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,.oo BY E. B. MUERAY & CO. 'iii V . itt fl'ttl-Uri i !%? ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1880. ? ?. m hi ?I maVr^^^^*"*^*. '' "" 1 "' 1 '' 1 mu? - ' . .VOLUME mmmm 3. THE TUN EEL'S FIRST V ICU HS. A YerriMajfCMiaatrephe Under the Hud JERSEY CITY, N. J., July 21. At 5 o'clock tliiH morning the camion ^.AirotMMiing the deepwell leading ta the entrance of tho Hudson River Tunnel in the courte ctf ?oqVtl1|cUaN |t?the foot.o? ?Sixteen?Jj ?JrM?j .nI4><f7r% caved pa carrying.wi^i&arlJiame?se Jquantity o? .earth. Twenty-one workmen were buried. Seven were soou after taken out alive and fourteen remained underneath. The water from tho river firmed in runtyIjTi^ftwarJ fi?e engines were get to work to cave, if possible, thoao who might still bo alive from drowning. The workingmen resided in tho vicinity of tlie tunnel, and a *"?ry large and excited crowd of persons soon congregated. Tua night gang of thirty men, includ ing Assistant Superintendent Woodward and two firemen, entered the shaft at midnight, the hours of work for this gang being from 12 to 8 o'clock. The depthjOf tho shaft is ujxty-fivc feet, and while most bf the med wero employed 'X' tho bottom qf the shaft about one-third of thc gang were engaged on tbe brick wall of the,arch, twenty-five- feet higher. Il wan ihib latter i;qbad. who were' all bricklayers, that escapeo, except two. The main areli of the tunnel .runs out from the^-fJliijft lal durance of -about thirty feet, wheo ?tiipens :?nto two 'dis tinct arches that form tho tuunel. Through como negligence of the mon it is Sa p1 posed'that th? dlr lock was not properly adjusted. When the process of shifting commmenod the bric!: wall connecting the two arches gave way, and tho water rushed into the cave. The superintendent tb tats jtlf& pr itt] tte tunnel must have escaped through tbe silt. Ho has put a grug of one hundred aen nt work, to diga new passage to the hncl, but tnby .will not bo able to reach there in less than three days. AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. Tho following is tbe official report of tho Hudson River Tunnol Company IhroughrHa^ngincerSf- SJcssnj, rothman and BrusrCtelaurig Catos'accidebt to the Hudson River Tunnel, which occurred nt thO^Sit QT 3ixt?o6tH Street, Jersey City : *~*T!flr"WrtrijTiig"* aboot half-past 4 o'clock, while tho men wore changjnrr shifts, that portion of tho iron roof nd-' join?.t : .ft of 'jib connecting c^iiabjiHj>|t|r>|n jtfeJwal]tv^neli^todl the sinking shaft fell in. Twenty-eight mon were in the tunnol at tho time, of whom eight escaped through the air-lock and twenty were killed. The accident occurred at the connection of the iron plated with ?tbe 'brick walP?f the working ?haft, which, during the changing of shifts, was probably not watched by the men as closely as it .should have been, and the compressed air ras allowed to ?.?scape. This compressed ??lr is relied upon to assist in supporting the roof, which waa also sustained by etrong timber-bracing, nnd tho escape, of . air has always been'prevented' by stopping ?my leaks with waste silt. Aa the roof fell tbs plate closed the door of the air lock into the tunnel, and the water rising rapidly cut off tho escape of the twenty men who were killed." ' FTJBTIIBB1 DETAILS; ' a* .The bm/ding of the-connecting diam- j ber, though a difficult pieco of work, . progressed until how. Tu&rtoof wW all j in position' ancT s?cnrely-?oltedAs The \ connection of tho iron plates was .1- ring j made nt the time of the accident."'The j work will bo prosecuted night and clay | with all the men that cab be-ntl van tage- , ously used until the bodies can bo recov- j enid, which will probably.' tate about j dayH the accid?ntwiil probably delsy the *, work about three, weekH. < Tht?foHWhtc siAtemcnt v;:^ made by ; one??litb?s? liten . tvho(!?9car>6di After , eight men had escaped one man in trying ] to pass through tbe door: leading from | the nir iock into the temporary chainbex' \ <?ftho tunnol wes' jnrameaMn ^He'dobi*- -| way, and in spite of tho e?brta of . UIO^Q , ahead could not be brought out, as the j door closed upon lifm&^d'hejd him fast; H Velor Woodland? ^maW Wpenntetf- ^ dent, told 'ho mon to try and get out, ami wu vb thc ninth man waa ? fastened in tho doorway called out to , tUn who had escaped, telling them to j liurry.-aud try und get assistance to help ? tho-rest-and -himself who were Icu i behind. He refused to lenvo himself,' , saving that be would stay and make j dtStMfc'?" " ? ing must try to get the rcat and t.;raself | out, alive if possible. , Almost all of thp30 killed, as well as , those aaved, reaided in, Jersey City.- , The men who wero rescued did not reach < tho surface a moment too soon, for the j water rushed niter thom-with, amazing j rapidity till lt reaclt-ra VreV?nrouIn fi vo i feet of tlie top bf tbe shaft, i The nurvi- | vors were so bewildered that they seemed i to \oni> all p/esoneo of, mind, ' even if < asii.tlnnce could ;oo rendered to tho poor, I fellows in tho pit. Nearly all tho men employed in th^^y^aj^ffo^/nfp^cptitni- | ty to tho works in 13th. 14th and i 16th streets- and the? frienda and rela- j. liven rushed to the place in tho most j excited train? pf mind..' The oisw? of the ? disaster atftSsBo. like wild-fire tlrtohgh the i surrounding' cities; "From all points liri-' \ menso erowda thronged to tho scene vi : the calamity. About the' fatal excav* ] timi th?'awe-stricken spectators stood. ? A cordon of police officers' were station? ? < ed abouV. the sped and engine room : tb .. prevent-any interference with the j laborera at work lo recover the .bodies. ? '?M.?J.j. ^-"l- ?UlyL.??.? ~f ?lu shafi-houao thc faces of distressed.Wives, j mnthsnfatid ct.ifdren wc.ro seen distorted i with anguish aa they sought' in vain for : the forms that would never,bc seen again ] alive. ?j? Yi uh Thomas Van Nostrand, ono of tho men i rescued, in the waste ! lock. . gave * ? reporter a thrilling account of his narrow j escape. He.said ; * There were twenty^' : fight men aVw^k^ln tWiy 'tunnel. Th?f went on 12 o'clock last. night for au eight hour shift. I, was at work near the emt end of t?.r. w'aslo lock and in the ? went end of the. tunnel, it ..waa about half-past-4 o'clock* thal I heard ilia bo!ti snap and the braces give way. At tho \ Mame time . I felt a, rush of air In my faesQkK^ajg^d trek. wlW MrA ot tho men who were near me arid rab into tho air lock. Thc air pressuro crowded the door shut at the east enrl.. At first jt waa blocked by a joiat which} wej {fulled out, t\nd then tho door sranrmed'to. Th? look has doora nt both cudi and glass deiuleyea VJ mlmit light'. Thrcrigh tho deadoye*wVdr>dWiee ills' mon ?nsula tho tunnel. The water was rushing in. Peter Woodland, city- awdstant-' sb torin* tenden?, stood at the door outside the wasto .!?ick * which < waa . stationary, lt w mid not move without our knocking : out the deadoyes. This would be fatal j to thu men outside aa the water would ! iret in and drown the men in an instant, j Woodland knew this, but ho stood at tho i dour. His face was ghastly white and '. lie realized tho dungsr. He<said tn me, ; "Torn, quick, bur?-.t tho dpf.dcycs and do j what you can fir ut." I knew it was' death to us all if I did not do wj ?hd '.' I obeved his order. . Aa .the glam brnko ? the atrrtiibed In and the waste lock shot out Into the main shaft leaving tho met: j to drown, as the space occupied by the i I shaft Ulled with. water, io ,o*c JpajapL ? Wo were wholly stripped pf our clothes I when we crawled out. I heard the rush "of water at our lock. It filled in fast, but the obstmctloris tfepr1t~bick t?Dj? enough for us to escapo, from the main : baft. | v.v.3al^v.-,\vf.ii|d Co to save tb T alef ^t?$ tuF^S^tMo118 last saw bim. It was sure death and I had to knock out the dead eyes as I told you. He knew as welt aa I that it was aUorer with *&?.TJ ?^"0*" f???l tb* look.ca lila face or tha ssund oUVb voice as be told us to save ourselves, though the very act was to insure his death. nOKIMO THE TUNNEL. Stow the Workmen Dig their Way Through the Mud und iure Protected from Dangar -Wonder? of Compressed Air. Ftvm the New York Lfofceti J Files of boiler-iron plates, a licap of bricks and masons' materials, and a col lection' of low sheds with, art. ircnicn$o smokestack towering above them, mark tho spot at the foot of Fifteenth street. Jeni cy City, where the. Hudson Tunnel Rail road .'Comr^rty haye cprprjipijccd the mighty work of tunnelling tho North River.* The work ia well under way, .md is being pushed forward ,day and night} with no let-up on Sundays' or"holiday's. Already 300.fec.tof tho tunnel have been, coinpletcd, 200 of which aro under tho the river itself, and within a month's time tho workmen will be adding to ifs length at the. rate of between four and five feet every twenty-four hours. : The method:of building the. tunnel, is diff?rent, it is claimed, from anything over baforo attempted. Th?] prfppipje is ndopted of using compressed air to exclude the water, evaporate the moisture of the silt, BO that tbs lat ter, by being thus dried, can be easily handled nt the heading, and is rendered lesa liable to cave in, and to aid in up holding the iron and brick work after they are placed io position. Col. Hoskin* bas secured a patontin "crrffnectioia' tvllb. tho application of thin principle, under which the tunnelling is being done. The lApd in this v|cinity is largely of cipd?nj, vjfhi^hj havo been filled; ir , ; nd ' ; porous that when tho tunnel was first commenced thcro waa n copstapl ej?app of the air which was forced into thc eJS cavation. This was remedi?/, by burying laigo sheets of canvas several feet below tho ?urfaso of:tho ground.* The-: lower the tunnel, wen*.; however; tho moro compact the filling became, and the less annoyance wes experienced from this source. Now that the silt hos been pen etrated, ibis difficulty no longer exists. The pressura of. the compressed air now used In tho tunnel is about twenty pounds to the aqanre inch. The two air conv presaors are kept running day and night. They pump the air into the air-reservoir, which ?a of tough bailer-iron, cylindrical iii ehape and has a diameter of five feet eleven inches. : A g? ?ige at its side always indicates tho proasuru of the air in the tunnel. . Fro m tho reservoir the air is pumped into the tunnel through the air lock. Upon this supply of pure air and * careful regulation of, its ^ pressure the li vtjs of the worki?en/?nd t?i? Success ol tho work depend, and a constant eye ii kept upon the movements of the gauge Buger as it balances itself unsteadily ovei the .dial. The tunnelr was gradually pushed downwardvfroiii flip.air-lock until iim proper level Was reached, instead ol using commence."'*nt tho bottom of the ?haft and continued on the required level rbis was a temporary device, and nftei die work had been thus prosecuted, icm a distance bf 800 feet the heading was bulk [leaded, and the workmen, turning ir their tracks/ began to dig toward thc shaft and to char away obstructions ic this direction. Heie tho grand arch a! tho mooth cf the tunnel will be built [ts width will bp 32 feet, and its heigh i0 feet. Upon this wo vi: the tuen an now engaged. Thero will bo two tunnqla throwi ?crcGs the river, each hoing 15 feet wide md 16 feet io the clear when completed They'adjoin one another, but wiii nc sep irate and distinct pieces of workmanship uniting, howpVer, under thc grand a'cche it the working-shaft on either side of th river. AsingTo tr.nck will bo laid in e;ich MjL ? ?j of thc.i wilt nhva'/Vt : II going in and tho other in com? aj.out O the New York depot, collisions can oove ?ccur. The approacher to the tunne 3u both sides ot tho rivet' vril! ba 26 fee ?vide and 25,feet birril in tho clear, am their walls aro to be nf tho beat hard burned brick laid in hydraulic cement [p ?l?s city^thp t?aubfa?will out. be les than 15 feet below'th o'aurfftce, and at n point, when thc tunnel is completed wil me nurfiicc. bc disturbed in tho street except for.entrance to nnd egress fror tho underground depot. In shape thc?? twin tunnels will b nearly round; Their Shel kiar* cylindei ?ando of boiler-iron about 22fectinheigr ind 20 feet in breadth. They aro mad in sections which aro welded togethe* ind the completed shells pro pushc Ihead aa fa?t as the excavations are mad< "he-iron of onenf these cylinders is J-inc m th??l?riAMK Tbs ^icl?c??e cr plates a: 2 feet 6 inches in width. Some of thei ire 8 feet and otbere 6 feet io lengtl 3n each cf their four side? ?r? flange ?i inches in width, through] which ju plateia bolted to every one of the plat uound it. Tho joints are broken as tl tldn-al strength to the cylinder. As fa na thc cylinder in advanced tho maaoi follow, and lino it with a wall of han >u rn cd brick two feet thick in hard comer As this. ?rivU Prtendjtv. completely '} atom the interior it presents the form of t arch against any outside pressure, whetl sr vertical or lateral. Four classes enpo aro employed in building the lunn -miners, welders, laborers and msior rVt the heading the miners advance wit pick and shovel, the welders bring t ;etber Mio i-on sections, the laborers di pose, of the ..diggings* und-tbp masoi throw dr) their wail. IUI_ TBANSVLANYTNU IN THE NIOITT. gentleman anxious to ascertain ibo cfit of transplanting at night, instead of ! Jay, ruado an experiment with the fi ?owing results ; Ho transplanted t cherry tiree? while in bloom, commend \t four o'clock ia the afternoon. Thc transplanted sluring the daylight oh their btomnn^producltSg tittie dr rru.it, . while, those transplanted in t lark maintained their condition ful Ko did tho same with ten dwarf tr? sfter- tho fruit wa? onctbird groV riiose transplanted during tho day sb their, fruit; thoso transplanted duri tito night perfected tho crop and show no injury from having neon rtvnbv Wi a each nf th esp trc.s he roniov mme earth with the roots. The Incid? La fid ly vouched for, and if a few si m i experimenta produce a like result, il v be a strong argument to horticulture ic, to do such work at night,-Fie Cabinet. loen. ?Uno** PUno tor KU li a j; lt with Fragrant Ameri-?an Tea. 8t. Paul and Minnesota Pioneer Press. Qt6. of C?eDuc, Commusfooer of Agriculture, arrived io St. Paul yester day from Washington, ?ia bis borne at Hastings, and waa captured by a repre sentative of tlie J5ontrr" Prest instructed to obtain tbe latest intelligence on the ; Commissioner Witt?t?bl/j ?overflowing of bis favorable subj?-.its, and manifested a I cheerful willingm-a to impart tho desirafl ! information to the Pioneer Prent. Pioneer Press-Gen. LeDuc, a good deal has been said in tbe papen, not always very encouraging, about your efforts, since you became; Commissioner of Agriculture, to introduce new branches among agricultural, industry in the United States-among 'others, tea cul turoj. (\){H1 voube jkmd enough to tell tbe1 Pioneer Prest, which bas been a little ^li^i^P^ ?i^^n?X^t?Xlil?g tea cul ture in this country, what success bas attended your efforts? ? Gen. LeDuc-I can answer that ques tion in a very few wo, du. I have demon strated /three propositions'. First,' that just as good tea can bo raised and manu factured in American1) cheaply as any where in the world. Second, that we can produc? it aa well bera as anywhere in the world, abd', third, that we nave as good soil and climate for the production of tea as any country in the world, with enough area suitable for ita cultivation, not v.niy to raise ail we want ourselves, but to enable ns to enter tho markets ol the world in competition with tbe people of China, Japan and India. . Pionca Press-In wbat portion of the couutry can tea be raised ? Gen. LeDuc-Tea can be profitably raised from the James River southward on and near the coast of tbe Atlantic and,the Gulf of Mexico to Eastern Texas, Not all the soil included in this region ia suitable, but included within it are ares adapted to tea culturo, enougk to raise tea for the consumption of tho .world, Some of the soil is.admirably adapted tx the purpose ; 'some only moderately so But tho most favorable localities, so fat as my present knowledge will enable mc to speak, are the Carolinas, Flj.ida Georgia, ned probably Alabama and Louisiana, within from twenty to fiftj miles from the coast ; although tea car be grown successfully for family mic neighborhood uses in all parts of those States, and probably 'Author North. \. Pioneer Press-How do you koon this? LeDuc-Well, I do not make t'hli statement on my own personal knowledge or, examination simply, but upon the tes timony of exerts ; and more especially upon that of Mr. John Jackson, of Abor deensbire, in Scotland, who has had fif teen years' experience in raising tea it India. Upon bis judgmeut and skill i think implicit reliance can bo placed especially 'ha he bas given evidence o bia.faith in the capacity of this countr; for tho profitable production of tea b; Investing bis owu mentis in a plantation and in starting a tea garden in Georgie where ho - bas now 100,000 growinj plants, and intends during ibo cominj yenr to moro than double the are plantedL?.1 At'. <: -i'i AQX ? Pioneer Presa-Who ta this Mr. Jack ton of whom you think so highly? I LeDuc-Mr. Jackson is, as I h;ye al ^eacMsalrT, ? Scotchman, oif Aberdeen shite,-?wlio ax the ago of* twenty-one wer! to India to seek his fortune. There h became associated in a subordinat ?apric-1'.y with the great tea com pan know as the Scottish Assam Company He was eight years in its employ, an Elfter three years cf, training he was prc moted to the management of tho con pany's extensive tea gardens arid propel ties in Assam. For two. years ber? ?eiv?d'the highest average prices pai for any Indian teas sent to : market pretty'good proof that lie understand bis bpsiness^ Of late years he.bas bop associate^ with bia brother in tho in vet tion and manufacturing of improved tc machinery, which has supplanted tl; ruder appliances of manual labor) befoi in M?e in India, to eneh tm extent that i 1878 they sold $300,000 worth of th machinery in that country. One of h rolling machiuea does the work Of 2( best; coolies. . 'ibey received tho sil v medal at tho Paris"ek|)03ltion for thc tea machinery. Owing lo his' wife's il liealth he withdrew ior a time fro active business to travel with her America. - While! at;Saratoga ho act ie n tal ly ?aw an nrticio in aNotr Yo Euper epitomizing a publication of tl Apartment of Agriculture on tea, v;b.r aroused bia curiosity and resulted fi aal ii- his going down to Washington toi a lue Commissioner. I TOS delighted Sud iu Mr. Jackson just tho man 1 ivbora I bad been long looking, arid sngaged him to assisi tl?e Department ibo development of thia industry. I long experience and special khowled nf tea culture have been bf immer advantage. For tbe past two or tht iveoka be has accompanied me in a jot oby through?BqaihCarolina; tp, exams the tea soils ?rfi&l'State; or wtfieh Tound an abnndsnco, and to examine t z idition of tho tea plants, which bs ?bund th? teri pl.mt.; ?Ski had hoon silt growing, but not with the luxuriat st all poluta which was necessary profitable ten culture. In sumo loci ;P?ooeer Vrctz B?i ?uni cvinci have you as to the quality of tblB tea I LeDuc-I myself took samples of tea raised and rrianbfactiired by 1 Jackson to Lowe Brothers, the larg tea importers in tho United States; well.kpown grown,/Thurber?& Co. New York, and others, who all boar h testimony to ita supremo quality. It lent a sample to Messrs. W. J. & Thompson; of Loudon, well known c tho world as tea b^cre. Here is a o af their letter^ which, as it ia shorty ; can un: 88 MINCING.LANE, LONDON, 1 24th Jone, 1880. j IK. G. LepuCi Commissioner Departo qf^?gncu?iure,' "Washington, D. C. : DF.AU, SIRT-?V?, duly /ecolved y Ictt^ofkbd ?)h\ instant, also tbtsisam] of tea from tbe Georgia plantation, we now have the pleasure of report upon them as required. ' The saujplcs represent toils,of a 1 type. Tha* &w? though not it rori] indicates somewhat too light ferme lion, but has all the characteristic* bigb quality. The dry leaf fairly re tents tho four classer specified, but i somewhat largo in I.' e twist; this o ?elf would be a drawback, but tito sud delicate flavor quito countetbala any deficiency in the make of leaf, appearance too samples resemble liv tea, but the .flavor is moro . like.ita tbe fi neat China black tca^r w\n? teas of India. The question of flav< all-important, for should the teas, v made in bulk, lack tho fragrance aroma of the.<o samples Ibeiiwoulc once sink to thc level of a. lower : g oo account of their want of "strength." Wo know of a bili, gardon in India whose tea from this cause has this yea: suddenly fallen 8d to lOd per pound in j value. The uomlnal market; value ol these samples Is as'follows: - Pekoe..:....2s Sd to 2? 6d per fib Pokoo Souchong......ls 9d to 2a Od. per ft Souchong..ls 4d to la 6d per Bb Congou.ls O l '<o ls 2d per ft /Thanking yon for tt e opportunity ol seeing and reporting upon these teas,'wc romain, dear sir, . Your?, faithfully, % J. ?t H.TUOMP?OK. Tho other testimony ls of similar Im port. Martin QileMe & Co., one of thc oldest tea houses on tho continent, ar? enthusiastic in their praise of the Amer lean toa, as also Burchell, of Washing' ton, D. C., a largo retailor. Pioneer Press-Then you regard tin success of tho'culturo and manufactUH of .ie assured ? ' LcDuc-I regard it as certain as th? solution of a problem ia geometry uudei which wo Used to Write as school-boys "Quod erat demonstrandum." Tho fae that we can produce and manufacturo < superior quality of tea, so cheaply aa U enable us to compete successfully wit! any - other country in the world, is n< longer a problem. It bas been praeti cally demonstrated beyond all question and needs only that tho capitalists of tin country shall do as the English capital ists have heretofore dono in India-fora corporations for tho culture and manu facturo of toa, and like them reap th rich rewards of their enterprise. Pioneer Press^-It is tho common opin ion everywhere in this country that it i impossible, with the high price of laba in this country, tu miso :ten in compet? timi with tho cheap labor of tho Eas1 i los,- do you solve this problem ? LeDuc--The price of labpr per day I ouly ono pf the factors in thc cost, on should bo considered with reference t tho kind of labor employed. For c? ample, Mr. Jackson, informs me in rcfei once to the negro labor lie has employe in Georgia, that one i negro, for who? labor hp pays forty conta a day, ia quit equal to that of two coolies in India, fe which he pays a much,smaller sum, t bo sure, hut pays it for every day of tb term of service-whether sick or nelli c whether ho is air work or idle But much greater uifTorence in cost< is foun in the uso in this country of labor-Bavin machinery, such as plows, cultivator horse-shoes and like implemento, wbic are entirely unknown in India-tho t< gardens of which are hoed over with eavy iron hoe eight times during tl year. Then again, tho tea boxes, len and other, material are obtained mut cheaper in this country than they poss bly can be in India. In India and Chit the tea is transported OD tho- backs, i men very many miles before it reaches more convenient ahd cheaper1 mode ? transportation. Thon''tho' 'tea" baa toi transported many thousand miles j reach a market, and has to pass throuf. the bands of a long series of shippe and brokers and commission men befo ir. reaches the consumer. A very lari tiortiou of this expenso, which, forms argo part of the current price'Pf tc will be saved by its production in tl country. ' ? ....??IT Pioneer Press-What will be the e tual cost of producing tea in this cou try of the superior quality of tho samr. passed upon by the experts whose tes mony you have referred to? LeDuc-Mr. Jackson ' estimates t cost of producing such teas at from I teen to twenty cents per pound, and tb a tea garden should produce, itt t fourth year, when it comes into bearii 240 pounds per acre, which should Increased upon its arrival at full mal ri ty to from 350 to 400 pounds per nc which can be maintained for a numt of ypfXTB. When the- tea plant da frc Aileen to twenty years of age it is fou advisable to cut it down to tho groii and let it spring np afresh from . t .?tump. ' Pioneer Prc ?.J- At this rate the culti of tea should bo very profitable ? LeDuc-It ia undoubtedly by far I most profitable of all agricultural p Suctions. . -Tfibiia wtii known to tea p lucers everywhere, and largo fortu; ?av v.2en made in England and Sc lauri liv persoY?S ei?gagfd l?l thc culti tion of tea, who never eaw a tea ph and havo never, oven been away fr their insular homes. The stocks of Assam and other companies are'quo daily like railroad aud other Btocks, t when tho ad vantages of America for culture aro un^erritood by ?ngllsn. j Scotch capitalists, they will hasten bavp no doubt, aud that is Mr. Jacksc view too, to invest their money in enterprises in this country, similar those in India. Pioneer Press- But if tea can bc | duced sp cheaply in America the re would bo to reduce the price of tea. LeDuc-Yes ; undoubtedly in the c But we aro- tipw jmportjpg; txja^i'to value of from" thirteen "to twenty millions per year. It would bo m years before tho production ia Arne: oven if carried oo with tho onthusi with which Americans pursue profit) investments', would equal tho demi and in the meantime tho present prk teas would bo apj -oximntcly maintnii In fact, the American tea would for [sral years command fancy prices, bcci it would be known to bo a pure art' Whereas foreign teas are generally kp to bo adulterated. Pioneer Preas-rTbe successful cul of ten in. this country, then, meal ?rest saving to our people? LeDnr--It ?ISSES z. csv j og vi j $18,000,000 $28,000,000 no w s?rf t e year chiefly to Epgland to pay for neee, Japanese and Indian teas, which would bo retained at home to uar own Industrios. It means i than, thia, The necessary effect of Urge increase in tea culture would t eventually reduce the price of tea baps to half its price-which wonli another great saving to thopeople, v still leaving a large margin ot pro the producer. Pioneer Press-Have any entert been started other tban that of Jackson ? LeDuc-Nono of mach mngni Ono tea garden has been established Georgetown, S. C., which, ia rory pn lng indeed-and one also in tho 1 part of Alabamn, of which i havo b but which 1 have no personal know! Tho results thus far reached eimpl; mdnstrate tho practicability of profi tea culturo in America. . And this ii;.; how been clearly demonstrati bav? good reason Ur-oelieve that proper information eastern capit will be prompt to seize tho opport of profitable investment which facts point ou; to them. THE SUGAR QUESTION. Pioneer Press-What about the to sweeten this teat.' LeDuc-My visit to Minnesota ia Ijftibr the purpose of observing An cou raging the development ot" thc duction of sogar from aorghnm anc stalks. Pioneer Press-In geuoral terms, is this getting along? LeDuc-Admirably. I find that i " ' are quito a number of important factories . with appropriate machinery for the man- j facture of sugar and syrup, and so far a? ; may bo possible to test the practicability of producing sugar from cane raised in ? MinnosoU, as they do iii Louisiana and Cuba. I desire to eay that there is no question whatever about out ability to produce our own sugars. . This wua suffi ciently shown by the exhibition at Min neapolis last Fall. What ie now wanted is machinery euch as' is used in Louis iana and Cuba .for working' up sogar from cane. Pioneer Press-You feel pretty well satisfied, theo, with the success of your hobbies thus far? LeDaii-Yes: but they'ar"?'not con fined to tea arid sugar alone. There aro' plenty of other agricultural plant? of great coramefcjal v?l?u which could easily be natural i-ced io tho United States. Among thora is cinchona, fr?'ni' which quinine is made. A very fair articlo or coffee has been raised io' Florida. But you.must excuso mo from going into 'these subjects to-day.1 I wil) only Bay that in my judgment lt i? noss!-' bio to rai** In this country, agricultural products for which w? noir pay hundreds of millions of dollars to foreign coun tries. Good afternoon,' slr. ? Plonb?r Pross-^-Good afternoon, Gen eral. .'?.? , ' ? ? ' Corn Fodder* ; Tho practico of growoing: a crop of corn fcuder to supplement tho failing mid summer pasture is growing -moro / aud; more in favor ?very seasno. During July tho feed becomes dry : and brown, tnd cowa fall off in both milk and flesh f there is not some provision made for tiding over the time-until fall rains have revived the pastures, or th? ?attie are turned-into the. newly seeded- fields, : greatly to tho detriment of the latter. This habit, with the equally- pernicious ono of allowing stock to roam over mbw* ing lands from the time the hay is cac until cold weather, is gradually igiving away to tho tensible one of providing fodder crops. Tho at alb crup fa: of great! Importance in this connection. Corn for feeding both in a green state ?during Bummer and dry ono during, winter can hardly bo overestimated iu value. I There is indeed, but little if any dif fe ri:icc of or.! n ion ss tc- .tbs . merits of fodder though there '? exiata a variety . of practices concerning tho ..manner of raising aud caring tho crop.- Swe&t corn has come to be preferred over other varieties for this purpose no there ia not hear tho waste tu thia fodder there is to the gourd'eced sorta. .The: majority of farmers.roo? drill ; tho J seed in, though occasionally^ it '?3 i aown broadcast. A pinn v/hich bringo pood results ia plant ing in -drills three feet apart : (and about six loche* between, tho stalks.) Thicker ?dnnting will make more fodder, but it oseain quality whit is gained in quan ityv - Many <ofi oUr oest furniere are using only ono to ohs and a half bushels of seed per acre. Thia amount gives s yield sufficiently thin to allow tba stalks to standup io ordinary aamraer weather to gain the full effect of sunlight and air. For early nso the first planting of fodder corn ishould buiccrly,- of "Course., but the 'aeedican be-put in any tl me'during ; July with good results, as it makes a J heavy growth on, land comparatively dry. and in dry/woathBr. ' During thc eeaBon the crop ought to be cultivated several times. It is neat tc begin as soon as the plant* aro oat of the ground by running a cultivator close to the rows. Corn fod^orniny. be fed green when two feet high. . AU forage /crespa gUp host results which are. cut before they are. out ol ?tybdro';'- 'C??rn i? nb- exception to thin rulo, but owing lo the difficulty some experience in curing it in an {amature [ state lt is often allowed..to become toe ripe before cutting. Chemical analysis him' demonstrated that, fodder detcrio,< ratea in two ways by standing, namely, 1 by the lessoned proportion of albumi Joids ?nd by decreased digestibility .noth'er objection to permuting; int stalks. to ctand until tho1 ears aro nor ! fected is that they grow so tall that they aro troublesome'to handle, and dromon Hablo to fall and lodge under a bau etone. Furthermore, carly cot fodder ii J? itself a completo ration, rich ehougt [in albuminoids .to' make good feed with opt mixiug with other materials. Last but by no menus least, tho greener th crop' when taken off thc land the less ex, hauat?on to tho toil.-Kew York World j |A^ SHOWER OF LIGHTNING.-Our Ge ^nbv? correspondent writes, under date o June 20 : "A remarkable electrica phenomenon occurred at Clarens on th afternoon "ol. ^urraaV last, tieav mosses ot rain cloud hld from view, th mountains which separate Frlbonrg fror. Montreaiix, b??'the?r s?mmlta were fror time to timo lit up with vivid flashes c lightning, and a heavy thunder store seemed to bo rsging in tho valleys of th Apanta nad the AHisal. No rain Wf falling neai the lake, and tho.storm sti Vt -_-_1 *a'- n* Ssh?5? " IM-.1... appySTcu. ?H?. Oil, tiuwu m Mtuiuuuvt Seal 'of thunder shook , the bouses < larcnp and Tavol to their foundation At tho same, instant a magnificent cbc ry tree near' tho cemetery, measuring ( rnetcr' in circumference, waa struck b lightning, Socss people who were worklr In a vineyard hard by saw tho eleetr fluid play about rt little girl who ht been gathering cherries, and waa airead thirty pacen from the tree. She was li eifajly folded in a i h-jct Of fire. Tho vii dressers fled in terror from the soc In the cemetery sir persona separated hi ran? groups, nono Qt them within 2' paces of tho cherry tree, weiro envelop! (rt a luminous cloud.. They felt as they were being struck in the face wil hailstones or flue gravel, and when tin "touched each other sparks Pf electrici passed from their finger ends.' At ll same time a column of fire was aeen descend in th? direction of Chatelar and it is averred that tho electric flu could be distinctly heard as it ran fro point to point of the iron railing of vault in the cemetery, flu* strang? .part of the story is that neither tho lill girl, tho people In tho cemetery, nor tl vino dressers appear to have been hui the only inconvenience complained being an unpleasant sensation In tl joints, as if they, bed bean violent .twisted, a sensation which was felt wi imore or less acuteness for a few bot after. The explanation to this ia prol Wy to bo found in Prof. Colladon'a tl ory of tba way which lightning descent aa described in a letter on the effect lightning on trees, printed in the Tir, of May 18.. Tho Professor contends th it rails in a' st owcr n?r in a pnrpeti flash, abd that it runs along the brand of trees until it ls . all - gaVored in t trunk, which it bursts or tears open ita effort to reach 'the' ground. In t instance in question the cherry, trees as completely shivered aa if it bad bc exploded by a charge of dynamite, part of the shower which destroyed 1 treo fell where the little girl was stat lng, bot distributed over the grass, left I unharmed, and was so disseminated the come tory, that tho six persona' a j whom the electric rain descended esc? cd without serious injury."-Lom Time*, Complota and Partial Starvation. Dr. Tinner'? fast la commonly sup 'posed to liare demonstrated that life can be sustained f n the absence of all nutri ment for a much longer period than bsa hitherto..beon supposed to be '.possible. This is an error. , It bas demonstrated that there is a greater sustaining power in mere water than was before definitely known to mcdlcial edenes. Dr. Tanner may bo said to have proved Dr. Ham mood's assertions and nie own os well; The former, speaking from all previous experience, declared Hutt tbs duration of human life when totally deprived of nu triment* which included water, varies from nine to twelve days, and bo oz iircesed grave doubt whether it could be ohger sustained under this condition, however . favorable the surroundings should be. Dr. Tanner's fast bas proved as certainly as any event can be proved which bas not happened thu.this view Was correct. 1 It nos shown that Under favorable conditions, involving but slight nervous Waste, a man cannot bp ox peeled jto bold.out over the twelfth, day in cir cumstances of complete starvation ;. and that even with the free uso of v.ater ex ternally, and the frequent drinking of very small quabtitiea, about sixteen anya will produce so charming a loss of vitality as to make n fatal termination of the fast a bear probability. When Dr. Tanner asserted bis ability" to fast for forty days bo contemplated a freo drinking of rater. Nevertheless, whsMi. be began bis task, ho determined to' abstain from drinking, merely using' water externallv and to rYn?o his rneUthi on which occasions be usually absorbed about a drachm. He adhered to his res olution for sixteen days, except that bo once, after 'great' nervous excitement, drunk four ounces. During this period' he grew more and moro into tho condi tion of a foyer patient.. His craving for water becamo tncexaant and of growing intensity./ Night and day ho riuRcd bis mouth at-intervals, which steadily be camo shorter ; he kept hi? head wet with towesl ; ho saturated bis pillow; ho sponged..bis .neck and face constantly ; bo kept a ?ct sponge in his baad.always ; bis sleep bacamo short, broker, and rent less1;' hw'mind was so affected that be grew morose, :?Ueut und feverishly irri table to a degree that made attendance Upon him asevero trial of patience mid temper. '.Vv'nter, water 1" was bia cry' night and day. Yet nb amount nf mouth rinsing nor of external application suf ficed tof>!ii.itfy tho burning thirst which seemed to bo consuming bis wholo sys tem. At last, un the sixteenth 'day. the chief, physician in attendance, seeing that tho man must break down utterly in two or Iii reo-days, urged bim to drink. Others, who were also closely, watching, tho changes tuking placo, agreed with Dr. Gunn that tho ena was near atband. Dr. Tanner could hold out no longer. Ho began to drink, and to drink freely. On tho day named ho drank forty-four ounces, or two pounds and three-quarters of water, and it was' then that ho was found to weigh a pound and a half heavier at night than be bad weighed in the morning.- But the incrcasein weight is the -leapt, surprising of tho -changes' which the "water drinking hhs affected in the man. . It bas operated aa a stimulant of wonderful energy both to mind and body. Very soon tho moroseness end irritability disappeared, and the Doctor baa become cheerful and almost jovial ; his. heavy languor bas gone; he again enjoya a cbat with those about bira ;. his daily rides givo bim keen pleasure; he has discarded sponges and wet towoi* ;> bis . sleep is profound and restful. In fact, with the freo drinking, of water he became a changed man. How long the stimulating effect of this will last Ibo attending physicians do not. pretend to guess-nt. The turn will be teen, when the fasting man again begins lo loee in weight. Whether he will lost the'irty dava is doubtful.. Hie Buffer ings during the Urti sixteen must.hnvo seriously wasted his vital energy. Had be been cut. off from the uso of Water in my form from the first day not a man of those who have been tnostclo&o in their ittendance upon him believes thatv he ? rvould have been alive or sane at the end. i? twelve days. That bc could have rone twenty days using water externally ind only very small quantities internally Is considered improbable' by many, ana those whoso opinions are most entitled to irelgut. But with freely drinking nil the ?rater he feels inellncor-'to, ho reny per haps complete bis self-imposed tdsk. He will, in that o vent, have demonstrated' that there is a gireat end hitherto un known degreo of nutriment in water, but not that lifo can be sustained under con ditions of complete starvation for a longer period than previous experience has shown to bo posalblo.-New York Beruht. FAMINE, VIOLENCE AN;; DEATH.--A Protestant paster in tho city of Mosul, Asiatic Turkey, writes as follows concern ing ibo fara I no there : "People eat cotton seed, blood and even the carcasses of pate animals. AU business is at a slnnd-stiU ;- there Uno profit, no-employment; there is theft and robbery by night arid by day ; all mann?r br iniquity abounds, not even the fear ojf God is left. On every hand there in v?nlnnryv oppression, wickedness, drabkenneas, ruin. The poor ' in . the. Btrcct? cry out till tho middle of the night, "W6 are starving I O. merciful ones, wo aro starving 1" The daily deaths from starvation aro from five to ten, ' In t?io viiiages around Mosul they eat a kind of cartu, also blood, carcass?, cotton and hompseed. They dio from fifty tb one hundred per day. The num ber of deaths, of people, bessts of burdon, and cattle io beyond computation. In Mosul itself wo see many offering their children fur salei' and none buy ; hut ill El Koah the Kurds have sold bnndr'eds of girls at from ?1 IO*, to ?2 each, and With the price bf a sou! they buy a few. measures of wheat. From Dairiki, a day's journey West of Mardin, pews cniei tbat the stores of grain are ex hausted. Men did go ou a day's journey' fdr bread, but tho roads are so unsafe now that they dare not stir. Women go ont and gather grass, which they eat like tho beasts of the field." ONIONS.-From Our own experience, and tbe observation of others, we care-, fully indorse the testimony of the St, Louis Miller, on tho healthful properties of the above esculent. Lung and liver complaints ore certainly benefited, often cured by a free consumption of onions, either cooked or raw. Colds yield to them like magic Don't bo s .aid of them. Taken at night all offense wi'i bb wanting by morning, and tho good effects Edi) amply compensate for the trifling onoyance. Taken regularly they great ly promote the health of tho lungs and tho digestive organs. An extract made by boiling down the juice nf onions in a syrup, ana token as a medicine, answers the parp?se very well, bnt fried, roasted or boiled onion? aro bettor* Onions aro a cheap medicine, within everybody's reach, ?nd they are not by any means as "bad to take'' as tho costly nostrums a neglect of their uso may necessitate.-. Scientific American. Itust.tA Cotton. The ru*tt?' a disease that 'd?W rr.Oie r iujiiiy to the cotton-crop and causea * greater, pecuniary lom to the South thnu i ?ll tho other djacascs of the .staple com , blried.' ,Tt is probable that it more Or ! l?sa affects about ?Vne-ihlrd of all the cotton fields in the teven Southeaston State?, and, according to the virulence of. ? Ita attacks, reduces the yield \o only about two-third}?, or three-fourths of what IV would bo other wiso. IF this e*tl<??t?appoxira&tea tho truth the loss to tho- pianters in. thzuo grates last year waa upward? of ^2o,00Q,Q<K), The disease attacks cotton only iii field? that have been under cb. ti vat inn some #M?V? seldom or nevet appearing in nr.* ground.: This fact leads us to- the con clusion,, confirmedly, other bbs that it ts cf.used by the .impoverishment of the soil and tito li-.ck of veg'clfiblo I mr.tter therein. Last season we. planted a field of about thirty acres in cotton, pli of which had been ploughed to the depth of nine Inches in Fcb>uurV. Tho reina were rim north and south, (as calton' rows should always bo run.if ' practicable;) fand the entire field, with tba exception of, six . rows, about tho middle ofwas ma* mired with oiie hundred'pouids of phos phate and three buBliHs of cotton seed per sore. Tho north end of the field covered ai x aerea of ppor. laud ,that hsd not.been planted, in cotton for some ?ears, because the rust wat? thors always atal. These six rieres bad been left fal low in 1878, and tba growth of crab grass thereon was; pleugbs&ssdyr in NQXOTM . ber of that year., At, tho .south end wero three acres 'that had been planted in cow peas the saino year; the neaaweroplclr'ed' off, but tho1 vlnss ploughed under/ By the middle of July the rust appeared: in the .middle sectiou bf twenty-one-acres, over which lt. spread in th J cot? ree of tho .rest, of tho m'?nth'at?d: A?gbst)' only very slightly touching tho six rows that had re ceived no phoaphalfe, nod en ti roly stopping fts soon as .the twp sections of six and turee, iteren at opposite'ends,of tho fields wore rebebed. The middle section bf t'vr^nif ono acres produced, rt1 yield of ono hun dred and eighty-five.pounds lint perncre,. while thoso at the.twocndH averaged two hundred nnd tiovcnty pound*. Tho six iowa tlint bsd no 'phosphate produced more cotton and remained green longer in tho twen't-oae acre section thtin thees ou cither e' lc of them,- Thc*o, result* demonstrate that humus in the nuil will provint runt, and also, that unless there Ss such humus, ther&ppllcaiiou of one hundred: pounds- of mb oap hate per Koro will not repay its high cost. Tho problem tb be solved 'therefore Is. how to put humus . into a cotton field of 1Q0 acres or mpro.Anything can bo done with ono acre, nud from euch n small patch enormous results may bc obtained; clearly demonstrating- tho'po?4 Bible-results very interesting to (agricul tural chemists, . and tltosa ; intelligent planiere ibo may hnvo ample aub capital,:b::r. Of not raUeh prtivtleVl' vifluc to the average farmers of the Smith, who do not underatnnd ,cheml?<try and ha\-f rio ?ush; capital -v^batoyer.-., It ; appears to us> that,tho ori|y'prapti,c'a| solution i application pf cowpcaii.; Thh) in a means within the reach of. oil farmers. At thc time .'of. tbs If 5t, working of, the crop, about tho ?iith or 2?.tb pf July, ?'. furro-? should be run between, the . rbwa with ri bull'tongue ploiv.^!:,, tn ;-which tho post isbould- be sown.at.th? rate of a hall buiiiicl.per ,acre. ,-Tbey sbopld be coy i?red with'.aiweBp, .which"will also, gtv< thu last ploughing to the cotton. Th? ?tapi? crop'will,hy ?bis Mine bo .so.ad ivanccd that thc- pea v^nea. cannot jujur< lt, arid ns ?bttba cannot gr.ow sulficientlj '.large in la- d in which it,rinda, tn uhr.di ?the mid?ies, the peaa.'will make g?nc ?vines, which will ftunplj tn th? soil ih< needed humus if nljo.wod. to dfe.a'n.thi land. ' : ? i ;;Salt is considered by aomo ns prevent ive of rust, but like lime, it is .efficacipu only when tho spil contain* buinuu o vegetable matter not yet decayed, ; The principles ^enunciated,, and tb 'remedys^gges^d, are being.praotl?all; ?tried thit soason, by the writer. ??? summer a growth, of. cow ? pesa wi obtained oycr.tr/cnt.wtyrsiz; ocr.es of th field above-mentioned nnd a . portion c ono adjoining; tho. ?yincs.juied on/th land had wero ploughed .under. .Tbl spring not. a. pound of phosphate ,.wa uued, but the land was. manured; wit ope hundred, and ten pounds .Turi;1 isl and. tinlt, costing,, sovoa ty-noyen qebt and four, bushels of cotton ;aced per aof. At this moment, nearly ;ithe :middlo.< July, the crop ls tho ntrongest . au healthiest that tho field hasproduced fi 'several year?, and is producing an um anal qaaritlty of fruit.-P.. in Cftafltr?c rWeekiy Nexsa. \ ? . Judgo BluckVChoice. The great .Dcrac>cratl'c Inwyer,. t| Hon.'J. 8. Black, of PenleyIv^nfis,; now in Europe, ana, in hls'-KbsiDCe,' tc Itepuhlican organs 'have\bc;crf1,?^ti?Uc him rather freely aa.'tho special apbii gist for Gen. Garfield ; but a letter ja written tb the editor bf tho Thilndelph 7ime*,bj tho veteran lawyer puts 'rath' a dd.?per upon their ' delight. "Il jays Judge BlacV, "ho (Garfield) vron carry thc principles which, regulate h pa?*?*w ?lau lltiw .1 IO J7V1 %f 1 -\1 V.-7IJU?U?, I would'-mako thc best Chief. Magistrs we have ever bad. But he will act 1 ,tho interest of bis party, a* he ' all his lifetime ?nd that wiil require bi te tat* the ed???i ^hich-Hicphi^ gs to Montpelitis in tho buckshot' Wat; do not know any really good maur wi bas dono and aaslsled in dqln? so 'ms'i bad things in politics os Gen. Gorfield Tor Gen. Hancock, on tho 'otbrr, han ha has only words of . prniKe. "You I drop," hb says, "an oxpreasihn- in-18 conc?rc?ng Gen- ?la^ock and hi3 tb particular fr?euds ""hich impressed i with the notion that you did not aden either him or them up to'th? point their m?rita. I seo now that y^V?pp 'c?ate 'hot'' merely' hts gallantry' > heroism'as a soldier, but those, far higi qualities bf mind and heart which go form the character of a great ruler U ginstitution al " government.'* ' Jut Uck is the personal friend of both I candidates, but aa Will be seen from i above ho dV?>b not hesitate in decid between'them ns to which will be better President. - A dispatch from' Wythevlllo. ^ to the Philadelphia Tibi?.*, says: ''5 Sarah Colling a di-jsolutb white wtd died hero ou Friday afternoon, tifie brief illness, and was .buried'-Satan! Just after her death a strong dlsagrcci smell rendered tho room untenable, i during tho deo?oriza?bu a flour bn was discovered containing the feste .remains of five small children mnrdt by the deceased.. Tho remain? ?t ero) recognition) but hanging frbbi tho nfc were long straight locka of blonde h proving th?m tb b?vo been white c dren.' Acting Coroner Ohenehsin t the lemains in charge) but death placed the guilty wbmrtti bevbhd ?rasp of human laws,*' Tho Wythc Enterprise ot Saturday confirms the i lng of the remains ot fiyo children, mentions no n&meo. !Protc^loH;???Wit ?ita?.?.How io Pro tlSFW4?rcttOH. %?*il3?'? ''-"?-? ' ' ' ''? ? i ?n? IhteHiofy AugUBt not unir?queiidy reaults in pby isicni prostration wi sometimes actual . : -not. however, to that1 extent that i? reportedin tUp large cities o? tho North, it way ?ot, therefore, bc with? out intercut to'many of our people to publish tho following elreular huued by Ibo New York'Bar/tnry Couimbsioo aa a ? watter of information mu? precaution to those whose occupation .keeps them much in the sun: { "Sunstroke; ls caused; by excessive heat, and especially if i the weather is 'muggy/ It U moro ant to owir ou the second, third or fourth day bf a heated term, than on the firdt. Loisa of fcfe?pj worry, ex citement; ci?se steeping rooms, debility, abuso of-stimulants, predi?*pooo to it. lt is : tnnrp. .apt to attack those working in the sup, .and. especially; between the boars of ll o'clock ic tho morning and !? o'clock in'tbc aftern?oiK'1 On1 hot dava wear thin clothing!.' ?Avoid loss of sleep . Rmi all MOMMoacy .fatigue. , If working . a doors, '.' arid where there ia artificial b??tr-laiindricy}, etc.-seo tliat thc room ?is well ventilated. If working-in tho ?sun, wear a light (not blar-lr, as U absorba heat), straw;- ?tc.',: and put iuside of it, ion tho hoad, A/wcD clotbj or a largo green loaf: frequentlyt l.ifl the hat from tho head and see tjhat thp clo?h is wot.^pDo ncuvrhiH)lu^rspira>4Qo,. buL .drink what yovt need to. keep ii up, aa perspiration proVehtB 4htf fodyifrorh being7Overheated.' Have, whenever . pueble, 'an additional shade, as a thin umbreRe, v?he:: stalking, a canvass br .board cover when working ip dip,tigr).' .When fatigued do not go to work, but be excused from work, especial ly after li o'clock in tho morning oh Very hot days;'if tho work is in the sun. If a foaliug of .fatigue, dizziness, headache, or psbauptrion occurs,, cease? work . imme diately,. He dowu in n.shndy, cool place ; apply chid cloth's.to and pour cr#ld water over head And neck.' - If any ono IB over come by ; the? heat send immediately for the.nearest good physician, i While wak- . lng for tho physician give tho person cool drinks Pf water and, cold black tea, ni cold coffee, if able-to ewnll?wV If tho ikin is hot or dry sponge with or pour cold water over .tbp bvdy.and ? limbs and iipply to the head,pounded ice wrapped In a towel or other cloth, .if there ia no [ce at hand keep a cool cloth on tho head pod pour .a:Ul we.fcr oh st as well arron the body. If the,, person is ;palc, very faint and pulse feeble, let lum inhalo ammonia, for a fow ee?on?a, or give him a teaspoonful of aromatic spirits'''of am* Eonia In - two tablespoonfuls of water, Ith a little sugar." ; -ThiB story is told as having occurred at n picnio near Asheville, a abort timo ago, and the moral of it will readily ap pear. A young lady; a charming; gush ing young creature,, lull pf fun, who had bean leaning against a treo, surrounded. |>y a lot of tee ?ortb'Caroliita Prosa As sociation, suddenly tre'rnbicd, nod hitched iround, and then finally ?aid: "Itt any - af you a sluggard V' They uli aniel they rrore not. "?Uty?." Bald she, turning to I yoong Indy friend,' "J?np, you will iiavo to rench down my back and catch bat ont." Tho young fellows wont tway, and when ono or the.m ropeatcv? be quotation, "Go for the nut, thou slug jard," tho rest'all said, "By tkimi-ay lah Jot ac." I A Convention of Gum missioner* of agriculture, Chemists of Agricultural Department?, Professors of Chemistry in State Universities and Statu Agricultural Colleges, will bo held ,at Washington, D. 2., on July 28, for the purpose of arning- ? lng some uniform system for determining: be value of commercial fertilizers, ana ?bc the transaction pf any Other business leemcd expedient or important. Great good to tho planters ic espseted tc grow iut of this meeting, where a free icier mango o? opinion -will bc had from those experienced in these matters. The Com missioner of .South Cm ulina will attend. ' -. A census enumerator in New Hamp-' shire town found ope family where tho ruo their's ago was, treaty ilx years and ind that ol her oldest non fourteen years. Inquiry revealed thc fact that the moth ar jwaa married; when; ?leven years ansi its months old to a man twenty .yaam rjld.'Sho ia a native of Bhodo Island, ind claims to bavo been the youngest mother in the Stato. ! 'E^nver (Col-,) dUjmtch otates that before daylight .- Monday iaorif lng'; robbers entered tho apartments of 9e?. Grant And wife, and Mrs. Fred ?raot. ct tho Beebo IP ase, Manitou aud itohs $400 worth of j?- nelry and money, the .robbery ;is 80ppta^d--'y have been ?onuuUied by sharpers, wno followed tho ?Habt natty to Manitou. \ Noah Towner committed suicido at Central, W; Va., because, b? bad not >eon truo to his sweetheart. "I deceived icf," bo said in a letter, "ned now I am oping td my everlasting reward, where ba am?te a? my torment will ascend up ?prever and ever." j irff The first halo of new cotton waa re? i?veiat Galveston. Texas, on the 12th.. It classed strict middling and was sold in C?ewr Orleans on tho fG.bfor 16 cents r>er pound. 4 It' waa forwarded to Foll Hiver, Mass.' - Gen. Sherman is coedited with tho. rema.'k that newspapers '^.'T/.tiWy print ?iiety r.i=e V.tt iz ct:- trctb. : In [.rim ing this remark we unhesitatingly placo \i awong tho ninety and nine. . i- Tho Mexicans hold their elections ip Sundays, often voting In their church _1 ': L'/l?i Vl^._.1--i -I-..J n-i i - - ww. niM Viwwu A IT-HUWIV ii their recent election. ' . i-8hrioer'e Indian Vermifuge aa ved bree thousand children froth diacpsp and loath. It is tho Wonder of tho ago. It viii not decclvo yon. }--*TbeTO aro three things ia which thc ivcragoNorth.Carolinian excels^ namely, IJscGesing politics, drinking whiskey, md good nature. ; - Senator McDonald and ex-Govornor Hendricks, have both accepted appoint in outs on the Indiana DemocraUo Exec' HiU^e Gommittco. 1-- lu tho great grain growing Stato ol Kansaa there are reported not ICR3 than 15,000 people actaally suffering, for food and clothing. 1 -T- Paris ba? a now dog club, to which nn pno can como unless accompanied by ajbulldog, King Charle?, terrier or setter ; -A clear consclenco is like a cornet lot). Everybody would like to bavo it but fow aro willing to pay tba price. - A purtridge neat with 200 eggs in lt WM recently- jbund ia Lexington l - There is alway? hope ia a mao thal rt dual ly and earBistly works. . Ki-> Ink to which sugar ie added wil t'jot dry ap rapidly. ; HONORE? ?NU BURST.-When a boan of eminent phyaicinca and ?hetnist announced the dirtcov?ry that '>>* bluing Some weil known valu?b! .IJ?O' tho taoat woadernil rhotlicin3 wa produced, tvhich would carp snob a wid range of disease that most nil ethe retnedles could bo dispensed With, ;n?n -?ere skeptical ; but proof oHta merton; abtual trial bea dlspoljed ell doubt, ?rn tb day tho discoverers bf tb?t Q: ? ?th,: "op JBIlUiWa, are^ bona., blessed by all as benefcetorP.-J