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4V4 I~ "A~ V -At MANNNi~AC h~ ( ~ Y~ S C. WEDF~I \YFEBtWA ~V A 141,T RLOW TO 11A;. 1'A- WO - Suggestlilon< 1 .1 .k r: ** .e sn-e It is reu: e t!.n b farmer has ere ready uixner wav in' .x eu of the first things tCoclali is the preparation of the manure t used. He bas to u". largely ankd he iust w pre the matter cannot b destrome longler. Whilst a compos wiL results, prepared only a oma er better re-uilt pared tremmsi da c.", Cn Posts for cotton shot once, and care taken thtl evvrc l for proper ferment'to b n These conditions are proper u of grdiens, decidd. mo i rca.e . through the mas-s, and a d com pactness. A lcostly throw-n, c) pile ,i manure wid becUm too ;I: ad. Pe greatly injared. A prope.- f;neitation brings about sevemi vramae reslut. First, it reduces or b:-eaks down the coarser lugeien@ts, as y or other litter, and ren tiszri tion of the coMpoUI:t esIe:51 OD O Ir uniform. Uniforniity f d ait. on b a matter of tirst importahce. In the next place it renaers ie isoLb C materiais active and soll) of to nitrogen, for instance, o re r_ manure is insoluble; i' i etr m the form of albumo.s compoxY' s or o urea (a constituent of urin"', :'nd. na be changed to ammonia o: rzrie ' A, I before phnts can approp'iate it. _ i' danger is that, as !-is am as formed, it may be driven o l eat an be lost. This is to be pre; r.ted by keeping the fermentation witina proper bounds, as above Po;r u. by covering the heap with a LIyro rieI dirt six or eight inches ice. to catch and absorb any L.acaing w.in)ma. Another and very 5..tvs m' o-s oi pre venting loss is using kain.d -. sie uf the ingredients of the cal .e lent idea has been tLat and pi:.trw excellent for that p)urpos. Vt plater only acts eiiciently where thee i t enough to dissolve it, and tii not generally the case in a comp-st neapl. Kainit is much more soluole t.an pla. ter, and will iix aamonia under circam stances where plaster will rot. Kalmt is decidedly the best ehep a::. avvailable substauce for the purpose riT 'e a ow. It has been just stated th" kni; ought to be one of the ingri t o compost heap-what trf 1:,e chmi-! cal or concentrated fer-mzers .mu es ter into it. ThrLed '1io in saying that phosph'. ie:e - in so form, should occa a rn a e ii. respect. osuberance is ""' e saliv wanting in old, lon-er ld U.1. than ohosphoric acid, Lone, p - tion of which, on 1uch ods, Las givn more uniforml good results. esies kainit and 'iospVoric acid, there arC no other chemical fettilizers nich need generally enter into com ints; 'x ceptional cases some others ma needed; that depenas upon tae Lature of the more bulky basis _f the compos, and to this let us turn atteniain. Asa rule, barn-yard manure As the mai foundation of comnposts. It coEnis it tLe excrement aitai urine of Leesz- -:." cattle mixed with a variable qutantity o. litter. With the farmer it is an ever pressing inquiry how he m'ay increase the quantity and improve ine gualuty of this most valuable substance. As to the first (the quantity), the :eady answer ol Northern and European writers has oeen by keeping more stvck. But bear in mind, however, that this answer comes from regions where grass and grain. are the leang crops, and where 1arge cities and a dense population (largely mann lacturifrg) create a large demnd for' food, ineindling meat. To a Norti.ern or Englid1 farm'er the question is, shall hay and grain be sold direct from _the farm, or shall they be converteut ito meat and milk, and cheese and butter, and these become the objects of sale He can find sale for either. With a Southern farmer the cnditioins are some what different. At present the most of his land is too poor to grow grass suc cessfully, and climiatic conditicus render small grain erops rather uncertain. _TheI cities about him are small, popula~tion is sparse, and a small portion of it engaged in manufactures. Would these surround ing warrant a general increase in the number of live stock on th~e farm? That is-extremelv doubtful. Excet in local ities where there is an exter de I "range," most farmers have, until a recent period, erred in keeping too much rather than too little stock. In onc direction there might be a proitablie increase,,viz.,, i raising all the horses and mutes taey need, and possibliy the hogs regreda for domestic use. Giraduailiy our. farms might be brought up to the requisite degree of fertility to produce_ grass and grain enough for a moderate inerease in the number of milk cows. There is a demand for good butter at the South, and we ought by all means to strive to work up to the point of supplying it.. But after all, the increase~ suggested would be small, and would not go) very far towards increaing the quiantity- o: manure. How, then, can it be~ donue? By more carefulLhubanding of ac ann rial material1 on the farm iespecialy thec urine of animalis' and. the preentig vi the leaching of the scliul Ian thero In this connection the. mnot uret need of Southern fiaer- is :u oie stl room for stock. Stalls shol be ar and roomy, and so arranged tha st ees will not have to be ialtered, but im' b free to move about at wai Wh ai mals are haltered their ur"u Iis i charged at certain '- ; heear manure is not unifoml iming.ai. with it, as it should ,adteaim will staador iei do'n act u uet the serious injiur. of c os or0ies Agamn, large stalls: n , manure may accumate a. .o. i long periods of time without uduis ing of the bottom of the 't.d! or otae:. inconvenience. Earge st .is, or lik reason, admit of the usu of lar e qluni ties of litter. And tis is one ot om most available means of increasing tht quantity of stable manure. On muar' Southern farms nine-tenths of the uina of toc is mpraial lt. When no a v. nmre threi no ab'sorbent: one to abs it. the rains a ta 1 k~tn i.u in theend E pt ir esials, it ui raork . no hl e u h:m Ie, aer.Mngd a nethrth el n,,ot t cln U! r lI. 1 cowltion canm cme 'e ae na ..T1. grat ee o 11::r1 ba hoeaing !;i be C-1. 'etl . r~~ ei icS *w hichL to 'r~ i' ae ::v opr ctd0 mi e in ardCar. toa t m ue \t~ii. CI i nor .,1 e (YI i may servals a baiifor comost -e. als or icom io it rim, o he chef ftetincl fthlin ito d,, s m b ut inzh adt no aii vr e arls trloni owr LLL nds .:;( L-3ane the rume from barn Va~ tol .L' ihnsaaure. n.1operso c Of bulky, oTeaiC to: ] air. ,t -%ich is quite iinlimit,:d, and1 which miv serve as a basis for owst r laves straw etc., decomposd by t, a >recy of ashes and lime. Ashes my be 1ie(.ak"eC Or ilcmin CMDation1 A%-ih limO, or di hi a be use ae In toe lust cas :Ie 1: UaiCt';Of0 the I"1,10i N to dl :iotnse ant ry ce te laps. Whe aanure is -k, pd . 'Such a, m ish he same panpose, bUt i aski in cr .r mati' rall theo >r,-,tiiziul i)') pertie: Of * .1 '.Tbey zadd to hpo .im, Ases, ndgliesao lob iu.e1 duliarecy t sitced, amry the -01! in-rdioiit nvtedcld by pluakt. 1i '111 il amount oo f a monia.But and soMe b:1osthorc acid be addied to such a r antue, a very complete and perfect uitnure is produ-ced. Such a mixture, ben, makes an excellent basis for a .oiuew s. Aches atn tlme should not be alxeci direCtl to stable manre; theyI oet amnui at aftoaet tho e ubleavces have a gXed mi:re. II lualiit'cs Ofl'x. hav~e becC',:,e diluted LZ!d mar.1ked by thvm2 ann ent.d it WW o~n~nao"they unMy teUM be Unixed withO stabl~e fIntuCr w.vitn;Ut detr:i aent. Ten h'ishelst of aslnes to three or bar Wel packDed two lhors( aso loads t ught to be prepared some months be-i ore it enters into the final compost heap. farmer might begin now, and at all vailabe opportunities through the year, :ut)her and haul leaves and put up pens! f suc ixture& He woul d Oe aston at the amount which sysrem and i ''ergy would accumluhIte in the course a vvir. It --hOLid not be put in piks, ut ii ens four or inve feC Ligh, wd. vit 1a lyt-er of i Ich d L -veril inches thick to r mtain lAcistare. i ter sun a hcap) has bCC Vl moist ad, rains will be apt to kee , it. .t onuh afterwards. .Lain will ieach thin rvers of manure siattered in a yard or ns thin edges of a spread-out heap, but iil not leach a mass four feet thiek with 1 traight upright sides. Now, supposing a farmer has the evend materials mentioned on han and t s ready to make his compost -how shall t e proportion the several ingredients? I urni fornula, now so extensively 1ed, ;, thirty bushels each of stable ;nure a cotton secd, 100 pounds of .ed phos. iat nd 200 pounds of kainit. p ne s sh;own this to 1 a very 'icellent compound for land o average 1 ertility. Cain it and shoulJt it ever be ared? Suppose one has cottonl set , >ut no stable manure. In such ea se ten I dditional bushels of cotton seed should ahe the place of the lacking manure; so hat the formula would be 40 bushls of otton seed, 400 pounds of acid phos-I >hate and 200 pounds ot kainit. But it vould be desirable, to keep up the de ired dilution of the chemical fertilizers a the compost, to mix 'with the above ngredients twenty-five or thirty bushels f rich earth, or wood mold, or some hing of the kind. Again, suppiose one hS stable manure, butt no cotton seed;, he place of the cotton seed may be, ~aken by cotton meal-say 30J bushels ofI nanure, :30u pounds of cotton see!d meala 00 pounds of acid phosphate and 203 >ounds of kainit. Suppo)se one's land i ~xtremely poor. Then the quiantity of ~he ctton seed in the compost may be !oubled, the quantities of other ingredi nts remianing the same. If one's land s quite rich, Lalf or even less of the cot on seed may enter into the compost, he other constituents remaining the ame. Suppose one has the mixture o( eaves and ashes, but no manure or cot on seed; then the formula should be tGo ushels of leaf mixture, 40o pounds of ~otton seed mesii, 400) pounds of acid hosphate and 100 pounds of kainit ess kainit would be called for in thi ~ase, because the ashes, in leaf mixture, ould take its pilace. If lime only was nixed with the leaves, the full qiuantity I: -ainit should be added. It is well to build the compost pens i r near the tiels to which it is to be ap lied; this will save hauling dluring the ry busy season of spring. And every ne ought to provide himself with a COmp?ost distributor, both for eonomiz og labor and time and for securing un ormity of distribution. Various 'oat .'r's of thiese are now made over th e ountry, and some of thiemj are simple ma inexpeniive. A revolving cylinder. ith iikes11. , in a hopper withl slot in the U.ttom nd miovable slies to regulit w idth of slot. constitute the esskntial ar ts of a spreader, and almost any farm r can make one for himself. As spring oats will be sown th~is noth, attention is called to the mixed haracter of seed oats sold ir he market. 'a Texa\s rust-proof cats. st year a oI del sold under ~' were not ed rust. proof; the 'a late and e ry ueiinallv. ' ,me was ta .e an aerient cha to 1>'y 110 wresn i iv iug at -grown th ofti from fully~ iv as filing rn +he the It (t of 'leton 1;y the' t'roigt and ri'' u 1h spring w i-n :1 Crop is; sowNN lte. Ill 1 -d and bot tom l.nd may be hw:it. r than poor 1.1- H r:e seen CIueps of CatL V.on V s : m- i :AvLaL' weL . ll .o s. I w ofi .L :eO ou co rX s-:um corn e1,. and if .t iesprn .1'U S!V 1* ~ I'.: i 't n Y :.."y anol rt - W1: tit TLs2: :..us2 -rus i Ion ' o': Yes, C1.ud up rihto us, 4il wec 'an to yoiru~ Sie'S 0'Dutch m~l. - 't blowslr itn you m'n- y on C'ar , g e l it n a e -. 1 a id. an' rumble ilne tioo ah so l Iuivs It 1s d rIt .Vn, Laner nas, dead. for, "is.CC' (thi' tha gCe V ma oeenol~ hog-blges: >us et so brady-iu 1i w such'rt anipirin sense of. wahe s. as :n th ting. TyI, a1d eat wht ole leasure it i gt Va tc i ard. lt may be nly a few Ie er iaps an humblvlgevillage plot, or a more >etnscity Jet, buit to ownvi it-to nav to nuer that t w a hich y'lTou tv ths apot o . 1a o. ow ies tad foru apc of0 ods ood ous nd earth, Si to icquire a e: d ieerity and irdepe .atence whLich1 isth nos'. deliciou0s and1, 1roiltable eXpeCrienee n the world. To step oat upon-zo igat 1our vor ene:'t tqurel 'In sm i'ce Of Land, somne little pfrtion o1 arth an fre1i th.at t is all yu'r ow-i :.(at you alonscss it, tat it has eewon iy ur onend, v by oil and Struggle through patient worl ng-; to know thiat the grass thlat g'rens t, this spot of earth, you ownl-the -iolet that blooms above its verdure, the ines that orn'ment ii. are yours to pos ess and enjoy gtldd"ig tre, ey, de ighting te s that the glad s"un i 6il loautif it and thCe n oe lIaven se:t o i to rt emngs ocluty, anv his b sa seniet of ideasur, - and e ie ng Of co:I-utmen tat C1 v romi no ~ other . metho o.f jyt . 001 & freedomt, andepndene, jy! T'h"e a '. hIs Yxuis ite an'd elin.1111g Sene o ossesio my be a(ed thne diht oCf . home, and herneath heaven, thre is O JOY So iu. e tas ardt Wel >rdered home! Beneath the Shade of our o-tn vno and ig tree, claSpiyge -our little ones to your heart, w-ith wife. h loving comMunion, the gloris aind >ec"e Of* the hioine of God is o1nly above his hearen o earth! Yes,oung man!g )wn a laeof ldN. one, h.wever malis lastopiayi little howins th canj nh ae coutrin ofw tie hAe'' stIaleg oe fo has ona. 'i'ce ote good,* hde earh, a, his ow t o- s, w-k% for Yre which, et it, an1the State it, t he renit of tein, and unandt woen bterd oll ther tinere hblenss da ad offct whomhoi e-: otee: im ti me who has nome, forh ome leads to the obi servance of law, -nd respect for constiuted but sn ulcates moral and Christian duties an' hese to love for your fellowmen anL to he fear of God! Young man, et alL >i on, land.-Exc hange. aimant c ror irc m o It is pteoniseig to n0me0 how the U Vo are nt in owurk weie tr :eC for an entradee. Thoe tai of nteir vesm to beto e ofthn. wrnt :itrel waich, ande it wis nude u of that shey wasre pese the all. aritcray rnt i the pei fbing h asd is he goall owr, andc oran ambitonsX nenlo a diomnbnd alThei enoyies. u.r have mia guaded of whor Idwrte ioe, two aro 'wiowhandm tnd nota sheod byth enjy lfe.h has ben tiin neuthis ifas ta in ureaelope tutushe yts rured hom del'OLtrmied~; to tak oeile by ' ~o storm. Sh'ee has re a i towneved she has given chotce enter sowe were aednt oe he ae or dinners,"" prnucher ouldingu - t her eiot o we aontte ofthetm. oe 'arity all wtcdamondtws in ut~ aR t Io wastopnt te ball. bt she decidead no 'ion tha-see ton o aret he opeig march.'Se was hell, owad er, ndo woa 2~,,0 ~vo th ofedamondse .oCi enjo this uxury~i seetas nuardtled b four detec snni istaig a readel ofI troubl o a hite 1disp1,ly. eIL" canno imagine mything mor' unc1omfe' otabe ihn to be nodere th he offurdtavs :frIT an ntire ofveniin .d hold hertainly toe s hough were sheingtoe givieged or~n smt hg wy awake, tonoht >reat"". rst bernoh tmergptn ,us navc afe, but I" ao ntwant to) takete >'eing thm'-e Yr1etr loAu- decie sesto as create 1n the. strts atC illo te lastii evein iL'yl a "adellknngd tedn onpN~ortu lg :thee coing on the owreot nu 'ry iryetre, Sbin dSud itn'Ot ''i'le ar An gentlmn'who sw toue lad cono 11? rom he hiose and se~ei.ui"g tha yhetwas T odgett writes t a Western - r ' t* is ~,posible to d to tie pres On fA he p tig States crop t. reanzedA vaine to t 'e peo .- whor gw it thun the cntton erep is 1 0 ) empo . Europ1e AS the 'hief r eurc the ::or'the rpvce ud1 * of Vm ii tric'ts of F.rance fr e tha l a centu. . i still .I poition or Lose coun t I it camnot be increaded and m'ad au.atc to s'u1pply this country with si1k. It caunot be increased for reaous coilected v ith tho close occu o the lanu here, the heavy taxes, n tembarrassinents and restrictions on t"e occupie*rs Of th10 soi]; the heavy r't'ai Ud the abolut need of growing ia uch o1 sposiblR and the labor ofv- I- p:r-nl;, etm trear f In th 'i ' su ra State.s here he .sit .A~n i olly 1i 1t lren1t. There ad v ligtdy taxed, nn ie r, but aimozt abso lutely '1e o use, because it does not pay to cui-; te it in competition with the Th'.j; no urent demand for labor to pr e food crops and no restriction wht'er' " on the freedom of the owners of lId or tEIC occup ers of the farms in the few ean-s where the occupants are the ow .: There is no crushing ex action of taxes or rentals from the peo pie, an the only necessity is to produce a crop chegeable directly for money. Th cu ttoi crop has had a great posi tion nz Ie money-carning crop of the outh I it do not return th,, most nieesw~v of the expenses incurred in growing it to the small planter or farm It d'es not pay a dollar for his inbnr. a1n it rapidly exhausts &1l the 1rtiity ' the soil. It costs largely to preparo for it, and requires long waiting to realize what it does yield. Valuable as it still is to the large planters and on rich lands, it has ceased to be valuable to the greater body of the small farniers, and1 pcily to the eastern States of t cin -l thesc older States both the soil end the c -imate especially favor the growtho silk. Thei nil erry is in digenus, and it grows frely without civa'ti Anon. A ny prt o' the cuitry andlo al clisses of ads will produce it r'u.elv witliout cost and witiout p00Iougi0 orother cultiation. The land being paracticall'y fe of tax's, te ca pants are free to earn the nost they can and to use the whole of what they do earn. After the nmlberrv trees are suicient ly grown 't is an easy work to turn them iil- few jays only, not more atn ai-ontt-and the crop of the year ' grown a'd gathered, ready for sale. Te eon eeil no prirecrtion of con su c or none which involves an: :cSt. I a iilature is near at hauidi ti. e can I_ inued"iattely reeled, +,a-,e rele sikiswrt lvedolrs a: pound-not mnerely the is or eight cents a pond hich. th' g in'l cotton brins. T. coec. whe 'ithered, art worth 'i-hty certs to one dofli a pound; but they I're not d1,fcult to rccl, ard may be reeled at sc , as is dlone in Italy. The .Lil vauue of th silk can then be realzed. This silk when reeled is the most en uring and permanently valuablol of all ibres: as much more valuable for any defiuite weight tha~n any other as gold is m1re valable than iron. There is not the least practical diflical t in :rdcig sil: in any vilihge or on any ari. No machiney is nee d,_l, and not a dollar need be paid for u.v toolK (.r htixrs. Light feeding fr:m.s may be madce by ainy man or intelligent boy of light boards or of branches of trees. Shelter from storms must be taken to avoid wetting or chilling the young~ worms. The eggs must be kept in a cool and dry place until the leaves ap pear. It is-not proposed to give precise directions here, but only to assure all intelligent persons that there is nothing more required than every such ip-son can rea 'ily iearn. If a mistake is made in some l'ecess once, it may be easily1 corrected the next time. The wrir of this note has had a life tune experliece in the public service and ai thoroug'h k nowledge of the cultivation "nd res~ource: of the country for a long period, and of the South particularly, sinuce 101. Then the best realization from the cotton cr01) was still very im perfect, because cotton was very little manufactured. Now manufacturers of cotton in the South are general and prspero'us, but to grow cotton is no longer possible, with protit, on the worn hands of the esatern States South. Stil more, the circumstances of the country are greatly changed, aud an im mense consumti~ton of raw silk has been esalihd. The presenit demned takes 500,000 imud p'er month, or il,)0,000 pohnd s .e year, worth 30.000,009. ibe imp'ort of rae. '-ihk for Na-emaber, I ,37I.I.If Jud01of this were njot groIen erit woulad co'-t the metrest tri'le to thie gr'ower, beyond' their time, andl wou'Ild be a nei prflit of almo t its full value. it woud be so much directly addo ed t<> the national resources, and it wonuid all c.ome to those who have no ot:er r'esourc to convert their time into -A cha:nel has been cut through frora L.:.e iballenn, Los Angeles county, Cali temto me''~ ':an, buot further work vLhichair e d~iy execed Ltrg suti In dredge wil be set~ to wor' ~ad thei .il ia uce "s :liingfor the rad.,'which 'a' i"e tadet for .ide iles towards' - iIri"- llustrao of the 'ower of music to chr .ri~s g~"iveni in '' Rutlan~d hous.- ii' otheir eveing. \. young~i man was pi~ei::g i' gii late at tight _aid wa eur.1 .ra t:ue v".i: o1 a god-U0UedC' -Jak 'r"r 'i r ecentric charactr of Pttsiurg .'., id FidayN taftr liv'i''im.'i i or over lifty' years S. hn 006 oeoldtin cau wich . i n " y.ao- ibr-k of th' THlE'0 TN (IR)I'. Une; ut llet foir ('!:.tIlne-. C ' al Length of Stapvvdc--I'ic i. se'- & Low. WAsoiN(rTON, 1). C., February - The report of the cott'n crop of IS* Shows the average at the date of the cose Of the picking season, the proprtifn cf the crop marltz ttl , ihe ti'rt of . ru ary, the qlId fl! te ::lti vrice Of seUd A rOluCt, Cm1::IEd with that 15. ITe elese of tih picking is reported the same .s 1.t .-. in the Carolinas and Texas: 'aY earlier in 31ississipi two later u Georgia and Louisiana; four in Tennces see and twenty-one in Arkansas. The dates are: North Carolina, De cember 2; South Carolina, November 30; Georgia, December 1; Florida, No vember 27; Al'aham. Dc-mbier 22; LMississippi. Decemiber 7; Loul:izana, PC ember 12; Tex .s, D .c.ber.;.A..n Fas, De-'I~cbe 2-.; Tnsse.Dcemezir n. T..... ::turing (d, z crop is extndig In :sonin- a few; States; only. In A e the Fc-n was lengthened by th' inability to p)iek the heavy harvest .Returns of the propor tion marketed -d the average to Feb ruary 1, 18o5, one per cent. At that date about 5,5-0.003 bales had gone from the plantatious. This would indi cate a crop of 6,4G0, 000 bales, a lere trille above the No vember indications. Of the rate of yield. the proportion by States is as follows: North Carolina S7, South Carolina 8S, Georgia 85, lorida , Alahama 87, Mississippi S, I iiania . Te--as Arkansas 81, Tmessee c3. The uality of the crop isulerior. Raelif ever, have returis o'f clhlnes and color, combined Ti the le ntil of S.tapile, equalled those just received. 'Tie price of seed is low, and complaint is made of the coimbination of oil m1iers to reduce prices. elanters will sell at any prices, sometimes as low as five to eight cents per bushel. The best plant ers refuse to sell at ruining rates. The average in Mississippi and Louisiana is ten cents, eleven in Arkansas, twelve in Texas and Tennessec, thirteen in South Carolina, Georgia Alabama, sixteen in Florida. Feeders of cattle and sheep pay the highest rate. The product is larger than last Vear in FlorAida, Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas, and smaller in the other States. The average result from a care ful analysis of present returns is an aggregate less than two per cent. lower than that of last year. EXPERIENCE WITIZ A 51L. 1he Miarvelou s Cheapncss of the Food it Producles. Mr. George W. Hoiner, a leading farmer and stock raiser of Augusta coun y, Va., has furnished the Stauriton Vi ilcator the following account ei his ex >eriPLee with a sio. "Last August I put up a irame build ng 12 by 12 and 12 feet hih. The rame is S inches, plankeid up on both :ides. The space i'etween was tiilcd with sawdust. I put in a plkuk floor and overed with plank, with a door in ou orner at the ground. The building did ot cost over $20, with an es.timated apacity of 30 tons. On August 23 green orn was cut. Not having planted the orn for the purpose, and only as an ex periment, I selected the lightest growth in the corn lield. The corn was cut in half inch lengths by steam power, and; uring the tilling of the silo three mn ramped the cut fodder as tijt as they :ould pack it. The silo was on- tiled mIly half full, not fee.ling -ure tht thii an of house would keep it wel. Tie op was then covered with one and a ialf feet dry wheat chaf iand placedloiose >lanks, closely fitted, covering the en ire top. Upon the plank was put two eet of stone. The gable ends were ailed up and the job was completed at a cost of about $1 per ton. "On D)ecember -> I opened the door at he bottom made for the purpose of get ing the ensilage out. I found it in niendid condition, except a few inches' G-oud the sides and on~ top. 1earing~ here would be some trouble to teach tock to eat it, some of the ensilauge wa offered to horses, cows and hogs-all ate t at once with as munch relish as if it wa reen clover. After feeding the eni-~ age a few days to cows, they inecasedt heir flow of milk, besides giving a richer iuality. The stock, which have been ed upon ensilage alone except access to a straw stack, have increased in weight' nd ma.nifest an increased appetite and tste for it. It is said that green elover, ut when in bloom, makes as good en ilage as green corn. Clover that will ake one and a half tons of hay will ake twenty tons of ensilage per acr', and corn that will make forty to lifty ushels per acre will make about twenty ive tons of ensilage. The following story appears in the Elichmiond State: I send you a thrilling and true account f a ghost which has recently aipeared. t the Virginia Military Institute. On he night of the 28th, 'shortly after 12 >clock, as the sentinel was waluking his onely beat, his attentio'n w a attraetec hrough the sally port to the front of he barracks by a slight sounid resem aing the rusting of leaves by a gnl wind. Instanltly, !ctween the two lrge orty-six pouind siege pieces, thetre up 'ca a sohlier dressed in a Co.ferte . infulormL ad mounted ona lg r ors. lits swxord was dirav.s, ihr t;ghtly reined u, andl two wht pu lated graefiy abu. i 1:a c sentnel at Iir.,t, ahnos paraled w h error, had gae utpon the ( hjeet,bu in an instant, wxhen tih hto re had stated hrough the sally port into th cort vara at a round tr ot, cresm iji en el's beat, making 1n0 aiudib s udti :hough he was pasig ox er a olid br aement, the sentinel, true to his mir arv principle, chiaened wihaln oiee "Who gosth'e"'h i- i ct Ieed the challenge, butL passe ouJ c'nthe 'rear/L of.the 'ac he va der to obe none o : U.n that of -xlaation can be give. tares CatarrhT.ieincrox, w i~o:N, Februlary .-For t: 1' w i W rs a Clueiunati artist hi ii here c~tring a letter-box uudi n that~ .ad ever ippearanc. of a U!" -in .n more th::n o ui *ie . g ma i he bee under ~ p ice pinae and was at la co I C ')to exibt the contents of th Tiios box.11tead (If its %eing dangro.s coitrivaLe it proved to 1 only a si1)e and harmless detectiv cal era, such as used by amateur ph tographers, which lie had been ernrryin aound the cit. for the purpose o: usm ou the prominent publie men and thei wve . er1ay he was at the Whit H 1ih Lis ma.zchii, but W * nc allowed tO take it b eyond the vestibul le wa% de.sio ito securing aii instau laneous phutogt--pf of Mrs. Ckc'elant at he~r reception. Ti.mining the artist station. a kin self at the door of Dr. Sunderland churci to await the arrival of the Presi dential carriage, recognizing that thi woutdl doubtless be his only opportunit of seeuring a photograph of the Presi dent's wife in street costume. It 'was no long until the carriage arrived at th church door containing the Prcsiden and Mrs. Cleveland. As the part; lihtel the artist set the mechanm os the mysteriLIs box in motion antd it wa perforing its work. MI-rs. Ck elant saW the artit and the box. In amomen sh apprecia.ted the situation. A. quiel as thought she wreathed her fac- witl smiles, looking at the young ma a: the b.x, which he still Ield hah con cled tundelr his arm, )owed poitely a if to th:nk him for li:; enterprisi, an( passed into the church. The Prt siden also saw the machine and looked dis pleased. After the sermon had begui the aitist seated himself in the churcl gallery and succeeded in getting thre excellent photographs of Mrs. Clevelant and the lzesident as they appeared ii church. 'uwn- ~rs-M~aer, l r ar :n:r r , con (F:Im I .ac a * :n . e ') As a striw that shows which wy th< European war wind b'lows, the pCple o vilmington are attaehing a great dea. of inporaince to the unusual activity a1 the Dunont Powder Mills on the Bran. avwino, a few miles from that city. Th mils liave never in thir history bee more busy, and the men are w;orkeL night and day in so.me parts of the grea establishruent, which is turnirg ou! black power such as soLlier: use in wal bv tie tons. The powde-makcr.s art iold that 'he orders o- on ian;d .anno1 k(e tilled fAtenuh anld thes inica, tions of an umnireced et demand for thi article have s!tre-nthened the curreil beliei that the D L?,uts aelp large intitis of explosive tO rance or Germany, a:.d th at the wr in Ena rope is comnaig rly i the sprn Th oflice of the ipaun o Chemical Work. at Thompson's Point, N. J., is situated now in WVihniigton, and it can be statei with positiveness that their mids, ai which the most destructive explosives ii the world are manufactured, are as bus3 as the Dun:>nt works. Thc mills of the latter compaay are the must famous in the world, and havt muost alw:ays furnished a large proportiot of powder to European nations on the e'v o a war. J.ust before the 'ranco Prusan v-ar the mills were rni on extrr tinie, as is tile ease now, andi this wa: taken then, as now, to be a pretty suir harbinger of war. The Dupolnts art very cautious when the newspaper mer are'around, and they say to all such in qjuisitive people that they are not::nport ing harge quantities of powder, but ir nearly every instance when their mill have been busiest, and just before at European struggle, the same reply ha been made to the press. Tfhey do nol deny, however, the unusual activity a the mills, but declare in an indUieren1 sort of way that the powder is bor the powvder is for theL coal regions. If this be true there is promise of an extraordi nary coal supiy and chealp fuel this spring. K'no wing people at Wilnington, however, smile -yhien the coal regior story is told, and declare that it is mustv old chestnut. WHER~IE 1$ LL H'L l RMT A Nine Year Old Geo-crgia Child'Lays Hec in the Shiade. The Cumming Clarion is informed by Mr. S . Trry, who spent last week it 1uford, on the Air Line Railroad, of case which rivals the celebrated Luit Hurst. H, in company with a we] -nown iiter of that p~lace, visited thlL hotne of a little girl nine years old, an' wh is rathier utndersize-d. ThLsy ha( h-ar of the child's powers and diesire( to put the~m to test. Mr. Terry saw th< ehl xa one Land on the top of a tabl< and move arouna the room with it at tougha ti were a mere plaything. A] ordiinacild of that age could hardly' h'-ve moved the table at all. Mr. Terry, wLo is qute rauscular, then took hole of a sout stiek, grasping it at each end thcenhid placed her hands on the stic] in the middle, and before he knew it the tik v.a wrenelied out of his grasp. TLi. ceeaet was triedi a s;econd ime, Mr. Te rry ex' rting his whoki trength to hold it, with the same result. . (door, whi ften'-ed with a button, v 1. th ' loed and4 a 'erson p' acad out 1-laci hr an1d on the door the buittonl grdu. move ntil tite door was un tasteneid. It is said that whelln shem isarainst the oIpposite side canr .ea aciking sound resembling the no.--e mad b- a telegraphi instr inent. : s .satedl, and caui Ie proven., that of j. f 1.th -i~l is abl t ouper I - -*: h as::halh and is uoi s .1o .siee brht ut theire can be ma '.r1o doubt -s to Ler powers. The .- 82 i (r cetliictes have **em ab' I~lie C)i ~hdbte-ie ln SHERMAN AND BLAIR. e- A Presidential Ticket that is Much Talked About. (From the Waphin:on Republican.) e The presidential ticket makers about Washington are talking a great deal of !r Sherman and Blair as the Republican n candidates for 1888. It is claimed that Le the two Senators would form a peculiarly n strong combination en account of the n variety of causes to which their promi it nence is due. A leading western Senator, ,e who would not allow his name to be a used in this connection, for obvious rea e sons, spoke of the ticket with enthusi asm in conversation with a reporter. - "Senator Sherman," said he, "has the g confidence of the business men in every g section of the country in a greater de .r gree than any other man in public life. e His wise and conservativa policy as See retary of the Treasury and his soundness on all the important questions which have engaged the attention of Congress in the last twenty years mark him as an absolutely safe man to put in the White . House even if he did not possess any s brilliant qualities of mind. In one par ticular he is unique. Although a West s ern man, and of course deeply interested in the progress of his section and alive to its peculiar interests, he is as well t liked by the great financial movers of e New York and the factory men of Mas t sachusetts as he is by the farming F element of the west. You will not find f that the Senator's name is very generallf s lauded by the politicians on account of his personal popularity, for he does not travel on his "magnetism," so to speak; but go north, east, south or west and Ayou will hear people say: "Sherman is a safe man. The business interests of the country can rely on him." This, it seems to me, is the greatest praise that could be bestowed on a statesman. Per t sonal magnetism, brilliancy on the . stump, and solidness with boys are all i very well in their way, but business i men think more of sound principles, a conservatism, and long legislative ex 1 perience. Senator Sherman is one of the very few statesmen who have not, in the course of a long public career, gone wrong on some important question hence the widespread .confidence he in spires. He could certainly carry New York, which is likely to be again the Pivotal State in 1888 and it is more than probable that Connecticut, Indiana and New Jersey would go with him. The Republican campaign with Senator Sher man as the standard-bearer would be a thoroughly aggressive one. The princi ples of the Republican party have never needed any defense, and with the Ohio Senator on the ticket the candidate would need no defense either. His record ever since he entered politics is pure, and there is nothing to hide or explain. Of course there would neces sarily be petty campaign lies, but they would affect the Senator just as the throwing of pebbles would affect the Washington monument. Senator Blair would, I think, make the strongest kind of a second in this ticket. In the first place, he is from the east. Then his strength is of a peculiar kind which would swell the Republican vote in doul tful quarters. His earnest and consistent temperance record would be worth thousands of votes to the ticket in New York State alone where, among temperance people, he is looked upon as a sort of apostle. No one doubts the' sincerity of the man or attributes his profession of temperance principles to a desire for political gain. He is known to be opposed to rum on principle, but he is one of those who believe that the liunor traflie can be regulated better by the Republican party than by any third party organization. He does not see the expediency of breaking up the grand old party, which has taken the lead in every species of progress and reform during the past thirty years, in order to advance prohibitory plans of more than doubtful feasibility. With the conservative tem perance people his name is a tower of strengvth, and there are enough there in the very quarters where their votes are needed, to swell the Republican vote to such propor-tions as would clear away all doubts of success in 1888. Another great element of strength in the Senator is the favor with which the South looks upon his efforts to promote education in their section. I am not one of those who think that the South is going to reain forever "solid." I be lieve that with a man on our ticket who would represent some idea that is popu lar in the South we could gain two or perhaps three States next time. Vir gina, you know, is strongly in favor of the Blair educational bill. It is likely to go Republican any how in 1888, but with Senator Blair on the ticket assur ance would be rendered doubly sure. The same may be said of Tennessee, which, in a national contest, is a close State. West Virginia would likely fall in line also, since the Bilair bill has more advocates there proportionately than in any other State in the Union. So, all things considered, I think the Republi cans could not name a stronger ticket two years hence than Sherman and Blair. The Tobacco Tax. The prospects for the repeal of the tobac co taix ait the present session of Congress is anything but cheeringz, A long corres pondece bectween Messrs. Wise, Ihender son andt .landlall and Speaker Carlisle has been givenI to the press. Life is too short nI our 'pace' 100 vabmble to !Il1 it up) with th~ic' mtter exclusiv'ely. Briefly the letters f i te'tergnteen explain why no motion wais imade to pass the bill under a suspen 'I of the ruiles heL-t Monday. The Wash nan correspobndence of the Richmond I-'"!*/ o inrs that ipaper that Speaker Car J ie had said that if he recized any one to maI ke the motion it would be Mr. Kelley, of l'ennsylIvania, a Republican. but the that the motioni shouild (come tromL a D~em Ierat. 'Accordiugly, a commait:ee addlressed a comnin'ication to haim, asking him to recognizeL a Dememt to mai~kc it motion, but I e then refused to recognize any one. ht pur pse.-C'harktte Cuoiddwe. -Na illow Creek, Cal., a fewv days o. aMexcanwasriding alon-, onhi hos ihthe reins tied to his nast and pyiga harmnonica, when the horse got rightenied at the noise and commenced backing, throwing hima o:;, and as he was u.nable to unfastezn the reins from his wrist, he was dragged to death. An exchange spauls of a man with double: teeth who cnn erack a walnut. Th1a:. is nothingt. There is a policemann in Boston who~ has a set of false tel b and lie caun 'crnck a cononut