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THH STOCK SHOW AT PENDLETON. The Stock snows oi renuiwiuu ua?? long been famous, and it was witt Eleasure that many heard that they hac een revived and were to be continued annually in the future, aflerasuspensior of two or three years. In 1888 the Stocl Show and Fair were excellent, and attracted a great deal of attention. Sinc< then the snows have not been repeated until last week, and we hope that thej will not be allowed to lapse again ever for a single year. On last Thursday morning, in company with a friend and behind a good trotter we Bet out for Pendleton to see the sights at the Stock Show. There was a goodlj number of Andersonians on the road bound for the same destination, ana tot colored band from this place, which wenl to Inrnish music during the day, favored some of the residents along the road^with some of their best pieces. No one can travel the road from here tc Pendleton without leeling that he is passing through a prosperous country. In every direction we saw splendid fields ol cotton and magnificent stretches of corn on the bottoms. Along the road may be seen pastures thickly swarded with Bermuda grass (one of the best pasture grasses grown and well adapted to oui soil and climate) on which fat cattle are grazing. The proportion of land devoted to cotton will hardly fail to attract the attention of the traveller, for the area planted in corn and other crops is insignificant, as compared to the cotton area. Many of the fields were white with the fleecy locks and pickers were busy gathering in the precious staple. We judge that from two-thirds to three-fourths ol the crop has been harvested, and the three or four gins we saw along the route seemed to be doing a good business. There are a number of handsome and comfortable homes through this section, and with scarcely an exception beautiful hot house flowers were tastily arranged around the door-steps and in the piazzas, while the yards contained beautiful flowers of different varieties. Gardens, orchards and grape arbors surrounded the dwellings, and with the great cotton and com fields as a back-ground, the conclusion seemed natural that these good people dwelt in a land that "flowed with inilk and honey." "We stopped at Pendleton Factory for a few minutes and found everybody at work. The factory is situated on a bold little stream, 3 miles from Pendleton. Quite a striking picture is presented to the eye at this place?the factory with its busy spindles, the mill and gin with their rumbling rocks and humming saws, the quiet country store and the neat, white cottages of the operatives, while the murmuring stream that turns the wheels fUrnishes a striking contrast to the roar of blazing furnaces and clouds of dirty smoke from burning coal that is found at many of our factories. The scene is picturesque and one that the mind and eye delight to dwell upon. Tbe home of Mr. Sitton, manager of the factory, is in a beautiful grove a little further up the read. We were told that tne iacwry is pruspenu^ uuuer uis iuauagement. Aboat thirty bales of cotton is consumed per day. We have a little digressed from our BUbject?the Stock Show?but there are so many beautiful and interesting scenes and objects along this road 'that we thought some mention of them might be not uninteresting to our readers, especially to those who, like the writer, love the broad fields and beautiful forests of the country and the gentle brooks that peacefully "go on forever." On reaching the historical town of Pendleton we found the streets thronged with psople, who were quietly making their way to the place of exhibit. This was on Maj. A. T. Smythe's farm, and was about a mile west of Pendleton. We joined the firocesslon and soon reached the place. A arge crowd had assembled to see the stock and races, and before the day was over we suppose that about 1500 peoplewomen, men and children, white and black?visited the grounds. The situation was favorable for such an exhibition. The race course, which was about threeeighths of a mile long, was in a nice meadow, enclosed on three sides by hills, where were trees enough to furnish am pie aiiuuu iur uiuu uuu ueasu r rum mese elevations thousands of people might easily have witnessed the exhibition of the stock on the track. The number of exhibits was not as large as formerly, but the various departments contained some choice specimens, all of which attracted a full share of attention and praise, though of course the display of stock on the track was the Reading feature of the day. There were some splendid specimens of cotton and corn, and two immense wagon loads of choice hay on exhibition. Some of the ears of corn measured 15 inches. No wonder such sleek stock and fat cottle and hogs may be found in a country where such corn and hay is grojvn, We have some specimens of the corn in our ofl&ce, and not many poople ever saw larger ears, Admirable order was observed, and the Bight-seers spent the day in examining the exhibits and watching the contests on the track and in pleasant conversation in groups scattered about at good points of observation, though here anfl thore lyere pairs Wlio sought qtiiei places to tell and near that old, old story. Col. D. K. Norris and Messrs. 0. A. Bowen and B. Harris superintended the show and proved themsolves skillful in Bbcb an undertaking. Blue and rod ribbons (indicating first pnd second distinctipns respectively) )ver6 Awarded by the Judges ih the several departments to the best and seoond best exhibits, and below may be (bund a list of such awards: WABora a vr\ ur?r ro T. L. Bulow, Ridgeville, S. C., Judge. Jleftyy Praugbt Stallions^-Wqodburn eito'ck Karito, Jiuie: C.G. Richey, Red. Heavy Draught Mares?Woodburn Stock Farm, Blue. Light Draught Stallions, 3lyears old and over?Babtown Cleveland Bay Co., Blue ; A. W. Thompson, Red. Stallions, two to three years old?D. K. Norris, Blue; J. n. D. Ashmore, Red. Stallion ColtS: under opo ye^r?B. gtuart, Blue, ? ?? .? Mares, 8 years old and over?Woodburn Stock Farm, Blue J G. L. Anderson Red. Mares, two to three years old?Woodbufn Stock Farm, Blue; W. W. Smith, Red, * '' Mare?, one to two years old?Wocdburu Stock Farm, Blue; G. L. Anderson, Red, Mare Colts, under one year old?Woodburn Stock Farm, Blue; 0. A. Bowen Red. Brood Mares and Colts?Woodburr Stock Farm, Blue; Silas Kay, Red. Jacks?0. A. Bowen, Blue, colts Oneto'two yeat-s old?o. A, liowen, Blue; O. A. Bowed, Red; Single Harness Geldings?Woodburr Stock Farm, Blue ; Tribble and Richey Red. Sindp Harness Horses?Woodburr {stock-Farm, Blub; W. W. Griffin, Rfed Fair Carriage Horses?J. B. E. Sloan Blue. - pair Light draughts?F- Tribblo Blue; Woodburn Stock Farm, Red.' " CATTLE. B. F. Cray ton, Auderson, S. C., Judge Holstein Bull, two to three years oldSouth Carolina Agricultural and Mechan * ical College, Blue. Holstein Bull, one to two years old?O. 5 A. Bowen, Blue. * Ilolstein Bull, under one year old?0. 1 A. Bowen, Blue. I Holstein Cows, three years old and ovor i ?O. A. Bowen, Blue and Bed. i Holstein Heifers, under one year old? - O. A. Bowen, Blue and Red. 5 Jersey Bull, two to three years old ? I Woodburn Stock Farm, Blue. r Jersey Bull, under one year old? i Woodburn Stock Farm, Blue. Jersey Cows, three years old and over r ?Woodburn Stock Farm, Blue and Red. , Jersey Cows, two to three years old? J Woodburn Stock Farm, Blue and Red. ' Jersey Cows, one to two years old? Woodburn Stock Farm, Blue and Red. ) Jersey Heifers, under one year old? k Woodburn Stock Farm, Blue and Red. I Graded Heifer, one to two years old? i E. G. Evans, Blue. Graded Heifer?under one year old? > E. G. Evans, Blue. HOGS. f Jersey Red Sow?0. A. Bowen, Blue, i Pair Jersey Red Pigs, over four > months old?O. A. Bowen, Blue and Red. > Pair Jersey Reds, under two months? r\ * ni?Q V. XV. iJUTTUU wiuv MU? FOWLS. , T. B. Lee, Judge. i Plymouth Rocks?Pair Grown Fowls?J. H. Mounce, Blue, J. L. Jolly, Red. Pen of Fowls?0. A. Bowen, Blue; J. L. Jolly, Red. Pair of Chicks?0. A. Bowen, Blue. ^ Pen of Chicks?J. L. Jolly, Blue; J. H. ' Mounce, Red. 1 Silver Lnced Wyandottes?Pen of Chicks i ?J. H. Mounce, Blue; B. Harris, Red. Pair of Chicks?J. H. Mounce, Blue; B. Harris, Red. Brown Leghorns?Pair of Chicks?W. G. Hembree, Blue. Pen of Chicks?W. G."Hembree, Blue. Light Brahrnas?Pen of Chicks?O. A. Bowen, Blue. Pair of Fowls?Mrs. Dr. Pickens, Blue; O. A. Bowen, Red. 1Pekin Ducks?Pair Ducklings?J. L. Jolly, Blue and Red. Pair Ducks?M. R. Hunnicutt, Blue. Muscovey Ducks?Pair of DucklingsMrs. Dr. Pickens, Blue. Bronze Turkeys?Pair of fowls?B. Harris, Blue. The races crave rise to considerable ex citement, and the successful contestants were greeted with lusty shoots by the spectators. As a rule, the driving was good and the reins wero handled skillfulS. No serious accidents happened, ough two negro riders were thrown in the running raco that completed the program of the day. Neither seemed much hurt, though the escape of one, who was thrown headlong over his horse's head, was marvelous. A short intermission was given at about 1:30 o'clock for dinner and we joined kind friends around a bountiful spread, after which the races were resumed and continued until about 5 o'clock. The people then scattered to their homes, and the general verdict was that the show had been a success, and that the day had been a pleasant one. The Pendleton section is famous, too, for its fair ladies and handsome men, and it was our good fortune to meet many of them while there. We willingly bear testimony to the truthfulness of the many complimentary remarks wo havo heard aboutthem. A few words about the Pendleton Farmers' Society, which manages the Stock Shows, will prove interesting. The Society was organized in 1815, and the Constitution declares, "The objects of the Society shall be the promotion and improvement of agricultural and rural affairs. Their attention shall be confined to these, objects." The officers of the Society at f/Nw rv? An tt'OVA T) T f* Jl/O luiuium/u " UI c x icoiutm, t/. \ . Griffin ; Vice-President, Josias D. Gsu!liard; Secretary, Robert Anderson; Corresponding Secretary, Joseph Van Shanklin. The Society met monthly and some of its members read essays on subjects bearing on the objects of the Society. We were shown a valuable pamphlet, printed in 1820, containing the Constitution and Bye-Laws of the Society and containing olso a number of essays on agricultural topics. The pamphlet is the !>roperty of Dr. P. H. E. Sloan, and is lighly prized by him. Very soon after its formation the Society originated the Stock Shows and they have been continued up to the present time. The officers of the Society at present are as follows: President, Col. D. K. Norris; Secretary and Treasury, Mr. Geo. E. Taylor; Corresponding Secretary, Mr. O. A. Bowen. The following constitute the Executive Committee: M. M. Hunter, J. C. Stribling, H. S. Trescott, J. D. Smith and J. J. Sitton. Thos. G. Clemson was a member of this Society, and in 1866 a committee, of which he was Chairman, issued a circular asking "for aid to found an institution for the diffusion of scientifio knowledge." Thus ic will be seen that for many years Mr. Clemson had cherished the hope of having an Agricultural College founded in South Carolina, a hope which is now on the eve of fulfillment. uur tnanKs are aue ana nereDy tenaered tbp ofijcers of ttyo Society for their kindness in assisting the writer to procure such facts as he needed on wliicn to base this report.?J. K. H,t n Anderson Intelligencer, Bold Dash on a Bank, 1(4 Grand, Greqon, uctobor 0.?At Enterprise, in Walla Walla County, on Wednesday afternoon, while Cashier Holmes was in the National Bank alone, a man eutered and asked how much money John Smith, of Portland, had on deposit. Upon the cashier spying that no such inaq had any deposit, the visitor drew* a pistol and covering the cashier 6aid, "You are a d?d liar." At this juncture two confederates came up on horseback, one of them siuing on bis horse with a pistol in each hand, and warned people back. The other entered the bank and poured into a sack all the money on the counter, about ?3,500. The three men then escaped to tbo rponntains, in the direction or CornuoOpia. A posso is'in pursuit, but as the country Is sparsely settled, their capture is doubtful. ? The streets of Helena. Montana, arp potpxaptly pavod with gold, ppr'cap'one pick Up a livelihood in nuggets from the roadway, but cellar digging is apt toun1 cover enough gold to pay for the labor and 1 sometimes more. In digging the foundation of a business block there the inter> estea parties are taking out ?100 per day in pay dirt, and do not seem to th^pk it 1 a vory remarkable iind either.' ? ?iucy >?cClur'o. aged twouty-four years,known for eight years as one of the most persistent ana daring of West Virginia moonshiners, has been captured 1 after a desperato chase, by a United States ? marshal, and is no^y ip jail at Charlesion. ?he >vas captured in the interior of 1 Lincoln county, at a point far remote from any railroad, and has a long list of infrac? tions of the law charged up against her. ? Oftbeentlro human raco( 500,000,000 < are well fclothed, tha't 'ig, they wear garments of some kind s 200,000,000 habitually go naked, and 700,000,000 only cover parts of the body ; 500,000,000 live in houses, 700,000,000 in huts and caves, - and 250,000,000 virtually have no shel ter. ???????? Successful Bain Making. Goodlaud, Kas., October 0.?Franl Melbourne, the Australian rainmaker closcd his experiments at this place yes tordav. Melbourne exnlained that th< cold nights contracted all tho work he di< during the day. Since his experimentinj began, Northwestern Kansas has ha< more rain than has ever fallen here before and the people are satisfied with his ex planation. Melbourne was asked las night to submit a proposition tor waterinj the forty counties in Western Kansas and he offered to do it for ten cents fo each cultivated acre. Thero were this year 2,000,000 acres under cultivation ii the counties which it is proposed to water The Crash Was Awful. Fort Wayne, Indiana, October 14.A dispatch from Auburn reports an acci den t to the B. & O. fast express, ens bound, near Hicksville, Ohio. When tb< express was at a point not far from th< station, where it is not scheduled to stop in rounding a sharp curve on an embank ment twenty feet high, the four rear cars two sleepers, a passenger coach and Vic< President King's private car, left the tracfc and rolled down the embankment, turn ing over twice in their descent to the bot torn. The train was running at a speed o fifty miles an hour and the crash was aw< ful. Iu a moment the air was hideou: with the groans and shrieks of the injurec passengers. Assistance came from tlx town almost immediately, and the worli of rescue was begun. Two persons were killed, three wer( seriously injured and several others wer< slightly injured in the wreck. Little Miss Cleveland. New York. October 9.?Ex-Presideni Cleveland said to-day to a reporter of th< limes, ia answer iu uu lu^uujr icgoiuiue the name of the newcomer in his bouse "We have settled on a name and it i? Ruth.' This was the name of Mrs Cleveland's grandmother, and has always been especially liked by her. He said further: "In connection with tbe publication of this item, which, I hope, will end much apparent curiosity on the subject, I desire especially that mention be made, of tbe extreme and kindly interest in us and our child shown by good people everywhere throughout the country. We have received almost innumerable congratulations and kind remembrances. From the President of the United States and from many an humble citizen have come heartfelt felicitations. All tbis has been very gratifying and has been fully appreciated ; but, since it will be impossible to acknowledge all these messages separately, I hope this public recognition will be accepted as sufficient." Spartanburg's Factories. Spartanburg, S. C., October 16.? Spartanburg County leads the world, that is, the Southern world. The following are the figures of cotton spindles now in actual operation, or for the placing o 1 which the plant has begun. Clifton, 50,000; Pacolet, now working, 26,400, building, 34,600, total, 61,000 j Enoree, 25,000; Spartan Mills, 30,000; D. E. Converse Co. ,?ni z. nan fnfai inrvin* UUUUiWli VKJ uiu unit, tsjvw, vwwua, *w,vvv , Whitney, 10,000; Fairmount, 5,0CK); Fingervillo, 5,000; Pelham, 5,000; Cowpens, 3,000; Arlington, 1,500; Valley Falls, 500; J. II. Cash, 15,000; grand total, 201,500. Estimating tho consumption at about one-half balo to the spindle, the home consumption is .about 100,000 bales. This is about two and one-half times the production of the County. This means nearly $0,000,000 in cotton mills in Spartanburg County. Eight or ton years ago the difference between the Spartanburg and Charleston market was from 75 to 100 points. Now cotton brings as much on tno streets ol this city as it does on the coast. This is duo directly to tho local demand from the mills. iNot Cheaper Money, But Better Men. An old woman I once knew in tho Tennessee mountains expressed a great economic truth in these words : "Poor folks has poor ways." Too often it is tho poorness of their own ways, not the aggression of wealthy neighbors, which has plunged these folks into poverty. If a man spends a day in the harvest time in efforts to send a fool to the Legislature, or a knave to Congress, should ho complain if the laws the fools and knaves make add to his own taxes? Who but he is to blame if the laws ostensimy maue in nis interest simply shift the burden from one of his shoulders to the other ? If he stand all day in the public square spellbound by a tramp with an accordion, or, still worse, if he lounge about on the sawdust floor of a saloon, talking the vile stuff we agree to call ^potitics,'.' never roading a book, never thinking a thought above the level of the sawdust floor, need he be surprised if his opinions do not meet with respect? It is not cheaper money the farmer needs, but dearer men?men whose time is money and whoso labor is worth the Ifybor of other men ; men >vho know how to do the best things in the best \vay, and can thereby do their part in alleviating industrial dfcpression.? President D- S. Jordon, in the Forum, 4 Plain Truth. No man lias a right to marry till, ic every human probability, assured that he can support a family in his own station, More love or improvident matches seldom turn out well; poverty corner, and there is bo much self-re&raaoh on either side ? ? - i i >? 'i* ?1_ v.*A.J. it. tpat ?jai; ;s auaea 10 lis uiuuruesa ; men tempers are soured, and they soon wisb themselves unmarried. But when trials assail an attached, a reasonable pair, sorrow unites them oloaer; the man, feeling how much depends on him, never flags in his exertion, and often recovers the los! step, if not, there is still consolation is his wife's unvarying love?in her sweei noiseless sacrifices. }n these unoer'taui tiwpa there arofow'commercial men whe haVe'not met with reverses, and tboy wil! often say: "Had it not been for those at homo ] should have blown my brains out; ] could not hayo stood it.V. """ *'" * Wife, and children I ^hey are a beaoor to Us'in'our troubled' sea ; v.*o renew the struggle when ready to sink beneath th( wavo, and at last are saved. At the worst when all is black?when friends are cool or reproachful?when the cruelest doubtf assail us?thoro is still oi\o w^o resppctf and lovps us; at homo \yo' a^e still uoar ?Arac Yori'&dget,' ? Itseemsto us that it would bo pos siblo for every sub-Alliance in Soutl Carolina to have a schoci, th& pubiii funds to bo supplemented with private funds. The appalling fact exists that i large proportion of the agricultural pop> ulation of the State cannot read. Alanj Alliancemen will say they aro too poo: to educate their children, locate b] co-operation. Tha Alliance is now snond ing ' a great' doal of money for polltlca education ; they can and should main tain literary education. There ought t( be a great campaign waged for improvei schools. If thoy will, Iho Sub-Alli ces can hold tho key to popular educa tion in the country distriata.?Chesty lie porter. All Sorts of Paragraphs. s ? Tho value of the timbor in Fr< i no County, California, is estimated - ?0G,000,000. ? ? This is a groat year for girl babi 1 Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvan ? has just had a daughter added to tho ( 1 eeutive household. ? It is estimated that tho big oil-w ^ recently struck near Pittsburgh, is pi T ducing 10,000 barrels a day. Its daily p 5 duct is worth $4,500. r ? A woman runs a locomotive on I 3 Cairo and Kanawha Valley Railroad i West Virginia and makes tho schedi . time notwithstanding tho impulse s must nave to uoia up ucr train at cvt crossing. ? Bob Smith, a son of Captain John . Smith, who liycs two miles northeast . Bowden, Ga., picked 701 pounds of c t ton, beginning at good daylight, quitti 3 at sun down, stopped at noon thirty-ti j minutes. He was timod ono hour a picked ninety pounds. ? Twenty years ago the 8th of tl , month, lire in Chicago burned over 2,: 3 acres, destroying 17,450 buildings valu< : with their contents at?190,000,000 and re - dor g8,500 people homeless. The insuran - companies were liable for ?90,533,721 f damages, of which about one-half w paid and fifty-soveu companies failed s consequence. 1 ?A French company has been fori 5 ed to insure the farmer's crops against l< : by frosts. Pretty much every conceiv ble risk is now insured except the risl 5 politician runs in his scramble for offii J Here Is a fine field for some enterprist; capitalist. J ust think of the business su a company could do in South Caroli about election times ! ? Levi M. Bates, who fell from a be t and was drowned at Bristol, Vt., on Tui ) day, was one of the best insured men ; this country. Ho had ?65,000 accident i : surance and ?94,000 life insurance that nc i is due to his family. The insurance cor Eanies say tnat juis aeata is one 01 i ardest 011 them that has occurred for 1 long time. ? Bishop Turner, of the African Met 1 odist Church, has sailed for the missii " fields of his Church in Western Afri< ' Just before sailing he said: "I am st ' agitating the African colonization pli 1 and for a line of steamers to carry t 1 colored people from this country back ' Africa. It is tho hope of our people ai their chance to make a groat and indope 1 dont nation." ( ? A drunken man at Wilmington, De , was struck by a railroad train, his 1< arm cut off, his upper jaw broken, ai i several teeth knocked out, and, thouj he wandered about for two hours afte ward, he knew nothing of his mishap u til a friend told him of it. This leads i exchange to declare that, after all, there no drug like old whiskey for deadenii pain during surgical operations. ? Superintendent Waltor Steel* of ti Carpenter Steel Works, Reading, Pi has solved an important commerci r problem by discovering how to amalg mate aluminium and steel so as to man facture edge tools as sharp as tho Dama ' cene blade of early history. Tho proce of merging the aluminium with the iro; the latter of which can't bo worked und tho intense heat required to melt the forr er, is a secret. ? Mrs. Martha Floj'd, of Spring PIa< Ga., mention of whoso age has been mad is a peculiar old lad}'. She is now oi i hundred years old, never saw a steam e i gine in her life, doos not believe in ti existence of a supremo being and w: not go near a church, is tho widow ol soldier of 1812, draws a pension and hi 1 i a 3 J u soyeriii uuuuruu uvuars juu ami; ui u ried in the ground and will not toll an one where it is. She lives alono and w not have a nurse to attond her?is trulj ' curiosity. 1 ? A sevon-months old child of Pr 1 feasor Cyrl L'Africain, of Hempstead, I., has been asleop for 150hour3contin ously. The child was taken sick with whooping cough some twelve days ag Last Thursday night the attendants in , agined that the child was improving fro , the fact that the child went to sleep, b , when tho parents went to rouse tho chi ! their efforts were unsuccessful. Nou ishment has been given to the child stated intervals, which it retains, and a J pears to be growing strongor. Occasioi ally a sigh is heard and a slight mov ment of a foot or arms aro the only sig of life. ? For pure meanness tho following 1 without a parrallel in our town's histor, On last Sunday night while William Tii ner and his son were away from hom leaving his wife and llttio ones as ] thought secure, after midnight some oi 1 on misclilol intent Dursieu tno sasu o 1 of the windows of tho dwelling and frigh ' ened the intakes almost to death, and n i content witnthis put a quart bottle 1 powder under the house and mado i effort which, however, was not succo3sfi 1 to blow up the house, Mrs. Turner, I her cries, succeeded in awakening L neighbors, who came to her rescue, ai the raiding parties left. No arrests ha been mado, as the guilty parties aro u known and loft no oluo by which thi can be traced.? lYeitvibiistci' Banner. A barber who keeps a shop in Lar beth recently performed a rash but clev foat. The shop was full of customei and one of them was undergoing the oj>c ation of shaving, when it was noticed tb t the barber had his oye? closed, though 1 i still kept passing the razor ovor the fa , of his visitor. After some timo, ana win ! the operation was finished, what was t! i surprised"those in the shop to hear tl i barber exclaim, "Oh, no} not yetat t same time opening his eyes. It then b i came evident that he was fast asleop ai i had shaved a man while in that co . dition. Ho expiained that ho had be< > up tho two previous nights, and th I would account for his sleepiness, but tl i praotico in shaving had so grown up< ! him that ho was even ablo to perform b ( di\ty while asleop. 1 ? Evangelist I). L. Moody, in a serm< f delivered in Chicago on Sunday, sharp 1 criticises those who have q craving f . titles, Among othor ' things he sail t "tyospg might have stood at tho head > th'e army and beon ono of the great mi ofKgj'pfc, but ho had turned his bai 1 upon tho gilded palaces forty years befo 5 to obey tho commands of God and a ' tho despised Hebrews. He was not reai | for the great work qntil Cioil had Uk< | him apu kepi him for fortj'yoars. Am; iu the present day who wants to do an ! thing must begin before ho is forty yen 1 old, but those times were different." Win God did call, it was just plain Moxi Ho did not call him T.Qrd AJoso3, i - Princo Moses, or tho Ilori. Moses or I] l Moses. 1 (o oalled hiin by his truo nam 3 tile riai.no given him by his parents. G< ) never ^ives titles to any of his wcsr'cei i Oh, how men like titles! There are mai who would do anything to get a litl'o, r be Ciillcd general, or colonel, or major, l* to hayo tho letters 1>. D, or LL. 1). tack j on tho end of their names. Thero a - aome ministers of the gospel with lie 1 on ono end and D. D. on the other end w - would rather bo accused ol' imnicty 3 lack of faith in tho glorioun words of I 1 Lord than to bo addressed without t - preli - oy suifix. Thero aro some m - who havo big heads and littlo hearts, ai - these aro tho men whom God cannot ma use of*" Farmers' Opportunities. es- One great hindrance to success on a at cotton farm is found in the unnec.-psiry esj> delay in sale of products. A mercbani ia, sells his floods and realizes at onto bis !x" profits. A professional man renders his nil service and receives his reward. ro- A farmer works bis weary twelve l0" months and wails and labors undn 1,0 drought and rain and mildew a:>d in blight and then tabes his chances with all the misfortunes of crowded market-, >ry low prices and tho disadvantages of trade, Can wo cot in some way reduce ibit long suspense?from January to January ot- ?hanging as it were between deapaii aud hops, and absolutely beyond ?He nd power of any man to forecast? Is th< n not some remedy for this long waiting 5 The twelve months are attended with &c ;d, many chances of faHura to the cotton m* farmor, and the experience of the !a*t in twenty years has so pluiuly demon- :mud 'as tbe adver^e chances, that for man;, y*in sons we should begin to counsel a cb?nge. n. There is no more opportune tim.i limn )S3 now to cull attention to the possible .aa changes fur the better. ce. Farmers have juafc housed their whrol "j!j andoat?. If a larger area were sown to na small grain, and at this Eeaaon the*e crops were put upon tho markets, the J?' lony strain would be somewhat broken nf h<r Mm innnnin nf an fif.rflritnhlp flmdiint n" from this source. )W . , , n- la many sections of the extreme |ie Southern States wheat does not do so well, but in almost all sections, with h- proper manuring and tillage, enough c?n ?n be grown to meet immediate family deili mands, and in this way save expenditure an for purchase. Money saved ia moDpy to madead Oats do well in all territory reached by n" the Southern Cultivator. Oar farmers do ] not expend upon the crop proper care. 3ft The soil is too thin for good results. If Jj* quite a good deal ot the manure giveu Jo r- cbtton were reserved for oate, and the n" atubbls then burned and the land sown in is to peas, the fertility of tho farm would 3B be greatly increased, and a* good many crops securod at a seaEon when farmers need financial relief. Just now, I gay, is ial a good time for farmers to realize how :a" niccly a good sum for oals eold would fill lS. up the necessities on the farm. To this ss it may bo replied that tbe oats the paf-t "r eeason have not paid for the expense cf n- tillage, to say nothing to profit. And I might again r*ply they r.uver do when they aro as carelessly grow a cs during no the past season. I have .' cea oats and ? wheat at tbe Esperinjorit Station this ill season just an g^od as farmers could dea tire to have them. We mu.it catch on ^3_ to better methods, and we will have bety ter results. Abandon the plan of scariJ11 fying some barren hilla late in the spring, and scattering oats over them with the o- expectation of getting a crop. When we k* improve our plan*, wo will improvo our a bank accounts. :?- Farmers should grow more hay. It rem quires but little or no care. It improves ut the soil. It prevent;; washing, and L. covers a doal of unsightliness about, the at farm. d- tt? 1.1 i.? j a * XJL&y WUUiU UU 1U UCiXl^iilU ii w IUIO CCft" 1- " o- son. Car loads of it are being drawn ns through the streets of thin city every d&y. Making hay is an essy way to make y3. money. The methods for saving and ir- handling are so much improved, that there is almost no maanal labor conie nected with it. A few hundred dollars from eale of oat>i. and a few hundred it" 0t more from aale of hay, would coma in an of opportune time on the farm, just now. il, How about uheep? Wool is always in }y demand at retnur.eyativs prices. Sheep Kj cost but litclo in this latitude, a/:d sn ve occasional lamb goes weil on the dinner ' table in the spring. Sheep bavo paid me as large dividend on the firm a* aoy n- other industry J b&ve tried. $>i0.or $100 er from added to a nice incomo from L*S ,j,' honey and poultry grown Sot market, at would make czcelient opportunities for p? farmers. Tkis la the meat favorable ?ea3n sou for farmer.!. This w the meat favor;ie abl& season to forecast the future in this be he line, es farmers are just now iD condition e; to know how much pleasant relief a few hundred dollars would bring. Let us 3" cbaoge our methods, and make mere ^ resources for money. ? IV. J. Northen, in >11 Southern Cultivator, is llTr Qoi\. W. H. F. Leo, second son of Gon. jy Robert E. Leo, died at his homo "Ravensor worth," Fairfax County, Va., on last 1 j. Thursday evening, aged 5-1 years, llo was buried on Saturday iu tho presence ;k ofscveral hundred people, many of whom ro were from the South and various portions jd 0f Virginia. G6n. Leo was a gallant soldior, and since the war has been farming. \n He represented his District in Congres3 a y- number of tirnes^ us ?- - ?? ? ? *<)?.<?? ? Gil 39j (governor llill, of New York, is in Atsr lanta this week. lie will dolivor tho ora,r tion at t!ic unveiling of the Grady monuqj mcut on V'odnosday at noon. Tho Govts, ci-nor id greatly admired down here lor iiy his staunch Democracy, butsinco tho recent bappy event in Grovcr's family, tlic C,1 ex-Prosidcnt is just thre? limes as popuro lar hero as his old friend, Governor Hill. ,v- The Governor should get married, or be will stand no ^hanco for tho Presidency he against Grover, wife and baby. ho - ? ? y-?. ? Tho largest railroad station in tho ko world is at Birmingham, England. It pivots eleven acres. Influence of the Moon. i In a talk about tbe weather an observant gentleman said : "Until this year I . was always in doubt as to which was the i dry uioun und which the wet. I knew i that if tbe moon hung on its point it was either dry or wet, just as the old woman's > indigo was good if it sank in water, cr good if it floated, she did not remember I which Rut this year .I find that the wet. i moon is tbe one that rests on its back. , Lh'X March we had sucb a moon, and it , either rained or snowed twenty eight i diys of that month. In September we ' have had no raiu at nil and tbe moon hip g on its point when it was new. S;>i;ie people say the moon ba-) no effect > 0:1 the weather, though tbey admit it ' regulates the tides; they say it has no > cffact on the crops; but against all Buch i I put the experience of practical men. ; Then- r.re 10,000 men in Kentucky who | will swear in a court of justice that . piai;i.!fg potatoen in the dark of the . , aio i'i will bo followed by a larger yield i than i he planting of them in the light of the rt.''on, other conditions being equal. They know it by experience, tbe result of , yearn sod years of observation and prac, ticai tri il. What is the moon for, anyi how? Wan. it just flung where it is by i chanco? Was it merely made to spy upon lovers? Was it created for the i wonder of children and to be the bete noir of yfiller dogs? No; it was given to the orirtb as a satellite, and it regnUtes our ffcaiher for us, and rewards the prudent granger that confides in it There never was a new moon, winter or rammar, that 'bung to the north' that did not bring cool weather, and there never was a new moon that 'hung to the South' that did not bring warm weather, no matter the season?Louisville CourierJournal. rp.?>v anil!n? i ?> VflrtOnfl XT 1Q T7 in fllO JL >YKJ calling AVVOMV1J **mj <M ?MV Mersey that had left Liverpool on the same day last year, and after voyages of thirty thousand miles for each returned to port at Liverpool almost aide by side. Thoy left on October 4 for Astoria, Or, and arrived there on March 1 or 2,. having boon in company with each other for a large portion of the voyage. They were in sight for forty days. Both captains had their wives on board, and during the t forty days of proximity one of the captains ana his wife enjoyed a Sunday dinner on the other vessel, the compliment being returned on tho following Sunday by the other captain. Both vessels left Astoria on April 8, but this time one sail, ed for Dunkirk and tho other for Havre. Thoy loft these ports at nearly the same time, and entered the Mersey within hailing distance after a voyage of three hundred and forty-two days. ? Twentv vears aco the wife of John Stewart, now a merchant of Schell City, Mo., died, leaving an infant daughter, Tho wife's parents had opposed tho match, and at the first opportunity they kidnapped the little one and carried it to Virginia, 111., where, under the name of Bruse, it grew to womanhood and recently married. About three weeks ago the young woman, now Mrs. Ida Funk, learned that her father was living ana was at Schell City, Mo. She wrote to bim and as a result is now on her way to see him for tho first time since her baby days. ? Tho present Legislature of Georgia, composed largely of Alliance men, baa been passing some very stringent measures for the Government of the railroads in that State, but they will hold on to their passes all the same. In the Georgia House on Monday a bill was called up prohibiting the members from riding upon free passes, but after a lengthy debate a motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill was voted down by a decided majority. One of the Representatives declared that every member had been riding on free passes. They will continue to do so. ? There is in Detroit an equine thoroughbred which is pronounced not only the handsomest, but one of the largest horses in existence. He is in truth a giant, and the veriest novice in horseflesh could not but view his size and beauty without a certain feeling of awo. This colossal animal is 5 years old and is 21 hands high, weighing 2,865 pounds. An ordinary sized man cuts but a small figure beside him. He is dark chestnutfn color with superb mane aud tail. He is owned by Richard Tregaskis and can trot in four minutes. ? An underground lake has been discovered three miles from Genesse, Idaho. It waa found by a well digger. At a depth of sixteen feet clear, pure lake water ran out over the surface for a time, then settled back to the earth's level. Tho most curious part of it, says the Boiso Statesman, is that fish were brought to the surface on tho overflow. "They have a peculiar appearance and are sightless, indicating that they are underground fish. The spring has attracted much attention and many farmers in tho vicinity fear tLat their farms will drop into the lake,'' ? Somo mighty big nuggets of gold havo been found in California recenty. Ono that weighs 203J ounces and is worth about ?3,GOO was found in the Ruby drift mine, above Forest City, Sierra county. It is eight inches in length by five in width, and varies in thickness from two to three inches. It is scalloped in places and has a beautiful bronze color. It la the largest of the nuggets that lias been found in recent years. ? The only negro elected to the next Congress is H. P. Chetham, and North Carolina is respousiho for him. He comes from tho eastern or coast district, and if he serves out his term ho will have four years in tho House, which is about tho average service of colored members. Cheatham is a largo burly man and a mulatto. The Methodists havo had somo right stormy secnc3 at tho Ecumenical Council, and some of tho tnembors have shown but littlo regard for parliamentary rules. Those havo been many excellent papers read by the members of tho Council and the discussions havo been interesting. Quito a number of distinguished gontlemen have visited tho Conference, ono of , whom was President Harrison, who mado a kpooch that was frequently applauded aud elicited a good deal of laughter. ? Taking the waolo land surface of tho , globe into consideration, there is, on an average,, 22J half acres to each poison.