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TH00GHT8 FOR THE MONTH. TIMKLT TOPICS FOR TBI OOMtUDUU ?TtON or FKOOKKSqi VH YASHIBI. Wkat Work tti?H to Dm* Darin tk* ?Mth mt Oi>il?l TMwfcte HfHtku from HISk Avtkorlty. ? L. Jbn*in touihsm OaUi+Uorj. Id oar last, the importance of cov ering oar fields with growing crops through the winter ?h discussed at some length. Increased acreage in oats, barley, and especially rye, wheat also grasses and clovers, was earnestly advooated. The more we reflect upon the matter, the greater its importance Impresses us. It is not too late yet in much of the cotton belt to start theso crops, and for this reason it is aitftln brought to notice. In the coldost por lon of the cotton belt wheat sowing will begin this month, and rye and barley may be seeded down well into next mouth. Abandant opportunity, therefore, exists to do this oonvervat iag work. We are trying to Improve our lands: every wide-awake farmer is diligently husbanding and gathering materials for composts; let us not neglect the means of holding on o the fertility already acquired. In machinery a ratchet-wheel is all im portant?its equivalent is not loss so ti agriolulture. We cannot afford to oso auvthing we have gained; what sver manurial elements the present , crop has failed to utilize must be held lu reserve for succoodlng crops. This Is lust as necessary as the annual ap plication of now doses of plant food. We are aot unmlndftil of the cost of seed and of seeding undor the propos id arrangement. Let us study every aeans jor reducing it; economizing power or labor ia a great desideratum in ear Ifcrming. If called upon to . tingle out the most important item juct tow in the line of progress, wo woald unhesitatingly select economy of pow it. Oar ^mechanical appliances are not eqaal to the demand* of the time or ef oar ?arroandiug*. Wo do not substitute ho^se-power in place of huaMn muscle sufficiently, aud we fall to get the full benefit of' norso power by making It work through inadequate or Imperfect implements. We nave been studying fertilizers very diligent ly darlug the last fifteen years; we are pretty well advanoed in the chemistry ef the ifcra. Let as concentrate oar thoaghte now for awhile on the mechanics of the farm; let as find oat r how to produoo the greatest with the ' least labor. Consider what a revolu tion in oar flsrfittng\tbe geueral intro duction has brougnt. about. Who woald go back to the shovol and scoot er in the cultivation of a crop? But has the sweep, or its better substitute, tiie scrape, exhausted oar ingeuuity or ?St bounds to useful contrivances? It is, or should be, bat the beginning of a thorough revolution in the mechanical Appliances of the farm. In tha prepa to get (I out of the way, or else with a turn-plow of burying it in one thin continuous sheet several iuohea below the stir/hoe. Neither or these aro at aU durable. Implements aro needed whloh shall out up and comminute weeds, grass, stubble, stalks or what not, aua leave them in condition for any lbrm of plow desired to mingle them uniformity with the soli.?The sorew pulvefleer, the Dlso harrow, etc., are theTbeglnninga in this direction. Sttoh Implements, If perfected and pro -*J"Vwith soe41^?M?jt6h?nentg, would ? 'A'man and .eight or ten . -Js. With the inoe between cost rross sales, and ton is mow apt to ih large yields aoooa?t. ; Bat sweeps, cultivators harrows, sly used are, deolded Improve i single-shovels and soooters, 'gent fartner can, with these. I t very large quantity of land first or September to the first of Decernb^r* . Ofttw various anti-lnsohlng orops, rye and burr olover art/he most prom . islng, aud the reader is urgSd to take the tioeessarv steps now to raise an abuooanoe of seed of each of thorn for next year's use. Home-raised seed Batlvely little: why should a pay from one to ono and a half per bnshel for ryo, when ho te it for fifty oents a bushel or ttst because a majority negleot.to |re, and have topay whatevor the .'ho do raise it choose to ask? llf raotloe of sowing fry* on our bare ^should become general, seed rye would go a bogging. But all not needod fhr sewing oould bo profitably fed to ..ook ; ground rye Is a most ox oelledthorse food, and the superfluous grain, together with the abundant pas p turage afforded by the praotlce advo cated, 4U- - ' - _ ?, ma |>i?llivg BUTU* cated, would more than pay iho ex peneesof It. Pirtly for the work of conservation and partly for the valuo of the crop Iteeir to the Ihmer'a family and labor ers, 41* sowing of wheat reooinmeeds 4tself. ? We are fhlljr aware that tho ootton belt is not ths home ortho whoat plant, and that only the hardier varie ties of Uoan there be grown with rea sonable hope of profit. Ited, bearded varieties, like the Mediterranean, are molt to be relied on, and early matur ity l? a matter of prime Importance, wheat raising in tlie ootton belt fur nishes an instance where extremes are better than theproverbtallv ssfo incsns. Best profits oome either from a few aore* not fertilised at all . aud very lightly seeded. In flew of tlio doalra blllty of having growing crops on as large ar*M m possible during winter, the practioe of sowing from a hair bushel to three peeks of seed per acre, i without manure and with least expen diture ofiabor, I* probably upon the whole preferable to the Intensive ar rangement where one has an abnnd anof of land. It was a good deal In vogns before the late w*r; without previous preparation df *o|l, Iho was sown and plowed In. In good wheat years fhlr orops wm harvested; In edterso seasons fhllure# followed. The ooet of seed Is smell, and Irthe plowing In Is done with a wide outUng Implement, like an Acme or Dlso har row, the labor expense Is smell like wise. The highest and driest soils should beiseleettd for wheat?red land better tlftfc gray. Mucky soils, or saeh As abound .in organic, are, ae a rule, unsuited to this srop; lime soils beat of ait. In the olden time, ootton seed and iMfuvihn guano wsre regarded as the nest manures for Wheat and where one wishes to fertilise heavily, tho sab stanoee named fhrnlsh an excellent clue to the W*nt* of the crop; both, In the first plaoe, are highly nitrogenous ^manures. Universal experience oon fl?ns the Indlsponsablllty of this sub oe to a wheel crop; It mast have a supply of available nitrogen tp Inoe laage yields. But the two lee mentioned contain In addition '? a feir supply of phosphates have given add I* lue of phosphoric hundred pounds an acre would ?apply liberal quantities of the tab* itMbe roost needed by a wheat crop, and c aght, under favors blo condition*, to produce large yields. Both of these fertiliser* may be plowed or harrowed Id with the teed. In high culture the surfkce toil should be brought Into tbo finest tilth before the teed Is sown, by repeated plowing*, rolling* and bar rowings, and especially if tbc seed are harrowed or brushed In, a good roll In? should follow and complete the work. Tbo "firming" of the *urfaoe soil is done by the roller make* the seed come up more uniformly and gives rigor to the young plants by pre venting to free expo3ure of their roots to air and dampuess. Whether lana for wheat should bo very deeply broken in our climate admits of doubt. As we all know, the worst enemy of wheat is the red rust, and this Is moro apt to attack a crop on damp than on dry land. Hence a dry May is so favorable to wbeat. But a deeplv broken sol), and especial ly one filled with humus, dries ofl much more slowly lu the spring than a shallow, broken oue; there oomos the dangor from deep broaklng. Moreover, as the soil and subsoil aro usually wet In winter and therefore soft and penetrable by roots, thore Is the same necessity of deep breaking for winter crops that there is for those of suinmor. lioots can work their way qulto rpadlly through unbroken soil in the early spring while it is wet and soft, ana a wheat crop is gonerall ma tured before the ground gets so dry as to be very hard. Perhaps the boat time to sow wheat is a week or so before the average date of a killing frost; this, of course, varies with different localities. In tho northern portions of tho cotton belt, It is not far from the 25th of October; towards the Gulf it approximates the middle ot Novomber. From tho mid dle of October to the middle of Novem ber, or even the first Docembor covers tho period of wheat sowing. Tho Hessiau fly and other insects are not likely to injure a crop which coraos up after a killing frost. Dut for thobo insect oueinies, wheat might be sown earlior with corrosponplng hastening in the spring, with moro llkollhood of escaping rust. The early settlers 01 Middle Georgia, we aro told, somo imes sowed wheat in August and made fine erops. and it would bo well to try on a small scalo early sowing agaiu. On rich land such sowings might come forward too rapidly and shooting up, before bard freezos, might get killed. This might be obviated by light grazing. On poor land there is little danger in this direction; hence oue should make the earliest sowings of all kinds of all kinds of grains on the poorest lands and finish up with the richest. Oats, sown on poor land as early as tho last of August, are not likely to head out before frost; butil in any kind of grain jointing threatens to begin by tbo 1st ot November or before, a little judicious grazing with calves or sheep in dry weather will remedy tho trouble. October Is usually a dry month and very favorable to the housing of crops. This work should now bo pushed for* ward wTQf ohorgyr^ ovorythlng keepe better when put away In bulk, If the air is dry at the time it is bulked, Corn is now fully dry and ready foi the crib; true it may remainlouger lti the field, but the louger it is loll, the greater will be tho waste. Overhaul tho crib before putting in tho now crop; make it rat-proof bv setting or pillars oapped with sheets of (in ot sheet-iron, Sweep out all rubbish, brush down the walls, and paint the inside top, bottom and sidos with coal tar or crude carbolio acid; thic Will kill insects and keep them out lu localities where the weevil is very bad, tnlar painting may be removed*! and tlm .shucking will aflbrd employ ment for rainy days during Winter. ;? Forage bffcnv kind oftt earkn (be month* will be apt to cuiV>woll cut pat up at oucc In shocks, three, to fonr feet across at will oure/woll without additional handling. It *oon shrinks enough to allow good ventilation throughout the f ,??*' Tt,e Important point is to build up the shock right: see that each arm Ail of stalks as they4 aro added to *????? well settled on the ground. With a rope with loop at oue end, draw the shook up a? tighlv as possi ble In the middle and tie seourclv with a rope of grass or stalks; put aiiothor around tho snook near the top. Thus built* it will rhed rain and withstand wind for many woeks or until per fectly on rod. Millo maize, sorghum, eto,, may be oured In same manner; the sorghum gets llmbor and Is moro disposed to fall down. Perhaps the better plan with It Is, as soon as cool weather sets In, to bury In tronches like the ribbon cane. Wo have been feeding out horses and mules for *ome weeks wit sorghum (early amber) allowed to rlpon as If intended for syrup mftklng. The whole plant is run through a cutter, stalk, blados and beads, and about a bushol given to eaoh animal at a teod?no oilier feed given except a half gallon of bran once a day. Thoy relish it finely and It ap pears to agree with tbem In all res peots but one?it Is rather too laxativo ?and in some animals Irritatos the bowels. This efloot I* moro marked In some animal* than others; scaroely observable in mule*. Thoy oan digest coarse food better than horses, anu we are Inollned to suspect that It la the 2"!er,SM4Ulng,.of the tU.,k Us hard fibre that Irritate* the bowels. Proba bly the difflcnlty might be correoted by giving only one or two feeds a day of the *orghnm,or by mixing it with dry feod of some kind, a* Is oustomary In feeding dry ensilage Lumps of rook salt are kept In tTie mangers all the time. This Is our first trial with sorghum In thl* form; have seen it town with peas and the mixed hay of peavines and sorghum feed to stook ?*111 ^.U sorghum can be utlllMd inv4iu* manner successfully, It Will be a very > valuable addition to onr collection of stdok feed, as it Is so easily raised. Will not others bo kind enough to report their experience with Late sown peas will bo ready to cut and core now. After all that has been suggested about methods of curing pea-vines, It Is doubtful If any plan is superior to the old fkshloned one of onring In rail pen*. Instoad of boards hi .itX nailing and keptdown pUnk '"oh and a quar ?f F^J^h, will found more convenient and more effective as ?PPly of suoh planks should be Kept on every form for temporary shelter purposes. A I?!**,TO"' * PU? of W or other ?tuff con hi be roofed In a few minutes against a threatening rain. When not In use they oonld be *tored under shel ter and won Id last for ye*r*. The next be*t plan I* to out and stack tho vine* at otfee, without drying, aronnd r?Tn<i<ro,wth l?lhe*!Ufw5'branch in* limb*, tho end* of the llmh* being ontofr*oa* to make the outlines of * trimmed oone ahap* A,, Prevent the vines irorn settling down too closely and the ?Irtnkap In drvlng give* a plenty of ventnatTon. O/eourje brusfioriills j Yi or reus raised above the *orfkee, are placed aronnd the bottom of the tree to keep u* !t U w?n to eap with hay or, straw, as pea-vine* do ?ot shed water very well. After they *"*4 ? *n 'barn^w ?ng exposure .T?hw^SSi case of to weather. Much crsb-gfasa ha on every fkrm; out w a little after, the qui Hotter that wbloh L oat too late, the soeds - formed and drawn from leave* their movt val The teed usually dro nothing of value to th ed hand, with a good eut a great deal of tr where the mowing b It. 8watnp grasses, in bloom. make good cvttle aud mules, but crab-graaa they are gonerwp'cut too late. Never let gross, afloi it Is parti v dried, take dew ; all that is 6ut beforo two or three o'clock should bo put up iu cocks just before night, aud as fust as it cures, several small cocks should be brobght together and put into one large cock. The rulo is to exposo us possible to dew, rain or sun, dud a large cock has les3 surfaoe in propor* tion to its conteuts than a small one. We havo havo often tried to euro potato vines, but without success. A week or so, however, beforo the usual tlmo for digging potatoes tho vines may bo grazed off without appreciable Injury to tho crop. Most persons pre fer to dig after tho viues are singed by fVost, and the work is usually do no from tho 25th of October to tho 10th of November. If tho ground is dry, so that thoro is 110 danger of injury from freezes, it is well to dofor tho digging as lato as possible, as it is desirable that tho potatoes should bo cool nfler they are dug?coolness, dryness aud as littlo variation of temperaturo as pos sible are tho conditions requlsUo for keeping potatoes. Tho temperaturo of the interior of tho bank or hill should neuer fall below forty degrees, and if piacticable not raiso abovo sixty. In warm weather it would be difficult to keep the tomperataro down to sixty ; thereforo wo say it is best to put up potatoes after tho weather lias bcuomo sottled cold. Tho sinking bolow forty degress is to bo guarded against by a liberal covering of pine straw, corn stalks, etc , finished off with a layor of earth. After tho straw Is compressed, It ought to bo six inches thick .and tho layer of dirt on outsldo from six inchcs to a foot, according to tho severity of tho climato. Tho tulckor tho coutlng of straw nnd dirt, tho slower the changes of tomnoratnrc in tho Interior of the bank; this, therefore, is a very good means ? of preventing sudden varlatlotlon from warm to cold or tho reverse. Anothor is to protect tho' bank from dlroct sunshine. A thoi- j momotor being in tho shado will show less variatins of temperaturo during tho twontv-four hours of night and day I than ono nung in the sunshine. For a like reason a shaded potato hank will! have a moro unliorm temporature than one exposed to tho sun during tho day ana to freo radiation at night. Potatoes go through a sweating process soon after thoy are bankod; it 1s well, thoreforo, to havo a ventilator through the the contro of tho bank and an opening at the top during tho first three or four weeks after thoy aro put up. Subsequently the opening should -hfl thoroughly closod. not only with straw, but w 11hdirtllkewIsor ifcrctude air, exoludo moisture, and exoludo light; koep tho tomporaturo uniform hot or cold?theso aro tho roqulsilos for preservation. Tho potato is a tropical plant; in the tropics thero aro two seasons, the wet aud the dry. In its relations to vegetation, tho formfe* takos the place of our summer, andWhe lattor of our winter. Vegetation is moro or loss dependent during tho Ask soabon. The aweot potato bridges IT 'over by its tubers, which romaln un changed iu tho dry hot soil. The tom poraturo of tho soil, though high,' is H t'ih wnifapimy) together absence of moisture, keops tho ' iti- A ooolncit would lie 1 'SSI's iprouttng, which Id similar Ian*, and to rotting, wl "tnfraulmon tof 1 * -?tetMflgh bf, J daring winter is evidence of chetnical change Iu lta contv starch being gradually convert sugar and" thus made solubio tn.. nourish to young sprouts, vfllicfi, Ih tho courso of naturo, aro soon to ap pear. Tho gradual approach of cold woather, anu tho dryness of October in temporate climates, prepare the potato for its porlod of dormancy, but man must guard it against moisture, freezing and changcs of toinperaturo in its new home. This is most effect ually dono af tho South in banks con structed In the manner montlonftd abovo; at tho North thov aro kept In cellars artificially, tho" heat, boing regulated by tho Indications of a ther mometer. TDKKDaiFIKLD TltAGKDY. W?rr?nll Issued for the Arrest of Ttreiity foar Alleged Lynchers. Dr. W. A. Culbroath, a brother of the Culbroath who was murdered at Edgeflold by masked inon, ban sworn out a warrant, which ha* boon lodged with tho Shorltl for tho arrest of tho following parties allcgod to be impli cated In tho Culbrcath murder, viz: Nod Bussey, W.L. McDaniol, Mem phis Culbrcath, Heubon JohnRon, Lou Proscott, Luthor Bell, Oscar Bnrnott, Steve Hammond, Domps Bussoy, John Crafton, Dr. K. Kev, Irwin Holmes, W. J. Talbert, Dr. W. E. Proscott, Collier Hammond. Josonh Wilson, D. A. J. Bell, Jr., George Vonco, Win. ?lam, P. II. Bussey. OlRe Holmes, Ed ward Holmos, Aleck JIolmcB, Newton | Johnson. These parties, It Is said, will report to tho sheriff at somo central point on Wednesday and como to tho villago that ovoning. Ou account of tho crowded condition of tho jail, there botng some thirty prisonors alroady therein, tho partios above montioned will be assigned to quarters in tho court-room of tho oourt-houso undor guard until they apply for bail. All tho parties for whom warrants wore issued, with tho oxooption of I)r. Key, W. L. McDauiel and Irwin Holmos, woro brought in on Wednes day morning by BhorllT Onr.ta and lodgod in the lowor rooms of the jail. Dr. Key and Mr. MoDanlol woro do tainod at home on acoount of sorlous Illness In (heir respcctlvo families, whilst young Holmes is himself quite slok. Thoy will roport, howovor. to the sheriff every day or two. Applica tion for ball will bo made this wook. A OBItAT FIB! IN LONOOK, riftMS Mlllloa DillUra of Prri??rty IN? strayed, but Mo Mvh I.ost. Fire broke out at Ave o'clock Thurs day morning in tho Chartor IIouso buildings, a row of thtrtoen eight story warehouses on Aldersgatc street In London. The flames spread with suoh rapidity that In a fow hours all of the buildings, Including their contents, were almost total 1/ destroyed. The origin of1 lie Are ft Unknown. Tim row was mostly ofaupiod by ftinoy goods dealers, furriers, toy stores and printing ofAoes. Ono bank wafc also in the buildings. Thla institution wm the only one that escaped botng burned oompletely. It wm badly damaged but not destroyed. The nromen had great difficulty in getting stream* from the engines to play upon the upper Itorlea of tho buildings. Many narrow etcapes wero reported owing to the detperate attempt* of the flromen to get at the Aamos. The danmgo Is esti mated at ?3,000,000. bilkttiuobot, ; *yurj tUl JI?M BlTMta , ideut of the Aulgatta i? that Stenhuey Riley's 5>laco iu Charleetou on uuiU great exoitemont. . uegrooa collected In jmteuary Church ? little 1 is the rellgio-polltical f tr lest on. The negroes i .< i-- v>0?sly- On Wentworth fS0!*ln church,a mulatto alliUsmau ftatra'olicemau Curlev.com "fif ,el8uroly ?? his beat. , ie said "Thei* is (he son of ft vho killed Prince Bowen," and cocked lis Winchester'rifle, in front of the hnrch. Many knew if the riflo was 'red it would bo tho signal of aslaugh er. The correspondent ot the abovo tamed paper ami a Mr. Travers, of Cincinnati, /eftflQo dowu tho steps to other, accompanied by Gen. Loo, col >aed, and tho Rov. P. W. Jefferscn. rhey sald?itonl" and ho did. Two iegro woraon fainted just then. There vas a tearfal exyntomcnt. Four thous ind jH3oplo wepe running to and fro in bo streets, -trying ??Kill bim! kill lim I" It is reported that the negroes at empted to tnob two reportors in the i semetory, John A. Moroso and Henry 3. Howren. This is not truo as Mr. Vloroso was at homo and Mr. llowren vas at the Hotel Windsor, where ho joar-Js, when tho report originated, riioy ooth laughed at tho idea and said .hey'd like to see it going on for the pure :un of it. Republican negroes started his. They say tlicre will be trouble. Jilt there will not. I hero were many witnesses examin ed in tho Beliiuger-Riley killing on Monday. Thousands assembled in Trout ot tho "lire-proof building," as liov generally do on sucli occasions. I ho verdict was that "Bellinger killed lliloy." No reason assigned. The corresponent is a personal friend of Dr. Bellinger, who is perhaps as prominont a physician as there is in Jharloston. There wns great ex citement at tho inquest. In fact tho irowd was worse mystified after than Ihoy were at the inquest. Nearlv all tho witnosses swore that Dr. Bellinger 'hot Riley for calling him a "son of a " on tho night before the killing except ?ne, Mr. Roland Alston, who was n witness, was intoxicated wh'lo testifying, and insulted both tho coro ner and Edwin II. White, Chairmam of tho County Commissioners. Thoy botn langhod him to scorn. Ilo testified in favor of Riley, as if prejudiced or paid. Tho gist of tho whole inquost was this, except one witness. About a Jozeu witnosses testified that Dr. Bel linger unbraided Biloy for "boating" a horse, and Riley said: "I ain not beating, but 'whipping' tho horse." rhia occurred Friday night. Tho next morninc' Dr. Bellinger camo in and ?aid oaths and vituperation had passed Detweeu them. It is not known, but tho only witness whom tho jurv trusted fnuch was Mrs. Holmes. She said: ' L saw Riloy leahing on his stablo ronco. Dr. Bellingor came up. Dr. Bellinger said, when I first heard him: Damn vou, you woro there, and vou ^nowiflllflbpnt it.' Riloy said: ?D(ick, no I don't; I wai~notTneFS7?Thir Doctor said: 'Damn vou, you wero. I am going to shoot vou' (drawing a pistol). Riloy folded his hands sup*, plicatinglv in front of him and said: Doctor, don't kill me, I wasn't there.' . . t^1.I>octor flred 8ix times, his victim falling aftor tho fifth shot?all tho other witnesses making hlm.fall at tho first shot." Tho general opinion Is that Dr. Bollinger shot Riley for 3omo othor cause beeides the ftiss about Lho horse. Tho correspondent bus interviewed twonty-thrc citizens of Charleston. ilove it w'ks 1161 lhA (If horse. '? - - Wii*: A later special ftotwh If tho killing hud gn soif-dofenco the last, five shots Rl 11 ftr Itnvo Kaah ha/1 ?.) Ml. not have been fired, sinco the PJAcod tho deceased hors db com ?#mored about thecitv that F pomber of Dr. Bollinger's amnv has entered tho Dominion of ,j . billing, and he says he .would rather dio than disclo^o tno reason of tho killing. Tho universal nplnion in tliia, city is that tho trial will jliscloso a social condition of afTairs that nobody droamod existed hero. Much of tho evidence has boon sun pressed on local accounts. Mrs. Holmes s account was only partlv pub lished. There was a reason for tho suppression, which will come out TUB HAY 8TATK DEMOCRAT!). Meeting of tiio State Convention--Confi dence In Cleveland. Tho Mnssachueetts Democracy mot in convention for tlio purposo ot nomi nating a Btato tickot, 011 tho 7th lust. Tho president in taking tho chair ad drosscd tho convontion at somo lougth, congratulating tho Democracy of tho country 011 their recent succoas. llo bolievcd tiiat Doinocratic succors ro sultod from tho promises made by th^ party thnt they would correct ubusns and inaugurato roforms. Ho severely rebukod Bhonnan for iiis notion >11 Ohio, saying that tho traitors of to-diy were tho mon who wore willing to 8 ir up scctional strife, to tho dotrimont of our business prosperity. In refcron co to tho prcsont Administration tho pi it form says: "The Democrats of Massachuso Is Imvo full confldenco in tho Prosidoi t, in his wiso caution, his far-seel ig sagacity, his courage and firmness, lis determination to adinlnlstor the Q< v orumont in tho Interests of tho wh tie pooplo, and his devotion to tho fun* la mental principles of National Dom >0 raoy. Under his administration ev< ry reform required to make the Govern mont pure and lionost will bo rna^o. scotional projudlco and joalousy will disannoar, and civil sorvico willjbo established on a broad basis of iustijco and equality, securing to the Adminis tration official sympathy with 1U pdl I oy, not creating an official cIkss, Hut giving every oltlzen who Is capaplo and honest the right to bo solootod for public omploymont." ? John Prlco, a nogro, was accident* ally shot at MoKonxle's Mill, YArk comity, about a mouth sgo. Pari of his skull was blown oft* and the brain oxposod. Tho woundod man Is tw>w well and working rogularly in \he cotton field. Not only was a portuon of btii skull blown off? sevorod frftm tho head?but at loast one-third of brains spilled on the ground, whfore thoy wore left. Tho sovorod'part his head was replaced, and, nnititi, healed up almost without a dear. L physiological phenomenon, It is assfcrt ed that notwithstanding the lota of his re of iflft ^ / S a hi* brains, he now has ;iow more sejnse than before the acoldent. Tho Y< rk? Yllle Enquirer vouohea for th6 trntp of this remarkable story. ?Mrs. Eugene Beste. giving prlVato sAancea as a materialising spiritual medium, was. detected in Ilartrord, Conn., Inst woek in her Impost ire. 8ho was seized by two mon w exhibiting in a dim'light in gaute spirit, ami found to be solid flosh bones. Bho mado affidavit thi was a humbug, and had humt the people of Boston, Washington Philadelphia. ? '? '?'?*? 1 . ? ' ' - / hwu of Interact, Q?th?rc<l trout V?rlou* fzXF.:'- -' Qu*rttr?. ?Germany in an official nolo rejects Spain's claim to tho Caroline Island?. ?Tho report that Austria was mo bilizing hor army Is officially denied. ?The Imperial ukase has been issued mobilizing tho entire Turkish army. ?Fraudulent,thousand dollar bonds oiwtho District of Columbia arc in cir dilation. \ 'The resignation of Civil-Servico Commissioner Eaton continues to evoke much comment. I ?President Cleveland will go to 1 Now York in November to vote the | Democratic ticket. .'?Yale College is reported to bo j losing its students. Expensive living Is the cause assigned. ?Tho "Moonlighters" in Ireland n>-c forcing tho fanners to take an oath that they will not pay rents. ?The amount of standard dollars f?ut into circulation during September, n tho Ircirular course of business, was 2,700,0007 ?The Virginia conlest seems to* bo attracting but little attention, though it is saul to be waxing hotter each suc ceeding day. \ ?Tho cholera in Spain is stil! dimin ishing?tho new cases being less than two hundred per day and the deaths only a little over one hundred per day. ?C. L. N. lteadc, agent of the Southern Express Company, who ab sconded from Morrisiown, Tenn., with $12,000, has been arrested in Mexico. ?No cases of cholera arc reported in Marseilles sinco the ltli inst. Ves- j sols leaving that port :irc now granted clean bills of health. ?The registration of voters in New I York began on Tuesday. The total I registration for the day was 40,076 as compared with 74,773 on tho iirst dav in 1884 and 72,588 in 1880. --Tho Supremo Court of Virginia has granted a writ of error in the Cluvcrius murder case. This brings | up tho case for hearing betorc that) tribunal. ?The grand jury at Green River ' found ''no bill" against the sixteen Eersons charged with complicity in the hincsc riots at Kock Springs, Wyo ming. ? A suit for 1.000,000 acres of land in Mississippi between C >1. II. livers, of England, and Thomas Waisou, o<" Ch'cngo, has jm.t been decided i'i favor of tho former. ?Tho Rev. II. I). Jardine, of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Kansas City, Mo., has been convicted of improper and indccont conduct and susj oncted from priestly functions. ?The Texas beardless mail robber has been arrested. lie says ho .was out of money and had to rob some one, and thought that Uncle Sam could stand it better than anyone else. ?Samuel A. Green, of Boston, has boon authorized to act as General Agont of tho Hoard of Managers of the Pcabody Fund, in place of J. L. M. Currv, appointed Minister to Spain. ^Thc~coloi ed R<"pnbUertn* of New York have appointed a committee to demand from the State Republican Com mittee "more recognition and repre sentation in tho Republican party." ?Haverhill, Mass., an important shoo manufacturing centre, has for tho past three months shipped eight hun dred eases of shoes per month more than for tho same period of last year. ?'The funeral of tho Earl of Shaites bury took placo in Westminster Abbey on Thursday last. An immense crown, ? J~ up of a'l classos in life, were in, ilw tiPi.-yh-q* warn j!wl?u^iw tfwswfeo N.iV, . ~r,i* ?The lawsuit In iOWa^T known a? tho Jones Cot\nty calfcbstf, which ha* boon in litigation overolcvon years and ruined several fanners, has "been sot tied, aitor an outlay of $20,000, Tho tour calves werfo worth $50. - ?W. I).. Nowsome was convicted at Salt Lake City last week of two charges, polygamy and unlawful co habitat ion^, This Is the ilrst double conviction under tho Edmunds law. Ho will be sentenced on October 17. ?The immense wholesale Stationery and printing establishment of II. S. Crocker ?fc Co., of San Francisco, was burned last week. Four men were buried in the ruins. Tho loss is es i mated at. $500,000; insured for $150, 000. ? At the met tiog of the Board of Directors of the Froabyterian ? Theo logical Seminary, last week, tho Rev. Dr. Girardeau tendered his resignation of tho Chair of Didactic and Polemic Theological, to lako effect at tho close of tho tenn. ?Tho Irish Catholic Bishops counsel peace, and condemn all acts of violence and intimidation. Sir Richard Cross, Homo Sccrotary, says that unless things quiet down, roprossivo moas nros, moro severe than ever, will ha\u to bo employed. ?Tho Unifod States Geographical and Topographical Survey decides by measuromont that Clingman's Dome, a neak of tho Balsam Mountains, N. C-, is tho highost peak cast of tho Rocky Mountains.. This softlos a long dis puted question. ?Mrs. Colo, of Madison county, N. C., is the oldest woman in tho United States, having been born i* 17G0, two years boforo tho accession of King George to tho throne, and has a vivid rccolloction of ovonts which occurred thou. Sho is a widow. ? It is stated that Mr. Wm. T. Black woll has built in Durham, N. C., din ing last and this year flfty-nino build ings. IIo makes it a rule to sell any of thofce buildings at prime cost, and six por cent, intorcst on tho inyostinont, to parties wishing to bocorno citlzons of Durham. ?Mrs. Veronica Itnlia, who per formed tho remarkable fast in Now York, died on Thursday morning. Hor fast began August 10, and sinco that timo sho did not touch a morsel of solid food, living cntiroly on water in which small' quantities of morphino worn dissolved. ?The trial of Agnacia Cortex, charged with tho murder of Stani* forth, a brilliant voting lawyer, three months ago, at San Antonio, Toxas, resulted in a verdict of not guilty. Cortez was tho mistress of Btaniforth. He was found dead in her room. Tho defonco maintained that Sranlforth committed suicide. ? \V? H. Htedroeker, a bookmaker of New York, placed Ids pocket-book, contalng $7,800, on a seat In a railroad ear, in oruor to count other money with whieh ho had Just been paid a bill on the train going to tho .Jerome Park races. On tho arrival of the train at tho track, being absorbed in conversation with a friend, ho walked off, leaving his pocket-book behind. Btedrecker lias not since seen his pocket-hook or Ids money. ?Tho Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina will meet at Chester on Wednesday, October 21, at 7:30 p. m. Tho Synod ombraces Ave presbyteries, 115 ministers and licentiates and 102 churches. Among tho interesting mat ters before tho mooting will ho the obsorvanco on Saturday, Ootolier 24, of the centennial of organized Prosby terlantsm in South Carolina, with addresses by Dr. Girardeau, and tho consideration of tho Woodrow case. Linseed Oil uitil it? Uses. A corrospondeut to a trudo journal writes: Lloscod oii is generally pro pared by cold or warm pressing of flaxseed. Its employment in tho man ufacture of oil paints is owing to its drying proper ties. Whou spread out ia thin layers it dries und forms a solid varuish-liko body. Fresh linseed oil always contains watery and gummy bodies, from which it must bo separat ed before being used. Tho simplest mothod for purifying and clarifying linsood oil consists in storing it for several months and then carefully drawiug it oil' from the sediment. Tho coloration and oxidation of linseed oil is due to the absorption of oxygon from the air. uud it is for this reason that linseed oil should b? sirred in hermet ically scaled vessel, if possiblo in tho dark. When linseed oil is to bo usod for paints, its drying properties must bo improved; that is, it must bo converted into a varnish. For this purpose 'JJ parts of litharge aro placed into an lrou or copper boiler with fifty parts of old clarilieu linseed oil. Tho oil is then carefully heated to boiling. At the end of about one hour n dirty scum forms on the surface ot tho oil, which must bo removed as it forms. Precautions must bo taken to prevent the oil from boiling over. It is advisable to have a proper cover and wet cloths at hand lor extinguishing tho liro in rase ilio oil should become overheated. On a large scale jacketed bo.lers heated by steaiu are u?cd. After the oil has boil ed three-quarters of an hour, it is al lowed to cool and settle. At the end of two or three days, somet.mcs after twenty-four hours, tii ? clear oil is draw n oil. 1 lie linseed-oil varnish ob tained in this wav lias a p lie \v no col or, is clear an 1 transparent, and more viscous than tho original oil. It does not froth when poured out, and dries to an almost co.or'.ov, mass. 1/mseed oil v.irtii>h .?b*>ul<j ue ke(>i i;j bottle*. It ma) be gi 'U!;d wiih V:\tious colors, and used ;ur paiuliag wood, iron, bric?v-work, eu?. .Melted together with rosins, especially w itl? eop.il and am ber, it may be used as a waterproof paint on wood, etc. i o make a v. bite oil paint, this liu sced-oil varnish is general:) ground Willi load; and in c ise colored paints are to bo p:?jiaivd, oclier, Naples \el low, terra uu sienna, chrome red, vor milion, etc., are added. W'non wood en lloors are to bo painted, they should first bo saturated with linsood oil. For this purpose tho oil should not bo usod cold, but always warm, bocauso tho heated oil is more fluid, and ponotratos the wood to a greater depth. Oil putties generally consist of lin seed oil, varnish, and litharge, or cal cinud chalk. 1 his putty is gradually converted into a soap, wbioli is perfect ly insoluble in water. Its hardness m.y lo increased by tho addition of qua. vi saud or brick-dust, lu paint ing, the line.-1 purilied and bleached linseed oii is often required. Such an oil may bo prepared ,,y treating tho varnish, prepared r.s :..<dvo, with a so lution of sugar of iead. The sugar of lead so:i.'i.?n is prep.,rod by dissolving one part -ji .v.igar of iead in sixteen pai tsul .i:c**'tti,; one hundred pounds of linseed oil are neatod to 8.? or 90 de gree-', ajij^ tiien thoroughly mixed with li\e or six jI-'Winl?> 11 iTie alcoholic lend solution. 1 ho oi! i.> inoti ie t at rest foi three or lour days, and tho cloar, blcitcued oil is d,'a \ 11 oil irom the sod iment. The .M?iiu:ont may ho freod from Use gummy uiv.ier by hltration, Tho Ittisslmi Peasantry, I can sen mail)' signs of chango and improvement -ince my jirovious visit to this country in 1872, writes a corres pondent to tho San Francisco Chrotii c(V. 1*or centuries tho Uussian poasaut had scarcely any idea of porsonal libor '"ty. 11A w'afl IIMllfl Hi (JJ WUlliUll tTT death, ;?> !??? unlawfully lUid^TCOTjiajVuiiy taxed, io b?> torn from his famn/ nod soul into tho army or to Siberia, and to spo his children similarly trcntod. In 1868 a Russian serf-owner, a Woman, was convicted of having done to doatli by inhuman tortures during a conrso of ten years no loss than one hundred of her serls, among them several youtn' girls of not over 12 years of age. An other female liend pricked a boy to death with a pcu-kmfc because ho had neglected to feed her rabbits. All this is now changed. Tho serfs have bo conio indep' -ideut of their lords, whose au',hoi ty is replaced by commu nal aelf-pjvorninont. J lie rural com munes have gradually nccpiirod tho lauds formerly hold by tho nobles, and have distributed ihoin among tho families which compose the commune with great impartiality and due regard to their several claims and abilities. Tho nobles havo not failed to accommo dato themselves to the chango. For merly lhey passed their lives in idlo ne.sa, gambling ;,ud sensuality, despis ing commerce and lind.ng their only catocr in the army. S.tico the eman cipation many of tiiem have become practical furnii ri and others iiavugotio into business or into tno lo^al profes sion and helped swell lha rising middle class. J ho peasant has of lato years fallen heir lo new doties. l'uo admin istration of jnsticn has greatly im proved, and trial l?y jury has umrped liie place of tho nob;es fiat. 1 he peas ants make very good jurymen. They aro nnoducated, but do not lack in shrewdness and common sense. S.iarp dealing in trade, assaults ami battery, and drunkenuo.ss liiey look upon as venial faults, *1 u t burglary, arson, highway robl ? ?, and the "raver crimes are dealt witn xiernly am?, up on tho whole, vorv fainy. Life In Worth Living. Tlioro aro few instances of men of genius lamontlng their failuro to achlevo wealth, or in fact position, so cial or politio, or ovon literary. Thoir moments of exaltation are such ah mediocrity droams not of and aro com pensatory. "You will bo Writing vers es to women whon you aro sovonty joars old," said a so-oallod praotical man to an American author. Ho prophosiod correctly. Hut what of tho status of tho two inenP Ono in his ago is buoyant and hopoful of a morn brilliant fuluro than oven viotor Hugo dreamed in his half-inspirod stale. J lie other is a Washington lobbyist, with no highor aspiration than a good dinner and a badly earned foo for a rascally job. Ho enjoys, too, tho un enviable appellation of "tho old fraud. Ihoro never was a creator horo.y than that "liie is not worth tho living. it is downright Ingratitudo to foel that way, much less fingiialis tioally express it. Kvory man and wo man whatovor may bo thoir situation, or condition, should rcceivo lifo thank fully. Tho ovor-good Creator gavo human boings life as a use, and if thoy misappropriate it that is their misfor tune. No man would ovor fool despair or disappointment if ho sot about thanking tho Creator for sunshino, for water, for llowors, for tho sconory of tho forosts which Is grateful to tho eyes, and tho splendor of tho variega tions of autumn. Kvory soa^on, In fact, has its glorios. To make human beings contented, tlioro noods to ho knocked out of tho world tho Infornal atheism which ignores Ood and dofiog man. - Ms \V. Overall, in New York Mo cury. Tho prossuro sufficient to rupturo a blood vessel is much creator than thaw to which thoy aro orulnarily subjootod. The carotid artery of a dog required from thirty-fivo to flfty-ftvo times the normal prossuro of tho blood, and the Jugular voln from thirty-two to thirty flvo tlmot. \ THB NEWS or THK STATE. >on>? of th? Ute?i S?ylDK? nu.l Dolt.*. In (South C*rol 1 ujl. iv^Tw1?KliQdo,..Ac*demy ,s wcl1 u,,der ivay, \v fth excellent prospects. ?Newberry College has opened tuder very favorable auspices. .. F. ^ c's'> has been acquilted of ?be murder of W. C. Moore"at iT, i, ~ 1 !JC.^*rot?i! Walterboro and j ^ buift null0jd is >" a ^ir way to | M. W olfe, of Oi angeburur. has AU,nrc,?,""""c" "r 11,0 fo-i'efi. .r! -An auudpunation of the Huguonot md Camperdown nulls at Gree-ivillu is pi*oposod. M?^bAC?Uw8 n 'mV0 U bank aud Afct;VH,lll#ff been elect ..~.sTIt,0iNoiw Brighton Hotel on Sulli wh'i'r iravcl.'* * """ fo'' i,~lhe c*?cuiivo cotntnitiee ot the I lcdmont hair Association is booniinir the coming enterprise. ?""ng . ?I>ayid Miller and James Carson cotto7il^inshttn<s! a"d Qnn laceralod bv cotton gins in Spartanburg. -"Congress.nan Tillman will address a, ?? w,,i, C ">c I'tli ot November. me^t'rSifS Co,'\c"ti0'1 of the Wo wmi i I ' 1 1 emperance I'nion inst. Greenville on the "Si, Newberrv im'T"V* ?gcaP?d from ^ing the lick UW^of^hJi? ^nor,k"u,x, Ablicville eonmy, S & tf>, ,llc '"crease of business villa l "8 tft ?-V,,I0U' run on the Abbe ville branch of the ColnmM.. w ville Railroad. ^ Green ,9* }V' Williams, of Lancas tu, had his house destrovtd bv an in cendiary lire last wool- r' ? , 1 *400. Ko insurant. I'?"> "bout Town^^', M' Allc. of Hall i ownstnp, Anderson countv was thrown from his horse and had hi! brokoiitt,,n' jUSt ftbove 11,0 clbow. Fon"?'claim,DlotVuf?C;'oate^S! 5hSrSL^Sl,,r' ,havi!'? ^ momi:7o!|d?"ly l""',ocn ?vc"''8 -J';? ,V'?h""bi" .poslofflco needs a presence oHadtes. "" '? ,'r0cluU? Ul<! ?f Lancaster counlv head of ? ,oad?<>fblrd shot into the "ilifo t I ,m?ned Geonre Carter endolff wi,h ^?V ena ot a wagon whip. . Henry Ashlov, an nired coloioil nan who had affiliated with the Dem ocrats, dmd in Aiken la<t week and was buried by his white friemU the n eg iocs having ostracised him. ' ~V^ZJh?miiSO" hfts ?,reietl a iewaid tor the arrest of parties on gaged in the lynching of Culbreath jju has instructed Attorney (iei'eral lies to assist in tho prosecution. ?~~?-M,9ra,,*?bu,'ff farmer has ex nor. ?imn.,.rfj In nmug- f||h|rrn n| , ?J6-tho coil6lttiloh that It isaXro ? n" } 1? crop, and that it would rcnuirri coUoCn ftli?" ft"d l0Sfl fp, ,llizcr than 7TMaJ0''Jo8cPl* Carter, trial iustico down' stair's(n0,,|t|t011 col,ntJ'? '? coming , stabs on Ihe evening of October 7, stopped on a small dog and fell breaking Ins arm in which he was wounded during the war. He is doing ~Mr. Robert Ilrodie, of Aiken seized an immense hawk by the wini/s of ?,m'CftV0l'ing to carry oil one of Ins chickens, when the savago bird 0.m.u "mfl! ?SSteid wilh a llatcllet. ' r?"'? H ?The main statue for the Calhonn monument at Charleston has been ih" fehed and wiU be shipped from Naples iu a cw days. The statue is of bronze ?he VctP5S?Wntl,0r ^''Cfttl .8(atcs.nan in ?wm d' Manignnlt will promulgate the rules at an early date in this State, w t|?0 'ice?hei-e!*0?< V?c? i (;' Ij- '>H.VRf-'ur, o( Lancastor 1,' . ' : 1,1,8 18 tl?o picture of nuZ I o,l,wick. Ks?., of South Car olina, grand son of Uobert Kenwiok ^1, of Stanton in the Cmmty tf Northumberland. Edward Fen'wlck S m'l1 I' '-'""li"" January ^Ai, 1721, and died July 8, 177/j " tod If; "0| "'Ker will bo acquit nJ ?. '' M'? ot Itilev t fl ,T Um 1 8,,?Icl??t eviHence to jus! 1),- Itont?r wiT"f,)0 hronght out by '?Bellinger. It is rumored that hn consulted some of his personal friends before tho difficulty, and was advised >v iom to follow the course that ho afterwards pursued. ? I ho President has appointed Jain 7. L. M. Curry, of Virginia, K.ivovKx I Minister Plenlimton Mi-f 'S,min? v,cc Foster resigned Mi Curry served in Congress from A labnma, (nit is now a resident of Rich mond. Va., and is President of the Soni'i Missions of the Southen^ Baptist Conventi?n. Hois Secrolarv of the cornmitteo In charge of the fVabody trust fm" .^ iion6k you it i>kai>. T 1 IIK undersigned, inanufiuturorH of American Artificial TuinbutoiiCH, would eall the attention of the putdle to tin- fact Mint they have opened a Manufactory at Wlnnnboro, In Mr. W. A. Koinedy'a .Shop. In roar of the Court House. We now offer to tliose wlio would like to mark the renting plneen of their departed friends ft tombfltono that Will LuNt aw liOiipf an 1MAIMII<H, find ns handsome, for leas thftn half the cost of marble. Cull And examine our prices and work. Townnhip and County rights for aale. BLACK A WALKKK, WiHRSnono, H. C. 8optl2fx3m TheVerdic | ?OF? THE PEOPLE. Buy the Best! Mb. J. O. Bo ia?Dk>ar Sir: I bought the 4rst Davis Machine sold by you over five years a*o for my wife, who has given it a long and fair trial. I am wi ll plo&sed with It. It never gives any trouble, and is a* good as when first boughu J. W. Bolio*. Winnsboro, 8. C.( April, 1883. Mb. Boao : You wish to know what I have to say in regard to the Davis Macliine bought of you threo years ago. I fool I can t say too much in its favor. I made about $80 within tivo months, at timos running it so fast that the noodle wou'.d kjet porfectly hot f.*om friction. I fool oonfidont I oould not havo done the same work with as much ease uuJ bo woll with any other machine. No time was .'oat in adjusting attachments. Tha li^htoat running machine I have ovor treadled. Brother James and William'* families are as much pleased with their Davis Machines bought of you. 1 want no bottor machine. As I said before, I don't think too much can bo aaid f^r tho Davis Machine. UospeotfuUy, *LLKX STITKMSOM. Fairflold oouuty, April, 1883. Ma. Boao : My maohine givos mo pdrfoot Mtiifaction. I find no fault with it. The attachments nro so situplo. I wish for no bttter4h.ni tho Davis Vc'.ioal FooJ. Uespoctfully. Mas. R. Mil* ino. FairfloV cotH.iy, April, 1883. Mb. Boao: I bought a Davis Vertio* Feed Sewing Maohino from you four year ago. I am delighted with it. It nevor .' givon me any tro iblo, and h is nover bo*, the least out of order. It is as good as when I first bought it. I can oheorfully recorn mend it. Hoepeotfully, Mub. M. J. Kibxlixl<. Montioollo, April 30, 1883. TSuj is to cor ify that I havo boon naitig t Oavis Vortical Food Sowing Maohino for ?/or twoyoars. purchased of Mr. J. O. Boag. I haven't found it possnssod of any fuult? all uie attachment aro so simplo. It novo* refuses to w.)rk, and is <ortainly tho lightest rinniug in tho market I oonsider it a firafc ?la*a maohine. Very respectfully, Minni* M. Wilukouam. Oakland, Fairtiold county, 8. O. Mb. Boao : I am well ploaaod in over/ par ticular with the Davis Miohino bought of yoa. I think it n llnl-clas ~*aohiue it averj respect. You know you o?ld sovora ?anohinos of tho nam3 maUo to different members of our families, all of whom, as far fcs I know, aro well ploaso.l with thom. Rei-poo. fully, Mit. M. II, Moulky. Fairfield county, April, 188;$. This is to'certlfy wo havo had in oo.,*tant use the Davis Machine bought of yo i about threo yoara ago, As we tako in work, nnd have made tho prico of it Fovoral limot ovor Rnd don't want any bolter machine. It ia always ready to do any kind of work wo havo to do. No puckering or skipping stltchos. Wo cau ouly say wo aro well pionaod, and wish no bettor maohino. Catiikuink WniK and Sistor ipnl 25, 1883, I havo no fu? It to find with my maoi...., Mid don't want ar?/ v-itor. I have made the prioe of it sovoral Minos by taking in sowing. U w alwayt ; <idy tb do its work. think it ? first-olam maohino. I f*ol I in'tsay Sio rauoh for the Davis Vertioaj ^eec Muoiuao. iwas. Thomas Smith. Fairfield oouuty, April, 1883. Mb. J. O. Boao ?D.*ar Sir: It gives m ? much pleasure to toatify to tho merit* of th? Davis Vertioal Food Sowing Maohino. Tho maohine I got of you about five years ago has boon almost in oonatant uso ever since that time. I cannot aoe that it ia worn any, and has not oost loe one oont for ropairs sinoo we hayo had it. Am wall ploased and don't wlni1* or any botter. Yonra truly, RODKBT OflAWfOBD. Oranite Quarry, near Winnsboro, 8. C. We havo used tho Davis Vortioai Food Sew ing Maohine for tho last five yoars. Wt would not have any othor make at any prices Tho maohine has given us unbounded luti* faction. Very respectfully, Mrs. W. K. Twiink* and I)aughto<-n. Fairflold oounty, 8. 0., Jan. 27, 188? Having bought a Davi? Vertioal Feocl ttew ing Machine from Mr. J. O. Boag somethr^ years ago, and it having givon ino porfoot satisfaction in evory rospoot as a family ma ohino, both for heavy and light sowing, and never noodod the least repair in any way, I can cheerfully rooommend it to any one as i flrst olann machine in ovory particular, and think it aoooml to none. It U one of 1 h? simplest maohinoii made; my children use it with allocate. The attachment* are mor* easily adjusted and it does a greater ran^o of work by means of its Vertical Feed than any othor maohine I havo ever soon or used. Mas. Tiiomah ()wm;in. Winnsboro, Fairfield county, 8. 0. We have had ono of tho Davis Machine about four joars and havo always found it ready to do all kinds of work we havo Y id occasion to do. Can't see that tho machini U worn any, and works as well as whon now Mas. W. J. (/BAwrotti). Jaokson Greek, Fairflold oonntjr, 8. C. Mv wife ia highly grranr-e I with tho I)nv|< Maohino bought of you. She wonld noi taki doublo what she gave for iV. The maoliini has not boon out of order sinoo she had i snd she can do at?r kind of work on it. Very respootfnlly, ?Jam. r. Fiiv?. Montlcello, Fairflold county, 8. O. The Dsvls Sowing Maoliino is t?iritp|> Ymtur*. Mus J. A. (Jo>-Vi'vr HiJgAway, N. 0., iran. 10,1883. J. O. floArt, R*<v Ag?nt? lilwr flir . My )i?n l>o?n lining n bnvis Howmg Mfic.tim ?onntnntly for the (mat four your*, and it inn no/or needed nny r*i>?\ln? and work* jn*t M wo)I n* when flrnt bought. Bhw nay* it will do n greater range of practical work and do it eanior ?2d than nny machin* *he hna erwr lined. Wo olinorfnlly recoils totnd it nM n No. I family machine. Yonra trnly, Ja(\ Q. Dayis. AMnnahoro, H. ()., Jan. B, IH83. M?. Boao?I have nlway* fonnd my I)a\V machine ready to do all kinda of work 1 have had oocaalon to do. I onnnot ??? tlmt tha machine la worn a nartiol*, and it work* m wall aa when now. i(eat>actfallir, Mn?. Hotikht O. tJoonwi. Wimmmoko, B. 0., April, 18K3. M*. Box*?M? wife haa been oonatr.ntly *alng the Davla machine bonght of van ibont fly# years ago. I havo never regratted buying it, aa it in always rondy tor nny kind ?f family a?wlng, either heavy or light. II Vi never out of fit or needing ronaira. Var/ i?M|KiRtfnlb', A. W. iitoa VtnriM.0 iL 0.. VI ar oh J WW