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0 ? VOL. XLIII. WINNSBORO, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1886. NO.l. ????an?bp?agmmgaB ROTATIO\ OF CROPS. Read Before the Richmond County (<?a.) A^riculrtwal Society. (From the Augusta Chrca-'clc.) Much lias been said and written upon this important subject, and, although the merits of the system liave been often I and ably discussed, it does not seem to * have been presented with such force as to recommend it to the great mass of our agricultural population. The great majority of Southern- agriculturalists imagine they find the ^ methods of their fathers adequate, at least to a ^oor support, and are indiffer ent to any improvements agricultural papers, magazines, etc. * In preparing this paper I am indebted for many valuable suggestions to onr Commissioner of Agriculture, Col. -T. T. Henderson, to Major Luther 31. I\anaom, of the State Board of Agriculture cf the State of South Carolina, to the book of Husbandry by Col. George E. Waring, and to Col. E. T. Stockhouse for a practical letter upon his own experience. j Practically a good rotation should distribute the farm work equally, and it should give an opportunity for clearing the land, and it is generally advised that the details of the rotation be regulated very much more by the farmer's demand for food for his cattle than by any I arbitrary rule, the tv/o objects being constantly kept in view of furnishing, so far as possible, regular employment for men and teams throughout the busy seasons, and of pursuing such a course as shall supply the land with the requisite { manure at the proper time. As a matter of general advice, it is y recommended that the bulk of the farm manures be applied to such crops as corn, etc., as cannot be injured by the most stimulating application, and that grain crops should loilow those to which stable manures were originally applied; that crops wlxich have feeble powers of sending their roots deep in the soil in search of food, such as wheat cr oats, I should follow such crops as clover or Si Tines, Trhich have this power in an eitraqrdihaiy degree. 'The crops which require clean culture, and the expense of whose cultivation is very much increased by the foulness of the land, should follow crops which leave the land free from weeds or roots, after grain, ajd that crops which require a large amount of decomposing, organic matter, should follow the decomposition of roots and stubble grass. Two plants may be cultivated side Inside or successively, when they require unequal quantities of the same* constituents; at different times they will grow luxuriantly without mutual injury, if they require for their development differ. ent* ingredients of the soil. As all plants m remove from the soil certain constituents ^ it is quite obvious that none of them can render it either richer or more fertile T/-.V >Jonfc nf nnnfner kind. If we con vefiT into arable lands a soil which has grown for centuries wood or vegetation which Las not changed, and if we spread over it the ashes of the wood and brush, we have added to that contained within the soil a new provision of alkaline bases and of phosphates, which may suffice for a hundred or more crops of certain plants. If the soil contains silicates susceptible of disintegration, then will also pe present in it soluble silicate of potash or soda, which is necessary for rendering mature the stem of the silicious plant, such as oat, wheat, rye and barley; and vrith the phosphates already present we have such a soil, all the conditions necessary, to sustain, uninterrupted, crops of . corn for a series of years. If this soil be either deficient or wanting in the silicates, but yet contain a quantity of salts of lime and of phosphates, we will be Y~ enabled to obtain from it for a number of years successive crops of tobacco, peas, beans, etc. But if none of the ingredients furnished to these plants be returned to the soil, a time must come when it can no longer furnish their con rSQXUCIlKS WJ il iic\v > tjjetivtiUii, MiitruL 11 must become completely exhausted and at last quite sterile, even for weeds. A field artificially prepared for culturc contains a certain amount of assimilated ingredients, also of ammoniated suits and* decaying vegetable matter. The system of rotation adopted on such a field is that potash plants (turnips o: potatoes) is succeeded by a silica plant t (oats, wheat- of liar.ey, and the latter by ft lime plants Qjeas or clover.) All these 8^^ plants require phosphates and alkalines M ?the potash plant requiring the largest jHRE quantity of the latter and the smallest Hk quantity of the former; the silica plants RgL require, in addition to the soluble silica left by the potash plants, a considerable ^quantity of phosphate, and the succeedRpg lime plants?peas and clover?arc Rapable of exhausting the soil of this ini: Hbortant ingredient to such an extent that llhere is only sufficient left to enable a BBpp of oats to form their seed. rotation of crops is attempted so far Rfche exigencies of the cotton croj> Rv, by following cotton with corn, BSfchat the same year with oats, sow^ '< a An/1 ti-Lp OlUUUiC ciAiU. V; xxi._; cotton the next spring. Home^ ^^^^^^^Mbanures are used so far as they go ^^^^^xujellcnt results, compost of muck and stable manure are coming more into use, and the field pea. either turned under or left to wither on the surface, adds largely to the fertility of the soil. Rotation of crops is no where reduced io a system. With a moderate use of manures and careful culture the same lands are planted for years in cotton?it is thought not only "without deteriorapt tion, but with actual improvement. Tlie k ratio which the price of cotton bears to r ^ that of meat and corn affects the succesf fcioii of crops more than anything else. Nevertheless, there is but one opinion as to the beneficial effects of rotation in crops as a cheap means of preserving the tiiriftiness of the soil, the succession of crops, coirton, corn and small grain. In the produce of. his fields, the fanner sells, in reality, his land. He sells in L. Ins crops certain elements of the atmosK pherc that are constantly being replaced that inhaustil>le &k>re, and certain j^^f^ponstitueuts of the soil thai archie property, and which have seemed to form, Iout ot tnc atmospnenc elements, me body of the plant. In altogether alienating the crops of his fields, he deprives the land of the conditions of their reproduction. A system of farming, based upon such principles, justly deserves to be branded as a system of spoliation. Had all the constituents of th 2 soil, carried off from the field in the produce sold from year after year, or rotation after rotation, been completely restored to the land, it would have preserved its fertility to the fullest extent. While one i crop may prepare the soil for the growtii ^ of another, and while during the growti ^ oi one crop certain elements whiei another would require are developed b\ natural agencies acting within the soil, the effect oi all cropping, that is, the removal of vegetation from the land or which it grows, is to lessen the supply o: mineral ingredients in the soil, and "the longer we may be enablcel to carry or rsuch a process the more completely wil jL ]je the exhaustion of the land. Littus F.ock, S. C., May 13,188G. Mr. tVilberforce Daniel, Augusta, G?. J)ear &r?Your favor of 10th to hand P. i ferwarded from Clarion. I fear Colonel Ransom overestimated my ability to serve yon. On a farm of sixty acres, divided into three fields, I have, for eleven years, pursued u three-field rotation?small grain (oats and wheat), cot, ton and corn, with an effort to improve ; the soil and obtain paying results by api plication of commercial manures, added ; to what could be utilized on the farm. I find I can in this way realize a modest support for my family from the little farm. I try to grow all the peas possible with : the corn, to have the land in the best ; possible condition for small grain. Then i when tlu; small grain is harvested plant | in peas. If .1 succeed in getting a heavy i growth r.f pi-a vinos they will furnish | sullicient nitrogen for the succeeding 1 cotton crop. I have used liberally such commercial manure as I supposed best | aiiapteu. to tne ci'ops anu uie sou. x ! have about seven acres of land on which | I grow annually two crops?cotton and | rye for winter and spring grazing?which ! has paid me well thus far. Plant the I cotton about the first of May. Sow rye j between the rows early in October. Har' row or plow in, the best I can, so as not j seriously to injure the cotton. ; I am learning what I can of the grasses ?looking to a greater diversification in farming and a larger rotation of crops. I look upon the above as better than all cotton, both for soil improvement and profits in farming, but a very imperfect system. I have been following it because I did not know how to do better. Truly your obedient sen-ant, E. T. Stackhocse. j I should be glad if I could add to the j completeness of this essay by specifying {to my associates in this club certain S rotations as being the best to adopt xmder certain circumstances, and I have ; tried hard in examination of the rotations followed in different parts of the country ' by practical planters to this. But the j result of my investigations has been sinii ply to convince me that there aye sa j many circumstances of soil, climate, j locality, market, ho,aic supply and need i of selling crop in older to get money for j special uses and after all so much to be | left to the fancy or whim of the farmer, j that it is not safe to state only general I principles which bear equally on all | cases, and in view of which each cultij vator should select for himself after due : tiio nf f?r<lHvn.tir>n C4VA ixiv cvw* v*. vv^v. . ? that it will be best for him to adhere to. W. DAXIEL. The Pope's Golden Rose. The receipt by ihe Queen Regent of ; Spain of the golden rose has led some ! curious writer to put together the follow: iug particulars concerning the flower: | The lirst of these roses were simple flowI ers of red enamel, representing the I natural color of the lose. Later the j color of the rose was left white, and a : large ruby was put into the centre, the : reflection from which gave the petals z ! tint. Innocent XI. had a golden rose j made which weighed over eight pounds, j was ornamented with several sapphires, j and represented a value of over 10,000f. j Alexander VII. ordered one rose at ; 0,0001". and another at 4,000t. Lately j the golden rose has been worth over j 10,000f., and has taken the form of a j branch with several flowers, a j rose, which has* boon blessed by the j Pope, forming the centre. Of this kind I is the rose which the Queen Regent ol I Spain has just received. It is planted in j a magnificent silver gilded vase, which i is a splendid example of Boxnan work | luansnip. i tie rose itseii is saiu 10 uc a j symbolof the Creator; the splendor antl | richness of the metal represents tin ; eternal light which surrounds the Divine, i and the perfumes and spices, which arc \ placed in the vase by the Pope, symbol ! i/.e the glory and resurrection of Christ, ! The benediction of the rose is a solemr ; ceremony. The Holy Father, in his | sacred robes, reads the fomula of the ' j benediction from a book which is helc by a Bishop. Two other Bishops hold ins lighted candles stand by his side. The high dignitaries of the Papal Courl surround the Pontiff, holding the in ; cense, the holy water, the spices, anc {other perfumes. Another dignicarj i kneeling presents the rose to the Pope, j who reads the prayers, blesses the in; cense, the spices and the perfumes, whict i are in turn presented to him by a Cardij nal. After putting them into" the vas? which hold? the rose the golden rose is blessed and the ceremony ends.?Pali Mall Gazette. Days of Grace in Different Lands. Great Britain, Ireland, Bergamo and Vienna, 3 days. Prank fort," out of fair iime, 4 daysLeipsic, Xaumberg and AugsTx^g, 5 days; Venice, Amsterdam, Rcrterdam, Middleburg, Antwerp, Cologne? Breslau, Xuremburg and Portugal, 6'"days. Dantzic, Koningsburg 4nd France, 10 days. T r i i r,._ 10 xiamourg ana ouvju^uim, Naples, $ dajs; Spain, 1* days; Kome, 15 days; Genoa, 30 days. Leghorn, Milan, and some other places in Italy, no fixed number of days. Sundays and holidays are included in the respite days at "London, Naples, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Middleburg, Dantzic, Koningsburg and France, but not at Venice, Cologne, Breslau and Nuremberg. At Hamburg the day on which the bill or note falls due makes one of the days of grace, but it is not so elsewhere. Tliroo ^ruoo are allowed in Nortli America, at Berlin, and in Scotland. At Bio de .Janeiro, 'Bahia, and other parts of Brazil, 15. days. In the United States the threG of grace are reckoned, exclusive of the day or which the note or bill falls due, and in.elusive of the last day of grace.?Dn Goods Chronicle. Dueling Law in Frsncc. The case of Meyer, editor of the Gaulois, who wounded in a duel M Drumont, the author of a book callec "La France Juive," in which M. Meye] was violently attacked, has just come be fore the Correctional Tribunal. It wil be remembered that M. Meyer twlc* caught iioid oi adversary s swora thus placing the lai,Ujr at a considerable ; disadvantage, in fact, virtually- disarm ing him, arid the second time ne did sc ran his sword through M. Drumoiit'i 'thigh, cutting a vein. The point a | issue is whether the accused party actec p i-thus willfully or involuntarily from ai instinct of self-preservation. One of M ' Drumont's seconds was M. Alphons< Daudet, who appeared as a witness. H< exonerated 1L Meyer from the charge o: ' having with premeditation seized lii adversary's sword, but declared wiiat h< did teciinically constituted foul play [ and, even though unintentional, was ! ' highly reprehensible! action, because h< l; should have retained self-mastery. Th< co-art defeiTed judgment?Paris Dis | patch to London News. 1 On last Saturday, in Chester, a ma: walked up to the horse of the mail carrie and made a lunge at :he horse's throat, bu : slipped and only sueeeeded in making ; . deep gash in the horses jaw. MARRIAGE OF A PR1E&T, Ycaug Father Sherman, of Brooklyn, BreaU.i His Yovvm or Celibacy. (Frora the Xe* York Star ) The announcement made a few days ago that the Rev. William J. Sherman, the assistant priest of tlie Church of the Visitation, in South Brooklyn, had broken his priestly vows by marrying Miss Tillie McCoy, is believed to be true by the frien.ls of both parties. Although said to be married on June 14, no one suspected it until tlaee weeks ago. The matter became a rumor about two weeks ago. | Father Sherman is the son of Michael Sherman, a wealthy contractor living at j No. 1C5 Warren street, South Brooklyn. He courted Tillie McCoy a few years ago, but when she refused to many him he consented to the wishes of his parents and became a priest. After ordination he resumed his visits to the McCoy family, and finally induced Miss Tillie to marry him. The ceremony was performed by Eev. Francis J. Schneider, of No. 91 Second avenue, New York, who was roused out of bed to do the olHce. The groom said Tie wa? 27 years old and the bride 25. It is asserted that even after the marriage Father Sherman performed his priestly duties, and vehemently denied to his mother and father that he was married. Rev. Father Lane of the Church of the Visitation said that he heard it intimated that Father Sherman had been married. ? 'But as it was- only a rumor," he said, "I paid no attention to it. j Father Sherman has been away on a vacation for more than three weeks, and, of course, before taking any action in the matter I want to wait a reasonable length of time to see if he intends to return. He should have been back several days ago. If he does come back I will not permit him to officiate until he clears his skirts of these charges. I understand that he denies that he is married. It looks very strange, if he is innocent, that he does not return or explain the cause of his absence." At the Episcopal residence the Bishop's secretary said that prompt steps would De taken to ascertain whether Father Sherman was married or not. As he did not make any attempt to officiate, no action had yet been taken. Besides, no charges had yet been made. Now, that the matter was the subject of pxiblic discussion, prompt action would be taken. If Father Sherman could not s;itis?ae?orily prove that he had ios been married ho v-rvnM be ixeommunicated. Of course tie marriage could not be sanctioned by , tlie church, so, if lie and Miss McCoy had : been married they could never ^gain be ! identified with the churel}. Father SherniaiVs parents and lijs sis ter are hervrt biokeru' Thcr refused to ioo any one . except near relatives. ' Michael Sherman, the priest's father is ; about 50 years of age, and a wealthy contractor. A reporter who callcd at ! the residence found the whole family in ' tears. When asked if the story was true, ! he said lie feared it was. "If it is," he said, between sobs, "the boy is dead to me. I never want to see or hear of him." ' "Do you know where he is?" "I have not the least idea. The farther away the better, if this story is true. It has broken our hearts." Cpon tllO frrtryi o? il*?^ ovu-iXorlUDlC looking house at Xo. 12 Douglass street which lias been for years the home of Miss Tillie MoCoy, was a bill announcing the house to let. Things inside the house were in confusion. Carpets were up and the furniture was being prepared for removal. The aged mother and othL er members of tho family were in the 5 same heart-broken condition as the fami1 Iv of Father Sherman. Edward McCoy, 5 brother of the alleged bride, is tlie head of the house. He is a fine looking, in telligent young man of 25 years. "When \ asked about the statement of his sister'* ? marriage, he said firmly: "We hr^e nothing to say about the matter." "Wlien informed in what frame of mii^l the Sherman family were, he said: "I should think they would 3e to have " such a son. They spent no evi of money upon him/' I ' -'Will you not either ieny or at^rm the statement?"' ! "It would not havr been made? public only for the betra:"d of a friend. He ^ was hard up for T*oney and sold the in' formation. I k=iow who he is, and it : won't be goo<-for him when I lay my * hands on Ir^-" L "Do y-a know where your sister or Father Sherman is?" "Jiie latter I don't want to know anyt}r-ig about. I hope I will never see or Lear of them." i "Don't you know that they are living some where on Atlantic avenue?" "To be candid, I do know. They are not at the place yon name. Under no circumstances will I say where Father Sherman is. However, it will be impossible for you or any one else to find him." It was said by the neighbors that owing to this affair the McCoy family intended to leave Brooklyn. It is also believed that Father Sherman has gone or going "West. Secretary Thompson's Ready Wit. Law Clerk Austett, of the Supervising Architect's office of the Treasury Department, is authority for the following . story: Governor Thompson, the new Assistant Secretary, who succeeded the Hon. "William E. Smith in tliat position, has been tormented by a large number of office-seekers since he assumed charge of the appointing power. He has already . learned to distinguish the. professional place-hunter. A great proportion of , those who come to him' are, of course, fhnsp. -who have armlied to his r>redeces sor and are still waiting. Their unr quenchablc desire to serve their country and themselves in the Treasury Depart-, ment leads them to attempt a little imposition upon Governor Thompson. Every day some one of them prefaces his ; or her application with the statement: ' "Your predecessor, Mr. Smith, promised { that I should have a position on such - and such a day," naming almost the i hour when they were to receive their [ appointment. This little trick of theirs > was related to Mr. Smith when he visited the department last week, and. calling j upon Governor Thompson a few minutes ^ latsir, he remarked, good-naturedly: "If ) you believe all the stories office-seekers 5 tell you about me, you must believe me ( to be the greatest economizer of truth on 1 earth." "Oh, no," replied the Governor, , quickly, "I don't believe that, but I am * beginning to think you the most promis^ ing man in America."?Washington J Post, July 26. f ? Brother Mam .joucs must get up some ' new points. The New Orleans Picayune 3 objects to the well known dog story, and ' adds: 1 He said, it will be remembered, that if 2 this animal wem to see a base ball game he 2 would kill him. He also threatened to kill - him if he did various other things. His latest threat is that if this dog votes"for any but a Prohibition candidate he will annihl3 late him. It's a wonder that the dog hasn't r suffered a sudden death long ago. Probat blv, though, this dog is already" dead. He a is "certainly too good to be living in this world of sin. THE MISSION OF BOY DETECTIVES. They Are Called to "Spot" the Breakers of the Prohibition Law. (From tbc New York World.) "Waldo and Theodore Barnes, two effeminate looking striplings, believe that they have experienced a divine call to redeem Rhode Island from the ruin that threatens in consequence of the defective construction of the new prohibitory law. The act, which was framed by Prohibitionists unlearned in the law, was made to read that no intoxicants shall be made or sold "as a beverage," thus limiting the illegal purposes and leaving the manufacture or sale open for all other purposes. The result of this has been to convert the State into a vast entomological museum. Nearly even* third person has taken an interest in the alcoholic preservation of bugs, catapillars and insects of every description, and, therefore, the consumption of spirits has abated little since the reign of temperance began. Defiance of the law was observed in all quarters, especially in the country, but no warrants were issued, tlie authorities knowing that it would l>e useless to act with the old gang of spotters, whose rascally connivance with venal magistrates was recently exposed by a legislative committee. The frauds of these spotters were so glaring that no jury would convict on their testimony, and to the dismay of the Prohibition party their amendment to the constitution seemed a dead failure, while these beardless boys presented themselves and made known their alleged mission. Tlifc Joan-of-Are call came to them simultaneously whilo they were boiling a dead horse, and they there and then resolved io devote themselves to the service of the State as detectives. The father of the Barnes boys has carried on the profession of horse knacker for many years, and his sons have grown up to be experts in the art of extracting the fats r. j.7 ??,1 +l,rt I rum LHU UUJL'l/llddUd dCUUlCU KSJ UJLLVs wm gentleman. Tlie authorities were at lirst inclined to treat tlie young men as maniacs, but the earnestness, honesty and candor of the lads pleaded for them and they "were allowed to try their amateur detective hands on the violators of the liquor law. Elated over their appointment, Waldo and Theodore returned home and began to lay in an outfit for their first crusade. In the light of 'their knowledge of detective work, derived almost wholly from books of the Jonathan "Wild type," the lads believed they could only accomplish their purpose with the aid of disguises. From the relics of a long ago stranded dramatic company they procured wigs, moustaches, pirates' beards, corsair shirts and other suitable costumes. Packing up these with a map of the State and a copy of the prohibition law, the boys started out cn their expedition. A pair of horse pistols completed their outfit. From the outset they met with signal success, obtaining sales at scores of places and collecting evidence of the most incontrovertible character. They could have obtained all they wanted by a wink of tho eye, but tlie striplings were impressed with the idea that they must be disguised and that their throats would be cut if their disguises should be penetrated. Thus, instead of walking ut> and getting their drink* 1"rk ^ way, tiicy appeared as aged travelers.' castaway sailors, etc., bent tfitli y^** trembling in gait and with li^o111? tongues. In this way the inspired youths succeeded in bagging fifty la-1, breakers, and with one exception *4 aave- Been convictcd or adjudged ^P^^y un(^ re" manded for trial in tw higher courts. The boy detectives r^ke good witnesses, and cn^not be bea*^ down by the crossexamination. 'jsey are honest and conscientious in t^eir alleged mission, and have such phenominul memories that they never make any memoranda, nor can they ue tripped in court upon a date or day In a lone country mil where they went disguised in costumes that li<xi been used in Ingomar, the landlord n'as so seared at the sight of the fierce ' looking visitors that he lied, leaving all his illicit stock to them. Disguised as clam diggers they visited another place, and after making a sale they came into town and were' photographed! They show the portrait and relate the adventures with great relish. A few evenings ago they imagined that a committee of deperate saloonists were charged with tho duty of dirking them, and they sent out an alarm to the the police, "but it was nothing but their highly dramatic imagination. Oncc within the walls of their isolated dwelling, where the dead horse cauldron is run, and they are safe from the most daring assassin. The aroma of the sweltering carcasses makes the place impregnable. The chief of police has now a huge stack of warrants j ready for service, and upon a given1 night officers will sally forth and execute tliem simultaneously. It will be another slaughter of the innocents. ? <?ij-? ? The Value of Pasteur's Process. Having felt some uncertainty as to the efficacy of M. Pasteur's process for combating that fatal disease hydrophobia, I came here some days ago to study the question and the evidence on the spot. I hasten to say that all my doubts as to the validity of this greatest of modern discoveries have been dispelled, and for the following reasons: M. Grancher, who has made a' very careful analysis of the cases treated up to June 10 at the Hue Yauquelin, informed me that of 90 patients bitten by dogs (the disease of which was certified either by the inoculation of other animals after their death with the brain or spinal cord proving fatal, or by the fact that some animal bitten by the dug. had succumbed; to hydrophobia,) of these 96 cases only one died subsequently to the curative inoculations. This gives a death rate of only 1.04 per cent. Again, G44 patients had been bitten by dogs the madness of which was certified to by the veterinary practitioner of the commune, and out of these there were three deaths, which gives a death rate of only 0.4G per cent. Taking these two categories together, the death rate was only 0.75 per cent., whereas from a very accurate' series 'of statistics collected by M, Leblanc, veterinary practitioner of the city of Paris, it results that, as a rule, 1G per cent, of such cases may be expected to succumb to hydrophobia. The value, then, as M. (xrancher says, of the curative process of M. Pasteur may be represented as 23 times as great as that of all other treatments. I muv add that, with the exception of thy prick viiu the line-pointed injection cyvingo, patients have no other annoyance to complain of, as there are absolutely no symptom?, and 10 pvxei. ures on 10 successive days sjo Luflicient. To me the ouestics. is therefore judged, or?rl oil TV:!-. r\ 'or?A in denor^r clWvrtlrl ,4 ? t W* U' - ?? ^ ?J V4 K/U?UL U to this little operation.?Dr. C. E. Drysdale in London Times. *- -* The directors of the Cumberland Gap Road met in Abbeville Tuesday for the purpose of authorizing President Bowen to , sign a rebate contract with the South Carolina Road, which -tvas done. Col. Bowen : is making a personal inspection of the line ; of road from Pickens to Aiken and trying to revive interest in the enterprise. m THE KtliAL SOLTH. Improved Couditioa Consequent I'poii the Late War. (Correspondence of tlic Sacramento Iiccord-Unior.) 1 watched the change through the terrible time of Reconstruction and carpetbag rule, or misrule. None of the changes that have since taken place commenced until about 1S7S-80. Since that time business has improved in all its branches; immigrants have been welcomed, and in a number of cities Northern men and capital have been invited. The old burned districts in the Southern cities and towns have been rebuilt, railroads improved, water power sites utilized, and many changes made that to those who have only just witnessed these changes (returning there since the war; seem little snort of miraculous. This change is not confined to the city alone. The country and its people have also felt the result of that great struggle, even to a greater extent than the city people. .-Frame houses now occupy the place \>i tne old pole houses. A new pole house in. the South in moot sections worna seem jukc a reiapse to an age long past. Lamps have taken the place of pine splinters, used for light so long. City-made chairs, tables, bedsteads, etc., fill the place of the old home-made "beforc-the-war truck." Rural magazines and agricultural papers can be seen in their homes, and children now read and intelligently discuss the news of the da}* foraud to parents who never enjoyed the privilege of reading for themselves. There is also a more general desire to diversify the crops and to plant gardens and fruit trees. The churches (Baptist or Methodist) are of frame, and chairs or easy-backed wooden benches now take tie place once occupied by a couple of short blocks with a pole on top to sit upon. It seems that to get religion in one g. those old backwoods churches should entitle one to rank as a saint in the caendar ef the churches. To sit for hours on such scafs, to kneel on the uneven foor, and, when the religion was a certaiity, to be taken out in the woods and biptized in a pond almost alive with young alligators and water moccasins, was passing enduranee to the very further edes. Some of these new churches are panted, and I say this, with all caution, hat I have heard of one on Big Hell Sole Swamp that has an organ. True, no one there can play it, but it got tlere all the same. Les than three years ago, while in convesation with a man of this class, an old o'erseer and a very hard-working r ?:n "u- cc-y.r- c? ?aza 1LLILLU L SiLLU. IU Xillll- " MUX. KJ., \>JJLUt KU.S* you%ht for, any way?" He hesitated a moxient, then looked round at Ms garden aid Ms house, and Ms girls on the porch reading and sewing, and, doubtless, omparing their lot with his and their aothcr's when young, he replied: ' I (Zidnot know at the time, "but I have oftm bought," and touching his new hoisewith his hand and nodding, he coicltried, "it must have been for this, afer all." "WitMn ten yards from where w< were standing was his old home, a p)le louse, with an earthen floor, confining one room, in size about 15 by 12 eet. and in wMch he and his wife and live girls had lived until after the war. The comparison between the old shanty j.andtTif* new house of five rooms, a nice i evcrvthinr' Ini-r.Kmm, and spoice volumes of the old past, that happily for the wMte, as well as the black man, could never return again. Land that could be purchased ten years ago for fifty cents an acre, to be paid for at almost any time, is now hard to get for So or 8(5 per acre cash, for the lumber alone upon it is worth that much. Upon a recent visit I was shocked to find a saw-mill in full blast, run by an ex-Confederate Major and a Yank, upon the site of many a happy day's deer and turkey hunt that I have enjoyed. A large number of the people know of and appreciate these changes in their condi uon, anci very oiten acKnowxeagc uic obligation they consider themselves under to the war for having brought this change about. The life and sinew of the South do not think of the war or its consequences any more, only to chcrish the memory of those they fought by the side of, and to realize that it left "them in a position where they had to "get up and dust." How well they have done so the improved condition of the most illiterate State in the Union testifies to-day. To a large number of the Southern people the war was an unmixed evil, to a great many it was a great blessing in disguise, I and a large number know and speak of ! it as such. And if it was now left to a popular vote an overwhelming majority would declare against a resumption of the old order of things. To most of them Jeff. Davis is like an old battle flag?he represents all they i n_ ,.1/i uucu iieiu utji x, ue xcu-ituo uau xuuuva, u;u faces, hopes ancT aspirations; so when lie reappears among them tliey yell themselves hoarse, for he brings back to them all memories they consider sacredmemories they would net part with for the world, and, also, memories that most of them would not live over again for worlds. Matters cannot help being way. Let them have their past glories. Let them cheer their old leaders. They realize, even better than we do, that this is all that is left of the cause they espoused. , r Fish Dying on the >ortn Carolina Coast. Great multitudes of fish have recently been found dead in the waters cf the Shallotte River, Brunswick county, North Carolina. The river empties into TnbVs inlet from the ocean, about thirty miles southwest of Wilmington. The water is covercd by an oily senm, which extends far out into the ocean, and has been noticed five miles from the beach. Tliis oily scum, which is supposed to have caused the mortality among the fish, cannot l>e accounted tor, tiiougn some suppose that a vessel with a cargo of oil had foundered in the neighborhood. The -wind seems to have no ciXect upon the oily -water, and the surface is as smooth as glass. The dead fish arc drifting up on the shore by thousands of barrels, and are of kinds ever seen in the vicinity, except the -whale. It is supposed that there are no live fish left in Sliallotte Paver, or -within ten relies ofJ its mouth. There is great excitement over the afiair, though no one Iips c. c-r thought oi the probability Ihut there is oil territory ;n 'Jie vicinity, and that an r-r-v..-i\vn oil spring has found its way to the surface of the ground.?Baltimore American. i How to Manage a Woman. A Persian poet gives the following instructions upon this important subject: "When thou art married seek to i>lease thy wife, but listen not to all she says. From man's right side a rib was taken to form the woman, and never was there seen a rib quite straight, and would "st thou straighten it? It breaks, but bends not. Since then 'tis plain that crooked is woman's temper. Forgive her faults and blame her "not, nor let her anger thee, nor coercion use, as all is vain to I straighten what is curved," & I'XE.MI'LO YED WO.MEX. What Shall He Done With Those Who Can Do .Nothing! (Eiia C. LapUr.m in the Forum.) To the thoughtful woman the question rceurs again and again, What can be done with the purposeless, untrained women willing to work for wages bat unable to spend time and money in a doubtful attempt to fit themselves for a particular occupation? A woman's exchange is chiefly a storehouse for undesirable articles, a few of which are bought in pity. It is a device of those who are earnestly seeking to help their fellow-women and not a natural outgrowth of the law of supply and demand.-' The training school begins at the foundation; it fits a girl to hold her own, asking no favors. A woman's duty begins with the woman nearest to her by ties of blood and affection, and stretches out to those accounted less fortunate than herself; but it does not end there. There are women far above her in the scale of wealth, perhaps, who noocl a wider outlook and broader symiiathies; who need to be drawn out of themselves and their exclusivcness; who need to be interested in the great, busy, struggling world outside of their circle, and to feel that upon them rests, in part, the responsibility of making it better and purer. In some ways they are more restricted than the woman who sews for them. The wife of a teamster, if she have the time, can take up any remunerative employment, and her friends neither question nor repudiate her. The wife of a millionaire, possessed of unlimited leisure, must be idle. For "he also is idle who might be better employed." If she can endure the epithet of "peculiar" she may give her life to the investigation and improvement of tenement houses or devote herself to a particular line of study; other- 1 wise her work for her fellow-men and ' women will be confined to charity balls and fashionable bazaars. To do aught ! which would bring her a return in money is not to be thought of for an instant. And from the wife and daughter of the millionaire to the girl who starves be- : hind a counter rather than go into a comfortable kitchen, the same power is ! at work. Alas! how weak we are. Wo men may say that all honest work is ennobling, and all voluntary idleness belittling, and that, in comparison with the woman who never lifts a finger to serve another, nor h'as a thought above her own adornment and her social conquests, the woman who does the work of her kitchen, if she do it well, is worthy of all the honor; but the conviction has not yet bccome a part of them. FAL.SE CABIXET Rl'.MORS. 3 fVo Changes Contemplated by President Cleve- 1 land. Washington, July 28.?Rumors about < Cabinet changes that begin with the dis- 1 placement of Mr. Manning, follow with ] the withdrawal of Mr. Bayard and end. < witli the expulsion of Mr. Garland, wing ' their way into sight here pretty regular- j ly once a week, and have to be about as j often as that circumstantially denied, in i order to relieve the public of the im- ' pression that the relations of the present Cabinet i'amilv are to be changed. Tlie : I ^rnnni'n0088*1 upon the assumption that Ms j&ealth will : not be sufficiently restored to Enable him to resume liis duties in the Treasury De- 1 partment. ] Those about Mr. Bavard are in nearly - "i 1 x- r "u , ever}" case inspired uy motives ui nusuu.- . ty, and liave not been allowed to rest for a moment since they started, soon after ] he failed to make Mr. "William Henry 1 Hurlbert, the friend of Mr. C. A. Dana, . Minister to Italy, and General Charles " Gibson, the friend of Mr. Pulitzer, Min- ] ister to Austria. The desire to get Mr. 1 Garland out of tlie Cabinet is most zeal- 1 ously expressed by persons who have < made arguments against the prosecution < of the Dell telephone suit brought by < the government, and who are at the same i time clamoring for the appointment as 1 Lis successor of ex-Senator Joseph E. 1 McDonald, one of the counsel for the 1 Bell Telephone Company. This fact alone would appear to be an obstacle to 1 Mr. McDonald's preferment for a Cabi- j net position, even if it were not true that < he h;Ts a large practice in Washington i rtollc 1 fn f.llP AP ?JUUlsJU VtbXXO XJ.J.XJJ. A-i. nv-ij.WAJ vv VMV v?v partments and to tlic iloor of tlic Houss 1 and the Senate, From a source that entitles the assertions to the fullest belief, it is ascertained that there is absolutely no foundation for any of the rumors about Cabinet changes. It is certain that Mr. Bayard has not the slightest intention of withdrawing. His relations with the Presi- ' dent and all the members of the Cabinet ! are peculiarly pleasant, and the domestic alUictions from which he lias suffered have seemed to bind to them -with an ; affection which has been most marked. , Humors affecting Mr. Bayard's departure ' from the Cabinet may be set aside as e~- 1; tirely worthless and incorrect. A GHOS'-' AT -IJ'iif THROTTLE. .1 strange Apparition -Scon In a Worcester Workshop. 1' For some time queer atonies have been told of unusual proceedings at the Wor- : cester Sieel Works at night. Complaints ; were made of assaults committed and of , the general conduct of the men who in- : sisted on going in and out <it will, until : at length, to cheek those alleged outbreaks, the managers requested pohce protection. Patrolman Dealer w^.s detailed to go on duty there after 1) o'clock at night and remain until early in the : morning. rrlrftsfin. one of the c-m- ' ployees, told a Times' correspondent a queer yarn about an experience that he had recently. He said that one night ho 1 was walking through the mill, which was ' well lighted by electricity. When he passed the boiler house be saw a strange man standing inside with his hand on : the tlirottle of an engine which had not , been iired up. The mail looked at i Gleasoi} for i; moment. Gleason spoke : to hiiu jokingly and asked him if he was going to start up. The stranger's conn- ! tenance did not change and his eyes seemed ro jump ?rom their sockets. The 1 ma^ \vas unknown to Gleasus, who had | worked in the inil; ?. long time and knew everybody. Turning quickly Gleason van to the other end of the mill, very much frightened. Large d.T'-ps of perspiration stood out upon his face, and suddenly ha swooned away. Gleason said chat he was cared for by his companion. and when he recovered he told him vvliut he had seen. He described, the man's; apuc-araneo minutely, even to to the striped jacket which he wore, but no one knew him. Finally some one recalled the fact that it was a perfect description of an engineer who was killed two years ago at the very spot where the strange apparition was seen by Gleason. jiany oi the workmen are imn in the belief that it was the ghost of the dead engineer. In Prosperity, on lass Saturday, three brothers named Rogers and a young man named Bonnie Dicker:, became involved in :i diihculty, win. . vYm. Rogers cut Dickert in four places. CAX THESE THINGS BE ? Amo? Erers Ride* Through the Air Tied to the Tall of a Kite. (From a West Virginia Dispatch.) Amos Evers, of this village, is the hero of one of the most remarkable adventures which ever fell to the lot of any man. It has been the custom for the male portion of the village to make huge kites and fly them -with thick cords. This year it was determined that all previous efforts should be outdone. A monster kite of the following dimensions was constructed: Extreme height, 9 feet 4 inches; width across the top, i feet 9 inches;- width across the bottom, 2 feet; extreme width across the middle, 5 feet 6 inches. The framework was built of tough hickory, shaved thin and staved with one-eighth in copper wire, j A double thickness of heavy muslin was stretched on each side of the frame and the place fastening the flying cord -was doubly braced with yellow pine scantling, a quarter-inch thick. Into this was screwed a ring bolt, which was clamped on the other side with an iron pin. The ring itself was five inches in diameter and capable of bearing four or five hundred weight. The kite complete weighed ninety-six pounds. The tail was made of a sixteen foot rope weighted with lead. Instead of the usual flying cord 200 yards of closely-wound manilla rope, very light but as strong as a double-linked' chain, were procured. When the kite was finished there was a general jollification. The kite was secured to a tree and Evers, who was pretty drunk, watched it while the others were imbibing. Evers, after a time, got tired of holding the rope and wound it round his own body. There was a stiff breeze blowing at the time and when the men came out of the grocery there was the kite high in the air and Evers hanging on to the tail He quickly disappeared from view, and as no trace of him could be found during the next few days he was given up for lost. Eight days after he had taken his flight he walked into the village aad told how he had been carried to Milback, Hampshire county, seventy miles, as the crow flies, from Alpena. In his journey be crossed seven rivers and two ranges of the Alleghanies. He was discovered by two gentlemen in his unconscious condition, who attended him and accompanied him back to Alpena. There is no doubt about the truth of his story. TOMMfE CLUVERIUS. He Calmly Contemplates the Future and Loves Flowers. (From thf Bichmond Dispitch.) Thomas J. Cluverius, who is confined in the city jail for having murdered his cousin, Dannie Lillian Madison, is still kept in solitary confinement in one of the upper rooms. His room is a small one and overlooks the lower portion of the town in the direction of the Chesapeake and Ohio depot. The furniture consists of a single bed, a pine table, with a bowl and pitcher, and a small pine bench, upon which are several potted plants?geraniums, etc. Cluverius is said to be very fond of flowers, and whenever he writes to his aunt and brother,;s.with whom he corresponds ?f his flowers. Cluvelicaltli; JvO<*?>.s ill good spirits^Bpis polite and courteous to his keepers, Tfho speak in commendatory terms of him. His meals are furnished liim twice a day from a restaurant. Cluverius wears a gray suit, and is neat and careful of his appearance. He has his hair cut close, and shaves reguLarly twice a week. He reads much? the Bible and newspapers especially. His aunt and brother, who live 'at Little Plymouth, in King and Queen county, liave not been to see him for several tveeks. Occasionally visitors call upon Li T L i. - .1 *xi - J3 Til i Lurn, uiu axe nut auiiiiLieu WIUIUUL nxs. jonsent. A reporter of the Dispatch jailed at the prison a few days ago, and Oluverius expressed his willingness to see him, provided that nothing about ;he visit was to be written. The terms oeing so unfavorable to the reportorial business, they were declined with thanks. At Staunton, September 10, or soon hereafter, the Virginia Supreme Court Appeals will decide whether it will give 31uverius a rehearing. If their decision s adverse, as it now seems sure to be, Judge Atkins, of the Hustings Court, j (vill appoint the day of execution. SPECIMEN DAKOTA TALES?. V Great Country .\o Doubt, but Stories About It Are Greater. (E'akota Letter in Modern ililier.) About two weeks ago I saw a farmer Dut behind a straw stack gathering into i heap a lot of old bones and pieces of liides and sprinkling salt on them. Yesterday I saw this same man, seeing a tine pair of steers to a burner up town. They were so fa* ?id had filled up so fast th&t ii? bound their hides with an sla bufihlo rope. This granger was. a Sunday school superintendent Wore he came to Dakota, but hjg. swore these were the cattle I had s$ea liim kicking together behind the straw stack. He said all fc^oy had eaten was some wild grass that had sprung up in his door yard, where the women fqlka had thrown a few tubs of warm soapsuds wash days. He said that he had learned that the hesj way to winter stock in Dakota was to knock them to pieces id the fall and set them up again us wanted; otherwise, unless we. get a blizzard every week, they were liable to get too fat ancl round on the native grass. Last fall I stopped at a house to borrow a match to Light my pipe with. The man told rae to go right out in the garden and pick aU I wanted. I did not know what he meant at first; but he went out with me, and?I'm almost afraid you'll think I'm a liar for telling it?there was about half an acre growing the finest parlor matches I ever saw. Thoy were as thick as hairs on a blind mule. He said he had a poor crop the vear before, becausc the seed was too rrnnrl for <m<Vh soil. This rp?.t> Via Vin/1 mixed his seed matches. Viiin about onctliird toothpicks and got a splendid yield. I went out after breakfast and saw the man blowing up Hubbard squashes with gunpowder. They were too large to be moved, and the farmer wanted the ground. I noticed that one of his wife's legs was about eight inches longer than the other, and the man explained thus: He said when they first came to Dakota they lived in a "dugout,'' with nothing but the ground for a floor, from which they had to mow the grass once a day to find the baby. He said his wife had a habit of sitting with one leg over the other knee, and the leg that remained in contact with the soil got such a start that the other could never catch up. To Kill Flies. A gentleman who claims that his wife has tried it repeatedly, gives the following recipe for killing flies: One tablespoonful of our buttermilk, the yellow of one egg, one teaspoonful of pulverized black pepper and a teaspoonful of sugar, the whole thoroughly mixed. This mixture, placed about "the room in vessels, it is claimed, will destroy all the flies in less than an hour. A DISTRESSING IACIDEXT. Why the Arah Simmered, the Housemaid Giggled and the Hound Gurgled. (From the Philadelphia Times.) An imitation young Englishman came down the steps of a South Twentieth street house just ai dusk recently. He earned a dog whip in one hand "and in the other held a light steel chain. At the other end of the chain was a goodsized greyhound. The imitation Briton turned when he was half way down the steps, and to some person "standing at Anr\-r> ooirl* incf orivA fllA flaXl'lT UUVXj CtvXX.*.. X- JUWW T - 0 a breather and be back soon, me dear." Then he paraded solemnly around the corner into Walnut street, and gravely down that thoroughfare, restraining the hound's gambols without moving a muscle of liis imitation British countenance,. At Eighteenth street the young man and the dog were observed by two street Arabs. They followed him, and from time to time consulted. After the procession had moved another square the consultation came to a head, and the larger Arab approached the young man with the dog and accosted him: "Say, bo, is it at the 'cademy?" There was no no response. "His nibs is deef, Jimmie, said the larger Arab, and then piped like * the -whistle of a Schuylkill excursion boat, "Soy, if Jimmie, an' me leads the pup for ye will yer let us inter the show?" The only answer was a strong imitation Briton star<*. "Mister," persisted the larger Arab, "you'll be guyed terr'ble 'for you git to the 'cademv with that dog." The young man stopped gravely, said "Down Prince," and then addressed himself to the larger Arab: ''I say, you-er little beast, what on er-earth do yon mean?" The blood of the child of the desert simmered. He betook himself out of the reach of the dog whip and shouted from the centre of the street: "Ff you ain't puttin' on more lugs than any supe I ever seed before leadin' a blood-hound to a 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' rehearsal, then may I be blowetl. Say, Jimmy, get on to his jiblits." An expression of deep pain spread itself so thick on the face of the imitation Briton that it could be seen through the gloom across Eittenhouse square. The only sound that accompanied the giggle of the white-capped maid who was closing the blinds of the nearest house was the gurgling breath of the iVhnfcim-r rnv>vhormrl as lie endeavored to keep up with liis master's hurried steps homeward. Light Coins to be Stamped. The following notice was pasted on the bulletin board of the Sub-Treasury Thursday: "On and after August 1,1886, all gold coin below legal weight will, under instructions received from the Secretary of the Treasury, be stamped 'light,' as the same is presented at the Sub-Treasury." The necessity for this new rule, as explained at the Sub-Treasury, is this: There is a law which fixes the coin "limit of tolerance"?the point to which coins may be worn or abraded, and still be worth their face value?at one-half of 1 per cent.; this means that when a gold dollar in the course of its use loses one-half cent of its value in weight it ceases to be worth ?1 as a legal tender, and is v.orlb only its weight as gold merchandise. Until about four years ago it was a rule of the officers at the 2S'ew-York Sub-Treasury to stamp all coins outside of the Ijmit of tolerance with a letter "L," signifying that the}" were of light weight. But depositors raised an outcry against the mutilation of national coins, and an order came from Washington directing the Sub-Treasury here to quit its stamping business. The result was that though light weight coins were once rejected at the Sub-Treasury, they still kept coming in a regular stream. The same abraded* coin would be offered over and over again four or five times during one week. Tncre was nothing to distinguish then- light weight, and often the}* were detected only because lUU CKJiiVO UJl lliu i^uwin.acui y , unu vuvu delicate touch, the result of years of practice, could detect the lightness of weight, when to an ordinary business man the coin would have nothing in its appearance out of the ordinary. Often it happened that in one bag of gold coins the alirasion of the pieces will make a total of ?15 or more under the full-weight value, though the loss to each coin is scarcely perceptible. How Edith Shocked Them. "Yes," said the parson at the tea table, "young Jordan was out driving, with Miss Popinjay the other evening, and the horse ran away. They were both thrown out and the buggy smashed to pieces. It was a Providential escape for both of them; but I cannot understand how tb.0 young man came to lose control of his horse." "He must have been driving with one hand," flippantly suggested the ministers son, a wild rake of a boy. "Or, perhaps, he had the reins around his neck," said Edith, a shy young beauty of sixteen, with a charmingly modest moin And rrir-ri drOMrWwIr in chorus: "Why, Edith!1'?Cambridge Chronicle. Worried to Death. Tlic ups and downs of a business life kill ofT many men while yet they have years of work left in them. There have, within the observation of the writer, occurred the premature deaths of several very noted business men of Boston, who have died, not of physical causes, but of overmental anxiety from disappointed calculations. The recent demise of a prominent commission merchant was due to the continued pressure of liabilities honestly assumed which he found impossible to meet. An other eminent merchant who once stood at the head of the dry goods trade in Boston died from overanxiety on account of the depreciation in manufacturing investments in which he was largely interested. There im cuftn Mif.; mrtr/1 tlvin tllp tli Vy UiiUiJ VMV kuows of. Moving in High Circlcs. "Now, when I was over in .Europe," said the boastful passenger, "I had entree to tlie best societv. I moved constantly in the upper circles. There was scarcely a day during my stay in the Old World on which I did not dine with the nobility. The very last time I sat at a table in Europe?only a few hours before my'departure for home?it was with three tings and two Queens." "If you could move in such society as that, why did you hurry back to America." ' Because the other fellow held four trays and cleaned me out."?Chicago Herald. Sounds Better. "Well, John," said the Judge to a pig tailed Celestial, ' 'what can I do for you?" "Want to getee mime changed, "j J! "What's your name now?" "Sing Sing. Xo gooclee. Two muchec Aldclman. Gctee cLugged to Waible Twicee." . o "To Warble Twice?" ' Yes. Alice samee Sing Sing.'7 The crop prospects ia Barnwell County arc brighter, but the farmers are still gloomy.