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Fifty Yei rs of Agriculture. At the 55th regular monthly meet ing of the Science club of Clemson college, recently, Col. J. S. Newnan, professor of agriculture, made an ad dress on "Fifty Years of Agriculture," which was greatly enjoyed by those present. The speaker's thorough fa miliarity with the whole held of agri cultural endeavor during the last half century, makes him an authority and lie was listened to with closest inter est by the members of the club and the many students prisent. Ile spoke chielly of the advance made in agriculture as an art, but dealt also to some extent with the science of agriculture. Following is the substance of his remarks: A retrospective view of the last fifty year- of agriculture has: not been as great advance in agriculture as an art as we might expect. The greatest advances in agriculture as an art have been made in the application of the mechanical arts to agriculture, there by improving methods of work on the farm. Hut exclusive of this and of the rapid advances made in the scien tific knowledge of agriculture, we have not done so much. For example, the principle of rotation, which the gov ernment is now sending men over the country to impress upon the people, is over two thousand years old. Fifty years ago, sub-soiling was per haps more common than it is now. The Kouian< knew alfalfa, aud its value as an enricher of the soil. In my boy hood clover fallowing was a very com mon practice for land improvement. In these, as in many other practices, we knew the facts then, though not the scientific reasons on which they were based. There is one respect, however, in ^nich we have taken a decided step forward in farm practices, and that is in the matter of deep ploughing. In my boyhood it was the universal rule to cultivate crops by deep ploughing, but happily we have largely abandon ed thiB very bad practice though a surprisingly large number of farmers still believe in it. In the matter of what might be call ed home economics, in many respects there was fifty years ago a much more intelligent economy practiced. Great attention was paid to stock, provision made fcrthem, and to the husbanding of homo manures; for it was not until comparatively recent years that we be came dependent upon commercial fer tilizers. At that time each plantation was a little principality which did its own manufacturing?shoes, cloth ing and the raising of provisions for the farm. We now Bpcnd millions for farm and garden seeds; then we raised our own, and they were preserved by thegood mistresB of the family. Today few farmers pay sufficient attention to what I call the small industries of the farm?the garden, the orchard, the vineyard, the dairy. Then every farm had these, though of oourse wo did not have then our present large industries in these things. But why should we isolate these as separate in dustries, and have the farmer depend ent for the product* of these upon the people who make a business of what really belongs to the farmer. The culture and social life of the people in the country fifty years ago was greatly superior to that of tho av erage farming community of today; for the conditions then were much more favorable, as all know, indeed the world has never known a more cultivated civilization than was in the South then, and its leaders were the country people. But, as was Baid in the beginning, great advances have been made in agriculture as an art, along the line of mechanical inventions for use in farm work, and it is thus that im provement has largely oome about. For example, contrast the old couusx with the modern steam gang plongh; and the old reap hook or tho oradle with the modern reaper and binder combined, or the harvest and thresher combined; and the old worm rail fence with the modern oable wire fence, and you will have only a few of the hun dreds of ways in which during the last fifty years farm interests have been advanced by meohanical inven tions. The union of farm and shop in such a school as this is, therefore, natural, and must work untold good. Agriculture then was an art, as we have said; now it is an applied science. The facts which have always been the basis of agricultural practice, have been studied for the reasons?the whys and the wherefores, until we have now a body of scientific laws governing us?the laws, of plants, bf the friends and enemies of these, of soils, etc. Nature study?the study of God's laws through his creations?is CONTINUE ?Ti*0?0-*'!!0. salnlnc flesh STi? ftTfiS* by regular treat merit with Scott's Emulsion ?? &^,d.c.?.2Unuetho treatment L,i.i?2^.eathors sma?er dose and a little cool milk with It will d?.. .way w,t" any. objection which is attached to fatty pro wa38on.dUr,nflr tho * ? ? _Send for fret umple. / SCOTT & BOWNE, ChemUtt, /?9*lS P?tl Street, *iew York. f f 50c. and $1.00 j all /?ruKs?ta. .1- ,. 1-Tn.i.m.nj ij. nmu. the source "f this scientific knowledge; and it is by following those laws, that is, by applying this science to the art of agriculture, that we hope for and see greater things in the future of agriculture. Positions in Panama. For those whose knowledge of I-th inian matters bus been confined to the wearing of a I'ananip hat, and who de sire to become better acquainted with the scene of L'ncle Sam's great canal enterprise, the civil service commis sion extends hope. Among the posi tions whiehareoj.cn in competition to citizens of the I'nitcd h'tatc-s are those of superintendent, supervisor, fore man, trackman (in the track depart ment,) and lineman. Bulletins issued from the civil ser vice department dated .June 14, 11*05, at which time the examinations will be held, describe in full the requisi tions, compensation and method of procedure toward examination. The persons appointed as the result of these examinations are to be em ployed in the track department in con nection with the excavation work of the canal. As iu the case of such ex aminations, each applicant must fur nish a photograph of himself, for pur poses of identification. The superin tendents, who must be from 25 to 50 years of age, will receive $2f>0 a month; the supervisors arc to be from -1 to 4f> years of age. Supervisors will re ceive ?175 a month: foremen, ?70 to $150; traekmen, ?7.") to $8om"3. Appli cants for the positions of >uperintcn dent must have not less than one year's experience as superintendent of tracks for a railroad company or for any large railroad contractor. Super visors must have had the same kind of experience as that required of su perintendents, but for a shorter time. Foremen must have had experience as foreman of a section gang and track men as laborers under contractors. Foremen are especially desired, as the needs of the government in this line arc not filled. No educational tests are required, and applicants will not be assembled at any place for examination. They will be rated upon the information furnished in connection with their ap plications and upon the statements of their vouchers in accordance with the following list of subjects and relative weights: Age, 20 point?; physical condition, 20 points; experience, tiO points. The medical certificate in the appli cation form must he niied in by a rep utablo practicing physician. No per son r will be appointed for service on the Isthmus who is not physically sound [ and in good health. Appli cants should apply at once to the United States civil service commis sion, Washington, for application form 1,422. The same conditions apply to the linemen, except that applicants for service in that branch must have had a large amount of experience as line men, be able to run linea of wire, un derstand the workings of telephones and* making connections with switch boards, and the use of telephone ca bles. _ _ __ Wind Clock. Thomas W. Lawsou, himsolf an adept in unconventional tactics, re cently received a shock at his own speciality. Ho was driving a spirited horse to a light vehicle. Having oc casion to leave it in order to enter an office building, he called to a street urohio. "Sonny, hold my horse?" "Cert," waB the pert reply: "what do I git?" "A dollar an hour," said Mr. Law son, laughing. "By that clock?" continued the lad, pointing id a street clook in front of a jeweler's. "Yes," said the financier, much amused. "All right," assented the boy, with a sudden alacrity in contrast with his previous hesitation. ? Mr. Lawson performed his erraud and emerged again from th i office building. "How much do I owe you?" he asked the boy. "Two hundred and seven dollars." "What?" "By the clock, mister." Mr. Lawson glanced at the clock-? an advertisement. It contained no works, but was operated by currents of air, and the hands were revolving with the rapidity of a pin wheel. "I thought Wall Streeters oould do more business on wird than anybody elee/'Jgasped Mr. Lawson, "butthis takes my time!"?Success Magasine. I ? The reason it lakes two women so long to say ?fgood-bye is that they are bothgdetermined to have the last word. ? A girl is never satisfied with her newest dress until she discovers that her worst girl'.friend doesn't like it. ? if thereiiis anything calculated to drive a| woman to drink it is her I failure to {interest some one in other people's troubles. ? Hash |wouldn't'[be eobadif it wasn'tlogoftea re-hashed. A Story of sandbar Ferry. Not far below Augu>ta, da., the 'avannah river is crossed by an anti (Uatcd flatboat, hanging by a cable from a post far up stream and im pelled from bank to bank by the ac tiou of the current. This is the Sandbar ferry, and from time imme morial, until the abolition of dueling, the banks of the river on both sides were bloody fields of no-called hon or. Gentlemen of South Carolina, hav ing quarrelled, crossed in the rickety flatboat with their seconds and fought their battles on Georgia soil, and Georgians went over to the Palmetto State for their shootings or sword play. Thither, one day, went a solemn procession of principals, seconds and witucHHCs, most of them representa tives of the Georgia Bar. They were more Holcinn than usual, for the light they were to witness was to wipe out the most terrible of insults. Two well known lawyers of Home, who had been life-long friends, had fallen out, and one of them, in a height of a dis pute, had reviled tho other with all tho terrible words he could lay tongue to. There had been a score of men pres ent to hear and to prevent an imme diate shooting, and now tho two de voted friends, turned enemies, rode with party toward tho fatal ground where they were to make target prac tice on each other. Each of them was downcast and gloomy, for at heart they were devoted. But the inBult was deadly, and there seemed no es cape with honor from the encounter. When they arrived at the ferry, however, the flatboat was on the other side. A second picked up the horn from the post and blew it lustily. Over and over he sounded it, until from a distant field the aged ferryman came Bauntering leisurely down to the craft. The two lawyers sat side by side on their horses and watched his slow progress. The strain grew momentarily heavier and the men gloomier. At last one of them?the insulted?could Btand it no longer. "Jim," ho said impulsively, "be fo' wo go out of Georgia, I want you to answer mo one question. How did you ever come to apply all those epithetB to me?" "Charley," said Jim solemnly, "I did it in my professional capacity." Tho face of the man who had been insulted lighted up with a smile of great relief, and he held out his hand. "I knew it! I knew it!" he cried, "Shake on it! Who ever heard of holding a lawyer responsible for what he said in his professional capacity? It would be madness, sub. madness!" They shook hands fervently and the duel was declared oil'. mm?m?mm - RIGHT TIME TO CURE CATARRH. Evans Pharmacy Guarantee Hyomei Will Cure if Used Now. The early summer when the weath er becomes warm and settled, is the best timo of the whole year to treat catarrhal troubles with- the expecta tion of complote and lasting relief. Everyone who has catarrh, or even a tendency to catarrh, should use Hyomei now, for tho benefit will be gained twice as quickly and the dis ease thoroughly eradicated from the system. The complete Hyomei outfit costs but one dollar, and inoludes a neat pocket inhaler, a medicine dropper, and sufficient Hyomei for several weeks' treatment. The inhaler lasts a lifetime, and if more Hyomei*is needed, extra bottles oan be obtained for 50 cents. In Anderson there are aoores of well known people who have been oared of catarrh by Hyomei.If it does not cure you, Evans Pharmacy will return your money. This is the strongest evidence they oan offer as to their faith in the remedy. Catching Wild Hones. The bronco is born for the saddle, but ia^given to resisting his fate, and endeavors to make reoiprooal the un* pleasantness with whioh human beings are associated in his mind. Indians first captured him by the simple pro cess of walking him down through days and nights of wild dasheB and short rests, of interrupted meals, thirst and anxiety, to linal exhaus tion. Tho white man's system of catohing wild bodies is essentially th& same. Two or mo? o men with sup plies and swift horses work together. When a herd is sighted one man fol lows it for all he is worth, while the others make camp. When the horse of the first man is exhausted he re turns and another takes his plaoe. The herd, kept on the jump with little ohanoe to eat, soon becomes tired ont and is then easily driven to the cor ral. This method is practicable be cause the herd whilo fleeing returns to the same general locality.?Country Infe in America. - < m + m< ? Noah was a great bail player. He pitched the ark without and with in and later put tho dove out on a fly. * The Duke Wasn't Through. A well known local character is Sam Welliugtoo, a colored man, known as the "duke," says the Hoston Her aid. The duke is u fine cook and c4' ten accompanies camping parties. Last fali a party of youug men .Sam was with decided to scare him with an apparition. Leaving the tent in his charge one night, ou a pretence of going to the village, one of the party quietly returned enveloped from head to foot in a sheet and with face well covered by i?our. He took his stand in the doorway. Suddenly Sam look ed up, and, emitting one horrible yell, dove through the rear of the tent and went down the road at a terrific pace. The ghost pursued. After about a mile of running the duke was ready to drop and sat down on a log, perspiring freely. The ghost came up and sat down on the same log, puffiug and blowing. Absolute silence reigned for a minute, and then the ghost remarked iu a disguised voice, "We went some, didn't we." Sam, whose teeth were ohattering like castanets, replied, "Yes, wo did go some, an' you jess wait till Ah gets mah breff an' we'll go some more." Too Expensive. "Hiram," said Mrs. Kyctop, with a faraway look in her eyes, "Maody is getting to be a big gal now, and I think we ought to get her a plan ner." "Not a hit of it!" blurted Mr.'Kye top. "An' why not?" "Wall, soon as she gets a planner she'll be wantin' to have 'bcaus an* the beaus will wear the sofa an' car pets out an' burn an extra gallon of kerosene every week. Then they'll bo singin' around here 'way in the night until I forget to throw things at the oats an' throw things at them. No, by ricky, if Mandy must have music I'll get her a jew's harp."? Detroit Tribune. Trousers and Jacket in Wood. The president of a large wholesale company on Van Buren street has re-1 cently received from a customer, who i lives in Akron, Ohio, a curio consist ing of a natural growth of maples so fashioned as to resemble a pair of Mexican trouaers and part of a close fitting jacket. The "trousers" are about long enough for a man six feet tall. The Ohio customer has a farm near his home city. While exploring the woods a few weeks ago he discovered a tree whose peculiarity startled him. Soon afteward he had the tree felled and, cutting ont the unique section, sent it by freight to the Chioago firm. ?Chicago News. Stop It. BoaBting of what you can do instead of doing it. Thinking that life is a grind and not worth living. Exaggerating and making mountains out of molehills. Talking continually about yourself and your affairs. Saying unkind things about ac quaintances and friends. Thinking that .ill the good chances and opportunities are gone by. Thinking of yourself to the exclu sion of everything and every one else. Speoulatiog as to what you would do in some one else's place and do your best in your own. Gazing idly into the future and dreaming about it instead of making the most of the present. ? Whon you hear a girl of 16 say she will never, never marry, it simply means that she has been disappointed, in her first love affair. ? Some fellers are so lacy that they never manage to get there until every body else has become tired and gone home. m i Facts Are Shi Uniform excellent quality CBflttiry has steadily increased Hie leader of all Uon toffee is now used in millions of homes, popular success speaks for itself. * positive proof that LION COFFEE h Confidence of the peo] The uniform quality of LIO: COFFEE survives all oppoait MON COFFCS keep* Its ?Id trfcnM mekesaewosesttveryday. UON COFFEE taan its Streagtb, Faav?* and fifiy to commend It. On arrival the plantation* I? Is caretally i cd at oar factories land sec packed la 1 lb. scale 3. pae? sad not opened aacta aattt tu tor ase fcn the hoate. TWs prcc the pessitoUftty ol adaMerstlai dest* insects or naeleaa aar E*ON COFFEE Is therefore flat Sold only In 1 lb. packages. > Save thea* Idon-head mm BY'GKOCE) Spanish War Claims. According to a letter received from the treasury department at Washing ton all Spanish war claims must be in by January 1, 1000, or there will be no payments made. A recent decision of the court of claims awards this State something like $40,000 for the pay of those volunteers who were in service for several days before being muster ed in to the government service. The government does not recognize indi viduals in tliis case, but the payment in made direct to the governor, who cnu act ns disbursing agent. An net passed by the last legislature giving Governor lieyward authority to sign these papers for the soldiers of this State who were in service, was after wards found to be defective and it is not known now what this State will do for its share of tho money.?Colum bia Record. The Sickly Octogenarians. They were neither of ihem bril liant scholars, but they liked to move with the times as regards their knowledge of current events, so the daily newspaper was regular ly delivered at their humble domi cile, und it was Jennie's duty to read out during breakfast time all ihe most interesting items of the day. One morning, after wading through the latest intelligence page from the front, she turned to another page of the paper and said: "Jlerbie, it says here that anoth er octogenarian's dead/' "What's an octogenarian?" "Well, I don't quite know what they are, but they must be very sick creatures. You never hear of them but they're dying."?Scottish American. The Cakes of Our Childhood. It must be a common experience with us all to look back with some thing of wonder, even of humilia tion, to the things in literature or art we once thought exquisite and of highest worth. The oratory we once sat under, the music wre once sang or played, the engraving we used to buy and hang on our walls when we were eighteen and infalli ble?how poor and cheap they often seem after a quarter of a century or so, during which we have read more, thought more, nsed our eyes more and drunk deeper of the "still sad music of humanity!" Herbivorous Animals. Herbivorous animals do not eat all of nature's menu. The horse re fuses the water hemlock that the goat eats with avidity, and, on the other hand, the goat refuses some plants that are eaten by the sheep. The tobacco plant is avoided by all save the coat, man and the tobacco worm. Some botanists think that no plant is absolutely poisonous, but only relatively so, being harmful to only certain animals. Boring an Editor. "Are there no times," said a man entering the office of a busy editor, "when you can write better than at other times?" "Yes." "Ah, I thought so! That men who write must consult ?heir condi tion I have no doubt. Now, tell me, when can you write best ?" "When I am alone," the editor re plied. _ The Time For Romance. Bridegroom?Well, that umbrella is gone, and I'll hove to get another one. We'll step into Bigg, Store & Co/s. Bride?Horrors! No! Go to some little shop on a side street. "Dear me! Why?" "My darling, let's not spend our honeymoon waiting for change."? New York Weekly. ?'.When an accident, happens, there is always some one present to tell how it oould have been avoided. ? A woman always tries to Ggure out from the way the envelope is ad dressed whether the letter -contains good news or bad news. ? It's dangerous not to notice a new dreBS your wife has, beoause she thinks you are not interested*, and it's dangerous to notice beoause it may be a new one you forgot to notice be fore. :? Either a woman is too oold with out furs or she is too warm when she is dressed all in open work. Mora THafs for over a quarter of a l the sales of LION COFFEE, l package coffees, Such Itisa as tho ( le*' la owl y A: nos* Qna? i frcsn ?rety ***** :. ? S With QCOT19? ?J?fV ' s&sotafe ipotfty ot Lion-head on every pa&?ga, s for valuable pramiums. EIS-?VERyw' 'H SPIOE CO., Toledo, Ohio. ?Nfcgdabie Prepara?onfor As similating ilicFoodand?cgufa ting ihc Stomachs anxlBowels of I N FAN I S ( H1 I I) K E N Promotes Digestion.Cheerfui ness andRestConlains neilher Opium,>?orplii?e nor>fineral. XOT XARC OTIC. /tape ofMdJJrSAMUELPnrimR ftan/Jan Seul' 4be.Senna * y.r.i-c $e*d '* Hin? Seid. Cianfitd Aienr Jtiaiayrv** normt Aperfecl Remedy forConstipa rion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoca Worms .Convulsions .reverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. ^ A t b?; 11 i?> 11 i ll v ?vi el y y ?JOS J S ' - J ^ Cl N I S EXACT COPYJOJLWRA'PP?r: For Infants and ChildreiL The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears Signature of Use For Over Thirty Years THC CENTAUR COMPAN/. NCW VONR CITY. -A.. C. STEICKLAND, DENTIST. Office over Farmers and Merchants Bank, Anderson, S. O. ARMOUR'S GUANO AND ACID. ALSO, GOTTON SEED MEAL. If yo .* want 'High Grade Goods we will be glad to seil you* Splendid line of? FLOTJB, COFFEE, TOBACCO, OATS AND CORN. We want your trade? . VANDIVER BROS. i i I r I way We have just received a Fresh lot of Come to us for all of your? ORR, GRAY & CO., Prescription Druggist* ONE CAB Off HQGr ffEED? Have just received one Ca* Load of HOG FEED (Shorts) at very close prices. Corao before they ara aU gone. Now io the time for throwing? Around your premises to prevent a case.of fever or some other disease, that will coat you very much more than the price of a barrel of Lime ($1.00.) We have & fresh shipment in stock, and will be gl&d to send you ?ome. If you contemplate build?Dg a barn or any other building, seei.us before buying your and LIME,. ; As we wll the very best qualities on?yv [ ? LONG LOOK ?HEfiO A man thinks it h when the matter of life insurance suggests ?teoif?but cmrcmstno ces Of late hate shown how life hangs by a thread when war, flood, hurricane and fire suddenly overtakes you, and the only way to bo sure that your family is protected fat case of cala? tity overtaking you is to in. ?urein a solid Company like? %Mutual Benefit TMeJnn. Oo.^ Brop m and see us about ii Peoples' Basi??^Udii?g, A?iLtltfcO??, O 9