight in aii?but never before to-day has the highest dignitary in the land bowed his head within its historic walls to receive the blessing of the Church on his union in the holy bonds of matrimony. From the very dawn of the wedding day the city seemed alive to the approaching event. Little knots of idlers talked it over on the sidewalks and in front of the hotels. Sedate matrons rrossiryned as they passed along the stTvX-'ti^ an*.; t'--. - of a:id ??? '.:!.'V\j iiij'.A-.l tLv OuiiiiLg . xaowoiiiou.- eerc-mviiii s. 1 i taere be any truth in the ancient adage, a happy bride will reign in the White House; for though the day opened with a gray and cheerless sky and shadows resting on the earth, yet as it grew older the elements seemed to relent, and little by little the sun forced his rays through the unwilling clouds, until liis broad beams fell in generous abundance on the soft, green sward of the trim park encompassing the White House, bringing out in high relief the simple yet stately white columns of the time-honored home of the Presidents, crystallizing in prismatic hues the sparkling spray of the fountains, and cresting -with gold the foliage of the grand old trees. The still sad murky haze of the early afternoon had now wholly {riven place to clear skies and warm southerly zephyrs, while yellow sunbeams ilitteii through the foliage of the park and made dickering pictures upon the velvety turf l>eneath. Tlie great fountain did its best to attract attention, spouting its cooling spray to the verge of its granite basin. The seats in the park across the avenue were occupied by lawn-clad maidens, while half the young lovers in town, moved by the common sympathy which stirs the romanic susceptibilities of sixty millions of people, took winding walks into the line of the evening promenade and speculated npon the emotions which are supposed to fill the hearts of the bride and groom. On the asphalt walks, near the portico of the Whit-e Huuso, the assemblage was thoroughly democratic, and rugged urchins and slip-shod colored girls jostled natty-looking young gentlemen and ladies in silk attire. The gates were left wide open, and by 6 o'clock the crowd had swollen to several hundred, and a score or more of newspaper men held the point of vantage along the side of the wrtieo. Suddenly the strains of the wedding march floated through the open windows, and there was a general exclamation from the outside crowd, "The service has begun!" Then there cam- a tantalizing j hush within the wall.-;, which was soon ended by the strains of the bridal cboras j from : 'Lohengrin," and it was thereby! known that the ceremony was over. One i by one the lights sprang up ?t the windows. and the great Ku-uers on the: portico caoi their eih;igeui'0 oxx r ihe 5 lisphjur. a bCciiO wmcb resemried a summer night's iestivol, and tho crowd gas'e itself v,r> to the enjoyment of delightful music. j I-IF. X>EPAiiXl.:XK F?>J< UKKK I'.U:K. There was no formal order observed iu tlic- supper room, but trie collation vv-as \ served, and the guests sat at sn&aii tables | or promenaded as they discussed the menu and talked over the event of the | evening. The elegant aouveuir.* of satin ' boxes, containing dainty .slice.- of bridal cake and each one bearing a hsud-paiut- ; ed monogram 4 C. I\," were received! with great lidmirulion. \Vhiie the; ATfthf'Ssfm war iiliivi'MT <?ne. of ib% i ^elections, and the guests "were gathered i about tius tables, the bride quietly slipped ; away to lier room and changed her wedding dress fcr a heavy gray silk traveling dress. She then returned to her company and v/as soon, afterward joined by the President, who had also changed his dress suit for a traveling costume. This was about 3.30, and the President and his bride said a hasty "good-bye" to their friends and left the house through the private exit- from the Bed room into the south ground. A closed carriage awaited them, and as they entered and the horses started off a shower of rice was thrown on nr?r5 -f'-r??*? tvo i them a final "God-spceu" fiuai U-.~ porch. It was expected that the President would try to slip away unobserved and in order to prevent this a number of newspaper men stationed themselves near the southwest entrance to the grounds with carriages convenient to follow the President in case he should make his exit by that gate. This was reported to the President, so he instructed his driver to go out of the grounds by another and almost unused route, and in that way he avoided the reporters altogether. His carriage was driven direct to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station where a special train was in waiting to take the President and his bride to Deer Park. They were escorted through the station and into the car provided for them without attracting attention, and at 9 o'clock the train started off to its destination. The President and his bride were wholly unaccompanied on this journey. They will probably remain at Deer Park about a week, during which time they will occupy a small cottage attached to the hotel, which has not yet opened for the season. THE WEDDING PRESENTS. The wedding presents were many but they were not exhibited, nor will any list bo furnished. This is in deference to the wishes of the President. The groom's gift to his bride was a hamisoine < diamond necklace composed of a single string of brilliants. The presents from | the Cabinet oilicers rtnd their wives were | mostly articles oi jewelry, though there i were several beautiful i'resents of siiv-c-, ware. 'IHKY 1>I1) NOT ilsh TILE bi'i-jr.. Contrary to cxjX'ctaT.ev. the President wore white gloves at his wedding. 'J. he gentlemen present at the wedding were not fortunate enough to receive a salute from tins bride, who confined her kisses to the ladies. Otherwise the ceremony was orthodox in form. The nrrangements for the day's evelit were under the fouirol and Dersontd management of Col. Lain out, and they worked so smoothly and satisfactorily as to cam for him universal commendation and compliment. VICTORIA S 13 EST WISHES. Losvgs, June 2.?The Queen Las sent the following cable message to President Cleveland: "Please accept my sincere congratulations on your marriage, and my nest wishes for your happiness. Victoria. " Deer Pare, Mp., June o.?President Cleveland and bride arrived hero at -1 o'clock this morning, and are domiciled in one of the cottages attached to the hotel. There are but few persons here, j as there atus no knowledge that tlie bridal j party would come. President and Mrs. J Cleveland arc sojourning very quietly. A I*.*?** of visitors is looked for ; vUvicU Cv'lllj'iC <?.XvJ ilcrc. [ "Was^'isc-tox, Ounc ?..?.About live ; hundred telegrams congratulating the President on his marriage have been received at the White House. They inI elude messages from ex-President Arthur, Mrs. Grant, Ministers Pendleton and Phelps and many public men throughout the country. None of the dispatches -will be given out for publication. The General Assembv, Knights of Labor, which bad been in session ten days at Cleveland, Ohio, adjourned sine die on Thursday evening. An address setting forth the objects of the order was given out. Overtures were xnade to the trade unionists favoring consolidation, but the latter express themselves in unsatisfactory terms about the proposition, MA.V.VEltH FOR HOYS. Common liulc* of Hoflcty that Every Uenlleii'dii Should OI>*er\e, Poor fellows! How they pet hectored and scolded and snubbed, and how continual is the rubbing ami polishing and drilling- which every member of the family feels at liberty to administer. No wonder their opposition is aroused and tlicy begin to feel that every man's blind is against them, when, after all, if they were only, in a quiet way, informed of what was expected of thum, and their manliness appealed to, they would readily enough fall into line. So thought "Auntie 31." as she pointed out. fhn follmyiriff for n, Utile twelve vear old nephew, who was the "light of her eyes," if not always the joy of her-heart, for though a good-natured, amiable boy hi the main, he would offend against the ' ?pro} >rieties" frequently. First come manners for the street. Hat lifted in saying "good-bye'' or "How do you do?" Hat lifted when offering a 3eat in a ear or in acknowledging a favor. Keep step with any one you walk with. Always precede a lady up stairs and ask her if you may precede her in passing through a crowd or public place. Hat off the moment you enter a street door and when you stop into a private hall or office. Let a lady ?-ass lirst always unless she ask you to precede her. In the parlor stand till even* lady in the rooiu is ss '.tied, tdse older people. Rise if a lady comes in utter you are ! :a at Oil and stand till she takes a seat. Look VfOoV'L strsiiiii: :n the face when .Jung or Wing spoken iy. |' Let Indies pass through a door iirst, ] Raiding aside tor them. \1 In the dining room tike your sent1: ai'i-jv la. lie.- und elders. It"over play with knife, fork or spoon, j < Do uoi takw your napkin iu c. bunch in ' your hand. < Lat us fast or u.s slow k.-, others and ] iinish the course when they do. ' liise when ladies leave the room and !5 stiiiid till they are out. !! It aD go ov>r. together, gentlemen stand i1 ]iv r^if' fill h'.liYc. iv-iM: ! i iI tjio IilOULii ttVC' nil j v noi><*. in eating and smaking of the lips; i should lie avoided. ;1 Cover the mouth v? itli hand <;r napkin [< t, ! i obliged to remove anything from j < it. j * I :se your handkerchief unobstrusively j ' always. I < j)o not look toward a bedroom door { when passing. Always knock at any i private room door. Theso rules arc im- c pcrative. There arc many other little i points which add to the grace of a gen- s tleman, but to break any of these is 11 almost unpardonable. t "Did you make up all these l-ules, t auntio?" said Eoy, as a copy neatly z printed by a type writer was r liLs IUUMUL. "Make them up? No. These are just c tlie common rules of society that every t gentleman observes. You will not find I your father failing in cne of them." 1 "Well, but he is a man," said Eoy, i deprecatingly. s "And do you not wi?h to be a manly boy?" Eoy said nothing, but it was noticea that the rules were placed very carefully in his drawer. Some months have since passed and auntie has had the pleasure of hearing > repeatedly the remark, "What a manly, thoughtful little nephew you have," as one and another observed his polite and ^ careful attention to others. Perhaps there are some other boys who will like to cut out these rules and c read them over now and then, keeping, * or getting some good friend to keep a " record of their success or short-comings * in observance, always remembering that j the mothers, sisters and aunties are the "ladies" to whom these attentions should be shown, and not merely to the guest and stranger.?Yonkers Gazette. SCHOOL-BOY STRIKERS. Conditions 1'ropouudcd by a Lot of HchooI-JUoy* WUh a Dfstre Tor Reform. The most interesting conditions laid down in behalf of any set of strikers are those which we find in the Indianapolis Sentinel propounded by a lot of schoolboys inspired, with an ardent desire for reform in the methods of public education: < ' !. A reduction oi the hours oi study. ; > A 1? 1 TtWl riM-Jn/lc V??. -li Jii tuv I'VAAVUU Vii a v j , cos:;. j 1 Xook to begin at 11 o'clock raid j ext.'lid t;i j .30 or l\ according to the coju- < dit-ion of the weather. i \!. School shall let cut any afternoon : when there is a base I ill match or a < circus within liftoen miles. j '*5. Any scholar who wants a 'reward j of merit' to carry home to his parents < can hav<> it at wholesale .it cost price. i ' 1. Fvrrnlos to be made of soft wood. "7. The old time custom oi punishing < boys by compelling them to sit with the i girls shall be immediately restored. 1 "8. A boy who holds up his right hand < and says, 'Please, sir, may J go out?' < " ? i ? -i . .- uui ?e auoweu to gu, nucuiu m ut li'X jSfarv or not. ' 9. The number of boys allowed to go , and fetch a pail of water sliall be in creased from two to four, with proper allowance for time consumed in going , , and coming. i "10. No boy shall he punished for offensive words spoken in debate with ; another boy. "II. While l>clieving in arbitration on general principles, we insist that two i boys who- have a grudge to settle shall be | to ligut it out between themJ.-.Lves. Xo teacher need apply a whip i on account of it. "12. A 1x>y who tells on another boy shall be lx>ycotted. "13. No boy shall be kept in after * ^ * - ? i. i sciiooi, except at ius own rtxjucot, ? wlicn another boy is lying in wait to Hck him." The exception to the principle of arbitration laid down in the eleventh article is, we think, to be commended, and we judge that people generally will agree that this school-boys' strike is quite as sound as many of those that have made a great stir in the world of late. "The Khedive" will be the name of Gilbert and Sullivan's next comic opera. It will probably be produced at the Fifth Avenue Theatre about November 1. THOUGHTS FOR THE MOXTIL KOMF, seasonable si fhojj n;t;i? authority. W hat Work liie Good Farmers Should Do in the Mouth of June?Ail Interesting Artie!* From an Intelligent Writer. (W. L. Jones in the* June "Cultivaror.") The cultivation of summer crops now absorbs attention. Tlic plants valued by man cannot stand natural competition; they would bo destroyed by worthless competitors but for his timely interference and aid. Mr. Lawes left a crop of wheat unh arrested to see if the plant could reseed and perpetuate itself with out assistance, it lanea utterly; in one year wheat would become extinct- but for the intervention of man. Under like treatment the turnip lost its bulb and formed only a long, contracted taproot, as it does ifi its wild state. On'lhe other hand, wheat on carefully prepared land, kept perfectly clean so as to remove all competition, made an average yield cf 13 bushels per acre for thirty years without manure: highly manured, under the same conditions otherwise, the average yield per acre for thirty years was 35 bushels per acrc. With cultivation and without manure, 13 bushels per acrc; with cultivation and manure, 3<J bushels peracre: without cultivation andmanure, nothing. There is a lesson for us. Every one with the slightest farming experience appreciates the importance of lighting er<;l> grass. but tbe fight is often made too liit*.-. and after irreparable mischief lias been done. Plants never fully i recover their vigor after thk grass has 1 unce matted itself about them. By all i paeans kill it before it has had time to ! < rr?b the crop of its plant-food; when the j .< seed have well sprouted or have just j; iome up L-> the time to destroy it. The j < .?nly safe rule, therefore, is to run tl;- ! plows or cultivators at short intervals?' . ?ay once a week. Later in the season}, i <ueh frequent workings will not be do- i :inimlcct; bnt during the month of .Trim-, j a asver stop the plows; as soon as the crop; I Is gone over, go right over again. Kspc-. j ;iu!iy ii thio demanded by cotton. Give 11 t every advantage now. Let it make i t veotl and be ready to take ou mut. \ Growing and fruiting or* somewhat j + intagonistic. Enconrcge the growing; Cl low by frequent workings. an?l let it i j jive place to fruiting later in the season. | f Constant stirring of the soil is the best J jrowth-promoter. But. says one, growth ! i s naturally excessive on my lands; my j j :otton makes too much weed and docs j lot mature its> fruit. Perhaps on such j \ ioils it might be well to work the crop at j c onger intervals?only so often as may! f >e needed to keep down grasa. It seems j v r\ K/a r^TAffT- 1 nrfo 1 M"i ell rrl f}i ot - I 1. non salt tonus to check an overgrowth j ( strain small grains: it mnv possiblv r Live it sir >f excessive weed in cotton. The mat- s or is -worthy of experimental trial. Mr. r Dickson, -whose intentions -were very re- c oarkable, and whose insight into manur- s ng was very extraordinary, always put a alt in his compound. But rapid tillage not only promotes * immediate growth, it contributes also to ^ ruiting by increasing the supply of f )lant-food in the soil. We have repeat- ><lly called attention to the necessity of r dr in the soil for nitrification to go on. ^ Ci-hn'fifViHnn in<rrfy?SPS the SUt)T)lv of S ivailable nitrogen in the soil; plowing ) >pens the soil, admits the air, and thus c >romotes nitrification. Xot only so, the c admission of air generates carbonic acid c n the soil, and carbonic acid is the great t wlvent of mineral plant-food also. The f aying, therefore, that "tillage is ma- t rnre" has considerable foundation to t est on. It certainly unlocks the store- s louses of nature. Well-worked crops 9 eldom fail to yield fairly, however ad- u rerse the seasons may be. Let it be t jorne in mind also, that light, surface f :ultivation is the great conservator of 1 noisture in the soil, and one of the best i mtidotes to drought. A deeply broken, lumus abounding soil, with a thin layer t )f pulverized earth upon its surface, is < ikuust proof against drought. s What are the best implements for this _ ight summer cultivation? The Dickson weep fifteen or twenty years stgo v.vs ! steemcd the best. It certainly *.vns a | j Teat improvement over the .shovel, both I is regards cpannry ynu quality 01 vj-.k. j Mr. Dickson insisted that they should j be heavy, to keep then: steady to their iVuik. The long extended cutting edge!' caused them to strike more obstructions I md rendered it diilieult to held them |' steadily to their place. T):i> is a great 1 lefect of the sweep. On the other band, 1 [his long cutting' edge makes :t almost 1 impossible for a may-pop or brier to scape. T;iis is deeidediv iu its favor. ' Df late 3*ears the lieeiscrapo has largely 1 supplanted the MVf-ep on account of its j' jroati-r simplicity and less cost. It dot s 1 ibout the same kind of work?.some ; think better work. Both sweep and 1 scrape will make beds, unless their wings : ire carefully sot, this is a decided objec- { ion to them in Lilly land, liable to wash. 1 A cultivator, with wheel to regulate the " ilepfch of the plow, is in some respects ! preferable to either sweep or scrape. It ? is not so easily thrown out of position by ^ obstructions, and does not work the land 7 . 1 up into beds. Probably a combination ; of the two, following each other at alternate workings, would be better than 1 either alone. A cultivator will run too j' deep for light summer work, unless the) depth of its cutting is regulated by a; wheel. We are inclined to think that! in some form or other wheel plows will j; bccome of universal use, not only for j gauging the depth of furrow, but for the ' sake of decreasing friction, and relieving j the pressure on the bottom of the fur- j row, arising from the weight of the plow j itself, increased by that of the earth which it lifts. The grinding and pressing down by the ordinary plow generates the hard-pan found in long cultivated land. Thr. -nea orrvn should be vlanted now X- x- A as soon as possible. Put in drills three feet apart; a bushel of seed will plant four acres; and as seed is a consideration, this mode is oftentimes preferable to broadcast sowing. More pons can be raised by the former method of planting, but the latter is better for the land. If one's object is to raise seed, drill by all means, and give necessary pi covings an t hoeingx. xvbich will not ho a great deal The practice of planting peas in corn i: good; it involves no expense except seoc I and tlic dropping or sowing of them. But we think the pea is entitled to f place on the farm as a regular crop to be planted by itself and properly cultivated. Its value, as a renovating or reenperaiing crop, is unsurpassed, and it holds nc mean place as a food crop, either as grain or forage. It can be made to take the place of corn to a considerable degree, as we have oi'ton oec-n, and can be raisr-/1 r>+. lose ovntirnf TVtft .'/fltlifirino oi' the crop is tlie greatest obstacle to be overcome, but until a better method is invented we can mow when the pods are about grown and cure as forage. A correspondent mentioned recently a pea gathering machine?that is the thing needed. Let inventive genius go to work in this direction. The problem is very much simpler than that of a cotton picking machine, and inventors have net yet abandoned the latter. June is a good month also in which to plant forage crops generally. Last year we planted amber cane on the 2i)th of June, and it was fully matured before frost. Maturing late it can be kept green and succulent for sis weeks o:- two . f/\V fl./bV '.XIO, IUU i^vviing green stuff well into the winter. Forage corn planted at intervals oi two or three weeks, up to the lust- of next month, will keep stock amply supplied with good wholesome feed all through autumn, without the necessity of trenching on the winter's supply of fodder. Jt is the neglect oi such side crops that causes so much Northern and Western hay to i><- sold in the South. A very few acres on each farm couid supply all j if the lorago needed. Recently we i re-1 <ent?;d tin.' latest testimony and conclu- j >ions about ensilage. It is suHieienily j uieo.n-aging to wu: rant every farmer j ...g it, on u 1i scale, at least. The xpeuse of ^ i -.in,':1I ;jit, putting n iho i'oruge, weighing it down ami: titling a simple root over it. will be j wry slim"'. AH can lo done Vy t-i0 j aborers o: tLo funn r.t'tor tlie crop.-, arc ; uiil by. Plant the necessary crops to i ill uiiL- now unci lniild silo iater?i don't j bin): you v?iii regret the venture. Last year, whilst Laying by sonic hot- j cm corn, we broadcasted fcoja bean over j i portion < . it, and were rather snr- j wised to so* it mature its seed fully be- f ore frost. As it stands erect (is not a j rine; we found 110 difficulty in moving j t, and gathered the crop in that way. j t is doubtless a renovating crop hke the j >ea, and might be substituted for it on j >ottom lands, where the running vines j if the pea interfere with the pulling of odd'T. The bean is very hard and the j reevil does not seem partial to it. We i :ept the seed two years before planting, j Jroitnd into meal, there is no more | lutritious grain to be found. The yield j ,nd nutritious quality of the grain comciendit. Unless cut when young and freen it would make poor forage as the terns become very hard and woody with ge. As the oats crop was very much killed >y the cold last winter, it is very desira>le that all that survived should be careully saved with a view to propagating a tardier strain of winter oats. Darwin elites that spring wheat sown in autumn ras nearly all killed, but by planting the eed of that which survived, in a few cars a hardy strain of winter wheat was levcloped from the spring wheat. Why ould not tlio same tiling be done with >ats? What is termed in Georgia "winer grazing oats," originally, we believe, rom Virginia, certainly stands cold beter than the rust-proof. We have tested liat point from sowings of cach side by ide on the same day last full. A decided prinkling of the grazing oats survives, :nd scarcely a plant of the rust-proof is o be seen. The grazing oats is thereore the more promising as regards cold, ! mt it is not rust-proof. "What we need s a variety both rust and cold-proof, [he present is a most excellent opportunity to begin work to that end. Let :very one gctlier tne scattered neau:; anu j iow the grain therefrom next autumn. I Che pliability of the oats plant, so to peak, law been shown by the Burt und ;ther early varieties recently developed; veare encouraged, therefore, to hope that t may be changed also in its power to esist cold. YW trust J so that an abundance of >oed rye wUL be saved :it the South this rear. , The area sown in this most v,:!u :bk grain h:u- been very materially cut- j ailod i>y th>: scarcity of valuable sued. i Western and -Northern .- cod will not do } A-fli with :rs; -vvv r?-j vat, therefore, iet 1 'v-.-x-y one saw Jill the rye iio can. As I vo have argued hereto i ore. >di the eh-azs I and on our farms ought to be needed lovsi: in tin- fali. to prevent leaching and ; cashing through viator and spring, smd ' hero is nothing as good i. >r the pin pose I is rye. Nor is there a more certain crop j :o supply green forage hi the early j spring. It never faiis if sown early on j jood land. Rye, crimson clover and j mi it clover are three very hardy and j svry early f /ring crop.0, and ought to j iud a place .;n every farm. They will j n\>w anywhere, oven on tlic borders oi j :he Gulf. i Pat out potato slips for the main crop j ijfchvten flu- loth and 2otli of the month, [f vines can be liad, they are equally as ?ood, perhaps better, than slips or draw-; 2rs. l)i<-d While Talking of Sudden Death. Jacob Netf, a well known farmer of Manor Township, Lancaster, Pa., died suddenly hist Tuesday morning under peculiar circumstances. He drove to Millersville at six o'clock to see his son started on a journey and have some repairs made to his carnage. Meeting a friend, the subject of sudden death came up, and Mr. Nei? remarked upon the large number of such deaths that had occurred recently. The conversai.jn ended, lie turned to go into blacksmith shop, when he uttered an exclamation arid ft 11 dead at the feet of the smitb. His death was caused bv heart disease, and it is a curious coincidence that the majority of jjersons mentioned in his conversation died from the same cause. He was seventy-six years old, and leaves a wife and several married children. An umbrella is like a convalescent man, when it is. recovered. T- A KK:.!ARKA::!.K IOKGEKV CASK. Is cm a Lad of .Six J eon For;r<td Judsr AMhnmnV c Siicnniure. 1 One of the boldest and most rcmarka. blc eases of forgery by a boy ever known i lias just eome to light in Philadelphia, ; and it was no fault of the boy that he did not succeed in getting away with 8 Ir.rge sum of money. James Barber, 16 ( years old, who lives on the top lloor of . the Orphan's Court building, is in prison on the charge cf larcejny and forgery. Detectives Muller and Sharkey arrested him in Mount Moriali Cemetery for stealing a-warrant for $1,750, belonging to Judge William X. Ashman, and forging the name of the Judge and that of rp T>?n j. a. i v-uty j.i?iiurdr jduu in an aiitJiiiuL- iu have it cashed. The wan-ant represented the Judge's salary for three months, and was delivered by a letter carrier at the court building on Wednesday morning List, it Laving been sent by mail from the Audita r-Generai's office at Karrisbnrg. The lad either took it from the mail box or from a table in the Judge's room. He then wrote a letter to City Treasurer Bell, saying; Please give me a check for this warrant and send by bearer. Yours, \V. N. Ashman. Youig Barber took the warrant and forged note to Mr. EeU. The warrant v-'its not endorsed, and the lad was told i to it rn fl>r. .Tii^oro rmrl lm\v? liim sign his ii;one on the back. The hopeful forger left, but instead of going to j Judge Ashman lie stopped at a plate in i vicinity and placed the judicial .signature on the back of the paper. He agiiin j visited the City Treasurer, who, upon ; j carefully scanning the worvunt. discoverj <:d that the amount was written 81,700 | -ii the body of the 'variant, while the | iigures w-re ?1,700. The lad was again ; directed to return with the warrant to . -Tadge Ashmnn, and a letter ^"ritten by the City Treasurer calling attention to the mistake hi the warrant was also sent. When a safe place was reached, the re-1 doubtable youngster destroyed Mr. Bell's not*- and composed one of his own. It; sa d: Please send Tip your your bill. : >rr/:v> rr in " ? t-i J O <JU > V/'U. ?4Vy I When the note was delivered to Judge j Ashman lie was puzzled and said lie j would call at the City Treasury. When ! Lo called there the Judge and City j Treasurer soon learned tlie tnie state of j afrairs. The detectives were immediate-! ly employed to catch the thief and j forger. Later in the day, seeing that ho! was baffled, ho sent the warrant to Judge j Ashman in company with a letter signed j ' 'Jimmy So-so.*' When arrested hej made a confession and also acknowl- j edged that he had robbed a number of j desks in the Court Luilding and stole J Judge Penrose's overcoat last winter. j p\ cr?\o. Sever. Never present as a gift any article, say ing you have no use for it. wmdn-'yoWW v ML-ii1 Mite/' 1* -M Never associate with bad people; cul- J tivate good company or none. Never, when traveling abroad, be over j boastful of your own country. Never deter to another time what can j be done at the present moment. Never anstver questions in general company that have been put to others. Never arrest the attention of an acquaintance by touching him; speak to him. Never make yourself the hero of your own story, or you will "be called an egotist. It is not in good taste to clean the finger nails or teeth in the presence of company. Never betray confidence; to do so indicates a lack of principle and good char act-cr. Never make ranch of your own performances; it is not sense to act in this manner. j Never leave home with unkind words, for you carry away with you unpleasant thoughts. Never laugh at the misfortune of others; all men are not equally free from awkwardness. Never fail to be punctual at the time appointed, or you will be considered untrustwothy. <J > CI LLUL11V iX LJLitww. J \J c*. vw keen, for you will get the reputation of being untruthful. Always give a civil answer to a civil question. Civility costs nothing, but always leaves a good impression. Never send <1 present with the expectation of getting one in return, for thus you destroy the value of your gift. Never talk to printers when they are engaged in setting type. It bothers them in their work, for nc man can work at one thing and talk ulxnii another and do both properly. Old-Turn* Fartninn. Our veteran Georgia farmej;, Major J?hn II. Dent, o: Floyd county, in ft , letter to tin": Co a:; try Gentleman, makes i tiiis refc-roncc to a mucli-diseussed sub! ject: What ?has operated much ag^mst ! the farmers oi late days is depending so I largely (or I may say, entirely depending; on expensive bought fertilizers, inj stead of raising crops that would leave vegetable matter to ram under to benefit then* land*. Making lot manures lias nearly been abandoned, :is it was found so convenient to purchase the e->: vor j eiai fertilizers, not taking into consiuera- ] | tiou the expense of such fertilizers, and j i in .some c;?es their worthiessness. Tills' | unwise system has rained many, both j i in pecuniaiy results and in using fertii- j j izers that were of no j>ermanent benefit j i to their lands. Humus we need; with-! ! out humus, the lands will not hold moist-! | ure; henee so much complaint is mode ! ; of droughts. To sum it up in a few i j words, the best of lands, and most favor- j j able seasons, cannot maintain any farmj er who buys his fertilizers and all liis i l'ood supplies. We want going bock to ; the old-time, common-sense fanning? I entirely self-sustaining and independent, i There is too much gilt-edge about it now?more fancy than substance?when we should remind ourselves that "it is not all gold that glitters." Confederate Bonds. The House Committee on War Claims last week listened to an argument by Judge Fullerton. of New York, representing various Confederate bondholders, who urged the redemption of those bonds by the government. A REMARKABLE MISER. A Chicago Woman Who LIvod Off of Refuse from Swlii Barrels. In a miserable little hovel in Chicago Jived an old woman knovm as "Crazy Maggie. For sixteen years her only companions have been dogs. Lately six dogs have been members of her honseftl'O lioc -f.Yr fivTrc anTicicf'/vl r>T> tllA | refuse gathered from trash barrels. Day before yesterday the authorities decided to take her into custody. Officers "went to her hovel and were obliged to break in the door, and were at once set upon by three of the six dogs, the others being too old to show fight. The brutes were promptly hit on the heads with stout clubs which the Sheriffs carried, and Crazy Maggie was put screaming into a carriage. The shanty was absolutely without furniture. The fire burned in the comer and smoke from it ascended through a stove-pipe stuck through, the roof. Tlie woman declared that she had money in the house. The officers were disposed to doubt this at first, but she was so persistent that two of them [ returned to the hovel while a third held the vcmrhin. nnd after a ssareh of half an Lour unearthed $1,060. The first find was an old battered satchel, which was weighted down with $661 in silver halves, quarters, dimes and nickels. Several stockings were next found loaded with I gold, and in a half dozen crannies other stockings were discovered, some containing $10 or $15 in greenbacks and others as much as $50. The fire in the shanty was extinguished, the hovel barred up and Crazy Maggio driven to the jail, her money turned over to her and a receipt taken for it. Mr. Neal, the ownor of the property, explained liis action in filing a 2>etitioiT as the only means of dispossessing the miser. He wants the land to build on. A TKiBlTE TO JCH.\ KELLY. What a 0::cc Hostile Journal Mow !?ay? of the Tainrnany Chief. It is not as a philanthropist or as a dispon?cr of large charities or as a man "who went much about doing good to his fellowmari that John Kelly will he-chiefly known in history, yet we doubt whether there is duo'her ci!:z?n of Xew York whose death would touch so many hearts with a sense ofpersona! loss. Unquestionably the sincere am3, widespread sorrow occasioned by his dc-ath is due in some degree to the generous and charitable nature of tiie man,"but it is the leader rather than the friend whom most of those who followed and trusted him in life will mourn to-day. The political followers of Mr. Kelly belong, for the most part, to a class whose emotions are easily stirred and in whom the sentiment of loyalty to a leader approaches much more nearly confines of personal affection than is the esse with the members of cooler blooded and less enthusiastic races. A life of prolonged^ and manifold activities had made John nelly not only prominent as the skilled leader of"a powerful faction of the local Democracy, but it had also "won for him the bound'ess confidence of something iike a third;legal voters of this great aG city. To voters, not the most dis- / oenlab^a very active*pan;,-Mr. '&&iy was the visible embodiment of every political measure and every political pnnciple. He was to them not merely Tammany Hall and sound Democracy, but the Constitution and the country. So long as he retained his health and his part in politics John Kelly carried under his hat the principles of his immediate party, and the members of that party will lament his death as a 1 3 t A* A W\TMlVt1lA iingaoru mourns iws suvmcigu ui ai^uuuv its founder. The public's tribute to the memory of John Kelly will gain much in sincerity and in impressiveness from the public's feeling that he was an honest man. Personal honesty counts for much in life, even in this city, where the dishonesty of public men is proverbial, but in death it counts for everything, since it has not yet become customary with respectable persons to join in reverent ceremonies over dishonored dust. And the consoling reflection that in all the struggles and the tumults of his life, in all the offices he held, and in his private relations Mr. Kelly's personal character commanded the respect of his bitterest political enemies will serve as the comfort and solace of his near and intimate friends amid the criticisms which it is inevitable and not to be regretted that his public career and services should undergo. ?X. Y. limes. The Rope as a Reformer. The law against carrying concealed weapons was passed in compliance with. public sentiment, and should be enforced by public sentiment. The man who is known by nearly every one of his fellow-citizens, except by those whose duty it is to know, t-o earn' a pistol habitually is a disgrace to the community in which he lives, and should be marked and treated accordingly. A lawbreaking and dangerous citizen, he is unworthy of the respect or confidence of his neighbors and should be made to feel his position. Failing to reform him in this way. he should be handled without mercy when the crime which he courts is at last c< >mmitted. and the deadly shot proclaims beyond question what is his true character. Nothing will go so far towards reducing the numlx;? of those who cany concealed weapons as a few public hangings of members of this class who have used their weapons with deadly effect, ani one or two such hangings are sadly needed in this State.?News and Courier. * Secretary Manning's Resignation. Secretary Manning on May 29 handed President Cleveland his resignation as An Ti'/winirr cfo+inor tliftf, HCL'IVUVI J VI UU.V AAVtW.UJj his health would not permit an early resumption of the active duties of the olKce. On June 1st the President replied declining to accept Secretary Manning's resignation at present, and asking him instead to take leave of absence until October 1st, when the subject may be renewed if Secretary Manning remain of the same mind as now. Secretary Manning left Washington on Saturday evening for an extended stay at the Hot ; Springs of Virginia. What the Knights Want, [ Cleveland. May 31.?This moraine's ; session of the Knights of Laix>r convention | "WtlS DV Ilir 1I1C U1U51 iiUUUi u:ut 1U j to the public at large, if not to the order iti self, of any session of the convention. A S resolution was adopted requesting Congress to declare the national election day a legal holiday. A letter was ordered sent to the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. The contents and character of the letter are withheld until it has been received by the Amalgamated Association, but the assurance is given that it contains nothing but good will and the spirit of fraternity. It was resolved to appoint at once and send to Washington a special commitI tee of three to look after the labor legislation now pending before Congress.