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- I 14 'L r, I VOL. XV1 PICKENS, S. C., rf'lJ7IISD)Iy, AUGaUST 11187NO 4. A G14JAT U/ATII1IING NEARI li' CITY OF S'ARtAN13U1tG Tho Weatlor at First Iatuspiclou+s, but the Skies Brighton at Last--The Iu:igua rail Ceronionies--A Partial List of the Ex laibits--other Matters of Interest. The Inter-State Farmers' Summer Eu campment was duly inaugurated at - Spartanburg on Tuesday, the 2nd inst. The bad weather naturally diminished the crowd at first in attendance, but when the hour for opening arrived there was a goodly crowd in tho pavilion pro vidod for their accommodation. At 12 o'clock the Lion. John W. Wofford called the meeting to order. The stage was occupied by the following named gentlemen: N. F. Walker, of Spartanburg, the ltev. 11. Ir. 1eid, the Hon. J. W. Woflord, 1)r. C. B. Flcming, Col. A. P. Butler, the Hon. 11 S. edon, of Colleton, T. .. Moore, of Spartan R burg, the lion. 1). Rt. Duncan, of 1par hinburg, Mr. B. L. loche, Prof. 1). A. DuPre, J. H. Montgomery, B. F. Mlont gomery, ono aged farmer from T1.'exas, and other distinguished citizens. 4 Owing to some error Bishop 1)niian, who had been selected to deliver the opening prayer, did not arrive until after the opening of the proceed hgs. The prayer was, therefore, ofl'ercd up by the ltv. 11. H. Reid, of lteidville. It is estimated that the audience num bored not less than two thousand per sons, among whom were a very large contingent of ladies, chiefly from bpar tanburg. Upon motion of Mr. John W. Woi' rd, who statei that tti(' was no likelihood of the presence of ite commissioners from the four other States, Capt. N. F. Walker was called to the chair. In a:'=uming the chair Capt. Walker delivered a short and stia ring addre.:, in which he pledgcd himself to furtla-r in every possible way the objects o1 the Encampment. lie also introduced the Ion. 1). 11. Duncan, who bad been choion to deliver the address of welcome. Mr. Duncan addrersed the meeting. as follows: TIE INAUPOInAL ADDRESS. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: I have he honor, in the name of all citizei.s of 'partanburg county, to bid you a warlm welcome to this Eneampmlent. We sincer ly hope that the dclihera tions and discussions which will occupy the days of your sojourn here may be marked by great good to all who par ticipate and to all who witness your labors. May your gathering be accem panied in its influence and praet'o.il '-silts with the largest a' dent information r arts and work of t. you' represcnt. b.. - . and prosperity rest. Always the largest contributor to the happiness of the people at home, igri culture has made this, the greatest of re publics, renowned abroad for its ecoiatri buti".ns to the sustenance and con fort of .he millions of other lands. if the parsuit of knowledge, the labors of the workshop, the whirl of the factory W': ,els, the busy indistrie' .?nd conmter cial interests- by land r.,d sea, lag and languish, it is only 1ecause the valleys are not covered ov r with corn, because there is no fatneF in the pastures, be cause the cattle do not rejoice upon the hills and the earth fails to yield her in crease. We are the more rejoiced on this occa sion because of the evidence we have of the awakening and awakened interest in your avocation, which i'ow seems to be t.akinag in impo.rtance precedenice of all other questions. How shall thet largest intelligence andl the most reliable x perimental knowledge be invoked and enforced in behalf of tending this gar deni of earth, which was delivered to the first, farmer of creation with the com1 } mand to keep andit dress it- proposi tioninot new, indeeCd older than all oth lers of yt strange to say, it has5 now esofintelligence, pressmig anid puash than any of' those things which conan.d the time and talents of men. W\hilo it is true that the agriculture of this extensive c3ountry is conducted (on a scale unknown in ancienlt 01 in~ modernl times, yet in these importhnt depart meats of kniowledgo we are singularly 9deficient. No other field hllrds out a mocre inviting prospect to the diligent and the enterprisinag, a liteo-wairk which Jeay fill tihe noblest ambition. Tihe ao is no closed door to the followers of this art. As illustrated from the (lays of George Washington down to) the sunceess of the poor1 farmer's boy of tihe Valley of Virginia with his reaper, endowinag iseminIaries, orphasns' hlomes anld univer aity p)rofessorshlips, there is no tenaporal interest of humanity whichl exceed(s in importancee thlat of your pulrsuit, and all others it has1 outlived. "It survives Turk and Tim and (Goth." Upon it the merchant and miechanlic, the bench ind bar and tile toruim and camp depend. Indeed, as hae been isaid: 'The 11lcCessi ty of this art is evident, sinlce this can live without all othac r5, 1md( nao one other w.ithout this. The principles (of it he nag the principles of all nature, car'th, .waiter, air and the suin anid the sea, it "omprehends of phlilosophy more than mny one profession, art or science in tile world besides." Let m1e call your aittenltion to what an atble essayist w rote two hundred years ago. lie said: "Who is there among our gentry that does not enter-tafin a dlancing-master for his clhHron as soon as they are able to walk, but didl ever any father provide a tutor for his son to instruct him betimles in the naiture and improvement of that hld he intend ed to leave lhim?" Thlat is a sulperfluity and thus a great (defect ill our manner of education, aind thierefo e I could wish (but cannot in1 thlese times much hopo to see it) that one college in each universi ty were erected andi appropriated to this study, as well as they are to mecdioine and the civil lawv. 'lhcre would be no need of making a body of scholars and fellows with certain endowments. It would suflice, if aifter the mannaer of stalls in Oxford, there were only four * professors consatituted to teach thes<o four parts: Fmrst. Motionl and all thaingl relating to it. Seccond. Pasturage. Third. Gardens, orchards, vineyards and woods. Fourth. All parts of rural economy, which would contain the gov ernment of bees, swine, poultry, decoy birds, &c., togother with the sports of the field and domestic conservation and uses of all that is brought in by indus try abroad. The busincs3 of thoso pro fossor4 should not be as is commonly practical in other art8, to read pompous and superficial lectures out of Virgil's Ucorgics, Pliny and Varo, but to in struct their pupils in the whole method and course of this study, and the con tinued accession of scholars upon a moderate taxation for their diet, lodging and learning would be a sullicient col stant revenue for the maintenance of the house and professor$, who should be men not cleverer for the ostentation of critical literature, blut for solid andt ex perimenttal knowledge of the things they teacl.." To these thoughts, two hundred and thirty years old, little of value has been added on the lart of those who have essaed to write and speak much upon1 this all important matter. Th wonder is that so much has been concieved, so little has been achieved. 'Te first agricultural society incor porated in America was that established in South Carolina in 1785, called ''The Society for the Promotion of Agricul ture," stating that its objects included the institution of a farm for experiments in agriculture and the importation and distribution of foreign productions suit ed to the climate of the State. He who was first in the hearts of his countrymen, in almost his last utterances to them, with prophetic earnestness urlicd upon the founders and representa tivos of the young republic this great matter of agticultural education as; one of the foremost demands of the times. The national interest and importance of his language is in proportion. As the nation advances in population and other circumstances of maturity, this truth be comes more apl)areut and renders the cultivation of the soil more and more an object of public patronage. Institutions for promoting it grow up supported by the public purse, and to what object can it be dedicated with greater propliuty? This species of establishment contributes doubly to the increase of improvement by stinulahting enterprise and experi ment, and by drawing to a common centre the results everywhero of intdi vidul skill and observations and sprend ing then thence over ti IC whole nation. e Experience hlath slhownt that they are very cheap inustrmenetits of immen e na tional benefit. A few years afterwards the founder amd great apostle of the I)emocracy, in his distinguished inau gural, speaking of good government, placed int the circle of our felicities the onco' ngement of agriculture and com muercu as its haLdmfnaid, a well disciplined militia, our bes reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, and we welcome them to-day as one of the .Jeffrsonliai ):atforml planks in recogni 't that the tillers of the y, as its defenders, when come the heroes of the field . will not trespass fullther upon your time, upoM more interest inlg exercises. Allow me to repeat the cordial saluta tions of t,he comnittee and people whom I repr sent. )esiriug to do all in ft ir power to till the days of your sojourn in our midst with the fullest enjoyment an1d profit, we feel ruro that in the pr'eplrattion of the second Encampment experience will eliminate very much of what we are conscious are the imperfec tions and shortcomings of this, the first. AN ESSAY ON nlWS. The only other address delivered dur ing the day was that of Mr. '1'. J. Moore, of Spaltatnburg. ''Bee culture'' was the subject of his essay. Mr. Moore Ireated his subject from a p)ractical standpuint and in au eminently enttriaining nma i ner. .1eI illustrated his methods i culture by his own paterft hives and combsw, which aire of easy construction, and canu be made at a very elight ex pen mse. Mr. Moore's address closed the speCak ing of the day, upon which the meeting adj ounedi. vIEW INo TnEL A'1TiAe'TioNS. After the speaking the crowd anuised amnd entertained themselves by visiting the stores of the mer'chanits on the grounds, the State exhibit and the art gallery onl the seconmd floor of the pavilion. 'The State exhibit 'was cnm pilete inl all its inetails, conitaiing speci mens of every thiug prioduced or raised ini the State. it was tilled with visitors. Th'le a it gallery conitails exhibits of painting and crayon work, sculpture, fancy needle and quiltinmg. The greater part of the work in p)aintinlg is by Miss Aliceo Dimcan and Mrs. (iwynn, of Spar tanbunrg. T1hcre is also a fine display of pastelles by Miss Mildred Scaife, of Union. Among the contribu)tors are Miss Carrie .1umncan, Miss Ellie Lee, and Miss Mildred Thmomipson. T1here is ailso somec creditable work in sculpture by Mr. 0. A. Walden, of this county. The art gallery also contains exhibits oif organs and pianos b~y Mr. TIwitty. .1i'ho west end is filled with machinery exhibits from Wilson & Rykar, of Abbe yille; C. P'. Popp)enhim, Of Charleston, and D). W. Moore, of this city. Among the most energetic exhibitors on the grounds is Mr. George McMastor, of MIuMaster1 & (ibbes, of Cohiunblia, who have a large display of sgriciltural ma elhinery, such as Van Winkle gins, Bar bmour cotton seed crushers, D)eering mnowersi, hay rakes, kc. Til MILITAHIv coNT11NooENT. Owing to the (delay of the train on the Spa):rtanhumIrg, Uniioni and Columbia and the Air inie, only the following compa nies arrived the first day: The Sumter Giuards, 27 men, Caipt. Simceon HIyde; the Manning Guards, 27 men, Capt. A. Levy; the Fort Motte (Guards, 23 men, (Japt. R. M. Clafy; the Edisto Rifles, of Orangoburg, 26 men, Capt. 0. M. D)antz ter, and the Newberry Riiles, 15 men, Capt. 0. L. Schumpert. The Morgan Rifles, of Spartanburg, Capt. E. Bacon, were also in camp). Among the distinguished officers pres ent wore Adjt. Ocn. iBonhian, B.rig. GJen. R. N. Richbourg, Col. 11. L. Farley, Col. WV. C. McGowan, of the Governor's talY; Capt. J1. L. Perrin, of Abbeville', ide-dn-cam,p to G1eni. Richb)ourg, and 31. Gieo. K. Wright, of Columbia. There aire one hndred and twenty fonr tents now on the grounds. These vere securedl by Geni. Honhiam from the valdepartment, andI although shippee (rom I hiladelphia onily a icW. day agao says that Col. Luddington, through whom the tents were obtained, acted with commendable promptness in re spouse to telegraphic requisitions upon him. (ion. Richbourg issued special orders to company captains, instructing thorn to assume command and arrange for guard duty. More About the Gathering. As the weather cleared up, the crowd increased in size, so that on the second day of the Encampment the estimated number present was over (,000. North Carolina was well represented, there being present farmers from Polk, Iienderson and Rutherford counties. Most of these are encamped out in the groves that surround the Farmers' City. hey brought 'ith them all their do riestie ulpedinenta and prepared for a day of indefinico length, if necessary. i'Lere was also a large increase in the itteldanco from all parts of this State, mnd sl)ecially from Charleston and the ow-country, there being prominent and epresentativo )lanters from all the sea stands, Berkeley, Barnwell, 11ampton and Colleton counties. There was a big crush under the pavil on when the usual morning meeting was alled to order. All the seats wore occu icd, and the crowd overflowed in all lirections beyond the limits of the ,.Uilding. The lion. J. M. Walker pre ;ided over the exercises, which were )poned with prayer by the Rev. J. M. Reid. Among the distinguished guests tt the Encampment, other than those )reviously noted, were the Ion. ,J. J. flcuphill ald Superintendent of Ed uca ion J. H. Rice, who were invited to eats upon the stage. TI SI'EE( tEs. The first ad.ress at the morning ses ion was delivered by Stato Chemist PLhilip E. Chazel on the subject general y of the official inspection of fertilizers -the principles which underlie it and he practical difliculties which stand in he way of a recognition of its value by ho farmer. The second address was delivered by Jol. A. P. Butler, State Commissioner )f Agriculture, who prefaced his remarks >y congratulating the Grange upon the uccess of "this great meeting." lie said hat it had probably surpassed in num >ers and in work of practical value to >lanlters any similar gathering that has iver been hold in South Carolin. He ;onsidered the present success of the Cncamprient the most convincing proof )f its permanence as an institution. Jol. Butler's address was devoted to the Iiseussion of the bars to the progress of he farmer. ie denied that the farmers )f the Stuto are being imlpoverished by wything emanating from the executiv-e, egislative, or judicial branches of th. 3tate Government, and that if there vere anything that it could ho promptly removed. Summing up, Col. Butler iuggested as remedies for present ditli ,ultics the diversity of crops, the practice ;f rigid economy, the improvement of the tenant system, more iudependence )f factors and merchants, intelligent use f commercial fertilizers, improved netlhods of agriculture, and the use of nproved implements. 'Tho next address was that of the lion. 1). P. )uncan, who regretted the ab11 enee of Col. Lipscomb, who was, as he ;ai(1, the originator of and prime mover n the enterprise. President I)uncan's peeclh was devoted principally to a dis ussion of the best methods of educating armers and farmers' children. It was a arefully prepared essay, of which it would be impossible to give ii a para raplh or two an intelligent idea. After the above address closed there was a stock show, and the State agricul :ural exhibit occupied the attention of ho visitors until the afternoon session. Governor Richardson attended the fleeting and was of course called upon or a speech. lie was introduced elicitously by*Mr. N. 1". Walker, upon which (Goverii'or Rtichardson respondedI, songrat ulating the State Grange up on bhe splendid attendance and expressing ho hope that with each returning E~n samnpment its piroportions wonuld in Mrease, and that the farmers, of whom lie wvas p)roudl to he onie, woul receive in :ho coining years the full benefits of the anterp)rise. ( A pplauise.| T1he ifon. ,). ,J. Hiemphill, in response Lo a call, delivoredl a humorous and Laking little spchCl, which was repeated ly cheered anid applauded. Secretary Ludwig, of the North Caro lina State Grange, addressed the meet ing on the suhject of what the North UJarolina State Grange was docing. oTHlEl FEAT'i:REs. The feature of the outdoor sports on Wednesday was the opening game of1 t he baise ball toiurnamient b)etweeni the Orangeburgs and the Spartans. The game was witLessed b)y about four huni dred persons, all of whom were com fortably seatedI on the grand stand1. Thle followinug were the batteries: Orange burg, .littrel, p)itchier; Lightfoot, catch er. Spartanburg, Th'lomp)son and Smuith,i struck out eight, men, Smith four, Thompson three. Th1le game resuultedl ini i. vietory for Orangeburg by a score of I) to 7. Oilicial scorer, Kohin. Ump)lire, Jfennings. Thle result of the glatss iml tourina ment was in favor of the Newberry team. Th'le scores and the comp)eting clubs are as followvs: Newberry, :33; Walterboro, 32; Glenn Springs, 3t); Spartanburg No. I, 211; Spartanburg No. 2, 29. Theli three prizes were: Newborry, $50; Walterboro, $30; (Ilenni Springs, 820. THlE MIILITARtY UiGL. T1he first brigade drill was commxainded by Goen. Richubourg, C apt. E. B icon officer of the (lay. T1he following complanies participated: Sum1ter Guards, Edisto Rifles, Fort Motte Guards, (l reeniville (hua rds, Ibut ler Guards, tho Morgn Rifles andl Nowberry Rifles. The parade was witnessed by a very large concourse, andl was performied in a manner credlitab)lo to the military oif this State. An insp)ection of the Morgan Rifles was held b)y Adjt. (Gen. Bonhlama. Among the exhibits of machinuery which were laiced ini p)oiti o u Wdnes day were the Eagle Screw batlinug press of I". WV. Wagener & Co., Chark st(ii, -i. C'.; Wood's. harvesting machin. ry, of I avsick Fails, N. Y., and the e:xhib,it of hie Il'iedmont wagiii factory. (of Hicko y, N. C. Avryiterestinig feature of the En capmnt wasi the kirme-s and flag dlril: at the court.house, given uinder the A QUEER CREATURE. COLI) AN) SHIVEJ{INO IN MII)SIM MERt--VAlM AS A lItITTEI{ Vhen tio lloak Vlinter Comes--.)can Iocoet Tclls of the 'eeulliarilties of lIlis P'hysical M,ake-up--A 1'uzzle to All the Sclentiste. WABAsII, Isu., July 24.-The people of Wabash will not soon forget tho awful heat of last Saturday and Sunday, when the brassy skies looked down upon the white limestone which glowed in the hot sunshine and sent up currents of heat, if anything more unbearable than the burning rays that descended from above. On the evening of that sweltering Sat urday your correspondent met a being so strange and out of haruony with his surroundings that a repctition of his wonderful story cannot fail to interest the reader, even though that reader may take no thought of its scientific phase, which, if it has a counterpart in the whole world of experience, is unknown to the writer. Just at dark, the writer, as ho was passing the Wabash depot, trying in every possiblo way to keep cool, noticed a large-sized man standing near the depot building, apparently just arrived on an incoming train. Io looked liko a laboring man, and would not have attracted attention anywhere except for one thing: lie was dressed in heavy win ter clothing, such as no sane man would have worn with the thermometer at 9(; degrees, as it was then. Was he an in valid, whose blood was too thin and poor to be aflected by the terrible heat, in common with his fellows? He was too vigorous and healthy-looking, and that theory had to be abandoned. Was he a tramp, whose wardrobe did not afford a hot weather suit? He did not look like a tramp; besides, he had on surplus clothing, even to an overcoat that he might have carried. Ie did not look heated. On the other hand, he had much the appearance of a man chilled and suflering with the cold. His over coat collar was turned up about his ears zrd his hands wore thrust deep into his pockots. The correspondent had not watch him long until ho grew curious and concluded to investigate the phe. nomenon. lie accordingly took a posi tion near the stranger and remarked, while he fanned himself vigorously with his straw hat: '"'ris warm to-night." ''So they tell me," replied the man in broken English, with a mixture of French; ''1 do not know." "But you certainly do not have to be told that it is hot to-night," said the cor respondent, who was faintly sus)ieiouIs that the stranger was trying to "guy" him. A closer inspection, however, showed him that the man was not slfier ing from heat, warmly as he was dressed, for there was not a particle of perspira tion about him. "I have not boon warm since last winter, except when I was by a warm stove or in bed," said the strang er in a serious tone that banished the idea that lie was joking. "'Mine is astrange caie," lie ctntinued. "Would you care to hear it; it is not long?" "I should certainly like to hear the history of a man who is not warm to-night, dressed as you are in heavy woolens," said your correspondent. "Well, then, I was born forty-two years age this month in a northeru province of France, in Aleace, of peasalnt parcntage. There is nothing in my his tory that is of interest, but there is something in me that has interested many-a peculiarity that has puzzled science, and is without a piarallel in the whole world, so far as 1 know or have ever heard. The p)euliarity 3 nsists ini the fact that when others are wvarmn I amn cold1, and vice versa. I shiver with cohul under a hot July sun, and swelter with heat amid the snows of winter. i\ly name is Jean Rlocet, and my fatheri was a laborer in a brewery in Alsace, and1 1uha a la'-go family, of which I was the youngest, excep)t one, a sister, who was bor-n three years later. None of my brothers or sisters piossessed miy lpecu hiarity. My mother first disco,vered that I was not like other children wheni I was about cne year and1 a half old, before I can myself rememiber. My parents and the neighbors were greatly puizzled at the phenomena, but not more so fIlum were the scientific men who e-xaminied mie in later years. 1 was the wonder of our neighborhood as I grew up, for wvhilo other children in winter went abiout ini he(avy woolens, and shivered with col at tht, I played b)y the road side weering thin sunmmer clothinig, whilfe my body was flushed with heat anil miy facen suised with pierspiration. Wheni summer canie again, andl birds sang, anid the sun11's fiere rays buat uipon the whiite roads of Alsace, an may little comlpaniionls frolicked upon01 the green swvard and waded the brook, I cried with the col and( soughit warmth indoors. The seasonus were just reversed1 for me." "it when youi toiichied the i.e anid sno0w, were they not cold to you ?" was asked. "'Yes, as they would be to you ini the summer time. The frozen gr-ouind, too, was cold, but the icy atmuospher-e thjat swep)t over it wats stifling to mei as sirocco. WVhat was most pieculfiar, per haps, was the fact that th'e lower the thermometer sank, the wvarmier I got, andli the higher it arose the colder it seemed to rue. To prove to you that it was not imagination with me, feel of my hand,"' said the stranlger-. The scribe touched it. It was as cold as ice, and the merc-e ry stood att 90f degirees. "lived in Alsace uintil about ten yearus ago, when I caime to this couni ry to work at miy trade, that oIf a stonie-euutterl. I livedl in Jer'isey City iiutil a few days ago, wheni I started WVest. 1 ma11 lun marriiedl, and( have never=had a sick day in my bi:e. 'That i5s my hiistor-y and(, a'r, you slee, luevenitful enough, except for this pieculiatrity in my phy sical manke0-up1, which turnls wint<.r inito suunnelUr aind oalmy sununclir inito drlead( winter." "Buit can you think of no0 explanationi for this phenmu'uenon ? What dto scientific mien say of it?'" "Nothing that is inot guiess-work. It is said thut a few days before I was born the hot July weather in Alsacue was b)rokenl inl upon1 b)y a severe storm, iln wvhiich the elements itere strangely mixed. Thuinder and lightning, coml bmed with hail and even snow, swept in a furious torrent over Alsace, and c-on tmrued for moe than twn-fo.. hours auspices of the Helen Chalmers Literary Association. The court room was a scene of brilliant decoration. The booths wore presided over by young ladies in various national costumes. The attend ance was particularly large, as the affair was given for the benefit of Spartan burg's favoritos, the Morgan Rifles. 'The flag drill was executed by the following young ladies as sponsors for the com panies: Sumter Guards, Miss Ernestino Heinitsh; Fort Motto Guards, Miss lleina Allen; Morgan Rifles, Miss Nellie Elford; Butler Guards, Miss Fannie Blake; Greenville Guards, Miss H. Em erson; Manning Guards, Miss Clarico Colton; Edisto 1illes, Miss Mildred Thompson; Laurens Guards, Miss Carrio McMakin; Newberry Rifles, Miss Helen McMakin; llichland Volunteers, Miss Bessic Means; North Carolina troops, Miss Sady IIardy; South Carolina, Miss Helen Russell; Georgia, Miss E. B. Chase. The flag company was under command of Capt. E. Bacon, the uniform being a blue skirt and body with white trimmings, and black felt hats with black plumes. The evolutions of their gallant military sisters wro largely cheered by the various companies pres ent. It is estimated with every show of rea son that ful!y 10,000 peoplo passed through the streets of the Farmers' City on Thursday. Certainly there appears to be no limit to the energy displayed by the farming classes in the endeavor to at least visit the Encampment. '1'here are instanoes of men, women and chil dren who walked from fifteen to twenty miles doring the night to reach the city. Taking the Encampment all in all, it is something novel in South Carolina, and some of the old men say that it has been the first time in this State that a success ful effbrt has been madc to attract and hold together for such a length of time so many thousands of the farming class. There is, indeed, no telling how long the multitudes will remain in camp, for they have come well provided for any emergency. The woods around the city ro alive with men, women and chidren, some of them having found ace -nmoda tions in the wagons and others sleeping out under the open sky, which for the past two days has been >articularly favorable. TIE LAs DT.1VS. As to the character of the crowd it is possibly4he most motley that has over come together in South Carolina. All clas:)s are represented and the visitor can see almost everybody from the Governor of the State to the bootblack from the neighboring rival city. The plain country girl and the belles of (aff'ney City, Laurens, Union, Spartan burg, Greenville and other centres of fashion are to be found indiscriminately mixed in the crush at the art gallery, or in the pavilion, or in the State building rooms, or in the inter State booth of the Women's Christian Temperanco Union, where iced waters and tracts are dis pensed with equal liberality. This booth, by the way, is one of the prettiest structures on the grounds and was erect ed under the direction of Mrs. W. K. Blake, the president of the local union. The morning session began at 10 o'clock, 'residcut Duncan in the chair. This day had been devoted to the exer cises of the State Agricultural and Me chanical Society. The president invited all the farmers to visit the fair next fall. An instructive essay was read by Mr. John F. Townseud, the well known stock raiser and cotton planter of Edisto island, on the future of the sea islands. A great many of the points made were all of a revelation to the up-country farmers. The next address was by Mr. E. T. Stackhouse, of Marion, on experiments with the cotton plant. ''he deduction being that the farmer who makes a living at home, and makes cotton a surplus crop, is generally solid and safe. TIhen came ani interesting discussion of the qluestion wvhether it pays the farmer to substitute cotton seed meal for his cotton seed as a fertilizer. Among the spieakers were Chancellor ,Johnson, of Marion, Messrs. M. IL. IDonaldson, of G ;reenville, Hiolleyman, of O)rangeburg, and WN. Jieninings, of Berkeley, wvho miainitained thme negative of the question. The a flirmaot ive was unsuccessfully argued by Mr . P'eterkin, of O)rangeb,urg. ThIIis inauigurationi of general dlebate has been looked upon01 by the p romoters of the enterprise here as the beginning of t lhe practical sch ool work and oductation of the farmer, and will be developed with woinderfujl results at future encamplments. (C-l. W. I). Evans, of Marlboro, readl a lutpe(r (on the duty of thme farmer as a cit izenm and as a legislator. Mr. I . K. N orris, of Anderson, discused ini a very aide iaper the necessity of diversified agriculture. Experiments with the corn plant, by Mr. B. F. P'erry, of Gireenville, contained many suggestive p)oinlts and brought about nother experience meet ing, the deba)iters being Capt. C. Pektty, of Spartanbu)lrg, 21essrs. C. I )ixon and1( A. Mellee, of (Grenville, C. Turner, of Sp artanburlg, and II. T1. 1 lawloy, of J)ar huigton. The session closed with an excellent andl hu morous speech by Col. J1. (1. McKiissick, of Union, Frniday was '"Governor's (lay." T1hie opeming address bieing mfadoe by Gov. Richlardlson. A mong the other addresses was one ont the subject of signal service in it.s bearings onm agriculture, b)y Capt. RI. Graham, of the 1'. S. Signal service. Camp was broken and tihe inilitary com)1panies retu rned hoine Satur~day. .(03, Of1 Is sn4I1ke ain(il i l'Ig. ,Jasp er IBryanm, living out onm the river, east of town, relates a remarkable inmei dendt b)etw(een a pig of his and a rattle snake. A tine sow and pigs ulsed to go) in the river sw~ainy, and freqluenmtly the Sow would appear for her slops with one pig short, which so w,orried friend lIryan that he ntusteredl his forces and went in seareh of the1( cause of the ab sfenc(e of the pigs. lie hadl not been in the swanmp long b efoie lhe w,as startled by the pecu liar sound1( of the rattles, and uponi inivesitigationi found that a snake had swallowed a pig, but the little grunter, inot being satisfied with the eon1nniementt, 11ad actually kic1ied its feet through the belly of the snake and was walkimg abiout trying to find its way out of the woods, with its head still unclosed in tin lower part of the snake's 1body. She snake was p)romptly killed, andl found to contain sixteen rattles. Th'ie piig was carried home and1 is doing well. -Marrah allvillo (Iowa) Times. "( umeption' Is derivedl from gum and1( shun, and' aL girl who has gumnption Is one Scientists connect the storm with birth in explanation of my peculiarity. But, after all, that explanation rests upon un proved theory. I only know the fact. I do not attempt to explain it." Your correspondent saw the fact, and was himself amazed to a see a man who could so easily defy the power of Old Sol's influence. Tio C,t to,t Movu,r cuat. From the Now York Financial Chron icel's cotton article of .July :1) the follow ing figures are gathered relative to the movement of the staple during the past week: For the week ending .July 29 the total receipts reached 2,581 bales, against 3,295 bales last week, 4,600 bales the previous week, and 1,201 bales three weeks since; making the total receipts ince the lst Septener, 1886, 5,204,679 hales, against 5,298,672 bales forthc same period of 18 5 6, showing a decrease since September 1, 18811, of 93,99:3 bales. Ihe exports for the week reach a total of 22,115 bales, of which 15,597 were to (oat. Ih'ritain, 2,20 to ['lance, and 1,288 to ii rtst of the continent. The im ports into continental port.s were 8,00) bales. Ther'e wta l 1increase iii tho cotton in sight of 75,:1999 hles as compared with the same date of I886, an increase of 36,517 bales 115 compar' d with the cor respontding date of I885, 11111 a decrease of :11:t,878 ndes us compared with 1881. '1The old interior stocks have decreased during the week l,: 5 blh's, antd were, Fridaty ni;hit, :19,(;87 bales less than it the saie pcritod last year. The receipts at the Sam1O towns have 1)e1 6,5:32 bales less than the samne week last year, 111.1 since September 1 the receipts it all the towns are 71,287 baules less thant for the same time ill 1885 t. ''he total receipts from the planita tions since 1st. Septemb1)e)r, 1886, are 5,181,55; hales; ill 1885 ( were 5,310,118 bales; ill 1881-5 were 1,727,276 bales. Althougil the receipts at the outp)orts for the past week were 2,551 hales, the actual mlovelttelnt fr'n the plantattions was only l,:t:1 iles, tht 1batl:ace being taken from the Sttt4'ks it tht ilterior towns. Lit .3e'r tie re)eij tI. ,n1 tile plantationis for the ma~ wo ilk v.re 1,87 hales, aitut for 18:>ii v -0 hahl,tl . 1'p t 1,1 une :tt) 11ie rece'iIs at tlhe porl this year were )097 ba.lus less tlmu in, 1885 t;, :and -,17;1, 1;h:._a luno than al tthe sam11 tlle ini 1S8 I . This statti incent l;howw that, t.t he rt'''11ts htinCte Sep temla'r 1, up to la:.t .Iridlay night, were 91,8118 bails less luut th.l Wtce to tilt samur day of tlth)mothI in 1$;,an 182,:84 a Iles more 1111 they were to the same day of tlm nn110"i.; 1 I885. The Chronlicle says thait the spt'cutht tioll int cottol for ItIt- delivery at New York was illy Ld ive for th1e week litdt r rei bu, 1'atl ti' e oir:,e 01 prices Wa: qutite uledet 11111, tie veIlolpinlg at times s0oI irreglaluri I a t n 1 tt t vei tiii anttl tie next crop. ()1n Nat ur,lay the heat aii the l)utll holiday causoedl an ahnttst Comt plete d1'set'ti)n of the (:otto1 Exchtange after the lirst 'all. On i\ohntiay t.ll' Iarket opetned p' ;cI.y, hut the <leclin in this crop wa s fully recovered; (n Tuesday, 1owvever, ti is cr)p wasH lower altd tlle next tileanon Ihtruul) IIUl11i1 ulu tie to s 4111 i '. 1t) 1ther") uil t or'1t 1u 1111, hadl been stelli1t frnely, putttingl oult full lines of con)titet5, and1t1 u1the ehyse so1J1i )1'< 55s11<e walS .d'I W1 ill d tiiy cent racts, which was mone uinsl,icnuou i,u \1ed nel. dlay, whetn thl1,-01 <it u l oval,ce , 'alun; the'wholt' 11111." ''Tlur-d.ty therle wa;s :1 inauturli:al le linet in, tIl lt xt (r)p, th' bull maovttttvt'nt, ft' I p.trt v >un; <tay get thg not htuppo It Inc,m aniJuy I Iturtur. On 1"ridauy:Auut, <,p,ionsrdlclinedt :I1 point.: all1t1 the: next crul t s nt5 1 h(1 tltt,resetl. was~k justi such a enl,ze laout naltual,l g,l:, 1as we haive ill this count11 ry lto.ny. (s wllswe)tr( suny w:.it aseinli yhnolaliltt v igrls theli I fletial twreIat114 enlm l ol buti: in to hi s explolii lIision taws kie 1evealOi nIllljohl 111f 4 thope WO[trle Ill tillItI (lesi 1ayed a11 h t tltitofc u ty tIlap) :ts i 11 I l il li t hi: .ll ,f.' laly iluol Its ll'11'li h was lihen 11 a liSsI,ber allti).1 I heavy 'rsiek 111is 1) tlls ure slt i al(l 'iNtin distr10 ts I414we4ll em o s n .1111te I'a ' 1111 li it-id loher,l (ts it 0 .1hi4.s cil .sl'.-y (Ii Iis sa1ed ihat foo wll k wlith45 ith111 u iit p sre,by induct11 ionh Ir imek draht pullkd dov,n lfito llw 1arth 14(1 he.' burin a f mlleris '1 44hllI well,:41 rlti flinl ac 14 driaflC exbion (If a there o aa ke os 11i4mo1- rests1 on thb( 1 arsciptIola," tle n'iVl o tiled S arth ASSASSIN GUITEAU'S ANATEMA. omarkable Sucesslon of Mlstortal. That Ha ae Followed lHis Wither*g Curse. WASHINGTON, July 30.-After the a ' sassin Guiteau had been convicted sentenced by the court to be hanged ibt killing President Garfield, he stood it in his place and pronounced a withering curse on every one connected with the trial. Little was thought of it at the time. It was regarded as a fitting climax of his ravings throughout that remarkable ease. Guiteau declared that misfortune would attend every one con nected with his trial. Since then Gui teau's curse has impressed itself upon the minds of superstitious people by the singlar manner in which it has appar ently been fulfilled. The jury was composed of twelve strong and healthy men. The foreman was in comfortable circumstances and was estimated to be worth $50,000. Within a year after the trial he lost his money and is now reduced to the level of a day laborer. Four members of the jury are dead and nearly every one has been visited with some kind of misfortune. District Attorney Geo. B. Corkhill was removed from ofllco, his wife died and his own deatU followed before the end of another year. Mr. Scovillo, (luiteau's brother-in-law, who with Charles H. Reed defended the prisoner, was divorced from his wife and lost all of his property, President Athur, who refused to grant a pardon or new trial to CGuitoau, was defeated for renomination and slow ly failed in health, and died last winter. Mr. Blaine, who was a witness against (iuiteau, was nominated for President, but defeated. .J ohn A. Logan, another witness, is now dead, stricken down in apparent. health. )r. 1). W. Bliss, Garfield's physician, has been in very poor health for two years, and it is thought that he will never be a well man again. David Davis, who appeared as a wit ness, has also joined the great majority.. Judge John K. Porter, of New York, one of the government counsel in the. case, has practically retired from the. practico of his profession. Tho guards who kept watch over Gui Loan in the jail have nearly all lost their positions. Judge Cox, who presided over the. trial, lost his wife. The downward career of Charles IL Reed, of Guiteau's counsel, which cul mmiated in Now York a few mornings ago, by his attempting to take his own life, adds another name to the list of victims of Guitean's anathema. The only conspicuous exception is found in Walter Davidge, of the govern ment counsel in the case. Mr. Davidgo has apparently been more prosperous since the trial than bofore. He st<mds at the head of the Washington bar. 'rho defeat of the Republican party in 188"1 rocalls the fact that (uiteau pre dicted its defeat. Morits of Smatl Fowls. The advantage of small broods of hens is thus presented by tho Americun Agri culturist: Though small in size, the Loghorns and Hamburge crow rapidly and mature early. It requires some time before a large fowl attains its full size. The advantage of the small breeda i.4 that they permit us to make a "short. cut" to the laying point, though they may be deilcient in weight. So far as the cost is concerned, it has been demonstrated that it requires no more food for a large fowl than a small one compared with the product.?'.'hat is, we can p)roduce as many pounds of Leghorn meat as we can of Coehin meat with the same p)rop)ortion of food, but in' laying 'jualities the small breeds are superior,, as they are usually non-sitters, and lay large ecggs. Another advantage witlh thema is that, being small, a large num berV can be kept together, as they require less room on the roost. B3eing active, theyf do not become excessively fat, and ifalowed to run at large tho,y will pick up a large proportion of their food d ur img favorable seasons. Being usually clean-legged, they are not as subject to scabby lugs as the Asiatics, and if kept warm in wmiter they' will lay about as well during the cold season as in sum moir. Anm Aris,t,c ratice I< hot. TIhosemi-idiotic English iioblonian so ably caricatured by poor 'Bothern is by no meanis a creature of the imagination. I he w riter once attended a fancy-dressed ball given to Princo Eduard, of Saxo \\eiier', the commander of the South (rn forces in England. One of the mas ters of ceremonies was Lord Arthur soy mour11, a person who might wvell have sat for the origimal of D)undreary. A mis-. chijevouis naval lieutenant informed the -iplig of. nobility that one of the guests was attired as .Judas Iscariot. Lord Arthur was pleased to consider this in had taste, and( attemplted to find the iuagmnary arch traitor. During his search he came across the writer and the following conversation en sued' "Youah name is-er--L., I be lieve?" ."Yes, may lord," replied the humble individual addressed, "Well, I am awv told that aw a person is present who aw is dressed as Judas, and psi tively has the the thirt,y pieces of silvah in his bag. It is aw like his d-d im powvdonce to cawwy silvah heshh! Why the dag'vel couldn't he aw bring sover eigns? '-Philadelphia North American. Ihuow to Secure a fiood Siand of Turnip. 4e' old andit experienced farmer gives no I hie i)>llowing rule for securing a good staini if t unips; Prepaire the land thorough ly :md iav oil the rows ready for sowing the see, lien waiit uniitil a ruin hats formed a erlst andi. cover with (resh, moist carth. The moist carth wvill germinate the seed, ijid tl,e rotsm will penetrate the underlying vrust bty the time the lanits are upl, thuts s'ecuing enough moisture from below to ,anpply lhe plants in ease the weather should oce dr y enough to kill t hem otherwise. An flher sa fe rule, it is said, is to roll the latal well afte1r sow.'ing turnip) seed, thus zcc.ur ig god ro)oting before the plantscom1o uip to be~ killed by the hot sun.-Anderson, * * Plremnature decline of power in :ithier sex, hoiwever ind(ucedl, speedilly and( erantently curCed. 15ook for 10 cents in stampsju. WVorld's D)ispensary MedIcal As soCi5hatin 063 Main street, Bluffalo, N. Y.