The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, July 18, 1888, Image 1

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l VOL. XLIV, WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1888. S&IJ ?? 111181 \k Brother's Keeper, i 1 WHIPS VOHK OF LO?E MB DUTY. i < IT HAST SABTWKLL CATE2BWOOD, ! atrshos or "Ohxqitx o* doom," "Staphs* Guthbiz," "th3 losk man's CXSIX," AS3> othxs stosizs. I 1 The man took several steps beside Phoebe before either of them spoke. She drew her shawl close around her and shrunk off from him, but she did not look directly at him, but .glanced side wise, puckering her face in anguish. He was a grotesque creature, with the various pieces of his clothing shabby and unmatched; but the most skillful of tailors could scarcely have molded him iu garments suitable to his face. It was emaciated and withered, though neither by disease Borage. One corner of his mouth twisted *' J L,JLW^ o an/? UUniiVYOiU u a WUIWH4W? nervous spasms came and went over every r. atom cf countenance which could be moved and distorted- Whenever he became excited in talk, thi3-singular infirmity played faster and faster like evil lightning over his lace. "Well!" said Phoebe, in a high, agitated tone. "All right." said her companion. "You saw me beckon to you through the window." "You know 1 saw you." "You were a long time getting out. If you hadn't come pretty soon I'd* bolted in and asked for you." "I knew you would. What do you want now?" "What do I want now!" mimicked the twisted mouth. "When you ain't seen me for two years. Where's Thorn ey?" "He's near me, of course," replied the shaking girL "Why can-i you let us alone?" "What should I want to let you alone for. Ain't I got my rights?" "Your rights," said Phoebe, fiercely. "Oyou wicked millstone; you want to drag us F under forever. You know when I was sorry for you and tried to help you. But & you cant impose on me any more. And I'll defend Thorney against you." "Oh, you wall" Phoebe began to sob aloud, swallowing piteously, and using her hands against her throat to press back the explosive sounds. "You look like defending any thing!" lonerhtvl . tho mar "TV>nt <3rv that now. Yen never made any thing bellowing at 2nd. Didn't yon know I'd drop around some w day?" "Chores, I kn?w it?you always do?there's no help?and no escape!" "Well, then, 3hut up your doleful racket. X ain't going to hurt you." "No; I'm past being struck with your fist now?but never past being robbed and shamed." The man broke off a bit of bark and chewed it, as ha kept pace with her.'-How much money have you?" he inquired. "You'll dog Thoraey and me just the same if I give it-to you. I've bought you off for the last t^ne." "You'll give me what money you have. Fm clear down, If you don't I'll make a stake the way you despise, and I'll take Thorney." Phoebe faced about, and they stood still) With the path between them. ' 'There's a hundred other things lean do," added the man, grinning. "You know you dont want to own'me around here." Kg give you my earnings, and you leave my fflbrother Thorney alone, too." jpfrlffhe walked rapidly ahead into the dusky llll&fc. He was at no pains to overtake her ^^TWrRfifcthe space widen between them, :?lfSil?^g his hands into his pockets and jSqfiaj&a crook-mouthed whistle on his Phcebe, feeling frozen in her last mood. Slid carrying- her defiant head erect, entered the farnfliar sitting-room where Mrs. "flolmes was rocking the baby to sleep. She entered as one who heard the cry of wolves Nfieamc aer, turn xnew uio woives imgns yes burst inan&'claim her, notwithstanding an able-bodied man like Gurley was at band to f!& defend, her. "Mr. Gurley has called to see-you," said Jfrs. Hohnes. ; ybcebe bad stepped at the sight of Tod. 4tea going to sleep. Is hurt her to remaning ber bow lately she bad roeked him herself, feeling almost as safe and happy as if well through with the world. She turned and met Mr. Gurley with a dignity he could not add to bar sincere and credulous image, and while she spoke she wondered how soon her pursuer would enter that room. Mrs. Holmes silently thought her too scarlet iU cheeks, too tjazzling in her eyes? raltogether too powerful and pretty. "I wa3 just about to trace you," said Gurley! "MissFawcett has changed her programme. Instead of having ns later in the week she wants us this evening, and as the I little party's so informal I hope you'll be willing to substitute my escort for the other arrangement which wa3 made for you." "I should like to go to Miss Fawcett's," said Phoebe, choosing for herself like a princess. She thought she heard a new step in the kitchen. " "My horse and phaeton are ready," said Gurley. "I came early to make up for the lack of notice by giving you plenty of time to get ready in." "Oh, I am always ready for any thing. I might wash my hands and beg Mrs. Holmes for a bit of geranium. I have just one dressT" explained Phoebe. "And that make?it so easy to be ready." Gurley laughed out with approval, but Mrs. Holmes secretly shuddered at such fiingmg of one's poverty at a man's sympathies. She had kindly planned decking Phcebe for this party in some of her own finery, and felt indignant at being robbed of such feminine pleasure and the self-approval which would have been consequent A ?n it. _AWhe very least her lace bertha or ^ ^s safth might have relieved the girl's somberness, but now. she felt too outraged to add even the bit of geranium. "You are, in fact, an Ascensionist," commented Gurley, "and go about an the time becomingly robed for the day of judgment." "You have said it exactly," Phcebe told Ixha, smiling, holding her tears sternly in their cisterns. "And you havent any idea what a feeling of companionship you can have towards a gown that is like yourself alone in the world." "Your brother wants to see you, Miss White," said Sandy, speaking at the kitch-. en door, a shade of patronage coloring her tone to the sister of such a brother. Phcebe expanded, standing quite erect and high. "Oh, does , he! Bring him to me then. Bring him directly in here." . Bandy withdrew her one-eyed countenance, and Mrs. fiolmes cai ried .Toddies into his nursery. Iosteadof the figure which the girl had braced herself to meet, however, Tharney White came in, sniffling and downcast, too timid to aft his eyes as high as a stranger's Xace, y6t too doggedly indignant at the world in general to avoid all encounter with Ik Re seemed ready to fall apart, so slight a hold bad. his garments on each other's support ;aad his hay-colored hair hung over a silly face which expressed nothing but an appeal to his sister. His sprawling boots were heavy with such moist earth as he h*d'h<>6ii*ableto collect udoq them during Jus tramp across the Hollow; but barnyard odors rather than breath of the springwoods saturated his presence and spread around him. The black wool bat, which, bad gathered dust .undisturbed since Phoebe brushed it last,, was worried down to his ears and propped by t^em; and his hands appeared well along on their journey toward his knees in yawning trowser pockets. Stwrnqy's chin, evidently put on as an sfterfchcugut and scarcely belonging to his face, hung in moments of vacancy toward his fcreast; bs& Just sow, feeling the oresertca of unexpected society, he maiio successive efforts to hold it up and swallowed audibly in the struggle. Gurley thought he had never seen a more repulsive creature. But if Thornev had been a 3hining and firm angel, Phoebe could not have run to him with swifter change of countenance and manner. She turned him towards Gurley maternally, as both vouching for him and challenging fiis opponents. ' This is my brother, Mr. Gurley," she "THIS 13 MY BROTHER!.n ' said. "My good little brother, though he is older than I am and looks so tall." Gurley advanced his hand and greeted this good little brother. "Shake hands, Thorney," prompted his Bister, in a quick, low tone, "and say 4how do you do.'1" Thorney shuffled forward a step kid thrust his moist and dirty hand into Gurley's palm with a mumble, but without taking his eyes off the floor. "He's so bashful," explained Phoebe, in the ton# a mother uses when she says "he's cutting his teeth."- And she added a swift admonition to Thorney to keep his hands *?* * n/vViro+.i ft-nd ctjanrt fttraifrtifcer. j UUU VJL iiJUP wwmvv./ " ? c, | "He's worse than McArdle," inwardly remarked the young gentleman. "Poor little mother hen l What unnatural chicks she has to scratch for 1" " And what was it, Thorney?" inquired Phcsbe, " Pm going out this evening to stay until after our bed-time. You won't mind coming to the school-house to-morrow after school, will you? "We can talk it over there." Thorney i .*haps, had his attention occupied by the disposal of his hands; or he was too dull to see how she hastened to bar his telling what it was. Thrusting one fist under his chin, to support it, and sliding the other behind him, whence it soon wandered to the familiar pocket, he complained that Thane was around ag'in. "Never mind!" exclaimed Phoebe. * Thorney muttered that he did care though. "Come after school," repeated Ms sister. "I have very much to say to you, Thorney. And you can tell me all about it then. But go home now, won't you? And don't stop to speak anybody in the woods; don't linger around where anybody can get hold of you ?waylay you." "As if she were admonishing Red Ridinghood," thought Gurley. ""What prowler . would want this beautiful object?" Thorney, however, absorbed all the soliciVia oiatai- Twnr nvftr him. and dfv parted then as if his injuries were but hall "But Mr. McArdle," said Phcsbe, returtng to Gurley. "Her mind reverts to her other dependent chick," thought he. "Miss Fawcett said ho was to bring me and take me back." "There's many a slip betwixt the cup and McAxdle'slip." "I don't believe you like him," she observed. "I have noticed you taking him up short" "Taking him up short only! Consider how virtuous that is of me when I suffer to teat and kick him."5 "And he so inoffcosive," laughed Phoebe *%fe never injured jca any way, did he?" "No," replied Gurley, "1 wish he would." McArdle, in dress-coat and pumps, was the second person Phoebe greeted on entering Miss Fawcett's parlors. He stood talk ing with a young girl,one hand resting on a chair-back, the other hanging gracefully by Via aUo colf_/vAticmAncr>ncc ra^iotirxT from aim. No other member of the class was in evening attive. Gurley saw with satisfaction that Phoebe was instant admired. She moved dauntiessly into ~ little social sea, feeling that, like an iceb- she carried sevenfold of her bulk of cold, misery below the surface. Not for her were the timid vanity and erratic carriage of young girlhood. "How alluring your Miss White is, Cupid," said Psyche, hooking her finger on his arm in the library. "I wish I had black ?yes and a racy color?that moist, peach-like richness of the skin. Xney are so easily and simply dressed to. She looks as distinguished as a queen." . ' I accept your approval as a personal complir.ent," said Gurley. "Now cast your eye on McAidle." "Why should I cast my eye on Mr. McArdle? You know he sets my teeth on edge." "Psyche," said Gurley, with gravity, "hadn't I better bring our old engagement ring back to you? There are some subjects on which our harmony is utter." "Right there our harmony would break into discords. I never felt as kindly toward you in my life as I do to-night, and it's all i Ho/vtmcA the annnrinc p-ncrsjyftrl fpplinfic; oft" I can't see why girls take pride in such discomfort. And if an almost endurable creature like yourself hampered me, Oh, consider what it might have been with that wraith of manhood yonder as the party of the second part!" "I shall always remember gratefully, J Swansdown, that you rate me a little above ! McArdle. McArdle denied before the fellows to-day that he had the slightest acquaintance with this young girl?when.I had seen him take money from her hand which she had earned by hard days' work. He didn't want to identify himself with her or bring her out at all; he only wanted to make use of her good-will" "Jack, why do you set me to despising people in my own house! It is so inhospitable. I didn't pull you in here to have my temper excited, but to ask you how to break that stiffness. Oh, do all the girls ana young men in Greensburg stand up like that and freeze each other's marrow for politeness' sako whan they meet at an easy social?" "I am afraid they do," responded Gurley. "They never used to do it," mourned Psyche. "We're trying to be polished." said Gurley. "And when we don't dance we pose and drop an occasional word to each other." . "Dance! If they only would. But you told me half the men are divinity students and not dancing men at all." "Besides," added Gurley, "we are in some awe of our present hostess. We behove she comes straight from courts, in I occupies herself comparing us coinoivu clods to duchesses and counts and so on." 4,What shall I do! I would actually get upon a table and cut a caper if that would make them comfortable." ' Try it" "Is this the way you help me!" exclaimed Psyche, flashing her rings a* if through them she discharged her surplus electricity. "I would just love to bite you like I used to when we first fought each other." "Yes, I carry theengravingof your lovely fingernail under my right earyet," observed Qurley, with enjoyment. "But I was going to say that when we Greensburgers wane to relax and limber ourselves thoroughly we take to charades and tableaux." "Oh, how easy," said P3vche. "Why d!4a?t you say so before?" " And then we end with college songs and go home blessing our entertainer.'* The company was accordingly soon divided in twain, one section chatting expectantly on rows of chairs, the other wrangling and eager in a green-room to which the house j wardrobes were made tributary. Psyche's aunt, a quiet lady who scarcely, impressed one's memory, was made manager of stage properties. "*< ;?? T?oa rwl PlirohA \*7>1A OTArA tf* * appear as the captive Queen of Scots and one of her Marys, remained together, wljile the rest of their company went forth to open the act. "When they had completed their own fantastic adornment they set down to wait, and Psyche smiled at Phoebe. " These piles of old clothes look like the wreck of generations. And that's whatihey are. There's even my uncle's dressing-gown?the one I told you about, who ran iway. See," said Psyche, spreading out the palm pattern, "he burnt these holes with some chemical stuff; they tell that he was wonderful at chemistry. Of course it was ill before my time, and it doesn't seem as if [ ever had such an uncle. But' there's his picture hanging over your head." Phcebe stood up to look at it. It was in )ils and showed the profile of a young man fJi! 'fijWV* *4 * PHCEBE STOOJ> UP TO LOOK AT IT. vith clustering hair aud a resolute cast of 'eatures which yet expressed melancholy. "He was painted that way on account of lis mouth," explained Psyche. "There was omething dreadful the matter with it." "I have seen him," said Phcebe, with ilowly-worded conviction. Miss Fawcett gazed at her. 1 "Do you know that I have always lived in 'ear of that man's coming back? Not on .ccount of the money, but because I should >e scared to death by such a horrid, queer, ;reepy relation! If he ever does come I hall hi'Ie on a closet shelf in my room and < ceep my hands tight over my eyes." She clasped her hands over her eyes, and i ^Lcebe laughed aloud, but su nly changed i impression. The curtains Oj. a window be- ' hind Psyche were so arranged that they left a triangle of glass in which the light did not fall. Through this she saw Painter stooping forward to look into the room. The shaggy beard reached his eyes. He moved his eyes from the portrait to look at Phcebe. "Sometimes I dream about him," continued Miss Fawcett, "coming back of nighte to stave in at the window^. He'd be just Psyche uroppOtl iior hands and flew with a faint scream to hold around her guest "Oh, what did you see!?one right behind my back!1' "Don't mind," said Phoebe, forming her lips to laugh. "That's only the second vision Pve seen through a window this evening." "But what was it?" Miss Fawcett palpitated. "Just Painter: the man who lives alone' up the hills." "Oh! I've heard of him. He is harmless, isn't he ? Was ho looking in!" "Yes. And how sorrowful his eyes were!" "I should love to have him made sorrowful," said Miss Fawcett, relaxing her breath, "for prowling around here and terrifying us. Now I shan't sleep for a week." "It might be I imagined it," said Phosbe. "This is an unlucky night for me to look out of a window." "We are both perfectly silly," pronounced Miss Fawcett, "shut away here by ourselves. I am afraid of the dark and of spooks; and so are you if you would unbend your martial bearing and own it." [TO BE CONTINUED] To Fish For Tea Millions. A final and scientific attempt is to be made to fish up the treasures which went down with the British sloop-of-war Break in Delaware Bay on May 25, 1798. On two distinct occasions the trial has beenmade without success, but. now the government has so far indorsed the scheme as to make a contract with a syndicate, beaded by Ur. Setn fancost 01 rnuaaei- j phia. The provisions are that the United j States is to recieve 10 per cent, of the value recovered from the ocean'a depth, together with all brass guns, arms and munitions of war. The syndicate has completed its arrangements, and the City of Long Branch, loaned Messrs. Dobbins of New York, is in the Delaware being fitted with every modern appliance and improvement for raising the treasure. Several United States naval officers, who have leave of absence, have entered into the scheme, and everything points to a successful issue. The work will be begun within the next three weeks. . The Break journeyed from the Western Isles, chasing Spanish galleons, and during her long voyage captured two and had a prize in tow. She anchored in Oid Kiln Roads on May 25, 1798, and was capsized by a sudden squall, the captain and thirty-nine officers, seamen and marines going down with her. ThorA wata alsn 200 S Danish orisoners in irons, who were drowned. They comprised the crews o? the captured galleons. Officials' reports say that the Break captured the St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish ship from La Plata, and the Snow, which she had in tow. Saniah galleons in those days were always laden with thousands of pounds' worth of gold, fl Tver and jewels, and the inference is that the Break had at least a ten-milliondollar cargo on board. This is the object of interest of the present expedition, and to obtain this a company has been formed whioh has issued three-huudred-dollar certificates, entitling holders to $10,000, provided $10,000 is raised, and pro rata according to the value recovered. Rumors of a Race War. Memphis, July 12.?Seriou9 trouble is brewing between the whites and blacks in Crittenden county, Aikansaa, where the /intnnmW ihe xchitps fivp to nnf*. I Nearly all the legal officials of the county are, and for years have been, negroes. The brief authority vested in these colored officials has imbued them with the idea that the whites must submit to any treatment at the hands of the blacks, and outrages on all law and good order have frequently been perpetrated. Many of the white p< oplehave been warned to leave.the county under threats of being killed. The whites have, therefore, prepared for war. Governor Hughes has been informed of the state of affairs, and seventy five Winchester rifles have been sent to the whites from this city. J <? Always out on the fly?Seagulls. FARMS AND FARMERS. SHORT TALKS WITH MEN WHO GUIDE THE PLOW. Many Question* About the Farm, Answered by Dr. W. L. Jones, Formerly of the Southern Cultivator. It is none too early to plan and begin preparation for fall crops. It will not do to defer breaking land for them till just before they are to be started, because rain is too uncertain. ' Only at intervals, and for very short periods of time at this season of the year, is land condition to take the plow. Land ijing uncultivated through the summer is apt to get very hard and dry; the subsoil after even copious rains remaining uhfit to receive the plow. Much.- c-Pfche water which falls upon its hard surface rcms off instead of being absorbed, and. this contributes to its dryness, ..Break, therefore, what you can after eaokrain. That which is broken will abeoro the rainfall better than the unbroken: the moisture will penetrate deeper, giving a deeper sed bed. One of the great troubles in starting fall crops is that even after quite a good rain it is the rurlace soil onlv of unbroken land -that is wet, and when this dries off, as it will do rapidly, there is no moisture below to rise up and take its place, and the young plants frequently perish from lack of j water. Not so with land that has been broken some time in advance, which has been catching and holding the rains as they fell. If, therefore, one wishes to be sure of starting a crop of clover or lucerne or grass or turnipp, in September or October, let him begin to break his land at once, and continue to break, roll and harrow till seeding rime. Ail experienced farmers know that this is the plan to get a stand and raise a crop of turnips. It ie equally applicable to success with grass and other crops named. It is not alone for the sake of securing moisture that the above method of procedure is recommended. It is equally important to provide a good supply of available plant food in the soil, in order that the young plants may mu^o guuu growth and- become firmly established before oold weather. Frequent stirring of the soil promotes disintegration, de-' composition, nitrification, and all the processes that generate plant food. It is well, also, to incorporate with the soil in advance of seeding any manure to be given the crop. There is little danger of loss from leaching at this season of the year, and manures act better after they have been distributed through the soil by plow and rain-water. To render this distribution probable, at a time when rainfall ?s scanty, application of manure should be made a month or two before seeding time. After the land is brought into fine tilth it should be somewhat comp^otedK -<J0 by roller. Small: seeds WWjigiuw liuiftily on very loose soil. I The soil should be neither too compact I nor too loose. If too compaot the roots I cannot permeate through it; if too loose they cannot establish close connection with the soil, an essential condition to the' absorption of moisture. We have a good illustration of this in turfy soils. It is urged upon all farmers who have not already done so, to experiment in a small way with these fall crops. Especially would we urge the planting of a [patch of lucerne." It will not ^ostmuch to do this, and then you can jnd&e for yourself whether it will pay or not Take all proper precautions and. do it 1 right, so that if failure results-it will not lay at your door. Tou might^try it on light and on heavy soils, and see which succeeds best. Such*experiments cost little, but are very hopeful w. l. j. Farm Question Box. J. N. B., Fort Mill, York county, S. C.: I have a most excellent c0*7 of the ordinary scrub stock, from which I get, on an average, four gallons of milk and one pQund and a half of butter per day. She has formed the#habit of "holding up" part of her milk for her calf. L have tried often to get all the milk without letting the cadf to her, but have never succeeded. If I wean the calf, will I ever succeed in getting all the milk, and will it not cause her to go dry sooner? It is hardly probable that a cow "holds.up" her milk by a distinct act of her wili The flow of milk is the - result partly of emotion and partly of the handling of the teat. When a cow has been separated from her calf, and the latter comes in sight and cries for its mother, the secretion of milk is excited i - x?3 J.- a ? t?? ana a tenueuuy wj uuw um wc developed. A woman will relate a similar experience, when, after being separated froja her infant for awhile, she suddenly hears it crying. When the calf is killed, or permanently taken from the cow, some milkmen have a staffed and mounted calf to plaje before the cow when being milked, to excite her maternal instincts and promote the flow of milk. In the second place, the manipulation of the teat has a marked effect on the flow of milk. The ducts or tubes through which the milk passes out of the teats are surrounded by a circular muscle, which is ordinarily contracted enough to prevent the escape of milk. Bat when the paternal emotions towards the calf are aroused, these muscles relax and the milk is easily drawn. The presence of the calf and its manipulation of the teat develop these emo^ ^s. Similar manipulation with the ha? s similar, but not altogeth i as much effect. The more perfect./ th6 manipulation by the milker .approaches that of the calf, the more1 freely the milk will flow. It is this manipulation which rtrtTio+ifntdB t.Via diflfcrfmoe between a good and a poor milker. A poor milker seef"is to irritate the circular muscle of the' teat and makes it contract. One who milks with a "stripping" movement seems to do this very quickly, and then the cow, as it Is said, "holds up" her milk. A slow milker does the same thing by the prolonged manipulation. Therefore, a cow should be milked very rapidly and not with a stripping motion. Excitement, worry, anger, all militate against the development of the emotions which relax the muscle and promote flow o milk. A cjw should be dealt with kindly and gently, some choice food given to keep in a good humor, and as soon as the flow of milk begins under gentle manipulation of her teats, she should be milked very rapidly. Now to apply these considerations to jour inquiry: It is probable that your oow being accustomed to have her calf suck, would miss it if kept from her aid be worried about if, and the flow of milk be lessened. You might halter cslf and place it within reach of head of Jow so she could caress it. Also give her dur lllg tilti UOU WA vuu ??nn WW?~ food she is partiaalarly fond cf, and have her milked by a very rapid, good milker; By persevering in this course >. I you might possibly get all her milk and | prevent decrease in yield. With a firstrate milker you could wean calf and keep cow from going dry. I.* W; S., Plains, Ga.: Would like to have soma information regarding forage plants. I. When should turnips be planted, ana miu wmti vtuuo num feed? 2. Have a piece of Golden Dent corn on fair average land that will be gathered about the 15th of July. What would you advise as a forage crop to plant after it? Will it be too late* for amber cane or Kaffir coru? 3. Have some amber cane that will be fit to cut in a few weeks. How shall I save it, and ! does it does it make a good mule feed? 1. From the middle of Joly to the middle of September. The rutabaga, | which is the best for stock feed, should | be planted early, at any time when the ground is in favorable condition from mjddle of August. In our hot, uncertain climate it is well to make several successive sowings: if one fails another may succeed. From the 10th to the last of August sow Aberdeen, yellow globe and and other globes and seven-top. From the 20th of August to the middle of September sow cowhom, redtop and flat dutch. The richer the soil the later may sowings be made. Iij our experience, it is better to have the land very rich and very thoroughly prepared and sow late. The turnip succeeds best in cool, moist climates, and does not thrive with us until the weather begins to get cool. For variety's sake, and for supplying sacculent food in winter, when stock are kept so much on dry food, turnips have some value?not very great, however. Eud'ags will accomplish both the purposes mentioned and much more cheaply, A combination of peavines and corn forage is greatly superior to turnips and can be raised much more cheaply. Botn x>f these crop3 are adapted to our climate; turnips are not Turnips require very rich soil and one plowed over and over again until brought into the finest tilth. Corn and peas are not so particular. 2. The middle of July will not be too late to plant amber cane; can not speak so positively about Kaffir corn, but think it would get through If the weather is not too dry. Peas would have ample time to make forage, if sown then, and you can find nAfViinor Ixaffar Ynn miffhfc SOW a UUIIUUg 0 mixture of peas and amber cane?a bushel of peas and a peck of amber cane to the acre. 3, Whenever practicable it is better to feed sorghum before it is cured, cutting up and feeding stalks, blades and seeds altogether. It is rather too laxative for most horses, but mules do very well on it, and so do cows and hogs. If set up under shelter it will remain green a long time. We should be glad to bear from others on this point. G. W. S., Vine Hill, Ala.: Bfease tell me what is the matter with my tomatoes. They grow up and begin to fruit; then they begin to wilt, just ae if hot water had been poured on them. What can I do to prevent it? n&onxpt!fE5iiaf examina^ I lion. It may ba due to some iiisect attacking the steal underground, or it ' *? ? 3 Xl " may oe aue 10 me manure usea. j.t is cot usual ior tomatoes to fail thus. J. W. M., Arcadia, Ala.: I have a mule six years old. This spring she became a little lame in the shoulder. I rubbed it with liniment and the lameness. went away, but the shoulder began to shrink and then I began to doctor for sweeny. I tried every remedy I could hear of, among them one from, you in The Constitution as folloire: one ounce camphor, three ounces alcohol, and three ounces spirits turpentine, and all to no effect The shoulder ;is completely shrunker away, bat she does not limp at; all and one cannot tell tha.t there is anything the matter from her movements: and now the other shoulder is beginning to shrink, but she does not limp at all in that. She has ploughed forty acres of land this year and is in viay good condition and eats heartily, but she will eat all the dry dung in the lot and has rambling in stomach. I have written thus that you might know the condition of the mule. Please give me a remedy for * * n i _ p aT-.I auoxuaer, aiso ior mat rumuuug in bowels. If there is no lameness; and the animal is capable of doing fall work, we should let her alone. These shrinkages of the shoulder are obscure things. When there is lameness from any cause, whether ' in foot>, knee joint, or elsewhere, so the animal does not use freely the muscles of the shoulder, the latter will get smaller from not being used, and this brings about the appearance of shrinkage. Shrinkage sometimes results from inflammation of the tissues of the shoulder. We cannot say what is the cause of the trouble in your mule. The unnatural appetite comes from some disorder of the stomach or bowels. Open the latter by occasional half pint doses of linseed oil with a teaspoonful of turpentine mixed with each dose. After a week of this treatment give daily a drachm each of copperas, gentian and ginger. ?CONDITION OF THE CROPS. The Monthly Report of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture makes the July general averages of the condition of the crops as follower Cotton86.7, winter wheat 75.6, spring wheat 95.9, corn 93, oats 95.2, barley 91, winter rye 85.1, spring rye 96.3, tobacco, manufacturing leaf, 89. uv/rivn. Cotton is later than usual in every State. There is a generally medium stand, Cultivation haa been somewhat retarded by local rains, and part of the area is in grass?notably in the district West of the Mississippi. The plant is generally in vigorous condition and growing rapidly. The State averages are: Virginia 81, North Carolina 85, South Carolina 86, Georgia 90, Florida 90, Alabama 92, Mississippi 92, Louisiana 91, Texas 76, Arkansas 90, Tennessee 90. WINTER WHEAT. Winter wheat has been been harvested in the Sonth and yielded below expectation in the Carolines, Georgia and Alabama. It has improved slightly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. A marked improvement is noted in Michigan. Reports from the Pacific coast are also more favorable. The general condition has advanced from 73.3 to 75.6. The average of the principal States: Now York 80, Pennsylvania 93, Ohio 60, Michigan 75, Indiana 62, Illinois 68, Missouri 72, Kansas 93, California 83. SPBING WHEAT. Spring wheat has improved in a large portion of the breadth seeded, and promises a large yield, minus possible futnre drawbacks. The general average has advanced from 92.8 to 95.9. The State averages are: Wisconsin 91, Minnesota 94, Iowa 97, Nebraska 95, Dakota 98. COBN. The area of corn, as reported, has increased oyer four per cent., making the breadth nearly 76,000,000 acres. There has been much replanting in wet districts, from non-germination and from destruction by cut-worms. The land is now moderately good and the crop is growing finely. The condition by principal State is: Ohio 96, Indiana 95, Illinois 93, Iowa 89, Missouri 91, Kansas 99, Nebraska 91, Virginia 91, North Carolina 88, South Carolina 87, Georgia 94, Alabama 96, Mississippi 98, Louisiana 95, Texas 95, Arkansas 97, Tennessee 98. TOBACCO, POTATOES, ETC. A preliminary investigation of the area of manufacturing leaf tobacco makes an increase of 18 per cent, over tVia TAfiTimnti nf last year. r ? . There is an increase of 4 per cent, in the area of potatoes. The condition averages 95.7. The European report for July makes the wheat crop late and unpromising throughout Europe. Russia exoepted. The rye crop will b* short in oentrai Europe. Condition of the State Crops.* The State I>epartmenfc of Agriculture furnishes the following information regarding the condition, etc., of the crops, July 1, based upon 248 special reports, covering every county in the State: The seasons during the last two weeks in June were favorable for cottons and a decided improvement in the condition j of the crop during that time resulted, but it has not recovered from the. injuI rious effect of the unfavorable seasons in May and the early part of Jane. The crop is "spotted." In some sections it is in fine condition and all the rain needed hasfallen, while in places the rains have been excessive, and in other localities the crop has needed rain badly. Generally, it is two weeks later than usual, the plant is small bat healthy, clean and well worked. Favorable seasons during July will possibly bring the condition up to an average.,, Nine of the counties, producing 14 per cent, of the crop, report the condition higher than on June 1st, three report it the name, and the remainder, 22counties, report it-lower, j The condition on July 1st is: In upper I Carolina, 81; middle Carolina, 82; lower Carolina, 89; average .for the States, 84; against 101 st the same date in 1887 ana 86 on the first of last month. In some sections com on bottoms has been destroyed by flocds, and in other loc ilities it has suffered for lack of rain. With these exceptions, the reports show that the prospects for an average crop are good. The condition in upper Carolina is reported at 85, middle Carolina 82, and lower Carolina 85; average for the State 84, again9t 97 at the same time last year and 86 on the first of June. In portions of the lower counties continned freshets damaged rice that had been planted and prevented proper preparation ol land for late planting. There is some complaint of poor stands, but the crop has steadily improved daring the month. Ia the ten lower counties, where 95 per cent, of the crop is produced, the "audition is reported at 89; in the upper counties at 92. "*ftlS,smS^grS?cro^wasJmrTested in -fine condition. Wheat wa3~badly injured by rust, some of the correspondents reporting that the loss on the crop from this cause vat greater than has been known for many years, the damage being estimated at twenty per cent. The yield is estimated at six bushels, or about two-thirds of an average yield. The total product is reported at seventyseven per cent of the produot of 1887. The quality is reported better than last year by eighty-four correspondents and infer or by 104. The yield of oats is estimated at fifteen bushels per acre. Fall sown yielded eighteen and spring sown twelve bushels per acre. The total production is estimated at six per cent, greater than last year's crop, while the quality of the grain ia better. The smaller crops are reported in good condition?sorghum at 90, sugar cane 90, sweet potatoes 94 and Irish potatoes 95. The Prettv Book Agent. A rather prepossessing young lady en- ] tared the office of a well-known lawyer the other day and inquired: "Is Mr. Brief in?" "Won't be in for two hours," replied the dapper yotjng cleark whom she addressed, surveying her from head to foot with an approving glance. "Anything I can do for you?" "Yes," was the reply; and the lady produced from beneath her wrap i handsomely bound volume. "Ihave here?" "I thought so," interrupted the clerk, with a deprecating gesture. "I sized you up as soon as you came in. Bat it's no use. We never fool away money on books in this office. Didn't you see the sign outside, 'No Pedlars Allowed'?" "Sir," began the visitors, "this book?" "0," laughed the flippant young clerk, "I've no doubt it's the biggest thing out; but we don't want it. History of the United States, ain't it, from the time of the Mound Builders up to the present day?. Big thing, I've no doubt, but we've no use for it. "If you will allow me?" "Really" said the youth, who was greatly amused, "I'd like to, but it's against the rules of the office to yield to the blandishments of book-agents, no matter how young and goodl oo king they are. Couldnt think ol looking at the book, my dear. 'Life of Napoleon, 'ain't it? That's a chestnut. One of our clerks bought one last month for four dollars, and yesterday he traded it ofi for a yaller dog, and then killed the dog." "I wish to say?" "Or maybe it is a humorous work, with woodcntsthat look as if they'd been engraved with a meat-axe. No, we don't want it. We keep a humorist here on salary to amuse us." ??j " "Say, you're awful persistent, my dear, but it won't do any good. If old Brief was here you might talk him around, because he's a suspectible old duffer, and thinks every pretty woman that looks at him is in love with him. But I am not that kind." "Sir, if you will? "Say, I hate to refuse you, 'pon my soul I do, but I'm broke, and that's the truth. Come around in about six months, after the old man has taken me into partnership. I'll be flush then, and I'll take a book, ju?t to reward you for your stickativeness. I say you're a mighty pretty woman to be obliged to peddle books for a living. I?" .Tnst, then the attention of the lonna cious youth wag attracted by the fr.iDtic gesticulations of a fellow-clerk in another part of the room, and he "paused. "You are Mr. Fre3nleigh, I presume?" said the lady. "I?er?yes, that-is my name," was the reply. < "I have heard my husband speak of you. I am Mrs. Brief. Will you please hand this book to Mr. Brief when he comes in, and ask him to take it to the binder's? Good-morning." The lady left the office; the mercury in the thermometer crept down out of sight; the office cat had a fit, and young Freshleigh fell in a faint. The next day lawyer Brief advertised for a new clerk. THE FARMERS' COMMITTEE. A MEETING IX COLUMBIA TO PREPARE FOR THE STATE CANVASS. Captain Tillman Appointed to Attend the Different Meetings?Other Matters Cod' tiidertsd. ' Columbia, Jtily 10.?This evening was the occasion of the meeting of the executive committe of -the State Farmers' Association. There were twelve or fifteen prominent members present. A mnno thorn ttata f!anfc_ Tillman TT R Thomas, D. K. Norris, E. T. Stack'house, J. W. Beasley. Several persons, not members of the committee* bat in sympathy with them, were present. One of these waa Cap*. Sligh, of Newbeay^ w her was invited to -attend the secret 'meeting and took advance of .the. in-' | vitation. * The committee met at ?.15 in the Grand Central Hotel President Norm occupied the chair. It was understood j early in the evening that the object of this meeting was to formulate some plan of aggressive campaign. The first question taken up was! whether the Association should make an aggressive fight and pat canvassers in tfie field, who would attend all the Congressional district meetings and make ! opposf Uon speeches to the Governor | and Lieutenant Go\ternors. Capt. Tilif man did not advocate this.. He said that ! while they had good sound men on | their aide, they had not the "gift of the | blab," and the politicians voma -gee away with them." Mr. Tillman further believed that a "combine existed between all the present officers to pool their strength and stand or fall together." President Norris called upon a -number of those present to make reports ! upon the following qaestions: "How is the farmers' movement in | your county ? "Do you think that you can control the delegates to the State Convention," &e. These questions were answered by about Halt a dozen of those present Mr. Tillman reported Edgefield as uncertain, but he though that he could vote the delegation from that county for any one the Association should designate. About this time Capt. Tillman took occasion to state that he had no selfish motives in this fight; that all he wanted was to "whip out this gang," alluding to the present State officers. Before one question had been settled the Agricultural College was introduced. Mr. Tillman wanted men sent, to the next Legislature who were heart, and soul with them and who would pull the annex to pieces. If such men were not there, the consideration of the Clemson bequest would be postponed until tne annex iiad grown and taken root, and then the farmers would be given a high school in place of a college. ""SfSoffflon'wi^Sr^mSSg^nSa sense of the committee that a fight be made for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor. It was unanj?. moualy adopted. All local farmera^lub will be requested to elect delegates to the county conventions, who will send farmera' movement men to the State Nominating Convention. Mr. Tillman considered it more important to elect legislators in sympathy with them than to elect a Governor of their choice. The Legislature couJd cany on their work, while the only advantages in electing a Governor would be the prestige of the thing. President Norris was opposed to going into action and fighting tne battle solely nn ? mlitical crroand. and he thought it unwise to have candidates openly in the field. After the impression was made and their delegates elected, then they could decide upon a candidate. Mr. Tillman said that if they were going to talk about not going into politics, they had better bundle up and go home. Mr. Norris thought that if Mr. Tillman was going to canvass the State, it would look better if he was not a candidate. Mr. Tiliman then branched off upon the Legislature. The farmers must support no candidate for the Legislature unless he be in favor of giving the Agricultural College the Hatch fund, land scrip 1 and phosphate tax. - He thought in time; that this college would absorb the agricultural department. If the people were not shown that they could ge't the farmers' college without additional tax they would never get it In speaking of the present system of government Mr. Tillman said that he had heard that negro lunatics sent to the Asylum were worked like slaves and were never turned out when they got well but were kept there to work. One of the committeemen protested . .-? - -- -1 1 3 "\f_ ffL-11 against tins, ana uopea jar. xuuuan would be careful in hi* public utterance." Mr. Tillman replied that he had not been caught in a lie jet, that Mr. Haskell spoke without striking to the records, and it was a bad rule that did not work both ways. If he canvassed the State he would confine himself to the increase in expenses of $240,000 since '79 and to the Farmers' College, and he was not afraid to meet any man in the United States on these subjects. He did not propose to give any of the reasons for this additional expense, but would leave the burden of proof to the other side. He was confident of being able to carry several counties on the question of the reduction of salaries. Mr. Tillman was exhorted to stiok to the facts and not make statements he oould not prove. It was resolved that Capt. Tillman should attend all the regular meetings in the State canvass and other outside meetings he might desire. Mr. Tillman wished to have another man to help him. He did not like to enoounter the silver-tongned orator single-handed. It was decided that he could draw upon me counties in wmcn tbe meetings were held for assistance. Mr. Tillman said that he is afraid that if he goes to Charleston he will be crucified. There was an element in the committee which was plainly opposed to Capt. Tillman's style of operations. They were much more conservative, and did not like ho much blocd and thunder. Making Improvements. Rev. W. R. Atkinson is bnsily engaged nuking additions to the many comforts of the buildings of the Institute. No man of less ingenuity could see how anything could be added to the comforts of the building.. Bat he is as successful in hunting up ^eays to increase comfort as he is in teadiing and in so saying we feel we could pay him no higher compliment. The city has cause to be proud of this institution. Its large patronage from so many States and its bright prospects for a large patronage than ever attest in a practical way its excellencies as a sch )ol for the education of girls. We know no better school.?Charlott Daily Cronicle. To make crackers fresh as new, place in the oven a few minutes. farmers' STATK.AIXI&NCJC, By One Hundred and Twaitj-fiw Members?Twelve Countloa Represented st tht " Organization. * ' ^ Floeence, July 11.?The occasion of the organizstiionof the "Farmers' State Alliance," which was effected to-day under most favorable auspices, brought together large and intelligent delations fromtwelve. eountiee, aggregating 120 members, composing the convention proper, besides visitors from other jurisThe ''State Alliance" was permanently organized by the election of the following officers: President Gen. E. T. Stackhouse, of Marion; vice-president JV Breeden, of Marlboro; secretary J. W. .Seed, of Spartanburg jtrea&arer J. F. P. J)ov?fae, of B. keeper ?. JL. Brown, of Wiltismsba^te^tt' . ig assiixant doorkeeper A. E.. Walter, Mr . jt Horry. sergeant-at at 'is J. E. "Jarring- > ^ ton, of Marion. Ti . state executive committee is composed 01 roe louowmg: P. P." Mitchell, of Fairfield: S,T.I>. Lancaster, of Spartanburg, ai*d Loom lie In tosh, of Darlington. ' A distinguised visitor, in tbe person of CoL L. L.Polk, of Raleigh, North Carolina, first vice-president of the Niti>nai Ailiacceaad editor of The Progressive Farmer, contributed invaluable service in tWpropagation of this enterprise by -bitwise counsel^and enconr&gtment. whichaddres^weremade^byHon. D. K. Norris and Colontl Polk, Tteformer occupied a short time in the delivery of a practical and instructive speech. 'J? The latter spofce for about an hourto-flpH^^ V a very large and appreciative audience. Colonel Polk's reputation as. an orator Had preceded him, and the people were not disappointed. His remarks were freighted with practical information incident to modern agriculture, while be became eloquent in his advioe to farmers, relative to their financial management, employing illustrations throughout, as amusing as they were appropriate. THE OBJECTS OF THE ATiTiTASflg. The purposes of the Order are explained in the following declaration of the national constitution: 1. To labor for the education Of the agricultural classes in the science of economical government in a strictly nonpartisan spirit. 2. To-endorse the motto, "In things essential unify, and in all things charity." 3. To develop a better state, mentally, morally, socially and finaoiafly. 4. To create a better understanding for sustaining civil officers in maintaining law and order. 5. To constantly strive to secure entire harmony and good will among all mankind and brotherly love among ourselves. 6. To suppress personal, local, sectional prejudices; all unhealthful rivalry and ,-mm?? selfish ambition. * j^L'be bngfrtest^ewels wtnoft itgarbrother or sister; bury the dead; aaxe for 9BBI the widows and educate the orphans; to exercise charily toward/? - offenders: to construe words and deeds in their most favorable light, granting honesty of propose and good intentions to others; and to protect the principals of the Alliance unto death, Its lawsasereason and equity, its cardinal doctrines inspire a?> purity of thought and life, its intention is "peace on earth and good will towards men." The article of the constitution relating to membership says: * "No person shall be admitted as a member unless he has been a citizen of the State for six months past, and not ' then unless he be a fanner, a farm laborer, mechanic, country school teacher, country physician or minister of the Gospel, be of good moral character, believe in the existence of a Supreme Being be of industrious habits, is a white person, and over the age of 16 years." Another section of the constitution "It is deeuied contrary to the spirit of the Order for brothers to go to lav with each other. Therefore, It is earnestly recommended, when pecuniary differences arise between members, that they settle them amicably among themselves; failing to do jo. that . they leave the Tsatt^-to-^tfbitoraon ~1>y~mr or -ossora members of the Alliance. Each contending party shall have the right to select I one urmiiTHMjr, so^jl me axDiaazaxs snail select the third." Unjustly Pnalshed. The chances are, yonng people, that ~ ^ in these days of "home role - by the children you have suffered from having had too little parental discipline rather than from too great severity. Nevertheless, there arecasee of misplaced severity* and even wise and kind parents may sometimes make an error. Well does the writer remember the case of a parent who whipped his little daughter, attempting to overcome in tins way her whimsical terror of the dark ?. when left alone at night The poor little maid sobbed hazself to sleep that night. Bnt the next evening, five minutes after she bad been left alone with the, to her, fearful dark, her terror overcame her dread of punishment, and a pitiful little voice was heared at the head of the stairs: '0 papa, please come up here and whip me! I'm so 'fraid of the dark!" This convinced the father that the child's terror was more than* wh?m, and he heeply regretted his hasty- punishment, which was never repeated. The following incident, related by a father, is of the same nature: "I shall never forget, though I have wished a thousand tiznee that I Amid, how I punished little Mamie for continually pronouncing a word wrong?as I thouflrht wilfullv?after I tried hard to make her say it correctly. She was quiet for a lew minutes after I had punished her, and then shelookedjup, with a quivering lip, and said: " 'Papa, you will have to whip me again. I can't say it' "You can imagine how I felt, and how I kept on remembering the look on her face and the tone of the sad little voice." How to B?a?h the Sparkling Catawba. All persons desiring the benefit oi the wonderful waters of the Sparkling Cats,wba Springs will save money by calling o;i Brannan Bros., Conover, N. 0., for. conveyances. Conover is located _on the Western North Carolina and Chester & Lenoir Bailroads, between Newton and Hickory?bang tbree miles nearer than Ndwson and two miles nearer Han E ickory. Conover has the finest depot and reception room on the Western ?j T? liviau UBiUMijp J-Wlliuau. ?minmn Bro. have the safest horses, most careful drivers and best vehioles. Don't fail to wiite them. Prices lower than evar be- ?, There is a scarcity of young men at some of tbe summer resorts, and the girls are JH suffering from "poor male facilities,"