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BY W. A. LEE AM) iiU II WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1874.. - VOLUME III?NO. 43. fcm 1873. FALL 11 WE tako pleasure in announcing to now receiving our Stock of (i( TKADE, and arc confident of our abili a call, both in price and quality. In o STAPLE AND FA] -Hosiery* Gloves, Gorsets> Ribb MAMnnlci GViirfc. R})irf XllUiaiO) II11U VU) U .mod ftiany'oUVer articles too numerous t Wo toduld ditefct special attention to iBoots SttO We this line of Trade a specialty iihat tbose who favor us with a call cm complete Stock of ^ heady-mad: BOTH CHEAl In *$\iition to tho above, we keep ot GROCERIES AN And have at all times SUGAR, COFFEE SOAP, I CHEESJ Give us us a call, and we will certain SoptTloj 83 22?tf ' ^ IN CIIAJ Miss ?)a?i WHO will always bo found rcai WELL-SELECTED STOCK C HATS and BOlST^s E"! Hair Goods and I Blons, Flowers, Plus, Corsets, in every variety kej S. T. EG LATE .1 Oct. 8,1873, 26-tf COTTON IS o-:What we want is a 1 WE would give notice to planters, t! currency we wi'l pay OU'i'SJ TRADE. We arc receiving o ie of iUe f GroixU evar Drougnt to mis wwn, ?u than they have been at any time since t mont8 to largo buyers and are prepared : DRY C BOOTS AH ^ariuuare, ?rocc CROCKED W? would urge upon those indebted wants, and as an inducement to our cu: cotton we promise them the vory higes ' WHITE 1 Oct. 1, 1873, 25-tf goods in mm m Barnwell arc now opening tl BEY GOODS, GROCER! Which owing to the scarcity of mono friends in EXCHANGE Jb'Oli COT FULL MAR! 0?t-1, 1873, 25-tf BARG IKT OIL.O . >' A &TO&EE8 & Who have the largest ;i FALL AND WIN they have ever brought n GENTLEMEN'S FJ COMPI HATS, HAND-SEWED BOOTS J Gloves, Cotton and a all Wool D "tuft "WVare constantly receiving fashional Ladies. Also GROCERIES AN OF THE BES QUARLES < Sept. 30a 1873, 25-tf HUES ISP our friends and ihc public that we are ODS for the FALL and WINTER ty to please all who will favor us with ur Slock may be found full lines of ICY DRY GOODS, oris, Edgings, Insertings, Bal* Fronts, Collars, Cuffs, o mention. our Stock of id Slices. r, and can and will offer inducements| j not fail to Du.y; Aiso; u iuh ana E CLOTHIHGr, ? AJSTD GOOD. J j hand full lines of D PROVISIONS, a good assortment of IACON, FLOUR, TOBACCO, 3, Etc. : I ily please yon. uuraoa. J ] iGE OF b Ramey.$j * fly to exhibit a HANDSOME AND iF TKIM MED AND UNTlilAlMED rS of the latest Styles. ? lead Trimmings, Bistios, Motions, Faacy Ms, >t in this department. IILI.ER & ROSERTSOX. "MONEY I 'f -0 [edium of Eschaage !!' T tat dtiritiif the present "look-up" of u D1-: FICUKKS FOli COTTOX IN 5 most extensive and attractive Stocks t< d the prices of our g.#ods are lower; he war. We will olferspecial iuduceto furnish them with all kinds of D SHOES, I' la xics, |Jroois!on0,iJ ,Y &c., &c. to us the necessity of prompt pay" i < i .. t sLotner.s ior winging iwrwuru iui-u|| t prices that can possibly be paid. ISE FDR COTTUN, & ???<, leir new Stock of ES, PROVISIONS, &C, v, they are offering to sell to their ] TON for which they will allow the a (ET PR1CL _ ! S ;ains " 'THIMG T .iid best assortment of TER CLOTHING! to tlii.i market. Also, OiS.-M} GODS, . ; :isixu M SHOES, SHIRTS, HOSIERY, l! Wool Drawers, and ; 'nder Vests. 1 tie and substantial goods to suit the D PROVISIONS T QUALITY. & PERRIN. WALLE1 ir JuJLJLAJaJ ^1/ meroha: GREEN WO ( A PiK now offering to tho public in thcii isL line of all the CioinLs generally neode THEIR ST< A , f**.V?0 /^? i&WFSS $3 hav* been selected with great ea READY - MIDI & FINE STOCK OF A good assor Groceries, Hardware, Croc which the attention of purchasers is in\ WALLER Feh. 10, 1S73, 45-tf 0" AM receiving daily my FALL A2v L everything usually kept by the lute ;reat care after the panics in money inal . will be able to sell at prices to suit the My Stock embraces in part Staple and Fan* OIJOTI SOOTS AND SHOES, Hardware. Crock GROCERIES, N J. T. 10 LATE M Oct 8, 1873, 20-tf Ja Hu & ?? J DEALER Btj floods, iOOTS, SHOES, COIFEC pi ^ T VS Jte* JbJSiti \JX jbiL JIa ITJTAYE now on hand :i lrirg<?, wcli-^clcci-. IJSL of Gootis in their line. Tlu-y piuvli ?ew York during t!:c: lule depression lit uiu ) sell ut the lowest figures. They have in .Store u very fine lot of C3r !F8. O O S a x: nd in fact keeps only the best articles. T1 nd guarantee complete satisfaction in thee n them at No. 2"GRANITE RANGE. rt> h ^.rmk i ?iu ?? JL'i'l if JU> c MAXl'FACTUI CARRIAGES, WAGON CS-jreon-w o> ?"7" EEP constantly on liand the best mat* OL perienced work men and arc manufa . varied assortment of vehicles of every 1 heaper than the cheapest?which for beau oinpare favorably with work from the best All work warranted to be fully lip to repn They manufacture a one-ami -a-half hoi uitsmall farmers for ONE HUND11ED D al favor wherever used. They manufacture at low prices Harness* tock on exhibition Tj]srpjmT. They arc manufacturing OOFFIX8 OF issortment on hand, and will attend fuuem B.0WLAN V?.. in 10TQ Q1_1i? IV) ui ij White, Hill & CmiBiliaffl, l! AT 189, iRE ZOW HEADY TO OFFER r TilJilll STOCK Qssr-R CH&WR 1 AT RATES (tlioy believe) to suit' every buyer. "Live ami help live" is their motto. They have ^ jjood ^ stock lor sale, ami will show their goods j with pleasure. The interest of the buyer will be kept In view at all times. ^ Call ami test the truth of their assertions. \p April 16, 1873, 1-tf \ | i Dr. Morse's Indian Root Su- a gar Coated Fills c < for purifying the blood. s W. T. PENNEY. Oct. 1, 1873, 25 tf 1NTTS .AT )D, S. C., ' new and handsome building, a full d in this community. OCK OF Wli i re, and unusually attractive. E CLOTHING. SCOTS AND SHOES. tmcut of ikery, and Glassware, itecl. Give us a call. & BROTHER. D WINTER SUPPLY embracing firm. Mv stock was bought with o Iters commenced, and I am sure that times. 3y Bry;, Goods, HATS AND CAPS, :ery, Saddlery, OTXOHS, &G. >BER rSON, ILLER & ROBERTSON. G- ies, J riOMSISS, Etc., Etc. a G. H., S. C., " "1 and well-assorted Stock of all kinds 1? ased their (ioods in Baltimore and t( markets for tlie cash and are enabled ,, u ?iifc. -.'j /*~>a Li JriL JL i?iii 3^5* icy desire fhe public topatronize them c' [uality und price of their poods. Call Sept. 124, 1873, 24-tf a ? FATTOW" r ' 1) IKUS Uir S, BUGGIES. od, 3a 0.? ? pill ^ ,, ,aess*\\^< 81 i pattoT^^I ? crial and have cniploj'od the most exctiuing, and have constantly on hand kind, at the most reasonable prices?i?* ly of linif.li and elegance of style will i shops of the State. ]-, mentation. |. -se wagon, with tongue and shafts to V OLLARS which has met with univer* j >f every description, and keep a good| AKING. * EVERY VARIETY, and have a large ^ ils with their line new Hearse. D & PATTGH. p SUPERIOR LUMBER , For Sale. ?...? jt S^lIK subscriber is prepared to fill.f I nil orders directed to liini in;] 'uiiirnhin, for the supply of (irst-elassIs i U.MI] Kli at reason able rates. j't Isaxak Saliiwaager, jf COLUMBIA, S. C. Fct. 29, 1873, 2D-tf t rEA! TEA II TEA!H; r TjFlIE undersigned have just rcceiv- ^ | ed a large lot of PUKE UN- ] L&ULTERATEI) TEA of all kinds, jj ,nd\*is they are now Agonts of the J f J S.Vlea Company, can sell it at; heape>: nitcs than it has ever been j | old in t&o market. PARKER & PERRIN. I Jan, 14, lSf4, 40-tf i \ \ HEARTSEASE. Of oil the bonny buds that blowIII fright or cloudy weather, Of all the flowers that come and go The whole twelve moons together, This little purple pansy brings Thoughts of the sweetest, saddest ^ things. I had a little lover once, Who used to give me posies; Hi* eyes were blue as hyacinths, His lips were red as roses, And every body loved to praise His pretty looks and winsome ways. The girls that went to school with me Made little jealous speeches, Because he brought mo royally His biggest plums and peaches, And always at the door would wait To carry home my book and slate. "They couldn't see"?with pout and fling? ; "The mighty fascinations About that little snub-nosed thing To win such admiration ; As if there weren't a dozen girls With nicer eyes and longer curls! And this I knew as well as they, And never could see clearly Why more than Marion or May I should be loved so dearly. So once I asked him, why was this? He only answered with a kiss. TTtWII T fnncAfl 1i!m ^Tnll mo U1ILIJL A kCUOUU 1J1 III JL W11 UJt Hiij I want to know the reason "When from the garden-bed close by (The pansies were in season,) He plucked and gave a llower to me, With sweet und simple gravity. "The garden is in bloom," he said, ""With lilies pale unj slender, "With roses and verbenas red, And fuchsias' purple splendor, But over and above the rest, This little heartsease suits me best." "Am I j'our little heartsease, then?" I asked with blushing pleasure: He answered yes! and yes again? Heartsease, and dearest treasure; That the round world and all the sea Held nothing half so sweet as me! I listened with a proud delight Too rare for words to capture, Nor ever dreamed what sudden blight Would come to chill my rapture. Could I foresee the tender bloom Of pansies round a little tomb? Life holds some stern experience, As most of us discover, And I've had other losses since 1 lost my little lover; Butstil this purple pansy brings Thoughts of the saddest, sweetest things. A ranssian Sketch. "It is no use, Louis?I relinquish II hope." The speaker was the young lountLeoliu de Mailly, who had ist entered the apartment of liis iend, the Marquis D'Aubinot, and ung himself dejectedly on one of ie velvet lounges. "This morning i liave made my ist attempt to obtain a private iuirview with the women I love so ladly?Mademoiselle Stefanie St. laroche." "And you failed?" "Utterly." "Tim rri'im O M 11 f etill lllflipfs 1107* resence "Perpetually. I am in despair, can not openly avow tny love bene mademoiselle Clemence. What ourse is left me?" "Only one." said the marquis,; fter a meditative puff at his ookah of several months duration. "And that?" eagerly inquired icolin, bending forward to catch is friends reply. "You accompany mademoiselle! nd lier maiden aunt to the opera jis evening, do you not?" "Yes." "And will send them both bouuets ?" I "Certainly." "Slip a note into that of MadeIn Qf^fnnin " KJ iv. i(i u i v,t I "Superb idea! You are my benfactor, D'Aubinot!" lie exclaimed, and you have proposed a mastertroke of finesse." "Tell me about this maiden aunt, fadernoiselle Cleruenec. She is lways present when you visit the lotel St. Barocbe to see the lovely emoiselle Stefanie?" "Invariably," replied Lcolin. "And she id then a Medusa in i in jvv "By no means. She is a fine, andsome woman, of the Juno ype, thirty-live or thereabouts." "Surely, my friend, even if you re in love with Mademoiselle Steinic, the society of another haudoin'e woman?" "j understand, Louis," interruptd the other. "But you must know hat I have an unconquerable dread >f Mademoiselle Olenience." The marquis laughed boisterousy and long. "Afraid of a woman !" he cried, t length. Impossible, Lcolin; I vill not believe it." "But I speak the truth," coritinicd Loolin, half seriously, half inected by the contagion of his riciid's merriment. "As I live, )'Aubinot, were that woman to ay 'yes,' I should as soon presume o charge single-handed a regiment )f Hussars, as to answer 'no.' " "But what io the strange power lie possesses over you'{" I can not account for the emoipn; I merely know that it exists. Vs for asking Mademoiselle Clenence St. Baroche for the hand ol ler neice, I do not dare to' make he request. So entirely does Madenoisclle Clemence monopolize vhatever conversation takes place ictween her neice and myself, that n the society of those two ladies 1 tm wholly miserable. She has be:onie the medium, as it were, hrough whose intervention I am lerinitted to com in imitate with ^tephanie. When I address a renark to the niece, it is received by M?HPM tlic aunt,* and?if I may express the operation?handed from her to Stefauiei In like manner, all that the younger lady desires to say is presented first to the hearing of the elder, who in his turn, proposes it to myself. I assure yon,' my dearD'^Aubinot, that for the actual and personal' relation existing between Leolin de Mailly aud the woman he adores, they might as well speak different languages? the one a Chinese or a Turk, the other a Pole or a Russian. Ah, my friend, it is narrated'of Tyramus and Tliisbe that they made love to each other through a stone wall; but I fancy that our fate is still more disagreeable. As if the words which Stefanie St. Baroche speaks to me," lie continued warmly, "needed an interprctess to make me comprehend them. Sometimes I feel as if I should go mad .under this perpetual system df*conversational gend'armeric" "My dear Leolin," said the Marquis l)'Aubmot. roused into excitement by what his friend had said, "there is only one way for accounting for the behavior of this Mademoiselle Clemence. I am older than von, and have had more expe ricnce in Parisian life. The type to which she belongs whom you have been describing, is, briefly that of the femme terrible; they arc generally handsome, like the demoiselle's aunt, and possessed of an imposing, Juno-like beauty. Beware of her." "And why ?'' "She is not only what I said. She i is more just at present." "Explain." "A femme terrible is at all times difficult to deal with as a battalion of insurgent soldiers. But a femme ( terrible terrible in love is "Ma foil" interrupted Lcolin. ; "In love! And with whom ?" < Louis D'Aubinot puffed a voluminous cloud from the mouth-piece j of his hookah, and answered : ; "With yourself, Leolin; there | ctjn be no doubt of it after you | have told me. Try that plan I sug- i gested,of slipping a note into the i houquet. But I still repeat?beware of Mademoiselle Clemenee." "You may leave the room, Stefanie." It was her aunt who spoke. Standing in the centre of the brilliantly-lighted drawing room, directly beneath the blaze of an immense chandelier, Mademoiselle Clemence St. Buroehe was unquestionably a superb woman to look upon, Robe a statue of Juno in purple velvet; give to its pale, haughty countenance a pair of vividly black lustrous eyes; wreath its full-moulded arms with pearls; place upon its imposingly-modeled bust a corsage of the same jewets; and the result, 1 am sure, would be no lack of weak resemblauce to Stefanie St. Baroche's aunt. The command which she gave her neice?a pretty, golden-haired, blue-eyed blonde?was accompanied with just the least imperious wave that could be imagined, of Miulemoiselle Clemence's white jeweled hand. And Stefanie, who had never dared to disobey the ftli Atlifnof tlTAV/ wmnnn kin^Al VIU VJL llllO II VlllMii m?mww the time at which she liad been confided, an orphan, to lier guardianship, obeyed now without a moment's hesitation. Beside her aunt, Stcfauie St. Barochie had not been the 011I3' occupant of the drawing-room. Count jLcolin de Mailly was also present? I he had called to accompany the, ladies to the opera that evening?j and toward him Mademoiselle now directed her attention. "Be seated, if you please, M. de , Mailly," she said. j Tho tones had a womanly softness about them which .was far from j habitual with Mademoiselle Cle-j mence, and which, in spite of his j sincere horror at being left alone! with the femr^e terrible, tilled Lcoliu's j heart with delight. I 'Stcfanie has found my bouquet,' !hc thought, "more precious than (she imagined, perhaps, on first re!eeiving it. She lias read the note, land confided its contents very pro-; Ibabl.y to her aunt. What do these J |unusually soft tones signify on the! part of Mademoiselle Clemence?: : Why, simply, Lcolin de Mailly, youI I are a lucky dog, and are going to i j marry her ncice with the august i lady's full consent." Here mademoiselle coughed au-' 'gustly, and glanced toward a side table on which a bouquet of violets and tube-roses had been conspiiciously placed. Lcolin followed! ! her glancc and recognized his gift ' of the afternoon to !Stetanic tft. iliarocbe?the flowers into which his passionately-worded billet, beginning with "clearest angel," and I purposely mentioning no name save J his own, had been slipped by the (florist according to direction. A ' little further toward the wall, and j far less conspicuously places, was a I second boquet of jessamine and heliotrope, his gift to Mademoiselle I rifinoinro. which had accompanied the other to her niece. As we have said, Mademoiselle Clcmence coughed and glanced toward this table. He whole manner was now so thoroughly and unexpectedly auspicious, that Leolin summoned courage enough to murmur : "You mean the bouquet, Made moiselle ?" A brilliant smile instantly over spread tlie statuesque features of Glemence. "Yes, monsieur/' she anstfer'ed, in tones of the utmost sweetuess, "I do mean the bouquet." Leolin's courage rose immensely. "And you have read the note V: be'.asked, eagerly. "You consent to my?my proposal ?" Mademoiselle's^ qtieenly head was bent lo\Vj and.the Juno face suffused with bitishesi '"Yes, M. Leoliu, I eonsent." . "-4b to settlement," began the Coupjt de Mailly, too overcome with bis new feeling of delight to notice the blushes of his companion?"as to settlements, Mademoisell " She interrupted him with a gentle wave of her hand and a repetition of her former smile. "I do not desire settlements, Leolin de Mailly. My own fortune, left me by .the late Due St. Baroche, Sfefanie's father, will amply supply all my personal wants. But this is no time to speak of dry business," she continued, her voice sinking suddenly into a low passionate murmur. "Oh, Leolin, you cannot imagine the feelings with which I ry reud the note inclosed in the bouquet of violets you sent me this afternoon. The dream of my life was at last realized?the longing to bccome the wife of one toward whom every sentiment and impulse of my nature, every Great Heavens! you are pale?you are ill! I have spoken too earnestly, perhaps, I did not imagine your love was a matter of such intense seriousness, that for me to discuss how passionately I reciprocated it would thus affect you." She was binding over him now, f'lnnino- liim with nil AYnnisita tnv '"""'"8 """ l ? ot marabout feathers which she seized from an adjoining table. Leolin's eyes were closed, Lis face colorless. "Speak to me," she murmured, , in a tone of thrilling entreaty; ''oh speak to me, Leolin. I cannot bear that deathly look, though 1 love you all the more for knowing that your love has caused this emotion. Speak to me if only three words?lI love yon.'" "Wasit the subtle power.which certain strongly vital tcmperrnents are known to possess over certain weaker onea? Was it real oldfashioned witchery? AVas it an immense exertion of one will brought to bear upon another? Was it mesmerism? Was it magnetisra ? In short, what was it that made the white lips of Leoliti de Mailly unclose and murmur softly in the car of Mademoiselle Clenience : "I love you." Will our readers credulously accent the statement that in a fortMirrVit tlia pvpninfr on wllinh we write, Leolin de Mailly was married, with all attendant solemnities usual on such occasions, to the demoiselle Clemence St. Baroclie ? It is a fact, nevertheless. A year has passed. One bright May morning, two men, both young, both handsome and distingue meet near the great statue in the Place Vendome, Paris, and the following conversation takes place l\AfmnAn f li r*r?S UVtH UJ^ia "Ah, Leolin, I am delighted. I have not seen you since " "My marriage,".interrupted the other. "1 recollect that you started tor Germany a few days before the wedding, D'Aubinot." "More than that, rny friend," answered the Marquis, with a curious smile. "You and I have not met since a certain morning when you visited my apartment, and " "Yes,-yes" again interrupted the other, with an odd mixture of prim humor and irritability in his voice. "You suggested the plan of the note to a certain person, which failed disastrously," "Failed?" "Yes. The florist put the note in the bouquet, as I desired, but sent it to the aunt instead of the neice. The note was addressed to no one in particular; I called a certain person "dearest angel." So now your curiosity is, I hope, grat-| ificd. Mind, marquis, no word otj this at the club. It is inviolablyj cntre iwus.." "Of course, mon ami But, I say | one more question. And so you?" "And so I thrashed the florist for his carelessness, and?married Mademoiselle Cicmence St. Baroche-" Found at Last !?A remedy that; not only relieves, but cures that j enemy of mankind, Consumption,' us well Ms tlin numerous statollites! which revolve around it in the shape of congli9, colds, bronchitis, sore throat, influenza, <fcc. The remedy we allude to is Dr. Wistar'sl Balsam of Wild Cherry, prepared| by Scth W. Fowle&Sons, Boston. A noted horse jockey down east ' was awakened one night by a violent thunder storm. Beuig somewhat timid, he awoke his wife with "Wife! wife.! do you suppose the Day of Judgment has come?" "Shut up, you fool!" was the reply; "how can the Day of Judgment come in the night V" ? "Came to his death while beinghit on the head with a long-handled stewpan in the hands of his wife," was the verdict in a recent cate in Illinois. [From the Anderson Intclligencer) [r Stabled Cotton Seed aS a Manure fot Cotton. Cold Springs, Pickens Co., \ \ December 29,1873. J Mr. J)mtor?For two years hd&M have used this manure (almost eX* clusively) for cotton^ applyiug only, fifty to seventy-five pounds- of gu- m ano per acre* witl^the pl^ed seea^ in bottom Tanck" Previous to tbe rliscoyefy ofjiliis, manure, I used guano' almost en-' finely. My success wkfci. this manure has given/the greatest satisfaction*; exceedirig any-ffoawo l have tried. and I have qseS the best kinds/ I will state the results of the tise of this manure. Hive Heal- the north" ~ ern limit o?tbe cctton belt?almost jfc under tfcrcsliadeof the Blue Rid^e. W The lands. planted are very old, mostly in sedge 27 years^go, when I became in possessibn of theni. They were originally good for this part of the country, and have been, planted in cotton for 20 years, except during the war. The yield of the crop last year from 55 a<jres was, 43 bales, of 420 lbs. This year 40 acres have made 35 bales, of -430 lbs. These crops were made entirely with this manure, except 75 lbs. of guano to the acre on half the land (bottofri) each year. Had the caterpillar not injured 20 acres of this year's crop, the yield would have been not less than teu. bales more, which would have been 44 bales from 40 acres. I feel certaiu of this yield, as the same laud made 1,430 lbs. per acre last year and only 7o0 this, which is the better cotton year of the two. % The mode of making and applying this manure is simple and easy, but requires attention. I will state, in the first place, I have four mules rnd one horfee, and do not make any of it during the months of -June, July, and August, as it would endanger the health of the place, * The mules stand haltered in separate stalIs, and in each one I put sihoiit 35 bushels of seed rierht from - ~ - - o~~~ ? . the gin house. These seed are stirred duly with a manure fork, mixing the excrement thoroughly with the seed; every other day would do, but is better done every day, only requiring about twenty minutes to do it. I find it requires about twenty days to get them thoroughly mixed with the excrement. At the expiration of this time they are 'carried out and deposited in an open lo^ house, well covered, and remain till I am ready to put them on the land. OccasionalIv they should be thrown about in this house to prevent burning, or fire-fanging. Burning deteriorates'their value, and it cannot be obviated, unless a very large shelter is used, or mixed with some^ thing else that will prevent the escape of ammonia, which is objectionable, as it increases greatly tKe I T C 1 1: ~ i# lauui ui ixaumi^ uuu uppij ? I apply them by preparing the land just as I would for any other manure, which should be deep and close. I apply about 35 bushels per acre; 20 or 25 is enough for old red*land as they will burn the crop in a dry time on this kind of land. On low, moist land, 40 bushels or more would not be too much, but when this quantity is put on, the plow should be run through them after they are deposited in the farrow, mingling the soil with them, so they will not present any mechanical obstruction to the roots of the plant while young and delicate. In fact, this is a good plan with all manures, but more particularly where they are abundantly applied.. I bed on them as with, other manure What I claim for this manure is that it is the onlv substitute for guano?that is, it is the onlv ma iiure, cxccpt guano, tnat can De extensively used. Of course, it can not be hauled and applied as easily and rapidly as guano, b.ut four mules can haul enough for four or five acres at one load, and three hands can apply them about as fast as one can guano. -I use handled ? baskets in distributing them, Many farmers say thev have not seed enough to make this manure. I reply that I bought no seed for last year's crop or this, but sold over 200 bushels, and had about this much left after planting cotton this year. If 800 or 1000 lbs. of seed cotton are made per acre, it will be sufficient to manure the same land. In concision, I will say tbatthose of my neighbors who havefollowcd this example, and those who have seen the crops, verify all I say about it. If the fanners of the country will carry out this plan as stated and are not greatly delighted with lie result, I shall be sadly disappointed* . The general use of cotton seed applied in this way would ruin every guano company and save millions of doUars to the planters, I nope I'm not over sanguine about this matter. I try to be practical. Jf any farmer, after testing this manure, thinks lie ha9 been suflir. ciently benefitted to do so, he caii send a bale of cotton or a button (either will be satisfactory compen sation) to J. W. CRAWFORD. "Closed in consequence of a debt in the family," is the communicative announcement; on the door of a fugitive trauesman in a neighbor-* ingcity. " \