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VOL. XLIII. ~_ _ WINXSBORO, S. 0., A^DNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16,.^^^ ^ ^ ^
TIMELY TOPIC'S FOB FARMERS.
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HOW TO I JO PAYING YVOKK AT Tills
SKAX)N.
Suggestions of Interest, from Auil:?i i^
. t.ttive ;>?)urei-.
(W. L. Joi.e> it. '-he S.ut!.-.r* Cultiv
It is presumed that by this time every
farmer lias matured Lis plans, and is al
ready under way in executing tiif.-rtr. uue
of the first things to claim hi.s attention
is the preparation of the manure to be
used. He has decided to use c?jmi>oMs
largely and he mlist now prepare tliem;
Fthe matter caunut be deferred liiu. h
loDger. Whilst a compost wiii give inir
results, prepared only a month or six
weeks in advance of it- application, the
general drift of experience mdicvt-.-. tint
better results ensue where they are prepared
three months in advance. Cum
posts for cotton should be put up at
once, and care taken that every condition
for proper fermentation be present.
Thfsp ftond'tions are uroner admixture
of ingredients, decided moisture all
through the muss-, and a decid< d compactness.
A loosely thrown up pile of
manure will become too hot and be
greatly injured. A proper fermentation
brings about several valuable results.
First, it reduces or breaks down the
coarser ingredients, as hay, straw, leaves
or other litter, and renders the distribution
of the compost easier and more
W uniform. Uniformity of distribution is
r a matter of first importance. In the
next place it renders inert, insoluble
materials active and soluble. All of the
nitrogen, for instance, of green or fresh
. manure is insoluble; it is either in the
form of albuminous compounds or of
W urea (a constituent of urine), and must
D6 caangeu WJ ui utu;v
before plants can appropriate it. The
danger is that, as this ammonia is
formed, it may be driven off by beat and
be lost. This is to be prevented by
keeping the fermentation within proper
bounds, as above pointed out, aud by
covering the heap with a layer of rich
^ dirt six or eight inches thick, to c<iteh
W and absorb any escaping ammonia.
Another and very effective means of prevention
loss is using kainit as one of the
ingredients of the compost. The preva
lent idea has been that land piaster was
excellent for that purpose. But plaster
>- ^ only acts efficiently -where there is water
enough to dissolve it, and this is not
m- generally the case in a compost heap.
Kainit is much more soluble than plaster,
and will Hx. ammonia under circumstances
where plaster will not. Kainit
is decidedly the best cheap and available
substance for the purpose that we know
It has been just stated that kainit
^ ought to be one of the ingredients of a
BR compost heap?-what other of the elic-mi?
^ cal or concentrated fertilizers should en
Fter into it. mere neeu oe no nesixasion
in saying that pliospho* ie acid, in some
form, should oeciwy a front place in this
respect. No substance is more universally
wanting in old, long-cropped lands
than phosphoric acid, none, the application
of which, on such lands, has given
_ more uniformly good results. Besides..
wfcgfl^^.kairut and phosphoric acid, there are no
Bother chemical fertilizers which need
fcrenerally .enter into composts; in excases
some others may be
Bj depends upon the nature
of tixv* comport,
this let us {"urn attention. A* a
^^role, barn-yard manure is the ma:n
foundation of compo>ts. It const-ts
the excrement and. urine ol hor.-es a:;d
cattle mixed with a variable quantity of
lit ter. "With the farmer it is an everpressing
inquiry how he may increase
"? * ? 1 Zu? * Ji
" the quantity ana improve tut uu;i;iij' ui
^ this most valuable substance. As to the
first (the quantity), the ready answer of
Northern and European writers ha* been
^r by keeping mort stock. i>ut bear m
niind, ho wever, thi.t this answer comes
Bra. from regions where gra;s and gram are
m the leading crops, and where iarge cities
and a dense population (largely mauu Uliacturing)
create a large demand for
food, including meat. To a Xort. em
or English farmer ihe question is, shall
hay and grain be sold direct from the
farm, or shall they be converted into
meat and milk, and cheese and butter,
and these become the objects of sale?
He can find sale for either. With a
Southern, farmer the conditions are some
what different. At present the most of
* his land is too poo? to grow grass successfully,
and-climatic conditions render
small grain crops rather uncertain. The
cities about him arc small, population is
sparse, and a small portion of ic engaged
in manufactures. Would these surrounding
warrant a general increase in the
number of live stock on the farm? That
is extremely doubtful. Except in localities
-where there is an extendei "range,"
most farmers ha\c, until a recent period,
. erred in keeping too much rather than
jr too little stock. In one direction there
* * might be a profitable increase, viz., m
/ \ raising all the horses and mules they
f ? need, and possibly the hogs required for
- % domestic use. Gradually our farms
jLmight be brought up to the requisite
jE|?3egree of fertility to produce grass and
r^akiaisi enough for a moderate increase in
^ a number of milk cows. There is a
* ej?iand for good butter at the South,
" ^ an^fcwe Olloht by ail means to strive to
JF wor^tuP to the point of supplying it.
But ^Wter all, tiie increase suggested
- small, and would not co verv
X WOUitl D?- ??' ?.
far towaM^ increasing the quantity of
manure. ^Sow, then* can it be done?
;By more caMc'^u* husbanding of all manurial
materialman the farm (especially the
urine of ani^B^8) the preventing of
the leaching??^e soluble (and therefore
most valuable^B^tions by rain.
I In this connblBt^11 the most urgent
need of Southern i^?iers is more stall
room for stock. Sial^sbould be large
and roomy, and so arranged that stock
will not have to be halteMpd* but may be
free to move about at will* When animals
are haltered their m;rine is discharged
at certain spots\ the coarse
manure is not uniformly ilinproguated
' ' 3 ??-1 >?Tiirr?ni>,
with it, as it snouiu uc,
* will stand or lie down m wet Manure to
r serious injury of their hoof-slor hides.
Again, large stalls aie il^siraeble. that
manure may accumulate in thVm for
long-periods of time without undtie rais
ing of the bottom of the stall or \othei
jnconvenienc-. Large stalls, fo\iik<.
reason, admit of the use of iar. e quantities
of litter. And this is one of iVir
^ most available means of increasing tlk
quantity of stable manure. On mau}
Southern farms nine-tenths of the urin.
of stock is practically lost. When not at
work they are allowed to run at large in
open yards, whc-rj there is no absorbent;
if thpr.* is one to absorb it, the rains
most effectually leach it out in the end.
Kept in large stalls, when not at work,
k, and these stalls kept well littered, a ven
large portion of the urine is absorbc-i
and"perfectly saved. When litter is in
f pregnated with urine, its quality i greatly
improved". It-is a very diffcren
ihing from litter dimply mixed with solit
excrement and rotted. Here is room fo
/great improvement in our methods?thi
^Husbanding of the urine.
- Again, stalls should not be cleaned on
^ more than once a \ear. Managed a
"^bove, neither the health nor the clear
i
?ggpgaee ae?aasc g .'.jus r i act mm .? in
lir.ess of H'.imals demands it, and under
no other conditions can manure 1 e accumulated
with sol.ttle i?;s.s or detriment
to ics quu'ity. The great foe to barnyard
manure of high quality the-open I
vt'-.l. Abundant littering helps matters. |
.vOffie, but 1- aching vviii be gn at, The j
>Ja: k, Kch juices which ilow iruiii it after j
every luuvy or protracted rain are im- j
pregnat-d with suits of ammonia no lest, j
than soluble mineral ingredients. Let j
us banish the opeu yards from our
farms, and'c'.'.iing-.Mhft mime from bara!
3 ar<: t-.j shi-i manil-V.
! A * ?<.tl???v f.* lvilirr nrfronA rrv-i_
...MU.., AJ^U.
nure, which is quite unlimited, and
wliX'h may serve as a basis for compost,
ih itaves. straw. ? ti\, deccx-ipo-scii by the
ngeucy of a? In-.- and iillic. .'Wies may be
Ucedaioncor-n c'ombination-whhiime, or
iime mny it used alone. iji the List Ca.se
the chief fiH'Ct: n of the lime i.s to deauu
leu'tce ?i?e iefives. \\ ht-n
:u>>!ies ate used aioue, they accoinplish
the same purpose, buc in addition increase
very materially the feiiilizuig
roper ties oi' the k-aves. They add to
them limi-, potash, magnesia, phosphoric
ar:d sulphuric acids?indeed, every min!
era! ingredient needed by plants. Jf a i
! proper amount of ammonia and some'
phosphoric acid be udued to such, a
mixtuie, a very complete and perfect
manure is produced. Such a mixture,
then, makes an excellent basis for a
comport. Aslies and lime should not be
added directly to stable manure; they
wili drive oil* ammonia. But after those
substances have been mixed with large j
I quantities of leaves, have become diluted i
! and marked by them, and entered into
j new combinations, they may then be"
| mixed with stabie manure without detri|
ment. Ten bushels of ashes to three or
! four well packed two-horse wagon loads
| of leaves makes a good mixture. It
! ought to be prepared some months bej
fore it enters into the final compost heap.
! A farmer migut begin now, and at all
j available opportunities through the year,
; gather and haul leaves and put up pens
| of such mixtures. He would be aston|
ished at the amount which system and
energy would accumulate in, the course
| of a year. It should not be put in piles,
| but in pens four or live feet high, well
! moistened to start with, well packed and
! covered at top with a layer of rich dirt
j several inches thick to retain moisture.
I After such a heap has been well moist-:
! ened, rains wiii be apt to keep it wet
j enough afterwards. Rain will leach thin
j layers of manure scattered in a yard or
| the thin edges of a spread-out heap, but
i will not leach a mass four feet thick with
j straight upright sides.
j Now, supposing a farmer has the
i several materials mentioned on hand and :
| is ready to make his compost?how shall!1
i he proportion the several .ingredients? i
| Furman's formula, now so extensively i
useu, is unrty ousneis eaca ci itaoie j
manure and. cotton seed, -?00 pounds of !
acid phosphate and 200 pounds of kainit. j
Experience has shown this to be a very '
excellent compound for land of average ;
fertility. Can it and should it ever be j
; varied? Suppose one has' cotton se d, !
' but no stable manure. In sueh case ten j
! additional bushels of cotton seed should j
..take the place or the lacking manure; so i
; that the formula would b.c 40 bushels of
; cotton seed. -AuO pounds of acid phosI
phate and H0>? pounds oi kainit. Bat it
; would be desirable, to keep up the de:
sired dilution of the chemical fertilizers :
j in tne compost, to mix with the above
ia^redients twenty-live or tlnrty bu^heis
I oi ixen earth, or wood mold, or some
j Ui. i.^1 U -ii.-UJ.vi. OU?M/V/?-W VAIV
has stable manure, but no cotton seed;
! ilie place Ox the cotton seed may be
: tak^u b\ cotton meai?say 30 bushels of
j manure, ouO pounds of cottonseed meal,
; 100 pounds of aoid phosphate and 201)
| pounds, ox kainit. Suppose one's land is
; extremely poor. Then the quantity of
| the cotton seed in the comport may be
! doubled, the quantities of other ingredi|
enti. remaining Cue same. If one's lan<?
i is uuite ricu. hail or even less of the cot
-J, / ,
j lua &t-ed may enter., into the compost, j
! the other constituents remaining the
| smile. buppuse olio has the mixture of
j leaves mitt at-hes, but no mam ire or cotton
seeu; then the formula si .ould be 60
bushels of leaf mixture, 400 . pounds of
cotton teed ineaJ, *00 pounds of acid
phosphate and 100 pounds of kainit.
liess iiainit .would be called for in this
ca*e, because tiie ashes, in leaf mixture,
would take its place. If lime only was
mixed with the leaves, the full quantity
of kainit should be added.
It is well to build the compost pens in
- x;.1.1. z..
ur ne<*r inv ulciu^ iu ?jlllcjll it i?> iu ?uplied;
this'will save-hauling during the
very busy season of spring. And everyone
ougiit to provide hinself with a
compost distributor,- both fur economizing
labor and time and for .securing uniformity
of distribution. Various patterns
of these are now made over the
country, and some of them are simple ;
and inexpensive. A revolving cylinder
with spikes, in a hopper with slut in the
bottom and .movable slides; to. regulate
width of slot, constitute the essential
parts-ofa.spreader, and almost any farmer
can majke^one-forhimself.
As spring oats will "be sown lliis
month, attention is called to the mixed
character of-seed oats sold in the market
as Texas rust-proof oats. Last year a
good deal sold under that name were not
red rust-proof; the crop ripened late and
very uequally. The straw of some was
tall, soit and giving?quite dillerent
from the strong,,stiff straw of the rustproof.
Some, seed sold as Texas rustproof
is very good, but one should . be
cautious and examine closely before purchasing.
As a rule, it is better to buy
home-raised seed, if it is possible, when
one is under the necessity of buying at
all. For spring oats, sow spring-grown
seed, and those irom a region south of
vniir Irwvrlit-v sita tn those from
?/ Y V"" W X' " w~ ? *" " " "
a point north, of you. We need fully
acclimated varieties. Sow "as early as
possible, it is just as well to risk killing
by cold when a crop is soivn early, as to
run the the- gauntlet of destruction- by
the drought and rust in the spring when
a crop is sown late. Rich land and bottom
land may be sow;i later than poor
upland. Have seen good crops of oats
on bottom land sown in March. It is
ulwaj s well to sow some of the oat crop
on such land, if one has any that is well
drained. Bottom lands need occasional
rest from corn crops, and if the spring
:s very dry an oat crop on bottoms pays
very, handsomely. By sill means sow a
' *- ,x ,-? ? + on/1* nr-iif O foiT
vxv-j/ vi <->4-1.0, iuu n ?>
chance.
V .- 4 ?c
'v ? A channel lias been cut through frora
iTj*ke Los Angeles county, California,'to
tiiv ocean, _ but further work
; ywards making a harbor of the lake has.
*ieen suspended until the arrival of piles,
which are daily expected. Large suction
i-ipes have been laid from the iake over
vhe bill into a deep valiej, where a steam
i iredger will be set to work and the
/?r>nvf?vpr1 hv tli a suction t>ir)'es
- nil be used as filling for the road, wlucb
uis been graded for five miles towards
Los Ai'geles.
The now *2 silver certiticates have bet:issued.
They are?4>ut hold on?if tb<
I aited States Treasurer wacts us to noiie*
>*> fcis publications he- had better send alonj;
sone sa-uple copies.
i'LAIN TALK von YOIN<; y.rs.
Some Advice I5;tse<! <>n Common Sense ;isid
K\ cry-Day Kxpericnce.
Yes, si flu J up riglit Vfore us, while
we talk to you like a Dnteii uncle. And
what are we going to say? Just
Save somethiug, young man! Don't
spenu a'J you get, and run m uebt
Don't blow in your money on cigars,
beer, good clothes, or, it may be, a fust j
girl. Don't run or incline to that sort j
of business. It is demoralizing, danger
ous, deadly. There is nothing that, gives
a man more ennobling thoughts?bulges
out his chest so broadly?fills him with
such uli inspiring sense of manliness, as
to own something. Try it, and see what
a noble pleasure it is to own a piece of
land, it may be only a few acres. Perhaps
an humble village plot, or a more
pretentious city lot, but to own it?to
have as all your own, that which yon
have paid for, a piece of Gou's good
round eaith, 'is to acquire a feeling of
security and independence which is the
most delicious and profitable experience
ia the world. To step out upon?to
plant your poor feet squarely on some
piece ox land, some little portion of
earth and fet 1 that it is all your own?
that you alone possess it, tliat it lias
been won by your own endeavors, by
toil and struggle, through patient working;
to know that the grass that greens
it, this spot uf earth, you own?the
violet that blooms above its verdure, the
vines that ornament it are yours to possess
and enjoy, gladdening the eye, delighting
the senses; that the glad sun
will beautify it and the lains of heaven
moisten it into brightening beauty, all
this brings a sense of pleasure and feeling
of contentment that can be realized
frcfai no other method of enjoyment. It
is freedom, independence, joy! Then to
this exquisite and 'ennobling sense of
possession may be added the delight of
a home, and underneath heaven, there is
no joy so pure, so elevating as a well
ordered home! Beneath the shade of
your own vine and fig tree, clasping
your little ones to your heart, with wife
in loving communion, the glories and
peace of the home of God is only above
this lieaven on earth! Yes, young man!
Own a piece of land! No one, however
small his pay. little his savings, but can
in due course of time have a have a
home of his own?a piece of the good,
wide earth, all his own! .Boys, work for
it! Young man, get it, and the State
and the nation will be the gainer, and
humanity the better oil', for the true
nobleness of citizenship is centered in
Lim who has earned a home, for that
home leads to the observance of law,
and respect for constituted authority inculcates
moral and Christian duties and
these to love for your fellowmen and to i
the fear of God! Young man, get a i
piece of land.?Exchange.
Guarded for Her Diamonds.
it is astonishing to me Low tne people
who are nut in iS'ew York society strug- j
gle for an entrance. The one aim of j
their lives seem to be to get within the j
circle which, whether it is made up of I
what they are pleased to call aristocracy !
or not, has the credit of being, and is !
the goal toward which so many ambitious ;
men anu women bend all their energies. '
I have in mind a lady of whom I wrote
some time ago, who has no end of
money, is a widow, handsome and not
too old to enjoy life. She lias been living \
a number of years in Europe, but she j
has returned home determined to take '
social life by storm. She has rented a
house in one 'of the most exclusive parts ;
of town, and she has given choice enter- j
tai^ments to. which all the so-called i
swells were pleased to come. They ate j
her dinners, pronounced her cooking un-!
exceptionable and went home to laugh j
at her eiforts to be one of tbem. The i
charity ball came, and it was given out!
that she was to open the ball, but she j
didn't: and not onlv that?she took no :
z' 4.1 ?r l, !
pudb jlul il:c jlaax^ul. kju?z ?ao o*l
the ba.ll, however, and wore $250,000;
worth of diamonds. To enjoy this
luxury she was guarded by four detec-,
tives, two from Tiffany's and two furn- i
ishedby the police force. It seems to i
me this is taking a great deal of trouble j
for a iittle display. I cannot imagine !
anything more uncomfortable than to be i
under the eyes of four detectives for an j
entire evening. I should certainly feel j
as though I were going to be arrested ;
for something. Why would it not do j
iusr as well to wear a iittle tablet on one's i
breast bearing the inscription: "I have j
$250,000 worth of diamonds in Tiffany's :
safe, but I do not -want to take the risk i
of wearing them."?Xew York Letter.
Jackson's Gliost.
The following story appears in the
Richmond State:
I send you a thriiling and true account
of a ghost which has recently appeared
at the' Virginia Military Institute. On
the night of the 28th, shortly after 12
o'clock, as the sentinel was walking his
lonely beat, his attention was attracted
through the sally port to the front of
the barracks by a slight sound resembling
the rustling of leaves by a gentle
wind. Instantly, between the two large
forty-six pound siege pieces, there appeared
a soldier dressed in a Confederate
uniform and mounted on a large gray
horse. His sword was drawn, his horse
tightly reined up, and two white plumes
floated gracefully about his hat. The
sentinel at lirst, almost paralyzed with
terror, had gazed upon the object, but
in an instant, -when the horse had started
through the sally port into the courtyard
at a round trot, crossing the sentinel's
beat, making no audible sound, although
he was passing over a solid brick
pavement, the sentinel, true to his military
principle, challenged with a loud
voice, "Who goes there?*' The rider did
not heed the challenge, but passed on at
the same pace until arriving at an
abrupt, dangerous and impassable precipice
in the rear of the barracks he vanished.
On the next night a similar phenomenon
occurred. An old veteran present
recognized the grand and imposing
rider to be none other than that of
General Stonewall Jackson. So far no
explanation can be given.
James T. Hilton,
Lexington, Ya.
A .Somnambulist's rromeiKuie.
A decided sensation was created on the
streets at Akron late last evening !>y a
well known lady residing"on North High
street coming upon the street in ven
airy attire, bting dressed in a single garment
in which she hud gone to bed. ISlie
walked at least three blocks and crossed
two main streets near the heart of thu city,
being seen by quite a number of people.
A gentleman who saw the lady come
irom her house,- and seeing that she was
walking away from her home in anything
but proper dress, approached her and
laid his hand on her shoulder, when he
1 -1 TT~
noticed mat sue was asiwp. j_lu too*,
uold of her arm and led her back to he>
uouse, where she entered, giving n<>
signs that she was awake, though the
cold air and frost of the night must havt
severely chilled her body, which was
idmost nude.?Special to the Cmcinnat.
Enquirer.
tjik .silk cicoi* roi: thk south.
iiov.' the 1'arnsers .May Diversify Their
"Work U> Advantage.
Loria Blodgett writes to a. '\Vestcm
paper: It is possible to nd'i io the pres"Lit
crop of the planting States a crop
Tint less in it> realized value to the people
who grow it than the cotton crop is j
| uovx-. I he si lie crop 01 Jhurope has the
| chief resource of the northern provinces
| -.1' Italy and of several districts of France
! for more than half a century. It is still
at the highest position for those coun-;
tries, but it cannot be increased and
made adequate to supply tins country
with silk. It. cannot be increased for
reasons connected' with the close occupation
of the laud here, the heavy taxes,
and the embarrassments ami restrictions
on the oceupiers of the soil; the heavy
rentals and the absolute need of growing
as much food as possible, and tire labor
of the people can take care of.
In the central and southern States here
the situation is v.ir>liv diuWvnt. i.'iiere j
is a surplus of land, very lightly taxed, |
and not incumbered, but almost a'oso-!
iutely out of use, because it docsn^t pay J
to fnlti-tTstc if in rtoimit-T.iiir.n vritli the!
West.
There is no urgent demand for labor
to produce food crops and no restriction
whatever on the <>' < dom ot tb;* owners
of land or the o* en piers of the farms in |
tire few cases where the occupants are!
the owners. There is no crushing ex-;
action of taxes or rentals from the peo-:
pie, and the only necessity is to produce
a crop changeable directly for money.
The cotton crop has had a great position
as the money- earning crop of the
South, but it does not return the most
necessary of the expenses incurred in
growing it to the small planter or farmer.
It does not pay a dollar for his
labor, and it rapidly exhausts all the '
fertility of the soil. It costs largely to
prepare for it, and requires long waiting ;
to realize what it does yield. Valuable 1
as it still is to the iarjre planters and on '
rich lands, it has ceased to be valuable i ;
to .the greater body of the small farmers, j'
and especially to the eastern States of
the South.
But in all these older States bath the
soil and the climate especially favor the
growth of silk. The mulberry is in- ;
digenous, and it grows freely without J
cultivation. Any part of the country ;
and all classes of lands will produce it >
profusely without cost and without '
ploughing or other cultivation. The land :
being practically free of taxes, the occu- 1
pants are free to earn the most they can
and to use the whole of what they do
earn.
After the mulberry trees are sufficiently
grown it is an easy work to turn them
into silk?a few clays only, net more
than a month?and the crop of the year j
is grown and gathered, ready for sale. 1
Tlie cocoons need no preparation of con- <
sequence, or none wwen involves any j
material cot>t. If a filature. is near at
band they can lie immediately reeled, i
and the reeled silk is worth live dollars a J
pound?not merely the six or eight cents ?
a pound which the ginned cotton brings. !'
The cocoons, when gathered, are worth j <
eighty cents to one dollar a pound; but j <
they are not difficult to reel, and may be j"
reeled at one?, as is done in Italy. The ; <
full value of the silk can then be realized, j <
This silk when reeled is the most en- j <
during and permanently valuable of all j ]
fibres; as much more valuable for any i
definite weight than any other as gold is 1
more valuable than' iron. <
There is not the least practical difficul
ty in producing silk in any village or on :
any farm. No machinery is needed, and <
not a dollar need be paid for any tools ]
or fixtures. Light feeding frames may 1
be made by any man or intelligent boy <
/ v Vj. l .1. _ * _ r. i 1. . j? j. i
oi iigui ooaras or 01 uraucnes ox trees, j
Shelter from storms must be taken to <
avoid -wetting or chilling the young 1
worms. The eggs must be kept in a "
cool and dry place until the loaves ap
pear. It is not proposed to give precise
directions here, but only to assure ali 1
intelligent persons that there is nothing ^
more required than every such person j '
can rea iJy learn. If a mistake is made j:
in some process once, it may be easily 1
corrected the next time. !
The writer oi' this note has had a life- <
time experience in the public service and i
a thorough knowledge of the cultivation j
and resources of the country for a long J
period, and of the South particularly,
since 1851. Then the best realization 1
from the cotton crop was still very im- :
perfect, because cotton was very little 1
manufactured. Now manufacturers of <
cotton in the South are general ana 1
prosperous, but to grow cotton is no |1
longer possible, with profit, on the worn :
lands of the esatern States South.
Still more, the circumstances of the
country are greatly changed, and an im
mense consumption of raw silk has been
established. The present demand takes
500,000 pounds per month, or 6,000,000
pounds per year, worth ?30,000,000.
The imports of raw silk for November,
1886, were 546,035 pounds, vrlue $2,615,174.
If half of this were not grown
here it would cost the merest trifle to
the growers, beyond their time, and
would be a net profit of almost its full
value. It would be so much directly
added to the national resources, and it
would all come to those; who have no
other .resource to convert their tirae into
money.
THE SOUTII'S IMntOVEKKNTS.
Some of the Leailin;Coiup.ti:Ic.sOrgaiii/.e(l
Last Week.
The Tradesman's* weekly report of
new enterprises in tlie South shows that
the remarkable development that has
been in progress for some months past
in all sections of the South is on the increase.
Among the leading orgai izatiOns of
the week reported by the Tradesman are
the following:
Kentucky A* Arkansas Land Company,
of Louisville, Ivy., capital, $2,500,000.
Peacock Coal. Iron ?fe Improvement
Company, of Birmingham, Ala., with
3200,000.
Cotton Press at Gainesville, Texas,
with $40,000 capital.
Cotton factory at Shelby, N. C.
Electric light works at Shelbyville,
Ala., and Dallas, Texas.
Three furniture factories, one at Winston,
In. C., one at Home, Ga., unci one
at Louisville, Ivy., the latter with $500,000
capital.
Goid mine at Marysville, Tenn.
Cumberland Iron ;:nd Band Company,
of Henderson, Ivy., with .$3,000,000
capital.
' Black B.md Iron luuiroad Com- |
pany, at iiv-y, Ala., with i'iM',UO0 cap;
tal.
Four marble companies in Tennessee
and Georgia.
iMae raiiru<iu uuiiipaiiiutS; uv.u m xcu
uessee, one in North Carolina, one in
Florida, two in Texas, one in Arkansas
one in South Caroling one in Louisiana.
The Tradesman also reports that cotton
mills at Chattanooga, Waco, Texas.
High Point, X. C., and Charlotte, X. C..
will be considerably enlarged.
A large number of smaller industries
ire also reported.
i> :>'t i'.tii to keep a diary. Kec-p it
locked up in a trunk. *
THE COTTON' CROP.
Unequalled for Cleanliness, Color and
J.enjjtli of Staple?Price of Seed is Low.
Washington', D. C., February 10?
Tiic report of tlie cotton crop of 1885
shows the average at the date of the close
<'i the picking season, tlie proportion of
the crop marketed on the lirst of February,
the quality of the staple, the
price of seed and product, compared
with that of 1885. The close of the
picking is reported the same as last year
in the Caroiinas and Texas; one day
earner m iuississxppA, iwu xatci j-u
Georgia and Louisiana; four in Tennessee
and twenty-one in Arkansas.
The dates are: North. Carolina, Decom'jer
2; South Carolina, November
>0; Georgia, December 1; Florida, No-1
vcmber 27: Alabama, December 22;
Mississippi, December?; Louisiana, December!^;
Texas, December 3; Arkansas,
December 2";: Tennessee, December
5. The later maturing of the crop is
extending the season in a few States
only. in Arkansas ?h<! season was
Itngfhe'oed by the inability to pick the
j.1
::*&\ v rvest. xtetorus vl tu? [?iyuw-,
tion 'ii^Tkewd made the Average to February
'i, 1S85, one per cent. At that
date about 5,550,000 bales had gone from
the plantations.
TL'is would indicate a crop of (>,4G0,000
nales, a mere triili' above tlie 2sovember
indications. Oi the rate of vieL.1.
the proportion by States is as follows:
North Carolina ST, South Caroliua S."S,
(Georgia 85, Florida S3, Alabama >S7,
Mississippi S-l, Louisiana S3, Texas 85,
Arkansas Si, Tennessee S3. The quality
of the crop is superior. Barely, it ever,
have returns of cleanliness and color,
combined with the length of staple,
equalled those just received.
The price of seed is low, and complaint
is made of the combination of oil millers
to reduce prices. Kenters will sell at
Liny prices, sometimes as low as five to
eight cents per bushel. The best planters
refuse to sell at ruining rates. The
iverage in Mississippi and Louisiana is
ten cents, eleven in Arkansas, twelve m
Texas^and Tennessee, thirteen in South
Carolina. Georgia and Alabama,. sixteen
in Florida!
Feeders 61 cattle and sheep pay the
highest ratej The product is larger than
iasf year in Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas
and Texas, p,nd smaller in the other
States. . The average result from a careful
analysis of present returns is an
aggregate less than two per cent, lower
than that of last year.
EXPERIENCE WITH A SILO.
J'hc Marvelous Cheapness of the Food it
I'rouuecs.
Mr. George AY. Koiner, a leading
farmer'and stock raiser of Augusta coun:y,
Ta., lias furnished the Staunton Vindicator
the lolloiviiig account of Lis experience
with a silo.
"Last August I put up a frame building
12 by 12 and 12 feet high. The
frame is <S inches, planked up on both
sides. The space between was filled with
sawdust. I put in a plank floor and
covered with plank, with a door in one
corner at the ground. The building did
dot cost over $20, with an estimated
fnnc On A-nnrncA 0!^ crrciOT*
:om -was cut. Not having planted the
:-orn for the purpose, and only as an experiment,
I selected the lightest growth
corn field. 'Tho corn was cut in j
;all inch lengths"t)v steam' power, and j
luring the nllicg oi the silo three men
:racipeu the cut fodder as tiglt as the/
;ouid pack it. The silo was only filled
juiy half full, not feeling sure that this
itlan of house would keep it well. The
Lop was then covered with one and a
Lialf feet dry wheat chaff and placed loose
i)lanks, closely fitted, covering the entire
top. Upon the ph.uk was put two
feet of stone. The gable ends were
mi and flip ioh was f-omDieted sit
a cost of about ?1 per ton.
"On December 5 I opened the door at
the bottom made i'or the purpose of getting
the ensilage out. I found it in
splendid condition, except a few inches
iround the sides and on top. Fearing
there would be some trouble to te ?-h
rtock to eat it, some of the ensilage was
offered to horses, cows and hogs?all ate
it at once with as much relish as if it was
^reen clover. After feeding the ensilage
a few days to- cows, they increased
their flow of milk, besides giving a richer
iiiality. The stock, which have been
ted upon ensilage alone except access to
i straw stack, have increased in weight
ind manifest an nirwasm armetite and I
taste for it. It is said that green ciover,
jut when in bloom, makes as good ensilage
as green corn. Clover that will
make one and a lialf tons of bay will
make twenty tons of ensilage per acre,
;ind corn that will make forty to fifty
bushels per acre will make about twenty tive
tons of ensilage.
IV11KKU is"LULL JtlUKST ?
A >"1110 Year Olil Georgia CIiiM Lays Her
In the Shade.
The Gumming Clarion is informed by
Mr. ?>. xerry, who sjjent jasi wcck m
Buford, on the Air Lino Railroad, of a
ease which rivals the celebrated Lulu
Hurst. He, in company with a well
known minister of that place, visited the
home of a little girl nine years old, and
who is rather undersized. They had
heard of the child's powers and desired
to put them to test. Mr. Terry saw the
child lay one hand on the top of a table
and niove around the room with it as
though it were a mere plaything. Am
ordinary chiid of that age could hardly
f!>a +rJhlt> nf oil ?,!Y Trvrv
who is quite muscular, then took hold
of a stout stick, grasping it at each end;
the child placed her hands on the stick
in the middle, and before lie knew it the
stick was wrenched out of his grasp.
This experiment was tried a second
time, Mr. Terry exerting liis whole
strength to hold it, with the same result.
A door, which fastened with a button,
was then closed and a person p aced outside
to push against it. I3y simply
placing her hands on the door the button
gradually moved until tlr> door was unfastened.
It is said that when she
touches the wail a person placing
his - ear against the opposite side can
hear a clicking sound resembling the
noise made by a telegraph instrument.
i!t is stated, and can be proven, that
small stones frequently fall in showers
around her while she* is in the house.
Xo one can tell where they come from.
Also,- that in whatever part of a rc om
she is a popping sound is heard :-2)
parentiy in the wood- These are only a
tow of the feats the child is able to per
form. She has bad health and is not I
considered bright, but tUvrc can be uo |
sort of doubt as to her powers.
?A fresh illustration of the power of
music to charm was given in a Kutland
louse the other evening. A young man
vas playing the guitar late at night an;:
>vas surprised at the visit of a good-sized
rat. The animal seemed to enjoy tlu
aiusic ana slowly came nearer the pert'urmer,
until within a few feet of hitu
Ifter listening a few minutes the rat
uietly disappeared.
When a cat sin its do it < ij
1 p irpo.<e3 but simply to ame vs herself.
PHOTOGRAPHED IN CHUJRCH.
Ho-.v :tn Enterprising Arti.si Secured Pictures
of Pscsltlent an?l Mrs. Cleveland.
(SpCK^i! Jo the XV*' Yo:k VTo.!<3 )
TFashixgtox, February 7.?For the
past few days- a Ciucinnati artist has.
been here carrying a letter-box under
his arm that Lad every appearance o&an
infernal machine. On more than one
occasion the yo.uhg ma i has been taken
fr>r ? <"vnnir For two davs he has been
under police espionage and was at last
compeJle^o exhibit the contents of
mysteriotaj^x.- Instead /_-f its being'a
dangerous contrivance it proved to be
only a 'simple and harmless detective
can. era, such as is used by amateur pho-.
tographeip, which he had been carrying
around the city for the purpose of using
on the prominent public men and their
wives. Yesterday he was at the White
I House with bis machine, but was not
allowed tp take it beyond the vestibule.
| He was desiious of securing an iustani
taneous puotogr ?.ph of Mrs. Cleveland
j at her reception.
Tliis morning the artist stationed him!
self at ptifrdoi/r of Dr. Sunderland's
church wj&ftBffrthu arrival ox the Presidential
carriage, recognizing tiiat thi>
would doubtless be his ouly opportunity
of sccurincr a i>]iotoj?riij>h of the Pre-i
dent's wife in jji^vet costume. It was not
luug until the csiriagt^arrived at the
church door containing the President
and r\Er^. Cleveland. As the party
alighted the aiti-t set the mechanism of
the mysterious lox in motion and it was.
performing its work. ?>Irs. Cleveland
saw the artist ant th? box. In a moment
she appreciated the situation. As quick
as thought she wr eathed her face with
smiles, looking at the young man and
the box, which he still held halt' concealed
under his arm, bowed politely aif
to thank him for his enterprise, and
passed into the church. The President
also saw the machine and looked displeased.
After the sermon had begun
the artist seated himself in the church
gallery and succeeded in getting th ee
excellent photographs of Mrs. Cleveland
and the President as they appeared in
church.
IT S3IELLS OI" WA H.
Powders-Makers Preparing for {lie C'uutf:sij)latett
Conflict.
(F.-cm lie IV.sSaii- iphla lUor'.)
Ag a straw that shows .which, way the
European war wind blows, the people of
Wilmington are attaching a great deal
of importance to the unusual activity at
the I) upon t Powder Hills on the Uiandywine,
a few miles from that city. The
mills have never in their history been
more busy, and the men are worked
night and day in some parts of the great
establishment, which is turning out
black powder such as soldiers use in war
by the tons. The powder-makers are
told that the orders no-.v on hand cannot
i-.fi" fillo/i -f.icf ..'i.M'fi-ii Mr.,"I tlioso wli
tions oi' an unprecedented demand for the
article Lave strengthened the current,
belief that the Duponts are shipping
large quantities of explosives to Prance
or Germany, ar. d that the war in Europe
is coming surely in the spring. The
ollice of the Ilupauno Chemical Works
at Thompson's Point, X. J., is situated
now in Wilmington, and it can be stated
with positiveness that their .mills, at
which the most destructive explosives in
the world arc manufactured, are as busy
as the Dupont works.
The mills of the latter company arc
the most famo.:.s in the world, and have
mrwt nKvnvs fnrni<!i<?r) a luro-p tvronnrrinn
of powder io European nations on the
eve of a war. Jo.ii before the FrancoPrussian
-war tL. nulls were rim on extra
time, as is the ease nowj and tliis "was
taken then, as now, to be a pretty sure
harbinger of war. The Duponts are
very cautious when the newspaper men
arc around, and they say to all such inquisitive
people that they are not exporting
large quantities of powder, but iu
nearly every instance when their mills
have been ousie&t, and just before an
European struggle, the same reply has
been made to the press. They do not
deny, however, the unusual activity at
the mills, but declare in an indifferent
sort of way that the powder is for' the
powder is for the coal regions. If this
]m frioro i? r.ivimicf i\t tin e\*f rnorf?
nary coal supply and cneap fuel this
spring. Knowing people at Wilmington,
however, smile vben the coal region
story is told, and declare that it is a
musty old chestnut.
INSTEAD OF JJEING HANGED.
Whiit Elecfri?ti:i:is S:ty of Taking l.ife by
Means of h Battery.
(From th-> X- w Y r'.< St.-'.r.)
Some New York physicians think tha^
improvements in hanging are urgently
needed. They want to make the death
penalty easy, pleasant and delightful.
Electricity has been proposed by them
for capital punishment, and the Legislature
yesterday considered a bill to substitute
the electric battery for the hang-rv>
n T-* 'c yrw\/\
j-Liau. o xvj-rc.
An electrician at the- Ed son building
in Pearl street, where electricity is manufactured
for illuminating purposes, was
yesterday sisked how people might be
killed with neatness and dispatch In
electricity. He said that it was the
easiest matter in the world. All a condemned
man would have to do at the
hour and moment when lie was to leave
the world for brighter climes, would be
to take hold of two wires, one connected
with a positive battery and the other
with a negative battery. Acting thus as
a conductor between the two wires the
electricity would go through him like a
stroke of lightning. He would die in an
infinitesimal fraction of a second. His
taking oil would be as painless as it was
sudden. He would never know what had
hit him.
He might stand on two plates, receive
the electric current through his toes a Ail
die with his boots on. He migh^ sit in
a chair with his feet resting on the plates
and Jic comfortably.
Killing the condemned by electricity
is a humane, civilized and scientific way
uf disposing oi them. A man is usualh
sixteen minutes in dying at the end of a
hangman'o rope, and he usually sulfers a
great deal before death comes to relieve
him. A one-Cell battery would kill all
the prisoners who will ever be hanged in
the Tombs under the present law. The
only people opposed to the use of electricity
in capital punishment are the
hangmen, and they are opposed to it because
it would throw them out of work.
If the. gallows are taken down ail the
hangmen in the country will strike.
Los* cf Flfah end Ssireogth
With poor appetite, r.a:i perhaps slight
ouirh iti morning. or 01: iirs-t lying down
t night, should he looked to in time. Per
ons iiffifcted Viith consumption are ]>: o
verbially unconscious of their real state.
Most easescommcnce with disordered liver.
<- .dinir to had digestics and imperfect
v..imilation of food?hence the.emaciation,
r waiting of the fle>h. It is a form of
- roful'us disease, and is curable by the
-L' <<( lh ;t greatot of all blood cleansing,
nti-bilious :irui invigorating compound ,
"ii'.vr: Dr Pierce's "G- ldetl 3letflca
D -covery."
SHERMAN AND ULAIIi.
I A Presidential Ticket that is 3Itich Talked
Al>ot:t.'
(F.on the vr.i'liiEu'rcn Rcpuh'xar.)
The presidential ticket makers about
Washington are bilking a great deal o: j
Sherman and Blair as the Republican
candidates for 188$. It is claimed that
the two Senators would form a peculiarly i
strong combination on account of the j
variety of causes to which their prominence
is due. A leading western Senator,
who would not allow his name to be
used in this connection, for obvious rea.
sons, spoke of the ticket with enthusiasm
in conversation with a reporter.
"Senator Sherman," said he, "hasthe
confidence of ihe business mon in every j
suction of the couLtrv in a greater ue-;
j;ree than any other man in public lil'e. j
His wise and conservative policy as See-!
rutary of the Treasury and his soundness \
on. ax: me miporrauc questions ?ineu
have engaged the attention of Congress
in tlie last twenty years mark him as an
absolutely safe man to put in tiie Wliite
House even if he did not possess any
brilliant qualities of mind. In one particular
he is unique. Although, a Western
man, and of coarse deeply interested
in the progress of his section and alive
to its peculiar interests, he is as well
liked by the great financial movers of
Xew York and the factory men of Massachusetts
as he is by the farming
element of tiie west. You will not find
that the Senator's name is very general!f
lauded by the politicians on account of .
h >; personal popularity, for he does not '
travel on his "magnetism," so to speak; ,
bat go north, east, south or west and j.
\ ou will hear people say: "Sherman is a j,
s ;fe man. The business interests of the !:
country can rely on him." This, it j
seems to me, is the greatest praise that j :
could be bestowed on a statesman. Per- j.
sonal magnetism, brilliancy on the L
slump, and solidness with boys are all i 1
very well in their way, bat business j,
men think more of sound principles, |'
conservatism, and long legislative ex-!
perience. Senator Sherman is one of i
the very few statesmen who have not, in j1
the course of a long public career, gone :
wrong on some important question? 3
hence the widespread confidence he in- 1
spires. He could certainly carry New s
York, which is likely to be again the 1
Pivotal State in 1888, and it is more than J
probable that Connecticut, Indiana and 1
Xew Jersey would go with him. The *
Republican campaign with Senator Sher- 1
cian as the stsndard-bearer would, be a "
thoroughly aggressive one. The princi- <
vies of the Republican jjarty have never J
needed any defense, and with the Ohio Senator
on the ticket the candidate
would need no defense either. His ]
record ever since he entered politics is ,
pure, and there is nothing to hide or
explain. Of course there would neces- (
S-irilv be petty campaign lie:?, but they .
would aliect" the Senator just as the !
throwing 01 pebbles would affect the <
Washington monument.
Senator Blair would. I think, make
the strongest kind of a second in this (
ticket. In the first place, he is from the
e 1st. Then his strength is of a peculiar ^
kind which would swell the Republican
in /Innl-.irfnT -Tic Pdrninf
and consistent temperance record would i
lie worth thousands of votes to the ticket <
in New York State alone where, among '<
temperance people, he is looked upon as <
a sort of apostle. Xo one doubts the 1
sincerity of the man or attributes his }
profession of temperance principles to a *
desire for political gain. He is known t
to be opposed to rum on principle, but <
lie is one of those who beheve that the
liquor traiiic can be regulated better by
the Republican party than by any third
party organization. He does not see the
expediency of breaking up ibe grand old
party, which has taken the lead in every
species of progress and reform during
the past thirty years, in order to advance i
urohibibnrv r>lans of more than doubtful (
feasibility. With the conservative tern- <
perance people his name is a tower of f
strength, and there are enough there in i
the very quarters where their votes are t
needed, to swell the Bepublican vote to ;
such proportions as would clear away all j
doubts of success in 1888. i
Another great element of strength in i
the Senator is the favor with which the J
South looks upon his efforts to promote c
education in their section. I am nut one 1
of those who think that the South is 1
going to remain forever "solid." I be- i
iieve that with a man on our ticket who 1
would represent some idea that is popu- J
i:.ir in the South we could gain two or 1
perhaps three States next time. Yir- t
"inift. win know. is strrmolv in favor of (
the Blair educational bill. It is likely to i
go Republican any how in 18S$, but 1
with. Senator Blair on the ticket assurance
would be rendered doubly sure.
The same may be said of Tennessee, i
which, in a national contest, is a close '
State. West Virginia would likely fall
iu line also, since the Blair bill has more
advocates there proportionately than in
any other State in the Union. So, ali
things considered, I think the Hepubli- i
cans could not name-a stroDger ticket <
two years hence than Sherman and <
Blair.
The Tobacco Tax.
The prospects for the repeal of ihe tobacco
tax at the present session of Congress is
anything but cheering, A long corresMotidenri!
between Messrs. \Y''y
son ar.'l Kan da! I and Speaker Carlisle has i
Veil given to the press. Life is too short
:nd our space too valuable to 111! it up \vi;i:
his mal:er exclusively. Br icily tiie letters !
f these gentlemen explain why no motio:. !
was made to pass the bill under a susp-.-a- !
-i'jii <;f the rales last Monday. The Washington
correspondent) of the Richmond ,
Whi'j informs that paper that Speaker Car
lisle had said that it' he recognized any one
to make the motion it would be Mr. Kelley,
if Peur.sylvania, "a Republican, but tin
Democratic friends.of riie measure though!
i;it the motion should com? Irom a Democrat.
Accordingly, a committee addres-jic
i fa li?m u- n <r !.?m t,
recognize a Democrat to rr.;:ko i!ie motion.
;> it lie then refused to recognize any one
for that purpose.?Charlotte Chronicle.
?Near Willow Creek, Cal., a few days 1
ago, a Mexican was riding along on liiliovse
with the reins tied to his wrist and
playing a harmonica. v;Len the horse go:
frightened at t^o iioi.se and commenced
backing, throwing liirn oil, and ar- ii?.
was unable to unfasten the reins from
his wrist, lie was dragged to death.
Deputy Siit-rlll' Caton, of ^hidisonvilie.
ivy., ;v?.ysted i?y Mr. G;;L>b, of Se'or.rv,
vvlii-e, iiiremiiti*.)^ to icvy on lhe prop riy
if :> nv.:i cai?e:,t MeElroy, its WcUstf-r
o-.mtv. f. r v.:"-yM ta.vs. u-as attacks! l.y
M :Elroy \vi;h an u\e. (J-jbb ro civ,-,'::?r<-b- J
tbly ;i "wound, w!.<\i Canton >r J
killed ikElruy.
?Jack Harvey, an eccentric cLaracte;
of Pittsburg, Pa., d;eu Friday, aftc-i
living a miserly Lie for over fifty years,
lie left 5*0,Go!) in an old tin can which
| iie bad buried in the yard back of the
f <hanty.
An exchange speaks of a man "with doubl<
t-.-th who can crack a walnut. Tha' i
:v-.thing. There is a policeman in Iiosto:
vho has a set of false ttctb, and he ca;
rack a cocoanut.
.V spendthrift says 'chac he found out J li.- i 1
overing his house with m'-rtu.-igcs didn 11
?keep the raiu out in wet weather.
MEANEST SCOUNIv. >EL ON EAIITH.
Persons differ as to what constitutes
the meanest crime of -which man can bo
guilty. Some particular offense or
crime strikes a deeper, daiker horror to
the mind of one person more than
another; but there are a few deeds so
much more damning titan all others,
that their mere mention thrills the heart,
soul and mind -with a cold, shivering,
shuddering horror. We copy part of a
letter v ritten by Luther Benson some
time ftco. detailing an offense committed
by a demon in Iranian shape that would.
make a tiend tun: pale and hide liis head
in shame. Here it is:
"A man who had for years been bound
in the chains of appetite for strong
drill!*, and who had resorted to every
means to burst the bondage, as a last resort.
went to an inebriate asylum and
remained sir months; then feeling he
had th-j mastery of his passion for drink,
returned to his home, family and friends.
A former chum and bummer proclaimed
he would make the man break his
pledge, and in order to accomplish "us
hpudish act, he, for weeks and months,
hounded,. hunted and tempted this""
aSicted man, until at last he yielded,
and is again fallen. At this time Ms .. . family
are in rags and starving for
bread; and he is on the chain gang
breaking stone. The man who will persuade
another to break his pledge, or
LVJlXi ; J L LI A.JLLX \,\J JLiiO 1UL^?
OUGHT TO DIE,
and when such a traitor dies, and his
miserable carcass ftiust be disposed of, if
only to avoid the stench and loathsome
putridity, which it would necessarily engender,
take it to some mountain chasm
away from the haunts of man, where no
foot ever trod before, where the bright
beams of God's sunlight never shone,
where moonlight and starlight never entered;
to some spot so damp and gloomy
that birds and beasts avoid the place,
.ind hurry from its shadows as though it
were ths banqueting house of fiends and
THE HOME OF THE DA3INED,
vhere the blackness of darkness reigns
supreme, and the jutting rocks and .
ragged crags are enveloped Id the dim,
impenetrable darkness of eternal night,
L*A i~i r.y, or*/J i />lr e*
Z\J iXu.KX ao iv iiaug aiuuuu
them like funeral pyres, where the dark
mu smoky icicles of eternal despair as
they hung pendant from, the reeking,
slimy cliff are but mute fingers pointing
:o the fitting place to bury such a
jvreieh; and from these icy finghr-points
2rop the thick, clotter gore of his victim
is tear-drops of despair upon the traitor.
Dig
DEEP, DEEP, DEEP AS HELL ITSELF,
bury him face downward, and with tne
pen of eternal misery and tiie hand of
universal scorn, write ndon his back in
iharac'ers made lurid by his base, cow
irdiy arid damning caime, "Xo ressurrection
forever and forever.5' Tnen let
:liat shriveled sonl wake up in the fiery
"uruace whose. sides are red-hot -with
creeping flames, and let him, with blis:ered
lips and parched tongue, cry for
)ne drop of water, and for answer, let
here come to his ears the
SWEET TOUXD OF CALLING P.AIN*
md the ripple and murmur of clear
;rystil streamlets, and that he may be
dune in his torment, let the devils draw
)li' from him as one whose crime makes
lim unfit for their companionship and
)oint flaming fingers of scorn at him
md with -tongues of forked," hissing"
iamo, cry in his ears eternally and former,
"Traitor against God."
BLSKOP SI3IPSOVS TOMB.
rhe Beautiful Mausoleum Erected by 3Irs?
Simpson in West Laurel Kill.
(Fiom the Philadelphia liecord )
On the edge of a declining slope in the
iorth western part of West Laurel Hill
Cemetery stands the grand mausoleum
irected to the memory of Bishop Simpson
by his widow. It occupies an eleva;ion
overlooking a beautiful landscape,
;brough -which wends the narrow
schuyikili. The structure, composite
jothic in style and cruciform in shape,
a 22 h by lt>? feet in dimension, includng
the wings at the side, and 24 feefc
iigh from its base to the top of the
;rosses on the main building. It looks
ike a miniature church. There are five
vindows and four trefoils of. cathedral
stained glass giving iignt to the chamber,
which is 10 by 10 feet in the clear.
Eight cajecombs, four on each side,
jiuit of white Italian marble, occupy
;bc wings of the structure, wliile in the
ientre of the chamber is the sarcophagus
n which rests the dead body of the
jishop.
Upon the end of the tomb is the inscription:
"I shall be satisfied when I
iAv;ike in Thv likeness." Then follows:
Olatthew Simpson, Bishop of tlie
Methodist Episcopal Church. Born,
fune 21, 1811. L>ied, June 18, 1884."
lhe lot upon which the mausoleum is
erected is circular in shape, ninety feet
a diameter and surrounded by a granite
joping. The prevailing feature of the
tvhole structure is its simplicity.
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MORE ABOUT THE MATTHEWS CASE4
\fAn T nc.lo in f V.A
Charges of Bribery.
v,"\s:iixc.tox, D. C., Februarys.?The
remainder of ttie documents bearing upon
!he nomination ^f 3Ir. .JamesC. Matthews,
:>f Albany, X. Y., to be Recorder of Deeds
for ihe District of Columbia, were made
public to-day in conformity with the re;nov;il
of the injunction of secrecy by the
Senate in secret session yesterday. The
greater part of the petitions and memorani;
received from persons outside of Washington
appear to have been originated by
Mr. Win. H. Johnson, colored, of Albany,
X. Y., whose name leads those attached .to
the petitions and whose signature alone is
ittached to a number of Jong letters, aei-u-ing
Matthews of attempts at bribing
iiim, intimidation of colored voters and of
uttering threats of removal of colored men
i'rom employment at the State capital un
ie.-s they voted the Democratic ticket. John5
;rt further asserts that ia past years Matthews
-v.is, with him, an earnest Republican
worker, but changed his politics from
corrupt motives. Among the protesting
>l :cunicn'ts is an editorial from the Troy
Tcleyram, characteriyjag Matthews as the
<.vor>t kind of offensive partisan; report of
iic executive committee of the Columbia,
s;)c:n:!cratic club defining its position upon
home rule; and a letter from J. Owen
Moore, of Washingtondale, Orange county,
X. Y , leciarinur that "Matthews is a scoun.
ii'cl -.n-1 is only using his black skin as
stock in trade in politics."
.
The Asides-sou Koad L?w.
S :;.- 'or Murray has raised a rov.* in his
>u::ty by Ins new rafid law, and is busy
rying to satisfy his constituents. The law
p"ovid;> th-it :he roads in Audeison county
liust he worked enough days to put and
Keep them in thorough order, and the provisions
of the hill are .stringent enough to
;ocomp!i.-h this end. There is, also, a
-mall levy made for macadamizing parts of
>1 the road which arc so spongy that ordi
:nry work cannot euro the delects, liie
r.v i? an excel lent one unci we wish it had
eeu extended to this county. The howl
- ! principally by -Mr. Murray's oppol,
who would seek uny opportunity to
\-n<:er him unoopular.?Spartanburg iler*
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