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The Press and Banner. AB15 11 VILLI]. S. C. Wednesday, June 5, 1889. Tom i'inicy's Foolishness. Tom Hinley, tlic colored applicant for the appointment of post muster ui Abbeville, not Into trouble last Friday night. His previous conduct was such as to srivc oi'cnse to various persons. In tlie first place, it is claimed by a number of the " forty colored ladies," that they did not sign his petition for the appointment of postal ister. and their expressions of displeasurent the appcarace of their names on that paper were nne<]Uivocal and very prouounced On the other hand. Tom was greatly elated at the prospect of being up pointed postmaster, aud, although warned to "behave himself," wc learn thai lie swelled around considerably, ami iiy his talk cave of fense to various citizens, win* were in no mood to take "sass." As a result, one report is, that Tom Finley was called upon that night. He took to his heels and went through the -* * ? tlint If. ft II l?llin aarKiit'iiMii n iiiiv-ui ....... .... .. streak behind him. In the darkness he soon ran over the precipice at the hind of the railroad and broke his leg .just above the ankle, while his pursuers got mixed up with a wire fence. Dr. Harrison "set" Tom's leu, and he thinks in due time will be again on his "pins". Tom in 1S7i? was deemed a staunch Democrat and because oi bis Democratic proclivities the white people have stood by him for many years. His recent petition and the groundless charges which he lias made against our postmaster was quite a surprise to our people. It is hard to tell whether Tom Finley Is now more unpopular with the 111groes or the whites. The Department of Agriculture has received some tine samples of yellow ochre from Hon. W. H. Parker, of Abbcvihc. Mr. Darker lias a whole hill of it. Ochre goes into nearly all kinds of paint, and forms a large part, of the body and coloring matter. In market it is worth from one to live cents a pound. Knough ochre can be had from Mr. Parker's mine near the public road to paint Abbeville County. If he would make arrangements to bring this mineral into market, he would realized a large anionnt. Judge Wardlaw knew of this deposit. and spoke of it many years ago, but the fact was forgotten until Mr. Thomas C. Seal discovered it a short time ago, and made ft radical test of the value of it. He has tried t anil testifies to its value,as being equal to the demands of the trade. Mtt. ANi> Mas. \V. J. UofJKHs, of Augusta, Ga? with their two children, Maud ami "Willie'Rogers, passed up the A. & K. rail road Tuesday, 011 their way to Ashville, I Warm Springs, and the mountains of Fast I Tennessee, to spend a few weeks. The linn * of Rogers & Co., of Augusta, is known as headquarters for grain and provisions, bagging, and ties all over South Carolina and Georgia. This house in.three years time has built up a large business, in the Fountain City. \Ve would advise the trade when buying in car lots, to correspond with them l>efore placing their orders. All inquiries either by mail or wire answered promptly by them. [ Tiik auxilary P.ible Society of shiloh Church held Its annual meeting at that place on June the lirst, with quite a full and lively attendance. Much interest seemed to be manifested in the l?ib?o cause : an able Kssay was read by Mr. John Knox and an excellent sermon prcachcd by .Mr. Kennel 011 the immutability and indestructibility of the lib ble. The Society was increased by twenty odd new members aiul all present were high , , ...it I, il,? 1>" H'lCilMU l.liu uvugli ivu ??i? I.IIX ....J work. Maj. 15. K. Whitner. the ShcritFof Anderson County, aiul William Owens, arrived by tho midway train, and stopped at tin* New Hotel. William Owens of I Vndleton, shot his stepfather. Dr. J. o. Owens, through the heart He now comes before Judge Hudson for bail. The prisoner claims that he killed his stepfather in self-defense. Judge Hudson heard the application for bail last night. Cait. Nai'.max. by request of his pupils, will remain in Abbeville at least four weeks longer. He is a man of rare accomplisincnts, and tiis tuition will be of treat benefit to all who avail themselves of the advantages which he oilers. His systems of mathematics are simply wonderful. Don't miss this opportunity, which may be never again presented. We trust that the finder of the watch may bring in the I'rcss mid Jinnnrrolliee. The owner prizes it for other reasons than its in. trinsic worth, and will most cheerfully pay a fair price lor its recovery. Coi.onki. John C. IIaskki.u, has been elected member of tlie Natlonar Democratic Executive Committee, to till the place made vacant by the death of Capt. ! '. W. Dawson. Aiigt. gkn. Uoniiam inspected the Abbeville Utiles yesterday afternoon on the public square. He says there is not a better drilled company or line ollicors in the State. A beautiful pieco of art executed by Mr. Willie Ilill was on the exhibition at the postortlce last week. It. was a mirror most gracefully painted in wild roses. A brilliant wedding will take place tonight in the Methodist church. We extend to the linppy couple Miss Colia Chalmers and Mr.T. A. White our best wishes. Mk. \V. C. SKAWiacitr has again spent several days at his home in Donalds. He certainly has a strong allection for the home of his boyhood. Sxow fell six inches deep in Illinois June 1st. Tho grape crop has been very much improved at liie north by the recent cold weather. The Abbeville Cotton Seed Oil Mill company have ordered their machinery. It is lo be delivered on me Rrst 01 sepieinocr. Mi:. Gkorub Hodges, of Greenwood, is spending; several days in Abbeville. He is engaged In tlie Insurance business. Mr. Wim.iam Kennedy, of Lowndesville. is attending Court this week. He is one ol our most successful young farmers. There will bea picnic at Uock Spring, on M\v.t Saturday week, the 15 inst. The public arc cordially invited to attend. Miss Pearson. of Lnurens, and Mr. J. A. Harmon editor of t lie MuCormicI: Xctvs are to be married to-morrow. There must bean abundant crop of cherries in the country, judging from tiie/iuantity brought to town. Mrs. Wit.I.iK Oi'Pre ani? Mrs. Jim Siiii.I.ito, of Latimer, have been spending some time at this place. Mrs. Gary returned from Charleston Friday, after spending sometime with herdaught er, Mrs. Kason. J took McGowan is at home again, after two months hard work at the supremo court in Columbia. Our "oldest inhabitants" do not remember ever having such cold weather the first ol June. Knocii Gamrrei.l. a respectable citizen of Erwin's mills, died June 1, 1SS9, aged sixty years. A mad dog passed through town Saturday. It did no harm, but frightened some of the boys. Mr. W. H. Packer has sent very tine specimen ol kaolin to the agricultural department. Miss Wiiiti-:, of Greenville, and Mrs. l'ickens of Anderson are at Mr. Chalmers. Mr. J. K. Hood, of l>ue West, a very promising law student is attending court. Miw.J. A. Smith is in spending sometime Willi her mother in savannah. Mils. Simonds was called home on Snndaj by the illness of l>r. Simonds. Mits. Kmii.y Kknnkdy. of Lowndesville, i< visiting at Mr. \V. H. llrook's. MissMamik WiNKSTorK, of Charleston, ivisitiug Mrs. Uoscnburg. Mrs. s. J. Zkmm.kr is at her mother's Mrs Mcintosh, near Bordeaux. Miss Mary Kvaxs. of Kdgelielil, is visit in:r friends in Abbeville. Mi:. J. K.C. DrPitu lost thirty-livechicken.1 Ill two nights last week. Mi:.T. A. Win i k went to Augusta Krlrinj on urgent business. Mu. At.itKRT (SinKKT, of Willington, wa in town yesterday. < n it town is being much improved by tin white wash brush, Dit. ani> Miss. Link, tiro visiting tlicir soi Mr. K. K. Milk. Mn. ani> Miss. Anski, arc guests of Jndg< Cothran. QOirK a heavy frost in Greenville Saturda; morning. Miss [.kvki., of Newberry, is visiting at Mi Chalmers. \V. J. Mookk, lOsq., of Cokesbtiry, Is attend Ing court, l>ie. G. A.Gamk is now boarding at Mrs Quarles. Press for sale by 11. C'. Wilson. Apply at thi olfice. Mic. Dim., of Greenville, is sittcndini court. Thk depol platform is being improved. JrnoK Hrnsox is at tlie New iiote!. Mlt. W. S. CoTIIUAN is quite sick. We will give you sueli prices on trim mings silk as was never heard of before, i M. Hadilou A Co. We have recently received a shipment c Embroidered Flouncing, which were pui chased at '2~> per cent, below the merkc prices. They will be sold in the same waj it. M. Haddon & Co. Kemember, we guarantee our P. Cox am Ziegler shoes, to be as good as the best, pricc considered. It. M. Iladdon it Co. Call and sec the bargains that 1(. M. Had don & Co., are ollcring for tliis week. Silk Parasols at voryj low prices at Hat don's. ' '' ICE AND FROST AT LOWNDESVILLE. I Alton! ik Thousand I.ittlo I'lirntcriiplis About (lie l.if'e and Business of (lie Seveu-11illed City. Lowxoicsvii.lk, S. C.j June 3, is.xs?. ' Mr..I. M. linker went to Abbeville ('. H. on j la?t Monday. Some o( the ollicials of the A. Jfc K. railroad ] passed up our ro:u! to Anderson C. If. Inst I Monday. | .My wife, self and little daughter, went to Anderson ('. II. last Monday, by privnte conveyance, on a two or three days visit to relatives, in that, place. On the route the planters were all pushing ahead, though under similar discouragement to our own. that is. dry weather, had stands ol cotton. Ac. Mis. W. S. Martin received a telegram last Tuesday stating that her sister Miss May Krockington, of Kingstree, was very ill. Mrs. Martin left, at once for that place. We were glad to lcaru|sinee, that her sister was bettcr. Mr. Alpli Barnes made a flying trip to An| derson on last Wednesday, returned the same 1 evening. Mr. J. M. Baker, and Mr. and Mrs. J. O. ' Chambers went to Atlanta, Ua., last Thursday, partly on business and partly for pleasure. Our long drought was broken last Wedues- ; day evening, and night and the next day, by ground soaking rains. Our lands were too ! wet to work for a day or two. We are consefluently in much better spirits than we have been for sometime. . Last Friday old winter came back, aV least, vfii iiin foelinsr distance. Fire was again com- : (oriatiic and I may say. essential. Ml*s Johnnie Spoor, having spent some ten days at Anderson C. H. among friends returned lionio last Saturday. Miss Gussic McKellar, of Bench Island. Is now visiting the family of her brother-iu-law Mr. K. M. Dul're. Children's day, at Salem (Latimer) was observed last Saturday. We were deprived of t lie pleasure of attending, but those who were i here report a very pleasant time. Mr. J. J. Johnson spent several days last week at his old home, attending to estate matters, requiring his attention as administrator of his mother's estate. Mr. J. M. JIuckabcc and wife, of Latimer, came to our house Saturday evenging, on a visit, returned home yesterday evening. Miss Carrie Graves, of Fiord a, is now visltins relatives in this community. Miss C. S. Johnson, and Mrs. If. L. Crumley, >f Atlanta, Ga., are now visiting Mrs. E. 11. Mathews,|the daughter of the former, and .-istcr of the latter. Miss Allle Prothrs, of Atlanta, Ga., is now with her friend Miss Ida Chambers, to spend sometime. A large crowd of Andersonlans, of almoat all sizes and ages, came down on an excursion tour, and pieniced near Young's Mill, on la<t Saturday. Mrs. Tom Hill, of Anderson C. If. is now spending awhile, at her father's, Mr. J. M. Latimer. There was a Sunday School picnic appointed for next Wednesday, (.r>th) by the Smyrna Sunday school, but tor cause, it has been indefinitely postponed. Mr. E. H. Mathews, owns a farm near here, a part of which is setapartand improted as a poultry farm,?all In charge of Mr. Mark Patterson, upon which are now being kept and raised six different strains of fowls, as good and pure as any to bo found. A light lirnhma lien a few <1nys ago layed an egg which tipped the beam at five ounces, wlio ??n beat it? Mr. Henry Power and his little hoy, of Penny's Creek were in town last Saturyay. Miss Pauline Power, of Anderson, was vis iting in our town tho last of last week. l'rof. J. F. Harper and wife spent Saturday light at Mrs. 11. II. Haper'sand last iiigui in Col. J. T. Barnes. Mr. A. T. Barnes, visited Mct'ormiclc and Troy last week, "tryiuR his hand" at drum inlii;:, when he, a 111tic better gets "the hang of it," will go to places more remote. Would like to enquire how many of your many readers have seen any June frost? some of which was seen around here last Saturday morning.about in spots. There was also some ice?at the drug store. TROUPE. yiy MuN Drug; Store. BY ANDY CRUNCH. When ever I have a torpid liver it Hies into my head, to use a drunken phrase. That Is to s iy, of course I dont mean my liver goes there, but the pains does, aud I have the headache instead of the liver-ache. Tbats what lias been the matter with me for the last two or three days and my Ma prescribed two thirds of her drug store for me to take. 1 refused to do it, and of course there was some unpleasantness in the family, but it wouud up with my taking all of it and getting better. My Ma is generally right but 1 never admit it when I'm sick. Its bad enough to be <iek but for a fellow to take a two horse load >f medicines on top of it is enough to kill him. It was this liver trouble of mine that suggested the idea of my telling you about the Irug store. Perhaps you did'nt know my Ma was running one. but she Is, and she is proprietor and clerk both. ?lie is also a tine doctor and uothiug quack about her. She has built up a pretty large practice among the cows and horses and chickens and her children. My Ma is very fond of her profession?she bad rather give medicine than anything else in the world, and had rather do anything else in the world than take It, If I lived up N'orth I'd get her a sulky and let her pructlce among more people than her children, but 1 * * ?"occ tlio <?anf waII Ho it. My Ma keeps her drug store in a closet in her room.' Its a rare sight and the next time you come to our bouse I hope you will get her to show it to you. There is a heap of curious ami familiar old bottles in thero that were companions of my childhood and dear friends in time of trouble. Wc have got some bottles that I honestly dont believe we could get along without, even if we did'nt have a shadow of use for them. Now there the paregoric bottle?It became a member of the family about the same time with my brother Hill, aud has been doing} good service ever since. It has been filled up and emptied going on a thousand times. There is the camphor bottle?it is a big round one and my Ma inherited it Irom her fat her, who was a doctor aud had a good many bottles. Then there is the turpentine bottle?that is square and high, and the quinine bottle with a bitterish look about it. And theu there's she salts,?she keeps them in an oyster can?I don't know exactly why. She has also got two or three hundred pills in as many boxes, and material enough to make two or three hundred more. She dont deal much is castor oil these days and I'm mortal glad of it. I'd as soon be a Mormon as take two doses of this blgorous medicine. Thesaddest recollections of my childhood is when they forced that beverage down my throat an'd then gave me boiled sweet milk to take the taste out of my mouth. I always did believe it was a relic of heathenism anyway. I'm not very fond of medicine?it tastes to me like itaintgood and I wish they would invent some that would be a little more pleasant. Samanthy is just the opposite?she is dovoted to pills and powders, and if she dont get to take two or three and rub herself every day, she feels completely lost. J think she has got in the habit of taking medicine and cant break herself of it. As for that Morandy?she says she aint a simpleton about it either way?of course not! Js'o one ever expects her to be a simpleton about anything. She says she takes medicine when it is necessary and lets It alone when it is not necessary. As for Jim, poor fellow! he gets into a sight of trouble sometimes?he has never learned how to eat yet and occasionally he gets on the outside of supper enough for three; ot course he wakes up in the middle of the night with a terrible attack which makes him feel like laying his feet along side of hlB head. The remarks he makes brings out the whole family and most or the drug store to , his relief. I hope he will grow wiser as he grows older. The most remarkable bottle we've got is "the old rubbing bottle." Its older than the paregoric bottle aud came Into the family in . fact before there was any. It is made up of a little of everything in the drug store, at least my Ma says there Is chloriform, laudimun, " turpentine, sweet oil, hartshorn and camphor, ami a few others. She got the receipt irom - siiinc old woman who trot It from somebody <-Iko, &<;. * It lias never been patented and I'll have It done myself under the name of "My Ma's . rubbing bottle.'" It is good for every pain and every aelie and everything. Shot From the Old Fort. i' Ninkty Six, June4th, 1xk9. The commencement sermon of Ninety six i high school was preached last Sunday by Dr. (Jrlcr of l>ue West. It was just like every sere mon that the Doctor preaches, just as good as it could be. Our new sehool house is completed, and the ' exercises of l'rof. Cork's school will be held in the large mid commodious ball, in the sec' ond story. We hone you and Gen. Hemphill will both come and see for yourselves what |. Ninety Six is doing fcr education. our town will be well represented at Abbeville this week. Associate Justice Miller has gone up to look after the cases he has sent up. On the M, 15, and 10th of August next, Mr. s Kditor, we propose to show the counlry what Ninety Six can do in the way of a stock show, l' etc. We will have stock, tournament, shooting, base bull, walking matches, ac. We will tell you more about it later. You must excuse a short letter this week. l'rof. Woodward of South Carolina University will deliver the address on Friday night. Mr. E. M. Lipscomb's store was burglarized on last Saturday night, and this is a com meni tary on what we did a few days ago. About L a vcarago one Wesley Williams was convicted and sent to the penitenliary for robbing .r a store, last week every citizen nearly, signed . a petition to have him pardoned and of course this will be the case with the robbers . of last Saturday ulght. Mr. Lipscomb's ' losses were small. Messrs. J. W. Green, L. M. Moore and many :l other citizens of Greenwood, attended church 1{5 here last Sunday. No marriages of deaths to report. I- EAST END. I- A new lot of Hats and liowers Just received at Haddou s. SCUFFLE WITH THE GRASS. GOOD HINTS FOR WORKING GRASSY CROPS. Let all Fnrmcr<t Rend, Consider and Inwardly IM^cst?Hard Sense In l>lain KnirliNh. Wc intimated in last month's "Thoughts" that "the farmer who has good stands and his fields in good condition on 1 lie first day of the month (May) and pushes his work with skill, energy and good judgment to Its close, will have practically won the fight so far as depends on his eflorts." We assumed that good seasons, or suitable weather would prevail. Good stands on or before May 1st, and rather dry weather throughout the month, are the chief conditions to the easy and successful after cultivation of the cotton crop. Hut the territory of the Cultivator is so extensive in both latitude and longitude, that similar conditions?either favorable or unfavorable?will rarely prevail over its whole extent. The farmer who has been blessed with the conditions we have mentioned, and now has his corn and cotton fields thinned to a stand, clear of grass and in healthy growing condition, needs but to keep the surface of the soli in a loose, mellow condition until time lo "lay bye." CORN' CULTURE. Corn is essontlally a surface-rooted plant, and is more liable to Injury from too deep plowing mail conon unci inner uumvaivu plants." In its early stages it inay be plow close anil deep, cutting and tearing away most of the roots that extend towards the middles and across the path of the plow, without fatal results. I5ut even while quito small we have always believed that the destruction of the roots involved in such plowing as may be necessary on account of imperfect preparation, or recent baking rains, is but a choice of evils at least. Even at a still furt her advanced stage of growth?up to knee high?deep cultivation, though cutting rootR more or less, may be justifiable. The conditions, however, that will Justify deep plowing at such stage of the crop, arc generally the result of neglect or improper management,?wliere the ground is so infested with weeds of such size am) streugth. or has been left unbroken at nil. the harrow, sweep or cultivator will not do effective work. The stage soon arrives when the "remedy is as bad us the diseases;" when to plow, or "turn out," is the question. We utterly 6cout the idea recently advocated by some writers, that corn is ever benefited by rootrpruning per se. Assuming that the corn-field was well broken before planting, or deeply plowed the first time, we would discard the scooter, shovel and other root-breakers and use the surface cultivator thenceforward. A safe rule is to use the plow or implement, whatever its name or construction, that will thoroughly stir the surface and go over the greatest area in a day. A broadcast harrow can be used until the corn is ten inches high; then an expanding cultivator, or cultivating harrow is in order. We arc aware that these "Thoughts" are not new, and possibly we may be wearying the patience of some of our readers In "revamping" them for this occasion. Our plea is that of all trades or professions that of farming most needs the "line upon line, precept upon precept" style of writing. The cost of a bushel of coin or a pound of cotton is directly and largely dependant on the number of furrows laid in each row cultivated?the number of times a man and horse travels the length of eaeh row. We cannot all'ord to apply to an acre of land an amount of labor equal to the value of the crop, as is annually done on thousands of acres in the Month. A farmer cannot afl'ord to hire and maintain a stout negro man and strong mule to manipulate a plow that would not over-tax a twelve-year-old boy and a yearline calf. In many parts of the South the corn crop will be ready to "lay by" from the middle to the last of the month. Let the last working l>?> (linrnnirll hilt. Rhnllow. AlltlllnuS COUSid <>red, tlie best time to sow pens in corn, Is at the Inst plowing. Tliey shade the ground more efl'ectunlly and yield a much larger crop of roots and vines, and often as much or even more peas. Une bushel of seed pens to each acre is usually recommended, but we would governed by the quantity of seed available. Better sow one-half bushel, or even less, per acre, and sow the whole crop, than to sow thicker and cover a lessarea. \V e believe a crop of peaR sown broadcast In corn, will under ordinary conditions, pay all the expeuses of the corn crop, counting the benqllt to the land as well as the value of peas or vines gathered for forage. COTTON CULTl'RR. Most of what has been said about surface cultivation, root cutting, etc.. in the cultivation of corn, will apply equally to cotton. The latter can stand more root pruning and more neglect and bad treatment generally than corn, being a tap rooted and, naturally, a perennint plant. It may take on a fresh growth and nearly, if not quite, recover from a degree of neglect or bad treatment that would be fatal to corn. Tills fact, however, should not be presumed upon, but the plows especially should go over the cotton fluids at regular and close intervals. We have before attended to the extravagant expenditure of time by the use of small sweeps running two or more furrows to a three foot row. We have also described what is called a rapid plan of cultivation. It consists simply In the use of as large or wide cutting sweep, heel-scrape, or cultivator, as may bo conveniently run between two adjoining rows of cotton, and giving only one furrow, or through trip, to eacti row at one time of plowing over the crop. Of course it is considered important at each plowing of cotton, especially when the crop is in Its early stages of growth, to side the rows of plants closcly nnd effect ively in order to save ruture hoe work. The main object of cultivation, however, is to stir tho surface soil lying between the rows; but it will not pay to plow each middle Iwicc. in the course of a fow minutes, as will De done if an eighteen or twenty Inch sweep, or other wide cutting implements be run twice to each row. The rapid plan, then, Is to side both nides of every other row of cotton nt once going over. This practically stirs all the surfaces excepting a very narrow strip on each side of the rows not sided. In ten days or less, the plows should return and side both sides of the rows neglected before. A practical farmer will see at once the advantages gained by tbis method. It practically enables one to go over his crop nearly twice as frequently than If the ordinary plan of "two furrows to each row at each plowing" bo practiced. We have tried it repeatedly. A farmer who is quick to conceive and adopt expedients, and change his plans according to circumstances and conditions, has greatly the advantage over him who follows the same unchanging system, or round of details, especially if the seasons be fitful and uncertain, and particularly when the rains are too frequent. A "wet June" oflen taxes the executive skill of the best farmer to manage so as to save all his crop from the grass. There is one simple rule, tho observanso of which, modified according to circumstances, enables a farmer to save his crop, or an Immense amount of labor. It is this: Plow where there is vxost (pass; hoc where you can hoe the most. The rule Is founded on the consideration that the speed of the plow and tho number of acres that can be gone over in a day are not materialy afl'ected by the quantity of the grass, while the speed of the hoe, on the contrary, Is largely affected by the condition of tho drill, as to (p-assiness. A farmer may find, as lie is hoeing over his crop, the weather having been wet or showery?favorable to grass and impossible to work?that his hands get over less and less ground every day, owing to the increasing strength of the grass, etc. Soon he finds that they can accomplish only a half acre, or possibly, only a quarter of an acre per hand per day. It will require, we will say, a week to get over the crop at this rate. Looking over the portion first hoed over a week or two back, he observes that what grass was left in the rows and among the plants Is gro\Ving very rapidly. If his hands were now there, they could heo three or four times as much In a day as they are now doing. If he goes a week, or until he gets over I lie crop regularly, he will find that the first part has become so foul and the grass so large, that his hands can clo 110 more per uuy man mey nuve ueeu doing. He will (hen be hopelessly ".stuck" in the grass, and his crop practicaly lost. If quick to tiiink and quick toaol, lie will "back out" from the present task, and go back In the beginning, and save the bulk of his crop from netting into the same hopeless condition. He concludes that It were better to save three fourths of ills crop and secure 11 good yield from that even if he utterly lose the remaining fourth, than by trying to get over his crop in a regular way, to make but half a crop, on less, on the whole. We have once or twice been in just such case as Hie above, and found it wise generalship to pursue the same policy as Just Indicated. June is not a favorable month for planting anything, although successful plantings may be made ol millets and corn forage.?We will except sweet potatoes. Potatoes made from slips or vines planted in June, arc cheaper and wiil be smoother, of better size for the table, and they will keep better than those made from earlier plantings.?The cut vines are now in order, and they will live almost as well as the rooted slips If plauled with some degree of care, Let Hat beds be thrown up freshly after the rain before planting. It is a common limit to use too much vine for each hill, and to put the hills too close. A cutting j of vine containing from three to live leaves, j is long enough. Wo have planted acres oi ground with every vine cut to three leaves, I and set eighteen inches apart. Long vines, j with five or more eyes covercd in the soil, I will result in a greater number of small potaj tovs. A cutting with three or four eyes, buryI ing all but one in the soil, is a convenient i and economical length. Plant every acre you can. There Is little danger of making rnorc } potatoes than one can profitably use or dispose of. We can't give you an iden of our elegant line of Spring and .Summer clothing unless you come and see for yourselves. All are cordially Invited. P. Itoseuberg & Co. If yon want a nloc summer silk or black silk Dress, it will be to your interest to call on R. M. Haddon & Co. Wm. K. Bell has Just received a new. Importation ol Dress Uoods and Trimmings MACHINE MUSIC IN OUR CHURCHES. Dr. Lindsay I'nis LIIV Into llie Subjeni-Iii Good Temper He Ke|?lieu to It. N. G. Due Wkst, s. v., May 24,1H.SD. Editor Press and Bumurr : I shall have nothing to nay In reply to what is personal and abusive in K. S. G's letter. If it does him any j;ood, lie is welcome to it, and I think 1 will i>e able to survive all the damage it may intllict upon ine. There is one sentence which he intended as an argument against "Instrumental Music," which calls for a moment's notice. ' "We prefer to be found with such men as Spurgeon, Hreckenridge, Chalmers, Mason, Tiiornwell and last, but not least, the old Christian hero John L. Girardeau." Now, this argument is a very simple one and can be understood, without any labored exposition, by the, most common capacity. These men were opposed to "Instrumental Music," and It. S. G., lias such respect for these dignitaries that lie thinks their view must be correct and he therefore accepts it and is governed by it and wants everybody else to adopt it. Well, I don't share in this feeling tor great men. I don't regard their opinions as authoritative except tbey accord with truth and right. They iye not a ruloof faith and practice to me. I will not believe a thing simply because some, or even many, great men believe It, however so great tbey may be. Det me make one or two other applications of It. S. G's argument. One of these great men believes that Immersion is theonly scriptural mode of baptism and that to baptize Infants is a useless and perhaps a foolish custom. Will R. 8. G., accept these beliefs? If Mr Spurgeon's opinion in opposition to "Instrumental Music" Is worthy of approval because he is a great and good man then why is not his opinion and practice In reference to baptism to be sanctioned as well. If the argument is valid in the one case, then why Is It not valid in the other ? Again, all the men ho mentions believed and practiced open communion and they believed thatclose communion was unscrlptur?' mmliiiloiion Nnw will R. S. (}.. follow iii their footsteps in this regard ? If not, why not? If their greatness makes their opposition to "Instrumental Music" an argument worthy of respect, why shouid not their opposition to close cornmuulon be just as forceful. This is good logic and II, S. G. will not be able to find any flaw In It: yet he would revolt at the conclusion to which It lnevlla bly leads. Yet again, all these great men sang hymns of human composure and they believed that to require Christlan;people to confine themselves exclusively to scripture Psalms was a restriction not warranted by the word of God, and that it would be depriving them of a sacred and precious liberty. They believed that the Imposition of such a burden wus Indaismund not Christianity. Now if their greatness mnkes their opposition to "Instrumental Music" a valid argument, why should not these same great names make their opposition to the exclusive use of the Bible Psalms to be respected and followed ? If their learning and piety require us to bow down to them in the one case, why not In the other? Logic has certain rules to be governed by and one of these Is to go on to its conclusions without regard to the feelings and professesslons of people. If It. S. G. can answer these questions satisfactorily and get out of these difficulties In which his argument entangles him he Is a shrewder man than I take him to be. Nor do I believe that this can be done even with the help of "a number of our most prominent citizens, nny one of them greater In act and higher in position than our critic." Hut I am not yet done with K. H. G. Allow me to carry the "war Into Africa" by indulging In a fancy sketch. I will suppose It. S. G. has finished his earthly career and entered upon the heavenly home under the guidance of iiis angelic conductor lie has visited and feasted his vision on many scenes of loveliness, and iiis soul has been made to thrill under melodies that he never heard In the terrcstial state. While leisurely strolling along (he golden streets, and drinking In the celes tial Joys, he suddenly turns a corner and Is confronted with "harpers harping with their harps." He pricks up his ears and says to his conductor, "what does this mean ? Do you have "Instrumental Music" here ? Peter open that gate I must get out of this plnce. I can't stay where there is what l)r. Girardeau and other great men pronounce an abomination. I'll have noue of your "strange fire." Surely there must be something awruny wrong about a principal that would lead to such a sad ending even a bunlshnient from heaven, though it should bo sanctioned by the "old christian hero; John U UlrardeauT' and several greatnesses. J. O. L. THE SPECIAL TRAIN TO KILL A DOQ. Good Advice to Editor*?Bob Partlow to be Cnuglit?A Variety or Paragraphs. Mount Carmel, June 3,18h9. Winter fires, overcoats, aud more cover, were in demand last week. A nice rain fell Inst Wednesday afternoon also on Thursday frequent showers, with heavy wind from South East, The weather Is cold and the wind has blown away the rain. Wheat has rust badly, but our farmers are cutting It on the green order, as this will stop the rust, aud make better flour. Bob Partlow is not killed or captured, either, as reported in some of the county papers. We think the Governor's reward will bring him to the front and with him perhaps others. . \V. T. McDonald lost a very fine and valuable pointer dog last Tuesday night, killed by a special train running through town at lightening speed, and giving no digitals; we think this is contrary to law and will look after damages. Services in the A. It. P. church commenced last Friday night, also a sermon on Saturday morning, and sacrament of the Lord's Supper on Sabbath day. Joseph McCanty, one of our' solid merchants, has gone to farming and stock raising, that's right Joe, don't put all your eggsln one basket. J udge Miller had a case of assault and battery one day last week, and tried to get a colored jury, but all parties colored objected and wanted a white Jury ; this speaks well lor our side. ii k. miiiunnro/i in ?hn nnssinir breeze that Mount Cartnel, has a bad name abroad; this may be so, but our people behave well at home, ns the record from the Council books will prove. We think some towns not a thousand miles away, are not much better, while wo are sure their opportunities have been far superior. Messrs. Wilson and Chllders are scattering "time" through this section. They are excellent young men and we trust their business will be good and warrant their stay in our midst. McDonald has found his violin and Is once more happy, "home again" sounds more sweetly than over before. "Children's day" at tho M. E. church will be celebrated the -ItIi Sabbath in June; music and sacred song with addresses appropriate will be the pleasures of the day. Let parents and schollars unite In making this a happy occasion. The other .Sabbath schools of tlie town are cordially invited to unite with us. We regret to hear of the sad occasion in Abbeville, as all parties were friends of ours, and we do not think the press should condemn the one or sustain the other: and perhaps thereby bias public opinion, but rather let all be brought to a fair and impartial trial, and the law vlndlcatou as the evidence may direct. Mrs. Wm. Riley, has been quite sick but wo are pleased to report her better al this wrlting. Professor Ferguson is quite sick, with mumps. Too many "notiecs" are being Pluck up in our quiet town. We ad vise such persons to stop this practice or they might get caught. If you have anything against a person go like a man to Ills face and tell him. Dr. J. T. Boyd formerly of Warrenton, but now of Virginia, paid us a visit last week. A line Sabbath school yesterday afternoon with many visitors. A goodly number of Mount Carmelites are In attendance upon Court tills week. Miss Irene (trough has been elected as assistant teacher in our high school. MissSurllla Smith is visiting friends in Anderson village. M. I.nvlni; Words. Loving words will cost but little, Journcyiue up the hill of life; Hut they make the weak and weary Stronger, braver for the strife. Do you count them only trifles? What to earth are sun and rain r Never was a kind word wasted ; Never one was said in vain. When Hie carps of life are many, And its burdens heavy grow ; For the ones who walk beside you, If you love tbem tell tlieni so. What you count of little value, Has an almost magic power; And beneath cheering sunshino Hearts will blossom like a /lower. Ho, as up life's hill we Journey, Let us scatter all the way Kindly words, to be us sunshine In the dark and cloudy day. Grudge no loving word, my brother, As along through life you go, To the ones who journey will) you ; If you love them tell them so. Question. Where can I get the Gage Tool Company's i Self Setting Plane, I hear so much about? G. II. It Is made at Vlneland?N. J. Auy dealer will get It for you.?Ed. [ Woodworkers!!! You want good tools, ask , your dealer for Gag'es Self-Sotting Plane, or send to the company at Vlneland, N. J., for circulars. A two cent stamp will bring clrcu: lar and a carpenter's'ead pencil worth 5cts I If this paper Is mentioned. Boys, you must tell your parents to buy your straw hats from us. We have the latest tyles. P. Rosenberg & Co. CORNER CONTRIBUTIONS. Comnieiicenient?"0(itorH" ? Trottlnj C'ollN"Improvements In mid Abon Town?Other Xchn. Due West, a. c., June3, 1889. June?Commoncement week. A pia.no tuner Is In town. Gen. Green's march Is alow. C'apt. Wren is puttlug the finishing touche on Prof. Grler's house. President Kennedy lias more oats than li knows what to do with, especially when the: require sunning. Mr. R. C. Brownlce Is having his premise brightened up with a coat of white. Considerable improvement is going on ir Due West. We agree with the correspondent "Semi nolo" last week who spoke a word in favor o rye. We used to plant barley but now rye en tlrely. The rye crows on poorer ground makes more and you can use It much longei without danger to the stock, and rye is cheap er than barley. Dr. J. J. Lindsay who Is on a vacation trli home showed us two alligator teeth last weed which was quite a curiosity. The Doctor hai killed seventy-five "gators" in the last elgh teen months on the Ashley River and says, I Is fine fun. The A. R. Missionary Society meets nex ThursiJav evening, Rev. J. P. Knox In th< Chair. Three or fourgentleinen ure togivoter minutes talk each on a setsubject. Mr. \V. C'. Brock is addinc a neat addition t< his house which makesquitenn improvemen to the appearance of his premises. Dr. McDavld has put up quite an array o new pailings around his premises. Mr. A. D. Kennedy is pnlntlng and other wise Improving his dwellingand premises. Miss Annie Brlce has returned home afte conducting very successfully a large school li York County. uapi. u. iv. iniciiois is 10 nave ins nice resi dence painted soon. Dr. C. B. Cowan Is raising two nice colls He has one that bids fair to outtrot Maud Si Its mother Is Mr. John McGee's blooded anl mnl. Mr. Joe Nance had his trotting stock on ex hlbitlon In Due West Saturday. The Annual Meeting of the Due West Blbl Society will occur next Saturday at 11 o'clock W.L.Miller, Esq., of the Abbeville Bar wil make the address. All are cordially Invited. We will endeavor to give next week a pre gramme of the speakers taking part in th Centennial and Commencement. The old adage "never buy a pig in a poke' is good advice. From some recent experlenc we can add ."nor in a box." Dr. J. J. Darlington is expected to attem Commencement. Prof. David Shields 13 in town at present. Mr. James Agnew, of Donalds, was in towi Monday. He is just fairly at himself again a: ter his long and serious illness of the winter. The last rain was a blessing to our countrj We should be full of gratitude to God. Hot dependent is man. R. S. G. Woodworkers! The Gago Tool Company' Self-Setting Plane made at Vineland, N. J Is the Best Bench Plane In the World. Th company will send a Plane on trial to town where it is not for sale. New Goods lor the Month of Mny. 10 pieces 40 Inch Swiss flouncing. 10 pieces White Plaid Lawns just received a R. M. H ADDON & Co. New Goo<1m for the Month of May. 40 Inch Cream and White Henrietta. 40 Inch Cream and White Cashmere. C'ream Nuns Veiling, trimmings to matel at R. M. HADDON & Co. Recent additions have been mBde toon line of liste thread and silk gloves. R. M Had don & Co. You cant fall to be pleased with our elegan line of straw hats. Our low prices will aston lsh you. P. Rosenberg & Co. An elegrnt line of Gents underwear, Shirt Collars, and Cuffs at P. Rosenberg Co. 20 pairs Lace Curtains at New York cosl P. Rosenberg & Co. A large line of summer Coats at low prlcei P. ltoseuberg & Co. Only a few pairs of all wool V/i White Blan kets, left on the counter. Call and get a flri class wool blankotat the price of an lnferio one, while you may. Smith & Son. Our splendid stock of Gents Cassimeres an heavy Jpants goods, are growing beautifull, less on account of being .so cheap; still w have a goodly lot to select from. Come alon and dont hold back until you are too lat Smith & Son. Nothing Is so useful In a poultryyard as In perlal Egg Food. It keeps tlie chicks hrigir healthy and cheerful, besides making ther wonderful eg* producers. For sale only o Speed's Drue Store. Clothlr.s! Clothing!! Clothing!!! Cheap Cheaper!! Cheapest!!! VV. Joel Smith &Son' is the place to buy a good suit of clothes c an overcoat while they aro offering them s low. Lost a brass key. The finder wili;please r< turn to the Press and Banner office. 1 New Millinery, Laces, Flowers and Ril bons Just received at R. M. HADDON & Co. Silk. Gloves In all shades Just received at I M. HADDON & Co. White Satin Fans, Colored Satin Fans t arive at R. M. HADDON & Co. Lace Curtains at New York cost. P. Rosei berg & Co. If you want an entire Spring and Summ< outfit in clothing and gents furnishing good at small cost P. Rosenberg & Co. will suppl you. White Brothers have Just received anoth< car-load of Flour. Call on them aud get sono very low prices. White Brothers have 8. full assortment ? Scythe Blades and (.'radios. The Josh Ben Cradle Is the best thing of the kind ever ii troduced. It has fourteen fingers and savi all the grain. It is even llehter than the ol fashioned kind. It does effective work an is praised by every one who has used it. costs very little more than the ordinal Scythe and Cradles. Call on White Brotlie and get one. Kmerson's low quartered Shoes from $5.50. All styles. The best shoe on the ma ket. P. Rosenberg & Co. Try Emerson's shoes and you will use r other. P. Rosenberg & Co. A large line of Buggy Unbrella's Just r ceivedby P. Rosenberg <feCo. A splendid line of white vests just receivi P. Rosenberg & Co. Keep cool! Buy your Alpaca and Seersu IVVi UUi.ll/3 ilUiil X IVUOCUUOIg U> vv? White Brothers are now occupying the new bnlldlng.and their Immense storeroo: is filled with all kinds of Fine, Fancy ar Family Groceries. Laces, Trimmings Embroideries Ruchlng Riqbons &c. Very cheap at Smith & Sou's. We have several pieces of carpet left, an oneof which we will give you nta very lo figure. Now is the time t? buy a good carpi or a small outlay. W. Joel Smith ?fc Sou. White Vests are very stylish this seasoi We will be glad to supply you with them. ] Rosenberg & Co. Two beautiful laddies saddles just receive and will be sold very cheap. P. Rosenberg Co. White Brothers. A great Bargain Is offered in a wellknow brand of Bleached Goods. Prlcc by the pie< 8 1-2 cents. Former price 10 cents. The line of Casslmers which White Brotl era offer at .00 cents a yard Is very attractlv These goods are of exceptionably good valu The patterns are as good as are usually foun In Cassimers at 75 cents and one dollar a yari No better goods for Men and Boys can be hai Ask for tlicni, they are worth looking at. White Brothers as usual have an enormoi stock of White Trimmings and Laces. Also, Flounclngs for Presses In great variet; The Goods are very desirable and ver cheap. If you want plain White Lawns, or stripe and Plaids Lawns, the place to get them Is i the store of White Brothers. A good line of mattings can be seen at til store of White Brothers. Any one in need of a trunk or avails would do well to call on White Brothers an be upplled. Deccrated chamber sets and fancy china an glass-ware are always kept by White Brott ers. Their aim will be to keep always on hand good stock of Plantation and Family su] plies. Their slock of Hardware has also bee greatly enlarged, and many articles will no bo found which they have not kept hereto lore. A good assortment of Blacksmiths, Carpei ters and Shoe-makers tools, A cordial Invitation Is extended to ever k. Iiiunn/.t nnrdnclt Wo will alwaVS It to make it to yourlnterest to buy from u P. Rosenberg & Co. 3 pieces of 36 Inch Serge Dress Goods i 10 2-3 cents former price 25 cents. These goot are In Tan and Grey. W. E. Bell. 4 Fences of nun's veiling at 13 1-2 cents fo iner price 20 cents. These goods aro In goc summer shades. W. E. Bell. Great reduction iu goods at W. E. Bell's. New millinery Just received at W. E. Bell' Clemeot and Ball shoes at W. E; Bell's. Fronch and American sateens iu seven shades reduced at W. E. Bell's. ?20. suits for 315.?Great bargalus in a lothing. F. Rosenberg & Co. Another immense line of sultKlust recelvt fully worth 820. Our price 315. P. Rosei berg & Co. P. Rosenberg & Co have Just succeeded 1 getting an immense line of suits at from 9 to 33. less thau their value and will sell thei accordingly. For perfect fit and comfort get the Clemei '& Ball shoe at Wm. E. Bell's. Every pa guaranteed. - II I" nil? i t s V s 1 t ? 1.1 ILL'S r J GREAT 30 DAYS SALE. I- .. i. Every day a Bargain day. e ii : H AVING tia.il a tremendous run 011 drens goods, and encouraged thereby, I duplicated ? my orders several times. Now feailng that I nm overstocked, I have decided to mark down everything In fine and medium priced I DRESS GOODS, T- Twenty per cent. PARISOLS, reduced In " price 2Pper cent. SHOEL reduced in price LACES, EMBROIDERY, WHITE GOODS reduced in price. PLAID HOS1ESPUS, ? BROWN HOMESPUS, SHEETINGS, and a BED TICKINGS, redueced in price. I offer ' GENUINE BARGAINS t for the month of JUKTB li and I mean everything I say in tlilsadvertlsement. If you doubt it, CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF, and you will bo surprised r at the low prices I am giving. I have several bargains not mentioned In this advertisement. t :Wm. E. Bell, June 5th, 1839. 8 i. r a y e g o it, n it ,j H ir o 3) I, O 1 sr ? ;r w i r Bi , . I? I TR^E HARK '' O.&O.TEA 10 The Choicest Tea Ever Offered. e PERFECTLY PURE. Jd A MOST DELICIOUS BEVERAGE. \ TRY IT. c- You will smr ui uy othw; ftu'ity aim nrfii. It is the Hiqhxbt Grade Leaf, picked from ir the best plantations and guaranteed absolutely rn pure and free from all adulterations or coloring id matter. The packages are hermetically sealed and warranted full weight. It is more econS) omical in use than the lower grades. Oriental & Occidental Tea Co., L't'd:, y Head Office, 55 Burling Slip, New York, B(, For sale oy the best Grocera. n. E. M. LIPSCOMB, Ninety-Six, S. C P. Dec-12,1888,12m * WHITE BROTHERS n Having made a success hereto 56 fore of the trade in Fine Ready-Made clotb< lng, beg leave to announce their that stock o e" Spring and Summer Clothing e. is larger and more attractive than ever be< d fore. Special attention is called to their ex3. tensive assortment of Hats. The variety ir 1. their line of STRAW HATS is wonderful and some of the styles are entirely different jg trom those seen heretofore. In the department of Gentlemen's Neck Wear they exhlbtta greater variety than thej have ever offered before. J In addition to the above, all kinds of d Gentlemen's Furnishing: U lc vrvvus te can be found. Summer Under-wear, Shirts Collars, Cutis, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Jhv ic ic-? j Call at once and be suited before the stock is broken. ,a. WHITE BROTHERS. ? LAND FOR SALE. ~ u w 0ri'HE Or,I) LOGAN PLANTATION I> !1* 1 Smithville township, six miles West o Greenwood, and lying on waters of Curl Tnl I creek and the Watt branch, Is oilered for sal( I on reasonable terms. The land Is well adapt (. ed to the cultivation of Cotton, Corn, Grain ; etc. The plantation contains a largo amounl of bottom land, has a good pasture, making It suitable for those who wish to raise stock [it The place Is well supplied with good water Is I will sell the whole plantation, consisting o Three Hundred and Fifty-five Acres r* id more or less, to ono purchaser, or, If desired will divide the place into two tracts?one o two hundred acres, and one of one bundrec and tlJty-flve acres, respectively, to suit thi 8> convenlenceof purchasers. The laud will bo sold between this date an< nj the 1st ol November, 188'J. Those wishing information will pleasi address MRS. ELIZABETH LOGAN ? Greenwood S. C. May 22,1889. n tn' Will Meet on Sale Days, , TTNTIL, FURTHER NOTICE, the Board < J1 U County Commissioners will meet o i >r Salel>ays. J. W. LITES, Apill 10,1889. Chairman. ????? Bridge to Let. I WILL BE AT THE PETTIGREW >4 Bridge on Little River on Thursday the 2Mb r*S Inst., for the purpose of letting the oontract --*A to build a bridge at that place. Specification * made known on that day. J. F. c. DuPEE. Co.. Co* Abbeville C. H,. June 4th, 1889. 2t Bfi| L WILL BE AT MARTIN'S MILLS AT 11 A. M., on Monday the 24th Inst., for the purpose of letting the contract to build a ; bridge across Lldules creek, and to do what U ' necessary to protect ttie public road at the big . gully beyond Mio milt. J.' F. C. DuPRE. Co., Co. June 24, 188D. 2t lost! r~ A LADY'S GOLD STEM WINDING Watch with the letter N engraved on it, ,v? and to which is attached a chain ending In a raj bobbin of daises. Suitable reward, If left at .. .5 Preu and Banner oiBce. Wanted. A FEW SHARES OF STOCK OF THE S3 Abbeville National Bank. Address, stat '^3 ing price, Henry L. Evans, 129 "F" street, N \j| W., Washington, D. C. Lumber For Sale. 11HE UNDERSIGNED HAS A FINE LOT -k of lunaber of all kinds for sale. Will d^ liver It at Abbeville, S. C., If desired. S.G.THOMSON. May 29, 1889 BEEF ACCOUNTS. S A LL PERSONS INDEBTED to the firm -J A. of RUSSELL & BURNS for beef In 1886 <M and 1887, MUST settle the same with the an- VS derslgned, L. H. Russell. May 29,1880, 8t. A Great Calamltyl By reason of a freshet and the breaking of a reservoir Johnstown, Pa., is said to be two-thirds under water, May ^ 31. Telegraph and railroad lines are washed out, and there can be had no * communication with the unhappy town. A telegraph operator in the | Pennsylvania Railroad tower at Sang ^ Hollow says at least seventy-five bodies have floated nuiJ.in the flood of 1 waters. Later?June 1. The disaster at Johnstown, Pa., is greater than was at | first reported, when it was impossible to get particulars. Even yet the scene cannot be reached except by boat At Ninevah one hundred bodies of those drowned haye been recovered. Cone- 33 maugh and Cambria City have also !?jfi been wrecked, and fully 1,200 lives M lost. Floating houses lodged against ? Johnstown Bridge, and an overturned stove set them on fire and seventy-five 9 persons were thus burned to death, The Secretary of War will give what $ relief he can. '>^3 Other reports place the deaths at 8,000 and the property loss at $11,000,000. ;, To the American Clerjjj. The Voice says: There is an increas- - ' & ing and successful determination to ex- ' tend the saloon power in this countra Saloons are multiplying, notwlto- 3 standing the public indignation which '3 at times bursts into flame. The saloons in America are responsible for Eighty per cent, of crime and of alt public expenses resulting. Ninety per cent, of pauperism and of all public expenses resulting. Fifty per cent, of insanity and of all public expenses resulting. Thirty-five per cent, of idiocy and of all public expenses resulting. These estimates are not guess work, but are based upon the testimony of ? such experts as Judge Noah Davis and * ; Dr. Willard Parker. At a lr>w oatimnto $730 ftflfl.flrtO ATft >2 spent annually in the 200,000 saloons of h America, as may be easily computed, averaging only $10 a day as the receipts for each saloon for 365 days per year. Not less than $400,000,000 of ^ this amount are spent by workingmen, according to the estimates of Powderly and other labor leaders. The misery and depravity that are result- ? ing from this immense waste are sim- M ply incalculable. As Canon Farrar , said in reference to the saloon evil in ' England : "It has come to this, England must in this matter mend her ^ " ways; she must get rid of this curae ' -m aua crime, or she must ultimately perish." The five Central American republics a r of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, 3 . Salvador and Honduras have conclud- j 1 ed an agreement to submit all their in- ^ [ ternational difficulties to arbitration. '$? i When any misunderstanding among . their little 8 by 10 republics swells to 1 surh proportions that they cannot set- : : : tie it themselves, theu it is to be refer- ? red to the decision of the following na- ;j| tions: United States, Argentine Republic, Chili, Mexico, Switzerland or one of the great European powers. % Further, they agree that none of them , will form a treaty with a foreign pow. er without the consent of the other '1 four. Delegates from the five ooun- * 1 tries will meet once a year in interna* tional congress to decide matters of -* tt 1_/ ?'? ??. mutual imerest, xieieiutvn; w?i sua r \xa revolution have broken oat in thee* little republics as periodically as their volcanic eruptions. The victors had a bad habit of standing tbe vanquished C up against the nearest wall and shoot* ing them. In the interests of a better ' ; civilization it is to be hoped their new f league will be kept. 5 Miss Jeannette Gurney Fine, a ' Smith College graduate, is to be at the ? head of the settlement which a num- 1 ; ber of college-girls have planned to es- i ; tablish in the New York slums, in or- 2 r der to live and work among the poorsomething after the fashion of Toyn' bee Hall in London. ",^? f Sydney, N. S. W., May 29.-A \ 1 hurricane, extending over an exten3 sive range of coast, has prevailed for i four days. The rainfall bas never been equalled. Railway traffic has been * 8 suspended. Many land slips have occurred and a number of lives have ? been lost. Washington, May 28.?Admiral Kimberly reports to the Navy Department, under date of Auckland, May 3 27: "The Samoan natives are di?* ^ , banding. Peace prevails." * A severe earthquake shock was felt at El Paso, Texas, May 31.