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I _ EAST END. ? Wkat "M" l?w ud Hmn en HI* la CMiiry sad la Taw*. Abbeville, S. l\, Ju:y 2, IMC. ttUKAlM lX>*lNt A.ND M1X?. Miaattockle McKenzie apent nevera! daye oI Ibla week Id tbe cltjr Ibe auml ul her nutter* Mr*. JuboMOQ nuil Mrs. N irk It*. Mia Late Peonal after i pleasant ?i?jr Id tb?ellf tor M??ral d?;? returned bout* lul Friday. Mra. Uittte A. WliaoD U now happy ; her two lltUe daocbters Halite and Marv having Just returned home, from th? Thorn well Orpbaoage of Cliotoo where ihey will upend tbelr rammer vacation. Mr. andMrm.8. K. Ilammuad were gueeu In the ear last Mooday. Mr. J. R. P'abe, Jr.. la now on on inr campaign Hur tinge aaaklug eanalorlal booan. Maalar Eraklne Blake lea yeeterday for a mootb'a alar with relatlvaa lo Greenwood. Mra. B. F. Bui ley left laat Monday for Aebellle, N. C- wbere abe will be uoe of the goeels of Battery Park bote I. Mlaa Marlon Tbomaa left yeaterday for I , laamnoD, 8. C. wbere abe will be ibe gaeat of bar elate r. Mlaa Jennie Wondbarat after apeodlog a while wttb Mra. J. W. Sberard during her lllocaa returned borne laal week. Mr. aad Mra. Trowbridge, of Andrreon, Mr. C.Hngbea, Mra. N. W. Oollelt and Mr. Prank Hngbeaof Athena and Mr. Ben HugtIaa and Mr. Hal Tag??rt of Columbia were In iba city laat Mouday attending the funeral aarrleaa of Mra Mamie Taggart tlugbca. Dr. E. E. Piatt left yeaterday for Atlanta wbere be goea toaccrpl a situation with tbr JaootM Pharmm-y. U Mlaa Ellsa OoeeeUof Kaaley la In the city Iba gueat of Mr. and Mra. M. B. 8) flan abd otber relatlvee. b Mlaa Willie Bowla of Elbertoa la vlaltlnp bar ooualn Mlaa Gertrude Moore. xora ALOMU KOVTE NO. 2. Mr. W. A. Loaaaz and Mra. A. K. Lomax pant laat Monday In Veniery. Maatar Edwin Brown after a pleaaaot vl>lt to hla grandfather In Atlanta returned bonir laat (Saturday. Mut*ra ricom and Wallace, aona of Mr. G. W. Loou pen l Uat WMk fry pleauntiy i with Mn. JowpblDA Cannon. pS* MliC William Lomix l? off at the Mineral 8jjrtyBl? eeereh of health and pleaaure comTha frtesii and acqnalnluneea of MIm Car rtoSnlfiove will ragm to baar of bar Uealb last Im4l7 moralnglB Andeeeoo. Mr. J. B. 1 nmai wbo baa bnn qalu tick ta now oooTal?dug. A lam crowd attended Ibe Quarterly owllac bald at Kbanaaer Cbarcb laat Matardaj Bg aad Ban dayr MIm Annl* (Collar la ifwdlnf thla week I with bar aunt Mm. Jamaa Haddon. Mr. W. ?. Morrtaoa loat a fine mole last Mamra. Tom Millar, Ooa Tolbert and Jobn Wilms vara ddtmiaa to the Baptist Union meeting bald At Midway laat Sunday. Mlaaaa Aaala, May and laabelle Hlnton from Bala* Tlaltad MIm Florence Fiemiuy IMtiak, Mra. Soala Cox la apaodlof awhile wltb ber daughter Mm. K. C. Cromer. ' Mr. Dray too Naoee of Doa Weat, after a abort atay wltb bar fbtbor Mr. H. T. Mood; retaraed home laav Sonday. c- F"a""u 1MU" nM"m Mlm Nora Jooaa, a balla of tba Lnn* Htar la la tba elty tba goeatof Mra. . W. Jooaa, | bar mat Mr. ud Mrs. Aiaar* roww, m !???'" were la tM elty laet Monday, tba goeeu of Mra. J. L. MeMUlan. HASH LUCK. Mr. Lwrta Woontoo B. F. D. Bgtff M* t KM Ma bom laet Banday nlfht Tbl* it bard iMt, Ml In Uw by Um com fort afforded lo Um oM auiQii "you eto'l ketp a laboring Man dovt" and ula la tralr applicable to MMrj!uaMflllllf bad the mlefortone to loaabte flaa eaddie bona laat Banday morn lag, after only a tew boora tick nets. OOP PBOaPKCTH. Uadar iba Maatlna vlad vblob baa blows aouitnoooaly tor tba peat Uo dartt crop- arr Sooklna onacb wonud. Corn I* blown aboot IM badly twisted, wnue oouoo is mjibhi?? to wilt aad looks droopy, It toboped tbto stnuor iflkln will MM In atowdayswbsnaji Wv will bo ngalBsd, tbs above to especially applicable ud noticeable In crops where oo rain if i?m toltoo tors moo lb or two. AlliSmmol crops in under lbs blgbsst stew of ooltteatloo ud vers never mor? tboreagbly vorfcsd than op to tbs present Un. ttam tow are comptoiniog of itee and root on oolton on sandy laads, bat only to vary Halted extant. Numbers of fkrmsrs ansitu sstUng oat swset potato allpa and plunllag stabbto toads In forage crops, millet, sorgbamand peas. BSTTBKL HIOB SCHOOL. ProI. a. a Knox. of ABtraTllle. bee bMD ileolsil principal of Ibis school and win enter upon bis duttos aboat tba first of October Bast. Prof. Knox graduated from Eraklne Col^ge M Dm Wsst at tba rsesnt commencement and to ayoung man of rare Intellectual f ability, bavins a bright nature Miora mm. BKJOATB TO DISTRICT OOimSICS. The District Conference of the Method Ul Gbanb VUI ?ootw? tomorrow (Tbgndv korolna at Pafkavilie and tba de legatee rapr*aaallnj U?e Abbeville Cburcb wbo will attend are l>r. B. P. KlUlavworth and Mr. P. V. flammonda, alternatea, J. F. Millar and J. M. Gaa brail. rnaovAL xumox. Mr. a 8. LlDk.ooe of tba beat farmer* lo the White Llckaeotloa baa da In bla subocripUoa totba Preeaand Banner. Mr. Uak take* otbar yartorticaia. bat Moat bava tba ?ood old ItypaiMr la wblcb be floda City, County, and Mat* new*. nvoBXATtox to ALL urrcajBrntD. Carrlera in tba Rural Mall Harvlea make aabadala time aa near aa tbejr oan unlaaa detained along tba mat*. A rfalav of 1 mlnnlaa aaab at 40 boxaa will itako op over aa boor and a quart* of the RoMMriu ba nailed alooc any R. P. D. Roate, aaaled, or ensealed. wliboot a 2 cent MMiptfllid* Carrier* art positively forbidden to carry wallgkU matter ot any kind without being -UTr'. r* tbto Mrtoosly oootliou witb tba MbU aarvtaa ralae ol tba government. fHaapa aad postal cards are boogbtaod Mid by the carriers, and If at any Umaonpald lor an a loss to them, aad not tba governdutb or m iuhu taqoakt iilumes. Agala tba 'Baapar" whose nana 1* "Death," baa aaat forth bla alckle and cot dowa a Mr aad lovely flower, oaoslng a glooaofsadosss-llka a mighty pall to reel a poo tba baaita aad home* of many wltbln oar aaletoitv. After a protracted and painml liiaeae. Mr*. Mamie Taggart Hag bra died *t tha hoaia nf har loarant*. Mr. and Mr* JlB? Taggart of tbla city, between the boon (ft IS MM 1 o'alock IM Monday morning, Jaaa tbcSfch, 1?C During all ber lllueee aba bore bor coffering wltb mat fortitude, boplag toe recovery, ret perfectly realgoed to tbe WOI of bat bloated Lord. Hbe wm oooaclotw M tba taat aad bad no feara for ber leal ail amy. and bar aweet lit* paaaed away like rv. ? ooa *?|?? on aleeo. Tba IWMMailrair aklll waa employed, and all tbat loving bearta could auggeat, and willlag baoda eoold do proved of no avail and dcatb claimed ber aa bla tropby, and abe la now ftaa from en String. and bar gentle aplrlt la awMtly reatlag la tba "boantliul borne of tba ooaL Her fanaral wrvlcea wera conducted nt 5 o'afoek Monday afternoon In tbe Preebytariaa Cbnreb, by Re*. J. liowrie Wliaon, after wblab Interment waa made In lx>ng Cane OMMtary, In tba praaeaca of many friend* and loved oom wboee bearu ware aad and Mat wltb grief over tba deatb of one ao be loved by all. Tba grlef-atrksken bnaband and darling babe. wltb tbaaoUra family, bave tba alncere aympatblM or tbla community. DIVIXB WORSHIP. LM Hosday morning Rev. J. Q. Wliaon maaebed aa earn eel aad practical eermon from tba worda of David, MIa tbe yoang Man Mfe?" Ha turned Ibeni about and mm (dmd bppllcadib lo id? kou? rdu u*u(b* Mm Of bto Lmnn. la Ut* imp, buy ?nd itBifbtr- of your boo* ial? trouu pbyiloal rain. ?fi fro* snUI du|tr?, mi* irom umimu vttck mdU moral ruiu? Are tbey tialnii ts Um fur ud laliu of Uod.< Do tbey Ion God, Ofllaaa Ood to kept In the boms (Mr toU will bt ilko IbMl of King Dtvid. wbw b* )e?rn?d AbMlom w?k not. Are Um? growlnc ?P *#/ from church? If??, bow 0*0 paraaU sod children aspect to tr jet t IMnn'i gate? In oodoIubIod bn r.--d. "1b Um rounc B4D, to the young wonoB't ?. If? If not. wbBt Bre yon motbcm and doing? Tbeae were ibe leading tbooghu of bis earooo, vblofa oogbl to be thoughtfully Ml wisely eootldered by tw;oo?. osath or Joux m'mkil. Mr. Jobo ilcNeli died at bin plantation b0SM ! Klllngion about 4 o'clock Tamda> moraiag Joly let from a aoddeh stroke or paralyau tb? day before. He waa burled at feharoa ewcatery Tuesday afternoon about 4 o*dosfc. Haw It la Tfit nnv oqj|?OI ID lil? W11U iur Auimcsu ptopto U to "ml ricb ;M Ibe teeond. bow to r#gala good b<a!tb. Tne am no be obtained Wf oaor?jr. boooaty and eavlng; thei-wmd, (food bealtb)by nalog ttrwo'i A ogam Kiow r. HtooaM JOO boade-pondeot eufferer from mmr at tba tflketi of Dyapepala. Liver Com plaint. Appendloltie, Indlgmion. etc., audi u i Blek Headache. Palpitation of tbe Heart. Hoar MomHi, Habitual OoativeneM. DIjuIdmii of Hand. Nartooa Proalratlon. Low Hpirlta. etc. j yos oaad oot aaffer another day. Two dour* of tbe wall-known Auguat Flower will re-, Itaoa 70a at one*. (io to tipeed'a Drug Htora aodgataaaapto bottiofree. Regular alae. 75 CM Uraaa'a (jpaoiai AJgeaaac. t-A-W.j ? A RICH HARVEST. e . l t lrl?b PoUlaft Prove I* br n Real I UtM Ilae lo N. J. Wanton. * Ufor- f |U furnttr. Mr. H.J. Dontou. of Smyrna,?>?.. grew lam t year over 200 buabeia ol late Irub poihumm per i acre. They are lo llie bin* Id til* l>?ro today, ? aa found an wben dug laat Nofrinhcr. The I variety grown by Mr. liuntou t? the l.<?okout I Mountain, and he l:?? bHd no dlfflculy In di?. ? poalUK of every potato he hiut ral<ted nI fl.Oi I per bunhei. The potatoe* were very line, ? insuy oi them being an large h? your wo IWik I We bad wime ol tbem for dlnuer February t 1Mb. theday I Visited Ilia pluee. and tor fl-*v I or and quality they are ei|iial Ui anything ablpped here from llie north. Atlanta now consume*, Mr. W. J. Maddo*. u of the Arm of J. J. Jt J. K. Middox. tells inc. between two and three ear load* of I rl*h poU- m iow? every day In the week. ?blppe<l here by u northern grower*. The freight ou the?e pota- " toe* I* thirty "cent* per bnahel, and Ui? prev | enl wholesale |>rtc* U M? cenU per huihe). ?i The price of thene ablpped potatoes K.-idom ti I ever K<ieH below 75 -*ut?, ail winter, and the > demand la nteudy throughout the entire i MMOO. Mr. Dunton loformed urn that the <xi*t ol growing ihe?e potatoe* wait very littln, not over or ?*> per acre, Including rent, oeeil, fertilizer, labor aii'l all. 'lbIn toaven, flgurIntf 11)6 potatoe* at T.*| cent* per I.UMU'I, over 5100 an were uet profit. Think ?>l It! Several nines tbe value of the laud upon which they were grown, and luauy lluiea the value ul ibouaaadH ol acres lu Georgia capable of pro duclng fclmllar crop*. Wbal belter paying ciop can Hie Mtuthern farmer mkK lor ? The great l*auly about tbe?e potatoes lb llie hm* with wbleb lliey are kept. Tnere inej were plied looae In tquare box blus In Mr Duntoii'it barn, and were slmpiy covered wilb a lew board*. "Irish potatoes, you know," *atd Mr. l>uu? too, "must keep cool. They are not, like tb? NWeet potato, slid ail you have to do la to se? that tbey do not freeze. I never made any money oo Iri?h pouioeo," be went on, "unlli I goi ho!d of ibis late variety.and I never expect to plant anything else Iroiu now on Tbey are llie coin lug potato (or tbe main crop or tbe aoutb, and represent more clear money j ihait almoal anylblug you can suggest. Th?> | do not have to be rusbed on tbe market like early pouuoe* lar irar UI lueir urmj lug. tvu I can put ib?un up aDd bave six or ei<bi a raootba Id wbleb to market your crop. Tbi* j Is a great advantage wllbaDytblOK tbe form- < er has to sell, for then be eaa watch the mar i net ana dUpoee ol bis produce to Ibe beat ad- i vautafe. A< lor ma people conic here after my potatoes, and pay ine II per bosbel fur very one of them." "Doea Dot tba dry weatber we frequently Dave Id tbe fall of the year ioterfere grratly wltb the crowing of tbla late potato crop?"' 1 asked. "It would." be replied, "If a man did not , prepare bla laud properly lo ibe nral place, na cultivate It properly afterward. A man must prepare bla land to boia witter by plowing deep, and aubeoillng. He miut tben check evaporation by keeping Ibe aurface cultivated and leavlug It amoolb and level II a man expecta to make big crops ofany> tblog, be Btuat flx for It. and Know what br la doing. Kail droatba bave never Injured my crops of Irsb potatoes. 1 try to select I br pleee of land least likely to be affected by drootb, It la true, and tben I work It. A nn dy flat or aaeond bottom la about the beat place 1 bave found for tbeee potatoes." "One great trouble wltb the farmers around beralatbey use loo small anlmala lo break tbelr ground as It should be broken. I>o you sea U?at pair of boraes plowiug out tbere?|i They weigh 3,100 pounds, audtheslngie one pulling (be nDU-aou piow win w?i|u ?,wi# pound*. A man nut ba*e tbe proper kiuu or a look it be expecta to do good work." "And bow about fertilising?" wu tbe nexi question. "Ym, a men count know bow to fertilise alao. I mix all my own lertlllsera. aod tbeu I know what 1 ba?e got. And beeldea, It ha* been cheaper and wore sail* factory to tbe loog ran. Potato**, you see, moat have conalderable poUab If tbey are to be mealy ami of floe flavor. There I* morethau you would think lu a fertiliser. I need SOU poaoda to ibt acre ou tboae potateea of a guauo which analysed: Ammonia ? per eent; pboepborir add S per cent, and poiaab 5 per cent. 1 made tbia fertiliser by thoroughly mixing I wtiK ahMil until It WAi Of tL DDI* VUfVtUVI WMM ? ? ? form color, l,'JSQ poonda of cotton seed mm. | 1,000 pounds of Mid pboepbate (bigb grade) , ?od 135 pounds of mortal* of pousb, wbtcb : made is00 pound* of fertilizer? enough for | ibrte acres of land. I applied tbU in tbe i drill, and mixed It thoroughly wltb tbe soli before dropping my potatoes." "How do yon cut your potatoes, Mr. Dun , loo, and bow lar apart do you drop tbem V 1 | 4iked, "Well," Mid be. "I cut to one or two eyea. ( according to tbe *'ie ol ibe piece. Kacb ey?- 1 bould have sufficient potato attacbeU to in f sure a strong, bealtby plant. Tbeo I drop , tbem from fourteen to eighteen Incnea apart. In row* four reel wide, and oueer about Khii incbeadeep. There I* one point right bere I i mn?t caution yon about," continued Mr. < Uunton, and tbat in about cutting potstora. J In my experience It won't do to plant freably , cut wed, for tbta late crop, especially , Whenever I have done tbla I have never i obtained a good stand My beat aucces ha* oome OJ CUlIIug uij yifmnn m <?w u?jr. ... *1V*no* of tbe time I wlib to plani, and -tpreadlng Ibtto out on tbe burn floor, 01 somewhere tu (be abade, until the cute are dry, before tbey ere dropped." "I preaume you are aware," I replied, "thai ttito la entirely opposite the practice ofaucwa>(ul potato grower* at tl.e north. I hIko bavealwaya put Irekbly cut seed Into freahlj opened lurrowa tor early potatoes." "That may be," be returned, "but you will dod tbat lor tbla late crop, planted In ibtmldJIeof lbe aummrr, my pUnllathe best \tid, by tba way, never plant until the middle or Auguat, In tbla locality." **Yoa a poke about level tillage; bow do you manage tbla?" waa my next query. "Well, air, I use broad-cutting Impiemen (p. By tbla I do not mean a wide awrep. but cultivators tbat xr11, apread out and tbat bavea number of nurrow teetb which throw little dtrt. Tben clean tbe middle by run* ologooce or twice to tbe row. 1 bavea lot of sweepa, or scrapes, aa aome people call tbem, over tbere In tbebaru, but I veiy ael lorn uae tbem. Nothing makea land waah worae than a Mooter and acrape making a ditcb ol every row. **I begin tbe cultivation of mjr potatoes wllb Hal lock's 8ucce?? weeder, wblcb make* atrip seven feet wide at one pannage, and with wblcb one mau and one borae cau cul ttvalelrom twelve to fllteeu acres per day ol any Otld crop wben the land la in good condition. Tbla tool ran* rlgbl over the top 01 young potatoes, cotton, corn, etc., without the siignleat Injury to plant*. Tbe best tblug about tbls Implement la. that It aim us entirely does away with tbe necessity of band hoeing and reduoee the cost of cultivation to a minimum. "Do you know," be continued, "I bardly ever do any boelng. Farm belp baa become so unreliable tbat It l? almoat impossible to get tbe work done. And tben, besides. It Is cheaper to do It with machinery. With tbe belp ol ibe Improved tools now available tbe farmer oan afford to pay belter waxen to one or two good men who can handle these Implements, . and accomplish the same amount of work be formerly did with three time* a* much belp. I run Ibe weeder over tb? polaloea every week or eo until the vines become too large, after wblcb I use the cultivator men lluUnl. EffPiuK me nrvunu ir?ci uviwreu utv rowa nt all Him. MM running further froiu the pianlaaa they grow lo proven I Injury to 1 llie tubera. . "Hpeaklng about farm help, I Juat could not gel U laat year. Why, I have only twelve hundred buabela of iwecl poiatoea in imiw blna In there, and 11 la eeldom thai I grow lexa tban two tbon*and buabela, and often, h great many more each arntaon. But lam year It waa Impoaalole to get them planted." Mr. Dunton'a aweet poiatoea, when taken from the back or bin, tbe day 1 waa there, were hm bright m when Oral dug. It wan little wonder that he coo id aell bla crop fur a K<*od price In the aprlng. "Yea, aald Mr. buntou, "for over twenty yeara I did not aell a ?w?t potato for In* than a dollar per bu?hel. It la only within the laat three yeara that I have taKen lew. Hut I have never aold auy fur lea* tbau "o cent* a buahel In the aprlng. ' one would think at that rate you would enlarge your oualneaa", I ventured. "Yea," be replied, "I have had people anlc me why 1 did not plant my whole piacn In potalota; bulalwaya felt thai while potatoea were my oioney crop?I plant ecaroeiy any cotton?that 1 mulft not ITnrrt to l>uv an v thing I could ralaeou the farm MicceMfully. I tbere'ore grow what grain and forage 1 Dead for my horaea nod cow*, and ralMj my ovu meat ami vcgfiMtii??M. i pmni in potatoea ooly m much ?- I ?*n work and harveal ID the beat pOMiblr titan utr. ] try to Uavr everything I ?row the beat there la. I oould ra>H larger crop* ol a cunrwr variety ol poiatoea, but Ibey would not give nallafactton lo my cuatomem. Kour or five bundreu buuhela of aweet potatoea per acre can not be mu le with * really drat-Haa* eating variety, like my Improved yatua." "How large a yied or potatoea have you ever produced ?" I Inquired. "Well," aald h*. after a moment's p*u?c, "I ir?w odd yiwr butiirla per acre. Hut my average crop la about -W? huntieN. You will notice," he went on, tta we eulered the big alorage barn, "that my aweel poiatoea u<e pill up In iwo large hlim. one on each aide of- tiiiH drlvewity, here They are tbiriy-oue iwi Iodic] and aeven feet wide, In the clear, are four and a half feet high, and have double walla with a tweuty-lneh ?puoc between. Ill I ed with aanil. The cover, you will ootice, , a I open each way Irom the center, with a aixI Inch air apace al the lop there, covered with a board. Thla roof, or cover, to the potato bin. i , you aee, la alao covered with about lour or alx | , in die*of ?aud. Theblnn are hunt lutieien 1 dent of the barn. and the ikjImIih-* rmi on the ) icr'iuuU, nod have do litter or ?tr*w either ' under or over them. I expect to remodel n?y bloH tMion an 1 omii gel time, tnukliiif the 3 walla nomewhat thinner. and u?lng aawduKt toflII In between, inalexd ot wand. Sawdust. i ' I am ??l lulled, will be much Ihe best, because, 1 in the Brut place, rata cannot work in It. hh li: will tell to on them, and la tb# second place > ' (here la more or lesa dainpnass always ri?li>tf throuich the rand, which lend* to rot out the i 8 limber* and planks." "Well, yon uerlalnly have sut-oeed<*<l ml koeplof your potato*)/ 1 oommeulad. - - v .jff. *i_ " f I have never loat a potato." he reaum<1. palling oat a handful o| (Inc. bright yam*, (trough Ihe opening at <h? top. "Itui do you [now emu* people think I do all kind* of! hlug* to ihem In order to mako theui kM>p. I . had a rather amualng experience ou? Matur-1 lay aa 1 whn taking a load uf potato** Into ' 4 .rletUi. I had * topped on tbe atreel near tie of the More*. and I overheard a nunib?r, ?r men talking about my potato**. 'Yea, mid one, Mbev do *av he put* aomethlng on ' ? il* polatoe? to tuiike them k?-ep: wimerlieni- " c*I or other.' 'You don't tell tn?*!' *ald an* c tiler. 'S|Mmc von H?k him what III*." Well.1 don't cure if 1 do. **atd tne flr*t, and out he me lo the K'kcon, and any* he : 'May Mlater I * * "" "imnlhlnif <in tour noUtcx1* 1 " 0 make them kwp. I? tlmt mi*' 'Yit', ?u?t?l i , 'th*t I* true. I do put ?4>im (hint: lliftn.' j J! VVell. would you iniuii Iwlllni; u? vrhn! II Ik?' |* he fellow cout I nut" I. 'Not at all,' I put dlrl | ? IU tll'MII "There In really tin *erret about keeping i'* iweel |>otatnea," continued Mr. Dnnton, hint 1 (1 1 laugh > ( ihe*dl>c<initltur? of ht- <|ueatloner?. 'The main thing la to bundle them an little mm '' XMnthlf, itnd be careful that do tirulaed. rut ?r fronted potato^Hgo Into lb? bank. Then, * ceep them warm, and give them plenty ol uivtinn. To keep from cuttluie the pota- r oe?, I dig them with a twro-horoe plow. The * .1 ut-? ?re Ural cut front the row* with a knife, lUd then the |whole row In tnrued upatde 1 iowu with one furrow of the big p'ow. We * Jirk them up, Imul tbem In.nd tmnk. with-j * nit brciklnt: the potaloe* troin the atem. ' rite rootK bein{ all atorett together until we | " ire rt-ady (o Nell, when they are Noried ami I ^ thlppeu In b.irrelM." | 0 *-to come un here Mud tHke ,T cHMotiN of you. Mr. liuntoii, in putting up polatoe*," niil I. "'there were thi>u?imd* of tualiel* of mri-ft potMli*-* lo*l ImhI y?-mr lu JoorulH, from Dot being properly Imndlfd." (j "Nodoubt,*' h? replied, ** we turned to- | prar<l the bou?e. 'It In very html for nome ? people to take pain* w ith an>tblug. But i ( onie to. dinner Ik rtudy.Mudt w?nt you to i c ry Nome of my potato**. We li?ve inern on } lie tabln h 11 the year 'round. 1 u? ver i|nl g ired of ihem myself, and I am anr?? you will ( eel hn I do, when you have ta*ted them." The aweel polatoen were Indeed flue, but J ( Joyed I he Irian potatoes equally *< well. t V* 1 aietliein the thought kepi recurring 10 ne, whit a ubaoce to tu*ke money the cuIt 1t'ailon of Ibla Irlab potato will give lo the armor* or the aonth. Am' almml my laMi eord*. an Ibid Mr. Duuion and bin boepll- J ible wife adieu, wai for him to beaure and 1 m?e me home of lbo?e Lookout Mountain I loiatonerd. I bad iipenl a moat profitable I lay, and letrued many thing* neeldea bow to 1 uakn money on pola'oeN.?K. J. Merrlam, Id c iunday'a Conailluilon. " ~ t TkoacbU for Parmer*. (JoltOil Plant. Tbe partial fellureof ibe small era In crop ihoald ?el farmera to IbtoktaK anil planning 0 make It more certain, one farmer aald bat be blred a drill and oo well prepared pea Hobble pot ID nine acrea of wheal. The drill, ie?d and guaao eoata abont fttt. He expected .u make a hundred buabela at a coal of about Itcenia a buabela. He fed It to bla roulea without tbrrablnK. The wheat waa aown S'ov. 10,11. It did not begin to oome up till be middle of December. Tbe many freexea ' ind heavy ralna killed It until there waa not ? 1 third of a aland. Hundred* of otber larmara > lad aim liar experience* It waa generally < telleved tbat aowlng with a drill would a?- I ture a full crop. A neighbor ?owed a lot. !? ? lorned tbe land In a poor aort of way wllb a < iwo bor*e plow, oovered tbe wbeat wllb a I jutaway barrow wltbonl drllllnic. Hla wheat > though very poor, waa aa good aa the other I lot put In with the drill* I A farmer waa nlvIng hla experience wllb He uii d a one-bora*' grain drill, run ulug row* about i foot upart. This put the ml* down tti * lurmw wllb a bleb, sharp ridge between them. Thoy stood the wliifer welt and made a flue crop, while others on rimllar lend, m>wo broad cast were not worib suiting. He also said that several of bla neighbors bad tried Ibe drill and In every hums the re?ult waa satisfactory. Anolbttr ineatlon eotoei up In tbe cultivation of small (rain. Does It brn.iit it to barrow or run a seeder over It two or ttirre lliu*" during ibe iprlof T Home people have tried harrowing md thought It brnftlciHl. Ciein?oo l!?llr|i? night have a aeriea ol experiment made i-y farmers In different counties to test the mater more I borough ly. it ?taoda to reason that f tbe surface ol the ground Is well pulverized with a aiuooiblng harrow in February and Marcb that th? yield wou 0 be Increased. Hut on tbeolber band the laigeal yields In :be Htale bave been made without biL The M owing Inquiry lias been received : "Would you advine me to sow a lleld In , lover or alfalfa ? Theae crops are said to be ] Hue lor hay and bring up p?~'>r land." , We wou'd answer Ibis question by saying icivDil Da Clorer win ri.>un?n <>niy on me play ?oll* of the Htate. Three.fourih <?f tbe ?rfflrriar?> uol prrpir?l low)? riitier. Tnej , hould fttick to ih-*? wblcb they oan mmut. When a former hu laud rlcb enough to make it doe clovt-r emp. be I* generally going to pot It luiottoo. But clover |g bettrr for the tin- , ;irovemeut of mill thau peaa. The root* ilrlke Jeeper and then It grow* hi the wioter and arly spring. Hut tia farmer baa a lot of laud prepared for It. let blm w* clover. Tbla may notii In the (all. or on wheat In February ' Tbla should be plowed 8 to 19 inches deep. ; How wheat rather thin In October. In February wben tbe Mil Ut dry barrow tbe 1 wheat and then pow t< u pounds of clover ' eed to the acre. II the dry day* or April I ind May kill the clover planta nothing will be loal except tbe seed. Land vhuuld be rich 1 lielorn Mifallu la attempted. It obould be ' broken aud pulverised at leaat ten Incite* ' deep. Tbe subaoll abould be pnrou* ao lb at 1 f*xc*?>-lve rain* would be abaorbed. How the J in October. If tbe *iand I* not regular 1 mi w over In March aud harrow lightly. I .ami ' i bat would mate'JO to .*B? bushel* of corn to ' ihe acre would make flue aifMlfa and lurnl*h ' four good cuttlug- a year, lloth the?e plan)* 1 re flue lor preserving and reatnrlng ?oll. , Fheroot* alrlke deep. With good care and ' ttid all annual top dreealug aud a lllllr lime ! uifuitu tnuv be Kent growing on the *ame ! Kround for yearn. Home gHrdrncrM nre very *ucreMful In ral? 1 Injc rotM b?ga turolra. The ?e*d nboiild be aowu In July. Il require* rich land. Farm- ' i-rn id tbe country can generally rata* (In** lurolpa by ceartDg a piece of land Id whiter 1 nd buralDK tbe whole* turface of Ibe ground. rb?l willgt*epotawbeooQ*b. If the laud la rich Id liurooa aod ollroceo, nothing will be required except the addition of phoepborlc eld. If old Uod la uaod mixture or atablc maoure and acraplnga from tbe lot reduced to floe coDdltloD and plowed or harrowed In will make fln<- lurnlpa. jr one dependa on rommerclnl fertiliser*. ooe aack of kalult. ?ne or arid plumpbitl* and ooe or col too need me*I will make a nafe application. It la belter to apply broad caat about OK) pound* to Ibe Mere. if pat in me nrui 11 miooiu oe won mixed with the aoll before planting the wed. itowxabould be JO to 36 lucbes opart nd?1 the l>i*Dts? 19 Incbca h partColumbia In In Dancer. (Greenville N'owik) Columbia I* In the throes of a gambling re urmaiioD. I'ulpltand preaaare co-operating n?o effort to extinguish the gambling evil md we alucerely hope that they will tturceed in a measure at leant for Columbia la a rno?t wicked city II we ram Judge by ibe wrmoDt which were preached on ?und?y la Columbia >ulplia and by the oommeota of tbe Columbia l>rew? thereon. Looking at Ibe matter purely wllboul prejudlre^we "bould nay that from the evlience adduced bv the pulpit nod the pre** Columbia la decidedly wom off morally (ban liber Hodo'u or (Jomorrmb. We tbould * ?y rrom the evidence before u> that barring the nrujnhuiht un.l ihw nMWilOunPP inMR It UTnlllil Km >UW 1 W ? ? ? ? nceedlngly difficult to dlncover no many an even Ju?t men In Columbia. Thla Ik-iutc Hie chip, Columbia la In danger? not of ? volcanic eruption, became I here I* nothing larger thau an anthill within night , [?f the Capitol City, but the waya of l'rovl* | lenctf are myBlerlon*. If m volcano la not handy what la Ihe matter with the Congaree river. If it la Inronvenlent to make II too hut for them, what'a ihe matter with drowning them oof. At any rate we alnoerely hope that the wicked Columbiana may heed Ihe warning lu time, may repent and may thua e*capo both fire md water. We certainly wlah Columbia Muccean In thla new cru?i>ile, but we will Jual throw out. the hint that unleaa the pulpit ami the pre** keep up full atenm ?H the time thla cruaade, like Ihoubaudaof oiheraall over the o?antry. will mount to uothing beyond a temporory abxteinent ol the evl I, The gamblera realising Ihe lirrnriM i' hi h iuim cruur win UM?r j Ll?elr|Jolnt??iMke h vacation and patiently I ivntl lor tliecioudu to r?l| by. The cloud* will . roll liy nil right. Lulled Into a wu*e of ! urliy by tlie InnuruoiiH douetude of tliej 'hevallerd'lnduatrle, both pulpit and pre**, will become let* *g|jrea<l?i? and nnletm thin j particular cru?adtt I* metre determined, more, rigorous, nior? watch ful than all oilier rrniadra of a like uature, within a I welve-monUi ;lie Jolly good fellow* whodexl ttie brace and j a'l the turn will he doing bunltieHM at the old >tand? with nothlnic more than a handt-j apped conscience to Interfere wlih tne nighty return*. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examinations. 1^11 K KX \ M ination'h KoltTIIK A WAKI? of VMCMiit n,hiilHr?lil|"< In Wlnihrop t'ol* j ego unci for tin* udriii??lon of ni'? ultidenln rlil hrlil Kt tli? I'ttunly Court Mount? on ' 'rltluv. J iil.v llth. Ml tin. in. ApplU'iiiitM niu?i not Im> U>?h tliuu fifteen I I'tTtr* of an'-. : " When kch"lhr?ilil|t)i nrti vhchIcU uftor July ' 1 tli, they will in* mwudIhI lo lhot?e iiiitklnt: f, he li iiflifMt u Vt*rmj?* Hi III Ik cxion Illation. | " The BfXt Hf??lou will open Mepletubej ITlli, jOf. | " Kor further Inlorinuilon ami n cntMlogue, , u2<Jr?*i: ' i're*. I?. It. JOHNSON*. r Rock II III. H. I Muy *1, IIV 11 * < r. . PRESERVING POTATOES. l .\>wr Mribod Thm Hm Proved m Deride* I Nnrrr?*. ( ("tinwii I'nlltgt BtlllfllD. | Three year* hko ibe solution of the problem f how to Introduce the aweot (K)lalo to commtw wiim uurierfakcu. There were two dlffltiltlex to Im? overcome : Ut. To reuder the potato Iraa perlabablr, nd i -M To reduce It* wi-lnht and IIiun render Is *hli>meui to dl?lMUt iinirkela practicable. The |ut*i?lU>ii of varletlea ter:lli/.?tlon nod ultiVMiion Iimm been exliau?l vely ntudted. 'hat largo crop* can he produced at atnull iMt ha? tfrn denintmtrnttHl. TIihI they lurnlnh cneap und nutrition* mhj, tint only (or * man, but for all ciaaaea i>l oinettlc anlmala In not <jue?tlnncd. Ah ti viiarket crop iliey have tbua fallen at abort of MirceiM. Why lathi*? Flmt, they are too bulky to be ir Iranaportalou.eveti to our own large cl I lea, Kwiiuil. they ore too perlahable to bear ougti liHUdllnu and pxponuro- to in?iu( real her. The pr?>blem, therefore, which we nndernok to kiIvr whh to rrdoce the balk and relish!. by drvinic nlT amplna molxture. lo terMiie the product a* to exempt them from he runRoua diKea*>e to which the green promet In hubjret, Niid to accomplish th??e end*, rllbout IrnpatrlnK the edible r|ualltlea of the i??elc*ted product. IIK Kilt ST Kt'foKT ONI.T A I'AKTIAI. KtMTKSS. Ill IMW the root* were peeled ami *11 red and Irn-d in a movable evaporator. Thl? remitted n removlnu Ihet-xoeaaof m?l?ture. and con r<iurnliy reducing the weight In one-toartb liitt of the green rwil*. kimI rendering the irotluet nmi-pertahable. but this wan accoin anted hy m practical deaiructton of the l??ur. The urplun ranlatnre wan removed, put the re abnorption ol the mnlature waa> lot aa I la factory. and, hence, whto cooked, hey did not resemble in conaialency nor lavor the Irenh potato. IHaCOVKRY OK A WOMAN. In iyu?. Mr J.Sam I'lckett, foreman of the * *' - -? L? %jt m. Hutiou work, learned inm Mm. o. r. ?>. >owell of Franklin, N. C.t bid turrMdrd It* > reducing m aatlaractory article by boiling tbe >otM(oe* before evaporating them. Acting ipou thta aiiggeatioD (airly food reeulla were tblulned, and a merchantable article proluced by boiling to an open kettle, and ualng igala the fruit evaporator. The work, bowiver, wait Irregularly done, many of Ike lice* jelng overcooked and bard. A sufficient per cent of tbe natpot ?u property pri-pared to demonatrale tbe cnr eclnewi of the method, and that aatlafactorv arce*a waa attainable with a instable ouidt klllfullr bandied. Tote?tthe keepmgquau tie* of I hie output, a part of the product baa emalued in ordluary clotb aacka for aevenwd roontba, having paaaed through two vlutera and one autnmer In a perfect atate ol denervation. A COM I't.KTR Hl'CX'RSM. In the fall of 1901 experlmenta were made aritb thirteen different varletlee to teat tbelr lomparatlve adaptation for tbe purpoae. A mix of each of theae la now Incldded Ir. tbe Jlemaon exhibit at tbe Charleston Kxpoal4 on. A room was rqmppeu iur imui unuu? . oouectlon with the CHDotr; In Ibe hortlcol.oral divialou ol the experiment aiatloo, oy neana ol whieb Itio work of lb* boiling, ><*?iliig aid evaporating rould be mors ex >f<llou?ly and rcnnotnically performed. I5y mc-an* of? derrick uaed lu the cannery evcral buabela of green poiaiooa were lower d in an Iron baakei Into a large boiler In ablch Ibe water waa healed by a team. To tecure unirorm cooking Ibe roola ahoutd be tearly of tbe aame aire. Tboe* weighing roro one to two pounda required one bour or thorough cooking. 8lx to eight boura ??r? rt-quired for evaporating them al a lem >er.?l(jre of ISO F. Ad ordinary laborer peeled tnd al iced one baabel per hour. Under tbtaayaiem there can be no loaa from tniliiK during morage. On tbe coutrary tbe tvaporaied product N not only pcriahablr, >nt containing only :: <- per cent of molature will keep for an Indeflnlte time and bear rauaportatlon to any part of the world al inv uwuill. To prevent hardening of (he product u >houtd be forked In clo*n box?-a ? aoon m irictlaibiDilivr removal Iron) ibe hot room. I'KKI'AKATIOX FOR USK. s.?k the *11 c??? In warm water (or un boar >od prepare a* dreaed or candled pot a loan. Tbe ueaMcated potalaea may alao be uard aa ire tba freah roota for poddlnga or cualarda. m m m ? HIE CAMPAIGN MEETINGS. rb* Nlalr Draaarrallr K?rrallir Commiller Arraacm Ihr Hrbednlm. Tbe nub committee of tbe Htale iH-mocratlc x?-cntlwe commute* met In Colombia on the S>tb Inat. and adopted the tcbedulea for the ;ao mUof campaign meeiluKn aa provided n the amendment to Ibe conailtutlon which WHa apopied al the recent convention of ibe party. Upon motion of Governor McMwoeney, the HiMlrman and secretary are to notify the sounty chairmen of the campaign meeting* tud rnjuml Idem to take Into consideration Ihc candidates who will vlalt the coanllea by < ppnlut i?k committees and designating Domes for the entertainment ol the cnndlIu'ck, which was adopted. t'pou motion of Mr. (lipase lh<* a?n?*?menl* for candidalea were llxctl the name an last yeitr, and are an IoIIowh : UnKed Siales Senators suit Congressmen, r>?; Governor SW; Liemenant Governor .VJn'ant General i'Ji. All otherMtale ifflcet? f.!7 :*) The coant) assessment* are a* lierelofore in proportion to ttielr repre?euUi>l?n in the l<e?l?lature. C^ndiilHleii for the United Slates .Senate tnd House of Representatives, Democratic party ol Mouth Carolina, ItWS, will attend the following CHinpMli;ii inei units: Coiumhia. Tuesday, June I? Camden. Wedne?day, June IH. cnemerneiu, rriuay. juuc ??. HeDnetavlile. Monday. JuneSJ. Kubnpvllle. Tueaday, June -I. DirilnKtou. Wednesday. June Kiorcmt, Thursday, June JC. Martini. Friday. June 27. Coo way, Moodaj. June Oeorxetown. Wedneaday, July 2. Kinitairee, Friday, July -I. Moncka Coruer, Mouday, July 7. Mann I uk. Tueaday. July 8. Sumter. Wednesday, July 9. OraoKtburc, Thursday. July l'?. Bamberg. Friday, July II. <i<a>rgea. Saturday, July 12. Charleston, Tuesday, July I.V. Waiterboro. Wednesday. July IK. Iteaufort, Friday, July Is. Hampton, Saturday, July It*. Baru well. Tuesday, July *2. Aiken. W ednesday, July tX KJgefleld. Toursduv. July '.'t. xu iuin. Saturday, Julv a;. Islington, Monday, July 15<. Newberry. Tuesday, July *51. (.aureus,Thursday, July 81. Greenville, Friday. August 1. I'lrkni", Saturday. August 'J. VV a I ha I In. Monday, Au(u?l 4. Anderson, Tuesday, A usual .i. Abbeville, Friday, August S. Greenwood. Saturday, Angus! 8. I'olou. Tum<lay. Aukiimi li SpMriiiuiturK, Wriinnulay, Any net Oh fluey. Ttiuraday, Auk not 11. York villi*, Saturday. AuguM H>. l.uucnHt<*r. 1'urMlny. Augunl lit. (.'Healer. Wcoiienlay. Au^uol 'Ji. WiiiuatMiro, Tliuraday, AuguM '.'I. ( *ampalu 11 *rhedul* for randldatpN for Stale if) I rei. of flu* l?triiiocrullc |>ui ly of Soul ti < 'h ri >Htm for I1M>^ t sumier, T"f?il?y. June 17. Ornoiteourtt. Wedoendny, Jnne Is. llHiniicre. Thursday, June I'J. O'*oric?'w. Krl'iny. Juor 3'. Cliurlr?ion, Sa'urday, .luu?* '.'I. WaiterlMiro, Monday, June Si llvuofori. Wediie??lay. June 15. Hampton. Tliuntdiy, Juoi* .'0. ISaruweM.Saturday, Juue >. Aiken, Tuesday, July 1. KilnI-fir:d, Wednt*?day, July "i. SaludH, Friday. July 4 1^'KIukIhii. Saturday. July Newberry, Tuesday, July H. (iremiwood. Wednesday, Ju!v !*. Al>l>evili?. TtiurMlav. Juiy Ml. Aiider???n, Friday, July II. WhIiinIIii. Motility. July 14. rickWftln?>?ilHjr. July IB. Orwnvlllr. Thur*d?v, July 17. l.turcOM. Krlilny, July IK. Union, Monday, July 'JI SiuiriMiibu'K. Tuw?d*y. July ?!. JHftiiry. WVdiit-iklav, July s'?. V-irh vilii?. Frl<l?y, July 'Si. CiixMrr, Sniurrtity. Julv JC WltitmlMtro. Tufxtay. July 15?. I.'?ll"-H<?lfr. Wi-dut-ndny, July .'HI. Cmiiidel). ThurmlMy, July HI. I'bi'kli'illrlil, Saturday, AukunI J ilfiiiictlxvlllc. TiicmImv, AukumI.'V. Itlftliopvlli*, \%>dne??l?y, AiuuMH. liitrliiiKloii. TtiuntdMy, a "biihI 7. harfiiw, Friday. AukunI s. Marlon, Saturday, aiikumI (' itiwuy. TufudMy. AuguM 12. (tiiirui'lowii, Tliurmlny. amkumI 11. Klniinlrip, H?mrdi?y. Aukiini it! Mnnck* ?'?riier. Tuesday. Ausu*l IT. Mmmlug, \Wdiif?duy. Aukuhi 1, Columbia, '1'liurMlny. Aliquot 'JI. ] > I r .... im ' 1 inuunp n am? silk (Jrenmline*?lilk hml Cilnred, pretty ' , i.-wxtj Icb.Ux IT. In with'?l llHiltloim. liik ItNtUte? Wool mihI Cotton. No inn!**-!,. In I excel* Hut Imi?* for hot weather. It'* 1 It;tit mnl i?l ry mul IioMn It* color, ut IImU<Iou*. " Millinery? You should mm* the new sutuner HtylfH In opened at linddnn'*. MhiImIIIoii Ure*?The lnte*t production* In iicf tiHiiH. All over lace*. Applique etc., )ta*>l t Kr'll Ml * ,,*ford TIm and Htrap Handle*, U?<* ttrw UUkb lu (oul writ al lioJJon c. I I HEART IN TRADE. fh? Iipwloet of a Man W'h? FkO(4 BodmUjt and Wm llnlpcd to IIU >Nt Even trade ban its romances. Tho other iay aome merchants who have grown gray Id the pursuit of the practical nud material were swapping stories of their experience* Suid one, now a millionaire: "While I was still attending school, iny father was compelled to nuspend business, lie and another man owned a mill up In Now England and a little retail dry goods toru in uro.itiyii. jiy turner uucuuvu w the will and hia partner to the retail busi ness. Uno day my father lcartx-d that hit partner had absconded after mixing ail the money lie could ou the linu's name. Mj father came to New York, and found thut ifter using every dollar ho h;id in tb? world ho would Mill owe lie turned bin assets over to hia creditor*, borrowed the $300 necessary to jiay his creditor* dollar for dollar and went to work ou a alary. After sevurul yours of hard work ho paid back tb? $400, and was free from debt onoo more. "At that time my father was superintendent of a big Sunday school in iirook lyn. One of the women who took an interest in the school was an old muld whe bad known my father for years. She knew about his experiences, and wus determined that ho should bo lnde|>endoiit again. Sc be went to half a dozen leading member* of the church and told them she wanted tc borrow some money to start dad in business again. All responded cheerfully, and ono day my father was surprised at a visit from the woman. ' Mr. ,? aho Baid, 'here is $1,000 Ith wlilrh vnn nmcrolnir to Mtiirt in busi D6M for yourself.' Naturally my father wa? tort)t<l. 'Lord bless you. Mis*??hf mid, 'I can't take that. Besides, I do not want to go into business atfiiin. I am cat isilod as 1 am ' 'There is the money,' shi replied, "and you are going into business Mow, don't delay about it.' The old iuun till demurred, but she insisted, and after awhile shu got his consent to uh th* money. That was the foundation of oui present business. Father opened a llttll dry goods atoro and I left school to helf blin. Two year* later father went to oni of the men who had contributed toward big capital and handed him the $300 hi bad advanced. 'What'a that for?' bi asked. 'Why, that is the money you ga?< Miss to start me In huaincss,'said dad. 'Nonsense,'*nid be. 'Youdon'towi me anything, old man. Eliza came to me and asked me for $3W, ana l gave it w ber. If sbe bad asked for $1,000, sb< would havo got it just as quick. I mnd< no record of it, and Idoo't want it.' 4Yoo have got to tnke it,' snid dad. 'Mow, please, don't,' said be; 'it will upset all mj bookkeeping.* Father Insisted, tbougb, and finally bad bis way. Most of bis otbei creditors talked the same way, but all had to give In. Within a wwk book came tbi money with letters, asking father to glv< the money to the poor if be did not wanl to um it himself. I am glad to My w< have been able to return some of tbu kind ness shown us than."?New York Sun. English Comments on America. Some amusing storit Illustrating Enjr llsb ignorance of American affairs are told by a London resident who is at bome it literary and political circles. A# m Hiovuw vunonflnii M* T/\?o11 arm referred to as one of the masters of Ainer loan poetry, who bad nover scorned capabh of doing anything else. "I think yoo are wrong," said one In i critical tone. "Mr. Lowell wroto scvera books wblcb were woll worth reading." "Whatare they?" asked the first com men ta tor on American literature. " 'The Autocrat' and the other 'Break Cast Table Books,' " was the serene reply, As every one In the gronp looked wlsi and innocent, it was evident that the rival claims of Dr. Holmes to the authorship ol those "Breakfast Table Books" were no suspected. A graduate of an English university wai amazed by a ruforenco to tbe Amerlcai civil war which was casually made In oon venation at a clubhouse. "When did it tako place?" bo asked. "1 bad supposed that tbero had been no flght lng in America since George Washing ton's revolution In the time of Georgi III." He bad read for a degree at an Engllsl university and had traveled extensively 01 tbo continent and in tbe far cast, but bac never heard of tbe greatest civil conflict o! ancient or muaeru umesi?iuuiu v^uju ponion. Th? Dellclon* Guinea Pig. We do not jot appreciate the tailless ear] Man article of human food. In Frana they sell them for rabbits, and tbcre an three farmi in thla country where the/ ari reared and which export them to France one farmer alone exporting over 160,00< of tho littio beasts. The flavor of the meat Is said to be identical with that of rabbli meat These animals need constant at tention to keep them out of mischief, m they are littio demons to fight, and the] have a habit of chewing up whatever frag ments they find scattered about till the] die of gastric congestion. In tbcir habiti they are aubject to unacoountuble panics and often rush about squeaking, and tbnr huddle together quietly for the rost of th< day. They are very prolific, and the younf are not blind like the young of the rabbit, and often when only two daya old. It ii aid. will eat grasa and sop. On the farm they are fed on top mad< of milk and ataie but not sour brood, long with green atuff, barley and hay. In gulnen pig farming, aa in quail farm Ing. it la admitted that large proflta an made?due no doubt to the fact that then is no little competition. Probably the rub bit you so much enjoyed at your hotel din ners when touring in France was almpij the humble cavy dreaaud up.?Chambers Journal. Bedroom Closet*. The Bleeping room that hasn't a cloeel should have a corner cupboard. Qet somi of the iron brackets thut sell for 10 or II oents a pair and have some wide board) cut to lit the corner. Put up two or tbm shelves, according to height, and on th< bottom of the lowest nail cleats into which to screw the hooka to hang your gowni upon. Fit a board to the corner on the floor and have a narrow board or moldinfi tacked to the front edge. This la for shoe*. Bang a curtain from the edge of the to; abelf, making It long enough to react quite to the floor and full enough to hnnfj !n graceful folds This ia the best substi tute for a closet we know of unless you can afford a wardrobe. Denim, figured 01 plain, makes a good drapery. Got it U correspond with the oolor of the room. Why She Couldn't. "iso, i aiun t navo ? tot/ gowt tiuio, the said. "I wanted to talk, and tbfrc wasn't hi man there." "But there were plenty of other glrla." "Oh, of courso, but that was no aatlafaotlon, for they all wanted to talk too.?CMaage Post. Tnlr* l.urnh. When you want to buy ?ome good nhoei? kii tt> Titten. Ttipy ?ell a abne lor i0 rt?. When you want to buys <ln-<ui or h cornet >r h p'tl' bono iitnl want Ilium chi-ap go to rnt<- >V I'??. Thr.v arc giving llie iow?-*i price ever heard ?f <tn huiy A inuiiN hat fttr (iroct'rlHi run h? bought*t low |irloM from I'ltlf. 1M Ibn. krrMiii'l?u-<i mncnr for *1. lu lb*. [ Mid green cullrt* for SI. ? When you nre looking (or m'IiooI hook* nblviN, prnK,etc.,dnn'l forget theSpeed l?n>tc Jo.. they chii fornlxl) whnt you wmiiI. liny your liiMlt-ry uud utiderweur from i htrkadnleit. I HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. lb* Employment of Frr? Labor Give* tb? Best Result*. Commenting on the employment ol couvicts on tbe pnblio highways, th* New Orleans Times Democrat point* out that tbe best results have been ?>l> taiued in road building w hen the best free labor only has been employed. It ays: Road construction is a science re qniring a more careful study of the rab ject than is generally imagined. Thf prevalent idea that any one can build a good road will not bold good. Tbe matter requires study, care uud a thorough knowledge of the nil and country through which tho road in to be built. The department of agriculture iixui lately been doing good work 1 y lajiug before the peoplo exactly what hi necessary in road constructioii. The employment of convict* in road ooustruction is very popular just now. as offering simultaneously a solution of the two troublesome problems of what to do with our prison population and bow to improve our highways. In view of tho fact that the convicts in New York, Indiana and other states are kept idle, as the law makes no provision for their support, it is well that Louisiana should tako some steps to utilize hew when it has th&m on its hands, and road construction seems an ideal employment for them. On the other band, the experience of those states which have been most sue i_l ? Ik.!. ~Am {a ?kaf nnl? VCU1U1 VfiUl iliCtt 1UUUB M) M?ww vu?; the beat labor (and convict labor is not the beat) ahoald to employed in their construction and maintenance. No state which baa made any material improvement -with ita highways baa employed oonvict labor, and no state wbicb bas employed that kind of labor bas accnred much improvement in ita roads. The best results have been accomplished by road taxes and the giving oat of contracts. GOOD COUNTRY ROADS. Tha Bardea of Their Cost Should Bo Ilk* on All tbo Feople. It has been estimated that 600,000, 000 tons of farm prod ace are haaled to a?a. it- ai? market annum iy iu iuc uuium umk> and that tho cost of marketing it ia $2 i per ton, or just about 11,000,000,000. , This is not money paid oat, bat is the i Taluo of tho time spent by farmers with I their teams in marketing crops or what i these men and teams wonld hate earned y if they had been hired for cash 'to do 1 this amount of haaling. The secretary of the farmers' national congress and the United States department of agriculture agree in estimating that about 00 per cent of this vast amount, or $600,000,000, would bo saved each year I if farmers were able to do this hauling i over good roads. This, thee, is the amount of the ani Dual mad tax to which we have been submitting, says the Cedar Rapids (la.) 1 Gazette. Railroads, telegraphs and ( steamboat lines have been assisted by I the states and subsidized by the government, but nothing has been done for . the common country road. The farmers alone have bad to build country roads. without assistance from tho cities, from ' wealthy corporations or from the state, j Every citizen will be benefited by the I construction of good roads, directly and I indircctly, and every taxpayer should contribute his share to their cost No , wonder the farmer opposes the good i roads movement, if he alone is to stand the expense. He has rightly suggested that be should be assisted through the 1 medium of a state road tax, under a syst?m nf aid. as now emuloved in ' New Jersey, Connecticut and Maasachu' setts. | Good Bosdl Ottfect Umob. I Fonr or five years ago the town of I Hempstead, Queena county, N. Y., voted to spend $400,000 in road improvements. Farm a at the time were worth from $30 to $o0 an acre. Tbey are now worth ( several hundred dollars an acre and re( turn good interest for thoso who purt chaaed them at that price. This has ! been such an object lesson to their , neighbors that I understand something I liice $1,000,000 will be spent this year 1 in other parts of Queens county and 1 neighborhood in building good roads. This may seem a large amount of mon| ey to be hperil for the purpose, but ow: ing to the character of the soil and the . I fact that good road material must be i brought the cost of construction is high, er than it would be in moat part* of the i stale. I I Fifty MIIm to Market. * It is not an uncommon thing in 1 France to nee a farmer 40 or 60 miles , from homo in wet weather with a heavy load. - If he sees a prospect of a three days' rain, he puts his tarpaulin over bis load, a cover over bis horses and a i waterproof coat on and start* off to mari ket. Ue may go 50 miles before he finds ' a market that suits him, or he may know in advance just where be is going. , Yon do not oltcn see anyoooy an nog ou miles through a rainstorm in the United States to find a market for a load of bay, bat it is not at all uncommon to seo farmers' wagons 40 or 50 mile* from borne in France. They choose the wet weather for that purpose. Their road* are just as good then as at any time.? General Boy Stone. Couvlct Labor on Road*. Cnnrirt lnhnr in road buildinff Is be I lug employed in Duval county, Fla., and in North Carolina. In the latter > case 21)^ cents per day per bead is said ' to cover the cost of food, clothes, medi' cal attendance and guards, as compared i with 28 cents per day for maintaining , tho name prisoners in jaiL The Duval , Good Roads association of Florida advocates the nso of short term convicts on such work and makes the claim that they would in this manner pay back ' some of tbo money expended upon them, ? and they would also stand a better chance of being called back to an honest lifo than if they were mado to associate with more hardened criminals in a prison. I. W. While** l.??rnl?. I. W Wlilt* Iihr junl rer?*ivc?l M'V?lilj-flV? Cam h III NhorN, II viiii wmit n |Mlr of ?hnf? ir<> la I. W While for thi-'ii. Mo Iihh JiiHt re?-?*tveil ulxiut wnrlll of allOCM. TIitc i? ni? ?liw> on the tnarkot lomljrlr, comfort amt ?lnrM?>HH.v ?uperlnr to tho one init'lr ?>v till- ItHliil'loli-ltrowti Shoo Com. i'iuiv. Von i'hii the** only f?l the ?lort* nl I.. W. White. Kverybndy biiyn tho*** ami etnhrolde rn* i?t I,. \V. While*. !( vou have not mtn llicm, k<i hI unrx unrt call ?"or theiu. They arc <linM|>|M*iirln?; very rapidly. A Unco aupply of fruit jnr? mid Jolly turn&l?-r? jiikt received ut I. W. White'*. ; V>v, f ' ' HIS STRONG CAROT Br Ita rw (he llrnmmrr Gala?4 TroOmblp ( oaloMrr. "It'? a hard lifo. thnt of the drummer," said one roomily to whom HO yards of hard work had gir?>n the right to apeak with authority. "It'* n hard life, bat it'a an iritor*~Htinjc pune and k<to* n man a cIom? hold on fact* and roalitiw. Tlio drummer loam* in a hard school, but h.? il-Mi Uarn n n.l I ho IrxuinlM nn r What is the first lesson he has to learn? How to manage nun; how t?? approach a reluctant or mi Indifferent or a suspicion* buyer so as to win hi* confidence and overcome his indisposition. "Experience tcachcfl this better than anything else, though some men learn it more easily than others. I remember when I first began to travel a* a salesman. when I was hardly more than a lad, I had an experien<*that proved valuabla to me. Then* was au old fellow on my route who had been known for years a* the terror of all traveling inen. He wan declared to 1m* alntolntelv the worst na tured, worst mannered follow they bad ever met anywhere, bat I hadn't ev?-n heard of him then, ami ho I entered his store very confidently and handed bira my card. lie took it without even glancing at it, tore it iuto bits and threw the pieces on the floor. 'Now, *ir,' be said to me, 'get out of my store.' There were two pretty young girls in the Ktore, who did not understand the proceeding and who looked at me & I walked out a* If I had been an wa jxtl convict. "Well, I smarted for several day* over that affair, during which time I made up my mind that I'd even matter* up with him if I could next time. So before I visited his town again 1 hail a card made expressly for my g<*>d friend. It looked exactly like the one 1 used before, only that it wai made of tin. When I reached hi* town, I waited until I saw the ytore pretty well filled with people, and then I walked in and part* bim my card. He took it just as before, glared at ma and gave the caru a twist. "But it didn't fall on the floor in bila thia time, and he only succeeded in civ* ins his wrist a wrench and raisins a titter among bis customers. "I was nearly out of the door by thia Mme, for I really didn't think my lifa was safe, but he called after me. and I went back. 'Come into my office,' said be. I went in, expecting never to coma out. "'What do you want to tell mef ba asked me. " 'l>rewi goods,' I responded. " 'Well, go on.' And I actually sold th? old curmudgeon $1,1)00 worth of cloth be< I l.f, LV. x. m /<?. ?n l<vno a. lure * ICli. I vi .?C? n aticif *v *vm?| be lived, In fart, be was one of my bent customer* and one of tbe bent friend* I ever made in my business."?Washington Star. . PREPARING CAVIARE. Praceu by Wbicb the Toothisas E4lblt la Mmde Marketable. By far tbe most valuable byproduct obtained from tbe sturgeon Is the roc, from wbicb tbe valuable commercial product called caviare in prepared. For ibis only tbe bard roe of tbe "cow" fish ia supposed to be used, Tbe manner of preparation i* as follows: After tbe egg" buvc been removed from tbe fish tbey are placed in large chunks upon a stand, the top of wbicb is formed of a small DioHbttl screen. On the uu<lrraide b? arranged a zinc lined trough, bout 18 inches deep, 2 feet wide and 4 feet lone. The operator gently rubs th* mass of eggs hack and forth orer the screen. The mesh Is just large enough to lot the eggs drop through, and aa thrjr are separated from tbe membrane by the rubbing they fall through into the trough and are thence drawu off into tuba by means of a sliding door at the end of th-? trough. t After all the roe ha* been aeparated the tub is removed and a certain propor* tion of the best Lunebcrg (Germany) salt added to the roe, after which the operator carefully stint nud mixea the masa ?TK/. titnaf /lolliiifa n?ft WIUJ Uia uauun. *UV mw.v , of the whole operation is in the manner of mixing. No direct rule can be given for doing this portion of tbe work, as the condition of tbe roe regulates tbe tim? consumed and tbe manner of handling. It requires practical experience to become proficient. After adding the salt tbe mam of egg* first dries up. but in 10 or l.r> minutes the strength of the salt draws from the egg* their watery constituents and a copious brine is formed, which can be poured off when the tub becomes too full. The salted egg* are poured into very finely meshed sieves, which hold about ten pounds each. In the caviare house are usually arranged long, sloping boards, with na:*mvr atrin? nailed on each side. On these the sieve* are placed anil are left there from 8 to 20 hours in order to thoroughly drain. The ejfiw hare now become caviare of commerce and are transferred to small casks of either oak or pine, which bare been steamed in order to prevent any possible leakage; the casks are covered and allowed, to stand until the g&s escapes and the ecjc* settle. The vacant space caused by the settling is then filled, and the cask beaded up and put in a cool place until ready for shipment. The casks cost about $1 each and hold about 135 pounds net. It requires about 11 quarts of salt to prepare a keg of caviare. ?Philadelphia I'resa. MlmlrklRt ? i|?cfa, Few people are perhaps aware how thoroughly Queen Victoria enjoyed a joke. A gentleman iu waiting, whom we will call Mr. B , distinguished for hi* imitative powers and dramatic talent, wan a frequent visitor at both Windsor and Osborne. One day the queen, look* lug with u certain austerity straight into his face, demanded: "Now, Mr. II . I am perfectly well aware that when my back is turned you imitate me. I wish to see how you do it this minuter* Poor Mr. B fell straightway into '"? ?iiiiii/nipil faltered and lur K';ui 11 u |/, utterly lust his countenance. "Ah." exclaimed th* queen. "I see I wax right! You ought to be ashamed of yourself!" and then added, la itching a* heartily a* any ncho<iigirl, "Hut, mind you. don't do it again." la the Dam pa. "I hoard a man the other lay." aaid a philologist, "give a novel derivation for the phrase 'in the dumps.' According tu him. Duuiopw. an Egyptian king, built n pyramid and died of melancholy, an-l from Ihituops' name ami the storr linked with it our word 'dump*' is derived. That in very ingenious and striking, only, like- so many ingenious ifrid striking things, it happens to be false. Our word 'dumps' cotnos from the Panisli 'dump.' which means dull, low, depressed. Tlw TorJ, indeed, runs through a number of language*.Philadelphia Record. Mummer Resort folder Monlhern Railway. Atlanta. May 7.MW. Much VMlUHble Infortnxiloti mulled free In MIV niiare** upon ipimraiiou I" Southern Uy. W. II. Tuv'nr. \?M. <I'nn?. Vic. nt, .Mlmim, li* ; K V. Hum. I?iv. I'mm. Went, rhurlmion, s, .1. C. Kmiii, I?Imi. I'm**. Agent, Atlanta,! in. ? We chi) beat the world on nice cold drink*. If you don't believe. It H?k your neighbor. I'lionr l<C. Mllfurd'a Drug Store. Furniture polli.li, tlie very bent you will find Ht The Speed DrilK Co, We ? !! the genuine (Irlp l'?paule? nod you will And Un'in good. The Speed l?rug Co. I'hoiif or nend hii order lor anything lu our up tOHlnte l?ruB alore. We will nee Hint you yet It. l Uc Speed Uru* Co 4