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IPP" ? p ITS IMPORTANCE TO TAB VABMBBS OT SOUTH CAROLINA. ' IMifwd kr Mr. M. R. TfllMMr of Hwiubant, Mint *?? Clak *f fcdg?fl?l4 County Ihiving been selected, ?t (lie last meeting of the Club as ono of the ^ Ipeakcrs to opea''|IUsVdl?cii8?lo|f ou. t4Rotatlon. of Crops" and Outline the torts best salted to our hilly country* I have deemed It north while to glvt the subject patient thought and study % ftod to present my/views in the best possible manner, hoping that some good may result from my suggestions. The topic for discussion is perhaps /;> tho most Important question eon uooted with intelligent farm man* element; aud nothing in our. business as farmers require more thought or will better repay thorough study. As 1 could not possibly hope to do tho subject Just loo iiV an extempora neous address, I have writton out what I havo to say; and my ohly apology for its length must be the va*ti?ess of tho subject. As it l?. I shall only attempt an outline, ana shsll oouflne myself to those parts of the question which bear directly on onr immediate surroundings. A celebrated physician once said that "tho llrst thlug to do iu attempting to cure a sick man, is to got him to acknowledge that he is stck." And it if I shall appear to harp on some things which are painfully familiar to you all it Js because I desire that ysu should be as thoroughly convinced as I am that we ore desperately "sick" agri- I culturally, and nothing but a chango of methods ean save us. Let us tako a brief glance at tho sitnatlon. After eighteen years of farming wilb free labor, a large majority of ourl pooplo find themselves gradually but surely getting poorer and poorer; and tho tact that such an organization as this ha* never been before in ourl midst Is proof snfflclent that we have only begun to realise the nnwelcome truth, and so seek at this late day tb& reason, I cannot bat think that all of us feel, as well as see, the need oi some ebatigo in our present system; and It is the busintu?fur more Impor tant than any other business?of the members of this Club to discover the canto and apply tho remedy, at leact among ourselves. It will require our unltoa and unremitting efforts to find a way out of this agricultural wilder ness, because It involves as great a revolution in our prosent, system of forming as the emancipation of the slaves produced In our labor. .And right here I wish to caution you against a fatal error peonliar to ns as a class. Farmers?when they at tempt nu organization for any pur pose?want somebody else to do the thinking and let them derive tho ben efit. It worries them to have to tbtuk about anything but thslr accustomed work. And ir?after a few visitors to *.,? iho Grange or- agricultural club?noi other member has read or spoken something whloh they consider has re* paid them for tho time, they lose In terest and soon the organisation dies. If It is queer expectation, gentlemen. $ that you are ^ oomo hero to learn and Bo ex| ? mis df theloneflt If ^?e'Z ak? an e a rneib aifho mw1nb?ri 1 earneat an; honest effort a4 individuals to discover a remedy for our prosont difficulties, \ie Mtnll asBuI' ll y And 0110. The trouble, I loar, will be U> got our ftumors to apply it. "'? ltlaft act acknowledged 011 nil sides, I ( pur billy land* aro'tbo moil pro?| jtiyp.natu rally, In tlw Siatg ;^wJ?Ue ure water?fur ?prtngrandl Dams?moy are unsurpaitqd thel would appear, than, (hat natureI gned theio lamU for aomething ^Abnndanco of%ood, ' - Uij| if nlshcd by never-fall &<?lroarn s?1 boy; aro ? bettor thaij to bo washed u*vay bv oonstant clean onUtt 10 Mention, with no attention whatever to rotatIW^?l ?M!r:i atfi? - fertility tor a longer peHod thantho briof time tlioy^Ww ia^ if not Indefi nitely. Our present eyatein?or rather piio sytitem^of ftotnlraMra rendered barren fully hftlf of or, arablo aria? and, if pornlsted In, will soon render word to properly oxj [and I venture to a* .id ba? ll^ver seen, In all its hlfctory, such bntobory of land or ?nob a reoklosf wMto of tlie s accumulated fbrtlllty of oenturi*V?a lia? beon wit* mid bt? mk< vent Mrl ve? work y fbotof n^sm 'i *1-1 land lift* been !ong^ to u?Instead, as dhl their an cestors to ours? we would be in a bad Way unless wo changed. We are kill lug tho goose tbat laid tbe golden egg, iu tbus sterilising our formers by eon stem tillage in cotton, and hare uoth* log to show iu return except a poor living; thus proving tbat wo are really eating up our capital and working for less than our violuals and clothes. We kill our gooso but find no egg; tbey also killed theirs, for they were aa great butchers of laud aa wo are, but tbey got their egg and had something Wroow for their butchering. i This is a dark and gloomy picture* ] but a little reflection wilt oanse any fair-minded man to acknowledge that , it is not overdrawn. If any one, alter | contemplating it, does not feel that we are <le*perately "sick" and In need of a physician, he must be blind indeed. Taking Into consideration, then, tho naturo of our lands?their frlablo texture ami broken character.?I make the assertion that we are oommittlng a crlmo akin to suicide to continue longer our present system; and not to devote our energies entirely to stock ralsiug, as being the only method by Which wo can derive any Income from our lands without, at the some time, losing as, much or moro from the washing away of the so.ll than the profit on the crop cultivated amounts to. And this brings me back to ray subject?"Is tho rotation of orops a benefit to land? And if so, what rotation is best adapted to our immediate eectlon?" To the first proposition I answer emphatically yej; and will proceed to give tbo reasons why. Plants, like animals, differ much in thoir habits and in the dificrenct sorts of food upon whloh they subsist. Tho broad leafed clovers, turnips and peas obtain much of their nourishment from tho air; while tbe narrow leafed grains and grasses?especially if their seeds are ripened?withdraw mainly mineral food frqm tho soil. Tho oerorls require largo supplies of phos phorio acid and silica for their healthy nutrition. The Legumes require lime; and turnips, clover and potatoes take up a great amount of potash. 8omo crops, as clover and peas, feed on the subsoil from having a tap-root, and thus bring up stores of fertility from below, which they store near the sur face. Indian oorn and the small grains being surfooo-rooted plants, derive their substeuoe from near tho surface. Indian corn, when sown in peas, tbe small grains, peas sown alone, clover and tbfe grasses tend to koep op a ?apply or humus; while cotton our principal crop heretofore, requires cloan culturo so late in the summer as to allow no other growth on the land and leaves it baro tho whole time, thus exposing It to the wash lug rain* of both winter and summer. If it were' not for tbe constant washing aud loaohing, cotton?which practically on our billy lands will impoverish * field sooner (ban any other crop?would bo tho least exhaustive of any we could plant continuously; provided tho seed -were returned to the land and stock ^ apt off it. Tho reason for this Is: lint which is sold is nearly all SVbon, a five hundred ponud bale only iNtaining flvo pounds of mineral el** merits orash* while th* f?st of those. dSimVMkmMSi dostroyW crops; And as tbey doliot leave tho land bare all tho time, tend to keep it from washing, which is tho souroo of the greatest loss of fertility to Buery one know* that ft now ground Win not wash under throo or four years no matter how steep the blllsido may be. If, then, by a proper rotation, we could keep our"lauds charged with humus, they would/never wuuh to injui-o; and it would seem but the diet?t? of common souse to endeavor to to mauago our farina as to keep up a supply of this all-Important con stituent. But we do not do this, bc? cause wo plant ootton continuously, almost, thorefore we are not follow ing the dictates of common sensd; and this too, in the face of the faot wldoh lie alt admit, thai there is no tuonoy u it. But suppose our lands were level and did not waste. To plant any ono crop continuously on the name! field would fo poor terming, and filial ly reduce thai flolfl. to a state of bar renness us regards that crop, unless an eqnlvolent of all the mineral element* removed each was returned to the soil annually; and In addition thoretu as! IlitacU >v*gotab!e matter{-it* bad been taken up or evaporated ^b/ tho snn. But to return this vegetable matter to Ittr^e fields la Impracticable. $hey cannot be treatod like pet patches, ana the urohl6ut 1# how to keewwMlio supply of humus, ^fccan Only bfc done by groWiiiK It on tlie land. This is both tho easiest ami tho cheapesst tTM>i But If, whiu growing |hls Veg* etable matter, we can at the same time grow a crop wldoh wSfcyMd an |n oome, wo Kill two blrds with' one stone; and the science of ferinlug eon Sr# saws? Sta ? It has been solvdd hy otliors, lei us follow their toachliig~4ftwlt wllf/Moi be long eve we wRl'soo both profit and pleasure In It. ThisIs svhfit is meant by rotation of crops. ' Prof. Tuomey, who mado-4 gout leal survey of this Btate In :j84fi s thai theVo)fi In the tipper ?a nth Carolina have all the ml element* neoessary fbr .plant gr In inexhaustible quantities; and ortr lands only netMWho snpplr*><H etablo matter Ugfho kept np to good crops fo* all time to cwtffc'* ijmojt^ta^thcse^and^toir^ "jsaa hat folly ich quickest robs the landSBSflf ??, to purine a system of fermli important substauce, and soon puts the best field lit sncli a condition that no amount of fertiliser* or gtttnOs can make ft yiipld gopd crops of, cot ton or eorn. WHIM* iberelj|f5iot Splcloot us Ift the soil those mineral m cause orops to fire or Is at any time a laoft of ltd If there is rain Mfncfcnt or sheds Its ^niltatid com rye, clover and peas aro the h which I am acquaint* tald to yield maximum omparntlvoly exhaiiHted Uter, provided the min uses* In ahundance IPs tbr futum I(llfsS question mineral d our its ? i With sailor doee his last loaf, all regain our reason and ?J a WWmI : few remaining seres of good laua will enable as to bridge over the time wbleh must elapse ere we could expect to obtain an income from other sources than cotton. If we will concentrate our efforts upon this good land?and what is more, concentrate the manure upon it too?by proper rotation we can keep it good and uie theJneome from it to build up the retf of our lauds which arc now too poor topag. for cultivating. There Is not a farmer In this neighborhood who does not year after year cultivate, or allow ( renters to cultivate, land which he knows to be too poor to repay the ox pen so of working,tho best of seasons, and tho good land he works has to carry this poor land, and his profits are thus lessoned or entirely lost. Wo have been using our brains too little, and following lu old ruts without con- j sidcrlng whither they aro leading.us. There Is not now, and novoi< has been in our county, -a single man who has I nioro than a voguo conception of tho possibilities of an acre of land thor oughly and properly worked. [continued next week.] WAR HISTORY. Wbkt General Hampton Claims for Ilia L?(lon at MmmiMi. Tho-JVetfl* amt Courier publishes a long letter from General \Y ado Ilapip ton, correcting errors in articles of Gonorals Johnston and Imbodon, touching tho first bnttlc of Mantissas, or Bull iluu. General Hampton shows that the Hampton Legion, COO strong, t which ho commanded, arrested the victorious columns of Sherman and' Keys, who were driving the Confcdor-1 ate forces back, and that the Legion *o delayed tho Federal odvanco as to oua* bio the Confederate reinforcements to be brought np. Tho News and Cou rier gives an elaborate roview of tho battlo, the history of which, it claim*, must liow be rewritton. Its conclu sion is that Hampton was to Jackson and Manassas what Jackson was to tho wholo Confederato left?Hampton saved Stonewall Jackson, as Jackson saved tho army, it was tho magnifi cent fighting of tho Legion under terri bio odds that gavo Jackson time to bring his troops into position. Had lie not had tlmo to form tho Virginiaus, who afterwards stood like a stono wall, tho battlo would have been in evitably lost. Tho opportunity to form those Virginians was given to Jackson by Hampton and his moil, and was given by them alone. ATTEMPT TO ROB A PAY OAR. The Train Stolen and the Paymaster Shot ; *t?The Robber* Frightened Off. A dcsperato attempt lo rob the Rich* mond and Danville pay ear was tnade in Atlanta on Tuesday morning about four o'clock. The oar readied Atlanta on Monday; and during that d*v tho "'"'l oirs on tho malu lino neu'r tho Markham House. A . 8. Grosor. tho paymaster, and his cook ooeuplcd the oar, Mr. Groser'expected to 60 moved early this morning. About threo o'clock ho a wok 0 and ibund tho cars to fall motion?they vwof? Roving at uit^biiSo^e^llSM^^ero . . ju faking mo?" demanded Groser. ??fo Bolt Junction," was tho answer,' $pojr:wh^trtf1 Groser asked. "Yna will And out soon enough; yon are tho man wo want," was the reply; and at tho sarno instant the man began firing at Grosor. The bullets whistled about his head. lie made for his oar atfd placed his cook to watch one door. He then sprang from the car and ran for help. Ho returned to his Oar in half an hour with holp but found the meft goue. Tim safe contained about $80,'? 000 but had not boon molested. Three mon wero seen near the place where the train stopped and 0110 man has slnoe boon arrested. Tho work was performed by railroad omploy6s. i. A ttonantlon InLturftii, The young iuan Verdln, who wa? badly whipped in Lauronscounty woek bofbro last under the impression that ho had dofuoed a school room with obscene writing, la aaid to bo at Woodruff, where ho has wealthy and Influential relatives .who aro very In dignant; and sav they will prosecnto the men Who whipped young Verdln to the utmost extent of their mean*. Twelve prominent citizens of Laurens, i including one trial justice, are sfttd to hovo been Implicated in the whipping, vrhleh wm ft terribly severe , oup,. Verdln claims that the Only evldenoo against hfm was the similarity betwuon* the oUseeno writing and' somo writing In Ida mush; hook which was supposed to be his, but waa not. .v Ho says ho oonffessed because tho muzzle of ft . loaded and oooked rovolver rested against each of his temples. Lively lcgAl proceedings aroprob&blo. An ImllnnK Honor. At Marion, Ind., last Saturday, ft Colored man named Wallace assaulted the fourteon-y ear-old daughter-of ft well'kuowu oltljseu named Vinson.! The girl was thrown Into spasms and herjjeath wot declared to bo hnt(juei*1 tlon Of ft fbw days. On Mpndfty night It b?camo evident that an Attempt would lie made to l>nohlhe brOto, and Shorlff firman surrounded . himself. At 18.4ft o'olock tho mob tnftde a des. perato assault on the sheriff warned tlio m6b nnd then flred ft volloy killing Jrtmes Kelly nnd wounding| threo or fotir others. Ipsntth Nluloa la 'J The appllofttils for the Spanish mil* ?Ion will equal If not exeeed tho nnrfWU ber of applicant* ou fllo At the Stftttt department, for any of the foreign missions. Tfce offloe of minister to Spain Is regarded as ono of the iftostl |desirably. Appointment^ lO'-^fb reign countries. No action has yet been, taken towards ft successor to Mr. Vi>u ter. When ho left Washington for! Spain to negotiate the second oommer* olftl troaty between tho t/nited 'Ptatos and that country the appointment of his successor was postponed until hisf return. Mld?ln?r for Vol Of. There is a weakness on tho part of I the Oeorglft Legislature for ordering pictures of distinguished flwra'ftitf Dr. Folton, who is * Of the Souse and is spoken 0MB1 a possible overnor, moved tht* ttm pre printed to scenro portraits of the Into llev. Jesse Mercer and tho-lato Bishop Ploroe respectively. This was making ft bid for tJrSWNIglonirkeot* at once. Mr* Arnhelm. who Is a Hebrew, [lit ft langh upon the whole sub* y moving thftt $36 be approprlat (0 secure ft ettp4> picture of Moses. Stt 'A -%re aro 190 free schools In Spar tanburg county. ?Ev 0* gust 1 for the i Meridian, Miss., ? ?The Mormons < sade In London a intend to hold incctii ?Goneral Sheriui the President from L ?. sorious Indian troubles hended. ?Miss Cleveland has le ion for New York City, ai pected to return until the le over. ?The cholera in Spain without any felling off. measure* are applied In ev possible. ?During the past week month, Pa., epidemic lms n any marked abatement and tt have occurred there. ?James G. Wintersmith, of tho National House of lives, died ai Louisville, Ky., V day aftornoon, aged 36 years. ? Storms continue to dc and property in hundreds In Austria and Hungary, c a gloomy prospect or a bpi$jjjd3 crops. ?At Utica, New York/jln Richard H. Williams, of W" Roberts, builders, fcll throu( IcfffV ? 'or*yfcot ?Tho report that Russia. I Ing a war loan, end a oris! that country and England is caused a panic in the Paris wcok, and securities fellflat. ?There is no important el General Grant's condition, front a long and technical ropori by tho consulting doctors, It that the cancer in his mouth I? spreading. ?Joseph Taylor, who.< * 1884, brutally / tnnrder Michael F. Doran at tho 1 tentiary by beating out hi a wooden bobbin and bar of hanged at Philadelphia last ?At WatcrtQ*n, 111.! evening llghtuing strut" residence of David killing Lewis and members of his fiunlly tho buildings, w' 7;; ?J. N. Lvneh, a .1 ington Township, Gi last week poisoned his' with arscnio on pie cr poison his wife. One child i Lynch has d I aa n i a red. ?~ThorQ.lt high an that the T published seni STc living lii the same clerk lit flrst iSefuw but the consent of being given ho 1 reraalned^and tho was performed at, onco. -Mr. J. B. Watklne, who not long since pdi Louisiana and the; UJll tyrge area of land lying Cameroon and Verroljlioir ] acquirer St. La horses pUcei paid Thursday the Po*f papers day.' ' still in and Jtepu tho Star c ward Farrls. a 9, and Arnold Daniel, < got. Into a quarrel In A [flay, during whloh the tho negro with a ro bruise. Daniel drew a huge knife, such as i Kwttit trees, and Slat lug a wound that i fatal. Daniol -*-TI?o dreaded web* Its appearance Ir south ofDallas* Thiw far their ral i n nod to a square^ Planter# more than any other, anxiety oxlst* amoi North Texa* over ifooe of this scourge of tho cotton b^lt. m~A terrible. aflVaj ook's Htatlon.Ga., Kht. i. Young l>r. some slighting retni owry JPI ipahle about the matter, reiterated tbo remark. In on^Oablo wjth hi ling and struck arm. sltoth parties *i community. Oabfn wonnd>?v. V A Mother Vlr?l?l? h?? been con worn! dT*y* , In Ike vlefii wvAWlry 1 *.4?. t/ ? . J^joRd UK Mo . WM imrled^ being arotuod, the end a coroner* In An nntopny ed WH If & women wo.o oxamTned, ? da* ttio ooroner'g \ntr ra nnnatm returned bome in Tork oounly are ? very rapidly, _ _ jur deaths from scarlet tow u of Fort Mill last G, Orr'a Hides, C. 8. A., ? reunion at Abbeville on of August. Abbeville Rllie* Jtave otado >nts to go into oamp on River for a week. ire aro 140 visitors at Glenn . about three times the number fero at the sprlugs at this time " 1 says rled York" county, for making a criminal assault upon a colored girl, eight years old. on tho 4th of Julv last. ltock Hill Herald saya that i fortv-one unmarried ladles soveuty-six marriageable men in town. ?'There are twouty prisoners con fined in the jail at Edgefield, of whom leVeral are colored peoplo conflncd for breaking their contractu. ?The Spartanburg and . Ashcvlllo Ilailroad- is now graded to within Ave miles of llondcrsoiivllle, and 250 men aro at work on tho last section. jV~On the 10th Inst, a kiln containing 11,000 feet of lumhor belonging to ?t, W. Draffiu & Co., of Lancaster, was destroyed by an incendiary flic. I ?The new cotton seed oil mill in .Columbia is approaching completion, and tho now cotton comprcns will he ready for work with the beginning of the season. v ? **~John Sou, colored, eighteen years of ag^j' has bcon committed to jail In STorfsj oldt o? llio 41 : -?Susan Crosby, colored, has been lodged in the Lancaster jail, charged with killing her infant child. Tho woman said she buried tho child, think ing that it had been born doad. ??On the 13th August Nlnoty-Six will have an exhibit of fine cattle, horses and mule*, which will, doubt Ices. reflect credit on tho best stock raising country in tho United States. u~i'he agricultural departmont has returned to Mr. Joseph Ogdon, tho treasurer: of tho West Gold Mine in ~~nion, a $400 ingot of gold lent tho partinout lor tho New Orleans ex jsmEB i. . " - ' L. Wood, Jr., whito, and Charlie ; Carter, colored, got into an? altercation In Honea PAth on Thursday nlortilng about sunrise which endod in tta'formoiy-shooting the latter with a shotgun, killing him instantly. -Forty-eight candidates for teouh .tk*ts certificates wore examined at tho ot meeting of the board of exami fot- York county. Of this uuta thlrty-flvo received certificates of nt grades, and thirteen were re ipvernorThompson has appointed Mr, C. C. Tracy, of walterboro, school xommlflfcloner of Colleton county, tucc Jesse DuBose, deoeasod. Mr. Traoyis minont young lawyer and a pro ive and oompetent friend of edit itiou of Cumberland . Church at Aiken have scoed the African connection. It Ike Rev. ?, Winston now lopendent Methodist WKi3$& '?m1'?? **"?? " ^hai-lesw mt I PBS IKK ?':< Goorgotown ipectivoly. Senator rxjw&d the former br tho -l*twr. i Tho 9 still In tho hands of V/. ' \V'' f 'I ? Vinnlo Nance, the young colored 'Oman charged with tho murder of >anlel Kleckley on Jano 27, was coll ided at Newberry iast week. Tho against Amy ltntherford, an al I nccomplloe, was not pressed. Tho iliiH Martha Llles. another eeomx>llce, was oontinuod. (total recolpts of the Stale for May -and June, 1884 and ?PMoovtalned upon inquiry at oomptrOUer-gonornrs office, were, lis follows: 1884. 1885. or,184.99 May....* 89,890.45 ?... 107,409.88 Juno ... 178,440.78 Total .*?304,054.37 Total.$218,881.1L ?Mr. P. C. Caughman, of Colum* one of the new depnty marshals, e his first captftro in Falrflold nty last Wednesday. He arrestod uiyan Collins, colored, of Montlcello. f retailing liquor without a special i license ana brought htm before imtsslonor Bauskott of Columbia, eommtssloner held him In $200 for his appearance for trlal at tho onvlllo form of the United 8tales ktrio^ Conrt. last Thursday morning a negro [ted elghtceb. 'years, was shot (lied while hoeing cotton In a > near Hickory Tavorn, Laurens lii the Tumbling Shoals see o person shooting him (name Iven) fired from the road first inelltrtbod over the feneo and again* The boy was The negro had bcon tftilly ofawhlte lad*/ hborltOdd, Of unbietn ?V atid:-'per brother renge4p?$$$1'Jc' 3 along tho Hues of ralU _ imbla to tho North Car* Him on the Ashoviilo Itoad are Ihi sight than they hate been time for several years past, particularly flourishing. Bret* tho mountains anfcAbout the Carolina colony of Flat Hock, seasons liavo been ttrtraor, ^ltton's. Kvorywhore there ive been a sufficiency of t>rti crop Is already precti and cotton will soon be on* rn ? MWi jVuJ Ua*cttr. d?claro? thai _ efctata in London, in full opera o, a ayMfllttJfor thfv.vlolatkm of _ ft, mostly of tendor .t^o and too yonng to nndoratand ihe nttnro of the Ime of which they are the ylotlma, ontrajjon^lng constantly por ited with time*? abiclate impunN and that the arritnjftmetttrfor nrlng, certifying, violating and 'theae rwhied .tjetlmi of it tfe made with a atnv * effloteney inoredlble to all ???^Mntonit ratio: 'hlnh the *j8omo Of ?nared ' Ai? I/atclliiceot Hone. > * * V|tJ* i/' '. 7 '.. v ? There can uo longor bo any doubt that tho horse is n noblo ami intollU gent animal. 11U admirers hare al ways Insisted upon his nobility and Ift* telugenoe, but very many pnr*on? hare failed to agroo with litem. They have asked: "How oan an anlnul be called intelligent who live* in terrer of a ?h4Q$ of paper lying in his path, and wherein consists tho nobility of the beast who will run away without any provocation whatever and v smash a valuable carriage and a more or less valuable driver?" Tho vury' fact that an iaimal as poworful us tho horse will consent to be u slavo seems to show that he is moau-spirUed and stupid. A lion or a tlge* would uttorly refuse to Impend his life in dragging a Third avenue oar, and there can bo no doubt that in all . wild-bcust olrolos publlo opinion is very far from accepting the theory that a horse is cither uoblo or intelligent. It has remainod for a Boston horse to vindicate in tho most thorough man* ner his right to tho high estimate placod upon tho . horse by all horsey persons. From vtimo immemorial horses havo beeu introduced into dra matic representations, and hitherto they liavo accoptcd without remon strance any part which a manager might assign to thoiu. M hey havo walked iueokly on tho etage, blinked at tho footlights, and walked oil' again at tho propor time. So i o horses, trained to act iu "Mazeppn," havo al lowed largo and heavy actresses to bo lashed to thoir backs, and huvo thon solomnly pranood up a winding path way of wooden rocks and pretended to gallop at a speed of nearly two miles nu hour. Whon one rellects upon tho good that might be done by a really in telligent dramatic horse, it seems sad that our stupid horses should uo long havo failod to avail themsolves of tho opportunities aHorded by (he stage. How many oppressive r>t:igo villains might have boen suddenly kicked into a proscenium box, and how niauy yel low-halrod Mazeppas might havo beon liftod by thoir hair and dropped into tho orcbostraP Tho Boston horso in quostion oamo on tho stage in a qfliet and undemon strativo way, but ho had evidently made up hi* mind what to do. Ho walked promptly to tho footlights and throw himself into tho orchestra, land ing on tho bass-drum. The harrowing inoidontal musio carno to nu abrupt pause, aud tho musicians, who had in tended to play "Swoet Violets" at tho ' ond of tho act, llod in all directions. Tho bass drum was gloriously and irro triovably smashed, and. tho horse, hav i ing accomplished his noble work, per muted the supernumeraries to load him quietly away. Hero wus a noble purpose intelligent ly executed. It may be said that the falluro of tho horso to kill one or two iiddlers and the mnn who plays tho ! oornet solo was roprcbonsiblo, but In vlow of tho smashing of the bass ; drum it would bo ungrateful to lind fault with tho horso for anything. He accomplished his grand ;"4>osoof silencing the drum and of frightening tho orohestra so thoroughly that it did not vonture to piny ??Sweet Violets" during the whole evening. Let us hon or this noblo and intelligent animal, and hope that hi* example will be fol lowed by overy horso which hereafter spoars on any stago.?.Vcw Yv Mrs. ' ' ' Tlio Tocth of Immigrants. The reporter of tho Utioa Observer lias boon investigating the toeth of the immigrants, with tho following intor rwalte: kin on tho Control immffit&nt oar: I would liko to'show you tie diftbroncos between foreign and domes tie teeth." Tho Weaker, lid dressing the Observer** roportor,"wm mi old and well-known dontal surgeon of this oity. "I lmve oome down nere for tho oxptoss purpose of noting for myself the tooth bf our nowly-arrlvod cousins," said tho dentist, as ho led the way to the train, which was Just polling Into the yard. In tho car woro Ger mans, English, Swedes, two Danes and fonr Polish Jows. "Look at that fol low in tho third soattbore gotUng away with that bacon; see those beautiful grinders," said tho knight of thofor oepp as he intently watohod a sturdy German who, with a hugo Jnok-knife, was outtlng alternate slices of sohwarz brod and baoon which ho was putting under his rest with marvelous rapidity. His tooth were indeed magnificent specimens of sound grinders, milky white, evenly grown and rogularly set. Passing two seats further on. wore a mother and two ohildron. Tho woman was English, and whon spokon to dis played very beautiful ivories. In an swer to a question of the doutist as to whether sho had over had any troublo with her teeth, she laughod and said, "No, I don't know what toothaohe la." Behind hor was a group of sovoral per sona chatting togethor, and while talk ing thoy all displayed pOrfeot teeth. "How do you account (or theso people having such handsomo teeth?" was MkOd of the dentist. After speaking Of the difference betwoen the thick and musty odor within tho oar and the pure ozone outside, he said: "The wholo difference is in tho food that la eaten. Theso poople at home were wont tp eat the coarsest kind of foodj they never touch swoctmeats or delica cies of atty kind, and consequently the acids Which are In all fanoy tidbits do not touch their teeth. Therefore, de cayed teeth aro something utterly un known to them. 1 have not tho least dotfbt that soma of theso people never saw a tooth brush. They don't think of their teeth at all, and yot they look aa pearly and round as If a dentist ex amined thorn every day." - . mm * ?? ' Slagging ?*? ? Hooletjr Crave. A tall, thin-chested young man, with hia shirt-sleeves rolled np displaying a pair of exceedingly scrawny arms,stood vigorously punching a rubber bag sus pended by a oord from the oeiling of a small, dingy room in tho top story of a teeming business blook. Each blow sant tho bag flying toward the colling, from where It instantly returned wl? ronnldnrablo foroo. Tho tgrnrnM| young man rained blows at the bound ing hag, but often missod it "Keep It up) it's tho best work Inthe world," said a broad-shouldered, un derprized, elderly mam encouragingly. . PoV ton mlnutos tho young man com tinned his exercise, ana then sank Into a'lieap In a chnir and panted. "llo's one of my pupil*" said the professor of sparring/'and he's getting on groat, ain't her" turning lo broathlctf jronth. The latter* win hlA eyes faintly to indicate that he and then lumbered painfully adjoining dressing-room. mSMk onoofm THJC OUXUttON toiXBOK'MBiri A lUpMttd Unwul to IffM UpM Ur. rruMUal WalUw. .(jPVwa Tk* Netm and Courier.) Wasihxotow, D. C., July 15.?Sena tor llamptou was always u welcome guest at tlto Wluio llojiso during Mr. Arthur's Adminkfcnttlon, and probably reoelred as m&Hy courtesies from the latter as anv^rtoinberof Congres*, lie publican orT>emoorat. IIo seems to occupy a similar position In tlto esti mation of the present Administration, tod when ho calls upon Presidcut Cleveland ho is usually the recipient of many little attentions not bestowed upon his brother Senator*. Scveiul day ago ho lunched with the President, and while^seatod at the table, it is said, the conversation drifted on to tho Charleston oollectorship. Tho Presi dent mado numerous inquiries as to the qualitlcations of tho nntnoroim can didates, whore upon General Hampton remarked that ho had resolved that he would not express an opinion on tlto suhjoot until ho hud been invited to do so either bv tho President-or Secretary Manning. The President replied that he apprcprcciatcd this position, and added that if other members of Congress would inakc suggestions only when called upon to clo so, the Executive would bo less embarrassed audjrould placo a higher value on Congressional recommendation. Said he, under the present system some members of Con gress endorse several persons for one and tho Mime position, and then com plain if some one other than their mvorite is selected. A lew d:t\k after Ccn. Hampton's visit lo the White House the President culled upon the secretary of tho treasury for a brief of all tho papers tiled in the Charleston collectorship ease. Last Wednesday the papers were sent to tVe President, and it was said at treasury department tliat after looking over tho list of ap plicants the President, Sicrctary Man ning and Senator Hampton concluded that tho appointment ot Mr. Theodore 1). Jervoy would bo most acceptable to tho contending (actions in Charleston. This information, coming front the sourco it did, led mo to believe that tho matter was practically decided, and that tho formal announcement of Mr. Jorvev's appointment would he nude in a day or two. TOE OROWTH OPTUK 80UTII. S?inl Annun! Statement of the lUltlnior? "Manufacturer*' Itecortl." The Baltimore Manufacturers' ac cord publishes its semi-annual review of tho South's industrial growth, giv ing the name, location and character of the business of nil enterprises organ ized in that section during tho first half of 1885, showing that notwith standing tho goneral depression in business there has boon great activity in the South in tho organization of new industrial enterprUes. There is also a wide diversity of new iuduslricH, in cluding iron fttrnaeos, foundries and tnachiuo shops, steel works, cotton seed oil mills, cotton compressor, fruit canning factories, ilour, saw, planing and glist mills, factories for ntauulac till ing carriages and wagons, agricul tural implements, sashes, doors and blinds, shuttles, tobacco, ice, fertilizers, furniture, stoves, wire fences, soap, etc., glass works, gas works, c'.c., and marblo and slato quarrying companies, and conpanics to initio coal, iron ore, gold, silver, mica, natural gas, oil, etc. The total amount ot capital, including tho capital stock of corpoi'M$ compa jiics represented by now cj^erprisei organised in the South duj^'ig tbo last six mouths and in tho cnfilrgfe'mont of old plant* and rebuilding of mills de stroyed by flro, aggregate!684,000 divided among the fourteen Southorn States as follows: Alabatnu $3,680,000, . ,^80,000, K&ikttieky $10,021, tlftmim $1,407,000, Maryland jt^BStOOOj^ MU?UMpplf41G,000, North Cutolina $6,186,000, South Carolina $427,000, Tennosseo $1,802,000, Texas $1,310,000, Virglnh $2,008,000, West Virginia $0,632,000. iTTio outlook forbuslnpxs in tlio South il now vory promising. Hardy, if evor, havo tlio prospects for growing crops been tnoro cncourauing at the South than at present. Every indica tion points to magnificent corn and cotton crops, tlio largest ever produc ed, while the outlook for rice, sugar, fruits and vegetables is'quite as grati fying. With abundant crops produced at low cost, with railroad, manufac turing and mineral interests steadily Improving, the South bids fair to enter upon an era of great prosperity this fall. ? Mr*. W. B. Plunkct, of Balosburg, made 106 pounds of butter from two Jorsovs in tho mouths of May and Juno ? and one week of tho timo onlv ono eow wos milked. Tho record for week before lasl wn? 284 p >unds. ?A new huso ball c.lub lias been organized in Edgefield, composed of the members of tho bar, with Lieu tenant Governor Shoppnrd as captain. LEMINGTON, JR Tub young Horn*, LEMINOTON, Jr., b t'i'. will Mmtd tliu I'liHuinu sprlnc season at hla stablti I a \Vlnimhoro. >l ? \ lu. 'J?i IUiIIa paid in H'lcaiv.*. Kvory cur?? will !><> tnkon to provolit nccldvnta, but no liability will be unnamed for nny tlmtmuy occur. PlSDIGitKK or LKMISGTOy. >^ ^ Cm 1 * ' ?. Wn? ItftM Uy Col. fhoft. O. Hncon from lilit cdubmU'd race borse Lynchburg, be by imported Lomlugton, (*?* Hruco'n American Stud Hook, (Jray Noriu^, pftgu 409,) the diun of Li'mlogton, Jr., wah I.ox( Onus**, by /<?vcmie, out of Konhrflfte, she by Imported Alhlop, out of Orixy Norma, tha by Imported J<evlsithlnn, out of iforulnnnn, who by Tncnlet out of Hlnck Sophia and iho by TOpgftllnnt. The cw-hrltir of ttiH fttock mentlonm! venders turtb(?i tracing of the pedlgiee u liw&i vl. " THE PEOPLE. Buy the Bestl Mi. J. O. Bo\u ? Dj\r Sir: I bought the trst Davis Machine sold by you over five years a^o for my wifo, who lias given it a long and fair trial. I am well ploaseil with it. It novor gives any trouble, aud is aa good as when first bought. J. W. Doijok. Winnsboro, 8. C., April, 1883. Ma. Boao : Yoa wish to know what I hate to say in ro^ard to tha Divis M achine bought of yoo throo yoars ii'to. I fo3l I enn t say too much in its favor. I in.ulo about $80 within ilvo months, at tim^s running it so fast that tho noodle wou'd g.'t perfectly hot f ?orn friction. I foul coni'ulont 1 oould not havo done tho sumo work with as much oaao nn 1 so woll with any other mac.hino. No time was "oat in adjusting attachmonts. The lightest running tu\c!iino I have ovor treadled. Urotliv;- James And William's families are as much plowed with their David Maohlnos bough', of yon. I want no boltor tnaohino. As I said bofoie, I don't think too much can bo *aid foe the Davis Machine. Rospcotful'j-, *LMt* Srevknso.n. Fairflold ooanty, April, 1833. Mb. Boao : Mv machine j;ivo3 mo perfoci vuisfaetion. I And no fault with it. Th'i attachments nro eo Riu.plo. I wish for no better than the Davia Yc'.ical Too J. Respectfully. Mb*. It. Mil' imo. Fnltfiol^ coa**ty, April, 18S3. Mn. Boao ; I bought a 1)ivis Vertioa Feed 8ewi?u Machino from you four yoar *g<>. I am dolijjhte.l with it. It never \l <ivou me any Iro ililo, anil his never l>cx the least o-jt of or.W. It is an good as wbeft I first bought H. I oati cheerfully roco'3 ?nend it. Kospootiully, Mua. M. J. Kihklan?' Mo?tioello, April 30, 188;}. This 1* to corify tl.a'. I Invo boon using a Cnvls Vertical Feed Sawing Machino foi O'er two years, purchased of Mr. J. O. Bong I haven't fonnd It poaseosod of any fou!t ill mo attachments nro so aimplo. It nevoi refn<os to work, and is ;ertainly tho lightest running in tho inarkot I consider it a first tlass machine. Vory respoctfnlly, Mihnlb M. Wjllixodaw. Oakland, Fairilold county, S. 0. Mn. IIoao : I am woll pleased in ovary pat tioulur with tho D.ivia Mic'iin > bought of \oa. I think it a ftrit-vln* 'nohlne 1? ivery respect. You krow yj>. * jld sovorn Hajohines of tho earn 3 ma'te to different raomboraof our families, all of whom, as far u I know, are woll plnsoi with thein. Rerpootfully, Mb. M. II. Mojuuir: j Faltn?ld oouoty, Api.il, 1833. _ Thin in lo I'.a.Llfy wp have had iu use tho Dftyia Machine bought of yo ?nb>ut threo years n<j;>. ' As wo take In work, nud havo made tho prioo of it poveral Umoi over *\nd don't want nay bottor machine. It ia always tru ly to do any kind of svorlt wo hav? to do. No puckering or skipying utitohea. We can only say wo nro woll planted, aud wish no bottor maohino. Catukiunk Wh in and Sistor ,prU 25, 1883. I havo no fn> It lo fl" ' with iny mac.... ind Jon't want a?i/ .. itor. I h:ive made the price of it aovoni t.ims Uy taking in tewing. VI I* iilwm ? . ndy to .1 > iU work, think it < tlrat-o. in ? midline. I foul I. in'tany Vh> ranch fi* tho Davis Vortioa), ?'oe Mail..no. iua*i. Tho,tin Smith. Fuh-Qe'.d oouniy, \pril, 1883. Ma. J. 0. 0*?.vo-Dmr Sir: It glvos ? muoh pleasure to tojtify to tho morita of tl u Davis Verllo.il Food Sowing Maohino.. Tho machine I^'otof yoo about ftvo yours ugj has., boen almost in constant ur.o ever aineo thai; time. I camot boo that It la worn any, andf ha* not oost i uo on* cont for ropaira since w? have had it. Am woll pleased nnd don't w'.*r> or any hotter. Yours truly. HoitKnT OiiAwrono. Granite Quarry, near Winnaboro, 8. O. 'Wo havo used tho Davis Vortio d Food S'jw Lig Maohins for tho last five yearn. W? would not have any other innko at any priotv Tho maohino has glvon na nnbovmdod r jim. faction. Verj roipootfully, Miw. W. K. Tuhnbt and Dnn:;hto.n. Fairfield oounty, 8. O.. Jan. Jf7, 18j}? Haviug bought n Davl* Vorlt.ial l*'oj;t Jaw ing Maohino from Mr. J. (). Doug romo tl.; years ago, and it having given mo norfo.n satlafaotion in evory raspoot as a family ma. ohino, both for henvy nnd li^ht sowing, and never noedod the least repair in any way, I enn ohborfully recommend it to any olio as a first-olusn machine iu ovory particular, ami think It seoond to none. It i* onoufih# simplest maohinos mado; my children u*e t with all caie. The attachments rue mori easily adjusted and it doc* a greater ranu'O of work by moan* of its Vertical Feed than mi/ other machine I have ever seen or used. Mua. Tiiomah Owin?h. Wlnnsboro, Fairfield county, 8. 0. We hrtTO hnd ono of tho Dnvl* Mnnli.'n. c about four your# nnd have filwuys found i: rendy to do nit kinds of work wo havo I mI oconnlon to do. Oan't 000 that tho rnnrtuoc U worn any, and workn nn well n? when no v Mm. W. J.*C?aWfoui?. Jaokxon Oreok, Fairftold county, H. O. My wife <? highly yrvt\*? \ with the Mnohine bought of you. Mho w<Wd noV tnU< double what she gave for It. Th? maohlm hnd not boon out of ordor ?ln?o who lirt'.l i' and *h? can do ntttklud of work 6n It. Very re?p*qtfully, . Jah, F. Fl?V.*. Monttoello, Fairfield county, B, 0. The I>avU